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?
Affie stared at Wilbur. "It's yours by tomorrow afternoon, Mister Penn." "Wonderful. It's a pleasure working with you." Wilbur stuck out a hand and shook Affie's, both men exchanging a smile. … The next afternoon, Wilbur let out a satisfied smile at the document in his hand. The Church of the Fire Dragon Lord. After taking a good look at it, Wilbur tossed it into his demiplane before heading over to Hannah's office in Everest headquarters. "Miss Toya?" Wilbur knocked on the door. Hannah was in the middle of looking through some files and frowned at the sight of him. "Is anything the matter?" "Oh, I was planning to go out. I might take quite some time," said Wilbur. Hannah paused, before smiling at him. "Go ahead. Take as much time as you need." She would rather have this idiot as far away from her as possible. He could do whatever he wanted as long as he did not meddle with Everest Foreign Trade. Wilbur smiled, getting up to leave. At least he had told Hannah.
Henrod paced about in his living room, his brows tightly furrowed. Anyone standing in the way of him making money was a dead man. … Over at Saturn Village. Wilbur arrived at the inn where he had stayed previously. There was still light out, and there were no miners getting drunk out in the lounge. The server greeted Wilbur warmly before widening her eyes in shock. "Hello," Wilbur smiled. The server blinked at him, before asking, "S-Sir, are you looking to stay the night?" "I'd like to have a talk with your boss. Can you take me to him?" Wilbur took out a stack of bills and put them on the counter. The server lit up at once, gathering the money up and stuffing it into her pocket. "I'll get him right this second. You really are a good man, sir. My name's Lacey, you can come looking for me if there's anything else you might need," Lacey smiled. Wilbur nodded with a smile of his own. Lacey rushed off to the second floor at once. Wilbur sat in the lounge smoking.
A shapeless energy drifted out of Wilbur, passing through Lacey's body.It was only then that she recovered, staring at Wilbur in terror and confusion."I'd like a room, please," rasped the elder in his croaky voice.Wilbur kept his cool. "Sorry; this isn't an inn anymore.""Oh? What is it, then?""The Church of the Fire Dragon Lord.""Is it now? Does this Lord of Fire Dragons really exist?""I'm going to give a talk on this later in the square. Feel free to come if you're interested," said Wilbur.The elder nodded wordlessly, turning to leave.Lacey asked shakily, "Sir, what's happening here?""Just someone looking for trouble. Pay him no mind," Wilbur smiled.Lacey nodded, slightly confused.Wilbur glanced at the time. "Tell everyone from the inn to gather in the square."He turned to leave after that.After leaving the inn, he paced about the little town.Everything here seemed to be stuck in the seventies or eighties.The houses were built out of mud, the roads unpaved and caked wi
Wilbur saw that everyone had arrived. He said, "Hi, everyone. I'm the Lord of Fire Dragons' divine messenger. I'm going to build the Sacred Lord of Fire Dragons Church here. You will be protected from poverty and disasters if you join the church. The Lord of Fire Dragons will bless you and your family." Wilbur knew how to run a cult. Cults only had to manipulate the masses. The cult was in the pretense of a church, promising the people eternal life or going to heaven. He provided them with hope, so they would be willing and faithful. However, it was clear that not a lot of people believed him. There were gleams of fear and caution in their eyes. Wilbur knew that his words were not enough. A powerful spiritual pressure suddenly erupted from his body, and it enveloped the area. A huge ball of light lit up in the sky as a ray of white light shone on him. A faint white halo could be seen on him, making him look like he was an angel who descended from heaven. Everyone was
The fireball clashed with the ice sword, and a thunderous boom erupted in mid-air. The rampant spiritual energy resulting from the collision kicked up howling winds. As the ice sword shattered the fireball, Karl yelled angrily and lunged toward the flame serpent. The flame serpent did not back down. It opened its mouth widely to eject more fireballs and battled Karl. Karl wielded his ice sword and dodged the fireballs in the air, continuing his attacks at the flame serpent. The flame serpent weaved through the air like it was dancing. Its huge mouth and tail were also used as weapons to battle Karl head-on. The ice sword bloomed with frost when it slashed at the flame serpent. It caused the flame serpent to growl angrily, and it fought back with countless fireballs. It was the battle between a man and a flame serpent. One was a fire type, and the other was an ice type. They were natural opposites, so the battle was intense. However, Karl was clearly better at combat than