Darius’ eyes widened. Even his bones trembled deep beneath his skin due to the rage brewing in his chest. Despite that, he did not do anything and merely smiled at Shelvin.Even so, Shelvin could tell the former was pretending. He curled one side of his lips upward, sneering, “You keep pretending like you’re keen on working with me, but deep down, all you want is to hit the pause button on our battle today—”His voice remained monotonous the entire time.“From what I recall, I’ve always viewed you as somewhat of a decent human. Granted, you can be arrogant and lack the potential for much character development, but I can understand why.Shelvin nodded understandingly, but it only left a bitter taste in Darius’ mouth. Although Darius frowned, Shelvin ignored the former and resumed his speech.“That’s normal. You used to be very poor, after all.” He shot a sympathetic look at Darius but then smirked while shrugging. “So, even after you inherited your newfound wealth and martial arts skil

“It must’ve taken her a lot of willpower not to kill you and your subordinate. Make sure to thank her later on,” Edward added. He then approached Bridget’s side to say, “Wait here. I’m going to help Mr. Reid.”He was about to head upstairs when someone grabbed his sleeve, stopping him. He turned while frowning as he could sense someone’s jealous stare focusing on him. Once he faced Bridget again, he raised a brow as though questioning her unprofessional reaction.That made Bridget raise her brows before returning to her usual stoic expression. She then parted her lips to speak in a subdued voice. “You wait here. Your combat skills aren’t as good as mine, so I should go and help Mr. Reid.” She then looked behind where Pierce was, and her eyes widened for a moment. Once she saw Pierce trembling in fear, her gaze returned to its usual emotionlessness. However, she raised her voice to say, “As long as we block off those strong winds, you’ll be able to protect those scheming, worthless,

Darius murmured the name to himself before looking up at the man again. “You’re foreign?”Yarlyn blanked for a second before nodding. Flashing a bitter smile while reddening his eyes, he explained, “I’ve been trapped here for so long that I can’t recall many things anymore.”“Trapped?” Darius quirked a brow. Yarlyn nodded, his features tensed even more as he turned to the side and waved, calling off all the fog around his body.A frown marred Darius’ face in that instant.It turned out that there was a hidden room behind Yarlyn this entire time. Darius could see the brightly lit and fully furnished room where Yarlyn had likely been residing now that the fog had lifted. That instantly made Darius’ brows narrow into a deep V-shape. Nothing seemed odd about Yarlyn’s explanation, but he could tell the furniture was from a different era, and there were signs of wear and tear from the long-term use. Although Darius did not seem overly bothered, he was already in utter shock after specula

“It had eyes on its arms and several long legs that stood sideways like a crab. Also, it had remarkably tiny hands. It was in a cage and had many wounds on its body. Even one of its legs could no longer stand properly. I caught a whiff of an overwhelming bloody scent that made me limp. Soon enough, the figures in black robes put me on the operating table—that was when I heard the most horrid instructions in my life.” Again, a black fog poured from Yarlyn, who became emotional at that memory.A sigh came from Darius, who placed his hand on the former’s shoulder. He released some of his warm life force at the same time. That instantly calmed Yarlyn down and made his black life force gasses vanish.Yarlyn slumped on the edge of his bed, gripping so tightly on the fabric around his knees that it ripped. Only then did he snap to his senses. Even so, he kept his eyes closed while saying, “The person holding me down said, ‘The boss says not to waste any anesthesia on him. Just seal his woun

Bridget heaved a sigh of relief, her features relaxing. She then turned to flash her widened eyes at Edward while smiling ever so slightly.Next to her, Edward sensed a killing intent vanish from inside the barrier. Following that, he felt Bridget staring at him, so he smiled in return. “You know, I haven’t seen you this happy since we started training together all those years ago.”“Duh,” Bridget’s smile deepened. “I’m smiling because I want to help complete Mr. Reid’s tasks, and I only wish for him to achieve his goals with little to no suffering.”With that, she turned the other way and ensured Pierce could not see them before flashing a frosty glare. “That rotten Pierce Bronson! How dare he give us false information!”Edward’s jaw fell agape upon hearing that. He assumed Bridget would say, “How dare he have such lewd thoughts about me!” Nevertheless, he was still shocked that Pierce had the nerve to lie to Darius. Edward’s mouth remained wide open for the longest time, and he took