Meanwhile, Bonnie stared at the ravine from the cliff, her brows furrowed. She said, "No wonder Shane and his men didn't chase us. It turns out this path leads to a cliff." Ivor said solemnly, "Let's calm down and search for another way out. We'll be fine."

Jim added, "Stay hopeful. If we can't find another way out, we'll deal with them first and escape later. Your itchy powder dealt with at least half of their men. If we push back hard, we might create an opening to escape."

He knew Shane came prepared this time as the men the latter hired were highly formidable. Even Jim had trouble fending them off. However, half had fallen to the itchy powder, so Jim's plan was viable.

Ivor agreed with Jim. The former looked sideways at Bonnie and asked, "What do you think? Should we turn back now? Fighting them on this cliff isn't ideal if they find us."

Bonnie was about to respond when she heard Shane's triumphant voice, "Don't worry about that. We're here."

She looked toward the voice, only to see Shane and Tom bringing over twenty men to form a perimeter around the cliff. Soon after, they closed in on the trio.

'These guys must've stood in the back earlier. That's why the itchy powder didn't reach them.'

calmly stood before Bonnie. Then, he glanced at Shane and tried to negotiate, "You're only going against me because you want to be the wealthiest person in Pyratis. I'll willingly give you that title and even throw in half

company's collaborations.

too many times. There was no way he would believe Ivor again. "Ivor, do you think I'm an idiot? What makes you

indifferently,

my word. I've never broken my promises. I can't help it if you don't believe me, but you only get

regret it."

You three are at my mercy now because we outnumber

so sure I can't?" Ivor

because he felt intimidated. He could only stare

and aggressively approached Shane. Jim was about to follow, but Bonnie stopped him and whispered,

was stunned, wondering

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