Chapter 977: Fly Into an Uncontrollable Rage

Although the thirty or so subordinates that Derek brought were not all the elite power of the Piers, they definitely accounted for at least half of the experts.

This was a team of experts that the Piers had painstakingly spent a ton of money to build and nurture.

But in just a few minutes, they had become the Howards’ subordinates, which made him so furious that he was about to vomit blood!

Rayson was also looking at this scene in astonishment.

Even he didn’t expect that so many of the Piers’ experts would pledge allegiance to the Howards within such a short period of time!

In that case, how could they fight against the Howards? He had only brought twenty or so experts.

Fang Qiu, slightly stunned, stood up and asked.

“He said he’s a government official. If there’s anything you want to know, ask him. I have a lot of things to do now, so I’ll take my leave first.”

As he spoke, Zhao Shanlin immediately turned around and walked out.

The young man stopped before his desk.

“Hello, I’m here on behalf of the Beijiang Bureau of Land Management. You can call me Xiao Li.”

While introducing himself, the young man extended his hand to Fang Qiu.

“Hello.”

Hearing that, Fang Qiu immediately understood why he was here and shook hands with him.

“Here’s the thing. The top leaders asked us to allocate a few pieces of land to you. Are you available now? Let’s go take a look.” Xiao Li asked.

“So fast?”

Fang Qiu was surprised.

“It had only been half an hour since Li Ji called me, and this young man is already here at the cultivation base. How could they act so fast?”

“State affairs should be done as quickly as possible.”

The young man smiled and said, “After all, this is a restricted military area, and unauthorized people are not allowed to enter. It’s a waste of resources to leave the land there unused. If it is left in a state of neglect, the land will gradually turn into a desert. So, you should maximize its value.”

But they were living human beings!

So despite Derek’s furious holler, there was no way these experts would return to the Piers as Derek had commanded.

From the moment they made their choice, they were already part of the Howards!

“Mr. Piers, why are you lashing out at my subordinates? Don’t you forget that they’ve all chosen to join the Howards, and you’re in no place to yell at them!

“Mr. Piers, you keep saying that your family isn’t going to spare them, but I insist on protecting them! If you dare to harm them, it means going to war with the Howards!

“But I advise you to put your brains to use and think through this carefully before you decide to go to war. These thirty-something people must be quite important to the Piers, and they must account for at least half of the Piers’ combat power, right?

“The Piers have lost so much combat power to the Howards. The tables have turned. Do you really have the courage to go to war with the Howards?”

Florence spoke extremely hostilely, but the Howards were pleased to hear it.

This was what the truth was. The Howards and the Piers used to be evenly matched, and if they really fought, the chances of victory would be 50-50. But now that the Piers had lost a significant force, the Howards didn’t have to be afraid even if they went to war with the Piers!

The thirty or so experts who had just defected to the Howards were greatly relieved after hearing what Florence said. At the same time, they were very confident as well.

Now that they were already working for the Howards, they naturally had the Howards to protect them, so why would they be afraid of Derek?

“Mr. Piers, we indeed worked for the Piers previously, but we’re not your slaves. You paid us, but we also did a lot for your family in return, so our conscience is clear!”

“That’s right! We don’t owe you anything!”

“If the Piers want to take revenge against us in the future, we won’t sit back and do nothing. You can’t blame us when the time comes, Mr. Piers!”

“That’s right! We belong to the Howards now, and we no longer have anything to do with the Piers. If you want to make a move against us, we won’t be polite!”

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The thirty or so experts spoke one after another.

Since they belonged to the Howards now, they naturally had to perform well in front of their new employer, especially since they couldn’t have anything else to do with the Piers anymore.

They used to be Derek’s subordinates, so they had obeyed him. But the situation was different now. If Derek insisted on dealing with them and making a move against them, the Piers would be their enemy!

Derek’s face flushed red, and he was about to be angered to death by his former subordinates.

The Piers had invested heavily in them, and they thought that these experts would work for them for the rest of their lives. But now, they had not only betrayed the Piers to join the Howards, but they even had the guts to speak to him like that and threaten him, the helmsman of the family!

“Very well! Since you’re so brave, the first thing I’ll do is to get rid of you traitors once we start to deal with the Howards in the future! Just you wait!” Derek cursed angrily through gritted teeth.