Catharina was silent for a moment when she heard Rex's words. Then she laughed so hard that her shoulders shook. Rex only smiled at her. "I knew you'd figure it out quickly!" Catharina remarked, wiping tears from the corners of her eyes from too much laughter. She smiled as she stared at Rex. "So, how did you find out?" As the question was asked, Rex's mind flashed back to a few hours before he arrived in Solum City. He had sent communications concerning the Q Clan badge abuse issue to Elder Han, Morris, and Molly.Although he was skeptical of others, he trusted the three of them. As a result, he inquired if any badge holders had reported that their badges had been lost or stolen. However, there was no such report. Rex could only speculate without evidence since Alonzo had not completed his orders. And three hours later, Alonzo reached him with a report about the badge holders. Rex was perplexed as to how Alonzo could gather the information in such a short period. But he just foc
Hell Prison was located on an abandoned island. A nobleman once owned the island but gave it up because the soil in Solum City was unproductive. The nobleman's mansion had been converted into a prison. The building's antique structure created a tense and enigmatic atmosphere, with dark corridors and many neglected chambers. Because of its ideal location, the prison in Solum became Hell Prison. The mansion had been rebuilt to resist earthquakes and other large forces. The prisoners would never be able to escape because the prison was located on an island. The only way to escape was by crossing the beach. Nonetheless, They could not accomplish it because the guards would shoot or swim after them. There was no record of a prisoner escaping. The association assigned the best people to work as prison guards. "Look at that castle-like building," Catharina said when she arrived on the island, her hand pointing at a large building that gave people goosebumps because of its dark aura. Re
There were not many prisoners remaining to confront Rex. Vaughan counted inwardly and discovered that there were only eight prisoners left, including him. Meanwhile, all the prisoners Catharina had encountered had died. The ground underneath her became a puddle of blood. Her entire body was coated in blood, as if she had just gotten out of a blood bath. Vaughan and the other prisoners feared Catharina might join Rex in confronting them. If those two intruders joined forces, their lives would be cut short. "You can deal with the remaining prisoners alone, right?" Catharina asked while wiping the blood from her face. When she got a nod from Rex, she continued, "I'll leave them to you, then. I need to go to the prison to catch the targets!"Catharina's departure relieved the prisoners, but they felt shivers again as they realized Rex had just slain dozens of people in a short time. Even if Catharina left, they would still die at Rex's hands. "You guys can't satisfy me," Rex spoke, sh
Vaughan's smile faded as Rex vanished from his sight. Because the target suddenly fled somewhere, the bullet he fired missed. He glared fiercely at the cracked ground caused by his shot. The bullet should have hit Rex in the chest. "Where did that crazy man go?" Vaughan grumbled as he took in his surroundings. When he looked up, Rex kicked him in the face, and his vision went dark. He screamed in agony as blood gushed from his mouth.Rex wasted no time and moved quickly to take the gun from Vaughan's grasp. Since Vaughan would be down for a while, he changed his target. He spun around with rapid speed to shoot at Rogier, who was still stunned. His shot was exactly on target, as he had intended. "Y-Ywou b-bastward...!" Vaughan cursed in muddled words since his mouth was injured. Rex said nothing as he shot Vaughan in the head. His face remained expressionless. He went calmly towards the prison as if he was not the mastermind behind the murder of the prisoners on the beach. Meanw
After ending the meeting with the Q clan, Rex returned to his room. He had little time to spare because he was preparing to fight Coup de Grace. As soon as he walked into his room, he viewed the message sent by Calvin. "He's moving faster than I expected."In the message, Calvin informed Rex that several gangs had decided to become affiliates. He even gave all the gang members' information so Rex did not need Molly's help. Rex would greatly benefit from the affiliate's high school gangs tracking Nolan's men. His spies watching the Coup de Grace had two interesting reports.Coup de Grace dispatched two teams to find new members. Both teams have different goals, but they use the same modus operandi. They used the community to attract more members.The first team was looking for members, but the second team aimed for people to sacrifice for Nolan's demonic abilities. An example of the first team was Wade Rivolta, who seduced rich people to join because their money would be of great he
The Lace family had no choice but to surrender. Seren only could clench her fists. She did not expect Rex to threaten her back.That was the end of the argument between Lace and Rex's family. Despite the negative atmosphere, both families came to the civil marriage office to attend the wedding ceremony. As Rex and Dionne had agreed, their wedding ceremony was only attended by family. Besides Rex's parents, Molly and Morris were also present. Elder Han and Erick arrived just as the ceremony was about to end because they needed to attend to some business before. "Thank you for accepting me," Rex said while looking at the ring on Dionne's hand. It was the ring Arthur presented to Jocelyn when he proposed.Last night, Carlton came to Rex's room and gave him the ring. Carlton wanted Dionne to wear the ring so that Rex would remember his parents forever. Dionne looked down, her cheeks flushed. "I should be the one thanking you. I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't met y
A few days later, the affiliates' meeting was held in the large field owned by the Quillon family. All invited affiliates were present on time without exception. Today they were going to discuss strategies for countering the Coup de Grace. Important members settled into their seats around a magnificent round table, while the rest sat behind them. The meeting was opened by Carlton with a short speech. Then, it was followed by Rex, whose words surprised everyone. "Elder Han has told you all that I will attack the government to take over the association. There's debate about this, but I decided to keep at it."The important members glanced at each other. Some of them did not agree since attacking the government was very risky. However, they could not come up with any other solution to handle the association. "If you really insist, we have no choice but to agree," said Villem of the Silverstar clan. "But we hope you will consider not involving others." Rex nodded in understanding. "Th
Now, it was Infinity's turn to enter the pavilion. Those who arrived were the leaders of the organizations that formed Infinity, such as Ernest from the Devastating Blow and Brock from the Lightning Struck. When they all took their seats, Rex immediately spoke. "First of all, I want to apologize. I realize that many infinity members don't like me because I suddenly became the commander." All the leaders looked at Rex with surprise. No one expected him to apologize. They thought he would only discuss things related to Coup de Grace. Looks like something happened that forced Rex to apologize, they thought. They did not say anything as a sign for him to continue. "I will treat you better since you are willing to help me," Rex showed an awkward smile. "Actually, my side is in trouble. We don't have enough people to fight. That's why I hope you won't betray me." "Sure. It won't do us any good to betray you," Ernest answered quickly. His voice sounded emotional. Apparently, Dante's betr
Five years ago, Chelsea escaped from Infinity because she did not want to be a spy anymore. She was fed up with missions that always put her life on the line. While everyone was preparing for war, she secretly ran away to a place she thought no one would reach. Tigris Island was Chelsea's destination at the time. Since the island was filled with evil energy sources and poisonous plants, humans rarely came here. Chelsea would stay on Tigris Island until everyone forgot about her existence. Unfortunately, her plan did not go smoothly due to the arrival of other people. "Huh? Who are they? Why did they come here?" Just then, Coup de Grace troops came to the island. Chelsea had no idea who they were until she saw Nolan carrying Dionne and Selena. "Isn't that Rex's girlfriend?" Chelsea wrinkled her forehead. She was hiding behind a rock at the moment. "Damn it. I came to the wrong place. But I can't run away now because they will realize my existence." Chelsea had hidden her aura earl
On the other side, Nolan still had some energy left despite the massive damage to his chest. He watched Iordan's death with an angry face. If Iordan died, then so would he. Nolan did not want to die like this. With his left power, he could launch the ultimate attack on Rex. But before Nolan could do that, Molly suddenly ran towards him and stabbed his body repeatedly while laughing."Auntie...?" Rex's voice reached Molly's ear, and she immediately stopped stabbing Nolan. Suddenly, memories began to flash across her head. It was the memories of Rex calling her "aunty." She remembered how cheerful she and the Quillon family were when Rex could talk. Little Rex called her with a sweet smile, warming her heart. At that moment, Molly thought, 'I will protect this child whatever it takes'. She devoted her life to caring for Rex and wanted him to live a happy life. For this reason, she was willing to sacrifice Dionne because she thought Rex would be more ambitious. Her thoughts returned
Nolan's body shuddered as he retained the memory of Arthur attacking him with the Hellfire Blade Technique. He remembered exactly how Arthur had beaten him back using that technique. Back then, he still had incredible endurance. But his body was different now after rising from the dead. He was indeed relatively stronger than the average top-level cultivator. Still, Nolan was not as strong as he used to be. He was a little worried, but he was sure Rex was less strong than Arthur. Besides, he also held a secret that would make Rex focus distracted. "The girl you love is probably dead by a shark. It's not my fault because Molly is in charge! A few days ago, she came to one of my sect's bases and told my people Dionne's location." Rex lost his focus because he heard something surprising. Of course, he refused to believe Molly was the mastermind behind Dionne's kidnapping. Molly had been with him since childhood, so the faith between them was firmly established. What made Rex doubt wa
Edmund and Lennart looked at Erick in despair. They did not know what to do to save their master. Since they faced a dragon spirit, they became pessimistic. "I don't think I can finish this," Lennart said, hanging his head in shame. "The divine energy I'm directing keeps getting eaten up by that dragon spirit."Morris looked away from Erick. Before going to Floria, he had opposed Erick's plan to use Inferno Dragon's Breath. The dragon spirit could not be dealt with by anyone in Histrio due to its rare existence. However, Erick still insisted on using the forbidden technique because the undead army could only be defeated with it. In other words, Erick already knew the risks of using Inferno Dragon's Breath. He was ready to die. He had no regrets if he had to die today. "Y-you can stop," Erick stammered. He sounded agonized to even utter a single word. Edmund shook his head. "I won't stop, Master!"Erick smiled faintly. His gaze began to blur. He was painful that he had to leave th
Floria had received an attack from Coup de Grace minutes after Nolan arrived at the presidential palace. The associations and affiliates on guard there immediately restrained the enemies from going to other cities. Armies in other cities did not report any attacks from Coup de Grace. That meant Coup de Grace entered Histrio through Floria because Jaylen helped Nolan. The other cities had been guarded by security forces, making infiltration difficult. For this reason, Coup de Grace would destroy Floria first before attacking other cities. The security forces' mentality would be disturbed if they saw their colleagues die. That was Coup de Grace's goal in targeting Floria. This demonic sect brought powerful fighters with an army of undead. "Everyone, watch out for the undead!" Sander shouted as he fired at the undead, still moving even after being shot. "We don't know how to defeat them. So be careful until we find a way!" Dante did not report on how to defeat Nolan's undead army be
Rex faced the fighters from Coup de Grace while thinking about Dante's report. The report was sent regularly to the NSS when Dante was not yet suspected by Nolan. The report explained that Nolan's followers did not learn necromancy techniques. Nolan taught them Demonic Blood Cultivation. Cultivators had to use the evil energy in their blood to use this cultivation technique. They would go through meditation and particular movements to channel the evil energy. Once successful, they would gain extraordinary strength. Their attacks were deadly, their movements were agile, and their endurance was incredible. "Are you Rex Quillon?" a Coup de Grace member asked as he blocked Rex's attack. "My name is Caius. You should know the name of the person who will kill you."Rex kicked Caius, sending his enemy flying five meters away. Yet, Caius could still stand tall as if nothing had happened. "Are you Arthur's son? You're weaker than expected," Caius smiled mockingly. Rex responded to the ins
Some of the leaders in Infinity looked down in fear as Rex walked up to them. They were Mikael, Jon, Steen, and Viggo. Before working under the Quillon family, they had full control over their business. But everything changed after the Quillon family took over their organization. They no longer had full power and had to get Bertel's permission before making any decisions. Meanwhile, Bertel needed permission from Rex or Elder Han. They were irritated with the system in Infinity but could do nothing about it. That's why they were so happy when they discovered the Quillon family's weakness. Unlucky for them, Rex tricked them."P-Please forgive us!" Steen was the first to admit his mistake. He knelt to Rex, followed by the others. "We are regretful of betraying you. But we're different from Susanne, so forgive us!" Rex kept the spear on his shoulder and looked at Steen with raised eyebrows. "What makes you different from Susanne?""We've never had any contact with Nolan or the Coup de
The message Cole sent made the veins of anger stand out on Rex's forehead and neck. His reaction after reading the message made the others curious. "What's wrong?" asked Edmund, feeling uneasy. Rex returned the phone to Molly. "I don't have time to explain. Master Erick, please come with me. Then, the seven of you should go to see the leaders. Tell them to read Sir Cole's message." "I'll go, Young Master," Molly gestured for six people to accompany her. The others were still curious because Rex had also left them. But they could not do anything because they had to look after Floria. No one knew when Coup de Grace would attack. Meanwhile, Carlton and Elder Han had arrived at the pavilion as they were on guard. Rex and Erick came a short while later. "Nolan deliberately didn't attack because he had a hostage," Carlton said, clenching his fists. "He wanted to get the Silverstar clan out of the affiliation before attacking us." Rex said nothing, but he agreed with his father. No won
Meanwhile, Nolan stared at Cole while evading attacks coming from all sides. Although he was in a difficult situation, he did not look panicked or nervous. Cole looked back at Nolan with a stiff body. The memory of his daughter's death suddenly flashed. He recognized Nolan because the association deployed his face in the previous war. The anger Cole had been holding back for a long time finally rose to the surface. He could not control his emotions anymore. All his life, he had always hoped to meet Nolan and kill him. "You cursed human!"Cole ran towards Nolan while firing bullets. But Nolan avoided the shots easily while he still had to deal with another attack from the others. "I thought you'd be a little stronger after what I did to your family," Nolan taunted, jumping up and landing on a guard, crushing his head. He kicked while rotating, so his kick directly hit five people. The heads of the five instantly separated from their bodies. The others stared at him in shock. They