Chapter 630 Settling Old Scores
Kenneth grinned and said, "Mr. Wilson, don't forget there's a Magic Circle at the ML Guild's entrance!"
"Oh yeah, there's gotta be some awesome stuff inside the ML Guild, right?" Ethan's eyes lit up at the thought.
Dirk almost lost it when he heard that. He was supposed to be the one doing the hunting, but now Ethan was about to rob him blind. And from what Ethan was saying, it sounded like he was planning to clean out the whole ML Guild.
Dirk had been thinking he could just run back to the ML Guild and hide, figuring Ethan wouldn't dare to storm in. But he was so wrong.
Patricia and Deborah felt the same way as Dirk. Sure, they wanted the ML Guild to go down, but if Ethan could do it so easily, wiping out the Ladies Guild would be an easy task as well.
Even though Ethan was on their side now, they couldn't help but feel a shiver down their spines. Someone like Ethan, who could fight way above his level and had such unpredictable skills, was way scarier than those so-called experts who were stronger than them!
"Look, there's no life-and-death grudge between us. Why are you pushing me so hard?" Dirk glared at Ethan, his face dark.
"Seth and Brian both wanted me dead. Don't tell me you weren't behind it! Since they're both dead now, shouldn't you join them?" Ethan shot back.
"You killed them?" Dirk had suspected it, but hearing Ethan say it out loud made him furious. His most trusted aide and personal disciple were both dead at Ethan's hands.
"Yep." Ethan nodded, totally calm.
Dirk almost couldn't hold back from attacking, but with the Magic Circle broken and Kenneth watching him closely, he knew he didn't stand a chance. Even though he was boiling with rage, he told himself to hold on. If he could just hang in there, he might find a way to escape.
Down at the foot of the mountain, the chaotic battle came to a halt once the Magic Circle was broken. The experts from the hidden sects and the ML Guild disciples were all confused, not knowing what was going on.
The disappearance of the Magic Circle was great news for the hidden sects, and everyone rushed towards the mountain top. The ML Guild disciples couldn't hold off the simultaneous attack, so they scrambled to the mountaintop as fast as they could.
Even Davide and Alessandro, who were leading the ML Guild disciples, were shocked and stared at each other in disbelief. "The Magic Circle is broken. Did something happen to Dirk?" Davide frowned, suddenly getting a bad feeling.
After sensing the aura at the mountain top, Davide's face changed dramatically. Even though he could sense Dirk's aura, there was also a much stronger aura right next to him.
As Dirk's right-hand man, Davide, like Seth, knew some of Dirk's secrets, like the fact that Dirk had an even more terrifying person backing him. Davide wondered if that powerful presence was someone backing Dirk.
"Davide, what's happening?" Alessandro asked, clearly freaked out.
"Let's get to the mountain top and meet up with Dirk first!" Davide shot a glance at the crowd rushing up from the foot of the mountain, then bolted straight for the top without waiting for Alessandro to catch up.
"The Magic Circle's down, and everyone's coming up. Dirk, even if it's not me, those sects that lost so many people won't let you off easy, will they?" Ethan coldly reminded Dirk, sensing the chaos below.
"Are you planning to use them to get rid of me?" Dirk asked, suspicious.
"You're overthinking it. Someone will take your life, but it won't be them!" Ethan shook his head seriously.
Before the people at the foot of the mountain could reach them, Ethan quickly opened the passage to the Tiger Mount secret realm and called out his disciple Shane, who used to be the top disciple of the JE Guild.
"Who exactly are you?" Dirk's face went pale when he saw Ethan open a secret realm passage with the Sun and Moon Beads.
Secret realms weren't new to him, but what was rare was that Ethan had the key to activate the passage—the Sun and Moon Beads! With this key, Ethan could theoretically open a secret realm passage from anywhere in the world. Dirk had only read about such a method in ancient texts but had never seen it in action.
"You don't need to know that. Do you remember the JE Guild that the ML Guild destroyed not long ago?" Ethan asked, his face expressionless.
"The JE Guild? That was just a third-rate sect. What does it have to do with you? It seems your Sacred Wood was also taken from the JE Guild, wasn't it?" Dirk's expression shifted.
Shane came to Ethan's side and greeted him, then turned his gaze to Dirk. "Let me introduce you. This is my disciple Shane. He was once the top disciple of the JE Guild, originally named Tyler. Heard of him?" Ethan pointed to Shane and asked Dirk.
Dirk's heart sank. He hadn't expected Shane to become Ethan's disciple. Brian had captured Shane before, who reportedly had early master-level strength. It seemed Brian's death was indeed related to them.
"Ethan, who is he?" Shane asked Ethan, his expression unfriendly as he stared at Dirk.
"This is Vast Mountain, right next to the ML Guild. And the person standing in front of you is Dirk, the head of the ML Guild!" Ethan introduced Dirk to Shane.
"The damn ML Guild? They destroyed my sect!!" Shane's face turned grim, and he clenched his fists tightly, glaring at Dirk with gritted teeth.
"Let me clarify something. Unlike you, I don't use despicable means to achieve my goals. The Sacred Wood wasn't taken by me; it was a gift from Shane!" Ethan reminded Dirk.
"So you're going to destroy the ML Guild because of him?" Dirk finally understood why Ethan was so determined to take down the ML Guild.