River’s expression was completely sullen. He dared not even stare at Levant who was walking over. Earlier, he had insulted Levant nonstop and thought that he could steadily get rid of the Avengers.Who would have known that there would be such an awkward outcome?Levant walked up to River, blew into his hand, and smiled faintly as he stared at the man.“Mr. Gibson, it should be the time to complete the bet we made, right?”Many people gathered around Levant and River, staring at them with strange gazes. All of them did not seem to have good intentions.They were not “good people”. They enjoyed watching a show, and they were not afraid of causing a stir. They could not wait for them to start fighting.River was the person in charge of his club, and he was feeling incredibly embarrassed now.He whispered, “Levant, we’re old friends. You don’t have to do this to me, right?”Old friends?Levant chuckled and said, “Why don’t I remember having an old friend like you? Try to think ab
“I spent so much money to recruit the most outstanding players in Celandine City, but this is the result I get. This is ridiculous!”…… In contrast to Lord Vedastus’ enragement, Thomas felt ecstatic. Finally, everything was starting to go according to his plan. This victory did not cause any practical harm to Art Trading Corporation, but it was still a heavy blow on Lord Vedastus’ dignity.What Thomas wanted to do was slowly shake Art Trading Corporation's domination from all aspects.However, if he wanted to end Art Trading Corporation's reign, he still had to do one more thing, which was to be acknowledged by Luck.If Thomas' previous prediction was not wrong, Luck would be the real mastermind behind the scenes. Luck acknowledged Art Trading Corporation but not Thomas.Once things got critical, Luck would step forth and help Lord Vedastus.Therefore, Thomas had to obtain Ancestral Water and get Luck to acknowledge him so that he could deal with Lord Vedastus without fear.
Declan’s image and temperament were similar to what Thomas had imagined. He looked like a noble European gentleman from the last century, and he resembled a vampire who lived in the castle, like those in the movies.His complexion was so fair that it was terrifying.“This is Mr. Declan Mars, Head of the House of Vistaria,” Blake introduced.Thomas and Pisces immediately stood up to show their respect. Declan was very aloof, or one could say, proud. He did not show even the most basic courtesy. He did not walk over and shake hands with Thomas. He just walked to the main seat at the long table, sat down, and stared at Thomas coldly.This man did not respect others at all.It was actually not strange. With his status, even if Lord Vedastus was there, he would not take him seriously either.As the only person who could talk to Luck in Celandine City, Declan had a pretty high status.He just stared at Thomas in silence.If regular people had received such a stare, they would feel
It felt like Declan wanted to chase Thomas away on purpose.Was this appropriate?Blake was quite angry.However, he was Declan's senior. He had watched Declan grow up, and he understood Declan’s character well. So, he knew that Declan would never do anything meaningless and be manipulated by emotions.There had to be a reason for Declan to trouble Thomas like that.Blake was just worried if Thomas would lose his temper and refuse to do it before turning around to leave.Unexpectedly, Thomas did not have such a thought. On top of that, he even confidently uttered three words.“That is easy.”Blake was stunned. That was easy? Was it not difficult?Honestly, Blake was not capable enough to make one dish to satisfy four top chefs who had different tastes.He would not be able to do it no matter what.Blake was also instantly curious about what Thomas was going to do to achieve that result.Declan was now in good spirits as well.He flashed him a smile for the first time and s
Blake secretly whispered to himself, ‘Is this Mr. Mayo’s level? Did he really deceive everyone, or did he purposely prepare this dish after Declan offended him?’Blake could not tell what the real reason was at this point.However, Declan had a different opinion from them. He was an extremely calm man who would never be manipulated by his emotions.Besides, he was clear about one thing: Never easily make judgments before the results are out.The food that Thomas had prepared did not look appetizing, but was that the truth?If it tasted bad after they tried it, it would not be too late for him to rebuke Thomas and chase him away then. Now was not the time to express his opinion just yet.Declan’s mind was terrifyingly calm.He did not lose his cool like the others. Instead, he calmly said, “Chefs, please try the food.”One of the chefs smiled and said, “Mr. Mars, it’s not that we don’t respect you, but there’s really no need to eat this fish fillet with sour sauce. Eating such f
All the chefs were stunned on the spot, and none of them could say anything. Everyone had witnessed Thomas cooking, so everyone knew how the food had been prepared.The whole operation had been under their observation. All of them had watched how he used the fire and cut the ingredients. So, why was the taste different from what everyone had expected?There had to be a secret involved.Yet, nobody could guess what the secret was at that time.The chefs did not stop eating. All of them had some illness in their body. When there was finally a dish that could cure them, it was considered a rare medicine. How could they simply give it up?So, they ate it again and again.In the beginning, they thought that there would be a different taste if they ate a different piece of fish fillet. So, they did just that.However, when they ate it, they realized that something was wrong.No matter which piece of fish fillet they ate, the person who favored spicy food always tasted spiciness, and
Besides, the mouth of the chef who loved spicy food had already become swollen, and his face had turned red. He could not have faked that.In the end, Blake could only admit that he was not knowledgeable enough, and he could not understand the secret in Thomas’ food.He caressed his beard before he mocked himself and said, “There are always smarter people out there. I’m incapable of discovering its secret!”At this time, Declan, the head of the family, who had been silent finally spoke up.He looked interested as he stared at Thomas and asked, “Mr. Mayo, you really did it. You created four tastes in one dish, and you satisfied the appetite of my four chefs. At the same time, there were even four curative effects in the dish that successfully cured the four chefs' illnesses. I've never heard or seen any dish with four tastes and four curative effects.“Mr. Mayo, please enlighten us on how you did such magical work. Please solve the mystery for us.”Everyone looked over at Thomas.
Even Declan clapped. Could the others just watch at this point? In an instant, the reception hall erupted in long applause, and it was the biggest recognition for Thomas.Then, the applause stopped.Declan said, “I've already seen your skills, Mr. Mayo. From today onward, you'll be House of Vistaria's royal chef. I’ll count on you for my daughter’s daily meals.”At the same time, he handed a jade badge to one of his subordinates and asked the subordinate to pass it to Thomas.“This jade badge is the entry pass for House of Vistaria. With it, you can freely move in and out of most places in House of Vistaria.”That was all he said.It was actually very weird because when they usually hired a royal chef, there would be an important section, which was the salary!He wanted to hire Thomas, but he did not want to pay him?Declan did not say anything about it. He did not mention the word “pay” at all.Thomas was exhausted every day, and he even had to spend a lot of money to buy the
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