The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

Lin Fan's face turned somewhat ashen.

He was certain that Gu Ran would fail and escape, unable to kill William Duville, but he didn't expect that Gu Ran would not only kill William Duville cleanly and efficiently, but also exceed the mission's objectives.

He killed all the top experts in the entire E-zone legion headquarters, and did so with ease, more easily than slaughtering pigs.

Is this a Level A superhuman?

Even if it's because of the nature of spatial abilities that they are very difficult to defend against for those below S-level ability users, it's still just too awesome.

He was also hailed as a genius from a young age and defeated many others who were also considered geniuses.

However, compared to Gu Ran, who is the same age, he was completely outmatched.

Even when he was an A-level ability user, he didn't have such combat power to kill more than twenty B-level and A-level ability users so easily.

However, Lin Fan was comforted by the fact that Gu Ran was acting so arrogantly that he was unlikely to fulfill his promises.

"Although the tyrant is very powerful, he has completely angered the Duville family. At most, he has only vented his anger."

"The promise to the Yang family is definitely not going to be fulfilled; it wasn't mature enough."

Lin Fan shook his head with feigned regret, as if he were on Gu Ran's side, and made no mention of his guess that Gu Ran couldn't kill William Duville and was then proven wrong.

The others thought the same way, and they did have to admire Gu Ran's extraordinary talent. However, the young man was hot-tempered and only cared about his own momentary pleasure, lacking a sense of the bigger picture.

Of course, Gu Ran has already done very well at his age, and they believe that they probably couldn't have done better if they were in his situation.

"But why is Gu Ran dialing the Duville family's private channel right now? Is he trying to humiliate Finn Duville?"

Someone asked in surprise after seeing Gu Ran reconnect to Finn Duville's video call using a communicator.

Does this mean they want to kill someone and then destroy their spirit?

......

In the light screen.

"Seven minutes or so, not too long. We meet again, Mr. Finn Duville." Gu Ran stood amidst the corpses, smiling as he spoke to Finn Duville, who was projected onto the screen.

In fact, Gu Ran spent half of those seven minutes finding his way. The entire process from entering the E-sector Legion headquarters to his confrontation with William Duville took less than four minutes.

Finn Duville scanned the surroundings of Gu Ran, and his pupils contracted slightly when he saw a tall corpse that had been cut in half.

"Kid, what have you done?" Finn Duville asked in a deep voice, a bad feeling rising in his heart.

Gu Ran gestured to Finn Duville: "Oh, right, you don't know where this place is yet. Then please allow me to introduce it to you."

"This is the Legion Headquarters in Sector E. The commander is William Duville, an A-level ability user. There are more than twenty strong individuals with abilities above B-level."

Gu Ran's smile turned slightly cold: "But now, as you can see, they have all been killed by me. You can calculate the time required for the whole process yourself, starting from when I first communicated with you."

"You beast!" Finn Duville was instantly filled with boundless rage. His eyes were bloodshot as he pointed his finger at Gu Ran.

"I will kill you!" Finn Duville used all his strength to activate his superpower, trying to use it on Gu Ran and make Gu Ran "take his own life".

However, no matter how hard Finn Duville tried, he couldn't do anything to Gu Ran. Gu Ran looked at him with a smile, completely unaffected.

In fact, Gu Ran didn't know why he wasn't affected by Finn Duville's psychic abilities. He could only attribute it to one of his talents.

Therefore, Gu Ran felt no fear whatsoever when facing Finn Duville, who instilled deep fear in others.

It was as if the head of the powerful Duville family, who commanded respect in Saint-Joël, was just an ordinary old man who was rather ugly.

Gu Ran picked at his ear, pretending to be very impatient, and said, "Well, have you tried enough?"

Finn Duville's face turned bright red. After trying several times with all his might, he finally gave up on the idea of ​​killing Gu Ran remotely with his superpower.

“Very well, state your name, young man.” Finn Duville knew he couldn’t kill Gu Ran immediately, so he calmed down. “You’ve done such a heinous thing, and you still want to communicate with me, you must be trying to make a name for yourself, right?”

38. Finn Duville, forced to compromise

“Then you have succeeded.” Finn Duville forced down his anger and said, “The Duville family will be your sworn enemy from now on, and your bounty will be spread throughout the nineteen major cities of the Human Alliance.”

"All those who walk in the dark world will see you as an enemy, and you will never have peace!"

Gu Ran said nonchalantly, "Alright, Mr. Finn Duville, have you finished your harsh words? Now, let me say them."

"The Duville family rose to prominence 350 years ago when the city of Saint-Yor was built. Because almost half of the city's construction funds came from the Duville family, they became one of the top families in Saint-Yor. Later, along with several other families, they controlled the political center of Saint-Yor and became one of the ruling families."

"By your generation, it has become the seventh generation."

"A family with over three hundred years of history, a top-tier family that has continued uninterrupted since the early days of Saint Yor City."

“Mr. Finn Duville, you don’t want to see the Duville family decline in your hands, do you?”

"Don't be so quick to deny what I'm saying. As far as I know, your position in power next year isn't very secure. Do you really want to lose the ruling power that your ancestors fought for for you?"

Gu Ran spoke softly, but his words struck Finn Duville's heart like a heavy hammer.

Finn Duville was suddenly filled with countless guesses, and he said with a grim expression, "Which family are you from? Miller? Hall? Or the Mitchell family?"

These families were among the top families in Saint-Joel City who were not very friendly to Duville, so he immediately assumed that Gu Ran was an assassin sent by these families.

"Not yet." Gu Ran smiled slightly. "I haven't made any contact with these families yet. However, if Mr. Finn Duville wants to relinquish his position of power, causing the Duville family's prestige to plummet and leading to their decline, then I can make contact with them."

"Speaking of which, Mr. Finn Duville, you probably don't know about the 'good deeds' your family's military genius, Mr. Kelly Duville, has done."

"A command error led to the rout of an army of tens of thousands. Then, the attempt to use the city's defensive cannons to kill all those in the know, murdering comrades—if other families find out about this, could it become a sharp arrow aimed at the Duville family, the final straw that breaks the camel's back and causes them to lose their ruling position?"

Gu Ran's words made Finn Duville's face turn slightly pale, but he quickly concealed his feelings and said coldly:

"Hmph, what do you think a top-tier family is? You think you can bring down the Duville family over such a trivial matter? Let me tell you, as long as I give a word to all the newspapers in Saint-Joel City, no one will dare to publish these things."

"And who would believe what you say? What evidence do you have? The influence of the Duville family in St. Joel is beyond your imagination."

"You think you can threaten the Duville family with some wild brat who just popped out of nowhere? You're really asking for trouble!"

Gu Ran had been observing Finn Duville's expression, and after noticing the fleeting change in Finn Duville's expression earlier, he was now 100% certain of his guess.

“Mr. Finn Duville, I’ve heard that psychic abilities are harder to develop than ordinary abilities, and that psychic crystals are harder to ‘grow’ than ordinary psychic crystals.”

"Although the major families of Saint Yor City have agreed that the position of ruler will be rotated among the heads of the families, this is based on a fundamental premise, namely that it must be held by an S-level superhuman."

"If no S-level superhuman can serve as the head of the family, then the family will automatically lose its qualification to govern."

Finn Duville snorted, seemingly unconcerned by Gu Ran's words: "You think I'm not an S-class ability user? What a joke, utterly ridiculous. While you may have some skill in rendering my ability ineffective, do you think the other families don't know whether I'm an S-class ability user or not?"

Gu Ran smiled: "Yes, you are of course an S-class ability user, because even if you are a pseudo-S-class, you have indeed entered the realm of S-class ability users."

"It's just that the way you entered the S-level stage doesn't seem to satisfy all the top families with governing qualifications, and your strength and that of the Duville family don't seem to be enough to shut those top families up."

"If, at this time, those top families who are dissatisfied with the Duville family taking over as the ruling family learn about the stupid things the Duville family's military genius did on the front lines of the beast tide, wouldn't they help spread the word?"

"If those top families were to use this as a pretext to attack the Duville family and cause them to lose their ruling position, wouldn't that have a semblance of legitimacy in line with public opinion? And how would you, Mr. Finn Duville, who is only a pseudo-S-rank, deal with the pressure from the other top families?"

"Could it be that the position of family head will be passed on to someone else in the Duville family? But as far as I know, the Duville family's strength was greatly damaged due to an internal family conflict twenty years ago, and all the suitable heirs to become family head have died. Therefore, at present, only Mr. Finn Duville is the most suitable person to become the family head of the Duville family."

"However, the person most suitable to be the head of the family is not the person suitable to govern the city of Saint Joel, which is very interesting."

"If at this time, those top families heard that an A-level ability user was constantly hunting down members of the Duville family, and the Duville family was powerless against him, do you think they would underestimate the strength of the Duville family?"

"When these top families unite against the Duville family, will the Duville family lose its ruling position in Saint-Joel City under your leadership and decline?"

Gu Ran looked at Finn Duville and said calmly, "Alright, Mr. Duville, I've said my piece. Do you want me, a mere A-level spatial ability user, to help those other top families deal with the Duville family? Or would you rather we put aside our past grievances and become friends?"

When Gu Ran said, "Let's put aside our past grievances and become friends," Finn Duville's expression was quite interesting.

Because "let's be friends" was exactly what he had said to Gu Ran, using both soft and hard tactics, but he never expected that Gu Ran would return the favor so quickly.

Killing a core member of a top family in Saint Yor City in front of the head of a family, eliminating a significant force within that family, and then having the other party tell him to "let bygones be bygones and be friends"—what would a dignified head of a family who is about to take over the reins of power, an S-class ability user, do?

Finn Duville's expression changed several times.

Finally, he forced a smile: "The Duville family loves making friends and has always been generous to them. I hope that we... can become loyal friends to each other."

39. The deal is done, and Yang Tian is filled with mixed feelings of gain and loss.

The Duville family patriarch, Finn Duville, actually compromised!

Everyone outside the screen could not believe the result.

He killed members of your family, and he did it right in front of you, first killing those who provoked you, and then killing another core member of your family, eradicating all the power belonging to your family. And you still compromised and became friends with him?

This result left everyone utterly astonished.

Lin Fan was particularly unable to accept this result. He felt his face burning, as if Gu Ran had slapped him repeatedly.

He couldn't help but murmur:

"How is this possible... Is this old man really the head of the Duville family? How could he let someone who offended the Duville family like this go?"

Cheng Youmeng was not surprised by the result, because she had long anticipated that Gu Ran would dare to act in this way, for example, he must have his own considerations and confidence.

After hearing Gu Ran's words, she had come to understand the source of Gu Ran's confidence.

“Actually, nothing is impossible. Our previous speculations were based on the fact that Finn Duville will become the ruler of Saint-Joel City next year, and the Duville family will become the most powerful ruling family. Therefore, Finn Duville will naturally not let go of ordinary people who dare to offend the Duville family.”

"But it is clear that his position of power next year is not secure, so it is also questionable whether the Duville family can become the ruling family. If the Duville family really loses its position as the ruling family due to some accident, it will be a fatal blow to the Duville family."

“This is something Finn Duville absolutely cannot accept, nor can he take any risk for.”

"So, after Gu Ran demonstrated his strength and gained leverage over the Duville family, the risk has undoubtedly increased dramatically."

"So even though Gu Ran killed two core members of the Duville family and practically humiliated Finn Duville to his face, Finn Duville still had to accept Gu Ran's kindness after Gu Ran showed that little bit of 'goodwill'."