Chapter 28 - Ex-Lovers With The Master of The Hades Swords?

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

It was deathly quiet!

Heller’s voice was the only sound resounding through the entire banquet hall; everyone else was strangely quiet!

His voice wasn’t loud, and yet it blasted right into everyone’s ears!

Because…

The amount of information his words contained was simply too great!

It had taken him barely any time and effort to get the seven listed companies with close business ties with the Xander Group, as well as the Xander Group itself, forcibly delisted all at the same time!

What terrifying power that was!

It was no exaggeration to say that it had far surpassed everything that the people present had ever seen!

Could it be that Heller really was the master of the legendary Hades Swords? If not, how could he be that powerful as to delist eight listed companies in one go?

The moment they thought of that, the way everyone looked at Heller started to gradually change, turning from mockery and disdain to awe and respect!

Lucy was a very sly woman. She excelled at manipulating people, so she knew very well Heller had already completely driven her into a corner!

If…

If everyone were to dissociate themselves completely from the Xander Group, she would surely meet with an extremely terrible end!

She was at the end of the tether! She must fight back!

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Thus, Lucy gritted her teeth, hardened her heart, and suddenly said, “That’s impossible! Heller, I don’t care what kind of dirty means you used to achieve that, but I’m very sure you aren’t the master of the Hades Swords!”

“I’ve known you for so many years! I know you too well!”

“Everyone, don’t let Heller trick you! I believe many here watched Heller grow up! How could he possibly be the master of the Hades Swords?”

“Besides, if he really were the master of the Hades Swords, why would the Nicholsons be destroyed overnight five years ago? Why would he flee so pathetically like a total loser?”

Huh?

Upon hearing what Lucy said, everyone present couldn’t help becoming rather thoughtful.

Heller asked calmly, “How can you prove that I’m not the master of the Hades Swords?”

Lucy said very certainly, “The logic is very simple. According to the rumors, in addition to possessing godly medical skills that can take back lives from the ruler of the Underworld, the master of the Hades Swords has also killed countless enemies on the battlefield and achieved many great things in battle!”

“Heller, you were but just the Nicholsons’ eldest son five years ago. We all know very well your life history during the first 20-odd years of your life!”

“We’re only unaware of what you’ve done during the five years you were missing at most!”

Lucy sneered lightly, “Don’t you dare tell me that you emerged into the world and became a world-famous hero with countless admirers in just five years! The master of the Hades Swords? Ask yourself, are you worthy of a title like that?”

Heller dismissed her words with a smile. He couldn’t be bothered to explain anything.

Indeed, no one believed that he could transform from the son of a wealthy family into the master of the Hades Swords in just five years!

It was just like how no one understood how Heller had really managed to survive during the past five years!

His medical skills were something passed down in the family. The Nicholson Group was originally already in the pharmaceutical industry, so this was the reason why Lucy had still had the company go public in the pharmaceutical sector, despite her already seizing the Nicholson Group and changing its name to the Xander Group!

As for what had really forced and urged Heller to strengthen himself so fervently, was none other than hatred! It was hatred and enmity toward those who had destroyed his family! It was the blood feud he carried!

To Lucy, it was just a featherlight sentence of ‘The Nicholsons were already destroyed five years ago’.

But how could anyone who had never experienced that themselves understand Heller’s hatred and pain?

That night five years ago, Heller had watched helplessly as the woman he was taking as his wife, and the woman he loved and had vowed to dote on for a lifetime, killed his whole family on their wedding night!

He had watched helplessly as his parents died in the hands of the enemy!

Before they died, his parents were still trying to protect him and fight for a chance of survival for him!

From that day on, he no longer had a home!

It was a very simple sentence, but that sort of grief etched into the heart and carved into the bones was something that those who had never experienced it themselves would never know!

Especially when Heller’s parents had even died at the hands of his wife-to-be! They had died at the hands of the woman he once loved the most!

That pain…

It was unforgettable!

During the past five years, Heller had risked his life and trained on the battlefield to constantly improve and strengthen himself!

Others could rest, but Heller couldn’t—he knew that he couldn’t stop! Neither did he dare to! He had to become stronger so that he could avenge his family!

He alone had carried the hatred of having his family destroyed, and he alone had shouldered the heavy duty and responsibility of avenging his family and reviving the Nicholsons!

As though he had gone mad, there was nothing but slaughter and the need to become stronger in his eyes!!

Even if no one was supervising and even if no one was applauding for him, so what?

Heller walked alone, taking every step with great determination!

As the ancients said, those who walk alone were either gods or beasts!

He was no god, but he could be like a beast and strengthen himself as if he didn’t know what fatigue or pain was!

At last, he had succeeded! He became the master of the Hades Swords! Millions of people flocked to him upon summons! He was invincible!

He hoped that there would come a day where, after he had avenged the Nicholsons, he could go to his parents’ graves and tell them that he was doing well!

Death comes to everyone.

The first death is when one breathes their last—biological death!

The second death is when friends and family attend their funeral—societal death!

And the third death is when they are forgotten by the very last person who remembered them. When that happens, they would be completely dead!

What Heller wanted to do was prove to everyone that the Nicholsons hadn’t been completely annihilated! They still had people standing proudly in the world!

But now, there were actually still people questioning his identity!

They were denying others’ hard work just because they couldn’t do it themselves.

What a joke!

Heller really couldn’t be bothered to explain anything to people like that. They… weren’t worthy of him doing so!

When Lucy saw Heller keeping quiet, she prompted him again. “Do you have nothing to say for yourself now that I’ve exposed you?”

“Everyone, the reason why I daresay that Heller isn’t the master of the Hades Swords isn’t solely based on my personal assumptions!”

“The fundamental reason is that I have a very close relationship with the master of the Hades Swords!”

“The reason why I haven’t told anyone about this before is to avoid making others think that I’m using the Hades Swords’ prestige to bully others. Do you know what I’m saying?”

Upon hearing Lucy’s words, an uproar couldn’t help but go through the crowd!

Was Lucy an ex-lover of the master of the Hades Swords? This was undoubtedly big news! It was enough to make innumerable people in the hall re-examine the influence Lucy wielded!

In fact, if that was true, Lucy could totally use that to reverse the adverse effects caused by her company’s forced delisting and have it re-listed!

After all, everyone knew that the master of the Hades Swords was almighty! He needed only to say the word and the Xander Group would be re-listed!

An impressed Heller looked at Lucy and sighed.

“Lucy, you really are a despicable woman!”

“You keep saying that you don’t want to use the name of the Hades Swords to bully others, but isn’t what you’re doing now exactly that?”