Diane came and sat at the same table as Leo. Seeing him staring at his left hand, she asked, “Is everything okay?”“Yeah,” Leo replied and looked at Denver. (Why did he put his left hand forward? Is he left-handed?)He put aura into his eyes and soon realized that the aura around Denver’s right arm didn’t seem normal.“It seems his right arm is injured,” Leo muttered under his breath. “Holding an event like this with his condition is risky in itself. Is he that pressed for time?”“Tell me more about Denver,” Diane said.“Why?” Leo asked. “Are you interested in him?”“I just want to know about the one hosting this event,” Diane said. “He looks like he’s ex-military. Is he?”“I went to the military, but I don’t think he did,” Leo said. “If you want to join the military, I can get you in.”“W-What? I’m not 18.”“With my recommendation, even 50 year olds can get in,” Leo replied.“Huh!” Diane could only smile. “I think your dad can train me much better than the military can.”Even though

Darrell and his daughter Bianca Gozard who worked for the Den bank were both looking at each other after Denver gave a brief speech about the main reason for calling everyone wasn’t just to celebrate the opening of the port but to join Denver’s family.“Dad, did he really say he’ll bring a two trillion dollar investment for our bank?” Bianca asked him. “Look at the people’s reactions, there’s not much positivity floating around here.”Darrell didn’t look happy, either. He had always maintained his distance from all the secret factions as he didn’t want to be targeted by any specific group. This was why the public didn’t even know much about him.So, Darrell didn’t like the idea of becoming a part of whatever family Denver was talking about building.Denver did not give a long speech, unlike how many expected. He did not even elaborate himself on the idea of the ‘family’ he talked about.After coming down from the stage, Catherine could see the people talking nonstop.“Are you giving t

Sheryl was talking with Jordan Wang, a steel manufacturing company owner.And she felt some of her energy rippling inside her body.This broke her concentration, and she wondered, “This feeling… did some of the basic puppets I made die?”There were multiple ways in which she could create puppets. Depending on the level of those puppets, they could look quite similar to humans, and if they were to get destroyed, Sheryl would automatically know what happened.However, the puppets she made in the basement of Rose Tower were low-leveled ones, which were only good at fighting.So, Sheryl didn’t realize that those puppets were wrecked by Sedrick.“You don’t publicly trade your steel, so how about you join us?” Sheryl asked Jordan. “We can build new cars and armored vehicles on our own.”“Do you have quality engineers on your side?” Jordan asked.“Yep. We have a super computer ready to optimize all our work,” Sheryl told him. “I can assure you that your market cap will triple in two years.”

Fighting dozens of high-level rankers wasn’t easy for Sheryl.Their skill was one thing, but the shitty smell they all exuded was a whole different thing.Clashing with these men and women donning discolored clothes in itself proved quite difficult for her.She had to shut off her sense of sight and smell.Even with her eyes closed, she was able to fight them and get accustomed to their pace.Within a few minutes, she dealt with all of them, not counting the ones that broke free from Tyron’s hypnosis spell and ran away.In the end, she killed 14 people and severely injured 28 more.But she only suffered minor scratches, though she did have to spend a lot of energy to finish them off quickly.Nevertheless, she was still on guard.“Huff, huff, there could be more people who have infiltrated this place. I have to do a clear search before returning to the port.”Back at the kitchen building.Catherine entered the main hall, only to be shocked seeing the destruction and death everywhere.A

Leo was alone after Diane left for the washroom.After looking around, Leo’s gaze shifted to where Jim Draknor was sitting. “That guy… he’s hiding it, but I can vaguely feel a tremendous energy from him. It’s not aura. Is it vivre then?”Leo was aware of history, thanks to him reading forbidden books in his father’s home.Aura was used by commoners in the ancient times, as aura was considered earthly. It had the tendency to increase earthly desires unless it was tamed.So, nobles and kings of those times relied on heavenly energies, which also had the tendency to increase spiritual desires unless it was brought under control. There were many nobles who gave up on their wealth and families and lived a life of loneliness and for greater causes in old times.In general, it was hard to manifest much less subdue one’s own aura, but perceiving heavenly energies was said to be even harder. As for subduing the heavenly energies, this was something that only a very few could hope to achieve.L