Bale smiled faintly and, after watching Jalone and the March family leave the arena, announced, "Now that the March family participants have forfeited, I declare that due to the special circumstances, we will proceed straight to the Middle Guard Challenge." After the March family left, eight contestants remained in the arena. Following Bale's command, eight Middle Guards took turns facing off against the eight contestants. This time, four of the contestants were defeated, leaving only four to advance. Two of them chose to take the title of Middle Guard. In the end, only Wilbur and Locke were left to challenge for the title of Senior Guard. The rules for challenging the Senior Guard were that Wilbur and Locke would each face the current Senior Guard. The one who won would become the Senior Guard, and if both were victorious, they would both be granted the title. At this point, the tournament could conclude. However, if Wilbur and Locke wished to compete against each other to determi
In the Nine Major Towns, it was common to encounter exceptional individuals. After all, the Nine Major Towns were the center of the middle dimension, attracting cultivators from various worlds within this dimension. Once a cultivator reached a certain level of mastery, they inevitably headed for the Nine Major Towns. This was because the nine towns held the only gateway to the higher dimensions. Only those who reach the Nine Major Towns could ultimately ascend to the higher dimensions. However, Wilbur currently had no plans to move to the higher dimensions. Being treated as a pseudo-lord in the middle dimension is far better than being a minor player in the higher dimension. Moreover, Wilbur has yet to uncover the secrets of the four energy sources in Buck Town. In fact, Wilbur always felt a unique attraction to Buck Town, as if some mysterious force there was calling out to him. Because he had promised Lord Edmund before coming to Walker Town, after obtaining the Senior Guard t
"Dalton?" Wilbur frowned and said, "Isn't he the leader of the Dragon Slayer Organization, Lord Edmund? Why would he be targeting Augheimer?" Felix added, "That's right. Augheimer isn't a dragon clan cultivator. Why would Dalton be after him?" Hearing this, Edmund was momentarily stunned before shaking his head and replying, "I don't know the specific details. However, I believe Dalton must have his reasons for doing this. Wilbur, you should think carefully about your relationship with Augheimer. Does Dalton know about it?" "Last time, when Dalton and Dino came, he was convinced that you, Wilbur, were a dragon clan cultivator. If he knows about your connection to Augheimer, he might use Augheimer as bait to lure you into a trap." "What!" Wilbur suddenly realized the gravity of the situation and said nervously, "Indeed, the last time Augheimer was kidnapped, Felix and I went to rescue him, but on the way back, we were ambushed by the Dragon Slayer Organization. This Dalton m
"Lord Edmund!" Wilbur felt touched to hear the words, but Edmund's gaze was icy when he turned away. After all, Edmund would just have to send out an order if he wanted to sort this out. Augheimer had drawn Dalton's attention, but the past few days showed that the Dragon Slayer Organization did respect Edmund quite a bit. Thus, Edmund was certain that they would not do anything to him directly. This meant that Edmund could actually save Augheimer. However, Edmund attained the City Lord position through his own power. He was certain that nothing big would happen in the next three months, and that would make his promise to Wilbur the most important thing. Dividing and conquering Buck Town? Edmund found the whole thing funnier the more he thought about it. What would he be, if he really let Wilbur run half of Buck Town? Would the cultivators of Buck Town even respect him anymore after that? Besides, Edmund's powers would be recovered in three months. He would be sure to send a
Wilbur said, "What do you think we should do, then?" Felix whispered into Wilbur's ear, who nodded. "Right. We'll go with that, then." Following that, the two men returned to the Chris family grounds together. Just as they had entered, a servant came running towards them in a panic. "You're finally back, Lord Horne! Lord Conrad came over this morning, he's been waiting in the main hall since then." "Conrad?" Wilbur and Felix exchanged glances. Neither of them knew why Conrad was here all of a sudden, and Felix said, "Have him wait a little longer. We'll be with him in just a second." "Yes, Lord Horne." The servant hurried off to deliver the message, and Wilbur and Felix quickly entered the study. Felix took out a pen and paper, writing down a letter. The two men then called for a servant, handing the letter to him. Felix reminded, "Remember that Divan has to receive this personally." "Yes, my Lord." The servant left with the letter, and the two men finally made their
Conrad sneered. "The Dragon Slayer Organization broke into the City Lord quarters of Buck Town in the middle of the night. It's only right that they were punished for it. I can't believe Dalton still had the nerve to show up in Buck Town, but since he's here… we're going to have to teach him a lesson." Wilbur replied, "I've wanted to do that for a while now, Lord Conrad. We can go to the Hilton family with you to get some money. But once all of this is done, we hope you'll join forces with us to take Dalton down." Felix could guess what Wilbur was implying, and said, "Yes, that should be the way to do it. Do you agree, Lord Conrad?" "Of course I do. Well, let's go force some money out of those Hiltons now." Conrad came to the Hilton family grounds with Wilbur and Felix in tow. The two guards by the gate saw that it was them and said at once, "Please wait a moment, we'll head inside to report to them." "No, that won't be necessary." Conrad struck the two guards unconscious,
Grote, who had thought the entire time that this was just a joke, scowled at the three men. His expression turned ashen as he shouted, "How dare you attack me, Conrad!" "Why else would we even come looking for you? Take this, Grote!" Conrad sent out an attack, that Grote swiftly avoided by swerving sharply aside. He then aimed a kick at Conrad's chest. Grote used the pressure to fly backward, landing on the ground as Conrad rubbed himself in the chest. "What are you standing there for? Get him!" Wilbur and Felix exchanged glances before attacking Grote at the same time. Grote smirked at the sight, saying, "Foolish of you two to make an enemy out of me." Grote muttered a spell, and a nearby tank exploded. The water it had contained quickly flowed up to him. Wilbur had reached Grote by then, and the water from the tank wrapped itself around Wilbur like a strong chain. Wilbur looked down and was shocked at what he saw. The water wrapped around his belly resembled the body of a
Grote fell to the ground on his knees, his chest heaving as the black vortex disappeared around him. He looked up at Wilbur in terror, who stared down at him like a god of death. Just then, an icy voice escaped from Wilbur's throat. "You're a low life to me, Grote. Disrespect me any further, and I'll be sure to kill you." Grote trembled from head to toe, his expression flickering between fear and disbelief at something that seemed to be scaring the absolute spirit out of him. He knocked his forehead against the ground repeatedly as he apologized over and over again. Conrad furrowed his brows at the sight of Grote, then at Wilbur. He did not know what Grote was so afraid of. Grote was a legendary warrior who never backed down, even in the face of death. Yet… he had just admitted defeat like that. Also, who did that voice coming out of Wilbur even belong to? Wilbur's eyes eventually returned to normal, the left side of his chest throbbing with overwhelming pain. He gritted his