Chapter 972

The old woman was also taken aback. She hadn't even spoken yet, and Eldric had already taken the lead. "How ruthless of you. Aren't you from one of Summerland's aristocratic families? Julian is your great-grandson, after all." Fidgeting with his bracelet, Eldric sneered and said, "What do you expect? Do you think I'd jeopardize my family's interests for a foolish and incompetent descendant? Do you think I'd be threatened by your country? The Gonbarra Empire is merely a small country. I won't be deterred by a foreigner like you." Indeed, the Shaw family had amassed a huge wealth, more than that of the entire Gonbarra Empire. Seeing that Eldric was unyielding, the old woman had no choice but to drop the idea. She hadn't expected Julian to be completely useless after all the trouble of capturing him from Cobra Island. "Julian said you've always wanted to acquire the Draig family and hoped for the young lord of the Hippocrates Sect to die so that you wouldn't be constrained by t