He slowly raised one hand.A signal.The canisters were thrown over the gate all at once.They didn’t explode.They didn’t ignite.But the moment they touched the ground, thick black smoke poured out rapidly.It wasn’t fire.And it wasn’t ordinary poison.It was an energy suppressor.The air immediately became heavy.The ring around Oscar’s neck vibrated harder.Ellizabeth coughed softly. “Oscar… what is this?”“Go inside.”Oscar’s voice suddenly turned sharp and commanding.It wasn’t a request.It was an order.Oscar stepped forward.The black smoke tried to approach him.But exactly three feet from his body, it split apart.As if an invisible wall surrounded him.Ravon narrowed his eyes.“So it’s true…”He stared carefully, convincing himself this wasn’t some illusion.Oscar leapt from the balcony.His body landed lightly in the front courtyard.Calm.Unhurried.Not even slightly panicked.The black smoke swirled around him but couldn’t touch him.Ravon stepped closer.“This isn’t m

“At last… he’s revealed himself,” Jolang murmured, his voice low but heavy with meaning.His right hand slowly touched the dark band hanging around his own neck.It wasn’t the true relic.It was merely a shadow copy—something he had obtained after years of brutal training and meditation.Yet even that imitation trembled faintly now, as if responding to Oscar’s presence…The true heir of the sacred band.---Back in the city, Oscar still stood in the garden behind Ellizabeth’s mansion.Even though the morning sky had brightened, the atmosphere remained tense.The black band around his neck glimmered faintly, pulsing with an energy far greater than before.Ellizabeth stood beside him, staring with unconcealed curiosity.It was the first time she had ever seen the band glow.She didn’t scream or panic.But her wide eyes sparkled with shock, and her lips parted in amazement.Oscar turned toward her with a faint smile.“You can see it too?” he asked quietly.His own eyes flickered slightly

Inside the mansion, Ellizabeth lowered her gaze briefly and pressed a hand against her chest.“Since when… did Oscar become this powerful?”Her emotions tangled together in confusion.Awe.Fear.And something even deeper.Ellizabeth was finally beginning to understand the truth—Oscar wasn’t simply a protector.He was someone capable of standing against darkness itself in ways ordinary people could never comprehend.Oscar took a long breath.The energy surrounding the black band slowly calmed, leaving behind a warm aura that spread peacefully across the courtyard.But deep inside, he knew something else.The real enemy—Jolang himself—would arrive soon.And when that battle finally began…It would surpass everything that had happened before.The next day, Oscar went out with Ellizabeth.It was just the two of them.Their first stop was Ellizabeth’s restaurant.For the past several days, the head chef had repeatedly begged Ellizabeth to come and inspect the place herself. Something stra

The night had passed, and morning arrived beneath a blanket of thick mist.Fog covered the massive grounds of General Danur’s estate, turning the entire property pale gray beneath the early dawn light.Oscar had been awake since before sunrise.A strange whisper had stirred him from sleep, warning him to stay alert.The voice made the black ring around his neck pulse faintly before releasing a dim glow.Now he stood alone in the center of the enormous courtyard.A faint silver aura shimmered around his body—the lingering energy from the ring.In the distance, a dark silhouette slowly emerged through the fog.Jolang.He stepped forward wearing a long black coat that gleamed like wet charcoal. His eyes burned crimson, radiating pure menace.“So… you’re the one they keep calling extraordinary,” Jolang said, his deep voice rumbling through the mist. “Oscar.”He spoke Oscar’s name with heavy emphasis.“I’ve been waiting a long time for this.”As he walked closer, shadows spread beneath his

Back at Ellizabeth’s estate, Oscar suddenly narrowed his eyes.He felt it immediately.Dark energy.Moving again.“They’ve started,” he murmured.Without hesitation, he spread the ring’s energy across the entire property once more.White smoke formed glowing boundary lines around the estate’s perimeter.Every movement outside those lines would now be detected instantly.Nothing could approach unnoticed.Meanwhile, inside Abidam’s headquarters, the shadow operatives began moving into position.Watching through surveillance monitors aimed at the estate from multiple angles, Abidam smiled with satisfaction.“Now…” he whispered. “Let’s see how powerful that boy really is against the Shadow Unit.”The advanced surveillance equipment gave Abidam confidence.As far as he knew, Oscar was nothing more than a poor nobody from a rural town.But what Abidam failed to realize was this—Oscar had already prepared something far beyond modern technology.Even without sophisticated devices, he could s