The Great Edmonton Valley.
In the night, the hooves of several galloping horses disturbed the silence of the wilderness.
Aron led James and Victor to a dense forest beside the river valley.
There they dismounted and continued leading the horses along a forest path.
Not long afterward, a hidden camp deep in the forest appeared before them.
The camp was surrounded by a fence two meters high, made of thick logs.
Large torches burned every few meters, illuminating the surroundings.
On both sides of the gate rose watchtowers more than ten meters tall, from which everything happening nearby was constantly monitored.
When the guard recognized the newcomers, he shouted joyfully toward the camp:
“The family head has arrived! Quickly inform the commander!”
The quiet camp immediately erupted into commotion, and the heavy wooden gate slowly opened.
A group of large and powerful men excitedly rushed outside.
They were led by a muscular man with a thick beard, more than two meters tall, with arms thicker than an ordinary man’s thighs.
Even from far away, he shouted at the top of his lungs:
“God, if you hadn’t come for a while longer, I would have thought you had completely abandoned Fox Hunt!”
“We haven’t received a single assignment for more than a month, and the scum under my command are practically about to rebel!”
When he reached Aron, the bearded man dropped to one knee and kissed his boot.
“Get up, Chadson. I’ve already told you several times not to put your filthy mouth on my boots!”
Aron scolded him with disgust, but when he saw his indifferent expression, he realized that the stubborn man had once again not taken his words seriously.
Aron pulled James in front of him, while Victor stood behind them.
Before him were more than a hundred bandits who had come out of the camp.
No one outside their circle knew about the existence of this force, which had secretly helped the Blackwood family eliminate rivals and enemies many times.
Many faces in the crowd regularly appeared on wanted posters issued by the governor’s administration, but these vicious bandits behaved like tame lambs in front of their master.
“Over the past month, I’ve been busy with family matters, and soon I’ll finally have a child of my own. Because of that, some people thought that all I do now is lie in bed and amuse myself with women, and they even tried to seize the Blackwood family’s property.”
“Heh, those fat and self-satisfied bastards underestimated both me and the Blackwood family!”
“Those cowards didn’t dare appear in person, but instead sent petty thieves to test our boundaries. They don’t even have the courage to stand before me!”
“So we will go to them and remind them that I am still the same Aron Blackwood who came to Canada. And you will be the warriors who begin this war! Tell me, are you still the hunters of Fox Hunt before whom all of Canada trembles?”
Chadson felt the blood boiling throughout his body.
He tore off his thick coat, revealing a blood-red fox tattoo on his chest, then turned toward the bandits behind him.
“Where Fox Hunt passes, nothing remains!”
Under his lead, the crowd shouted hoarsely.
There was not a trace of fear on their faces, only impatient excitement.
“Where Fox Hunt passes, nothing remains!”
“Where Fox Hunt passes, nothing remains!”
“Where Fox Hunt passes, nothing remains!”
…
Seeing their high fighting spirit, Aron nodded with satisfaction, raised both hands, and pressed them downward.
The deafening noise fell silent instantly.
Aron’s tall figure had already become deeply engraved in his young heart.
He secretly swore that one day he would become a powerful man like him.
Victor, standing behind them, watched Chadson and his men with envy, wanting to join them.
He believed that merely having the chance to follow a powerful man was a great honor.
Aron did not know that James already regarded him as his role model, nor that Victor had decided to follow him.
He waved his hand and pointed toward the distant city.
“Go, warriors. Bring death to those worms!”
The bandits rushed into the camp one after another, mounted their horses, and raised their whips.
Holding torches in their hands, they charged out of the camp like a long dragon, racing toward their master’s enemies like a sharp dagger.
After personally unleashing those vicious bandits, Aron led James and Victor back to the estate.
He was completely confident in the abilities of the Fox Hunt Squad.
Once they took action, everyone who had dared covet the Blackwood family’s property would receive the punishment they deserved.
After seeing his foster father mobilize more than a hundred armed men with a single order, James was so excited that he could not sleep.
He dragged Victor into the training room and continued practicing the Five Elements Boxing and Baduanjin that Aron had taught them.
Unlike the two boys, Aron had experienced things similar to what happened that night far too many times.
After warning James not to train too late, he returned to the bedroom and peacefully fell asleep while holding Jenny in his arms.
The Fox Hunt Squad did not stop the entire night.
Twelve estates in five smaller towns were burned, while four hundred and ten people died from their bullets.
Completely unprepared, the dignitaries who had secretly planned to seize the Blackwood family’s businesses faced the bloody slaughter of Fox Hunt.
Just as their slogan said, wherever Fox Hunt passed, nothing remained.
Everything was turned into scorched earth.
No one, whether man or woman, old or young, could escape their pursuit.
Before dawn, the exhausted group, covered in gunpowder soot and blood, returned carrying several dozen bodies.
Chadson, whose chest was wrapped in bloodstained bandages, led several of his most trusted men and drove a dozen heavy carriages to the Blackwood estate.
Aron had not yet risen at that time, so Butler Charles Whitmore received him.
“Chadson, were all the targets designated by the family head eliminated?”
Charles knew the operating style of Fox Hunt very well.
He knew they would not return before completing the mission, but he still calmly asked the question.
“Mr. Whitmore, Fox Hunt has never disappointed the master, and it won’t this time either!”
“The dozen carriages outside are filled with things we found in the destroyed houses. Feel free to count them!”
Chadson did not dare offend the man who directly served the head of the Blackwood family, so he maintained a very humble attitude.
Charles ignored his flattery.
Expressionlessly, he went to the estate gate and carefully assessed the value of the spoils.
Not counting antiques, calligraphy, and paintings, whose value was difficult to determine, they had found fifty thousand pounds in cash, three hundred gold bars weighing almost half a kilogram each, and several dozen gemstones of various colors.
“Take the gold and precious stones to the private treasury, and sell the antiques, calligraphy, and paintings on the black market.”
Charles casually closed the chest full of gemstones, called several musketeers, and issued the order.
The musketeers carefully carried the gold and precious stones into the estate, while another group took away the antiques and works of art.
Chadson watched them enviously.
The opportunity to openly and honorably serve the Blackwood family was his greatest dream in life.
“All right, come back to reality!”
Charles patted him on the shoulder, took two thick bundles of banknotes from the chest of cash, and handed them to him.
“The master ordered that the reward be doubled this time!”
“Keep ten thousand pounds, take those bandits to the United States of America, and have a good time. Don’t appear in Canada for a month, otherwise you will bear the consequences yourselves!”
Chadson turned pale and took the money with trembling hands.
“I understand. We promise we’ll disappear. We’ll disappear immediately!”
He knew very well the terrifying strength of the Blackwood family’s musketeers.
Every one of them far surpassed ordinary people in skill and accuracy, and those who dared violate orders would be sent straight to hell to repent there.
…
Only at dawn did Aron wash and dress with Jenny’s help.
The tenderness and satisfaction they shared were not for other people’s eyes.
In any case, her white and soft skin was irresistible to him.
The only pity was that after she became pregnant, he was not allowed to penetrate her, so he had nowhere to release his accumulated energy.
When Charles came to report the results of Fox Hunt’s operation, Jenny blushed, covered her mouth, and fled into the bathroom.
“Charles, you really know how to choose the right moment to arrive!”
Aron gritted his teeth, secretly resentful of his unfortunate appearance.
If he had not come, Aron could have enjoyed himself a little longer.
He had not expected Jenny to possess so much natural talent for certain things.
With only a little guidance, she had developed extraordinary skill with her lips and tongue.
“Master, Fox Hunt has returned after completing the mission. Twelve estates were burned, and four hundred and ten lives were extinguished!”
Charles behaved as though he did not understand his master’s veiled complaint at all and delivered his report with complete seriousness.
“According to your instructions, the gold and gemstones were taken to the private treasury, while the antiques and works of art were sent to the black market for sale.”
“Chadson left with ten thousand pounds. I ordered them to hide in the United States of America for a month and return only after the situation calms down.”
When he saw Aron nod, Charles felt relieved.
It would be false to say that he was not afraid, but openly mentioning what he had just interrupted would have made the situation even more awkward.
Therefore, he could only pretend that he understood nothing and change the subject.
The success of this counterattack against people connected to the governor’s administration further strengthened Aron’s confidence.
He believed that those fat and greedy officials would not so easily dare stretch their claws toward the Blackwood family in the future.
Sometimes it was not possible to hide one’s strength and pretend to be harmless, because those who did not know how to judge danger might truly consider you easy prey.
Charles knew very well how to judge the situation.
When he noticed that the family head was in a good mood, he immediately took the opportunity to prove himself.
“Since Madam Jenny became pregnant, Master has been lacking a woman to keep him company at night. I found a beauty, so I was wondering whether you have time to visit her.”
Aron pointed a finger at him and scolded him with a laugh:
“I knew you were only pretending just now! That stiff and serious expression doesn’t suit you. Do you think I don’t know what you’re capable of?”
“All right, there’s nothing urgent anyway. It won’t hurt to go out and take a little walk.”
Jenny, who was hiding in the neighboring room, heard everything clearly, but had no intention of stopping him.
In the Blackwood family, the master represented the supreme authority, and his power on this land could be compared with the governor’s.
She understood that her position was only that of one of his mistresses and that more and more women would come to the estate in the future.
However, Jenny did not care about that.
After more than a month of luxurious life at the Blackwood estate, she absolutely did not want to return to the dilapidated old house on the outskirts of the city.