"Mister Howard, your visit truly brings glory to our hospital. I, along with all my colleagues, would really love to welcome you!" "Applause!" At the entrance of the hospital, Dean Horford led the crowd to welcome Pendleton and then began to flatter him shamelessly. Amidst the applause of the ground, Pendleton gestured for silence before he spoke, "I'm not here today to provide guidance or inspect anything in the hospital. I just heard that the person in charge of the Economic Development Zone's office abused his power last night, causing quite a stir in our hospital, so I came to offer an apology. I'd like Dean Horford to arrange a meeting for me to see the people involved so I can express my remorse. After all, this also counts as negligence in our duty, doesn't it?" Dean Horford immediately nodded and said, "Mister Howard, rest assured, we will do our best to cooperate with you!" With that, Dean Horford turned to look at Yance and said, "Doctor Yance, I heard that you're q
With that, Pendleton turned to look at Wilbur and Yuna, saying, "Doctor Ketter, Miss Seal, in order to show our sincerity in correcting our mistakes, feel free to bring up any requests either of you might have. As long as it's within my authority, I will do my best to accommodate you!" Pendleton was naturally long acquainted with Wilbur, but he knew that Wilbur always took unconventional paths as a person of high status. So, when faced with Wilbur's apparent unfamiliarity, Pendleton pretended not to recognize him. Furthermore, Pendleton's statement was meant to tell Wilbur, "Sir, if you want anything, just speak up. I'll definitely do it!" Wilbur naturally understood the implication behind Pendleton's words. Without hesitation, he replied, "I came to the hospital today for a job, but after what happened today, the start date got delayed. As long as this matter doesn't affect my employment and reputation, I have no other requests!" When he heard Wilbur's words, Pendleton natural
Inside a restaurant in the city center, Wilbur and Elsa had just sat down in a quiet private room when Elsa tossed a folder in front of him. "The information in here was found when I searched Jurgen's home. According to the documents, it's evident that a certain official from the provincial health department of Seechertown has bribed Jurgen several times, asking him to quell a series of medical disputes caused by a certain drug in all the hospitals in the Economic Development Zone! Also, some of the transactions recorded in this file were made in the name of your hospital's dean's wife and were transferred to Jurgen's hands. I don't know if you came to this hospital because of this, but I'm willing to guess that you didn't come to this small hospital to gain some life experience." Listening to what Elsa said, Wilbur remained noncommittal. He just picked up the file on the table and glanced through it. After remembering the name Daxon Curl, he spoke, "And you're giving me this file…
"Come in!" Hearing that, Wilbur pushed the door open and walked to Steven's desk, intending to take leave to investigate the victims of Andika. "What's wrong? Do you need me for something?" Steven asked with a displeased expression when he saw Wilbur. Steven had actually been unwilling to let Wilbur enter their department. However, with the support of Yance, Dean Horford, and Pendleton, he had been forced to do it regardless of how he felt. Seeing the annoyance on Steven's face, Wilbur ignored it as he said, "Sir! I would like to take a leave of absence. I have urgent matters to attend to today." Take leave? Steven's expression got uglier when he heard that. He slammed his hand on the table angrily and shouted, "Shay, don't even think you can do whatever you want just because you have support! Is this how you're supposed to act on your first day of work? Do you even want to work here? I call the shots in this department. If you don't want to work, you can go ask for a transfe
In front of the gate of a dilapidated old building on the outskirts of the Economic Development Zone, Wilbur raised his hand and knocked on the rusty gate. After waiting for a while, an elderly amputee with both legs missing struggled to come out and open the door. "Who are you looking for, young man?" The elderly disabled man opened the door and saw Wilbur's unfamiliar face, so he asked with a puzzled expression. Wilbur smiled after he heard that, asking, "Excuse me, sir. Is this Lindon Tomaz's family?" Hearing Wilbur's question, the old man immediately had a vigilant look on his face. He carefully looked at Wilbur and asked, "What is your relationship with that person? Do you need something from them?" Seeing the old man's wary look, Wilbur knew that it might not be as easy as he imagined to gather evidence. After a moment of thought, Wilbur had a sudden moment of inspiration. Then, he took out Pendelton's business card and handed it to the old man, saying, "Sir, I'm the se
Hearing Wilbur's self-introduction, the guy with the blonde hair smirked while he lit a cigarette and said, "Kid, are you trying to trick me? When Lindon died, all his good friends came to his funeral. I was the one who sent them out of the village! If you were his good friend, how could you not know about his funeral? Let me guess, you must just be from some newspaper, and you came here to ask about the Andika incident, didn't you?" Lindon died? Hearing the words of the blonde, Wilbur was somewhat surprised, but he did not care about exposing himself. After all, his statement would not have held up under much scrutiny. However, when the man mentioned the Andika incident, Wilbur immediately knew that the blonde probably knew a lot of inside information. So, Wilbur decided to see if he could get some useful information out of him. "It seems like you have a sharp eye, man! How about this, let me give you two thousand and you tell me about the events that year. That way, I have
As the person in charge of the village, Darren seemed to operate contrary to the values that he should have. Around the village, Darren was notorious. He was a true tyrant. Everyone knew that Darren had become rich and powerful in several surrounding villages, but the money he earned was far from clean. However, since Darren had a relative in the city government, the villagers who suffered had no one to turn to for help. So, Darren continued to oppress them. That day, while Darren was rolling around in bed with a pretty widow from the village, he heard some frantic knocking on the door. As Darren put on his pants to answer the door, ready to scold whoever dared to disturb him, he was surprised to see the look of urgency on Salid Tomaz, the village ruffian. Darren immediately realized that something was going on. "What's with the rush? Is the sky falling? If you have something to say, spit it out!" Darren knew that Salid never did anything that would not benefit him. So, if
Once Darren saw that Salid had left, he took out the phone he had in his pocket to make a call! "Hello, Uncle? This is Darren." "I've got a bit of an emergency here that I thought I'd report to you. There's a young man who showed up in our village out of nowhere asking about Lindon. Has there been any operations in the city?" Darren dropped his usual arrogant demeanor the second the call connected, speaking to the other person in a meek and respectful tone. "Alright, then. I know what to do now! I'll have it settled this very second and make sure nothing big that might affect you comes out of it." After getting the answer he needed from the call, Darren hung up and a murderous expression appeared on his face at once. Right after he had slipped his phone back into his pocket, however, he saw an unfamiliar young man appear next to him out of the corner of his eye. The man's sudden appearance gave Darren a scare, and he nearly dropped his phone on the ground. "What the f*c
Faye was clad in a beautiful wedding dress, hardly needing any blusher for how red her cheeks looked. Wilbur was also looking dapper in a fine tuxedo, and the bride and groom went around toasting to their friends one by one. Both their parents were overjoyed, knowing that their children had finally ended up with someone so wonderful. Everyone else was also brimming with smiles, drinking up a storm as the night went on. These people were all friends or subordinates of Wilbur and wanted nothing more than the best for him and Faye. There was no wedding emcee, and the ceremony was extremely simple, but the atmosphere was incomparable as everyone was nothing but smiles. The reception lasted all the way until late into the night, and even the newlyweds' parents got a little tipsy. The banquet ended at last, and the guests ushered Wilbur and Faye into their new bedroom. The newlyweds sat down facing each other, locking eyes. Faye lowered her head bashfully, and Wilbur looked
It was evening on Sealake Island when Wilbur returned. He stood on the long bridge, overwhelmed with emotion as he let out a hint of his aura. The island grew abuzz at once, and a series of familiar figures fought their way into Wilbur's line of sight. Wilbur smiled, stepping onto the island slowly. His smile grew as he came to the square, taking in the sight of Faye, Elsa, Faron, Shepard, and many others. Everyone else stared back at him, unable to hide the emotion on their faces. It had been so long since they had seen Wilbur, and there was no way for them to reach him. Words could not describe how much they had worried about and missed him. "I thought you were never coming back, Wilbur." Faye was the first to speak. Wilbur walked up to her, taking her into his arms. "I'm sorry. It'll never happen again. Everything's over now, and I'll never leave you again." Faye's heart soared as she broke out into overjoyed sobs. Everyone else was nothing but joyous as well. Fo
Bahamut, being a reincarnation of Kaiser himself, came slithering toward Wilbur. They both turned into their human forms, and a fierce battle broke out once more. Kaiser channeled his energy into Bahamut's body, giving Bahamut the upper hand over time. At last, Bahamut severely wounded Wilbur with a blow of his sword, causing Wilbur to fall from mid-air. "Hahaha!" Kaiser appeared suddenly then, laughing loudly. "Nice work, Bahamut." "Thank you, Master." Bahamut retreated behind Kaiser, looking at him coldly. He whipped out a dagger from his sleeves all of a sudden, driving it deep into Kaiser. Kaiser flipped around sharply, grabbing Bahamut's wrist and glowering at him. "Have you lost your mind?" Just then, the Dark Lord's voice sounded from Bahamut's throat. "You've stopped me many times now, Kaiser Fern! There's no way in hell I'll let you become the ultimate elite!" A furious Kaiser reached out to grab Bahamut's head, sucking him into his body. An explosion sounded throu
Just then, the Cold Lord muttered a spell. A series of snowy mountains descended from above, one of them striking Wilbur and Augheimer as the Cold Lord cackled. "Haha! Is that all you've got?" As his words rang through the air, the snowy mountain exploded with a loud boom into countless icy fragments to reveal Wilbur and Augheimer, standing tall and completely unaffected. "What?" "These imbeciles!" the Flame God shouted. The air around turned into a sea of flames at once, burning away relentlessly, but they vanished as soon as they came in contact with Wilbur and Augheimer's defense barriers. The Earth God shouted, "I'll settle this!" He muttered a spell, and the ground cracked open as Wilbur and Augheimer fell into a bottomless abyss. The Earth God smirked, and the crack began to close up. Yet just a few seconds later, the ground exploded as Wilbur and Augheimer flew back up. The Tornado God cast a spell to bring about a fierce gust of wind filled with countless razor-sh
The next second, Wilbur's Magic Dragon Blade made a gash in the air. The two men then wove through the gash, making their way to the lower dimensions from the upper dimensions and returning to Earth. The gash closed itself up, and a powerful wave of black miasma surged into the oceans from the heavens. It cleared up within a few minutes, and Earth was turned into a dark space. Several big fissures appeared in the heavens as the evil gods descended on Earth. The Blood God, the God of Destruction, the Cold Lord, the Flame God, the Earth God, the Tornado God, the God of Bloodlust, and the Snake God—all eight evil gods had descended upon Earth at the same time. Wilbur summoned the broken pieces of the Light Armor from the Fire Dragon Ring. The pieces radiated a white glow as they hovered in mid-air, and Wilbur quickly used his mind to put them together before wearing the Light Armor on his body. "Hahaha!" The Blood God laughed loudly. "I guess the universe dimensions aren't all
Hailey and Kayleen ducked out of the way before the pillars of light reached them, darting up to Sade at the last second as Hailey drove her sword into him at the same time Kayleen did the same with her spear. Hailey glowered at Sade. "You're the one who's really despicable here, Sade. Say goodbye to the world forever!" "Arghhhh!" Sade's body exploded in a flash of white light, disappearing out of sight. Hailey and Kayleen both got down on one knee. "At your service, Masters." Just then, Wilbur and Augheimer looked at the two ladies at the same time. Augheimer said, "At ease. You can both go back now, your work here is done." "Yes, Master." Hailey and Kayleen disappeared the next second. Just then, a fierce wind rolled over as a pillar of white light descended from the heavens as Odysseus appeared in front of the two men. "Wilbur Penn and Augheimer. I’ve finally found you. Tell me where the dimension guardians are, and hand them over!" A gleeful Odysseus reached out t
Sade threw his head back, laughing loudly. "No one has the right to replace me, no one! I'm the real dimensional guardian, the leader of the galaxy!" Just then, two figures appeared in the sky. They were Hailey and Kayleen, two of the other dimensional guardians. Hailey was holding a long sword as she scowled at Sade below her. "You went against the rules of the universe and changed its functions, Sade. And now you've killed Wilbur Penn, the cultivator who was supposed to replace you. For that, Kayleen and I are going to kill you today." Sade smirked at those words, not looking shocked at all. "I knew you two would never let me go for killing Wilbur. But he's already dead, and I still need to maintain order in the universe as a dimensional guardian. Even though you two may hate me, you can't kill me or you'd be going against the rules of the universe too, and have to be sentenced by Mister Richardson. Trust me, you won't end up in much better of a state than I'm in." Just then
Augheimer asked out of confusion, "What? To the upper dimension? All of a sudden?" Wilbur looked flustered, he replied, "There's no time to explain. Odysseus will be here in a while, and we won't be able to escape." Sade looked at Wilbur. He told Augheimer, "He's right. Believe him. Why would your close friend lie to you?" "That's right. He's a dimensional guardian, Sade. I begged Sade to go back in time here. Hurry up and come with me, Augheimer!" "Thanks, but if we're leaving, we should at least go to Buck Town and meet Felix one last time, right?" asked Augheimer. Wilbur looked at Augheimer in the eyes, there was a sense of familiarity that welled up all of a sudden. Wilbur instantly realized Augheimer had a secret in Buck Town, and perhaps it was very important to Augheimer. He helplessly nodded and replied, "Alright, we'll go to Buck Town first." Then, the three of them came to Buck Town through a transportation array. Augheimer grabbed Wilbur and ran. He said, "Run! F
"Damn it! Your second wish was supposed to be mine!" yelled Odysseus. Odysseus once captured a dimensional guardian's servant by chance, and he used him as leverage to obtain his final two wishes. His first wish was for Sade to guide him to the most powerful power of light spell. His second wish was for Sade to lead him to the Death Scepter. Odysseus mastered the power of two types of laws, the power of light and the power of death. He quickly grasped the intricacies of the power of death due to his unique talent. Odysseus wielded the might of both supreme spells with the Death Scepter and the most powerful power of light spell. Therefore, Odysseus gained immense confidence. His capabilities far surpassed most upper dimension cultivators, but he remained in the middle dimension. His desire was to once again capture a second dimensional guardian servant. Odysseus planned to acquire the Death Cloak by obtaining the servant's wish. Ultimately, he would combine the Death Cloak, D