Barbie?When Landon heard this name, his heart sank. Sweat started raining down his forehead. His heart was in his mouth and he was wiping off his cold sweat as he said, "Yes, we do have a talent named Barbie. Did she get into any trouble? Colonel, may I ask who's your commander-in-chief?" Landon was agitated. There were five commanders-in-chief in the whole of Biskeland. He wondered which of them did Barbie offend that a lieutenant colonel would personally come over with an army. Barbie was always arrogant, domineering, and a diva. These were all known facts. But he could not believe that she would now offend a commander-in-chief and bring so much trouble to the company. Landon panicked. What the lieutenant colonel said next completely crushed Landon! The lieutenant colonel had a frosty voice, but he suddenly was filled with a strong sense of pride. With a formidable might, he said loudly, "He is the commander-in-chief of the Pendragon Warriors, also known as King Pendragon!"
Landon was so exasperated by Cooper's failure that he gave him another kick.Then, he turned with an ingratiating smile and said, "Colonel, you see, we didn't know! This is all Barbie's fault. We'll handle this matter however you want us to!""King Pendragon has ordered Citron Entertainment to terminate Barbie's contract. Also, she is to apologize on all platforms online!" the lieutenant colonel said emotionlessly. "Uhm," Landon hesitated a little. Their agency invested quite a sum of money on Barbie in preparation for making her a top star. She was only beginning to see some popularity. If they were to terminate their contract with her, then all their previous investment would be wasted.On top of that, Barbie landed a lot of commercial performances and events, not to mention her film deals. She was gaining the most popular traction and was just about to bring profit to the company. If the contracts were terminated, they would have to pay some hefty penalty.And the worst part
"What holds power here are connections, resources, and favors! Not his military tactics!" The man on the other end of the call hung up after shouting at Landon. Landon put his phone away with shivering hands with a troubled look. His gaze filled with uneasiness and fear. He looked toward the lieutenant colonel at the side and decided to bite the bullet. "Colonel, I'm sorry! Our founder said to not agree with your terms. Also, he asked me to inform you and King Pendragon that this is the capital. The Yacks have had a general in their family before, and he served."If you're going to be so reckless, you'll have to bear the consequences of whatever happens next."Landon finished talking in a quiver. His whole back was soaked in cold sweat and his legs were shaking.The Yacks had what it takes to not fear these soldiers, but Landon did not! He was terrified of them.Besides, the lieutenant colonel who personally came to him was taking orders from King Pendragon.Landon could fee
There was a roar of laughter within the Yack Mansion.At that moment, an earth-shattering sound could be heard from outside of the mansion. Dozens of trucks from the military region sped toward the Yack mansion at lightning speed. They stopped at the entrance.Once the trucks were parked, fully armed soldiers quickly hopped out one by one. They immediately fell into tidy rows right outside of the mansion. In just a few minutes, the streets outside of the mansion were filled with hundreds of soldiers!Following right behind were a few tanks that rolled up. All of them were aiming at the mansion. Hearing the commotion outside, the Yacks' butler thought that someone had come to visit. He walked out while grumbling, "Who's there? Are you blind? Can't you see where this is? You'll not be disrespectful here—" The rest of his sentence was swallowed at the sight of the soldiers and the tanks outside. He frantically ran back toward the mansion. He huffed and puffed as he arrived at
"Dad, I have no idea! My staff just told me that the commander-in-chief of the Pendragon Warriors suddenly ordered us to terminate the contract with the talent that we invested so much in! We spent so much money. If it's terminated, our company would suffer a loss of a few millions! Besides, there are so many financial backers behind Barbie, that's why I—"Fabian's face was flushed as he frantically explained, but Orville did not want to listen. He got angrier instead.Orville gave Fabian another slap, causing the corner of Fabian's lip to bleed. Orville felt that slap was not enough, so he gave him another kick and yelled, "You idiot! You think I haven't looked into Barbie? She's difficult and arrogant. Her staff pushed the commander-in-chief's daughter to the ground and she was injured! Not only did Barbie not apologize, she even threatened King Pendragon! She urged her fans to cyberbully and doxx them!"You think I'm clueless? You think I don't know what kind of person Barbie i
Meanwhile, Landon was completely stunned after he received a phone call while he was in the lobby of Citron Entertainment. Just within a few minutes, his boss' attitude had such a drastic change! However, he did not dare to have any objections and quickly got his assistant to inform the legal and human resources department of the company to deal with the contract termination process. At the same time, he got full control of Barbie's social media accounts. While everything was happening in the capital, Barbie was still at Christopher Mall in Drunham City. Barbie sneered as she looked at Liam with an insufferably arrogant and smug attitude after she was done with her phone call."Are you all that? I don't have the time to continue this charade with you. It's been more than ten minutes, I still need to rush for my event. I don't have the time to play any games with you!" With that, Barbie snorted and turned to leave.At that moment, her manager's phone rang. Barbie stopped in her
All searches regarding Barbie were trending.All posts instantly had millions of likes, comments, and retweets.What followed were Barbie's overwhelming scandals all over the internet, popping up like mushrooms after rain! News about Barbie being a bargirl, her pregnancy termination, being a homewrecker of a wealthy family.There was also news about Barbie being difficult on set and hitting the second female lead, then she turned it around by cyberbullying her.Barbie having an orgy with multiple wealthy men in a bar.The list went on.All of Barbie's Twitter followers unfollowed her within a few minutes.What made Barbie have a meltdown was that the presidents of her han clubs exposed her dirt after they unfollowed her.Barbie was going crazy. She was frantically trying to log into her social media accounts, but all her passwords were incorrect!"Ahhhh! Why! How could this be? This is impossible. It's impossible! I'm calling my sponsor!" Barbie was anxious, looking at the n
Celena's puzzled but anticipating look made Liam want to tell her the truth. However, it was not the time yet. Thank goodness he managed to hold his tongue in time when she came. Holding in his urge, he smiled and explained, "It's nothing. I wanted to say I'm King Pendragon's subordinate!"Without waiting for Celena to ask any other questions, Liam quickly changed the topic and said, "Jovie is injured. Let's first take her to the hospital."It was only then Celena quickly checked on Jovie's swollen forehead. She felt so heartbroken that tears filled her eyes. She looked so worried, and there was a catch in her throat as she said, "Alright. Let's quickly go to the hospital! How could she be hurt so badly—"Jovie was lying on Liam's shoulder. After she saw Celena's worried gaze, she immediately threw herself into her arms. She cried sadly while wrapping her arms around Celena's neck. She pursed her lips with much grievance."Mom, it hurts! It hurts so much."Jovie's tears broke Ce
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