“What’s wrong with you, Julian?”Harvey appeared to be furious.“I told you! You can only take action when the blade’s right in front of your throat!“Why would you hit him earlier?“You look nothing like a descendant of a country with a history of five thousand years!“I suggest we continue fighting, referees.“It’s best that all of you agree that Julian will lose if he fights back before Matsuda’s blade is right in front of his throat!”Harvey showed a righteous expression, and smiled at Brodie.Brodie’s eyes kept twitching; he didn’t think that Harvey would have such a sharp tongue and that Julian would be this strong.If Brodie accepted Harvey’s so-called request, his reputation would be completely tarnished.If Matsuda lost, Brodie’s title as the inner elder of Heaven’s Gate would turn into an insult. After all, any sane person could tell that he was clearly standing on a side.After thinking of the consequences of Matsuda’s failure, he looked at Harvey’s faint smile an
The people from Golden Sands watched in disbelief.They didn’t think that Nameless would be so shameless as to actually give Matsuda a firearm in combat. Even if Matsuda won, since he used such a despicable way, they wouldn’t need to acknowledge it.On the other hand, Matsuda was filled with pride. He slowly pulled loading the revolver with bullets, grinning wickedly. “You bastard…”The hostess’s expression was awful. She looked at Brodie; seeing his fierce glare, she quickly announced the beginning of the fight. “Begin!”Matsuda quickly pulled the trigger in Julian’s direction.Bang!Swoosh!Almost at the same time, Julian took a step forward and flicked his finger.Shards of the broken blade on the ground flew in front of him.The bullet missed Julian, but the shards all lodged into Matsuda’s throat.The crowd fell dead silent.Matsuda, who was still holding the revolver, looked on in disbelief. He never thought he’d still lose, even with a deadly weapon. He fell to
Arlet, despite her hot temper, began cheering in excitement.Even Azrael and the others were smiling in relief. Kairi took a deep breath before raising her chest. She looked at Harvey, her seductive gaze filled with admiration. Before, she wanted to be allied with him because she admired him. Now, certain unspeakable emotions started to form in her heart.“Bastard! That damn bastard!”Nameless gritted his teeth. Furious, he kicked the beautiful hostesses beside him to the ground.The fruit knife in his hand had bent completely. He glared hatefully at Harvey, his prideful look from before now gone.Matsuda was his greatest trump card.He thought he could easily achieve victory using one of the most outstanding fighters among the younger generation from Island Nations…However, he didn’t expect Matsuda to bite the dust that early.Harvey and Julian’s appearance had ruined his plans completely.Nameless wanted to send an order to take out the two once and for all, but he knew
“The hidden families and the Hermit Families were, in a sense, together.“They’re different from the newly rising top-rated families. They’ve all been surrounded by loom and gloom. It’s only natural for them to stick together,” the woman said calmly.“That said, old institutions die hard. This is why the waters here run deep.“Even forces from Wolsing and Mordu can’t infiltrate that easily!”People were praising the people of Golden Sands and Julian’s fighting skill, but…The mature-looking woman chuckled disdainfully. To her, a country bumpkin would always remain a country bumpkin. Small impressive moments wouldn’t change that.“There’s too much useless filth in such deep waters,” she said. “These people are just pretending to be strong in Golden Sands. If we’re outside the borders, I could crush them with one finger!”People from the top ten families would always flaunt their strength as they pleased. Even the Patel family was nothing to this mature-looking woman.“Don’t say
“For people like us, that much is just chump change…“But losing isn’t fun at all!”The young man cracked his neck, revealing a wretched expression.“You’re not as patient as your brother at all, Vaughn!” Kensley said.Vaughn looked like he was going to take action if Blaine approved it. Kensley seemed quite upset at Vaughn.“Are you teaching Young Master John how to do things?” she snarled. “Stop trying to cause trouble, Kensley.”Vaughn smiled. “Young Master John will never look up to you if you run your mouth like that.“You should just give up!“After all, the Thompson family and the Quinlan family are both from the top ten families. Our families will be happy if we get married together!”“You bastard…”Kensley was filled with utter disdain and rage.For people like them, love and marriage meant nothing. They were just into benefits.Blaine was destined to become the John family’s successor in the future.No matter how impressive Vaughn was, he still had a young ma
The fights that came afterward weren’t suspenseful at all. Without any strength to pressure Julian, Nameless could only get his experts to fight.He hoped to deal with Julian with sheer numbers. If that was the case, the Faceless Group would have a chance to win.It was a shame Julian was a completely changed man after obtaining the ancient scripture.He could mimic Harvey’s movements, sending anyone flying with a single slap to the face. His demonstration of pure speed was amazing, too.With power like that, he’d still seem impressive in everyone’s eyes no matter how lazy he looked.This was an age where strength meant everything.Seeing Golden Sands making such a strong comeback, Brodie was filled with resentment.He kept trying to look for faults, but that couldn’t change the fact that Julian took out every single one of his opponents with a single slap.In the end, Julian stood in the middle of the ring while smoking his cigarette calmly.Brodie’s face was ugly; he despe
In the crowd, Kairi slowly stood up.She raised her red wine glass at Nameless, smiling.“We’ll send a team of lawyers to deal with the procedures, Young Master Nameless.“I hope you’ll provide us with absolutely everything you have.“If there’s even a grain of rice missing, we’ll order an execution on you!“A prominent figure like you wouldn’t let yourself suffer over something so trivial, right?“Of course! What a great reminder, Kairi. I’ll thank you and your family for that!”Nameless glared coldly at Kairi as he said those words through the cracks of his teeth.He waved his hand, and strutted out of the place.Kairi smiled, then waved her hand. A few experts of Golden Sands followed Nameless out, planning to beat up him and his group in broad daylight.The referees all left right after getting their paychecks as well. The leader of the referees, Brodie, bumped shoulders with Harvey together with a group of Heaven Gate’s expert fighters trotting behind him.Harvey was
Harvey glanced at Julian.“Are you pretending to be an idiot or something?“He came here to force my hand.“He could charge me for assaulting a referee.“With that, the fight results will be immediately invalid.“They can even gun you down if they want to. Don’t believe me?”Julian held his breath, and looked around with narrowed eyes. As expected, there were people whose hands were on their waists. Some were ready to take off the safeties of their firearms.It was clear that if Julian or Harvey took action, the experts of Heaven’s Gate would have a plausible reason to fight back.This was the underworld. It was important always to have a just cause.If Brodie took action without regard for anything, he’d be showing his allegiance with Nameless and the Islanders. He’d be in deep trouble if that were to happen.Julian frowned after realizing that fact.“I didn’t think that old dog would be this sly…”Harvey smiled calmly.“It’s fine. Brodie wouldn’t let things end this way,