NovelXXXWith just a little more pressure, he could've ended him right there.
"Bernard!" Evan yelled, sprinting over, panic all over his face.
Bernard frowned, silent for a moment, then let go and stood up.
"I'll be waiting for you up in the mountains. Cfindwhen you've toughened up! Now get lost!"
The big guy with the scarred face flushed red, coughing like crazy.
Evan dashed over, anxious. "Hey, are you alright?!"
The scarred man glared at Bernard, his eyes red and wild. He didn't bother wiping the blood off his face, just
wiped his tears away roughly, not saying a single word.
He got up, limped off deeper into the woods, heading down the mountain.
Evan stared after him, worried, then rushed forward and shoved a bottle of painkillers into his hand. "Here, take
these. They'll help."
The scarred man shot him a strange look, but took the bottle and disappeared into the trees.
Evan watched him go for a while, then hurried back to Bernard. "Bernard, are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Bernard grunted.
"What about him-?"
"Let him go!" Bernard snapped. "With his skills, he's not about to get eaten by a bear or anything. But with that
attitude, trying to get revenge? He'll wind up dead, and he won't even know how it happened!"
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBernard glared down the path after the scarred man, fuming. But beneath the anger, his words were laced with
frustration-like he expected better from him.
Once the scarred guy was out of sight, Evan nudged Bernard again. "Bernard, what's going on between you two?
What happened?"
Bernard sighed a long, heavy sigh. Suddenly, whether from the fight or from something weighing on his heart, he
coughed hard and spat out blood.
"Bernard!" Evan shouted in alarm.
Tarquin rushed over too. "You okay, sir?"
Bernard wiped the blood from his mouth. "I'm alright."
"Here, sit down, take it easy," Tarquin said, helping Bernard lower himself onto a big rock at the top of the hill.
Evan fished out smedicine from his backpack— just aspirin, but it was better than nothing-and handed it
over.
Bernard caught his breath, then
finally spoke, his voice gravelly. "He's
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"When | left, the kid clung to my leg, crying his eyes out. He'd always depended on me. But | wasn't going on a
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Bernard broke off, coughing again, his face twisted with anger.
After a moment, he continued, “Looking back, | was too young too cocky. | got to Alerasia, challenged their
champion in a fight to the death, and killed him in front of everyone in the ring."
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