Chapter 212: Rinella’s Destiny is Her Own (5)

For a while, only silence echoed in the dimly lit secret chamber.

It was a place scarcely bright. The flickering candlelight only faintly provided a view, yet none of the two men complained.

Instead, they displayed a natural movement, as if darkness was more familiar to them.

Lifting the teapot, pouring tea, and sipping the tea. There was no hesitation in this series of actions.

This signified that they had established their vision.

The two of them were not only sipping their tea but also studying each other’s expressions leisurely. In the end, the middle-aged person clad in the pitch-black dress uniform was the first one to break the silence.

He let out a heavy sigh.

“…Fine, I surrender. I have no idea who you are.”

“As I mentioned, I am just a loyal subject of the Empire.”

The response to the middle-aged man’s complaint was so straightforward.

Therefore, the middle-aged man chuckled. A loyal subject of the Empire? As if there were loyal subjects the Emperor didn’t even know existed.

Still, it was fortunate that he could at least verbally proclaim himself as a ‘loyal subject’.

He was a talented individual who had already achieved so much at such a young age. Although the agents might not have noticed, the middle-aged man’s discerning eyes couldn’t be deceived.

The amount of mana the man possessed was ordinary.

However, his skill in manipulating it was phenomenal. As if the limits, such as the shortage of the total amount of mana, were nothing at all, the man only concentrated his mana where needed at the right moment.

The result was a tremendous increase in physical capability.

Of course, there were limits.

Fundamentally, concentrating mana on a specific body part came with corresponding stress. Yet, the man was effortlessly moving large amounts of mana.

In a prolonged battle, he would be defeated because even when utilizing a means, the limitations of physical ability were evident.