Lord Vedastus sighed and said, “Aside from dealing with Thomas, there is another thing that should be handled with care. In two days’ time, there will be another ‘Duel of Luck’. This time, I am prepared to get my daughter to drink the Ancestral Water.“I am already old and will be gone sooner or later. I should at least keep a card hidden in my sleeve. If Fiora is to inherit my mantle, I will not regret it, even if I am accidentally killed by Thomas.”Hayden said, “Why are you looking down on yourself like that, Lord Vedastus? I do not believe a mere Thomas can get anything big done.”Lord Vedastus looked out the window and said, “No matter what, we have to be prepared, just in case. After all these years, my experience tells me to not underestimate any of your enemies!”It was how cautious he was that brought Lord Vedastus to the position he stood at today!On the other side,On the third floor of Food and Medicine Hall.After waiting patiently for a long time, Thomas finally r
Pisces smiled and said, “You want information regarding the offerings Wilbur placed on the altar when he won, right, commander?”Thomas nodded.Pisces smiled bitterly and said, “It is of no use. He will not tell you anything. You are not the only one who had this in mind. In these few decades, there are no less than a hundred people that had the same thought as you have now, and all of them were of prestigious backgrounds. They have tried everything available, even threatening him and seducing him. But Wilbur did not say a single word.Thomas said, “His lips are sealed tight, huh? It does not matter. We shall see if his lips are sealed that well.”Hence, Pisces found out where Wilbur was admitted to and headed there with Thomas. They entered the ward where the sick Wilbur lay on the bed.It was a haggard-looking old man with white hair. He was so skinny, his bones could be seen with the naked eye.He was eighty-two years old and very sick. It was possible for him to pass away any
There were a few ways to pry information from an old man who was at death’s door.Methods like threats and seductions had to be used on Wilbur before this. It was impossible for Thomas to be the only one who had thought of it. It seemed like their trip to the hospital was in vain. Thomas looked at Wilbur and suddenly had a different idea.Thomas’s medical skills were extraordinary. The moment Thomas met Wilbur, there was something else on Wilbur's body that no one would have noticed besides Thomas, aside from the symptoms of common diseases. It was the black spots!In fact, it was normal for an old man to have black spots on his body. Especially Wilbur, who had god knows how many incurable diseases on him. It was not surprising that there were a lot of different things on his body.But the black spots that Thomas saw were not ordinary black spots. They were black spots that were similar to the effect of being poisoned by Heart Eater. While he was still in Southland District,
Pisces stared at Thomas. “But?”Thomas took a deep breath. “It could be an organization, an underground organization that never shows its face but yet is of substantial power!”It was as if the entire room was frozen from his statement.Pisces straightened up his clothes as he felt cold shivers all over his body.He coughed and said, “Commander, you are saying that there exists an organization stronger than Art Trading Corporation in Celandine City but it has never shown its face before?”Was that possible?That idea alone was out of the world.Thomas came up with his analysis, “Let us assume that this organization does exist and they are ‘Star of Luck’. In that case, that answers many questions.“The so-called Ancestral Water might just be plain water and drinking it does not do anything to the human body. But, it signifies that the person who drank the water is now recognized by the organization known as ‘Star of Luck’!“Drinking the Ancestral Water, getting acknowledgment f
At the following noon, Phoebe arrived at Thomas’s shop in accordance with the appointed time. As she was only able to eat food made by Thomas but not anyone else, she was helpless about it. No matter how much she did not want to go, at the end of the day, she had to be there.As soon as she got out of the car, she headed into Food and Medicine Hall under the cover of several bodyguards.Many people were around the area as they knew beforehand that the young Miss of House of Vistaria would be here as it was really rare to be able to meet a member of House of Vistaria. They finally had a chance to meet one of them. Phoebe frowned. She hated situations like this. It was akin to being treated like a monkey in a circus. It made her very uncomfortable. Fortunately, House of Vistaria was of a certain prestige, and hence, the crowd was only here to take a look, as they did not dare do anything out of the ordinary. Not even one of them dared to take a single photo. After going through t
Phoebe was just a little girl. She had not encountered such a situation before. So, she was so shocked that she screamed once again.“Snake! It’s a snake!”The girl was so taken aback that she nearly cried.The chef ran out of the kitchen. He chuckled and said, “It’s not a snake, it’s just an eel. Ms. Mars, please don’t be afraid.”Phoebe only realized that it was truly an eel when she stared at it, and she subconsciously sighed in relief.However, right after she sighed in relief, two customers in Food and Medicine Hall started a physical fight following an argument. They flipped the table and grabbed the chairs, and each cuss word they uttered was more horrible than the last.The whole situation was terrible.Phoebe could no longer stay there. Even if she craved the food that Thomas prepared, she could no longer stay in such an environment.“Let’s go!”She turned around and walked out of Food and Medicine Hall. Just as she was about to leave, Thomas returned with the ingredi
Thomas actually wanted to go, but he still acted as though he felt troubled. He scratched his head and said, “Is that appropriate? House of Vistaria forbids irrelevant people from going in and out of the place.”Blake chuckled and said, “This is related to Phoebe’s health. I think Mr. Mars will agree with it. As long as you’re willing to go there, I’ll be the middle person, Mr. Mayo. I can definitely convince Mr. Mars.”Thomas pondered for a while before he nodded. “Okay, if that’s what you want, I’ll go there.”“Thank you, Mr. Mayo!”Blake nodded to show Thomas his gratitude. Then, he left after he exchanged contact information with Thomas.As soon as Blake received permission from Mr. Mars, he would immediately inform Thomas.Looking at Blake’s departing silhouette, Thomas squinted slightly. The current situation was really good for him, and it was happening according to his expectations.At this time, Pisces walked over and said, “Commander, you’re awesome! It’s just as you p
After Thomas saw the entire working environment, he was satisfied. Such conditions were worth the $10,000,000 he would be spending every month.Meanwhile, Mateo looked totally dumbfounded.He never expected the environment to be so good. He still remembered that the club where his brother, Diego, used to work was a small rented villa in the countryside. The monthly rental had been less than $10,000.The facilities there were also rough and lousy.Compared with this place, it was insignificant.The environment in the current place was the absolute best in Celandine City. It was even better than Supreme Club, which was under Art Trading Corporation.Supreme Club was not located in the city center, and its monthly rental was just about $4,000,000.In contrast to Avengers Club, Supreme Club was much worse.One could only say that Thomas was really wealthy. There were no bosses like him who would spend up to $10,000,000 on something like this without any honorable achievements. On t
No one knew how far down the title Emperor of Luck was inherited.They had finally caught Luck.Following that, Eric leaped into action and reeled in his haul as fast as he could. With that, all the remaining accomplices of Luck were caught in one fell swoop!The two million innocent citizens were saved, as all of them took the antidote.Once again, Thomas saved the day.In order to express their gratitude, the citizens decided to erect statues of Thomas in Celandine City and many other cities as well.In the House of Vistaria.Phoebe ran towards her father hurriedly. She then smiled at him and said, “What did I tell you, dad? Thomas will definitely turn things around, right? I won!”Declan was so agitated, that he started tearing up.Thomas was really too amazing. He was capable of turning things around, even in such a predicament.At the same time, the curse that had plagued the Mars family for over a thousand years was finally broken. From then onwards, Declan was finally
Luck was dumbfounded. Why was Thomas still alive and kicking?“No need to doubt your own eyes. I am indeed still alive.”The crowd parted, making way for a very familiar figure. It was Thomas, the very Thomas whom the public watched him die.As he walked, he said, “Our previous research has already reached ninety-nine percent completion. But no matter how hard we tried, the final one percent remained out of our grasp. At that time, I thought that perhaps the only way was to drink the Ancestral Water and experience the poison itself, which would allow me to have a breakthrough for the final one percent.“And that was what happened. I managed to do it.“After drinking the Ancestral Water, I finally understood what the one percent was and successfully created the antidote for Ancestral Water. Now that the antidote has been created, it will sever your connection with the Ancestral Water.“You will not be able to kill anyone anymore.“You have lost, Luck.”Lost?Luck's eyes were wi
It was obvious that Eric could not afford to take a gamble this time. But he had no choice. His only choice was to listen to whatever the other party said and prepare a helicopter in twelve hours’ time.That was not all. He was also supposed to request for his superiors to help Luck get out of the country.The thought of it made Eric furious.“Damn it!”He left in anger to deal with the rest of the matter.The sky of Celandine City was covered with clouds.The patriarch, Declan, was in his garden in the House of Vistaria. He stared at the withered flowers as he grieved.His entire life was spent supporting Mr. Cole in hopes that he would be able to create an antidote to Ancestral Water. But at the end of the day, Mr. Cole accomplished nothing.His two disciples — Capricious Holy Hand Elliot, and Thomas — were both dead.There was no one in the world who was capable of creating the antidote for Ancestral Water anymore.“Alas...” Declan sighed. It seemed that it was impossible
At that moment, the general public was suddenly dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning. Everyone was down in the dumps.Many of those with poor psychological strength directly collapsed on the ground.They believed Thomas' death could be exchanged for their own safety, but who knew, in the end, they got nothing, and Luck, as usual, used their lives as a bargaining chip to force the authorities to listen to His Majesty's words.No antidote to Ancestral Water would ever be created by chance.The lives of people were still in His Majesty's hands.Whenever luck wanted them to die, they would die without any ability to resist.However, this was not the most frightening part. What was even more frightening than this was that the only person who could create the antidote to Ancestral Water had been forced to die alive by them.It would be impossible to create the antidote to Ancestral Water without Thomas.Mr. Cole and Elliot had all died, Thomas was the last person who mastered the
Eric sighed deeply, "Thomas, even though things have reached this point, you still remain so kind.""I have nothing to say except to choose death because the research failed." Thomas let out a long breath. "Before I die, I want to talk to my family on the phone."Originally, Emma and the others came to Celandine City because they wanted to be reunited with Thomas.Who knew it had turned into a life and death situation?The world was like a chess game; everything was unpredictable.When Thomas was video calling with his family, Emma was already bathed in tears at the other end. She was crying and shouting at Thomas to not be impulsive, and saying perhaps there was still room for things to turn around.That was what she thought, but it was not the case.Every minute Thomas dragged on, more people perished as the result of Ancestral Water, and the crowd’s fear and rage grew.Thomas’ life no longer belonged to him."Honey, take care of the baby."I love you."Those were Thomas’
For such demanding research, half a day was really too short.Thomas had recruited the best doctors and researchers he could find to work on a detailed study of Ancestral Water.In the past, it was difficult to achieve breakthroughs in the research on Ancestral Water. That was because figuring out how to create an antidote for the Ancestral Water was challenging. On the other hand, it was also because obtaining the Ancestral Water was incredibly difficult. Because they only had a few samples, the results were underwhelming.However, it was different now. Because the entire city's water supply had been turned into Ancestral Water, they were able to collect the samples at their convenience. This made it much easier for Thomas and the others to get the materials.With Thomas in charge, hundreds of researchers were conducting a massive study in just half a day. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan.Thomas still failed. “We almost got it.“We were so close to makin
How sinister. “All we want is nothing but—safety.“As long as we’re safe, we definitely won’t make it difficult for everyone. If we’re safe, no one will die.“Now then, I have a small request to make to ensure everyone’s safety.“I demand that Thomas drink Ancestral Water immediately! This person is a real hassle for His Majesty, and we must keep him under our control for our own protection. Please forgive us for the inconvenience.“We'll only give everyone half a day to consider this. The emperor will begin killing people if Thomas does not step forward and drink Ancestral Water by this afternoon.“Okay. I've said everything I wanted to say. Goodbye.” The TV screen went dark, and so did Eric's face.He kicked the trash can over and said fiercely, “What is this? You're the only person in the world who can create an antidote for Ancestral Water’s poison, Thomas!“Once you drink Ancestral Water, you’ll be controlled by them!“Won't you have to obey Luck's every command by the
After listening to Thomas’ description, Eric also displayed a look of shock and said two words, “As expected.”What did he mean by, as expected?Was it possible that Eric knew that Luck was behind it from the start?“Thomas, follow me.”Eric took Thomas into an empty ward and locked the door. The two sat in the corner of the ward.He whispered, “There is a piece of news that I haven’t announced to the public, that is, besides Celandine City, there are more than ten cities that have problems. Do you know which cities they are?”Thomas’ eyes lit up. He already knew what Eric wanted to say.At the previous meeting, Eric had clearly stated that more than ten cities across the country had been controlled by Luck. Now, there happened to have more than ten cities where residents had been poisoned.Was there such a coincidence?Thomas said, “The residents are poisoned by Ancestral Water. Over ten cities are all under the control of Luck’s forces, so it is almost a certainty that Luck
“I didn’t. I saw the news early in the morning and was shocked. I haven’t dared to drink a sip of water until now.” Pisces took a deep breath and said, “Is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? It’s really terrible.”No matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it was no small matter.Soon, Thomas drove to the hospital.Eric had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Thomas coming, he quickly let him enter the ward.He saw a patient lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, and his body was trembling. Although it was very hot, he was as cold as if he had just been lifted out of the freezer.A doctor walked over and said, “Mr. Mayo, let me tell you the general overview of the current situation.”The virus was spread through water sources.After drinking water with the virus, the virus would lurk in the human body.However, lurking did not mean that it would cause an outbreak.At present, over one hundred thousand people had b