The Protector (The Return Of The God of War) novel Chapter 562

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“Slap him!” Bob, the butler, was infuriated.

“Russell, slap yourself!” Meredith said in a stern tone as a response to Bob’s suggestion.

She was infuriated at Russell’s brash comment.

All this while, Russell was one of the younger members of the Blacks whom she had no need of worrying.

However, she did not expect Russell to go against them at this critical point.

“I’m so disappointed in you, Russell! Slap yourself!”

Robert also felt disheartened at Russell’s rebellious attitude.

Yet, Russell shook his head stubbornly, “I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong, grandpa and grandma. I will not apologize!”

“You’re wrong for refuting Mr. Caesar!” Meredith roared at him.

“Who proposes in such a tyrannical manner? What does he take Abigail for? A toy?” Russell asked. Clearly, he was not giving in either.

Abigail agreed, “Yes! That’s right! Why do we have to cater to the Caesar family’s every whim?”

Richard laughed as he listened to their exchanges.

“You may be right, but the Caesar family is indeed stronger than the Blacks. If I say you’re wrong, then you’re definitely wrong!” Richard said condescendingly.

Meredith relented, “Yes, it’s survival of the fittest. We are indeed weaker than the Caesars. So, we could only listen!”

She was an iron lady herself, so she knew better than any of them.

Thus, she could only give in when life demanded her so.

“So we are wrong simply because we’re weaker?” Russell asked.

“That’s right. You are wrong, so slap yourself, and I will drop the matter!” Richard shouted.

Then he looked at Russell like Russell was no more than an ant in front of him.

But Russell stood his ground and shook his head, “No, I will not surrender. I’ve done nothing wrong!”

“Yes, Russell did nothing wrong. Why does he have to slap himself?” Abigail supported him.

They insisted because they knew Levi was going to back them up.

Nonetheless, she would not agree to this arranged marriage even if there was no Levi.

“Meredith, Robert, you really amuse me with how you discipline your younger generation…” Richard sneered at them.

When Richard said that, Meredith and Robert could not help but feel offended.

Then, she took a step forward and slapped Russell across his face.

For a brief heartbeat, drop-dead silence ensued.

Russell looked at Meredith with disbelief.

Ever since young, Meredith had never slapped him before.

But now she’s slapping me because of the Caesar family? How absurd!

The Blacks sighed.

Who would want to stoop so low if it weren’t for our deteriorating family status?

“Russell, you have to understand my position…” Meredith whispered to Russell.

Then, she turned over and ordered Abigail, “Say yes, Abigail! You have to agree to it today, no matter what!”

Robert said angrily, “Yes. You don’t have the right to reject!”

Richard would really be enraged if we keep this up, and we would suffer because of it.

Richard and Timothy regarded the Blacks with great interest, anticipating their next move.

They enjoyed toying with people with their power and influence.

“Abigail, what say you?” Timothy sneered as he looked at her.

“I will not marry you!”

A sound could be heard right then and there, and along came Levi.

Russell and Abigail’s eyes glinted with delight at Levi’s appearance.

“Levi, you’re here!”

Abigail rushed to his side at once.

All of them were stunned at the sight.

Levi is here?

Timothy’s face contorted after he saw Levi coming in.

Even though Timothy had no idea who Levi was, he presumed that Levi wasn’t just a nobody. After all, he had unrestricted access to that place.

Levi glanced at Richard, “I heard that you want to beat up someone?”

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Meanwhile, Richard did not take heed of Levi and glanced in the direction of Robert and Meredith instead, “Who is this? Is he one of the younger members of your family too?”

Meredith and Robert sighed and lowered their heads.

They were indirectly saying yes to Richard’s query.

“Hah! Do all the younger members of the Blacks disrespect their elders?”

Richard deliberately mocked in a louder voice. As a matter of fact, he was almost roaring.

Meredith and Robert were terrified at the sight.

Richard is really mad right now.

They were well aware of the Chief’s temper.

He never lets people off the hook easily when he’s enraged.

The Black family would soon face an unparalleled crisis.

They glared at Levi angrily.

Russell has already pissed off Richard enough. Why does Levi have to appear and anger him too?

Haven’t we done that enough?

Levi laughed and glanced at Russell, “Did he ask you to slap yourself? Go, slap him back!”

“I…”

Russell hesitated.

My family would never agree to me slapping Richard Caesar.

On the other hand, this is an order from the God of War himself.

Russell was on the fence about his next course of action.

At the same time, the others widened their eyes in disbelief at Levi’s brazen suggestion.

What? Did he just ask Russell to slap Richard Caesar? Is he crazy?

Even Richard was stumped at Levi’s audacity.

Nobody had dared to disrespect him. Not in South Hampton, let alone in Quebec.

Not to mention a youngster like Levi.

“Russell, what are you waiting for? Slap him! This is an order!” Levi’s tone was determined.

Russell straightened his back unconsciously at Levi’s orders.

I’m doing it!

If anything should happen, I have the God of War backing me up anyway.

Moreover, Russell thought it was impossible for them to be bullied by an outsider in his own manor.

With that thought in mind, Russell dashed toward Richard, his right hand was already in mid-air, ready to slap Richard across the face.

Richard froze on the ground, baffled at Russell’s brazen move.

This bastard dares to hit me?

“Russell, what are you doing?”

Meredith and Robert panicked at the sight.

They tried to stop Russell from advancing.

“Get away! All of you!”

Richard bellowed all of a sudden.

“Huh?”

The Blacks were taken aback.

“Go away. I want to see who dares to lay a finger on me today,” Richard shouted.

He did not believe that Russell would really slap him.

Yet, the Blacks did not move a muscle.

What if Russell really slaps Richard across the face if we do not stop him?

The Black family will be wiped off the surface of the earth.

“I’ll say it one last time. Go away!” Richard roared.

He ordered his bodyguards as well, “Do not stop him. I want to see if this bastard really dares to hit me!”

The Blacks were terrified to see Richard all red from fury and finally decided to stay out of Russell’s way.

As for the bodyguards of the Caesar family, they had to stand aside too.

They were certain that Russell would not really hit Richard.

Unless… he’s crazy or an idiot!

At that moment, Richard beckoned at Russell.

The Caesars looked at Russell with wry smiles on their faces, positive that he wouldn’t strike.

“I will make sure that the Black family suffers if you don’t hit me today!” Richard said in an attempt to challenge him.

“I…”

Russell was torn, yet again.

“Slap him!”

Levi’s voice could be heard loud and clear.

Hearing that, Russell seemed enlightened by Levi’s orders.

He stepped forward and slapped Richard across the face, hard.

Whack!

The crisp sound shook everyone to their core.

Pin-drop silence ensued, once again.

Everyone held their breaths at the unexpected turn of events.

Richard was stunned.

Not knowing how to respond, he froze on the ground.

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Richard let out a cry in pain after some time.

Everyone gasped in shock, their eyes widened in bewilderment.

A youngster from the Black family had slapped the quasi royal household head from South Hampton!

How dare he?!

Talking back to someone his station was already disrespectful enough, but a slap across the face was a whole new level of disgrace.

At the same time, Meredith and Robert were about to faint at the sight.

Is Russell freaking crazy? He really hit Richard!

Russell had always been the most capable and obedient child among the youngsters of the Black family.

However, he defied everyone’s expectations of him today. It was as if he had gone cuckoo.

Why did he do everything that Levi asked him to do?

The Caesars were equally surprised at Russell’s bold strike.

What a lunatic!

They were under the impression that Robert wouldn’t even dream of berating Richard, even if he were given the permission to do so.

Let alone slapping Richard across the face!

But Russell had done the unthinkable.

Richard cupped his slightly swollen cheeks and gave Russell an incredulous look.

The pain emanating from his cheeks made him grimace.

“Looks like we have a ballsy one here, eh?” Richard was oddly calm.

But everyone knew he was livid with fury.

Richard Caesar was someone who would not let anyone who enraged him off the hook.

In fact, he would fight till the point of life and death.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be an end to it.

But how could a powerless family like the Blacks fight against the Caesar family?

It would be like an egg dashing itself against a rock.

Hence, Russell knew things had gone to the point of no return.

It was either the Blacks or the Caesars who would survive.

He felt extremely apprehensive as well.

When he was trying to come up with an answer, Levi did him a favor by replying, “Yes, he is. So what?”

“You…”

Richard was about to speak when Levi interjected him.

“You asked for Russell to be slapped, and he slapped you back. It was fair and square,” Levi grinned.

Timothy, who was used to act with impunity, held himself back from striking Levi because he did not know Levi’s true identity. Otherwise, he would have slapped Levi across the face right then and there.

He was afraid of Richard knowing the incident from the night before as well.

Thinking that Levi was ridiculous, Richard burst into a derisive laugh, “Fair and square, you say?!”

He looked over at Meredith and Robert, “You guys have done such a good job in educating your younger generation! Hahaha!”

It was clear as day that Richard was mocking them.

Then he added, “We are all players of the survival of the fittest game. Weaker players like you are doomed to be trampled all over! Robert Black, I came all the way from South Hampton to Quebec for this marriage proposal, observing every formality required to honor your family, and this is how you repay me?”

Richard then proclaimed, “From now on, I am cutting off all ties between the Blacks and the Caesars! I will stop at nothing till only one of us remains standing!”

The Blacks were in an uproar at the proclamation.

All of them shuddered at hearing it.

Are the Caesars and the Blacks fighting to the death?

Doomsday for the Black family is approaching.

The Blacks paled at the proclamation.

We are all going to die just because of these two idiots!

Turning over to Levi, Richard sneered and said, “Young man, did you know you are the culprit for the wipeout of the Black family?”

The Caesars burst into a laugh.

The Blacks are so naïve to think that they could fight against us.

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This moment was akin to doomsday for the Black family.

They would not be able to fend against the Caesars.

Levi grinned, “You had the audacity to say that you’re going to wipe out the Black family!”

Russell was visibly relaxed to hear Levi.

The Blacks cast puzzled looks at Russell.

Has he gone nuts for real? How could he still smile in face of the possible crisis of a wipeout?

Meredith and Robert were about to stop Levi from degrading Richard further. However, Richard waved his hands to dismiss them, “Everybody stop talking!”

“Young man, do you think I am not capable of wiping out the Blacks?” Richard bellowed at Levi.

Levi smirked enigmatically, “From now on, I will be right here waiting. You could ask however many people you want to come here. I will succumb to defeat if I could not handle anything that you throw at me!”

Richard was not enraged by Levi’s frivolous remarks. On the contrary, he burst into a chuckle.

“I am so impressed that the Blacks manage to cultivate such overconfident youngsters!”

And then, Richard’s eyes burned with rage.

“Excellent! We will accept the challenge. I will give you one week to contact every possible connection that you could find. You guys better be well prepared, and don’t ever accuse me of bullying the Blacks!”

Levi and Richard had agreed to a fight… All this had transpired without the head of the Black family uttering a single word.

“Let’s go!” Richard left with his bodyguards and took the wedding gifts with him.

In the car.

Richard was fuming with rage.

This was the first time a youngster had provoked him.

“Grandpa, is it really okay for us to burn the bridges with the Black family this way?” Timothy couldn’t help but ask his grandfather.

He was still apprehensive about Levi’s true identity.

“What is there to worry about? It’s impossible for us to cultivate a puppet from the Blacks right now. We are only left with the option of marching right into the South City to grab our portion of the market! Seven days later, I will let everyone in the South City know the Caesar family’s wrath! All of them have to give way to us Caesars then!” Richard snorted.

Meanwhile, drop-dead silence stretched between the Blacks.

Meredith and Robert had slumped to the floor, spent from the confrontation just now.

Despair was written all over other family members’ faces.

We are essentially committing suicide for offending people like the Caesar family!

On the other hand, Levi looked calm and composed. He ruffled through Abigail’s hair, “Don’t worry, I’m here. Nobody could force you into doing anything you refuse to do.”

Russell was overjoyed, grateful for Levi’s presence.

Otherwise, the Blacks would be trampled all over by the Caesar family.

He was not at all worried about the upcoming fight between Levi and Richard.

The Caesar family has a death wish!

However, the Blacks could not understand this.

After regaining their composure, Bailey and Pamela approached Levi and reprimanded him, “Garrison, who do you think you are? Who are you to intervene in our family matters? You don’t have the right to interfere with my daughter’s marriage!”

“Yes, that’s right! Who do you think you are? Did you do it on purpose?”

“That is the Caesar family from South Hampton! They’re from the quasi-royal clan! How dare you offend them?”

Leonard and the others were infuriated at Levi’s recklessness too.

All of them cast death glares at him, wanting to skin him alive for them putting them in such a dire situation.

Meredith and Robert, however, did not confront Levi first. Instead, they turned to Russell.

“Russell, would you mind explaining why you did such a thing today?”

“That’s right. You’re usually the calm and composed one. Why are you behaving like a lunatic today? Don’t you know how strong the Caesar family is?”

They were immensely disappointed in Russell.

Their disappointment was a mirror of their high hopes in Russell since they had plans to cultivate him to become the next head of the Black household.

Having said that, it seemed near impossible that they would keep up with the plan.

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“You have to give us a viable explanation!”

Russell spoke up with his head held high, “My reasons are simple. First of all, I will not stand idly by as the Caesars bully us. Second of all, their intention to marry Abigail was clear as day. They’re obviously planning to exploit our network here to get their foothold in the South City. I could never let these things happen!”

“Nonsense! You are so blind to your own errors!”

Just then, Robert could not hold it in any longer and slapped Russell across his face.

Despite being slapped across the face, Russell still stood his ground.

“I’ve done nothing wrong!” Russell insisted, “I will never admit that I’m wrong, even if you guys beat me to death!”

Meredith sighed aloud, and her knees almost buckled from her fury. All the others hurriedly steadied her when they noticed it.

Robert then explained his stand, “Do you think we are really oblivious to the intentions of the Caesar family? Do you think we have no idea that they’re oppressing us?”

“But what choice did we have? We are specks of dust compared to the Caesar family! Frankly speaking, the Caesar family only needs to move a single finger to annihilate us all!”

Meredith said furiously, “Exactly, Russell. When have you ever seen me stooping so low? Do you think I’m really happy to marry off Abigail just like that? That we are so happy to cater to the Caesars’ every whim? We just don’t have any other option. The Caesar family’s far-reaching influence is beyond our imagination… If we were stronger than the Caesars, why would I have to bear with them? I would have chased them out our door! You’re dooming us, Russell! Richard Caesar will pulverize us all, and we will suffer a fate worse than death! This is all thanks to you and Levi!”

Meredith looked at Russell in utter disbelief, “Why did you do what Levi told you to do?”

“I…” Russell was at a loss. He did not know how to explain it all.

Levi chimed in at this moment.

“I don’t think he went overboard when he returned Richard Caesar’s slap.”

Everyone turned their attention toward Levi.

“Levi Garrison, did you know you’ve made a grave mistake?”

Meredith could not help but question him.