When the young man saw that Cain and Fenix didn't go out of the way and even stood there as if to challenge him, he immediately became irritated and ordered the middle-aged man behind him.
"Just step on them." The young man smiled viciously, looking at Cain and Fenix before continuing. "We need to make an example once in a while so that people will know their place in the future."
"But Young Master, I couldn't even detect that big guy's rank. What if he's stronger than me?" The middle-aged man responded after he looked at Fenix and tried to measure his rank.
The young man's eyes narrowed, but his expression shifted to mild amusement. "Oh, so that's why they're so confident."
He then waved his hand and ordered. "Call the head butler in case something unexpected happens."
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"Captain, should we intervene?" One of the guards asked the captain, who sat and leaned on the walls while petting his wolf.
"There's no need to interfere, that young man said he knew what he was doing. Besides, the big guy with them seems strong, either stronger than me or using some kind of treasure to conceal his rank"
The captain replied with a smile as he thought that he would see an interesting scene since being the captain guard, who always guards the city gates and welcomes important guests, was boring.
"But…"
Before the guard could finish his sentence, he was cut off by the captain, "Relax. Either way, we benefit. If we don't interfere, one of two things will happen: either the Flarehart Family will be humiliated today or the worst scenario for them is their death."
The reason the captain didn't want to meddle in this was basically because he would only lose something since interfering with the Flarehart Family would only bring trouble for him.
The Flarehart Family was one of the five first-rate families in the Velmara Kingdom and could be considered the strongest family in the Velmara Kingdom after the Royal Family.
That's why they had always been arrogant, and the royal family also let them do so because it wasn't worth going against them for something like this.
Naturally, the Royal Family had warned them to not go overboard and always to know their boundaries.
Otherwise, once the Royal Family made a move, the consequence wouldn't be so simple as they would bear the wrath of the true ruler of this kingdom.
Because even though the Flarehart Family was a really strong first-rate family, their strength was still pale in comparison with the Royal Family, let alone the entire Velmara Kingdom.
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A few seconds later, the big lion, who was as big as 6 meters, had arrived in front of Fenix and stepped its paw on him as it was ordered to step on them.
Fenix, who saw a big paw intending to crush him, calmly raised his right hand in response as he immediately caught one of the lion's claws mid-swipe.
Without hesitation, Fenix swung his arm to the side as he intended to throw the lion since Cain ordered him to do so.
The lion flew hundreds of meters away before it stabilized itself by scratching the ground with its claws.
"Young master, this is bad… That man is really strong, he might have awakened a strength related talent, and his rank is likely higher than mine."
The middle-aged man frowned when he realized that his guess was true.
However, since the young man was consumed by his ego, he ignored it and said, "Then we'll wait for the head butler. Once he arrives, I'll teach these fools a lesson for daring to block my path."
"Okay then." The middle-aged man sighed as he was helpless since he couldn't do anything and could only obey his master's order as a servant.
His master's personality has always been conceited, as he always got what he wanted since he was born.
His position within the family was also pretty high because he was loved by the elders of the family since he had a pretty good talent and could be considered a genius.
Subsequently, the middle-aged man ordered the lion to walk slowly towards the gate as he intended to delay the time while waiting for the head butler to come.
Less than a minute later, an old man in a black and white butler's suit appeared near the gate and immediately looked for the young master of his family.
After finding that the young master was fine, he instantly felt relieved because he was informed that the young master sent emergency help at the city gate.
"Butler Hu, These two dared to disrespect our Flarehart Family!" The young man pointed his finger at Cain and Fenix.
Fenix only smiled playfully in response, while Cain's reaction was really different from what everyone had expected, which even stunned everyone present, including Fenix.
"W-what? You're from the Flarehart Family?" Cain stammered, bowing slightly with a cupped fist. "I apologize for our earlier behavior. We didn't realize who you were."
"Why are you still standing stupidly like that? Quickly apologize too." Cain glanced at Fenix, who was stunned with Cain's response.
Fenix came back to his senses when he saw that Cain's expression was serious and immediately apologized too.
"My apology because I didn't recognize you as a member of the Flarehart Family. Please forgive my earlier rudeness."
The young man's ego immediately soared high to the sky as he thought that they were acting like that because they didn't know that he was from the Flamehart Family.
However, unlike the young master of his family, who became proud, the head butler was shocked and became wary when he saw Fenix because he couldn't check his strength.
He then thought of two possibilities: either Fenix used a king rank treasure to hide his cultivation or his rank was higher than his.
As a seasoned assassin with a sharp sense for such things, the butler leaned toward the first option.
'If he truly were stronger than me, he'd have to be at least High-level King Rank. But that's impossible. Why would someone of that caliber bow to a young master of a mere first-rate family?' The butler thought so.