Chapter 162 – Blood, Death, Shadow.
Asael said with a wide smile.
Kaden looked at him with blank eyes, but inwardly, he wasn't all that surprised. He probably would've done the same if he were in Asael's place.
After all, you need to know who you are up against to better plan what to do.
All those thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, before he slowly opened his mouth to respond, lips curling into a small, almost mocking smile.
"Tell me, how close to death were you at that time?" he asked, smirking.
Asael's lips twitched, and he slowly turned his head to the side, refusing to glance at Kaden's punchable face for even a second longer.
But he still answered.
"How close, huh? I think… a little more, and I would have met Death in person. And when I say a little more…"
He slowly turned his head back toward him, his smile crooked…
"…I mean a simple slap from a mundane person would have been enough to send me straight to the afterlife," he said.
…silence.
