The place was oddly quiet, as none of the three people on the building said a word. The only sound that could be heard was the panicking of people outside, who were running and screaming to their hearts content.
Ethan looked at the woman who was laying on the bed, a little shocked. This woman was really… brazen, wasn't she?
The ugly man wore a very sour facial expression at the moment when he heard those words. He then turned to look at the newcomer who had interrupted him halfway into commuting his act.
"Humph! Just another pretty boy with a good face, what's so different about us, huh? He just looks like a sissy". The ugly man mumbled inwardly as he looked at Ethan with a venomous gaze.
Ethan saw the look in the man's eyes and sighed. He, too, mumbled under his breath.
"Looks like we got another one".
Ethan sighed. He had seen this kind of gaze before, a little too often. It was a gaze of jealously.
"Heavens, was all my good luck used up when you exchanged it for this handsomeness. I would have liked to split the luck 70:30 instead". He said to himself.
Meanwhile, the ugly man walked up to him with a vicious glint in his eyes.
"Since you like meddling in other people matters, I will show you what happens to people who don't mind their own business". As the man said that, he dashed forward with his full strength as he reached out to grab Ethan.
His eyes flashed as his left hand drew out a hidden knife that he had stored for situations just like this one. However, seeing Ethan's handsome face, that looked like he was blessed by God himself, the man had changed his previous thoughts.
Originally, he was going to give all his victims a quick and easy death, however, the sight of Ethan's face had enraged him.
"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being too handsome, and in the next life, look a little uglier". He screamed loudly as he swung the knife towards Ethan's face.
Ethan, however, was motionless with an uncaring look as if it weren't him being slashed at. Seeing this, the man smirked inwardly as all his doubts were gone.
This person was just another sissy and wasn't an awakened who could actually do something to him. The reason he had dared to do something like this was because all the awakened had been taken to join the fight.
However, there could always be..... complications. However, he still took the risk. He was already preparing himself for death, so what more did he have to fear? Certainly, not dying.
While he thought that Ethan was just scared too shirtless to actually make a move, the latter, however, wanted to yawn in boredom.
He had never tried out his powers before, and he was always curious how much stronger an Awakened was from a regular human being. Now, however, he knew the difference.
Too OP
This man was practically moving in slow motion, albeit a little faster than that. He was slow enough to the extent that Ethan didn't feel like he had to dodge or do anything for the few micro seconds before this person got to him.
Soon, the man arrived before Ethan, who felt like about 7 seconds had passed due to the difference in strength.
"Die!" The ugly man yelled as he swung his knife towards Ethan's face. His eyes were literally glowing with delight as he imagined that pretty face all bloodied up like some kind of pervert with some weird fetish.
However, his expression changed as he realized something was wrong. More precisely, something was wrong with the human in front of him.
He looked up to see that the sissy's hand had caught his hand that was holding the knife in a stabbing position while having a heavy frown on his face
"Even if your jealousy is through the roof, do you really have to go for the face?" He frowned deeply as his pent-up frustration was on the verge of erupting. Then with a slight twist of his hand.
"Ahhhhh!!!!! A loud shrill like scream resounded alongside the cracking sound of bones as the ugly man jumped backwards and put some distance away from Ethan, who still hadn't moved from his position.
His face was filled with unbridled fear as he knew that he had dug himself into a pit. This person was definitely a hunter, as for his strength level, he couldn't tell, however even the weakest of hunters could beat him up easily, so it didn't really matter.
At the same time, he was filled with indignation. Weren't all the Newborns supposed to be fighting, why did you have to come and bully the commoners down here when you have a job to do?
He almost roared out in rage. If Ethan could hear his thoughts right now, he would be so shocked that he would have mumbled.
However, he couldn't hear it and currently, he was boiling in anger.
"Why are things like this? I'm so useless, such filth roams the streets, it's disgusting".
Ethan had followed the man over here to stop him from committing such a foul act. However, he wasn't doing it because of her or that he was a saint. Rather, he was doing it for himself.
That's right!
His whole life, his life, had been full of misfortune.
Because of his blindness, a year had already passed before he made up his mind to play Reverb. During that time, his mother had tried using her connections to get Ethan into a university because he couldn't pass the exams due to his blindness.
Not to mention that he was unable to awaken or become a martial artist. Even regular universities wouldn't accept him lightly.
She was under tremendous pressure, especially during the period when the family business took a massive plummet and the family elders pressured her to remarry into another family.
Due to the excessive stress and burdens, his mother had fallen gravely ill. One of the elders betrayed her and scammed his mother off a large sum of money.
From then, the family completely collapsed.
His mother died due to the excessive stress before he could make enough money to save her.
After earning millions of credits years after, his heart stung him every day as well as every time he saw a bank alert appear on his phone.
His father had died a long time ago before his mother. He was blind for many years and when he started making money, he was all alone.
Now, his lover was busy battling terrifying monsters with auras that could kill him with a single sneeze, however, here he was, the useless guy unable to do a thing about it.
He knew that what he was doing was pointless, he couldn't aid her or help her in any way. Instead, he would only be a burden if he tried.
At that moment.
Boom! A giant explosion rang out as something crashed a couple of meters away from the building. The impact was so strong that it shook the foundations of the house to the extent it crumbled immediately.
Seeing this, Ethan had a grim look on his face. He turned his attention to look at the ugly man who had an expression of fear because of the collapsing building, as well as the other woman who similarly had a fearful expression.
Ethan wasted no time in making a move. With one hand, he appeared next to the pretty lady and grabbed her waist while dashing out of the house. The house instantly collapsed, leaving Ethan only a narrow road of escape which he managed to grasp in time.
The ugly man in the building, however, was not so lucky.
He was buried under the house and died before he could even scream.
Ethan sighed in relief as his face carried a hint of fear. Even if he was an awakened, there was no doubt that he would still be buried alive as a result of his measly strength.
Ethan turned his head around and was shocked to see a giant crater had appeared a few meters away from him. The crater was so large that it had collapsed several buildings, which included the one he just got out from.
However, that was not what he was paying attention to. Rather, he was looking towards the center of the crater where he saw a scene that made his whole body tremble.
Cause at the epicenter of the crater, laid Annabelle Krill, the only 4th Rank Newborn powerhouse of their city, and she was bleeding badly.
Not only was she bleeding, but several monstrous figures with overwhelming auras were closing in on her.
Ethan started trembling massively as his hands were tightly clenched into fists. His eyes had turned bloodshot. He saw his woman, the only person he had left in this world, bleeding seriously.
At that moment, something within him started to change.