48 Chapter 48: Meeting the enemy 2

Later that night the grand hall was filled with nobles standing in groups, chatting with glasses of wine in their hands, this went on for minutes until the hosts on the party arrived, drawing the attention of everyone in the room. All four members of the Lockwood family walked down the stairs gracefully and Derik quietly followed behind, his eyes roamed around the room but whenever the salvors were in sight it quickly diverted. His eyes widened in shock when he saw a few familiar faces in the crowd but he quickly regained his composure

[Kira, Mason, Gin… Donald… Cyrus!!!... what are they doing here?] He thought

He pondered for a while and an ugly expression appeared on his face when he finally realized what went wrong, these people belong to noble families! Its only natural for them to attend alongside their families. His eyes narrowed as it scanned the room again, ignoring Gin and the rest who smiled at him. After a while, he breathed out and smiled

[She's not here… thank goodness] Derik thought. He was pulled back by Scott's voice

"I'm truly honored to have all the prestigious nobles of Briton here with me tonight, to celebrate the success and outstanding performance of this great family's Knight… who showed us all his worth and abilities in the inter-class competition that took place a month ago…" Scott said "Unfortunately… he couldn't make it to the first place due to the terrifying power which the Ryan family has hidden from us all these years… Gosh! I envy them" Scott laughed and everyone laughed along with him, staring at Kira who simply ignored them.

"Let me not waste any more of your time… I present to you, the man of the hour… Derik Angus!!!" Scott said. Everyone clapped as they watched Derik walk down the stairs and past the other members of the Lockwood family, the indifferent look on his face and composure shocked everyone in the crowd, except for a few who were already use to this. He grabbed a glass of wine which was offered to him by Scott and then turned his attention to the crowd

"Once again I thank you all for attending… I must say, I'm truly honored… please… enjoy yourselves" Derik said before walking into the crowd to meet his friends.

With the 'what the F**k are you doing here!' expression on his face, he walked towards Donald, Cyrus, Kira, and Gin who had smiles on their faces. Mason and the other kids wore shocked expressions on their faces when Derik walked past them, not believing their eyes. The last time they saw this kid he had brown hair and always wore a cheerful smile on his face, it has only been a month or two, how can someone change this much?

"Seriously!... what are you doing here!!!" Derik said with a casual smile on his face. His eyes drifted to the Salvors not standing too far from here before returning to meet the excited smile on Gin's face

"Come on man! Don't tell me you thought we would miss something like this… By the way, when you left the castle in a haste we suspected something like this may be going down and we swore to attend it" Gin laughed

"You swore? How the f**k does that even happen?" Derik asked with a confused expression on his face

"He swore… we didn't… don't drag us into this" Kira said

"Come on now… we are a team… I swore for everyone on the team… I can do that right?" Gin laughed

"No! You can't!!!" Kira, Derik, Cyrus, and Donald answered at the same time.

Realizing what just happened, all five of them laughed out loud which drew the attention of everyone in the room

"What luck!!! This night is truly a night to remember!!!" Scott said, "Everyone, meet the members of the newest upcoming adventurer team…" Scott laughed. Everyone clapped as they stared at all five teenagers, wondering how they didn't notice these kids earlier!

"Well… we are missing a member… so not everyone is here" Donald said.

"Considering the show these guys put up during the inter-class competitions… I'm pretty sure that this team has the potential to become a silver class adventurer team… don't you all agree with me?" Scott said.

While he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the Salvors in the room, making his way through the crowd he approached this ancient family which tried to blend in the crowd but still caught the attention of many noble men and women. Endowed with extraordinary beauty, it was hard to blend in. Even the elder in this family caught the attention of many married noble women and even young ladies.

"Welcome!" Scott wore a mocking smile on his face as he approached. He stretched out his hand to shake the middle-aged looking man who stood in front but was soon intercepted by the elderly man, who quickly stretched out his hand, taking his hand

Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting.

"Its an honor to be invited to a party, hosted by the ancient Lockwood family… it's truly an honor" The elderly man spoke. Frowning slightly, knowing that he just encountered the wrong target, Scott tried to withdraw his hand but the elderly man grip was just firm. It felt like he was pushing against a solid wall

"The pleasure is mine," Scott said. At this point bids of sweat rolled down his forehead as he heard bone-breaking sounds. Not willing to lose this fight of will and power, he tightened his grip on the elderly man's hand as well and his muscles underneath his cloth began bulging. After both sides continued this struggle for a few seconds, it was clear who the victor was going to be. Scott's face was red due to pain and some veins could be seen popping out on his forehead, his eyes occasionally turned red and reverted to its normal color. It looked like he was going to scream in pain any moment from now but then something shocking happened next. Some sort of liquid sprinkled on these two men's hands from nowhere and the elderly man of the salvor family instantly withdrew his hand with a pained expression on his face

"Vervain…" He muttered and turned his attention to the white-haired gentleman who suddenly appeared beside them with a gentle smile on his face

"Hello… I'm Francis… You must have heard of me... Nice to meet you ..." This white-haired man laughed stretching out his hand which seemed to be wet.

With the arrival of Francis, Derik and the other members of the Lockwood family who has been observing what was happening and was about to interfere calmed down a bit