For a moment, the initially intense and solemn atmosphere seemed to have eased a little.
It was the God of War, Zenith Harol and 300,000 Dragon Cavalry.
This was a force that even the Hughes family couldn’t dismiss. They were also a force that was completely different from Bloody Angel and Iga.
The only reason the Northern Territory was peaceful was because of Zenith’s appearance out of the blue. He led his 300,000 Dragon Cavalry who then physically surrounded the border of the Northern Territory, forming an iron-human wall and overwhelming the foreign forces.
And Jack was the Chief Guard of Twelve Golden Guard of Dragon Cavalry!
He was superior to hundreds and thousands of others while only being submissive to one.
Any person who managed to get into Dragon Cavalry will get utmost protection from 300,000 of them.
Who would dare to enter the Dragon Cavalry to assassinate Jack with such a solid defence and suppression from Zenith?
It was definitely safer there than Jack going back to the Hughes Residence or the Grand Freemasons.
Mr. Ward, who had extensive experience in such matters, also agreed that this was the best way to protect Jack right now!
However, the mysterious man had popped their happy bubble.
Mr. Ward and Brent’s excitement went down the drain just like that.
“If he goes to the Dragon Cavalry, how are we going to deal with the businesses here?”
As soon as the words came out, Jack froze a little and soon revealed a bitter smile on his face.
“To be honest, this is something I’ve been worrying about too.”
Mr. Ward and Brent looked at Jack seriously.
The mysterious man hit the key point there.
It was true that Jack could get maximum protection if he entered the Dragon Cavalry. It could even end this Bloody Trap temporarily.
They just needed to delay this until Patrick’s birthday celebration, and if Jack could take over as the head of the family on that day, this Bloody Trap would be over.
Even if it did not end, they wouldn’t be as miserable as they were now.
But, what should they do about their business?
Be it DT Real Estate Agency, the Quinn family’s properties, or the entertainment company under Clara’s control in the capital city, everything needed to continue operating. And it must expand at a crazily fast speed!
It was also the final criteria to decide if Jack would be the winner!
If Jack left, it would mean that all these businesses would lose their leader and be all over the place.
After entering Dragon Cavalry, Jack would be completely isolated from the assassins from all forces, but it would also weaken his control towards all these businesses at the same time.
Even if they still had three months till Patrick’s birthday banquet, but no one could be certain now that Jack could take over the throne with his current accomplishments successfully.
Although there weren’t many successors in the family, but the potential ones were not ordinary people.
There were many of them that Jack had never met before, but among those he did, Killian was the biggest threat to him.
He was an ace who had the support of Mrs. Hughes.
Even if Killian were to grow a pair of wings and flew into the sky on the last day, the rest would find it absolutely normal as he had Mrs. Hughes help. What more to say they still had three months?
Based on the experience Mr. Ward and Brent had, they quickly thought of a series of things that might be involved after listening to the mysterious man’s concern.
This method was indeed…a double-edged sword!
For a moment, the air around them seemed to have frozen.
“No!”
Jack smiled and shook his head, but soon after, he nodded again, “But it’s kinda important too.”
Slowly, he closed the Tao Te Ching in his hand and smiled, “It’s important because I want to take back everything that belongs to me. I want to take back the glory that belonged to my mother and give it to her. She was the wife of the head of Hughes family, but had never been acknowledged till the day of her death. Everyone in the Hughes family calls me an illegitimate child, so I’m going to brush it in their faces by putting the pot of my mom’s ashes in the prayer hall.”
“I’ll have the future generations of the Hughes family pray towards my mother. I’ll make them know that she was one the lady of the Hughes family!”
“My wife and child too. They have a share to my crown and throne!”
His sonorous words were like an oath.
Even someone like the mysterious man frowned subconsciously at this sight of Jack. His determination was no joke.
The room went into silence for a moment.
The mysterious suddenly smiled, “I guess I’ll have no choice but to do my best. Also, the sutras is useful to you. Do read it when you have time.”
As he said that, he strode out of the room.
A smile appeared on Jack’s lips the moment the door closed.
Then, he looked at the sutras that the mysterious man had just flipped open. He lifted his hand, closed it up and threw it into the pile of sutras casually.
Just as he was about to continue reading Tao Te Ching, a feeling of discomfort washed over him suddenly.
As soon as he felt that, Jack’s eyes immediately widened. He was getting goosebumps all over his body too.
Was this…a killing intent from someone else?
Suddenly, Jack raised his head and looked at the window, which was covered entirely by the curtains coldly.
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