Chapter 45 Emotions
However, no matter how Lauren prayed, the door of the City Lord's Mansion slammed shut.

After that, Lauren's shrill howls suddenly stopped.

Obviously, Lauren knew that Lady Gasco was serious this time.

He really abandoned himself because of these 80,000 gold coins.

But Lauren no longer has the energy to care about other things.

Because the other businessmen in the Chamber of Commerce had surrounded him.

"Housekeeper Lauren, right?"

"You have such a big appetite!"

Looking at the businessmen who surrounded him, Butler Lauren showed a look of despair in his eyes.

These merchants traveled far and wide and were all trained warriors.

At least they have the strength of a mid-level warrior.

As the steward of Viscount Gasco's Mansion, Butler Lauren has to manage the huge Viscount's Mansion every day. Where does he find the time to practice?
Even if they had some strength in the past, it has been abandoned in the past few decades.

"Wait, I still have money..."

"Huh? Butler Lauren, do you think we'd be short of that little bit of money from you?"

"and many more!"

Just when the businessmen were ready to take action against Butler Lauren, the white-haired old man spoke.

When the merchants surrounded Butler Lauren, the white-haired old man had already picked up all the gold coins that Gaske had thrown on the ground and put them into the gray purse in his hand.

"This is Lord Gasco's residence. We can't do anything here."

"Take him with you. Once we leave here, we will seek justice for President Nitron."

"Ah."

Hearing this, the businessmen all nodded.

Indeed, no matter what, Lauren is still the butler of Viscount Gasco. Although he has been kicked out by Viscount Gasco, it would be too disrespectful to Viscount Gasco if they attacked Butler Lauren in front of the Viscount's mansion.

Following the advice of the white-haired old man, two stronger businessmen came to Butler Lauren's side, each holding up one hand.

"Please, Housekeeper Lauren."

In the Viscount's Mansion, Viscount Gaske entered the mansion but did not leave. Instead, he stood behind the door and listened to the conversation outside.

After the merchants took Butler Lauren away, Gasco waved his hand, and immediately, a team of guards quickly came to Viscount Gasco.

"Lord Gasco."

"Well, Lyle, Butler Lauren just disappeared, and along with Butler Lauren, the 20,000 gold coins in the warehouse also disappeared."

"I suspect that Butler Lauren is colluding with people outside the Viscount's Mansion to steal the Viscount's Mansion's property."

"You lead a team and bring back Butler Lauren and his accomplices to me."

"Remember, I don't want to live."

"Yes, Master Gasco."

……

"I see. The mystery of the soul is truly intoxicating."

In Locke City, in the retreat room of the Grand Duke's Mansion, Locke opened his eyes, and the joy in his eyes almost escaped from his sockets.

Because of the emotion of "sadness" as a trigger, I began to perceive other emotions from my soul.

This represents that Locke's spiritual attainments have been greatly improved.

The most obvious manifestation was that Locke felt that his control over the power of his soul had improved qualitatively. After entering the state of "harmony between man and nature", Locke could now clearly sense the emotions of everyone in the mansion through the embryonic form of his spiritual consciousness.

The maid was anxious, the guard was angry, and the children in the courtyard were having so much fun...

Through this kind of induction, although Locke cannot achieve the effect of "mind reading", he can easily judge a person's current state from the emotions expressed by his soul.

What surprised Locke was that his perception of "emotions" was much stronger than his perception in the state of "harmony between man and nature".

This means that Locke's soul power, to some extent, has surpassed the "prototype of divine consciousness" in the sanctuary state.

Suddenly, Locke was stunned.

Exiting the state of unity between man and nature, Locke opened the door of the training room.

This time, Locke did not hide himself.

Therefore, the guards guarding in front of the training room immediately discovered Locke.

"Master Locke, are you out of seclusion?"

"I will report to Lord Cole right away. Please..."

When the two guards saw Locke, they hurried forward to salute. One of them had not yet finished speaking when he was immediately interrupted by the other guard who nudged him with the hand.

"Master Locke, please forgive me, this guy is new here..."

When the first guard heard what the second guard said, his face turned pale and boundless fear rose in his heart.

He suddenly fell to his knees, kowtowed to Locke, and cried, "I deserve to die, I deserve to die..."

Although, Cole has been managing Rock City for decades.

However, this territory is called "Locke Territory".

This city is called "Lock City".

This mansion is also called "Locke Mansion".

The owner here is "Grand Duke Locke"!
However, the guard just now actually told Grand Duke Locke that he was going to report to Lord Cole, and wanted Lord Locke to wait for Lord Cole to summon him...

Does this mean that Lord Cole is regarded as the master of Locke City?

Because the distance was too close, even though Locke had not entered the state of "harmony between man and nature", he could sense the fear in the guard's heart through his soul attainments.

"Okay, get up."

Locke didn't really take these things seriously. To him, only strength was the greatest guarantee for survival.

All rights and status are just derivatives of strength.

With strong strength, power and status will be within reach.

But if you indulge in the enjoyment of power and status and ignore the improvement of your strength, then everything will be in vain.

Once you meet someone stronger than you, and that person happens to choose you to be a part of his or her enjoyment, then everything you have will disappear like bubbles in an instant.

Locke was too lazy to care about the little thoughts in the guards' minds.

So, after asking the guard who was kneeling on the ground to stand up, Locke ignored him and walked along the corridor in the direction where he had sensed Cole before.

This time, Locke did not hide his breath, so before Locke walked into the reception room, Cole, who sensed Locke's breath, was already walking towards him.

"Brother, you are out of the quarantine."

Cole came forward with a happy look on his face, seeming delighted that Locke had come out of confinement.

However, Locke did not sense any emotions of "happiness" or "joy" in Cole's soul.

On the contrary, there are more emotions such as "panic", "fear" and "worry".

(End of this chapter)