Ledger York trembled.


    "This is a misunderstanding! That''s it!


    "I''ve always been honest with you!


    "Welt doesn''t know what''s good for him! He''s siding with Adenar Temple to go against you!


    ''Til give you an exnation for this!"


    Bam!


    Harvey York kicked Ledger to the side beforeing to Mandy Zimmer''s side and giving her water.


    At the same time, he ced his hand on Mandy''s wrist to circte her blood.


    "What happened here, Mandy?" he whispered when Mandy was mostly recovered.


    "Weren''t you supposed to head back to Wolsing?


    "How did you get yourself in this situation?"


    Mandy thought of what had happened. She had been cautious already but did not expect her bodyguards to bepletely outmatched either. She was cursed without even realizing that.


    "I was naive."


    Mandy took a deep breath before describing the situation.


    "Welt asked to see me.


    "He said there''s a way for me to obtain the Eyed Bead I sought for.


    "Then again, he wanted to strike a deal with me.


    "After seeing his serious look, I thought about it for a moment before deciding toe take a look.


    "As soon as I came, Welt said that he wanted to introduce me to a person named stinger.


    "He told me once Stinger''s happy enough; he''d get all of the Nine Eyed Beads for me, let alone one.


    "After sensing something was wrong, I quickly thought of an excuse to leave. I didn''t realize stinger used some sort of magic to heat up my entire body.


    "I managed to escape by saying I needed to use the restroom. That was how I stumbled into the courtyard."


    Mandy seemed fearful.


    "You stumbled your way here?"


    Harvey red at Ledger, who waspletely paralyzed on the ground.


    "This probably isn''t just some coincidence.


    "The master of the York family here must''ve nned everything through with Welt.


    "Not only are they trying to test the strength of both me and the sects...


    "They''re also nning to reap the rewards for pitting me against the sects.


    "It''s a shame that their n failed."


    Harvey''s gaze toward Ledger became much colder.


    Ledger showed a horrible look. He realized the family''s ns had beenpletely exposed.


    Besides groveling before Harvey, he would not dare attempt anything.


    "I underestimated these people..." whispered Mandy.


    "I thought they''d at least abide by the rules of doing business...


    "I didn''t think it was all just a huge ploy since the beginning."


    Harvey shook his head.


    "They nned this against you. You had no idea it wasing.


    "It''d naturally be hard for you to do anything about it."


    Then, Harvey red at Ledger again.


    "You have one more chance to speak. You better cherish the opportunity."


    Ledger shivered.


    "I didn''t want to do this, Sir York! I promise!


    "The sects are just too powerful!


    If the York family didn''t do as stinger says, we would''ve been wiped out long ago!Content rights by N?velDr//ama.Org.