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Chapter 96: Brothers

Thunk! A massive, cyan hand effortlessly swatted the fiery lance froh the air

The dazzling cyan light reflected off of Lan Qing’s dark eyes He turned and fixed his gaze on the distant Lin Guoguo She huffed in response, and the golden glow in her eyes began to fade

Ke’er was preparing for her own attack when a hand covered in snaking bolts of electricity fell upon her “That’s enough Everyone stand down” Lan Jue’s harsh voice stopped the wo hi, step by step, made his way towards his brother

The howitzer-sized canon situated before Lan Jue had shifted again to the form of Ke’er “Boss!” she called

With her shift Lan Jue’s hand rested now on Ke’er’s shoulder He uo wasted no ti to their patron’s side Zeus’ A’s advance stopped three meters before his brother, and he slipped his hands in to his trouser pockets He struck an iroup in front of him with indifference

Mika, Guoguo and Ke’er watched him carefully Now so close under scrutiny, they felt he looked familiar and turned to peer at Lan Jue Surprise overtook them as they immediately spotted the resemblance between this black-suitedmarkedly different between the two men was their temperaiving Lan Jue was elegant and placid

“What do you want”

“Are you hurt?”

The two men spoke at the saht, and sharedat one another in the growing darkness

There they were in the uards or enforcement personnel were present despite their brief scuffle In fact, it see, Lan Jue, and the A Master”1 Xiuxiu spoke up, her voice ti master?” Mika, until recently ready to spit fire, and the three others all looked at her in curiosity

Of all the Aest While the other three were close with their boss, they weren’t as faer after they joined hi Xiuxiu’s address and seeing the similarities between the man and their employer, the others understood But if that was true, ould he attack first without a word?

Lan Qing’s dark eyes narrowed “Who was it”

Lan Jue’s face was equally as cold as his brother’s “None of your concern My business, I’ll deal with it”

Lan Qing took a step forward, though whether to say or do so wasn’t immediately clear What was clear, was the almost instant and unspeakably violent sensation that filled the air around him as he did All four Amazons shifted uncohthastly pale in the face of it

Lan Qing’s ordinarily dispassionate façade had changed, curdled and grown hard as a lust for blood shone behind his eyes The fear that welled up inside the girls was hard to iine

Lan Jue appeared unmoved The chill in his voice remained “I said, it’s none of your business”

After aaura and his dark expression irls, the sudden shift felt like they were standing on the cusp of an abyss Any et lost in it

Xiuxiu had still ed to retain her composure, but her three sisters were on uy! Just his presence was al balls of fear

Mika had been affected worst There was a difference between her oers – a power, a terror derived from darkness – and his What she felt fro only one who’d killedelse there, unexplanable There was a sort of stateliness, or nobility The two forces seerity, nobility Barbarity

“Fine! Keep it to yourself I’ll just go back, and let hiain returned to their soleed with the assertion An anxiety crept in to his voice “No you wont!”

Lan Qing’s features softened as he regarded his younger brother

“It was because of me!” Mika stepped up to her boss’ side as she spoke “He was protecting ot hurt The men were from the Pontiff’s Castle, and if you’re really the boss’ brother those are thehim worse Can’t you see how bad his condition is?”

“The Castle,” Lan Qing growled “Which one of the Archangels was it”

Lan Jue just looked at hi an appearance, snarled at hiuess the Pontiff hi answered quietly, “and he’d brought you four – you’d all be dead If it were he hied to flee But I know him… understand hi weak?!” Ke’er’s anger flared