Timothy seemed to have gotten lost in his thoughts, thinking about the times back then. His tone was filled with rage and pity as he spoke.Confused, Liam asked, "The king back then threw the Great General of the Army into jail without even having an investigation?"Timothy nodded and added, "That's right. Once the order was given, all the government officials in Biskeland came together and pleaded for the Great General of the Army. However, all those people were targeted by the Four Ancient Families."All the government officials who pleaded for mercy at the door of the main hall in the Crystal Elegance Palace were ordered to be shot dead that night. All of that was the Four Ancient Families' doing. All the tiles at the entrance of the main hall were stained with blood at that time. It took a month for the bloodstain to vanish."Meanwhile, the Great General of the Army, who was thrown into jail, disappeared that night. Nobody knew where he went. Nobody knew if he was dead or alive
A desire to kill surged within Liam at the mention of his parents. He was seeing red, and he had a bone-chilling gaze gleaming in his eyes.At the thought of the image of his parents dying in front of him, Liam was filled with an overwhelming rage and urge to kill.The Four Ancient Families deserved to go to hell!Liam would personally avenge his parents and the entire Cole family one day.Timothy and the other elders felt sorry for Liam after seeing how he looked.He shouldered too many things since childhood.Timothy took a deep breath and walked to a corner of the meeting room. He opened a secret compartment on the wall and took out a vintage wooden box."Arcane Manuscript has thirteen pages in total. Your father handed over eight pages to them back then. The remaining pages were sent away. These are two of the remaining pages your father left in my care."Timothy handed the wooden box to Liam and continued, "One can only make sense of the secrets of Arcane Manuscript after
Archie and Chester Cole.Liam kept rubbing his finger along his father's name. Tears welled in his eyes, streaming down his cheeks before dripping onto the wooden box."The names on there were the forefathers of your family. Every guardian would leave their names on the box. In the end, the box ended up in your father's hands. We've put the box in your hands now. What to choose is entirely up to you," said Timothy.Liam still said nothing. He just quietly took out his quintuple-edged dagger that was still stained with blood, carving his name solemnly under Chester's.Seeing that Timothy and the others understood what Liam chose. They were not surprised that he would choose the latter.Timothy and the others looked at each other. Then nodded at each other and some sort of agreement was reached.Then, Timothy looked up at Liam, locking eyes with them. Timothy's gaze was sharp and his voice was deep as he asked, "Liam, we said it before, we'll support you no matter what your decisio
"You mean Mr. Eacker?" Liam asked with a frown to confirm. After Timothy nodded, Liam's eyebrows were even more furrowed.He always knew that Nasir was very strong. The last time he met him at the Crystal Elegance Palace, he felt a sense of pressure and unfathomable mystery from him.It was only at that moment that Liam understood that Nasier made it to Tier Five. No wonder he had such a formidable air.Liam asked some other questions after that. At the same time, Timothy and the others also told Liam everything about the Cole family.Once Liam heard everything, he clenched his fists so tightly that his palms were bloody. The anger and hate in his eyes grew stronger and stronger as well.Timothy and the others remained seated in the meeting room after Liam left the Grand Pendragon Department.Geoffrey's face was filled with concern as he asked in a solemn voice, "Timothy, can Liam accept it now that we've told him everything all at once?"Jim was worried as well, and he said, "T
Liam drove back to the Pendragon War Zone right after that.However, as soon as his car entered the borders of the Pendragon War Zone, a bomb suddenly flew toward him from a distance. It was almost at the instant when the bomb flew over that Liam noticed that something was off. He immediately turned his steering wheel, dodging the bomb.The bomb then landed at the place where the Jeep once was and created a loud explosion.The Jeep rolled over because of the sharp turning.The bomb kicked up the dust, and by the time the dust faded, seven men in combat suits walked out of the dense forest at the side.All these men did not have the righteous air that soldiers would have. They were exuding a sinister air instead.All of them were mercenaries.Almost all of them were carrying submachine guns as they rushed over and had the Jeep surrounded.One of them cautiously moved to the side of the Jeep while holding his submachine gun. He opened the car door, but he did not see any signs
Liam frowned as he glanced at the mercenaries on the ground. Then, he walked up to the captain, pulling the mask off the captain's face.The face under the mask belonged to a foreigner. He was not from Biskeland at all.Liam checked out the scene and searched the mercenaries with a frown, but he found nothing useless. He had no choice but to head back into the Jeep to clean up the things inside.As for the wooden box with the remaining pages of the Arcane Manuscript inside, Liam kept it with him.Once everything was done, Liam was ready to leave. However, he suddenly heard an extremely soft sound coming from the left in front of him.Liam's expression darkened, and he instantly noticed something was off. He then immediately rolled to the right.Bang!A bullet from a sniper's rifle landed on where Liam was previously standing. Then, another two shots were fired in Liam's direction, but he dodged them with great agility.Liam kept running toward the small hill on the right to h
At that point, it was already very late at night. After Liam took out a dozen of the mercenary teams, he arrived at the edge of the dense forest.There was a spacious flat ground in front of him. It was not covered by the dense forest. There were only a few rocks instead.Liam crouched in the bush at the edge of the forest, eating the dense crackers he had gotten from the mercenaries while observing the surroundings of the flat guard ahead of him. The night was dead silent.Other than birds chirping and beasts roaring that sounded from time to time, there were no other sounds.However, Liam knew that the quieter it was, the more dangerous the flat space in front of him was.There were a dozen mercenary teams. The person was able to make such an elaborate plan to ambush and assassinate within the borders of the Pendragon War Zone. Liam never would have believed that Prince Faber had nothing to do with it.All those mercenaries were foreigners. If they did not have Prince Faber's
Gunshots rang in the air. Bullets came raining down non-stop.Some of the bullets landed next to Liam, some flew past him above. The sparks from the bullets looked like deathly fireflies.Liam hid behind the pile of rocks, listening to the gunshots. He looked grim, and he furrowed his brows.Did they notice him? If they noticed him, they would have attacked him the moment he entered the grassland. Why would they wait?Liam was prepared to head forward and leave the pile of rocks. However, even before he moved, the gunshots rang once more.Just like before, the shots had no target. They were shooting blindly at the grassland.Liam instantly understood what was happening.They did not notice him. They were just highly on guard and shooting blindly.Two minutes later, the gunshots rang out once more. Just like before, there were no targets.Those mercenaries would shoot for two minutes and take another two-minute break to reload their guns.After a few rounds, Liam understood
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