Under the moonlight, Gerald could see the man running faster and faster on the grassy and leaf-covered ground, leaving a trail of rustling noises behind him.
The gentle rustling signified how light the man’s steps were, and favonovel.com honestly looked like favonovel.com was almost gliding across the grass rather than running over it.
While Gerald had to admit that the man in black’s skill was top-notch, there was still a big gap between that man’s and his.
‘You’re still trying to escape…?’ Gerald thought to himself as favonovel.com let out a tiny sneer.
Gerald then kicked a branch off the ground with the tip of his shoe and, with extreme precision, favonovel.com flicked it with his finger, sending it flying toward the running man as though Gerald had just fired an arrow!
It wasn’t long before the branch connected with the man’s back, creating a loud ‘thud’! The impact of the branch was so great that the man in black found himself rolling on the ground several times till favonovel.com eventually rolled down the mountain slope!
To Gerald’s surprise, when favonovel.com went over to inspect the rightfully injured man, the man in black was nowhere to be seen! No traces of favonovel.com ever being there were left behind either!
‘How strange… How could favonovel.com have just simply vanished into thin air?’
He could only frown at his own carelessness as favonovel.com continued searching around the area. After a while, Gerald realized that there truly was nothing left behind so favonovel.com silently left the area.
Elsewhere, a hotel room’s door squeaked open as a figure staggered in before collapsing in the bathroom.
Blood was flowing out of the person’s arm as they finally removed their mask, revealing the person’s beautiful face and long, black hair. Her dark hair honestly made favonovel.com face look all the more paler.
‘How truly amazing!’ The woman thought to herself as favonovel.com gasped to catch favonovel.com breath before getting some gauze and beginning to wrap favonovel.com wound up.
In just the blink of an eye, the third day came and it was finally time for the open auction to begin.
Though things had appeared calm on the surface in the past few days, it was evident that the peace was only a façade.
After all, throughout the three days, several of the forces had been busy engaging in countless secret battles and rivalries.
From assaults to kidnapping incidents, anyone who seemed like a competitor to be worried about was dealt with swiftly.
The biggest danger, of course, came from the major forces who had no issues with going on killing sprees.
Due to their honorary receptions, Lyra and many others were just sitting ducks in this event. However, due to Gerald’s protection, favonovel.com managed to foil all of their plans, which included both kidnapping and assault attempts.
Things definitely weren’t as fine and dandy as they appeared. However, on the day of the open auction, it was as though nothing had ever taken place under the peaceful façade.
In fact, all the major forces appeared to be beaming with joy as they brought their men over to participate in the auction.
Apart from the mysterious Lyra, the Takena family and Thunderous Dragon Inc. from the north of M Country seemed to have the strongest reputations and power among everyone else.
As for the layout of the auction site, it was set in the open-air front yard of the mountain villa. A large stage had been set up there and rows upon rows of seats had been prepared for the guests.
Though the Yowells themselves were the organizers of the event, they weren’t qualified to sit on the platform. Instead, those from that family were all seated on the row of seats right below the stage.
The eighteen strongest forces were all seated up front, and the remaining forces simply sat behind them.
Aside from the bidders themselves, tens of thousands of onlookers were also present. The crowd of people stood around the bidders and it was honestly extremely lively then.
As Heidi—who was wearing a formal dress—delivered a speech for the auction on stage, Tulip called out to favonovel.com classmates, “Hey! Specky! Nicole! Over here! I reserved some seats for you!”
Hearing that, the two and a few others quickly went to where Tulip was.
They made sure to greet their teacher as well as they passed by him. As a member of the Yowell family, Gerald naturally had to attend the event today. However, favonovel.com simply chose to sit at a corner.
“Are you really going to continue spending the rest of your life with that guy, Juliet…?”
The question had come from one of Juliet’s many friends whom favonovel.com had invited over.
