Kyren Pedler stared deep into Harvey York’s eyes. He did not expect the young man before him to be this interesting.“Since you don’t want me to save the remainder of your dignity, I won’t respect you just because of my daughter either.“I’ll be frank.“You seem capable, but you’re nothing compared to the country’s top talents.“You don’t even have the right to be with my daughter, let alone anything after that.“I hope that you’d break all connection with her.“Of course, I’ll make it worthwhile for you.”Kyren waved his hand before his subordinate brought a briefcase over.Stacks of green were seen inside. Some of it even got caught in the wind in the process.“Here’s a million dollars. You should know that it’s enough for you to live the rest of your life comfortably.“Swear you’ll leave my daughter, and I’ll send you to the best school on the planet. Of course, I’ll also fund everything.“Consider this a repayment for everything you did to my daughter.”Kyren seemed det
Harvey York seemed shocked.“Only now you can tell? I thought I was being obvious!“Did you get your title by giving up your intelligence or something?”Kyren Pedler showed a hint of rage before quickly holding it back.“You’ve got guts, young man,” he said with a faint smile.“After all, the young ones would always think they’re above all.“They think they’re on top of the world.“It’s a shame. Proud people like you can only earn minimum wage after graduating.“If you can hold your pride back a little, maybe you could achieve something.“But if you think the world revolves around you, then you must be too naive.“You’re not worth my concern anymore.”Kyren turned around with his arms crossed.His subordinates also coldly glared at Harvey.“Young man, if you cast away your pride and do as my master says…” advised the elderly man, looking curious.“Maybe he’d give you a chance to become a successful person.“In your eyes, this may seem like humiliation.“But when you loo
“Right. Back to business. Did we figure out the whereabouts of the beads?”When he changed the subject, Kyren Pedler was looking at his documents on a laptop.“There are four with Aenar Temple right now.“Kronen Temple and Adenar Temple have one each.“The Two-Eyed, Three-Eyed, Four-Eyed, Five-Eyed, Six-Eyed, and the Seven-Eyed Beads are included.“The One-Eyed Bead is in the hands of a mysterious buyer.“The Eight-Eyed Bead seemed to be with the Higgs family, and the Nine-Eyed Bead with the Klein family.”“Tch! It won’t be right if I act before the Nine Eyed Beads are gathered. After all, this isn’t our turf. We should wait until the ceremony starts before we do anything,” said Kyren after briefly pondering the situation.“And the other thing?”“The competition between the four great tribes is about to start,” replied Mr. Tanaka.“Because of the forces arriving at the outskirts, the competition would be extremely massive.“According to our intel, Henrik Higgs, the man who l
“What’s the Border Force even doing?“Why are they letting someone like Kyren waltz in here?Dutch gave a bitter chuckle.“Our brother from Sword Camp doesn’t have the final say, Sir York.“Hannah Jean is the person in charge.“She is probably quite close with Kyren, so it would be easy to have him show up in the outskirts.”“Got it,” replied Harvey.“Since someone forgot about the previous arrangement, then I’ll have to give him a good lesson.”Dutch slightly nodded before he was reminded of something.“Right, Sir York.“Kyren probably came here all of a sudden to join the competition in a few days.”Harvey seemed curious.“The competition?”“You don’t know this, Sir York. To properly distribute everyone’s benefits, the four great tribes and the Wolven Tribe would hold a yearly competition.“Everyone can join.“The person who wins in the competition would be able to integrate all sorts of resources in the coming year.“It doesn’t matter what Kyren’s intentions are. He
At three o’clock in the afternoon, Ernie Surrey had been waiting outside the No.1 villa in a Land Rover.After entering the car, Harvey York could see an elderly man in his fifties.Other than Wildcat and Ernie’s subordinates, Lennon and Aria Surrey were absent.“Sir York, Grandfather said that Conrad is an unreasonable man. He let me handle everything in the competition since he needed to remain on guard in the outskirts.”Ernie showed a respectful expression.“Another thing. Let me introduce you. This is our top expert of the Surrey family, as well as my uncle, Samir Surrey.“Uncle Samir, this is Master York.”Samir, who had been resting his eyes, suddenly glared at Harvey.After seeing Harvey’s youngish impression, he gave a cold scoff before casually closing his eyes again.Ernie felt extremely awkward after seeing the sight. His uncle had been training in Carrion Palace for the longest time. Lennon Surrey also put a great deal of effort into getting Samir here.It was on
After driving in the desert for nearly two hours, the car finally arrived at the oasis.A vast lake surrounded the place. It seemed like paradise.Since the place was not governed for the longest time, only a few rules existed there.That said, Ernie Surrey and the others were quite familiar with the roads here. The car arrived at a small villa soon after.A few guards with firearms were patrolling the area. They immediately took their safeties off, looking cautious after seeing the convoy drive over.After Ernie made a call, a dark-skinned, stocky middle-aged man came out of the villa.“I’ve been waiting, Young Master Ernie.”The man came over with a smile.Ernie glanced at the man before speaking.“Sir York, Uncle Samir, this is the boss of a small gang here, Mr. Hart. He’s considered our contact here.”“You’re too kind! I’m just a nobody before you anyway!”Mr. Hart shook his head.If he needed to survive in a lawless place like this, he required the background and suppo
The market was not that big. The roads were not exactly spacious since there were no rules to follow.Besides the fact that Harvey York had no intention of avoiding the group in front of him, Kyren Pedler instantly noticed him while looking confused.“Why are you here?”Harvey did not mind the encounter too much. After all, Kyren must have come here for his own reason.It would be odd if he did not show up for the competition.Harvey gave a slight nod as a form of greeting.Kyren showed an odd look. He did not think Harvey would still be this indifferent even after seeing him here.Then again, he had other things to do.“I’m living in Saber Villa right now. You’ll know where it is after asking around.“Come over later.”Then, Kyren left with the others.Harvey could hear a mix of pride, disdain, and concern in Kyren’s words.He did not say anything about it, though. After asking the woman beside him the time and place of the competition, Harvey casually went there.When he
The stage was extremely tense. It was probably just as massive as a soccer field with a huge ring in the middle.High towers are built around the ring, probably for the prominent figures to be seated.Ordinary guests could only squeeze with the rest of the crowd, seeing as much as they could in the ring.Countless security personnel in black suits were moving around with firearms in hand, ready to shoot down anyone who would cause trouble.People had been gossiping around the place, but nobody would dare raise their voices either.After all, the competition was held only once annually.Not only would the competition be able to decide who would hold authority in the outskirts, but this was a place where anyone could take their revenge.Without immense background and support, arrogance would kill anyone in such a place.Harvey followed behind Harlan when a few bodyguards gave way. The ring and high towers could be clearly seen.Soon after, people started showing up.“The Klein