The Awakening Of Oliver Roberts

CHAPTER 18. NERO'S ARRIVAL : SHADOW EMPEROR

“Tonight will be the last day you draw breath," Bryan Hanover hissed with a triumphant grin after he pushed the phone away from his ear.

Shortly after the call was made, a group of hundreds of men in black suits, armed with baseball bats, surrounded the entire hotel.

The banquet hall door burst open, and twenty muscular, cold-faced bodyguards stormed in. Standing in two neat rows, they held their heads high, chests puffed out, and shouted Nero's name in unison.

"Long live the great lord NERO!"

All the guards cheered in a loud, guttural voice. It made all the guests tremble with fear. Their faces were deathly pale like ants swarming and being doused with water. Everyone who had originally gathered moved away from the area to seek safety. But the tension was not only felt by the guests, but also Elena and Mr. Hoshier who saw how sturdy the guards, Nero's subordinates, were.

No one dared to speak a word and the atmosphere became tense with a palpable freeze. Oliver who saw it all just st