Actually, there were countless types of magical ancient medical prescriptions recorded in the Apocalyptic Book. In the area of stomach medicine alone, there were dozens of them. Just by picking any of these prescriptions was sufficient to defeat Kobayashi Pharma. However, the pharmaceutical industry was very profitable. Thus, he could not help Liam without something in return.So, he said to Liam, “I have a few good formulas in my hand. Once produced, they’ll surely be the best-selling magical drugs. If I use the formulas to buy shares, how many shares would you be willing to give me?”Almost without hesitation, Liam answered, “Master Wade, what I have today is all because of you. The whole of Weaver Pharmaceuticals belongs to you, Master Wade. If you want to make medicine, Liam will give it to you immediately!” Liam knew this very well in his heart.Without Charlie, he could not possibly inherit Weaver Pharmaceuticals.Without Charlie, he would not be able to hold onto Weaver
At that very moment, Charlie had two solutions.The first solution was to look for Stephen Thompson to send the masters from the Wade family in Eastcliff to Mount Golmin for interception. There were many skilful masters in the Wade family and therefore, it would not be a challenge at all to subdue The Big Eight. The second solution was to depart to Mount Golmin and to ambush The Big Eight on his own. After a few seconds of consideration, Charlie decided that he should solve his own problems. So, he would go to Mount Golmin and finish off The Big Eight.Charlie had owned the Apocalyptic Book for some time now. He had meditated on it and this had elevated his strength gradually. At the same time, he had his body tempered with spiritual energy. As such, his physical condition was different compared to that of ordinary people. Not to mention, he also had already refined numerous Rejuvenating Pills. By relying on those Rejuvenating Pills, he had elevated his physical condit
At Aurous Airport, Wade family’s private jet deployed at Aurous was ready to take off at the end of the runway. The jet could take off as soon as Charlie got on it.Furthermore, this jet was able to arrive at Mount Golmin in just two hours.On the contrary, Webb family’s private jet needed at least three hours to reach the destination. Moreover, the Webb family did not have the ability to mobilize resources across the country or even across the globe simultaneously.It was believed that The Big Eight would not have had a helicopter awaited for them. The most that Webb family could do was to prepare a sports utility vehicle to bring them all the way to the foot of the mountain.According to Albert Rhodes, the journey from Mount Golmin to Weaver family’s residence in that village would take more than two hours, given that it was not snowing.If it was snowing and the road condition wasn’t ideal, it would take them around three hours to arrive.But with the helicopter, the jou
In the darkness of the night, the Wade family’s business jet ascended and flew at fast speed toward Mount Golmin! The speed of this business jet was much faster than that of most other ordinary airplanes. Even Charlie sighed with amazement. It was no wonder the Wade family was able to stay ahead of Oskia’s other top families. The details of this business jet clearly demonstrated this.In important cities across the country, arranging such airplanes ensured that a family could be one step ahead of others and arrived first in an emergency. As long as they seized the opportunity, the possibility of gaining victory was higher. Issac told Charlie, “Young Master, the Wade family actually has another faster airplane. But there is only one, which is at Eastcliff Airport.” “Oh?” Charlie asked curiously, “Is there another airplane which is faster than this?” “That’s right!” Isaac nodded and said, “I’m not sure if you’ve ever heard of Concorde? Many years ago, the French developed a s
Albert Rhodes had come to Mount Golmin once. Therefore, he was quite familiar with the area. He pointed at the mountain trail which was covered in white snow and stated to Charlie Wade, “Master, this is the only road which leads into the mountain. As long The Big Eight of the Webb family does not take the helicopter, this is the only road they can take.” Charlie Wade nodded and said, “If that’s the case, then we shall wait for them here.” Albert Rhodes immediately asked, “Master, should we summon everyone here to help?” Charlie Wade calmly responded with one word. “No.” Isaac Cameron could not help but to be worried for his young master’s safety, so he tried to convince him. “I know and understand the strength of the Webb family’s Big Eight, they aren’t people to be underestimated. You may not be able to fend them off on your own. Just to be safe, let’s just summon more people here to help!” Charlie Wade shook his head and stated in a cold voice, “What happens here today is o
On the ten kilometer stretch of hill road, two SUVs with one in front of the other were tailgating each other.These two cars were the only cars on the hill road.Driving through the snow capped terrain was no easy task as all the eye could see was pure white snow.The plain and repetitive sight of white snow made Emiliano Flores feel sort of dizzy. He then said in an annoyed tone, “That little Wade twerp is such an inbred b*stard. Since that father son duo pissed him off, then just kill them off already! What’s the point of sending people to this…this shit hole of a place? Now, he has to trouble me to come here…such bad luck.”The driver spoke in a helpless manner, “Before I came, I did some investigation on this person called Wade. He was known as a demon. Not only does he like sending people here to dig for herbs, he also loves sending people to the black coal mines to mine for coal. I even heard that he once made the boss of a listed company work in a construction site as a cem
Liam Weaver was freezing while trying to suck in his snort. In order not to expose their current location, the chopper which had brought the four of them to the top of Mount Golmin had to leave. If it wasn’t for that, they could have hidden in the chopper to keep themselves warm.After waiting for a few more minutes, Charlie Wade had a glimpse of bright lights illuminating the windy mountain road. The lights came from two cars which were making their way up the mountain.Isaac saw the streaming beams of lights too and in a frantic voice he spoke, “Master, that should be them!”Charlie nodded and replied with a smile, “Been waiting for so long that I almost fell asleep.”Albert quickly drew his pistol while gritting his teeth, “D*mn it, I’ll be witnessing the awesomeness of The Big Eight today!”Charlie replied uninterestedly, “Albert, put your gun away. It’s useless against them.”Albert stood up straight and in that flash of a moment, he seemed to understand what was happening.
It was no surprise that the driver got spooked. All along the way, there wasn’t a single person in sight and now, in the middle of the night, there was a person standing in the middle of the road. It was indeed a frightening experience.Emiliano was dumbfounded. He stared blankly at the person on the road who was slowly making his way towards them.Unconsciously, words came out of Emiliano’s mouth, “It…it is indeed a human!”The person standing outside looked very young. He wore a smile on his face and a simple flowy tunic. Both arms were folded at his back and with a laidback expression. His appearance didn't seem to fit his icy cold surroundings at all.This person was no other than Charlie Wade!At the same time, Isaac and his group of people were about ten meters behind him, hiding in the cloak of darkness.Charlie had told them beforehand to just watch and not expose themselves.As the driver saw Charlie’s face, he spoke in an anxious tone, “Bro, this weird person who is st
Charlie was driving Jacob to Thompson First when the latter received the text from Matilda.Seeing that they were reaching the front gates, Jacob promptly snapped at Charlie, "Charlie, stop the car now!"Charlie did so and asked in curiosity, "What's wrong?""Matilda just texted me," Jacob replied, showing the chat log between him and Matilda.Charlie was just glancing at it nonchalantly when he saw that Matilda's contact name was 'AAA July Florist'."Wait, why is that Aunt Matilda's contact name?" He exclaimed in surprise."I changed it."Jacob explained gingerly while reading through the text Matilda sent. "Her profile picture is an iris, so I changed her contact name to a florist since I'm mostly worried Elaine would peek into my phone.""Anyway, she's asking if I'm attending her wedding with Yolden. They would send us an invitation if I accept, extended to our whole family… what do you think I should say?"Charlie asked in return. "You're planning to skip it, aren't you? T
Then, Matilda suggested, "How about this—I'll ask him before deciding." "I'll pass on inviting the rest of my former classmates too. They're too vain and love comparing, so I'd rather not have anything to do with that. Also, there are our Korean friends who have it together, and they were telling us to invite them if we were going to get married. We have to keep our promise, right?""Yeah—then, it's basically decided. Aside from Charlie, we shall invite our colleagues and Korean friends while we wait for an answer from Jacob."Yolden nodded and said, "Now, I'll talk about the honeymoon—cut me short if you have a different opinion."Matilda nodded, resting her chin on her hands and smiling. "Shoot. I'm all ears."Feeling a little embarrassed by Matilda's glowing stare, Yolden took a sip of his ice water before continuing, "My idea is to head to the States for our honeymoon after the wedding…"He trailed off, staring at Matilda and waiting for a response.However, she was merely
"Oh, Jacob…?"Matilda chuckled awkwardly. "Just today, he offered to buy me dinner, but I said I didn't have the time, and I also told him about our wedding… So, we should invite him since he's aware of it.""Jacob offered to buy you dinner?" Yolden exclaimed in surprise. "Did he say why?""Nope," Matilda shrugged, smiling. "Probably just dinner between old classmates."However, she was actually smart enough to guess Jacob's intention even though Jacob was inviting her somewhere near campus. That was why she had also mentioned she was marrying Yolden while turning down Jacob, all so that he would give up on her.After she had managed to get over their past fling completely, she didn't want to give Jacob false hopes before she walked down the aisle.In the same regard, she didn't want to worry Yolden, and therefore, had deliberately discouraged Jacob.Be that as it may, Yolden was smart too.He knew about Matilda and Jacob's past and that her son, Paul's full name was Paul Jam
Before Charlie had arrived, Jacob was still furious that Matilda would soon marry Yolden.After Charlie came, however, he was instead worried that Matilda would send him a wedding invitation.Meanwhile, Matilda and Yolden were discussing their list of guests.They had different social circles, but most of their friends were Stateside, and they only had some distant relatives in this country.Still, they had colleagues in Aurous Hill. Matilda had classmates too, but she was out of touch with them aside from Jacob, whom she often met.Still, as they discussed who should be invited, Matilda first suggested, "Let's go through everyone. First, our Stateside friends… I don't think we should tell them at all since it's a long journey, and inviting them would seem tactless. What do you think?"Yolden nodded, smiling, "I was just thinking the same thing. We're close with our Stateside friends and always keep in touch, but inviting them to our wedding might be a stretch. We'd just hit a wa
With that being said, once Matilda was thrown in the mix, Elaine would suddenly become an African honey badger, with every bit of black air force energy that was implied.As such, if Jacob had managed to be brave and take that one step back then, Charlie would have tried to help, stopping Elaine from harassing Jacob or Matilda.However, the reality was that Jacob had to bungle the chance when Matilda offered it to him.That was why the best option was for Jacob to understand that he couldn't get together with Matilda now so that he would feel much better.And since he had always been a coward, Charlie's slight intimidation cleared his head considerably.He then sighed, "Well, that's just life—you don't always get what you want, and you should never try to claim what you couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to choose Matilda over thirty years ago, so not being together now only makes sense.""Now, I can only pray that Elaine never finds out… or at least that things don't get out of h
Then, Jacob quickly pressed, "Dear boy, maybe you could stay a few days instead of taking more jobs. At least you could be there to stop my wife if she snaps.""Sure," Charlie chuckled, cheerfully agreeing to it. "Don't worry—Claire's returning in a couple of days too, and you'll be fine with us around. You're cheating in your mind, anyway…"Pausing, he then added a reminder, "But if she's really furious, just bear with her beatings and clawings. Live and let live, as they say."That left Jacob sulking, however. "What the hell! If I knew this would happen, I should have just taken her to court and divorced her openly! That way, I'd definitely make things work with Matilda. Yolden wouldn't even stand a chance!"Charlie had to keep a straight face. "Now, you're not quite right there—don't you know what would happen to your wife if you took this to court?"Jacob snorted coolly. "Elaine would just snap at me, hit me, and make sure I don't get a cent in the divorce. That's no big deal—
"Fuck!" When Jacob heard what Charlie said, he was horrified. He nervously asked, "Matilda isn't going to come to our house to deliver the invitation, is she? If Elaine finds out that I've been hiding Matilda's return from her all this time, I'll be so dead!" Charlie, having long seen through Jacob, knew he would never escape the shadow and claws of Elaine. He shook his head and said, "Whether they'll invite you, I have no way of knowing. If you're worried, you can tell Matilda that you don't want to be invited to her wedding and that you don't want to go." Jacob sighed. "That's just a temporary solution. Even if she doesn't know now, she'll probably find out sooner or later. A lot of our mutual friends already know about Matilda's return. You went to the gathering too. But those friends are not really in contact with Elaine, so she hasn't found out yet." Charlie smiled and said, "Matilda's return to the country was at a pretty sensitive time. If I'm not mistaken, she came b
Jacob then realized that Charlie was also driving a Rolls-Royce, and it was a more expensive Phantom. Surprised, he asked, "Charlie, where did you get this car?" Marilyn had prepared the car for Charlie when he left Scarlet Pinnacle Manor. He had driven it to Thompson First, so he had decided to use it today. Charlie replied, "A client lent it to me. You sounded urgent, so I drove it over." Then, he added, "You're something else. You're crying like a baby yet you're still in the mood to ask about the car. What's going on? Your friend said you'd cried twice already?" "That bloody Simon!" Hearing this, Jacob became furious and cursed, "He still doesn't have the slightest clue! He's such a damned fool! The more I try to avoid him, the more he keeps blabbering on and on. Argh, he's so stupid!" Charlie asked, "What exactly is bothering you?" Jacob's face instantly turned dejected, and with a long sigh, he choked up and said, "Charlie— Matilda— She's getting married—" "Gettin
Things were a little different and unique in the United States, though. Westerners tended to approach marriage with greater caution. Many couples stayed together for years, had several children, and yet remained as boyfriend and girlfriend. Being together, having children, and raising them jointly didn't necessarily mean they would get married. In fact, it was not uncommon for some to walk down the aisle only after having multiple kids. Because of this environment, elderly couples in the West often limited their relationships to dating, and at most, cohabitation. Very few progressed to the stage of marriage. However, Yolden, like a young man in the throes of passionate love, had invited her on a trip, secretly prepared a proposal ceremony by the seaside, and gotten down on one knee with a ring to propose. These actions deeply moved Matilda and, at the same time, gave her an unprecedented sense of security. Now, Yolden had moved their wedding up a big step and set the date just on