Dozens of Hopkins family members rushed out, weapons ready. Leading them was Diego, the family head himself.

He asked, "Sir, who are you, and why have you injured my people for no reason?"

The moment he saw Timothy's face covered in blood, gasping for breath, Diego nearly passed out.

He was their family's most promising talent, a high-level martial king not far from reaching the peak, the one they proudly compared to the main house's elites. Yet now, he was dangling in a stranger's grip l