With Levi smiling so generously as he pointed toward the swords, Gerald saw no reason not to oblige. To his slight disappointment, however, Gerald couldn’t help but feel that the swords weren’t as good as Levi described them to be. Sure, they were all pretty good, but they were probably only perfect in the eyes of commoners. In other words, none of them were good enough for Gerald’s standards. Still, Gerald knew better than to reject the offer after going through all this. With that, he began carefully observing the swords… A few minutes later, he finally found one that was a little better than the rest in the pile. At the very least, he would be able to use this as a temporary weapon… With that, he lifted the sword, showing it to Levi and Yalinda before saying, “I shall choose this one, then!” “A fine choice, brother Gerald! I hope you’ll use that very sword on the day of our duel!” replied Levi with a laugh. “But of course!” said Gerald enthusiastically. Fast forward to t

Realizing that, Gerald then leaped down again, landing in the field below. Naturally, the four assassins followed, and they soon encircled the youth… Glaring at each of them, Gerald then said, “I’ll ask one more time. Who sent you here?” Despite his intimidating tone, none of them said a word… Instead, they simply raised their machetes and began charging toward Gerald! Seeing that, Gerald knew that peace simply wasn’t an option… While all four of the assassins had near-perfect teamwork, with each of them even having their own attack styles that complemented the others—that would most definitely confuse their targets—, it was unfortunate that their opponent was Gerald… Before they could even land a single attack on him, Gerald had already flung dozens of silver needles—that he had kept concealed under his clothes—at each of them with lightning speed! Due to how fast his attack was, neither of them were able to dodge in time! Since Gerald had aimed the needles at their key chak

Kay himself couldn’t help but frown after hearing that. After thinking about it for a while, he then walked toward the king and queen who were seated at their thrones… After whispering something to them, he then returned to his initial spot before declaring, “His Majesty has decreed that this is criminally unruly behavior! With that said, an investigation will immediately be carried out! Since we’re already on the topic, do you know who sent those assassins, Miss Juans?” Nodding in response, Yalinda then replied, “I do! Your Majesties, it was Clyde Gower who planned the assassination last night!” The second she said that, everyone instantly became stupefied. Realizing that Kay was now looking at him, Clyde then stood up before roaring, “Utter nonsense!” “Or so you say, Young Master Gower! I’m sure you know who’s the real person spouting nonsense here! In case you didn’t know, we managed to capture the assassins, and they’re currently right outside the city’s gates! With that

Upon returning to the delivery house that night, Yalinda immediately yelled angrily, “That b*stard Clyde…! To think that he would be shameless enough to deny his sins in public! And those four b*stards are just as bad as he is!” “Just forget about it, Yalinda. We couldn’t have predicted that scenario… Well, if we were a bit more careful, we probably could. With that in mind, we just need to be more careful next time!” comforted Tanner as he patted his daughter’s back. “Captain Juans is right, Yalinda. There’s no need to be angry since Clyde’s dying by my hands sooner or later! Regardless, during these two days before the semi-finals, I’ll be sure to make him pay the price for messing with us!” added Gerald as he narrowed his eyes, now fully determined to kill Clyde. “Oh? Do you already have a plan to take him down, Gerald?” asked Tanner. “I do, though I’ll need to trouble you a bit… Essentially, I need you to send someone out to constantly monitor Clyde. I just need to know whe

After staring at Terenzio—who was lying on the floor—for a while, Tarek Crawford eventually dragged his body onto a cart. Tarek had decided that he would simply say that he was going out to fish as an excuse to toss the body into the sea tonight… Regardless, the woman soon returned with some water, and two immediately grabbed some brushes to begin scrubbing off the blood on the floor… While doing so, Tarek—who was still a bit worried—couldn’t help but say, “Remember, nobody finds out about what happened tonight…!” “B-but if Terenzio doesn’t return, his family will surely investigate…!” replied the woman who was equally as worried. “It’s not like we can stop that. If his family does eventually interrogate us, simply say that you don’t know anything! In the end, this is a matter between the head of the family and his grandson, so we shouldn’t meddle!” instructed Tarek as he rapidly waved his hand. “…Huh? The head of the family and his grandson…? What’s going on between them…?”