Back in Food and Medicine Hall, Thomas sat by the table in the corner. Pisces took a few snacks, filled up a wine glass, and served Thomas from the side.Pisces had a clear picture of the situation for the first time. Thomas had won, and he was ecstatic.Thomas and Dragon Claw had fought each other, and Thomas had really won. It was something that he should be happy about and even emphasize on a grand scale, yet Thomas did not flash him any smile.Conversely, Thomas drank the whole glass of wine in resignation. When he thought about what happened earlier, he could not help but sigh.Pisces knew that Thomas felt sympathy for Dragon Claw, and they had to stand against each other because they were on different sides. Thomas actually did not hate Dragon Claw that much.Thomas even appreciated Dragon Claw’s talents.It would be hard for anyone, who ruined someone’s favorite thing with their own hands, to feel happy.Pisces knew that Thomas was in a bad mood, but he could not comfort
After listening to Blake, Thomas did not feel nervous or have the slightest sense of crisis.He chuckled leisurely before he said, “There is always a solution. No matter which of them comes, I won’t let them go back!”To Thomas, it was actually not important whoever came.If Dragon Scale came this time, Dragon Head would have to come over the next time once Thomas defeated her.Likewise, if the person who came first was Dragon Head, Dragon Scale would come the next time.So, whoever appeared this time did not matter to Thomas. The most important question was could Thomas defeat the next rival who rushed over to “help out”?Drinking the wine, Thomas remained gloomy.The sky slowly became dark, and it started to drizzle, which matched Thomas' current mood. The rain also gave Thomas more imaginings of the future.…… In House of Vistaria, Dragon Claw sat in a bamboo chair with his hands in bandages. Both his hands were disabled, and he could no longer throw darts.That meant h
His joy could be felt without any words.Heron had worked with Dragon Claw for many years, so he understood Dragon Claw’s emotions very well. He knew when Dragon Claw truly felt happy and when Dragon Claw faked his happiness.Right then, he knew that Dragon Claw was truly happy.It was naturally great that Dragon Claw was happy, but Heron did not understand the reason. Dragon Claw’s hands were paralyzed, and he had clearly been defeated by Thomas. They needed to pack their things and leave Celandine City, so why was Dragon Claw still happy?He really did not understand.That was the difference in mindsets between Dragon Claw and Heron.Right then, Lord Vedastus arrived at House of Vistaria. He had come to visit Dragon Claw and send him off.As soon as Dragon Claw saw Lord Vedastus, he flashed him a bright smile and mocked himself. “Sorry, buddy. I’m not capable enough, so I can’t help you get rid of Thomas. But you don’t have to be upset. I’ve already reported the situation in C
Dragon Head, Dragon Scale, and Dragon Claw were Luck’s strongest combat force. Usually, only one of them would be sent out to solve a problem. There had never been a situation where two of them were sent out at the same time.However, it was different this time. Dragon Claw had arrived first, followed by Dragon Head and Dragon Scale. In other words, the three strongest individuals were gathered in Celandine City!No city had this “honor” before.It also put Thomas in great danger.Dragon Scale walked over pridefully and circled Dragon Scale before she contemptuously said, “You couldn’t even handle a place like Celandine City. Dragon Claw, you really let us down.”Dragon Head, the two-meter-tall “giant,” spoke loudly. “If you hadn’t neglected your duty, both of us wouldn’t have needed to rush over. All of us have our own mission, but we had to give up on our work and travel to Celandine City to save you. Dragon Claw, do you know what a big piece of trash you are?”They already loo
His life ended just like that.“No, this can’t be!”Dragon Claw, who was always calm, seemed to spiral out of control right then. “His Majesty wouldn’t treat me like that. How can my name be removed?” he asked.Dragon Head said, “Calm down! Look at you. How can you still work for His Majesty? You lost to Thomas and even needed me to come here and save your ass. If we don’t remove an incapable person like you, who else should we remove?”Every word stabbed Dragon Claw’s heart like a dagger.It was so painful!There was nothing left for him to fight for.What else could he still do with his life?He felt lost, disappointed, and gloomy.However, did he think it would end there? No!Since they had been on the same level, Dragon Scale could not do anything to Dragon Claw. Now that he had been removed and was just a normal person, he was just a passerby with both two disabled hands. She could do whatever she wanted to him at this point!Dragon Scale flashed him a strange smile.S
Facing death, Dragon Claw showed a rare imposing manner.Dragon Scale said, “Don’t make me sound so heartless. We used to work together, so I'll still give you a chance.”As Dragon Scale said that, she turned around and poured another cup of tea.Now, there were two cups of tea on the table. Dragon Scale held the two cups, walked far away, turned around, and walked back again before she placed the cups of tea down.All of them knew that one of the cups had poison, while the other one had none.Dragon Scale explained, “I’ll give you a chance. Drink one of the cups of tea. If you drink the one with poison, that means you deserve to die. If it’s the non-poisonous one, I’ll write off the conflict between us.”There was a 50/50 chance!If Dragon Claw made the correct bet, he could still survive. But if he made the wrong one, he would die right then and there.Dragon Claw took a deep breath. As he was about to choose a cup, Dragon Scale spoke again.“Hold on, I haven’t finished stat
They only had one minute to make their choice. Either one died or the two of them died together.Dragon Claw could not hold the teacup because his hands were bandaged, so he said to Declan, “Mr. Mars, please hand me the left cup.”It was hilarious. When Dragon Claw first came to House of Vistaria, he had prevailed over Declan and insulted him fiercely.Yet, right now, the only person he could ask for help was Declan because among the many people there, Declan was the only one with “kindness” left.Declan did not make a fuss about his previous conflict with Dragon Claw either. He took the initiative to walk up to the table and reach for the left teacup for Dragon Claw.Unexpectedly, Heron acted more quickly. He proceeded to grab the teacup on the left first!He turned around and kept a distance of two people from Declan.“Heron, what are you doing? That cup of tea is mine!” Dragon Claw said agitatedly.However, Heron smiled faintly and replied, “Master, although your hands are p
It turned out that it was a trap that Dragon Claw had purposely set.He understood Heron’s loyalty and knew that Heron would definitely grab the cup of poisonous tea and drink it.To protect Heron, Dragon Claw intentionally chose the cup without the poisonous tea.As such, the cup that Heron had grabbed in a hurry was safe, so of course he turned out fine after he drank it! This was the protection that the elder brother had given to his younger brother.During such a critical moment in his life, Dragon Claw could still think about so many things. He was a truly brilliant man.Compared with Dragon Claw, Heron was naive.Declan, who was at the side, said, “Dragon Claw knew your thoughts and willingness to sacrifice yourself, so he purposely chose to lure you into grabbing the non-poisonous tea, and that protected you. Do you understand?”This time, Heron was completely stunned.Actually, Heron’s life was saved only because of his loyalty to Dragon Claw and his willingness to sacr
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