"Monster," the assassin rasped, his voice cracking as he looked up at Hide. "You... you are a fucking monster."
[First Phantom 'Zenith' has eliminated A B-Rank Human]
Experience points gained: 2700
[Phantom Soldier 'Zenith' has Leveled Up!]
Level 7 → 8
Hide dismissed the windows and looked back at the assassin.
For a fraction of a second, the elite killer of the Sihue clan remained paralyzed under the crushing, suffocating weight of Hide's Mana Press.
But the sheer, primal instinct of survival—honed by decades of life-or-death combat in the Exterminator underworld finally overrode his terror.
The assassin bit down on his own tongue, using the sharp spike of physical pain to shatter the mental lockdown. Dark purple mana flared desperately around his legs.
With a violent burst of energy, the suited man kicked off the cracked pavement, his figure blurring into a streak of desperate motion as he lunged toward the safety of the shadowed alleyway behind him.
