“Wh-What?”Thomas was instantly shocked and he took a few steps back. His earlier arrogant expression had left his face.Thomas was dumbfounded. The scene before his eyes played out completely differently from what he had imagined. In his imagination, these five hundred people would pin War Legate Draco against the ground and beat him to death.He never expected the scene before his eyes to happen.“H-How is this possible?”Thomas started to panic. He could not make sense of what just happened. He assumed that there was strength in numbers and that War Legate Draco, no matter how powerful he was, was just one man.‘How is this happening?’ he thought.“Oh no, oh no…” Thomas broke down and burst into tears. He never imagined that something like this would happen.Thomas frantically backed away as Adrian walked step by step toward him like the grim reaper.Every step Adrian took was like a torrential river. He exuded a monstrous presence that could not be weakened. The presence b

Reiss was forced to continuously back away until she was trapped in a corner without anywhere else to go.Adrian made his way to Reiss and asked, “What’s going on?”“You…You’re a monster. I watched you kill my younger brother with my own eyes!”“What?”“Younger brother?”Adrian was flabbergasted. “Thomas is your younger brother?”At this point, Adrian understood everything. He said, “In that case, Seth must be your younger brother too.”Reiss gave no reply but her gaze was filled with frustration. She was telling Adrian with her expression that something was about to happen.Noticing Reiss’ terrified state, Adrian tucked away the long hair that covered her face with one hand and said, “I had no idea you have two younger brothers.“Why are you scared? Are you afraid of me?” Adrian asked.Reiss shuddered, unable to conceal the fear she felt in her heart.Noticing that Reiss was quiet, Adrian said casually, “Tell me. What happened? I can see that you’re not afraid of me but of

As soon as Reiss sat down, she turned to Adrian and said, "Thank you for saving me earlier."In response, Adrian warned, "Roman and your father are headed for a bad ending. Do you have any plans for the future? I suggest you don't go back to Northrive."Reiss fell silent.Adrian then proceeded to ask her about other matters. He learned that she lost her mother at an early age and was raised by her grandmother. Now that she was grown up, her stepmother was plotting to use her to advance the De Forrest family's power in Northrive.For the past few years, Reiss had lived under her stepmother's shadow. Including this time, when she was sent to Swallowston to assassinate Adrian in revenge for Seth's death.Adrian tried to persuade Reiss to reconsider her situation, but their conversation was interrupted by a phone call from Daniel."Sir, Roman has been disposed of," Daniel said urgently, "As per your request, he's now mincemeat. We've sent people to apprehend his subordinates.""Exce

Rue vividly remembered Chuck—the chubby boy who knew his way around words.Adrian exclaimed, "Yes, that's him!""I haven't seen him in a while," Rue said, "Did you know that when you left, Chuck used to come to our house every day asking if you had come back? This went on for over a year."Adrian took a deep breath. He was surprised to hear this as he never expected Chuck to look for him so persistently."What happened after that?" Adrian asked.Rue replied, "Chuck would bring gifts every time he came to our house. He knew that our family was bankrupt so he bought a lot of study supplies for Ada. But then, after more than a year, he stopped coming.""Do you know where he went?" Adrian wondered."I asked around and it seems that Chuck's father was crushed to death when a building collapsed during his construction work. I don't know how it was handled in the end. Since then, I have not seen him." Rue revealed the sad news to Adrian.Adrian's face fell from shock and disbelief."

Upon saying that, Marlin snatched the urn from Reiss’ hands.Reiss shrieked, “Don’t do anything to him!“Gahhh!”Reiss screamed. She was having trouble accepting this.In a fit, she cried and shouted, “I won’t let you get away with this, you b*stards!”Unable to withstand the agony, Reiss charged toward Marlin in a fit of hysteria.Already boiling with anger since the start, Marlin roared, “Beat her up!”More than twenty people immediately ran over and swung at Reiss with the clubs in their hands.Reiss was shaking all over and was at loss for what to do.However, the moment these people moved to attack her, a loud shout was suddenly heard. “Stop!”The shout made Marlin and Cliff stop what they were doing and turned around to look over in puzzlement.Reiss looked in the direction where the roar came from, her face covered in tears. She saw Adrian coming from a distance to stop the attack.She was overcome with emotion when she saw him.Cliff recognized Adrian and raised an