That one sentence froze Ethan's gaze into something outright cold.
These people had just crawled into this world. They didn't even know the situation yet—and they were already trying to seize his territory by force. Maybe some ordinary faction would've been intimidated by their momentum.
But Emerald Castle wasn't a place anyone got to step on.
THUD!
Ethan didn't waste another word.
He raised both hands, and his aura snapped inward, condensing fast in front of his chest. Transparent lightning, golden runes, and Infernal Primordial Power interwove and compressed, forming a massive energy sphere. Arcs danced across its surface. The power inside kept compacting until the air around it buckled into rippling rings.
Then he hurled it straight at the man in front.
ROOOOM!
The sphere tore through the sky with a heavy roll of thunder, crashing down on him like a falling star.
The man only sneered.
He lifted a finger and tapped lightly at the air.
