Darrin's eyebrows raised. At the end of the teleportation portal, he saw a man with a face as beautiful as a woman's, sitting in a large, luxurious chair in an equally opulent room. There was only one man with such a face. And that, of course, was Clause.Right next to him sat a girl, none other than Lily. Darrin was about to lose his temper if Claus had done anything to the girl. However, it seemed that the Lord had done nothing to her.Still, as he watched the girl remain silent, staring at him with a mixture of fear, concern, and discomfort on her face, he knew that this bastard lord must have brought her to him by force."That bastard," he thought. "He took Lily there on purpose so he could use her to make me come to him. What exactly does he want?""Hey, bastard!" Darrin warned Claus. "If you do anything to her, I will never let you go!"But Claus just smiled, as if ignoring the young man's words.As Darrin rose from his seat, the teleportation portal instantly disappeared. "Damn

Having said that, Claus clenched his fingers and stabbed Darrin's neck with his sharp claws.The lord's claws not only glistened, but also seemed very strong. In fact, they were. Even though Darrin was an A-rank cultivator, he would surely be injured by the claw attack."Huh, you think you can fight me just because you're at the same level as me?" Claus thought. Earlier, just by sensing Darrin's internal energy, he knew that his opponent was at the same level as him. "Keep dreaming!"Claus was sure that if Darrin didn't dodge immediately, which seemed to be very difficult, his claws would definitely tear through the muscles and flesh of his neck. Or at worst: "You will die with your head severed!"But when the lord's claws touched Darrin's neck, something strange happened.Clang!It was the sound of two hard objects colliding. If those claws were as strong as steel, Darrin's neck must have been similarly hard. And what Claus saw was exactly that.His sharp claws gripped Darrin's neck,

Claus was desperate to increase his internal energy. If that wasn't possible, even after meeting Utior, he would use the sorcerer's power to achieve his goal. The point was, no matter what it took, he had to use the power of the sorcerer to destroy the Beaumont family.However, his desire to find the sorcerer seemed to be put to a severe test. Not only did it feel like he had hit a dead end in locating him, but he was also at risk of never meeting him at all. And that was because of the young man standing before him.If he allowed Darrin to defeat him, or worse, kill him, his dream would undoubtedly be shattered."No! I won't let this nobody ruin my plans!" Claus ignored the pain in his face and ribs and remembered his original plan.At the same time, Darrin, who had been slowly approaching the lord, was now less than five meters in front of him. "I thought you were really strong! It turns out you really disappointed me! You are so weak!"Darrin spoke softly, but his tone was full of

The voice was hoarse and deep, yet incredibly charismatic. Without needing to think it through, Darrin knew it belonged to someone he had neither met nor heard of before. Without lowering his internal energy, he turned in the direction the voice came from."A warrior?" he thought.Standing calmly beside him, not more than three meters away, was a man of about six feet tall, slightly shorter than Darrin. His entire body was covered in Gothic-style armor, though it was pitch black and seemed to be made of extremely dense steel. Darrin couldn't see the man's face because it was covered by a helmet."Master!"Claus knelt on the ground as soon as he saw the figure's arrival. The man the lord addressed as Master, however, kept his gaze fixed on Darrin. "What's so difficult about granting a simple request from someone, especially when you think they're going to die?"Darrin's eyebrows furrowed slightly. This armored man seemed to know Claus and even to be on his side. If that was the case, h

“I will appoint you as my main disciple, but of course, there’s one condition.” The Dark Knight then withdrew his hand from Darrin’s shoulder. “You must promise to find Utior for me!”As Darrin remained silent, Claus seemed unable to keep quiet any longer. “Master, please forgive me, but haven’t you already entrusted that task to me?” he said, bowing his head, his voice trembling slightly.He didn’t dare say it, but his unwillingness to let the position be taken by Darrin forced him to speak up.Meanwhile, on the other side, seeing how Claus humbled himself before the Dark Knight left Darrin astonished. “I thought he would never lower himself to anyone,” he thought. But if Claus was doing that to this man named Dark Knight, "Doesn't that mean that this old man's power is really not to be underestimated?What Darrin thought was exactly what the servants and subordinates of the lord were thinking as well. Seeing their master kneeling before the armored man called Dark Knight, they didn’