My Waste Husband
Chapter 1282

Chapter 1282

Henry and Li slipped through the city amidst the darkness. The sounds of footsteps behind them caused them to keep moving forward.

The way Li saw it, if they stopped running and got caught, they would have to face the punishment of Radiant Island.

For Henry, the members of the Alvin League and the Recluse Association would appear and surround him if he stopped running.

A hot pursuit unfolded amidst the darkness of Steel City.

Atop the tallest building in the whole of Steel City.

Alvin was in a bathrobe and held a glass of red wine in his hand. He stood in front of a huge floor to ceiling window. From there, he could overlook the entire city. The silhouette that slipped around in the darkness could not escape Alvin's eyes.

"Do you enjoy games of cat-and-mouse like these very much?" Sloane was in a revealing nightgown. She leaned onto Alvin from behind and looked at the chase that happened down below.

Alvin swirled the red wine in his glass and shook his head, a smile formed across his face. "I'm not interested in a game of cat-and-mouse. I just like this feeling of stepping on those who used to act so high and mighty before me."

Alvin said as he pulled Sloane by her arm and pushed himself against her.

Sloane let out a gentle moan.

Alvin breathed heavily, a strong desire to conquer her flashed in his eyes.

Within a narrow alley in Steel City.

"It's a dead end!" Li looked ahead with a troubled expression. They had nowhere left to run.

The many footsteps behind them sounded closer and closer.

A group of people in black scary masks and black clothes, similar to those of the Reapers, but the difference was that the fangs on their masks were longer, which represented greater ambition. They approached the corner where Henry stood.

"Let's fight back!" Li inhaled deeply, looking at how Radiant Island did things. If she went against their rules openly, she would have no choice but to die anyway.

Henry remained silent. He had been allowing the Qi in his body to flow. Unfortunately, his injury still made him unable to use his divine will of the destruction.

As they listened to the approaching footsteps, Li was ready to strike at any time.

"Hey, when did the Reaper change their outfit? How come I never noticed?" An aged voice sounded from the darkness. A figure appeared with his hands clasped behind his back, he walked towards Henry and Li. This figure had its back to Henry, and had no intention of turning back to look. It looked only ahead.

At the corner of the alley, a black- clad Reaper appeared. He held a sharp blade and had visible killing intentions.

At the same moment, more and more Reapers appeared. There were no less than 100 of them!

"Fighting is banned in Steel City. Has that rule been changed?" The old man's voice sounded again. Although his back was hunched, there was still a domineering tone in his voice. His face was wrinkled and his eyes were slightly closed.

The Reaper at the very front stopped at the sight of the figure, then all of them saluted in unison and greeted him, "Greetings, Lord Peze!"

The man who appeared in front of Henry was Old Peze, who guarded the island.

"You're using the Nightwalker Blade. What is the meaning of that?" questioned Peze.

"We have orders from the king to kill two men," the man in the very front replied.

"Orders from the king?" Peze laughed. "Which king allowed killing within the Steel City?"

The first few Reapers looked at each other, and then one of them said, "Its..."

Peze suddenly opened his slightly closed eyes and said in a harshly, "Do you really believe that Radiant Island is no more and only the Dark Island remains?!"

Peze's voice echoed like a bell.

The hundred or so Reapers were all shaken. They feared Peze more than they respected him. After all, they were the most trusted subordinates of Alvin, and were nothing similar to the previous batches of Reapers from Radiant Island.

The Reapers from before had all been gradually replaced when Alvin came to power. Those who possessed the black cards and made the underground world tremble in fear with their existence were now completely left in some city and took up jobs like clerks, a pre-school teachers or doctors...

Peze spoke once more. "Radiant Island has a rule. Fighting is prohibited within Steel City. Anyone who breaks this rule shall not be spared! Now, f*ck off!"

The hundreds of Reapers did not say anything, but none of them retreated.

"What is this, are my words useless nowadays?" Peze lowered his right hand, and caught a scalpel that shimmered coldly slipped out of his sleeve.

The throat of the Reaper in the lead moved obviously, showing that he was swallowing saliva.

"Lord Peze, we were only following orders. We have no intention of offending you. We shall leave right now." the Reaper in the lead spoke, then turned and waved his hand, signalling for all of them to retreat.

Atop the building, Sloane bent down and looked at the incident below, then sighed and said, "Looks like today's game of cat- and- mouse has been forced to end earlier than expected. Ah, after all, this place is still known as Radiant Island."

Alvin snorted angrily, his eyes were red, and he moved irritably as he spoke. "It's that old fart again! One day, I will show him that this island already has a new master!"

In the alley.

The Reapers retreated. Exhaustion showed on the aged face of Peze. He put away the scalpel in his hand and shook his head slowly, but still did not turn around.

Since all the way back, Henry was the great King of a region in the eyes of Peze. Since then, he had always regarded himself as a loyal servant. At that moment, he would not turn around, because in the eyes of Peze, Henry was the King of Hell who looked down upon the world, such a great king should not be seen by his subordinates in such a pathetic state.

In the recent days, Peze watched everything that happened on Radiant Island. He also knew everything that had happened, but he was really unable to do anything about it. He was old, and his age restricted him from fighting like he used to in his younger days. He could only try his best to do

whatever he could. He had already done his best for that night. If those who hunted Henry and Li had been men of the other two forces, he would be of no help, even if he gave his life here.

Peze muttered on, but it sounded like those words were meant for others to hear.

"The darkness has fallen, the last few rays of light are gradually disappearing. In fact, there are times when you don't have to live such a tired life. No one said that you had to take on such heavy responsibilities, it is you who carried too much on your shoulders."

Peze's figure began distancing gradually.

In the corner of the alley, Li was still shocked, and Henry remained silent. The moment he first saw Peze, he could clearly see that Peze was much older than he looked, although he could only see his back. It was not his body that had aged, but his spirit.