"Snap!"
The sound was produced by the forceful stomping of a foot on the ground.
The sound appeared a split second after Reiger drew his sword.
In that moment, when Reiger unsheathed his sword, everyone surrounding him reflexively stomped on the ground as if they had been scorched by fire and instinctively moved away from him.
Including Gejiev, including Gegran and Iveyer, and of course, including Brian, who had been harboring a defeated look ever since the confrontation began.
Yes.
Brian had moved as well.
And his movement was more intense and rapid than the others, like being cut by an invisible blade, he sprang away as if shot out of a cannon.
"Oh?" Reiger raised an eyebrow and said with a faint smile, "It seems that, dead at heart as you may be, the instinct to sense danger is still there."
Naturally, his words were aimed at Brian.
"..."
Brian didn't respond. He just instinctively took a stance to draw his sword, with cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
