“No… Dylan… you can’t…” Upon hearing this, James Harding’s face changed drastically. Betraying his family, what were they to do? How could they face their family?
He was about to struggle when Dylan Harding looked at Robin and said, “Could you please knock my father unconscious?”
“Sure,” Robin nodded.
Before James Harding had a chance to speak, he fainted, but his hand clutched Dylan Harding’s, as if to tell him he couldn’t betray their family.
“All causes and effects are on me, Father. It’s I who betray our family, it has nothing to do with you,” Dylan Harding turned his head, looking at the unconscious James Harding.
Then, looking at Robin, Dylan Harding slowly said, “So, how about it? Cooperating with me could increase your chances of victory by ten percent. I’m known as a genius in the Harding family. I control this Mountland.”
“You still lost though,” Alison interjected.
This time, Dylan Harding didn’t respond.
Yes, he had lost. He lost to Master Lewis. However, he was still young, and Master Lewis was nearing the end of his life. He had time. He believed that by the time he reached Master Lewis’s age, he could do better. A hundred times better.
“So, how about it?” Dylan Harding ignored Alison and looked at Robin.
“Cooperate? Dylan Harding, aren’t you too naive? Your lives, both you and your father’s, are in my hands. Under these circumstances, you still wish to be on equal footing with me. Are you overestimating yourself, or underestimating me?” Robin said indifferently.
Dylan Harding’s face turned somewhat pale. He considered himself the genius of the Harding family, the best among geniuses. Otherwise, how could he control a city and stand shoulder to shoulder with people like Finnbar Harding? Therefore, at this moment, he was still proud. But he couldn’t maintain it.
Robin was right, he had lost. He was a defeated general, so his pride couldn’t save his father’s life. His father was even willing to kneel for him. He could do it too.
Dylan Harding’s legs gradually bent, and finally, with a thud, he half-kneeled on the ground. He was silent for a long time before he finally said with some difficulty, “My… my lord…”
My lord, a title of complete submission. He, Dylan Harding, who always boasted about being a genius of the Harding family, who was expected to shine in the world and become a great figure in the future, was submitting at this moment. Submitting to Primus.
Robin just stood there with his hands behind his back, watching him. He didn’t kneel completely, just half-kneeled. He didn’t ask Dylan Harding to kneel completely, because if he did, it would completely crush the spine of this genius. At that time, Dylan Harding would be ruined.
Genius can lose his pride, but he must keep his backbone intact. This time, Dylan Harding chose to submit for his father. Otherwise, no one could ever conquer this genius.
“I accept, your submission.” Robin said with his hands behind his back, “Stand up.”
Dylan Harding stood up, then looked at James Harding’s old face and smiled, “Father, I’m sorry, but I’m going back to the Harding family. Maybe, I don’t know when we’ll meet again.”
After that, he turned to Robin, “My lord, please take care of my father for me. I will escape back to the Harding family, and tell the Harding family that my father died in Mountland. This will make the Harding family trust me even more.”
His decision was not only to make the Harding family trust him more, but also to make Robin trust him. He was going to escape, but James Harding was left with Robin. If he had any other ideas, then Robin could deal with his father at any time, and his father was the one Dylan Harding cared about the most.
Dylan Harding was very clever. This could be seen from many things. It was just that he was born in a branch family and had never shown himself to the world. And when he did, he happened to meet Robin, this Kisia Primus, which made the whole Harding family have to treat him seriously. Therefore, he was very unlucky.
“Agreed.” Robin agreed, “Alison, take James Harding to Master Lewis and take good care of him.”
“Yes.” Alison took over James Harding.
“Father, see you.” Dylan Harding looked at James Harding and then left. From now on, he was going to work to destroy the Harding family to indirectly save the whole Kisia. But he didn’t think of himself as a savior, because he didn’t think he was wrong. If the Harding family became the master of Kisia, they would also manage Kisia well, no worse than those people in their capital.
He had this confidence. He just stood on the opposite side of Robin and committed what Robin considered an unforgivable mistake, bringing in foreigners. There’s no justice or injustice here. They just stood on different sides.
Just like now, he lived for his father.
“The Harding family people have been dealt with.” At this time, Allie sent a message.
Robin didn’t send Allie to deal with Matthew Grant, Betty Laydon, and others, because these people were not easy to handle, especially Betty Laydon, who was Benson Laydon’s only daughter with a special status. Maybe Allie would get hurt.
Those people can just be let go. Just wipe out the Harding family in Mountland.
Afterwards, Robin left the Hotel Mountland, and right at the entrance, a group of disheveled individuals, who appeared to be fleeing, rushed over. Behind them, someone was in pursuit.
“Help, is Mr. Dylan Harding here?” The leader, a woman with a voluptuous figure but presently donned in tattered clothes, grabbed Robin and asked.
“He’s dead,” Robin replied.
“This man, he’s Nightowl.” Someone immediately recognized him.
“Nightowl, Master Nightowl, my name is Rosey Gray. We came to buy the Sword of Kings. The people behind us, we don’t know who they are, but they’re trying to kill us.” Rosey Gray lowered her neckline, revealing a lot of her fair skin, and put on a pitiful face to evoke sympathy.
However, the people who were chasing them suddenly arrived before Robin and knelt, saying, “Master.”
Master Lewis had given an order. All his subordinates respected Nightowl’s commands, killing any who disobeyed. Therefore, as soon as they arrived, they called him Master.
“Master, are you on their side?” Rosey Gray and her group were stunned, but she reacted swiftly, immediately saying, “Master, we came to buy the Sword of Kings and then find a way to destroy it. We won’t let it fall into Lord Whiteford’s hands. We are on Kisia’s side.”
At this point, they finally understood. Nightowl was Kisia’s man, and this was a trap, a trap targeted at them.
“After the Gray family arrived in Mountland, their matriarch, Rosey Gray, used her body to seduce the Harding family, and then acted tyrannically in Mountland, killing many whom they disliked. Moreover, their family has already contacted South Land. If they could snatch the Sword of Kings, they would seek a life of wealth and glory. Among them, there is also…” One of Master Lewis’s men listed out their offenses one by one.
Upon hearing this, Rosey Gray turned pale. So, ever since they had arrived in Mountland, they had been under surveillance.
“Kill,” Robin gave the order.
In Mountland, there were many lurking spies, at least hundreds of forces trying to take advantage of the situation to get the Sword of Kings and use it as a pardon or to seek wealth and glory in South Land. All these people deserved to die.
Even if killing these people would cause great turbulence in Kisia and cause countless people to hate him, he was willing. It was time for Kisia to be purged.