"Do you hear what you're saying?" Manager Fu asked coldly. "If this branch ends, so do we! You'll go back to being a lowly commoner, and me? I'll become a server!"
Like a bolt of lightning striking him down, Alek froze, shaken. His eyes widened in realization.
He hadn't spoken out of reason, but out of fear—fear of offending someone they shouldn't.
Hearing his manager's words, Alek realized his mistake.
Return to being an ant? No way! Determination glinted in the assistant's eyes. Clenching his fists, he bowed his head. "My apologies for saying all that! I got carried away by fear!"
Manager Fu's face visibly relaxed.
The two of them were now Cultivators at the 1st-Step Qi Condensation Stage, their power derived from stolen techniques.
Many ordinary people had learned such stolen techniques, but most went rogue and were quickly apprehended by the authorities.
