For someone like Elric, who had survived a long time in Wolsing, he knew the importance of making alliances.If he couldn't kill Harvey, it would be best if he could drag the Judds of Wolsing at a critical time. Elric believed that if the Judds of Wolsing were willing to work with him, it would be easy to kill Harvey. Or rather, it would be easy to force Harvey to surrender.When Veer heard Elric's words, he smiled—however, his smile was stern. He was also very experienced, so of course he understood the provocation in Elric's words. He had introduced Elric to Harvey out of the goodness of his heart, but Elric wanted to stab him in the back in the end instead. It made Veer livid. Veer slowly walked forward and patted Elric's shoulder. "There's something you don't know, Elric. We won't pursue him if he doesn't take us seriously at all. We still won't do it even if he humiliates us out in the open. If he needs it, we will even ask our multimedia companies to help him promote this."
Elric nodded and said in a superficial manner, "Don't you worry. We won't let the two of them go just like that…"Pamela wanted to say something—but in the next instance, she suddenly screamed and her whole body started to shake."What's happening? What's happening to you?" Elric asked nervously.Pamela's face twisted in pain. She couldn't stop herself from convulsing and screaming in agony."Quick! Just say yes to whatever he wants! Just say yes! Tell him to save me! Save me! I don't want to die! It hurts so much…!" -In the evening, Harvey and Journi went into the Stanton residence. They came after receiving Elric's call.In one afternoon, Elric had made at least 30 calls. Other than begging Harvey to show him some mercy, he even begged Journi. The chairman that was sanctimonious and holier-than-thou had finally given up all his pride.He kept on begging and begging, hoping Harvey could save Pamela. He even promised to do everything Harvey wanted. However, time was of the
"This is the proof of my sincerity," Elric said, giving Harvey a serious look."This is not enough," Harvey said calmly.Elric's eye slightly twitched, and continued, "Secondly, this is your official appointment letter." He took out another thing."I have ten more days left as the chairman. Ten days later, you'll be Country H Commercial Group's new chairman. With this list, this seal, and this appointment letter, it will already be enough for you to take part in the Commercial Group's daily operations from now on."Elric looked at Harvey with mixed feelings."Everyone knows what to do when someone like me is leaving his post. From now on, no one in the group is going to listen to what an old timer like me has to say. Also, I will no longer interfere with my daughter's marriage. I don't care if you're really a couple or you're just faking it, my daughter is free either way." When Journi heard what Elric was saying, she shuddered a little, feeling like she was in a daze. She cou
Elric himself couldn't help but sigh in admiration as he praised Harvey in his mind. If someone like Harvey wasn't opposing him, he would try to recruit him at all costs. Of course, even if he did recruit Harvey, he wouldn't make Harvey into his son-in-law.To someone like Elric, only a scion from a top-class family like Emery would fit his criteria and benefit him."Don't be so happy, Mr. Elric," Harvey said with a meaningful smile. "While it looks like her condition is improving by leaps and bounds, I'll come to check up on her again in ten days just in case. I want to make sure that the cause of her problem is completely rooted out."We'll see each other again in ten days. Of course, I know that you know a lot of people and are quite influential, and you might be able to recruit some experts to help you deal with the remaining problems. But I want to advise you that it's best not to try that."If someone is interfering, it might make irritate me. And when I act again, it might b
Journi was slightly stunned, not sure why Harvey was doing this. Harvey smiled. "The Country H Commercial Group is connected to the Stanton family, after all. As an outsider, I won't be able to convince everyone when I become chairman. That's why I'm appointing you right now as my agent. Help me manage Country H Commercial Group. Are you alright with that?"Journi was quite surprised, to be honest. She knew very well why Harvey was doing this. While she was already free, all her resources and connections belonged to the Stanton family. If Elric wanted, he could take back all of it easily. Someone who lost everything like her would probably end up becoming his puppet again.However, things would be different if she acted as Harvey's agent. If she could take control of the Commercial Group, she would have the power to go against Elric directly. Not to mention, Harvey didn't simply give the commercial group to her. He only made her act as his agent.Which meant that she could count o
Journi didn't care that the board of directors was staring at her oddly. She politely invited Harvey to take his seat reserved for the chairman before sitting next to him. She switched on the mic and said, "Alright everyone. All of you know the person that's next to me. He is the next chairman that you have chosen, Harvey York."I am the agent he has employed. Which means that once he has officially become chairman, I will perform all the duties of a chairman on his behalf. My father is retiring in ten more days, but he has already signed the letter of appointment. The reason I called for this meeting is so that all of you can get to know and support each other better. That way, the Country H Commercial Group will become even better."After Journi had finished, she clapped. "Everyone understands what I'm saying?"When everyone from the board heard what Journi had to say, all of them revealed nothing but sneers and contempt. From what she had to say, even if Harvey had become chair
"Mr. Leighton…" Journi said slowly as she looked at the vice-chairman. "You should understand that Mr. York could be the chairman because of the result of your votes. According to normal procedure, whether my father gave him the appointment letter or not doesn't matter. He would be the next chairman regardless."No one has the right to question this. Unless Mr. York personally asked to resign, he'd be the next chairman. No one has any say in this.""Ha! Are you threatening me?" Leighton smirked coldly. "Just as he can remain as the chairman of Country H Commercial Group, we also have the right to withdraw. We'll make this company exist in name only!"Journi frowned. "We're not worried. Mr. Leighton, the procedure was decided by the board. Mr. York was also chosen by the board. As one of the original members of the group, it's not good to say things that would affect the group's unity, no?""Affecting the group's unity?" Leighton scoffed. "Fine! I won't say something that affects
Bang!Before Leighton and the others could finish what they were saying, Harvey slammed his palm on the table."Good! I've always thought the people in this company were all together in this with Elric. I didn't expect that all of you would love your country so much! Then this will be easy. The first thing I want to do when I'm chairman is to completely remove the Island Nation's meddling within the Country H Commercial Group, so that we can act on our interest once more."I'll make the Island Nation investors leave!"Everyone who was clamoring for Harvey to leave was taken aback by his statement. They were so startled that they were unsure of what to say. Even Leighton was a bit stunned.Harvey had acted beyond their expectations.Only Journi knew that Harvey wasn't doing this because they forced him to. He was going to get rid of all the Island Nation investors for real. It had been one of his major requests to Elric. "Harvey, is it?" Leighton said with a dark expression. "Do
When Harvey heard Mandy's agreement to his plan to close down the place, he immediately snapped his finger. A young man smaller and leaner than the Boxing Champion slowly walked out from the back.He wasn't surrounded by a malevolent aura like the Boxing Champion, and he didn't beat his chest like a drum either. He simply waved his hand around in a dull way, like he was only doing this as part of his job. When the spectators saw this, all of them booed.When some of the spectators who were hoping for a chance to turn their luck around saw this, they couldn't help but start to curse.What was the Ninth Branch doing?Why did they pull out a kid like this?Were they getting him killed?Meanwhile, Durandal and the others all glanced at each other before cackling madly. They were all from the Sacred Training Grounds, so they could see the young man was indeed someone special. But no matter how special he was, the difference in power couldn't be so easily overcome.There was only one
One hour later, Harvey once again appeared at the VIP seats. Durandal and the others had been waiting for them. When they saw Harvey appear, they grinned. "One hour is over, pretty boy. Can we start the battle now? Looking at how confident you are, maybe you should consider fighting yourself. If you're willing, I can tell the Boxing Champion to just use one arm."It was obvious that not only did Durandal want to use this chance to test Harvey's power, but he also wanted to get him killed.Harvey smiled. "There's no need for overwhelming firepower. Even your father couldn't make me fight him, let alone your underling."Durandal's eyes turned incredibly cold when he heard that. Just as the atmosphere in the VIP seats was becoming fired up, the atmosphere around the ring was also becoming more tense.They hadn't even fought yet, but both sides were already staring down at each other apprehensively. It would be quite intense once the fight really began.Very quickly, Durandal took a
Harvey ignored all of them, but simply looked at all the fighters. In the end, Harvey's eyes fell on a young man of about eighteen years old. It was obvious he had just come of age, and he had trained his body well. From his physique, Harvey could tell that his martial arts abilities were quite good too.Harvey could tell immediately that the young man probably had an extraordinary upbringing to have such power at such an age. He might be a core student who came out from a Sacred Training Ground to train.Most importantly, the other fighters either looked at Harvey warily or in envy. Only he looked at Harvey peacefully, as if everyone in this world were ordinary people.Harvey gave Maya a look, and Maya quickly introduced him. "Sir, this is a servant that a member of the Ninth Branch picked up from under the bridge. He's mute, but he's extremely loyal. When we realized he has great talent in martial arts, we decided to turn him into a fighter."Harvey narrowed his eyes. What kind
Maya was slightly stunned. However, she had always been very trusting of Harvey. She didn't say anything and quickly prepared the contract.When Durandal saw what was happening, he smiled coldly and immediately signed his name.Just as Harvey was going to sign his name, Mandy's expression turned dark and said, "Harvey, why don't we bet my hand? This is a Ninth Branch affair. It didn't have much to do with you in the first place."Harvey could sense Mandy cared about him and smiled. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. Not to mention, certain things are unavoidable. You and the Ninth Branch are simply taking hits on my behalf. Trust me, I can manage this."Mandy hesitated a little and wanted to say something, but before she could, Durandal already said coldly, "Enough with the mushy nonsense. If you can't take a wager like this, I'm more than happy to let you both lick my boots a hundred times. After that, we'll call it even!"Harvey patted Mandy's shoulder and picked up the pen to sign his
"Your underlings are either Boxing Champions or Sword Champions. While they all sounded terrifying and their names quite stylish, and sound like they can defeat everyone that stands before them…" Harvey began coolly."Everything you did is so you can take all of the Ninth Branch's money, isn't it? If that's the case, why waste everyone's time? Let's do it decisively. We'll settle everything in one go. Of course, if you're scared, you can tell me too. I won't force you."Harvey shook his head and looked at Mandy. "This is boring, Mandy. Let's go, he's just a coward. I wonder where this spoiled brat comes from? He's scared of getting smacked by his own hand if he loses a few pennies. There's no need to waste time with people like this."When Mandy heard it, she said, "That's right. There's no need to waste time with rubbish."Durandal smiled coldly when he heard how they were mocking him. "No need for such sarcasm. I'm telling you right now, I'm not afraid of playing a game like th
"If you're sober, bend your knee to the ladies and apologize, or I'll kill you!" Harvey snarled.The long-haired man was arrogant, but it was obvious for all that Harvey was even more so. All the spectators were shocked. It was the first time they saw someone acting so arrogant.The long-haired man finally realized what had happened; he held his face and yelled, "You idiot! How dare you touch me?"Harvey gave him another slap. "So what if I do? Can't I afford to? Do you want me to hit you a dozen times?"The long-haired young man didn't expect Harvey to make a move despite the current circumstances, and was completely stunned. He held his completely swollen face and screamed, "How dare you touch me! Kill him! I want him ground to dust!"Clang!Just as the men and women wanted to stand and attack Harvey, Durandal put down the teacup in his hand with a clang. He waved his right hand and said, "All of you… Are you blind? Can't you see that this is Ms. Mandy Zimmer, the leader of t
"150 million isn't enough?""1.5 billion?"Everyone gasped the moment they heard what Harvey had to say. At the same time, many people turned and looked at him at the same time. Aside from shock and disbelief, they looked like they were looking at a fool.Everyone could see that Durandal had already completely decimated this underground fighting pit. The Ninth Branch had lost hundreds of millions of dollars by now. No matter how sharp Maya's tongue was, it couldn't hide the fact that they had lost a lot of money.So when Harvey took the initiative and said something like that, many simply thought it was for their pride. Everyone knew that at this time, one should surrender and not scream in defiance. The men and women around Durandal all stared at Harvey. They didn't feel scared or excited, simply scornful.Mandy wanted to say something, but after hearing Harvey, she decided to keep silent and let him take control of everything. She believed that he could help her."Madam! Sir
Maya looked horrified. She was the one organizing things for the Ninth Branch. This fighter was already the most powerful the Ninth Branch had, but she didn't expect him to act like a complete newbie.As for Durandal, he picked up his teacup and sipped it. His phone screen was showing a game. It was obvious the fight in front of him had already been decided…and he was bored. A mobile game was even a better time killer than this.In some way, this was truly a way of showing how high and mighty he was.Meanwhile, a woman wearing a coat next to Durandal looked at the fight with scorn. It was obvious that the fight in front of her wasn't that interesting.After exchanging blows, the fighter from the Ninth Branch had completely lost his advantage. The Boxing Champion spun and broke his right arm in one strike.Crack!Before he could even scream, the Boxing King swooped right in front of him, then grabbed his head before punching him with all his might.Pfft…Blood immediately came o
"It was clear that this so-called champion had won countless matches. Otherwise, the spectators wouldn't be so excited when they saw him. Some of the women roared and screamed as if they were on cloud nine. The air was full of passion and excitement, as if this champion could really defeat everyone under the sun.Mandy frowned as she looked at the scene, and said slowly, "That's the elite fighter Durandal brought here. From the way he fought, he was indeed someone who had been fighting in underground fighting rings like ours for a long time. He calls himself the Boxing Champion, and has already won five bouts today. He has won at least 75 million dollars from us.""I see… He's a money printer…" Harvey looked at him and nodded. "From the surface, he's a peak King of Arms. If he let himself go, I believe he might be able to fight against those close to True Warrior."Mandy nodded before continuing, "He's just one of the elites Durandal brought with him. Other than him, there's the K