"Are you the owner of this place?" Matthias asked, narrowing his eyes at Sebastian.Sebastian nodded slightly. "Do you have proof that I brought this cockroach? Besides, it's an honor for you to have me eating here. If you don't want trouble, pay up and apologize!" Matthias said, sneering. "You want us to pay and you want an apology?" Sebastian grinned as he walked over to Matthias and looked down at him. "I hate unethical business owners like you. Since you have a fairly good attitude, just grovel to me and then pay me five million in reparations. We'll let it go if you do." Matthias blew out a smoke ring at Sebastian, looking very arrogant as he spoke. Before he came, he had already found out that the Royal Café only had two security guards, unlike most other hotels. Both the security guards were old men in their 50s, and they would be no use at all. The other wait staff were all women, and they posed no threat to Matthias. If Sebastian dared to refuse, Matthias could let
"You think that I won't dare to attack you?" Sebastian smiled impassively and slapped him again.This time, he used more strength in the slap.The slap sent Matthias flying more than eight feet away, and he fell heavily onto the floor. An intense pain rose up all over his body, and he grimaced. Although he tried several times, he couldn't get up. Sebastian ambled over to him and crouched down. He yanked roughly on Matthias' hair so that he was looking up, and he stared icily into Matthias' eyes as he said, "Do you think I'm afraid to attack you?" Matthias was only part of one of the Winters' branch families. Sebastian had even beaten up Maverick. In fact, he had broken Maverick's legs while Dexter had not dared to say a word. Matthias' lips moved slightly. He barely dared to breathe. He was truly afraid now, and his heart was filled with fear. He could see a murderous look in Sebastian's eyes. "I could trample people like you with one foot. You don't count for anything. Ho
"Dad, bring money for my ransom, hurry…" Matthias began crying as he spoke."Who would dare to beat you up? Give the phone to them!" Bosco said icily. Sebastian scoffed and took the phone. He said impassively, "I'll be waiting for you at the Royal Café. Bring me five million as a ransom for your son. I'm only going to give you half an hour, and even if you're a minute late, you can get ready to pick up your son's corpse.""What's going on, Mr. Winter?" A middle-aged man in martial arts robes asked in concern. Bosco looked menacing as he said, "My son was beaten up by the owner of the Royal Café, and he wants me to bring money over there as a ransom!"The conference room fell silent. Everyone could sense the murderous energy in Bosco's expression.The Winters were one of the Four Great Families in Sartvale, and Bosco was the most ruthless one in the family. Even at the peak of the Coltranes' power, they had had to show respect to the Winters.Although the Coltranes had been th
The men barged fiercely into the Royal Café and blocked all three exits in the main hall.Mervin led a few black-clad men and followed Bosco closely as he walked over to the round table in the center of the hall and sat down.Matthias looked as if he had seen his savior. He shouted loudly at Bosco, "Dad, save me!"When Bosco saw his son kneeling at Sebastian's feet, he frowned and said, "I'm already here! How dare you continue to keep my son captive?"Bosco was known to be ruthless among the Winters' second generation. If Dexter hadn't been keeping him in check for many years, Sartvale would already be at his mercy."Five million," Sebastian said impassively.That was the price that Matthias had named, and Sebastian wouldn't accept a single cent less. He hated it when people threatened him.Matthias had just happened to do what Sebastian hated the most, so he could hardly blame Sebastian.Bosco and the middle-aged men with him roared with laughter, as if they had heard a very f
Mervin shook his head at Sebastian and retreated slowly. He had been unable to tell what a good fighter Sebastian was.The ten men who had been felled by Sebastian were top fighters that Mervin had trained himself. They shouldn't have been defeated in less than ten seconds when Sebastian was their only opponent.What frightened Mervin the most was that Sebastian had remained on the chair the entire time. He hadn't moved an inch.That meant that the gap between the abilities of his subordinates and Sebastian was so big that Sebastian didn't think anything of them at all."What are you scared about? Go and attack!" Bosco slammed the table in anger when he saw that Mervin was backing away. He was here to establish the Winters' authority, not to embarrass them! More than ten minor members of the Winter family were watching behind him.If Sebastian could defeat the Winters on his own, how would Bosco ever have any credibility in the future?"Mr. Winter, he's too powerful. We're no m
"Fight him to the death!" Mervin said. He pulled out his baton once more and charged wildly at Sebastian."Let's do it!" The fighters rushed toward Sebastian almost simultaneously, their batons raised.Lila screamed and closed her eyes. However, her involuntary scream had given Mervin and the others hope.Even if they couldn't defeat Sebastian, they would have no trouble capturing a young woman. Mervin shot a pointed look at the men behind him. Very soon, the fighters had surrounded Sebastian while a few of them rushed toward the room where Lila was. Sebastian sighed in resignation and got up to walk toward the room. On his way there, he felled a few fighters who had rushed over, and when he reached the door to the room, he crooked a finger at the fighters who were about to charge at him.They all stopped instantly. However, Mervin had taken advantage of Sebastian's absence and grabbed Matthias. "Mr. Winter, we've saved Mr. Matthias."Saved him? Was it saving him if both his
Bosco was stunned by Sebastian's slap. Had Sebastian really been bold enough to hit him? Had he really just hit him in the face?He wasn't just hitting Bosco, but he was hitting the entire Winter family.However, Bosco wasn't an idiot. If his fighters were no match for Sebastian, how would he dare to do anything?Over 100 Boscos would be no match for Sebastian.When Bosco saw his unconscious lackeys, he had no choice but to suppress his anger."Where's the money?" Sebastian asked coldly. "I'll give it to you!" Bosco gritted his teeth and pulled out his phone. He asked Sebastian for his account number and transferred five million to him obediently.Sebastian finally smiled when he saw the notification. "Why didn't you just do this from the start? It would have saved all the trouble. Take your men away. Remember, no one is allowed to cause trouble here!" He pointed at his feet. Bosco nodded grimly. He heaved the bloodied Matthias onto his back and fled. "Mr. Ballard, we're
However, Matthias' hands being broken beyond recovery wouldn't be enough to trigger Bosco. The only way to do that was to let Matthias die in hospital.As an experienced doctor who was also the deputy director of the hospital, it would be easy for Shane to kill Matthias without anyone noticing.He had already added three grams of colchicine to Matthias' drip. Anyone who ingested this would go into kidney failure within two hours.If it was injected into the veins, Matthias would die of kidney failure in an hour's time. When that happened, Shane could put all the blame on Sebastian.Bosco was completely in the dark about this, and he even thanked Shane profusely."Thank goodness you're here, Shane. If there's anything I can help with in the future, all you have to do is ask," Bosco said gratefully. "Oh, don't say that, Uncle Bosco. We're family. Besides, it makes my heart ache to see Matthias being beaten into this state." Shane didn't mention a single word about telling Matthias
If Sebastian was too absolute, he would only attract the hatred and revenge of more people. That was why he had killed Titan, but not Tatum. He had to have a reason to kill every time he did so."The mystic sects?" Rose smiled and shook her head as she said, "With skills like yours, who among the mystic sects can do anything to you? There's probably barely anyone.""Do you want me to end up on the run? What will happen to Rosalie and Whitney? What about the Northmans? They will be sure to suffer a bloody revenge as well." Sebastian shook his head, smiling wryly.If he didn't have anything that he was concerned about, he would be fearless. However, the people around him were all ordinary people who barely had any strength. Sebastian could escape, but what about the others?…It was late at night when Tatum finally crawled back to the Caelbane Sect, covered in blood. The apprentice who was standing guard ran in to report to Anthony when he saw the wretched state that Tatum was i
Tatum had turned pale with fright. His shirt became drenched with cold sweat almost instantly."You… did you just kill one of the Caelbane Sect members?" Tatum still couldn't accept it.There was a snap as Sebastian broke both his legs with a single kick instead of wasting time talking to him.There was a thump as Tatum fell heavily to his knees. The impact crushed his kneecaps as well."Aargh!" Tatum screamed in pain like a dying pig."Shut up. If you scream again, I'll cut out your tongue," Sebastian said, looking down at him. Tatum stopped shouting at once and stared up at Sebastian in abject fear.Since he was a child, he had been the one bullying others. This was the first time he had been treated as if he were a lamb being led to the slaughter!"Apologize to the old lady!" Sebastian pointed to the old lady that Titan had slapped. "Sebastian, we're the apprentices of the sect leader of the Caelbane Sect. You want me to apologize to her? Aren't you afraid that the Caelba
Every Warrior treated the Martial Arts Association like a god. Therefore, that would make the Caelbane Sect even higher than a god!"Are you both not right in the head? I don't owe your sect leader money, yet he's trying to ask me for something? Even beggars aren't this desperate!" Sebastian looked at Titan and Tatum as if they were idiots. "We're not beggars, damn it! I'm telling you, cut both your hands off right now and let us take them. Otherwise, we'll take your life!" Tatum yelled, pointing at Sebastian."What the hell are you looking at? Are you sick of living?" Titan slapped a passing old lady.The old lady had been planning to buy some house protection charms from Sebastian, but Titan slapped her so hard that she fell to the ground, blood trickling out of the corner of her mouth.Titan didn't even look twice at the old lady. He felt that anyone who even glanced their way twice when the Caelbane Sect was conducting their business deserved to die!Slapping her was already
Wensleydale had been overly enthusiastic with them. Not only had he been extremely hospitable, he had even arranged for several young and beautiful women to cater to them.When one went overboard, it would make everything seem insincere.Titan couldn't for the life of him think of any benefit that he could offer Wensleydale. The old man already had one foot in the grave, and the Caelbane Sect would never accept someone of his age. The more he thought about it, the more Titan felt that what Tatum had said made sense."Forget about him. Let's go to Steinberg ourselves tomorrow morning," he said, his eyes narrowing.Even if Wensleydale had tipped Sebastian off, where could the latter escape to in just a single day?He could run, but he couldn't hide. Sebastian also owned the Arctic Snow Group in Steinberg, which was a massive corporation.Besides, according to reliable news from Ethan, Sebastian's ex-wife was also the CEO of Frostwave Corporation. He couldn't possibly pack up all
Sebastian laughed and said nothing. He rubbed the brand new copper coin in his pocket with one hand.Only Lyanna would be capable of doing something like that. The illusion had been cast by her.Without her help, Sebastian would probably be in huge trouble. No matter whether or not he was in the right, there should have been severe consequences for slaughtering more than 100 elite members of the Martial Arts Association.Lyanna had even made the souls of those people her food. It was terrifyingly cruel. "Everything's alright now, everyone. It seems that Mr. Flumen repented after realizing how terrible his crimes were and killed himself," Sebastian said politely, smiling as if nothing had happened."Maybe your character and charisma convinced them, Mr. Ballard." Hans didn't know what to say.Zane swallowed and laughed as he said to Sebastian, "Mr. Ballard, you really… you really are… amazing.""Since you're all here, don't be in such a rush to leave. I'll treat you all to a meal
However, Wensleydale didn't care. He would have killed his own son if it meant that he could live!Without another word, he hacked off Humphrey's arm. Before Humphrey could scream, Wensleydale stabbed him in the heart. He gripped the handle of the knife and twisted it grimly. Humphrey stared at Wensleydale, his eyes bulging, right until the moment he died. He had died a violent death. Wensleydale looked at the corpses scattered all over the ground. Like the man with the dragon-topped cane, they all decayed rapidly and were blown off into the air by a slight breeze, leaving no trace behind. Wensleydale turned slowly and gazed mournfully at Sebastian. He looked into Sebastian's ice-cold gaze and finally realized that the latter wasn't going to forgive him, even though he had hacked off his own arm and killed his apprentice. Instead of dying in great pain like the others, he might as well give himself a quick end! Tears streamed down Wensleydale's face as he held the knife to
"Mr. Ballard! I was wrong! Please, have mercy on me…""Mr. Ballard, we'll never do it again. I don't want to die.""Mr. Ballard, I have an 80-year-old mother at home. Please have mercy!" There was a series of thumps as more than 100 people fell to their knees. They were genuinely afraid. What Lyanna had said had made their last defenses crumble completely. The moment they knelt, the corpse of the man with the dragon-topped cane began to decay rapidly right in front of their eyes. In the end, only pale white bones remained. A slight breeze swept over them from out of nowhere. With a gentle gust, the skeleton disappeared. It was as if the man with the dragon-topped cane had never existed."Mr. Ballard, you mustn't show any compassion at all to these hypocrites," Rose said. She slowly pulled out her short sword and tossed her sheath away. Sebastian closed his eyes and nodded slightly. There was a series of squelching noises as over a dozen heads fell to the ground. More dark
Wensleydale's expression changed at once. He had made the call to the police because he had been planning on maiming or even killing Sebastian in front of everyone in the Martial Arts Association.However, things had turned out very differently from what he had expected. He had dug a huge hole for himself and had jumped in without a thought. "Mr. Ballard, you and I are both martial arts practitioners, and we prize the idea of righteousness," he began. "Why don't you kill me and let them go?"Wensleydale wasn't really that generous. He was a shrewd man who always did what benefited him more. Even his apprentice, Humphrey, was shocked to hear him say something so selfless. Had he really chosen to do good in the face of imminent death? However, Sebastian saw through his little trick immediately. Wensleydale hadn't escaped because he was too afraid to do so. Whoever ran out of the black fog would become a bloody puddle of water. If Sebastian agreed to let them go, he would remo
Sebastian pointed at the hundreds of Martial Arts Association members gathered at the door and said, "Since you all dared to come here and accuse me, then you must be prepared to die here! I am pleased to inform all of you that you have succeeded in provoking me to anger!" The crowd was immediately incensed. "You wouldn't dare!""There are so many of us! Even Larys wouldn't dare to do anything to us, let alone you!" "Sebastian, who do you think you are? We've got more than 100 people here today. Would you dare to kill us all?" Accusatory and defiant questions piped up all around Sebastian, but he only smiled faintly. "Why wouldn't I dare to do so?" he said and shot Lyanna a pointed look. Lyanna chuckled and invited Hans and the rest back into the convenience store. "Please come and sit inside. What's about to happen next may be too gory."Zane quickly turned to walk inside. Sebastian always did what he said he would do. Without a doubt, what was about to happen would be a b