"Surely savage applies to you and your ilk, abusing your paltry powers to lord over those villages. How despicable can you get?"
Even as Lofty spoke, he lobbed more throwing knives while the burly man was not watching!
This time, the burly man was afraid to parry them.
Instead, he dodge aside while curling his fingers like claws, slashing straight at Lofty.
Lofty barely dodged it, but he quickly whipped out a pair of duck blades in return, swinging them straight at the burly's man chest.
While the burly man leapt backward and the attack missed his vitals, Lofty still sliced a large gash through his shirt.
"Such elegant martial arts!"
The burly man did not flinch, even smiling as he whipped out a long, thin sword hidden at his hip.
He stabbed at Lofty's face, but Lofty parried it with his duck blades.
As they fought, the clanging of metal left even Frank's blood boiling.
They were fighting like the legendary martial artists spoken of in novels, though Frank himself had risen beyond that to really enjoy the pleasure.
Minutes passed, and as the burly man saw that he could not win against Lofty, he growled coolly, "Well, I have no choice!"
He chanted an incantation, and a strange scent promptly struck Lofty in the face.
At the next instant, his knees buckled, and he dropped to the ground.
Before Lofty realized it, the burly man's sword was streaking toward his head
Clang!
Just before the word reached Lofty, Frank moved in, snapping the sword with just two of his fingers.
The burly man frowned in disbelief—his sword was flexible, and he never swung it at Frank.
How could he even snap it?!
"Yeah…"
Before Lofty could continue, he suddenly saw a white mist swirling from the woods just up ahead and seemed to spot several figures moving within.
"Watch out!" Lofty promptly pinched his nose.
Frank chuckled. "Well, it is poisoned, but it would affect you even if you shut your mouth and nostrils. Instead, do this!"
With a wave of his hand, Frank launched a gale and dispersed the white mist in the blink of an eye.
The figures in the village became clear too.
They were five youths dressed elegantly who bore such a strong resemblance to each other that they must be quintuplets.
They could not help feeling curious, seeing as to how Frank was able to dispel their poisonous mist.
"You're young, kid. Most would never measure up to you!"

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