Chapter 210: Some Empathy Left

Julius felt a little bit awkward. After their intense fight, or rather his intense beat down, he was now standing next to the guy like nothing had happened.

Julius learned that the guy’s name was Dustin and he was only there because of a favor for his friend.

Julius guessed that beating down a young boy grew a conscious in a person, which was the reason why Dustin was helping him now.

Although, Julius was surprised that Dustin killed the people who had tried to come investigate. Unlike the fight they had, Dustin killed those people with zero hesitation. One moment they were coming to check on things and the next they were empty bags of flesh.

Such a massive difference from how he treated Julius. Just that one thing made Julius trust Dustin just a little bit more.

He placed his attention back to the cell when he heard a hiss as the door to Reinera’s cell opened. Inside wasn’t as bad as he thought it was. It was in all honesty a clean and plain room.

Oh look, there was even a pretty nice bed inside for her, he sighed gratefully.

As he was distracted by the room, the moment he entered he was taken by complete surprise as a blinding white spear of light smashed into his face.

It sent him flying back several feet, his face a scorched mess.

That was a lot more weight behind those beams of light than I expected, he thought to himself as he lay on the ground.

His mana was already regenerating so he was able to heal himself pretty quickly, but it was still a shock.

Here he had come, ready to rescue the princess in distress, maybe even take her away in his arms. Yet, instead of that, he got a blast of light to the face.

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Reinera POV

From inside her cell, all she heard were loud blasts and rumbling, indicative of a battle going on outside.

A small piece of her hoped that it was Amelia here to rescue her, but she knew that was very unlikely.

Julius on the other hand was most likely. However, with that Tier 4 lurking around, she was really hoping that wasn’t the case.

No matter how strong he was, he wouldn’t be able to take down a Tier 4. Certainly not a Tier 4 as strong as that man seemed. Perhaps if the man was a weak Tier 4 he might have a chance, but even that was just blissful thinking.

That was why she was preparing for the worst. The moment the door opened, she would come out swinging. It didn’t matter if the man was a Tier 4, she would throw everything she had into her attack.

So when the sounds of fighting stopped abruptly, she got up and readied herself. The second the door opened, she released the attack with a grunt of effort. There wasn’t any light for her to use within the cell, but she had plenty of mana within her core.

However, she was shocked when the person who opened the door wasn’t an enemy, it was Julius. Furthermore, she had already let go of her attack and could only watch in horror as she blasted her friend in the face.

She immediately ran over to him as he lay motionless on his back. Worry and guilt washed over her.

Thankfully, by the time she had kneeled next to him, he was already in the process of healing. Which was a big relief. Still, her attack had really done a lot of damage to his face. It was like someone had stuffed his face into a pile of coals.

Thank goodness he has his healing skill, she thought inwardly.

“I am so sorry, Julius! Are you okay?!”

He groaned out. “You’re welcome for saving you.”

“I didn’t mean to, I promise! I thought it was the guy from earlier,” she tried to frantically explain her actions.

“Oh? So that was for me?” She heard from behind her.

She whipped around and saw the Tier 4 man from earlier. He didn’t have a mask on anymore, but she could recognize his voice and aura immediately.

“What are you doing here?” She asked slowly.

“I am the one who opened the door,” he said plainly before turning toward her downed friend. “Are you sure this is your friend? I can always put her back if you want.”

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Reinera went on full alert and jumped up to her feet, putting her fists up, preparing to fight. There was no way she was going back in there.

She felt Julius reach out and grab her by her clothes. “Don’t worry, he’s just joking. He’s on our side now,” he assured her as he sat up with a dramatic wince.

She gave her former imprisoner a doubtful look. “Why would you change your mind all of a sudden?”

She saw the man get a faraway look in his eyes. “That’s a good question. I’m still trying to figure that out for myself.”

She bit her lip. She didn’t have anything to say to that and turned back to Julius with a confused look. “Can you explain to me what is going on?” She had no idea what was happening. Why was the person who kidnapped her now helping her and why was Julius here?

Were the two of them fighting earlier? Was that what the noise was?

“We will have to explain as we go, we don’t have a lot of time. We need to free these people and get them to that old man you were talking about,” the man said to Julius.

What old man? She thought to herself, confused at the whole situation.

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