Wilbur nced at the deputy official with a frown. "Don''t point that at me. You might hurt yourself."


    "F*ck you." The deputy officer shoved the barrel of the gun against Wilbur''s


    temple.


    Shepard got to his feet.


    Just then, someone called out, "The president has arrived!"


    Leo frowned, then waved them down. "Put the gun away."


    The deputy officer sneered, jabbing the pistol back into its holster.


    Someone muttered, "I guess that bastard will have a little longer to live."


    Leo said, "We''ll have a good talk after the banquet''s over."


    "I think it won''t have to take that long for that to happen," Wilbur replied nonchntly.


    Leo sneered, turning away to head to the middle of the hall.


    Just then, President Morgan and Julian Doyle, the Dasha representative, emerged from the doors and walked up to the podium on stage.


    Behind the two of them were Demi and the others.


    Morgan and Julian stood before the microphone with their arms around each other.


    The crowd fell silent, waiting for the both of them to speak.


    Dozens of reporters clicked away furiously at the stage, threatening to blind


    everyone else with the way the shes on their cameras were going off.


    Everyone here was someone of power in Manand, and they knew that Dasha had yed a big role in taking down Maddox.


    Especially this expert from Dasha named Trevor Penn.


    He had been the one to kill Maddox and all of his hundred followers, contributing greatly to the well-being of Manand.


    The president had spoken to the people over at Dasha many times to get this expert to help them and paid a hefty amount too.


    On top of that, Manand was going to work together with Dasha.


    Swearing Trevor Penn in as a prince and assigning territory to him was part of that alliance.


    Dasha had an important role to y in this incident, with Trevor Penn being the great hero.


    Everyone was overwhelmed with emotion. This Trevor guy must be a terrifying presence to be able to take Maddox down.


    After all, everyone in Manand knew just how powerful Maddox was.


    Perhaps only a big country like Dasha was capable of producing an expert this powerful.


    Everyone had great respect for Trevor Penn.


    After the crowd fell silent, Morgan began to speak.


    First, he announced that working together with Dasha had required Manand to give them many political perks, and it could be said that Manand had even made a sacrifice for this to happen.


    On any other asion, there was no way the people would agree to something that jeopardized Manand''s benefits like this.


    However, they knew that Dasha had yed an important role in what just happened.


    This man from Dasha had taken down one of Manand''s biggest threats, someone who put everyone in the country in grave danger.


    Thus, the people agreed with the president''s decision and called out in support. Following that, Morgan moved on to talk about North Manand.


    He announced that North Manand would return to being under the control of the Manand government.


    After this, the crowd perked up noticeably. They knew the biggest announcement of all wasing.


    Everyone wanted to know just what this Trevor Penn guy looked like.


    Did he have the face of a monster, a god, or a human being just like the rest of them?


    After all, it was hard for everyone to see this man as a regr mortal considering what he had just done.


    Sure enough, Morgan announced the swearing-in of Trevor Penn as a prince and the assigning of North Manand to him as his territory.


    The crowd broke out into brilliant apuse, waiting for this expert to show his face with bated breath.


    Just then, one of the banquet staff walked onstage holding a gold and jade scepter. Morgan looked toward where Wilbur was sitting with a smile. "Pleasee onstage to say hello to everyone, Prince Trevor Penn."