‘He seems to be provoking me to attack him, but what is his purpose?' Elio thought.

Elio was right that Adrian was trying to provoke him into attacking him. With his strength slowly recovering, he had the confidence that he could deal with someone like Elio. Rather than waiting for Elio to act and putting himself in a passive position, Adrian preferred to provoke Elio now and find a way to swiftly defeat him. Although things might become complicated this way, at least he would resolve a troublesome matter.

"That's enough, Adrian!" Frederick shouted, "Follow me. From now on, fighting isn't allowed!" He turned and walked away.

Elio cast a deep look at Adrian. From the peculiar pendant, he sensed that Adrian was his destined nemesis, but it seemed to him that getting rid of Adrian was not as easy as he had imagined. After all, Adrian was just an ordinary person without any Vital Energy when he first met him a few days ago. He might not even be able to defeat Lyra at that time, but Adri