Keith didn''t have to wait for even a minute as he suddenly heard and saw one of the windows break into pieces.
Each window had one sixteen sections of ss that were separated and kept in ce by the help of wood. One main "+" design with the wood and in each of these sections, there was another "+" sign.
Pieces of wood and shards of ss fell into the room and Keith saw a man climb in with a silvery white mask. The guy turned his head to look in Keith''s direction before multiple strands of hair uncoiled and revealed his face. Keith squinted his eyes and immediately shot out a system seed at the guy.
''Silver hair, handsome and also having feminine looks, slender yet slightly muscr... is this silver thread? I don''t really want to fight that menace but I didn''t expect him toe out in the open. Usually he likes operating in the shadows so did something go wrong?'' he thought and immediately, an error message popped up in front of him.
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[System Error: System Seed could not be activated as the target is not a human being.]
This message make Keith feel a sense of fear as this was something he had never expected. Silver Thread was barely given screen time in the novel and whenever he was mentioned, it was from other characters, rumors, riddles or other indirect ways.
''He didn''t pay too much attention to rk at the start of the novel, so rk grew pretty strong. But even then, Silver managed to stay alive and y with rk like he was ying with a toy.@@novelbin@@
It''s so hard for forget the things he did to cause trouble to rk and I''d rather not have someone like this as my enemy.
I originally thought that he was human but this is so unexpected...''
Keith''s thoughts did wander, but he kept his eye on Silver who silently stood amidst the broken ss shards.
"Keith... Zenister." He said as he stared at Keith before smiling, "I request you to hand over the family you wish to protect. They''ve done things that they shouldn''t have and their existence is something that is annoying."
ngson angrily red at Ken, "Who gave you the right to dere that I did wrong things? Huh?!"
Ken shifted his gaze to look at ngson before smirking, "Let''s start from when you were fourteen years old, shall we? You studied in the royal academy and passed with average scores, but you managed to earn a lot of money during the five years at the academy by selling aphrodisiac drugs to your peers.
You used that money to start your own textile business and in a few years, you expanded to making wine. Though, that''s all on the surface. Away from everyone''s gazes, you continued your drug business and began selling different drugs and poisons too.
Then you married your wife whose father partook in ve trading and you took over that business too, which is illegal. As for your beautiful concubines, you forced their fathers into debt and got them to hand over their daughters to you.
I''ll give you one chance, trash. Will you give away your life for your family, or will you drag them with you by resisting?"
Keith turned to look at ngson with a surprised expression on his face. The women beside him red at him with hatred as they ced their hands on their kids'' shoulders.
ngson on the other hand, looked absolutely afraid as he heard Ken''s words. He thought desperately for a few seconds before proposing a request.
"I- I''ll give you whatever you want, please let me live and please don''t tell people about this. I''ll lose my title... I''ll lose everything."
Keith squinted his eyes as he watched him trying to negotiate and to his surprise, Ken chuckled yfully instead of pushing forward.
"Do you really think that you''ll be safe even after I left you alone? You literally confessed in front of an inquisitor and he''s not a normal inquisitor either. He''s a captain of a team who has the power to set up a manhunt for your head." he said and shook his head, "You''re such an idiot... but you should know that you still have an exit. After all, you''ve worked in the shadows for so long."
ngson grinned as he nodded repeatedly, "Of course. What''s the price for this inquisitor''s head and my safety? You can take these twomoners along with their kids, but just leave one for session."
Keith silently watched as the two concubines panicked, and so did their kids.
Kenughed loudly when he heard ngson''s proposal and shook his head, "Nope, I''ll give you another offer instead. You''ll sponsor a certain group and on top of that, you''ll have to pay us protection fees every week. As for how much, that''ll depend on your profits."
Before ngson could react, Keith took out his revolver and pointed it directly at the bar''s head, "Move an inch and I''ll pull the trigger."
ngson froze in fear while Ken chuckled, "You''re forgetting about me, aren''t you?"
"Not really. You need money and it looks like you''re the one who''s controlling the gangs in this district. I''m just curious about how you managed to evade my group so efficiently, but I guess that''s rted to the person who has a power rted to shadows.
I just have one question. What is your goal? If it''s something that doesn''t directly sh with mine, then we cane to an understanding and maybe we can have a partnership. Though, I have another question about ngson. Did he involve innocent kids in his shady businesses?"
Ken looked at Kieth with an amused expression on his face, "Looks like you don''t want direct confrontation unless absolutely necessary, ey?" he said and then nced at ngson before smiling amicably.
"Children huh? While he didn''t sell child ves, he did gather them and kept them for himself. He taught them how to create his drugs, taught them how to trick people to drop their guards so that he could scam them into poverty before he gave them loans with absorbent interest rates." he said and paused for a second.
"Oh wait, he also used them to test his drugs, which resulted in deaths of more than a hundred kids."
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