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RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 12
The evening was a blitz of smiles and echoes of laughter for Sylvester and Emily. Both, in their own ways, wished that the moment could stay frozen in time. Emily never saw her husband so peaceful, and Sly? He never saw his wife so happy.From the day he met her, up until that evening, he could count on his fingers, the number of times he had seen a genuine smile escape her lips.That evening, not only could he not count it, the smile just never died.For the first time, they were given priority. The word of her contract spread like wild fire, and in less than an hour, Emily’s grandmother had called to congratulate.She didn’t seem happy about the success, but a deal was a deal, and a win was a win. She had won fair and square without pulling any undue strings…save for having a husband that was well connected.“Come over to the manor tomorrow evening,” her grandmother said with a dismissive tone over the phone, even though there was a hint of some other emotion within.Hate? Anger? E
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 13
Sylvester stared at his phone, Emily stared at her tablet. She had just shared a link to an article that had video evidence of her husband assaulting her brother.As she looked up from the wide screen, she caught the smile on his face.“You know this article doesn’t paint you in the best light, right?” she asked, but with a hint of pride on her gleaming face.“That’s what makes it more effective. Now, they know even more, not to mess with you because I will bash their face in even more,” smirked dangerously, and Emily felt a shockwave pass through her from the feet, chilling her spine and up to her brain.The shock left her in a daze.Wasn’t this what she always wanted? A man. A true man. One who would protect her. One who would stand by her and be her rock, pummeling anyone that dared to cross her?Something was off about yester-night when he confronted Cullen. It wasn’t normal. He started walking not too long ago, and now, he was able to beat Cullen up? Not just that, but he was als
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 14
Sylvester smiled at his wife's reaction. He didn’t expect it, much so because it was her mother. Emily didn’t like her grandmother, but she adored her mother. For her to take his side in this bout, it meant she had made some progress in accepting him.He didn’t know how to feel about it, but at least, now, he felt peace.Now, they could work as a team to figure this whole thing out.That was what he wanted all along…for them to navigate this whole arranged marriage, family connection bush together.He turned to his wife with a smile, and she gave one back.“How are your legs?” she asked softly.“Very good, actually. I guess physical therapy did help after all,” he shrugged.“And a strong mindset as well. Thank you for having that,” she responded, and in her eyes, Sly could see the pang of guilt that weighed heavily on her. He wished she didn’t feel bad for treating him the way she did in those final moments of his predicament.Everyone had their breaking moment, and that was hers. Thr
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 15
Sylvester didn’t spend too much time at Verity’s place. She was more than happy to see him, but more eager, it seemed, for him to become a more powerful version of even his previous self.She pointed him in the direction he needed to go and urged him to take off without further hesitation.“You are going to be our savior when things bigger than we could have ever fathomed would come our way, boss…our big gun, if you will,” she said as she saw him off to the door.“Really?” Sylvester chuckled half-wittily, “And what makes you think something is coming?” he asked.“We stand in the pinnacle of cultivation, Sir. Powers beyond mortal understanding. You think that power was just left for us to discover and play with?” she asked with a knowing look poised in Sylvester’s direction.“I think not,” she answered the question when Sylvester was too lost in thought.He never really thought of the possibility of an enemy more cruel than the greed and insatiable desire for “more” that humans had for
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 16
The journey to acquire other items was grueling but necessary. By the time Sly had gotten the last of the three items that Verity had pointed out to him, he could feel the exhaustion eat at him from his bones outwards.He could do nothing but wait for the set time, while also trying to cultivate his powers.“I’m getting too obsessed with this, aren’t I?” he talked to himself on his way back home. Cultivation seemed to be all that he cared about and he was worried that he was falling into the same lifestyle of ignoring Emily again…just in a different form this time.He hated feeling like that, and he didn’t want her to think that now he had gotten his legs, he didn’t need her.That would break her heart.When he got home, though, there was a smile on Emily’s face, rather than the cold repose he was used to seeing all those years when he was confined to a wheelchair.“Welcome home,” she hummed, sailing across the room to meet him. “How was your trip?”“It was eventful, darling. I’m assu
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 17
The days passed by in a blur, and Sylvester focused on his cultivation, while Emily obsessed over preparations to the gala.Being unfazed by wealth and power, Slyvester couldn’t understand her stresses over every little detail and from an outside perspective, Emily was a little annoyed. She didn’t understand why her husband didn’t think this was important.“No one is an island,” she reminded him when he whined about going to get a new suit. “Every step of the way, I’ve had someone help me achieve my goals. That’s why my company is successful. Your network defines you,” she grunted, her voice hinting at a bit of annoyance for the man who seemed indifferent to the whole thing.‘Does he not want my success?’ she thought to herself as she noted the disproving look on his face as he tried on the suit.“It’s 10,000…don’t you think it’s excessive?” he noted.“The material on the collar was woven from Vicuna wool, and the rest of the piece is velvet. Nothing reeks of class more. Besides…I can
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 18
“You said you were going to let me go,” the man growled, almost demandingly. This angered Sylvester. He should be begging for his life. Yet, this arrogant man chose to demand for it.“I lied,” Sylvester muttered with a smirk, and bringing his hands to the man’s throat, he squeezed with as much strength as he knew it would take.In less than ten seconds, the man was gone. He didn’t strangle him. He broke his neck.“What the fuck just happened?!” Emily screeched when all was settled. Sly was cornered now, so he just decided to go along with the flow and hope that she thought him as clueless as he let on.“Well, you saw it, didn’t you? We were attacked,” he shrugged, standing up and offering her a hand.“Not that!” she interjected, and paused a little, “Well, that too, but I mean…you…you…”“I handled it,” Sly muttered. “Shouldn’t I have?”Emily thought about it for a while. I mean, this was a win, wasn’t it? She always wanted a man that could stand by her side and protect her.‘A hero’ i
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 19
Sly moved around the banquet halls bored out of his mind. He already had his talk with Hunter Windstorme. Nothing out of the usual ‘we can make this city a better place,’ that elated Emily more than he could understand.This wasn’t a space he fit in particularly well. He would rather gather together with warriors and talk strategies than huddle up and gorge about the economics of the land.Most of them, he was sure, were people that created problems just so they could solve and eventually enrichen themselves. It was a game he would get angry if he played…and so he avoided it…for the sake of Emily.As he moved, he caught sight of Katherine fending off an old man that seemed to be insistent on talking to her in whispers. “Katherine, dear…come over,” he said loud enough for the man to hear. Katherine rolled her eyes in relief and gave the old man a light push away, making him sneer at both her and Sly.“Thank you, Sir. You don’t know what you just saved me from,” Katherine dusted her d
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Chapter 28
“So, you say underground, huh?” Sly asked as he and Geral left the building where they were monitoring the CCTV footage.“Black markets. I found three vehicles that match our target. With any luck, we find one of them with a damaged front chassis,” Geral told his master as he fished out his tablet, which was a lot easier to use while they were on the go.The trip to the first location was short, a small warehouse that sold used cars, but the place had an open display setting.“Unlikely,” Geral pronounced before they even went in, and truth be told, they still had the blue car in their stock. This wasn’t their guy. The next dealer was further into the city and they needed to take a train to get there.While on transit, Sylvester settled in for a little bit of meditation.“You don’t think this isn’t the time for this?” Geral nudged him once. He didn’t answer.He caught Geral’s fist before he could nudge him a second time. “I need every ounce of strength I can get, because I don’t want t
Chapter 27
Sylvester was at home trying to master his cultivation when a sharp pang hit him in the chest, jolting him brutally out of his state of meditation.Something was wrong.He immediately got up and phoned the office, but when he did that, everything seemed to be fine on their end. He paced the living room for a while, hoping that his quest for quick power-up hadn’t disrupted something. He wanted to call Katherine and ask after her wellbeing, because after all, she was his student.If something were to happen to her, he would feel responsible, especially since he felt the sensation.But he didn’t know if he wanted to. His quarrel with her was still fresh in his mind, and he didn’t think he wanted to face her yet, especially if he eventually called her and everything was fine on her end.Hence, he called Geral and told him to check on Katherine for him.Geral agreed without hesitation and he wanted to go back into meditation, but something was still wrong.He still felt disturbed. Just as
Chapter 26
Emily woke up and did her usual routine – making and having breakfast with her husband, prepping for work and leaving the house.And then, the feeling got her again.She had been having this crippling anxiety for a while now – like someone was watching her. Ever since the whole event with the “Children of Azraloth” as Sly had told her, there always seemed to be an eye on her.She dismissed it, though, maybe she was just being paranoid.But even when she got into her car and tried to drive, she felt like she was not the only one that had been in the car.‘Yeah, of course. You have a husband,’ an inner voice chided her skepticism and she tried to relax for a little bit.Maybe she was just overthinking the entire thing.She got to work, and tried to settle into it, but those damned eyes…they wouldn’t let her work.She went over to her window and stared down at the moving city below.People of all walks of life moved, almost as if they couldn’t wait to get to where they were going. The ci
Chapter 25
Katherine wasn’t going to go out just like that. She had fantasized this moment right down to the very moment that she and Sly would share their first kiss.She had thought about how he would hold her in his arms, and how the both of them would ride each other into blissful orgasms.The spot Emily was on was hers. Undoubtedly. She had served Sylvester for years as his student, and all this while, she had tried to still her emotions for him. She had tried desperately to wait until the time was right.The time was right now…and he was with someone else? No.The thought of seeing Emily smile because of Sylvester took away her own smile. She couldn’t bear it. Emily didn’t deserve the warlord. She did. Katherine. And as soon as Sylvester pushed her away, she made one thing clear in her mind.She was not going to go down easy.The very next day, she tried to come back to Sylvester…to try again.Maybe he sensed Emily coming, and decided to push her away to avoid any form of drama.Oh, how t
Chapter 24
Sylvester hadn’t called her yet, but she didn’t want to spend time with her mother any longer. Every moment between them nowadays was so tense.It was the same before Sylvester gained his ability to walk, but before, she was forced to bear it, because in some way, it was better than the tension between her and Sylvester.When faced with two evils, you go for the lesser.Now, things between her and Sylvester weren’t perfect, but it was incomparable to the tension between her and her mother.She and Isabella were a chasm apart when it came to ideologies, but because of the common predicament they shared – a crippled Sly, they had to put their differences aside. Now, there was no reason for them to.It turned out that she didn’t have to wait long, as barely a minute after she stepped out of the office, contemplating going to a nearby café to wait for her husband, she spotted him strolling to the venue.Yes, they shared one car which she took, so seeing him walk didn’t give her any sort o
Chapter 23
Emily slept a little hurt, but all the more confused. A lot of questions pulsed through her mind, but they were questions that she could not ask.They didn’t make sense to ask at this time in their relationship. Were they close enough to? She didn’t feel like they were.So why did she feel the stir of jealousy and the pang of betrayal stir inside her?Something was definitely going on between her husband and that woman that consistently calls him, “Boss”.Who was she? Another one of those ex-students of his?She helped her in the party, though…that was for sure. But was she coming to take her dues by sleeping with her husband?She was sure that Sylvester did not allow it, but how could she be certain. What if they were about to do something, but quickly disbanded when they heard her come in? A lot of unholy thoughts pooled into her mind, and she slept on them, bringing her into a sour mood when she woke up the next morning.Even then, Sylvester was nowhere to be found.Odd. He someti
Chapter 22
Days passed, and Sylvester busied himself with the art of cultivation. He tried to do his best to make sure he was meeting his daily quota, but even then, he felt like his advancements were too little. He needed a boot, and the stones he asked Katherine to research about…he needed info on them and how to unlock their powers. He was sure that if used properly, they would be of good use to him.As soon as Emily left the house, in his usual manner, he began his cultivation, and was well enough into it, that when the doorbell rang, he didn’t feel agitated for being interrupted.He needed that break anyways.“Katherine,” he exclaimed wide-eyed when he saw his student as he opened the door. She had that beautiful signature smile on her face and her brown eyes radiated the admiration she felt for him. “You could have called,” he challenged, but let her inside.“I thought it’d be best to see you personally to report my findings,” she said simply.Well, depending on the information she had to
Chapter 21
As soon as Emily left, Sylvester stared at the door for a few minutes, a smile plastered on his face before remembering that he had a cultivation journey to begin.She had cleared the breakfast table, so he had nothing to do other than setting himself up for cultivation, which he did.It was only after a few hours of cultivating and drawing powers from ye and sunder that he remembered he left someone hanging.“Katherine!” he said with a gasp as his eyes shot open in remembrance of the call he put on hold.Scrambling to his feet, he half-sprinted into the living room to get his phone and dial the number. Katherine answered on the first ring.“Must’ve been a big breakfast,” she muttered sarcastically. “I’m sorry. I got lost and started cultivating without getting back to you. How are you?” he asked. Katherine fought beside him as well yesterday. It was only fair to inquire about her welfare.“Annoyed. There’s a man here that won’t keep insisting on a 15% discount when the most we give
Chapter 20
“Well, that was a disaster,” Emily collapsed on the bed when they arrived back home. “And don’t you dare give me the ‘I told you so’ lecture,” she warned her husband. “I’ll cry if you do,” she mumbled the last part.Sly chuckled. “I’m honestly just grateful you weren’t hurt through all this chaos. That’s something that would have killed me,”She took steady breaths for a bit, hearing his voice and allowing it soothe her before she admitted, “You were right,” she hummed. “We shouldn’t have gone,”“Ha! And then we’d have missed Mr. Round-butt!” Sylvester reminded her about the man they were making fun of, and the image of his weirdly round, jiggling butt probably from his abnormal diet, sparks a bubbling laughter in her.She could sleep easy now, knowing that Sly wasn’t angry at her.But even then, beneath the entire surface, she still had a lot of questions on her mind. He stepped in and put his life in front of her own multiple times.She thought about when they were driving to the e
