About twenty minutes ago...
After Lucas had lost the assassin, he didn't return right away to the Seven Sparks Forge, but hid somewhere close by and monitored the assassin.
Lucas might always act calm and cautious most of the time, but it didn't mean he was one to take a beating without hitting back.
A peak Body Strengthening stage practitioner might be able to survive gunshot on Earth, but it was still not enough to tank a shot from a vestige. The weapon might have sounded just like a gun on Earth, but the mechanics as well as the rounds differed, resulting in a more intense power. However, Lucas wasn't scared. Compared to an average Body Strengthening stage practitioner, he had his self-made vestiges and the system's equipment.
'Who could it be this time?'
Lucas began pondering once he had hidden himself in an alleyway.
There were two parties possibly after his life.
[1] Refer to chapter 30