The sight of someone who had been more than happy to take advantage of others and was now begging for mercy or forgiveness was pitiful indeed. The man who was a prideful and confident nobleman, standing tall to receive his 'guest' - which he thought would be just another easy picking -, was, after a couple of minutes, kneeling on the ground, his face nearly touching the floor as he pleaded to the young man in front of him... But Marcus had no time for mercy... He couldn't afford to allow to let the man walk unpunished.<br/><br/>"Stand up, my lord. You're embarrassingyourself in front of your people and you family." Marcus said coldly to the man in front of him, which must have been at least twice his age. Around them theservants were shocked. The family of the nobleman was trembling in place, with his wife kneeling on the ground, sobbing astheir children looked in terror to the display. Behind Marcus was a small group of well armed men, his personal escort.They weren't going to kill everyone in the room... Although they may have liked that mercy, as Marcus' intentions mightactually be a fate worse than death to an aristocratic family. They were about tolose what mattered the most to them, their money and their influence, which was about to disappear without any wayto stop it, as Marcus had already sent his orders. Telling them in person was just a 'kindness' that he wanted to offer them.<br/><br/>Years ago, the noble that was kneeling in front of Marcus had taken advantage of the inexperience of the young man, taking properties of his family for a ridiculouslylow price while threatening to leave him with nothing if he didn't sell. Now the roles had reversed. Marcus was on a personal mission, to recover theproperties that he inherited and weretaken away at that time, and he did sowith this noble, which threatened him with using his connections to bring him down... That was a a grave mistake, as the young man only thought of one way to removethat threat to him, take everything away, which led to a series of deals, sabotage, bribes and swindles was about to end up with all of the businesses of that familyunder the control of Marcus. He was effectively leaving them penniless... Probably even in debt.<br/><br/>"P-Please, Lord Hawksmith. I'm sorry, I'll work with you... For you!... But please, don't make this to us! You can have mydaughters! My wife, if you want! Just... Don't do this to us..." The pleading noble said, As he moved forward to grab Marcus' coat, only for the guards of theyoung man to react and push him away from their boss. Seeing that display visible shocked the family of the man, and theyreacted in disgust to how far he was willing to go to keep his power.<br/><br/>"I'm afraid you're mistaken. It's already done, Lord Bellport." Marcus replied, straightening his coat before taking a step backwards. "There's no way to stop it. In fact, I believe that by this time only this manor is all you have left... But without any income, I don't think that will remain a fact for a long time." He said, feeling the bitterness of the cruelty of his deeds as he laid it out for the disgraced noble, who just resigned himself to sob in place. After letting the man sink in his misery for acouple of seconds, Marcus spoke again, this time with a rather warmer voice. "I do,however, have an offer for you, Lord Bellport. Something we can discuss back in my state. Please, follow me with your family." He said as he turned around and walked out of the mansion.<br/><br/>After coming out of the main entrance, there were two closed carriages, flanked by more of the Hawksmith guards, and just like the ones following Marcus, they were wearing some of the finest<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F564x%2F3a%2F17%2F15%2F3a1715b0aa691d6d81d8942298492baa.jpg&amp;hash=dbe587128dec8d331f32613c5f35fff1" href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/3a/17/15/3a1715b0aa691d6d81d8942298492baa.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">armours</a>and weapons while standing next to clearly strong horses. Due to the nature of his dealings, the young man spared no expense in his safety, and the guards were not the only security he had, as he had more hidden in plain sight or in the shadows, never showing their presence until it was time to act.<br/><br/>"Your family can... take the other carriage, my lord. You can take this one with me. They will be protected, don't worry." Marcus said as he stepped in front of the first carriage. Lord Bellport looked back towards his family, only to find hatred in their eyes, so he turned back towards the young lord and nodded, getting on the carriage, followed by Marcus and the captains of his guards, who sat besides the young lord.<br/><br/>Soon enough, the carriages moved towards the Hawksmith estates, it was a long trip, so they had plenty of time to chat.