Chapter 2628


During the entire exchange, Jackie never lost his composure as he merely stood behind them quietly. Even if he heard some of the things they have said, he barely reacted to them. It was as if they were not talking about him at all.

Claude and Benedict, on the other hand, could not contain how pleased they felt. After being pulled over, they managed to hear some of the conversations despite Elder Maurice trying his best to lower his volume. Of course, they knew why Elder Maurice was so visibly irked.

Claude smirked as he looked at Jackie, the nuisance he was. If it was anyone else, Elder Maurice would not have been so angry, and the matter would not be in such a mess.

The moment he thought back to how arrogant Jackie was in the vessel, Claude felt a build-up of fury within him. Jackie ought to know to choose his battles; whom he could offend and could not.

He raised an eyebrow as he deliberately leaned toward Jackie, whispering so none could hear him, “Do you hear that? Elder Maurice is furious thanks to you. Someone like you will only drag us down in this tournament.”

exasperation. Normally, he would ignore whatever people were saying, but Claude was like an annoying fly in his ears that would buzz to his

and lowly retorted, “Have you conveniently forgotten everything I have said before? You’ve never seen me in action before, so why are you setting that judgment on me already? You think I’ll drag you down? I think you’re

lowered his voice when he said that, but he was not as afraid of others hearing him as Claude was. Both Elder Maurice and Mr. Zayne had

two of them turned to look at Jackie at the same time, but Jackie’s expression did not change at all when he felt their eyes on him-still calm as usual. Meanwhile, Claude’s face had turned purple from

man did not seem to care what he was saying at all. Jackie seemed

blood in anger. If Benedict had not pulled him back, Claude would

he appraised Jackie. Mr. Zayne frowned, obviously having something to say. However,

quiet. Elder Maurice let out a small laugh as he walked toward Jackie.

Even though he could not really hear

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