Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 3198

Andrew said seriously, "Mr. Thornton, don't be discouraged. This kind of thing depends on timing. When the time comes, everything falls into place naturally. If I hadn't experienced life and death in the Outlands, I wouldn't have been able to reach my current strength so quickly either."

Jerome nodded. "Thank you for the insight."

Andrew looked back at Eric, puzzled. "What's with the swelling on your face? As far as I know, Mr. Thornton has never been willing to lay a hand on you, right?"

Eric waved dismissively, acting like it was nothing. "It's fine. Nothing, really. Just bumped into some jerk who thought he was all that. Once my strength improves more, I'm going after him again!"

Andrew frowned. "Someone at the Martial Tower is targeting you?"

Eric said indifferently, "It's nothing, just a little scratch. Look, I'm not even bothered by it."

Jerome said coldly, "It's the Nieves family from the Sylvan Peaks. They've sent people to be stationed in Chetvine. The heir of the Nieves family, Skylar, has clashed with Eric several times. It all stems from the events two years ago when the Nieves family participated in the hunt for you, Andy."

He continued, "After their failure, the Nieves family refused to let it go and has repeatedly picked fights with us here in Chetvine. Since this is the Martial Tower, a military territory, Skylar doesn't dare go too far, but minor frictions are quite often."

Andrew said flatly, "What floor is Skylar on right now?"

Eric waved him off again. "Don't. I told you, it's fine. You just got back; why bother with the likes of them? Skylar has some damn luck. He's hooked up with Lorenzo's daughter, Mikayla. And Lorenzo is that old bastard Guillermo's right-hand man. We don't want to tear open the conflict with Guillermo just yet, so just let it go."

Andrew understood the situation clearly. Guillermo's power in Chetvine was still at its peak. Even with the Lloyd royal family backing Eric and Jerome from behind the scenes, the two usually prioritized the bigger picture. They were reluctant to make an enemy of Guillermo, simply because Andrew was not here, and their own strength was limited.

Nonetheless, Andrew was back, and he had already planned to settle scores with Guillermo and the others.

The timing was perfect.

"Let's go. We're going to have a good chat with Mr. Skylar Nieves," Andrew said with a smile, but his tone left no room for argument.

That way, it could also make the Nieves family appear powerful and well-established.

More importantly, the Nieves family did not want the elites of Chetvine to look down on them.

To some extent, Skylar now represented the Nieves family's reputation in Chetvine.

Fortunately, he was not completely useless. At the very least, he had successfully won Mikayla over and trained diligently on a regular basis.

With a loud bang, the door to the training room was pushed open.

Skylar, who had been meditating, snapped his eyes open. Seeing it was Eric who entered, he immediately sneered.

"Eric, you're no match for me. Why come here just to humiliate yourself? I know you're bitter, angry, and resentful, but what can you do about it? I surpass you in every way. So, be sensible and get out of here. Go back to wherever you came from before my mood turns sour."