Leilani quickly turned back to find an intruder on her stage but instead of fright, endless joy sprouted in her heart as she could immediately tell who it was.Ethan, donning one of Anna's designs, was seated in a corner, playing the piano without a care in the world, his entire ambiance radiating class and heaven-defying charm.Women swooned upon seeing him, while men could only curse him in their hearts for being so handsome.Naturally, he ignored all of them and kept on playing, enjoying the benefits of being a blessed of Prodigy.As he kept playing, the entire hall was drenched in silence causing Leilani to gasp in admiration.If her voice was like an angel's, his movement was also quite angelic.Each key he pushed tugged a string in her heart and, by extension, several others as they were drawn to the performance.Finally, the short piece ended but that was only the beginning.Leilani sang and Ethan played, their duality creating a crescendo of music that swept everyone into thei
In the main hall, the event was going as planned, with several people interested in the prospects Ethan Jones and his company, Zeroth, had to offer to the thriving business landscape.However, just as they were about to reach the next phase of the itinerary, an explosion outside quickly caused everything to descend into chaos as everyone began to panic."Everyone, stay calm!... Everyone, please stay calm." The security men already placed around immediately moved to calm the audience, mostly succeeding in the attempt.But then, this wouldn't be enough as hardly the crowd started to calm down when gunshots were fired in the building, with a few men in masks revealing their firearms."Oh my gosh!""Run away!" This time, security could hardly hold them back as those in attendance rushed toward the exits in a panic, their thoughts fueled with the desire to escape.Thankfully, the masked men didn't bother to attack any of the attendees, instead hurrying backstage, where they met Ethan and
“I think not. This is much better for me, by the time I have taken over everything and left you with no means to escape, what would you do then?... Of course, we both know the answer to that already.” “Hear me and hear me well; I will look for you, I will find you, and I swear that I will kill you in the most painful way possible.”If the person on the other end was present before Ethan, Ethan would have seen the terror his words caused the person to feel as silence persisted for a moment before a response was heard.“You will serve as my springboard, Ethan Jones, I will win.”“We'll see about that.” With that, Ethan ended the call before proceeding to take a deep breath to calm his emotions.The other person had managed to rile him up but that won't happen again.No, he wasn't worthy of anger, but what he was indeed worthy of was death, and by tomorrow morning, he would have received it.That was his promise. "Ethan, is everything alright?" Anna worriedly asked, noticing the expre
“Though no demands have been made, the guests are trapped in the building, giving them little opportunity to escape.”“So far, law enforcement has not shown up at the scene, and there doesn't seem to be any sign that they are on their way. With little idea on how things are going to proceed, we can only hope that Metro City survives this disaster.”Meanwhile, on the ground, the dignitaries and men of substance who were forced to stay inside began to complain."How long do we have to wait here?... What if those terrorists get tired of waiting and attack us?... Some are still even in the building right now!""How did these bastards infiltrate our city?""This is getting out of hand. We need to find our way out of here before the terrorists get restless.""Someone save us!... I don't want to die." It was clear that everyone was tense, with most worried about how they would survive the terror attack.Even the security forces deployed by Aaron were worried but not for the same reason the
He had thought that Ethan's exploits were grossly exaggerated by the representative of the GK Council that had informed him of his existence.How could one man do so much and yet have so little?Sure, he was rich, but wealth could only take one so far, and in the divine world, wealth was equivalent to grains of sand at the beach, completely worthless.The only important thing was power because it was only with power that one could truly dominate.Hadrian had learned this principle the hard way as he watched his siblings surpass him, leaving him in the dust.He'd always hoped for a means to grow his strength and Ethan's presence was meant to be his lucky break.A nameless fool who dared to do too much, he was asking to be made into an ingredient for ascension.But now, he realized that Ethan was not just roasted chicken served on a platter.He was a healthy lion, merely entrapped in a cage and if it were to ever get out, the damage it would cause would be impossible to fathom.Facing s
"What the hell is happening?""I didn't see Ethan Jones move so why is that guy falling like a fool?""There has to be something going on that we don't know."As viewers tried to figure out what was happening, Hadrian got back to his feet, his breathing uneven as he finally realized that he wasn't falling because he was clumsy.That was hardly the case, after all, who was he?... He was the seventh prince of the Royal family of the Lumina Empire who served the First Man.Servitude to the First Man gave one superhuman capabilities, allowing them to be the best version of themselves.So how could he be clumsy?... But if he wasn't clumsy, that meant that he was falling for a completely different and humiliating reason. The truth was that Ethan was just hitting him too fast for him to catch.How was that possible?... Even if he was strong, that was just too much of a difference, right?Even his father could not hit him without him noticing yet Ethan had managed to accomplish such a feat.
“We are being voted out of the national competition.”“What?” Ethan frowned upon hearing this. “Why?”“They claim that the window to carry out our qualifying matches to pick a champion has long since closed.”“That's utter bullshit, the competition window usually stays for a month at least.”“That's what I've said, but they aren't willing to listen. They had shown a desire to give us a chance after I got in with a few notable individuals in the National E-Sports Committee but something happened that caused them to change their minds. Now, they are saying that the window has closed.”“It's as you said, someone is conspiring against Metro City.”“According to what I learned, it's the Gonzalez family.”“Gonzalez?... Owners of PlayBox?” “That's them.” “Why are they coming for us?”“If I were to guess, they are scared. That's the only reason why they would be so adamant on keeping us out, especially since you are back.”Ethan glanced at Mr. Brewster, quickly realizing what he meant.Sinc
The imperial capital of Lumina turned into a hive of activity as the news of Prince Hadrian's actions soon reached the ears of the nobles.To think that not only had the seventh prince attacked without the explicit permission of the imperial courtyard, but he had also lost.It was unthinkable and also served to shame the Imperial family for failing to raise a good prince.Naturally, this was a slap to the Imperial family's face but they could nothing but endure the insults as the court was indeed right.Hadrian's actions wouldn't be so bad if he had won but not only had he not won, he ended up being captured by a nameless civilian.This infuriated them even further and those in the Imperial family called for the deployment of the Army to deal with the peasant that dared to cause them such humiliation.How dare he make a fool out of them and even dare to capture Prince Hadrian, keeping him under house arrest?... Did he not even give the imperial family face enough to not treat the seve