A speedster could do a lot of things in a short amount of time, and they could definitely travel a long way. By the time this happened, he was only a few blocks away from the exit, while people in the bunkers—even Gaia herself—had just alerted the guards of the anomaly.

Still, Alterra reacted very quickly considering everything. Not to mention the news already disseminating across the Guards’ communication network, those who saw the children crying in the arms of a stranger naturally made them bolt for him.

"HERE!"

"GET HIM!!"

"HE’S GOT THE TWINS!!!"

Billis gasped, realizing he had messed up. He immediately continued his way, avoiding the people trying to grab hold of him.

Huff...huff...

He had to do his best since there were people there with high levels in the area. Although he knew he could outrun them, if he was surrounded, he did not know how long he could do so.

His arrogance had been chipped away now, and he had become genuinely worried.

"AH!" It was not helping that the damned toddlers were either pulling his hair and getting heavier, as if purposely trying to break his bones!

Suddenly, the weight of the child on his shoulders spiked, and he instinctively angled his body to fight against it.

His instincts were telling him that it was getting dangerous. It was not because the enemies were catching up to them, but because of the children themselves!

He felt scared and raised his hand to hit them. He didn’t want to kill them (yet) as he needed to take them hostage, but they needed to behave! Ideally, lose their consciousness already!

PAK!

He saw the flash of the protection charm being activated. While running, he continuously hit them, unconsciously increasing the force due to his panic.

But those tokens protected them in each hit. He was a superspeed person, and each hit was fast, and on his dozenth hit, they were still being protected!!!

ORCSHIT!! "HOW MANY DO YOU BRATS HAVE?!" he screamed, shocked at the fact that there seemed to be an endless supply of barriers around them.

This was even more than their mother, right?!

This reminded him of when he was dealing with their mother, and the humiliation made him even angrier.

BANG!

He must’ve been distracted by the children that he had no idea he was already led to an Alterran trap. There were bumps made of earth appearing in front of him, causing him to lose balance.

But he was not called a powerhouse just because he had a high level and speed; His reflexes were also no joke.

He rolled over, not caring whether the children were hit or crushed under him. It was just that they were lucky that they were positioned in a way that if they got hurt, he would’ve as well.

He raised his head and saw that they were already surrounded by various forces. He also saw the Golds, who were superior in level to him, and he knew that even if he managed to run, he’d be captured quickly.

He tried to grab the two children—one on his shoulder, the other on his neck—with a hand each. He saw how everyone flinched at the sight, genuinely concerned for the children.

His eyes twitched when the boy got a bit heavier, so he couldn’t move him easily. He didn’t show it on his face, however. "I ALREADY DESTROYED ALL THEIR PROTECTION CHARMS!"

He announced, causing people to gasp in fear again.

Ansel was one of the people there. He was filled with wounds and bruises from the fight, and as the children’s uncle, he was naturally more concerned than others. Everyone loved those kids, and their families even more so.

The man was a powerhouse superspeed. Even if they had him surrounded, he could do too many things to the soft and fragile children.

He also saw how weak the children were. He knew that even if his sister drowned the twins with several protection charms, she could only make so many, and the twins could only carry so much in their bodies as well.

It was already a miracle that Althea managed to incorporate the arrays in the children’s everyday items.

Their eyes were glistening with tears, and their bodies were reddish as if they had been slapped repeatedly.

It broke people’s hearts and also filled them with intense anger. It felt like magma coated their hearts, and they wanted to bash this bastard’s head repeatedly until it cooled.

"Wuuuu...."

The fact that they already had bruises on their little bodies...their stomachs dropped. One hit from this bastard, and they could really die. And if it was from a superspeed powerhouse, even the Golds might not be able to save them quickly enough.

Though there was a chance that they could save them, the chances of the high-level superspeed user successfully making the hit were not low, and they did not dare risk it.

The atmosphere was heavy, especially when they saw the man was gesturing to escape, heading to the remainder of his team in the breach area.

By instinct, they knew that he was about to run, and Ansel screamed out orders without thinking anymore.

"MEATBALL! HEAVY!"

"PEPPER! HEAD!"

Billis had no idea what he was on about, but he knew that a few-second distraction was his only window to escape. However, while he was focused on escaping, he did not realize the changes happening in his body.

A blink later, he felt his body getting crushed, and before he could change his angle like before, he felt the child on his neck pull even harder.

CRUNCHHH!

The extreme weight change caused his feet to pause, and his legs planted on the soil he was stepping on. A moment later—RIP!—his vision changed, and he was suddenly elsewhere.

Belatedly realizing that his body was now several meters away.

Now, there were dozens of soldiers trying to follow after them and saw everything that happened, and they had to admit they were not sure what to make of it.

At this moment, a headless body was crushed at an odd, gruesome angle with a chonky baby boy leisurely sitting on top. Meanwhile, the missing head was several meters away, held by a little baby girl.

"????"