No one would have expected that two Tier 9 humans would be working together to kill a Tier 7 human. At the same time, they orchestrated the entire situation, including pushing away all the people around by dragging the Tier 8 beast into this place.
Due to the immense pain, Lily’s grip on her sword weakened. The Prophet took advantage of the situation and grabbed her by the neck.
"What are you trying to do? Are you trying to provoke my husband?" Lily gritted her teeth.
"Provoke, huh? That might be the correct word for what I’m about to do."
"There is no grievance between us." Lily couldn’t see the reason why the Prophet would come to get them.
It was true that the Hacfield family had a small conflict with the Melesviet family, considering they were rising influences. Of course, they would be competing for those resources. However, the Prophet was far from this place and should have no connection to the Melesviet family.
So, why would such a person come to this place and try to pick a fight?
"You can’t see it, the inevitable end." Those were the only words the Prophet gave before he extended his hand toward Lily’s face and, surprisingly, gouged her left eye.
"I will kill her now." Carrick raised his spear, ready to deliver a finishing blow.
The moment Carrick’s spear touched her skin, the intense pain returned, causing her to scream. However, Carrick couldn’t help but stop right away because he sensed an incoming presence.
It was moving faster than he had ever expected.
Before he realized it, Michael appeared next to him, punching Carrick in the face. His bloodshot eyes were filled with anger. He gritted his teeth and released the most powerful punch of his life.
The punch caused a massive shock wave, it shattered everything in a circle. The shock wave traveled for over a hundred meters, launching Carrick, first to the beast, then over five hundred meters away. The thundering sound of the shock wave was as if it were Michael’s roar of anguish after seeing his wife humiliated in such a way.
The Prophet was about to snap Lily’s neck, but Lily, even in her weakened state, still managed to hit his wrist with her palm, producing a small momentum that weakened his grip for a second.
That small time was enough for Michael to spin his body and punch the Prophet. Knowing he would get hit, the Prophet shifted his stance and raised his other arm to block his punch. Of course, the Prophet put Lily’s eye in front as if trying to make Michael hesitate.
He succeeded. There was no way Michael could destroy her eye, thinking it could be restored later.
Seeing such a faint hope in his eyes, the Prophet abruptly crushed that eye.
"!!!" Michael’s killing intent soared to a whole new level. He first hit his wrist, freeing Lily. Then he punched the Prophet with everything he had.
The Prophet received the attack head-on, dislocating two of his fingers but stopping the entire force from blowing him away. Michael didn’t give up. He forcefully raised his foot with that stance, using the toughness of his body to endure that strain to kick him in the stomach.
"Lily?!" Once he was launched away, Michael then turned his head and caught Lily.
Before Lily could speak, Carrick had reemerged and stabbed Michael.
Michael’s body was tougher than steel. It stopped even Carrick’s trust for a bit before it pierced through.
As a result, Michael was subjected to the same level of pain that Lily had just experienced.
To their surprise, there wasn’t a single scream from Michael. He just turned around, blood pouring out of his eyes as though it were tears.
The pain he experienced from Carrick’s spear couldn’t be compared to the pain his heart felt when he saw Lily’s state.
"You bastard!" Michael roared. He grabbed Carrick’s spear before he could pull away and punched Carrick in the chest.
Carrick protected himself by putting one arm forward, but the arm broke in an instant. The punch ultimately hit the chest, cracking his ribs.
Carrick spat a mouthful of blood as his body got blown away by the punch.
Michael was going to follow him so that he could kill him, but Lily coughed up blood, causing Michael to stop.
"Lily?!" Michael panicked and checked on her. She was losing consciousness. Gritting his teeth, Michael had to decide whether to pursue the enemy or not.
Unfortunately, it didn’t look like the enemy was more important than Lily’s life. Hence, Michael hurriedly carried her back.
Obviously, the doctor team, including Aisha, was horrified at the extent of damage Lily received. They never thought there was such a cruel person who could leave such damage in just a single thrust.
In fact, if Lily didn’t have a pseudo unique ability that allowed her to avoid the most lethal damage, she would have died on the spot.
They had no choice but to suspend the expedition and return to treat her.
Although Michael was their strongest fighter as well as their guardian, the leader everyone recognized was obviously Lily. She took care of almost everything within the group, from training to connections.
If not for her, the group would have collapsed a long time ago. She was the reason Michael could comfortably raise his strength and fight on the front line.
Seeing her current state, hatred rose in every single person in the group. How could they do this to their leader?
Driven by anger, Michael immediately scrambled the fighters and led a retaliatory strike to the Melesviet family first, considering they were the closest. The Prophet didn’t have an active influence near them as well, so they had no choice but to focus on the Melesviet family.
All the people wanted to follow, including Aisha and Gerald. However, Michael forced them to stay to accompany Lily, especially Aisha. Michael also left behind some people to protect them and brought the rest to the Melesviet family.
However, this attack was none other than the trap that had been set up by the Prophet. Without Lily and driven by anger, they fell into a trap and were almost annihilated.
The Hacfield family lost.