Protagonist?Antagonist? I Reject Both

Chapter 69 69:The Hunt

A chill ran down Reno's spine as he heard this.

Through the veil of fog, two beastly pairs of golden eyes shone.

The moment those eyes met him, the deepest fear ingrained in Reno's and Rose's hearts resurfaced.

"You fuckers of destiny are really lucky. One got saved because I fired while the other one was saved by my poor aim due to fog."

"If not for the fog blinding my vision, I wouldn't have miss…. let's leave those useless words. Leon cut his speech and looked at Lucien who looked at him with teary puppy eyes.

"Lucien, just as I promised, I am here. Just go inside and get that damned things."A voice followed by a chuckle echoed in the place.

"As for others, leave everything to me."

TAP! TAP!TAP!

A cold voice trailed off in everyone's ears.

The entire place descended into silence except for the sound of tapping. As the stranger finally appeared, Reno's ever smiling face cracked into tatters.

As he locked onto the man's eyes, those indifferent and cold eyes menacingly started to strike the bell of warning in his mind.

"Thank brother."Lucien wiped his tears and got up and ran quickly without looking back, afraid of showing his tears to Leon.

While Lucien left, Reno just stood there frozen like a statute. For a brief moment, his mind short-circuited and stopped functioning.

It wasn't just because of the stranger's appearance but rather the system's oddity.

[DING]

[Choice A:Take on him and defeat him.]

Reward: ???

[Choice B:Run! You don't stand a chance.]

Reward: Heaven Tier Nimbus Footstep.

Even before Reno could make a choice, the system flashed with a red light.

[WARNING!WARNING!WARNING]

[Host, it's advisable to escape. You don't know the horror of this man. He isn't any ordinary human. The system is unable to gauge his power.]

A thick vein formed over Reno's forehead as he looked down at his hands trembling.

'Fear....Am I afraid of a punny guy..'

'No, I can't accept that. I am not that pathetic loser of the previous life. I am Reno Jeffeson who stands above the lives of thousands.'

'I chose the first choice. There is no retreat.'

While Reno made his choice, Rose moved out of her dazed state and shrieked in panic.

"That voice...That familiar voice…You…."

"You are still alive."Leon cast a surprised look and then taking a look at Reno, he guessed what transpired in the background.

A crazed look flashed in Rose's eyes as the anger and hatred consumed her.

Kicking the ground, she shot forward like a mad bull.

"I will kill you asshole. Then I will slaughter all your family and feed them to dogs."Rose roared angrily.

"Why the hell do you guys always drag the family into this?"

Leon's posture seemed rather leisurely and his facial expression was unchanging. Seemingly treating this brief exchange as nothing but a small farce.

Twisting her torso and pulling out two daggers, she swung it towards Leon's temple area. Her move was so fast that it left images radiating gentle storms.

Swoosh!

But just as the dagger was about to hit Leon in the temple, Leon's eyes flickered slightly and he leaned his head back while stepping aside.

"Huh!"

All Leon did was a simple movement but Rose's attack which was going at high speed shockingly missed completely. Landing on the ground behind, Rose looked behind where Leon stood with her eyes wide open.

"That's it?"Leon spoke indifferently.

It was a mere two words but it rang like a thunderbolt striking his mind.

"It can't be. I missed it because of my injury, otherwise, it would have been a one-hit kill.''Rose shouted as she limped on her left leg.

"Don't mock me, "Pressing her foot onto the ground with a low bang, she jumped in the air.

The qi inside his body suddenly churned. She suddenly disappeared and her body reappeared right at the spot Leon was standing.

Using the momentum. she had accumulated, she slashed her daggers like two unstoppable missiles that split the air apart aiming to dig into Leon's flesh and tear it apart

CLANK!CLANK!

SWISH!

A fierce gale of shockwave swept the place.

Raising his hand, Leon merely grabbed the two daggers with his hand from the sharp side which only left a small scratch.

"HOW!"

Rose let out a soft cry as Leon caught the dagger with a bare hand.

Lifting his head, Leon stared at Rose's furious eyes with an aloof gaze.

"Disappointing! Is this the extent of your anger?"

Leon muttered with a grin.

The words came crashing down into Rose's ears.

"It seems you didn't love your teammates that much."

Rose took a step back with uneasiness.

'How did he stop that?'

Fear finally flashed in his eyes.

'He is strong...He really killed all of them.'

Rose yanked the dagger but it was grasped tightly as if held by a pair of pincers. She decided to let it go and gain some distance but just as she stepped back, her vision suddenly became dark.

It was as if the light was suddenly cut off and at the next instant, something cold and hard touched her face.

"Ukkk!"

BANG!

Rose's consciousness was knocked out for a split second and when she came to her senses, she felt her body sent flying back.

But before she could get slammed against the ground, a shadow flashed behind and held her.

"Rose, don't lose yourself in anger..."

Rose woke from the reverie and saw Reno's solemn expression.

"Reno, he is strong."

"No, he isn't. You are just weak due to injury and you lost your composure. Your attack was quite easy to see through."Reno spoke and raised his voice"Get a hang of yourself."

"Let's team up and defeat him, "Reno shouted with a cold gleam flashing in his eyes.

For a badass villain who always tramples on others, this would surely leave a bad aftertaste but he needs to win.

All those novels depicted how cool the villains were, thrashing everything into the ground but only now he knew that life doesn't play by rules.

He didn't know how Lucien's plot armor was so strong and why his system was warning against a guy who was in the same realm as him.

However, he knew that this guy had a technique that made one fear. Even Heart Calming Sutra can only minimize a part of the effect only.

Moreover, he was in such a place where he couldn't even break away even if he wanted to. He didn't care about Lucien as he could kill him outside but his heart told him that this guy was a menace.

His villain halo affects the heroine and the protagonist isn't working on this guy.

At that moment, a chilling thought came into his mind.

'Maybe he is a villain. His eyes and his expression are signs of a sinister cunning villain, and his halo must be bigger than mine.'

'Maybe he is using Lucien to snatch the weapon and then take it.'

CLAP!

"Did you have your sweet time? If you want, you can even kiss and fuck around. I have no problem if you do that but I won't just watch as I have to help that kid and move on, "Leon clapped his hands and lunged forward.

"Shit!" Rose cursed aloud and jumped up from Ren.

BANG!

The ground beneath Leon suddenly broke apart and he appeared right in front of them with a frightening speed.