“There’s a lot of them. A lot more than I can count,” Denver frowned seriously and then looked at Alex. “You are already weakened, but can you guard Catherine?”Alex nodded. “Of course. I will gladly do it, but since I lost my dominant hand, I’m not sure how good of a job I can do.”“Just enough to keep yourselves alive,” Denver then gently but swiftly poured aura into Catherine’s body.Her body jerked at first, as she felt like she got electrocuted, but once her body was getting charged steadily, she was able to adapt to it.“I feel like I’m on a high fever, but in a good way,” Catherine excitedly said as she could feel energy overflowing through her. Her muscles slightly grew in size as they were fully charged.“Lay low and stay safe,” Denver told her and then rushed up the hill. He traveled in a zig-zag path like a ray of light and reached the top of the hill in just a second and a half.Catherine’s eyes broadened. “Did you see that? His speed was ridiculous. He wasn’t this strong

Despite hearing the words of Durk, Denver didn’t open his eyes.He was still focused on scanning the dead serpent lord’s body and hoped that it contained the secret treasure.“You take care of Green Fang,” Durk told Zinga, and she leaped from the cloud and landed ever so silently on the serpent’s body.Sheryl coldly stared at Zinga. (She’s born and trained as an assassin in South Africa. Even after illegally entering this country, she killed many high profile figures and attracted the attention of Hawkers. If I take her lightly just because she’s wielding a bow, I will be the one losing.)“Can you afford to lose your concentration when I’m around?” Durk’s voice appeared behind her.Sheryl’s heart trembled for a second, and she immediately swung the sword behind her, but what she cut turned out to be a mere foggy illusion of Durk.“Did I scare you?” Durk, who was still sitting on the cloud, laughed with amusement.“This psychotic bastard…”Sheryl’s eyes widened. She swiftly moved her h

A few years back.“What? He left Hawk Park?” Durk was confused more than surprised. “What’s he thinking?”“After he brutally killed the ninth and the tenth rankers, we thought that the king would kill him,” Zinga said disappointedly. “But the king only gave him the punishment to cut a million trees! Back when you did it, King Casil killed all your followers, didn’t he?”“That’s because the king takes away what you treasure the most,” Durk said. “I prefer being hated to being ignored. But when I lost my army, many people ignored me. I couldn’t sleep well for many nights. It seems to be the opposite in Denver’s case. He’s being hated, not ignored. He’s part of the Hawkers, yet he’s not living in Hawk Park. He’s going to be hated even more when he returns… which means the king believes that Denver wants the opposite.”“To be one family with all siblings?” Zinga wondered. “Through force?”“Any means possible.”The concept of genuine love was foreign to those who grew up in Hawk Park, but

“Just kill me,” Zinga uttered painfully, her voice mixed with a bit of regret and a lot of rage.“Oh, you don’t need to tell me that, sweetie,” Sheryl caused dozens of sharp tree branches to come down at her.“Wait,” Denver said.Sheryl stopped the branches in their tracks, but they still moved to and fro a little bit. “Boss, we have to kill her. She’s an assassin with a scary history. She’s too dangerous to be kept alive.”“Do you still love and respect Durk, or do you hate him?” Denver asked Zinga.“I don’t hate him or love him,” Zinga replied. “He did what’s best for him.”“How can leaving his subordinate like this be best for him?” Denver coldly said. “I don’t know about my other siblings, but this guy, Durk, does not have the qualities to become a king.” Denver then looked at Sheryl. “Leave her be.”“Huh? Boss, she tried to kill both of us!” Sheryl raised her voice. “Why would you want to keep her alive? She’s not someone who’ll feel grateful because you spared her life!”“If you

The energy that Catherine released managed to scare most of the beasts that were still in that region.“This isn’t how you expected things to go, or did you? President Natalia?” Drake was talking to the president of the Mother Council. “Why did you stop the beasts from attacking them after the third son left?”“As expected, he gave the second treasure to another woman,” Natalia laughed heartily. “I knew he was an idiot, but now I’m sure that he’s an idiot through and through. He doesn’t even seem to know what makes his blood lightning ability so different from other abilities. And for him to give away such precious treasures to those women who can easily switch sides tomorrow….”Natalia wiped her tears of laughter.“Why would I stop him when he’s digging his own grave, Drake?” Natalia looked at him.“Green Fang didn’t shift sides even when Denver has been gone for three years,” Drake voiced his mind. “You think she’ll switch sides after all this time?”“With this incident, Denver has