Chapter 42: The Asarii“Watch out, my lord,” cried the Huan cousins in unison, while only Erming jumped before the noble youth, taking the full brunt of the blow in his place.The youth was sent flying, blood spilling out from his mouth despite his protective shield. His body crashed into Benny, who was in the middle of casting his spell and had to readjust his mana flow from the backlash, knocking him down.Despite managing that, his expression was as ugly as it could be, mirroring Erming, who had received the blow for him.“Get off me!” Benny shouted. Pushing the coughing, miserable figure off him, he cast a cold gaze towards the other group.With a swift motion, Ember appeared behind him. If a fight were to break out, the safest bet would likely be to flee. Though Ember feared that would only earn the ire of the Oberons and even his own house. His only choice was to confront them, not that Ember was against it, with that dark-skinned fellow ambushing him first. Regrettably, their chances weren’t looking good. The other group had three extra people against their five.“You have some nerve,” said a girl in a piercing tone. She was fair, swathed in black, in contrast to the white-clad youth who cast the spell at Benny. “You’re not only stealing our kills, but you even went as far as to attack us. Don’t think you can get away with harassing the direct descendant of the Sha’azar."Ember blinked, wondering if they could be called royalty.“Oh, it’s folks from the Asarii clan,” Benny said in a sarcastic tone. “That makes quite a lot of sense. Now I see why you all failed to take care of these few pesky frogs. The Sha’azar certainly hasn’t taught much to you.”“Watch your tongue, pink!” barked another. “Our Sha’azar or his descendants aren’t for the likes of you to rebuke.”And here Ember thought only the young boys and girls from his group were bad.Anyhow, he had read about the Asarii clan, (...)