Sylvia smiled and reassured, "It's okay. Just focus on Sylvester."

Sylvester shook his head helplessly, feeling that this tendency ran in his family. They always seemed more inclined to assist outsiders than their own kin. He recalled that they had acted similarly when Sylvia and Eric first obtained their marriage certificate. It seemed that divine retribution had its way of coming back around.

-

Meanwhile, Lucas was taken aback when he received Eric's response.

"He declined my challenge?" He frowned. "What a joke! As a martial artist, how could he refuse a challenge?"

Lucas had assumed Eric would accept and that his fighters could defeat Eric soundly. He hadn't expected Eric to flat-out decline.

Standing nearby, his fighter sneered. "He's such a coward, yet he calls himself a fighter? He's a disgrace to the underground scene!"

Lucas shrugged. "No matter. Spread the word in the underground community that Eric, who claims to be the Salt City champion, rejected our challenge. Let