Hectaire seemed to have a mile long grin on his face as he finally felt his sword hit something tangible.

The old man who he was fighting wasn’t even phased.

“Hmm, I’ve gotten a bit rusty in my retirement” He said confidently

[Stop trying to act cool old man!] Kotori said.

It was obvious the old man was in trouble, she didn’t know how many times Hectaire had the red potion made from Delia near him.

In fact, Kotori felt like she had deduced something.

[Hectaire’s ability must put a big strain on the body no? In that case is the reason why he follows Zacariah for this reason.]

Kotori had heard that among the adventurers in the guild. Hectaire was mostly low platinum ranked adventurers who had shot up to become the strongest among them.

She could only assume that the potion made from Delia’s blood was the cause.

Kotori saw Delia shift once again and she watched as the bandages on her arm’s loosened. Delia had often worn long sleeves in the palace which is why Kotori didn’t notice earlier she was being used as a walking pharmaceutical.

Hectaire and the old man traded blows again and Kotori could see him being pushed back. Although, the older man had a superior technique he was still being suppressed through the sheer flurry of blows that was placed upon him by Hectaire.

Hectaire’s sword was a blur as he rained down blow after blow on the small man in front of him. His body was coated in a thin glossy sheen of sweat and each step kicked up dust.

The old man's sword answered equally as fast deflecting each of Hectaire’s slashes with finesse.

Surprisingly the old man, through a particularly delicate maneuver managed to land a light scratch on Hectaire’s arm again.

Kotori watched the two of them mesmerized. She wasn’t a particularly agile fighter and fell more into the Hectaire’s camp of “bash opponent until they are defeat” but she could see how the technique was closing the gap in the fight in front of her.

Ryla seemed to have a slightly concerned expression as she saw the old man get beaten back.

[So, he was their trump card?] Kotori thought

The old man was indeed a strong fighter and Kotori could see why Ryla thought she would be able to overcome Hectaire with him.

That was of course assuming Hectaire didn’t have the Moon elf blood with him.

The fight was reaching a climax. It seemed like Ryla’s groups of adventurers had been able to overpower Zacariah’s group. But the old man was being held back.

Hectaire was being increasingly belligerent. It seemed like [Berserker] title for is skill wasn’t for show. He moves grew increasingly sloppy but even more ferocious.

Hatake was not particularly caring about his defense but since he had the blood elixir he would shrug off any damage the old man was putting on him.

It was a situation where Kotori felt like it was early time to intervene. The remaining adventurers on Ryla’s side started to assist the old man and were instantly swatted away like flies.

Kotori felt uneasy. Even though his ability might mess with his mind, Kotori didn’t believe that Hectaire would be this out of control.

His face was red and puffy and his muscle continued to grow and bulge. He had grown to three times his size already.

Kotori had a suspicion that Hectaire’s current condition was a result of him pushing himself and drinking too many of the blood elixirs.

He really didn’t look normal, his eyes were filled with rage, and grunted like a beast.

[Men who can’t control themselves, gross…]

In her past life, Kotori had met all sorts of people including athletes, for the most part, they were respectable and polite people. Still, Kotori had run into the sort who some could say “cheated” their way to the top.

The ones who had won were based on the power of their needles and not their own muscles. The way Hectaire was acting gave her the impression of these sorts of people.

[Junkie] Kotori thought.

He was obviously no longer in control of himself and now Zacariah was telling him to back off to no avail.

“Hectaire! We’re moving back”

Hectaire only roared in response, ignoring the orders that Zacariah had given him.

[This will turn into a problem.] Kotori thought looking at the rampaging man. Both Ryla and Zacariah’s adventurers were now working together to suppress the raging man in front of them. They were easily blown away and now Hectaire was bearing down on Zacariah.

[It seemed like the time to intervene had arrived] Kotori thought.