Chapter 580 Domineering

Chapter 580 Domineering

Emily glanced at him briefly before looking away while Shasha scrunched her brows and said, "Not unless his life is threatened. If you go now, it will only exacerbate and escalate the situation."

"Hm? What do you mean?" Ray asked in confusion.

Shasha looked at him in silence, making him uncomfortable before she sighed and said, "You are an elf."

Ray was stunned when he heard this, before smiling wryly, "Yeah, I'm an elf."

If he was a human, he could join the fight. Even if he killed them, there would not be any problem. At most, their enmity with the Ming family would become even stronger. However, he was an elf, someone from a different race. Just like every other race, the human race was also xenophobic. Once he joined in, and accidentally killed someone, the chances were very high, or it could be said it was almost certain this fight would transform from Max versus the Ming family to Max's group versus everyone in the capital.

He also knew this, but currently, he was too exhausted to think clearly, which made him forget this point.

'Sigh! I need to sleep for a few hours or I'll keep making such mistakes.' He sighed, and yawned.

On Durden's side, Adam and Jasmine had a look of displeasure on their faces as they watched Max. They were weakest in the group, so they were even more tired after all the fighting in the last two days, and wanted to rest badly. But this guy was going around saving beg... people and starting conflicts out of nowhere, delaying their rests.

But unlike before when they had just met Max's group, they didn't dare to throw a tantrum now because they had seen how strong Max and Emily were. In other words, they had earned their respect.

Unlike everyone who was focused on Max and the young master Ming, Durden's gaze was focused on little Rou, and he had a look of confusion in his eyes.

...

"Impudent!"

"How dare you!"

The four behind the young master Ming roared and attacked Max at the same time. Although they could feel a sense of danger from him, he surely wasn't a match for all four of them, right?

After taking a nice bath, Max went to Little Rou and her grandfather's room to ask them about their current situation.

It turned out, when they got the news of the demon invasion, they had left the city with others from the Zexin city. Almost half of them died in the demons' ambush, some were killed by the magic beasts, while the rest managed to arrive at the Capital city.

After they arrived here, and saw how chaotic the outer city was, they knew they wouldn't be able to survive for more than a few days if they were lucky. However, all hope was not lost because he knew his daughter, little Rou's mother, who he had not seen since she came to the Zexin city to drop the newly born little Rou to him years ago, was working as a maid in the prestigious Ming family in the outer city.

Even though he was reluctant and didn't want to have any contact with his unfeeling daughter, or the Ming family, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and take Little Rou over to the Ming family if they wanted to survive.

But when he arrived at the Ming family's gates and told the guards he wanted to meet his daughter, Daisy, the guards told him there was no person with that name in the family, and immediately kicked them out. The old man was depressed and thought his daughter had lied to him. But he had no time to feel angry, or worry about her because they needed to find some place to live. However, before he could do that, those goons arrived and started beating him, saying they were doing it on their young master's order.

After hearing this, Max said with a thoughtful expression on his face, "It seems your daughter hadn't lied to you about working in the Ming family, and if I'm not wrong, little Rou is an illegitimate daughter of someone important in the family. Furthermore, it seems that person doesn't want to have any contact with her, that was why he had that arrogant prick kill you and throw her out of the city."

The old man looked at little Rou sleeping on the bed and sighed, "Yes, that's what I thought. Sigh! She is such a pitiful girl."

Saying this, he looked at Max with a hopeful gaze and hesitated to say something. Max could easily guess what he wanted to say. So, he calmly said, "Don't worry. Since I saved you two, I'll make sure you continue to live, and not suffer anymore."

The old man visibly relaxed when he heard this and tears welled up in his aged eyes before he stood up and bowed deeply, "Thank you so much, young master. However, I don't want you to bother yourself with me. I'm already a bag of bones and wouldn't live much longer. I just hope you keep little Rou safe. I'll be eternally grateful to you."

Max felt a bit emotional when he saw how much he loved his granddaughter, and was reminded of his father, not Ashton, but his real father back on Earth.

I wonder if I'll be able to return there and meet him again. He sighed. After the system killed that supreme mage, recovered to its original state, and the [World Gate] function appeared, he was given hope of going back and meeting him. But now... with the system in hibernation, that hope was dashed. He didn't know where and when he could find the Divine energy and awaken the system.

Shaking his head, he threw these thoughts to the back of his mind, and said, "Little Rou is young and still needs you, so don't think about dying, instead, try to live longer."

Saying this, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face as he looked at her and asked, "Is it just me or does little Rou really seem younger than before?"

Although he said this while looking at little Rou, his senses were focused on the old man and he immediately noticed the change in his demeanor, but didn't look at him or say anything further. After a moment, the old man took a deep breath and said, "Young master, I was just about to tell you about it."

"Oh?!" Max turned his gaze back to him and waited for him to continue.