"You insisted on doing this the hard way!" Without hesitating, the man grabbed a knife from the table and plunged it into the abdomen of a dazed security guard. Blood immediately stained the security guard's uniform, and the escorts who were watching at the door immediately turned pale with fright.Lysander was still clutching at his wound, equally stunned by what had happened. It wasn't a fight! It was murder!"C-Call the police!" Lysander wasn't an idiot. He could tell from the man's moves that he and his friends were definitely Warriors.Although Lysander's security guards had received some training, there was still a huge gap between them and Warriors. They were no match for them at all.Suddenly, there was a deafening sound from inside the room, and the escorts at the door exclaimed in shock as they crouched down.Sebastian and Liam were the only ones that remained standing. Everyone else, including Lysander, were crouching on the floor in fear with their heads in their han
The gazes of the other two men swung over to Sebastian at once. Everyone else looked panicked, but Sebastian looked very calm. Anyone who could remain calm and undisturbed in the face of a gun was no ordinary person."It doesn't matter who I am. I have a very important question to ask you," Sebastian said, smiling."Don't move!" The man standing opposite Sebastian instinctively raised his gun. As the gun pointed at Sebastian, the man couldn't help taking a step backward to maintain a safe distance."You're not from Steinberg," Sebastian said, smiling."That's right, I'm not! So?" The man in the lead stood up from the sofa."Gentlemen, put the gun down, and let's have a heart-to-heart talk," Sebastian said, a harmless grin plastered on his face."Fuck that!" The man who had attacked was beginning to feel more and more fearful. He couldn't resist shooting Sebastian.They hadn't been planning to kill anyone there, but Sebastian felt too dangerous. They felt as if they would die in
Lysander trembled involuntarily as he lowered his head. He did not dare to look into Sebastian's eyes. He had never even dreamed that Sebastian would be so aggressive, especially as he looked so docile.Lysander couldn't believe that he had tried to oppose someone as formidable as Sebastian! He had almost caused a huge mess for him just now!Now, all Lysander felt was terror.The three gunmen had fallen beside him, and their wrists were still bleeding.Sebastian's ruthlessness made Lysander suspect that he would have no qualms about committing murder."Your foolishness almost killed everyone here. Don't you think that you deserve to die?" Sebastian looked icily at Lysander."No, no! I didn't know they had guns! Please, don't kill me." Lysander wept as he knelt in front of Sebastian.The crotch of his pants was becoming visibly wetter. He had been so scared of Sebastian's accusing glare that he had wet himself.A few security guards, including Bradley, looked contemptuously at L
Sebastian pulled out the knife and glanced at the man with the scar, whose name was Jamie Dullet. He picked up the net on the table that was used for wrapping fruit. He wrapped it around Jamie's leg forcefully and said, "The ancient people of Dramon invented a type of torture. I wonder if you've heard about it before."He added, "Apparently, if you wrap a net around someone and cut off his flesh piece by piece, you can slice him 360 times with a knife.""Wait!" Jamie was sweating profusely as he stared at Sebastian. He said, "I… I'll tell you."Sebastian nodded slightly. He looked Jamie in the face and said, "Good. This means that you're a smart man. Answer me.""We're not from Dramon, we're from Veldor! The three of us are mercenaries!" Jamie yelled loudly.Sebastian nodded slightly and said, "Yeah. I guessed which country you were from based on your features. That's not what I want to know. Who told you to come, and what are you supposed to do here?"Jamie was about to speak
"He's a sadist! He's a demon and a murderer!" Lysander shouted and wailed as he scrambled in Rosalie's direction.He had only crawled forward a few steps when a man in a suit kicked him back. Gavin's gaze swept over Lysander, and he said coldly, " Crouch down and stop moving!"Lysander had been kicked in the ribs by the man in the suit. He was in so much pain that he could barely breathe. However, he knew that he couldn't afford to provoke any of these people, so he had no choice but to crouch aggrievedly on the floor. He dared not move."Send some men and take the corpses to a crematorium. Get them cremated before you investigate how they entered the country and verify their identities!" Gavin ordered in a low voice."Yes, sir!" Two men in suits went out. Not long after, four other men in suits came in again, holding several large black plastic bags. They put the corpses into the plastic bags and stealthily took them out of the Moonlyte Club. Sebastian tossed the knife aside and
Rosalie's expression turned frosty as soon as Lysander finished speaking. She said expressionlessly, "How do you think I should deal with this, Mr. Gaiman?"Lysander was delighted that Rosalie was asking for his opinion. He said venomously, "Ms. Griffin, I think that people like Sebastian will bring trouble upon the Moonlyte Club sooner or later! Do you know that those three murderers said that someone had hired them to kill Sebastian?" Lysander was extremely gleeful. He felt that as long as Rosalie believed him, Sebastian would no longer even be able to enter the Moonlyte Club. If he could come up with some other minor incidents to get Rosalie called back more frequently to the Moonlyte Club, they would have more opportunities to see each other. Once that happened, he was sure that Rosalie would eventually sleep with him. Besides, Lysander felt that he was the one who had contributed the most to the Moonlyte Club. Rosalie would have to consider his opinions carefully. "Mr. Ga
"If you're still planning on staying here, you'd better not provoke Sebastian or any of the people who are staying in the rooms on the fifth floor. Otherwise, the consequences will be far beyond what you can imagine." Rosalie strolled out of the room and sauntered elegantly toward the elevator.Lysander clenched his fists tightly and stared viciously at her retreating figure. He leered at her and said in a low voice, "I will make you pay a heavy price!"…Meanwhile, Sebastian and the others had returned to the office on the fifth floor. Gavin frowned and said, "Mr. Ballard, when did you offend someone with the family name Lewis?"Sebastian raised an eyebrow. Lewis?On the way back, Gavin had told him that someone had hired three assassins from Veldor to kill him. The three assassins had told him that the person who had hired them had the surname Lewis.However, Sebastian couldn't remember offending anyone with that surname. Could it be Jeremy?Sebastian suddenly remembered what
Sebastian's sudden question startled Gavin. He paused for a while before nodding. He said, "Mr. Ballard, to tell you the truth, that is my intention."Before Sebastian could ask, Gavin continued, "The security department has received some information. The peace in Sartvale may be disrupted soon."Mr. Shields Senior must have considered this when he asked me to stay in Steinberg with you."However, if we transfer too many people here, it's sure to attract attention. If we arrange for them to stay at the club as security guards, no one will be able to detect anything."Sebastian nodded slightly and said, "What I'm interested to know is who is the one who will disrupt the peace in Sartvale."Gavin smiled brightly and said, "Mr. Ballard, I wonder if you would consider my suggestion?" Sebastian frowned. "What is it?""Join the security department." Gavin chuckled.Sebastian smiled wryly and shook his head. "Sorry. I'm not interested in the security department. Besides, I don't want
Sebastian threw his head back in laughter. He strode forward, standing in the center of the hall, and said coldly. "Ungrateful? How could you have the audacity to say such a thing?"Even if I'm surrounded by enemies, you Ballards can forget about making me submit! It's just death, after all. If I even blink, then I won't call myself a man!"Everyone there stared at Sebastian."How dare that brat be so cocky? If he's not punished, it'll be a disgrace to our family rules!""He should be given the death penalty!""It'll be a disaster if we just let him be, and it'll only bring trouble for our family. Please give the order, and we'll kill him at once!"The entire hall was in an uproar. Even Preston, who had been speaking up for Sebastian and Samson, sighed in resignation.Since Sebastian had already made his stance clear, Preston couldn't help even if he wanted to.Sebastian had roused the anger of everyone there, and Arnaud had closed his eyes and wasn't saying anything. He was cl
Sebastian was just about to step forward when Samson hastily waved a hand at him and said, "Sebastian, the grudges of the Ballard family from over ten years ago have nothing to do with you. Don't get involved!""But—"Sebastian's gaze sharpened as he turned to look at Milton. There was an icy glint in his eyes. Samson shook his head slightly at Sebastian. The Ballard Estate had at least ten experts at the eighth level of the Eldoria realm. At Sebastian's current level, trying to fight them would only bring him big trouble."Sebastian, one must learn how to adapt to the situation," Samson whispered into his ear using voice projection. "Today, I will exchange my legs for your and Whitney's freedom. Think of it as a payment for what I owe you and your mother."Sebastian clenched his fists tightly. He hated himself for being too weak. He couldn't even protect his own family in a place like the Ballard Estate, where many experts were gathered.However, he would never allow anyone to
"Do you accept it, Samson?" Arnaud asked harshly when he saw that Preston hadn't said anything else. He turned to look directly at Samson.Samson smiled bitterly and turned to look at Sebastian before raising his head to look at Arnaud, who was sitting high above them. He said, "Uncle Arnaud, I was the reason for everything that happened. I wish to ask you not to trouble Sebastian.""What are you talking about?" Preston was agitated. He stood up again and yelled, "There must still be an investigation about who was right and who was wrong. Why should they break your legs?"As he spoke, his eyes blazed with fury. He looked at the thin old man and said furiously, "Milton, you old bastard! How can you be so shameless at your age? Tell me! Did you embellish the story to Arnaud?""Uncle Preston!" Samson stopped him quickly and sighed slightly. "Forget it. It's my fault for bringing such huge trouble upon our family back then."I admit that I have let our family down. Since imprisoning m
As the man in the black robe yelled, the entire hall fell silent at once. The thin old man threw the black-robed old man a disgruntled look, but he returned obediently to his seat.Once the noise had died down, Preston stepped forward and swept an icy gaze over the crowd who were present. "You call yourself the elders of the family?"The monument of our ancestral dragon is right in front of you. How could you bully two young members of the family in front of it? Don't you feel any shame?"Besides, how dare you speak before Arnaud does?"After the harsh scolding they received from Preston, no one in the crowd dared to protest. Sebastian nodded involuntarily. It appeared that Preston did have influence in the Ballard family. At least no one had interrupted his scolding, including Arnaud and the man in the black robe.Preston huffed angrily and bowed to Arnaud, who sat in the middle. "Arnaud, I've brought Samson and Sebastian!"Preston went over to the chair next to the black-robe
"Sebastian, I won't be going in. Remember, don't say anything without being spoken to, and don't be impulsive!" Andreas said softly in Sebastian's ear when they reached the door to the hall. He then walked over to the crowd, which was packed on both sides of the hall.Samson and Preston walked into the hall without any change in expression. Sebastian hesitated for a moment before hurrying to catch up.When they reached the entrance, the two old men reached out to stop them and said to Preston, who was in the lead, "Preston, I'm afraid that it wouldn't be a good idea for you to go in. Everyone knows that you're biased toward Samson's family. If you get into an argument with Arnaud, then—""Nonsense!" Preston yelled furiously. He spoke in a menacing tone to the two old men. "Don't try those tricks with me. Today, I'm going to be the voice of reason. Who among you can do anything to me?"With that, he pushed them aside and strode into the hall.The two old men gazed after his ret
The Ballard Estate's resources were unfathomable as it was. Could Isabella's family be even more powerful than theirs?Sebastian clearly remembered that both he and Samson were under the Sacred Medicine Society. They even had the same mentor.The Sacred Medicine Society was above all the other mystic martial arts sects. Even the sect leaders of the Nine Sects were very respectful toward his mentor.If Samson really was from the same sect as Sebastian, then his mentor had clearly been unable to save him. Wouldn't that mean that the Sacred Medicine Society was no match for the Ballards?Wouldn't that mean that Isabella's family was an even greater entity?"If my mother's family is really that powerful, why couldn't they rescue my father? There would also be no reason to let me join the Sacred Medicine Society either, right?" Sebastian asked probingly. It seemed as if Andreas had never even thought about such questions. He smiled and shook his head. "You probably don't know about a
As they stepped out of the courtyard gate, Samson suddenly turned and lowered his voice as he said to Sebastian, "I didn't treat you and your mother well. Please don't hold it against me."Sebastian felt even more conflicted. After everything he had been through, he knew very well that there were times when one really had no choice. When Samson saw that Sebastian was looking at him with a conflicted expression, he patted him on the shoulder and gave him a warm smile. Then he took a token from Preston and walked out of the yard.They followed Preston as he walked toward the east, where there was a majestic-looking building."Why are you helping me?" Sebastian suddenly turned and asked Andreas in a low voice. Andreas glanced at him and gave him a long, cryptic smile. "Do you think I'm helping you? I'm helping myself while doing so!""Oh?" Sebastian looked at Andreas in confusion, his brow knitted. Even Rexton had mentioned that Andreas was in Arnaud's favor. Why would he need t
When Rexton and the others had gone, Preston turned to look at Samson and said irritatedly, "You little rascal. Would I ever hurt you?"Besides, you've been here in isolation for ten years. Why hasn't your temper changed at all? Couldn't you show me some respect in front of all those people?"Samson glanced at Preston but didn't answer.Preston huffed and ignored him. He turned and looked Sebastian up and down instead."Hey, kiddo. Over ten years have passed in just the blink of an eye. You've probably forgotten me. I even gave you candy back then! Come over here and call me Great Uncle Preston!"Sebastian looked at him in surprise. It was true that he didn't have much of an impression of what had happened over ten years ago. However, he could tell from what Preston had said and done that his attitude toward Sebastian's family was completely different from Rexton and the others.Beside Sebastian, Andreas kept shooting him meaningful looks. Sebastian finally smiled and said, "Hell
Although the old man looked as if he was over 60 years old, his expression was sharp and lively, and his skin was smooth as a baby's. It gave him a youthful air.Even the severely injured apprentices all scrambled up from the ground when they saw him. They hastily bowed and said, "Greetings, Great Uncle Preston!"Even Rexton had no choice but to suppress his anger. He bowed sullenly to the old man and said, "Greetings, Uncle Preston."Preston Ballard glanced at Rexton and turned to shout angrily at the apprentices, "If I hadn't come, were you planning to tear the Ballard Estate apart? Look at all of you! Get out of here right now!"Despite the scolding they had been subjected to, none of them dared to protest. They all lowered their heads and slunk out of the yard. Preston glared angrily at them as they went and snorted. "What an embarrassment to the family!"Then he smiled slightly and looked at Samson and Sebastian as he asked, "Samson, do you have anything to say?"Samson lo