Anton stumbled onto the riverbank, his knees buckling as he collapsed to the ground.
A man, one arm holding a child, scarred from countless brushes with death... even he had tears welling up in his eyes.
"That's right, he... he won't die, he won't, he won't!"
He repeated these three words over and over, as if by saying them he might convince himself it was true.
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All morning, only Monkey and Hawk were leading the female trainees through the session. Everyone was a little on edge, wondering if that "devil" was hiding somewhere, silently observing and planning a prank with the "dimsum".
But, even by lunchtime, the elusive figure of Leng Xiaoxie hadn't appeared.
The female trainees all subtly breathed a sigh of relief, but Memoria Campbell was quite disappointed.
Last night, she had come up with several ways to give him a taste of his own medicine, but the main character didn't show, leaving her plans unfulfilled, and her quite irritated.
