Death was not terrifying, what was more terrifying was the process of waiting for death. In a villa in the suburbs. Two men sat on sofas facing each other, silently staring at the floor and not speaking. As though they were dead, their eyes were filled with agony.On the left was Warren Parkinson, and Caleb Nickleson was on the right. Six days had passed, and tomorrow would be the day of ‘punishment’ according to Thomas. They had no idea what lay ahead of them, but they were certain they would be screwed anyway.They attempted everything they could to stay alive, but they could not.They considered hiring assassins, escaping in secret, plotting revenge, begging for mercy, and a lot of other options, but none of them would work.The only thing that awaited them was the harsh reality.“Freaking damn it!”Warren got up and kicked the coffee table, which accidentally crashed into Caleb's leg.“Ouch!” Caleb groaned while hugging his leg. “Are you crazy? If you think you’re su
“What are you doing here? You are not welcome here. Get lost and out of my sight.”Ballard smiled and said, “Mr. Parkinson, are you really being confused or you are just faking it? Do you really not know why we are here? Did you still remember how you persecuted Uncle Ben in the first place? Don’t you know about it?”“Tomorrow is the seventh day after Uncle Ben’s death. According to the boss’s instructions, I am taking you to the mourning hall. Let’s go.”Warren kept stepping back and said, “I don’t want to go, I don’t want to go!”He turned around and wanted to run into the villa. As a result, several bald men rushed up at the same time. They pushed Warren to the ground and dragged him forcibly into the van.When Caleb saw this domineering act, he felt some chills.“Caleb, are you going into the van yourself? Do you want us to help you?”“No, I won’t need any help. I’ll go by myself.”Caleb was much more sensible and walked toward the white van by himself. He knew that once he
Even though the other party outnumbered the number of subordinates he had, Ballard was not afraid at all.With the wave of the hand, all of his subordinates were ready to get into combat at the same time.“Action!”Just as the two groups were about to fight, another group came to the scene on motorcycles all of a sudden. Everyone wore denim jackets with pierced ears and they looked really punkish.“Oh dear, Ballard. Why are you guys fighting?”The people who surrounded them this time were also from small gangs nearby.The leader was known as the ‘Blood Knight’.Ballard frowned. ‘This person seemed to have come with bad intentions. By observing his composure, I can guess that the Blood Knight was also here to snatch people from me.’Reality had turned out to be the way he expected.The Blood Knight put his hands in his trouser pockets and walked up, “We are all brothers here, so why do we bother fighting each other? Ballard, I have learned about the matter. Just let them go. Yo
At the top floor of a modern building, a man was standing in front of a huge French window. Holding a cigarette in his hand, he was looking at the scenery outside.He was Weiss, the man who had spent a huge amount of money to acquire Skyworld Enterprise.Since the acquisition of the company, he had integrated all resources and worked relentlessly to create the ‘Elite Jewelry’ brand. Now he had opened twelve branches in the whole Southland District in a short period of time.He was determined to popularize his brand to grow his business.Weiss blew out a long puff of smoke and muttered to himself, “It has been quite a while since I first came to the Southland District. After carrying myself in a careful and understated manner for so long, it’s time to play some tricks with the God of War - Thomas.”He was different from any previous opponent.Weiss knew exactly what to do.He had not confronted Thomas when he first landed in Southland District. After all, as a new immigrant in th
Emma walked towards Thomas and sat down.“Are you thinking about Uncle Ben again?”“Yes.”“Just take good care of yourself. I think Uncle Ben must not want to see you sad.”When Ben was alive, he loved this pair of brothers, Thomas and Scott dearly, a great deal more than his own granddaughter, Anna.Thomas had always treated Ben as his biological grandfather.Because of this, it was difficult for him to accept the fact that Ben had been murdered in cold blood.‘I will never spare Warren and Caleb!’He did not speak for the whole night.The next day, Thomas left home wearing a black suit, trousers, black leather shoes, and a black shirt. His mood was gloomy and heavy.When he arrived at the Caspian Family Hall, the whole room was in a solemn atmosphere.The passage of time may take the edge off of acute pain, but it did not heal the pain.In front of everyone’s eyes, Thomas walked slowly to the mourning hall of Ben. He looked at the black coffin and felt as if a knife was p
Thomas said coolly, “Have them grovel before me for an hour so that they repent for their mistakes.”Two subordinates grabbed Warren and Caleb’s necks and forced them to grovel. They were forced to grovel for an hour, and since they were stuck in that position, their legs became numb, their backs were stiff, and the grip around their necks were so tight that they could not breathe. Their minds were dizzy, and they almost fainted. Caleb saw stars, and in the end, he begged for mercy. “You already slapped my face and forced me to grovel. You already gave us the punishment you want, so will you spare me now?”Warren could no longer bear with it. He had been tough in the beginning and refused to beg for mercy no matter what, but after being taught a lesson, he instantly became much more obedient. When faced with the threat of death, only a few people could remain stubborn. “I-I understand my mistakes now.“It’s all because of Caleb’s ideas. His subordinates were also the ones
Thomas pushed open the door and walked out. In just a few steps, he arrived in front of those people. With a cold expression, he said, “If it’s for money, let me give you a piece of advice. You can leave now. Today is not the day for you to cause a ruckus and ask for money!”It would have been better if he did not say this, because the moment he did, things got worse. After they saw Thomas, they were filled with even more enthusiasm and cried even louder. They started wailing and rolling on the ground, and they shouted that they wanted justice. Judging by their actions, they were not there to scam his money. They sounded like they had been hired by someone to make Thomas annoyed. Who would do something so stupid?At that moment, Samson walked over and said softly, “Boss, give me ten minutes, and I’ll figure out their backgrounds.”“Alright. Do it quick.”Thomas went to the side and started making plans in his mind. It was clear that these people would not cause much of an
It was almost noon when the racing team arrived at the cemetery where they planned for the interment. The Caspian family had arrived earlier and prepared themselves.The undertakers carried the coffin to the cemetery.Anna had one last look at Ben. She then nodded as a signal of her consent to start the interment.The undertaker took out the urn, placed it inside the columbarium, and sealed it. Right next to Ben’s columbarium was Scott. From now on, they were “neighbors”. That was a good thing for both of them.Thomas stood where he could see both the columbariums and looked up at the sky.He finally finished what he had wanted to do. He believed that Ben, watching from somewhere above, will be happy with how things went.“Uncle Caspain, rest in peace.”Thomas and Anna knelt in front of Ben’s columbarium and mourned.There were priests reciting bible verses and praying.Today was the seventh day of Ben’s death and the day where the death of Ben and Scott were avenged. The evil
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