Zion and the silver-masked man were standing staring at each other in a stalemate. They stood there for what felt like an eternity before the masked man gritted his teeth and walked toward the human with a dark expression on his face.

At first, he was nervous and thought of running away, his legs had turned and pointed in another direction for an escape. But he suddenly remembered that this person was a worthless human who didn't know a single thing! How could the masked man give up this opportunity? His main motive behind setting up Lia and her servant was that the two of them should carry the blame on his behalf, and the fact that this human servant was left behind was the best thing that could happen to him.

Now, the masked man only had to make sure to injure this human and hide him in his base. Then and only then he could kill without hesitation and when the time comes, he would let this rat out and blame the murder on this human's shoulders.

After confirming this strategy, he took a deep breath and walked toward the human with a cold gaze.

Zion, who was quietly observing the silver-masked man, narrowed his eyes as he noticed the small movements of this man. He realized that the man's first thought was to run away after seeing the way the man's feet pointed in the direction of the window in the children's room. But the man seemed to have another idea that led him to stop all of a sudden and then he made a decision in a split of a second before marching toward the detective.

It seemed that this elf killer must be taking Zion for granted for being a human. He sneered in his heart and glared at the man as he crossed his arms on his chest.

The masked man ignored this action that could be considered rude and stood right in front of him. A smirk formed on his face. "You have the guts to follow me around like this."

This was when Zion confirmed the identity of this masked man. It was certainly the same as the gentle-looking husband he had seen earlier in the palace. The voice was the same, but the tone was a bit different. Back then, this person was talking in front of his wife, so obviously, his tone would be gentle. But this time, the man talked in a rude and rough tone that could have made any human flinch, but Zion wasn't just any normal human of this world.

In his own world, Zion had faced many criminals who had been crazy murderers, so he knew how to deal with such people. He wasn't even a bit worried at this time, so he looked coldly at the man and said nothing. He knew it too well that the more he said something, the higher were the chances of poking the silver-masked man's sour points. It was better to keep silent and pretend that he was deaf and dumb.

The masked man scoffed and squinted his eyes before parting his lips. "You know, you have made it easier for me by showing yourself in front of me like this. I'll be finally at ease while committing the murders."

At this point, Zion finally couldn't let go of his curiosity. "Why are you killing so many children?"

Even though he knew for sure that this man wouldn't give him the real reason, he still wanted to ask. From his experience, the serial killer never reveals his cards in the first meeting, but they would always reveal their level of insanity by the way they talk. So at this time, Zion only wanted to hear how crazy this person was!

But to his surprise, The man's expressions became colder than ice as he glared at the human before grabbing the detective's collar roughly. "Little humans shouldn't be so curious that they end up dying because of that. It's time to sleep, little human."

Just as the silver-masked man was about to raise his hand and knock the detective unconscious, Zion finally moved. He could see a sword hanging on the waist of this man, so he reached out and took the sword as he dodged the man's hand and pointed the tip of the sword at the man's neck.

Finally! He would get a chance to use his skills in an actual fight!

The silver-masked man seemed to have been stunned after seeing the human reacting like this. He froze and only came back to himself when he found a certain sword being pointed at his neck like this. A smile formed on his lips all of a sudden. He leisurely touched the sword and pressed the pointed tips with his fingers. "You really want to do this, human? Don't you know how powerful we are?"

Of course, Zion knew about this, but what else could he do? He still couldn't forget the level of pain he had to face when he was attacked by that energy ball back then. But at this point, he didn't have Lia to save him like before. He could only use his strength and depend on himself!

When the man saw how the little human didn't budge and kept pointing the sword at his face, he let out a chuckle and backed up a bit before chanting a few words. Soon, energy balls filled with fire elements appeared on the surface of the silver-masked man's palms. The man then looked at Zion with his cold gaze and said in a mocking tone, "You must have seen how the dear queen fought with your master, right? Although I'm not as powerful as her, I can handle an ant-like you."

After saying this, the man threw the energy balls at Zion's face. At first, the man thought that he would be able to deal with this human easily, but who would have thought that the human would end up dodging the attacks by jumping a few times professionally?! The man looked at Zion in surprise. "You have sword fighting skills. Looks like your master really wanted to break off that ancient deal between the human ancestors and the rest of the world."