Monty sneered. "You think you can play games with me? What if I refuse to budge?"
Clarence snarled, "Then don't blame me for getting rough!"
Monty scoffed. "Getting rough on the Umbral Peak Sect's turf? Forget being the military's top general, even if you were the military's war god, even if General Turman himself came here, I could refuse him if I wanted to!"
Julius chimed in coolly, "Mr. Reyes, why waste so many words? Or are you saying the Umbral Peak Sect actually lacks prestige? If someone dared to cause trouble in our Divine Alchemists' territory, I'd make sure he regretted ever being born."
Monty's expression darkened instantly, and he felt humiliated. Julius' words had basically called the Umbral Peak Sect spineless, as if even a military general could barge in and push them around.
"Elder Redford, show them out!" Monty ordered coldly, preparing to expel Clarence and his men.
Glenn Redford approached Clarence expressionlessly. "Get lost, or the Umbral Peak Sect will wipe you all out!"
With a sharp metallic ring, Clarence drew his combat blade and said coldly, "So, the Umbral Peak Sect really doesn't care whether the people of Holtrien live or die? If that's the case, then what's the point of your sect even existing? You're nothing but parasites feeding off the great nation of Holtrien."
Glenn raged. "You've got a death wish!"
He drew his sword and immediately clashed with Clarence. The other Umbral Peak Sect elders swept forward with contemptuous expressions, attacking the remaining military soldiers.
Within moments, even though the military soldiers were battle-hardened veterans, they began to falter.
One soldier was struck so hard he was sent flying, and both his arms snapped on impact.
An elder from Umbral Peak Sect strode toward him with a vicious grin and said, "So what if you're military? You dared to stir up trouble at Umbral Peak Sect, and now you're done. Die!"
"Who did that? Whoever dared to kill a disciple of my sect, I'll tear you limb from limb!" Monty roared as he shot to his feet, his aura exploding violently.
Julius' eyes locked onto the entrance of the main hall, and his body tensed without him even realizing it. For the first time, a flicker of unease crept into his expression.
Clarence stopped fighting the elder and turned toward the entrance in shock. Several figures walked in slowly, as if they were taking a casual stroll through a park.
Leading them was a man in black, wielding an absurdly massive greatsword.
The moment Clarence saw him, his head buzzed with disbelief. "Captain!"
Julius, on the other hand, snarled through gritted teeth, "Andrew, you punk! Your timing is perfect, but coming here will only get you killed!"

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The readers' comments on the novel: Rising from the Ashes (Andrew)
The author is insanely inconsistent with Christina's character. She was loyal enough to withstand torture until she fainted, and refused to call Andrew when she was kidnapped (even though it was out of a misplaced sense of protectiveness due to her lack of trust in him). This shows that despite her family being trash (other than Dougals), she is at least a good peson at heart. Then she suddenly turns into someone spiteful and evil simply because the author is no longer intersted in patching them back up, and has decided to set him up with Lauren and Fran. That's his choice, but at least be consistent....
3387 to 3389 has nothing in it, please chevk...
Great story.. One of my favorite.. Please more update.. Thanks.....
Buy nothing is there...
no update? :-(...
Why there is no update for last two days??...
Brilliant piece of work. I am enjoying the novel. The only problem is that it is taking longer to update more chapters....