'Liam, when are you coming back? When are you coming to save us?' Celena thought.She was in despair as she kept begging profusely. She was bawling so badly that she could not even utter a sentence.Right at that, Patrick walked in as well. Seeing Celena begging on the floor and smelling the pungent odor in the air made him frown. He walked up to Brianna and asked, "Brianna, is this woman still refusing to reveal Liam's whereabouts?"Brianna sneered. "Don't even mention it. She's tight-lipped."Patrick's expression darkened upon hearing that. He long wanted to teach Liam a lesson, but he listened to Trevyn and waited until the night of his induction dinner. However, Liam sneaked off when they were just a couple of days from the dinner.With his anger all pent up, Patrick was incredibly annoyed. Seeing that Celena refused to tell them where Liam was, Patrick walked up to her and kicked her on her shoulder."Bitch! You really can't tell what's good for you. Hmph! You cover up for L
"I-I don't know. He didn't tell me where he was going. Mr. Hughes, Ms. Hughes, please—""Enough!"Annoyed, Brianna shouted at Celena to cut her off. As she looked at Celena on the ground, an icy grin appeared on her face, and she barked, "Celena, you're the one who refused to take the easy way out, so don't come at me for not giving you a chance. Guys, lock them in the cage and get them out of here!"At her command, two soldiers walked forward in big strides and threw Celena and Jovie into the giant dog cage, locking them inside.Celena felt hopeless at that moment.She looked at the locked cage, grabbed the bars with all her might, and begged Brianna and Patrick, "Please save my daughter! Please save her! She's dying soon! I beg you, please! I'm not lying. Please take her to a doctor!"Celena wailed in despair and kept banging her head against the steel cage.However, Patrick and Brianna were completely unfazed. They just let the four soldiers pick up the cage and walk out of t
There was a tall monument standing in the square at the military headquarters of the capital. Everything looked formidable and solemn there. There was a guard post at every ten meters, and armed soldiers in full tactical gear were patrolling the vicinity.The national emblem of Biskeland was hanging above the giant red door to the building of the headquarters. The gold emblem was dazzling under the sunlight, making it even more awe-inspiring.Two rows of soldiers armed with bayonets were standing on each side of the door. All of them were full of vigor as they carried out their duty to guard the place.An hour before Celena was carried off in a dog cage, four soldiers worked together and pulled open the huge golden dragon door at the military headquarters. Then, a group of men and women of different ages dressed in military uniform walked out of the solemn meeting room in the building.The man walking in the forefront was dressed in a robe, and he was Liam.Liam was wearing the un
The soldiers guarding the door and along the way were all stunned to see the car speeding off. Nobody had any idea what was going on.They saw the license plate, and it seemed like it was the designated car for the commander-in-chief of the Pendragon Warriors. Why would King Pendragon be in such a hurry? Did something serious happen?The soldiers on duty immediately reported the situation to their superiors, who also thought something serious happened. Everyone just kept reporting to their superior until the reports finally reached the federal office.The Four Elders were sitting at the meeting table in the head office at that moment, trying to come up with a conclusion for the meeting.The meeting was interrupted when Timothy suddenly received a call from his assistant. His expression darkened, and he asked in a frosty tone, "What's the matter?"The assistant could hear that he was not happy, so he replied in a shaky voice, "Sir, I received reports from my subordinate earlier tha
Geoffrey's expression got darker and darker with every single line his subordinate uttered. In a frosty tone, he asked, "What else?"The subordinate from the intelligence department looked at the rest of the intel he gathered and continued, "Also, Trevyn's sister, Ms. Hughes, barged into Drunham City Hospital with her men two days ago and abducted the immediate family of a lady. They are members of the Stone family, Yafe, Sherah, Qemal, Celena, and Jovie.""Hold on! What did you say? Trevyn's sister barged into the hospital and took Celena and Jovie away?"Geoffrey was so shocked that he shot up from his chair once he heard Celena's and Jovie's names. A frown appeared on his face as his eyes were filled with anger. He had an intense frosty air to him as well.Timothy and the other two elders looked sullen too after they heard Geoffrey's words. All of them stood up and stared at Geoffrey anxiously.The intelligence officer thought he made a mistake and infuriated Geoffrey, so he st
"Cisco! How the hell do you manage your subordinates? Your subordinate, the senior captain named Trevyn, is truly arrogant. Do you know he's in hot waters? He's just a senior captain, yet he dared to ignore the law. "He stopped the local police chief in the street and abducted him! He also detained the deputy chief-of-staff of the local garrison. Not to mention, he dared to capture the wife and daughter of King Pendragon! Do you have any idea what he's done?" Timothy bellowed.He could not believe that Trevyn dared to be so arrogant when he was just a senior captain. He did not take the law seriously at all and stopped a police chief's car in broad daylight. Not only did he take the police away, but he even locked him up. On top of that, he detained a deputy chief-of-staff on his whim. He was practically staging a rebellion!Cisco was stunned after he received the call. He panicked and was extremely nervous after he heard what Timothy said. With a trembling voice, he said, "Is that
Just as Liam was longing to get home, Malcolm's car cruised into Drunham City. Malcolm was beside himself with boiling rage as his car cruised smoothly along the streets of Drunham City. This was because he had just received a call from Cisco Quigg, the assistant commander-in-chief of Northern Biskeland. Cisco had vehemently explained to him what had happened, including the trouble that Trevyn had stirred up over the past two days in Drunham City. Malcolm was so stunned to hear all this that he did not know how to react, but soon, his expression of shock was replaced by a scowl. He could not believe Trevyn's audacity! How dare he commit such heinous crimes in his absence?He had provoked the chief commissioner himself by intercepting Howard's car in public and even went so far as to capture Howard himself! Not only that, but when his deputy chief-of-staff, Adrian, stopped by to talk some sense into him, Trevyn did not even hesitate to arrest Adrian as well!What angered Malcolm the
He swiveled around on his boot-clad heels, then sauntered out of the house and stood for a moment at the door, glancing proudly out at his audience as he allowed the spotlight to settle on him. Everyone's eyes were on him, and a split second later, the audience erupted into thunderous applause!The party had begun!Trevyn was clutching his symbolic army knife in one hand while raising the other above his head as a gesture of appreciation to everyone's applause. He smiled in a triumphant smirk. As the applause settled down, Trevyn stepped forward while a hostess approached him, holding a tray with a glass of champagne. Trevyn took the glass, raised it above him and declared, "Thank you all for finding the time to attend my party tonight—a celebration of my promotion to army general!"Everyone raised their glasses. "Here, here, General Hughes!"Trevyn beamed. "I welcome you all to my humble abode. Although I may or may not know all of you who have granted me the time to celebrate t
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