Benjamin had already determined that whoever was pulling the strings knew the Association well.
Then the other side should also know that if they dragged this out too long and the Association's reinforcements arrived, the matter would be settled once and for all.
So, the other side's backup should be making an appearance soon.
As if it had heard Benjamin's thoughts, the previously calm sea suddenly exploded.
An enormous force erupted from beneath the water, carrying tens of thousands of tons of seawater in a violent eruption toward the surface.
A grayish-white wall of water soared into the sky through the thick fog. Scattered droplets refracted fleeting arcs of light beneath the lamps before crashing heavily onto the embankment with a dull roar.
A massive figure burst from the curtain of water.
Its trajectory formed an arc, hurtling from the sea toward the abandoned factory wall without nearly touching the ground.
Its five- or six-meter-tall body carved a heavy arc through the night sky, then smashed into the southern wall of the factory ruins like a cannonball. Boom!!!
Bricks shattered, rebar twisted, and that wall, already riddled with holes, collapsed outright beneath the immense impact.
Dust and water mist mixed together and spread in every direction.
The figure passed straight through the collapsing wall and charged into the factory building, abruptly barging into the battlefield between Harding, Dirk, and the Shadow Thief. The entire Abandoned Industrial Zone fell silent in an instant.
Everyone's attention was drawn to that thing.
Whether they were from the Psychic Association or Black-Robed Cultists, they all subconsciously looked in that direction.
Then they saw what it looked like, and their pupils contracted at once.
It was a monster.
At a rough glance, its five- or six-meter-tall body resembled a gigantic shark with a human torso.