CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Four years ago …
Before Bobby Joe could pull the trigger of his gun, I kicked him in the groin. Bobby Joe cried out in pain and dropped his gun as he stumbled backward and clutched at his groin.
As for me, I activated a fire spell that burned through the vines around me, allowing me to snap them off with little effort. Jumping to my feet, I summoned my blue Mana energy blade and swung it at Bobby Joe, but the mage teleported out of my reach at the last second, reappearing a few feet away outside of my reach. Though he was still wincing from where I had kicked him, Bobby Joe was also grinning, as if he had just heard an amusing joke.
“Who are you?” I said, raising my blade before me defensively. “And why do you want to kill O’Brian?”
“Already told you my name,” said
