"For a moment back there I was actually scared!" Mason pats his chest dramatically and inhales. "Oh, brother you sure know how to get someone riled up for nothing! Ah, I'd thought you were going to ask for something impossible or extremely difficult, but turns out it's just for me to release this old bull! Hah! Was all that suspense necessary?" He pouts as if a kid begging for candy from his parents."Are you making the promise, or not?" Michael retorts coldly, not in the mood to play any silly jokes with him."Of course, I am! Why wouldn't I?" He lifts his gaze and stands upright as he declares vociferously, "Today, in the presence of everyone here, I, Mason Hutton, promise on my wife's head that I'll hand over Supreme Doctor Hong to my brother, Michael Hutton, the moment he makes me Patriarch!"He sways his gaze back to Michael and shrugs nonchalantly, "Isn't that what you requested? As you can see, I've done it! It wasn't much of a big deal to begin with! Anyway, it's your turn now
"Hmph! The Hutton bodyguards might be under your jurisdiction, but who said we are, or do you think yourself God over all humanity now?!" Before Michael can say anything, one of the brothers of doom snaps at Mason, his fists clenched.How insulting of Mason to think that he can order them around! Hah! Who gave him the belly? Has he fed enough to be able to do such a thing? He just became the Patriarch for not up to three minutes now, but already thinks himself to be high and mighty! If not that they can't act on their own and can't afford to do anything rash for the fear of him killing the old man, they would have struck him down right now and put him in his place! They've never been ones to tolerate such arrogance and would never be!"You might not be under my jurisdiction as you don't serve my family, but I'm still the Patriarch of this family now, and since you are on my turf, you guys, no matter what, have to obey me!" Meanwhile, at the brother of doom's statement, Mason retorts
"Of course! But just give me a minute," Mason retorts with a grin. "I need to be sure you truly signed that document!""Not everyone is sly and deceitful like you!" Michael hisses at him."That is a good thing to know then," he smirks and with his eyes fixed on Michael, gently lowers himself and picks up the document. "Don't try anything stupid because if you do, your father figure wouldn't live to tell the story!" The next second, he viciously threatens Michael as he drifts his gaze away from him to the document in his hand.At this moment, Michael is so tempted to ignore Mason's threat, dart toward him and launch an unexpected attack, but as he sees that Mason's left hand is tightly holding the dagger to Supreme Doctor Hong's neck and also covering the part of his neck that has been slashed, stopping it from continuing to bleed, he decides against it.Mason has never been dull. And, despite that, he has extraordinary speed, he doubts he would be fast enough to rescue Supreme Doctor H
Michael had been trying all he could to not let Mason's words affect him, he didn't want him to have the impression that he can toil with his emotions any way he pleases, Mason noticed this and decided to take his words to a whole new level! He wanted to see just how much Michael can hide his emotions! Especially, now that he has brought up the issue of his son!Sure enough, at Mason's statement, Michael, no matter how much he tries not to let his emotions take the better part of him, fails woefully as his face stretches into a deep frown. Mason's words had hit home.Like, without much effort, his words had gotten on his nerves. The same nerves he has been trying so hard to not let his words get to! He folds his hands into balls and glares at him, clenching his teeth and snarling furiously, "Keep my son off your godforsaken mouth!""Oh, dear brother, are you sad? I thought nothing affects you?" Mason grins. It's just as he wanted! Seeing Michael sad makes him so happy! Yes, Michael s
"I'm sorry for my sudden skepticism, Sire, but how certain are we that this lad of the Huttons is truly the renowned Python Lord? "From your statement just now, you declared that he wasn't supposed to die, but the lad in this grave died, turned cold, and has been six feet for more than six bloody hours. How confident are you that you're not mistaken him to be who he isn't?" One of the burly figures, instead of doing as he was told, implores diffidently, not daring to look the old man in the eyes!"That is not all," before the old man can even respond to the first, the other burly figure continues from where he stopped. "I'd gone over his details not long ago, and not only did he grow up in an orphanage with nothing to his name, but he's also nineteen years! He only just realized his identity as the heir of the Huttons, but that doesn't still change the fact that he is only nineteen years! How can a lad like him be the greatest martial arts expert alive and Lord of the Ocean Lords? No
The old man rises after a few minutes, stretches his hand into the coffin, removes the pieces of cotton stuffed into Lucian's nose and ears, and flames them up with his energy. Simultaneously, he sways his gaze to Rome and Chester. "Come carry him out of this coffin. After that, cover the coffin and throw it into the grave without making any single noise, then cover the grave just the way we saw it when we arrived! "There must be no mistakes or the Huttons might detect something isn't right with the grave and start seeking out things!""We're afraid we won't be able to get any closer! Not after what happened a few minutes ago! It's obvious despite the fact that the Python Lord is unconscious, he doesn't want us around him, so we would respect his wish and not bother ourselves!""Hahaha," chuckles the old man, shaking his head as he looks at Rome, who has a frown plastered on his cute chiseled face. "Didn't you say I had to be mistaken? Has he suddenly become the Python Lord?"Rome low
"Sire, I think we forgot to take care of something before leaving the Huttons' Mansion," outside the Hutton family Mansion, Chester stops walking, sways his gaze to the old man, and says worriedly."And what is that?" The old man asks indifferently, without bothering to stop."Well," Chester says, nervously scratching his hair. "You said we shouldn't leave any traces behind, but I think we forgot to cover our trails, as well as the part of the ground that I and Rome cracked when we jumped out of the grave.""Should I applaud you for remembering such important things like those at this late moment?" The old man hisses and looks toward him with a scowl on his face."Uhm, I-" he trails off not knowing what to say. He'd totally forgotten about that! Humans are prone to forget things, aren't they? How then is it his fault that he forgot?This is the reply he wishes to give to the old man, but knowing how temperamental and cold he can be, he sure decides otherwise and lowers his head."You
At this point, he feels like he is on the very brink of death! No, way beyond that! His soul is leaving his body! And his heart is in his palms in utmost tremor because he is no Python Lord that has the ability to slowly rise back to life even when he has been dead for so many hours! If he dies now, he would be gone forever! Forever!"Please, Sire, I'm sorry! I'm deeply sorry!" At that sudden thought of death, he musters all the courage in him to plead for his dear life.But regardless of that, the old man wouldn't listen! He is way beyond in his rage to listen to anything right now! Instead of freeing him, he tightens his grip on him, making it harder for Rome to breathe and drenching him in paramount perspiration!"Please, Sire, let him go, you would kill him if you don't!" Seeing this, Chester flies into a panic and cries out at the top of his lungs, his deep baritone voice echoing in the silent night. "Please, if not for anything else but for the fact that he has pleaded with you