Hobart remembered this plot particularly clearly. Xue had entrusted the task of finding Qilingesi to a gang leader, but when she and Fors came to collect the investigation results, the gang leader had already been "arranged" all over the room.
But Hobart had never imagined that the gang leader who had died so miserably was DakHorm!
After all, he had been someone who died the moment he appeared. Who would remember his name?
Before Hobart, standing in the doorway, could vomit at the sight inside, he sensed an intense malice.
Fors, whose intuition was sharper, sensed the malice as well. She looked at the bracelet on her wrist, then at Hobart and Xue, falling into a dilemma.
If she used one of the stones on her bracelet, she could make one trip and quickly escape from here.
But she could only take one person with her. In the past, she would certainly have taken Xue and left without hesitation.
But after their conversation on Thursday, she had already regarded Hobart as a friend. If she abandoned him, her conscience would surely trouble her.
Fors hesitated for only a second or two, but those were crucial seconds.
Seeing Fors's expression, Hobart roughly understood what was happening. He quickly stepped forward and planted his cane in the ground. "Order!"
The Order Wood swiftly grew taller and thicker, its crown spreading beneath the ceiling.
The crown extended in all directions, shattering the window glass and reaching outside.
While the Order Wood was still growing, Hobart, as its holder, sensed an extraordinary attack coming at him. He immediately distorted its target, and the extraordinary attack rushed toward a chair.
Crack! The chair seemed to explode, shattering into pieces across the floor.
Hobart quickly pulled Xue and Fors behind the trunk. Just as they hid