*****“What… what where are you going?”As though Williams was an approaching devil who was going to extract his soul and give it the greatest torture known and unknown to a man, the first king began to tremble when he saw him getting nearer to himself.Unintentionally, he recalled the image of how Williams had easily taken down the strongest backer he had ever gotten in his life, and the old man almost fainted from fear.As for the others, they looked at Williams with perplexity, not knowing what he was going to do.‘Will he resort to torture?’ The old granny thought and both the second and fourth kings shared her thoughts as well. This was also the same conclusion the old man had also come to that scared the living hell out of him.However, Williams didn’t do as they’d thought, instead, he suddenly placed his right hand calmly on the now frantically fidgeting old man’s head as soon as he got to him, then he shut his eyes.“Hun…”The spectators exchanged further bewildered ga
***** The inside of the lounge was unusually quiet at this moment, with everybody gazing blankly at Williams. Their faces ranged with all shades of colors, most of which were of intense shock, disbelief, and deep rage. Nobody was able to speak for more than ten minutes after Williams was done narrating what he had managed to extract from the first king’s memory. “Are… are you saying that that bastard was the one who had kidnapped the adopted sister whom I’ve been searching for for almost four years now?” Simi suddenly quivered as she inquired of this, her eyes rapidly turning red and her face looking painful. Although Williams pitied her, he still nodded his head. “So, because my sister argued with his subjects that I’m more powerful than him, he turned her into his sex slave, subjecting her to various sorts of torture every single day until he killed slaughtered her?” Again, Williams nodded his head when he heard this question. As soon as Simi got this confirmation, however,
*******Presently within the hood of the first faction, a big mass of land that has various high-end buildings planted on it and all sorts of luxurious vehicles.Gazing at the black aches that were still letting off smoke before them at this moment, everybody felt emotional, these were especially so for the four kings.A deafening silence pervaded the place before eventually, someone Williams opened his mouth.“Now that the danger is out of the way, what should we do about the first king?”“Give him to me.”As though Simi had long been waiting for this question to be asked, she hurriedly glanced at Williams with bright eyes.This brightness, however, only made Williams feel a strong chill run down his spine, then swallowing hard, he hurriedly nodded his head while shaking it internally at the first king’s future fate.“That’s done then, the first king is yours.”“Thank you.” As though she had won a jackpot, the second king became excited while a sort of scary aura began to flas
*****“Are… are you telling me that all the resources and manpower sent to that backwater place had been destroyed, the third elder included?”A beautiful middle-aged woman suddenly trembled hard and then she clenched her fists with all the physical strength she could muster.Her eyes rapidly turned red and then she sent a hateful and furious glare in the direction of the person who was presently bowing to her.The person, a very old granny immediately shivered in the face of this gaze, but she forced herself to remain calm before she slowly nodded her head.“Who… who was it? Who was it that dared to foil my perfectly prepared plan? How did we end up losing more resources and manpower at a time like this, how?”A strong wave of killing intent abruptly shot out of the middle-aged woman. This killing intent she was released was just so powerful that it wasn’t a mere intent, but instead, black smoke that formed the shape of countless grim reapers that were ready to strike and take
*****“No, boss. I object to the proposal. We don’t want a drag-back like that, who only relies on hidden weapons in our department.”“That’s right, boss. Wouldn’t he make us, the department that is known for its members’ tremendous and extraordinary individual strength the greatest joke of all time?”“Boss, I urge you to please carefully consider this. While I don't have any objection against the other three new recruits, this specific person in question has consistently demonstrated inadequate battle skills in all his battles, which I believe was the reason why he had to resort to concealed weapons—a major red flag and concern for our department's standards from the very beginning.”Currently, within a minimally adorned conference room that was situated in the headquarters of the Spectra Directive Agency, a gathering of young men and women appeared unwilling and they were making concerted efforts to persuade their boss at this moment—a composed, middle-aged man who has a smiling
*****By the time Williams returned to his villa that same day, after an arduous day that was filled to the brim with various ups and downs, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.Williams had never expected in his life that he would not only become the first king after being the major factor in defeating the previous one but that he was also going to become the only king in the underworld territory now, gaining full control of the five territories combined.In this, Williams’ subordinates were the most excited, why? Because their king had already promised them this, but his promise had even gone beyond their expectations and although their strength was still the least, compared to the other factions, they were now the proudest of them and their lack of strength did not give them low self-esteem at all.In a matter of some hours, the news had already circulated through the entire Zed City, shocking everybody speechlessly, the major families in particular.They found it difficult
Unknown to Williams that his future was already filled with so many traps and troubles, he took a long hot bath together with his dogs that had missed him badly after returning to his villa and then he returned to his living room and started brushing back their furs with his hands while lost in thought. Williams finally sighed after a long time. “Given the arrangements I’ve made today, I don’t have any trouble with being the sole underworld king, instead I only need to enjoy its benefit.” Williams mumbled to himself, making the two dogs gaze at him with confusion and then he internally gave himself a thumbs-up after a long time. [Why will the host not be happy after giving all the workloads to the poor underkings while remaining as lazy as ever?] ‘What do you know?’ Williams smiled when he heard the system’s sudden sarcastic question. ‘This is what they call being a smart person and making the right use of one’s resources… didn’t you see how excited the two underlings were when I
*****The next morning gave birth to a completely different atmosphere in Zed City compared to the one of the previous day, almost killing off what had occurred the previous day completely.This atmosphere mostly affected the people of the lower and middle echelons of Zed City.Every single one of them became filled to the brim with compatriots’ emotions and maximum support.There was no other reason for this than the fact that the date of the biggest competition in the world was finally announced.That’s right. Just that morning, the government of the capital city issued an official statement, informing the public about the long-anticipated Gem Seeking competition and revealing the names of the participants from every state in the country.The announcement also mentioned that the year's competition would take place in the capital of Zed City, generating more excitement amongst citizens of all ages across the country.Since that morning, the enthusiasm among the people for that