Sensing the danger, Vespa quickly let go of his wrist and retreated away for some distance. The power from the missed attack blasted the land flat and clean.
"Woah! That was close." Despite the exclamation, a smile remained on her face as if the youth's previous strike was nothing to her: "Must I repeat what I said? Aren't you afraid that I might kill off every hostage in my fortress?"
"Hmph. I know the way you bastards do things. Until you achieve what you come here for, you won't lay a finger on the hostage because it might jeopardize the whole mission. And I know full well about the consequences of failing a mission as important as this." Feng Luotian retorted without holding back.
"Oh? You know us?" The commander was quite surprised by the hidden meaning within his words before she added: "Strange. I can't gauge your strength nor sense the energy around you when you're not fighting. It seems like you're the most mysterious one of all. Who are you?"
