As soon as Isaac said that, Lamont's and the three elderly men's faces soured."Isaac, you're asking for too much! That's blatant robbery!" One of the elderlies pointed at Isaac."We cannot agree to such terms. No matter the consequences, we will not agree," the other old man spat.Isaac shook his head, smiling. He looked at Lamont and said, "If I don't do this, would that mean my men die for nothing, then? Didn't Damien die for nothing? Despite the hundred-mile-long safety border, didn't Crawson still bring his men over to kill? Didn't he also cross the line? Even if I kill Crawson now, can you guarantee there won't be a second one in the future? Thus, my request is not too much. This border is a promise between the Temple of Drakon and the Kingdom of Ursus. It has nothing to do with other countries. Do you understand what I'm saying?"Lamont's eyelids were twitching violently. He looked at Crawson, who was kneeling on the ground, and wanted nothing more but to butcher him up."A
After nightfall, Willis and Mitchell returned. Willis was holding an exquisite red wooden box in his hand. The two then looked at the towering tomb and the cement statue kneeling by the grave.After placing some flowers down, Mitchell walked over to Isaac and said, "Drakon, we added one more condition. There will be a dedicated caretaker from the Kingdom of Ursus who will manage Damien's grave according to our customs. They will come to place flowers for every important holiday."Isaac nodded. He looked at all the soldiers from the Temple of Drakon that had gathered and then shifted his gaze to the grave covered in snow. He sighed, turned around, and said, "Let's go!"The large army slowly disappeared among the snowy fields outside Cath City, leaving only the colossal tomb and a kneeling statue behind.But as Isaac had said, the tomb would now become the newest safety border of the Kingdom of Ursus for the next 100 years!It was already late at night when they returned to the nort
"Alright, everyone, get some rest. We will hold a succession ceremony for Lupinus tomorrow, and I'd like to ask all the leaders to join. Lupinus, follow me to my room." With that, Isaac got up and walked outside.In his room, Lupinus stood before him. The two men's gazes met. Lupinus' eyes were slightly red."Lupinus, I know you're reluctant, but you must understand my burden." Isaac clapped a hand over Lupinus' shoulder, his voice painful."I know. The Kingdom of Ursus suffered a great loss this time, and they won't rest easy."Isaac nodded. Then, he smiled. "That's one thing. Another thing is now that Damien is gone, internal conflicts will arise if no one is in control. To be honest, all the other generals had someone in mind that they wanted to nominate, but not one of them said a thing. Why? Because they knew this was a sticky situation. I'll only ask you one question—how did Crawson find the first Dawn Soldiers camp that got into trouble so easily? The Dawn Soldiers camp that
Seeing that Isaac and his family had yet to have dinner, Old Taylor and Albert didn't stay much longer. They had deliberately come just to invite Isaac to officiate Diana's wedding.Isaac learned that Diana's fiancé was a high-ranking official working in Cantonne and that he was Diana's classmate from university.His family had been in the justice system for the past three generations; he could be considered someone from a good family.However, this was very sudden news. Isaac was a bit surprised."What? Officer Taylor is getting married? And you're invited to officiate the wedding? This is great news!" When Allegra heard this, she smiled.Isaac nodded, saying, "The engagement ceremony is the day after tomorrow. If you have time, come with me.""The day after tomorrow? I really can't make it. A higher-up is coming from the provincial capital to do an inspection, and so is another one from the state. As the person in charge, I have to be there," Allegra answered after a moment of
The past two nights, Diana didn't get much sleep.At this point, her sight was starting to blur. The more she thought about it, the more upset she felt. She couldn't stop her tears from rolling down her face. She didn't even notice that two young thugs with lecherous gazes had sat down on either side of her.Diana guzzled another shot of liquor. Her vision had already grown blurry. Biting her lip, she took her phone out of her pocket and dialed Isaac's number.The two thugs saw that the gorgeous beauty next to them was about to call someone. One of them immediately reached out to stop Diana's hand, grinning sleazily. "Hey, beautiful, you drank too much. Why don't we take you to relax? You don't need to make that phone call."By then, the call had already connected, and Isaac's voice came from the phone.Diana paid those two thugs no mind. Instead, she cried into the phone, "Isaac, get over here now. Please come now.""Hang up. Hang up now, fuck." When one of the thugs heard a guy
Diana held onto Isaac's body tightly like an octopus. Only when she began to run out of breath did she release Isaac, who was dumbstruck.She looked at Isaac tearfully. Her lips were still glistening. Suddenly, she laughed out loud."You must think I'm really foolish." She seemed to have sobered up, looking up at Isaac with a complicated gaze.Isaac frowned and asked, "Do you really like your fiancé?""So what if I do? And what if I don't? At this age, shouldn't people be getting married?" Diana suddenly yelled. She knelt on the ground and began to sob. "I like you, but you have a wife and a child. What can I do?"Isaac hated seeing women cry. He felt burdened, especially since he'd known Diana for so long."Don't cry. I'll send you home." Isaac walked over and patted Diana's shoulder.The two of them walked shoulder to shoulder. Wiping her tears, she glanced at the pitch-black river and said quietly, "I really wish time would stop right now, and the rest of my life could be lik
"Old Taylor, you said that you invited an amazing person to be the officiant. Just who is this glorious person?" asked the middle-aged man with a buzzcut sitting across from him.Old Taylor laughed and replied, "Since we're going to be family soon, it should be fine to tell you. He is the lord of the Temple of Drakon, Mr. Isaac Garten."The middle-aged man's eyes widened. He jumped to his feet, his face full of shock. "Y—You mean Drakon?""Terence, if your father were still here, he would probably know him better. But it's fine for you to know this much!""N—No. I mean, how did you get a person of this caliber…"As a high-ranking law enforcement executive in the provincial capital, he had naturally heard this and that about the Temple of Drakon. Except he wasn't in the military troop, so he didn't know the specifics. He had only heard from his former chief.In a way, the Temple of Drakon was only the same level as the House of Custos.Old Taylor smiled faintly and said, "It's be
Seeing the Taylors and even his own parents greet Isaac so fervently, Aiden never thought that there was such a big shot in Cloud City that could make even his father act so courteously.When he saw Diana excitedly grab Isaac's arm, he frowned.Isaac still felt a little awkward, but seeing Diana act like nothing had happened and smile so joyfully, he felt at ease, too.Lunch took place in a private room at the Family Portrait. The room could accommodate over 30 people, and close relatives from both families went inside.In the adjacent private room were Diana's and Aiden's best friends.Meanwhile, Old Taylor and Terence had invited Isaac to sit at the head of the table. The Taylor family was mostly okay with it; they had at least heard of him before.However, the relatives of the Kennedy family didn't understand why.Before they started eating, Aiden tugged on Diana, signaling that he wanted to talk to her outside.Diana walked out of the room. Aiden attentively fixed the colla