“Roderick! Come out and face me right now.”“My patience has limits. Don’t test it,” Zorric shouted, scanning the room. He didn’t miss a single corner of the space with his gaze.Roderick...Hearing that name, a chill immediately crept up Reginald’s back. He froze in place, unable to move. His tongue seemed tied, and his eyes fell to the knife pointed at his throat once again.A bad omen slowly began to settle over the man. Finally, he realized the danger that was waiting for him.“Zorric, what are you talking about?” Reginald asked.Then, with fear in his voice, he yelled at Zorric, “What’s going on with Roderick? Damn it! Didn’t you bring me here to take over the troops? Soon, I’ll be your boss, Zorric. Why are you holding me captive like this?”“Are you out of your mind?”‘Slap!’ Zorric, who could no longer contain himself, suddenly turned around and slapped Reginald hard across the face.“Reginald, I’ve been holding back for a long time. You’re truly stupid. You really thought I b
Roderick’s words were strong and firm.Richard stood frozen, unable to move. He stared at the elderly man who stood in the middle of the room with a touched expression. Despite the old man’s frail body, his posture was straight and upright. His grandfather was trying to tell him something.The descendants of the Dwayne family. Only loyal to Country Rio Dio.Twenty-seven years ago, the grandfather had helped Richard’s mother escape. Across the world, there was no country that would accept them. Only Country Rio Dio risked the survival of its own nation to provide a home for the Dwayne family.Why? Why did the grandfather escape back then? Why was there no country in the world brave enough to take them in?No!All that was irrelevant now. What mattered most was that Richard had carefully memorized every word and sentence his grandfather had just spoken!“Roderick!”Zorric was truly furious, his head practically steaming with rage. He glared sharply at the old man and gave an order to h
Roderick seemed to see the figure of the war god that Clifford often mentioned.“Son.”Seeing the blood flowing from Richard’s palm reminded Roderick of something. He took out a pair of golden gloves from his pants pocket, which he had prepared earlier.“These are your mother’s keepsakes. I never knew their purpose, but I cherished them dearly while I was alive. You should keep them for now, who knows, they might be useful in the future.”The gloves given to Richard were made from real golden silk worms. When held, they felt incredibly soft and comfortable. At first glance, they looked like ordinary gloves, but in fact, they were designed to protect the palms from sharp objects.Richard didn’t understand the exact purpose of the gloves either. Without much thought, he put them in his pants pocket.“Roderick! Enough! Stop resisting! If you still want to live, then come out from your hiding spot!”“Didn’t you say no one dares act recklessly in Country Rio Dio? Where is that brave attitu
Richard managed to catch three bullets in one swift motion. In that instant, the surroundings suddenly went silent and still.“Crazy!”“W-What... What was that?!”Everyone stared with wide eyes, stepping back two paces. Zorric himself appeared stunned, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets, almost fainting on the spot.He couldn’t believe his own eyes at what had just happened in front of him. How could Richard catch a bullet speeding towards him using only his bare hands?What the man had just done was not something an ordinary human could do. And what was most terrifying was that Richard was completely unscathed! The ability Richard had was beyond his comprehension.“Le-Leader...” The S-level soldier also looked dazed by the recent events.Richard remained silent, offering no response. Richard, who had been prepared to lose the palm of his hand, also stood motionless for a moment. His eyes shifted from the bullet to the golden gloves he was wearing, alternating his gaze betwe
“Huh? Why is it so quiet? I think I still heard gunshots and people’s screams earlier, but now it’s completely silent. Could something have happened to Richard?” Aurora started to panic and began tiptoeing and hopping slightly to peek outside through the ventilation gap.There was no one outside, and the atmosphere around them suddenly became eerily quiet and tense. “Ms. Aurora, what’s the situation outside?”Aurora furrowed her brow upon hearing Ramiro’s question. She was overwhelmed with an extraordinary sense of panic and confusion.“It seems like the fight outside has ended. I’m worried something happened to Richard.” Ramiro simply furrowed his brow, confused, and asked, “Should we go out?”“Wait a little longer, let’s wait for one more minute. If there’s still no sound or sign of anything, then we’ll go out,” Aurora replied uncertainly.Just as she finished speaking, a sound came from outside. Aurora’s heart suddenly stopped, her body tensed, becoming alert. In a silence like th
Seeing Roderick, who was so stubborn, made the two guards reluctantly agree to let him go. “You guard Mr. Roderick and exit through the back door. Take him to the main base with our car. I’ll go to the lobby and find Mr. Roderick’s grandson,” instructed the other guard.“Understood,” his companion replied, immediately moving to take Roderick out through the back door. Roderick, worried that the guards might mistakenly identify his grandson, intentionally reminded them again, “Not Reginald Dwayne. My grandson is the one who saved the S-level soldier earlier. Remember! Don’t mistake the wrong person!”The one who saved an S-level soldier? Mr. Roderick’s grandson is that capable?The guard was both surprised and excited at the same time. The reluctant feeling he had about helping the old man’s grandson was immediately replaced by an overwhelming sense of admiration. He quickly ran toward the lobby.Just as the guard arrived, he saw a familiar figure sneakily exiting and running.“Mr. R
After saying those words, Richard pulled his hand back and ran into Hellio Room without turning back. Only thirty-seven seconds remained from the current time until the bomb would explode.Seeing the back of the man disappearing from her sight made Aurora’s heart ache. Half of her soul seemed to be forcibly pulled away, leaving her feeling empty.“Richard! Richard! You have to come back! I’ll hold you to your promise to marry me! If you don’t come back, I’ll die in there with you! I won’t look for anyone else and will die right in front of you, making you feel guilty forever!” Aurora shouted, tears streaming down her cheeks.She was terrified that Richard might never appear in front of her again. But at the same time, she couldn’t bear to see an innocent baby die so easily.Her cry echoed into the lobby and lingered in Richard’s ears. His heart skipped a beat, and with clenched fists, he muttered, “I’m sorry...”Richard wasn’t sure if he would make it out of this place alive.“Help...
A slight look of anxiety appeared in the woman’s eyes. She dared not respond, fearing it might make Richard more suspicious of her.All she could do was gaze intently at the child in Richard’s arms, then say, “Nothing, nothing at all. He just comes from a regular family. I’ll contact the child’s family and ask them to come pick him up directly.” Richard squinted as he watched the woman’s back, growing farther away. He spoke to Ramiro in a voice loud enough to be heard, “Mr. Ramiro, I heard you have a private hospital, right? Take the child there immediately! I entrust him to you. Remember! Don’t let anyone have the child without my consent!” Ramiro quickly nodded, replying, “Understood! Leave it to me.” Richard was sure the woman had slowed her pace when he spoke to Ramiro earlier. It seemed like she had paid special attention to the child. When the crowd had started to disperse, Richard gave orders to his S-tier soldiers:“Follow Ramiro, and report to me directly if anything happe
“She’s just one woman; lose one, and there will be thousands more! Why are you going to such lengths just to find her? Besides, the person you’re looking for isn’t here! If she were, we’d have found her long before you arrived.” Velric glared at Richard intensely.If not for the fact that this area was under the jurisdiction of Rio Dio Country, Velric would have acted long ago to kill the man before him. Richard had gone too far!But who would have thought the man in front of him would laugh coldly, pointing a knife straight at Velric’s head, and say, “Dr. Fenrick’s daughter contacted me, asking me to come here to pick up Aurora. But now you’re telling me she’s not here?!”“Do you think I’m stupid?! If I don’t see Aurora standing before me safe and sound today, none of you—none of you—will live!”No one was allowed to survive. That was how important Aurora was to Richard and how highly he valued her.Elena arrived just as Richard finished his statement. Her heart felt like it was bein
In the end, her student truly became the strongest person in Rio Dio Country Country, without a hint of fear. But after that, the person disappeared without leaving a trace! Her visit today was to search for her student whereabouts.“Don’t care how tough it gets? Doesn’t matter if life is like hell?” repeated the woman with fingers that folded and unfolded her fan. Then she stepped forward, leaped, and landed just a few centimeters in front of Aurora, lifting the woman’s chin with her fan.“Why would you want to become my student? Whether you’re strong or not, it has nothing to do with me. Your hatred means nothing to me, why should I help you? What kind of joke is that?!”The woman’s words made Aurora more certain that the woman in front of her was far more powerful than Richard, many times over. At least she had never seen anyone capable of floating in the air. She had to become this woman’s student!“I beg you, accept me as your student,” Aurora pleaded again, bowing so deeply that
“You said she was the one who decided to leave me?! Do you think I’m stupid?!”Slap!Richard slapped Zena across the face, causing fresh blood to spurt from her mouth.“I’ll give you five minutes to find Aurora! If she’s not found in five minutes, I’ll kill all of you!” Richard shouted in an authoritative tone, causing The Man to turn pale.The man was about to beg Richard for mercy, but ended up receiving a kick from him instead. The Man’s anger surged to its peak. He knew he wouldn’t be able to handle this situation, so he decided to grab his phone and send a message to Velric.The message was a plea for help, asking Velric to come quickly.Five minutes had passed, but no one had stepped forward. Meanwhile, the team members who were searching the entire training facility began to report back to Richard.“Chief, there’s no trace of Mrs. Aurora in the East section!”“Chief, there’s no trace of Mrs. Aurora in the South section either!”And so, the members who had searched the entire pl
Where is she?“Where is Aurora?!” asked the mysterious woman quietly.“Where is she?!”“She clearly fell here. There’s no mistake. She should have fallen here! But why has she suddenly disappeared? Where did she go?!” muttered the mysterious woman.She desperately tried to scan the surroundings. She even turned on the flashlight on her phone and started searching, making sure to check every corner.But unfortunately, nothing!Nothing at all!Not even her body, not a single strand of hair could be found. The mysterious woman didn’t find anything.Aurora didn’t know anything about martial arts. If she fell from such a high building, even if she didn’t die on the spot, she would at least be seriously injured. But now the person had completely vanished?At that moment, a feeling of unwillingness suddenly exploded inside the mysterious woman. She gritted her teeth in frustration. She had come to Rio Dio Country so early to make Aurora experience a life of suffering. She wanted Aurora to un
The phone in Richard’s other hand suddenly rang. The caller’s number was one he had never seen before. It wasn’t from Rio Dio Country! Nor was it from abroad.What was going on? Richard couldn’t stop wondering. A bad feeling slowly began to creep in. He stared at the strange number displayed on his phone screen. Then, he glanced again at Aurora’s phone in his other hand, which was calling the contact named “H.” Suddenly, he wondered if the phone number... Could it be his own?! Not wanting to think about it too much, Richard quickly swiped the green button on his phone to answer. Then he spoke, his eyes still fixed on Aurora’s phone screen. Just as he suspected! The moment Richard answered his call, Aurora’s phone displayed the connected call. The voice coming from the phone was Richard’s own.“How is this possible?” Richard said in shock, his eyes wide as he switched between staring at his own phone and Aurora’s with disbelief.The phone number given by Clifford... was actually
The little girl growled at Elena like a madwoman. “You’re evil! You’re evil!”“Let go of my Daddy!”“Dad…”“Shut up! You forced me! Get out of here!” Elena yelled. A deep fear filled the woman’s mind. Having lost her sanity, she raised the dagger in her hand again and plunged it into Doctor Fenrick’s heart. Then she kicked his body hard, sending it several meters away.In the eyes of the desperate little girl, her father’s figure was reflected as he lay on the ground, eyes wide open, lifeless.Before her father took his last breath, the little girl seemed to see him looking at her. He smiled and said, “Sweetheart, Daddy is not useless. I’m not afraid to die...”Not afraid!He truly was never afraid.“Daddy,” the little girl whispered.“Aaarrgghhh! Daddy!” The little girl screamed with red eyes. Clearly, she had been gravely wounded. But somehow, she gathered strength from somewhere. Her small body suddenly rose and charged toward Elena.She wanted to fight back with the last bit of st
From the very beginning, Elena had been driving her car, tailing the mysterious woman. That’s why she witnessed the whole incident. She saw with her own eyes how Zena led the mysterious woman to run back to the training base. She also saw with her own eyes the little girl being stabbed with a dagger.It could be said that the little girl was quite lucky. Perhaps because the mysterious woman was too nervous and panicked, the stab wound in the little girl’s abdomen wasn’t life-threatening.After making sure that only the little girl remained, Elena slowed her steps. She walked closer, one step at a time, toward the little girl.When the little girl saw Elena’s calm and expressionless face, she felt as if she saw the last glimmer of hope. The little girl innocently reached out her hand toward Elena. Every time she tried to speak, her life force seemed to drain away.“P-please save my sister...”“P-please... call brother Richard...”“Please. Please go save sis Aurora,” the little girl whi
After snatching the phone from the little girl’s hand, Zena checked it. As soon as she clearly saw the contact name on the phone screen, both her eyes immediately flashed with an intense murderous intent. She gripped the phone tightly in her hand.“What’s wrong with you? What happened to you?”“What happened there? Tell me quickly! Where are you? Let me know where you are!” Richard urged in a hurry.When the man heard the voice of the woman yelling at him through the phone, his heart sank, almost dropping to his feet.The sound of Richard’s voice on the phone truly startled Zena. She was both terrified and angry. She quickly reached out to press the end call button.However, just at that moment—three seconds before Zena could hang up—the little girl, whose head had struck the ground and whose body was covered in wounds and blood, suddenly lifted her head. Then, with the remaining strength she had, she screamed toward Zena.“Training Base! The Training Base on the outskirts of Almolia
She still didn’t want to die.She still hadn’t met Richard.She had to wait for that little girl to bring Richard to save her.All the mistreatment from Zena, all the wounds inflicted by that female trainer, Aurora would make sure to repay it all! She would!At first, Aurora thought that by coming here, as long as she could endure the hardships and pressure, and was willing to work hard, she would become strong. She would be worthy of standing by Richard’s side. Unfortunately, she was wrong. All her hard work and determination had only earned her hostility and torment from Zena, with no clear reason. On the other side…“Sis, wait for me.”“You have to wait for me to come out and bring someone to save you.”“You’re the kindest person to me in this world. God will surely protect and bless you. I will definitely escape from here. I will bring Brother Richard to save you,” said the little girl as she curled up in the underground drainage pipe.The little girl continued to crawl a little