The Soldier's Unsurpassable Honor



Fane looked at David, who was on the brink of death, and suddenly let out a laugh. "Do you still remember what I told you before?"

David coughed violently as he looked up slowly after hearing Fane's words, his expression muddled with conflict.

Fane did not wait for David to answer as he continued, "I told you that I'd make you repeat everything you said after entering the isolated space. I kept you alive instead of continuing to torture you to death precisely for this!"

He slowly bent his knee as he spoke, staring right into David's eyes. He looked on and said, "You said I was too arrogant, that a mere alchemist could never dare to challenge you. You said I didn't know my place and that you'd show me, through your actions, the gap between the two of us. Do you remember all that?"

Fane was unperturbed when he spoke as if he was talking about what he had for dinner. David's lips twitched as he could not stop himself from thinking about what had happened in the waiting area.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

He had held himself to such a high standard and treated Fane like he was worthless. To him, Fane was nothing more than a joke...yet that 'joke' was torturing him to extremity at that moment. Even if he did everything he could, he was still no match for Fane.

David's whole body shook, and even the muscles on his face started to twist.

Fane continued, "You said that there's a gulf between the two of us. Can you please explain to me what the gulf is?

"You even told me I didn't know how strong true experts are. Can you please explain to me right now how strong they are? I really do not know." Hearing that, David's breathing got even more erratic as his pale face slowly turned red. He felt like he was completely humiliated. Hearing those words again made it look like he was being unbelievably arrogant.

He wanted to defend himself, but he did not know what to say. Fane's words had naturally spread to the ears of the warriors in the viewing area. Hearing that, the warriors could not stop themselves from sighing.

Before entering the isolated space, Fane's conversation with David had been spread all around the viewing area, and none believed in Fane.

How the table's have turned. He had looked down upon everyone else because he did have the right to de so. There truly was a gulf between Fane and David, but it was Fane who had the higher ground while David was merely dirt on the ground.

A wandering warrior in the viewing area could not help but shake his head and say, "This world really is full of surprises. I can't believe David was the conceited one! It's true after all that no one should ever be

underestimated!"

A warrior of high status next to him said, "I always knew something was wrong with Fane. By that, I don't mean he's a lunatic, but his actions are just far too strange.

"Made our conclusions about him

far too quickly, and we didn't know anything about him, so he felt like everything he said was too much of a joke. However, I feel like anyone sane would not have done anything so absurd without a reason.

"That's why I felt like Fane was hiding something. Now, it seems my guess is correct. However, Fane didn't really hide anything—it's just that I never imagined the truth!"