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    Aelfric decided to prioritize his safety before he fully understood the situation. He chuckled as he spoke to rissa. “I’m terribly sorry, Miss Byrd. Unfortunately, I’m not in Blebert tonight.”


    “Hah!” rissa responded with a sneer. “Don’t bother with ridiculous excuses, Aelfric. I know your thoughts, and you can’t stay out of this,” she said.


    “You muste here tonight. You’ve assisted the Peridot Consortium in attacking the Doomsday Base, and you’ve been pleading to coborate with us secretly for years. I havepiled all that evidence and can send it to ck Mallow anytime.


    So, you either join me in eliminating ck Mallow immediately, or I’ll expose your betrayal to her and let her handle you.”


    rissa’s voice lowered to a sneer as she spoke. Then, she added fiercely, “You’re too naive if you think you can outy me, Aelfric. I have every means to use you for my advantage. Obey me or perish alongside my Skytop Mansion!”


    With those threatening words, she ended the call abruptly. Enraged, Aelfric kicked the table in front of him and cursed, “Shit!”


    Immediately afterward, he dialed his assistant to arrange a private ne. He was headed to Skytop Mansion. rissa was right. He had no other options. It was either ck Mallow’s demise or his own along with Skytop Mansion.


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    At the mansion, the conflict raged on. The bodyguards stationed outside had all been eliminated. Those inside had emerged in waves to reinforce the fight, which was fierce. Despite the odds, ck Mallow and her team consistently held the upper hand.


    Though the mansion belonged to the Peridot Consortium, which boasted numerous members, ck Mallow and her small team fought like seasoned generals, overpowering the bodyguards who confronted them.


    Especially noteworthy was ck Mallow, the chiefmander, whosebat skills were exceptional. Rather than being cornered, she aggressively pursued her opponents. The individual who had reported to rissa was so frightened that he had hidden away, afraid to show his face.


    The meleested about an hour. Once all the visible bodyguards outside the mansion were dispatched, the remaining forces ceased emerging, and the battle wound down. Silver Fox, Xander, Marc, and Terry converged near Marissa.


    “This should be the end,” Silver Fox dered. “All the bodyguards are down, and only the weak staff remain.”


    Marissa nced at her watch and then confirmed rissa’s location. “Let’s enter the mansion and secure the chip,” she dered. “rissa, Bu, and Aelfric will soon be here. We must retrieve the chip before their arrival.”


    “Aelfric is joining as well?” Xander asked, astonished. “How can he openly oppose you?”


    Marissa responded with a smile, “Regardless of his boldness, he’s left with no choice tonight. To resolve the Skytop Mansion crisis, rissa will surely coerce him. The moment he chose to help the Peridot Consortium, rissa had the leverage to manipte him.”


    Silver Fox interjected angrily, “Aelfric has betrayed us. I vow to confront him myself for King!”


    “Well, we’ll address thatter,” Marissa suggested calmly. “For now, focus on retrieving the chip and be careful not to damage it.”


    With a nod, everyone sprinted towards the mansion. Previously, during the intense confrontation, all the mansion’s bodyguards had been summoned outside to assist, resulting in over two hundred people lying on the ground now.


    Thus, as the team entered the now deserted mansion, there was an eerie silence. Shortly after, Marissa and her team reached the basement’s first-floorboratory


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