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nTranslator:Henyee TranslationsEditor:Henyee Translations

n“Patriarch, please forgive us…” Warren lowered his head and spoke in a shaky voice.

nThere was nothing scary about young Himmel Soan’s delicate face, but no one dared to meet him in the eye. Just by sitting there, he gave off a suppressive air that

nreminded one of a mountain. The others found it hard to breathe.

n“Forgive you? How? Tell me, what place does our country have in the world?”

nNo one dared to answer that question.

n“Third?” Himmel Soan asked in an uncertain tone.

nNo one answered, and everyone seemed nervous.

n“Fifth?” Himmel Soan made another guess.

nStill, no one answered.

nThat didn’t seem to be the correct guess either.

nHimmel Soan’s face darkened.

n“We have to be in the top eight, right?”

nHe still received no reply, and the others looked even more nervous. Beads of sweat were trickling down their faces.

nThump!

nHimmel Soan punched through the wall next to him and bellowed at the others, “Are you telling me our country isn’t even in the top eight?!”

n“Patriarch, we—”

n“Shut up! I’m not your Patriarch since you clearly didn’t follow my orders! You must all have a death wish!”

nYosef wiped away his sweat. “Patriarch, please don’t be angry…”

n“Don’t be angry? I’m not angry! I’m homicidal!”

nThe high-ranking executives of the Soan empire fell off their chairs, knelt on the floor, and begged for mercy.

n“Patriarch, we’re so sorry!”

n“Patriarch, please forgive us! We were only worried about your safety!”

n“Master, I’m sorry. It was all my fault. I shouldn’t have stayed behind in the Himmelian Village all those years. I should have sent the three divisions out to search for you!”

n“Master, I’m the one to be blamed! Drake had wanted to go out to look for you, but I stopped him! Master, I’ll take full responsibility!”

nThe look in Himmel Soan’s eyes grew colder.

n“Shut up, all of you! Do you still think searching for me was the right decision? Liam, did you say you would take full responsibility? It’s too big a responsibility for you to

ntake! Drake, do you remember what special instruction I gave you? When I’m not around, you’re the head of the Soan empire. Is this how you’ve been running things?”

nDrake prostrated on the floor and wept. “Master, I’m sorry…”

nHimmel Soan turned around and crossed his hands behind his back. “Of course, you should feel sorry! Releasing those people was the only right thing you did! If you had

nkilled them, the first thing I would have done when I came out of the coffin was to kill you!”

nDrake’s stomach lurched, and he felt he had dodged a bullet. Luckily, he was lenient in the end and set the trolls free. Otherwise, Himmel Soan would have executed him

nout there in the ocean.

n“Master, I won’t do it again!”

nJames knelt on the ground. “Patriarch, please forgive Uncle Drake. If he hadn’t intervened and let us do it our way, we would have made a huge blunder. Luckily, Uncle

nDrake took care of those people in the end. Otherwise, they would have all been dead!”

n“What makes you think you’re in the position to plead for someone else?” Himmel Soan turned to James, who was so frightened that he prostrated on the ground and

ndidn’t dare look up.

nJames was the first person to turn radical.

nDespite his anger, Himmel Soan was still reasonable.

nJames was right. If it hadn’t been for Drake, the Martial Arts Association and the Guardians would have killed all those people. He had kept everything under control.

nAlthough he initially wanted to kill all those people, he showed mercy in the end and chose to let them go. Drake believed that since Himmel Soan was dead, killing the

ntrolls wouldn’t achieve anything. It wouldn’t bring their Patriarch back.

nHe knew that all Himmel Soan ever wanted was to guard the country, and he had been doing it for years.

nThe thought of killing the people his master had tried to protect made Drake uneasy. It felt like a betrayal of his ideology. That was why he relented and let everyone go.

nUnexpectedly, he escaped certain doom and was rewarded for his good deeds.

nf he really had killed so many people, Himmel Soan would have taken his life.

n“Patriarch, please forgive Drake!” said Hayden.

nHayden was the only one that Himmel Soan wasn’t so angry with. He had tried to stop the people of the Soan empire, but he was only a doctor. Although he was the most

nfamous doctor in the country, he didn’t have any actual power.

nHis words didn’t mean anything to those people.

nMoreover, he didn’t have much to contribute to making this country the greatest one in the world.

nThere was only so much he could do, and he had given the country everything. He had been treating citizens of this country ever since he gained his fame.

nHe hadn’t done anything wrong.

nWhat about the others?

nCaroline was the president of IF Security. Instead of running her company, she went out to search for Himmel Soan.

nWarren, the head of the Orient Chamber of Commerce, left his post to look for Himmel Soan.

nJames was the president of the Martial Arts Association, and he also abandoned his responsibility to look for Himmel Soan.

nYosef was one of the captains of the Guardians and a radical member. Of course, he did the same!

nHayden was the only one that hadn’t disappointed Himmel Soan!

n“You… 1 don’t know what to say to you!”

nHimmel Soan was so angry that he was at a loss for words, but he also couldn’t bring himself to punish them.

n“You’ll atone for your crimes by doing good deeds!”

n“Yes, Patriarch!”

nHis followers prostrated on the ground and replied in unison.

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