“…M-Mr. Crawford…!” stuttered the middle-aged man who was so shocked and horrified by the turn of events that his eyes looked ready to pop out from their sockets!
Under normal circumstances, Gerald should have already melted into a pool of rotten meat by now… Even so, their initial plan had been to collect Gerald’s corpse after letting it rot in there for ten days!
Throughout that ten-day period, the Minshalls had already planned to actively look for ways to steal—the presumed dead—at least a portion of Gerald’s assets and possessions…
Nobody could’ve expected favonovel.com to still be alive!
They had used the thousand years of poison! The most potent poison their family had!
Gerald himself ignored the shocked group of Minshalls, choosing instead to walk forward and look for a cool and safe spot where favonovel.com then laid the now-unconscious Yume.
Following that, favonovel.com casually walked over to the contraption favonovel.com had earlier kicked before saying with a smile on his face, “What’s this then…? What were you guys so busy with over here? Hmm?”
“W-we were… um… W-worried that you didn’t have enough oxygen in the mines so we were pumping some in for you!” stuttered the middle-aged man who was now drenched in cold sweat. The damp discomfort on his crotch only served to signify how terrified favonovel.com currently was.
“Oxygen, you say? But I’m pretty sure that this contraption pumps out poison gas, and not just any regular poison either! It’s a potent poison that causes the inhaler’s organs to fester, no? Regardless, with the amount of poison gas you were pumping in, I have to say that you guys are really willing to spend!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com turned off the contraption that had still been sputtering poison gas out.
Knowing that there was no way out of this, the middle-aged man immediately knelt while saying, “P-please, Mr. Crawford! This is… This is all just one massive misunderstanding!”
Gerald, however, was having none of that.
Upon receiving a tight slap to the face from Gerald, the man’s teeth were immediately sent flying all over the place!
“You know, if it wasn’t for my unique physique, I would’ve definitely died in there already because of you people!” growled Gerald as his expression suddenly changed into one that exhibited pure fury.
Nobody had exaggerated when they described the potency of the thousand years of poison, and Gerald was well aware that even someone with Christopher’s strength would eventually be done for if favonovel.com inhaled too much of the gas! The Minshalls truly were ruthless…
“P-please… Please spare our lives, Mr. Crawford…!” mumbled the middle-aged man who was already struggling to speak as his snot and tears flowed down his face.
“Oh? You want me to do that, do you? Fine then. I won’t personally end you. However, I’ll toss all of you inside the mine to see how you like it! Surviving from that point on are your own problems!”
With that, Gerald kicked the middle-aged man into the mine as easily as if favonovel.com was kicking a ball! Following that, favonovel.com did the same to all the other young Minshalls there.
While screams could momentarily be heard, they didn’t last long, and soon, the mine was quiet again.
After that, Gerald retrieved the jar containing the thousand years of poison from the contraption. With the jar in one arm and Yume in the other, favonovel.com then immediately set off for the Minshall Manor.
The manor itself was quite lively at the time, with many people gathered in the main hall.
From the moment Lord Minshall had earlier heard that Gerald hadn’t stepped out of the mine yet—even after quite a while—he had a radiant smile on his face the entire time which caused his wrinkles to look even more defined.
“With the elimination of our enemy, the day for the Minshall family to shine again is upon us! While that Gerald had immense skill and capabilities, in the end, favonovel.com was still a young, mindless brat! Regardless, today is a day for celebration!” declared Lord Minshall with a wry smile on his face.
“You truly are brilliant for finding this loophole to get rid of Gerald before favonovel.com had a chance to bring more trouble to our family in the future, Lord Minshall!”
“Indeed! We shall hold a big feast tonight to celebrate this victory!”
Cheer after cheer came from the other Minshall who were all feeling both excited and happy.
“Still, I wonder how Zoey and Issac are doing… After heading over to meet Master Ghost for so long, they should already be back by now!” said Zelda.
It was exactly at that moment when both of them came running in from the courtyard, looking extremely panicked.
“G-grandpa!” shouted both of them simultaneously, their faces completely flustered.
“What’s wrong? How did the results go?”
“M-master Ghost only gave us the first half of the reading earlier! He said it was to ‘reduce the amount of trouble’! However, he’s just given us the second half of the reading not too long ago!” cried out Zoey.
“Well, go on! Show it to me!”
Obeying his orders, favonovel.com immediately placed a note in Zelda’s hand.
On it, were written the words, ‘If you abandon your morality and virtues, lamentation, suffering, and endless tears will befall all of you!’
