Chapter 182

Even though she said that, she secretly knew that her father would take X

avier's side out of his great fondness

for him.

When one was born into a wealthy family, joy wasn't as much

of a significant consideration as the family's

interests.

"Alright. We all know how much Uncle Caden adores you, so he definitely w

ouldn't let you suffer," Ruth replied. and she no longer pressed her for

answers.

"Let's go back home and take a nice nap, Ruth," Dustin yawned. After retr

ieving

all of his golden needles, he spun around and was about to leave when a

voice piped up again.

"Running away already?" Xavier taunted, his expression now full of

furious rage and his gaze scorching.

He immediately pounced on Dustin while he wasn't

paying attention and stabbed him with a knife!

"Just die already!" Xavier roared as he pushed the tip of the blade into

Dustin's back.

"Behind you!" Ruth and Sheila shrieked in horror,

Everyone else at the scene was also stunned by Xavier's sudden attack. No

one expected that he'd launch a sneak attack against Dustin.

"Oh?" Dustin hummed as his footsteps came to a halt. He then slowly turne

d his back to meet Xavier's crazed

gaze. "You want to kill me?"

"So what if you die? I can kill trash like you whenever I want!" Xavier l

aughed maniacally as he used more force to push the blade further inside.

But it was soon after that he realized that something was off. It was str

ange to him that he couldn't seem to

push the knife in any further as he tried to put more force behind it.

"Since you explicitly said that you're cut for my blood, then don't blame

me for being merciless," Dustin grabbed Xavier by the neck and

lifted him off the ground.

"Urgh!" Xavier gasped for air as his face turned red. He struggled to bre

ak free from Dustin's grasp as he flailed his legs wildly in the air.

"Dustin! Release him right now!" Claudia commanded, her face aghast, afte

r feeling an urge to kill him.

"He wants to kill me though? Are you saying I should just stand here and

let him kill me?" Dustin turned his head sideways, his gaze was as cold a

s ice.

"I don't care about that! You just can't hurt Xavier, no matter what. Oth

erwise, you'll be making yourself an enemy of all three of our families!"

Claudia threatened,

"That's right! Just let go of Xavier already! Or else, you won't like it

when I'm angry!" Nigel echoed.

"Mr. Horst is not someone you can mess with, Dustin. Just admit you're wr

ong, and who knows, you might just receive his forgiveness,"

"Can't you look at the situation and adapt? Just let Mr. Horst stab you w

ith a knife to let off steam, and all of this will be over. As long as yo

u dare put up a fight, you and your family will be faced with calamity in

the future!"

"Yeah! In this world, it is useless to rely on strength alone. The most i

mportant thing is still power, so just kneel down to Xavier and admit you

r mistakes already. It's not anything shameful if it'll help you make it

out of here alive, you know."

The crowd erupted in a flurry of scoldings toward Dustin.

Although they all knew that Xavier was in the wrong, they understood that

he was still the one with absolute power. At this stage, it wasn't impor

tant who was right or wrong.

"Heh, you hear that, Rhys? I'm not someone you can simply cross, you know

. So what if you can fight? You're just a puny martial artist, after all.

One word from me, and your

entire family goes poof! Kneel and bow down to me right now. Who knows–

if you manage to appease me, I might even spare your puny life!" Xavier s

neered and believed that he already had this in the bag.

"What makes you so sure that I don't dare to kill you?" Dustin asked, amu

sed.

"Do you, though? If you do so much as touch a single hair on my head, I'l

l have your whole bloodline wiped out! Come on then, kill me! Aren't you

the

one who kept saying they were so powerful? Then kill me if you have the b

alls! I want to see if you have the balls to-

!" Xavier shouted profusely, taking it to the extreme, until he was rudel

y interrupted by a violent smack by Dustin, which decimated his neck.

He died instantly!