Lord Protector novel (Zeke Williams) novel Chapter 701

Seeing his men fall like dominoes, John’s heart plummeted.

Taking out his phone with trembling hands, he was deliberating on whether or not to call the boss.

He had failed his mission, and he had no idea if the boss would kill him for it.

In the end, the boss had called him before he could do the honors.

John answered in a guilty voice, “Boss, the mission this time...”

Unexpectedly, the boss did not reprimand him. Instead, he pardoned his actions, “I know everything about what’d happened. You’re not the one to blame. No one had expected that Rivermouth state would have such a powerful general like Master Williams. It’s warranted that our plan would’ve failed when there was such a powerful figure defending Rivermouth. It’s a major setback since it’ll be challenging for us to make a move on Rivermouth from now on.”

John was over the moon when he heard this. “Boss, you’re not going to kill me?”

“No. I’m not.” The boss answered.

In truth, he had wanted to kill John very badly, because a mission failure was inexcusable.

However, he was severely short of manpower now, as a fraction of his subordinates were either killed off or had rebelled against him.

John was also considered a capable subordinate, so he had to keep him alive at all costs!

John sputtered with gratitude, “Thank you, boss. Thank you for sparing me.”

Then, he paused briefly before saying, “By the way, boss,since Master Williams is guarding Rivermouth now, it

’ll be a challenge to eliminate Zeke Williams from now on. What are my next orders?”

The boss announced, “I have ordered someone to conduct a background check on Master Williams. Once I’ve managed to make contact with him, I’ll definitely be able to persuade him to join my side.”

John was thrilled.

Once the boss tackles Master Williams, we wouldn’t have to worry about a measly Zeke Williams any longer.

Upon hanging up, the boss scrolled through his contact list and found the name ‘Dylan Norris’.

This person was the president of the Martial Arts Association, also being the boss’ apprentice.

The call went through swiftly, and the boss relayed, “Dylan, your family is the sole proprietor of the Grand Empire Group. Offer it to Master Williams as his dividend. It’ll be our ticket to win him over. As long as he accepts it, I’ll be able to uncover his identity.”

“Yes, boss. I’ll see to it immediately.” Dylan answered.

Hades had secretly invited Zeke over to Grand Imperial Tea House for some tea.

Zeke seemed a tad bit impatient as he asked, “Why did the two of you call me here? Come on, spit it out. I have to pick my kid up soon.”

Hades and Eclipse remained unoffended by his attitude.

He had the right to act as such anyway.

Besides, the more casual Zeke was to them, the more it meant that he was treating them as his friends.

It was an honor to be friends with Master Williams.

Eclipse stated, “The president of the Eastend Martial Arts Association, Dylan Norris, has heard that you have some business dealings with the Grand Empire Group, so he wants to offer this to you. This is the contract. If you are interested in the offer, you’ll have to sign your name and Eastend’s Grand Empire Group will be yours.”

Zeke nodded. “Hmm. Since they’re giving me such a good offer, it’ll be rude of me not to accept.”

“Wait.” Hades quickly stopped Zeke. “Master Williams, I have a feeling that this contract isn’t as simple as it looks.”

“Go on.” Zeke pressed forth.

Hades continued, “In the battle this time, the total profit of the Martial Arts Association was approximately one billion. Based on my understanding of Mr. Norris, he will give you at most a quarter of the dividends, which is two hundred million. However, Grand Empire Ground is worth one billion! Seeing that he’s giving you all of the profits, it might be a setup.”

Zeke had a pensive look on his face as he uttered, “Oh, care to elaborate?”

Hades took a breath before explaining, “Now that everyone knows that Master Williams is watching over Rivermouth, no one would dare to make trouble. In other words, as long as you remain in Rivermouth, everyone will be safe. But the moment you leave, it’ll be a whole different story. What I’m trying to say is, they could be using the Grand Empire Group as bait to lure you out of Rivermouth...”

Zeke smiled and answered, “Even if he doesn’t lure me out, I’ll pay Eastend a visit nonetheless. It’s simply a matter of when.”