North America 1849, from Gold Rush to Warlord

Chapter 172 Inheritance of Secret Techniques
Riding in the exclusive carriage of the Huamei Company, Susan O'Hara arrived at the Huamei Company headquarters without any hindrance.

After a short wait and a rigorous body search, she finally saw the man she had been longing for again!

This time, it was in the study of the headquarters building.

As soon as she entered, she saw the man standing before her, completely unharmed.

"My master, weren't you seriously injured...?"

Azu smiled and stood up: "Beautiful Miss Lilith, I was just thinking about how to see you again, and you've delivered yourself right to my doorstep!"

Susan… no, Lilith Campbell looked Azu up and down: “My master, you really aren’t hurt at all? What about Sean…!”

"My injury was fake, but capturing him alive was real...!"

Ah Zu turned to Victoria and said, "Bring them in!"

"Okay, BOSS!"

"Sean is really still alive?" Lilith asked, a hint of panic in her voice. "Should I excuse myself...?"

“No need…!” Azu reached out and put his arm around Lilith’s slender waist: “I just want to show that Sean the Hidden Knight that the so-called organization he’s desperately trying to protect is nothing but a chicken and a dog in front of me!”

A moment later, Sean, who had lost all his teeth and whose joints were still dislocated, was carried in like a dead dog.

That's right, Azu didn't kill him!
Those two gunshots were only meant for General Paparo King to hear.

As soon as Sean entered the room, he looked up with difficulty and saw Lilith Campbell sitting on Azu's lap!

Meanwhile, Azu was lifting Lilith's smooth, snow-white chin, and the two were teasing each other in an extremely ambiguous manner.

Miss Lilith, with her arms wrapped around that damned Chinese man's neck, giggled seductively.

"You...!" Sean was utterly shocked, but he quickly realized what was happening and averted his gaze, pretending that he didn't recognize the woman at all.

"Hehe!" Azu laughed, "Sean, the Hidden Knight, are you very shocked?"

"Your High Priestess of Solomon's Temple, Miss Lilith Campbell, is actually one of my people!"

Sean glared at Azu and cursed, "You son of a bitch, you damned Chinese, I don't know any Lilith Campbell, let alone any priestess of the Temple of Solomon!"

"Hehe!" Lilith chuckled seductively, "My dear Knight Sean, how did you change like this overnight?"

"Is this still the incredibly powerful and omnipotent Sean the Hidden Knight I know?"

Sean's fierce gaze finally landed on Lilith; at this moment, he could no longer pretend.

But he still pressed on incredulously, "Lilith, did you really betray the organization? Betray the Temple of Solomon? Betray the Freemasons...?"

"Heh! Sean, smart people always make the right choice!"

"And I simply chose the more powerful, and younger, handsome governor!"

"Now, the governor is my only master!"

"What the Freemasons can give me, my master can give me too!"

"What the Freemasons cannot give me, my master can!"

"My master can fulfill all my needs!"

"So, what reason do I have not to choose my master?"

“Hmm…!”

As she spoke, Lilith played with Azu's hair with her slender, delicate fingers, and gave Azu a passionate kiss!
"Damn it, damn bitch... I should have known sooner! A whore like you, who sleeps with anyone, has no loyalty whatsoever!!"

Ignoring Sean's beastly rage and curses, Azu embraced Lilith's slender waist and kissed her with great enjoyment and pleasure.

After a long while, Azu slowly pushed open Lilith's still-unsatisfied little mouth.

Azu gently wiped the honey from the corner of his mouth and smiled, "Sir Sean, I'm sparing your worthless life so you can see with your own eyes that in my eyes, the Freemasons are nothing but a pathetic rabble!"

"The Freemasons, whom you consider sacred and inviolable, can be destroyed by me with a flick of my hand!"

"Someone like you is easier to kill than stepping on an ant!"

"Including that Master Parker, I spared your lives only because you are still of some use to me."

"And your role is to cover for my dear Miss Lilith, so that she can become a trump card to infiltrate the upper echelons of the Freemasons!"

“My dear Miss Lilith has provided me with a long list.”

"Since you have repeatedly attempted to assassinate me, then as we Chinese say, it is only polite to retaliate. How could I not kill a few of your high-ranking members to justify the Freemasons' high regard for me?"

Azu smiled and said, "Where should we begin, dear Miss Lilith? I'd like to hear your opinion."

"Hehe!" Lilith smiled charmingly in Azu's arms, "My master, whether it's Nicholson or Sean, they are both highly accomplished disciples of Master Powell of the Solomon Temple!"

"This Master Powell is not only the Master of Solomon's Temple, whose title is Royal Secret Master, but also one of the most core Thirteen Round Table Masters."

“Nicholson, Sean, and Klaus were all personally trained and dispatched by Master Powell, including the mission to assassinate you, which was also Master Powell’s doing.”

"If we could kill Master Powell, it would definitely deter those cowardly Freemasons. It would also severely damage Solomon's Temple!"

"After all, Master Powell possesses the most heritage and secret arts within the entire Freemasonry. With his death, many of these arts will be lost...!"

"No, you damned bitch...!" Sean roared angrily, "You are also a priestess trained by Master Powell, how could you do this to him?"

"Heh heh...!" Lilith's laughter was filled with a chilling coldness: "That old bastard Powell, it was he who took my virginity when I was just a teenage girl...!"

"It was he who trained me into a promiscuous slut...!"

"It was him who turned me into a machine that uses beauty to kill...!"

"It was him who made me a plaything for the Freemasons' lustful desires...!"
"If I had that power, I would love to personally tear that rotten demon, who should have gone to hell long ago, to pieces!"

……

Faced with Lilith's tearful accusations, Sean's anger gradually vanished, replaced by silent resignation.

"Heh heh!" Lilith, her face streaked with tears, laughed bitterly, "I forgot, the devil in my eyes is actually your benefactor, Sean."

"It was Powell who raised you from an orphan who was almost starving to death into a powerful Hidden Knight!"

"In your eyes, Sean, any Freemason can die, except for Master Powell, who is like a mentor and father to you, right?"

Sean remained silent, even closing his eyes.

"Snap...!" Azu snapped his fingers: "In that case, let's make this Master Powell the target of our counterattack this time!"

"Do not……!"

Sean suddenly opened his eyes, a terrifying glint in them: "Damn Chinaman, you can't do this! Master Powell, he's already an old man over seventy!"

"His days are numbered, there's absolutely no point in you assassinating him...!"

"Heh!" Azu sneered, "Killing someone, what's the point?"

"Since Master Powell sent you to assassinate me, why can't I send someone to assassinate him?"

"Lilith will provide me with all the information about Master Powell. Assassinating a seventy-year-old man like this will be a piece of cake!"

"No...!" Sean let out a low, beast-like growl.

In order to better accomplish his mission, Sean also conducted in-depth research and understanding of this young Chinese man.

He knew very well just how ruthless and terrifying this seemingly polite Chinese man could be.

Moreover, this Chinese man always keeps his word and repays his debts!
He said he could definitely kill Master Powell!

What's more, he also has that damned traitor Lilith Campbell inside him, working together from the inside and outside, which almost certainly means that Master Powell is doomed!

But for Sean, this was absolutely unacceptable!
More than 20 years ago, when he was still a homeless orphan, he was taken in by Powell and raised like his own son. Although he has suffered countless hardships and torments over the past 20 years, Sean has always known that Powell has always been looking out for him.

For Sean, Powell was his only family in the world, and their relationship went far beyond that of a teacher and father.

Powell is Sean's only source of strength in this world!
I can die, but Master Powell absolutely cannot die!

That's why Sean was so agitated and angry!
"what would you like?"

Sean growled, "What do you want? Just let Master Powell go, and you can take everything from me!"

Azu said calmly, "What can you give me? I have no shortage of money, power, strength, status, or women... Sean, you can't give me anything!"

"I can kill for you!!!"

Sean said viciously, "I can kill many, many people for you, as long as you spare Master Powell!"

Ah Zu replied, "Murder? Sorry, I don't trust you at all! If I let you out, the first person you'd kill would be me!"

"Compared to that, I'm more interested in using Master Powell's life to win Miss Lilith's favor!"

"You agree, don't you, my dear Lilith?" With that, Azu gave Lilith a big kiss on her pretty face.

"Giggle!" Lilith giggled sweetly, "My master, if you can help me kill Master Powell, you can exchange him for my boundless loyalty...!"

"You adulterous couple...!"

Sean gritted his teeth... no, he had no teeth left, so he could only bite his gums viciously: "You two adulterers... stop acting!"

"If you didn't want anything from me, I would have died long ago!"

"If you let me live, you must want something from me!"

"You're threatening me with Master Powell's life...you're despicable...shameless!"

"Haha!" Azu laughed calmly: "The Thirteen Hidden Knights of Solomon's Temple, as expected, none of them are fools!"

"It may be despicable and shameless, but it's very effective, isn't it?"

"You hidden knights of the Solomon Temple have attempted to assassinate me time and time again, and although you have all failed, I have considerable respect for the methods you hidden knights employ!"

"Therefore, I also want to have my own Hidden Knights! Although I have experts under my command, in a head-on confrontation, even you Hidden Knights would be no match for me."

"But none of them are qualified assassins, and they cannot train assassins like you."

Sean glared at Azu: "You want me to betray you and become your assassin?"

"No, no, no!" Azu slowly shook his head: "Even if you reluctantly agree to submit to me, I would never dare to use you, you stubborn and obstinate diehards."

"Therefore, I want you to train a team of hidden knights for me...!"

After acting for so long, Ah Zu finally revealed his true colors at this point.

"Hahaha...!" Sean couldn't help but laugh wildly, "You want me to train a hidden knight force for you? You might as well let me kill people for you directly... Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Azu said dismissively, "Since that's the case, then there's nothing more to discuss!"

"Take him away, and this time give him a real death!"

Azu said calmly, "Don't worry, soon your mentor and father, Master Powell, will also come to hell to join you."

Several guards made a move to carry Sean away.

"Do not……"

Sean quickly spoke up: "Training a Hidden Knight isn't that easy! It takes at least five years, plus at least three years of learning from a master on missions, and then at least three years of solo mission assessments...!"

"Every Hidden Knight needs at least eleven years of study and assessment before they are qualified to become a true Hidden Knight!"

“I can train a Shadow Knight for you, but can you afford to wait that long?”

Azu calmly replied, "Of course I can't wait that long! What interests me most about you Hidden Knights is your ever-changing abilities."

"As for kung fu and other assassination techniques, there are other masters to teach them. Besides, many of my men already have a solid foundation."

"If we were to fight head-on, many of my men are just as skilled and sharpshooting as you so-called Hidden Knights."

"Heh...!" Sean sneered dismissively, "Aside from those two brigade commanders, I don't believe anyone under your command can defeat me fair and square!"

"Believe it or not, I think you might have the chance to see my men's kung fu and marksmanship for yourself."

Ah Zu continued, "How long would it take you to teach me that versatile skill?"

After a brief silence, Sean said, "One year!"

Azu nodded decisively: "Then I'll give you a year. If what you teach doesn't meet my expectations, then I'm very sorry, but you and your mentor will still die!"

"Don't even think about running away. I won't give you any chance."

"Your joints are currently dislocated. If they are reset in a short period of time, you can return to your original state."

"But if you maintain this state for a long time, you will become a completely useless person who cannot even eat or drink independently."

Azu said coldly, "Therefore, I will give you two choices."

"First, I will have Commander Feng take turns to reposition some of your joints regularly, so that you will not be completely paralyzed, but will not pose any threat, and will not have the ability to escape."

"However, you will suffer great pain every now and then. And I can't guarantee what the consequences will be if all the joints in your body become habitually dislocated."

"Secondly, I will completely cripple your legs, and from then on you will only be able to teach your disciples while sitting in a wheelchair."

"Although you lost both legs, at least you saved your own life, as well as Master Powell's."

Azu said, "You can choose for yourself. If you don't want either, you can choose death! I never like to force people. I will give you the freedom to choose."

"The freedom to choose... Hahaha!"

Sean gave a bitter laugh and said, "I'd rather not have this kind of freedom."

"So you mean, you choose death?"

"No!" Sean shook his head fiercely. "I choose not to have these legs!"

"Since I will be your prisoner from now on, what use are these legs to me?"

Ah Zu said in a deep voice, "Sean, although you are my enemy, I have to admire the ruthlessness of people like you!"

"Ruthless to the enemy, even more ruthless to themselves! No wonder the Freemasons have spent a huge amount of money, time and energy to cultivate the elite of the elite."

Sean glared fiercely at Azu: "You spared my life today, and I hope that one day you won't regret your decision today."

"If you really know me, you should know that I am a person who never regrets anything."

By the time Sean was carried away by the guards, Peter Parker was already prepared in the operating room.

As a medical doctor, Parker Parker performed the Achilles tendon removal procedure on Sean with remarkable precision and thoroughness.

From then on, even if Sean could still stand with difficulty, he could not walk normally. Let alone be a skilled assassin who could leap across rooftops and move through the air.

In the study, only Azu and Lilith Campbell remained.

“My dear master, since you are so eager to learn the secret arts of the Freemasons, would you like me to pass on my secret arts to your women?”

As she spoke, Lilith sat back in Azu's arms and began massaging Azu's body with her slender, soft hands.

"My master, as long as you stimulate these sensitive parts of your body according to a special pattern and intensity, you can experience the ultimate pleasure during intercourse...!"

"If your women learn this secret technique of mine, although they certainly can't compare to me, it will definitely make your life full of sexual bliss from now on...!"

(End of this chapter)