However, the most critical flaw was that this guy actually knew his location.
"Where did you get this information?" Benjamin asked bluntly.
Hogg answered just as frankly, "I can't say. After all, it's a matter of professional ethics."
Benjamin's mouth twitched.
Professional ethics—did a robber even talk about that sort of thing?
Although Hogg appeared utterly candid, Benjamin had not relaxed his guard in the slightest from beginning to end. He did not believe a single word the other man said.
Benjamin vaguely suspected that the robbery Hogg spoke of was merely an excuse he had thrown out casually. His true purpose might not be so simple.
Seeing that Benjamin had yet to respond, Hogg was not in a hurry. Instead, he patiently persuaded him, "Wizard Benjamin, I suggest you give this serious thought. I'm only after money. Give me some resources, and I'll leave immediately. It saves everyone trouble. Why make things unpleasant? What do you think?"
"Not a chance." Benjamin shook his head. "I don't have a habit of handing my resources over to others."
Hogg sighed softly, his expression carrying the look of someone who had expected this all along. "Ah, just as I thought. I knew this would be the outcome."
As he spoke, he rolled his shoulders as though stretching.
Crack, crack—
Accompanied by sounds like the thunderous grinding of bones, Hogg's body began to swell wildly.
In no more than the blink of an eye, a giant tens of thousands of meters tall stood towering between heaven and earth.
At the same time, the Level 7 Law Solidification Domain erupted open, making the space across several million kilometers tremble at once.
An incomparably violent pressure swept in like a monstrous tsunami, blotting out the sky and covering the earth.
Benjamin's expression darkened. Without the