Lord Protector Novel

Nina was dumbfounded. She never expected the father of her children to say such horrible things.

Brute! Scoundrel!

Rick could not stand it anymore. He made to slap Cesar across the face but was stopped by Lone Wolf.

Not daring to defy a direct order, Rick swallowed his anger.

Lone Wolf did not stop Rick out of altruism. In fact, he wanted nothing more than to kill Cesar for the way he spoke to his wife and children alone.

However, Cesar and Dawn‘s inextricably linked fates stayed his hand. If I kill Cesar, Dawn will also die.

Nina pulled her children up. “Listen carefully to me, Cesar. We three formally disown you. As you've made abundantly clear, our survival will have nothing to do with you. I don't ever want to see you again. Come, boys!”

The children did not understand what was going on. They sobbed, unwilling to desert their father.

Nina gritted her teeth and tried her best to drag the two boys forward.

Zeke looked at Cesar. “What a cruel way to spare them a painful death. Do you think this little charade will stop me?”

Cesar shrugged. “You overthink, Great Marshal. It's not a trick. I've had enough of them. You can kill them right now, and I won't feel an ounce of guilt. We men should stand tall and aim high, shouldn't we? Why should women and children weigh us down? Having a family is the surest sign of cowardice! Over the years, they've been doing nothing but dragging me down with them. You're doing me a favor by killing them, you know. I'll have nothing holding me back anymore.”

Judging from his expression, it did not look like he was lying.

Zeke never imagined that there existed such ruthless people in the world.

He's not even fit to be human.

Zeke gazed at the departing silhouettes of the woman and children and felt the soft spot in his heart twinge.

He sought Lone Wolf's opinion wordlessly with a glance at the latter.

Sole Wolf sighed and shook his head lightly.

Zeke had no choice but to abolish his original plan.

He took a deep breath. “Well done for managing to stay my hand, Cesar. Nobody has ever done that before.”

Cesar smiled proudly. “Only through your grace, Great Marshal.”

“Leave now and never let me see you again.”

Cesar smiled. “I appreciate your mercy, Great Marshal.”

Without another word, he turned and ran away for fear of Zeke changing his mind.

Though Rick and the others were not clear about the situation, they grew anxious upon seeing Cesar being released that easily.

“Great Marshal, he is a rebel and a sinner. How could you just let him go? In my opinion, even imprisonment of his descendants isn't enough to-”

“Hold your tongue!” Killer Wolf scolded. “How dare you question the depth of the Great Marshal's wisdom? You're endowed with his experience now, do you?”