Isaac was stunned. He turned to find Emily blushing with her head lowered.The meaning behind her words was apparent, but Isaac simply shook his head and said, “You can sleep here alone. I’ll be fine.”Watching Isaac walk out the door, Emily smiled wryly. But immediately after, a steely resolve flashed in her eyes, and she turned around and entered the room.In the middle of the night, in a private restaurant room located next to Aurum County Hospital, Horace and an old man donning a blue garment sat opposite each other. The old man was the elder of the Azure Sect who’d come to visit Patrick before, Silas Deek.“Elder Silas, didn’t you say that once the Astraeus get involved, that bastard Isaac will undoubtedly die? So why is he still alive and kicking? He even came to Aurum County today,” Horace said to Silas.Horace was harboring a ball of fury within him. He’d already gifted a box of gold bars to a few of the major elders of the Azure Sect, but there were still no results. Si
Hugging Kai in his arms, Barry’s eyes reddened. He immediately pulled his son over to kneel in front of Harry.“You’re a savior. You really are our family’s savior. Thank you.”When Barry’s parents saw this, tears also spilled down their faces. They were also about to kneel in gratitude in front of Harry.Harry’s heart jumped. He quickly helped Barry and the others to their feet and laughed. “Barry, you don’t have to thank me. If you want to thank someone, it’s that man sitting right there. I only came because he asked me to.”“Alright, Barry, you don’t need to be so formal. It’s getting late, and we should get going.” Isaac smiled, walking to the door.Barry gripped Isaac’s hand tightly, sobbing.“Hey, you’re a man—act like one. Why are you crying all of a sudden? Spend some days at home while Kai recovers. Then, you can come over to Cloud City and visit me.”“I know that Allegra and her father are leaving the hospital today. You should go first. I’ll bring Kai to see you again
Eugene had already recovered completely. For the past two days, Allegra had taken care of him while he was at the Springview Clinic. During that time, Margaret and Andrew had come to visit once.Once Allegra and her father entered the car, Isaac sped toward the Cloud Nine Villas.When Allegra, who was in the passenger seat, saw that they were going a different way, she asked, “Isaac, where are we going? This isn’t the way to Riverview Villas, is it?”“We’re going to our new home. You’ll see once you’re there.” Isaac smiled. He wanted to give Allegra a surprise.She didn’t know what kind of drugs Isaac was smoking, and she was too lazy to ask. At that moment, she received a call from the office, and her expression turned sour.It was clearly about the Pegasus No. 1 project. Several of the employees were kicking up a fuss over it.After all, up until this point, they hadn’t gotten a single small project, much less a big one.However, as they drove into the Cloud Nine Villas, the s
“Mr. Garten, we’ve received accurate information that Horace wants to attack us tonight. The Kenne family’s troops are raring to go and have already begun,” Old Brooks whispered urgently.Isaac frowned and said coldly, “Old Brooks, didn’t I tell you before that I don’t care about this side of things? Not to mention, I let you have Shawn. Can’t you handle such a small matter?”Old Brooks’ heart seized. He didn’t expect Isaac’s tone to be so strict.“Yes, you did say that. B–but the difference in numbers is frankly…”Old Brooks wanted to tell Isaac that he’d given everything he had to build his power over the past two months. However, Horace controlled the capital city after all. Whether it was in terms of funds or numbers, Horace was far superior.Previously, things had still been calm and peaceful. He didn’t even know why the Kenne family troops were suddenly launching an attack on him, even going all out.All 17 heads working under Horace had kicked into action from the intel he
Considering Isaac’s personality, he would totally form an assassin squad to go up against the Kenne family and take out the backbone of Horace’s underlings. However, he’d decided to make the Kenne family disappear through normal means after the last time he saw Declan at the funeral home.He didn’t know that the Kenne family had so many skeletons in the closet, and he was enraged by what Beefy Bob told him.After he was released from prison, he didn’t immediately enter the Temple of Drakon. Instead, he joined the military through a special channel. The army was the nation’s first fortress and also their last defense.After Beefy Bob came to pick Isaac up, Allegra also left the house. She even went to Beefy Bob’s window to thank him profusely. As the car made its way to the northern suburbs of Cloud City, Old Brooks’s men began to move out of their territories.Besides a couple of guards who stayed behind to keep watch, all his men territories secretly left. Some returned to their
Beefy Bob didn’t say a word the entire time. He knew Isaac had his ways, and coming to see Stephan was just one of them. He planned to ask Stephan to go to Northland and wait for the special investigation unit to come over and testify about the Kenne family’s crimes from years ago.“Which unit did you work in? Typically, you get a good job and benefits once you're discharged. So why…” Isaac asked, smoking a cigarette, chatting as if they were old friends.Stephan looked at the girl beside him and smiled wryly. “I was initially from the Intelligence Unit. After I was discharged, I was assigned to the Traffic Bureau. But afterward, something happened at home…”When he said that, he lowered his head and clenched his fists, his body trembling.Isaac sighed and said slowly, “If it weren’t for the Kennes, then your family would be living a happy life, huh?”Stephan instantly raised his head, a cold light shining in his eyes. He said ferociously, “Did the Kenne family send you?” At the s
Isaac called Tara out to talk. Although this 18-year-old girl never had formal education, her clear gaze showed a maturity far exceeded those of her peers.No one knew what Isaac said to Tara, but after a while, Tara went back inside, crying.“Beefy Bob, come here. Let’s give the father and daughter some time alone!” Isaac shouted from the doorway.Soon enough, an intense debate ensued inside, followed by Tara’s cries. Beefy Bob stood at the door, smoking; from time to time, he would turn his head to look inside the house. Looking at Isaac’s perfect composure, he felt his heart beat like a drum.Not long after, the door opened. Tara walked out and said, “Isaac, my father has agreed.”“Tara, thank you for trusting me. I won’t let you down.” Seeing Tara’s look of worry, Isaac patted her shoulder.It was already midnight when they made their way back to Cloud City. Beefy Bob turned his head and asked, “Isaac, what did you say to Tara?”“I told her that after we cure her parents’ af
Isaac took out his phone and dialed an international number.“Black Phoenix, track this person down.” Isaac then shared critical information about Stephan with Black Phoenix.Little did Isaac know that it wasn’t Horace’s idea to make trouble for Stephan but his big brother’s.He had asked Horace to recall the murders and other more serious incidents, then tracked down the important parties and locked them up somewhere.He planned to release them after three days. After all, Isaac had given the deadline of three days.Less than ten minutes later, Black Phoenix called back.“Drakon, the person you are looking for is being held captive at an abandoned ironworks in the western suburbs of Aurum County. There were about a dozen officers standing guard outside; they seem to have locked up 20 people.”There were even law enforcement officers standing guard? It seemed that Horace’s power was substantial.Isaac’s eyes froze over. He took out his phone and dialed Beefy Bob’s number. “Ask