She brought Lein and Lily to her desk, then opened a tablet and showed them the premium property catalog.
"This is our list of best properties," Emma said while swiping the screen. "There are several options—penthouses, mansions, and villas." Lein looked at the list quickly, his eyes immediately fixed on one item. Avalon Hill Villa. Location: Avalon Hills—the most exclusive area in Corholt City. Land area: 5,000 square meters. Building: 3 floors, 12 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, infinity pool, private garden, city & mountain views. Price: 100,000,000 dollars. Lein pointed at the screen without hesitation. "This one. I'll take this one." Emma fell silent. Her eyes widened. Lily standing beside him was immediately stunned. Her mouth opened, but no sound came out. One hundred million... dollars?! Emma swallowed. Her hands trembled slightly. "S-Sir... this is our most expensive property. Are you sure?" Lein didn't answer with words. He just pulled something from his pocket—a pitch-black card with gold lines on the edges, gold embossed writing on its surface: "Obsidian Elite Card - Unlimited Access." He placed the card on the desk casually. Emma stared at the card with wide eyes. She didn't know exactly what card this was. But its luxurious appearance—shiny black color, gold lines, perfect embossing—made her know this wasn't an ordinary card. This was a card only owned by super-rich people. Her hands trembled as she took the card. "A-alright, Sir! I'll process it now!" She immediately typed quickly on the computer, swiped the card, entered the amount. BEEP. TRANSACTION SUCCESSFUL. 100,000,000 dollars - APPROVED. Emma stared at the screen with her mouth wide open. Her eyes were teary—not from sadness, but from... extraordinary happiness. With this transaction, she got a 0.1% commission. That was... 100,000 dollars. That was almost three times her annual salary! She immediately stood up, bowing deeply to Lein. "Thank you, Sir! Thank you so much!" Her voice trembled, her eyes teary. Lein nodded briefly. "Handle all the documents. I want everything finished tonight." "Of course! I'll handle everything as quickly as possible!" Emma answered with full enthusiasm. She almost wanted to hug Lein, but she knew that wasn't appropriate. But in her heart, she swore: "Even if this Sir asked me to sleep with him... I would do it!" On the other side of the room, the middle-aged woman and large-bodied man who had previously looked down on Lein now stood frozen. Their mouths hung open. Their faces were pale. They had just heard... One hundred million dollars. Cash. The woman felt her chest tighten. Her hands trembled. "If only I hadn't judged by appearance... if only I had served him..." That hundred thousand commission... should have been hers! The large-bodied man bit his lip hard, his face red from regret and anger at himself. They could only stare at Emma with an extraordinary envious gaze. Meanwhile, Lily was still standing beside Lein with a completely stunned face. One hundred million dollars... She didn't even know how much that really was. But one thing she knew— Her brother... was no longer the weak and helpless Lein from five years ago. He had become someone who was... very, very different. --- Ten minutes later, the office door opened. A woman in her thirties walked in with quick steps. Her hair was cut in a neat bob, wearing an elegant gray blazer, and her face showed high professionalism. She was Sandra Mitchell—manager of Stellar Properties. In her hands, she carried a thick document folder. Emma immediately stood up and bowed respectfully. "Manager Sandra." Sandra nodded briefly at Emma, then her gaze shifted to Lein. Her expression immediately changed—from serious to a very professional friendly smile. She stepped quickly closer, then bowed deeply at almost a 45-degree angle. "Sir," she greeted in a tone full of respect. "I'm Sandra Mitchell, manager of Stellar Properties. Thank you for choosing our property. This is a great honor for us." Lein nodded briefly, not saying much. Sandra placed the document folder on the desk carefully. "All ownership documents are ready. I've made sure everything is complete and legally valid. Avalon Hill Villa is now officially under your name." She opened the folder, showing the ownership certificate with Lein Ashford's name clearly printed. Lein glanced at it briefly, then nodded. "Good." Sandra smiled widely—a smile full of hope. She took out a business card from her pocket, then handed it over with both hands. "Sir, this is my business card," she said in a very respectful tone. "If you need another house in the future—perhaps an investment property, a second villa, or a penthouse—don't hesitate to contact me directly. I will provide the best service." She looked at Lein with a hopeful gaze, hoping to establish good relations with a client this big. A client who could buy a 100 million villa in cash... must have extraordinary connections and wealth. If she could maintain him well, perhaps there would be even bigger transactions in the future. But Lein didn't take the card. He just looked at it for a moment, then shook his head slowly. "No, thank you," he said in a flat tone. "I don't need another house." Sandra was slightly disappointed, but she kept smiling professionally. "Of course, Sir. But if someday—" "There's one thing I want to say," Lein interrupted in a calm but firm tone. Sandra immediately fell silent, looking at Lein with full attention. Lein looked directly into her eyes. "Teach those two employees of yours some manners." He pointed toward the middle-aged woman and large-bodied man still standing stiffly in the corner of the room, their faces pale. "No matter who comes," Lein continued in a cold tone, "they should treat guests well. Don't judge people by their appearance." Sandra immediately felt her blood freeze. Her face turned pale. Her eyes widened. She immediately turned toward those two senior employees with a sharp gaze—a gaze full of anger. "What have you done to Mr. Ashford?!" she asked in a low but terrifying voice. The middle-aged woman and large-bodied man immediately trembled. They bowed deeply, almost touching the floor. "S-Sorry, Manager! We didn't know—" "SILENCE!" Sandra snapped in a loud voice. The entire room fell silent. Sandra took a deep breath, trying to control her anger. But her face remained red, her hands clenched tight. She turned to Lein, bowing very deeply. "Sir, I apologize for their rudeness. This is a huge mistake on our part." Lein didn't answer. He just took the documents from the desk, then stood up. "Come on, Lily," he said to his sister. Lily, still stunned by everything that happened, immediately nodded and followed her brother. Emma bowed deeply as Lein and Lily walked past her. "Thank you, Sir! May you and your family be happy in your new home!" Lein nodded briefly at Emma—the only person who treated them well—then walked out of the office. The door closed slowly. CLICK. As soon as the door closed, the atmosphere in the room immediately changed. Sandra turned quickly, her face full of exploding anger. She stepped quickly toward the middle-aged woman and large-bodied man, then looked at them with a piercing gaze. "YOU TWO!" she screamed with a voice trembling from holding back anger. "Do you know what you just did?!" The middle-aged woman trembled. "M-Manager, we—" "YOU MADE ME LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE BIGGEST CLIENT OF THE YEAR!" Sandra snapped, her voice thundering throughout the room. She pointed toward the door Lein had just closed. "That was a client who could buy a 100 million villa in CASH! Without hesitation! Without negotiation! Someone like that... has wealth and connections you can't imagine!" Sandra took a deep breath, her hands trembling from anger. "And you... you looked down on him! You ignored him! You disappointed him before he was even properly served!" The middle-aged woman and large-bodied man immediately knelt. "Sorry, Manager! We were wrong! We didn't know—" "YOU DIDN'T KNOW?!" Sandra laughed cynically. "That's the problem! You judged people by their appearance! You think you can pick and choose clients?!" She looked at them with a gaze full of disappointment and disgust. "Stellar Properties is a professional company. We serve ALL guests with respect. But you... you destroyed our reputation!" Sandra took a deep breath, then shook her head slowly. "You're fired," she said in a cold and final tone. "Take your things and leave. Now!" The middle-aged woman's face immediately turned pale as a corpse. Her mouth opened, but no sound came out. The large-bodied man immediately crawled forward, crying. "Manager, please! We have families! We need this job! Give us one more chance!" "One chance?!" Sandra looked at them with a cold gaze. "You've worked here for years. You know the rules. And you broke them!" She turned around, not wanting to see them anymore. "Security! Take them out!" Two security guards immediately entered, forcibly pulling the middle-aged woman and large-bodied man. "NO! PLEASE! FORGIVE US!" they screamed desperately. But Sandra didn't turn around. She stood in the middle of the room, sighing long. Then, she stared at the door Lein had just passed through with a gaze full of regret. "If only they hadn't looked down on him... if only they had served him well from the start..." She shook her head slowly. Too late. That golden opportunity was already gone.Latest Chapter
Chapter 322
The first thing to emerge from the Auranveil's chest cavity was not the stone.It was light.A brilliant gold, a shade entirely different from the warmer, deeper gold of the Auranveil's fur. This was purer, sharper—a radiance that did not exist because it reflected light, but because it generated its own. The moment it emerged from the darkness within the beast's chest, its glow illuminated the entire clearing in a way even the sun never could, for sunlight could never reach this place, but this light could.Then the stone itself emerged completely.Lein stood.Both hands were raised beneath it, supporting the massive stone from below, and only now, with it fully revealed between his hands, could its true size be appreciated.It was as tall as a doorway.This was not a stone that could be held in one hand, slipped into a pocket, or hidden beneath a robe. It stood the height of a doorway, with a thickness greater than the full arm span of a grown man.Its weight made itself known the i
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One Auranveil remained.The last one.The one that had stood at the edge of the clearing from the very beginning, the first to detect Lein from afar, the one that had watched its three companions fall one after another, and now stood with its wings half-folded, its legs no longer completely steady, and golden eyes that no longer held anything resembling hunger or rage.Lein looked at it and asked calmly, “Do you still want to continue?”The Auranveil did not move.“If you still want to live, you may leave.”Lein had sensed it from the moment he first stepped into the depths of Vrethkaar. In this part of the forest, far beyond the reach of ordinary humans, the number of Auranveil could be counted on one hand. Not because they were weak, but because creatures this powerful did not reproduce quickly, and every death was a loss that could not be replaced in a short time.Three were enough, especially considering one had already been a corpse before he arrived.Four were more than enough.
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The Auranveil that had slammed into the Ironcrown tree had already turned around and charged back.It was even angrier than before. Its head still throbbed from the impact, but its body had already processed the pain. All that remained now was rage, with only one target left for it—a lone man standing in the middle of the clearing who, by all rights, should no longer exist.Its foreclaws rose.Not one.Both.Two gigantic claws descended simultaneously from different heights, one from the left and one from the right, crossing in a pattern that sealed off every possible path of escape to either side.Lein raised his sword.White energy surged into the blade, this time not fed gradually but poured into it all at once, dense and concentrated until the black sword disappeared beneath the brilliant radiance engulfing it.Claws and blade met at the midpoint.For one second, nothing moved.Then—BOOM.It was not the sound of impact.It was an explosion.The energies colliding at that single p
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Vrethkaar's Forest.Lein looked at the three remaining Auranveil.“How much longer are the three of you going to cower over there?” His voice carried no mockery, no forced provocation. It was simply a statement. “Come. Face me.”Three seconds passed.Perhaps they did not understand the human language. Or perhaps they understood far more than any beast should, because what could be read from the way the three Auranveil moved afterward was not an instinctive response.It was rage.RRAAUUGH!All three roared in unison, and the sound that erupted from three chests the size of massive halls echoed far beyond this clearing. Deep within the sunless depths of Vrethkaar, creatures that had never feared anything fell silent all at once.Then the three of them charged.The first moved the fastest.Its enormous body tore across the distance between them so quickly that the forest floor had no time to react to each impact of its claws. Its half-spread wings drove it forward from behind, and its ja
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The first Aurenveil moved.Not like a lion running. Not like a bird flying. Something in between, moving with a speed that gave the forest floor no time to respond each time its claws touched the ground, its half-unfurled wings driving its massive body forward far faster than its size should have allowed.Its mouth opened.Wide.Far too wide for any creature that should have existed. Its lower jaw dropped until it seemed the hinges of its own bones had surrendered to gravity, revealing rows of fangs whose sizes varied wildly. The foremost ones were as large as the body of a grown man, while those deeper inside were smaller but no less razor-sharp. Beyond them lay a wet, steaming darkness that reeked of blood left to stagnate for far too long.Large enough to swallow ten human bodies in a single bite.Lein tilted his body.Not by much. Nothing dramatic. Just enough to move the left side of his body out of the upper jaw's path, and in the same motion, his black sword swept horizontally.
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The scent of blood reached his senses before his eyes did.Iron, and something older than iron—warmer, heavier.Then the gap between the towering trees ahead opened into something far broader than he had expected from the outside, a natural clearing at the heart of the forest, where several massive Ironcrown trees had fallen long ago, leaving behind an open stretch of earth.And there they were. Four Aurenveils.Lein stopped at the edge of the clearing.His eyes took in the scene before him without the slightest haste.Four demonic beasts shaped like lions, but with golden wings.Their bodies alone were enormous, each the size of ten warhorses, with muscles so dense they were visible even from this distance. Their claws carved grooves into Vrethkaar's hardened earth simply by standing there. Broad heads. Heavy jaws. Fangs so massive they remained visible even with their mouths closed because there was simply no other way for them to fit.But those bodies were not the first thing that
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