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
Phoebe was “chained up” by Thomas’ food. Every dish he cooked gave her great enjoyment, and she ate it happily.How long had she not eaten such scrumptious meals?Phoebe was so excited that she nearly cried.About thirty minutes later, Phoebe finished eating her food. She did not say anything before she went back to her room and rested. Actually, she would later sneak into the corridor and peek at Thomas downstairs.Thomas and Declan had a polite conversation for a while before he left the castle with Pisces. Thomas had already prepared dinner in advance and passed it to the chefs. They could just heat it up for Phoebe at night.From now on, Thomas would come to the castle every day. He would prepare lunch and dinner for the day as well as breakfast for the next day.He was really tired, and it seemed like he had never even treated his own wife so well before.However, the reward he obtained from this was quite rich.While Thomas was sitting in the car on his way back, he took
Declan explained, “Who is Thomas? He used to be the chief officer in charge of the Southland District and the God of War. He cooperated with the district chief in the Southland District to knock down Art Trading Corporation's branch there and get rid of Lord Vedastus’ two sons.“Now, he's come to Celandine City in a grand manner. He's continuing his fight against Art Trading Corporation and standing up to Lord Vedastus.“He's such an ambitious person who's busy all day. Why would he have the time to cook for my overbearing daughter?”His question took Blake by surprise.Yeah, Thomas was very busy. He had to plot against Lord Vedastus every day. Why would he have the time to care about Phoebe’s tiny problem?Declan continued to say, “On the surface, it looks like you invited him here. In fact, he purposely created the opportunity to sell you a favor. Even if you didn’t invite him, he would still try other methods to come to me because I have something that he needs desperately!”B
The news about Thomas obtaining the jade badge quickly spread to Lord Vedastus.Lord Vedastus had arranged for some people to keep an eye on House of Vistaria twenty-four hours a day. As soon as there was a strange situation, they would have to report it to him immediately. So, he had clear information on the big situation involving Thomas.Lord Vedastus sat in his office and did not speak for a long time. He was in a quiet trance.His limping secretary, Hayden, also remained silent. He knew that whenever Lord Vedastus looked like that, he would be thinking about some problems. Hence, Hayden would not disturb him. After Hayden waited for a long time, Lord Vedastus finally spoke up.“We have to be quick.”Hayden said, “Thomas killed my son, and I want to kill him as soon as possible. Acting quickly is what I want!”Lord Vedastus said, “I know Declan. He's someone who would enjoy the show fearlessly. He won’t be biased toward Thomas, but he won’t help me either. Since Thomas has
“Levant, please make your choice.“You know how miserable Diego is. You don’t want to become the next Diego, right?”Diego, Diego… The name had been lingering in Levant’s head.He recalled Diego’s prideful moments and high morality. That was how he wanted to live!So… Levant raised his head, looked at the two people, and chuckled.“You’re wrong.“I, Levant Norris, still want to become the next Diego Clancy!“I want to be like Diego. I want to step on Supreme Club and spit on you. Die, you jerks!”As Levant spoke, he grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it out. He intended to irritate their eyes so that he could grab the opportunity to leave.However, that was just in his head. Reality was completely different.The two guys raised their arms and used their clothes to block the dirt. The short man took a step forward and gave Levant a kick in the belly. Levant flew back as a result.He wanted to run away? No way!The tall man took out a knife that he had prepared from his
At the same time, a riot was also happening in a hospital in Celandine City.In Honor Health Hospital, many doctors and nurses were pushing a patient’s bed out. They were pushing him directly onto the road, and they refused to let him stay in the hospital any longer.The patient was Diego.After his recent recovery treatment, Diego had initially started to get better, and his complexion had also improved bit by bit. Who would have known that he would be pushed out of Honor Health Hospital?Thomas and Pisces drove there immediately and rushed over to find out what had happened after they received the news.“Please move aside.”His subordinates chased the people away and protected the bed so that nothing would happen to Diego.Thomas walked up to the doctor and questioned him. “Why are you kicking the patient out?”The doctor put both hands behind his back and spoke coldly as well as arrogantly. “There’s no reason. The hospital just doesn’t want to keep him anymore!”Pisces was
At this time, a gunshot was heard.Bang!The gunshot was loud, and all the security guards were stunned. They were all dumbfounded as they looked around. A few dozen men holding machine guns walked in through the hospital's main entrance, and they surrounded the lobby.Click! Click! The sounds of shaking guns made the security guards instantly kneel down. All of them put their hands behind their heads and dared not move at all.They had been so imposing moments ago, but they were as timid as puppies now.Could one still insist on being imposing in front of absolute power?Thomas looked at the doctor, staring at him coldly without a word. This time, the doctor learned his lesson.He shouted, “Why are you still standing here? Hurry up and pick the money up for them! Do it now! Quickly!”The doctors and nurses squatted down and picked up the money from the ground. The situation looked really hilarious.Thomas did not want to talk to such a person any longer, so he turned around a
There were a few men in uniforms. They looked very young and arrogant. Their gazes were intimidating, and they did not look like how government servants should look.These people were definitely not government servants.Thomas asked, “Who are you? Why do you want to close my restaurant?”A young man, who led the bunch, walked out and disdainfully said, “We’re from the Department of Health! Your restaurant failed our hygiene inspection, so we'd like you to shut down the business. Is there a problem?”Thomas sized him up.Did this person look like he was from the Department of Health?Thomas said, “You’re from the Department of Health? Okay, take out your IDs and show them to me.”The man chuckled. “Why should I show you my ID? Who the heck are you? Here's the deal, I’ll give you fifteen minutes to clear out your customers and shut down the restaurant. Do you hear me?”However, Thomas insisted. “You’re just someone who can’t even show me your ID. How dare you ask me to shut down
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