Chapter 2819

As that one apprentice left, the other apprentices put away their wooden swords, clearly easing off their tension. Frank chuckled. "Relaxing already? I might be planning a sneak attack, y'know." The apprentices laughed. "We know our strength. You'd destroy us even if we went all out." That left Lofty sweating down his brow. These men were clearly apprentices and not Skywide School's main force, but they were powerful nonetheless. It proved that they were a special bunch—or stronger than Lofty, at least. Soon, Apoc—the apprentice who left earlier—was back, bowing his head at Frank. "If you'd follow me, sir!" Frank followed him up the hill, soon arriving upon a villa built on top of it. Countless fresh graves could be seen around the village—Larkin was definitely telling the truth that the Skywide School had a major turf war against the lotus sitter's gang. As they entered the villa, Frank found a man sitting upon an armchair, having lost an arm, a leg, and an eye. He was banda