Meanwhile, back in Holtrien, Chetvine.

Inside Guillermo's Ravencrest Manor, Guillermo held the now-silent telephone receiver. His face cycled between pale and flushed in waves of anger and shock.

His two most trusted men stood nearby, Lorenzo from the Owens family, and Jose Castillo, who had been forcibly elevated to the martial god level by Guillermo over the last half year.

"Mr. Vazquez, what happened with Mr. Topsfield Senior?" Lorenzo asked.

Guillermo's expression darkened as he spoke th