With pinpoint precision, Gerald swiftly jabbed the weakest points of all six of the guards. It barely took a second before all of them fell to the ground in unison, bleeding profusely from their mouths and noses. “…H-huh…? So… You were this capable this entire time, Sanderson…?” said Mindy as she watched wide-eyed and in disbelief at what she had just witnessed. Even Stella and Isabelle—who had met several Taekwondo experts before—knew that those experts couldn’t even come close to comparing to that dumb Sanderson! To think that he was this powerful! While everyone in the room was undoubtedly astonished by the turn of events, they simultaneously realized that they now had someone they could definitely rely on. It didn’t take long before Gerald turned to look at the crowd before signaling for them to rush out of the place under his lead. Following his orders, all of them made a mad dash for the backyard. The moment they got outside, everyone immediately saw the raging fire
“…Who are you? Did Yael send you here?” asked Jasmine in a rather doubtful tone. Though night had come, the headlights from all the cars were bright enough for those within Jasmine’s group to see how imposingly solemn the bodyguards looked as they stood behind their leader. It was clear that these bodyguards had received only the strictest of training, and from what Jasmine knew, only a few large families could afford to hire such powerful bodyguards. What more, it was already so late yet the men had arrived with such grandeur. How couldn’t they be Yael’s subordinates? Knowing that only served to amplify Jasmine and the others’ anxiety as they stood close to each other in preparation to either attack or run. “Humph. Yael? Who the hell is that?” sneered the young man of a leader before adding, “I was ordered by my master to transport you away from danger, Miss Fenderson. I hope that you’ll cooperate since we really don’t have much time to spare. Come with us.” “This master of
After saying that, Gerald patted Stella on her shoulder before nodding toward the driver. Seeing that, the driver immediately started driving off the moment Gerald closed the car’s door. When Stella turned to look at Gerald through the car’s rear window, a flash of lightning lit the sky behind him. Though he had barely moved from the spot he was standing in earlier, Stella felt a chill run down her spine as she saw the expression on his face for that split second when the lightning had struck. It was at that moment when Stella knew that he was no longer the Gerald she once knew. This new Gerald was terrifying. As he slowly disappeared from her view, roars of thunder could be heard, dark clouds completely covering the night sky. Torrential rains soon followed alongside massive gusts of strong wind. With the storm already here, Gerald himself began making his next move… Back at the Schuyler family mansion, several representatives from both the Long and Moldell family were now
The entire yard was filled with corpses regardless of gender! As if the horrific scene wasn’t enough, the heavy rain had caused the yard to stagnate with a strikingly crimson liquid… Shaking in utter fear, another flash of lightning notified the servant of the presence of someone else in the yard… His eyes had already adjusted to the darkness by now, so when the servant turned to look at the person standing in the middle of the yard with an umbrella in hand, he swore on his life that he had just seen a demon in the flesh. As the demon of a man turned to look at him, the servant became petrified in place, unable to even move his legs even though the demon—who had his other hand in his pocket—was now walking toward him. In fact, he was so terrified that he couldn’t even let out the tiniest whimper. After what seemed like forever, the servant was surprised to see that the horrifying person had quite a handsome face. However, his surprise turned to fear again the moment he real
Before both of them could even attack, Gerald launched a spinning kick aimed right for their heads the moment they were close enough! In that brief moment, both of the Moldell subordinates could feel their eyes almost bulging out of their skulls, as they flew to the other end of the room. They were now both unconscious! “What?!” shouted both Quentin and Trey in unison, their eyes widened in shock. Those two were students of the Moldell family… Did they truly just go down from a single kick? And from Gerald of all people?! If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn’t have believed it. However, everyone had been present when the scene occurred. Since when had Gerald become this powerful? “So there’s only four Moldells present today? Well there’s only two of you left I guess. Come at me together then!” said Gerald with a faint smile on his face. “Guards! Get in here, quickly!” ordered Noah as he felt cold sweat dripping down his forehead. However, nobody came.
Almost instantly after, the sounds of wine glasses and plates clattering against each other could be heard. When everyone turned to look at who was causing the racket, they saw that Berk, Noah, and Yael were all holding on to the table as they shivered tremendously in horror! They had reason to be this terrified. After all, all three of them were aware of how mighty the Moldells were. Yet Gerald had just taken four of them out, right before their very eyes! As Gerald took a step forward, Berk immediately fell to the ground, shouting, “P-please don’t kill me, Gerald! Spare me, please!” The over two hundred pound, brawny man was currently so terrified that mucous was dripping all the way down to his chin. “Spare you? It was six months ago when I fled to the Salford Province you know? I had over thirty brothers and now none of them are alive because of your men. They were all my friends from Mayberry! Why didn’t you spare them then?” said Gerald terrifyingly calmly as he patted
Warren had made that statement as he stood up. Jasmine herself frowned as she scanned through the storeroom. Her gaze stopped when she saw a few joss sticks placed near a corner of the room. “Those must’ve been the reason why we were so sleepy!” said Jasmine as she pointed at her discovery. “So that’s why! Still, who were those people…? Why didn’t they just tell us who they were after saving us?” replied Maia. Before anyone could even reply, one of the group’s members—who had already been exploring the place—shouted, “Hey, come over here, I think they left something for us!” Hearing that, everyone encircled the box with a note on it. The note itself wrote, ‘To: Maia.’ “Guess we know who gets to open it,” said yet another member of the team. Maia herself was now feeling giddy with excitement. As she thought about what could be inside, she caught a glimpse of Warren bearing an extremely ugly expression on his face. Noticing that she was looking at him, Warren then said
And something important it was. Knowing full well that the Fenderson family had almost been wiped out due to his carelessness, Bryson was going to take responsibility for the incident no matter what. After things calmed down a bit, Bryson thought about how they were nearly eliminated by a vassal family. If all that could happen under his rule, then he admitted that he was getting old and unreliable. The fact that he couldn’t defend himself without help was further proof that it was finally time for change. It explained why the mood of the Fenderson family meeting this time was so different. Everyone had their heads lowered as they waited for Bryson to speak. Coughing to break the silence and get everyone’s attention, Bryson cleared his throat before saying, “I… have some very important news to announce today… This announcement will also be the very last decision that I’ll make as the head of this family!” Hearing that, everyone lifted their heads as they looked at the old man.