MTL - True Martial World - Chapter 1601 Bronze fragments

The Baron’s daughter, Alessandra Barrett, has worn a mask from a young age due to an injury. Many say if you were to see the face behind the mask, you would be cursed and die soon afterward. She is seen as a ghost, avoided by all who visit the baron’s home until she becomes the Duke’s wife.

No one could understand why the Duke would pick such a wife. Did he wish to die?

What would become of the girl who once hid in the shadows but now had the spotlight on her as the Duke’s masked wife?

What would everyone say if they were to learn the truth that she was in a contracted marriage with the Duke?

Diagnosed with cancer, she decided to give up the baby in her womb.She had originally planned to have an abortion, get divorced, and then face the arrival of death calmly, hallowing he and his new love to be together.However, he didn't let her go easily. He lingered with her day and night as she grew weaker and weaker, just to leave a child for his infertile new lover.Lying on the hospital bed on the verge of death, she begged, “Take my life and just let me go.”The cold and aloof man knelt in front of her tombstone, holding her favorite gardenias, staying day and night, murmuring with red eyes, “Sweetie, come back. Please don't kidding me...”

As a qualified female antagonist, Maya Monroe's daily task is to sneer and look down at the female lead, Kiki Monroe, to facilitate Kiki's slap in the face and rise to the top.Audition scene:Maya Monroe: How dare a little nobody compete with me for the role? This role is definitely mine!Netizens: Such boastful talk! Nonsense! Kiki, slap her in the face!The audition results come out, and Maya Monroe succeeds in the audition.Maya Monroe, who is obviously holding back: ......Netizens: Wow... Not only is she confident, but she's also so talented! I'm loving it!At the awards ceremony, Maya Monroe holds a bunch of trophies, looking helplessly at the camera.Kiki Monroe, sitting below, has long left the scene angrily, biting her little handkerchief.Host: You've been nominated for so many awards, Maya, what are your thoughts?Maya Monroe pauses for a moment: Actually, I'm not interested in awards.Fans suddenly go wild: Ahhh, sister is so classy, I love it!Maya Monroe's husband is the male lead's brother. According to the plot, this big shot divorces her due to being unable to stand Maya Monroe's arrogance and lets her fend for herself.To make Ian Rowe hate her, Maya Monroe tries her best to act outrageous.She deliberately knocks over Ian Rowe's soup, not knowing the chicken soup is poisoned.She arrogantly steals Ian Rowe's food, not knowing that it all comes from the culinary-struggling Ian Rowe.Maya Monroe: Quickly hate me!Ian Rowe: She... must like me!Another title for this story: “About My Efforts to Hold Back but Repeatedly Crush the Female Lead”, “About How Just Saying a Few Words Casually Makes a Bunch of People Like Me”, “Ah! It's Becoming Increasingly Hard to Be an Antagonist These Days”

This world is not only as the public knows it; there is an underworld that ordinary people don't encounter.Government agents handle troubles in the shadows, while corporate assassins privately deal with issues.Assassins, mercenaries, arms dealers, and spies exist, along with a dark web that ties this world together, and tycoons who attempt to control everything with money.Gao Yi entered the underworld, unbeatable in close combat, carving out his own domain.But there are guns in this world. Beyond seven steps (close combats), guns are faster.Within seven steps, guns are both accurate and quick.Only within three steps does Gao Yi's punch become faster.Unable to beat them, he chose to join them, aiming to rule them all.To rule everything, become the king of killers in the eyes of mercenaries, the king of spies in the eyes of assassins, the king of killers in the eyes of spies, and the king of intelligence in the eyes of arms dealers.Until he is crowned king by the entire underworld, Gao Yi is the ultimate firepower.