A Certain Lord's Illegitimate Son

With the Poison Master dead, Camilla reacted instantly, flashing into the fray to join the battle between Tagore and the Iron Tower. Not only Camilla, but Eck and another Bald Head, burly man Bode, also joined the fray, launching a frenzied attack on the Iron Tower.

Bode, also a Twelfth-Order Gene Body, is the leader of the Raging Bull Pirate Crew. Within the Boundary River, his Pirate Crew ranks third in overall strength, second only to Eck. He is a believer in the supremacy of strength, and before Gu Ding displayed his Taboo Power, he had always questioned Gu Ding's abilities. In his view, the battle between Gu Ding and Yalo, where Yalo fought injured, was unfair. However, after witnessing Gu Ding use his Taboo Power to powerfully kill the Poison Master, he finally acknowledged Gu Ding's strength and began to consider befriending him. Moreover, befriending someone with Taboo Power might be beneficial in the future. Therefore, after Camilla made her move, he immediately intervened to show his stance.

Eck and Camilla had been considering the best time to intervene from the beginning, especially after Gu Ding displayed his Taboo Power; they knew they had to step in. Even if they couldn't offer help in a crisis, adding to someone's success would be beneficial.

Camilla and the others were indeed formidable in Combat Strength, and their grasp of the battle situation was quite accurate. They were always able to find the openings that Tagore exposed after his attacks and pursue them.

Facing four Twelfth Order Combat Strength and a cat with terrifying Combat Strength, the Iron Tower, which only had one hand left, was captured alive in less than two minutes.

Elsa's battle axe disappeared, and she withdrew from the battle, returning to Liliath's side.

Tagore returned to Gu Ding's shoulder, Gu Ding adjusted his slightly askew hat, then fed him a piece of meat as a reward.

"What do you plan to do with this guy, Gu Ding?" Camilla's attitude had changed after learning that Gu Ding possessed terrifying Taboo Power. Previously, she had treated him as a promising newcomer, and because he had some connection to a powerful figure, she had been quite polite. But now, convinced that Gu Ding would become a terrifying overlord in the Universe Sea, her attitude had become somewhat humble.

"Interrogating people from the Dark Magic Domain will yield no results; killing them is the best course of action." Gu Ding had absolutely no goodwill towards the Dark Magic Domain organization, especially since they had been involved in the attack on Lily last time and had even tried to obstruct him.

"He's right," the Iron Tower, bound by the chains of the Magical Abiding, laughed arrogantly. "Camilla, you didn't dare to kill me just now, you only captured me alive. Are you worried about retaliation from the Dark Magic Domain?"

Camilla and the others looked slightly embarrassed; they did indeed have that thought.

"You and the Poison Master are just peripheral members of the Dark Magic Domain. If you fail your mission and die, your organization won't care. Do you think I don't know that?" Gu Ding's words stunned everyone.

Iron Tower's expression changed upon hearing this. "Just who are you?!"

The Dark Magic Domain has always been a mystery to the outside world, a mystery that outsiders are unwilling to touch upon. This is because too many topics surrounding this mystery involve death and bloodshed.

It wasn't that hackers hadn't tried to uncover the secrets of the Dark Magic Domain before, but after several famous hackers were assassinated, no one dared to touch this taboo anymore.

The information that Gu Ding obtained was naturally gathered with the help of Sea Emperor. Ever since their first encounter with members of the Dark Magic Domain on Titan Star, Sea Emperor had been collecting various information about the Dark Magic Domain.

"The overall structure of the Dark Magic Domain is actually not complicated. At the bottom are the novices. They are usually at the Eleventh Order of Combat Strength, and their main tasks are odd jobs. Of course, there are also some very simple killing missions. Novices are usually trained together for three years. During these three years, the only people they can see who are in charge are the outer members. They also have no access to the core of the organization."

"The Second Level is called the outer perimeter, and everyone there is at least a Twelfth Order Combat Strength. They start by taking on killing missions, and then they are evaluated and scored based on their mission completion. They are promoted based on their points. Only when their points reach a certain level and their Combat Strength reaches level 13 can they be promoted and become an insider."

"The Third Level is called the Insiders. Their Combat Strength is all above the thirteenth rank. If someone who reaches this level fails a mission and is killed, the people of the Dark Magic Domain will retaliate fiercely. Because there aren't many Insiders, it seems there are less than two hundred? And sometimes Insiders will accompany the core members to carry out some more confidential missions, so they know a lot of secrets."

"The fourth level is called the Elders. They are the core members of the entire organization and are respectfully addressed as 'Boss' by their subordinates. There are thirteen of them in total, and all thirteen are Demigod Realm experts. They each manage a portion of the inner circle and the outer circle members."

"At the very top is the boss of the entire organization, who is said to be a very mysterious guy. Only thirteen elders have seen him, and no one in the circle has ever seen him. No one even knows whether he is male or female."

"All this information of mine should be correct?" Gu Ding smiled as he looked at the Iron Tower, whose expression was clearly not good.

Camilla and the others were shocked that Gu Ding knew so much about the Dark Magic Domain Realm.

"There are at least tens of thousands of peripheral members like you in the Dark Magic Domain Realm. If one or two die, no one will really care," Gu Ding continued. "You probably don't know as much about the Dark Magic Domain as I do. You just mechanically accept missions every day and then complete them according to instructions, that's all."

"What you said is mostly correct. Like the Poison Master, I was just an outsider in the organization. We really know nothing about the organization's internal secrets. However, I know something you don't..." Iron Tower said, looking at the Poison Master's corpse, "The Poison Master was the illegitimate son of a certain lord. Although that lord wasn't a member of the Dark Magic Domain, he had some connections with our boss. You killed the Poison Master, and I saw that some video footage has already been uploaded to the heavens. Good luck to you."

Only demigods can be addressed as "adult" by Twelfth-Order Gene Body. Iron Tower's words made Gu Ding realize that he had likely offended a demigod because of this incident. However, Gu Ding wasn't worried about it. He walked to Iron Tower's side, "Do you have any last words?"

"There's one more thing I almost forgot to tell you. Taboo Power are indeed terrifying. But usually, those who possess Taboo Power die young," Iron Tower chuckled.

"You don't need to worry about that," Gu Ding turned to look at Tagore on his shoulder. "Tagore, take him down!"

Tagore raised his claw, and an invisible energy surged forth once more. It tore a black rift in space, like a black crescent moon slicing through the Iron Tower's body. The Iron Tower's terrifyingly defensive body was instantly cleaved in two, his face still bearing the smile from before—clearly, Tagore's attack was too swift; he hadn't had time to adjust his expression to face death.

After killing the Iron Tower, Tagore stretched, curled up, and closed his eyes, seemingly going to sleep. It was as if the Iron Tower's death had nothing to do with him.

Camilla finally grasped the true extent of Tagore's terror up close. She was even secretly relieved that the two Subdragon Clan hadn't clashed with this cat a few days ago; otherwise, the cat would likely have dug out their crystal beads and left their bodies to rot in the wilderness. She beckoned to her subordinates, "Dispose of these two corpses and the bloodstains at the scene."

"Wait!" Gu Ding suddenly remembered that there might be some useful items in the two men's Storage Space. He bent down and first took the wristwatch off Iron Tower's wrist and threw it into his Storage Space. Then he walked over to the Poison Master's corpse and took the wristwatch off his wrist as well.

Camilla didn't question this behavior further; some people enjoy collecting spoils after a victory. Gu Ding's actions seemed perfectly normal to her. She even knew a human collector who removed an organ from every person he killed—something that was rather incomprehensible.

Gu Ding didn't intend to explain anything. In fact, after the two men died, Sea Emperor directly took over their watches. He had already used such a trick to deceive the heavens on the very first day he met Gu Ding.

The body and bloodstains were quickly cleaned up, and even the severed arm left behind by the Iron Tower was cleaned up by the staff.

The broken tables and chairs were quickly replaced.

The chefs in the kitchen were busier because many of the dishes had been destroyed along with the plates by the aftershocks of Elsa and the Iron Tower's battle.

Under Camilla's direction, the dinner continued.

Gu Ding had little appetite, so he took a glass of Mirka and walked out of the hall to the small garden.

Camilla followed, holding her wine glass.

"Mirka, your taste is really different from other men." Camilla, who had walked up to Gu Ding, noticed that Gu Ding's glass had been filled with Mirka's wine all along.

"It's not a matter of taste, it's just that I can't drink alcohol," Gu Ding smiled.

"Interstellar Pirate rarely don't drink. Even those who can't drink will pretend to be strong just to save face," Camilla stated a fact. "You're different from that type of person."

"If you can't drink, you can't drink. There's no need to lie. It's not something to be ashamed of." Gu Ding didn't think drinking Mirka was shameful at all. "Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. It's embarrassing to compare your weaknesses with others' strengths. I'm good at fighting; I'm not good at drinking. It's that simple."

"So what else are you good at?" Camilla asked, bringing the wine glass to her lips.

"I'm also good at dealing with women, do you believe me?" Gu Ding laughed. He had been hanging around Aunt Rose's tavern for so long, and he knew that women who flirted with men occasionally appeared there. He knew what Camilla's words meant.

"I don't believe it. You're not even an adult yet!" Camilla chuckled. She had only been teasing Gu Ding; she wouldn't dare touch anyone connected to that adult.

"Okay, you guessed it. This is indeed not my forte," Gu Ding said frankly.

"What are your plans after leaving the border river?" Camilla asked casually.

"Enter the Fei Me Universe Country, and then enter the Universe Sea through the Fei Me Universe Country." Judging from Gu Ding's tone, he seemed very confident that he could successfully enter the Universe Sea.

"Aren't you worried at all about the demigod's revenge?" Camilla had originally thought that Gu Ding was under pressure because of this matter and was unwilling to stay in the hall.

"Don't worry," Gu Ding shook his head. "What's meant to happen will happen, and there will always be a solution. My current strength is indeed insufficient to deal with a demigod. Who knows what will happen then? At least back on Titan, I didn't expect that I would be able to take revenge on the people from the Dark Magic Domain Titan Star Realm when I encountered them a second time."

"Alright, good luck!" Camilla raised her glass and clinked it against Gu Ding's, then downed the amber liquid in one gulp.