Seated around a table were the military commanders of the five Border Nations. Since the commander-in-chief of Koron, General Garna Chava, had passed away, Koron had sent another general in his place to attend the meeting.The two other generals who had orchestrated Liam's assassination alongside Koron were also seated amongst the five representatives. The sole two innocent parties appeared calm and unfazed, whereas the three masterminds were beyond outraged at the mayhem that Liam had wreaked on their country's borders.Alec seemed the most furious out of all of them. He hissed through gritted teeth, "What is the meaning of this? Half an hour has gone by, and yet the representative from Biskeland has not arrived!"The commander-in-chief of Slansvia, one of the two countries which had devised the plan to bring about Liam's death, was a man named Al Cronck. He looked equally outraged as he agreed, "That's right! This is unacceptable! How dare Biskeland disrespect us like this by fail
However, the two generals, though deeply wary of Liam and eager to be rid of him, were not fools and would not be easily deceived.They exchanged knowing glances but said nothing, and instead, watched coldly as another argument broke out between Garna Fuege, Al, and Alec. Just as the tension in the room was about to reach a boiling point, the door was suddenly flung open.Thud!The door splintered into pieces with a deafening bang. Fragments of wood flew everywhere, and some of the wooden chips even landed on Garna Fuege and the others!The five commanders, along with a dozen or so advisors who had accompanied their respective leaders, all whipped around to glance at the door. Liam stood at the door, wearing the same uniform, which was now tattered and bloodstained. The dark pools of blood of his victims shone maliciously like badges of his honor! Four Gods of War dressed in black trailed behind him, each exuding a similar aura of menace.The entire room fell silent as their gaz
Liam stood at the head of the table. After hearing Alec's terms, he scowled. His cold gaze landed on Alec, and he slowly made his way toward the latter.Panic rose up within Alec when Liam started to approach him. "What—what are you doing?"Liam did not even flinch. He continued to take slow, deliberate steps toward Alec, and the sight of a glowering man covered from head to toe in blood walking toward him made Alec shudder. He took a few steps back in terror.Thud!His body collided with the chair behind him, and together, man and chair collapsed to the ground with a clatter.It suddenly struck him, however, that Liam would not dare to lay a finger on him with so many people watching, so he quickly got to his feet and tried to stare Liam down, his face flushed crimson in exasperation. Liam paused, eyeing Alec coldly. "Is that right? You want me to compensate your country's losses?"There must be a miscommunication, General Alec, for if I recall correctly, this meeting was supp
Who would dare to put a toe out of line in the presence of such a formidable opponent, not to mention he also had fifteen Gods of War waiting outside the door to intervene if needed?Alec's expression was dark, and his beady eyes were laced with white-hot rage and indignation. He thought the prospect of going to war against three hundred thousand soldiers would be enough to subdue Liam. Still, not only did this fail to intimidate Liam, but he had even turned the entire situation against him!Alec was already incredibly displeased about losing half his men in battle, but the worst part was there seemed to be no way out of this!There was no point even trying to take Liam by force, for not only did he possess incredible speed and power, he also had a swarm of martial artists waiting on the other side of the door! One would have to be out of their mind to even think of subduing Liam in this state!Liam stared at the men before him. The silence went on for over three minutes, in which
"What? Ten billion dollars?""This is outrageous, King Pendragon! We're here to negotiate, not do your bidding!""Indeed! The three of them were the ones who had devised the plan to kidnap your subordinate. None of this had anything to do with me, so why should I have to pay the compensation as well?""I took no part in this as well! I will gladly withdraw my troops, but why should my country have to fork out ten billion dollars to compensate for a war we never took part in?""King Pendragon, this is outrageous and completely unreasonable! You are taking advantage of us!""We cannot just sit by and allow Biskeland to bully us like this! I will have none of this! If we have to declare war on Biskeland, so be it!""It's one thing to request a ceasefire, but another issue entirely to ransom us for so much money!"The entire room erupted into an angry uproar upon hearing Liam's request. Liam stared at them coldly and did not respond until he heard the furious outcries of the general
Besides, the borders of Biskeland were guarded by the feared Pendragon Warriors, and these were enemies that no one would want to make!Even then, none of the generals, least of all the two who had not been directly involved in the assassination attempt, could tolerate being taken advantage of. They were all incredibly disconcerted to see Liam walking out the door, and the two innocent generals were the first to act. They both leaped to their feet and shouted at Liam's retreating figure, "We accept your terms!"Liam paused and turned around but did not say anything. Instead, he merely stared at them as though waiting for them to go on.One of the generals, a man named Nicholson, added, appearing rather reluctant but having found no better option, "King Pendragon, I agree to your terms. My country will pay the compensation as you asked!"The other general paused for a few moments, then said, "I will do the same!"They both looked frankly affronted to have been forced to commit to
With that being said, however, none of them planned to sell out their master, so they ignored Liam and turned to walk away.Liam called out after them, the ghost of his smile still playing on his face, but now his eyes were ablaze with malice, "It was the Yeagers, wasn't it?"Although he posed this as a question, there was no hint of doubt in his tone. The three of them froze, clearly stunned by how quickly Liam had worked everything out. Garna Fuege had no intention of revealing his master or remaining even a minute longer in Liam's presence, so he turned and stomped away. Alec was still affronted by the incredibly unreasonable request he had been forced to accept, so the last thing he wanted was to hold a conversation with the man who had brought his humiliating defeat. He turned and followed quickly in Garna Fuege's wake. Al Cronck, on the other hand, lingered behind and stared at Liam with a strange expression. All of a sudden, he said, "King Pendragon, I have to admit th
Liam smiled when he found himself surrounded by throngs of concerned faces. He patted the shoulder of every person he brushed past, and finally, he turned to see the red-rimmed eyes of Black Rose, who was on the verge of tears with worry. He stroked her hair reassuringly, smiling. "Don't worry! I'm fine! You should be more worried about Calum, you know!"Black Rose immediately sprinted to the jeep to check on Calum. She almost fainted when she laid eyes on the injuries Calum had sustained. It seemed that no inch of his skin was left intact, and although Liam had tended to them the best he could, he still warranted a consultation with the military doctor.The military doctor soon arrived and brought Calum to the Pendragon War Zone hospital. Liam, too, had been forced to visit the hospital to get his wounds checked out. He had sustained some scratches on the exposed skin of his body, and just when he thought there were no more, he removed his uniform and was met by the horrifying sig
However, Andy was a smooth talker, so the eldest member of the Drayton family liked him. Because of that, the head of the family tolerated him. That was why Andy, who was just a member of the branch family, dared to be so cocky.Andy saw Howard standing at the side from the corner of his eye as he spoke. He thought of what Howard said earlier, and that made his blood boil.He pointed at Howard and bellowed, "Uncle Derrick, this Howard is trash as well. You have no idea. I told him I was a member of the Drayton family, yet he did not take our family seriously at all."Not only did he have his men capture me, but he said cockily that he wanted to lock me up forever, and nobody could stop him."Weren't you very cocky before this, Mr. Mosier? Go on. Continue acting cocky in front of my uncle now. Detain me and lock me up forever."Andy took a couple of steps closer to Howard as he said that. He extended his hands arrogantly and said, "Come on. I have my hands stretched out for you. Hu
Soon, Andy and the thugs from the nightclub yesterday were released.Andy saw Derrick standing at the entrance of the police headquarters at a glance. He got so excited that he shouted, "Uncle Derrick! Uncle Derrick!"Fletcher's subordinates were incredibly excited to see Derrick as well. All of them shouted, "Mr. Derrick Drayton!"One of the subordinates was in Drunham City because Derrick arranged for him to be there. After he was brought to Derrick's side, he smiled apologetically and said, "Thank you for saving me, sir. Don't worry. Fletcher's faction and properties are all here. I'll be able to rebuild the faction here very soon."In other words, even if Fletcher was out of the picture, he would be able to thrive in Drunham City and replace Fletcher.However, Derrick shot an icy glare at him and sneered. "Hmph! How shameless of you to say that? There are so many of you, yet you can't deal with a small loser who only married into the Stone family."If it wasn't because this w
Howard did not expect that the Drayton family would have a connection with the Carter family. They could even produce a token from the Carter family."Mr. Derrick Drayton, I didn't expect that your family and the Carters go way back. You even got the Carter family's token out," said Howard.Derrick sneered and said, "Enough with the nonsense. Howard, my family did the Carter family a favor back then, that's why the general of the Carter family gave this token to us. He promised us that we could take out this token if we were ever in a bind in the future, and they would help us!"I'm taking out this token today to tell you that I'm going to bail Andy out of here. I'd like to see who in Drunham City has the guts to stop me!"Howard was stunned, and then he fell silent.He did not think that Derrick would take out a token from the Carter family.The Carter family was the top family in Mirstone. Nobody in Mirstone would dare to go against the Carter family. Derrick became even more
Meanwhile, Derrick and his men were already at the entrance of the police headquarters.Derrick's eyes were burning with rage as he looked at the door that was shut tightly. A sneer appeared on his lips as he said, "Hmph. Looks like they already know I'm coming, so they are deliberately trying to assert dominance."Then, he asked his driver next to him, "Where are our men? Have they all arrived?"The driver nodded and said, "They're here, Mr. Derrick. They are all waiting at the side. We'll tear down the main door to the police headquarters once you give the command."Derrick nodded with satisfaction. Then, he shouted at the police headquarters, "Howard! You're just the chief of the police headquarters! How dare you lock me outside?""I'd like to see how powerful you are today, Howard! Come on, guys. Take it down!"At his command, a group of burly men rushed out of the black van next to him. They were all holding thick bats, and they rushed up to the door ferociously.Right at t
At first, Yafe and the rest of the Stone family were stunned after they heard what Liam said. Then, they all burst out laughing.Yafe looked at Liam with a mocking gaze and said, "Are you kidding me, Liam? You're going to get the Draytons to come and apologize in person? Come on, that's the Drayton family we're talking about! Do you think they are just some nobody?"Right now, I don't want to waste my breath anymore. As long as you're able to stop the Drayton family from targeting us, I'm more than grateful. Don't you forget that you're the one who wanted to leave the Stone family? So, stop dragging us into your mess."Liam shot the crowd with an icy glare and brought Celena out of the Stone Mansion.Celena was still in a slight daze after they got into the car. Liam put on her safety belt for her and asked, "What's the matter, dear? Are you still worried about the Draytons?"Celena nodded and replied, "Yes. After all, all these were caused by the conflict between Andy and us. Jus
Liam wanted to ask what the family heirloom was, but he had no choice but to let it be after he heard what Yonatan said.However, Liam heard Yonatan's voice again, saying, "I've never seen that thing, but I heard from the Drayton family members that it was from a big shot in the military."The military?Liam's eyebrows furrowed once he heard it had something to do with the military. Then, he kicked Yonatan away, making him land next to the thugs.Yonatan passed out because of that kick.Once the thugs saw their leader was out cold, they took a couple of steps back in fear.However, Liam did not care about them at all. He looked at Yafe and the others instead.Once the Stone family members saw that they were out of the woods, they became cocky again.Yafe and Sherah, in particular, were so cocky that they ran up to Liam and condemned him, "Look what you've done! You're bad luck! What else can you do other than cause us trouble? Do you know who that is? He is from the Drayton fam
Yonatan was infuriated and bellowed, "So this is how you're going to play! Alright! I'm not going to stop until I kill you today!"Yonatan was radiating an intense desire to battle. That was the air exuded by a fighter of Fourth Order War King caliber.The Stone family was so frightened by the air he exuded that their faces turned pale. All of them took more than ten steps back in fear, afraid they would be injured by mistake.Yonatan clenched his fist and charged at Liam like a ferocious beast. His fist was packing so much power that it created a sonic boom, cutting through the air and going for Liam's face.The punch was so powerful that it could kill a bull right away.The Stone family thought Liam was going to die. Nobody would be able to survive a punch like that.Yonatan thought the same. He was very confident in his ability. He looked into Liam and knew he used to be a soldier, as well as a good fighter. However, so what?No matter how skilled Liam was in combat, could he
The moment Liam stepped into view, the Stone family members lit up as if they had spotted their guardian angel. They pointed at him, their voices rising in a chorus of relief and accusation. "Mr. Yonatan, look over here! It's Liam! I said they weren't with us!""Exactly! Mr. Yonatan, see for yourself, Liam's not part of our family!""Mr. Yonatan, now that Liam's here, if you're looking to pin the blame on someone, he's your man!""Liam, you actually showed up. If you hadn't crossed the Drayton family, would we, the Stones, have ever been dragged into this mess?""Liam, Celena, you two are nothing but trouble. You've left the family, so why keep stirring the pot for us?"...The air crackled with the Stone family's collective outrage, their faces twisted in anger as if they were ready to rip Liam and Celena to shreds.Celena and Liam's arrival was pure happenstance. They were just in the neighborhood to check in on an old friend when they overheard Yonatan's boastful taunts.Lia
Yonatan did not even bother to look at him. He checked his watch with a chilling laugh and said, "You've got ten minutes for Liam to show up. Don't say I didn't warn you."The words sent a wave of shock through Yafe and the rest of the Stone family, who stared at Yonatan, panic-stricken.Yafe was a mess, desperate to explain, but the sight of Yonatan's henchmen, eager and ready for a fight, stopped him dead in his tracks."Mr. Yonatan, I swear it's the truth. Liam has nothing to do with the Stone family anymore. You've made a mistake!"Yafe's face was flushed with urgency as he tried to convince the unmoved man."It's true, Mr. Yonatan! Liam and Celena were kicked out of the Stone family ages ago.""That's right! He's got nothing to do with us anymore. If you're after Liam, go to the villa at Emerald Lake. He's there, not here with us.""Mr. Yonatan, if you head over to Drunham City and ask anyone, they'll tell you the same thing: Liam and Celena have no ties to us Stones anymor