The drive to the Goldberg Manor was a silent affair with neither Louisa nor Ethan bothering to communicate as one looked out the window while the other focused on driving.Soon, they came close to the manor again which point Louisa asked him to drop her off.Ethan frowned. “Are you sure?... There's still some way before your mansion.”“I know, but I can't risk you coming home with me. It could cause problems for both of us.” Louisa admitted honestly, earning a glance from Ethan.“Are you sure it's not just going to cause problems for you?” Ethan inquired with a raised brow.Louisa shook her head. “No and I know it sounds like that but it's truly not.” Letting out a sigh, Ethan shrugged. “Alright then. You can go on, I'll keep watch from a distance.”“Thank you.” Louisa intoned as she got out of the car before making her way toward the manor.Ethan couldn't see the full layout of the towering edifice due to the high fences but what he saw stood out as intricately designed.Once Louisa
“You…”“Talk out of turn and I will end your existence,” Ethan warned coldly, shutting Lucas up.Gulping nervously, Lucas took a moment to assess the situation before inquiring in a calmer tone. “Who are you?”“Ghost.” Ethan calmly replied. “Ghost?... The new owner of Savour and SteelHorse?”Ethan didn't respond but the silence was enough of an answer.“How do you know him?”“None of your concern,” Ethan remarked as he finally glanced at Lucas. “I could kill you now.”Lucas's heart tightened. “But I won't. Only because the law is a better way to deal with tyrants like you.”“What?”“This man will be suing your company for damages. I hope you have enough to pay for what you've done.”Lucas gritted his teeth. “I can't accept that.”“Would you rather I kill you?” Ethan inquired.Lucas grunted but did not attempt to say anything else as he stared at Ethan.“Look forward to seeing you in court.” With that, Ethan helped Jacob to his feet and exited the meeting room, leaving Lucas to seet
Chris let out a sigh as he looked down at the papers placed before him.Taking a deep breath, he picked up a pen and was about to start signing when the landline rang.“Finish signing, then you answer.” Reginald proposed as for some reason, he couldn't help but feel that something was about to happen and it wouldn't be in his favor. Chris nodded and ignored the phone, before proceeding to start signing the documents.He was already done with two-thirds of the document when the door to his office was pushed open and Chris's secretary, Lily, burst in.“Do you not know how to knock?” Reginald scolded but Lily ignored him as she addressed Chris.“There's a call for you.”“It can wait,” Chris remarked but Lily shook her head.“Not it can't.”Chris furrowed his brows as he knew Lily wasn't a troublemaker unless, on certain occasions, she was the epitome of a model employee.So for her to be like this meant something was off.“Give me,” Chris remarked with Lily rushing over to hand him the
“You’d best step back now while I'm being nice else don't blame me for what comes next,” Cody warned.Ethan rolled his eyes before proceeding to pick up the laptop and make his way toward the counter.“You fucking…” Cody turned to his guard who immediately rushed Ethan.Ethan turned on a whim and with a punch that was neither too hard nor too soft, he knocked the guard out cold.Cody was silenced and Ethan replied. “Do not try this again with another stranger. They might not take your threats lightly.”With the appearance of people like Lucius and Bartholomew, Ethan understood that there were Apostles who were good at fighting just like him and even more dangerous.One wrong step and the person might end up losing their life.It was a warning and advice for a young fool who had no idea how dangerous the world was.With that sorted, Ethan made his way to the registry and paid with his card before taking his leave.However, just as he was about to reach his car, he paused as he sensed s
The thugs chased after the relic as it tracked Ethan's position down with relative ease.Their footsteps caused echoes as they went up the stairwell, making their way towards the first floor with their leader, Jonah, leading the way.Soon, they arrived before the door leading to the roof, and then, Jonah halted their advance. “He must be waiting to ambush us. We can't let him have the upper hand. Activate your relics now. We can't give that bastard a chance to utilize his Apostolic gift.”“No problem boss, you can count on us.”Jonah nodded in satisfaction before picking up the tracking relic and pocketing it after which he kicked open the door and immediately fired his weapon.The others fired as well but surprisingly, they hit nothing.Ethan was nowhere to be seen.Jonah frowned as he slowly stepped out with his men following closely behind, all brandishing their weapons with the intent to attack at a moment's notice.Then the door closed behind them followed by a loud sound, signif
The call came in suddenly, catching Chris off guard even though he had been waiting for it.“Hello, sir.” Chris began respectfully.He knew this was his benefactor and couldn't afford to offend him.“Drop the formalities, I'm not some old guy. You might even be older than me.” Ethan remarked from the other end, his casual demeanor catching Chris off guard.“Uhmm…”“Hah, never mind. I'll send one of my representatives over to handle the negotiations.”“You won't be coming?”“No, I have other things to do, one of which includes tracking down the hacker that hacked your company.”Chris furrowed his brows. “I don't understand.” Ethan sighed. “Tell me, Chris. Was there any investigation into what happened to your company?”“Barely,” Chris replied in slight annoyance. He still remembered how the cops led him around by the nose while giving fake promises.After everything, he ended up with nothing to show for it.It had been the most frustrating moment in his life.“Thought as much. I need
Ethan left Ricky's place with more questions than he had answers to.The organization that had approached Ricky to purchase the security codes of Rix was an anonymous conglomerate that had been active for more than a decade.An entire ring of hackers had hacked so many companies from around the world, with almost a hundred trillion in stolen funds.Ethan wasn't sure if he could take them on without putting his friends at risk but then, he began to understand what Mr. Brewster had meant about Reginald having quite a bit of backing when he'd stolen the money from Players.Taking a moment to weigh his options, he soon decided on his next course of action.He got into his car and left the vicinity, returning home before using his laptop to get into the dark web.Once there, it was child's play to reach out to a member of the organization.Just as he waited for a response, Ethan put on the mask he used to play his role as Ghost.A video soon appeared on the screen, revealing a masked perso
Ethan was worried as if the Titan's Heart was truly as dangerous as the system said it was, which meant it couldn't possibly be given to any single person to wield.Sure it could be useful as an alternative source of power but the fact that it was being sold in Nomansland, instead of an official auction meant that those who would be coming for it wouldn't be law-abiding citizens.The chances of that thing being weaponized were enough to leave Ethan worried.The lady chuckled as she replied. “Don't worry, I can already tell that you are worried that I'll end up using the Heart as a weapon.”“You don't?”“I'm more interested in computers and the like. Weapons are not my forte.”“I see.”“However, I do need you to claim it.”“Why?”“Because my benefactor claims that you are the best person to retrieve the item.”“Who is your benefactor?”“A member of the Neutral faction.” Ethan frowned. “You could have gotten anyone else.”“But they would be tempted by the power within the heart.”“And