As the man spoke, he fiddled with his face, then revealed a handsome visage.
“You’re surnamed Henderson?” Azure Dragon was slightly surprised upon hearing him.
“Don’t tell me you’re from Sheardal Empire?” Casey and the others looked at him simultaneously, wearing somewhat astonished expressions.
The surname Henderson wasn’t common, and the man’s resemblance to Karsen Henderson, who was killed several months ago in the Forbidden Phantom Valley, made it easy to associate him with Sheardal Empire.
“To be honest, yes!” Desmond Henderson nodded and continued, “My father is Kyan Henderson!”
“What?” Azure Dragon and the others exclaimed again.
Kyan Henderson was the former emperor of Sheardal Empire, who became vegetative five years ago after being overthrown by his own brother for power.
“You’re the former crown prince of Sheardal Empire?” Bob asked.
“That’s a long time ago!” Desmond Henderson’s eyes flickered with sadness.
“Okay!” Bob shrugged.
“You came all the way here to challenge my Boss, there must be another reason, right?” Casey paused slightly before speaking.
“I have something I’d like Mr Billy’s help with!” Desmond Henderson looked at Billy and spoke.
“Do you want my Boss to save your father?” Casey asked again.
“Exactly!” Desmond Henderson nodded vigorously.
“… ” Casey and the others were speechless at his words.
Why did this scene feel so familiar?
The image of Princess Danica Byrne of Tengamine Kingdom involuntarily surfaced in everyone’s minds.
Back then, she had begged Billy to save her parents because her father was overthrown for power. However, that time, they hadn’t expected to be repaid with ingratitude by a wolf in sheep’s clothing!
It hadn’t been long since then, and a similar situation arose again!
This time, they couldn’t agree no matter what!
“You better leave!” Azure Dragon waved his hand. “This is impossible!”
Thud!
Desmond Henderson knelt down in front of Billy.
“Please, Mr Billy, save my father!”
“… ” The corners of Casey and the others’ mouths twitched simultaneously.
“You may rise!” Billy furrowed his brows slightly.
He hadn’t expected that the person who had come all the way here to challenge him would have such an identity.
He also understood why Desmond Henderson was willing to suffer backlash from forbidden techniques in order to improve his cultivation and fight against him.
Obviously, he wanted to test whether Billy had the strength to save his father.
“Mr Billy, I know this request is somewhat difficult, but I will offer enough compensation!” Desmond Henderson knocked his head on the ground in front of Billy before standing up.
“What compensation?” Azure Dragon asked.
“Sheardal Empire has two treasuries. One is located within the palace courtyard, and the other is situated beneath a valley a hundred kilometers away from the imperial city.” Desmond Henderson responded.
“More than half of the treasures of the imperial family are hidden in the treasury outside the palace, which was left by my father, Kyan Henderson, as a contingency plan.”
As he spoke, Desmond Henderson took out an animal skin scroll from his body and handed it to Billy.
“This is a map of the treasury that I had someone from the palace obtain. If Mr Billy agrees to help, all the things inside can belong to Mr Billy!”
“Is this the big gift you mentioned before to give to my Boss?” Judge asked.
“There are vast treasures in that treasury, including top-quality spirit stones, high-level spirit fruits, beast cores, and rare medicinal herbs that are rarely seen on the market.” Desmond Henderson nodded.
“Really?” Stout’s eyes lit up.
“Yeah!” Desmond Henderson nodded again, then looked at Billy and said, “Skydragon City is currently in a period of rapid development. Obtaining the things from that treasury would definitely be a great help!”
“Do you think we have the strength to rescue someone from your Sheardal Empire palace?” Billy didn’t take the animal skin scroll, but looked at him and spoke lightly.
“If I guess correctly, there is at least a third-rank Sacred Realm expert in your palace, right?” Desmond Henderson responded without hesitation, “I have considered this question!”
“With Mr Billy’s strength, it is indeed difficult to directly rescue my father from the palace.”
“So, I’m not asking Mr Billy to directly go to the palace to rescue people!”
“What do you mean?” Ivy asked, “According to what you said, isn’t your father being detained in the palace courtyard?”
“My father is indeed being detained in the palace, but there are Sacred Realm experts in the palace. If a direct attack is unrealistic, the only way to rescue him is through strategy,” Desmond Henderson replied.
“Lure the enemy away from his base?” Harleen continued after a brief pause.
“So, you mean, let us create a disturbance elsewhere, lure the experts from your palace away, and then you rescue your father in the palace?”
“That’s roughly the idea, yes!” Desmond Henderson spoke again.
“However, I guess that even if we do this, not all the experts in the palace will mobilize.”
“So, even if I manage to rescue him, I can’t leave the palace directly.”
“Are you planning to take advantage of the chaos and directly take down Pablo Henderson?” Ivy said.
“Exactly!” Desmond Henderson nodded, “Once we capture him, everything will be resolved!”
“Are you oversimplifying things?” Casey said.
“Leaving aside whether you have the ability to capture him, even if you can, with so many people in the palace, do you think you can leave alive?”
“You don’t need to worry about that,” Desmond Henderson said again.
“There are many loyalists to my father in the palace. As long as we capture Pablo Henderson, force him to confess to what he did to my father in the past, things will basically work out!”
“By then, I can also order the people sent to the valley’s treasury to stop, and you won’t have to take too much risk.”
“Why does this sound so unreliable?” Azure Dragon retorted.
“If it were as simple as you said, why would you wait five years? You could have done it with any group of people long ago!”
“For this to succeed, there are two prerequisites!” Desmond Henderson replied.
“The treasury in the valley has a high-level array. People who don’t understand arrays, even with this map, won’t be able to find the entrance to the treasury.”
“Furthermore, there is a first-rank Sacred Realm expert guarding that treasury. People with insufficient skills won’t be able to accomplish anything even if they get in.”
“Mr Billy happens to meet these two conditions, which is why I came to seek Mr Billy’s help!”
Obviously, he had already inquired about Billy’s expertise in arrays.
“How can you be sure that my Boss can definitely break the array?” Night Orchid asked.
“To be honest, I’m not sure about that,” Desmond Henderson shook his head, “This is also the most unpredictable part of the entire plan.”
“Of course, if the array can’t be broken, you won’t have too much risk either.”
“I will only take action in the palace after confirming that Mr Billy can break the array!”
“It is said that Pablo Henderson himself is also a Sacred Realm expert. Are you sure your people can take him down?” Vermilion Bird asked from the side.
“To take him down, we don’t necessarily have to rely on force!” Desmond Henderson replied.
“Boss, there are too many unknowns in this matter, let’s forget about it!” Frostblade frowned slightly and looked at Billy.
“As long as Mr Billy can help me rescue my father, from then on, the entire Sheardal Empire…” Desmond Henderson bowed deeply to Billy again.
“How much do you know about what happened in Sheardal Imperial City five years ago?” Billy asked after a moment of thought.
“Who was behind that incident?”