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
That night, when Sebastian got back to the Moonlyte Club, he found two police cars at the entrance. One of them had Sunway license plates, which puzzled him.As soon as he walked through the main doors, a couple of men in uniform stood up from the coffee table where they had been sitting and said, "Sebastian, please come with us!""Can I ask you why you're arresting me?" Sebastian asked, frowning."Sebastian, the situation is a little complicated, but I believe that you're innocent. This is not the right place for us to talk. Let's talk back at the station," Vince said rather apologetically as he stood up and walked over to him.Sebastian felt slightly more reassured to see Vince.However, when he saw the unpleasant looks of the two police officers beside him, he began to feel uneasy once more.It was clear that Vince's position was lower than theirs. Vince was also giving him a look that was clearly warning him not to resist. Although Sebastian was confused, he cooperated and
Vince knew very well what kind of situation he was in. He didn't belong to Larys' group of people, nor was he Harold's. The only person he could truly rely on was Sebastian.Both Harold and Larys had left him alone thus far out of respect for Sebastian.After Sebastian was brought into the interrogation room at Police Headquarters, Vince grinned and said to the two special officers sent in by the state, "Well, I won't be able to join in for the upcoming interrogation. There are just too many things to do here! I hope you'll understand.""Of course, Chief Weist. We wouldn't let the police chief conduct interrogations with us! You can leave it to us." Cody Montstone smiled and nodded.He was Ivan's right-hand man and had been sent on this trip by him. No matter what, he had to make Sebastian's case solid.After Cody had sent Vince off, he looked menacingly at Sebastian and said, "Sebastian, I advise you to tell the truth. Why did you kill Matthias?""Mr. Montstone, don't you think
While Hunter was on the phone with Ivan, Vince called Liam and told him briefly about Sebastian's case.After Liam heard about it, he was very surprised. Although he had the authority to use local police power, he didn't have the authority to intervene with the local judicial department's right to enact justice.As he hadn't been present when Sebastian injured Matthias, he had no authority to intervene in the case, even if he wanted to."Grandpa, Seb's in trouble!" Liam put the phone down and rushed to Wyatt's bedroom, where he told him about what had happened to Sebastian."That doesn't sound right. Sebastian doesn't seem like such an impulsive person."Liam couldn't help smiling wryly. "That's because you've never seen him when he's being impulsive."Wyatt glared at Liam and said, "Use your brain! If you wanted to kill someone, would you do it in public?"Liam looked rather baffled as he said, "I know that Seb was framed, but Hunter might already have taken action!"Wyatt l
Lucius panicked at once. His clones couldn't make different moves, but Sebastian's attacks were all coming from different directions. How could he dodge them?A bolt of blue light slashed down on the head of one of Lucius' clones. He dodged to the side quickly while leaping up to dodge the other five swords. However, before he could land, he spat out a mouthful of blood.Although his original form had escaped from harm, his clones had been killed immediately. Although they were only his clones, they were very closely connected to his true form because of how truncated his Cloning Technique was compared to the original. That was why the backlash was particularly strong when his clones were killed."Just one move and both are already dead? Your Cloning Technique really isn't much!"Sebastian's 18 clones had surrounded the severely injured Lucius and were covering over a dozen different directions."How could this be? How could you have such an orthodox Cloning Spell passed dow
"How is that possible?"Lucius looked as if he was in disbelief when he saw that Sebastian had cut through the coal-black silk threads so easily. Sebastian appeared in front of him in an instant, and he raised Purity to slash at him.Right at the moment when the sword energy was about to touch Lucius' clothes, the air around them seemed to ripple violently. Lucius shot backward several feet as if he were a phantom, and he dodged Sebastian's attack."You're truly extraordinary!"There was a gleam in Lucius' dark eyes. As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to blur out of sight before splitting into three identical figures! Even the coal-black knife in his hand was exactly the same. "You didn't expect that, did you, young man? That's our lord's secret cloning technique!" Violet laughed triumphantly. Sebastian now had to fight against three on his own, which would be certain to end in his death. So what if he could break through the binding of the coal-black silk threads?
The handsome youth's name was Lucius Vipera. He grinned evilly and said, "You're the first person who's had the guts to insult me. You will pay!""My lord!"Violet hastily bowed to Lucius, too afraid to even look up at him.Lucius ignored her and strode toward Sebastian."Young man, you are extraordinary. To have accomplished so much in your 20s isn't an easy feat. If you apologize to the Berkeleys and promise to never oppose us again, I can consider letting you go today!" he said coldly in a manner that brooked no argument. Sebastian scoffed and shook his head as he said disdainfully, "You're not also planning to make me grovel to you in apology, are you?"While they all looked on in shock, Sebastian seemed to flicker out of focus, leaving behind a line of shadows as he rushed toward Lucius.Lucius narrowed his eyes and huffed coldly. "With your paltry skills, are you really going to—"Before he could finish, Sebastian's slap landed. There was a cold flash, which Lucius has
"Violet!" Candy stared at Violet in terror, because the latter now looked frightening. The flesh and skin on her face were peeling off, and pale white bone was already showing on her chin.It wouldn't take long before she became a living skeleton.Violet glanced at her hands, of which only bone was left. There was a look of shock in her eyes, but she still had another trick up her sleeve.As she cackled sinisterly, her body began recovering rapidly. All her skin was growing back, and the new flesh and skin that grew was as smooth as that of a baby's."Young man, do you really think that I would have no way to break that spell?" Violet looked at her newly grown skin and flesh and laughed triumphantly. Sebastian waggled a finger slightly and asked, "Break it? It's not that easy. That was just the beginning!"As soon as he finished, he moved in a flash and leaped down from the roof. All Violet saw was a shadow flashing past her.There was a series of resounding slaps, and Violet f
At the same time, clouds of dark energy flowed toward Sebastian and enveloped him.He felt a strong, restrictive power enveloped him, which made it hard to even lift a finger.It was a mystic spell unique to Violet. Anyone enveloped by the dark energy would have no choice but to stand still and wait for death to come, no matter how powerful they were. A mystic spell like that was similar to the one Sebastian had just displayed, but it was much more bizarre and harder to detect. Countless experts in the mystic spells had died from Violet's move. In the end, she had sucked up all their blood essence, and they had become nutrition for her.That was why she was sure that Sebastian would suffer the same fate. "Young man, are you unable to speak now?" Violet taunted as she circled Sebastian. She now felt that Sebastian was like a lamb to the slaughter—she could do with him as she pleased.However, she didn't want to let him die too quickly. He had committed an unforgivable sin in
The dark green liquid was venom!Sebastian hastily leaped onto the roof of a villa to dodge the attack."Hey, you old hag! Aren't you afraid that you'll end up without any descendants if you treat your granddaughter-in-law like that?" Sebastian questioned mockingly. Violet wasn't angry at all. She laughed instead and said, "Ballard, your reverse psychology won't work on me. Let's see how you kill her!"She cackled again.Human life meant nothing to her, and Candy was just a puppet that the Berkeleys had found. They only wanted to use her body to raise the snake curse until it took over her body completely, after which she could give birth to a true snake spirit baby for them!"Don't regret it, you old hag!"Sebastian suddenly raised his hand, and a strong force immediately weighed down heavily on them."Restrain!"He pressed his palms down in the air as he spoke."Restrain?" A smile had just begun to flash across Violet's face, but then her expression stiffened.The stron
Sebastian looked up at the shadowy figures, among which there were children. They were probably the Flemin Village inhabitants who had disappeared without a trace overnight 30 years ago!"Not only did you commit murder, you even wanted to imprison them here forever! You're unbelievably cruel! Also, what kind of grudge does your family have against that young woman?" Sebastian asked accusingly as he pointed at Candy.Although Candy had been hostile toward Sebastian from the beginning, he knew that it wasn't out of her own will. It was the will of the snake that had merged with her soul. "You are far too nosy, young man. How do you know the young woman doesn't want to become part of our family? Perhaps she's thrilled at the very thought right now!" Violet cackled. Sebastian took a deep breath. He looked at the shadowy figures around him and at Candy, who was standing at the window."I'll give you one chance," he said. "Let them all go and remove the snake curse from that young wom
Sebastian let out a turbid breath. He could feel that his strength was much stronger than before. He still wasn't in peak condition, but it was still wonderful news to him. At least he had now restored more than half his powers. Sebastian had just gotten up and stretched when he heard a series of knocks on the door."Mr. Ballard, time to eat!" Scott said tentatively. He was terrified of disturbing him.Sebastian answered, "I'll be out soon!"When Scott saw Sebastian, he realized that the latter no longer looked as pale as he had at first, and there was a slight rosy tinge to his complexion. He smiled and said, "Mr. Ballard, you're looking pretty good today!"Sebastian only smiled impassively but didn't respond. They returned to the Martial Arts Court building, where a large platter of meat had already been placed on the table for Sebastian."Mr. Ballard, we don't have much to eat here. Apart from game, all we have is beef. I was afraid that you wouldn't be accustomed to it,
Perhaps the tiger's instincts had alerted it to the feeling of danger. "Bind!"Just as the tiger turned to escape into the forest, Sebastian gave a curt command. In an instant, an invisible pressure bound the tiger tightly where it was. The tiger had its back to Sebastian, but it could feel death approaching, and it couldn't help growling mournfully. Sebastian slapped the back of the tiger's head, and he destroyed half the tiger's body instantly."Holy sh—Mr. Ballard!"Scott stared at Sebastian in shock. What he had just witnessed was beyond the scope of his imagination. Even the legends of warriors fighting against tigers had described a life-and-death struggle. However, this particular tiger hadn't been able to fight back against Sebastian at all!Sebastian looked at the glistening heaps of blood and flesh on the ground, and he pulled out a dozen porcelain bottles. He filled five of them with tiger blood, then hacked off a large chunk of tiger meat, which he placed in a p