"Don't worry, darling, I'm going to be fine. I won't let anything happen to me because I still want to be around to protect you and Jovie. Isn't that right?" Liam crooned in an attempt to reassure Celena. At the thought of anyone daring to lay their hands on Celena and Jovie, however, a glint of malice flashed through his eyes. That night, Liam showed up at the Crowne Hotel at 8 p.m. on the dot. Benson had already evacuated the entire lobby, and he was already waiting when Liam arrived. When he saw Liam approaching, Benson smirked. "Good! I must say, I'm rather surprised that you're here. I didn't think you had the guts to show up!" As he said this, he trudged slowly toward Liam and pointed behind him at Wyatt and his men, who were all perched in wheelchairs. Benson continued, "You must be familiar with them by now, don't you? They're all my subordinates, and your behavior toward them was very uncalled for."The worst part was, my subordinates had the audacity to claim that your
Benson, however, would not be so easily defeated. He staggered backward, trying to put as much distance between himself and Liam as possible. Liam, however, turned sharply and lunged toward him without missing a beat. His fist pummeled through the air, making a hissing noise as it streaked straight toward Benson's chest. Benson could not resist gasping at this. He tried to shield himself from Liam's punch, but little did he know, this was all just a ploy. Having taken Benson aback, Liam placed all the weight of his body into the blow, and he smashed into Benson with a crunch. At the same time, he cocked his other arm and bashed his fist straight into Benson's abdomen.Benson spat out a mouthful of blood. He was bent over double, and he staggered backward from the impact of Liam's attack. His eyes were wide with horror. He never imagined Liam to be such a competent fighter, so much so that it seemed as though Liam could anticipate his every move before he even acted upon it. Liam
"Who are you?" Benson asked. Something was not adding up. If Liam was truly the good-for-nothing scum that everyone thought him to be, how could he have single-handedly defeated Benson and even crippled him with one punch?Benson shook his head in a desperate attempt to revive his cloudy consciousness. The moment he locked eyes with Liam, however, he froze. He could feel a shiver go down his spine. Liam was staring at him with such cold, unrelenting malice that for a split second, Benson thought he was looking right into the jowls of the grim reaper himself! Panicked, he roared, "Tell me the truth! Who are you?" Liam merely scoffed at this. He trudged toward Benson and replied coldly, "I'm Liam Cole, the good-for-nothing scum that you think you're too good to go up against. I'm guessing that the lot of you are from the Biskeland War Zone. Am I right?"Then, without warning, Liam struck Benson so hard in his abdomen that Benson's ribs fractured with a sickening crunch. Benson wi
With that, Benson cackled, trying his absolute best to smile through the agonizing pain of his shattered bones. The thought of seeing Liam's limp, lifeless body sprawled before him was the only thing keeping him going at this point. "You see this, Liam? This is the difference between a soldier and an ordinary civilian; we have guns, but you don't! You're no match for us! Admit your defeat right now!" Benson declared, wagging his pistol threateningly in Liam's face.One of his subordinates sneered and added, "That's right, punk. If you know what's good for you, you better get on your knees and apologize to our sergeant right now!""We want to see you on your knees, begging for mercy! Do it, or else!" Liam's scowl depended, and he gazed at his opponents, sneering. "Soldiers? Is this what you call yourselves? All I see are a bunch of selfish, greedy scumbags who are abusing their power! You're no better than a common street thug! You're a shame and a disgrace to our nation! "Don't
What were the Pendragon Warriors doing here anyway?The moment the question emerged in Benson's mind, he turned to glance at Liam in terror. He croaked, "Who are you? Where are you taking me?"He did not get to hear Liam's reply, because the next moment, someone covered his head, and he was dragged onto a military jeep that whisked him away from the hotel. At the beginning, Benson could hear the hustle and bustle of the city, but after a while, the noise began to dissipate and finally disappeared altogether. It was as though they had traveled out of the city and into someplace more rural.All of a sudden, he heard the familiar sound of bullets being loaded into their guns. His gut feeling told him that they had arrived at a military arsenal of sorts, and the idea of this made a lump form in his throat. After what felt like an eternity, the jeep finally screeched to a halt. Benson was taken out of the vehicle, and the hood was ripped from his head. As soon as his eyes adjusted to
Benson's subordinates all turned to him with alarmed looks on their faces."Sergeant, what will happen to us now? If we all get charged with treason, we'll be doomed for life!""You have to do something, sergeant! I don't want to end up in jail!""I don't want to go to jail! My family will be furious if they find out about this!""I had been planning to retire from service next year! My family would've been so proud of me! If I land myself in jail, I'm afraid my parents might have a heart attack!""Do something about this, sergeant!" His men all cried and wailed in despair. The truth was, they had been plagued with remorse from the very first moment the Pendragon Warriors appeared. They knew they were breaking the law, but none of them dared disobey Benson's orders. Not to mention that the reward Paul had promised them was indeed a lot. They had all grown up in poverty, and Paul's reward was more money than they could even begin to imagine! With the prospect of becoming milliona
However, those soldiers did not patrol the hallway very frequently, and not only that, but one of the soldiers standing guard outside the cell had gone off somewhere. There was now only one guard keeping an eye on the prisoners. In other words, all he had to do was get rid of this single guard somehow, and they would be free to escape.An idea materialized in Benson's head. Clutching his belly, he hobbled over to the cell door, grimacing as though he was in agony, and croaked, "Sir, I really need to go to the toilet. Can you do me a favor and let me?"The soldier looked torn. Benson continued, trying to look as frail as he could, "Sir, look at my injuries. Take a good look at me and tell me if I can even escape? You have so many people standing guard that there's virtually no way out for me. Please believe me. All I want is to go to the toilet…"The soldier was momentarily swayed by this. He was a trusting person, and he took pity on Benson. Benson, after all, was a fellow soldier.
"He's right, sergeant. If we escape, we'll become convicts, and we'll spend the rest of our lives on the run!""I think Sergeant Leary's right. The only way we can survive this is if the Northern Biskeland War Zone somehow goes easy on us, otherwise we'll be facing decades of jail time at the very least.""We're already getting old now, and by the time we get released from jail, we'll be as good as dead. We'll have wasted our lives rotting in prison. We might as well escape with Sergeant Leary and stand a chance of surviving.""Wyatt is right, though! If we leave, where can we go? No one will possibly take us in! They'll have to be out of their minds to be harboring a group of fugitives!"Truth be told, Benson was just as clueless as they were, but he knew this was the only solution. He would come up with a plan as soon as they got out of there. "Let's escape first and see what happens from there. Perhaps we'll seek out Paul. He can find us a place where we can lay low for a whil
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