“Why do you get the guts?” Adrian said.

He had never met someone so foolish. No wonder Shay was treated as a mere pawn.

“I’m warning you. It wasn’t me who wanted your life. You should be thanking the people of Riston,”
Adrian said.

“Why?” Shay asked, regarding everyone in Riston as evil since they almost killed him.

Adrian scoffed. “Without them, you would be dead by now. They unintentionally helped to suppress the drug inside you.”

Lionel stared at Adrian. He was supposed to be a Battle Warrior who knew nothing about drugs. Even he himself had only heard about it, and it was his first time seeing it in action today. That was why he got nosy.

“There’s no similar drug like this in Navia. How do you know about it?” Lionel asked.

“It’s just a guess,” Adrian explained calmly, “I saw cracks on his skin before, but they’re all gone now. It shows that it was caused by an external blow.”

Lionel slapped his head. He overestimated how smart he was. He saw the cracks too. He had not taken