Upon saving Xavia after waking from his brief coma, Gerald had immediately ordered Welson and his men to rush over. Gerald also told him to utilize the Soul Palace’s skynet technique which was the fastest way for them to trap all the Moldells within their home once the fire started. Gerald wasn’t taking any chances of any of them leaving alive. “While a few people have managed to slip through us, we can roughly estimate all of their current locations, young master,” reported Welson. “Excellent. Be sure to hunt down every last one of them. I want them to experience what true despair feels like…” replied Gerald, his body drenched in fresh blood as he turned to look at the burning manor. Watching the flames, Gerald couldn’t help but curl his lips into a malicious smirk. It was at that moment when Welson’s heart skipped a beat. ‘…Since the young master consumed the holy blood, he should, by right, be able to control his temperament with ease… So why do I still feel that something i
Xavia continued remaining silent as she lowered her head, not even daring to say a word. “While I admit that the Moldells have definitely crossed the line for some time now, was there truly a need to go so far in your retaliation, Mr. Crawford? Did you truly have to torture and humiliate us like this? You’ve done enough to us so please just let us off already…” negotiated Yash as he stood up. Gerald, however, gave no response, choosing instead to simply fiddle around with a teapot. “That’s it! I’m killing you if it’s the last thing I do!” shouted one of the Moldell’s men as he rushed toward Gerald, unwilling to go through any more mental suffering. However, the man was promptly taken care of by one of Gerald’s own subordinates upon receiving Welson’s order. “You know, from what I’ve been told, Kort has just arrived in the Logan Province… I’m sure it won’t be long before he rushes over…” said Gerald with a smile. Upon hearing that, both Yuvan and Yash couldn’t help but feel
“I-It’s true! Gerald’s become truly horrifying!” cried out the youth, evidently scared to death. “…That… That b*stard! It’s only been a d*mn year! How could he have accumulated that much power in such a short amount of time?! Regardless, the Crawford family will definitely pay a heavy price for this! Where’s Yuvan?!” roared Kort as he trembled in his immense anger. “S-second master!” shouted a subordinate as he staggered over. “I… I found them… I found the second young master’s and butler Moldell’s corpses!” announced the subordinate in between pants. “What?!” yelled the pained Kort in such a loud voice that his shout could probably be heard reverberating across the entire Logan Province. Meanwhile, Dylan was in the main living room within the Crawford manor in Northbay. Feeling the urge to frown all of a sudden, he muttered, “…Could something have happened…? I’ve been feeling flustered a lot for some time now… I just feel as though something is about to happen!” “What on
“Greetings, Mr. Moldell!” “Chairman Crawford, it’s been a while!” “It has indeed… Since you’ve come today, could it be that you’ve gained some clues about the shipwreck incident in Northbay, Mr. Moldell?” asked Dylan rather excitedly. Taking a seat once they were inside, Parker then replied, “Nothing is impossible for a willing heart! After all that hard work in the previous year, I’m proud to say that our efforts haven’t been for naught! We’ve finally managed to gain some clues regarding the work of that enigmatic Sun League!” Hearing that, Dylan and the others happily exchanged glances as Parker took a long map out of his bag. Revealing its contents, the map was drawn so beautifully that it almost felt like the area that was mapped was one that had achieved utopia. Though the mountains and rivers painted across the long map were certainly eye-catching, everyone eventually had their eyes on the symbol at the top left corner of the map. It was the symbol of the Sun League
“From what you’ve just asked, I’m assuming that something happened, Mr. Moldell?” replied Dylan after thinking about it for a while. Hearing that, Parker nodded before saying, “You see, quite a mysterious incident happened to me and my team while we were looking for clues on the Sun League. It’s rather shameful to admit, but for the longest time, my team and I were unable to locate any relevant leads. The Sun League truly is extremely mysterious and powerful to be able to cover up most, if not all, of their tracks!” “Regardless, just when I felt that we had reached a dead end, a mysterious person made his presence known… I say that since we’ve never personally met before… Regardless, from that moment on, he’s provided us with necessary hints on where to go next whenever we got truly stumped. His assistance led us to find the exact clues we needed to proceed. He’s the only reason how we were able to make so much progress in the past half-year. Due to his assisting nature, I assumed
“Sister…!” By the time Yselle called out for her, Winnie’s figure was already a tiny speck as she swiftly continued following Kort and his men to the manor. “With so many things brewing, I guess I should go take a look as well…” muttered Yselle to herself as she began walking toward them. Before she could even take a step, however, she was utterly stunned by a black figure dashing past her extremely quickly! “…What the hell was that?” said Yselle as she frowned. Whatever it was, it could wait, and Yselle continued heading toward the manor. A brief moment later, the doors to the large hall within the Crawford Manor were swung open as a fearsome and old-sounding voice roared, “The entire Crawford family is to pay a bloody price today if it’s the last thing I do!” The shout was so loud that everyone could feel their ears ringing as an ominous wind blew into the room. Following that, Kort led his powerful-looking men into the hall as Parker took a step forward before asking,
Sensing the immense murderous intent from the Moldell subordinates—who were already starting to take action—Dylan felt his expression change drastically. All this time, he had been extremely reluctant to have any forms of contact with secret societies unless he was absolutely forced to. After all, for all he knew, secret societies were usually both unruly and overbearing. In the end, he did so in order to find out more about the Sun League. Unfortunately, all his worries were now presenting themselves before his very eyes. He remembered, at that moment, that his father had once told him that the Crawford family would always face the risk of getting exterminated. Was what his father had said finally going to happen today? Were they going to meet their end being slaughtered by the Moldell family’s people? The thought of it alone made Dylan gulp slightly. It was at that moment when a loud and rather wild-sounding voice shouted, “I’d like to see for myself who dares to even harm
Upon hearing that name, both Kort and Parker were left momentarily stupefied. “… From what you’ve said, I’m assuming that you’re acquainted with my third uncle, Christopher, who’s also the Moldell family’s elder, correct? Still, I find it odd that he’s never mentioned a ‘Daryl’ before,” replied Kort, feeling his heart skip a beat. Even among the other secret societies, few men knew much about the mysterious Christopher who was, in a way, the totem of the Moldell family. As far as Kort knew, the Crawfords were simply a regular wealthy family. How on earth could Daryl have gotten acquainted with that old man? “If I recall correctly, ‘secret societies’ like yours each have their own strict rules to abide by. A universal rule for all of you is that fact that you can’t get involved with the ordinary world all willy-nilly, no? Yet that’s exactly what you scoundrels did! What more, you even built your own family from the ground up, just to be able to meddle more with the ordinary worl