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
They both felt humiliated and without Albert as their hostage, it would be difficult for them to trap Leon."No way! I can just let Leon take Albert from our hands!" Daisy slammed her fists against the table and turned to walk outside."Daisy, what are you going to do?" Harold scowled."I'm sending my men to go after him. We're capturing both Leon and Albert!" Daisy roared angrily."There's no point. It's been too long and he probably isn't in the area. It's too late to send our men after him!" Harold shook his head."You don't know that! Besides, there's only one place he can go with Albert! We just need to go to Dragonbay Villas and grab them from Iris's mansion!" Daisy said coldly."What?! Have you gone mad?! Leon is under the Collins' protection right now and if we march up there to kidnap him, we'd be declaring war against the Collins! How are we supposed to defend ourselves if the Collins decide to punish us for it?" Shocked, Harold immediately stopped Daisy from leaving.
Ruth asked confusedly."Ruth, it's been a while since you moved to the Dragonbay Villas. Have you found any leads about the Power Method by following Leon around?" George asked.He called Ruth back to the family mansion specifically to ask about the Power Method and check on her progress in her search."The Power Method?" Her heart skipped a beat.She did not discover any leads about any Power Methods, but managed to learn half of the content of an Absolute Method in secret.Confused by Ruth's silence, George repeated, "Ruth, why aren't you speaking? Have you, or haven't you found leads to the Power Method?""I-" She opened her mouth hesitantly, not knowing if she should inform her grandfather about the Absolute Method.An Absolute Method was a top-class treasure to all martial artists and she knew that if George found out about it, he would capture Leon before Leon's enemy had the chance to get to him, before torturing him to get the full content of the Mysterious Maiden Method