Kevin, Jeffrey, and a few others in the group who had also been selected to enter the secret plane, were now obstructing Adam's way.
Adam, Edward, and Lisa were taken aback, especially the latter. When she looked at Kevin, her heart tightened and she involuntarily clenched her fists. But Kevin didn't even glance at her.
He looked at Adam and smiled in contempt. "Junior Adam, it's quite a surprise that you were chosen to enter the secret plane." His next words were laced with disdain. "Considering you're a peasant and whatnot."
"Hahaha!" Jeffrey and the rest of the people behind Kevin began to laugh loudly, pointing at Adam. Their voices were so loud that the students passing by stopped and looked at the drama unfolding.
Although Adam was feeling embarrassed being made fun of by Kevin and having so many people witness it, he tried his best to not show it on his face. He simply looked at Kevin with cold eyes.
Seeing no response from Adam, Kevin proposed with a smirk, "I heard you've got some decent attainments in herbalism. Why don't you join my Gracie Family? We treat our Herbalists quite nicely."
Adam was livid. This guy first sent assassins after him to kill him, and now he was inviting him to become a Herbalist of his family. He had never seen someone so shameless and despicable.
Seeing Adam tremble in fury, Kevin was very very satisfied. Now that he had decided to kill Adam inside the secret plane, he decided to shed all pretenses.
All this while, both of them had been acting civilized as they couldn't harm one another inside the city. But now Kevin didn't care anymore, because as soon as he entered the secret plane, he would gather his people and hunt down Adam. He had already planned everything.
"Say, Adam." Kevin smiled cruelly. "Join my family. Rest assured I'll treat you better than a peasant."
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})Adam, having had enough, came forth and looked Kevin in the eye. "Seems like you've grown a pair of balls after hiding like a rat for more than a year, huh?"
Kevin and his group were taken aback. They didn't expect Adam to snap back at Kevin.
"Good, very good!" Kevin gnashed his teeth as the veins in his temples started to throb. He had lived a life where others would always fawn over him. But today was the first time, he'd been humiliated in front of so many people.
He looked around and saw the students covering their mouths and laughing while pointing at him now. Seeing this, he was even more enraged. He looked at Adam and spat through gritted teeth. "I'll see you inside the secret plane. You better watch your back."
Adam raised his hands and exaggeratedly said, "Ooh, I'm so scared~"
Kevin decided to no longer speak to the youth. At this point, words were useless. Moreover, he realized that the more he spoke to Adam, the more angered he became. Thus, he ignored him and turned to look at Edward who was looking at him with hostility.
He only momentarily glanced at Edward, not bothering to talk to him, and then turned his attention on Lisa who had her head lowered all this while. Seeing her, Kevin's anger tore through the roof.
"And you filthy whore! Did you forget the agreement between our families? You continue to hang out with these bastards despite me telling you not to! Do you really think I'll overlook it? Huh?"
Kevin's eyes spewed venom as he continued. He needed an outlet to vent his anger. "Hehe, you slut, what must I do to bring you in line—keukk!"
The words got stuck in Kevin's mouth when all of a sudden Adam viciously grabbed his throat.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})Seeing this bastard insult Lisa, Edward and Adam were furious. However, before the former could even react, Adam had already moved his hand at lightning speed and gripped Kevin's neck.
He coldly gazed at Kevin, his eyes flashing with killing intent. "Oi."
Adam's hand around Kevin's neck tightened and the latter struggled to breathe. Adam muttered coldly, "Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?"
Kevin's eyes reddened as he tried to free himself from Adam's grasp. But every attempt turned futile. Even Jeffrey and others behind Kevin were afraid to come close because of the menacing aura that Adam was emanating.
"Huh? I can't hear you." Adam's hand tightened a little more. "Why don't you speak—"
Suddenly!
CRACK!
"Adam!" Edward and Lisa called out in panic.
Kevin fell to the ground clasping at his neck while taking large mouthfuls of air.
Meanwhile, Adam stood there in a daze, looking at his right wrist that had completely been dislocated. Seeing his wrist dangling at a strange angle, it took a moment for the youth to understand what had just transpired.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})And finally, the sense of pain came flooding in.
"Ugghh!" Adam grimaced in pain. He then raised his head and looked at the man who had appeared out of nowhere and broken his wrist.
He was wearing dark blue robes and looking at him with sheer indifference. The man had black hair that was greying at the temples, a thin mustache, and a goatee that made him appear very suave.
"Professor Hemmingway!" Adam muttered through gritted teeth, a hint of anger laced in his voice.
"Student Adam, fighting is prohibited on campus," Hemmingway muttered flatly.
Bastard! So is inflicting injuries upon students! Adam thought to himself in rage. However, he didn't dare to voice out his opinions.
It was clear to anyone present that Hemingway would always side with Kevin. After all, Kevin was his personal apprentice.
And so, Adam calmed the anger in his heart and lowered his head in submission. He clenched his fists tightly as he stated, "I apologize, Professor. I overstepped. I deserve this punishment."
Hemingway deeply looked at Adam. He was ready to make things difficult for the youth had he protested. But surprisingly, Adam had chosen to submit instead.
He could get away with breaking Adam's wrist because he had a borderline valid reason that the latter had harmed his personal apprentice.
Hemmingway could still get away with this, albeit barely, however, if he acted further without any reason, things would get troublesome for him.
In the end, he simply nodded. "Let this be a lesson for you. Now, leave."
"Yes, professor." Adam bowed, hiding his face that had contorted from anger. Then, he turned around and left. Edward and Lisa hatefully looked at Kevin who was still sprawled on the ground and then followed after Adam.
