Chapter 177

I suppose I'd underestimated my opponent, somehow.

"Hnng... I can't take any more."

Tossing and turning in a body gone heavy as a water-soaked sponge, I let out a groan through my hazy, half-conscious mind.

I didn't have the strength left to so much as wiggle a finger.

"That rough on you?"

Standing by the bed, drinking down a glass of cold water, Cain turned to look at me and asked.

After keeping someone up torturing them all night, that gentle, shameless tone of voice!

I must have gone in far too lightly, thinking I could handle someone whose build, strength, stamina, and endurance were all in an entirely different league from an ordinary human's — a Dragonblood's.

"I really, truly can't anymore..."

"Drink some water first. You must be thirsty."

Given his track record, suspicion came first.

I forced my eyes wide open, keeping a wary watch in case…