The Author's POV

Staring at his phone, Gerrard's brows knit tightly. A minute after, he clenched his phone tightly and swore out loud.

"Damn it..."

Ever since a couple of days ago, a rift had started appearing amongst the five tyrants. Apparently, the timestamps that the other tyrants had gone missing.

Oddly enough his timestamps remained untouched.

'Can't these retards understand that the reason why my stuff is untouched is because whoever the thieves are, they fear me?'

Although the other tyrants had respectable backings, if they were to be compared to the likes of W.V. Pharmaceuticals, they were still a level below.

To Gerrard, it was clear as day that the thieves had specifically skipped him because they feared him. Unfortunately, the others didn't seem to understand this as they kept looking at him suspiciously.

After a day and no news about the stolen timestamps, everyone forcefully convinced themselves that Gerrard had played a part in the disappearance of the timestamps. Hence the current predicament.

Without a doubt, they were going to target the people under his jurisdiction. They wanted to cut his timestamps supply.

"Damn greedy bastard..."

'”Clank!

"Gerrard, everyone has gathered"

Suddenly the door of Gerrard's room opened, and Noah, one of his lackeys called him. Fixing his collar, Gerrard nodded his head.

"Everyone is already here? Okay, I'm coming"

Walking out of his room, Gerrard closed the door behind him. Entering the living room of his apartment Gerrard saw a crowd of students looking at him. Walking around the room, he was instantly able to pick up the awe and fear coming from some of the student's eyes.

The corner of his lips tugged upwards as a result.

"Thank you for coming all the way here today"

Stopping before the crowd, Gerrard gave a brief round down of the situations to the students. In short, he told them about how they might get targeted by the other factions and that they needed to be extra careful.

'Hm? Where have I seen that guy?'

As he was talking, Gerrard's eyes suddenly paused on a certain individual. Pale white skin and deep blue eyes. He seemed to have a faint recollection of such a student. Suddenly he remembered.

'Ren Dover'

The talented youth who appeared all over the news.

'Right, he might be able to help me...'

An idea suddenly struck him.

If he could get Ren on his side he could quickly use him as a deterrent against the other tyrants.

With him being one of the strongest people in the dorm, he could quickly crush all of his opposition. Without a second thought, Gerrard pointed at Ren.

"You come with me"

"Me?"

Baffled, the youth named Ren pointed at himself. Raising his brow, Gerrard nodded his head.

"Yes, who else am I pointing at? Follow me quickly, I don't have much time to waste"

"O-okay"

Flustered, Ren hurriedly followed him. Staring at Ren's flustered figure, Gerrard secretly smirked.

'I guess it's true. He really has no backing'

This was going to be easier than he thought.

"You take care of the situation while I take care of this one"

Staring at Noah, Gerrard quickly ordered. In response, Noah nodded his head.

"As you wish"

"Good"

'”Clank!

Closing the doors to his room, Gerrard carefully scrutinized Ren before him. After seizing him up, with a satisfied nod, he got straight to the point.

"How about you work for me?"

"Work for you?"

"Yes, I've investigated you a little bit. This is only natural. After receiving news about your talent I started getting interested in you. I know that your parents work for a third-rate guild and you have no backing. How about it, work for me. I can provide you with all the necessary reso-why are you smiling?"

the student before him was smiling widely. Almost as if he was watching the

"Oh? I'm smiling?"

Gerrard became enraged as his

you think I said

and my shitty

Gerrard who suddenly had an ominous premonition. Staring at Gerrard,

to work with the son of the guy who murdered Thobias

How do you

Gerrard froze

information? Apart from me and my dad, no one should know about this! He must be bluffing, yes. If not bluffing how else would he

he was bluffing, things wouldn't

"How did I know?"

Gerrard. Pinpointed on it was

here after the meeting is over, I'll let you know then. Oh. If you ever tell anyone about what I said to you, not only you will die but

pointing at Ren, Gerrard shouted, "Y-you're just

I look like

incomprehensible pressure bore down on Gerrard as Ren's eyes slowly turned dull grey. Instantly the world around Gerrard froze

Ren's hoarse and cold voice

"Kneel!"

Thud!

a large thud, Gerrard kneeled on the floor. Without even questioning the decision, Gerrard kneeled on the ground. An inexplicable

Isn't this like back in the

scenario that happened during Ren's fight against Haris. At first, he thought it was some phony skill that Ren had used

was like he was standing before a humongous black mass that looked down on him as if

needed to know his place! Thus, Gerrard gave up any thoughts

good that you

give up.

a couple of seconds, Ren smiled. Slowly his eyes returned

don't want such information to spread, I'll

you are to quickly

Ren showed him the image of the location. After

"Do you understand?"

"Y-yes"

"Good"

shoulder a couple of more times before leaving towards the exit of the

front of the door. Turning around, with a calm smile on

a message, I'll quickly spread everything that I know to the world. Whatever your father worked hard to accomplish will be quickly ruined overnight,

slightly, Ren nodded his head in satisfaction. At the moment, Gerrard was sweating profusely as he

it seems like you know what's

it as his expression changed to that

you

'”Clank!

before the door closed, and silence descended upon the

*

and on the outskirts of the central district resided an old

factory used to be an old toy factory that was quite well known within Ashton city. Unfortunately, after a few board disputes and corruption cases, the company was forced to shut down. Ever since then, the company has been left abandoned with no one wanting to buy the land due to its fairly remote location and expensive

that I chose this place as the location for today's operation. It was perfect since there were no cameras around and there were not a lot of people

of how much sound 'they' made nobody would notice

'”Grrrrrr!

the doors of the factory opened and a shuddering Gerrard walked

'”Thud!

"You're finally here"

open arms. In response, Gerrard shuddered even more as looked at me and took a

information!

hesitation, he got straight to the

"How did I know?"

Smirk

flustered expression, the edges

"How did I know?"

I am the author

being the truth, there was

"Answer me!"

down on him, Gerrard

quickly send an emergency message to my

"Oh?"

text message that was already written.

as single move and don't tell me about how you

'”Click!

clicking sound resounded across

"Khh...W-what?!"

onto his chest, Gerrard's eyes opened wide. Looking down on his

just happened? I didn't see

move or do anything, his body completely froze

'”Thud!

the ground. Tapping on the grip of my sword, I shook my

it to you, but I really have no use for you

main target to begin with. He was merely

well, let's get this over