"I'm going to give you one last chance. Are you going to hand it over, or not?" Taver asked loudly. Jude remained fearless in the face of the threat, shouting back, "How foolish of you to go after what rightfully belongs to our family!" "Let's see how cocky you can be when you're dead." Sander raised the long sword he was holding, swinging it down at Jude and the others. The rest of the Cook family members got a fright. Just then, a calm voice piped up. "That's some attitude to have in someone else's house if you ask me." Wilbur emerged from the back slowly, glancing at the three Cookville Jays. Sander put down his sword slowly, looking at Wilbur. "Who are you?" Jude turned to bow as Wilbur swaggered over to take his seat. "The name's Wilbur Penn. I'm the new envoy to the Cook family. You can direct whatever problems you have to me." The Cookville Jays exchanged a glance with each other, and Taver said coldly, "No wonder you were so cocky. You found a family envoy." "
Jude could not help but let out a sigh. Wilbur was probably the most trustworthy man he had ever met. From what happened in the hidden realm to dealing with the Cookville Jays, Wilbur had shown great integrity over and over again. People like him hardly existed anymore in a time like this. Having Wilbur as the Cook family envoy meant that they would be free of trouble for good. Jude then shouted, "The Cook clan pays our respects to you, Master Penn. We are honored to be at your service." Jude, Rowan, Roman, and Roger got to their feet before standing across Wilbur in a line. The rest of the Cook family seemed to finally snap out of their stupor, getting to their feet and living up against the four men, overwhelmed with terror and other unexplainable emotions. With someone so much more powerful than the Cookville Jays on their side, they were more than willing to pay the higher price. "Jude Cook of the Cook family." "Rowan Cook." "Roman Cook." "Roger Cook." "We
"Anything in exchange?" Wesley blinked at Wilbur. "Sir, I haven't got a penny on me. I can't give you anything." Wilbur sighed. "Well, I'm really sorry, but I can't help you. Please go back." He turned around, heading across the bridge. Wesley remained outside, crying, and screaming, yet Wilbur did not respond to him. There were too many problems going on in the world, and he could not tend to everything at once. What if people came to him every time they needed the slightest bit of help from him after this? Should he just do it, then? Wilbur could forget about cultivating if he were to say yes to that. He would have his work cut out for him just running around helping everyone like Mother Theresa. Charles sighed as well, returning to the security room to resume his shift. Wesley remained kneeling where he was. Wilbur did not kick him out, and thus Charles said nothing either. Wilbur returned to his room. He shook his head, pushing Wesley out of his thoughts, and ente
Who knew what power Wilbur would gain if he were able to activate the historical halberd's full weight? For someone capable of forging a weapon like this, the Cook family ancestor was definitely a force to be reckoned with for his time. It was just a shame that the entire era had perished. Wilbur could not help but sigh. He put down the halberd, leaving his demiplane to return to his room. Wilbur sat down in the living room and glanced at the time. Three whole days had passed since he had entered the demiplane. He then made plans to see Faye at night, so he could talk about Nancy's arrangement with her for good. There had to be a solution to this. Nancy could not live the rest of her life like this. Just then, however, Wilbur frowned at the door. "Do you need something, Charles?" "Sir, Wesley Miller's fainted at the bridge. What should I do?" Charles asked cautiously. Wilbur frowned, before saying, "Bring him in here." "Yes, Sir." Charles hurried off at once. Wi
Wesley was startled, but quickly said, "Just tell me what it is, sir. I won't say no as long as it's within my abilities." Wilbur glanced at him. "First of all, I'll have your head if I find out you lied to me." "I swear I'm telling the truth. I swear on my life!" Wesley scrambled to say. Wilbur paid him no mind. "Second of all, I'll help you get your revenge if you're telling the truth and return justice to your parents so they can rest well in the afterlife. But in return I'd like to hold most of the shares in your company, meaning that you'll lose control over it." "Oh…" Wesley hesitated at this. If someone else was the majority shareholder and took control of the company over Wesley, would that not mean that Wesley was still losing the company and becoming someone else's pawn anyway? Yet the thought of his parents' tragic deaths made Wesley grit his teeth and shout, "I'm alright with that. As long as you avenge my parents, I'll do anything!" It was fine even if he wer
"Dani Jovani, Executive CEO at Yoma Corp. My warning goes out to you two as well. I don't care what you're here for, but you're going to keep your heads down and be on your best behavior here in Exodus Province, or you'll die a horrible, horrible death. Am I clear?" Dani said, her expression nothing but arrogant. Wilbur chuckled. "Damn. Yoma Corp sounds really impressive. You're definitely one of the biggest forces in Exodus Province." "Yoma Corp, Marshall Corp, and Webber Corp are the three biggest corporations in all of Exodus Province, far from anything you idiots can afford to mess with. I'm just here to give you a warning, but if you don't listen and insist on digging your own grave, I'm not going to stop you." Upon saying so, Dani turned to leave with her bodyguards. She stopped at the door, chuckling before glancing at Wilbur and the others one last time. "Oh, that reminds me. The Exodus Business Chamber Alliance is going to be officiated tomorrow afternoon at the Glorio
The applause went on for a while. The three men sat down before the podium, and their men dispersed to surround the room to supervise the situation. Just then, Wilbur, Ryder, and Wesley entered the hall as well. They were stopped by the security guards at the door immediately. "Where's your invitation?" asked one of the guards, devoid of emotion. Wilbur said, "We don't have one. Your CEO, Madam Dani Jovani invited us." The guard looked the three men up and down, and said, "Wait here." Another guard ran over to Dani at once. She made her way over not long after, coming up to Wilbur. Dani smiled at all three men. "I can't believe you really came. I must say I respect your courage. Come with me." She then led the three of them over to sit in a corner of the hall, before leaning over mockingly. "Listen well and learn, and you might just make smarter choices in the future." "Don't you worry. We're here to do exactly that," Wilbur said with a smile. Dani shook her hea
Everyone else in the room got to their feet at once, bursting into loud applause. A short while later, the emcee emerged from the VIP waiting room with two middle-aged men in tow as well as their assistants. Both men made their way over to the podium, all while respecting each other's space. "Please do say a few words to everyone here, Mister Cliffson," Vale said to a fat, middle-aged man in black-rimmed glasses with a smile. Huge Cliffson smiled. "Mister Hayes came all this way. Why don't we have him speak first?" Next to him, a tall skinny man smiled as well. "It's fine. You're the host here. You should go first." Both men wheedled for a while more before Hugh finally let out a chuckle and made his way over to the microphone. "Everyone here is undoubtedly an elite member of the Exodus Province business industry, so I won't waste your precious time. On behalf of the Exodus Business Chamber Alliance, I'm sure that working with the Kiwanis Chamber of Commerce will yield gr