Marcus got up on his feet and glared at Andy as the young man walked away. “Stop right there!” Andy turned a deaf ear and continued walking. Ethan took a sip of tea. “I see your choice of students needs to be improved. I’ve told you before that it’s not just about someone’s abilities—character matters most.” Lowering his head, Marcus muttered in embarrassment, “I’m sorry. Andy is still young and foolish. I apologize on his behalf. Please don’t mind the boy’s temper. I’ll teach him better from now on. Please excuse me.” He then went after Andy and found the boy inside the car. “I told you to apologize. Why are you being so stubborn?” Marcus said, exasperated.Andy replied, “I did nothing wrong. Give me time, and I will surpass him. I don’t need to apologize to him.” Marcus could only sigh. “Surpass him? Do you have any idea what he’s done in the past? One word from him and the nine infamous assassins beyond the borders were taken down, with seven dead and two crippled.“
The South Regent owning a company in Riveria was unacceptable. It was disrespectful to Stephen and the others. That would be a chance for Andy to prove himself. Stephen asked, “Why do you ask?” Andy chuckled and said, “Nothing. I have something else to do. Talk to you later.” With that, he got up and left. As soon as he left Stephen’s place, he booked a ticket to Hill City. He did not ask Stephen which company belonged to the South Regent, but he believed he could easily locate it by asking around. After Andy got onto the plane, Marcus realized the young man was gone. He tried calling Andy but could not get through since the phone was turned to airplane mode. “Where is he?” He sent someone to find out where Andy had gone earlier. A while later, he dropped by Stephen’s place as it was the last place Andy had been seen. When Stephen saw Marcus at his house, he furrowed his brows. He had never seen the man before. “Who are you?” “I’m Andy’s mentor, Marcus West.” “Y
“Release me!” Andy bellowed as soon as he saw the South Regent. “Do you know who I am?” The South Regent nodded. “The son of the Whites, Andy White.” Andy grunted and said coldly, “If you know who I am, release me now! If anything happens to me, my family will come after you!” The South Regent nodded. “I know.” The Whites were one of the more influential families in the capital, possessing extremely powerful authority. If something happened to Andy while in captivity, the South Regent might also face severe consequences. However, it did not mean he could not do anything to Andy. Having lost to Ethan too many times, he understood something. No matter how powerful someone was or how many followers they had, no one could ever be all-powerful. Andy said, “Release me now. Apologize and I can let this slip.” The South Regent gestured at his man to release Andy. When Andy regained his freedom, he grinned with delight and was in awe of how powerful his family’s reputation was
The South Regent gulped nervously, shaken by what Ethan said. He asked, “Are those the reasons you came up with?” “Not all of them.” Ethan had more than three ways to save his men. The three options he provided were simply selected after considering himself, the South Regent, and the South Regent’s opponents. They might not be the best option, but they were more than enough to deal with the South Regent. Ethan said, “I don’t need reasons to take them back.” The South Regent stiffened, his whole body tensing up. “What do you mean?” “I’ll just beat you up.” “You think you can take me?” The South Regent found it amusing, but he dared not laugh. The three options Ethan provided had pressured him immensely. He got up and asked, “Why don’t we have a little spar?” He did not want to miss the opportunity to fight Ethan. He might not be as eloquent as the man, but he might still stand a chance to beat him physically. It might be his only chance at victory. “Sure.” Ethan
“I surrender! Stop it! I surrender!” The South Regent was afraid. He quickly surrendered so that the humiliation would stop. As a matter of fact, when Ethan kicked him the first time in the chest, he already knew he could not win, but he was too proud to admit defeat. Now, after three humiliating slaps, he was forced to face the truth. If he did not, he would not be able to show his face in public anymore. Ethan put his hand down. When dealing with stubborn people, sometimes the best way was to settle it with fists. The South Regent covered his face as he looked at Ethan in fear. He never thought he would lose to Ethan not only on tactics but also physically. He was no match for Ethan. His men, standing around him, were all left speechless. The South Regent was slapped three times, consecutively, in front of them! The most surprising thing was that the South Regent dared not fight back. He could only cover his face and admit defeat. The man ruled as the strongest leader bey
What followed were screams of pain as Andy was thrown to the ground over and over again. Yet, throughout it all, the South Regent stood perfectly still. “It has been more than ten moves. To be honest, if you weren’t a White, you wouldn’t be here,” the South Regent said. Andy lay flat on the floor, his eyes staring into the blank space above him in disbelief. He had lost. He was no match for the South Regent. After twelve moves, he could not even lay a finger on the South Regent’s shirt and was knocked down repeatedly. Andy felt despair. He felt like there was no way he could beat the South Regent, so how could Ethan have beaten the South Regent? It did not make sense.“Did Ethan really defeat you in ten moves?” he asked, clinging to a thread of hope. “Those are just rumors,” the South Regent explained. Andy’s eyes lit up with hope. “I knew it! I knew he could not have beaten you, let alone in ten moves!” If even Ethan could not defeat the South Regent, then it made sense
In Hill City, Marcus tracked Andy’s phone location to determine where he went and then got someone to bring up the surveillance footage, eventually tracing Andy to a company under the South Regent. About ten minutes later, Andy left and went to a hotel. The surveillance footage, however, did not show Andy leaving. Marcus and his men went to the hotel to look for Andy, but Dylan was nowhere to be found. He requested the hotel’s security footage, only to discover that several cameras had malfunctioned.Alerted to the situation, the hotel manager called technicians over to fix them and was told that the security cameras had only recently gone down. Marcus had a bad feeling about it. When the cameras were fixed and the security footage was restored, it only showed Andy entering a room, but there was no record of what happened after that. Andy’s phone was also in the room. Marcus had someone hack into the phone, but after a thorough search, he did not find anything useful. “Wher
Stone Village plunged into chaos after Nico’s death, and there were few villagers left in the village. “No. Why are you asking?” Stephen asked. “Andy is missing.” “What? How?” Stephen was shocked. “I don’t know. We’re still investigating it. I suspect some organization or faction has taken him. That’s why I am calling you,” Marcus explained. Stephen frowned. Two days ago, Andy had come to him, asking if he knew anyone related to the South Regent, and at his wedding, the South Regent had presented him with a bullet, the bullet that shot his man to death. Now, Andy was missing, and Stephen started to feel nervous. Could the South Regent be targeting the people around him? If the bullet he received was the one that was used to shoot the South Regent’s man to death, would the South Regent use it to take out his friends? He could not wait any longer. He had to get to Hill City. When Stephen arrived, he rendezvoused with Marcus and headed to the company owned by the South