An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Grimshade was strong, but compared to Jordan, he fell short.”

“Jordan? I’ve heard of him, but I doubt he can help you now,” Gage said calmly.

“Jordan! Please come out!” Caden shouted in the direction of the mountain. After a long silence and no response, he raised his voice again.

“Caden, there’s no need to shout. Jordan is already here,” Gage said. He took out a cardboard box and casually tossed it on the ground. The box burst open, and a severed head rolled out. It was a bloody head with white hair, expression frozen in shock and terror.

“Is that… Jordan?!” Caden gasped. He backed away several steps, and his face contorted in horror. The others reacted similarly, fear and shock written all over their faces. Horror paralyzed their bodies.

“No, it can’t be! Jordan is dead?”

“Jordan was a grandmaster. How could he end up like this? What happened?”

If Jordan is dead, the Murray

the Murray family trembled with fear. It

their most powerful asset would meet such a

Jordan was strong. If we hadn’t ambushed him, it would have been challenging to overpower him,” Gage

onlookers. It made them realize the true horror of Gage’s plot against the Murray

be!” Caden shook his head in disbelief. “Jordan was strong. How could Grimshade manage

Grimshade and Duskfang have always been inseparable? If Grimshade

here as well?” Duskfang, a grandmaster

Gage snapped

robe revealed a foreign face- Duskfang, a grandmaster martial artist from Eskus. “If Grimshade couldn’t defeat Jordan, how about him and Duskfang

felt a sense of despair wash over him. His legs buckled, and he slumped to the floor with a hopeless look on his

had no more cards to play. With Gage backed by two grandmasters, the Murrays had no chance