2026-09-17 08:38:35
Previous Chapter
Latest Chapter
Chapter 265: The Accuser Becomes the Accused
"If anything goes wrong, I answer for it." Noikaisen patted his own chest, and the gesture was supposed to read as honor. It read as impatience. "Every Diamond member we offend, I'll compensate. To his full satisfaction. You have my word."Nuyas could hardly refuse after that, and he knew it. "Then I'll send a few of my own people along. If this is real, we make an example. Kill them where they stand."Noikaisen nodded. He already had the room number memorized.Ethan had cycled off the somber space-documentary channel and onto a combat reel by the time the door caved in.He didn't jump. He didn't even sit up. He lay where he was on the sofa, head propped on one arm, and let his gaze drift lazily toward the breach.Noikaisen stormed in first, a wall of guards behind him. Nuyas trailed with a dozen Alliance members, every one of them a heavy hitter, their auras rolling through the room until the air itself felt thick enough to chew. Ethan's pulse knocked once behind his ribs — even he h
Chapter 264: The Montoya Clan Comes Calling
"It's really you. You know my grandfather?" Yan Su nodded so hard the short black hair bouncing off her chin, and Ethan had to look away.It had been a long time since the girl had seen another face from the Su clan. She couldn't hide it. For weeks she'd been telling herself the universe had finally taken mercy on her — rescued off a block, handed over to this quiet young man, housed in a place that made the old tales of immortal mountains look like a rumor. Real food. Warm rooms. No one dragging her to an auction block to sell her to the highest bidder.And now this. Su blood. In the room with her.The old man on the bed watched her for a long time before he let his breath out in a slow, shaking cloud. Then he lifted his eyes to Ethan."Tianxing's boy. Is he well?"Ethan's composure slipped. Just a fraction. Something raw moved behind his eyes and was gone before it could settle."My parents. They were likely killed not long after I was born."The old man didn't look surprised. A bit
Chapter 263: Second Su's Girl
"That building needs Diamond rank." The Bimeng looked him up and down. "This job won't get you there. You're too weak. It's pointless." He paused. "Who are you, kid? And why do I know you?"Ethan's mask had been meant to hold. In front of this man it might as well have been a handkerchief.The Bimeng's eyes narrowed. "You look like— don't tell me you're a Su. You're here looking for the Su survivors."Ethan stepped back, his hand finding the weapon at his belt.The Bimeng laughed — a great, barking sound. "Got you. You got nerve, I'll give you that. Hiding out in the open. And this mask?" He snorted. "The Montoya have viewers who see through that. You walked right in here waving it. First time off a farm, kid?""Who are you?" Ethan let his own mask go. "How do you know the Su? How do you know the Montoya hunt us?""Enough talk." The Bimeng waved it off. "I want the pill. I'll give you the points. And I'll let you through to the back building. But you step out that gate on your own, an
Chapter 262: Long Chen
He was careful. It took him half an hour to cross a few hundred meters, doubling back, slipping through crowds, never walking a straight line. Ethan trailed him at a distance, and the boy never once looked up.He had a strange way of moving. It wasn't invisibility. It was simpler, meaner — people looked at him and slid their eyes off, the way you'd walk past a door that wasn't worth opening. You could see him and still feel like you shouldn't. A lesser tracker would have lost him twice.By the time they reached the western part of the city, Ethan was certain. This was a Su. A hunted, careful, hiding Su — which meant there were more where he came from.The neighborhood was no slum. It was busy, bright, and two steps from the Mercenary Alliance headquarters and the Cosmic Alliance compound. The boy slipped into the Mercenary building and vanished through the doors.Ethan followed, and a guard stepped in front of him."Where do you think you're going?"Two of them. Nine-star Star Lords,
Chapter 261: The Pale Stone
"Cosmic Secret Realm?" Another word Ethan hadn't heard.Yuliu treated it like an eccentric scion of a hidden house who hadn't gotten the galactic memo, and explained at length. The Cosmic Alliance ruled a thousand secret realms, some named, most numbered. Each one held a unique fortune inside — and a unique death. People threw themselves at them every time they opened. The nine original ones had names. Everything else was a number."This one is number 97684609. Deep in the roster. I don't know what's inside, and it's not in the Black Dragon domain at all." He leaned in. "Take the passes. Truly. Nobody trades these unless someone in their house is dying of soul wounds and there is no other way. It means whoever put this up had a family member on the edge."Ethan took both.He didn't need them himself. Zhao Duan and the others wanted out, wanted to see the cosmos. A secret realm was exactly the kind of trial they'd sign up for. He'd ask Chiyou how dangerous these numbered ones were befo
Chapter 260: Bitter Medicine
"That arm-grow-back stuff." Yunsheng Li stared at the stage like it had personally offended him. "The ones we hand out by the crate? Those?"Ethan nodded."Those are worth that?" Yunsheng's voice went up. "We've got a hundred of those in every soldier's pack. We should've sold them all! They don't need that grade—"Tang set his cup down. The sound was mild, but it stopped the room."Our people," Tang cut in, sharp, "are worth exactly that grade. Sit down, Li. You don't have a filter tonight."Yunsheng stopped. He opened his mouth, realized what he'd said, and looked down at his hands, red creeping up his neck. Tang let out a long breath and turned back to Ethan."Don't mind him. He's got a war in his head, not malice." Tang poured himself a cup of tea and let Yunsheng have his silence. The old soldier would come around in his own time.Ethan said nothing. He wasn't angry. He was somewhere under angry, somewhere older than the room.He thought of the soldiers who hadn't come home. He'd
You may also like
The Tycoon System
Addiction25.3K viewsLord Of The Ultra Billionaire System
Author_Danny27.2K viewsThe Super Doctor Calvin Hudson
Cindy Chen32.0K viewsThe Quintillion Superstar System
Teddy31.8K viewsThe Aegis of Tyr
Lyosha170 viewsLast Transmigration: Overland Of The Apocalypse
James127 viewsDAMIEN WEST ALMIGHTY SYSTEM
Deboss Pen94 viewsSystem: Last Law
Ferl188 views