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Chapter 35: The Wrong Man to Humiliate
By the time Jayden and Elias reached Crowne Holdings’ flagship mall, the place barely looked like the same luxury centre they had visited the night before.The main plaza was in chaos. Mud had been dragged across velvet carpets, several glass display cases had been smashed open, and expensive goods lay scattered beneath broken shelves. Employees who should have been welcoming wealthy customers were gathered near the walls instead, some bruised, some bleeding lightly, while others simply stared at the destruction in silence. A few security men had already been beaten badly enough that they could no longer stand.Elias stopped near the entrance, dor a moment, he said nothing then his jaw tightened.“They did all this in a few hours.”Jayden looked around once. “They wanted it seen.”That was obvious now, this was not an inspection but theatre.At the centre of the ground floor, a large man stood on top of what remained of a crystal display counter. His arms were thick, head shaved, and
Chapter 34: A Very Convenient Inspection
Elias Crowne arrived at Jayden’s villa before breakfast was even properly finished.The businessman who usually carried himself with careful confidence looked completely different that morning. His expensive suit was slightly crooked, sweat covered his forehead despite the cool air, and the silk handkerchief in his hand had already been used so many times that he kept folding it just to find a dry corner.The moment he was shown into the sitting room, he barely waited for Jayden to sit down.“City Lord, something has happened.”Jayden had been drinking tea. He looked up from the cup, taking in Elias’s pale face and unsteady breathing before placing it calmly on the table. “You look like someone burned down all your malls.”Elias gave a strained laugh that contained no humour at all. “Not yet, but if this continues, they may as well.”That earned him Jayden’s full attention.Elias sat opposite him but could not remain still for more than a few seconds. “At daybreak, dozens of armed men
Chapter 33: The Men Behind the Curtain
Far beneath the eastern district of Skyreach, hidden below an abandoned wine warehouse that had not opened its doors in years, three men sat inside a sealed underground chamber.The room had no windows and only one entrance, protected by several sound-blocking formations. A long mahogany table stood at the centre beneath dim crystal lamps, while a map of Skyreach covered one wall. To anyone aboveground, the building was dead property. Down here, however, some of the most dangerous conversations in the city had taken place.Darius Ravelle sat with one hand wrapped around a glass he had barely touched. The swelling on Cassel’s face from the previous night still burned in his mind, and every time he remembered his son describing how Jayden had slapped him across the mall before defeating the Ravelle guards, his expression became uglier.Alaric sat beside him, much calmer, his walking cane resting against the chair. The old patriarch had spoken very little since entering the chamber. His
Chapter 32: The Trail Ends at Ravelle
Jayden remained at the western boundary long after the guards returned to their work.The half-erased formation beneath the dirt had already told him enough to know the beast attack was deliberate, but he was not interested in stopping at that conclusion. Someone had used a modified Bloodcall Beast-Draw Array, mixed it with a berserk substance strong enough to affect three Peak Level Seven beasts, and then taken the trouble to erase most of the traces afterward or maybe the person thought he'd erased everything in the first place That meant whoever did it expected an investigation.They simply did not expect him.Jayden crouched again and gathered a small amount of the dark soil into his palm. The bitter residue mixed into it was faint now, almost completely buried beneath blood, dust and broken Neen from the battle, but when he circulated a thread of his own Neen through the sample, several medicinal traces separated in his senses.Most were common.One was not.His eyes narrowed.“
Chapter 31: Someone Is Playing With Skyreach
By the time Jayden returned to the villa, most of the morning had already passed.He brought the three Peak Level Seven beast corpses with him, but none of them went anywhere near the kitchen. The strange Neen he had sensed inside their bodies during the battle still bothered him, and until he knew exactly what had happened to them, he was not going to let Mira or Nia eat even a piece.Instead, he stored the corpses separately inside his ring and took out some of the clean high-grade beast meat he still had from the previous day.The moment he entered the kitchen, his mood changed almost automatically.Fighting beasts was simple. Investigating whoever might have sent them would come later. Right now, Mira and Nia needed food.Jayden cleaned the meat, divided it into separate portions and began refining each one differently.Nia’s portion barely needed any work.After discovering her Gluttonous Body, Jayden had stopped treating her meals like those of an ordinary child. Her physique wo
Chapter 30: Three Beasts, One Question
Jayden remained on the broken watchtower for a few seconds, looking at the three beasts below.Something about the scene bothered him.Skyreach had always faced beast attacks from the western wilderness. That was normal. Most involved Level Nine beasts or Mid Level Eight creatures that wandered too close to the city, and occasionally a Low Level Seven beast would force the guards to mobilise properly. Even when something stronger appeared, it was usually a single Peak Level Seven beast.Three at once was different.Especially three completely different species.The Scarlet Ironback Ape roared and struck its chest, the metallic plates along its back vibrating with every blow, while the Stonehide Horned Bear dug one claw into the earth and lowered its head. The Twin-Tailed Razor Lynx was quieter, pacing sideways with its body low and both bladed tails moving behind it.They should not even have been hunting together.Jayden’s eyes narrowed.“Interesting.”The guards had already retreate
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