The following day, news spread throughout Wolsing.Hector, one of the Four Young Masters of Wolsing, had passed away due to an acute disease a few days ago. Today was the day of his funeral.All the members of the Thompson family had returned. It was obvious that they wanted to give Hector a grand funeral. After the news came out, all the members of the major wealthy families went to the funeral to pay their last respects.Suddenly, a lot of people gathered in Mount Jewel, where Hector's funeral service was held. While the Thompson family had expected all this, it was obvious that the security forces they prepared were stretched to their limits.All they could do was check the invitation and their belongings, and that was it. They could not do anything else.Harvey had arrived at the funeral service very early in the morning. However, no one noticed him because he preferred to be discreet. After narrowing his eyes and scanning the corners of the service, Harvey quietly mixed into

"Not necessarily the Islanders, no." Harvey shook his head with a dark expression. "Today is Hector's funeral, and the key moment for the Thompsons' heirs to fight for their ascension as patriarch. While it looked like the Islanders were behind this assassination attempt, the Thompsons might have arranged for him."Mandy frowned. "Don't tell me it's Vaughn…?""Not him. He's the next person in line with the hope of becoming the patriarch after Hector's death. There's no need for him to make things difficult for himself," Harvey said slowly.Harvey had a guess, but he didn't expect this person to be so decisive and make such a risky move in the funeral service. If it really was that person, then all of these arrangements were just the appetizer. The entree wasn't here yet.When Harvey realized this, he didn't care about Mandy's resistance and immediately dragged her under a nearby tree where she would be out of sight. It was too late to leave right now."Thompsons! Hear me! Don't le

Nicholas' return and taking back everything he wanted was just an excuse. His greatest aim was to borrow the powers of Evermore and other forces to make Wolsing bleed and covered in corpses. He wanted Wolsing to fall into chaos.While he was indeed pitiful when he was forced to leave Wolsing, it was not an excuse for his actions.Harvey even suspected that the reason Nicholas could reach this stage was all thanks to Evermore and their planning. Nicholas was one of the most important pawns for them to throw the country into chaos.If Nicholas really did become the patriarch of the Thompsons of Wolsing, the result would be unthinkable.An elder from the Thompson family approached him and slammed his hand on the table. "How dare you! You dare threaten the family? And you will make us choose between life and death? What? Are you going to kill everyone here?"I'm going to make it clear. The Thompson family isn't just someone's private property. Those who become the patriarch would have

Vaughn felt like he had reached the height of his life. It was truly a rare sight. He pointed his finger at Nicholas and roared, "Take him down and drag him to Dragon Cell for his judgment! How dare he take mercenaries in when he returns from overseas! I suspect that he betrayed his country and allied himself with outside powers!"Send him to Dragon Cell. I believe that they will judge this fairly. The Thompsons of Wolsing will have no complaints about it!"Vaughn waved his hand; behind the mercenaries that Nicholas brought back from Dark Island, a group of men and women in robes appeared.All of them wore masks, and each of them wielded a crossbow and other lethal weapons. Instantly, there was a face-off between them and the mercenaries. Most importantly, many of them were martial arts elites, and they instantly suppressed the mercenaries.When they saw this sudden change, the Thompson men cried spiritedly, "Of course!"Their security guards wanted to advance as well.Even tho

"Do you think what happened today is beyond your imagination?" Harvey asked in a whisper."Not exactly, it's just…" Mandy hesitated for a while before saying, "I feel like what happened today isn't all because of Nicholas himself. I feel like someone has already planned all of this, and Nicholas simply fell into this trap."Harvey raised an eyebrow, admiring her growth. "If someone really did set this up early, who do you think that person is?"Mandy gave it a thought and said, "Vaughn. It's most likely him, since he's the one who got all the spoils from this conflict. It doesn't look like he has the capabilities to do all this, though. If he did have this ability, then there would be no place for Hector in the Thompson family."Either Vaughn has been developing his powers and influence in secret, or someone else is teaching him in the shadows."Harvey nodded. "No bad. You're very close to the truth. Let me give you a hint. This guy behind Vaughn? You know him too.""I know him t