SWNOVELS Chapter 43: An Incredible Joke
Lena turned around to take a look, and unbeknownst to her, Lenard had appeared in the living room downstairs.
He was glaring at her with a very hideous expression. There was a raging inferno burning within his menacing eyes. Jacob didn't seem to hear Lenard making his appearance.
He continued to grasp Lena's slender fingers while concentrating on collecting her Kidney-Yin blood.
When Lena saw that there was no sign of anxiety on Jacob's face, she was able to slightly calm down.
"Father, it turns out that you really sent somebody to spy on me!"
Lena's tone was imbued with a heavy despair.
"If I haven't done that, I will still be kept in the dark right now. I can't believe that you've hooked up with this bastard."
Lenard's gaze was burning with fury as it was directed at Lena.
If Lena had lost her virginity, let alone completing his family's marriage ties with the Goldsmith family from the capital city, Lenard had to prepare himself to face their wrath. And he had taken into account the fact that he was holding a grudge against Jacob for the demise of his child.
"There's nothing going on between us!" Lena pressed her eyebrows into creases.
It was the first time Lenard had blurted out such unthinkable words in front of her.
When Lenard heard her response, his whole body jerked briefly.
Since she was a child, Lena had never told any lies. If she had said so, it must mean that she still had the physique with the purest Kidney-Yin.
At the thought of this, Lenard forcibly suppressed his anger and bellowed in a low voice, "If that's the case, why aren't you coming down yet?"
If Lena still preserved her physique with the purest Kidney-Yin, then Lenard didn't want to fall out with his daughter at this juncture.
Despite his words, Lena continued to remain motionless.
"Are you ignoring me now?"
At this moment, a frosty voice suddenly sounded next to Lenard's ears.
Lenard turned his gaze onto the murderer of his child, and a grotesque smile appeared on his face, "You bastard, the Bell family is unlike the trashy Hansen family. Do you think you can just march in here whenever you like? Today, I will make sure you pay the price for my son's death. You will die here today!"
After accumulating enough blood for himself, Jacob let go of Lena and strode down the stairs.
"Since the day I make my debut, there are a total of 3828 people who had said the same thing to me. And without exception, they somehow met a terrible end."
"And you, will be the 3829th person!"
When he heard this, Lenard almost broke into a laughter, "Little bastard, are you claiming that you've met so many people in your whole life? You are really coming at me with some big words. This is such an incredible joke that I will probably laugh off my set of teeth."
"If you think this is an incredible joke, then you can be rest assured, I'll help you achieve it!" Jacob said.
There was a slight shift in his footsteps, and in the blink of an eye, he was nowhere to be seen.
His figure was blurred as if he was a ray of lightning!
In an instant, he had covered a dozen meters of ground as he appeared in front of Lenard.
Lenard's expression changed drastically.
He had heard about Jacob's capability from Leopard. It was said that he possessed a frightening ability.
But Lenard never once verified the rumours with his own eyes.
Furthermore, in the destruction of the Hansen family, he was able to find out that the men in black who were always loyal to Carlton, who were his greatest army, had betrayed him.
This was the true reason the Hansen family had gone into ruins!
Therefore, he had been paying a lot of attention to Jacob to the point that he had to gather all the forces within his family to annihilate him. Despite that, deep down in his heart, he was still feeling sceptical about Jacob's real capability. He thought that Leopard was exaggerating when he was describing Jacob's might.
After all, it was a piece of cake to kill off Leopard, even for Lenard himself.
The world knew about the six legendary fighters in the Bell family.
Death Bell, Wolf, Leopard, Tiger, Lion and Azure Dragon.
The latter's ability exceeded the former's.
Among them, the Azure Dragon was most mysterious. He had never shown his face to the outer world before.
But unbeknownst to them, the Azure Dragon was actually the head of the Bell family himself, Lenard.
Otherwise, why was it that he could always sit atop the throne of the Bell family? He was able to continue serving the Bell family and kept the other five top fighters in check because of his capabilities. Lenard was the real deal, the martial artist of the highest calibre.
If virtuoso and virtuoso-to-be were not here, who could stand on equal grounds with him? And looking at Jacob, he was at such a tender age. There was no way he could be a virtuoso. Therefore, there was no reason for him to fear Jacob.
Lenard was confident that even if Jacob's combat ability exceeded his expectations, that he was even more formidable than he had thought, Lenard would still have a card up his sleeve to protect himself. Otherwise, he wouldn't have shown himself in Lena's villa.
Despite that, Lenard would never imagine that Jacob had such blinding speed. His speed was even faster than Lenard's reaction. In a matter of seconds, Jacob was suddenly right at his nose after covering a ground measuring tens of meters.
He lashed out swiftly with his palm.
Lenard was besieged with a terrible fear. He instinctively wanted to flee at a moment's notice.
Jacob's ability had far exceeded his expectations.
Once he made his move, Lenard knew that he had miscalculated greatly. He would never hold a candle to Jacob by himself. In the end, Jacob smashed his expectation with his blinding speed.
Before Lenard could dodge the attack, Jacob's palm seemed to flash by right in front of his eyes.
An afterimage of something blurred his vision, and immediately he felt a hard slap landing on his cheeks.
At the moment of impact, Lenard felt himself being sent flying into a distance.
"Pfft!"
When Lenard collapsed to the ground, he spat out some fresh blood. There were pieces of his teeth mixed in with the mouthful of blood.
"You!"
Lenard's gaze while staring at Jacob was now filled with fear.
"What about it? Didn't you say that you want to hear an incredible joke and lose your teeth? Now, I have fulfilled half of your wish, seeing that some of your teeth are dislodged. It's time to do this to your other teeth."
Jacob was mocking him with a strangely sincere smile hanging on his face.
He was the emperor of the Dark Realm, and his words were the law!
Since Lenard wanted to hear an incredible joke to the point that he could laugh off his teeth, Jacob would make sure to see it to fruition.
Lenard slammed the ground with both of his palms and bounced back onto his feet. In the process, he spat out more blood.
He looked at Jacob with a frenzied expression on his face, "This is really unexpected. I can't believe that you have so much strength. You are so young, yet you are nearing the level of a virtuoso-to-be. This is so hard to believe. But if that's how great and talented you are, then all the more reason for me to make sure you won't be able to leave this place alive."
Lenard automatically categorized Jacob as someone who had achieved the virtuoso-to-be level. He couldn't even begin to imagine that such a young virtuoso would exist.
Even for the eldest son of the Goldsmith family, Boyce, who possessed genius martial arts talent, was only a virtuoso-to-be at the moment. He was several years older than Jacob. After finishing his sentence, Lenard immediately escaped from Lena's villa.
"You can take me as your hostage!"
At this moment, Lena had descended the stairs from upstairs. There was a complicated look on her face.
"There's no need for that."
Jacob answered while a cruel smile was playing around his lips.
After that, he marched in large strides towards the entrance of the villa.
Lena stared at Jacob's silhouette, and there was an inexplicable look on her face.
"You have lured me here, so what is your next move? You should use it while you still can!"
Jacob snickered coldly.
"You still insist to come even though you know there's a trap waiting for you. Should I praise you for your courage or should I label you as someone arrogant? Haha, you little bastard, you are now surrounded by countless bombs. The moment I press on this button, you will be blasted into smithereens in an instant."
Lenard felt that his breath was seeping out of his mouth as he spoke due to his broken teeth. Despite that, his gaze was imbued with venom and cruelty as it landed on Jacob.
When he was at Lena's villa earlier on, if it were not for the fact that Lena was still a virgin, Lenard would no doubt bomb her villa. He would blow both Jacob and Lena into pieces. When he learnt of the Jacob's expedition to Lena's villa every other night, he had ordered someone to bury bombs around her villa.
At the last second, Lena had pointed out her innocence, and this had caused Lenard to change his mind.
"You are now at death's door. Do you have any last words?" Lenard's face was livid with arrogance.
There were four more people next to him at the moment. They were Lion, Tiger, Leopard and Cruel Wolf.
There were countless snipers nearby them too.
Beneath Jacob's feet, there were bombs everywhere.
And he was still hiding something up his sleeve secretly too.
Lenard was fearless in this situation.
No matter how strong Jacob was, he was just a virtuoso-to-be. As long as he was not a virtuoso, even if he could dodge bullets, there was no way he could endure the impact of bullets without any consequences.
"I want to let you know that your teeth are still intact in the left part of your mouth. I am going to help you make them fall!"
Jacob sounded like he was unaware of the lurking dangers surrounding him.
He was just staring straight at Lenard with some interest.
A chilly aura enveloped Lenard's face, and he immediately ordered the snipers from the Bell family who were hiding themselves to decapitate Jacob here and now.
If Jacob could be rendered immobile by bullets, this would be the best possible outcome. This way, he could torture Jacob however he wanted.
If Jacob was able to dodge all bullets, he would only choose to blow him into pieces. It was just that this was his back-up plan, since he would lose his chance to torture him to his heart's contents if Jacob was
no more.
To his surprise, after Lenard had dished out his command to open fire, a heavy silence hovered above the whole place.
What was happening?
Lenard felt an uneasiness rising up in his heart.
Those who were ambushing Jacob should belong solely to the Bell family. There was not a chance that they would betray him like what had happened to the Hansen family.
Sounds of footsteps were drifting from somewhere!
At this moment, a figure emerged from the shadows. His whole body was draped in a black overalls.
There were several heads dangling from his hands.
"What?"
Lenard could feel his pupils contract suddenly.
Those heads belonged originally to his snipers whom he had put a lot of effort in to train.
It turned out that they were all murdered without anybody even noticing it.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐