Chapter 181 - 180: Seizing the Throne_l

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The patriarch made his intentions clear, driving those with restless hearts completely insane.

This was a royal decree; it was an unchallengeable order!

Now that the patriarch had given his permission for everyone to vie for the position of the successor, there was no need for anyone to hide their ambitions any longer.

Let the capable ones take the lead!

“Report! ”

Just then, a Leopold family servant hurried to the doorway, his expression one of panic.

“Speak!”

At such a time, Whitley Leopold didn’t bother to reprimand the servant for his disrespectful manner.

He knew all too well that something serious must have occurred to cause his family’s servant to act so recklessly.

“Everyone we sent out is dead!”

The servant’s face was flushed with panic, his tone shaking.

He had just received news that the Shadow Warriors ambushed near the hospital had all been killed.

Other servants of the Leopold family had already rushed to take care of the aftermath.

This kind of incident, if it escalated, would surely bring trouble upon the Leopold family.

In the city, deaths couldn’t be easily smoothed over without raising issues.

“What!”

Brayden Leopold stepped forward to the servant and roared, “Say that again!”

He couldn’t believe that his personal bodyguards, along with several skilled martial artists, so adept at their craft, had been entirely wiped out?

“It’s true!”

The servant swallowed and took out his cell phone, showing the photos sent from the scene.

“They’re all gone!”

His hand was still trembling.

The state of the dead was so gruesome it even frightened him.

“This… this can’t be possible!”

Upon seeing the photos, Brayden Leopold staggered backwards, shaking his head and saying, “How could this happen! My people were supposed to succeed, could there be some mistake!”

“Get it on the screen for everyone to see!”

The patriarch’s voice came from inside.

‘Yes!”

The servant glanced at Brayden Leopold, then quickly walked to the corner and plugged the data cable into his phone.

“This…”

The next moment, picture after picture appeared on the large screen in the conference room.

Hisss!

The members of the Leopold family sucked in a cold breath; what kind of opponent were they facing!

Although Brayden Leopold’s staff were not as shrewd and capable as Atlas Leopold, and they were only targeting an assistant this time.

They were lying in wait for a catch, but had the rabbit turned around and bitten them?

Brayden Leopold collapsed on the floor in an instant, his eyes full of fear.

Others might not understand the capabilities of these men, but he had seen them with his own eyes!

Even though the family members had overestimated the combat ability of those mercenaries, the mercenaries turned out to be stronger than they had imagined!

“How could this be!”

He took a deep breath, struggling to keep calm.

“Brayden Leopold, you have botched a crucial task for our Leopold family. Such an important matter, and yet you failed miserably!”

Soon, someone stood up to kick a man when he was down.

Now that the patriarch had allowed everyone to fight for Atlas Leopold’s position, these people could no longer conceal their inner greed.

Since Brayden Leopold was the first to stand up, he should have been prepared to take the brunt of the criticism!

If you wanted to take the credit, you had to be prepared for failure!

“At this crucial moment, we can’t afford any mistakes! Having received advance intelligence, Brayden Leopold became complacent, missing a golden opportunity! Had someone else been in his place, they would have surely eliminated that assistant, instead of giving our enemy more power!”

“Brayden Leopold is stubborn and self-willed, by no means as steady as Atlas Leopold. Now, in his eagerness to claim credit, he has committed such a basic blunder! If we let him control the Leopold family, our legacy of a hundred years would be doomed!”

I propose that Brayden Leopold be barred from any involvement in this matter until our Leopold family has resolved this issue!”

Everyone spoke at once, all of them turning their contradictions toward Brayden Leopold.

Now Brayden Leopold was their common enemy; to overthrow one was to eliminate a competitor.

“You… you are all kicking a man when he is down!”

Brayden Leopold’s father trembled with anger.

Prohibiting Brayden Leopold from participating in current affairs was tantamount to sentencing him to death!

Now everyone understood that the Leopold Family was facing a critical moment.

Whoever could turn the tide and eliminate Julius Reed at this time would have the hope of becoming the future heir of the Leopold Family!

Miss this opportunity, and there would be no chance of recovery!

These people were so ruthless that they directly obliterated Brayden Leopold’s hopes!

“Silence!”

Whitley Leopold looked at the sequences of photographs on the wall, his face showing no fluctuation, as though he were witnessing something entirely normal.

How could one hold the position of Family Head of the Leopold Family without experiencing great trials and tribulations? Such a matter was truly nothing to him!

“Earlier, didn’t you all say that this matter was easy and anyone could handle it? Now, why have you changed your tune?”

The elder looked at the Leopold Family members who had just turned against each other and questioned them sharply!

“This…’

Everyone looked at one another and then bowed their heads in embarrassment.

The earlier discussion revealed that many believed the task held no difficulty.

Some even thought it was letting Brayden Leopold off too easily.

But upon closer consideration, were the people sent by Brayden Leopold really that incompetent?

If the task were allocated to them, perhaps the fighters they would send out wouldn’t even match up to Brayden Leopold’s.

After all, it was about ambushing a foreigner at the door, striking from the

shadows!

Moreover, the adversary was unarmed, while they wielded firearms!

But the reality was as it stood.

Brayden Leopold had suffered a crushing defeat, with all his dispatched men meeting their demise in the alleyways, not one surviving. As for the assistant of Julius Reed, he left no trace to be found.

“When there’s a problem, you should think of a solution, not shirk responsibility! The Leopold Family is in crisis, and yet you’re not uniting?”

The elder shook his head, unable to hide the disappointment on his face: “The people of the Leopold Family, being secure for too long, may have forgotten what they once were.”

After his words, everyone fell silent.

The Leopold Family’s legacy of hundreds of years had mostly progressed smoothly.

No one dared to provoke the Leopold Family, and they merely had to guard their enterprises to sit on mountains of gold and silver.

Over the years, aside from Atlas Leopold, there had been few who took proactive measures.

After all, the Leopold Family had plenty of money, and their industries were the pillars of Five-river Province. Outsiders would surely show them respect.

If that was the case, why make an effort?

Wasn’t that something the Family Head should be concerned with? Even better, they felt that everything Atlas Leopold did was nothing but right and expected.

Only now did everyone realize how difficult Atlas Leopold’s journey had been.

“However, Brayden, you are indeed not suitable for handling this matter anymore!”

With that sentence from the elder, Brayden Leopold’s hopes plummeted to rock bottom.

He knew that the position of Family Head was no longer within his reach.

Others, though secretly feeling fortunate, dared not show it.

No one knew who would become the next Brayden Leopold.

The enemy was even more cunning than they seemed!

“Now, think of a way to rescue Fernando, and as for the rest, there’s no rush.”

Whitley Leopold once again closed his eyes, waiting for everyone to voice their opinions.

Fernando Leopold was the elder who convened the Five-river assembly and held a certain prestige within the Leopold Family.

It was supposed to be a favorable situation, but the outcome was something nobody anticipated.

“Whoever can rescue Fernando will become the foremost candidate for the heir!”

Upon the elder’s declaration, a glimmer of ambition shone in everyone’s eyes..