Ethan also noticed a hooded man rushing toward him with startling speed.
He frowned. He wasn't in the mood for a fight, but he wasn't someone who would ever back down either.
It's just that the real problem was figuring out how to secure his wife first.
If his guess was right, that hooded figure would arrive first before him. That alone placed him at a disadvantage.
Without wasting a second, he invoked his ability to halt the man's momentum.
"[Shadow Forge] — Great Hammer," he whispered, shadows rippling around him as they condensed into the form of a massive hammer.
He threw it forward, directing its force at the hooded man.
A colossal hammer of shadow shot through the air—completely invisible to ordinary human eyes.
But not to the Abbot.
To him, the spiritual pressure surging toward his body was as clear and tangible as a physical blow.
Yes—this was the leader of the Five Abbots, the one assigned to oversee all activity within City A, as per Heaven's command.
