Liam immediately rushed to the hospital, where he was greeted by the sight of Celena lying pale-faced on her hospital bed, her head wrapped in thick layers of gauze.Liam was infuriated by the sight of this, but even then, he rushed over to Celena's side. His voice was thick with worry. "How are you doing, darling? Are you alright? Where else are you hurt?"Celena was lying dazedly on the bed, and when she saw Liam, she was so shocked that she did a double take. Then she sat up, looking delighted, and grabbed Liam's arm. "Darling, you're home!"Liam nodded. The sight of the thick layers of bandage wrapped around Celena's head stung him. He scowled and said, "Who did this to you, darling? Tell me at once. I'm going to make him pay for this!"Celena was about to explain everything to him, but something occurred to her, and she hesitated. "No… nothing. It's nothing serious. I can handle it myself, don't worry."Cindy, who had been lurking outside the door, could not stand this. She b
Liam kept Celena company for a while before finally leaving to check out the damage. When he arrived at Celena's office, he was stunned by the chaos that awaited him. Furniture was strewn haphazardly all over the room, and there were even pools of dried blood on the floor. One could only imagine how horrendous of a brawl had broken out.Liam's face fell when he laid eyes on the scene before him. His aura, stony and malicious, seemed to instill a bone-chilling coldness into the air around him.There were a lot of atrocities he could put up with, but Celena was his only weakness. He would go to the end of the world to track down anyone who dared lay a finger on his precious Celena!Liam had intended to rid Celena of all her enemies before he ventured off to Wraith Island, which was why he had flown back to Drunham City. Even with Cirocco and the Green Dragon Warriors protecting them, Liam still worried about the threats that awaited Celena and Jovie in his absence. It was best for h
Unbeknownst to him, Liam was already storming toward his building.Liam had barely reached the entrance of the lobby when he was stopped by two guards. They gave Liam a once-over, taking in his rather plain-looking clothes. This, coupled with the fact that he looked like he would throttle someone on the spot, spelt trouble to them.They stopped Liam in his tracks, brandishing their batons menacingly. The man in the lead glowered at him and snarled, "Who are you? What brings you here? Now, look here, you little punk. No one is allowed inside unless they have an appointment!"His partner added, his tone sharp, "Get out of here right this instant, or else!"Liam scowled and eyed the two guards. If anything, he looked even more furious now than when he first arrived. He sneered. "Wow, the Knowles family must be very powerful indeed, if this is how cocky their security guards behave."The guards were outraged to hear this. One of them hissed, "You have no idea who you're messing with,
The guard flew backward and smashed into the glass door behind him with a deafening thud. Next came a fearsome clang as the entire pane of glass shattered into smithereens. His limp body crumpled onto the ground, and he spat out a mouthful of blood before passing out cold.His partner was so stunned that he stood there gaping, rooted to the spot as if he had been struck by lightning.All of a sudden, Liam turned to glance at him, and the look on his face was so terrifying that the guard fell to his knees, pleading, "Sir! Please forgive me! I have learned my lesson! Please don't hurt me… I was just doing my job! I was just following orders and didn't know what was going on!"He kept his head bowed low, but his terror was evident in the way his body shook like a leaf. Liam watched him coldly and asked, "Where is Yarden Knowles?"The guard replied meekly, "Sir, Mr. Knowles is probably upstairs, in the manager's office."Then, without missing a beat, Liam turned and stomped past the
Yarden was utterly infuriated by this. He would not allow another man to dishonor him like this!That d*mned Liam Cole! How dare he show up and cause such a ruckus? Not only did he attack his assistant, but he was now about to make a move on him as well!Yarden felt his blood boil. He wanted to reach out and throttle Liam, but froze when he realized he was still being held dangling in mid-air by the scruff of his collar. "D*mn it! Let go of me right this instant, or I'm going to kill you!" he screamed, thrashing wildly as he tried to free himself from Liam's grasp, but no matter how hard he flailed, Liam's grip remained iron-clad. Yarden was growing more and more alarmed by the second. "You… you better let me go right this instant! Listen here, you punk—I am the heir of the respectable Knowles family, hailed from the great city of Anneshire! If you dare to touch so much as a hair on my head, you're going to pay!" Yarden shrieked, swatting desperately at Liam's arm in a futile att
As he spoke, Liam drew out the chair Yarden had been sitting in and plopped himself in it comfortably. This annoyed Yarden greatly. He glared at Liam and hissed through gritted teeth, "What the f*ck did you just say? Do you even have any idea what you're saying?"Liam raised his brows in amusement. Then, with a sneer, he took out his quintuple-edged dagger from his pocket and began toying with it. "Do all aristocrats like you have hearing problems? Why do you need me to repeat what I said? Do you think I fear the wrath of a so-called noble family from Anneshire? Bring it on!" he said, smirking.A shudder went down Yarden's spine at the sight of Liam's dagger. He eyed it warily, trying his best not to tremble. "What… what are you doing? I'm warning you… you better stay away from me…" he stammered, his voice shaking with terror. "What do you think I'm about to do with this?" Liam asked, a malicious smirk crossing his face as he lifted Yarden's chin up to face him with the very tip
"Ahhhhhhh!" Yarden screamed, clutching his arm, which was spurting blood like a fountain. His face was flushed red from the pain, and he was rolling around the ground in agony.Liam strode over to him so suddenly that Yarden started. He eyed Liam in terror and shuffled away. "What… what are you going to do to me?"Liam ignored him. He bent down and removed the quintuple-edged dagger from where it was lodged in Yarden's arm. The blade split from his flesh with a squelch. Yarden screamed once more, "Ahhhhh! My arm! My arm! You… you b*stard!" A piece of his flesh had come off with the blade, sending another wave of agonizing pain through his entire body.Liam watched him coolly, without a single hint of emotion in his dark eyes. It was as if he was staring at a lifeless corpse before him, instead of a living, breathing human being. After a few minutes of Yarden's unrelenting shrieks, Liam finally said, "Yarden, let me ask you this one last time. Do you agree to do as I ordered?"Yar
He would apologize to Celena and even get on his knees to do so if that was what it took for Liam to spare him!After all, he would have all the time in the world to get his revenge on Liam in the future! The priority was to get out of here alive!Yarden disguised his seething hatred with remorse and cried out, "I'll do it! I'll do exactly as you say! I'll visit Celena in the hospital and apologize! I'll compensate the employees who got hurt! I'll skedaddle out of this city as you ask! I'll do anything as long as you spare me!"Liam raised his brows, looking a little surprised. Then he sneered and said, "Well, well, well. I had hoped you'd last a little longer than this. After all, you had been jumping down my throat and threatening to unalive me just a few moments ago. How come you changed your mind so suddenly?"Yarden froze. A glimmer of loathing flashed through his eyes, but he plastered a smile on his face and said meekly, "No, I wouldn't dream of going against you! I had acte
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