Another female tourist went missing during the same period. The bride had been missing for less than a week, and this time it was even odder.The female tourist had been with the group to take pictures and tour the area, but while on the way, the group became slightly distracted from keeping an eye on her, and she disappeared.The female tourist had disappeared by the time the group discovered it.She was never found after that, and it was hard to determine if she was alive or dead.That bizarre legend became even more believable after two consecutive cases of strange female disappearances. The horrible demon who specializes in eating women—Banshee, was among the tribe!What was even scarier was the fact that people claimed Banshee usually turns into a human form, similar to a normal person, and appeared exactly like one.However, when she revealed her true colors, she transformed into a demoness with huge wings that looked like a pterodactyl.She would spit out poisonous smoke
Of course, the holy woman understood what Pisces meant.She said, “In fact, we thought of that as well. After all, this ‘banshee’ is a mythical creature; it only exists in legends. It is not real at all and there are not many of us who believe in its existence.“But everyone is blaming the strange and unexplainable disappearance of the girls on the banshee. The same applies to the people from ancient times, where they claimed that it was God who commanded the weather because they had no logical explanation for it.”After pausing for a moment, the holy woman continued, “Since all those who are missing now are young, beautiful, and have good figures, all of us can guess what the culprit is after.”It was pretty to come up with this guess.Why would the culprit kidnap so many young girls? Anyone could figure out the reason.A culprit who was sexually attracted to the girls might have kidnapped them. Then…Everyone was reluctant to even make a guess what came next.It had been thre
The holy woman said, “I am grateful for your suggestion, esteemed guests. We will also provide you with accommodation. If there is no need to go out, please stay in your room.”As the holy woman was talking, her eyes were fixated on Phoebe.This was because muscular men like Thomas and Pisces would not attract the culprit’s attention at all.But it was different for Phoebe.Regardless of Phoebe’s age, height and weight, she was the perfect target in the culprit’s eyes. What mattered was the fact that she was pretty and dressed up well.This was the culprit’s favorite type of girl.Therefore, it was extremely dangerous for Phoebe to stay in the Divine Water Tribe. If she were to wander around aimlessly, she could be caught unaware in something unpleasant.Phoebe coughed awkwardly and said, “I will not wander around aimlessly. Please rest assured, your Holiness.”The holy woman, who wore a worn-out expression, said, “It is not really safe even if you do not wander around. Honestl
Thomas, Pisces, and Phoebe took up two rooms that night. Of course, Thomas and Phoebe shared a room.The door was shut tight.Phoebe locked all the windows and the door. She then drew the curtains and used duct tape to seal the windows with an ‘X’. She was afraid that someone might enter the room.With a bitter smile, Thomas said, “Are you for real? You have already locked the door and sealed the windows. It will be very stuffy tonight.”Phoebe pouted, “Do not worry, you will not die from that in such a big room. Moreover, there are gaps at the doors and windows. The room ventilation still works as they are not completely sealed tight.”Thomas was helpless about that. Silently, he made his bed on the floor. He knew that he would not have a good night’s sleep.While he was still making his bed, Phoebe carefully checked the entire room. She wanted to make sure there were no hidden cameras, hidden doors, etc.It seemed that she was really frightened by this legend of ‘banshee’.“B
Thomas pointed at that man who was dressed in black and said, “If I am not wrong, that man is most likely to be the ‘banshee’.”“That guy?”Phoebe was surprised.The culprit had been roaming free for three months, but with Thomas, Pisces, and Phoebe’s arrival, they caught him just like that? If that was the case, their plan to contribute to the tribe was as good as gone, right?“Let's go take a look.”Thomas, with Phoebe following right behind him, headed out.They left the room and headed towards the altar, meeting Pisces there.As they entered the altar, the holy woman was already seated on the throne in the main hall, with one man on each of her sides. There was a solemn silence in the hall.The crowd slowly gathered at the altar, but most of them stood by the entrance as they were not allowed to enter the altar at will. A muscular man who wore a sleeveless shirt brought the man in black into the hall.“Kneel!”The muscular man pushed the man in black down on his knees bef
Peugeot was prepared to face the holy woman’s accusation.He clenched his fist and said righteously, “Your Holiness, I believe that every single one of us who belongs to the tribe is pure and kind-hearted. It is only this rascal that is evil at heart! No one else could be the culprit besides him.”The holy woman felt helpless.She frowned and said, “Even if you are right, it has to be based on evidence instead of blind guessing. Peugeot, you said that Rufus is the culprit, right? What evidence do you have?”Peugeot went speechless when the holy woman asked him the same question in the past. But who knew that Peugeot actually had an answer to that question today?“I do!” Peugeot took a hair clip that obviously belonged to a girl. He held it in his hands and said, “This is the evidence!”The holy woman stared at the hair clip, not understanding what was going on.“How can that be considered as evidence?”Peugeot answered, “I started following Rufus this morning and found him star
The murderer had not been arrested, and Rufus had been “defended” repeatedly. The tribesmen’s anger was already at its peak. If this continued, a riot might break out.While everyone was leaving, Thomas, who was silently watching the show, suddenly sensed something amiss, and he looked over at the crowd.He scanned everyone like an eagle looking for prey.“What are you looking for?” Phoebe asked.Thomas did not answer her. Instead, he continued to look around. Phoebe wanted to repeat her question, but Pisces stopped her. He hinted at her to not disturb Thomas.Usually, Thomas would be focusing when he was in such a state.Everyone slowly left. Thomas snapped out of his concentration mode and rubbed his eyes.Phoebe immediately asked, “Thomas, what did you see just now? Also, why did you stop me, Pisces? What were you trying to do?”Pisces explained, “The commander only acts like that when he finds an important clue. I stopped you earlier because I didn’t want you to distract th
Phoebe’s expression changed.She knew that Thomas was not a person who would simply joke around. If what he said was true, Banshee had indeed been in the crowd earlier, and he had even targeted her.She became so worked up that she almost cried. “What should I do? I… I’ve clearly become fatter now!”Right then, the holy woman chuckled in resignation and said, “The girls in the tribe have been trying all kinds of ways to become fat, ugly, and old. Honestly, Ms. Mars, you’re not fat. Compared with others, you’re still gorgeous.”It was a compliment, but it made Phoebe feel extremely gloomy at that moment.Phoebe pouted and said to Thomas, “From now on, you have to be by my side twenty-four hours a day, and you can’t leave me at any time! Pisces, you have to be with me if you have nothing to do as well. The two of you have to protect me at the same time. Do you hear me?”Actually, Thomas and Pisces would have done that even if she never mentioned it.They would be too incapable if
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