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"Dammit!"
Xylen spat forcefully, his heart nearly breaking out of his chest, and bolted away.
Luckily for him, he had rolled far enough just now before Kaelrik plummeted down, after unleashing Executioner's Descent.
But even though he had moved far from the attack's center and avoided taking a direct hit, he had still sustained tremendous damage.
What if the attack had landed squarely on him? He would have died immediately.
This thought caused Xylen's back to break out in a cold sweat.
Just at that moment…
"Are you alright, my lord?!" Lilith, struggling against the restraints binding her from all directions, shouted, her voice strained as she barely evaded the lethal strike that had nearly ended her life.
But Xylen had no time to reply nor look in her direction—Kaelrik was already storming toward him like a raging beast, relentless and seething.
