Frank appeared perplexed—why would Peter come to him?A while ago, Peter was appointed as deputy to Terry Cotton, who worked as a team captain in Lanecorp's health and security department.Under usual circumstances, Peter had Frank's number and could just call him if anything happened.But he did not and came to Frank personally? And he was in bad shape?Sensing something ominous, Frank left Lily the secretary and dashed downstairs.At the first-floor lobby, Frank found Peter bleeding from the gut as he sat by the entrance.He was bleeding all over, causing a commotion in the lobby."What happened, Peter?!" Frank exclaimed as he squeezed his way through the crowd and rushed to Peter's side."Brother… Chief…" Peter was barely breathing, choking even as he struggled to lift his bloodstained hands. "Four men attacked the bar we gathered in… They had big guns, and they killed so many of us…""What?! Guns?!" Frank was at once furious.After all, Draconia enforced strict gun cont
And as soon as the fixer division was in trouble, Peter came to inform Frank immediately despite his terrible pain and the possibility of death.Even if Peter had been a real bastard before, he had truly turned around, and Helen willingly accepted him as her brother again.Naturally, seeing him lying in a pool of his own blood left her tearing up in panic."Calm down. I've stopped his bleeding—he's safe for now," Frank said. At the same time, he thrusted a needle into Peter's bullet wounds and extracted the bullets with his pure vigor, letting them drop loudly with a metallic clink."What?! Are those… bullet holes?!" It was only then that Helen noticed Peter's injury.Frank nodded, picking up the bullets and turning toward the security guards nearby. "Let him rest at the Lanecorp dorms. He's mostly fine now.""Yes, Mr. Lawrence," the security guards replied and brought out a stretch to carry Peter away."Helen!" Frank caught her since she was about to follow, looking her sol
Frank could not help frowning at that. "Either way, I owe you a favor. And if there's nothing else…""By the way, darling…"Juno's giggle faded as her tone turned serious once again. "One of Volsung Sect's best recently touched down in Zamri, and he's with the Bearons right now. He seemed to be plotting something, but I couldn't get any details about his abilities and connections. The only thing I know for sure is that he's beneath Ascendant rank, so watch out, darling."While Frank was surprised by Juno's advice, he said, "Understood. Thank you, Clarity.""Um-hmm."As Frank hung up and mused to himself, Vicky asked, "Is her information reliable, Frank?"She did not seem worried that another woman called Frank darling, as he was clearly formal and deliberately distant."Ninety percent," Frank replied, nodding. "The last time we met, she told me that a certain land lot's value would suddenly skyrocket, and it did.""In that case, we have a name. The Bearons of Zamri… have you do
Frank nodded and added, "I'll have everyone from the health and security department come over and protect Lanecorp. This place will be fine if they're after me, but once I leave, they'll come if they're after Lanecorp in the first place."Vicky nodded. "Yeah. I'll have my family's blackguards help too.""Blackguards?"Frank remembered the Turnbull blackguards.He did not hold up much hope—those men had ability, but they also had serious attitude problems.Still, anything worked, and the more the merrier.Nodding, Frank wasted no time and took the elevator down to the basement parking lot, when his phone rang just as he got into his car.-At a nearby tower, a masked middle-aged man was sitting in a distant skyscraper, concealed behind a one-way tinted glass curtain.He lowered his binoculars as an Audi left Lanecorp, and he whipped out his walkie-talkie to call his friends on an encrypted channel. "Frank Lawrence has just left Lanecorp. Repeat, Frank Lawrence has just left Lan
Thunder, who was the boss among the four, nodded after hearing the report. "Good work. We'd still need to check—Frank Lawrence is strong, and he might really make it out.""Don't worry, boss. Even if he survived, the shockwave would have neutralized him." Galen was calmer in comparison. "Blaze and I will stay here to check for a body.""Good." Thunder nodded—that was the only way to be sure. "Bolt, how's the explosives going?!""Shit, boss! I've been made!" Bolt was wheezing, and clearly running even as he shouted into the walkie-talkie."You've been made?! Where?! I'll extract you!""The fountain downstairs of Lanecorp… this freaky woman keeps chasing me, and I can't shake her off!""Freaky woman?!" Thunder did a double take.His quartet were all Birthright rank individuals—in fact, Thunder himself had just completed Birthright rank.But to chase one of them that far, even terrorizing Bolt enough to make him scream 'freaky', that woman had to be something else."If you're c
Having that as precedent gave Thunder's quartet the confidence to attack Frank.But to Thunder's shock, Frank's breathing was regular and his speech composed.Forget being hurt—he was not even breathing heavily, while Galen and Blaze were killed."Boss, you're finally here… H-Help!" In the distance, Bolt was panting even as he dashed toward Thunder, still carrying his explosives with him.The lady in white silk continued chasing after him and stopped to level a cool glare at Thunder. "Hmm. So you're his boss?""I…"Thunder's mouth hung open, unable to manage a word.Frank's abilities left him devastated.If they could not hurt him even after what they did, it must mean…"Transcendent rank…" Thunder murmured to himself."Now's not the time, boss! You have to stop her!" Bolt almost swore out loud, seeing his own boss freezing up."I mean… Frank Lawrence is Transcendent rank." Thunder turned toward Bolt with a smile so terrible he could well be crying."What?! Transcendent r
Dropping the walkie-talkie and crushing it under his foot, Frank stared thoughtfully at the blazing inferno behind himself.The woman in white who had just shown up at Lanecorp was none other than Silverbell, chief of Morhen's Martial Alliance.Silverbell and Juno Enigma just so happened to be acquainted, and Juno called her when she learned that Troy Bearson was after Frank.Like Kilian Lionheart, Silverbell was also in Zamri for the spiritron vein and headed toward Lanecorp post-haste when she heard there was danger.Before she arrived, she called Frank when he reached the basement parking lot.Wary of the threat, he arranged for Silverbell to hurry over and defend Lanecorp, while he would use himself as bait to see who the Bearsons were after.And the result was surprising—the Bearsons wanted to take down both Lanecorp and himself.That certainly made things intriguing.Frank did not spare Bolt and Thunder out of kindness either—he wanted them to spill the beans on the Bears
Thunder continued, "Most importantly, they are planning something. It's about a land lot that Lanecorp recently acquired, and the Bearson Group tried but repeatedly failed to buy it off their hands, so…"At that point, Frank vaguely realized that Kilian Lionheart must want the same thing as Silverbell.Turning toward her with a frown, he asked, "What's this about the spiritron vein over the phone?""Spiritron vein?" Thunder and Bolt were immediately at attention, while Silverbell immediately fidgeted and appeared anxious."Silverbell?"Frank had to say her name again to bring her to her senses, but she said, "I'm sorry, I think we should stay away from the Bearsons for now."While Frank was surprised that Silverbell was immediately asking him to give up, he asked, "Why?""Kilian Lionheart." Silverbell sighed, her eyes flashing coldly. "That man is trouble—he's one of Volsung Sect's best and the elder of their Order of Talons. Moreover, he advanced well into Ascendant rank, and