Chapter 48: CHAPTER 48 – ‘The Strongest Raider’.
World's Strongest, Emperor, Swordmaster, Guild master of the strongest guild, and many other kinds of titles were given to a single man on the globe called Gaia and his name is Argon Hart.
However, before the gates appeared he was just called by a single title – The evil young master of the Hart family.
He was said to be pure evil from his childhood as he was arrogant and always used violence against anyone and everyone. It was so much that his parents were having a hard time controlling him.
Later when Argon turned 18 his parents mysteriously died in an accident, however, many knew that it was not just an accident, it was something done by the evil young master of the Hart family.
But no one could say it out loud as the same evil young master was now the master of the Hart family – the richest family in the world that controlled many types of business.
The Hart family was said to be a law-abiding and trustworthy family but all of that changed after Argon became the master of the family.
The family didn't become weak at all – no, rather it became stronger. But there was not a single thing from the dark side that was left without a share of the Hart family in it.
However, things changed when the gates appeared. Argon Hart known for his evil deeds suddenly turned over a new leaf and became good.
He stopped all of the black work, donated almost 50% of his savings to the people who had suffered from the gates, and went into hiding. No one knew what he was doing for some time until he showed his face to the public after one and a half years.
By then, he was already an S-rank raider and one of the strongest at that, but he was still not the strongest.
However, his image in public had already been elevated a lot because of his act of donating money to people in need, which he continued doing even when he went into hiding or seclusion as people decided to call it.
Due to his image which was almost as high as the whole Raider Association of the Blue Country along with the power to back it up, the Association gave him a high seat in the Association, what they didn't know was that this move would turn against them later.
In less than Six months, Argon had somehow turned almost all of the people in the Association to his side making the base of the Association fragile.
It just took him one more month to completely take down the Association.
But he didn't stop there, instead, he was just starting as the next day he announced himself as an Emperor. He changed the rules, made new laws while removing some old ones and he even gave the unemployed public a chance to get new works.
All he did was profitable for the public and it was all well planned so as to not get on the bad side of the public.
The low-class people were happy with the changes and the middle-class ones were ok as well as nothing actually changed for them.
The high-class people, however, experienced many changes for the worse, after all, the profit given to the public has to be taken from somewhere and Argon decided to take that from the rich high-class people.
They were the minority and the world had changed so Argon didn't fear them. After he established his empire, he became the one and only person to achieve that feat.
Many tried to challenge him, kill him, assassinate him, and other ways only to fail as he had already become the strongest Raider in the world.
Argon Hart is a 24-year-old man with a striking appearance and unlike Alex's seductive and devilish charm, he gave off a mature charm that stole the hearts of many females whether they were young or old.
Still, that doesn't mean that he was better than Alex in looks, not at all, Alex with his charm at SS was still better than Argon.
Argon had dirt blonde hair and light blue eyes while face cut was angular and sharp. He usually kept his hair combed backward with some strings falling on his forehead.
He was usually seen in a three-piece coat with matching pants and a cloak on his back that matched them in color. The cloak had some golden patterns engraved on the cloak with blue gems shining on it.
This cloak was the first fabric defense item created and it was an S-ranked item that could change its color and shape.
When he heard about the Incomplete Mana core that was being auctioned in Orange country, he was the first to move and arrive, but this was just the information known to the public.
Only Argon and a certain someone, whom he had no choice but to trust because of their situation knew about the things that he couldn't let anyone know of.
He was not just what people saw, he didn't just have a change of heart when the gates appeared, he wasn't someone who looked for the good of the public, it was all just his well-thought plan to make himself the emperor.
What even he didn't know was that his secrets might or might not have been exposed to a pair of eyes that had just looked at him and the person he was with.
For those who might not have been able to connect the dots, the man we had seen sitting on the throne or dark room talking to someone non-existent was Argon.
As for the non-existent entity, it was actually the ethereal beauty Alex saw with his All-seeing eyes.
She had long white hair that almost reached the ground and light golden eyes. She had an innocent face with a small, cute nose and thin pink lips.
She always wore a black high-neck flared one-piece that reached just over her knees. The drees had a shoulder cut that exposed her smooth white shoulder.
If one looked at her then the first thought they would have would be an innocent, cute, and naïve teenager. But for those who knew her, it was none of those as she was anything but an innocent and cute teen.
Alex could tell all of this just with a glance as that glance was enough for him to discern her age, bloodline, power, abilities and many more. He could even see that behind that innocent look she was a person who had a wealth of experience.
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"Someone tried to scan us?" Argon asked as he looked around the auction hall where other than him and the lady beside him only two people were present.
However, his face remained expressionless even in this situation as he knew the people in this room were not someone who could harm him.
"It was not someone from this room." The lady spoke as she understood what Argon was thinking since the past 5 years were enough for her to understand what this guy thought.
Just as she said this, she got the expected reaction from Argon. His eyes had turned serious, and he started staring at the entrance of the Auction Hall as he could guess that whoever it was, they were heading towards the Auction Hall.
He never doubted the words of the lady as he knew she would gain nothing by lying to him and he also knew that her senses were sharper than him.
He sometimes even felt that she might be stronger than him even if he used all of his trump cards as well, he was still not sure though. But he knew one thing – She couldn't harm him, at least not for now.
They were bound by a contract and that contract only ends when he reaches EX-rank or if the lady finds a body for herself. He also knew that none of them were going to happen anytime soon, so he had some time to prepare for the moment their contract ended.
However, there was still a problem, and it was that whatever he did would not be hidden from the lady's eyes as she always stayed beside him like a shadow.
That made it impossible for him to hide anything from her as she was not stupid enough not to realize what he was doing when she observed every single action of his.
He kept staring at the entrance of the Hall hoping for the person to arrive there faster so that he could see who it was and deduce what their intentions were.
He kept staring at the entrance and every second passed by felt like an hour to him until he finally heard the echo of some footsteps.
The tip top of the shoes was heard by the other two people sitting in the hall as well.
After all, the hall was created in a dome structure which made even the tiniest of sounds clear for everyone to hear, that too when the hall was empty and with no apparent sound made by anyone.
But for him, those footsteps were extra loud as all of his attention was on those sound and their owner.
The next second the owner of the footsteps entered the hall and his eyes widened in disbelief due to many reasons.
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'What's this now?' Alex mused as he entered the hall and found the so-called world's strongest staring at them with eyes wide in shock as if he saw something he never expected.
But Alex also started connecting some dots and he could somewhat guess what it could be, but he was not sure, so he decided to turn to the only person who he knew could clear his doubts…
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