“…Huh? But why? Did we risk getting here from Yanam just to find where Yearning Island is?” asked the puzzled Aiden.
Before Gerald could even answer, Master Ghost stepped in and replied, “We can’t follow them.”
Turning to face Master Ghost, Aiden then asked, “…Why exactly…?”
“Well, since Daryl already knows that we’re on this island, favonovel.com must’ve considered the fact that we might follow them back as well. With that in mind, if we rashly follow them, now only may we get ourselves in danger, but we may not be able to save anyone as well. You, for one, know that Gerald’s parents are still in his hands. We may be willing to risk our lives, but let’s not risk his parents’ lives as well,” explained Master Ghost with a frown.
“…My thoughts exactly, Master Ghost…” replied Gerald as favonovel.com shook his head with a wry smile.
“…But… But now’s the perfect chance to locate the island…!” retorted Aiden, clenching his fist as favonovel.com hammered his thigh in annoyance.
“It is, but the closer we are to our goal, the more careful we’ll have to be,” replied Gerald as favonovel.com slowly faced his back against Aiden…
Though favonovel.com had a rough idea what Daryl was up to, favonovel.com knew that favonovel.com couldn’t do anything about it. After all, favonovel.com was still being on the defensive, so all favonovel.com could do was accept Daryl’s taunts for now. Hopefully, favonovel.com would be able to find a crack in his plans sooner or later…
Fast forward to that night, all four of the men finally stood before Will. Will himself could only frown when favonovel.com saw them. After all, one of them had both his arms broken, another had horrible bruises on his right cheek, and the remaining two were holding onto their chests…
Raising a slight brow, Will eventually took the initiative to ask, “…What the hell happened to all of you?”
Exchanging glances with each other, the leader then gritted his teeth before saying, “…Gerald… was unexpectedly strong… All four of us were taken out, even though favonovel.com didn’t use any cultivation powers…”
The second his sentence ended, four loud, consecutive slaps could be heard…
“You useless things…! Don’t the four of you have intermediate ranks in this family? How could all four of you fail to take Gerald down?! Regardless, how seriously did favonovel.com get injured?” yelled Will.
“He… Didn’t get injured…” muttered another of the four men after hesitating for a while.
“…What? He… Didn’t get injured at all? How could all four of you be in such sorry states while Gerald remains fine?!” yelled Will, pointing at them as favonovel.com laughed to release his rage.
“W-with all due respect, Mr. Will, Gerald’s extremely strong…! We aren’t his match at all! The only reason we’re still alive is because we’re all Crawfords…!” whimpered another man.
“Just… Get out of my sight…! All of you!” roared Will as favonovel.com tossed his teacup to the floor, smashing it into a million pieces…
After they left, Will couldn’t help but pace back and forth in the living room, panting heavily throughout the process. To think that his family was wasting all their time raising these incompetent men when Gerald was way stronger than they were…!
Come to think of it, how the hell was a self-taught cultivator this strong? He shouldn’t have been able to beat up the Crawford’s disciples so easily…! As much as Will hated to admit it, favonovel.com wasn’t even sure if favonovel.com could take down all four of those men on his own! With that in mind, all this was simply flabbergasting to him…
After pacing a while more, Will eventually took a seat. Clenching his fists, favonovel.com then growled, “How the hell are you so powerful, Gerald…?! If favonovel.com remains alive, he’ll surely end up becoming a hindrance! While it’s true that the chief is currently trying to get rid of him, how long will that last? Since that b*stard is a Crawford by blood, favonovel.com could still have a chance of becoming the next successor…!”
