~Laurent
The moment those words left its mouth — I see you — something in my chest snapped tight.
It wasn’t supposed to be possible. No one, not even a Saint-tier tracker, could pierce Shadow Cloak. I was invisible to light, mana, scent, even heat. Yet those red eyes were fixed exactly where I stood, unblinking, amused.
A low hum rippled through the air, then my system flared in warning:
[Danger: S-Rank Adversary Detected]
My stomach dropped.
Before I could retreat, the thing blurred. One heartbeat it was standing inside the shattered cage, the next it was in front of me. I thought I was fast but the way this thing moved was too fast for me to track.
Its hit came like a hammer through air — a backhand that I didn’t even see coming. My ribs folded, the world tilting sideways as I sla
