291 Pawns in a greater game (2/2)
”How did you call me? you filthy midget!” The woman also responded aggressively, and the energy inside her was ready to explode.
Despite the violent behavior of the duo, the others only laughed. This was normal behavior for them, and some were even making bets on who would win this time.
Gwyn was also smiling when he saw this, but the next moment he shook his head.
”This is not a place where we can relax. Haki, tell me, what would happen if you attacked the City of the Sun?.”
When they heard those words, everyone, including the woman and the short man, became silent and focused on the person Gwyn just spoke to.
He was a bald man with a great beard and square face. There was nothing distinctive about this man other than the fact he only had his right bloodline eye, and not even the eye socket of the left one was present.
Haki's slaughter aura was calm, but that did not mean it was weaker than the one of the others. Gwyn and the rest knew that it presented itself that way due to this man's granular control over every part of his existence. He was the 2nd strongest of the eight if you only consider battle power, but his greatest forte was his assassination techniques, which allowed him to once kill an injured Law Engraving existence during a World War in a High World.
What was even most shocking about this man was that he possessed the weakest bloodline of the eight, a Rank 3 bloodline. He reached his current strength with unwavering determination. Since his body and soul could not grow stronger, he mastered every technique, dominated every weapon, and learned every piece of magic knowledge that could help him display greater power.
If Gwyn was a heavenly genius who used his unbreakable will to take advantage of his great talent, the Haki was a normal man who used his unyielding determination to break the limits the universe had imposed on him.
If it was in direct combat, Gwyn was confident in obtaining an absolute victory, but if Haki attacked him from the darkness, then not even becoming a Rank 5 life form would make him feel secure.
”The defenses of the city and its monitoring capabilities are too well done, and no flaw is present in them. Every member of the Daybreak Clan can be considered a moving scanner, and they are connected to what I can only assume is a superb system with a reaction speed equal to a Rank 5 life form. I would die before even reaching the core of the city.”
Haki's words shocked the others, but he had not finished yet.
”And I am not even taking into consideration the more than a dozen powerful beings that reside inside it.”
The people around Gwyn understood Haki's capabilities, and if even he would perish under the might of the City of the Sun, then the army of Eye Holders they had just scared away had no chance at all.
”Do you understand now? Finz may have been too stupid to realize the purpose of the army, but the other Eye Tyrants were not. They were sacrificial pawns, and most of them would have died before even harming a single member of the Daybreak Clan, with only a few lucky ones managing to escape. After the death of so many Eye Holders by the hands of an organization in the Aeternum Empire, the individuals in the shadows would no longer have to hide and could use their true power against Zatiel Daybreak.”
Understanding appeared in the eyes of all the Eye Tyrants other than Haki. Their knowledge about wars was excellent, but the movements in the shadows that powers in a Principal World do are too complicated for them.
”Anyway, let's not bother with this anymore. I have paid part of my debt to that man, so we will not meddle with the affairs of other people for a while. All of you should focus on getting ready to take the Holy Trial. Remember, if you obtain a Tier 2 completion in the Rank 4 and Eye King bloodline trials, your bloodlines will be enhanced.”
The Eye Tyrants noded, and fighting spirit filled their hearts as they flew away.