An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Chapter 353

The old lady stood frozen in place as she watched the Eight Giants crash to the ground with dull thuds, one after another. All the calmness and confidence she had earlier on had completely vanished into thin air and were instead replaced by downright fear. Those were the Eight Giants! They were renowned bounty hunters who had yet to fail before this!

Ever since they set foot in the field, they had been revered by all and had never missed a single target. No matter how great their opponents were, they had been able to wipe them out without breaking a sweat. She had thought that with the Eight Giants working alongside her, everything would have gone smoothly without any hiccups. Who would have guessed that they’d be defeated in a matter of seconds? They did not even have time to react! What freak of nature was this man standing before her?

“Those are the Eight Giants that you’ve been harping on about? Pretty weak, aren’t they?” Dustin shook his head. How dare mere mortals who had yet to achieve divinity dream about assassinating him?

“Y–y–you… What tactics did you use?” The old lady was so flustered that she stumbled several steps backward. Panic was evident on her face.

“I have only one question for you. How many more of you Bounty Killers are after me?”

“I–I don’t know. We Bounty Killers work independently. I—”

complete her sentence, Dustin sent another silver needle flying with a flick of his wrist. She, too, dropped dead on

organization was an expert at what they did, and each one was more powerful than the one before. He had to call off

find that it was from

Boulderthorns?” Dustin frowned. “Were they

right! Royal Valor sent all their elites along too! Even their best warriors are here. They’re here to kill you! Go hide

Maximus warned him.

Dustin was, he could not hold up against all of Royal

to do. Take Caitlyn and bring her out of

asked worriedly from beside

head back to Park Place first. I’ll make it up for dinner tomorrow.” Dustin smiled at her

Natasha nodded at him and drove off

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Royal Valor would join in on the fun.” Dustin scoffed. He

of the Balerno martial arts discipline. Dustin had intended to keep things peaceful between them, but since they refused to back off, he would gladly face them

1. on.

the place tightly. All surveillance cameras in the vicinity were destroyed, and every alley in the area

stood at the

annihilate whoever and whatever that stood between them and

you this for the last time, where is Dustin?” A young man in a white shirt stood at the forefront of the crowd with the tip of his sword pointing squarely at Maximus. The person was none other than Keane Tovello, the second–most senior guild member of Royal Valor. After the death of Tatum Thunders, he became the ace of Royal Valor. In order to win the guild members over and for them to accept him, he had to avenge the previous ace of