Guardian glanced at Hobart before him again. Hobart remained completely unscathed. Most infuriating of all, Guardian had never seen such an effective Distortion—it succeeded every single time. The Dawn Sword in his hand seemed forever unable to touch Hobart.
Not only that, Hobart had continually used Distortion to influence the Sequence 8 who had turned into a monster, making the monster keep fighting the Weapon Master and forcing the two of them to fight separately.
After a brief assessment, Guardian shouted, "Retreat!"
As he spoke, he thrust out his sword, using the momentum to widen the distance between himself and Hobart. Then he hurried over, hoisted Conspirator onto his shoulder, and prepared to leave.
How could Hobart let him get away with it? "Frenzy!"
Guardian grabbed Conspirator and held him in front as a shield. Frenzy struck Conspirator.
The Weapon Master beside them also fired his gun, forcing the monster back. He seized the opportunity to disengage, ignored everyone else, and ran for his life.
On the other battlefield, a bulwark radiating dawn light appeared before the Undead Instructor and the Sequence 7, helping them break away from the fight as well.
Hobart gave chase and flashed in front of Guardian. He wanted to cut down Conspirator, who was being used as a shield, but as his blade descended, a Dawn Bulwark appeared before Conspirator once more.
Hobart felt somewhat helpless. This was a Guardian. This was the Dawn Bulwark. Even a frontal attack at the demigod level would find it difficult to break through this barrier.
Under Guardian's cover, the Undead Instructor even took the Extraordinary Characteristics left behind by the Sequence 8 Hobart had killed at the start.
Every time Auston's Teleport Stone Statue teleported, it was blocked by the Dawn Bulwark. There was simply no way to