Chapter 168 The Great Guardian of Avalon

“…Okay, I understand.”

The middle-aged man with golden hair raised his eyebrows, but still replied calmly: "I'll be there right away."

His features were as deep and strong as a stone statue's, with a pair of emerald green eyes like gemstones. Perhaps due to his half-elf blood, he stood over 1.9 meters tall, yet he looked anything but frail. His back was as straight as a pine tree, his shoulders broad and solid. Sitting there motionless, he was like a mountain, emanating a strong sense of security.

Of course, if the positions were reversed...it could also be a feeling of oppression.

"What's the matter, George?"

His wife, Nadia, with her dark hair and dark eyes, was wiping their medals. Seeing her husband put down the phone, she casually asked, "Does our Great Guardian have official business again?"

"There's a clue about Moriarty."

George Patton replied, "Do you remember Bran Boca?"

"The one from White Queen? Or the one from Lloyd's? Sorry, dear, there are a lot of people named Bran, I may have remembered the wrong person." Nadia said.

"You're not mistaken. It's the same man. Judge of the White Queens, Vice-President of Lloyd's..."

The Great Guardian narrowed his eyes, stood up, and put on his coat. "He just turned himself in to me. He said that the people who attacked Moriarty were sent by Lloyd, and now Lloyd wants to silence him."

His coat was a pure white double-breasted trench coat with a stand-up collar. On the back was the Avalon emblem—a silver-white triangle with an emerald green gem in the middle. As he put on the coat, the silver triangle began to shine.

He inserted two slender elven scimitars into the sides of his shirt, one on the left and one on the right, and turned the necklace hanging from his chest to the outside. It was also the symbol of Avalon, but the center was not a simple emerald green gem, but an eyeball carved from emerald.

He gently tapped the gem eye, and a silver light shone in the pupil.

His field of vision suddenly switched—to a perspective overlooking the entire Avalon territory from high above.

As his attention focused, the picture enlarged at an extremely fast speed.

Avalon, Glass Island, White Queen, 113 Green Ivy Avenue...

Finally, the Great Guardian clearly saw Vice President Boca put down the phone.

There was obvious anxiety on his face, as if he was afraid of something. At the same time, he also looked a bit sinister and said something in a self-destructive manner.

By reading his lips, the Great Guardian basically understood what he wanted to say: "Being captured is better than being killed. If I can rescue Aiwass this time, my previous plan will not be a complete failure..."

The Great Guardian nodded again.

His vision was pulled back to the highest point again.

Then he zoomed in on the scene at Lloyd's headquarters.

On the way, he suddenly saw something and moved the screen to focus on the great arbitrator Meg who was sitting in a roadside tavern eating fried chicken and drinking beer.

The old lady who looked like an ordinary person, dressed very normally... and was so short that her heels couldn't even touch the ground when she sat on the chair, suddenly seemed to have realized something.

She raised her head and looked at the Great Guardian across time and space.

Meg then smiled brightly, raised her beer and toasted George Patton, then took big bites of the freshly fried chicken.

She moved her mouth silently, and George understood what she meant: "The fried chicken in this store is good. I'll treat you next time you come."

The corners of the Great Guardian's mouth rose slightly, but he quickly pursed them again.

He touched the Gem Eye again, and this time the image landed smoothly on the highest level of Lloyd's, the president's office.

The half-blood giant's face was now red from his head to his shoulders due to anger.

Intense rage caused him to breathe heavily, steaming white air emanating from his mouth and nose. Vast veins bulged from his forehead and neck, a spiderweb of veins throbbing at a visible rate, pulsing with his heartbeat. His pupils were bloodshot from the rupture of blood vessels.

The tabletop he was pressing his left hand on had already sagged slightly. He was hunching his shoulders, lowering his head, breathing heavily, trying to cool his brain and calm his boundless anger - but it was obviously to little avail.

The Grand Guardian of Avalon took a deep breath, and the silver light in his pupils dissipated.

"How?" Nadia asked.

"About the same."

George Patton replied, "That half-giant looks really angry."

"Giant is always angry."

She smiled and replied casually, "That's normal."

"I'm particularly angry today—I think it may have something to do with Ms. Meg."

George said, looking down at his wife as she placed her pocket watch in his pocket.

Only then did he continue: "She was also in Lloyd's."

"Going for a drink?"

"Yeah. Beer and fried chicken."

"You should also persuade Ms. Meg. This is not good for your health."

"Who can persuade her..."

George also smiled bitterly and said, "Perhaps only Her Majesty the Queen can persuade her.

"But Her Majesty will drink with her."

“That’s great.”

Nadia was a little envious: "I really hope I can be so comfortable when I am old."

"Then it depends on whether David will give in."

George said this and walked out, followed by his wife.

When they reached the yard, they saw their son playing with a ball with his griffon, Emily.

Seeing George coming, the griffin Emily flew over and made a sound like a kitten purring.

George smiled and touched her chin, then waved her off.

"Dad, where are you going?"

The boy with emerald green eyes like peridot and short, smooth golden hair that fell to his shoulders asked curiously, "Didn't you just come back?"

"I have official business again."

George replied briefly: "To protect the witness."

"Has Mr. Aiwass's attacker been found?"

David Barton ran over with the ball and asked.

"Found it," George nodded. "His name is Aleister, a demon possessed by a shadow demon... Avalon is very dangerous recently, so try not to go out. If you go out, take Emily with you, okay?"

"What?!"

The result was unexpected, David's reaction was extremely intense.

His eyes widened. "The one who attacked Mr. Aiwass...was Aleister?"

Seeing this, George and Nadia looked at each other, but neither said anything nor asked directly.

George said something more: "Yes, this time I am here to protect the witness. To prevent him from being killed by Aleister."

"...Then, Dad."

David hesitated: "Can you take me with you?"

“Nonsense!”

Nadia's brows knitted tightly together, and David shuddered in fear: "That's a battle between a group of fourth-level transcendents, why are you interfering?

"Go exercise, swing your sword a hundred times, thrust your spear a hundred times, then go channel the lightning, and then have lunch!

"If you don't want to go to school, you can just study and exercise at home. There's no such thing as being lazy."

"I'm already at level two, Mom!"

David said with some dissatisfaction: "And I have become proficient in guiding lightning!"

As he spoke, a flash of lightning flashed across his arm.

He knew that his father had the final say in this matter, so he looked at his father eagerly: "I want to go and see... Is that okay, Dad?"

“It’s not impossible.”

George touched his chin and agreed instead.

Nadia frowned: "George..."

"It's okay, I'm here."

The Great Guardian said calmly, "If you're worried, let Angelica follow him."

Angelica is the name of the griffin that Nadia raises.

"That's fine with me."

The white griffin answered from the side.

Her voice was gentle: "I'll follow David."

"That's great! Thank you, Aunt Anjie!"

David said excitedly.

I feel like I should just wait until 2 o'clock for the second chapter (contemplating)

(End of this chapter)