Lord Protector novel (Zeke Williams) novel Chapter 2318

Zeke glared at Crippled Williams from the corner of his eyes. The man was already shaking in fear when he found out that he was caught lying to Zeke.

I knew it! I knew you weren't telling the truth!

The elderly man trailed Zeke's gaze and saw Crippled Williams. He asked sarcastically, “Did he tell you they died because of a flood?”

Zeke nodded.

The man glowered at Crippled Williams. “I'll kill you, Crippled Williams!”

Zeke interrupted, “Wait. Could you tell us what happened? How did they die? Does this have anything to do with Crippled Williams?”

The old man's face fell in grief as he recalled the past. “I don't want to talk about it. It's been so many years anyway.”

Sole Wolf came forward and dropped a bag of money in front of the man. “I bet your story is worth this much? What about you bring us through what happened? We've very interested.”

That was what Sole Wolf was best at doing.

Solving problems with money was his forte. Besides, this tactic worked well in a destitute village like that. To the locals, money was the only way for them to escape their fate.

Indeed, when the old man saw the money, his jaw dropped to the ground.

“Y-Yes! I'll tell you everything!” the man instantly agreed when he saw the staggering amount of money.

He could not believe he had just run into someone who could completely change his life for the better, but he soon doubted his luck.

“Are you really giving me all of these money?”

Sole Wolf nodded. “Yes, but there's a condition. You have to tell us what happened. No lies.”

The man nodded without having a second thought. “I won't spare you any details!”

When Crippled Williams saw this, he figured he could also have a share in this, so he ran over to Zeke.

“Give me the money. I can tell you guys what happened too! I'm involved as well. I can give you an even more detailed account.”

Before he could even reach for the bag of money, Sole Wolf kicked him, and he fell to the ground.

Zeke looked back at the old man. “Your story, please.”

The old man took the money and carefully put it into his pocket as if he was afraid that someone else would take it away.

Then, he took a deep breath and began his story. “They died because of Crippled Williams.”

“Hey, watch what you're saying!” Crippled Williams fumed. “They died because of the demon on Golden Sands Mountain. It has nothing to do with me!”

The old man argued, “Oh really? They wouldn't have gone up the mountain if it weren't for you!”

Crippled Williams was piqued. “That was for their own sake!”

“Yeah! You keep telling yourself that. I don't buy a single word you said.”

The old man whipped his head back toward Zeke and continued, “The villagers believed that there was a creature residing on that mountain, and that sparked fear among the villagers. People lived in terror because of the creature. At that time, Crippled Williams and his brother moved back to the village after having worked elsewhere. They told the villagers that they had acquired a certain skill to get rid of demons. They even said they could foresee the future. They offered to eliminate the creature on the mountain, but the villagers would have to pay a price for that. At first, no one believed in them, but when they really predicted some events accurately, the people started thinking maybe they really possessed the prophetic ability, so they pooled together a huge sum of money so the brothers could annihilate the demon for them.”

Here, the old man stopped and looked at Crippled Williams in detestation. “They told the villagers that they needed manpower to bring the creature down, so they asked forty-nine young men to help out. The villagers did not think much and just picked forty-nine young men among them. Those were almost all the strong young men the village had at that time, and just like that, Crippled Williams and his brother brought the group up the mountain, but no one ever expected that that was the last time they ever saw those people again. When everything was over, only Crippled Williams returned. All the young men and his brother died. Those young men are the future of our village, and after they died, everyone was devastated. For that few days, the wails of grief of the families bellowed through the whole village.”