Upon hearing that, Stanford’s face immediately become hideous, and he was giving out an intimidating aura.
“You’re courting death!”
He marched over in a foul mood and was about to tear Jensen apart.
He had just taken a few steps but Ernest suddenly stopped him. His voice was a hollow bass, “Don’t do anything.”
Jensen looked at Ernest’s reaction and began to laugh maniacally.
He was extremely looking down on Ernest as he bellowed, “I applaud you for knowing your place, knowing that you can’t lay a finger on me. I will have you know, the way that you barge in like barbarians has angered me. If you knelt down now and begged me for forgiveness, then maybe there will still be room for negotiation.”
Initially, with how rude Ernest was by barging in like this, Jensen actually felt a little anxious as the situation could turn into something thorny and hard to resolve.
However, looking at how Ernest was stopping Stanford from doing anything rash, he could be certain than Ernest was here to make peace.
He would only take strong measures when diplomacy broke down. Ernest wouldn’t really lay a finger on him.
He suspected that after that new round of attacks last night, the Hawkins Group must be at the edge of the cliff. They must be emptied of all their assets by now.
Therefore, he concluded that Ernest had actually come here to beg to him.
Jensen was even more confident now as he made his demands loudly, “Ernest, let my men go now, and then I can still give you… Ah!”
Before he could finish, Ernest suddenly kicked hard on his belly.
His kicking strength was immense and Jensen whose weight was 50kg was blown away like a rag doll and he then subsequently crashed onto the wall violently.
The impact was massive and Jensen could even hear the sound of his bone breaking.
This intense pain almost made him lose his consciousness.
He stared at Ernest in shock and never though that he would do anything violent to him, assuming that he was here to negotiate peacefully.
He stumbled to the floor and while enduring the intense pain, he roared at Ernest, “Ernest, you dare to hurt me, so does that mean we are going to wage war now? You must know that it only takes a tiny fraction of the Harris family’s wealth to land such attacks on the Hawkins Group!”
“Huh.”
Ernest snickered coldly as he walked forward and stepped on Jensen’s chest with his sparkling leather shoes.
Jensen couldn’t even bring himself to his feet before stumbling to the floor again.
At the same time, on his chest, a massive force was weighing down on him like a bulldozer, which made him feel that his rib bones were going to break anytime soon.
Jensen’s expression drastically changed and he began to sweat profusely.
He glared at Ernest furiously and found to his shock that Ernest’s cold and emotionless gaze made him look like the reincarnation of the God of the Underworld.
He then only realized that Ernest was not here to make peace at all, in fact, he was here to kill him mercilessly with how cold he was!
Jensen finally realized the grave severity of his situation, and he finally began to get nervous.
He said anxiously, “Ernest, if you dare to kill me, you won’t be able to bear the repercussions! My family’s power reaches far and wide, so if I died, they will definitely exact revenge for me. They will make sure that there is no place in the world for you even if you’re dead.”
He was making a threat now and he turned his bloodshot eyes at Florence, “That includes your love, family, and anyone close to you. Nobody will be able to escape the fate.”
The fact that he still dared to bring up Florence made Ernest even more hostile.
Anyone who even dared to think of harming Florence was like breaking the one rule in the world where one shouldn’t break.
With an indifferent face, he increased the strength in his feet, and immediately a clear, crisp sound like some bones breaking sounded in the air.
“Ah!”
Jensen screamed out violently, and his body couldn’t help convulsing.
It was the clear sound of bones breaking into pieces.
“Master!” His butler who was pinned shouted worriedly. He was stunned by what was happening.
He had never seen anyone who dared to treat his young master in such a barbaric way.
However, even though Jensen was screaming with a high shrill, Ernest didn’t lessen the force in his feet at all.
He continued to step harder and harder.
With the endless assault of pain, Jensen’s eyes rolled over as he was in an extreme state of agony. He would rather die than to suffer through this.
He screamed loudly, “Ernest, my family will come to take your life. They will kill you.”
Ernest looked down at him coldly as if he was just looking at some ants.
He laughed ruefully, “I invite them to try it.”
No matter who came, he would make sure they would not live to see tomorrow anymore.
In this whole world, no matter what family it was, there was not one who could even begin to frighten Ernest one bit.
Jensen stared wildly at Ernest who was ruthless and his heart was racing.
No matter it was because of his blind ignorance, or it was because he was really capable of turning what he said into reality, Jensen was facing an unprecedented sense of despair at the moment.
Ernest really wanted to kill him.
However, he couldn’t die now. He couldn’t die in this place.
“Do-Don’t you guys want to know my secrets? This is my base, and all the backhanded, behind-the-scenes operations are carried out here. All of Kieran’s funds come from this place too. However, before you guys arrived, I have deleted all of the data in the computers and formatted them. You will never find anything that you’re looking for in this place. If I die now, a huge sum would directly go into Kieran’s bank account. He would have enough funds to land a critical blow and once and for all bring an end to the Hawkins Group!”
Jensen began to analyze the situation while trying to buy himself some space and time.
Ernest gazed at his pitiful face and snorted coldly, “I have already hijacked the information I was looking for last night. In just a few hours, the security would come undone. I have no interest in anything you have in your computers at all.”
“Ho-How can this be…”
Ernest’s reply instantly destroyed all of the confidence Jensen had until now. His face was deathly pale, and he was shaking uncontrollably.
If Ernest really had hijacked those information, then he would cease to have any value to Ernest.
His empty threats wouldn’t be of any use.
The one fate waiting for him was none other than death itself.
“Ernest, no, I mean Mr. Hawkins, I am just Kieran’s uncle and I am forced to help him anyway. I personally don’t intend to oppose you at all. Let me go, as long as you let me go today, I will remove all of his funds and assistance. I would go as far as even making him pull out of this war and make sure he would never mess with you anymore.”
He said frantically, and with a sincere expression, “Mr. Hawkins, I admit defeat in this commercial war. I admit defeat now, so please, let me go.”
“Huh, do you really think that this game is just a simple, naive commercial war?”
Ernest was laughing coldly, ad his gaze was heart-wrenching, “The moment you tried to poison Florence, your fate has already been sealed.”
Jensen deserved to die.
He had to pay for the price with his life.
For Ernest, Florence was the most important factor here. The outcome of the commercial war was secondary to him.
Even if he didn’t hijack any information this time, he would still come to mop the floor with Jensen.
It was the first time Jensen had seen a man who wouldn’t bend down to anything. Ernest’s cold, ruthless eyes made him feel fear in the truest sense of the word for the first time. He felt fear coming from his soul itself.
He discarded his image as he begged for his life frantically, “Mr. Hawkins, I know my mistake now, and Kieran shouldn’t even mess with you in the first place. I beg you to let me walk this time, just this once, I beg you.”
This man who was still acting all domineering was now groveling on the ground like a pitiful dog.
He was beyond embarrassing.
However, no amount of sympathy would come his way from now on.
He had to be punished for what he had done. He had hurt Ernest’s darling, so the price to pay was hundred, thousand-fold.
Ernest spoke with clarity, “Collin, give me the medicine.”