NOVEL NEXT Chapter 120: Persuasion
Fenix, who had been sitting calmly as he closed his eyes, immediately frowned and looked at Cain since he heard Cain's muttering.
"My Lord, is what you just said true?" Fenix asked telepathically.
Cain only nodded his head as he was still using his brain to its fullest potential to think about something important.
"It's going to be troublesome then. Let me stall them so you can run from here and lay low for a while. If I'm using my life on the line, I should be able to kill some of them and stall for enough time." Fenix's face turned solemn as he stood up, intending to jump off Nix's back and face them by himself.
When Cain realized this, he laughed and waved his hand. "No, no, you misunderstood me. I'm not worried about them; I'm just worried about the consequences afterward."
He then added, "Let me tell you about the plan first."
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10 minutes ago in the Rose Blossom Pavilion…
Draven and Old Yan approached Lucan, who seemed to be in a bad mood as his face was still filled with anger.
This scene naturally attracted the others' attention as they thought that they would have another interesting spectacle to watch.
However, they became disappointed when they saw that Draven and Old Yan bowed as they greeted Lucan, indicating that they came with no ill intention and showing their inferior position. Read latest stories on My Virtual Library Empire
At first, Lucan frowned as he was already in a bad mood and didn't want to deal with another matter until his mood settled down. However, looking at someone who showed respect immediately lifted his mood as he thought that at least he had recovered some face from this scene.
He then asked the duo, nodding as he was pleased with their attitude. "Who are you, and what's your intention in coming to me at this time?"
"We're just from a humble first-rate family from the east region, it's not worth mentioning in front of Your Excellency. I'm Draven, and he's my protector, Old Yan." Draven introduced them with a polite nod before continuing with a serious expression.
"Actually, I have a proposal that might really interest you. However, since this is an important matter, we need to talk privately. Do you agree with it?"
Lucan knitted his eyebrows for a second before answering with a light nod.
After getting the answer, Old Yan enveloped the table with his power, creating a flame barrier so that the others wouldn't be able to spy on the conversation.
Naturally, if someone of the same strength really wanted to spy on their conversation, they would be able to do so, but it would definitely be detected by Old Yan, thus angering the two parties.
Looking into Lucan's eyes directly, Draven asked with a smile, "What do you think about dealing with Cain and his group? However, before you decide whether you are going to join hands or not, please listen to my explanation first."
"First, let me tell you that I'm already on my secret mission to deal with them to begin with. The reason why I'm inviting you to join us even though we're confident enough to deal with them is to extend a gesture of building a relationship."
However, before Lucan could ask a question, he was interrupted by his protector, who asked Draven with a sneer as he glanced at Old Yan, "Do you really think you can handle that big guy with your strength?"
Because he thought that when Draven said "we," it was implying just the two of them, he concluded they were too full of themselves. He roughly knew how strong Fenix was, and Fenix was definitely not weaker than him.
But with Old Yan, whose strength that was weaker than his, confident to deal with Fenix, naturally he looked down on them since they didn't know who they were dealing with.
Draven had anticipated that they would ask this question, as he was sure that Lucan's protector had realized Fenix's strength was terrifying from their simple exchange despite Fenix's rank being only at the Middle Conqueror Rank.
"When I mentioned 'we,' I didn't mean that it was just me and Old Yan." Draven shook his head casually before smiling wickedly. "I meant ten people, with nine of them at the Peak Conqueror Rank."
When both of them heard this, they were taken aback since it was overkill to hunt a group that only had one strong awakener, with nine high-level people dispatched at once.
However, Lucan's protector immediately became wary because the situation seemed so strange that they needed to send nine people just to deal with Cain's group. He suspected there must be something else behind this, and he would only know it after they explained the reason and situation in detail.
He then enveloped himself and Lucan in another barrier to warn him about how odd the situation was and that these people might even target them instead of Cain's group.
After discussing for a bit, Lucan's protector dismissed the barrier and asked Draven about his situation first, wanting to know more before deciding whether to get involved.
Draven then explained everything to them about the circumstances he had already discussed with Old Yan.
He explained that their mission was actually to capture Anya, the lady who had reached the Peak King Rank, because their client requested to capture her and to kill Cain, Anya's lover.
Not only that, his mission required him to bring Cain's dead body and the bodies of the others as proof.
However, since he knew about the grudge between Lucan and Cain, he was willing to take a step back and let Lucan deal with Cain himself on the condition of three people.
The three people Draven requested were Anya, Fenix, and Dante, as they were the real targets all along.
Draven also specified that he wanted Anya alive. As for Fenix and Dante, their mission didn't specify their exact state, so he would settle for their bodies, dead or alive.