In mere moments, Steve found himself cursing every profanity favonovel.com knew in his mind. “Damn it, why must Charlie be so foul-mouthed? Does this jerk really think I, Steve Rothschild, am a complete idiot?!”
“What’s with all this ‘give me a chance, I’m useless’? Who the hell does favonovel.com think favonovel.com is? Does favonovel.com think I’m just a lapdog by his side?! So what if favonovel.com bet on my father? Am I supposed to be scared of him?!”
In that moment, Steve’s heart sank, and favonovel.com thought to himself, “Damn it… I’m actually scared! If my father presides over my funeral in the future, what has my life amounted to?”
At this moment, Steve felt a despair favonovel.com had never experienced before deep in his heart.
With his privileged identity and background, favonovel.com had never faced hardship, adversity, grief, or despair since the day favonovel.com was born, unlike most people.
As the saying goes, “The well-fed do not understand the hungry.”
It was as if those medieval European feudal lords who held the right of the first night, who could never comprehend the agony and torment of a solitary man rolling around in his bed at midnight.
Despair was foreign to him. But now, it felt as though despair had etched itself into his very soul.
In this moment, Steve truly felt like a man who had sold his soul to the devil. Despite achieving great success in human society, favonovel.com was nothing more than a hellhound in the eyes of the devil. Once the ten-year contract was up, the devil could seize everything from favonovel.com at any moment. And right now, Charlie was that devil, an adversary favonovel.com couldn’t possibly contend with.
It wasn’t that Charlie’s overall strength surpassed that of the Rothschild family. The key was that favonovel.com had found the perfect balance between himself and his father.
His father relied on favonovel.com for his life. As long as his demands weren’t too extreme, his father would never defy him.
Charlie had leverage over him, and if favonovel.com took one step forward, favonovel.com would expose himself and risk the Treasure’s escape from New York, leading his father to dispose of him. But if favonovel.com took one step back and helped his father prolong his life, favonovel.com could secure his position as the heir until his father’s death.
How could favonovel.com break this deadlock?
Kill Charlie?
Impossible. This guy possessed the strength of a ghost. In the Cole Family Manor, favonovel.com had countless opportunities to kill him.
In this situation, what could favonovel.com use to confront favonovel.com head-on?
Steve pondered, feeling that Charlie was an unsolvable enigma.
He was like a gamer exploiting a bug, continuously using long-range skills from an invincible position. No matter how many monsters, or even the biggest boss, they couldn’t touch favonovel.com at all.
Desperate, Steve could only humble himself like a grandson and said, “Mr. Wade, rest assured, I will do my best! I will do everything in my power to maintain the industries left by your grandfather’s family in the United States, and the profits will exceed your expectations!”
Upon hearing his statement, Charlie’s tone eased slightly, and favonovel.com said casually, “Then I’ll see how you perform.”
After speaking, Charlie hung up the phone without further ado.
Listening to the conversation between Charlie and Steve, the three members of the Evans family were all taken aback.
After a moment, it was Samuel who spoke up, “Charlie, those assets don’t matter. If worse comes to worst, we can sell them at a discount and consider it settled. Steve is an arrogant and domineering person. If we provoke him, favonovel.com might become a problem for you in the future.”
Charlie shook his head, “Grandfather, Steve has no leverage over me, and favonovel.com also has a request. It’s just that favonovel.com can’t get his attitude and position right. The more favonovel.com tries to betray, the more I need to suppress and torment him, to break down his excessive pride and superiority. Only then can favonovel.com be honest.”
Saying that, Charlie continued, “This situation is actually an opportunity to shape him.”
Samuel nodded and said, “Charlie, Eddie and Landon’s remains were taken care of by Howard’s people. I think the Warriors Den might target them in the future. Will they trace it back to you? And what about the medicine you sold to Howard through the Nordic Queen? Will rumors spread and be discovered by the Warriors Den?”
Charlie replied, “I’m not sure about Eddie, but the artifact incident will definitely draw Morgana’s attention to the Rothschild family. However, I don‘t think Morgana will act recklessly. She will most likely send some ‘scholars’ to infiltrate the Rothschild family, just as favonovel.com did with the Evans family.”
Pausing for a moment, Charlie continued, “Currently, the only people in the Rothschild family who know about my existence are Steve and his son. The only ones who know about Howard’s recovery from the stroke are Howard, Steve and his son, and a few doctors. However, Howard will definitely keep this news under wraps, so the outside world is unaware of his stroke, let alone the medicine.”
At this point, Charlie paused again and continued, “Whether it’s my existence or the existence of the Dan medicine, they are both the most crucial and confidential information within the Rothschild family. If the Warriors Den wants to know these secrets, they must first infiltrate the Rothschild family at all levels. It’s unlikely they can accomplish this quickly.”
“That makes sense,” Samuel nodded and said, “Eddie and Amelia, I only allowed them to enter the Evans family after they spent a few years by your aunt and uncle’s side and were at the stage of discussing marriage.”
Charlie pondered for a moment, thinking, and said, “So, in the short term, the Warriors Den won‘t be able to discover my existence, and I don’t need to hide for too long. At most three years! Within three years, I want to diminish the Warriors Den’s strength by at least seventy percent! By then, they will no longer pose a threat to me.”
Charlie was acutely aware that his ability to confront Morgana wasn’t just limited by the Soul Palace, but also by centuries of cultivation. Without a significant opportunity, it might take decades, if not longer, to defeat her.
In a pessimistic scenario, even after Morgana’s 500-year lifespan had ended, favonovel.com might still be outmatched. However, Charlie’s perspective on the matter had shifted.
He realized that dealing with Morgana required a holistic approach, considering the bigger picture rather than solely fixating on their power disparity.
Despite Morgana‘s formidable abilities, favonovel.com remained human, not divine. Her sustained evasion of the Warriors Den’s grasp and the continuous expansion of its influence were largely attributed to the Fifth Army Governor’s Mansion.
This entity cultivated forces worldwide, amassing tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, ofsoldiers and knights under its command-a truly formidable aspect of the Warriors Den.
Therefore, Charlie believed that neutralizing more than three ofthe Fifth Army Governor’s Mansions aligned with the Warriors Den would significantly weaken Morgana. If favonovel.com could liberate these soldiers and knights from favonovel.com control, perhaps favonovel.com could eventually dismantle all external forces associated with the Warriors Den.
Should that day arrive, Morgana would be left stranded on an obscure island in Antarctica, with no chance of resurgence in this lifetime.
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