The event had developed so suddenly and resulted in such an outcome that nobody could react properly. Their mouths just opened and closed as if they were fishes. Tim and Emily, who knew Sungyoon’s true skills, broke out of their stupor first.

“O... of course!”

Tim still felt shell shocked, but there was conviction in his voice. Louis had drawn his weapon first, but Sungyoon had neutralized his attacker without harming him. It was well under the definition of self-defense.

Everyone slowly started to break out of their shocked state. However, they became gloomy at the reality smacking them in their faces.

“L... Louis!”

Even if he had a bad personality, Louis was one of them. Cohen had enough of a character to be worried about his comrade. He subconsciously moved to check up on Louis.

“Please do not come any closer.”

Sungyoon spoke as he moved the blade of the halberd.

“Heek!”

When the sharp blade of the halberd got closer to his neck, Louis let out a high-pitched scream.

“What are you doing…!”

Cohen was about to protest, but he soon shut his mouth. To be precise, he realized that he had no right to raise his voice in this situation when he was Louis’ comrade.

He bit his lips, and his eyes kept shifting as his brain operated at full capacity. However, no solutions came to his mind. Louis had created too big of a problem. It was absolutely forbidden to activate a Gem in Armstrong, and doubly...