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Chapter 1499 – The Irony
*****At this moment, Hunter stood with his arms folded, a faint smile playing across his lips as he calmly observed Augustus.There was something deeply ironic about the scene.Only moments ago, Augustus and Lucius had looked at Hunter the way a hunter examines trapped prey.Now... the roles had quietly reversed.Hunter's relaxed smile made it feel as though Augustus had unknowingly walked into a cage whose door had already slammed shut.Yet despite that realization, neither Augustus nor Lucius had any pride left to be offended by Hunter's expression.Instead, their hearts skipped violently."What..." Lucius stammered, staring blankly at Hunter. "What... what are you talking about?"His voice no longer contained even a trace of the arrogance he usually displays.The once-smug young master now sounded frightened, confused, and almost pleading, as though desperately hoping Hunter's words concealed some miraculous path to survival.Hunter, however, did not answer immediately.Instead, h
Chapter 1498 – The Scoans’ Desperation
*****"Is... is this it?"Augustus’s voice was so hoarse and fragile that, had someone been standing behind him without looking, they would never have believed those words belonged to the once-arrogant Patriarch of the Scoan Family.It sounded like the exhausted whisper of a man who had already lost everything he had worked his life toiling for.Ordinarily, such a quiet voice would have been swallowed by the wind.But inside the deathly silence surrounding the courtyard, every single person heard it.Immediately, several guards flinched instinctively, the servants slowly turned toward Augustus, and even Hunter briefly shifted his gaze onto him.Nobody needed an explanation. The meaning behind Augustus's question couldn't have been clearer.If the Grand Elder… a veteran who had remained at E-rank for decades and whose combat experience far surpassed Augustus's own, hadn't even managed to put up the slightest resistance before the mysterious senior...Then what exactly could Augustus, a
Chapter 1497 – “Is... Is This It?"
*****'Dead...?'The single word echoed endlessly inside Augustus's and Lucius's minds, repeating itself over and over again until it almost lost its meaning.Neither of them could believe it.No.Neither of them wanted to believe it.But when they looked around at the kneeling guards and servants, they found no trace of deception.Several guards were trembling so violently that sweat dripped steadily onto the stone pavement beneath them, while others looked utterly traumatized.These weren't the expressions of people fabricating a lie.They were the faces of people who had watched a nightmare unfold with their own eyes.Finally...“But... but how?” Lucius's raspy voice broke the silence.Even he barely recognized the uncontrollably shaky sound that left his own throat.His lips felt dry, and his heartbeat pounded painfully against his ribs.“How...” he muttered again, almost speaking to himself. “How could the Grand Elder possibly be killed by another E-rank fighter?”His eyes became
Chapter 1496 – ‘The Grand Elder... Dead?’
*****The instant Hunter's words reached the Scoan father-and-son duo, both of them froze as though someone had cast a petrification spell over them.For several long seconds, neither of them could even comprehend what they had just heard, and then, almost at the same time, they blurted out,“Huh?”Their eyes snapped toward Hunter, burning with disbelief, fury, and murderous intent.“What… what do you mean?” Lucius spat through clenched teeth, while Augustus glared so fiercely that he looked ready to rip Hunter apart on the spot.Yet Hunter merely folded his arms more comfortably and smiled, offering no more explanation whatsoever.That instantly infuriated the father and son so thoroughly that the veins on their temples bulged even harder.They were on the verge of exploding when, all of a sudden, a trembling voice interrupted the suffocating tension.“Bro... Brother...” a young guard stammered nervously.His entire body shook uncontrollably as he spoke, and even lifting his head see
Chapter 1495 – “You'll Only Find His Corpse”
*****Augustus simply stood there with his head held high, staring arrogantly into the empty space before him as though he had already forced the hidden expert into silence.Meanwhile, Lucius suddenly let out an arrogant chuckle.“Hehehe...” His earlier fear seemed to have evaporated after hearing his father's confident declaration.“In fact, Father,” he said with an excited grin as he turned toward Augustus, “I think this fellow arrived at exactly the right time.”He casually pointed toward the empty air, completely ignoring the fact that he still had no idea where the mysterious expert actually was.“Didn't we just discuss needing a scapegoat? Honestly, I think this E-rank fellow would make a far better example than this worthless low-life.”He gestured dismissively toward Hunter as though shooing away an insignificant insect.“Just imagine it,” Lucius continued, his grin widening with every word.“People throughout Riverton City are already wondering whether we're weak after losing
Chapter 1494 – Augustus’ Arrogance
*****Several servants instinctively lowered their heads after a moment. The workers' faces became even paler, and Lucius's lips twitched uncontrollably.The arrogance he had painstakingly rebuilt moments ago cracked once more.As for Augustus... he felt as though an invisible bolt of thunder had exploded directly inside his chest.His breathing momentarily became uneven, and his carefully maintained composure threatened to collapse.Meanwhile, Hunter stood silently where he was, unable to react for several moments.Then… slowly, a bitter smile spread across his face.'What was I even thinking...?' He laughed inwardly, the laughter full of self-ridicule.'How could I seriously believe they would be interested in such offers?'He almost wanted to smack himself across the forehead as he recalled his earlier fear.'They're members of the Master's Guild for goodness sake...'Those few words alone instantly answered everything.‘Compared to an organization of that caliber… the Scoan Family
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