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
Karl stormed into the endless flames with his Domain. The crowd was speechless from shock as they looked up in a daze. They wondered why the seemingly unstoppable mount for the Lord of Fire Dragons was no match for Karl. They started to doubt and wonder how it was possible for a human to fight the flame serpent. A dragon head appeared on Wilbur's back at that moment. The dragon's head moved its mouth like it was chanting something. Wilbur pointed at the sky after a moment and shouted, "Dragon Fury!" A golden light appeared from the sky and shone on the flame serpent. The flame serpent suddenly grew in an instant. Its body was around fifty meters long. A pair of golden wings grew from its back as well as four sharp claws that grew out from its abdomen. It was covered in flames that surged to the sky. Countless runes appeared in those flames. A terrifying spiritual pressure enveloped the town. The flame serpent transformed into a true dragon at that moment. An indes