God Of War Dad

Ernest Mason and Howard Taylor’s gazes met in a tense clash. The Swordland commoners watching also stopped their clamoring as everyone’s attention focused on Ernest Mason, Howard Taylor, and Tim Lewis.

The long-awaited drama was finally about to begin!

Ernest Mason stood atop the dais while Howard Taylor stood below. To be honest, facing Ernest Mason and the elders of the major families behind him, Howard Taylor was under tremendous psychological pressure!

After all, the disparity between the two sides in numbers and strength was just too great. So great that Howard Taylor didn’t even have the courage to stand up to Ernest Mason!

So Howard Taylor looked back at Tim Lewis, wanting him to take the lead.

But Tim Lewis didn’t move an inch where he stood. He just gave Howard Taylor an encouraging look, his expression still calmly composed, as if saying:All content is © N0velDrama.Org.

Did you forget what I just told you?

Looking so confident!

Alright then, it’s time for you to show off. Go ahead and begin your performance…

Seeing this, Howard Taylor’s face immediately turned ashen!

Damn it! He’s pushing me into the fire pit, trying to bury me alive!

Yet even with Tim Lewis’s aggravating expression now, Howard Taylor didn’t dare do anything to him. He gritted his teeth and turned back to face Ernest Mason on the dais. “Mr. Mason, what do you mean by this?”

“You! Who are you talking about?”

Howard Taylor was just feigning ignorance. As he spoke, he was trying his best to stay calm and adopt the arrogantly defiant tone that Tim Lewis had advised, though likely to attract heavenly thunder.

Unfortunately, the effect wasn’t great. His angry voice still trembled slightly!

“Who do you think I’m talking about!”

“Surely Mr. Taylor knows in his heart?”

In contrast, Ernest Mason stood with his hands behind his back, the picture of composure as he coldly snorted, “Last night, in front of Taylor House, Mr. Taylor colluded with outsiders from the capital to massacre ten Buosont family dark energy cultivators, including Jason Buosont himself. The scene was littered with corpses, horrific and unbearable!”

“Many Swordland commoners witnessed the entire process!”

“What, does Mr. Taylor dare to do it but not admit it? Here at the foot of Hill of Swords, in front of all the Swordland people, does he still want to deny and evade responsibility?”

His voice boomed like thunder, spreading far and wide!

At once, many Swordland commoners stood up and pointed accusing fingers at Howard Taylor and Tim Lewis from afar.

Of course, these were all arranged in advance by Ernest Mason. He wanted to make Howard Taylor and Tim Lewis the target of everyone’s wrath, to become despised rats.

Only then could he use it as justification to form the Saint Leo Temple and amend the rules of Hill of Swords!

“You!” Howard Taylor angrily retorted, “Jason Buosont led the Buosont family cultivators to surround Taylor House, trying to wipe out my entire Taylor family and seize our Hill of Swords cave totem. Why don’t you mention that?”

“Does Mr. Mason think that only the Buosont family can bully others while the Taylor family can’t fight back?”

Unable to win by force, Howard Taylor had to argue reason.

“What I’m talking about are the rules of Swordland!” Ernest Mason righteously stated in response.

“Old Mr. Taylor has passed away and the Taylor family has declined, no longer having the ability to protect the Hill of Swords cave totems!”

“On the contrary, with Jason Buosont entering the Complete Stage, the Buosont family is on the rise, wishing to take over. So they came to challenge!”

“This complies with the rules of Swordland!”

“While you colluded inside and out, using vicious means to massacre the Buosont family cultivators. This breaks the rules of Swordland!”

Speaking, Ernest Mason shifted his cold gaze from Howard Taylor to the vast crowd opposite him. His voice rang out, “In light of the harmful impact of the Taylor family’s actions on Swordland…”

“After discussion among the major families, we unanimously decided that starting this year, the Taylor family’s qualifications to participate in the ritual will be revoked. The totems and quotas in their possession will also be taken away!”

“Furthermore!”

“As the guardian of Hill of Swords, as Saint Leo’s descendant, we have decided to form the Saint Leo Temple together, comprising all the Swordland families in possession of totems. And in the Saint Leo Temple’s name, we will re-establish the rules for the ritual and for Swordland!”

“There are three main points:”

“First!”

“In the past, any outsider who wanted to participate in the ritual and enter the Hill of Swords caves only needed to challenge the cave owner. Now, they must obtain unanimous consent from the ten families here on the dais!”

“That means if even one of these ten families disagrees, the outsider must challenge a cultivator of the same realm from that family. If two families disagree, he must challenge cultivators of the same realm from those two families!”

“And so on!”

“If all ten families disagree, then I’m afraid he must consecutively challenge cultivators from the ten families and remain undefeated in order to qualify for entering the Hill of Swords caves!”

“Moreover, the prerequisite for entering the Hill of Swords caves is joining the Saint Leo Temple and becoming one of us before he can enjoy the blessings Saint Leo left for us…”

Ernest Mason announced his long-planned scheme in one breath!

The rules of the ritual were changed!

The new rules specifically targeted outsiders!

In the past, an outsider only needed to challenge the owner of whichever Hill of Swords cave he wanted for a single match to determine victory.

Now, it was entirely up to the ten Swordland families on the dais!

If they agreed, the outsider could even enter without fighting a single match by directly joining the Saint Leo Temple and ascending Hill of Swords into the caves!

If they disagreed, he would have to face them one by one in endless rounds until exhausted to death!

In short, they wanted to gain complete control over Hill of Swords!

Ernest Mason paused briefly after announcing the first point. Immediately, the vast crowd reacted with the expected sounds of shock and sighs. The common Swordland people couldn’t enter Hill of Swords or the caves to begin with, so the rule change didn’t impact them much!

However, the faces of those who had come from afar, representing various major forces, were uglier than the next!

The difficulty had increased tremendously!

Suddenly, someone called out, “Mr. Mason, as you said, if we successfully pass Saint Leo Temple’s trials after winning the challenges and become one of its members, how many Hill of Swords cave quotas will we get?”

Hearing this, everyone was startled. They quickly turned around to look in the direction of the voice!

It turned out to be from the Chest family!

The Chest family was also one of the top families, with Complete Stage cultivators presiding over the clan. At the moment, the old Complete Stage head was also personally present, standing next to the speaker!

“Good question!” Ernest Mason explained, “Once part of the Saint Leo Temple, you’re one of us. The specific quotas will be allocated as needed among the major temple families through joint discussion. The greater your contributions to the Saint Leo Temple, the more quotas you will naturally get!”

This made everything click for the crowd.

After this explanation, Ernest Mason’s enormous ambitions were completely exposed!

Think about it. The newly formed Saint Leo Temple already encompassed all ten of Swordland’s top families. In the future, any outsider force entering Hill of Swords would have to join the Saint Leo Temple. Thus, the scale and strength of the Saint Leo Temple would snowball rapidly!

Just then, someone else asked, “What if we win the challenges on the dais but don’t wish to join the Saint Leo Temple, what then?”

In an instant, everyone’s attention was drawn over, including the Chest family members!

“It’s the Smith family head!”

“Karen Smith!”

Gasps rang out!

The questioner was nearing old age, surprisingly the current Smith family head and Complete Stage cultivator, Karen Smith!

In recent years, it was no exaggeration to say the Harris family and the Smith family led by Karen Smith held equal power.

Moreover, the Smith family and Harris family had always been at odds, with many conflicts between them.

That the Smith family people came naturally had to do with participating in the ritual!

However, given the Smith family’s strength, they surely disdained lowering themselves to join a newly established organization like the Saint Leo Temple and contribute to it!

So Karen Smith asked this!