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RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 29
Sylvester didn’t let Emily walk. No matter her protest of being fine, he carried her bridal style till they hailed a taxi. The taxi went to Gerla’s house, because he didn’t want to leave her alone again.“Sylvester, I think we should go home,” she said as they opened the door to Geral’s apartment. It was a spacious penthouse suite in the outskirts of the city, some ten stories up, and Emily felt uncomfortable being a bother, but Sly declined.Throughout out her stay, Geral was nothing but a young sweetheart. He had golden retriever energy, always eager to serve her and Sly, and Emily didn’t know why they revered him so much. He was just a poor guy who married her as a ticket to help fund his rehabilitation.So what, if he taught kung-fu? This guy had a penthouse. A penthouse beat kung-fu any day, any time.She went straight to sleep as soon as she was shown the room she and Sly would be staying, being shaken from everything that she had gone through over the past 24 hours.She couldn
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 30
Sylvester wished he could call it a day and just close the entire thing as a game over.He wished that his actions would teach everyone to leave he and his wife the hell alone, but the smarter you are, the more you realize. Evil is like weed. When one dies, another grows in its place, stronger and more resilient. He knew that the only thing that would change now, would be the tactics of his enemies…not their resolve to see him dead.Once Sylvester and his wife could finally come back, everyone was terrified…everyone in their immediate surroundings, that is. They had heard the news of the Lankester family, Emily’s kidnap and put two and two together.No one could say for certain, but no one wanted to find out in person, and so, they avoided the Wrights like a plague.It wasn’t the kind of disease-ridden fear, though. It felt positive…rejuvenating, even.Emily, for the first time, felt truly safe in the city. Sylvester promptly bought her a new more expensive car, which she used to go t
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 31
Sylvester would have had to run if he was still living his life under a rock. He still had to lay low, but not as much as he did before. Now, he was able to freely use the funds from his main account, and with it, he had bought himself a car.An Infernus MX – 3000 was a beast. A beautiful beast, and Sly tore through the city to Klaus Wayfinder’s house.No way. There was just no way that his mentor could turn up dead like that.It didn’t seem possible.“More like improbable,” Geral hummed as he too took a look at the scene when they arrived there.His student was right. There was no way this death was natural. He was less than 70, and before Sly cut communications to go low, he could still throw a backflip…a better backflip than he.To put it simply, Klaus was not your regular old man. He was powerful. Way too powerful to die so soon. “Even being ‘killed’, still feels unlikely,” Sylvester mused as he stepped through the broken pieces of equipment and the disheveled furniture in the ma
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 32
“Okay, so…I don’t mean to be ‘that guy’, but what does that thing do?” Geral asked his teacher. The orb in his hand glowed white, and from what Geral was used to, anything that glowed and pulsed was really powerful.“Even I don’t know, G,” Sly sighed. But he was going to find out.He took the orb and looked for an opening, or a latch. Anything that would mean ‘opening’ it as Klaus had said in his letter.“Uhh…Sir…we’re doing that here? What if it…I dunno…blows up?” Geral asked with a concerned stare that brought some level of reasoning back to Sylvester.He was too carried away with his determination to care about possibilities like that. “Oh, yeah…we should probably go somewhere spacious, where magical energy can be quickly dispersed as well…in case it unleashes…something,” he handled the orb with a little more care, now that Geral had mentioned it, and the both of them took a drive in Sylvester’s car all the way to an empty field in the outskirts of the city.Most people were done
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 33
Sly didn’t have to, but he put himself through some physical training to prepare himself for the battle.It was going to be a brutal one, and annually, there were usually a number of deaths recorded from the event.Sly already had years of experience, and months of training via the portal that he was stuck in for five minutes – or five months – if you were counting from his perspective, so he was more than ready.As they made their way to the event, he pondered on the usefulness of it all. They lived in a society where domestic violence was considered a grave crime towards humanity, and murder meant you could be locked up for the rest of your life in the deepest, darkest parts of the state prison.However, somehow, by signing a piece of paper, agreeing to lay no blame on anyone, you basically extradite yourself from that law, and can be killed without judgement on the person that kills you.However, that means that the person that also kills you, can be killed by you without the fear
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 34
“We should act now!” Agnon grunted as he made his way to the conference room, talking to his assistant, a lieutenant in the army, who was small framed, but actually a well-seasoned fighter.Her special abilities lied in the fact that people usually underestimated her before getting into a tussle, which ended with them losing woefully.She adjusted her glasses and nodded, following her boss and agreeing with everything he said.That was really all she had to do.They entered the room, and the table was already filled with other high-ranked officials, colonels and commanders of fleets.“What are we waiting for? It’s been a long-time since anything substantial has happened in Greele. Those people will not see an attack coming,” he all but shouted as he entered into the conference room.That was his version of a ‘Good morning’. Agnon was the general of the army of Linodermia, the country that lost the war Sylvester lost his legs to.They came to a truce to avoid being wiped out, and signe
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 35
Sylvester watched the men fall left right and center. They had no choice. They had to eventually bow the knee to his supremacy. It was inevitable.And yet, something didn't feel right.He looked to his left and right, and watched the crowd erupt in cheers. They loved the performance.Some of the men on the battleground were probably dead. A lot of them would be permanently injured.All of them that could walk out of this field, would come out with a scar for life. Sylvester knew that. And yet, something didn't feel right.Of course, the opposition wasn't so happy. This was a competition that they had won nearly every year. For one man to just come here and dog-walk the entire set and make everything that they had held in such high regards feel like a child play...it made Dagon livid.The veins on his head looked like they'd pop if he held that position a little longer, and the people by his side looked a little bit concerned."Who the hell does he think he is?!" He yelled, slamming h
RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY WARLORD GRANDMASTER Chapter 36
As soon as Sylvester opened his eyes, he was alert. That was one of the cruel gifts training had given him.Unlike most normal people, he didn't have that slight fog of mind from waking up from a deep slumber.That feeling was lost the moment he became a soldier.Now it was no different. As soon as his eyes opened, his neck snapped to the left and then to the right.He sighed in relief.Emily was beside him.She was sound asleep, though, and he could tell she wasn't hurt from the peace in her pulse that he could sense, even though he wasn't touching her.He focused his attention on the place to try and get as much information from it as possible.You can't escape what you don't know. He looked at the empty cabinets and studied them. Most were empty, some were not.But the room was really dusty, so it made Sylvester wonder. There were cardboard boxes everywhere, and in some places, there were locks that needed keys to get into.That was his answer.They were in an abandoned postal room
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Sylvester lay on the couch, his body heavy with exhaustion but his mind too sharp to rest. The trip had been refreshing, yet as soon as they returned home, the weight of his responsibilities came crashing back. He had too much on his plate—his health, the impending war, and now, his wife's growing business empire.His phone buzzed.He sighed, grabbing it lazily, but his expression changed when he saw the caller ID. Gladys.Straightening up, he answered. “Gladys, to what do I owe this honor?”A soft chuckle came from the other end. “Oh, don’t flatter me, Sylvester. I wanted to check on you first. How’s your health? Emily told me you needed rest.”Gladys wasn’t just a high profile connection to someone like Sylvester.While Sylvester was a businessman himself, at some point, especially when he delved into the world of cultivation, he began to have less and less time for his business.That was when he met Gladys.When he entrusted the full assets of his company to her, he concluded that
Chapter 76
The moment Emily stepped back into her home, she felt the same shift that Sylvester felt. She was just a lot more tame about it.Work started the moment she pulled her car into the driveway and she knew that if she was going to get the edge in the market she was in, she was going to apply herself to diligence.She wasn’t a cheat…a scummy business woman or one who was cutthroat and capitalized on large profit margins and paid staff peanuts. Hence, the race was rigged against her from the start.After freshening up, she made her way to her home office, checking her emails and catching up on pending work. That was when she saw it.An email from Gladys.Emily clicked it open, her eyes scanning through the document attached. A fully developed business strategy plot.It was detailed, efficient, and revolutionary.Her brows furrowed. Already?These types of strategies usually took months to put together, yet somehow, Gladys had managed to complete it in record time.“Damn,” Emily muttered, s
Chapter 75
The morning after their intimate night together, Sylvester lay awake, staring at the wooden ceiling of their cabin, listening to the rhythmic breathing of the woman beside him. Emily’s arm was draped over his chest, her body warm against his side, and for the first time in a long while, he felt…grounded.It had been three years. Three years of distance, of pain, of feeling like a broken man. And yet, last night had shattered that invisible wall between them. Sylvester, all his life, had never known what he was. He never thought about an identity, or doing something for someone or any real purpose.He had two motivations.His hungry belly, and the need for things to be done.As long as there was a need, his desire to help filled that need. Now, it was more. His life felt like more than just another reason to do something, because there was Emily in it.He turned his head slightly, looking at Emily. Her dark lashes rested against her cheeks, and her lips were slightly parted in sle
Chapter 74
Emily waited for Sylvester to make his choice, but there was a smile on her face.She knew that when it came to things like these – matters of enjoyment, Sylvester sucked.He was all hard work and discipline.Ultimately, she expected him to leave the choice to her, and when he did, she took it personal, making sure to consider all available options as she scrolled. "Aha," she muttered to herself, clicking on a luxury resort tucked away in the mountains. She then turned the tablet to him. "What do you think? Good scenery, five-star service, and…oh, look! They have an all-you-can-eat buffet.” “Oh, nice? And you think this would get me the ‘relaxation’ you think I need?”“It’s going to be for two days at most, so I doubt you’ll be anywhere as rested as I really want you to be, but hey,” she shrugged innocently. “Baby steps.”Sylvester nodded in agreement.“But since it’s so short, I’m going to ask something of you,” Emily straightened her face.“Anything for you, love,”“No phone call
Chapter 73
The drive home bugged Emily with all kinds of possibilities.Everything that she and Gladys talked about were life changing, and in all her years of building a business, laboring tirelessly, both physically and mentally, she had never had this kind of insight.She almost felt like she didn’t deserve it.However, this was life.A door to opportunities had just been open to her, and she was going to dive through it like it was an Olympic sport, and there was the medal for going through it the fastest.As soon as she got home, she had a plethora of information to share with her husband.“Oh, honey!!” she called in a sing song voice.Sylvester, who was sitting on the couch looking like a child that lost his pet rabbit, immediately tried to cover up his disdain and plastered a smile on his face.But Emily was a smart woman, and she caught up to his act before he could get away with it.“Is something wrong?” she asked, her face pinching into a frown.“No, no, darling. Back from Gladys alrea
Chapter 72
“So this is what being a top business consultant gets you.” Emily let out a sigh.The estate she had just driven through was impressive, and the house she had just parked in front of, dwarfed anything she had ever hoped to own, even with her impressive financial portfolio.It was so big, it seemed unfair for a singular individual to have financed it.The modern architecture stood out, giving the house a boring, but intimidating presence and the architect involved definitely drew ideas from dystopian brutalism.She could do nothing but gasp.She had expected something impressive, but not this. Gladys Hopper’s reputation had always been formidable, but seeing the physical evidence of her success made it all the more real.Emily hesitated for a moment, drumming her fingers against the wheel. She had spent years avoiding cutthroat business strategies, but now, she was walking straight into the lair of a woman who had built an empire advising the world’s most ruthless CEOs. She was going
Chapter 71
Sylvester stepped out of the taxi and slammed the door shut a little harder than necessary."Next time, get your damn change ready before you get in," the driver grumbled before speeding off, leaving Sylvester standing there with his fists clenched.“Ridiculous,” he muttered, suppressing the anger that was building up inside of him. The man had the audacity to raise his voice over a fare dispute, acting as if Sylvester couldn’t pay. If he weren’t trying to live a civilized life, that man would be missing a few teeth right now.He exhaled, rolling his shoulders. “I need a car.” Relying on taxis was starting to irritate him, and it wasn’t as if he couldn’t afford one. He could quite literally buy half of the city if he wanted to. The only thing stopping him was his morality and the need for humility.Brushing the thought aside, he turned toward the towering glass building ahead. Emily’s company…the empire she had built with her own hands.As soon as he stepped inside, the receptionist
Chapter 70
Sylvester hated being idle.The moment he opened his eyes that morning, he could feel the boredom seep into his bones. The air in the house was still, the silence stretching longer than it should. Emily had already left for work, leaving him alone with his thoughts…a dangerous thing for a man who thrived on action.But since his defeating the human traffickers, the city had been relatively clam. There seemed to be nothing to do, besides the regular, everyday cases that the city police could definitely take care of.He sat up in bed, stretching his arms before running a hand through his hair. Weak. That was the only way to describe how he felt. It wasn’t exhaustion, not exactly, but a dull, lingering vulnerability that crept into his bones whenever he cultivated.His body was failing him.He had been pushing himself too hard. He knew it. The signs had been there for weeks. Sluggish movements, slower reaction times, a heaviness in his limbs after every session. And yet, the idea of
Chapter 69
Katherine had always trusted her instincts.She didn’t survive as long as she had by ignoring the warning prickle at the back of her neck or the way the air felt just a little too still before an attack. Tonight was no different.It started as a whisper of unease. She had just returned to her private quarters, a small yet elegantly furnished home tucked away from the heart of the city. The day was tense, and she was trying to ease it all off. Usually, on days like these, she would just calm herself down and try to unwind in the best ways she could.Watching a movie, playing some video games or binging a snack and doomscrolling social media.But this evening was different.The tension clung to her skin like wet linen, and it caused her to ditch every relaxation motif.Then she heard it.A shift in the air. A presence.She didn't hesitate.In one fluid motion, she spun around, snatching the dagger she had left on the table and flinging it toward the darkened doorway. The blade sliced
