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Chapter 1220 - 1220: They Were Wrong · Nov 04, 2026

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1201 Chapter 1201 - 1201: The Strongest Force on Earth 2026-11-04
1202 Chapter 1202 - 1202: Twenty Thousand Tier 9s on the March 2026-11-04
1203 Chapter 1203 - 1203: You’re Not My Type 2026-11-04
1204 Chapter 1204 - 1204: Damn… Respect 2026-11-04
1205 Chapter 1205 - 1205: The Call to Atlas City 2026-11-04
1206 Chapter 1206 - 1206: The Capital of the Apocalypse 2026-11-04
1207 Chapter 1207 - 1207: You Should Really Go Out Less 2026-11-04
1208 Chapter 1208 - 1208: The Warning from General Cross 2026-11-04
1209 Chapter 1209 - 1209: Advice You Shouldn’t Ignore 2026-11-04
1210 Chapter 1210 - 1210: A Flicker Beneath the Ruins 2026-11-04
1211 Chapter 1211 - 1211: It’s Hollow Down There! 2026-11-04
1212 Chapter 1212 - 1212: This Is Stupid Hard 2026-11-04
1213 Chapter 1213 - 1213: That’s a Coffin… Right? 2026-11-04
1214 Chapter 1214 - 1214: Do You Even Understand How Powerful They Are? 2026-11-04
1215 Chapter 1215 - 1215: Let’s Make Them Kill Someone 2026-11-04
1216 Chapter 1216 - 1216: Then Your Brother’s Gone 2026-11-04
1217 Chapter 1217 - 1217: This Was an Ambush 2026-11-04
1218 Chapter 1218 - 1218: Move… Or Die 2026-11-04
1219 Chapter 1219 - 1219: Let Them Come 2026-11-04
1220 Chapter 1220 - 1220: They Were Wrong 2026-11-04
1221 Chapter 1221 - 1221: I Don’t Need Permission to Kill 2026-11-04
1222 Chapter 1222 - 1222: Let’s Go Claim Their Territory 2026-11-04
1223 Chapter 1223 - 1223: I Don’t Leave Loose Ends 2026-11-04
1224 Chapter 1224 - 1224: One Man Can Change a City 2026-11-04
1225 Chapter 1225 - 1225: A New Order for Atlas City 2026-11-04
1226 Chapter 1226 - 1226: The Day the Mansion Disappeared 2026-11-04
1227 Chapter 1227 - 1227: To Kill or To Conquer? 2026-11-04
1228 Chapter 1228 - 1228: I Did It!!! 2026-11-04
1229 Chapter 1229 - 1229: Stage C: Unlocked 2026-11-04
1230 Chapter 1230 - 1230: Annihilation Strike 2026-11-04
1231 Chapter 1231 - 1231: Sorry, Everyone. Slept In 2026-11-04
1232 Chapter 1232 - 1232: What Right Does a Squad Captain Have? 2026-11-04
1233 Chapter 1233 - 1233: A Debt from the First Days of the Apocalypse 2026-11-04
1234 Chapter 1234 - 1234: You Bring a Gift? 2026-11-04
1235 Chapter 1235 - 1235: The Door That Shut on Garrett 2026-11-04
1236 Chapter 1236 - 1236: The Name That Terrified Atlas City 2026-11-04
1237 Chapter 1237 - 1237: Stand Up Straight — You’re Fallen Star 2026-11-04
1238 Chapter 1238 - 1238: Something Came Out 2026-11-04
1239 Chapter 1239 - 1239: Let the Atlas Federation Handle It 2026-11-04
1240 Chapter 1240 - 1240: A Terrible Miscalculation 2026-11-04
1241 Chapter 1241 - 1241: You Picked the Wrong City. 2026-11-04
1242 Chapter 1242 - 1242: Because My Fists Are Bigger 2026-11-04
1243 Chapter 1243 - 1243: The Celestial Stairway 2026-11-04
1244 Chapter 1244 - 1244: The Seventieth Step 2026-11-04
1245 Chapter 1245 - 1245: The Eightieth Step 2026-11-04
1246 Chapter 1246 - 1246: As Long As the Captain Keeps Climbing 2026-11-04
1247 Chapter 1247 - 1247: The Final Step 2026-11-04
1248 Chapter 1248 - 1248: A Foundation for the Future 2026-11-04
1249 Chapter 1249 - 2026-11-04
1250 Chapter 1250 - 2026-11-04

The Fallen Star Squad drew their weapons and casually swatted the incoming skills apart like they were brushing away sparks.

Then they surged into the crowd.

Boom. Boom. Boom…

Heavy impacts rang out one after another. Bodies either exploded on the spot or got launched into the air like they’d been hit by a truck.

Tier 9 Enhanced—monsters in anyone else’s eyes—looked no different from ordinary people in front of them.

”What?!”

”How is that possible?!”

Charles, Dominic, and the others stared, eyes wide.

Sure, Tier 9 wasn’t supposed to beat Tier 10. But even Tier 10 fighting Tier 9 shouldn’t look like this—one hit, one kill.

A dozen-plus Tier 9 Enhanced working together could absolutely bring down a Tier 10 Awakened.

They’d deployed over a hundred Tier 9 Enhanced. They’d thought this was a guaranteed win.

What was happening now smashed everything they thought they knew.

”Don’t tell me…” someone whispered, voice turning dry. ”Maxwell was right. Are they really Tier 11?”

Charles and Dominic exchanged a look—and both saw the same shock in the other’s eyes.

Then they got their answer.

A Tier 10 Enhanced from the Caldwell side suddenly moved—no warning, a straight sneak attack. He shot toward Emily, clearly having decided she was the softest target in the group.

His dagger was a breath away from Emily’s back when—

Emily moved like she’d expected it.

She spun and slashed in a clean backhand arc.

Blade met dagger with a shriek of metal.

The Tier 10’s weapon clearly wasn’t cheap; after a collision like that, it didn’t break.

But the hand holding it did.

Even Tier 10 strength couldn’t compete with Tier 11—especially not when the Fallen Star Squad had spent forever using the Body Refinement Technique methods from that book to harden themselves.

Emily had joined later than the others, but she’d still trained with it for a long time. Her raw physical power was already above what most Tier 11 Enhanced could manage.

The Tier 10 Enhanced retreated fast, face twisted with disbelief.

”Tier 11…!”

”Trying to run now?” Emily’s eyes went cold. ”Too late.”

Maybe it was just the time she’d spent with Fallen Star Squad, but even gentle, usually-soft Emily had picked up their one rule—no mercy once it starts.

You tried to assassinate her and failed, you didn’t get to turn around and walk away.

The Tier 10 backed off quickly, but Emily was faster. She closed the distance in a blink and drove her sword forward in a straight thrust.

The Tier 10 flicked his arm.

A wall of earth erupted between them—an earth-type ability awakened at Tier 6.

But the wall had barely finished forming when Emily’s sword pierced through it like paper.

The tip punched straight into his chest.

A heartbeat later, the earth wall dispersed, and the Tier 10 collapsed to the ground.

That brief exchange hit the onlookers like a sledgehammer.

A Tier 10 Enhanced—killed that fast.

There was no more ”maybe.”

They were Tier 11. At least.

A suffocating pressure settled over the battlefield. People who’d been shouting a second ago suddenly couldn’t find their voices.

Charles’s shoulders sagged, like the weight of his own decision had aged him on the spot.

”…We were wrong,” he said hoarsely. ”We made a mistake.”

Dominic still looked like he couldn’t accept it, his face stuck in disbelief.

Only Maxwell managed to stay calm.

From the first time he’d met Ethan’s group, he’d felt it—they weren’t just Tier 10.

It was hard to explain. The kind of gut certainty only came from someone who’d crawled out of enough life-and-death situations to recognize the shape of danger on sight.

Too bad nobody had believed him.

And now they were paying for it.

”Stop. There’s no point fighting anymore.” Charles let out a heavy sigh.

”No!” Dominic snapped, eyes bloodshot. ”Since we’ve started, we can’t stop now. We haven’t lost yet. So what if they’re Tier 11? Use the laser cannon—we can still blow them to hell!”

”You want to destroy the compound?!” Maxwell barked.

”At this point, who cares?” Dominic shot back. ”Atlas City’s compound can’t let outsiders act this wild. If we don’t deal with them today, how will anyone respect us if we let them just walk away?!”

Maxwell’s face went ice-cold. ”Hmph. The laser cannon is under my jurisdiction. Without my approval, who’s touching it?”

Dominic’s gaze sharpened. ”Then I move to remove Maxwell Kane from his position as Commanding General, and transfer his authority.”

He turned to Charles, pushing hard. ”Whitaker—back me.”

Charles’s expression tightened. He exhaled and shook his head. ”Dominic, you’re losing it. Drop it. End this.”

Then Charles turned to Maxwell, voice turning awkward. ”General Kane… we acted too rashly. Can you… step in and help smooth things over with them?”

”…..”

For a moment, Maxwell seriously wanted to start cursing.

He’d told them not to make a move. They insisted on making a move. Now it had blown up in their faces, and they wanted him to clean it up?

But whether he liked it or not… there was no dodging it.

The other families had already taken a swing. They were the last people who could credibly ”mediate” now.

And these were the compound’s core combat assets. If they got ground down too badly, Atlas City would pay for it later.

Maxwell pinched the bridge of his nose. ”First, have your people stand down.”

”Alright.” Charles didn’t hesitate.

He turned toward the battlefield and shouted, ”Everyone—stop!”

The Whitaker Family Enhanced pulled back immediately, retreating to the rear.

”Stop!” Gabriel called out just as fast. The Mercer Family forces also disengaged without argument.

That left the Caldwell and Hale forces staring at each other, uncertain. Their front line was already getting shredded—retreating now felt humiliating, but staying meant dying.

Dominic and Benjamin exchanged a look.

In the end, both men clenched their teeth and pulled their people back.

Only one problem—

The Fallen Star Squad had never been the type to stop just because the other side decided to stop.

In their words: You stopping is your business. Us killing you is ours.

So the Hale and Caldwell people who were slow to withdraw… got punished for it.

Whether it was intentional or not, the Fallen Star Squad—who’d mostly been fighting with pure physical force up to now—suddenly started using skills the moment only Hale and Caldwell were left.

Big Mike dropped another [Rain of Flames], and Tier 9 Enhanced fell in sheets.

Garrick’s earth ability had evolved into something terrifyingly efficient—dig, trap, bury. Half the time, it didn’t even look like a battle had happened. It even saved cemetery space.

Sean’s hands went full metal. With a burst of speed, he became a human battering ram, plowing through bodies like he didn’t weigh a thing.

Skinny Pete’s [Wind Cutter], Henry’s [Void Beam]—they all came out.

Hale and Caldwell numbers started evaporating at a horrifying pace.

”...” Dominic and Benjamin’s faces turned green.

”General Kane!” they shouted at Maxwell, voices cracking. ”Make them stop!”

Maxwell snapped back, ”What do you want me to do? You think I can control them?!”

He sighed hard anyway and stepped forward, turning to Ethan with a strained look. ”Ethan… can you pause for a second?”

From within the chaos, Ethan’s voice drifted out, maddeningly calm. ”General Kane, give me a moment. Let me finish wiping these guys out, then I’ll talk.”

”…..”

Dominic tried to back away, but Charles grabbed him and blocked the path, forcing him to stay put. Everyone’s eyes swung back to Maxwell again.

Right now, the only person who could possibly get a response was him.

Maxwell felt his scalp go numb. He forced the words out anyway. ”Ethan. I’m asking you—stop. Call them back, alright?”

He didn’t have much hope. He’d only met Ethan once.

But to Maxwell’s shock—

Ethan actually answered.

”I respect General Kane,” Ethan said clearly.

Then, louder: ”Everyone, stop.”

Immediately, the Fallen Star Squad pulled back. Skills cut off mid-cast. They regrouped behind Ethan like a switch had been flipped.

Maxwell froze for half a beat.

Then, involuntarily, he straightened. For the first time since this mess started, he felt… weirdly powerful. Like his words actually mattered.

With the killing stopped, the leaders on the other side all exhaled at once, like they’d been holding their breath for minutes. When they looked at Ethan’s group now, it wasn’t anger anymore.

It was pure fear.

Charles stepped forward, face stiff with embarrassment. ”Ethan… can we find somewhere to sit down and talk?”

”I don’t have time for that.” Ethan’s voice was flat. ”I stopped because of General Kane. That doesn’t mean this is over.”

Charles swallowed. ”Then… how do you want to resolve this?”

”Simple.” Ethan lifted a hand and pointed—straight at Dominic and Benjamin.

”They die. And the Hale Family won’t exist after today.”

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