A Familiar Stranger

"I see, you are wiser than I thought, since you punished him for me, you are all forgiven."

I turned my back and walked away, Adrian got up after a while and called me one last time.

"It's true that the strong rule here, but if you end up killing someone, you'll be really screwed."

I looked at him, intrigued by this statement.

"Kill? What are you talking about, I don't need to go that far to crush these brats."

I left the scene, behind me, Adrian continued to look at me and then spat on the ground. Walter stood up, angry tears in his eyes.

"What's wrong with you? You were supposed to beat him, why didn't you fight back? Why did you let us be humiliated?! How dare you attack me?!"

“If I hadn’t attacked you, you would have already died. You are so stupid that you fought with this monster, you don't understand when to stop."

They shuddered, incomprehensible murmurs arose and one of them stepped forward.

“It’s only because he’s an Avatar, but other than that, he’s worthless! You could hav