The Lost Heir: Battle Of Royalties - Chapter 113

Cole couldn’t bear the sight in front of him. And he was sure that everyone in the team have the same emotion as him at the moment, therefore, Cole and the others were about to stand up when Liam stopped them at once.

“Let them be for the meantime.” He uttered but his eyes were on the food he was munching.

Diana stared at him surprised but the men sat down understandingly.

“Aren’t you going to help the old man?” Diana was a bit disappointed. “‘Well, if you don’t want to then I will.” She was about to stand up when Asher, who was sitting beside her, held her arm and shook his head.

“Liam is not the kind of person who would tolerate such an injustice. So just trust him.” He muttered.

Diana slowly sat back on her chair and watched as seven men harassed the old man who was at the counter. He kept kowtowing while uttering an apology towards them.

“Old man, you didn’t even pay your dues last month and the other month. Do you know how much you owed us now?” The man gritted his teeth in annoyance. “We can already take your daughter as a payment if we want to!” He roared.

The old man trembled as well as his wife and daughter who were hiding at the kitchen.

“Please, not my daughter.” He pleaded with sincerity. “I promise to pay you little by little, but as you can see, our family dining business is not doing good for the past few months. That’s why we could bȧrėly thrive.”

“That’s not our concern any longer, old man. We’ve been doing our duty protecting this shitty town for such a long time now, so do your jobs as well!” He kicked the table on his side.

“I will give you until tomorrow morning to pay all your dues. If you can’t pay everything then we don’t have a choice but to take your daughter to work for us!” Then they stormed out.

“Father…. I don’t want to work for them.” The young lady sobs as she run to where his father was.

“Don���t worry, my daughter, they won’t take you away from us.” The old man gently ċȧrėssed her hair. Seeing that the customers were looking at them, he walked to them shyly.

“I’m sorry if that scene disturbed your dinner. I shall serve you more food as a compensation for the inconvenience.” He was about to leave when he heard someone spoke.

“If I may ask, who are those men and why do you have to pay them?” Sargon, the new comrade called out.

The old man sighed and faced them.

“They came to us a few months ago. They offered to guard and protect this town from bandits and rebels since we kept having the same problem with thugs for years now. They did a good job for a month but the next month, they imposed entrance fees and mandated obligatory taxes for all the residents in this town. They started to collect payments for what they were doing. We were okay with it at first but they became greedy and crooked and started to collect weekly.”

“You didn’t try to fight them off?” Asher chimed in.

“No one dared to defy them. They’ve punished everyone who disobeyed them. The chief and his officials couldn’t do anything to them since their numbers aren’t a joke.”

“Did you asked helped from your neighboring towns?” Asher continued.

“The chief tried to asked for help but no one came.” The old man lowered his head. “If it were just some unknown rebels, they might have helped us a long time ago, but they were afraid to touch these certain group.”

“Who are they?” Cole was curious.

“Shadow knights. They were called the Shadow Knights. They were pretty famous and powerful nowadays, therefore no one wanted to fight them.”

“Wait, what?!” Everyone was stupefied upon hearing the group’s name. “I’m sorry, mister. But did you just say that the name of the group was Shadow knights?” Cole asked again just to verify.

“Yes.”

“Are you certain?”

“Hundred percent.” The old man confirmed.

Dang it! Everyone’s eyes landed on Liam who seemed to be in deep thought. They were all waiting for a word from him.

“Aren’t we having dinner at the moment?” Liam finally spoke but they must admit, they didn’t expect his response. “There’s a time for everything and we came here to eat. Didn’t I teach proper etiquettes before?” He looked at his men one by one.

Slowly, they settled on their seats while the old man kowtowed an apology.

“I’m sorry for the trouble, please enjoy your meal.” He smiled before he went back to the counter.

Leo looked at Liam in disappointment. Has he been this heartless all along? Tsk! He snorted within him. As for Sargon, he couldn’t read what’s on Liam’s head at the moment. What was he possibly thinking? Posting as fake shadow knights is definitely a big deal.

Since Sarah was just a young lady, she chose not to meddle with the men’s problems. She trusts the team to do what’s right for every situation. She could only speak if she received an important message or warning from the heavenly host. But for now, there’s none.

‘Trust him too, Diana.’ The woman kept reminding herself over and over again. If Liam’s team trust him so much then she must do the same too. Besides, Liam is a reasonable man, he will never do something that harms innocent people.

Liam accompanied Asher at the counter to pay for the food while the others waited outside the restaurant.

“B-but…” The old man was hesitant when he heard something from the two men.

“Don’t be afraid. Just do as I have told you.” Liam smiled at the old man. His words were full of confidence and ȧssurance that the old man couldn’t say more but nodded in response.

“O-okay.”

Liam and Asher walked out the restaurant door. The owner watched them until he couldn’t see their shadow’s any longer.

‘Those young men… could they really helped me?’ He thought.

Everyone entered their respective rooms as soon as they reached the house. But Asher and Cole stayed with Liam when they saw his eyes.

“Make it double.” He uttered sternly.

The two understood what he meant so they nodded in response.

“Make it quick and come back as soon as possible. Take Gideon with you to serve as your lookout.”

“Roger!” They yelped in unison before they went to their rooms for the preparation.

Good thing Leo and the old man were staying together in one room along with Lemuel and Leon.

Then as soon as the clock struck nine in the evening, Cole, Asher and Gideon set out for their mission.

It’s time to teach the fake Shadow knights a lesson!

“What did you say? Do you really want to die?!” The men from last night came back to collect the old man’s debts. The head collector was beyond mad.

The old man kept silent. He must admit that he’s knees were trembling in fear.

“Men, take her daughter away and don’t leave this place without marking it.” What he really means was to destroy the place as a warning to anyone who was planning to go against them.

10 armed men was about to walk pass through the old man when they suddenly saw their head collector fell on the ground.

“Damn it! Who did it?!” He yelled when a hard thing hit his head. It almost cracked his skull so he thought it was a big rock. However, when he got a glimpse of the sturdy thing that hit him, he gasped in awe.

A gold bar! He and his men widened their eyes in unbelief. Even the restaurant owner couldn’t believe his eyes.

“Sorry, I was supposed to hand it to you but my hand slipped.” Cole walked near them then he picked up the gold bar and smirked. “I was supposed to pay for his debts but now that I think about it, I don’t want to hand such a precious thing to you, knuckleheads.”

“And who are you?” The head collector stood up while ċȧrėssing the spot that was hit.

“I am his son.” He nonchalantly replied.

“Oh, I didn’t know he has a son. Well and good then, you should pay for your father’s debts.” He extended his arm in hopes to receive the gold bar.

Looking at his ambitious eyes, he smirked evilly.

“I don’t want to.” His eyes were seemingly challenging them. “If you want to have this gold bar, tell your chief head to come and see me personally.”

“And who are you to summon the chief head of the famous Shadow Knights?” The man exploded. “You’re just a lowly, ignorant man who is not worthy to meet the chief head!”

“Ha-ha-ha!” Cole’s mocking laugh suddenly echoed inside the restaurant. “I’m sorry… I didn’t know that your chief head is an overly proud and arrogant man because I’ve heard that the chief of the shadow knights was a good man!” He kept laughing.

“You! How dare you —-” The head collector couldn’t finish his statement because Cole attacked him and he instantly fell on the floor.

“Boss!” His men exclaimed and tried to attack the young lad. However, the young man struck everyone before they could even hit him. He moved like a lighting! The last thing they knew was that, they were all lying on the floor, whining in pain!

“You!” Cole stepped at the head collector’s ċhėst. “Go to your chief and tell him to come to me personally. I don’t care if you muster all your men, I will surely take down all of you in one blow.”

The man was coughing in pain.

“We can tolerate men posting as fake shadow knights but to tarnished the group’s name is another thing. Tell him that Cole, the chief commander of the Shadow Knight’s army is here to see him!”

The head collector raised his brow. The chief commander of the Shadow Knight’s army? This young lad? Tsk! What a bluff!