[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-legend-of-dragon-son-in-law":3,"chapter-legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-chapter-181":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Legend of Dragon Son-in-law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1748515,2236,"Chapter 181 - 180: Seizing the Throne_l","legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-chapter-181",181,"\u003Cp>Chapter 181: Chapter 180: Seizing the Throne_l\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Translator: 549690339\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The patriarch made his intentions clear, driving those with restless hearts completely insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a royal decree; it was an unchallengeable order!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the patriarch had given his permission for everyone to vie for the position of the successor, there was no need for anyone to hide their ambitions any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let the capable ones take the lead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Report! ”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a Leopold family servant hurried to the doorway, his expression one of panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speak!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At such a time, Whitley Leopold didn’t bother to reprimand the servant for his disrespectful manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew all too well that something serious must have occurred to cause his family’s servant to act so recklessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone we sent out is dead!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The servant’s face was flushed with panic, his tone shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just received news that the Shadow Warriors ambushed near the hospital had all been killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other servants of the Leopold family had already rushed to take care of the aftermath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of incident, if it escalated, would surely bring trouble upon the Leopold family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the city, deaths couldn’t be easily smoothed over without raising issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brayden Leopold stepped forward to the servant and roared, “Say that again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t believe that his personal bodyguards, along with several skilled martial artists, so adept at their craft, had been entirely wiped out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s true!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The servant swallowed and took out his cell phone, showing the photos sent from the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re all gone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand was still trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The state of the dead was so gruesome it even frightened him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… this can’t be possible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the photos, Brayden Leopold staggered backwards, shaking his head and saying, “How could this happen! My people were supposed to succeed, could there be some mistake!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get it on the screen for everyone to see!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The patriarch’s voice came from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The servant glanced at Brayden Leopold, then quickly walked to the corner and plugged the data cable into his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, picture after picture appeared on the large screen in the conference room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hisss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The members of the Leopold family sucked in a cold breath; what kind of opponent were they facing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Brayden Leopold’s staff were not as shrewd and capable as Atlas Leopold, and they were only targeting an assistant this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were lying in wait for a catch, but had the rabbit turned around and bitten them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brayden Leopold collapsed on the floor in an instant, his eyes full of fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others might not understand the capabilities of these men, but he had seen them with his own eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the family members had overestimated the combat ability of those mercenaries, the mercenaries turned out to be stronger than they had imagined!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could this be!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep breath, struggling to keep calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brayden Leopold, you have botched a crucial task for our Leopold family. Such an important matter, and yet you failed miserably!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, someone stood up to kick a man when he was down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the patriarch had allowed everyone to fight for Atlas Leopold’s position, these people could no longer conceal their inner greed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Brayden Leopold was the first to stand up, he should have been prepared to take the brunt of the criticism!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you wanted to take the credit, you had to be prepared for failure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At this crucial moment, we can’t afford any mistakes! Having received advance intelligence, Brayden Leopold became complacent, missing a golden opportunity! Had someone else been in his place, they would have surely eliminated that assistant, instead of giving our enemy more power!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brayden Leopold is stubborn and self-willed, by no means as steady as Atlas Leopold. Now, in his eagerness to claim credit, he has committed such a basic blunder! If we let him control the Leopold family, our legacy of a hundred years would be doomed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I propose that Brayden Leopold be barred from any involvement in this matter until our Leopold family has resolved this issue!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone spoke at once, all of them turning their contradictions toward Brayden Leopold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Brayden Leopold was their common enemy; to overthrow one was to eliminate a competitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… you are all kicking a man when he is down!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brayden Leopold’s father trembled with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prohibiting Brayden Leopold from participating in current affairs was tantamount to sentencing him to death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now everyone understood that the Leopold Family was facing a critical moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoever could turn the tide and eliminate Julius Reed at this time would have the hope of becoming the future heir of the Leopold Family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss this opportunity, and there would be no chance of recovery!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people were so ruthless that they directly obliterated Brayden Leopold’s hopes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Silence!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whitley Leopold looked at the sequences of photographs on the wall, his face showing no fluctuation, as though he were witnessing something entirely normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could one hold the position of Family Head of the Leopold Family without experiencing great trials and tribulations? Such a matter was truly nothing to him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Earlier, didn’t you all say that this matter was easy and anyone could handle it? Now, why have you changed your tune?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder looked at the Leopold Family members who had just turned against each other and questioned them sharply!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked at one another and then bowed their heads in embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earlier discussion revealed that many believed the task held no difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some even thought it was letting Brayden Leopold off too easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon closer consideration, were the people sent by Brayden Leopold really that incompetent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the task were allocated to them, perhaps the fighters they would send out wouldn’t even match up to Brayden Leopold’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was about ambushing a foreigner at the door, striking from the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shadows!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the adversary was unarmed, while they wielded firearms!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the reality was as it stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brayden Leopold had suffered a crushing defeat, with all his dispatched men meeting their demise in the alleyways, not one surviving. As for the assistant of Julius Reed, he left no trace to be found.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When there’s a problem, you should think of a solution, not shirk responsibility! The Leopold Family is in crisis, and yet you’re not uniting?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder shook his head, unable to hide the disappointment on his face: “The people of the Leopold Family, being secure for too long, may have forgotten what they once were.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After his words, everyone fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Leopold Family’s legacy of hundreds of years had mostly progressed smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared to provoke the Leopold Family, and they merely had to guard their enterprises to sit on mountains of gold and silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, aside from Atlas Leopold, there had been few who took proactive measures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Leopold Family had plenty of money, and their industries were the pillars of Five-river Province. Outsiders would surely show them respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that was the case, why make an effort?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t that something the Family Head should be concerned with? Even better, they felt that everything Atlas Leopold did was nothing but right and expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did everyone realize how difficult Atlas Leopold’s journey had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“However, Brayden, you are indeed not suitable for handling this matter anymore!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that sentence from the elder, Brayden Leopold’s hopes plummeted to rock bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that the position of Family Head was no longer within his reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others, though secretly feeling fortunate, dared not show it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew who would become the next Brayden Leopold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy was even more cunning than they seemed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, think of a way to rescue Fernando, and as for the rest, there’s no rush.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whitley Leopold once again closed his eyes, waiting for everyone to voice their opinions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fernando Leopold was the elder who convened the Five-river assembly and held a certain prestige within the Leopold Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was supposed to be a favorable situation, but the outcome was something nobody anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoever can rescue Fernando will become the foremost candidate for the heir!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon the elder’s declaration, a glimmer of ambition shone in everyone’s eyes..\u003C\u002Fp>",1369,"2026-06-06T17:04:44.710Z",1,"novelbin.me","aec7dfa272104d2485b85a62ce1708f2975668fb57adee6c557a6374285d16a8","legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-chapter-182","legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-chapter-180",2546,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flegend-of-dragon-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]