A crack spread all over the building, making it look like it was about to collapse at any moment. Yet, there wasn't a single window that actually shattered as if the old man was able to control his strength to an absolute degree.
All of a sudden, a man came out of the window. He had a sword on his hand while shouting, "Who are you?!"
"I am just a simple old man," he replied with a face devoid of emotion.
"If you're not going to talk, then I'll make you talk!" The man disappeared into thin air.
The old man slowly raised his other hand, where the man suddenly appeared before him, the old man's hand capturing his head.
"!!!" The man widened his eyes in shock. "What? I'm a Tier 7 human, but…"
As a Tier 7 human, he had obviously fought against a Tier 8 human just to test his strength. However, a Tier 8 human was never this strong in his memory. In other words, the old man before him was beyond that.
There was only one man in his mind who would do such a thing. "You… You are… Michael Hac—!"
Before he finished his words, he felt a sharp pain in his head as the old man was trying to crush his skull. He drew his sword, trying to cut him. But the next thing he realized, his hand was actually flying into the air with the sword.
The man was shocked as he opened his mouth once again, trying to say something. Sadly, he didn't get a chance to even utter a single word before his head exploded, splashing blood everywhere.
"This is the first… You better pray that my grandson manages to survive, or I will destroy all of you." The old man lowered his body while placing his hand on the ground.
There was a huge explosive sound across the city, alerting all the people inside. The ground even trembled as though there was an earthquake.
The high tier humans in the city couldn't help but realize that this was not an ordinary earthquake.
"What is going on?! Did someone fight inside the city?" The head of the police department in the city roared, ordering all his subordinates to check what was going on.
The sirens from all emergency responders filled the night as they traced the origin of that sound.
And the moment they arrived at the scene, they couldn't help but drop their jaws to the ground, not believing that something could happen.
"This is…" A police officer was standing at the edge of a sinkhole. Yes, instead of a crater, it was a sinkhole. It was so dark inside, showing how deep it was. Inside, there was nothing but rubble. It was possible that there were corpses as well. "What is happening here?"
The people were confused. Some thought this was not a natural sinkhole, but if that was the case, who actually caused it?
Only those who understood the darkness of society knew the meaning behind this sinkhole.
After all, they were the reasons why even a Tier 9 human like Michael Hacfield didn't do anything explicitly. Now that he didn't have any reason to hold back anymore, all of them understood the meaning behind this destruction. It was a message to all those people.
Red Dagger Assassination Association.
A middle-aged man was calming himself down with a cigarette while reading the report. "That freaking old man is finally making his move?"
"It appears that there was an incident with his grandson. According to the report, someone attempted to kill his grandson by pushing off the truck while they were escaping from beasts."
"What? Then, he should kill that guy, not us. We have warned our people not to take any direct action against his grandson, right?" The middle-aged man slammed the table. "Michael Hacfield is a madman. A country once tried to crush him by killing his son and daughter-in-law, but the next thing they realized, a few of their cities turned into lakes, and they had no choice but to formally apologize.
Do our men know what will happen if they break the rules?"
"Boss, that's…" His assistant scratched his cheek before saying in a hesitant tone, "He was running away from the beast wave that we created in order to kill him."
"…" The room instantly turned silent as the middle-aged man looked down. "Oh…"
There was no other word that could describe this situation.
The boss pinched the bridge of his nose while saying, "Find out the person who pushed his grandson and use it to try appeasing his anger. I will try to find another solution in the meantime."
The atmosphere turned so awkward that his assistant chose to leave instead of staying inside.
They were not the only ones who actually made a move.
In another country, someone was actually smiling after hearing this news. "So, that madman is not far from us… Send all our scouts and try to tail him."
"Should we kill him?"
"No. Just find his location and give away that information. I bet there are some who would like to come for his life."
"Since he is far away, shouldn't we target his son and daughter-in-law?"
"That's where you're wrong. We shouldn't corner that madman so much. Even if three out of ten Tier 9 humans besieged him, he could still drag one down with him while heavily injuring the other two. And those two would be killed by other Tier 9 humans who want to take advantage of that weakness.
He is a man who values family more than his life, so we won't target his family since they are the ones making him weak."
People all over the world started making their moves. This was the reason why Clovis's grandfather chose to hide instead of actively protecting his family.
He knew that he would just bring more danger to the family. Once he made a move or was even injured, there would be more people that came after him.
And this time, he came out once again after knowing someone had broken the rule.