Before Zeke could finish speaking, Liam interrupted him coldly. "Mr. Fisher, please tell Mr. Ballard who my grandfather is!"Sweat beaded on Zeke's forehead. He couldn't afford to offend either Liam or Sebastian!"Whoever your grandfather is, you need to learn to respect others! Hasn't your grandfather ever taught you to be polite?""You little—" Liam's eyes narrowed at Sebastian's words, and he raised a hand as if to strike. "Mr. Holman, calm down!" Zeke hastily went up to pull at Liam. He smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Mr. Ballard is very busy today…""Let go!" Liam shook him off, sending Zeke flying several feet away. He crashed into a nearby table, sending the dishes on it crashing to the ground.Sebastian frowned and turned sharply to look at Liam."What's all this noise?" At that moment, Nathan's voice came from behind Sebastian. Liam glanced behind Sebastian, his pupils constricted when he saw Nathan walking slowly into the hall with Rosalie's help!"Commander Whita
"Sebastian, let Mr. Whitaker Senior finish talking." Rosalie saw that the atmosphere had suddenly become awkward, so she quickly glossed things over and poured Nathan another cup of tea.Sebastian hesitated, and his features relaxed slightly as he said to Nathan, "Mr. Whitaker Senior, go ahead and say whatever you have to say. I'll listen."Nathan's smile was restored slightly. "Sebastian, it's like this…"Liam's grandfather, Wyatt Holman, had been Nathan's comrade for many years. Due to a relapse of an old injury, he had been to all the major hospitals in Janover, but they hadn't been able to help him.Recently, he had returned to the sanatorium in Sunway. Although he was supposedly there to recuperate, the truth was that he just wanted to be back in his hometown. Wyatt had told Nathan more than once that if he had to die, he wanted to die in his hometown. Nathan had been planning to ask Sebastian to intervene. After all, Sebastian had cured his own chronic condition.However
There was the sound of metal breaking and crumpling, and Sebastian's car was crushed into a flattened metal disc. At that moment, a gunshot rang out. Sebastian was very familiar with the sound. It was a sniper rifle!As the thought flashed through his mind, his body jumped into action.He had to get off the bridge as soon as possible because there was no cover at all there. He was a living, breathing target for the sniper in the distance.At that moment, the drivers of the road roller and the truck both raised submachine guns and began shooting wildly at Sebastian.However, Sebastian was too nimble. All they could see was the remnant of a shadow as countless shots whizzed past Sebastian's cheek.Sebastian dared not stop at all because he could see three red dots of light sweeping over him. There were three snipers!Sebastian didn't even have time to get rid of the two drivers. He could only run ahead with all his might.In the blink of an eye, he had run off the bridge, but
"Are you sure that these Swiftblade Sect members will be able to kill me?" Sebastian sneered as he looked at the black-clad men behind Matt.Matt burst into laughter, acting as if he had just heard the funniest joke in the world."Do you think that you have any possibility of escaping? To tell you the truth, I'm not the only one who wants to kill you today. You've offended too many people that you shouldn't have offended," Matt said as he moved aside. A middle-aged man in his 40s walked out slowly from behind Matt. "You injured Austin the last time, but you won't be so lucky this time." When Sebastian heard his voice, he immediately thought of one of the disciples of the Multivenom Sect. Looking at him closely, the man in front of him did seem very similar to the man Sebastian had in mind."Are you Graham Carter from the Multivenom Sect?" The name popped up in Sebastian's mind at once."Oh? You actually know who I am? It's a pity that you shattered Mr. Paquin's lower abdomen. T
The black-clad men were just cannon fodder to tire Sebastian out."Sebastian, how are you feeling now?" Matt laughed triumphantly when he saw Sebastian's arm was bleeding.Sebastian had no time to bother with him at all. Three more longswords were silently aimed at three vital points on his body. At the same time, several men noiselessly approached him from behind with their longswords.Sebastian shook his hands and sent over a dozen silver needles flying. Two black-clad men fell to the ground. Upon seeing the gap, Sebastian dodged and avoided the attack from the longswords behind him.At that moment, a pitch-black dagger flew toward Sebastian's abdomen. It moved like lightning in the darkness. It only grazed Sebastian's abdomen, but it had been a close call! As it grazed past him, Sebastian punched the assassin in the dark and killed him with a fatal blow."Take him alive! I want to slice him up bit by bit!" Matt yelled arrogantly as he pointed at Sebastian."Yes, sir!" Seve
The experts on either side of Matt were top assassins from the Slaughter Gods!Both of them were highly skilled Supreme Grandmasters, and they were only a step away from the legendary Sage level.To deal with Sebastian, the Slaughter Gods had come to Matt and the others of their own accord and personally planned their death trap for him together.Sebastian dodged the attack of the four black-clad men once more. They waved their longswords wildly and flew toward Sebastian from behind, moving as fast as lightning.One of them aimed straight for Sebastian's left leg, while the other went right for Sebastian's throat.Graham jumped up and tried to plunge his sword into Sebastian's back.Matt watched as Sebastian was being held several paces away from him, and he laughed coldly and shook his head as he said, "Ballard, are you actually trying to kill me?"You're too confident in your own abilities. I'd like to see how long you can hold on when you're being surrounded like that!" Mat
In Graham's opinion, the black-clad woman seemed to be the weakest among all of them. As long as he could kill her, he might still have a chance of escaping. There was an icy flash as he aimed straight for the black-clad woman's stomach.However, Graham was very surprised to find that the woman moved like a phantom! She avoided Graham's blade at an angle that he would have thought was impossible!At the same time, a pitch-black longbow appeared in the black-clad woman's hand! She pulled the string back and flicked it gently with her fingers. The longbow twanged against Graham's stomach at an unthinkable angle! There was a dull bang, and Graham flew backward like a bullet released from a gun.With a thump, he fell heavily to the ground, leaving a deep depression sunk into it.Before he could get up, a mouthful of fresh blood forced its way out of his mouth.The two experts from the Slaughter Gods saw that Graham was severely injured, so they pulled out knives. One of them rushe
Sebastian looked coldly at Matt. His voice was as cold as ice as he said, "Matt, you can't possibly think that you can leave this place alive, do you?""What?" Matt looked up sharply, and when he met Sebastian's eyes, he saw a murderous glint in them. "Y-You would dare to kill me?" Matt couldn't believe that Sebastian would kill.He had assumed that he would be the only one who would hire assassins to murder Sebastian and that the latter would never be bold enough to do so.After all, Sebastian was just a business owner in a small place like Steinberg. It was clear what committing murder would mean for someone like him. "You're good at picking the right place and time for murder. It's dark, there's a strong wind, and it's a good time to kill," Sebastian sneered as he looked up at the quiet woods around them."No… Sebastian, you can't kill me! I-I'm begging you, let me go! I know that I made a mistake!" Matt burst into terrified tears. He didn't want to die! He still had so mu
"It all comes back to Uncle Samson," Andreas said. "Great Uncle Arnaud already told you he'd let Uncle Samson have his freedom if you find the other emerald token, but then he brought up the marriage alliance. "It directly affects whether or not Uncle Samson can regain his freedom. So, why don't you think about it?"With a quiet chuckle, Andreas walked toward a grove of peach trees to the west.Realization finally dawned on Sebastian. Arnaud was a shrewd man. He wouldn't slip up like that. Besides, although the Ballards and the Yeomans had established a marriage agreement, they hadn't named specific individuals, only that the Blessed Child of the Ballards would fulfill it.The Blessed Child bore the duty of guiding the Ballards to revival. In other words, the emerald token would be better off falling into the Blessed Child's hands rather than anyone else's.Could it be that the final emerald token was with the Yeomans? If that were true, why hadn't the Ballards used their pow
"I'm sorry, but I have no interest in becoming the head of the Ballard family," Sebastian said impassively. "I only want my father to be freed."Arnaud's expression changed slightly, but his tone remained neutral as he said, "It's Braxton who owes you and your mother, not the entire family. Why must you do this?"Sebastian let out a cold snort. It was true that Braxton had been the one who had kicked them out, but weren't the true culprits the elders of the Ballard Estate?"If there's nothing else, I'd like to see Whitney," Sebastian said, rising slowly to his feet. As soon as he mentioned her name, Arnaud waved a hand at him and said, "Don't be in such a rush, Sebastian. Whitney is safe. The Ballards would never harm a frail woman."He added, "However, there's something I want to ask you. Is Whitney still your wife?"Sebastian frowned. "Whether she is or isn't, what business is that of the Ballards?""Of course it is," Arnaud replied firmly. "The Ballards and the Yeomans of
Arnaud led Sebastian into a secret room deep within the Hall of the Ancestral Dragon. Once inside, Sebastian saw a Cosmic Orbit Diagram. It was exactly the same as the records in the Sacred Medicine Secret Annals.However, the Ballards' Cosmic Orbit Diagram was divided into different sections. It looked even more three-dimensional."This is the Cosmic Orbit Diagram passed down through our family for generations," Arnaud said proudly. "The one that the Sacred Medicine Society has is just a copy."The legacy of the mystic arts in Dramon almost all came from the Ballards.The Ballards had withheld some things back then as well. As a result, all the legacies of the various secular sects only had incomplete Cosmic Orbit Diagrams. It was why there were very few experts at the fifth level of the Eldoria realm and above.Afterward, Arnaud led Sebastian into a library. Thousands of technical legacies lined the shelves. Sebastian flipped through them. The techniques recorded there were
Samson glanced at Sebastian. He took a deep breath and said to Arnaud, "Thank you for sparing me, Uncle Arnaud."He gave Sebastian a few final reminders before leaving the hall with Preston.Once they were gone, Arnaud pointed at Duo and said to Sebastian, "Tell him to leave too."Sebastian waved a hand at Duo."I'll wait for you at the entrance, my lord," Duo said. "If anything happens, I'll be here as soon as you call!"He gave Arnaud a cold look before striding out of the hall.Arnaud watched him leave and smiled approvingly. He beckoned to Sebastian. "Come, sit!"Sebastian didn't hesitate. He crossed the hall and sat in the chair opposite Arnaud."Do you know why I asked Andreas to bring you back here?" Arnaud asked impassively. Sebastian shook his head expressionlessly. He said in a cold voice, "It's probably because of the emerald token in my father's possession."Apart from using him and Whitney as leverage against Samson, he couldn't think of any other reason.Arnau
"The Blessed Child! The Blessed Child has finally come to our family!"The black-robed old man who had been sitting beside Arnaud stood up, looking pleased. He couldn't hide his excitement as he turned to Arnaud and said, "Arnaud, our family is going to prosper!"Only Rexton and Milton looked extremely displeased. Braxton and Roland looked pained, as if they had lost something of great value. They were practically thumping their chests in regret!The Blessed Child had been foretold by one of the heads of the family centuries ago. No matter how far the Ballards declined, the prophecy said that after a few hundred years, a Blessed Child would appear—someone who could lead the family's revival!The only proof of the Blessed Child was for him to enter a master-servant oath with a Devora."Prosper? What a joke!" Hugo scoffed, holding Virtus firmly. "Weren't you all just clamoring about killing the two of them?"At Hugo's words, Arnaud's expression changed slightly. "When did I say tha
"Hugo!"Arnaud, who had been sitting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them wide. He eyed Hugo with a conflicted expression as he asked, "Have you forgotten the agreement the Thornes made with us ten years ago?"Hugo smiled coldly and put one hand behind his back. "That was the agreement you made with the Thornes. I'm only following Ms. Thorne's orders to protect Samson and find the emerald token. If Samson dies in this battle, how am I supposed to explain that to her?"He pointed at Sebastian and added, "He's Ms. Thorne's flesh and blood. Your family has no right to punish him! If the Ballards insist on killing them today, don't blame me for going on a killing spree!"When Hugo had finished, Sebastian finally realized that Hugo was from Isabella's family and that he had stayed at the Ballard Estate to protect Samson.It was clear that Isabella hadn't held a grudge toward Samson. In fact, she had sent an expert to stay behind to protect him in case anything happened.Arnaud's
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