While the Dresdens would be helpless against Mona any other day, she was not in luck today—Percy just happened to have a cousin visiting and brought along several martial arts friends!"Alright, we'll be waiting!" Liev quickly said. "Tell your cousin that he will be rewarded handsomely once he gets this done!"Hanging up, he turned toward Mona and sneered viciously. "I'd be thinking about how to escape if I were you, brat.""Heh." Mona snorted and said nothing else.Her cool reaction left Liev uncertain, and he wondered if Mona was well-connected.However, he had no choice but to wait, since his son was in dire condition while he still had no idea who the brat was.Soon, there was a rush of footsteps down the hallway, and a blond kicked open the door, striding in with a metal bat in hand.Naturally, the blond was Percy, and his mannerisms were your run-of-the-mill street thug's.Beside him were four burly men, wearing sleeveless shirts and having bulging muscles, clearly not yo
However, even if those burly men were considered martial artists, they barely reached Birthright rank.Against Mona, who was almost reaching Transcendent rank, they simply stood no chance.With a soft cry, Mona vaulted from the windowsill as she leapt into the air like a bird.She threw a seemingly light jab, but it caught one of the burly men off guard and sent him flying.It was certainly a visual bombshell that left Liev and Jet's jaws dropping.Mona had to weigh less than a hundred pounds, but she could send a man who stood head and shoulders above her flying, slamming into a wall.There was no telling if the man was dead or alive, but Percy's cousin attacked Mona anyway."Hillbreaker!" he bellowed, his voice so thunderous it could shatter mountains.Still, Mona merely held out a finger and sent him stumbling backward, screaming as he touched his knuckle. "Y-You're Transcendent rank?!"While the layman had no idea what Percy's cousin was saying, Mona certainly did.Martia
That was when Claude regained consciousness.He jolted into his senses as he saw Winter as soon as he opened his eyes and pointed at Winter as he screamed wildly at the top of his lungs, "Dad, Jet, it's her! She told the other woman to hurt me! You have to help me!"Liev was only left even more stunned.He already realized from Jet's exchange with Winter that Winter was the chief of Zamri Hospital. He had come with a request, only for his son to end up insulting the person in question.Not only was she young, but she was a woman too!"What are you spacing out for?! Help me!" Claude was still hollering on top of his lungs.Liev finally had enough and frowned as he told his son who Winter really was."What?!"Claude was left thunderstruck—as a member of the Dresden family, he certainly knew who owned the hospital.It was Gene Pearce, the richest man of the East Coast!And what could the relationship be between Gene and Winter for her to become the chief? Anyone could tell rig
Gene Pearce's savior, a healer who sold a pill worth billions, and the man whom magister Tet Boran fawned over… Everything about Frank made him above Lieve's pay grade!And on top of that, he was a martial artist even stronger than Jaden Favoni.After all, Jaden himself had announced to everyone that he lost that duel against the mysterious martial artist and regrettably had to demote himself to third in Skyrank.In other words, that mysterious martial artist was now second in Skyrank!And even if the others did not know who that mysterious martial artist was, would Liev really not?It was Frank!Lieve was utterly dumbstruck at the thought—what monster did his son just mess with?! Did he intend to have his own family buried with him?!"Thank you, dear brother," Winter said as she took the sheet from Frank.When she said 'dear brother', Claude went limp as he realized it was all over for him.Liev was left watching as his own son blacked out in sheer terror, but he could not cr
"No can do," Winter said, scowling even before Frank could answer. "I still have plenty of matters to take up with these people!""Wake him up," Frank said, pointing at Claude and clearly intending for his father Liev to do it."Claude? Claude?" Liev quickly shook Claude.However, Claude was not waking up, and Liev felt as if a blade was hanging over his head, seeing the darkening gaze in Frank's eyes.Clenching his jaw, he raised his wrist and slapped his son across the face!Smack!The slap finally woke Claude, and he immediately realized what had happened. He clutched his face and stared at his father in disbelief."Dad… You slapped me?!"In his memory, his dad had constantly spoiled him and never so much as laid a finger on him.It naturally left him flabbergasted to see his father slap him as so many others watched now!"I…" Liev could certainly see how miserable his son was, but his rage flared again as he remembered that Claude was the reason he got caught in this ho
Winter snapped coldly at Jet, "Take a look at this invoice before you want to argue your case.""Eh?"Jet's fingers trembled even as he picked up the invoice, and he was left stunned as soon as he saw it.The invoice was a price list for all medicine and medical equipment that the Turnbulls were selling to the Draconia market.It was definitely insider information, and it was added that everything would be sold to Jet after substantial rebates.Reasonably speaking, Winter should not get her hands on this list, though Jet could feel himself dying inside even as he glanced at Frank.Not only did Winter have Gene's backing, but even Lanecorp and the Turnbulls of Morhen were her allies.It was simply horrific!Jet certainly could not argue after seeing the list and hung his head as he silently admitted to embezzling hospital funds through rebates.Somehow, Claude could feel the murderous glare Jet was shooting at him and could not help feeling that his brother-in-law would kill hi
As Liev and his men left Zamri Hospital defeated, they ran into the rest of their men at the entrance."What happened here, Mr. Dresden?!"The bodyguards at the front were left stunned, especially when they saw Percy and Claude bleeding all over."Save it. Let's just get out of here." Liev waved them off feebly, as it was really the worst day since he came to Zamri, bar none."Please, Mr. Dresden! We will restore your honor even if it kills us!"The bodyguards were clenching their knuckles when they heard how discouraged Liev was.They were bent on getting even for the sake of the Dresdens, and Liev could not talk them out as some of them started toward the building.Smack!Having had enough right then, Liev slapped the one leading them and screamed, "Are you fucking listening?! We're leaving Zamri now! It's over! You can either go in or die, or fuck off!"With that, he kicked the bodyguard away while he strode into his own car and drove off without so much as looking back. He
Pausing, Abel then added, "He's also asked me to inform you that he's satisfied with what you did today.""Oh…"Winter blushed at Frank's compliment, since that was the first.-Even as the helicopter's rotor whirled overhead, Kat Yego was shouting from the other end of Frank's headset, "When are you arriving, Master Lawrence?!""Give me another half an hour," Frank replied calmly."Hurry up! They're chasing us off already—"There was a yelp from Kat's end before she could finish, as a group of men shouted and cursed.Kat then yelled, "Urgh, whatever! I can't wait—I have to do this right now, or my house will be gone!"With that, she hung up.Frank was left doing a double take and scowled as he pocketed his phone.He had received a call from Kat earlier, who traveled to Morhen with Noel York for filming on location.Kat spared some time to return to the cottage while she did, yearning for nostalgia of her delinquent days.However, she barely had any time to enjoy herself w