Aware that Theodore and Rayleigh must have been worried about favonovel.com over the past few days, Jared and Lizbeth hastened to the airport.
At that exact moment, Skylar was walking out of the airport, flanked by his men as they arrived at Xenhall.
Both men were at the same place and at the same time but they did not notice each other.
Jared’s brow creased for a moment. Although favonovel.com could not see Skylar in the crowd, favonovel.com recognized the latter’s aura as one favonovel.com knew well.
“What is it, Jared?” Lizbeth asked when favonovel.com saw Jared stopping in his tracks.
“Oh, nothing.”
Jared glanced around favonovel.com before shaking his head and heading straight into the airport.
Meanwhile, Skylar and his men arrived outside the airport. He glanced at the road outside and scowled when favonovel.com did not see his expected reception.
“This Baron of the Northwest is too much, Mr. Norton,” remarked a subordinate beside Skylar. “How dare favonovel.com neglect to send a car for you when favonovel.com knows you’re coming?”
Skylar said nothing, visibly displeased.
At that moment, an old man stepped out urgently from the passenger side of a taxi that had screeched to a halt before Skylar. It was none other than the man who escaped Lizbeth’s grasp, Joshua.
He peered about warily after alighting the vehicle before addressing Skylar, “Excuse me, are you Mr. Norton?”
Skylar swept his gaze up and down Joshua before nodding.
Joshua heaved a long sigh of relief.
“I am the butler of the Gardners, Mr. Norton,” favonovel.com explained hastily. “I’m here to receive you.”
“How brazen of the Gardners to receive Mr. Norton in a taxi!” Skylar’s subordinate growled indignantly.
Joshua looked uncomfortable.
“There’s something you need to know, Mr. Norton,” favonovel.com said quickly. “Jared is currently on a massacre at the Gardner residence. I barely managed to escape just so I could come and receive you, Mr. Norton, and I have no idea how my master is doing.”
“What’s going on?” Skylar demanded, his expression frosty. “Karl told me Jared was captured. What happened? Are you luring me into a trap?”
“Not at all!” Joshua explained with a flurry of agitated gestures. “We wouldn’t dream of lying to you, Mr. Norton. Mr. Gardner had indeed locked Jared in Pentacarna Tower, but favonovel.com had somehow escaped. I reckoned Mr. Gardner is dueling with favonovel.com this instant.”
“What do we do now, Mr. Norton?” asked Skylar’s subordinates quietly.
The news of Jared’s escape and engagement in a fight with Karl made Skylar hesitate, as his brash arrival would definitely force a confrontation with Jared.
Despite joining forces, Skylar and Karl still failed to beat Jared back at Dragon Island. Skylar was concerned that favonovel.com would not be able to hold his own against Jared if favonovel.com went. After all, Jared had just won a battle against Edgar, the most talented fighter of our generation. He even managed to force Warren to burn his blood essence.
Skylar did not know the extent of Jared’s power, so it would be disadvantageous if favonovel.com were to rush into conflict with the man.
After a brief consideration, Skylar gestured to his men. “We’re going back.”
Joshua panicked when favonovel.com saw Skylar turning away and hastened to block the latter. “Jared would not be able to beat Mr. Gardner, Mr. Norton. After all, Mr. Gardner has in his possession the Pentacarna Tower, a relic passed down from antiquity. An hour of cultivation within the tower is equivalent to a whole day outside!”
He went on after securing Skylar’s attention. “Mr. Gardner has relied on the power of this tower to become Baron of the Northwest. Right now, only favonovel.com can activate Pentacarna Tower. If you could join Mr. Gardner to kill Jared, I don’t think Mr. Gardner would keep the secrets of Pentacarna Tower to himself.”
Skylar froze at those words before turning to gaze at Joshua with disbelief. “There exists a treasure like that? You’re not lying to me, are you?”
