An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

What happened? Just moments ago, Shadowcloak was boasting and swaggering with bravado. But now, he scattered like a mouse at the sight of a cat.

Everyone was stunned by the sudden turn of events.

One moment, he was acting all high and mighty, but the next second, he was hightailing it at unbelievable speed. With several figures darting off, it was hard to tell which one was actually him.

“Huh?” Dustin was shocked by Shadowcloak’s sudden retreat. He thought the man was going to rely on his agility to continue the fight.

The quick exit after just two strikes caught Dustin off guard.

“He’s quite cunning.” He chuckled and acknowledged Shadowcloack’s sharp instincts.

His swift departure showed a keen sense of trouble and adaptability without concern for his reputation. He was fortunate to have run away. Otherwise, Dustin would defeat him.

Moreover, thriving in the martial world through deceitful means demanded a certain level of skill and cunning tricks.

“Fine. I’ll let you off tonight.” Dustin shook his head and chose not to pursue Shadowcloak. He was confident in his ability to catch up, but the prospect didn’t appeal to him.

After all, driving away Shadowcloak and resolving Alicia’s crisis was already going above and beyond the call of duty. Further involvement would only invite trouble, especially since this was the Celestial Alliance’s affair.

“What’s going on? Why did that man suddenly run off?” Alicia was bewildered, and she looked at Grace and Aurora.

from Shadowcloak’s sneak attack to his hasty retreat. Alicia struggled to keep up with

talking big. All bark and no bite. When he

lucky he took off. Otherwise, I would have broken

“Everyone retreat!”

promptly scattered. After all, he was their leader and key strategist. Seeing him flee made it clear that they

“Go after them!”

Celestial Alliance disciples into action. They drew their

Alicia immediately stopped them. “Forget it. Stop chasing after

merit in pursuing them. She understood that falling into their trap would only result in severe losses. Thus, she deemed the

Aurora ordered, “Clean up and alert the guild to send

“Understood, Ms. Aurora.”

Celestial Alliance disciples acknowledged and quickly cleaned

some were injured, the disciples managed to protect Alicia. Otherwise, if anything happened to the

what should we do with Brian?” Aurora looked at the unconscious

is cold. Take him inside.” Dustin

wakes up? She frowned and was confused when Dustin mentioned the cold ground. She wondered if he was worried about Brian catching

would I know? Just wake him up and find out.” Dustin

berserk