The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

No one would have thought that Lilian would trap Atlas in Zelle Village, which was a place that was right under their very eyes!

Obviously, Nathaniel was also a little surprised, but his expression immediately returned to normal.

Then, Maverick carried Lilian out of the car while Mango and Nathaniel also got out of the car.

"He's right here."

Lilian pointed at a spot, and Maverick carried her over.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel and Mango followed closely behind.

Lilian's body was still a little weak, but her expression was solemn.

After all, she was determined to not let Atlas die that easily. She could not describe her mixed feelings as all sorts of thoughts were running through her head. However, her expression suddenly darkened.

"Oh no."

"What's wrong?"

Upon hearing Lilian's voice, Maverick stopped in

his tracks.

On the other hand, Mango and Nathaniel quickly walked over.

There was blood all over the place as if a massacre had happened. The place was filled with the pungent smile of blood, and some of the blood had not even dried up. There were also pieces of clothing on the ground, and they looked as if someone had torn them apart. However, Atlas was nowhere to be seen.

"How could this be? Where is Atlas?!"

Lilian was immediately on edge when she saw this.

She pushed Maverick away rashly, but she still found no trace of Atlas.

"Hey, Lilian!"

Maverick was worried that something would happen to Lilian, so he immediately followed her.

Nathaniel then took out a small bottle from his pocket and collected the blood that had not dried up with a cotton swab.

Mango had already guessed what had happened. When she saw Lilian going insane, she asked in confusion, "Did Atlas escape?" "It appears so."

No one wanted this to happen, but he couldn't blame anyone for this. After all, Atlas was known to be tricky and cunning.

The Mango asked in confusion, "Didn't Lilian set up a spell formation? How did Atlas escape then?" Nathaniel's eyes narrowed when she heard his question, and he replied in a low voice, "I think Lilian is not the only one around Atlas who knows the formation. Someone must have rescued him. Besides, Lilian was pregnant when she set up the formation, so she was a little weak, which had an impact on the formation."

Upon hearing this explanation, Mango understood the situation immediately.

Lilian had a deep hatred for Atlas, but Atlas probably had other methods to control Lilian since he spared her life. This was because Atlas would make sure that Lilian could never win over him. That was how cunning Atlas was, but no one had expected that he would save himself this way.

On the other hand, Lilian's mind was clouded by her hatred, and she wanted more than anything to rip Atlas apart. She thought that she could conjure the arrays passed down by her ancestors to torture and kil Atlas. However, she had allowed Atlas to escape because of her pregnancy and weak health. Thus, at this moment, she was greatly distressed by this.

Mango sighed as she felt a little sorry for Lilian.

After Nathaniel finished collecting the blood sample and kept the bottle, he took Mango by her shoulder and whispered, "Don't worry. With Maverick around, Lilian will be fine."

"Where would Atlas run away to then?"

Mango frowned in frustration as she asked.

Previously, they had only managed to capture Atlas because they had caught him by surprise. Now that he had escaped, it would be much more difficult to catch him again as he knew about their plans. Moreover, Maverick had not fully taken control of Atlas' forces yet. Thus, Maverick's life would be in danger now that Atlas had escaped!

Obviously, Nathaniel had also thought of this.

"I think Maverick has a backup plan. Anyway, it's fine even if he doesn't have one. I'll send someone to protect them."

"Alright."

While they were talking, Maverick had caught up with Lilian.

Lilian was on the brink of a breakdown right now.

"How did this happen?! Urgh! How did he escape my spell formation? It's impossible! This shouldn't have happened!"

"Lilian, look, calm down and listen to me."

Maverick grasped her by the shoulder and shook her, and his expression was full of pity.

"It's not your fault. At that time, your health may have affected your formation."

Of course, Maverick had the same thoughts as Nathaniel.

Then, Lilian was slightly stunned as she cried, "No! It's my fault! I was too arrogant to think that I could kill him slowly! I was the one who had allowed Atlas to escape!"

"No, it's not your fault! Even without you, someone else will come to save him. He has so many capable men, and you can't fight against him alone. Lilian, don't blame yourself, alright? No one is blaming you here!"

"But I hate myself! I was too arrogant. I knew that I was weak because of my health, but I thought he was an ordinary person. Thus, I thought that the spell formation of Donald family would be able to keep him captive since I didn't want him to die a quick death. However, I overestimated myself and underestimated him at the same time. Thus, I was the one who gave him the chance to escape! It was me!" Lilian blamed herself tremendously.

However, Maverick hugged her and whispered, "So what if it's your fault? I'll take responsibility for this. Don't worry. I will capture him again with my own hands for you to pass judgment. Trust me on this." Lilian started to quieten down after hearing how determined Maverick was.

She knew that Maverick could achieve whatever he said. At the same time, she also thought of a problem.

Since Atlas had escaped, Maverick would be in danger.

Maverick took advantage of Atlas's absence to take away so many of his forces. Once Atlas found out about this, based on the extent of his cruelty, he would kill Maverick for sure.

"The blood! Collect a blood sample and do the paternity test."

Lilian still remembered this matter.

Thus, Maverick whispered, "Nathaniel had already collected it. Listen to me. Let's go back first."

"We can't go back."

Then, Lilian immediately shook her head and said, "The black figure that they saw by the reservoir was most probably sent by Atlas to kill us. Although we have taken some of his forces, he still has control of most of his men. Those men only submitted to you because he was absent.

Who knows if they would rebel against you if Atlas returns? It's too dangerous for you to go back. Maverick, let's go to Nathaniel's place, alright? If not, we could go to Morgan. I know his whereabouts. Let's goto him, please?"

Maverick was a little hesitant.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel and Mango walked over at some point. Thus, Nathaniel patted Maverick on his shoulder and said in a low voice, "Lilian is right about this. Even if you wanted to go back, I would not agree to it. I wouldn't interfere with you if Atlas was still trapped in the formation. However, he escaped, and no one knows what he's going to do next. Besides, Lilian is not in good health now. So, I don't think that we should go back right now."

Maverick was still lost in thought right now.

He had put in so much effort to achieve what he had now! Was he going to give up halfway?

On the other hand, Nathaniel knew what Maverick was thinking and said in a low voice, "Well, you can't get in touch with his core team. Hence, even though you've taken over the men that work as frontlines, you still can't make use of his connections and contacts in Angolla. Also, now that Atlas has escaped, he might have contacted his people immediately. If you are determined to continue, you might fall into the trap that's waiting for you. Maverick, we've finally reunited after going through so much, and I don't have any other family left. Please think this through. Even if you can't contact anyone in Angolla, we can still take down Atlas and discover the secrets hidden in Angolla all these years."

Maverick looked at Nathaniel and gritted his teeth after hearing this.

If Atlas' identity and his relationship with Bernard had not been exposed, Maverick would have risked his life and continued. But now, he hesitated because he learnt that he was probably not Altas' son by birth. If he was a loner, it wouldn't be a big deal for him to trade his life for Atlas'!

However, when he looked at Lilian's expectant eyes and worried expression, Maverick knew that his heart had softened.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Where do you think we should go next?"

"Let's go back to Longford County first. I'll get someone to examine the blood sample. Then you and Lilian can rest for a day. Tomorrow, we'll go and see Morgan."

When Morgan received the news that there was a mole in Longford County, he had gotten Angela to bring Rita and the others into the mountains. Furthermore, they had spread some fake rumours saying that they had gone missing after trying to catch the mole in Longford Country.

Now that Bettany, the traitor had been found out, Nathaniel felt that there was no longer a need to keep it a secret from others.

Hence, Nathaniel told them everything, so Mango heaved a sigh of relief. On the other hand, Maverick and Lilian didn't say anything, but it was obvious that they were also frightened.

The group then quickly returned to Longford County.

Nathaniel immediately sent Maverick's and Atlas' blood samples to Noah in Ocean City for an examination.

After that, nothing else pretty much happened during that day.

The next day, Nathaniel and Mango got everything ready. Then they set out with Wisdom, Maverick, and Lilian.

They didn't bring anyone else, and the men were all stationed to await their orders at Longford County.

Nathaniel brought Mango and the others to the deep mountains of Zelle Village. Before he pointed out the way, Lilian immediately pointed in one direction and said, "He's over there." "How did you know?"

Mango was a little surprised when she heard this.

Lilian whispered in reply, "I can see the centre of the array formation over there."

"You're indeed someone who is part of the Donald family! Wow! Your eyes are indeed sharp."

Nathaniel praised Lilian and then brought them over.

Lilian unlocked the array formation, and the scenery in front of them changed abruptly. Suddenly, a dozen or so tents and heavily guarded troops then appeared before their eyes. Mango thought that this was remarkable when she saw this!

Initially, this land looked like a piece of land that was covered with shrubs and trees. But there was an entire fort here hidden from view! Wasn't this astonishing?

On the other hand, Lilian didn't feel anything about it. She just leaned on Maverick weakly.

Nathaniel then held Mango's hand and walked in while carrying Wisdom. Meanwhile, Maverick and the others followed behind them.

"Daddy!"

When Rita came out of the tent, she immediately saw Nathaniel, Mango, and the others. She then called out to Nathaniel and ran towards them.

Furthermore, Morgan also realized that they had arrived and came to meet them quickly.

"You're back!"

"Yeah, we're back."

When Maverick saw how Nathaniel and Morgan exchanged gazed, he was envious. After all, Maverick was the one who was Nathaniel's biological brother, yet the bond between Nathaniel and Morgan was irreplaceable.

"Maverick, this is Morgan. Morgan, meet my brother, Maverick."

Nathaniel introduced them while Mango picked up Rita and carefully examined her. She only let out a sigh of relief when she found that Rita was indeed unscathed.

"You brat! You even learnt how to deceive me! Hmm?"

Mango poked Rita's forehead with her finger as she felt a little angry and sad.

"Ouch! It hurts!"

Rita then wrapped herself around Mango like a spoiled child. When Mango saw Rita's smiling face, her anger immediately dissipated.