Chapter 795 Drink the Poisoned Wine
Lucas’s voice wasn’t very stern, but no one dared to take him lightly, let alone disobey him.
This was the deterrence brought about by absolute power!
“Yes!” The hundred-something helmsmen of wealthy families of Oregon and California agreed in unison, their voices as loud as thunder!
Thus, the martial arts compet.i.tion initiated by the Peerless Martial a.s.sociation came to an end with Lucas becoming the overlord of both states.
After everything was over, Lucas had planned to leave the exhibition center. But he saw Noah, the head of the Campbells of Oregon, and several other helmsmen of wealthy Oregon families walked up to him.
“Mr. Gray, may we… talk with you?” Noah said.
“Why? Noah Campbell, you just pledged allegiance to Mr. Gray in front of so many people and decided to accept him as your master, but you’re going back on your word so soon?” Edmund, who had been following Lucas, sneered.
Noah glowered at Edmund. But at the thought that he was in Lucas’s presence, he didn’t dare to act rashly and quickly lowered his head. “How is that possible? We’re here to apologize to Mr. Gray sincerely!
“Back in Oregon, we wronged Mr. Gray and said a lot of things that we shouldn’t have. Mr. Gray, please don’t lower yourself to our level. Please forgive us!”
“Yes, we were all blind and didn’t know any better. That’s why we offended you, Mr. Gray. Mr. Gray, please forgive us!” “Yes, please be magnanimous and forgive us!”
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The few people that Noah brought with him all apologized to Lucas and asked for his forgiveness.
In fact, not only had all of them spoken rudely to Lucas at the conference the Campbells held a week ago, but they had even mocked Lucas in public.
Although Lucas didn’t mention anything about holding them responsible, none of them would be able to escape if Lucas suddenly wanted to settle old scores!
With Lucas’s terrifying strength, killing these people was a piece of cake!
Instead of waiting to be held accountable and punished later, they decided to bite the bullet to take the initiative to own up to their mistakes and apologize to Lucas.
They thought that perhaps Lucas would spare them on account that they had taken the initiative to apologize. Lucas glanced at the few of them, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face. “Okay, come with me if you want me to forgive you!”
Soon, Lucas led this group of confused and uneasy Oregon helmsmen to a reception room Edmund just had prepared.
It was also a place in the San Francisco International Expo Center dedicated to entertaining distinguished guests. “As you all know, you’ve offended me terribly before. Even if I want to kill you or even exterminate your entire family and support other forces, it’s only a matter of a few words.
“It’s not that easy to make me forgive you. Those who have done wrong have to pay the price for their misdeeds,” Lucas said while sitting on the couch in the middle.
The faces of the Oregon helmsmen immediately changed.
Indeed, not only had they been verbally disrespectful to Lucas and said many insulting words about him, but they had also tried to have him killed. This was indeed not something that he could just forget about easily.
“What… do you want then?” Noah’s face trembled, and he gritted his teeth unwillingly.
Although he had been the first to recognize Lucas as the hegemon of the two states on behalf of the forces of Oregon, he merely chose to do so because of the circ.u.mstances.
Noah didn’t actually acknowledge Lucas as his leader at all!
The position of the hegemon of the two states came about due to his painstaking efforts and countless preparations. It was the position he wanted the most, but he had lost it at the last juncture, giving Lucas the chance to obtain it.
Besides, Noah thought that they were showing Lucas enough respect by taking the initiative to apologize to him and admit their mistakes. If Lucas was sensible enough and didn’t want his relations.h.i.+p with the helmsmen of Oregon to become too strained, he should immediately forgive them and not make them pay the price!
There was anger in Noah’s tone.
The faces of the other Oregan helmsmen also turned gloomy. They felt extremely uneasy not knowing what price Lucas wanted them to pay.
Lucas glanced at them with a calm gaze and merely pointed at the eight gla.s.ses in front of him. “It’s very simple. People who offend me usually won’t end up well. As long as you drink the poisoned wine in front of you, I will spare your families.
“As for those who are not willing to drink, I will spare your lives, but your family must vanish from Oregon!
“It’s up to you to decide what to do.”
There were eight gla.s.ses on the coffee table in front of Lucas, all filled with a dark blue liquid that gave people an ominous feeling.
“Wha!?!”
What Lucas said immediately caused the faces of the helmsmen to turn pale in horror.
“You… you actually want our lives? You’re going overboard!” Noah roared angrily.
“Noah Campbell, mind your att.i.tude!” Edmund, standing beside Lucas, immediately rebuked. He would never allow anyone to be disrespectful to Lucas.
Noah clenched his fists and lowered his head, hiding the maniacal anger about to burst from his eyes.
The other helmsmen looked just as miserable. They didn’t want to die, nor did they want to see their families annihilated because of it.
Some of them wanted to plead with Lucas. But after seeing the cold and indifferent look in his eyes, they understood that it wasn’t something they could change just by pleading for mercy.
He was the overlord of two states, and his orders were not to be defied!
Suddenly, the helmsman of a top Oregon family gritted his teeth and stepped forward to ask, “Mr. Gray, as long as I drink this poisoned wine and die, will you spare my family?”
Lucas nodded. “Yes.”
“Okay. In that case, I’ll drink it! I was the one who made the mistake of offending you before, and I’ll take responsibility for my actions. I just hope that you keep your promise after I die, Mr. Gray!”
Then he walked toward the coffee table, picked up a gla.s.s, and downed the blue liquid.
With someone starting, the remaining helmsmen all walked over to the coffee table and downed the poisonous liquid in one go after a tough emotional struggle. Soon, seven of the eight helmsmen of top Oregon families chose to drink the poisoned wine to atone to Lucas and have him spare their families.
Noah was the exception.
He stood still for a long time without moving or stepping forward, seemingly not wanting to drink the poisoned wine to accept his punishment.
“Mr. Campbell, does that mean you’re not willing to drink the wine, and you’d rather the Campbells be destroyed?” Edmund looked at him coldly.
“No, I…” Noah slowly shook his head. Finally, he slowly raised his head with a strange light in his eyes.
“What do you want?” Edmund frowned slightly with a solemn and cautious gaze.
His intuitions told him that there seemed to be something wrong with Noah’s state of mind.
“I… I want you to die!”
With this roar, Noah suddenly took his hand out of his pocket, and in his hand was a dark pistol. He aimed the muzzle right in the middle of Lucas’s forehead!