"Wouldn't you like to know?" Rael snickered.
Just as the fish was about to thrust his sword at Rael, Anath stepped in, raising her hands.
"W-Wait, Victor, he's a friend," Anath said with a flustered look.
"A friend? He doesn't look like one of us, Anath," Victor replied, narrowing his eyes. "What are you doing here?"
Rael tilted his head. "Care to take a guess?"
"Anath..." Victor sighed as he raised his sword in the air. "Move. I'm going to deal with this miscreant."
"You talk like a thug. Are you sure you're a fish?" Rael asked skeptically.
And in the very next moment, Victor simply pushed Anath aside and thrust his sword directly at Rael's throat.
But since Rael knew it was coming, he simply ducked under the sword and, without hesitation, did the unthinkable.
He raised his foot, and with a not-so-light tap, kicked Victor straight in the balls.
"Kugh!" Victor's eyes widened as the sword fell from his grasp.
