A suffocating silence enveloped the room. Alex’s blunt statement—sounding like both a declaration of war and a mad proposal—made time itself seem to stop.Olivia froze, her lips slightly parted as she tried to process the madness she had just heard. She knew Alex was extraordinary. She knew her fiancé’s charm was difficult to resist. She had even half-jokingly agreed to the idea of polygamy because of how deeply she loved him. But hearing it spoken so seriously, in front of the Queen of Heliox, left her speechless.Meanwhile, Auriel, the majestic Queen, did not erupt in anger as expected. Instead, the demanding gleam in her silver eyes dimmed, replaced by shadows of deep exhaustion and despair. The pressure of her aura gradually subsided, leaving behind a fragile elegance.Auriel stared at Alex for a long time, as if trying to find a lie in his eyes. But what she found instead was unwavering conviction. She let out a long breath—a sigh that sounded profoundly human beneath the mask of

Alex took a deep breath, then curled his lips into a smile that was hard to interpret. He stepped closer to the window, gazing at the city lights flickering like a spread of gemstones.“You’re smart, Olivia,” Alex said softly without turning around.“Dragon Prison isn’t just a place to lock up criminals. It’s where the purest law of the jungle applies. The strongest rules. I didn’t just survive there—I conquered every inch of it. Those eight block rulers… they tried to kill me in the first month, and now, they fear me more than they fear death itself.”Olivia fell silent, goosebumps rising along her skin. She realized that the man standing before her possessed a darkness so deep—yet somehow, it made her feel even more protected.“So, you’re a king among monsters,” Olivia murmured, half in awe, half in fear.“Only when necessary, my dear,” Alex replied casually. He then slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out a foldable phone with high-level encryption.“But tonight, I want to

The atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly shifted from technical to emotional when Alex mentioned Auriel’s name. His ambition was no longer just about numbers or market dominance—it had turned into a declaration of war, wrapped in the form of an unmatched bridal offering.While Alex’s company was weaving its web like a spider, in the exclusive district of Sarwah Heights, the situation was far from calm.*Inside a grand colonial-style mansion, the Grand Master of the Sarwah family—a white-haired elderly man with neatly combed hair—slammed his digital tablet onto a teakwood table.“Who is this anonymous bastard?!” he roared.“In just four hours, they’ve swept up 15% of our circulating shares in the retail market! They’re buying at 30% above market price. This is insane! This isn’t investment—it’s financial suicide!”One of his personal assistants trembled.“Sir, our brokers reported that hundreds of overseas accounts with anonymous identities are moving simultaneously. They don’t car

A suffocating silence enveloped the mansion’s grand hall.The ticking of an antique wall clock in the corner echoed like a judge’s gavel delivering a final verdict.Lord Sarwah, who had once stood tall with the pride of an industrial ruler, now looked as if the weight of the entire building had fallen onto his shoulders.No one dared to speak.Then Alex stepped forward slowly, breaking through the line of shareholders who had once mocked him but now moved aside in fear—as if a predator had just entered their territory.He stopped right in front of Lord Sarwah, looking at the old man with a gaze that was difficult to interpret—somewhere between pity and absolute dominance.“Lord Sarwah,” Alex began, his voice low yet filling every corner of the room.“You kept rejecting my anonymous acquisition yesterday because you thought it was a mafia attack. You felt your family’s honor was being trampled by a shadow. But now, that shadow stands before you. And I didn’t come to take your honor—I c

Hearing the leader’s command, the fifty gray-robed cultivators moved at once.Sriiing?!The sharp sound of metal blades sliding out of their sheaths tore through the silence of the Lake of Silence. They leapt off the dock, running across the water at such speed that sharp ripples trailed behind them.“Lori, stop holding back. Just use your killing instincts. Let your muscles do the talking,” Alex said calmly, his eyes still fixed on the approaching crowd.“Understood, Young Master,” Lori replied briefly.Lori was the first to move. She didn’t wait for the enemy to reach her. With a single stomp, the water beneath her exploded upward three meters high, and she shot forward like a black bullet.The first enemy, a thin man wielding a curved sword, slashed toward Lori’s neck. But to Lori—tempered under Alex’s overwhelming aura—the movement felt slow.She ducked low, letting the blade pass over her head, then in a flash, drove her elbow straight into his solar plexus.Bugh!The crisp sound