The hunter processed that.
And attacked again — but this time not with the chain enchantment. With his body, without magic, directly, because if Blood Magic could read magical attacks through adrenaline, non‑magical attacks didn't generate the same signal.
Viktor was expecting it.
Not because he could read a physical attack without a magical signal.
But because it was the obvious decision, and Viktor had learned to anticipate obvious decisions before the enemy reached them.
[Blood Weapon — activated]
A hardened‑blood knife appeared in Viktor's right hand — formed in the exact second the hunter lunged, timed so the hunter was already in trajectory and unable to change it.
The knife found the level‑85 hunter's shoulder.
Not deep — enough.
[Level‑85 Hunter — right shoulder damage]
[Toxin Mastery — weakening poison — active]
