"Ah—" The woman let out a scream, but before the noise could alert anyone, Leon smacked her across the back of her neck, and she fell unconscious. Royce, who was a martial artist, was far quicker than she was and managed to dodge Leon's attack just in time. However, he was only at the Initial Innate State and was a far cry from Leon's Peak Supreme State. Before he could even get up, Leon grabbed hold of his neck and lifted him like he weighed nothing. "It's you, Leon Wolf!" Royce gasped in horror when he realized who it was. He remembered Leon from the Youngs' ceremony when Leon attempted to sabotage Iris and Jacob's arranged marriage. He recognized him instantly. However, this was not the point. The point was, from his knowledge, his mother Daisy and Harold were carrying out their plans to kill Leon once and for all, and if things went as planned, Leon would be dead by now. However, not only was he very much alive, he even found his way to Young Mansion to attack him! One
"But if you insist on crossing me, I'll make you pay the price for this! Daisy and the rest of the Youngs have crossed me many times and even almost killed me, and if you refuse to do as I say, I'll start by killing you first!" Leon declared coldly, a glimmer of malice flashing through his eyes. The truth was, he was just trying to scare Royce. He did not know of Harold and Daisy's history and thus always thought Royce was Iris's half-brother, with the two of them sharing the same father. Therefore, even though Daisy and Royce were constantly on opposing sides with Iris, Leon would never try to hurt her brother at all! However, even though he was not as ruthless as Harold was, Royce was no match against him at all! "No—" the color drained from Royce's face, and he was terrified by Leon's claims. He was worried that Leon would indeed hurt him! "I'll give you three seconds to think! One, two," still clutching Royce's neck, Leon began to count down, silently adding more pressure
Leon pulled his collar up to hide most of his face and lowered his head, and the two of them made their way to the shed. "Stop! Who goes there?" The two guards were on high alert and immediately turned in their direction when they sensed movement. "Are you blind? Do you not recognize your own master?" Royce scoffed but did not pause in his footsteps and continued leading Leon forward. "Oh, it's Master Young." The two guards froze, then quickly bowed toward Royce. "May we know what you're doing here in the middle of the night, Master Young?" asked the guards. With Leon obscuring his face as much as he could, the two guards could not make out his features and instead thought he was one of Royce's personal bodyguards. "What's wrong? Can't I come visit my own grandfather?" Royce asked curtly. With Leon in his face, he had no choice but to obey Leon's commands for the sake of his life, but as the head of the Youngs, he held himself proudly in front of the rest of the people.
"You're right, but an hour has gone by, and Leon is not home yet. What could've happened?" Iris asked worriedly. She knew that Louisa was right and that George and the rest of the Collins would be able to protect Leon, but nothing was certain—the Youngs were at an advantage over them, and one could not possibly overpower so many people. Leon and George were significantly outnumbered, and it would not be easy to escape the Youngs and the Lowes' forces combined! Seeing that Leon was yet to return, Iris could not help feeling more and more concerned. "Um, perhaps Leon and Elder Collins were delayed somehow," Louisa replied rather vaguely. "What could that be? Who could've delayed them in the middle of the night?" Iris was beginning to despair, and then, all of a sudden, a thought popped into her head, and her voice began to shake. "Louisa, do you think something could've happened to Leon?" "No. Don't overthink this, Iris. I'm sure Leon is fine," Louisa's heart leaped into her thr
"It was because you didn't listen to Leon's advice that led us to fall victim to Jonah and Harold's trick! Now that Leon is in danger as a result of protecting us, how can you stand by and watch?" Iris demanded with a hint of blame in her tone. "I-" Gilbert was rendered speechless by this. "Iris, I admit that I shouldn't have trusted Jonah, but Leon was the one who insisted on coming; I didn't ask him to go at all, so why are you blaming me for this? Besides, it has been a long time now, and it will be too late even if we go to the Youngs now! in my opinion, we should just let him be!" Gilbert replied nonchalantly. After Leon regained his shares of Elegante Group and his refusal to continue his alchemy work, Gilbert had since then been mad at him, and the truth was, he always favored Anson as his future son-in-law and thus did not care much for Leon at all. "Alright, I'll go by myself then!" Iris was so outraged that her entire body began to shake. However, she was concerned a
"What's going on, Leon? Who are you carrying on your back?" Iris was shocked by this, but because of the darkness, she could not make out who Leon was carrying. "Oh, that's your grandfather," Leon replied, grinning. "What? My grandfather?" Iris was stunned by this. Gilbert and Louisa were both equally shocked, and neither of them could believe their ears! "Iris, this is not the place to talk. Let's go inside first." Leon took Iris's hand and let them back into the house. They arrived at a bedroom on the first floor, where Leon placed Albert in the middle of the bed. Gilbert, Iris, and Louisa were all stunned to see that the person in front of them was indeed Albert! They never thought, not even in their wildest dreams, that not only would Leon make it out unscathed, but even manage to rescue Albert too. This was unbelievable! They would not believe this was true if they did not see it with their own eyes! "Leon, thank you! Thank you for saving my grandfather!" Iris
Even though she did not know the true extent of Leon's powers, she witnessed him in combat before, and saw how even Jackson, who was at the Semi Overlord State, fell victim to Leon! Knowing that Gilbert was only at the Intermediate Supreme State, she guessed that Leon could probably defeat him easily. "You—" Gilbert's face flushed scarlet in embarrassment, but he knew Louisa was right. "Leon, I'm not sure what my grandfather's sick with. Even until now, he's stuck in his coma and doesn't seem to be improving. You're such a good doctor—do you think you can take a look and possibly cure him?" Iris asked expectantly. "No, I can't do that right now," Leon shook his head. It was almost two hours since he took the Dragon Pill, and with the pill's effects gradually wearing off, he could clearly feel the true energy and spiritual energy within him beginning to dissipate. If his guesses were right, he would soon become weak and would not have the energy to help Albert at all. "No?
Not only did George assist Leon when he was in danger, but he also seriously injured Harold, who resented George and the Collins for interfering."Alright. Please relax! We still have Albert as a hostage, and since we haven't lost anything yet, what's the point of being so upset about it? You're going to have a heart attack if you keep agitating yourself like that," Daisy reassured him.Though Harold was injured by George, he also managed to injure Leon, so the situation was balanced on both sides. The only regret was that they squandered a golden opportunity to eliminate Leon."That is correct. We'll have plenty of opportunities to deal with Leon as long as we hold Albert hostage. One missed opportunity is meaningless!" Harold's expression softened.Albert became a critical component in his plan to eliminate Leon. Harold had plenty of opportunities to set traps for Leon and Iris as long as they wanted to save Albert.Leon was fortunate to escape once, but he would eventually be a