Chapter 142 - Battle Between Two Old Monsters

"That boy killed someone very important in my family and you just want me to let him go just like that without paying the price" asked Josh.

"And he did it while they were inside the ruin so it is not an offense for him to kill while he's inside" replied Alfred.

"It would have been a different case if he were to be a member of your family but he's not so why are you even bothered about it" asked Josh.

"That is because I was the one that sent him there so he is considered one of our own" replied Alfred as he made his next move. 

"I don't care what you have to say about him, there is no way that I am going to let him go scot-free" said Josh.

"Since you refuse to let it slide, then you leave me no choice. If a member of your family was found within the boundary of our territory, then you can consider them dead" commented Alfred as he stood up ready to take his leave.

"You know, two members of my family were sent to kill the boy a time again but they have not been seen ever since they left, I don't know if you may have a clue about their whereabouts" asked Josh.

"I don't know, maybe they are no longer in existence" replied Alfred.

"First it was an important member of my family and now two others that were sent to kill him had also gone missing don't you think you owe me an explanation for that" said Josh as he stood while staring Alfred in the eye.

"You are the one that sent them to go wild in my territory so whatever that happens to them is your cross to carry" replied Alfred with a deep frown on his face.

"Oh really" said Josh with a chuckle and the next moment, he charge at Alfred at an incredible speed with a crane in his hand as he swung it at Alfred.

As if he has been expecting Josh to do something like that, Alfred struck his hand forward to meet the attack as they were evenly matched in strength.

"You know I have been thinking why it is taking so long for you to launch an attack but who would have thought that you still haven't changed one bit even after so many years always the sneaky bastard" said Alfred in anger as he look Josh straight in the eye.

"What about you always been the passive one" replied Josh.

Pushing back from each other, Josh doesn't care if they are going to end up destroying the hall as he gathers energy in his palm before throwing it forward as a giant palm sent heading in the way of Alfred who moves out of the way as the palm stroke the wall creating a deep palm print on it. Seeing that his attack fail to hit Alfred, Josh let out a low roar as he sent another palm attack forward and just like the previous one, Alfred avoided it as it struck the one.

After trying to hit Alfred with his palm attack multiple times but was not able to, Josh sent the same attack from his two palms before going for Alfred since if he was able to dodge the attack then using that as a distraction, he could land a hit on him before his plan didn't work as Alfred suddenly begin to attack as he let out a scream and the palm attack fade away with josh been sent away.

"I don't have the time to play around with you today so I will be taking my leave" said Alfred with a frown as he turned around getting ready to leave but before he could, josh has already stood up from the fall.

"Even if my people won't be able to get into your territory, let's see if you will be able to stop the assassin family then" said Josh with a smile on his lip.

Alfred suddenly stop on his track when Josh spoke about the assassin family and seeing him stop, Josh couldn't help but let out a chuckle before speaking. 

"Seems like someone is scared of the assassin family and I believe you know about what happened to the Mccray family and for you to let them hide in your territory makes you their enemy".

"We have no trouble with each other so if they come for them, I can only let them do as they want but if you dare bashed in with your people, then a war will be declared between our families" warned Alfred before leaving the almost damage hall.

After Alfred has left the hall, the family head and elders charge into the hall to hear what brought the grand elder of the Fox family to their territory but before they could think of asking, they saw the hall in a sorry state with their elder standing there covered in dust.

"What happened here" asked the family head but suddenly shut his mouth when he saw the way the grand elder was looking at him.

Ignoring the new arrivals, the grand elder took a walk outside with anger written all over his face as he clenched his fist.

"I would like to see the way you are going to act against the others when they visit your family" said the grand elder with an evil smile on his face.

They were all confused as to what must have the grand elder of the fox family said to him for him to say something like that but out of fear of being beaten to death, they decided to keep their mouth shut.

Looking at the sky for some time in silence, the grand elder suddenly disappear from where he was standing.

"Where is the grand elder going this time around" asked one of the elders in a low voice in fear that he would hear him if he were to speak in a loud voice. 

"Who knows but it won't be a good news for the Fox family" replied the family head.

Turning their attention back to the hall, the family head couldn't help but let out a sigh as he said.

"When are they going to put a stop to all this fighting whenever they met".

"We need to get someone to clean this place up before the grand elder returns" said elder Phil as he sent for the guards that are patrolling the area to clean the place up.

Meanwhile, after traveling for four hours, the grand elder was finally able to arrive at the fox family territory as he went into the hall where they use to hold their meetings. And the moment that the grand elder arrives, the elders have already been summoned beforehand.

"So how did the meeting with him go" asked the family head after arriving. 

"He refused to let the boy go and now he is talking about involving the assassin family since I don't want to grant his people access into our territory" replies the grand elder as he let out a sigh.

"How can he do something like that, didn't he know we will be implicated if they find out that the members of the Mccray family are taking shelter here" said the family head in surprise.

"We don't have to worry about the assassin family for now but instead, we need to tighten our defense because if you think about it the reason why we're able to get into our territory in the first place without our notice was because our defense is too weak" replied the grand elder with a serious look on his face.

"But we need to think of something fast else things won't turn out well when they pay a visit" suggest elder Luke.

"That will be of less worry for us since they can't just barge into another territory without confirming if the information they received was true or not. So let us take about the defense of the territory and let me warn you all, if you were to spot any member of the phoenix family within the territory, you are free to take their life" replied the grand elder before taking a walk outside but before he could walk far, he told the family head to handle the issue with the defense on his stead before he finally takes his leave.

Returning back to the alchemy room, the grand elder was shocked to discover that the whole place was quiet but far ahead, there was some damage done to the place and he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Did those annoying kids get into a fight".

Ignoring the damaged area, the grand elder continue heading into the alchemy but that was when he saw Jason and Austin sitting outside while having bruises on their body and he couldn't help but frown since he already have a clue as to what would have cost those bruise on them.