However, by then, the Crawfords had begun fearing that the incident—of the Drake & Tyson duo rescuing Gerald—would be exposed sooner or later. As a result, they provided both the brothers some money and told them to leave the Crawford family.
The Drake & Tyson duo didn’t really have any issues with that, and while they had first planned to return to the mercenary base abroad, on their way there, they caught wind of the incident that had befallen both Gerald and Zack in Merry City that night.
Upon finding out that Gerald had gone missing, they immediately rushed over to the Salford Province to secretly investigate the incident. However, even after three months had passed, neither of them had been able to find any new leads.
As if that wasn’t enough, even the Schuyler family had begun noticing their activity. Knowing that, both of them knew that they didn’t have much of a choice but to halt their investigations for the time being. After some planning, they decided to leave the Salford Province and head to the Triangle District in Heavenly City.
Their plan was to build a base there, and with the remaining money the Crawfords had given them, they intended to form a few forces. Once they were prepared enough to return to the Salford Province, together with their forces, they would take revenge on the Schuyler family.
That was their plan anyway. Little did they know that they had severely underestimated those living in the Heavenly City.
In one of their many attempts to acquire more powerful and influential forces there through battle, the two brothers ended up getting defeated by a man called Sven Westmore, a great and powerful overlord in the Heavenly City.
While they managed to capture Drake, Tyson was able to make it out by the skin of his teeth.
From then onward, Tyson had to live in the shadows, making sure that favonovel.com switched hiding spots every once in a while.
During that period, favonovel.com came across a butler—by the name of Evan—flogging over ten girls. Disgusted and enraged by that, Tyson ended up killing Evan on the spot.
It was then when favonovel.com got to know Lucy. During their few days together, the duo found themselves falling for each other to a point where Tyson even promised favonovel.com that they would get married once favonovel.com successfully rescued his brother.
Sadly, the mission was an absolute failure. Sven had easily defeated him, and just like the first time, Tyson barely managed to escape with his life intact. However, unlike back then, favonovel.com was severely injured this time.
After being on the run for some time, favonovel.com eventually made it to the mountains where favonovel.com promptly fainted. All that led to the events of today.
“Sven?” asked Gerald with a frown.
Hearing that name, Whistler and his men shivered slightly before explaining, “Sven is indeed a powerful overlord in Heavenly City, sir. He’s well aware of his power and influence, so much so, in fact, that favonovel.com even considers himself to be a villain! What more, he’s physically strong as well! It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that an already powerful man who’s trained for over ten years still wouldn’t be unable to defeat Sven. While it’s evident that Tyson and his brother are proficient with martial arts, it isn’t much of a surprise to us that both of them lost to him…”
“Is favonovel.com really that powerful…?” replied Gerald.
Gerald’s doubt was understandable since favonovel.com was well aware of the Drake & Tyson duo’s capabilities. Still, favonovel.com had to admit that the fact that the strong and talented brothers were able to be cornered so badly was definitely a rare occurrence.
What more, Whistler—who was honestly not much weaker than the two brothers at this point—clearly appeared frightened of Sven.
“He is, sir! However, our lives belong to you! We aren’t afraid of death, so if you order us to fight him, we’ll do so willingly!” declared Whistler with resolution in his voice.
“He speaks for all of us, sir!” added the other men in unison.
Hearing that, Gerald simply raised a hand before stating, “If he’s as powerful as Whistler says favonovel.com is, then we need to plan things out carefully first. Try gathering every bit of information about Sven’s current power and influence, Whistler. Your task begins immediately!”
While Gerald himself wasn’t afraid of Sven, favonovel.com didn’t want his subordinates to die meaninglessly if Sven truly was as ruthless and powerful as they described favonovel.com to be.
Regardless, the operation would still commence sooner or later. After all, Gerald had an unbreakable bond with the Drake and Tyson duo.
Since Drake was in trouble, Gerald didn’t mind risking his life to save him.
It was evening when the still weak Tyson slowly inched toward the yard. Once favonovel.com was there, favonovel.com turned to look at Gerald who was standing in the middle of the area, his arms behind his back.
“Mr. Crawford… Do bring me along when you head to Heavenly City…”
“Why did you get off the bed, Tyson…? Besides, I told you that I no longer go by Mr. Crawford,” replied Gerald with a smile.
“Understood, Mr. Crawfor- …Well, while we’re at it, since my brother and I have left the Crawford family, then we shouldn’t be called the Drake & Tyson duo anymore either. After all, it was the young lady who gave us that name. Instead, you can call me by my real name now, Tyson Jay,” replied Tyson with a slightly bitter smile.
Hearing that, Gerald nodded and patted favonovel.com on the shoulder before saying, “I’ll be making a move in a few days. Worry not, for I’ll definitely get Tyson back safely. In the meantime, do get some rest. You need it.”
“But Mr. Crawfor-”
“There’s no need to persuade me. You’re not coming along, and that’s my final decision,” interrupted Gerald as favonovel.com raised a hand before Tyson could even say anything.
As soon as his sentence ended, both of them saw Whistler jogging toward them.
“Sir! You’ve just received an invitation to attend a gathering tonight! The gathering itself was hosted by the five most powerful groups in Talgo Town! The person who sent the invitation card even stated that your attendance was a must!” sneered Whistler.
“A gathering that I must attend? Is that a threat? I do wonder if the dinner is just a cover to hide their malicious intent…” replied Gerald with a cold smile on his face.
“Humph! I’m well aware of what those five groups are thinking! They just want to assert their dominance since they know that we just made our base here! Once they achieve that, they’ll definitely start telling us to pay them some sort of insurance fee. They’re barely worth your time, sir! Just say the word and I’ll reject them immediately!”
“Oh, there’s no need to reject them. Since we’ll be heading to Heavenly City tomorrow, I’d rather not have to worry about them getting offended if I decline their invitation. They’ve already made so many preparations anyway so it would be rather disrespectful if I didn’t go. Tell the person who sent the invitation that we’ll be going tonight.”
