Unrivaled Dragon Lord novel Chapter 70

Absalom locked his eyes on Maxwell’s back and his suspicions slowly arose. He felt like he had met Maxwell somewhere before yet he could not recall. Maxwell was sitting before him and was encountered by Absalom’s powerful aura as indestructible as a giant mountain. He looked at Absalom with a level gaze. Absalom was involved in politics and had a high position and it was no wonder he seemed oppressive. Yet that seemed to not exist for Maxwell. “May I know why did you ask that all of a sudden?” He smiled lightly.

“Greta is my granddaughter. Although because of something, we’re drifted apart from each other, but I have seen her as my child, and I don’t allow a man whose background is unclear to stay beside her.” Absalom spoke blandly. Maxwell replied with thoughts. “You’re right.”

“Therefore, although you’re introduced by my friend, and I know you have an unusual identity…I still need to be assured that you do her no harm,” Absalom said. He took the teapot gently and poured two cups of tea. Maxwell smiled. “Why didn’t you tell me these earlier?”

Absalom fell into silence. As a matter of fact, Derrick had asked him to call for brilliant males to find the Sandoval family a son-in-law back then, and one of his close friends who was also involved in politics had recommended Maxwell, a mercenary who had just returned from overseas. He did not think of it further and instantly agreed. Yet who knows the reason Derrick and Greta did that was because of the marriage agreement with Andreas, and as he asked his men to investigate Maxwell’s background shortly after Greta’s marriage, it turned out that they had found nothing!

The men sent by him were all brightest elites in terms of investigation, in addition to his wide network, even if it was a housefly, he was able to find out where was it hatched. Yet now, regarding Maxwell’s past experience or any other information were a complete blank! Without the past nor the future, it seemed that Maxwell never existed in this world, and there was no evidence to prove his existence.

Absalom gazed at Maxwell. Starting from that moment, Maxwell’s identity had been a great mystery. “According to my knowledge, with your strength, you don’t need to wait for as long as three months to do something to my granddaughter…Yet I still don’t understand why would you deign to stay by my daughter’s side without leaving her an inch…” he spoke. He knew nothing about Maxwell but he believed his best friend would not harm him.

“Are you aware of the assassination happened in front of the Sandoval Tower a while ago?” Maxwell asked with a deep voice. “Yes, I am.” Absalom nodded. “Is there any need for me to send someone to investigate that?”

“No.” Maxwell shook his head as he had already done so, yet what he got from the investigation was only the clue that the hirer came from Beijing. For Absalom, it would be much more impossible to get any more useful information. “A lot of people want to take your granddaughter’s life, that assassination…was just one of the ways,” he said profoundly. Absalom shuddered. He looked towards Maxwell and shot him a stern look. “Why?”

“The port and the airport of the Sandoval Group, get it?” Maxwell stood up. Seeing Absalom still pondering, he said blandly, “Danger is everywhere around your granddaughter, even some forces from the overseas are ready to make a move. I suppose no one told you about these before? It doesn’t matter who I am…What’s important is your granddaughter is now in danger.” His voice was calm. He turned around and headed towards the exit.

“Wait.” Absalom lifted his head and said with a serious look, “If Greta is alright, I’ll give you huge reward as a token of gratitude.” Maxwell stopped and smiled. “No thanks, I’m just here to return a favor.” As he finished, Absalom shot him a glance and stared at his back with a thoughtful look. “Favor…” He frowned and pondered, yet he could not recall the favor Maxwell owed him no matter how.

His eyes fell onto Maxwell’s back and suddenly, the familiar contour made his memory retreated to a few years back. He shuddered and there was a drastic change in his expression. He seemed to have remembered something and his look towards Maxwell’s back was full of shock. “How could that be possible…you look so much alike…too alike…” His hand which was holding the teacup trembled as he had recalled someone who had had a similar back!

That person was an unprecedented legend that could even shake the dark realm of the West from overseas. He had instilled fear and horror among the country leaders and countless international warlords. Due to a one time coincident back then, Absalom had made an acquaintance with him and he had left him an extremely deep impression. Yet the one before him was actually the live-in son-in-law of the Sandoval family, and there was a vast difference between him and the horrifying character which could use any deadly trick. No one would have imagined him to the one due to the huge difference.

As Absalom looked towards Maxwell once again, Maxwell had disappeared from his line of sight and he was nowhere to be found. Absalom took a deep breath and slowly heaved a sigh, trying to calm himself down. His eyesight must have failed. That great person was superior, how would he be willing to swallow his pride and get down from his throne? His eyesight must have failed with age. He had seen the one’s face with his own eyes and they were not the same person at all.