Chapter 178


    "Lord Marak, please!" The two guards, ignoring Marak''s struggles, dragged him away.


    "Why did you beat up Marak?" Balder asked, confused and secretly rmed. Marak was not


    someone to be trifled with.


    "He was going toe after me eventually. I just wanted to get my hands dirty first."


    "What do you mean? Do you two have a history?"


    "I''ll exinter."


    As the two guards dragged Marak past vin, Marak, who had never experienced such humiliation,


    struggled violently. Turning his head to look at vin, he cursed, "You scum! I hadn''te for you,


    but you dared to provoke me. vin, you''re nothing but a servant. Just wait, I''ll marry Celesse and


    in front of you, I''ll..."


    Bang! vin grabbed Marak''s hair and wrenched him from the guards'' grasp.


    "Lord vin!" The two guards were shocked and moved to intervene, but vin mmed Marak''s


    head hard against the floor. Blood sttered, and screams echoed down the corridor. Everyone


    gasped at the brutality.


    "vin, I''ll get you..."


    "Bang!"


    "You worthless cur, I''ll..."


    "Bang!"


    "Bang! Bang! Bang!"


    vin held Marak''s head, smashing it against the floor five times in total. Marak convulsed a few


    times, theny still. Silence fell in the corridor as everyone stood with their mouths slightly open,


    staring dumbfounded at the scene before them. A madman was a madman, on stage and off.


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    "Is he dead?" Enosto jolted, pushing through the crowd to Marak''s side, checking him carefully;


    Marak was still breathing, thankfully still alive.


    "Lord vin, what is this...?" The guards looked at vin, wanting to express their anger but finding


    themselves unable to.


    ying the fool, vin wiped the blood from his hands. "What''s the matter with you all? When you


    catch a thief, you must punish them severely, not show leniency. Who is this man? Identify him


    quickly, and find out who''s behind this. He dared to cause trouble at the martial gathering. How


    bold!"


    Enosto was left speechless, outwitted by vin''s audacity.


    Vinos and the others stared at the motionless Marak, then at vin, feeling a chill run down their


    spines. They hurried back into their room, no longer daring to show themselves.


    vin wasn''t about to let them off the hook, pointing to their room as a reminder. "Aren''t there a few


    more aplices in there? Shouldn''t you take them down as well?"


    "Take them down!" Enostomanded.


    A group of guards rushed into the room, and with a series of thuds and tters, they seized the


    young nobles and dragged them out.


    Vinos and hispanions were seething with rage, cursing vin in their minds, but daring not to


    speak out loud. They feared that even a single word might also provoke vin to strike them down.


    "Safe travels," vin sneered with augh, retreating into his room.


    "My apologies for the scene." Balder chuckled, also returning to his chamber and closing the door


    behind him.


    The hallway outside was crowded with onlookers, among them the Protégés of the Eight Orders.


    "vin is a real force to be reckoned with, taking on anyone he pleases."


    "Why not? Lord Viperbane and the Cobalt Strike have been at odds for ages, engaging in countless


    covert and overt conflicts. Lord Viperbane even slew an Elder of Cobalt Strike."


    "True, and once vin returns as a Golden Protégé, his status won''t be much less than Marak''s. If


    Lord Viperbane wants to deal with vin, he''ll have to see if Cobalt Strike would even allow it."


    "That''s easy to say, but who would dare to strike a high noble lord?"


    "There''s surely a deep grudge between them! Did you hear Marak shout something about


    Celesse?"


    "Heh, to think that Lord Viperbane''s young son would show up during The sh of Eight Orders.


    This news will surely cause a sensation. The Warriors'' Vale is about to buzz with excitement once


    again."