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Chapter 1228 – Silas’s Concern
*****Instinctively, Silas didn’t even bother reading the headline at first.Instead, his gaze snapped upward toward the source of the post, focusing on the profile behind the publication.And then…His heart skipped a beat.“These… guys?” he muttered in a daze, his expression instantly turning grave.He stared at the mask… the infamous, mocking, and almost taunting symbol staring right back at him from the profile picture…The Guy Fawkes mask.It didn’t smirk, but somehow, it felt like it was.Seeing this, Silas swallowed and hurriedly dragged his gaze downward, finally forcing himself to read the headline.And the moment he did…“This…”His eyes widened so abruptly it looked as though they might physically pop out of their sockets, and his heartbeat spiked violently, slamming against his ribs with such force it genuinely felt like it might break free and sprint away from his body in protest.“How…?”His lips parted slowly, disbelief freezing his expression in place as
Chapter 1227 – Silas’s Confusion
*****Silas slipped his phone out of his pocket and glanced at the caller ID.But in the very next second, his brows drew together ever so slightly… not enough to be obvious, but enough to betray a flicker of curiosity.Then, without hesitation, he pressed the green button and lifted the device to his ear.“Any new intel for me?” he asked, his tone deliberately casual and almost bored, as he stretched his neck and let out a lazy yawn.The performance was flawless, enough to leave anyone listening to assume he was a man completely at ease… someone with no racing thoughts, and certainly no recent brush with a walking disaster named Xavier.There was a brief pause on the other end.A little too long, enough that Silas’s eyes shifted faintly, suspicion creeping in as he wondered whether the call had dropped… or whether the caller had suddenly lost the ability to speak altogether.He was just about to pull the phone away and check the screen when…“Master,” a voice finally came th
Chapter 1226 – Silas’s Resentment
*****Initially, when Silas heard Xavier say he had changed his mind, a surge of wild, almost foolish joy had exploded within him.At that instant, he had been certain Xavier had reconsidered and decided to take him in as a subordinate… a realization that had nearly made him faint from joy after the initial blow.But then, realizing that Xavier was talking about something else, he had been incredibly disappointed.But what came next… that was something else entirely.By the time Xavier finished speaking and walked away, Silas felt as though someone had shoved his head into a freezing abyss.His complexion drained instantly, turning deathly pale as cold adrenaline surged violently down his spine, prickling his skin and leaving a faint tremor in its wake.Even for a long moment after Xavier left, Silas couldn’t recover.He remained rooted in place, stiff and unresponsive, as though his body had temporarily forgotten how to function.If anything, Xavier’s voice echoed over and o
Chapter 1225 – Silas’s Fright II
*****Silas had always prided himself on his control… his ability to act, hide, and deceive, but right now, he felt as though he were nothing more than a clown.“You… you know?” he blurted out, his voice stripped of all pretense, and his face drained of every trace of blood.Xavier, however, didn’t answer, but he didn’t need to.The look in his eyes… cold, sharp, and faintly disdainful was more than enough.Seeing it, Silas felt a wave of humiliation crash over him so violently that he almost wished the ground beneath his feet would split open and swallow him whole, burying him somewhere far away from this moment.He had thought he was careful enough, clever, and that he had hidden everything well enough that even if Xavier ended up being as he had feared, he wouldn’t notice, yet…“I…” he tried again, his lips moving before his mind could catch up, desperate to salvage something… anything from the wreckage, but…“Also,” Xavier spoke again, cutting him off as effortlessly as on
Chapter 1224 – Silas’s Fright
*****Silas’s eyes widened so drastically that it was a great miracle they didn’t fall straight out of their sockets, his mouth parting as his jaw dropped inch by inch, until he stood there looking like a man whose soul had just been violently evicted from his body.Then…He froze, staring at Xavier as his disbelief gave way to shock, the shock twisting into dread, and the dread constricting into a suffocating panic that clamped tightly around his chest like a vice.For a brief, horrifying moment, it felt as though the air itself had thickened, refusing to enter his lungs.This… wasn’t how it was supposed to go.Silas had been certain that Xavier would accept him without hesitation.From every angle he had calculated, it was the perfect exchange… offering loyalty in return for protection and his influence for Xavier’s convenience.It was a clean, mutually beneficial arrangement.He had even begun to plan, already mapping out how he was going to leverage the prestige of being
Chapter 1223 – You Don’t Deserve Such An Opportunity
*****In Silas’s mind, there was absolutely no way Xavier would refuse his suggestion.Not after everything he had just laid bare… exposing secrets that could have easily created unnecessary troubles for him, even if it couldn’t kill him, and showing him such blatant and almost reckless loyalty.And more importantly… his identity alone was enough for Xavier to accept him.He was a direct heir of a first-rank family.Yes, to an A-rank fighter, such a title might seem insignificant and something beneath notice.But at the same time… it still carried significance, influence, and utility.Having someone like him as a subordinate meant access to networks, information, and resources that could quietly shape outcomes without requiring effort.At least, that was what Silas believed.From his perspective, accepting him wasn’t just beneficial… it was convenient.With himself as his subordinate, Xavier wouldn’t need to lift a finger for most matters again. Silas could handle them clean
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