Ch-166: Take the Lead

'He is good.'

Rio's lips curled upwards as he thought about the response of the man bowing to him.

'What was his name? Jian, was it?'

Rio knew the man because he was one of the eight who followed Paz and attacked him when he had intruded into Paige's mansion.

"I-I g-greet L-lord Rio!"

Rio turned around to look at the old lady, who had lowered her head in fear rather than respect and stuttered while greeting him, but he wasn't one to be fazed by such things.

Unfortunately, the other two didn't know that and were outright fearful of him after what he did to Jian, Paz, and the others.

'What will he do now? Will he punish her for disrespect or directly kill her?'

'N-no! What have I done? I-I can't let anything happen to Jian because of me!'

Well, none of their fears came true.

"How's the progress, Jian?"