Following that sound, a glimpse of something flying extremely quickly could be seen, and barely a second later, Damian’s screams of agony filled the air! Not even questioning the self-returning dagger, the moment Zander saw Damian’s body flop lifelessly to the ground, he immediately started excitedly shouting, “H-he’s dead! He’s finally dead!” Turning to look at Gerald, he then said, “Mr. Crawford, you’ve done a massive favor for the Lovewells! I must repay you properly on behalf of my family!” “As was promised, all I want is the Book of Beasts!” replied Gerald as he returned a subtle smile to Zander. Immediately after hearing that, Zander froze in place. As he began trying to change the topic, Haven herself—who had been hiding with her siblings in the forested area this entire time—covered her mouth as she said, “D-did you see that sis? That really is Gerald! And… And he’s amazing?!” Xareni herself had been focused on him for a while now. ‘To think that Gerald came over
“It’s me, Gerald!” Before Gerald could even say anything, the door to his room was pushed open and Haven popped her head in before entering. “Didn’t you head back to your room to rest, Haven? Why are you here again?” asked Gerald with a resigned smile on his face. Haven had immediately looked for him the moment he returned to the manor, intent on finding out how he was so powerful. Not seeing any reason to hide anything from her, Gerald had earlier chatted with her for a while before sending her off. He truly hadn’t expected to meet her again so soon. “Well, the more I thought about it back in my room, the more I felt that something just wasn’t right! Humph! You’re not being a very good friend at all! Have you already forgotten that we had agreed to be friends back when we were still on the train? It took me a moment to realize, but you never came looking for me in the end! How do you plan on explaining yourself?” said Haven as she took a seat. “Haha… Guilty as charged!”
Upon hearing Gerald say that, Xareni instantly retorted, “You!-” Before she could say anything rash, however, she simply nodded before remaining silent for a while to calm herself. A few seconds later, she smiled angrily before saying, “Well since you clearly look down on our small temple, then I guess the Lovewell family will just hand over the Book of Beasts to you tomorrow as our token of appreciation, sir!” The moment she was done speaking, Xareni instantly turned around and left his room. Upon closing the door behind her, she took in a deep breath before glaring daggers at the room. It was early the next morning when Haven pushed the door to Gerald’s room open before shouting, “Good morning, master!” “Master?” replied Gerald as he couldn’t help but shake his head while looking at the girl who had brought a cup of ginseng tea along with her. He didn’t even have a chance this time to remind her to knock first before entering this time. Despite her intrusion, Gerald still
“So I heard that you’ve successfully captured Gerald Crawford, Mr. Lovewell. On behalf of the Moldells, I really don’t know how to thank you enough,” said an elderly man—who was leading seven other members of the Moldell family—as he laughed out loud. “You’re being far too modest, Mr. Yaster. After all, the Lovewells and the Moldells may as well be considered to be one big family in the Logan Province by this point. Gerald himself is a mere outsider. Why would we ever favor an outsider to someone from our side?” replied Zander with a subtle smile. “Well I’ll be d*mned! That really is him! You have no idea how much effort we had to put in order to find him!” said Yaster, his voice overjoyed as he approached the unconscious Gerald. Yaster himself was a senior figure within the Moldell family in Logan. In fact, his job was to manage the entire family in the province. Therefore, successfully capturing Gerald would definitely be a great achievement on his part. He was already wonderin
However, his current opponents were from the Moldell family. Even so, he was ready to give it his all. After all, Gerald had saved his life during the decisive battle with Damian last night. His action alone had made Kaleb feel respected like never before. It truly touched Kaleb, and from that moment onward, the old man felt as though he no longer had to suffer through any more humiliation. As a result, Kaleb had pledged his loyalty and allegiance to Gerald back there and then. It was the reason why he was fighting so hard now for Gerald’s sake. Even after fighting for a while, it seemed as though the Moldell family’s subordinates weren’t really Kaleb’s opponents. Seeing that, Yaster shook his head with a bitter smile on his face as he said, “He truly is worthy of the title of a champion! I guess this guest of the Lovewells isn’t as simple as he looks!” “Well that’s probably because you haven’t made a move yet, Mr. Moldell. Who in the Logan Province doesn’t know that you’
“You call that a poison? I used it as a sort of medicine to supplement my health over half a year ago! Did you truly just try to use that to poison me?” After soaking his body so much in all sorts of medicinal herbs and other materials—that Finnley had provided him with—back then, Gerald was already immune to certain poisons. It was evident that the poison that they had tried to use on him was one of them. In all honesty, Gerald could already tell that the tea—that Haven had served him earlier—was poisoned, long before he sipped on it. After all, he was an expert when it came to pharmacology. He was also well aware back then that Haven would never try to harm him. With that in mind, he knew that it was definitely one of the Lovewells who wanted to harm him. But who? Wanting to find out, Gerald pretended to pass out so that he could wait for the true culprits to show themselves. “You brat! Have you any idea how hard the Moldells have been trying to find you this entire time? T
“P-please spare our lives, Mr. Crawford!” cried out Zander as he immediately knelt in fright. Seeing that, all the other Lovewells did the same. Taking in a deep breath, Gerald closed his eyes for a brief moment before opening them again. The rage in his eyes was no longer present. Since Gerald was still enraged earlier, Zayn had made the fatal mistake of touching him while he was still in an extremely hostile state. Now that he was much calmer, Gerald turned to face Zander and walked toward him before saying, “…Spare your lives? After you’ve gone against your promise to hand the Book of Beasts over to me? And don’t even get me started on the fact that you colluded with the Moldells to harm me…” Upon saying that, he gently grabbed onto the top of Zander’s head. Zander himself already had a face filled with tears and snot as he stared at the demon of a man standing before him. Just as Gerald was about to amplify the force of his grip, Haven suddenly rushed in while shouting, “
‘But… There’s just no way she would even know who Gerald is… Unless… Could he truly be in the Logan Province…? Hold on, she may not even be talking about the same Gerald!’ Xavia thought to herself. With so many questions swimming in her head, Xavia couldn’t hold herself back from chasing after Haven. She desperately needed answers. Fast forward to two days later, Gerald found himself in the hinterland of Everdare Forest which was located at the border of the Logan Province. With a heritage that spanned over thousands of years, the trees within Everdare Forest grew extremely densely atop the many mountains that also grew particularly close to each other. Aside from the immense variety of flora that could be found there, several species of predators were also known to lurk within the forest. “Careful when plugging the hole! We can’t let the beast escape again with how cunning it is!” said one of the many men standing in front of a hole that the holy fox had been cornered in. Wi