Her hesitation made Gregory very unhappy. The fact that Gracie had betrayed him by having a child with another man was always a thorn in Gregory’s heart. And because of this, he didn’t feel guilty when he had an affair. Those women were just tools for him to vent his frustrations. But would she really not be willing to kill Kelvin to prove her love for him?
“What? Can’t you do it?”
“No,” Gracie denied firmly, looking up at Gregory with determined eyes. “Gregory, you know I would agree to anything you ask of me.”
“Even killing Kelvin?”
“Must it be like this?”
If it were any other request, let alone one, she wouldn’t argue against it. Why did he have to force her to kill her own son?
“What if I say yes?”
Gregory was testing Gracie and also silently lamenting that her heart wasn’t entirely his anymore.
Gracie used to never question his decisions; when did she start changing? It seemed like ever since she came back from Jostrana.
As someone who had been unfaithful before, Gregory couldn’t believe that Gracie would choose him instead. But surprisingly enough, she agreed.
“Okay then, I’ll go!”
Then suddenly she darted off like a big red butterfly fluttering through the crumbling cave – red being the most eye-catching color.
Sure enough the purple snake king began moving too and followed the shadow running towards Kelvin’s direction.
Kelvin found it all quite ridiculous now; if there was still any expectation left in him regarding this woman before today then at that moment when she agreed with that man and chose to hurt him instead – even just a little bit of pity due solely on blood relations disappeared without a trace.
He didn’t move at all but calmly watched as the person and snake rushed towards him at lightning speed.
The long snake hissed as its huge mouth opened wide and lunged towards Kelvin while Gracie agilely grabbed onto vines above her head and safely landed on the other side.
“Kelvin, watch out!” Gordon quickly pulled out his gun and fired three shots at the purple snake king but unfortunately its scales were as impenetrable as copper walls so none of them worked.
Just when everyone thought Kelvin was going to die young, a small green snake suddenly fell from the sky. The snake landed on the neck of the purple snake king and bit it hard. The two snakes entwined, and soon the purple snake king curled up in pain and fell behind.
Although they were two completely different sized snakes, the small green snake had an extremely potent toxin.
After taking care of the snake king, it crawled onto the head of a long purple serpent and lifted its head high with an arrogant look as if it ruled over everything.
The other snakes also stopped their frenzied breathing and raised their heads towards the direction of the small green snake before mysteriously leaving one by one.
On the ground lay Twilight’s dead henchmen amidst pools of blood. Kelvin and Gordon couldn’t believe what they were seeing until a helicopter flew overhead, dropping down a brown rope with a “whoosh.”
A man then descended from above while holding onto that rope wearing white suit without any dust on him. The helicopter’s propellers created strong winds that blew his white cape behind him making rustling sounds.
This man appeared to be around forty years old with strikingly handsome features; time had only left calmness on his face without any wrinkles. In contrast, Gregory looked older despite being younger than him by just one year.
“Channing! You really haven’t died yet.”
Four years ago when he escaped from underground basement prison cell, he sent people all over world searching for Channing but there was no news about him at all until now – four years later – he appeared alive right in front of them!
Channing? He was once known as Lucas family’s previous head, an extraordinary talent!
Not only were Kelvin and Gordon stunned but Layne also felt dizzy as she stared at this person before her eyes filled with bitterness.
“You little brat! Why didn’t you contact me?”
“Do you know…”
Cheyenne always thought she didn’t have a father.
Upon seeing Layne, Channing’s eyes reddened, and the next second, this towering, god-like man knelt before the ragged Layne.
With great solemnity, he bowed his head, making a resounding thud. “All these years, I’ve caused Father to worry. I’m not dead, but I’m heavily injured, so I had to hide temporarily in the Dead Forest.”
In fact, they had met not long ago in the Dead Forest, but at that time, Channing had the appearance of a wild man, and he didn’t dare to reveal his identity to Layne.
Layne wiped away his tears and hurriedly helped Channing up from the ground. “Have you seen Cheyenne?”
The man’s face softened with a gentle smile when he heard his daughter’s name. “Not yet, but hopefully soon,” he replied.
“Why not now?”
“I need to clean up some things first. If something were to happen to me, it would be better for Cheyenne not to know about my existence and think that I had passed away long ago.”
“But you’re still her father, she deserves to know.”
Layne sighed deeply and Kelvin took a step back in shock as his pupils contracted.
So the person who tried to kill him a few nights ago was his father-in-law! He even kicked him before leaving that night after the older man warned him not to regret it… and Kelvin promised he wouldn’t!
What should he do now? He just hit his father-in-law! Channing finally noticed Kelvin was there too and snorted arrogantly as she stood up from the ground and walked over towards the man.
He slapped him hard on the shoulder with all his might while grinning slyly at him. “Looks like we meet again, young man,” he said teasingly.
“Father-in-law,” Kelvin exclaimed in surprise while Channing froze for a moment before inhaling sharply with impatience in his eyes.
“It won’t hurt if you wait until Cheyenne acknowledges you,” Channing said coldly.
“Agreed.”
“You won’t lose anything by waiting; your personality is terrible.”
“Father-in-law, you’re right. So let’s hurry up and take care of these people since Cheyenne is about to give birth soon!”
What? His daughter was about to give birth? Channing had planned on persuading Gregory into surrendering himself but upon hearing this news, he immediately gave up Plan A and decided instead on direct action.
He brought along an elite team armed with advanced weapons while Sam’s group consisted of those who barely survived their previous snake encounter – they were no match for them at all.
Seeing themselves losing badly, Gregory retreated.
“Into the tomb.”
“Yes, father.”
“Don’t let them escape; blow this place!”