What a miraculous turn of events. Thomas, who wanted to avoid Lord Vedastus at all costs back then, had no way of doing so. But now, when Thomas was looking for him today, he was missing instead.Would anyone believe it if someone said that it was unintentional?From how Lord Vedastus used to behave, he was definitely deliberately hiding. That further proved that he was the one who ordered his men to destroy the medicinal herbs in Caring Hospital.It was in line with how simple and direct Lord Vedastus was.If Dragon Claw was the one who was responsible for the fire, he would not be destroying the medicinal herbs, but instead, he would be throwing in expired and fake medicinal herbs, mixing them with the real ones, just to mess with Thomas.Lord Vedastus and Dragon Claw were two entirely different individuals. The former was cruel while the latter was deceitful.Thomas, being forced to deal with both of them at the same time, sometimes got tired of them.It was impossible to wak
Meanwhile, in House of Vistaria’s living room, Dragon Claw held a drumstick in one hand and a wine glass in the other. He drank the wine and said, “Holy shit, Lord Vedastus is smart. He actually came up with such a despicable method. He’s actually planning to kill Thomas and those patients. Shameless! He’s truly shameless!”How could he also brazenly criticize others when he was the same kind of person?Heron chuckled and said, “I was wondering how we were supposed to give Lord Vedastus a suitable explanation. Thomas’ medical skills actually helped him to defeat our two-headed snakes so easily. But to my surprise, Lord Vedastus developed and worked on his own plan, which was crueler.”Dragon Claw took a big bite of the drumstick before he said, “Honestly, I didn’t expect Thomas’ medical skills to be that outstanding either. Countless famous doctors couldn’t cure the two-headed snake venom, but Thomas managed to find the solution in such a short time. Tsk! Luckily, Lord Vedastus was
What?Resources?After all, it would take the nearest city at least six hours to deliver resources. How could they have been delivered in such a short time? Half an hour had just passed.Could Lord Vedastus and Dragon Claw be playing some tricks to set Thomas up with fake medicine?Thomas remained alert and asked, “Where are these resources from?”Before the driver could answer, a sedan moved out from behind the truck team and stopped five meters away from Thomas.The front passenger door opened, and an old man struggled as he got out of the car. When Thomas saw the old man, the confusion disappeared from his face.The old man was Abner, the King of Snakes!“Mr. Porter, are these from you?” Thomas was incredibly surprised and happy.Abner walked up to Thomas as his housemaid supported him. He smiled and said, “I heard that your medicines were burned by some lawbreakers?”Thomas chuckled in resignation and said, “I was too careless.”Abner laughed. “You’ve been working hard
Others could not contact Lord Vedastus, but as long as he wanted to, Heron could.Soon, Lord Vedastus arrived at House of Vistaria.Based on his angry expression, one could tell that the failure of this mission struck a huge blow on him. Not only did Thomas’ reputation receive a boost, but his own act of hiding and not cooperating to provide medicine was sufficient for everyone to criticize him for his entire life.He had truly suffered a great loss.Therefore, Lord Vedastus thought that Dragon Claw had called him there to insult and curse him.However, to his surprise, Dragon Claw did not curse him with any vulgar words when he saw him. Instead, he chuckled, pointed at him, and said, “Lord Vedastus, you’re brilliant. Your strategy to burn their medicine was a really smart move!”Lord Vedastus wore a cold expression and said, “You don’t have to be sarcastic! I made a bold move, which ended up being a big mistake. What punishment am I going to receive? Spit it out.”Dragon Claw s
After Lord Vedastus left, Heron felt worried as he asked, “Master, I know what you’re planning to do. You want to expose the secret, which will definitely humiliate Abner and Thomas. But aren’t you afraid of involving Declan as well?”After all, Abner and Mr. Cole had merely obeyed his orders. Declan had been the one to actually plan and create the two-headed snakes.If the secret was exposed, would Declan’s reputation be ruined as well? Heron did not like Declan, but he was still Luck’s spokesperson in Celandine City, and he had become the head of a family with a thousand-year history. If they wanted to harm Declan, they had to ask Luck for permission first.It made Heron anxious and worried. However, Dragon Claw chuckled and said, “There’s nothing to worry about! Please rest assured. This will only involve Thomas and Abner. Declan won’t be involved.”“Why?” Heron did not understand.“It’s simple. Would Lord Vedastus simply drag Declan into this mess? He’ll just say that the
Heron nodded. “I’ll watch them right away!”After he spoke, he left the living room immediately to keep an eye on Lord Vedastus and Thomas’ latest actions.When Dragon Claw looked at Heron’s departing silhouette, he felt comforted and warm.He whispered, “Heron, you’re wrong about something. You’re not my shield, I’m your shield. If anyone tries to hurt you, they’ll have to walk over my dead body!”Dragon Claw did not have any family members in this world. In the past, he had lost all hope to live, but thanks to Heron, he managed to carry on.He had treated Heron as his biological brother for a long time.Dragon Claw was his shield!…… After continuous treatment for twelve hours, cooperation between the doctors and nurses, as well as the supply of sufficient medical resources, Thomas finally cured all the 113 patients.All patients affected by the two-headed snake venom were cured, and nobody died.During the process, Thomas even cured many of the patients’ other illnesses i
Reason?What reason could it be?Even if he had a reason, he could not just watch hundreds of people die and do nothing, right?“Why are you trying to make not saving people’s lives sound righteous?“Bastard, I’m going to wring your neck today!”The people were extremely insulting.If this had happened in the past, Lord Vedastus would have been so furious that he would have ordered his people to beat them up. However, he could not do that right now. He suppressed his anger and said, “Please remain calm. I believe that you’ll understand me after you listen to my reason.”Someone shouted, “Whatever crap you’re planning to say, spit it out! If the reason you give us today isn’t convincing, Art Trading Corporation will cease to exist!”The patients’ family members were extremely furious. Nobody knew what outrageous things they would do.Lord Vedastus cleared his throat before he asked, “First of all, I’d like to ask you a question. Do you know where the two-headed snakes are from?
Most importantly, had the two-headed snakes truly been created by Abner and Mr. Cole?If that was true, Lord Vedastus’ words would be reliable. Otherwise, Lord Vedastus would be framing Abner and Mr. Cole!“How can you prove that the two-headed snakes were created by Abner and Mr. Cole?”Lord Vedastus caressed his beard. “I don’t have any evidence, but God knows the truth. You can question Thomas and Abner about it. If they don’t voluntarily admit to anything, I’ll willingly accept punishment!”“Okay, just you wait!”Everyone discussed it for a while before they quickly turned around and went to Caring Hospital to question Thomas and Abner.Lord Vedastus really did not have any evidence.The two-headed snakes had been created a decade ago. After so many years, the evidence from that time no longer existed. Mr. Cole had passed away, so there was no witness.Therefore, Abner just needed to maintain his innocence and refuse to admit anything. In the current situation, everyone def
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