The Protector Novel

This meant that in order to avoid being held in contempt, Malcolm would have to adopt an alias and would not be able to continue appearing in public as “Malcolm Langston”.

As much as his entire family despised Levi, Thierry and the others had not commented, and like The Calamity, they were all awaiting instructions from Levi.

At the Dragonites in Oakland City.

“Where’s Levi? With the defeat of the Northern Demon, the Avengers would surely flee from Erudia.”

“We’ve been unable to establish contact with him! Does anyone know where he is or what he’s doing? It’s as though he had vanished into thin air!”

“How could Levi pull such a stunt at such a critical juncture? It’s unacceptable!”

“We are far from securing total victory even with that major win we scored against the Northern Demon! Allowing the Avengers to retreat would be tantamount to letting a tiger return to its lair!”

“Huh. The thing is, Levi is holding on to all the information we have on the Avengers. His disappearance has left us without options!”

“Forget it. We should look forward to welcoming back our heroes first, and deal with Levi later!”

up either side of a car-less thoroughfare

various flags and banners emblazoned with words like “The

full force for this most historic ceremony of the highest order to usher in the return of the Four Basilisks and the Suicide

rolled in

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

in tandem in a hundred gun salute to the accompaniment of the roars of tens of thousands of

“Heroes!”

“Heroes!”

chanted in unison, moved to tears as Erudia

disciples have not let us down!” cried

nurturing these great defenders of Erudia!” said the grateful Dragonites, a sentiment echoed also by

onto the boulevard to receive the

with faces brimming with pride for having reached the pinnacle of Erudia like they aspired to, while the Western Monk