The Return Of God Of War

The Return of God of War Chapter 181

Abigail realized that she had let the cat out of the bag.

“Does Levi have any other identities?”

Zoey looked at Abigail dubiously, wondering if they were hiding anything from her.

Levi laughed it off as he joked, “Abigail was just worried that they’d found out that I was an ex-convict.”

“Yeah, I thought that was the reason the alarm went off,” Abigail reacted swiftly to Levi’s cover-up, which managed to temporarily ease Zoey’s suspicion.

“What happened just now? Were you carrying anything that caused the alarm to sound non-stop?” Aaron asked.

“Oh, it’s just my lighter that is made of brass, that’s why it got picked up by the metal detectors!” Levi replied, as he took out his lighter and showed it to Aaron.

“Oh, let’s go then, Bailey had sent someone to pick us up. The car had been waiting outside for a while!”

Caitlyn was also raring to go.

The group was driven to the Hilton Hotel.

Due to the large number of guests invited to the birthday banquet, the guests were temporarily arranged to stay at the hotel.

“It seems like dad and mom had not yet completely gotten over what happened last time! Otherwise, we would be staying at the Black family mansion instead of the hotel, together with the rest of the guests!”

Caitlyn’s disappointment was apparent as she said that.

“Don’t worry, honey, we’re going to impress your family members later. I guarantee that their opinions of us will change for the better after that!”

Aaron was brimming with optimism as he comforted his wife.

It was important to the couple to be recognized by the Black family.

After everyone settled down in their hotel rooms, Abigail went to look for Levi and Zoey. “My cousins from the Black family are having a gathering tonight, do you guys want to tag along?” She asked.

“Sure, we’ll go!” Levi and Zoey accepted the invite readily.

Abigail drove them to the venue in her pink Maserati.

The gathering was held at the Scarlet Aegis Hotel.

A meal there costs at least ten thousand.

Different models of luxury cars could be seen parked in the hotel’s parking lot.

Abigail led Levi and Zoey to the private room, where dozens of people had already gathered and were engaged in animated discussions with each other.

“Hey, Abigail is here! Let’s welcome her!”

As Abigail was also a part of the Rogers family, she was very well-liked and popular among her cousins in the Black family.

For everyone else in the room, it was their first time meeting Levi and Zoey.

When they saw Zoey, most of them were stunned by her beauty and were eager to know her.

“Abigail, why are you not introducing your friends to us?” One of Abigail’s cousins urged.

“This is Aunt Caitlyn’s daughter, Zoey. She’s our cousin too! This is Levi, Zoey’s husband,” Abigail said.

“Oh! So it’s our cousin Zoey!”

Abigail’s brothers were the first to greet Zoey.

As for Levi, he was being treated as though he was invisible.

There were also a few attendees at the gathering who did not belong to the Black family, which meant that they were not blood-related to Zoey.

The men who belonged to that category couldn’t keep their eyes off Zoey. After all, it was not everyday that one would come across such an exquisite beauty.

After some mingling with the others, Levi found out that tonight’s gathering was organized by Zoey’s cousins, Keane and Quintus.

As the both of them were direct male descendants of the Black family, they were both held in high regard by the rest.

Naturally, they were also the main focus of every discussion topic which went on that night.

Keane laughed as he said, “Zoey, I heard that your husband, Levi, was previously a dark horse of North Hampton’s business arena. Even the business moguls and owners of leading enterprises in South City knew his name. What’s he up to these days?”

Quintus chuckled and said, “Yeah, I remember that too. But we haven’t heard any news about him in a long while.”

The two men were not trying to take a dig at Zoey, but were genuinely curious.

The Black family was among the wealthiest in the city. Naturally, Zoey and her family would not be important enough for them to pay any attention to.

They did try to find out more about Levi, during the days when he used to be a rising star in the business arena.

However, no one had news about Levi after he went to jail.

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People stopped being curious about him after that. After all, no one would waste time inquiring about a nobody.

Hayden Zeller, a distant relative of the Black family who was from North Hampton, joined in on the conversation and said, “Oh I know what happened! Levi was sentenced to jail after he was convicted of taking advantage of his sister-in-law! If I’m not mistaken, he was only released a few days ago?”

“That’s right! It was one of the biggest news in North Hampton when it happened!” Some others, who were listening to the conversation, concurred.

Keane’s expression changed when he heard that, but still remained friendly as he asked, “So, Levi, you’re currently unemployed?”

Levi nodded and replied, “Kind of!”

After getting the man’s answer, Keane and Quintus had totally lost interest in continuing the conversation.

Even Zoey, who had just secured an investment of a few hundred million, suddenly seemed boring to them.

The men changed topics and carried on with their own conversations. Zoey hardly had anything to contribute to their subsequent discussions.

“Oh, by the way, is Russell back yet?” Keane asked all of a sudden.

Russell was his dad’s godson. The man had been outstanding since young, and he’s currently the leader of a subdivision of the Special Security Unit.

Word has it that he was going to be promoted to the Chief of the Special Security Unit next year.

“Speaking of Russell, he’s truly the pride and joy of our grandma!”

Quintus laughed.

That was indeed the case.

Even though Russell was not related to the Black family by blood, he was the elderly Mrs. Black’s favorite.

He had always been conscientiousness and performed well in every endeavor he partook in.

Russell would only be twenty eight next year, so it was an impressive feat that he was already the Deputy Chief of the Special Security Unit.

The Black family had an abundance of wealth, but what the family lacked however, was a talent like Russell.

He was the perfect missing piece to the puzzle for the Black family.

Shortly after his name was mentioned, Russell Black arrived at the gathering, still dressed in his uniform.

“Hi everyone, so sorry that I’m late. I have been really busy with the preparations for the upcoming economic summit these few days! I even had to specially apply for leave to attend grandma’s birthday banquet tomorrow!” Russell explained, and let out an embarrassed laughter.

“Russell is such a busy man, but he knows he’s the apple of grandma’s eye, so he has to be here by hook or by crook!” Someone teased, and everyone else laughed along.

However, Keane switched the topic abruptly, asking, “I heard that there was an incident at the train station today, that even your Chief had to handle the matter personally?”

Russell nodded and replied, “Yeah! You heard about it too? That’s actually the reason I was late for tonight’s gathering!”

“Russell, tell us what happened! I’m sure everyone wants to know about it,” Quintus said.

Russell scanned the curious faces in the room and chuckled, before elaborating, “There was a super big shot who visited the train station today! He came to examine our security measures without informing anyone beforehand. Thank goodness we discovered that it was him!”

Russell let out a gasp, as he recalled the dramatic events of the day.

“So how did you guys find out that it was him?” Everyone was eager to know what happened next.

“When he went through the metal detectors while exiting the train station, the alarm sounded! We stopped him from leaving and did a body check on him. Guess what we found?”

Everyone held their breaths as they waited for Russell to continue.

“We found out that there were 13 bullets and 7 grenade shrapnel lodged inside his body! One of the bullets was even in his skull and another one in his heart! It’s the metal from the bullets and shrapnel that caused the alarm to sound!”

Even Russell himself found it inconceivable.

“What??? 13 bullets and 7 grenade shrapnel???”

Everyone was shocked by what Russell told them and sharp inhales could be heard all round.

“What’s even scarier was that his entire body was covered with scars. From my estimation, there were definitely no less than a thousand of them!”

Everyone went pale with disbelief at Russell’s description of the man. It was unimaginable as to what kind of horrors he must had gone through.

“What was the time when he was there?” Zoey suddenly asked.

“It was around 2.10 in the afternoon!” Russell replied.

Zoey turned to look at her husband. She had registered that it was the same time Levi was held up at the security check earlier today.

Besides, Levi had nothing on him which could have caused the alarm to sound.

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After Russell’s description of the event, Zoey suddenly realized that it could have been the metal pieces lodged inside of Levi’s body which caused the metal detectors to go off, instead of the lighter, which was what he had told them earlier on!

She wished that she could see through Levi’s clothes, and verify what Russell said with her own eyes that very instant.

Quintus, who was intrigued, asked, “How’s that even possible? Russell, who is this guy?”

“We don’t exactly know who he is, as his files had been classified as 5s level, which means no one in the entire of South City would have access to it! But I heard from our Chief that he used to be an officer from the Iron Brigade!” Russell replied excitedly.

“Iron Brigade? Isn’t that the team that’s personally led by the God of War?”

“Exactly! That’s the strongest military unit in Erudia! Every soldier who’s part of that team is a man of indomitable spirit!”

…

The men at the gathering were all stirred at the mention of the ‘God of War’ and the ‘Iron Brigade’.

Every men, regardless of age, would have dreamed of becoming a soldier at some point in time of their lives.

Being in the Iron Brigade was the greatest recognition and highest honor for every soldier.

“Yeah, when I was at the military academy, my goal was also to join the Iron Brigade and fight alongside the God of War!”

Russell was no exception.

Abigail was feeling proud when she saw the longing expressions of those men in the room.

At that moment, she really wanted to stand up and tell everyone that the God of War, who was revered by all, was none other than her cousin-in-law, Levi!

“If those warriors from the Iron Brigade could be present at grandma’s birthday banquet, I bet grandpa and grandma would both be delighted!” Keane said.

“Yeah, grandpa and grandma were once guards as well! They’ll definitely be over the moon to meet someone from the Iron Brigade!”

“Exactly! Grandpa and grandma love the special alcohol and cigarettes provided by the war zones, but nowadays they hardly have the chance to enjoy them anymore.”

…

Everyone was contributing to the lively discussion going on in the room.

Quintus looked at Russell and said, “Russell, do you think you can pull some strings and invite just one of the officers from the Iron Brigade to join us at grandma’s birthday banquet tomorrow?”

“Yeah, if you can do that, it’ll definitely be the best birthday present for grandma!” Keane added.

Russell hesitated for a second before nodding his head and said, “OK, I’ll try. Hopefully, we can give grandma a surprise tomorrow!”

Even though he agreed to ask around, Russell was not confident at all that he’ll succeed in his task.

The main reason for that was because his Chief, Perry, had told him earlier on that the man who appeared at the train station in the afternoon was someone out of his reach, not to mention Russell, who was only a leader of a subdivision of the Security Unit.

No one at the gathering bothered to talk to Zoey or Levi for the rest of the night, it was just as if the both of them were invisible.

To a big family like the Blacks, they were merely nobodies.

After the dinner gathering ended, Russell specially paid Perry a visit to tell him his thoughts.

Perry was scared out of his wits when he heard the idea. He pointed at Russell and said, “Y-y-you… you have the audacity to invite that man???”

Russell was trembling with anxiety at his Chief’s reaction and replied, “Chief, is that guy someone very important?”

As the information was classified, Perry was unable to divulge any details to Russell.

“That’s right, anyway, you should really stop thinking about it. I’m not even qualified enough to invite Captain Steele from the North Hampton Dragon legion, let alone that man from this afternoon. Just drop the idea completely!”

Perry rejected Russell’s request without giving it any consideration.

“Alright then. But Chief, you have to be there with the Deputy Chief tomorrow, deal?” Russell said.

“Don’t worry, I wouldn’t miss old Mrs. Black’s birthday banquet for the world!”

Everyone was disappointed when Russell conveyed the negative outcome to them, but they did not blame him.

After all, the Iron Brigade had a special status in the military. No one expected that it would be easy to invite them.

Zoey started having major suspicions about

of God of War

they had been sleeping on the same bed, they had not been intimate, so it was only natural that Zoey had not seen Levi’s

order to verify if he actually had those scars on his

her bed, so in the end, Zoey was unable to carry out

it was the

early in the morning, and were

transportation arranged by the Black family arrived to pick them

in his arms. He was looking

had prepared any gift, and only felt at

family was comparable to

was extremely posh and

luxury cars that were parked at the front porch were sufficient to form

family stood at the

household, Robert Black, and his wife Meredith, were in the main hall of the manor. They were both

were discharged from the military, the both of them started from scratch and managed to build a successful business empire over the years. Because

addition to that, the family was also flourishing. The couple had expanded their family and was joined

the Black family were very contented with their current state

look who’s

led Aaron’s family to Robert

“Dad, mom!”

emotions and shed tears of

was also feeling emotional and was ready to greet the two

slight nod, while Meredith let out a cold snort and only took

stunned to be given

immediately realized that, even though her mom had invited them to her birthday celebration, it would still take some time for

was already feeling grateful to be

the room turned awkward for

mom and dad,

she shoved Zoey in front of

hi grandma!” Zoey

time meeting her grandparents, Zoey was a

up carefully, Robert and Meredith said in

is really capable. She even managed to secure a few hundred millions of investment for

family thought rather highly of

lady was a successful woman herself, and had never

she actually valued the females of the

had also placed high hopes on Caitlyn, but

mother and daughter had not seen

a glance at Levi and said, “Why are you still standing there?

face, Levi walked towards the elderly couple and said, “Hi grandpa and grandma, it’s a pleasure meeting the both

a few seconds, and felt that there was a mysterious

able

Levi is trying to conceal something, or he is just someone who usually

were once the rising star in the business circle of North Hampton, but was sent to jail for

to be unconcerned, she was, in fact,

right, grandma, I just got released from prison.”

your plans going forward?” Meredith

is just to assist her whenever she needs me! I’m a lucky man to have a wife

froze upon hearing Levi’s

Return of God of

appeared

who was

and stiff personality. She couldn’t tolerate people who

background like Russell would be

could a mere foundling gain a foothold

gave Levi a deep look before she left,

a deep sigh before following suit, lamenting about how Zoey, given her status would marry

doing? You’re challenging the authority of the old lady. She hates people who fool around like

Pamela glared

accepted us because of Zoey, but you just had

almost cried from

old lady have accepted us immediately today

our dignity and make the old lady acknowledge

supposed that’s all we can

physically

after, most of the guests had

personally greeted them at the door, with Levi and

cars marked with

to the back, opened the

Security Unit; Hugo Gibson, the vice-captain; Frankie Wimmer,

about seven

about a dozen more leaders behind who were at the same level as Russell, all of whom held official positions such

“Mrs. Black, may you be blessed

Welcome…” Robert and Meredith grinned from ear to

and Quintus chuckled. “You really outdid

to commend Russell,” Perry said. “He has so much potential! I’ll make him vice-captain

compliments coming straight from Perry’s mouth, Meredith and Robert were all the

Captain Chapman! Russell has always been the pride of the Black family,” said

envious,

if Mrs. Black could be

they couldn’t do it by themselves and could only rely on their daughter and their

son-in-law like Levi ever make them

Never!

shots from the

approvingly. “It’s enough that Captain Chapman and the others could make

Russell, plus Jennie and Logan, it’s the right degree of pomp!” Keane and Quintus both

of God

of Jennie and

the eldest son of the Black family, and she was currently

powerful. His grandfather, who had now retired,

Ministry of Economy and also served as a leader in

were both Meredith’s favorite

together with Logan’s grandfather, Graham, and his father,

the deputy leader at the South War Zone.

of his

greatly elevated the Black family’s

“Happy birthday!”

and Felix extended their wishes

hands,

Envy!

were filled

Caitlyn had been dreaming about the day their son-in-law could set the Thames on fire just so they could

their son-in-law can never compare

their luck to have met

the Black family is full of talents! Let alone our grandchildren, how many people in South City have as many talents and

chimed in. “How many are there who

don’t deserve your praise, Grandpa, Grandma. The sons-in-law of the Black family are all outstanding! I heard that there’s a son-in-law from North Hampton. Isn’t he very powerful? He’d built a

to Levi, Aaron and Caitlyn suddenly felt ashamed. They lowered

you guys hiding? North Hampton’s

mercilessly pointed out

around retreated, revealing a large open space showing only Levi and his

all eyes zeroed in on

your net worth was over a billion.

hitting ten billion is

hundreds of noble relatives, Aaron and

They were too anxious.

moment was too

to Zoey that they were deliberately

about to speak up for him, Levi blurted, “To answer Jennie and Logan’s questions, yes, it has definitely surpassed that

a number

the Rogers family who worth

gasped at Levi’s

is

load

of God

give us an exact number regarding

Grandma

laughed out instead of getting

“Levi, don’t!”

her parents were so anxious that they

Levi slowly raised a finger. “At least this

least ten billion?”

shook his

it be

winced when he

It’s at least

“Pfft!”

“Hahaha…”

silly

was to see how far Levi could

it was out of this

At least one trillion?!

earth

equivalent of a hundred times the Black

his grandfather and

such a

personal ownership. Even the Ministry of Economy

The others laughed wildly.

man of speech and manner,

Robert, their faces were

an

was blatantly challenging

there be such a

directly to Aaron and Caitlyn. “He should know what

Caitlyn trembled in fright and dared not

even

felt

after what had happened at the Lopez family, she had never been

longing to her family for thirty years and now there

relatives when she finally met them for the

wanted to end her

It’s Levi’s fault!

It’s all Levi’s fault!

Aaron’s fist clenched.

in the face once the birthday banquet

is too

through and

to talking big. It’s become a

wasn’t thinking clearly when he said he had ten

now, to the Black

understand the concept of

could he say such

Zoey regretted it.

listened to her parents and

were put to shame as

there was no crying

both sons-in-law, but they’re like night and day! One’s a great catch, and

Levi Garrison has a bad reputation. He harbored evil thoughts towards his sister-in-law and almost killed his adoptive

wouldn’t have only met this daughter of

…

the people around, tears flowed down Caitlyn’s face like

How embarrassing!

was definitely the most humiliating moment

felt the

limelight at the Black family, but he was

get inside! What on earth are you doing

of God of War

enough to embarrass the entire family in front of so many people?!” Bailey chided

and Caitlyn had no choice but to return to

follow me!” Caitlyn shouted at

the manor’s main hall, everyone was seated according

family were seated at the corner, far

Meredith regarded as important could sit at

sure Meredith will be happy

her tears and waited

the room, the host announced the start of

time for gift

gifts as soon as the host

of a wide variety,

Aaron and

presented could be

gifts were far

the face of all sorts of gifts, Meredith simply

She will definitely be

to the front,

Xena, Caitlyn’s cousin who

and so

and Caitlyn smiled, thinking about how happy Meredith would be upon receiving their

it’s the birthday gift of Xena and Samson—an authentic calligraphy painting of an ancient notable artist worth seven hundred thousand—a five-hundred-year-old wild ginseng, and last but not least, a Jade

whole room burst

satisfied with their

Jade Buddha

at last, obviously liking these gifts very

your gifts very much!”

Aaron, Caitlyn and Zoey

gifts they had prepared were almost exactly the

former’s gifts were several times more expensive than

were queueing