Chapter 139: A Meeting With Dongwhisper

"HOW DARE YOU— YOU LOWLY COMMONER TRASH?!"

The guard next to Dongwhisper yelled in anger as he unsheathed his sword from his scabbard.

"Stand down, Titus."

Dongwhisper said calmly, a gentle smile on his face, and Titus reluctantly ran his sword back into his scabbard, glaring at Ben like he would dash forward and cut his head off at any moment.

"I take it from your response that you’ve refused my offer ?"

Dongwhisper asked Ben; there was no expected anger in his voice for being so blatantly insulted. He even went as far as stopping his henchman from being rash. Somehow the man’s calm reaction unsettled Ben; still, he pressed on—

"What ?. You want me to spell it out for you, you baldy. Go fuck yourself and count me out of whatever sick plans you have."

Ben Dover would never join the group of bald men with a shiny head. For one, he just seems so untrustworthy, and in addition, he had a bone to pick with this man who was so passionate about cutting off Hardwood Junior.

But for that, he would have to wait to become stronger so he could overpower this person; climbing to the black knight realm would do, since the assumption is that Dongwhisper was also in the noble knight realm.

If they fought right now, Ben felt he would probably win because of his fighting technique, but he wasn’t sure if it would be as domineering as he wanted, since he’d never fought any other person of the same realm since he became a noble knight.

"I see. Alright then—you take care now, young man. I’ll be seeing you around."

Hearing Dongwhisper’s words, which somehow made him even more unsettled, Ben didn’t waste time analysing; after showing Titus the middle finger, he walked out of the room smiling, while the guard’s forehead bulged with angry veins.

"My lord—I don’t understand."

"I thought the plan was to force him to submit even if he were to refuse."

"You didn’t even allow me to correct his insolence. I feel like I won’t be able to rest well if I don’t at least cut off one of his arms, my lord."

Titus, the burly guard, said passionately to Dongwhisper as soon as Ben was out of the office. He was angry and fuming but still kept his tone low and respectful as he made his complaints. Dongwhisper simply relaxed back into his turned chair as he gazed out his window with an amused expression on his face.

"Titus—remind me what realm knight you are again."

Dongwhisper remarked calmly, still looking out the window. The question was surprising to Titus, as his lord already knew his realm and could even ascertain it with a glance; still, he answered his lord—

"That’s—I am a peak warrior realm knight, my lord."

"That’s exactly why you should be thankful that I stopped you when I did," Dongwhisper added with a curving smile.

"What? My lord, I don’t understand. What do you mean?"

"Sigh— that young man could have killed you with a single blow."

Titus felt cold sweat run down his back at his lord’s statement. If there was one thing he gained after working for so long with his lord, it was the ability to tell when his lord was being serious, and his tone right now, as well as the change in pressure in the room, tells him that, indeed, that young man he thought was mortal could, in fact, have ended his life.

"But—but how, Master? I thought he was just mortal."

"Hmmm... he was indeed."

"Now he’s on par with even the mistress."

"What?!"

Titus exclaimed, holding onto the edge of the desk in shock. If the young man was on par with the mistress, that meant he was also at the peak of the noble knight realm, the benchmark realm of monsters.

"That...that monster—and I.....I...." Titus was sweating profusely. Noble knights were treated with immense fear and respect, and he had just threatened to draw his sword on one.

The existence of the young man had become even more complicated and confusing to him, and now he understood why his master had changed plans along the way; he must have seen the peculiarities and subsequent value in this person. And looking at his lord, Titus gained confidence that the young man wouldn’t be able to do anything to him.

"My lord— what do we do now? That person is really strange."

"I mean— how can an ordinary mortal suddenly become a noble knight ?"

"And since you confirmed he was definitely a mortal prior, my lord. Then we would have to rule out him disguising his knight realm to infiltrate the estate."

Titus had a good reason for thinking this way since essence can be blocked from perception, but his innate strength can never be concealed. If his master had already sensed the young man’s essence a few days back and confirmed him to be mortal, then he certainly was mortal at the time.

"Could it be the mistress ?"

Titus voiced aloud, but that still doesn’t make sense, since if the mistress really had the ability to mass-produce noble knights, no one would be able to oppose her in the first place. So, there was only one conclusion. It had to be the young man who was special.

"Yes— I see you are starting to understand now."

Dongwhsiper remarked, seeing the wheels of realization turn on Titus’s face.

"That boy—just like those two, has some special type of mahji constitution that allows for expedited growth if pumped with enough resources—"

"Must be why the mistress has been so hooked on him."

Dongwhisper spoke calmly as he stood from his chair, looking out the window at the northern gardens, his expression settling into a calculating smirk.

"I am certain this ability has strong limitations, just like every other mahji ability—"

"But with a constitution like that, I think we just might have found it—"

"The final piece to make HIS vision a reality."

"Hehehehe, very good."