Behind the dunes.
An Kai bellowed, "How dare they! Don't they know you're my people?!"
"Reed! Don't worry. I'll definitely avenge you!"
The reason An Kai was so furious...
Was simple.
According to the news Reed had brought back, only second-tier professionals were causing trouble in Chaos City Outer City now. There wasn't a single third-tier professional, let alone anyone above the third tier.
Hanks, standing nearby, added a few words of explanation. Third-tier professionals were already the backbone of any faction and wouldn't easily leave their faction or country.
So Chaos City Outer City, cut off from the Inner City and filled with wanted criminals and other villains, wasn't worth deploying third-tier professionals to take over...
Only in Chaos City Inner City had some third-tier professionals considered escaping, unwilling to fight for the City Lord of Chaos City or die somewhere unknown.
Unfortunately, though many had entertained the idea, only that five-foot monster had successfully escaped.
Before he could establish his dominance, he had died under An Kai's indiscriminate [Fireball] bombardment...
So, in Chaos City as it was now, An Kai wouldn't even need to act himself. His summoned [Guardian Treant] alone stood an excellent chance of dominating the city...
Standing nearby, Hanks felt nothing in particular when he heard An Kai call Reed and the other three his people.
He quietly made a mental note to teach the four of them who their real master was once he parted ways with An Kai...
Seeing An Kai's fury, Reed and the others suddenly felt that risking their lives to use the Detector to gauge the strength of those people in the city...
Had been worth it!
The next day, An Kai didn't set off immediately.
Instead, he lay in wait outside the city for another five days, disposing of