With that in mind, Frank looked up and shouted, "Sir, I don't have the spiritron vein with me, but I know where it is. I appeal to your forbearance as my senior to grant me the favor of releasing my family, and I will take you to it!"Silence ensued across the rundown temple at Frank's words, as the person lurking in the shadows pondered.Soon, his elderly voice spoke again. "Very well. Since you're a man of principles, you have my trust."He then emerged from the shadows, an elderly man with gray hair and a steel mask covering half his face strode out. His expression was cold, and he carried a string of prayer beads in one hand.Frank's heart skipped a beat when he saw him—the terrible pressure that man projected made it clear he was Transcendentrank!He could not help remembering what Sienna Noirot of Cloudnine Sect told him… that dangers lurked everywhere across Draconia.And now, it was clear that he lacked vital knowledge on the martial elites in play.Still, he did not fli

Both Vicky and Helen had more or less realized that keeping the spiritron vein was not necessarily good for them, especially as it brought them endless troubles.Losing it in time was, from a point of view, the smart move.Frank understood what Silverbell was thinking.Only a major organization like the Martial Alliance and their supporters had the strength to keep it—giving to Frank as he was now would harm him instead."What should we do now, Frank?" Vicky asked worriedly."Sit back and do nothing," Frank said after thinking a long while about it, glancing between Vicky and Helen. "If someone can track the precise location of the spiritron vein, that makes it their problem and not ours. The city of Zamri is already a mess because of the spiritron vein, so it's not time for us to take the stage just yet. At this point, the ideal move is to take the loss and pretend nothing happened, and carry on as usual." Both women nodded at Frank's words.-Over the next month, Frank had s

And if the Soranos knew that it was Gene Pearce's lover who operated on their retainer, Winter was going down even quicker.Such was the trap Paco set for Winter—damned if you do, damned if you don't.He sneered, as he believed it was impossible for Winter to save Gus Zeller.Before Winter arrived, he had examined Gus—the man's bones were broken all over and he had lost one arm, while his organs were bleeding.Even his heart rate was dangerously low.To Paco, experienced as he may be, Gus could well have been run over by a train.He was a dead man walking, and things would get very bad for anyone who takes his case.And it just so happened that Paco could use it against his new chief, who was just starting her first day."No matter how unusual the circumstances are, saving the patient is top priority," Winter said, clearly more determined than Paco expected.She pushed Paco out of the way and led her bestie Jean Zims toward the surgical table.Even if she spent days practicin

"Oh! They came looking for Winter." The assistant grinned. "They must be planning to ask her for an internship, seeing that she's just been appointed our hospital chief and all.""Hmph!" Paco wheeled on Winter right then, his glare cold as he snapped coldly, "What do you take our hospital for?! This isn't a place for brats to sleep your way to the top. Get out of here!""What? Are we asking to stay?" Tina sneered in contempt and turned to leave again after shooting a cold glare at Winter."Wait…"Winter tried to speak, but she was so exhausted from the surgery that she could barely manage a syllable.Paco continued to snap at her right then, "I say, chief, you've already given me enough trouble for one day, so get it in your head—this is a hospital, not a place for Gene Pearce to keep lovers!"Then, pointing at Gus Zeller on the trolley bed, Paco bellowed, "Look what you've done! Do you know who that is? He's a retainer of the Sorano family! You let him die in surgery—do you re

The girls felt contempt toward Winter while being left at a loss as to where they should undergo their internships.Just as Frank overheard their conversation, Jessica spotted him and did a double take. "Hey, isn't that Winter's brother?"Still, she soon scoffed. "You've really gone all out just to get your sister a job!""Yeah, sending her giftwrapped to some geezer's bed… No one comes close to matching your tenacity."The mockery left Frank confused, though he soon realized that they had misunderstood as they kept yapping away.Winter actually had the disposition to become the chief of Zamri Hospital—in fact, her skill in medicine was plenty sufficient, and she did not have to resort to any unsavory means.While the girls remained skeptical despite Frank's words, Frank simply dragged them along to see Winter so Winter could tell them herself.Still, when they arrived, they found Paco with a group of doctors and nurses, all on their knees as they apologized to Winter. "What…"