"Not necessarily the Islanders, no." Harvey shook his head with a dark expression. "Today is Hector's funeral, and the key moment for the Thompsons' heirs to fight for their ascension as patriarch. While it looked like the Islanders were behind this assassination attempt, the Thompsons might have arranged for him."Mandy frowned. "Don't tell me it's Vaughn…?""Not him. He's the next person in line with the hope of becoming the patriarch after Hector's death. There's no need for him to make things difficult for himself," Harvey said slowly.Harvey had a guess, but he didn't expect this person to be so decisive and make such a risky move in the funeral service. If it really was that person, then all of these arrangements were just the appetizer. The entree wasn't here yet.When Harvey realized this, he didn't care about Mandy's resistance and immediately dragged her under a nearby tree where she would be out of sight. It was too late to leave right now."Thompsons! Hear me! Don't le
"Traitorous son?" Nicholas said calmly, his hands behind his back. "It's true that to you, I'm a traitorous son. But have you all forgotten something? The position of patriarch was supposed to be mine. "However, my father died young, leaving behind my brother and me. We were entrusted to Roberto's care. But maddened with power, he allied himself with outsiders and took our power away. That was why my brother and I had to act out such a performance."He will stay behind and become Roberto's fake son, while I depart for Dark Island. According to our original plan, when I return, my brother and I will dish out our revenge accordingly. I didn't expect him to die first."Since that's the case, I'll personally take care of what's happening in the Thompson family. However, seeing that we're in front of my brother's grave, I don't want to spill too much blood. I'll give you all a chance."Give up what's rightfully ours. Otherwise, you can't bear the consequences!"Couldn't bear the conse
Nicholas' return and taking back everything he wanted was just an excuse. His greatest aim was to borrow the powers of Evermore and other forces to make Wolsing bleed and covered in corpses. He wanted Wolsing to fall into chaos.While he was indeed pitiful when he was forced to leave Wolsing, it was not an excuse for his actions.Harvey even suspected that the reason Nicholas could reach this stage was all thanks to Evermore and their planning. Nicholas was one of the most important pawns for them to throw the country into chaos.If Nicholas really did become the patriarch of the Thompsons of Wolsing, the result would be unthinkable.An elder from the Thompson family approached him and slammed his hand on the table. "How dare you! You dare threaten the family? And you will make us choose between life and death? What? Are you going to kill everyone here?"I'm going to make it clear. The Thompson family isn't just someone's private property. Those who become the patriarch would have
"Is Nicholas really that influential?" Mandy mumbled behind the crowd, her expression full of shock. She had heard about this name, but she didn't expect him to be so forceful the moment he appeared.If anyone took the wrong step today, the Thompsons of Wolsing would most likely have a change in leadership. That was something everyone present didn't expect."He's quite strong, but that's all," Harvey said after he sent out a message he had just composed. "Don't worry and watch. Vaughn will instantly strike back at him.""Vaughn?" Mandy snorted. "He was well known for being useless in the family. How can he be a match for Nicholas…?"Just as Mandy was saying that, Vaughn glanced at the phone in his hand. Then, he smiled coldly and approached Nicholas with his hands behind his back. "Stop tricking everyone. It's true the shares were acquired by someone else and that our share prices might drop, but a few days ago, I've already used all my personal assets to buy our company's stock
Vaughn felt like he had reached the height of his life. It was truly a rare sight. He pointed his finger at Nicholas and roared, "Take him down and drag him to Dragon Cell for his judgment! How dare he take mercenaries in when he returns from overseas! I suspect that he betrayed his country and allied himself with outside powers!"Send him to Dragon Cell. I believe that they will judge this fairly. The Thompsons of Wolsing will have no complaints about it!"Vaughn waved his hand; behind the mercenaries that Nicholas brought back from Dark Island, a group of men and women in robes appeared.All of them wore masks, and each of them wielded a crossbow and other lethal weapons. Instantly, there was a face-off between them and the mercenaries. Most importantly, many of them were martial arts elites, and they instantly suppressed the mercenaries.When they saw this sudden change, the Thompson men cried spiritedly, "Of course!"Their security guards wanted to advance as well.Even tho
"Ah!"After a moment, everyone turned their attention back to see what happened to Vaughn. To their shock, the one kneeling on the ground was Nicholas. Looking at how he had lost his spirit, it felt like it was worse than simply failing.Many regained their composure when they heard the scream and looked at Vaughn in shock. They didn't expect Vaughn to disable Nicholas so easily. While none of them saw what Vaughn did, the fact remained that Nicholas was kneeling in front of Vaughn. But in this world, no one will seek the truth as to how the winner achieved his victory.At that moment, though they were all in a daze, they understood one thing. From today onward, Vaughn's ascension was something no one could stop. From today onward, they finally had four people as the Four Young Masters of Wolsing once more.Vaughn definitely had the power to replace the dead Hector.Vaughn was also a little dazed, but he quickly regained his composure. He kicked at Nicholas in disdain. "You ca
"Do you think what happened today is beyond your imagination?" Harvey asked in a whisper."Not exactly, it's just…" Mandy hesitated for a while before saying, "I feel like what happened today isn't all because of Nicholas himself. I feel like someone has already planned all of this, and Nicholas simply fell into this trap."Harvey raised an eyebrow, admiring her growth. "If someone really did set this up early, who do you think that person is?"Mandy gave it a thought and said, "Vaughn. It's most likely him, since he's the one who got all the spoils from this conflict. It doesn't look like he has the capabilities to do all this, though. If he did have this ability, then there would be no place for Hector in the Thompson family."Either Vaughn has been developing his powers and influence in secret, or someone else is teaching him in the shadows."Harvey nodded. "No bad. You're very close to the truth. Let me give you a hint. This guy behind Vaughn? You know him too.""I know him t
In the end, Harvey didn't go to Mandy's home. That was because when he was on his way back, he received a call from Charlotte.There had been some complications regarding his battle with the Shinto Way from the Island Nation at the Apex of the Forbidden City. He needed to go to the Martial Arts Alliance's Songstress's Stage to deal with it first.Originally, Harvey didn't want to waste time speaking with garbage from the Alliance. However, Charlotte made things sound serious. According to her, a group of people who came back from overseas had a problem with Harvey challenging the Shinto Way. They were quite forceful about it as well.Prince and Frederick tried to speak with them, but they had been slapped.Forget about Prince. While he was Heaven's Gate's current leader, he wasn't that powerful. However, Frederick was one of the so-called Four Kings within the alliance. If even he was slapped, it meant these guests from overseas were definitely quite strong and had powerful backe