Sadie ignored the rider and moved on to his partner. "Would you like what he's having?"The rider was terrified and quickly shook his head. "I-I'll talk! It's a man named Wilhelm Joens. He told us to do this!"The other rider was incredulous. "Are you crazy?! How are we going to stay in business now?!""The business?! Is that all you understand?! I prefer not to be laughed at for just having one ear!"The two riders clearly had different priorities between loyalty and survival.Still, Sadie pressed, "Where is Wilhelm now?""Cranberry Apartments! Unit 302 on the fourth floor of Block C!""Good."Sadie patted the man's head encouragingly and rose to her feet. "Are we going back to Golden Lily first, or do we go looking for Wilhelm?"Frank sneered. "All debts must be paid!"Sadie smiled and nodded, and the two riders were left trading glances as they remained on the ground, watching as they left.They were only told to harass those two, only for them to turn out to be such ruth
"Is that so? You took the words right out of my mouth!"As soon as Sadie finished, she launched a sharp jab forward, sending one of Wilhelm's goons flying.Then, she knocked down another with a low kick and threw a harsher spinning kick to dispatch two more.Seeing that, the other goons were keeping their distance in fear, while Wilhelm was stunned too.The lady looked so scrawny—how could she be so strong?On top of that, her moves did not even look that strong, so where did she get that explosive force from?!"I'm impressed that you can fight, girl, but fists decide nothing these days!"Wilhelme was slightly intimidated but composed himself and pointed at Frank. "I heard that you own a bar now, but get this—I can send hundreds of men every day to be your customers if you want."Frank laughed coolly. "What, are you threatening me?"Right as he finished, he was in front of Wilhelm.As Wilhelm's girlfriends screamed, he sweated down his cheek, quivering. "W-What do you want?"
Frank was smiling and shaking his head. "He has connections, but he's still an ordinary human being, which means he's at our mercy. And if it were really him, I'm sure he'd eventually come to us."Saddie nodded in agreement—that much was true, not to mention that it would be terrible if they attacked Pax, only to find out that Wilhelm was lying all along."I'm surprised you're such a nice guy, Master Lawrence." Sadie then grinned. "Holding back before you find out if a person is really friend or foe.""I'm no angel." Frank smiled in wry amusement. "Not going after Pax is merely because it's completely unnecessary."Sadie remained silent, though she had to admit that the spiritron vein had perfect judgment, picking such an incredible man to be its owner.Soon, they returned to Golden Lily and found Ida standing at the doorway, wiping the sweat off her brow, while her clothes were also wet with sweat.Sadie was left speechless. "What, are you trying to seduce Master Lawrence?"Ida
Ida laughed at Meg's words, not worried about maintaining her image just then.One must admit that the manager was really something, killing people with words like that.Then, turning to Frank, Ida said, "Then I shall await your good news, master. Don't disappoint me now."Meg rolled her eyes, ignoring Ida as she left.-Early next morning, Frank was woken up by a knock on his door, after which Meg called out, "Are you up yet, Mr. Frankton? I bought you breakfast, look…""Come in."Meg giggled as she opened the door and entered, putting breakfast on the table while asking Frank, "Have you seen the report yesterday? There's been so much trouble that we've underperformed and missed our goal. Is there any solution that could solve it indefinitely?"Frank smiled in wry amusement as he ate. "I'm not pointing fingers. Why push yourself that far?"Meg smiled in turn. "I'm not—I'm simply refusing to let you lose money. That said, I wouldn't be this diligent if it were the previous own
In just a few minutes, Sylvie lost her advantage against Frank and was caught on the backfoot. Not only did she lose a rook, a knight, and a bishop, but she also had to move most of her pieces back around her king."Amazing!" Alda raised a thumbs-up as she watched, surprised that Frank was good at chess too.Frank chuckled. "She can bully a noob like you, but anyone good enough would be able to destroy her."Sylvie scowled in silence—she was the county amateur champ too! Even if it was not a serious competition, there were good players whom Sylvie had crushed in minutes too.She did not expect to meet her match today and prove so defenseless against him too. In fact, she had the feeling that she might not necessarily win even if Frank was not taking it seriously."Alright, I surrender." She sighed, as Frank had cornered her while keeping a relatively solid defense around his king.Sylvie knew she would not survive the upcoming onslaught, and Frank was skillful enough to not blund
Frank said nothing and shook his head, and Alda returned his phone.She was being paranoid just then—would Frank really be afraid of someone like Pax?With that in mind, she smiled. "Guess we're in for a show.""Yeah. Now get ready if you're coming with me." Frank smiled.Seeing that Frank was allowing her company, she grinned ear-to-ear while glancing at Sylvie from time to time."Alright, you can stop bragging—you're just going out with him," Sylvie shrugged. "Just so you know, we went exploring a tomb together."Alda was immediately deflated, rolling her eyes as she left the room.-As evening arrived, Frank took a Range Rover and left town with Alda, heading to Rayson Gardens where they were supposed to meet Pax.It was a famous place in this town, even all of Shagan, as the buildings were covered with greenery through special cultivation. The place seemed to be one with nature and often attracted droves of tourists.However, today was different—the gates were shut, with
Frank punched the wall, shattering the concrete and revealing the rebar and the rusted metal plates further inside.Frank knocked those and judged from the sound that the plates were thick, but not pure metal.It was some sort of forged alloy that found a perfect balance between malleability and durability, and there was no escaping it."Guess we're stuck here."Alda realized their situation just then but was not afraid, even cheering herself on. "I mustn't cause trouble for Mr. Frankton, I mustn't cause trouble for Mr. Frankton…"Frank could hear her chanting to herself and turned to ask, "What?" While Alda quickly shook her head, Frank suddenly heard footsteps and turned to see a two-meter tall behemoth advancing on them. Its fur was blood-red, and its eyes were the size of golf balls and flashing at that!"Argh!!!"Alda screamed in terror, and Frank quickly strode up to shield her.He had presumed Pax to be just another rich spoiled brat and did not expect him to have some
The youth was aware of Pax's other arrangements.Seeing Frank here meant that Frank had already killed the red-fur monster, and he was naturally terrified."Don't worry." Alda quickly went up and assured him nonetheless. "Mr. Frankton won't kill innocents. Why don't you start by telling us who you are?" The youth stammered, "Pax brought me here against my will… To play chess!"Frank understood right then. "So I can proceed once I beat you?"The youth quickly nodded but soon shook his head. "Actually, that's not all. I mean, I could just let you pass… but Pax said I can only do that if you beat me at chess, or he'd make me suffer. Please, you have to help me!"Frank smiled and nodded. "I like an honest person, so I'll make an exception for you." With those words, he took a seat in front of the youth, but the youth whispered under his breath, "Wait! There's a penalty if you lose. You have to be careful!"As he spoke, he glanced downward pointedly.Frank followed his gaze and f