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Jeers and taunts flared up once more from the corners of the hall. Several of Evelyn’s female friends—who had long envied her position and deliberately allied themselves with Edward’s faction—began tossing in sharp, bitter comments, seizing the opportunity of Reginald's departure to vent their long-held frustrations."Hah, imagine being proud just because your execution is delayed by a week!" sneered a woman in a tight red dress, an acquaintance of Evelyn’s whose business investment had once been rejected. "Evelyn, you are truly pathetic. Placing your hopes on a penniless man who will soon be nothing more than a ghost in the Black Dragon Syndicate!""Spot on!" chimed in a bespectacled man beside her with a mocking chuckle. "The Black Dragon Arena is a graveyard for people like him. Evelyn, if you want to survive, cut ties with him right now before the entire Hole clan drags the Vance family into the abyss of slaughter!"Those cynical remarks filled the air, yet Lucas completely ignore
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A gentle tap on Reginald’s shoulder felt like the blow of a sledgehammer shattering the remnants of his courage. Cold sweat flooded the Killer Dean’s temples, dripping down to his chin. The burning gaze of Lucas—resembling the abyss of a returning demon—forced Reginald’s heavily trembling fingers to press the button on the police-encrypted phone in his hand.With ragged breaths and pale lips, Reginald pressed the phone to his ear. The entire Main Hall held its breath; a suffocating silence blanketed the elite of Hakward as they awaited Lucas’s destruction at the hands of the City Lord."D-Dominic..." whispered Reginald, his voice shaky and raspy. He forced himself to regain his arrogance in front of thousands of eyes, glaring at Lucas with a lingering, burning hatred. "Dominic! It's me, Reginald! In the Academy's Main Hall, some bastard bug dares to challenge the Hole family's authority! He acts like a god above all influential families at the important event I hosted... He even inten
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Reginald Hole fell silent for a moment as his body trembled, fighting back the shame and anger threatening to explode. The oppressive aura of Lucas's killing intent, piled on top of the public humiliation before thousands of elite citizens of Hakward City, had shattered the walls of his patience. The Killer Dean wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, then let out a shrill, barbarous laugh—a forced laugh to mask the fear beginning to creep through his nervous system."Hahaha... Incredible! Truly admirable arrogance from a mere bug that has just learned to crawl!" Reginald exclaimed, his eyes narrowing vengefully behind his thick glasses. He puffed out his chest, straightening the collar of his black suit as he stepped forward to face Lucas. "I heard you reached the top fifteen in the Life and Death Arena and hacked some assets in the meantime, and now you think you're a god in this Hakward City, Lucas?!"Reginald raised his hand high, pointing straight at the ceiling of the marble hal
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"Hahahahahaha... Hahahahaha!"Lucas's laughter shattered the rigid silence enveloping the Grand Hall of Thousand Dragons University. The laughter didn't sound fierce or hysterical; instead, it rolled out so lightly, so casually, yet carried an echo that made everyone's hair stand on end. The young man leaned his body forward slightly, staring at Reginald Hole as if the dean nicknamed the "Killer Dean" were merely a clown who had just finished the most ridiculous comedy act on a stage."Kneel? Apologize? Hand back the Wine Family's assets?" Lucas repeated, straightening his cuffs. Every single word that slipped past his lips felt like an invisible sword strike slamming into Reginald's chest. "Old man... your much-vaunted academic brain seems to have rotted away from greed."He took a single step forward. The cold aura that had previously been suppressed within his body suddenly surged outward with incredible strength. The air around the marble pillars felt suffocatingly heavy, catching
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The expression on Reginald Hole's face grew even smugger and filled with arrogance. In his eyes, the title of city lord and the power of the Hole family were the highest, unshakable laws in Hakward City. The Dean Killer crossed his arms over his chest, staring at Lucas as if the man before him were merely a large bug that happened to be able to bite."You think your ranking in that bloody arena makes you untouchable by the laws of this city, Lucas?" shouted Reginald, his voice filled with feigned anger to show his authority in front of the donors. "Kneel! Apologize to Eren, Via, Clara, and even to all the guests of honor tonight! If you don't, tomorrow morning your name will be blacklisted from every business sector, and the city security forces will hunt you down to the ends of the earth!"Lucas was silent. He slowly shook his head gently, flashing a very cold, faint smile—a smile that abruptly made the aura around him feel suffocating."To be honest, ever since I became a God, I hat
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The atmosphere of the Thousand Dragons University Hall was dead silent. The stillness enveloping the place felt suffocating, broken only by the fearful breathing of the elites and nobles who had previously looked at Lucas with petty gazes. Now, not a single one of them dared to make a sound—not even to let out a long sigh.Lucas surveyed his surroundings with a cold and bored expression. The revelation of his identity in the Arena of Life and Death did not make him proud at all; to him, all these terror-stricken gazes in the hall were merely shallow drama from people too weak to realize their own position.He tilted his head slightly, then looked down at Evelyn, who was still cradling warmly in his embrace."This gathering seems to be completely useless now," Lucas whispered calmly, his voice contrasting with the frozen terror in the room."I am already sick of the low-class drama here. What do you think, Evelyn?"Evelyn raised her face. The shock from Lucas's secret identity still li
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