236 CHAPTER 236: THE TRUE POWER

She positioned herself at the spot where she can see everyone. although, the light was dim and everyone was wearing a mask, she could recognize the VIP's at the event. She then laid her sniper gun and secured their target.

"Target secured." She voiced over. The others should hear her since the earpiece that they are wearing was all synchronized. "How's everyone?" she asked.

"Exit points secured." Hunter replied.

"Where still on our way." Archie butts in. "How is the situation right now?"

"It's starting." Sophie replied since she can sense the tension building up inside. Surely, Silver's men were dressed as one of those deputies and must have been dispersed all over the place.

Archie glanced at his wristwatch. "We will make it in time." he assured them. "Stay focus everyone." he warned.

"Roger that!" Hunter and Sophie exclaimed together.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting.

Meanwhile, Silver was now losing his patience. How could they change the law instantly? Is it because he has the golden egg? he cursed inside. He made sure to study the rules and regulations of the underworld society given by his lawyer. There's no way his lawyer would trick him!

"Nonsense! How could you just decide to change the rules and regulations in an amount of time?" he chuckled. "Do you think I will present myself here without studying the laws of the underground society?"

"I know that you're not stupid so I told them to bring you a copy." The man in black suit cued someone, and after a minute, he came back with some papers in his hand and handed it to Silver.

"That's the updated one. You should know that the revisions where made just a year ago." He smirked.

After a few minutes of reading the papers, Silver clenched his fist in anger. No! he won't allow his years of hard work go in vain. His been working day and night just to secure the golden egg and many lives were lost just to obtain this powerful weapon. But saying that it's powerless and deemed useless, that's deplorable in his part.

"No! it's unacceptable! I want to talk to the higher ups! I want to personally talk to the boards!" he insisted. "And give me back my golden egg!"

"The golden egg? but it was never yours to begin with." The man in black suit replied.

"G-I-V-E M-E B-A-C-K M-Y E-G-G!" his tone was serious. "Whether it is mine or not, that's not yours to decide. You're just the pillars, but the final verdict will come from the king, am I right?" he smirked evilly.

"Are you sure you want to see the king?" the man in gray suit stood up and walk towards him.

"I do." he casually replied.

"Then you should know that he has been with us all along and had heard everything you have said." Then the three stood up and bow their heads in front of the man who was sitting in the middle of the chair. He was wearing his signature navy blue coat paired with a Lion face mask. Wait, what? he was one of the 4 pillars too? Silver and the other delegates gawked in surprise.

Eh? the king had been with them all along? The one who created the underworld society? The mysterious man who caused the changed in the underworld system? Really? Now, everyone's eyes were fixed upon the man who was sitting still.

Is he really the king?

Rumors says that every member of the underworld society is under the mercy of the king. The success of a business and its downfall was at his mercy. That's how powerful he is. But no one knew his real identity, only the four pillars. however, no one knew the real identity of the four fundamental pillars as well, except their king. But who would ever think that the king was among them all throughout?

Everyone thought that the king had never attended any conference before; that he had delegated all the work to his trusted pillars. rumors even spread before which claims that the king had died a long time ago and the pillars had concealed it to avoid causing an uproar. But apparently, the rumors died because the person who spread the lies was found dead in his own house. The doors and windows were all locked inside and there's no way someone barged inside to kill him. The cause of his death was unknown, so fear grew among the members of the underground society.

"Tell me, why do you want power?" the king finally spoke. he was sitting like a real emperor who was questioning a sinful subject.

"I-I…" Silver couldn't think straight and his voice was breaking. But the king seems to be patiently waiting for his answer.

"Because I need it." he immediately tried to redeem himself. "I need to be powerful so I could protect someone."

The king raised his brow but no one noticed since he was wearing a mask.

"All my life, I've been subject to people who has power over me. I've lost the people that I loved because I lack power. I couldn't protect them because I was weak. I am tired of being pathetic and being trampled and look down, so I tried to work my way up. But no matter how I work so hard, I still couldn't protect what's dear to me and that angers me. I always lost because my strength is not enough." Silver continued.

The king was in deep thought for a while since he didn't reply as soon as Silver was done explaining.

"Power to protect someone who is very dear to you?" the king muttered. And to everyone's surprise, he laughed hilariously. But after a few minutes, he tried to calm himself.

"Mr. Gray, who do you think I am?" the king suddenly asked in a serious manner. Silver jerked and had been feeling uneasy all of a sudden. He's been feeling odd about the man they call king but he couldn't figure it out. it seems that he knew the man but couldn't point out who since he was using a voice changer device. The voice that he was using was definitely not his original tone.

Even the man in black suit… he's kinda familiar. He looks like that guy but he chose to shrug off his suspicions because if his guess was right then he should have been arrested a long time ago. Damn! He cursed.

"You are the king and everyone considers you the most powerful man in the underworld." Silver replied.

"The king and the most powerful man, huh." His upper lip twitch all of a sudden. "I may be the most powerful man in the underworld but just like you, I wasn't able to protect the people I love too. I lost them and couldn't even punish the person who took their precious lives despites having the power to do so." He uttered.

Everyone was quite since they were all intently listening. It was their very first time to encounter the king so they might as well take the chance to listen to him and witness how he ends his verdict.

"Mr. Gray, the ability to protect doesn't come from power alone. You can protect the people around you just by being who you are. You don't need any power-figure to help you out. thirst for power will only ruin you, I guarantee you that. all you need is the will to protect them."

"No, you don't understand---''

"I think you're the one who doesn't understand. Even if you have the golden egg, it doesn't mean that you have ultimate power over everything or everyone. it will not help you at all. have you heard the phrase "With power comes great responsibility?"

"The hell with that quotation?!" he shrieked annoyingly.

"You have misunderstood the real meaning of this golden egg and I want to explain this to all of you." the king shouted so everyone would hear him.

"You have taken the wrong interpretation about this egg, so you must listen to me intently." the king stood up and went to where the pulpit was. "Having the golden egg doesn't symbolize power, it actually connotes responsibility. What's inside this egg isn't something one can hold against someone. so you can't force obedience and can't strike fear to anyone using this. the information inside this would reinforce you to take the burden to protect everyone. yes, you heard me right. this was intentionally made so anyone who got a hold of this will become his brother's keeper. In doing that, the person who was entrusted this burden will have the full aid from the pillars and the king himself." He explained.

The people where in awe when they understood what the king said. Be your brother's keeper? That's awesome!

"So now Mr. Gray, tell me, do you still want the golden egg?" the king faced him.