The Draco Token!The member in the lead was sweating bullets in fear. He looked at the Jeep speeding toward them and shouted, "Clear a path! Make way!" Several of the armed Alpha Strike Force members immediately put their guns away and moved aside. The Jeep rushed past them in an instant, sending up a cloud of dust in a whirl of wind.The man in the passenger's seat smiled slightly and put the token away. The member in the lead swiftly stood to attention and saluted! He had seen the man's face at that moment, a face that made his hair stand on end. He broke out into a cold sweat.It was him. Draco, the infamous commander of the Department of Defense in Dramon!What was he doing here? After the Jeep had sped inside, the member in the lead lowered his trembling hand. The remaining Alpha Strike Force members of the force exchanged glances. Vincent, Eugene, Hans, and the others looked shocked. What was going on? Had that Jeep just rushed in? The Alpha Strike Force members
"What?" Klaus looked shocked. He had no idea how he had offended Draco."Commander Kolt, I don't understand. What did I do to offend you?" he asked, suppressing his pain.Draco shrugged. He smiled and asked, "What did Sebastian do to offend you, then?"Klaus shuddered violently and looked at Sebastian, who looked calm and relaxed. "Did you come for him, Commander?" he cried out in shock. How could this be? Sebastian knew Draco? Had Draco come specially for him?This was not something that could be brushed aside. If Draco was intervening personally, one could imagine how close he was with Sebastian.Draco couldn't be bothered with Klaus. He walked over to Sebastian and hugged him. "How are you feeling? Are you okay?" he asked. Sebastian shook his head and said lightly, "I'm fine." Klaus was dumbfounded at the sight. Sebastian walked over and looked coldly at Klaus. He smiled and asked, "Captain Hindon, what do you think of my connections?"It was a complete and utter humil
Whitney's expression changed. She looked displeased as she said, "Sebastian, you may not know yet, but you were only able to get out because I contacted Theresa and asked her to make a call. You really should thank her."Sebastian frowned as he looked in Theresa's direction.Theresa had her arms crossed over her chest as she looked haughtily at him. She said disdainfully, "Forget it. I don't need him to thank me. I only intervened for your sake, Whitney."Whitney appeared agitated. She looked meaningfully at Sebastian and said, "Sebastian, hurry up and thank Theresa!"Sebastian laughed and exhaled as he said, "Why should I thank her? I already told you that this has nothing to do with her. I was released because of my connections."Whitney's face twisted. She looked annoyed as she said accusingly, "Sebastian, what are you trying to do? Why is it so difficult for you to say thank you? "You're a man, aren't you? Why can't you be more magnanimous? Your connections? What connections
"No problem, Mr. Ballard. Leave it to me," Hans said, beaming. Then, he asked, "Mr. Ballard, should we promote your name, too?"Sebastian thought for a moment and said, "It's alright. I want to stay behind the scenes.""Okay," Hans answered.After hanging up, Sebastian glanced at the Sky Devouring Bottle and began refining the 30 Vitality Boost pills.As for the improved version of the pills, it was simple. He would just add some herbs with good medicinal properties to elevate its life-prolonging effects. For the rest of the day, Sebastian focused on refining the Vitality Boost pills.When evening came, he looked at the neatly laid out 30 Vitality Boost pills and the ten improved versions. He grinned in satisfaction.After a brief rest, Sebastian looked at his phone and realized that Rosalie hadn't called him for the entire day.Was she very busy?Sebastian called Rosalie, but her phone had been turned off."Huh?" Sebastian frowned slightly and called a few more times, but h
Sebastian smiled and said, "Remember to keep your promise."He walked into the store and drafted a quick agreement. He tossed it at Janet and said, "Sign it and seal it. You'll be my maid for three months here."Janet looked at the scrawled agreement. She sniffed in resignation and lay flat on the floor to put her seal on the document.Sebastian's eyes flickered.Janet really did have an excellent figure. She had a perky butt, slender waist, and huge breasts. It was a pity that she was so arrogant. She needed to be educated properly.When Janet was done, Sebastian looked at it and nodded. "Let's go," he said. "Where are we going?" Janet asked in confusion.Sebastian frowned. "To treat your father, of course."Janet finally reacted. She got up quickly, but she had knelt for so long that her legs were numb. Her knee was grazed and bleeding, and she stumbled and fell toward Sebastian.Sebastian reacted quickly and hastily caught her. Janet jumped and moved away swiftly. She bl
"Where did this brat come from? Do you have a death wish? Let go of me right now!" Rachel said bossily to Sebastian.Sebastian smiled slightly and let go of her wrist. He said coldly, "I don't care who you are. You're not allowed to touch my people."Behind Sebastian, Janet jumped in surprise and looked at him with a conflicted expression.Rachel was startled, too. She looked from Janet to Sebastian and asked harshly, "Who are you, brat? What do you mean by that? She's the heiress of the Connollys!""I'm sorry, but two hours ago, she signed an indenture for three months. She's now my maid," Sebastian said calmly."Indenture? Maid?" Rachel cried out in shock. She looked at Janet and yelled, "Janet, what have you been doing out there? If your father finds out that you've been playing around with this kind of thing, what would he think? A maid?"After scolding Janet, Rachel turned and looked at Sebastian angrily. She shouted, "You brat! I don't care who you are! I'm warning you that
Sebastian frowned slightly. Janet was very displeased and yelled, "Rachel! He's the genius doctor I found. What right do you have to prevent him from treating Dad? You have no authority in this family!"Rachel crossed her arms over her chest and said haughtily, "Janet, don't forget that I'm your father's wife. We're lawfully married, and if he dies, I'll be next in line for the inheritance, not you! Do you understand? That's why, as long as he remains in a coma, I'm the head of the family!" "Why you—!" Janet burst into angry tears as she glared furiously at Rachel. Rachel snorted coldly and ignored Janet and Sebastian. She turned to Karl and said respectfully, "Please come in, Dr. Mason." Karl gave her a slight nod. He had his hands behind his back, and as he passed Sebastian, he stopped all of a sudden. With a sneer, he said, "I heard Ms. Connolly said you're a genius doctor. Who did you train under? How long have you been practicing medicine?"Sebastian chuckled. "I didn'
Sebastian turned and smiled slightly. He said, "Have you forgotten again? Address me as 'my lord.'"Janet blushed hotly. She lowered her head and said in a muffled voice, "My lord…"As soon as the words left her mouth, the burly men staring menacingly at Sebastian were shocked!Had Janet actually addressed Sebastian as "my lord"? How frightening! What was going on?Sebastian laughed. He spoke calmly and confidently, "Don't worry. He won't be able to cure your father.""Huh?" Janet was flabbergasted.How could she feel reassured if her father could not be cured?"What about my father, my lord?" Janet was anxious. Sebastian said, "Well, I'm here, aren't I? Since I promised to help, I can save your father."He turned around.The three burly men rushed over immediately to stop him. They looked hostile as they said, "You're not allowed to leave!"Sebastian frowned and said, "I wasn't planning on leaving. I just want to sit down."He sat down calmly on the armchair beside them.
Upon seeing what was happening, Drew turned pale with fear. At that moment, Gerard and Brody burst out of one of the exits, followed closely by over a dozen special forces officers.Drew did a rough count. Including Gerard, there were only 14 survivors in total. Everyone else had been turned into dried corpses!At that moment, a scarlet scene appeared in front of Sebastian. A scene of carnage came into his vision, filled with mountains of corpses and a sea of blood.Drew's expression was extremely grim as he looked at the dozen or so survivors who had managed to escape.Almost 40 people had died in a single operation! How was he going to explain this to his superiors? So many lives had disappeared in an instant!Gerard was as pale as a sheet, and his legs were trembling uncontrollably."Mr. Ballard, what should we do now? Should we escape or retreat?" Drew asked, his voice trembling.Escape or retreat? Wasn't that the same thing?Sebastian's gaze swept over Drew, who was beside
The creature suddenly lunged at one of the officers. It raised a hand and grabbed the officer's throat as it opened its crimson, gaping mouth and began sucking forcefully at his nose. Within seconds, the officer aged decades, and even his hair and teeth began falling out. As the others looked on, the officer became a dried corpse right in front of their eyes.With a sickening snap, the human-shaped creature broke the officer's neck. A shrunken, dried head rolled off his shoulders. It then casually tossed the dried corpse aside. Everyone was stunned with fear by what they had just witnessed.Gerard, Brody, and the others hadn't believed that ghosts existed. They hadn't believed that supernatural entities existed, either, but now the facts were right in front of them. They had no choice but to believe it. They had never seen anything like it. Overcome with fear, many of them had wet their pants.However, the cave sprite had no intention of stopping. It shot rapidly into the crow
The old man was clearly not very skilled in the mystic arts, as he had not been able to see Sebastian's formation.Those whose mystic arts had reached a certain level would be able to see that there was now a wall of light around Sebastian. Even the cave sprite wouldn't be able to pass through it."Young man, haven't you heard the saying that curiosity kills the cat?" The old man's gaze swept over Sebastian, and an impatient note crept into his voice. Although the old man was arrogant, he genuinely had good intentions, so Sebastian had a fairly good impression of him. Therefore, he didn't get angry and just chuckled as he nodded.When the old man realized that Sebastian wouldn't budge, he decided not to bother with him any longer. He strode into the building and said coldly, "You'll regret it soon. Don't think you're safe just because there are officers near you. When you lose your life, don't say that I didn't warn you!"As soon as the old man finished, a team of special forces
Sebastian wasn't sure how powerful the cave sprite was. All he had were a few self-preservation strategies he had learned from the Sacred Medicine Secret Annals. He would have no problem saving himself, but that didn't mean he could defeat his opponent.Cave sprites were revenants that only appeared every couple of thousand years. If they were that easy to deal with, why would they be so rare?Sebastian had only promised Belinda and Rufus on the phone that he would find the murderer. As for capturing the murderer, he wasn't responsible for that.Besides, if they locked the cave sprite's area of movement or made him too afraid to go into city areas to eat people, what did it matter whether they caught him or not?After less than half an hour, over ten police cars from the state department arrived at the scene. Vince turned and sighed in resignation as he looked at them. He could only pray inwardly that there wouldn't be a huge scene of carnage and death. The sacrifice of these
"Mr. Ballard, did you just say the murderer isn't human?" Drew asked, frowning deeply."Mr. Houghton, don't listen to his nonsense! No matter how powerful that thing inside is, can it stand against our bullets? If he resists, we'll shoot him dead on the spot!" Gerard said urgently."Exactly," Brody chimed in. "How can you try and trick us with ghost stories in this modern era? You traditional medicine doctors can only fool ignorant women from the countryside!"Everyone there was part of the elite among the police, and they all believed firmly in science. They had all solved some unusual cases at some point, but in the end, they had all proved to be the work of a human.Ghosts didn't exist at all!Besides, some of those present felt that Sebastian was just lucky and had chanced upon the murderer. They didn't think that it was due to any ability or skill on his part."Mr. Ballard, shall we try to call for backup?" Drew was beginning to waver. Although he didn't want to offend Seb
"Mr. Ballard, have you discovered anything?" Gerard asked, striding into the abandoned building with a large group of officers from the state department. His hands were clasped behind his back.They had scoured the building countless times, searching every nook and cranny, yet they had found nothing.Sebastian ignored them and walked slowly to a door on the first floor. He tossed a paper charm onto the floor. After throwing six paper charms in a row, he looked up in the direction of the second floor."The crime didn't take place upstairs. This building only has two stories, and it's empty up there," Gerard said contemptuously.Sebastian didn't respond and threw the final paper charm up into the air.When the paper charm landed on the floor, Sebastian chanted in a low voice, "Heaven and earth subdue the curse, the land hides a true spirit, and the Northstar formation joins with the skies!"When his chant ended, the seven paper charms immediately began to glow with a silver-white l
The photo was of a long-abandoned construction site that had two unfinished buildings on it. It was surrounded by barren mountains, which were covered in dense woods. Ordinarily, very few people went there.Gerard glanced at the photo and sneered. It was a photo of the site where a young woman had died tragically just four days ago.From a criminal investigation perspective, crime scenes like that were not worth investigating at all. It wasn't the place where the first crime had been committed, nor was it the place where the last crime had been committed.They would be able to glean the murderer's modus operandi at the first crime scene and compare it to subsequent cases. However, that was clearly not required for this particular case, as there would be no other way in which someone could turn people into dried corpses.As for the last crime scene, Gerard and the others had already scrutinized it at least 80 times. There were no leads at all, which was why they were all at a loss.
Sebastian didn't spare Gerard another glance. Turning to Whitney, he said gently, "Let's sit."Whitney's mind had gone blank. She could never have imagined that Sebastian would interact with the men from the state department in this manner.As Brody watched Sebastian lead Whitney by the hand to sit at the head of the table, he clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging into his palm. He said through gritted teeth, "Mr. Ballard, you've never even attended a criminal investigation class. What makes you think you can solve this case?""What makes me think so? It's because I'm Sebastian Ballard! I don't care how amazing you are or how many cases you've solved in the past. Right now, I'm in charge!" Sebastian said impassively.He turned to look at Gerard and asked, "Do you disagree? If so, tell me what leads you've found. Any lead at all would suffice."The room fell silent; the officers were dumbstruck. Any leads? They didn't even have the faintest inkling. They had no idea what
Shouldn't Sebastian have tried to assure them and establish a good working relationship with them?None of the officers had expected him to be so aggressive as soon as he appeared. He had even told them all to leave!"Sebastian, we should probably tone it down," Whitney whispered. "After all, we'll need their help to find Shannon."Sebastian chuckled and said, "You want to rely on them? They won't find her even if they have ten years to do so!"The officers looked even more grim, especially Brody. He had never imagined that Sebastian would be so hostile to them when they were the experts in criminal investigation! He found himself at a loss for words."Hmph! Fine, I'll go! I'd like to see how you're going to solve this case!" Brody snapped, turning bright red with anger. He spun on his heel, ready to leave."Sit down!" Drew roared, slamming his hand on the table. "Which one among you is going to be bold enough to leave?"Brody jumped in fright, startled by Drew's outburst. The o