“You’re right. Times have changed.”Harvey suddenly spoke up in the middle of the crowd. An unspeakable aura quickly seeped out.Compared to Naruse’s cold aura, his was filled with nothing but gentleness—like sunshine. However, the aura was more than enough to completely suppress Naruse.Slap!Before Naruse even came to his senses, he was already slapped in the face.“Aaagh!”Naruse, who had the place under control with his immense strength, was instantly sent flying as his body shivered. He slammed into a wall, leaving massive cracks, before he slowly slid down.Seeing that, everyone looked completely sluggish.Amos froze as well. Even Milan had lost her cool immediately.Nobody thought that someone would turn the tables this quickly.“Who are you?!”Naruse stumbled off the ground, gritting his teeth. He knew just how powerful Harvey was. That was why he was filled with nothing but fear.Not only did Harvey send him flying with a single slap, his aura was immediately seale
“Harvey!”Naruse gritted his teeth with a fierce expression.“No member of the Toyotomi family would ever kneel! You want me to? Over my dead body!”“You want to die so badly?” Harvey nodded. “I’ll help you with that, then.”Harvey casually grabbed a firearm from one of the security guards and took off the safety, then threw it in front of Naruse.“Now, you have three choices.“Either you shoot yourself and show me just how proud you are… Or you kneel and apologize.“Of course, you can try shooting me as well. I suggest you don’t try that, though. You’ll end up horribly if you do.”Harvey smiled faintly as Naruse kept getting agitated by his words.Naruse was already at his wit’s end after his aura was completely sealed… His eyes kept twitching, not knowing what to do at that very moment.After taking a deep breath, he mustered the last bit of his courage to point the firearm at Harvey’s head. Despite that, he didn’t pull the trigger at all.“You chose the worst one after al
After a long while, the light in Naruse’s eyes darkened and he finally calmed down.It was naturally humiliating not having the courage to pull the trigger…but if he did, he wouldn’t have the means to handle the consequences.Harvey had him completely suppressed!“You’re strong! Really strong!” he said after sighing.“I admire you! I admit that I can’t do anything to you, either! I apologize! Not just for what happened today, but also Stefan’s assassination! I’m sorry!”The crowd felt immediately sluggish after hearing Naruse’s words.‘Is he actually giving up…?’“That’s not enough.”Harvey smiled at Naruse. “You should have more sincerity in your apology. There’s simply no weight in your words right now. You get me, don’t you?”Naruse gritted his teeth. “You better know what’s good for yourself, Harvey! It won’t end well for you if you don’t!”Bang!Harvey was playing with another firearm in his hand, then pulled the trigger. The scorching bullet flew right past Naruse’s
The place was extremely awkward.After all, this was Amos’s banquet that Naruse got invited to. Since the guest was already gone… What was the point of the so-called banquet?Clap, clap, clap!When nobody knew how to react to the situation, Amos clapped lightly.“On behalf of the Smalt Sect, I thank you!“Without you, we wouldn’t have known that the Islanders are ruthless enough to assassinate a consul!“I have a conflict with Stefan, but this has nothing to do with them at all.“From now on, you’re a friend of mine!“No matter who takes control over the Smalt Sect in the future, this will never change!”Amos showed a gentle look on his face; it was clear he was trying to go the easy way out. In fact, he was just about to leave after saying those words.“Did I say that you can leave?”Harvey’s calm words were enough to shock the entire crowd.Amos stopped in his tracks, and looked back at Harvey with a deep frown.The crowd was dead silent once again. A lot of people froze
Amos was getting desperate at this point.From this point onward…There was simply no need to hide anything.There was no point.Since Harvey had already made everything clear, he had to fight back in the name of his position.“Of course, you should just stop pretending if you wouldn’t dare. I am the Smalt Sect’s young master; an outsider like you…” Amos trailed off.Slap!Before he was done talking, he was already slapped in the face.“Are you lecturing me right now?”Having said that, Harvey wiped his fingers.He left with Stefan and the others soon after.Everyone had revealed their true intentions.Still, there was no point in killing off Amos here.What Harvey needed was Stefan’s rise to power. That way, he’d be able to take full control of the situation.The Smalt Sect’s ceremony was a great opportunity to make that happen.-“What?! Harvey completely disrespected Naruse?!“He even threatened Amos to give up on his position and the Eyed Beads?!“Does that mean t
“Amos fought Harvey a few times before and took quite a few losses…“But not a single outsider knew about it.“But today, he was completely disrespected in front of a crowd. Even his guest had to scurry out of the place because of Harvey.“His plan was a complete failure. Under such circumstances, judging from his prideful attitude, it’s only natural for him to go all in.”Roue knocked on the table.“That said, it might not be the wrong play either.“After all, his reputation is down the drain at this point.“Rather than constantly playing tricks on Harvey and getting bested every single time…“It’d probably be better to just fight him head-on!“He might not lose if he shows the Smalt Sect’s true strength!“That said, such a huge gamble would’ve never happened in the first place…“Harvey’s no ordinary man at all.”Hannah’s thin lips curved.“Of course not.“Amos might lose this time as well. “If that happens, Harvey would obtain the Nine Eyed Beads. All of the secrets w
“You didn’t come here just to hear me yap, did you?”After seeing Stefan’s gloomy expression, Harvey chuckled and changed the subject.Stefan came back to his senses, and took a deep breath. “The master wants to see you.”“The master?” Harvey froze. “Can you and your teacher not handle the situation?”Stefan chuckled.“You’re joking, Sir York…“It doesn’t matter if we can or not; Master Roben is still the master of the temple.“He was uncertain about his stance before, but he’s asking to see you today.“I had no choice but to come.”-Harvey was a little shocked when seeing Master Roben.In his mind, the master of the Aenar Temple would be quite the experienced monk.However, it was just an ordinary old man. He was wearing simple clothes while cocking an arrow on his crossbow.The arrow flew out, and a heavy thump could be heard from deep inside the woods.Judging from Harvey’s eyesight, he was able to tell that other than a hawk, there was something else that resembled a
“As expected of the top talent of the outskirts’ younger generation , maybe even the entire Desert Province.”Before Stefan could stand up with a horrible expression, Master Roben had already walked forward while playing with his crossbow.“If Stefan’s even half as good as you, I wouldn’t have to see you today.“Speaking of, he’s quite the lucky man. He caused you a great deal of trouble, but he still managed to earn your friendship. I’m relieved.”Master Roben’s words had deep meaning; he seemed to understand a lot about Harvey, along with why Stefan would try to challenge Amos at such a moment.That said, he only implied all that without actually speaking about it. No matter the case, he couldn’t hide the admiration he had toward Harvey.Harvey chuckled.“You’re kidding. I’m not from the outskirts, or the Desert Province. I do think that Stefan fits the title more, though.”Stefan felt a little prideful after hearing Harvey’s words. He knew he was no match against Harvey, but