***** Michael suddenly exclaimed twice, very slowly and in a lower tone, "Oh... my... God! Oh... my... God!" He no longer cared about the ringing in his head or the fact that his mouth was filled with blood and two or three of his teeth. He continued gaping at his grandfather as though he had just seen a real-life ghost. Neither Michael nor anyone else had ever anticipated this sudden turn of events and although Michael had been surprised by the earlier developments, he was even more shocked and flabbergasted by this one. He couldn't believe that his last and remaining line of defense, his feared and respected great-grandfather, whom he had always known to be the strongest entity in his family, would actually kneel to the person he so desperately wanted dead. Michael couldn’t react or do anything again other than continue gapping in horror. Michael wasn't the only one in this situation; Sarah was too, and her present situation was even worse than Michael's, despite not having s
*****After stating his mind, old man Ton glanced at the still-dumbfounded security guards and ordered. “I want him to remain on his knees here till the young master orders otherwise.” "Yes... yes, sir," the security leader nodded his head nervously, watching Old Man Ton walk towards Master Robert's car. Old Man Ton immediately sat in the front seat and Master Robert quickly closed the door after Old Man Ton and hurried to the driver’s side. Everyone stared until the car finally disappeared before they exchanged wry and disbelief gazes. Everything that just happened felt surreal. "Who... what is that old man's identity?" someone mumbled after a long silence, breaking the deep quiet that had settled over the area. Everyone looked at the speaker, having no response, but then someone threw another question. “I’m even more curious about that young man. What is his identity?” “This…” Everyone once again exchanged gazes before the eyes of someone widened. “Don’t you guys find his f
***** "You're telling me you know my father?" Ares stared blankly at old man Ton who was standing respectfully before him and asked, thoroughly dumbstruck. “Yes,” Old Man Ton, who was still incredibly excited since he met Ares nodded his head hurriedly. “And you were an elder of the organization?” Ares asked again. “That’s right,” Old Man Ton nodded his head yet again. Ares finally frowned and began to contemplate everything he just learned with a serious expression on his face. Eventually, he looked back at the old man, who had remained silent throughout his contemplation. "How come I never knew there was another elder of the organization in this city apart from Master Lewis?" This question had been bothering Ares, and as soon as Old Man Ton heard it, he smiled, having already anticipated it. "Actually, young master," Old Man Ton began with a sigh, "probably only your father and mother knew about my existence and the fact that I am an elder of the organization." "Huh?" Ares
***** “Wow!” Old Man Ton suddenly exclaimed with disbelief, finding all he had just heard exceptionally difficult to believe. “Why does it feel that forever has passed instead of that little time?” He mumbled to himself. He couldn’t believe all the things that had happened since he entered seclusion, but finally, he sighed. “Those bastards are now even able to act unbothered in the outside world?” Suddenly, the sound of a door opening from behind startled both himself and Robert. They hurriedly looked back, only to see a solemn-faced Ares. “Young master…” “Grandmaster…” The two men called out respectfully, but Ares only nodded his head slightly before gazing at Old Man Ton. “When you saw my father last, what was his expression?” “Huh?” Both Old Man Ton and Master Robert gazed blankly at Ares. ‘What sort of question is this?’ They thought in unison, but Old Man Ton still pondered his question hard. "Well..." he began. "The last time I saw Master, he seemed to be struggling g
*****Have you ever been in a situation where everything just seemed out of place?That was what Ares was feeling at this moment, standing bewildered near his girlfriend’s bustling apartment and observing it.He was puzzled and couldn’t understand how the place would be crowded and noisy after Sarah had just informed him that she wasn’t at home.“Could it be that I’m at the wrong apartment?” Ares contemplated, but then he soon shook his head. "I'm sure this is her apartment. Although it's been a while since I last visited, how could I not recognize the flat whose rent I've been paying?"He couldn’t help but furrow his brows tightly while pondering the situation.Ares, utterly drained and exhausted from days of relentless work, gathering the remaining balance for his girlfriend's birthday gift had rushed here immediately after securing the present, hoping to surprise her. Yet, as he was nearing her floor, he received a message from her, informing him that she was heading out with frie
*****“Darn!!! What did I just watch?"In a dormitory, a 25-year-old man, dressed only in his underwear, who had been seated at his desk with his laptop suddenly jumped to his feet and exclaimed."Ugh!!! Second sibling, could you please let me sleep? I have an early class tomorrow morning which I must attend!" Another person cried out with frustration and helplessness."Eldest... eldest brother, come… come and see this. I... I believe we need to inform the third brother immediately?""What?" The eldest brother, a man who appeared to be one year older than the second brother grumbled unhappily before he sat up from the bed and looked irritably at the nervous second sibling bro."Why should I contact the third brother, who decided to become our enemy merely because of that cheater?" He sneered, appearing offended, but the second brother disregarded his feelings."You must come and see this." He hurried toward the bed and pulled the eldest brother out of it, against his will and toward h
***** In the middle of a street, that had nonstop people walking by, a young man, who was in blood was presently trashing and crying wildly on the ground with agony, but the passersby only glanced interestingly at him before going their way, acting as though they couldn’t see that he was in pain. The young man was Ares, whom his bully had already left behind. He continued crying for a long time, feeling the most immense pain of his life. The intense agony persisted for around thirty minutes, an unusually prolonged duration compared to his previous experiences. Then, as usual, whenever he suffered injuries, the green orb-shaped gem pendant hanging from a tiny rope around his neck began to emit a warm glow, sending a comforting sensation coursing through Ares' body.Normally, the glow, which only Ares could see would only flash for a bit before disappearing, but as the pain and Injury he was inflicted upon this time around was stronger than anything he had ever experienced before in
***** After getting healed from his injury and leaving the spot, Ares did not return to his dorm, instead, he continued walking aimlessly forward, his thoughts and minds completely jumbled together. Although Ares now hated Sarah to the end of the world, for not only cheating on him, sending people to beat him up, but for also betraying his trust, and wasting his time and effort all these years despite already knowing that she would never marry him. The more Ares walked, the more he thought, and the more he recalled all his plans and promises for Sarah, the same for hers to him. Although it was difficult for a nobody to make it and become wealthy in Rex City, Ares had promised himself to make it, to be wealthy for Sarah. Although he has no savings and always spends everything on her, as he earns it, even going on hunger strikes times without numbers, Ares’s dreams had still stand. If not for his miracle orb, perhaps, he would have become nothing but a Skelton, with the way he sta