Wasyl, Cheryl, and the Stones stared, jaws slack with horror at the sight before them. They could not believe their eyes.Cheryl had to pinch herself hard on her thigh to make sure she was not dreaming. The jolt of pain was enough of an indication that she was not imagining all this."What… What's going on here?""Wait! Look at the car in the lead! There are flowers strapped to the front of it! It's clearly a car belonging to the groom!""I… I can see that too! You're talking about the car with the license plate 001 right? Is this possible? Could that car possibly be Liam's?""My goodness! I'm still convinced I'm dreaming! How could Liam have afforded all this?""The five military regions congratulated him, all the most important people in the nation having come personally to attend his wedding, and now, he even has King Pendragon's personal vehicle to escort him to his wedding…""I must be dreaming! What's going on? Didn't they say that Liam was just a freeloader? If that's tru
"What… What's happening?""Why are all these people congratulating Liam and Celena? What… What is Liam's true identity?""Hold on a moment! The chiefs of the four military regions all showed up in the video, but one is missing!""The Pendragon War Zone! Hold on, this reminds me… Liam served the Pendragon War Zone, didn't he?"Everyone recalled the video that they had just watched, and as King Pendragon's car slowly approached, a terrifying thought formed in their minds.The chiefs of the four military regions had all sent in their congratulations, save for the commander-in-chief of the Pendragon War Zone, the King Pendragon!Was it possible that… Liam was King Pendragon himself?There was no time for speculation, however, because the procession had finally arrived at the Sunflower Hotel!Everyone waited with bated breath, their eyes fixated on the procession.The car doors swung open, and four generals stepped out, clutching velvet boxes with red satin clothes draped over them
Liam strode over to Celena, and, with the most tender of expressions, he gently wiped the tears from her face. The next moment, he got onto one knee, offered her the bouquet, and grinned. "Celena Stone, will you do me the honor of marrying me? I promise that I will make you the happiest woman on this planet!"As he spoke, a helicopter zipped through the air above them, scattering rose petals that rained down upon everyone like a scene out of a fairytale. Celena covered her mouth, trying to stifle her tears as she gazed at the man kneeling before her. She nodded her head fervently and replied, "Of course I'll marry you, Liam!"She reached out and took the bouquet from him, then leaped right into his arms, where she knew she belonged.A radiant smile broke out over Liam's handsome face as he swept Celena into his arms, lifting her off her feet as they spun in jubilant circles. This earned a round of thunderous applause and cheerful hoots from the guests and the Pendragon Warriors wa
The Stones were soon to become the most powerful family in Drunham City! No, scratch that—the entire capital!The thought of this delighted Sherah greatly. She could already envision her being the center of attention everywhere she went, with people clamoring to flatter and get in her good graces.Yafe understood immediately what she was getting at and seemed equally enticed by the prospect of this.It was then Sherah made the decision to drag her husband and son with her as she beelined across the street to the Sunflower Hotel. She seemed oblivious to the murderous look that Cheryl was throwing her.She did not care for Cheryl anymore! After all, she would prove of no value to her. She would much rather be the mother-in-law of the commander-in-chief than the mother-in-law of Wasyl Abbott!The guests at the Sunflower Hotel watched with looks of scorn as Sherah shamelessly made her way over. Sherah and Yafe, ignoring their dirty looks, approached Celena and said, smiling wide, "Um…
Still smiling, Celena drew her hand out of Sherah's grasp and replied, "Thank you for coming, Mom and Dad. I'm happy to have you here."Sherah seemed utterly oblivious to Celena's indifference and instead snaked her arm around Celena's once more, nodding eagerly. "Of course we'd come, darling! You're our daughter, so of course we'd be here for you on your big day!"Yafe added, smiling affectionately in a way he had never shown Celena before. "She's right, Celena. You're our daughter, so how can we possibly be absent on the most important day of your life? What happened in the past… Well, I hope you won't begrudge me for all that. The spectacle involving you and Liam made us the laughingstock of the town, and I…"Yafe wanted to say that he had had no choice over his actions, but Liam had swooped in and carted Celena away before he could even finish his sentence.Liam, ignoring both Yafe and Sherah entirely, dragged Celena away and led her to the Sunflower Hotel. Yafe and Sherah di
Liam stared down at Cheryl from his towering height and snarled, "If you haven't yet realized what you just did, I'll be glad to slap some more sense into you!"It was then that realization finally struck Cheryl. What had she done?She flew into a panic and tried to explain herself, "I… I… I didn't… I was just…"Before she could even finish, though, Black Rose stepped out of the crowd, looking forbidding in her full uniform, and hissed, "How dare you disrespect our commander-in-chief's wife? A most heinous crime! Take her away, boys!"As soon as she said this, two soldiers stomped over and lifted a shaking Cheryl from the ground. Cheryl, finally understanding the magnitude of what she had done, burst into tears and cast pleading looks at her parents. "Mom! Dad! Save me! Please save me… Don't let them take me away…"Sherah stepped forward and tried to pry Cheryl free from the soldiers' ironclad grips, but she balked immediately upon catching sight of their hefty machine guns.She
"Alright. We'll do exactly as you say, darling."With that, he turned to scowl at Cheryl. "Cheryl, my wife has begged for mercy on your behalf, so I shall release you, but remember, this is only because she took pity on you! If you touch so much as a hair on her head, you won't get so lucky next time!"Cheryl's entire body was shaking like a leaf at the thought of her impending doom, but upon hearing this, she relaxed, and then turned to bow at Celena instead. "Celena, I made a terrible mistake. This will never happen again! I'm sorry, Celena…"Liam scoffed at this, then turned and led Celena into the building.Meanwhile, Reginald and the rest of the Stones were busy moving some of Cheryl's wedding gifts from the Southbridge Hotel across the street to the Sunflower Hotel. The guests at Cheryl and Wasyl's wedding followed suit, slowly trickling across the street while clutching their wedding gifts to the couple. Cheryl was still a little unnerved from her encounter with Liam, but
They should have known that all of this was Liam's doing! It could only be possible if Liam were the King Pendragon!The memories of their every encounter flickered through Yafe's mind like a film reel, and everything made sense now."It's your wedding, so we'll leave it to you to decide what you do with it. There's no point pining for your wedding gifts anymore. They're Celena's now, and there's no way you're getting them back," Yafe said curtly, then took Sherah's hand and followed the crowd into the Sunflower Hotel, ignoring the look of horror on his daughter's face."Dad? Mom? Where are you…" she trailed off, staring at her parents' retreating figures with utter disbelief.She had been looking forward to this day for ages; she was so confident that she would finally be able to outshine Celena for once and become the most radiant bride this city had ever seen, but in a cruel twist of fate, she had lost everything. She had lost all her gifts, her friends, family, and even her par
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