Everett was bloodied all over, his face swollen, and his head leaned over to one side as he limped over. Two of Keith's men threw Everett to the ground, where he lay unmoving in a crumpled heap. Hannah was honestly unsure then if her father was still alive. "Why did you do this to him? You animals!" Hannah shouted, running towards her father. Harrod held her back, his voice sharp. "Calm down." Hannah looked nothing but enraged, but she did her best to reorganize her thoughts. It was not the time to be emotional. "Is my father still alive?" Hannah asked loudly. Keith shrugged. "Of course he is. He's just in this state because he wouldn't work with us." Hannah took several deep breaths. "I'll send you the money now. Bring my father over right after." Keith laughed. "Sure, but there's one more condition now." Hannah shouted at once, "You should keep a promise you've made, Keith." "Hey, am I not? I promised to let your father go. There's just another condition," Keith s
How she was going to explain this to Cape would be a problem for another day. Keith let out a peal of wild laughter at her words. "Sure. Get me ten billion dollars." Hannah nearly went purple with rage. Everest Foreign Trade had been making a loss all this time and was hardly holding on as it was. Upon the agreement with Cape, they had made the initial payment of five billion dollars, which had been used to save Everest Foreign Trade from bankruptcy. After clearing their debt and operation expenses, she was only left with roughly two billion dollars. Besides, that was not money that she could just spend however she wanted. It was still under Cape's supervision. Was this bastard out of his mind, asking for ten billion dollars? That was impossible. Hannah shouted, "Do you really think I can give that to you, Keith? Everest wouldn't even be worth ten billion dollars if I were to sell it. Where am I going to get you that money?" "You can't get me the money?" Keith smirk
Harrod saw this and grabbed her at once, holding her and stopping her from moving. "Not now. I haven't gotten the two billion yet," whispered Harrod. "You animal," Hannah spat. Harrod merely smiled, beckoning at Keith. Keith barked out a laugh, making his way over to Harrod as he eyed Hannah like a hungry beast. Hannah closed her eyes hopelessly. She could not even bring herself to imagine what was going to happen to her. Just then, a figure descended from the sky out of nowhere. The ground shook as though an earthquake had just happened. The cars were tossed into the air before landing on the ground again heavily. Everyone lost their footing, slipping, and falling to the ground as well. A huge cloud of dust kicked up. Everyone looked at where the figure had just landed in shock. The dust slowly cleared to reveal a young, handsome man with short, black hair. He stood with his hand behind his back, staring coldly at Keith and Harrod. Hannah blinked in shock.
The monster merely spun around Keith's weapons and vehicles once, and all of them were destroyed. Countless bodies were torched in the sea of flames. The remaining survivors were scared out of their wits, lying on the ground and wailing in agony. The monster flew in another circle. Upon making sure that there was no counter-attack, it hovered in mid-air, staring at the ground coldly with its enormous eyes. The crowd trembled in its presence, and no one dared to move in the slightest. Just then, the man made his way over to Hannah and Harrod. Hannah was still struck dumb. This man was handsome and charismatic, exuding confidence in his every move. Cool, calm, and collected. Hannah's chest pounded wildly. She felt her mouth going dry, and her body temperature rising steadily. Harrod fell to the ground on his knees. "Please, sir! I'm from Dasha, please spare me." The man eyed him coldly. "Really? You hardly seem human to me." Harrod raised his head shakily. "Ple
This power was much weaker in comparison to what Wilbur had in his body and hardly worth even acknowledging, but Wilbur had never experienced this form of power before. Was this… the power of faith? Wilbur widened his eyes in shock. If there was really power to be gained through religion, the amount of power gained from a large number of believers would be incredible. Would that mean that having an endless number of followers and believers yielded endless power? After a long silence, Wilbur pushed the thought to the back of his head. There were other problems to be dealt with right now. He looked at the Everest Foreign Trade security team coldly. "Who's the head here?" A man in his thirties walked forward shakily, staring at Wilbur in terror. "I'm the leader of the security team, sir." "What's your name?" "Hanson Kirk, Sir." "Why did you betray the company?" "We never wanted to do that!" Hanson saw the chance to explain himself and scrambled to take it. "Harrod'
Wilbur sneered. "Take me to your tribe. I'd like to take a look for myself." "Of course, Mighty Lord. Right this way." Omar scrambled to his feet, waving a hand. The men boarded what remained of their vehicles, before looking respectfully at Wilbur. Wilbur waved a hand, and the flame serpent swooped over. Omar and the Paro tribe let out another series of cries in worship, before setting out into the forest. Wilbur rode on the flame serpent, following them from above. Not long after, the cars stopped in a canyon amidst the woods and Wilbur landed as well. The canyon was surrounded by woods and mountains, with an entrance over ten meters wide for protection. There were stray goods lying around the flat grounds of the canyon, probably stolen or robbed loot that they have yet to sell off. Wilbur took a look around, before turning back to Omar. "In the name of the Lord of Fire Dragons, I order all of you to stand guard here until I return. I shall have a new mission for yo
Wilbur smiled. "I want to be the head of security at Everest Foreign Trade." "What did you just say?" Hannah balked at Wilbur in disbelief. "I want to be the head of security at Everest Foreign Trade," Wilbur repeated his words one at a time. Hannah leaned back in her chair. "Mister Penn, I don't remember the contract with Cape mentioning anything about you bringing in a security team of your own. Cape is only in charge of financial supervision," said Hannah. Wilbur smiled. "If my memory serves me correctly, you asked Cape to assemble a security team to protect Everest's mines, no?" "I did, but we'll be the ones supervising the team and not you," Hannah said, growing angrier by the minute. This idiot was even thinking of being head of security. How could a position so important go to someone she did not know or trust? How ridiculous. Wilbur frowned. "You need the manpower, Miss Toya. Especially when it comes to security." "Either way, it's not something you have a s
The conflict would eventually come, and Everest Foreign Trade would be toast if they were involved. It seemed like there was no talking to Hannah anymore. Wilbur fell silent for a while before saying, "Well then, Miss Toya, could you tell me how I can go about legally setting up my own armed force?" "A legal armed force?" Hannah let out a snort of disdain. "All the armed forces you see here are illegal, aside from the government itself. Even my own security team has a strictly enforced limit on manpower and weapons, you can forget about it." Wilbur could not help but sigh. Whether it was an armed force or an organized religion, going about this legally was obviously the best way. Wilbur could not make an enemy out of the local government here, after all. On top of that, there was the risk of running into conflict with the Church of Holy Illuminati among other forces. After giving it some thought, Wilbur said, "Miss Toya, where should I go to set up my own religion here?
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