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A couple of minutes ago, before Kai arrived at the balcony area of Room 05, Garreth was waiting for Corey and Zach, the two S Rank Hunters, to arrive. Then, just as he was about to call his team members again, he saw his men entering the hotel with two other men.

He instantly recognized the identity of the two men, as he had already received information regarding Corey and Zach.

Zach, who was looking around the hotel, saw a man walking towards him and could sense that this person was an A- Rank hunter.

"Are you the person who called us?" Zach said as he saw Garreth standing in front of him and Corey without a shred of fear.

"Care to explain why you guys were late?" Garreth asked as he tapped and signaled all his team members about the arrival of the S Rank Hunters.

"Oh, come on, just tell us what the task is so we can go back already," Zach looked down at Garreth because he was just an A- Rank hunter.

His tone was informal, and from his behavior, it was clear that Zach didn't have any respect for Garreth or the other security team present.

'Wasn't he part of the security team?' Corey could recognize Garreth slightly as he had seen him with Emmy, who was quite famous in Abyss Guild.

'But why would he be here?' Everyone knew that Asher and Amelia were in World Academy, and the top greyhounds escorted the twins.

Even Amelia, during her time at Desmar, was surrounded by S Rank Hunters. It was only when she came to Soran that the security became lighter.

Being an S Rank hunter, Corey could not sense the presence of any other S Rank hunters in the entire building.

Another man with similar clothing as Garreth came down as he walked towards Garreth, who was about to say something to Zach but stopped as he saw this man.

"They are the S Rank Hunters, right?" He confirmed with Garreth, who nodded back.

The men were gathering the attention of the people in the lobby, and Zach didn't like it. Right now, he was waiting for orders from men weaker than him.

"Young Master has ordered them to meet him as soon as possible," the man told Garreth.

Zach wasn't listening actively.

"Hey, I don't have all day for your—" Zach began to say something, but Garreth's words made him stop.

"Young Master?" Corey was the one who raised the question.

"Don't talk out loud," Garreth reminded Corey with a serious look on his face.

"What? What do you mean—" Zach was about to say when they sensed a heavy killing intent, shortly followed by the sound of a blast happening on the highest floor.

*Boom*

"What?" Corey looked up at the ceiling.

"Go to the highest floor RIGHT NOW!!" Garreth shouted as he rushed towards the elevator.

"Zach, we'll go from outside," Corey quickly assessed the situation and rushed out.

"What?" Zach was confused by what was happening, but he still followed Corey.

*Dash*

Both of them dashed outside the hotel, breaking the entrance in the process. After hearing the word 'Young Master,' Corey knew that either Lucas or Asher was on the highest floor somehow.

The rest of the security was also rushing towards the highest floor, making the other people panic as multiple people flared their mana.

But the most significant impact came from Corey, who had dashed outside and glanced at the highest floor. Then, enveloping his legs with mana, he propelled his body toward the highest floor.

Zach also followed after him, but both his and Corey's jumps made the glass around the lower floor shatter. Even the civilians outside were panicking as they saw two small craters present in front of the most famous hotel in Maxzil.

"What happened?" The manager came running out as he saw the destruction in the lobby area.

"W-We don't know. A blast happened on the highest floor, and then all those people started running around," the man at the reception tried to explain, but the manager's face went pale.

This incident could cost them their reputation if the VVIP guest on the highest floor was injured.

Corey, who had reached the highest floor, dashed inside one of the rooms as he broke down the walls. In front of an S Rank hunter, such a level of enforced materials was nothing.

Zach soon arrived, seeing Corey spread his mana sense and dash toward the left.

*Bam*

With a single punch, a view into a room opened where a man was trembling on the bed with a laptop in his hands.

Corey turned around, and his eyes went wide.

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Minutes before all this happened, Asher was meditating in his room.

He was spreading his mana sense, amplified due to his Rank A Mana Flow skill, and he could sense the presence of every person on this floor.

Mana Sense was a method that worked like a radar, where one could spot mana-filled beings and other objects around them. Depending on their sensitivity to mana, each person had a different aptitude for mana sense.

But the Greville family, due to their special bloodline, had the best mana sense among all the hunters in the world. This was another reason why such a bloodline was coveted by people hunters who worked as assassins and found it nearly impossible to catch such people off guard.

Having a body that was highly sensitive to mana made it far easier to perceive attacks and the presence of people around them.

Asher took a deep breath when he sensed the presence of a person around Room 05.

He opened his eyes and stood up.

"So, I was right," he muttered as he walked towards his balcony.

He could sense the presence of two people to his right, where Room 05 was situated.

Looking to his right, Asher stepped on the railing without looking down. For a D Rank Hunter, falling from this height would result in heavy injuries even if they protected themselves with mana, but Asher was not worried about this at all.

One thing Asher was best at was his fine control over his mana. Even with losing his S Rank Mana Manipulation bloodline, he still had Rank A Mana Flow, which was a cheaper version of his bloodline ability.

Gathering his mana around his feet, Asher looked forward. Making this long jump was easy for him.

"Mir Steps," Asher muttered as he disappeared from his spot.

His short burst of mana bent the railings, but he successfully arrived at Tom's balcony, where he saw a broken window.

*Step*

He stepped down from the railing and could sense two people in front of him.

Asher was familiar with the two men present in front of him; after all, they were the people who had followed Asher all around the world and helped him destroy many people.

One of the Top Executives for his organization ZEPHYR, the one-handed reaper, Dane, and the illusionist Kai.

And Asher knew the best way to control such people because he had also done it previously.

Asher let go of his thoughts as he allowed the madness in his mind to run free, releasing a vicious amount of killing intent. If Asher's intelligence was not so high, such a feat would not have been possible.

"I would advise against killing that man," the duo heard the voice of a young man filled with coldness.

"If you don't want to die, that is," Asher muttered as his eyes looked down at the two humans in front of him.

Dane and Kai slowly moved their heads around to see the person behind them, and Kai was the first one.

He could see a young man with an insanely attractive face and his cold crimson-red eyes moving towards them. But despite clearly seeing the face, Kai had difficulty gathering his thoughts.

A killing intent so intense.

Kai could see Asher's eyes that were looking at him, but his gaze was filled with bloodlust and coldness. A normal person would have lost consciousness by now, but Dane and Kai were fine.

But their disguise had come off as Kai could not keep up the rhythm of mana he needed to maintain the disguise.

"A-Asher Greville?" Kai somehow gathered his thoughts as he could recognize the young man in front of him.

Kai spread his mana, and he could sense that Asher was only a D Rank Hunter, which didn't make sense to him as to how a person as young as him could already be at D Rank.

"H-He is dangerous," Dane spoke as his eyes looked at Asher.

Dane had a similar feeling when he had met some of the SS Rank Hunters, but the feeling right now was even stronger and different.

"Hmm?" Tom woke up due to the noise around him.

Dane and Kai looked at the man who had just woken up and was looking at them. Asher reeled in his killing intent, but the small amount of killing intent was enough to shake Tom, who grabbed his laptop and looked at Asher.

But before looking back at Asher, he looked at Dane and Kai again, and then his eyes squinted.

"Boss, these are the guys you were looking for!" Tom shouted as he pointed at them.

"I know," Asher muttered as he flared his mana.

"Mir Steps," Asher muttered as he disappeared, and his sudden move made Kai panic.

"Wind Blast," Kai shouted.

"No!" Dane was about to stop him, but it was too late.

Kai shot a massive Wind Blast that blasted the entire balcony area of Room 05, but Asher was not present in his spot.

Asher, who was standing behind them, smirked as special black armor started covering his body.

"Bind," Asher muttered as black armor appeared around his body, and chains made of mana came out of it that grabbed Kai and Dane as the spikes on it dug around their body.

All of this happened so quickly that neither Dane nor Kai could react. It was as if there was something wrong with their senses.

*Boom*

The room wall was blasted by a single punch as a man entered the room.