Several Extraordinary beings no higher than Sequence Two had fallen into the hands of an Angel King who was only one step away from Sequence Zero.
They had even charged headlong into their opponent's home ground after failing to win despite having the home-field advantage themselves.
There was no need to think too hard about what would become of them.
"As expected, weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival. Arrogance is."
Adam glanced at Klein, who had witnessed everything and was still standing there, processing the shock.
"Work harder, Mister Fool."
For Klein, this was the first time he had seen someone at the pinnacle of the Sequence pathway make a move so directly.
Klein had not looked at the being who acted, but he had seen the people he killed. Every one of them was visibly powerful, yet they had been so utterly helpless before him.
It made Klein recall how Mister Azk had captured Ince Zangwill. He had not seen the entire process, but his subsequent investigation had allowed him a glimpse of what had happened.
The investigation revealed that none of the people nearby had noticed anything.
It was certainly one factor that the place Ince Zangwill had chosen was not particularly crowded, but among the people Klein investigated, one had been only a street away from the scene.
A powerful figure who, with a few strokes of a pen, had repeatedly brought deadly danger to Tingen City's professional teams, and who could even scheme in secret to bring about the descent of an Evil God's Progeny, had been unable to make even the slightest commotion noticeable to someone one street away in front of Mister Azk.
Klein took a deep breath and placed one hand over his chest, feeling the throb beneath his palm, just