"Zaydon Woode, you rascal! You were on your way to snitch on us, weren't you? You've been acting all strange for these past few days. Well, now we know it's 'cause you're acting as a spy for Blood-Drinker Gang!" said Great Elder, glaring at him with his fists clenched."Zaydon, we have always treated you well. Not to mention, you're the helmsman for Mus Hall! How dare you betray us when you're given hundreds and thousands of dollars to spend every month?" Mick asked between gritted teeth.Zaydon suddenly scoffed, to everyone's surprise. "Haha, you can only blame yourself for my betrayal since you wouldn't allow me to marry Candy. Besides, Blood-Drinker Gang pays me very well for my service too. They'll definitely wipe Mus Hall out once they get wind of your rebellion. The leader of the gang told me he along with the other elders would come here and kill you if you dare to rebel against them. Then, I'll take over as the new master of Mus Hall. What's more, they also promised to make C
Severin nodded and said, "I'll take care of the guards. They don't know me so I can just go up to them and neutralize them quickly."He then smiled and walked toward the direction of the gate. As expected, the guards did not even have a chance to take a good look at his face before they were lying dead on the ground. All the members of Mus Hall came out of their hiding."Charge!" ordered Severin with a wave of his hand and they immediately stampeded into the headquarters.Many of the gang members were killed as they were unprepared. The cacophony of the battle attracted the attention of the other gang members and they immediately rushed out of their bed chambers. However, they were instantly surrounded by Mick's men."Mick Wheatly, how dare you raid our headquarters in the middle of the night? You shameless b*stard must be tired of living!" said Tharan between gritted teeth while glaring at Mick.There were around seven or eight hundred gang members stationed in the headquarters b
Tharan tightened his first in preparation to meet Severin head-on. However, Severin was just too fast, and before Tharan could even throw his punch, Severin grabbed his fist and pulled hard on it."Ahh!" screamed Tharan pitifully. His arm was completely torn off! That was how strong Severin was!Severin followed up with another punch to Tharan's chest, which immediately sent the latter flying and crashing against a few gang members before finally landing on the ground."Mister Tharan is…is dead!" cried one of the gang members in a shaky voice."What! Severin didn't even use his spiritual energy so that must mean he killed Mister Tharan using pure strength!"The three great-elders inhaled sharply when they saw what happened. They were so terrified that all the colors drained out of their face."Shit! This kid must be at a level higher than that of a profound master! Why, his attainment should be at a level of a warrior king," said a grand-elder."You're right. This kid's ability
Mick knew he would not be able to persuade Severin once the latter had made up his mind, so he said to Candy, "Candy, take some men to go back with you and Mister Severin back to Mus Hall. After he had freshened up, you can all follow him to Brookbourn. I and the rest of the men will take care of the other strongholds. We'll find the time to visit you and Mister Severin once things have stabilized, which I'm guessing would take around two days' time.""Yes, Father. Don't worry. You can leave it up to me!" Candy said with a smile."Good girl." Mick nodded. Then he apologetically turned to Severin, and said, "Mister Severin, I apologize for not being able to personally send you back. There are still things I need to do here."Mister Severin smiled. "Nonsense. We have all the time in the world to catch up later.""Let's go, Mister Severin!" Candy immediately led the way, and several of Mus Hall's escorted Severin to leave the place first.After Severin left, Mus Hall's Great Elder sa
Both Judith and Diane knew Valerian would be visiting the Shanahans that day, though they did not know what time. The two of them had never met an important figure before, so they decided to dress up and drop by the Shanahans to see what the fuss was all about.They estimated Valerian would arrive around eleven o'clock in the morning, and not earlier than that since he was planning on having lunch. It was already a little past nine o'clock in the morning by the time they arrived at the Shanahans'."Grandmother, you look absolutely well!" Diane was happy to have received two-hundred-and-eighty-five-thousand dollars as a reward from Catherine. It was, after all, a kind of acknowledgment."I'm glad you noticed. It's true what they say, how a person will look well when good things are happening. I never dreamed an important figure like Mister Valerian would ever grace our home with our presence. The others must be green with envy at our good fortune," said Catherine with a chuckle."I
Felicia jumped up in fright, and hurriedly asked, "What should we do? The fact that Mister Valerian is here earlier than expected means he really holds us in high regard. He'll surely be displeased if he finds out not all of us are here yet!"Catherine, however, was strangely calm. "There's no need to panic. It's not like Mister Valerian is very close to Severin. With such a big group like ours, it'll take him some time to notice Severin isn't among us. We'll just pretend Severin is already here and go out to welcome Mister Valerian for ten seconds or so. Then we'll scatter around once we all come back inside. I'm sure he won't even notice Severin's absence if we just do what I said.""Mother, don't worry. Take some deep breaths. Grandmother is right. Things will work out. Mister Valerian will be too busy to take notice of Severin's absence. We'll call Severin once we're back in the house and tell him to sneak in from the back door," Megan said to Felicia."Let's go. Mister Valerian
The wealthy merchants standing by the side started gossiping amongst themselves when they realized Severin was, indeed, missing.In fact, some of the wealthy merchants were inwardly rubbing their hands in glee at the turn of the events as they were jealous of the Shanahans' meteoric rise to success. They had been waiting for the Shanahans to make one wrong move and were sure no one would be willing to work with them once Valerian had shown his displeasure.Zachariah must have sensed something was not right and he quickly signaled Sheila to be quiet with his eyes. It took her a while to get what he was hinting but once she did, her face immediately fell as she lowered her head. It was then she knew she had caused some trouble.'Looks like Severin is really not here. Otherwise, he would have come out to welcome us,' thought Sheila. She recalled how Valerian immediately came to Severin's rescue with just one call and hoped that they would continue to have a good relationship with each
"Holy shit! This kid has balls. Not only did he lie about going into the toilet but he dares to speak to Mister Valerian like they're friends?" said someone after witnessing the latest development.The Shanahans were shocked too. Stanley had already hinted to Severin only to be completely ignored. 'Why won't Severin take the hint? I can't believe he actually told Mister Valerian he had some other urgent matters to attend to!'They could not help but wonder whether Valerian would get angry at Severin.However — out of everyone's expectation — Valerian only smiled and said, "It's fine. You may take the time to finish whatever you were doing. Besides, it's my fault for coming here so early and for not confirming the time of the visit with you all. I'll be sure to be more considerate next time."Everyone was struck dumb. Not only was Valerina not angry but he actually sounded a little apologetic."Haha, don't worry about it. You're more than welcome to drop by for a few drinks anytim