"Bleurgh! You're scum!"

Blackie glowered ferociously, his resolve still strong.

Stanley then removed another stack of dollar bills. "Money or death?"

"Death!"

"Loyalty or death?"

Nonetheless, Stanley continued his pressuring tactic, now removing most of the dollar bills. "With this much money, you could live the rest of your life comfortably on just the bank interest. Even if you're not worried about yourself, you should be worried about your blind mother, don't you think?"

Blackie hesitated at the mention of his mother-she had worked blood and sweat to raise him. If he did not repay her, what was he if not an animal?

And with that, Blackie hung his head and yielded...

again, deciding to himself that he must protect

was stunned while Blackie was out

same time, Elder Fango turned toward Stanley. "What more do

there was no running away now, Stanley

What is this place?! Who are you people?!" he shrieked. "S-Stay away! Don't

that I'm a top-notch healer, Mr. Durban? Why don't you let me try treating your

ready to attack, Stanley's survival instincts went into overdrive, and

me, Elder Fango!" he cried instead. "I'm doing this for the Martial Alliance for the big picture! Just think about it for a second: how much conflict has Frank Lawrence caused in the country after he showed up?! If we

trusted Stanley so much, only for him to turn out to

he did not demonstrate to Frank where he really stood, he certainly did not deserve his place as an elder of the

he leapt at

"Wait, Elder Fango!"

very last moment, Frank moved and caught him

Frank was this strong despite his youth, even easily stopping

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