장 488: Chapter 488 - Trap or…?

*SWOOSH*

A shining, curved bladed metal sailed horizontally across the sudden darkness with frightening speed. Its aim was to separate the first unprepared intruder's head from the rest of his or her body.

From the speed, the momentum, and from the might that the sudden strike launched from such a prepared ambush would have been enough to catch many unprepared and spell out an early demise for any of the ordinary townsfolk, be it trained or otherwise.

Yet, unfortunately for those lying in wait and hatching such a sinister course of action, the boy they've met was anything but ordinary. Without a change in his usual, calm demeanor, Aiden's right hand suddenly blurred, coming to oppose the cold assailant.

The prepared strike came to an abrupt halt as the tip of the saber-looking weapon was caught between Aiden's right thumb, index, and middle finger instantly diminishing all the carried force within.