Chapter 2391


    “They’re from the Morningstar family! Those b*stards have been forcing us to hand over the Crawford


    family’s assets for the longest time! As if that wasn’t already enough, they kidnapped Leo and Aiden as


    well! Either way, the now armless man goes by Harlo, and he’s here since today’s the deadline for us to


    hand our assets over!” exined Zack.


    “Hah! The Morningstars are the most influential family now, kid! While I admit that you’re strong, don’t


    think for one second that you’ll be able to take on all the other fighters in my family! Regardless, if you


    have the balls, why don’t you challenge me to a one-on-one duel in public? If you allow me to return


    and heal up, I’ll surely give you a true taste of my family’s power! What do you say?” scoffed Harlo who


    had his hand over the nub of his shoulder as he slowly got to his feet, desperately trying to hide his


    pain under a facade.


    Upon hearing that, Stephanie was prompted to taunt, “Yeah! Challenge us to an official duel! Though I


    doubt you have the guts!”


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    ring at Gerald the entire time, Harlo couldn’t wait for the boy to take the bait. Like hell he was


    issuing an actual challenge! The second he got out of this ce, he was ordering his men to chop that


    kid to pieces! Realizing that Gerald had gone silent, Harlo then added, “Aww… Too big of a coward to


    ept my challenge? If so, why don’tyou just kill me now so that nobody knows you did the crime…”


    Before Harlo could follow up with a sneer, he felt something prating his throat. Apparently,


    Stephanie had felt the same thing. Looking at Gerald who was now pointing toward them, Harlo


    realized that Gerald had sent out two aura des to pierce through their throats!


    “Y-you…! ” stuttered Harlo before flopping to the ground, dead…


    After silently staring at all the fresh corpses for a while, Gerald simply shook his head before muttering,


    “As if I’d be worried about others finding out about this! Either way, get some of our men to clear this


    ce up, Zack. Once you’re done, meet me in the office.”


    Following that, Zack watched as Gerald ced his arms against his back before walking toward the


    office…


    On his way there, Gerald saw that not much had changed about the manor. Regardless, after ordering


    some men to deal with the bodies, Zack hurriedly made his way to the office to start reporting the entire


    incident to Gerald…


    As it turned out, it wasn’t long after the Crawford family’s crisis when the Morningstars came out of


    nowhere and quickly became a powerful family. Their rapid development was mostly due to their top


    principle which was to kill anyone who got in their way! The fact that they were all cultivators certainly


    made things easier for them!


    Regardless, in order to continue protecting and expanding the Crawford family’s business, Zack had


    made sure to befriend several secret technique experts, with some even from the cultivation world!


    Sadly, none of them were the Morningstars’ opponents, leading to Zack’s allies either surrendering to


    the family, or losing their lives.


    It was because of that that Zack no longer had any power to fight back for some time, resulting in the


    Morningstars nearly acquiring all of the Crawford family’s assets…


    Also, as Zack had earlier mentioned, the Morningstars kidnapped Leo and Aiden as well. Though Leo’s


    kidnapping had happened a while back, Aiden’s was fairly recent. It happened when Aiden was on his


    way back to discuss the formation of an investigation team with Zack. After bumping into a Morningstar


    who hade looking for trouble, Aiden and that b*stard got into a fight. Understandably, Aiden lost


    the battle, and he was promptly captured.


    Once he was done reporting all that, Zack who was now in tears again fell to his knees before


    dering, “I apologize, Young Master Crawford! To the Crawford family and to Miss Crawford as well!


    All of you have entrusted me with your assets, but I’ve nearly lost all of them!”


    “Get up, Zack, this isn’t your fault. I could already sense that the Morningstars from before had ess


    to their inner strength. With that in mind, it’spletely understandable that you weren’t able to take on


    them! Putting that aside, they’re not exactly cultivators… They simply know how to use basic secret


    techniques!”