"Novis security company: 37 people refused to cooperate. 25 died while resisting in battle, and 12 were executed..."
He Ao stared at the copied files Eve displayed on his wristband. He looked up at the sky, then lowered his head again and sighed.
This was not actually the first time he had heard these figures. Eve had told him this crucial information back when he had not yet left the villa, including the whereabouts of these 'father's subordinates.'
Ilo's father had indeed been a man of great prestige and charisma. Aside from the father and elder brother, Novis security company had employed fifty people in total. Including Garrod, only thirteen had chosen betrayal.
Most of those traitors had followed Garrod and taken part in the battle to surround and attack He Ao.
By that count, the Novis security company of the past was completely gone.
Other than an empty shell registered with the Municipal Government, its members and founder had all vanished from this world.
'Ilo' might have been the company's last remaining person.
He Ao continued flipping through the files in his hand.
The Eternal Sect's way of handling matters was extraordinarily simple and brutal, especially when its targets were not believers of Eternal Radiance. It was particularly bloody and ruthless.
Their reason for executing the security company employees who had not died in battle and remained loyal to Ilo's father was simple: killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.
The files made Kate's and the Eternal Sect Upper Layer's attitude very clear: kill people. Use the cruelest, bloodiest methods to intimidate the other Security Companies and bring the Security Federation under the Eternal Sect's control.
Of course, the Eternal Sect also had methods of conciliation. Its primary method was promising that, after joining the Eternal Sect, one would