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Chapter 532 – A Sudden Aura Terrifying The City
***** “Could there still be something about that boy we never knew apart from his insane knowledge and medical ability?” Aldric asked, trying to fit the fragments together. “Was Xavier… hiding something from the beginning?”Each question only deepened the pit in their stomachs. The impossible was becoming undeniable.Darius offered no comfort. Instead, he looked up and said simply, “They didn’t make this decision on impulse. Whatever they learned about Xavier… or his wife must have been enough to outweigh the risk of offending the rest of us.”The weight of those words settled like lead across the table.The old patriarch gritted his teeth. “Enough of this uncertainty. First thing tomorrow morning, I’m going to the Harrison estate myself. I want answers.”“Yes,” Aldric said quickly. “We need to get ahead of this.”“I’ll accompany you,” Roland added.Just as they prepared to move on from the topic, a suffocating force descended upon the estate.It came without warning.A cru
Chapter 531 – The Blackwoods Family’s Disbelief
*****Aldric raised an eyebrow, then nodded his head slowly. “I recall.”“So, what were your findings, and why haven't you reported them until now?” Aldric’s voice deepened, a frown pulling at the corners of his lips.Darius inhaled slowly, then sighed as he looked down at the floor, the weight of what he was about to say pressing heavily on his shoulders.“I…” he opened his mouth to speak, but then he changed the topic abruptly. “I’ll start with the basics.” He paused.“Indeed, the Harrison family has handed over the entirety of Project Echelon to a no-name company.”The room fell into abrupt stillness. Then—“…What?” Aldric blinked.“To what kind of company?” Roland asked, narrowing his eyes suspiciously.Even the old man’s eyes turned slightly freezing, and his jaw clenched.“They handed everything to a lower second-rank family’s company,” Darius added, his voice steady despite the brewing storm.“This—!” Aldric stood up abruptly, his chair scraping harshly against the m
Chapter 530 – The Blackwoods Family Estate
*****A few hours ago, within the opulent halls of the Blackwood estate…In the same grand dining room where tension had once filled the air during Xavier’s previous visit, the family sat together once more.This time, however, there were no guests, no servants, and no distractions—just five individuals sharing a meal beneath the silent scrutiny of golden chandeliers.The clinking of cutlery against fine porcelain echoed through the expansive chamber like whispers in a tomb.Seated around the long, dark oak table was the old patriarch of the Blackwood family, his three sons—Roland, Darius, and Aldric, and the ever-prideful granddaughter—Cassandra Blackwood. The mood was suffocatingly quiet at this moment. Not even Cassandra, who was usually the first to break the silence with idle gossip or a dry remark to her grandfather, had uttered a word.Then, finally…“Have you heard from him recently?”The voice sliced through the silence like a blade. It belonged to the old patriarch
Chapter 529 – A Sudden, Terrifying Aura
*****At this moment, no one could interrupt Cassandra.Instead, they only watched her as she crossed her arms confidently over her chest, adopting the posture of someone certain they’d solved the mystery. Then she tilted her chin upward, a self-assured smirk ghosting across her lips.“If I’m wrong,” she challenged, her eyes narrowing as she fixated on Xavier, “then why did they arrive together? Why has he remained silent? Why hasn’t he refuted me once?”Again… no response.Just silence.Stillness.And then—a murmur.“Is that true…?”“So, he’s not actually an A-rank fighter?”“I… I really thought I was going to die just now.”“Oh God… I—I think I wet myself.”“Damn it, I thought our family was doomed!”A wave of whispers rolled across the guards like a tide of uncertain relief. Their shoulders loosened and their jaws unclenched. The oppressive tension that had been throttling their throats began to lift, and many began exchanging glances of hesitant disbelief.Then—anger
Chapter 528 – Cassandra ‘Unveiling’ Another Scheme
*****No one could have foreseen what had just slipped from Sage Myron’s lips. Not the battle-hardened guards, not Cassandra with all her cunning, not Malcolm, nor Ellen—and certainly not Lyria, who now stood pale as snow, frozen in place.For a moment that felt unending, the world seemed to hold its breath.Silence blanketed the estate… so deep, so absolute it was as if the sound itself had been stolen from existence.The rustling of leaves stopped. The wind died. Even the faint crackling of the villa’s torches seemed to vanish.Time itself seemed to freeze.Every heartbeat stilled. No one blinked. No one breathed. They were statues, paralyzed by incomprehension.Sage Myron’s words continued echoing like a divine decree: “He is an A-rank fighter.”Those four words detonated in their minds like thunder in a tomb.No one moved. No one dared to even shift.They stood rooted to the spot, unable to process what they had just heard. Faces blank, expressions hollow. As if their mi
Chapter 527 – He Is An A-rank Fighter
***** “You’ve… you’ve most likely invited a wolf into our flock of sheep.” Cassandra’s words struck like thunder, stunning the trio into a state of disbelief. They exchanged glances, the severity in her tone sinking in. This wasn’t an exaggeration. It wasn’t dramatic. Lyria was truly frightened. They turned toward Sage Myron, who stood silent, his jaw clenched tightly. “Husband,” Ellen asked, his voice low and wary, “is there something you're not telling us?” Sage Myron swallowed hard, the weight of truth heavy on his shoulders. His expression sagged, the wisdom and calm that usually characterized him replaced by something far more fragile—dread. “It was Nightforce Shadow’s mercenaries who ambushed us last night,” he confessed. For a second, no one moved. Cassandra, Malcolm, and Ellen stared at Sage Myron in stunned silence, their minds sluggish to process what they’d just heard. Then finally, as if struck by a lightning bolt, their eyes flew
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