Andie and the others left for the ICU of the people’s hospital, their heads hung low.Neil and Yasmin showed up as well. Their faces were grim as they looked into the sick room.Around ten minutes ago, Quincy’s condition worsened again; she let out a few mouthfuls of blood, and the energy inside her kept crashing into a few of her bones, breaking them in the process.Quincy wanted to struggle, but she simply wouldn’t dare; she had no choice but to hold onto the white blanket as she shivered in pain.It was a miserable sight; she looked as if she was about to die at any moment.“It’s okay. Your father’s here. It’s alright…”Neil wanted to hold onto his daughter’s hand, but he was afraid of her condition worsening.“I’ll find a way for you to recover! Believe me! You need to hold on!”Neil hesitated for a moment before looking at Courtney, who was standing not far away from him.“Will sedatives help with Quincy’s condition? She might exhaust herself completely if this keeps up,”
“We can only ask for Harvey’s help, right?”Andie exploded, showing unbridled rage.“I don’t care if that bastard’s actually capable, or if he’s just pretending! He’s too arrogant!“If anything happens to my daughter because he wouldn’t do anything to help, I’ll make sure that he…”Andie wanted to bury Harvey with Quincy, but she instinctively shivered after thinking back on Harvey’s words.Without her daughter’s permission, she’d come back to haunt her if she even went through with such a thing.“I know you’re embarrassed, Andie…“But even if that’s the case, now’s not the time to spout nonsense.“Harvey isn’t in the wrong in the first place! He was going to help, but you two kept stopping him from doing so. Not to mention, the insults that you’ve been dishing out towards him!”Despite being worried about Quincy, Yasmin decided to speak her mind.“We need an expert martial artist to solve the problem caused by the same profession, Neil!“If you still insist on hanging onto
Seeing Neil’s face worsen, Yasmin quickly spoke up.“You’re misunderstanding the situation, Neil! Sir York isn’t the kind of man who’d make things harder for others! It’s just that…”Andie instantly cut her off with a cold chuckle.“He’s not? You think this is a misunderstanding?“Yasmin! Do you think I’m that miserable of a person? You think I’d slander Harvey for no reason? Or are you saying I want my daughter to die?“You think I have a grudge against her or something? How ignorant can you get?!”Andie instinctively glared at her husband.Compared to gritting her teeth and kneeling in front of Harvey to save her daughter, she’d feel more joy in making Harvey kneel instead!Andie was confident.She believed no matter how strong Vaati was, he’d still have to pay his respect to Neil.The authority of the Desert Province Police Station’s second-in-command was not something that an ordinary man could even imagine.Neil showed a stern gaze after hearing his wife’s words.He be
Amos frowned.“What do you think Harvey did to cause all this? He turned me into his pawn?“These are all complicated plans…“Judging from Harvey’s behavior, he wouldn’t waste all this effort in the first place. Every time he took action, it’d always make a huge impact, despite how casual he is.The figure played around with a chess piece for a long time.“If I guess correctly, Harvey must’ve given Stefan the Smalt Sect’s badge.”Amos shivered, then let out a long sigh.“Thank you, Lord Roue. I didn’t realize that at all!“I only saw the benefits that come with the badge, but I didn’t think Harvey wouldn’t even care for such things in the first place.“He gave Stefan the badge so he could stab me in the back at the most crucial moment!“What a move!“It’s a shame Vaati ruined his mighty plan just by visiting him. Harvey must be furious by now.”“Probably not. After all, since Vaati didn’t go against Harvey, it must mean that he needs the badge as well.“After all, from a c
Roue chuckled.“Not exactly. The difficulty depends on your resolution.”“What do you mean by that?” Amos asked, still frowning. “If, say… Someone Vaati deeply cares about dies in Harvey’s hands… Would the Aenar Temple remain friends with him?” Roue said, smiling mysteriously.“Someone Vaati cares about…? Does he have a woman or something?”Amos showed a curious expression.“Let’s think outside the box, Young Master.”Roue seemed quite relaxed.“Why can’t a man be the person he cares about the most? Everyone says that Stefan is his child. If he dies, do you think Vaati would remain this calm?”Amos scowled. “There’s a huge risk in that. If he finds out that I started this… He’ll fight me with everything he’s got. This plan won’t do. Let’s think of something safer.”“There’s no time, Young Master.“I can only tell you this. You need to be ruthless to stand your ground. The outskirts’ situation isn’t good for you right now.“If you’re still going to be this paranoid… You’d b
Harvey froze, then smiled. “You’re too humble. As a consul, your schemes and combat prowess should be no less than outstanding. Without any proper defenses, even Amos wouldn’t be a match against you, right?”Stefan shook his head.“You know me, Sir York.“I don’t want to hear things like this. I want to win without a shadow of a doubt! I can only go all out if I have better odds at winning against Amos!“I know that with your strength, I’ll definitely achieve that.“Besides, you don’t have anything to lose in the situation, right?”Harvey was impressed by Stefan’s honesty. It’d be better to show his sincerity by not hiding anything.Harvey pondered for a moment, looking at Stefan with narrowed eyes. Stefan was holding his emotions back despite his wild ambition.“Since we’re here already…” he said with a smile. “Let me give you something.”Harvey scribbled on a piece of paper for a long time before handing it over.“These are Amos’s weak spots. Simply put, they’re what’s ke
An hour later, Stefan arrived at the Mandrake Residence.This was one of the most important strongholds of the Aenar Temple. Not only was the place very safe, but it was tightly secured as well.After waving at the people behind to dismiss them, Stefan came to the sun room at the edge of the cliff. He’d usually come here when he needed to think things through.He showed a playful expression after taking a look at the paper Harvey gave him.“Rumors say that Amos is trained under both the Kronen Temple and the Adenar Temple’s martial arts. His strength rose exponentially, but there’s also a huge trouble.“Judging from the current situation, he probably asked for Sir York’s help as well. And from what Sir York said, Amos is probably having a hard time controlling the energies in his body.“If that’s the case, it’d be better for me to stall a few more days.“Maybe, if I go back to the Aenar Temple right now and announce that I have the Smalt Sect’s badge, Amos will be pressured even
Stefan took a deep breath. “Pretty good. I like it a lot.”“Heh, heh! Good. You’d be letting me down if you didn’t. I put a lot of effort into preparing it.”Stefan instantly cut off the person. “Who are you? What do you want?”“Who am I?”The person lightly chuckled.“I’m just an ordinary person. The Smalt Sect wanted you dead—Amos was supposed to make the call… But he’s probably scared witless because of Harvey at this point.“If that’s the case, then I’ll have to force him to do the dirty work.“I’m giving you two choices. Either you end your own life here… Or I come to you and finish the job myself.“Would you be willing to save me some energy?”Stefan was dead silent for a moment. “You’re from Evermore?”“Smart man!”The person burst out laughing, holding his hands together.“You must be intelligent enough to figure out my identity. It’s always refreshing to talk to someone of your caliber.”Stefan took another deep breath. “No matter what Amos promised you, I can dou