Chapter 583: Traitor      

Ren's strategy was clear: to break their spirits, to make them doubt their cause. He wanted to extinguish any remnants of hope that lingered within their hearts. Then maybe they would back away.

That would be the ideal outcome. A gift for old-time sake.

Too bad for Eric, but he had to die so Ren could make a point. Serine managed to get away with the help of her beast companion while Isolde took Xian to a safe distance. Eric was near Ren, so he received the brunt of the damage.

But to Ren's amusement, Eric didn't die – he survived with little HP left.

Haa . . . it must be one of his skills. Ren thought.

What a lucky guy . . . but it was not like he didn't anticipate such an outcome. At this point in the game, players had access to rare items, higher-level skills, and spells, and killing them would take some effort.

"Heh. You can't kill me. Not yet," Eric rasped before he quickly pulled out his potions to recover his HP.

"Is that so?"