Gerald smiled gently, enduring to not gloat too much this time. He caressed the back of Juliet's hand.“At first, I had no prior knowledge of Gemology, Archeology, or even antiquated items. But I've been studying for a while now, and you know that when it comes to all things academic, I'm not gonna slack off.”Juliet couldn't help but feel secure in Gerald's words. He just had this effortless way of making her feel safe. “Ger, I don't even know what to say…..except thank you. There are no words to properly convey how grateful I am for everything you're doing for my family.”Gerald got up and walked over to Juliet, got down on his knees to wipe her tears.“Then you don't have to say a word. You have no idea how grateful I am to be here for you. As selfish as it sounds, this has given me a fourth chance to prove that I can be the one for you, as long as you would have me.”Juliet didn't even realize she had been tearing up before Gerald wiped her tears. The pressure she and her father

The assassins were stunned at the sudden incident. They didn't expect the scared children had suddenly stopped crying, and then just….stood frozen with expressionless eyes, before their eyes rolled to the back of their heads and they passed out.“What the fuck just happened?!”“Yo, one of you guys should go check up on those kids! We need to see if they're fucking around with us!”It was a male assassin who walked over to check up on the greatest kid. After a couple of inspections, he turned to the rest with a shake of his head.“These kids seem just fine to me. I have no fucking idea what made them all pass out so suddenly.” “Could they be sick or something? Maybe they passed out from overstimulation. We found sed that they were scared out of their minds a while ago. It could have gotten to them?”“I would be inclined to believe this if not for one incredibly suspicious thing. What did they all pass out at the same time?”To the constantly alerted assassin, this was indeed the most

Their minds were definitely blown away by the way he had defeated one of their own, but the part that infuriated them was that the guy with such talents wasn't on their side, but was even their opponent whom they must kill to get on with their job.The male assassin with the broad shoulders glared at Gerald.“You killed one of our own, and you did it so quickly. That's impressive. It's almost too sad that it ends here. That's all the win you'll be getting.”With those words, he signalled to the other two assassins - one male and female - who rushed over with similar speed and agility to their dead comrade, now bombarding Gerald, fiercely trying to strike him on both sides.Gerald had to utilize more of his focus this time to deal with double the troubles. He was starting to feel the pressure, but with this feeling came excitement.It didn't happen very often for Gerald to find himself fighting against the odds, at least, not as much since he returned from the long journey to Iron Fall

The assassin leader of this group scoffed heavily. “I should have known that a fighter of your caliber had to be someone quite unique. Now, explain to me why you just stood there for three whole minutes, pathetically passive while you were bombarded with attacks.”Gerald shrugged his shoulders.“Perhaps it just wasn't my lucky day. Maybe my reflex ability is not as high as I thought it would be. Maybe I overestimated myself.”The assassin leader was angry, as he could really decipher what was going through his opponent's head.If this keeps up, he's afraid that things might come to a stalemate, and they would be forced to abandon the mission, which would be humiliating enough for him.The only other option would be for him and his comrades to die as well. This one opponent had too many abilities for one person, and yet, he's able to execute them very perfectly.So why did he stop back then for three whole minutes?“Bullshit! What exactly are you up to?!”Gerald glared at this man.“

The assassin leader is dead now, and the danger here has been cleared. Gerald went over to check on the children once again, closing his eyes to get a sense of the protective barrier he's placed over them. He smiled with a sigh of relief as his plan had worked.Since what he did to these children today was something he had never done before, he was worried that it wouldn’t go well, or that it might even cause more trouble for these children in the future.But he knew better than to doubt himself, especially at that time when he was in the heat of Battle.He turned to Richard. “What's going on at the top?”Richard went straight into detail.“It was just as you predicted. They've ambushed the deck. Luckily, we were prepared for safety measures, and we evacuated everyone to the safety room we had prepared.”Hearing this, Gerald needed to know something.“So Juliet, Terry, and the forty guests on this trip with us?”Chauffeur Anthony Richard nodded his head.“They've all been safely ev