
As everyone shouted or stared dumbfoundedly at the bloody scene, one of the family heads managed to get out of it and immediately bowed in front of Gerald, revealing his astonishment and respect by shouting, ' he said, “Mr Crawford...!”
Upon seeing that, the other family heads immediately bowed in unison as the words 'Master Crawford' echoed throughout the underground area.
Finnegan, on the other hand, turned to look at Stetson— who was still frozen on stage— and gestured for her to escape with him. For his relief, Stetson saw and understood Finnegan's signals, prompting the two of them to slowly start walking away from the area.
Despite his name being shouted, Gerald seemed indifferent, and he just turned to look at Carlos before saying, “Carlos Xenes, I'll just repeat what I said. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you.”
Hearing that, Carlos immediately gulped before replying, “I... I will be your henchman until I die, Master Crawford.!”.
Though somewhat unwilling to be Gerald's servant, things are better than facing a death similar to Ghose's. The death of the ninja was really sad…
“Hmm. With that, I'm sure you know what you should do next, right?” gerald replied as he placed his hands on his back before turning around to look at the father and his runaway son.
Instantly getting what Gerald was trying to say, Carlos then roared, "How dare you two offend Mr. Crawford!"
Since Finnegan had previously instructed Ghose to kill Gerald, he had already nearly sealed his fate by then.
Either way, Carlos easily chased after the duo and after receiving three strikes each, both of them fell to the ground, dead.
"Well... If there are no further objections, does that mean I am now gaining complete control over this underground world?" ask Gerald.
“But of course, Mr Crawford! We'd rather you be the one in control than the Waddy family!”
"Indeed! With how strong you are, the Yahto family is more than willing to serve you as our head for generations to come! Even so, please do not underestimate my family, Mr Crawford, as we have a third of assets in the entire Jenna Province!” adding Yahtos' head with a flattering tone.
While the other family heads had already licked Gerald, Yaakov did not even dare to say a word.
With mixed feelings in his heart, he wondered how he could be so blind ... How he really failed to recognize how strong and powerful Gerald was at first ...
Regardless, he perfectly understood that he had previously offended Gerald a little. That was the reason why he remained silent, fearing he would share the fate of Finnegan and his son.
After a while, Gerald then stated, “I just want to get one thing out of the magic at Mount Tierson. Once I get it, the rest of the items will be evenly distributed to all of you! ”
“...Wh-what?! T-Thank you, Mr. Crawford..!” shouted the head of the family, unable to contain their excitement.
Watching Gerald standing in the limelight, Xyrielle felt her heart thump.
As he thought.. Stetson is not the person the fortune teller predicts as his optimal lover!
Now completely happy for her, she hoped that at least she would come back to see him ...
To his chagrin, after he explained a few things to Perla—about the distribution benefits because he put him in charge of it—Gerald quickly left without a word.
Seeing that, Xyrielle felt a slight feeling of loss and bitterness in her heart…
Fast forward after the underground festival, some major changes have taken place in Jenna Province.
The changes included several ancient martial arts families, secret societies, as well as some powers that possessed special skills. In essence, they were all now obedient and received orders from Master Crawford.
In connection with this, there are also quite a number of people— who are practicing to achieve spiritual enlightenment— who are stepping forward to meet Gerald. While they had previously entrusted themselves to a powerful family in Jenna Province, they now pledged allegiance to Gerald instead.
These are all people who are similar to Julian in that they are all self-taught and not too attached to any organization. With Gerald's approval, they were all very happy to finally have such a powerful and powerful person to back them up.
Among the twenty-seven people who had attached themselves to Gerald in such a short period of time, Gerald discovered that most of them were first rank masters while others were second rank masters.
While that meant Carlos was definitely the strongest among them, he chose not to reject any of them. After all, he really needed people at that moment.
Regardless of how strong they are, Perla is still Gerald's first student. With that said, although it was much weaker than the others, his words were still absolute among the other disciples.