*****At the back of the formation, the right-hand man's entire body instantly froze, hearing the third brother’s words.Then… without even realizing it, his eyes widened dramatically, his jaw nearly hitting the ground.‘Old man finally dies?’ The words echoed in his mind like a taboo.For a moment, he genuinely wondered whether he had heard wrong. Then he hurriedly turned toward the current patriarch.His heart pounded.‘Surely the master would be furious,’ he thought with certainty. ‘This level of disrespect would definitely provoke some reaction.’Yet...The old man remained completely calm.Only a strange, sinister glint briefly flashed through his eyes before disappearing again.And seeing this, the right-hand man felt his scalp turn numb.'What kind of family is this?' he wondered, his heart skipping a beat in his chest.Meanwhile, the two brothers appeared to have completely forgotten their father was still standing there… or perhaps they remembered.They simply no longer cared

*****The street became so quiet that one could almost hear hearts pounding, and then… every eye widened, several people nearly stumbling over their own feet.The mercenaries stared in disbelief, the private soldiers looked as though their brains had stopped functioning, and even the Patriarch’s right-hand man looked ready to faint.'He accepted?!''He actually accepted?!''What kind of lunatics are these people?!'‘They have definitely lost their minds!'At this point, many of the onlookers felt their brains were no longer functioning properly.A few moments ago, they had believed the Revercrest brothers were merely trying to kill Xavier.Yet not only had they somehow turned Xavier's execution into a family tournament, but they had also escalated it into a competition involving inheritance rights, a grand reward, future patriarch succession, and most significantly… even blood-oath servitude.The entire situation had become so absurd that several people no longer knew how to react.Th

*****The more the right-hand man analyzed it, the more impressed he became. After all, the battlefield wasn't a chessboard.People didn't normally formulate coordinated tricks like this in the blink of an eye.Yet these mercenaries had done exactly that. And not only just that… they had nearly succeeded.Just imagining how quickly everything had happened made him swallow nervously."Where did the Third Young Master even find such a monstrous mercenary group?" he murmured, his gaze shifting toward Borgia.And to his surprise, the man’s expression remained incredibly calm. If anything, he was smiling gently as though everything was happening as it should.Seeing that, the right-hand man frowned slightly, but before he could think much…"The private army is equally smart." The patriarch's calm voice suddenly sounded beside him.The words weren't loud, yet they somehow cut through the right-hand man’s thought, and hearing them, he paused."Huh?"His brows immediately knitted together, th

*****"I'll give you five times the agreed reward!"As soon as the third brother yelled those words, the private army, which hadn't shown even the slightest trace of urgency until now, suddenly smirked.It was a faint expression, barely noticeable.Yet for some reason, it carried an indescribable confidence.Unfortunately, neither the Third Brother, Borgia, nor even the right-hand man noticed it. At this moment, all eyes were focused elsewhere… on the mercenary who had already arrived before his target.A triumphant grin stretched across his face as he extended his arm toward Xavier's shoulder, looking like a hunter finally placing his hand on prey after a long chase.To him and everyone watching, this was already over.Seeing this, Borgia's excitement skyrocketed.The grin on his face became wider and wider until it looked like his cheeks might split apart.He could already taste victory… the inheritance, grand reward, and his younger brother becoming his servant.Just imagining it a

*****For a split second, nobody reacted, then realization dawned upon them.'Scout.' Several thoughts surfaced simultaneously. 'He's a scout.''That explains it.''No wonder he appeared out of nowhere.'Yet almost immediately, another second question emerged in every mind, and as it did, the mercenary who had nearly been ambushed voiced it."Even if you're a scout," he said while narrowing his eyes suspiciously, "how did you follow me in such broad daylight without anyone noticing?"The question instantly caused several people to nod internally.There had been dozens of people present, yet somehow this man had slipped through everyone's awareness like a ghost.However, the soldier merely widened his smirk."As I said," he replied, sounding almost offended that the question needed repeating, "that's my specialty."The mercenary's eyelid twitched while several others felt the urge to curse.His response was technically an answer, yet somehow it answered absolutely nothing, leaving ever