It was late that night—within a secret manor in Yanam—when Gerald and his family could be seen cheerfully eating while talking with each other. Even Yoel—whom Gerald’s mother was currently supporting—found himself smiling due to how joyous the reunion was. It truly had been ages since they had last gotten together like this… Even so, Gerald couldn’t seem to feel truly happy about all this. After all, in the end, poor Yoel still had his eyes gouged out and his tongue snipped! His parents no longer had functioning legs either, and as for his sister… He couldn’t even imagine all the suffering she had gone through while waiting for him… To Gerald, all this had only happened due to him not doing his best to keep his family protected. With that in mind, he blamed himself for all their suffering, and all that guilt prevented him from enjoying himself at the moment… If only he had made a few more precautions, Yoel would’ve surely been able to live both normally and happily like any reg

Meanwhile, the sound of a cup shattering to pieces could be heard within a manor in the far-off city of Sunniva… The one who had furiously done the deed was Zaki Quantock, the head of the Quantock family… Despite there being several other Quantocks who had witnessed the scene, all of them simply lowered their heads, not even daring to say a word or look Zaki in the eye out of fear that he would take his anger out on them… “That utter b*stard…! I’ll definitely shred you to pieces, Gerald Crawford…!” roared the enraged Zaki, immense fury reflected in his eyes. The extermination of the Quartermains in Jaellatra had caused a massive stir among his family here. To think that Gerald would actually be bold enough to do such a thing! “…Father, what… should we do now…?” asked Shawn Quantock—a middle-aged man who was Zaki’s eldest son—in a careful tone as he walked up to Zaki. “Come again? What do you mean what should we do? We’re definitely making Gerald pay for all he’s done!” reto

After taking the other two out as well, Gerald began thinking of his next step. From this encounter alone, Gerald knew that he had to head off to Sunniva City as soon as possible to destroy the Quantocks… After thinking about it a bit more, Gerald then fished his phone out and dialed the number of Hubert Younger from the Dragon Squad… Whatever his next move was, he still needed someone to deal with these corpses first. Hubert definitely didn’t have any objections to Gerald’s request, and about half an hour later, Hubert’s men arrived to take the bodies away… With that out of the way, Gerald couldn’t help but sigh rather unhappily. After all, he had been enjoying a rather good morning before Yamazon and his goons came along… Still, his family remained safe, so it wasn’t all that bad. Regardless, now that the issue was settled, Gerald hurried back to the manor… Upon arriving, Gerald realized that his family members were already awake. Since there were already plenty of design

With that in mind, Gerald quickly got the girl off him. In response, the surprised Nori then asked, “Why have you returned, Gerald? And why didn’t you tell me that you were coming back in advance?” “I did try to look for you, but your guards told me that you had gone out! Due to that, I came over here to see if I would have any luck finding you!” explained Gerald. Upon hearing that, Nori was instantly overjoyed. After all, she had missed Gerald dearly ever since they parted ways. She had also been bored out of her mind since then. Regardless, upon seeing how intimate Nori was being with Gerald, the young man in white furiously stomped over to them before asking, “Who is he, Nori?” Glaring back at the man in white, Nori then said in a cold tone, “He’s my boyfriend, Johnie Lager! With that said, you’d best stop pestering me or he’ll teach you a good lesson!” Gerald himself could only frown when he heard Nori’s claim. This woman was far too proficient in using others as her sh

Regardless, the terrified Johnie could only stare as Gerald slowly walked over to him… before squatting right before him and outstretching his right hand. Looking at Johnie right in the eye, Gerald then said, “Well, as you’ve promised, a hundred million dollars for losing, please!” Upon hearing that, Johnie—who had already closed his eyes, expecting the worst to happen—instantly found himself heaving a sigh of relief… As it turned out, Gerald was particularly trying to teach him a lesson… Either way, Johnie understood that it was his total defeat, so he simply handed the hundred million dollars over to Gerald. Money would always come and go, so that amount was nothing much to Johnie. However, though he didn’t particularly care about losing the money, he did care about losing his pride. His dignity as the young master of the Lager family had been shattered, and Johnie simply couldn’t stand that… Whatever the case was, after taking the money, Gerald then left with Nori, leaving