“Miss Duffy, my delinquent nephew, Chase Landford, is here. You can handle him however you wish!”
“And by the way, I just heard about your request to join Golden Crest Imports.”
“How about this: I’ll transfer Golden Crest Imports entirely to you. You’ll hold 100% ownership…”
Carter Landford spoke with a respectful tone, his face plastered with a nervous smile that he dared not let fade. His words carried both sincerity and a clear ulterior motive-to secure forgiveness from Lord Valerian Nox and the Duffy family by offering Golden Crest Imports.
After all, with Lord Valerian Nox’s influence, the Langford family was nothing more than servants before the Duffy family.
“What?! The entire company… to me?” Mia’s beautiful eyes widened in disbelief.
Golden Crest Imports, valued at $50 billion, was one of the Langford family’s three most critical assets. And now Carter Landford wanted to hand it over to her? It was something she couldn’t even dream of achieving in ten lifetimes.
She finally understood. The Langford family’s agreement to let her join their company had nothing to do with Scarlet. It was all because of Flynn!
Scarlet, are you daft? Flynn is Lord Valerian Nox, and you’ve been around him for three months without realizing it?
Layla, you’re just as clueless. Flynn is a Semi Lesser Sovereign, and even your bodyguards don’t compare!
James and his wife were flabbergasted, their minds reeling from the string of shocks they’d experienced in just half an hour-more than they had in their entire lives combined.
They had believed their lives were set in stone, thinking even forgiveness from the Langford family would require a miracle. But now, the Langfords were groveling at their feet!
“Mia, why are you looking at me? If you want it, just take it,” Flynn said with a smile.
“I… I… Flynn, I’ll just work as an employee. I don’t have the ability…” Mia stammered nervously.
Flynn smiled gently. “Alright, as long as you’re happy, that’s all that matters!”
“No, no! Miss Duffy, even if you don’t want to accept the company, you must at least take on a management role. I’m begging you-please!” Chase Landford dropped to his knees, banging his head on the floor.
James and his wife were dumbfounded.
They couldn’t believe it. Their daughter couldn’t just be a regular employee; she had to be in management? This was unbelievable!
But Flynn understood the reasoning. The Langford family was trying to bind Mia to their interests, hoping to secure a lifeline. By serving Mia well, Flynn would have less reason to trouble them.
This was Carter Landford’s calculation.
What a clever move.
“I… alright!” Mia hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.
“Whew…” Chase Landford, drenched in sweat, finally relaxed. The tension that had weighed on him like a mountain had lifted, and he felt an unparalleled sense of relief.
Lord Valerian Nox had pardoned the Langford family’s sins. They were safe.
“Lord Valerian Nox, the Langford family was involved in the hunt for your mother and the attacks on the Duffy family. Everyone responsible has already perished,” Carter Landford said solemnly.
“As Lawson Langford’s elder brother, I failed to keep him in check, causing irreparable harm to you and the Duffy family. The Langford family wishes to serve as your loyal servants to atone for our past sins!”
Carter’s face was filled with a mixture of anticipation and remorse. The Langford family’s involvement in those events was indeed a crime. But it was also an opportunity. If handled properly, it could lead to drastically different outcomes.
“Servants? Do you think the Langford family is worthy?” Flynn sneered coldly. “Get out of here!”
“I don’t need gnats like you to deal with something as trivial as the Clark family!”
Carter Landford froze for a moment.
Of course, with the strength of the King of the Underworld, wiping out the Clark family was as simple as lifting a finger. The Langford family was indeed insignificant.
Carter had anticipated this result, but being outright rejected still left him feeling a sense of loss and disappointment.
“Alright, we’ll take our leave…” Carter retreated several steps before daring to straighten his back once he was over ten meters away from the Phoenix private room.
“Uncle Carter, Lord Valerian Nox didn’t accept…” Chase Landford said, his tone despondent.
“What’s the rush? If Lord Valerian Nox doesn’t need us, we’ll quietly help him and move him with our actions!” Carter scolded.
“You know how to court girls but can’t figure out how to earn Lord Valerian Nox’s favor?”
Chase’s face lit up with understanding. He nodded, his confidence restored. Carter sighed inwardly. His brother was gone, and Chase had become the head of the family. But with his intelligence, it would take a long time for him to truly lead the Langford family.
—
In the Phoenix private room, Mabel spoke hesitantly.
“Child, are you really going to take action against the Clark family? Their strength may not match yours, but their connections…”
“Mabel, I promise you, on Tessa Watson’s birthday, the Clark family will be destroyed. The suffering you and my mother endured will be repaid a thousandfold.” Flynn’s voice was resolute.
“But today, let’s just enjoy our meal and not discuss these matters, alright?”
Flynn understood Mabel’s concern. The Clark family had ties to the military.
But what of it?
Explaining it all would take until nightfall, and even then, they might not believe him unless they saw it with their own eyes.
“Alright…” Mabel forced a smile, though her eyes betrayed her lingering worry. The Ostrad military harbored several top-tier cultivators. Even if Flynn was an Earthly Sovereign, once the military intervened, he wouldn’t be able to touch the Clark family.
After all, one man-no matter how strong-cannot defeat an entire nation.
—
Outside the Four Seasons Hotel, Layla scanned the crowd.
“Huh? Flynn and the Duffy family aren’t coming out?” she muttered.
Madeline shook her head and chuckled. “Miss Woods, isn’t Flynn trying to bring down the Clark and Woods families? He can’t do it alone, so he must be trying to curry favor with Lord Valerian Nox for help.”
“How childish,” Layla scoffed coldly.
Flynn had been so arrogant earlier, claiming he’d make her witness the downfall of the Clark and Woods families. He wanted her to feel despair and humiliation.
But a Semi Lesser Sovereign? How could he even dare?
Perhaps he’d made a few wealthy connections in Niarak, like Bobby Sheppard, but they were nothing in Slatin.
Here, he faced the Clark and Woods families.
Flynn, who do you think you are? Lord Valerian Nox?
A bold thought crossed Layla’s mind, and her derisive smile faded.
“Could Flynn actually be Lord Valerian Nox?” she whispered to herself.
The idea nagged at her. Flynn and Lord Valerian Nox seemed connected. Flynn had been involved in the deaths of Stellan Wallace, Jack Jenkins, and Dario Bragg. Flynn came to Slatin, and Lord Valerian Nox appeared here too. Both were at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Coincidence? Or the same person?
Madeline paused, then laughed. “Miss Woods, what about Flynn makes you think he’s Lord Valerian Nox?”
“Vicente Clark was a prodigy, the greatest in two centuries, yet he only became a Greater Sovereign through cultivation. Flynn’s been holding his mother’s medical book for years. He must rely on medicine to assist his cultivation.”
“But Lord Valerian Nox is entirely different! The two aren’t even in the same league. How could they be the same person?”
Layla nodded, finding the reasoning sound. Flynn’s progress in cultivation likely depended on medical assistance. Achieving Earthly Sovereign status in ten years through medicine alone was unprecedented.
Still, part of her didn’t want to believe it.
“Let’s see how Flynn plans to destroy the Clark and Woods families. Let’s see how he plans to make me despair!” Layla narrowed her eyes, her expression filled with disdain.
Even if Flynn had surpassed her in cultivation, she could still crush him with her network of connections. With her master’s influence, summoning a few Greater Sovereigns was effortless. Her master even knew Earthly Sovereigns!
Flynn, what do you have to bring me despair?
—
At the same time, news of Brody Brightmoon’s crippling injuries reached Viola Brightmoon. She wept hysterically, nearly losing her mind as she drove straight to the Clark family.
Flynn, the Clark family’s disgrace, had come to Slatin and left her son crippled, confined to a vegetative state for life.
Flynn had to pay in blood.
The Clark family had to eliminate this abomination!
When Mike Clark heard the news, he was furious. They already had the medical book. How dare Flynn act so recklessly?
He had to die.