Nathaniel looked downward at Mango. He noticed that she was already unconscious. A dark shadow flashed across his eyes, but it dissipated instantly. He hid Mango beneath the altar quickly, but he didn't expect that there was a trap below it. When he placed her there, she fell into the door with a thud. Meanwhile, he had no idea about it at all.
After he hid her successfully, the people outside entered the temple.
They were all strangers to him, but their looks and builds showed that they weren't the locals here.
Nathaniel was feeling dizzy. A trace of murderous intent flickered across his eyes.
"Who on earth are you? Get out of here!"
His voice was extremely hoarse, and the blood was dripping slowly from his thigh. However, this pain was the exact reason he was able to stay awake.
The men were stunned when they saw Nathaniel, but they did not answer his question. Instead, they attacked him directly.
Where were his bodyguards?
Where were the bodyguards stationed outside?
A trace of doubt flickered through Nathaniel's mind, but he didn't dare stop moving. He stabbed himself again with the dagger to stay conscious. Then he quickly attacked the comer.
The other party was not in a hurry to fight him to death as well. It seemed that they knew the effect of the incense on him, so they simply avoided his attacks and kept him engaged. They were waiting for his energy to be depleted before they caught him.
Their intention was so obvious that Nathaniel noticed it as well. At this time, his physical strength was indeed a little depleted, but these men had been toying around with him.
Nathaniel was a little impatient.
Mango had to stay hidden from them. Besides, he did not know how was the kids now. He was feeling a little helpless and angry. A wave of impatience rose within his chest and spread quickly to his limbs and bones.
These men deserved to die!
Anyone who wanted to hurt his children and wife deserved a bad ending.
When this idea came to his mind, a change began in his eyes.
A pair of golden orbs quickly replaced the original color of his eyes, and there was an outburst of murderous intent.
"What the heck is this?"
Someone in the group said something, but Nathaniel grabbed his neck and snapped it in half the next instant.
He couldn't see everything clearly. There was a golden sea before his eyes, but his body's senses were particularly sensitive. Therefore, he seemed to be able to hear the breathing and existence of others clearly.
After the first person was snapped to death, the others finally panicked.
"He... he doesn't seem to be affected by the incense."
Yet another voice spoke.
Nathaniel ended that person's life with great speed and accuracy.
He was like an executioner who was reaping lives emotionlessly.
At this moment, there was no pity in his eyes and no sympathy in his heart. Killing others was the only thing he wished to do at the moment.
His ears could pick up the shouts, which were mixed with a strong smell of blood. The atmosphere of the entire ancestral temple was eery because of this.
Nathaniel did not stop until he could no longer sense any living human. It was unknown how much time had passed.
He slumped on the ground and sat on his butt as he gasped violently. The golden color of his eyes slowly faded away as he gradually came to himself again.
Corpses surrounded him as they were strewn all around the temple. It was a horrifying sight. Meanwhile, the entire ancestral temple was also covered in blood. The smell was nauseating, but it also induced some excitement in Nathaniel.
Nathaniel knew that it was wrong and bad to be excited at this, but he couldn't help his desire.
He tried hard to suppress his emotions. Then he rested for a while before he stood up emotionlessly.
Nathaniel walked out of the ancestral temple with the bodyguards of the Ye family, who were still standing outside. He couldn't help but get furious.
"What were you guys doing just now?"
"Mr. Ye, we're standing guard. What's happened?"
A bodyguard answered in panic, but Nathaniel grabbed him by the neck and lifted him off the ground.
"Standing guard, huh? So many people went in just now. Are you all blind?"
Nathaniel was enraged.
These men had probably been away from the Ye family for too long. They likely felt that the family couldn't watch over their action all the time since it was so far away. Was this the reason they dared to slack in their duty? Now that he caught them red-handed, they still dared to quibble with him.
Nathaniel's coldness intimidated the people around him. On the other hand, the man he was holding was gasping for air, but he still made an effort to say, "Mr. Ye, no one went in just now. All of us are waiting outside."
"How dare you talk back to me? Come in and have a look yourself."
Nathaniel did not care what kind of impact and reaction the bloody scene just now would have on them. He dragged the bodyguard and threw him into the temple.
"Have a good look. If no one entered, why would there be dead bodies on the floor?"
Nathaniel threw the bodyguard inside like a ragged doll.
The bodyguard was dizzy after the fall, but he still got up to his feet quickly and looked around the temple. He said with some confusion, "Mr. Ye, there is nothing in here." "Are you blind? Look at those..." Nathaniel pointed to the floor and said this, but he was stunned when he looked at the floor.
Where were the people?
Where were the people in the ancestral temple?
What about the bodies of the people who had fought him just now?
When Nathaniel looked at the smooth floor and the empty ancestral temple, he froze all of a sudden.
How could all of it be gone?
He was definitely in a battle just now. The aura and the footsteps just now were still familiar to him, and even...
Something occurred to him as he quickly ran to the bottom of the altar. However, there was no trace of Mango at all.
"Mango! Mango!"
Nathaniel was panicking at this moment.
What was going on?
What exactly was happening?
The bodyguard looked at Nathaniel questioningly. He felt that Nathaniel seemed crazy, but he did not dare to say so.
They had been standing guard outside all the time. How could they not see anyone enter the temple?
But why would Mr. Ye react like this now?
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