Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 408 Submitting To Darren (Part Two)

"Gerald deserved that. After all, he had previously done some awful things! And I will not take careof him. It is Stark who has a really good relationship with him. I don't. As long as you don't kill metoday, I can even serve you as your body guard.” Ethan bowed. He hoped to convey his submissionand respect to Darren.

"Darren, his confidence has been destroyed by you. I think it is not a bad idea for you to have ahelper,” Timothy mused, turning to Darren as he gave his friend advice.

"Oh, no, I don't think so. He is Darren's enemy and hates him with passion. What happens if hechanges his mind? How could Darren handle the situation if he suddenly attacked our friend insecret? He is such an evil guy. Yes, at the moment he is bowing his head and making promises, but Idon't think he is a man who keeps his word," Abelard injected, disagreeing with Timothy. He wasfrowning in displeasure at the mere idea of trusting a man like that.

"What you say is reasonable. Darren, what do you think?" Timothy turned to Darren with aquestioning look.

A few moments passed in silence, but in the end Darren didn't reply to Timothy. Instead, he spokedirectly to Ethan. "Just as my two good friends said, what if you change your mind at a later point intime?"

"How could I dare to do that? Your legendary beast is even stronger than a three-star grand warrior.I will definitely die if I try to stealthily attack you. I really mean it when I say that I can serve you.Please give me this chance, sir." Seeing that there was a chance that Darren might say yes, Ethanbent over even more. He even respectfully called Darren "sir" in the hopes of swaying the decisionin his favor.

"All right. I will forgive you and you will not die by my hand now. You can follow me and I will seehow you will behave. If you serve me with sincerity, I will reward you.” Darren finally agreed to whatEthan was requesting.

"Darren, please consider it one more time," Abelard said to Darren in a low voice. Ultimately, it wasDarren's choice whether to trust that guy, but Abelard didn't want his friend to be harmed. Trust wasgood, but it had a time and place, and this was not it, as far as he was concerned.

"I know what you mean. Don't worry about me. I am keenly aware of the fact that Ethan will attackme later. He is waiting for a chance to kill me. But right now we are in need of a fighter. At thismoment in time, we can make use of him. Afterwards, I will surely kill him before he gets the chanceto try to kill me," Darren said to his two good friends without opening his mouth or anybody elsehearing it. His spiritual sense was very helpful in times like this when he needed to communicatesomething in secret.

As for Ethan, Darren was no fool. Just moments ago, when Ethan had promised to serve him, whenhe had bowed down and submitted himself, Darren could clearly feel Ethan's intent to kill him. Itwas still very present in Ethan's mind. It was obvious that such an evil guy like Ethan would neverreally serve others willingly.

Hearing his words echo in their minds, Timothy and Abelard both nodded their heads slowly. Theywere satisfied with Darren's reasoning and fully stood behind his decision

"Master, do you really intend to forgive this lousy guy?" The Water Kylin turned to look at him as heasked the question. Nevertheless, he made sure to keep pushing out his powerful aura so as tosuppress Ethan.

"It's okay. You can come back. Now that he is being sincere and wants to help me, I will not kill him,”Darren explained to the Water Kylin calmly. He had an air of nonchalance about him, as if it was nobig deal.

"All right. 1 will follow what you say.” The Water Kylin nodded his head once, briskly, and then turnedback to Ethan, "You weak ant! If you do even the slightest thing that breaks the promise you gave, Iwill kill you. It will only take one single finger to let you die. Am I understood?”

The Water Kylin raised his voice at the end of his speech. He pushed a little more aura towardsEthan, to give him a taste of his great powers and to further force his submission. Albeit slight, thepower was enough to bring Ethan to his knees.

"Yes, sir! I will try my best to protect my master. I will even give my own life!" Ethan made sure torespond quickly. After hearing what the Water Kylin said, he submitted completely. There was stillfear gripping his heart as he bowed down, once again, to show his respect to both Darren and theWater Kylin.

But in reality, at that very moment, Darren could sense the deep and strong desire that was buriedin Ethan's mind. It was a clear intent to kill. What a deceiving liar. It only served to reinforce hisdecision to kill Ethan in the future.

"All right. Now I will give you a great opportunity to show your loyalty. Lie down on your stomachand let me ride on you first,” the Water Kylin quipped with a cunning smile and a dangerous glint inhis eyes.

"Well..." Ethan was certainly not willing to do that. What a strange request it was in the first place!Disgraceful. He turned to look at Darren with hope in his eyes. After all, Darren could stop the WaterKylin and tell him that a gesture like that was not necessary.

"The Water Kylin is my most loyal guard. He is as important as my brother. In most cases, his wordsare as important as what I have to say. So, aren't you willing to listen to him and do what he asks ofyou? If you really want to be submissive to me, it is not a big deal!” Darren saw the hope on Ethan'sface and gave him his answer. He did so without any expression on his face. His tone was flat andemotionless as well.

"Darren is right. The Water Kylin is an ancient legendary beast! He wants to ride you for a few days,but you seem to not agree to that. We can tell now that you are not really intending to serveDarren!" Timothy said coldly. Unlike Darren, his face was a storm of angry emotions, clearly showinghis displeasure at Ethan's refusal to fully submission.

"Now that he has made clear that he doesn't really want to serve you, Darren, you should kill him.Do it now, so that you may not be hurt by him in the future,” Abelard added with a smile on hisface. Truth be told, now that he knew what Darren was doing, the whole situation seemed amusingto him. He certainly felt no pity for the man who had brought this upon himself.

"No, no! It is my honor to be ridden by the Water Kylin. Please, come, you can sit on my body." Afterhearing what Timothy and Abelard had said, Ethan's heart rate spiked up again. The fear he feltmade his blood run cold. Quickly, before they could say more and make Darren change his mind, hefell forward on the ground. His stomach landed on the ground and he quickly pushed up on hishands and knees, without doubt looking like a dog. Ethan waited for the Water Kylin to come overand sit down in order to ride him.

"Humph! That's more like it!" The Water Kylin's body became smaller and he finally jumped ontoEthan's back.

"Okay. We have handled Oscar now. But I think the dangerous aura we sensed earlier belonged to apowerful demonic monster. Everybody, keep being cautious! Water Kylin, can you scan thesurroundings and detect whether there is a powerful demonic monster here? The beast is otherwiseinvisible,” Darren requested with a serious look. Despite the whole ordeal with Ethan, there were stillother, more important things that needed his immediate attention.

Following Darren's words, the Water Kylin started to search the area around them at once. After justa few seconds, he roared like thunder. The sound he emitted was so immensely loud that it madeeverything around them shake. Not only that, hundreds of tall trees were simply broken apart by hisbooming voice!