CHAPTER 53: VOLCANIC GECKO (1)

"Boss!"

"Maxwell, why are you suddenly so angry?" Malachi’s eyebrows slightly furrowed as he walked up and asked, "What happened?"

Maxwell was holding onto a hairpin. He was very familiar with this hairpin because it had been worn by Gwendolyn yesterday. He never imagined...

He underestimated how willing Sebastian was to act!

During the eight days he was training in Eden, Gwendolyn and Constantine encountered relatively little trouble. Maxwell thought that Sebastian wouldn’t do anything to them because his son and his brother were actually killed by him, so it had nothing to do with others.

But, Maxwell was too naive.

He was truly too naive. Warning bells should have been set off with Sebastian’s appearance last night.

How could he be so neglectful when dealing with such a sinister person like Sebastian?

Maxwell felt it was entirely his fault. His own girl had been detained for a second time now, causing the rage inside him to erupt like a volcano.

"That’s the lady’s hairpin! Boss, did something happen?" Constantine’s eyes tightened as rage started rushing towards his head upon seeing the hairpin.

Austin frowned and asked: "Sebastian’s doing?"

Maxwell nodded, "Yes."

Austin was in thought for a while. He clenched his fist once and then released it, "Just say it if you need our assistance."

These words had heavy connotation.

Austin was the Lord of the Gryphons’ Household, so his words were the words of the entire household.

He knew that Sebastian had held someone close to Maxwell as a hostage. The words he had said out loud clearly meant that just by Maxwell’s request, the Gryphons’ Household would go to war against the Gillette’s Household.

Maxwell was very grateful and said, "Thank you for your kind intentions, Lord Austin, but this matter is personal and I wish to take care of it on my own."

Of course, he had to solve it personally.

If by chance Sebastian gets KO’d by the Gryphons, then this last boss will have no relation to him at all.

Moreover, he had to beat the shit out of Sebastian. If he didn’t see shit come out, there’s no way he could vent and pacify his anger.

It was at this time that the man who delivered the package spoke again: "That person said that the conditions you two talked about are still in place. As long as you hand over that item, he will immediately let the girl go."

"Item?"

"What item?" Constantine grabbed onto the guy and lifted him into the air and roared: "Speak clearly now! What sort of item is it?"

The man started shaking from fright as he mumbled: "My Lord, I’m only here to deliver the message. I have no clue what that so-called item is."

Maxwell faintly said: "Don’t make things hard on him; he’s merely here to deliver the message."

After being in thought for a while, Maxwell decided to frankly say: "He wants the Raging Fire Bull’s Beast core."

Austin’s eyes changed as he received the shock.

Everyone present felt the shock of those words.

A beast core contained almost endless energy. It was even more precious than an upgrade element so it was considered a supreme treasure to martial cultivators.

Constantine’s eyes changed to a more uplifted expression as he lowered the man back to the ground. He then looked around with a foolish grin, "So it’s just the Raging Fire Bull’s Beast core, I’ll give it to him!"

While saying that, he pulled out an extremely sharp knife that he had sharpened for eight days from his zero storage space.

Constantine had no hesitation as he lifted up his clothes and was about to slice open his stomach.

He was still like a grinning fool who didn’t care about the consequences.

Maxwell’s eyes changed as he quickly snatched the knife out of Constantine’s hands. He then screamed: "Have you gone crazy? Do you think you can still take out a beast core after ingesting it?"

Constantine didn’t bother thinking too much about it. As long as he can take out the demon core from his stomach and save the Lady, anything is fine. Who cares if he died in the process?

He had never cared about his own life before!

In his heart, Maxwell was always in the first position. Anything concerning Maxwell and he would use his life on the line to accomplish it. This was a promise he gave to Maxwell’s parents and it will be something he has taken to heart for the rest of his life.

"Boss, the beast core was eaten by me so I just have to dig it out." Constantine tried to explain himself.

"So what if you manage to dig it out? Not only does Sebastian want the Raging Fire Bull’s Beast core, he wants me to cripple my cultivation making me become the trash that everyone picks on again." Maxwell loudly yelled out.

It wasn’t enough to cripple him once; he wanted to cripple him a second time!

Sebastian was too sinister!

Constantine was stunned as he mumbled: "Boss, what should we do then? We’re not saving the Lady?"

"We will! Of course, we will save her. Not only will we save her, we will do it most magnificently!" Maxwell’s eyes changed as he looked at the scared deliveryman and said, "Go back and tell him that I don’t have the Raging Fire Bull’s Beast core. But I will dig out the one from the spawned beast at the battle arena and give it to him as a replacement. Remind him not to touch a single hair on the girl or else..."

"Did you remember everything I’ve said?"

"I... I heard it and remember everything."

"Now scram!"

The deliveryman half-crawled and half ran away from the group.

Immediately after, Maxwell looked at Constantine. "Make sure all our people are prepared. Once the fight ends at the battle arena, we’ll settle everything with Sebastian."

Constantine nodded thoughtfully. "Good!"

Austin looked calm on the surface but his heart was palpitating like a stormy sea. He couldn’t imagine that this person in front of him was a sixteen-year-old who had his cultivation crippled and his cultivation wasted. What had he encountered that made him so much stronger now?

Looks like a good show is about to start.

He wanted to mention his assistance again but stopped himself as the words were about to be spoken.

This was an internal matter of the Gillette Household. If an outsider like him interfered, it might actually negatively affect Maxwell.

If he couldn’t help out in the open, then he would help out secretly.

Austin turned to the side and whispered to his attendant: "Dispatch all the Gryphons’ Household senior members. Have them disguise themselves and search for the whereabouts of Lady Gwendolyn. Make sure they understand not to ignore any movements of Sebastian."

The attendant nodded and silently disappeared into the crowd.

Austin watched as the back of Maxwell gradually faded off into the distance. His blood that had been silent all these years started boiling up again.

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"The fight between two individuals with the biggest strength disparity in history is about to start."

"One of Eden City’s five major households, the Gillette Household’s Maxwell versus an above silver rank spawned beast, the Volcanic Gecko!"

The ear-deafening voice of the host spread throughout the battle arena.

When the name Volcanic Gecko was heard, the ten thousand plus spectators in the battle arena couldn’t help but shiver from the chill in their hearts.

A Volcanic Gecko was an existence similar to a nightmare for the people of Eden City.

Hundreds of thousands killed and half the city destroyed. Although this had happened many years ago, there were still many places in Eden City where people could witness the devastation of the past.

"That’s right!"

"The Volcanic Gecko today is exactly the descendant of that Volcanic Gecko of the past that killed over a hundred thousand people in our city."

As the words of the host faded, the spectators started boiling with fear and excitement.

There were even some parts of the arena where people started panicking. There were still people who lingered in fear from the horrifying scenes of the past. What if the Volcanic Gecko were to rush up to the seats where the spectators were sitting?

But after recalling that this battle arena was run by the mysterious organisation called The Conglomerate, the fear in their hearts started to drop a bit.

The Conglomerate organisation had methods for controlling a God rank spawned beast at the great perfection stage, let alone controlling a little above silver rank spawned beast.

Immediately after, in the spectator’s seats, everyone started grinning and laughing once again.

"Hahaha... I’m gonna be rich this time. Maxwell will definitely die."

"This is practically a slaughter, pure slaughter. I dare to bet that the piece of trash Maxwell won’t even survive for ten seconds."

"The way I see it, he won’t even survive for a single second. Hahaha..."

The spectators stood all boiling in fervour as many people were red from excitement. There was no suspense in this fight because Maxwell would surely die!

The host cleared his throat before loudly announcing: "We will now invite Maxwell and his partner Constantine to the arena."

The huge gates of the battle arena opened up. Maxwell and Constantine then came out not too fast or too slow.

Maxwell turned a deaf ear as numerous boo’s were heard from the spectator stands.

Soon after, another huge gate opened and without waiting for the host to speak, the Volcanic Gecko rushed out like crazy with a person in his mouth. The blood from the person had sprayed out all over, dyeing the grounds red.

"Screech!"

The extremely ferocious-looking face exuded a powerful and peerless aura of a primitive beast. Its brutal and unbridled aura then enveloped the entire battle arena.

It started rampaging around the area upon making its appearance!