At the sight of the grenades surrounding him, Charles felt as though the time seemed to slow to a crawl at that moment. He watched the black metal object slowly expanding with the force of the exploding gunpowder within, his clothes curling up from the heat and then blackening. However, all he could do at this moment was to close his eyes in response.0

Boom! Boom! Boom!0

Explosion sounds relentlessly rang out, and the shockwaves sent Charles flying through the air.0

Thud!0

Charles flew into a tree hard before landing on the damp earth with a trailing plume of black smoke.0

A gunshot was then added to the cacophony. It was Audric; he had turned into his bat form and managed to get out of his handcuffs. He had drawn his pistol and was firing consecutive shots at 399.0

However, each bullet...0