Charlie’s promise stirred Noel’s heart.He knelt on the ground, looked up at Charlie with eyes full of passion, and asked excitedly, “Sir, please let me know what I should do next!”Charlie’s gaze was sharp as he said loudly, “I have already controlled the Section Ambassador and the special envoy here. Right now, the Armed Calvary Guards are the ones with the highest say here, so I need you to cooperate with me. First of all, those among the Armed Calvary Guards who are loyal to the Qing Eliminating Society will be arrested!”Noel said with a surprised expression, “Sir, please forgive me for speaking so bluntly, but the members of the Armed Calvary Guards have struggled for a long time and have had no chance to escape from the organization’s control. Now that you’ve given us a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I believe that all the members of the Armed Calvary Guards will definitely pledge their allegiance to you, obey your orders, and go all out to defeat the Qing Eliminating Societ
Noel said with a firm expression, “I think that those people ignored their ancestors' tragic experience and deep-rooted hatred, and they only care about their own interests. They would even betray their comrades whom they fought side-by-side with. They should be punished for this! What is the difference between them and Sloan Whinder, who in ancient times was a traitor who would betray his own country and kill the king with his own hands?!”Charlie did not expect that Noel would actually think of Sloan Whinder from hundreds of years ago when he mentioned traitors.However, he soon understood why. Most of the ancestors of these Armed Calvary Guards should be from ancient times, and back then, Sloan Whinder was the most treacherous official in the world.Not only did he put his army at risk for his own glory and wealth, but he also betrayed his own country and served as a pawn for the other party. He even committed many unforgivable crimes against his own compatriots. What was eve
After Noel had left the office, Charlie did not let the next person come in immediately. Instead, he took out his cell phone and sent a text message to Porter asking him to land immediately according to the original plan and then go around the back of the copper mine to wait there.At this time, Porter had already brought the elite soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies, the seven members of the Armed Calvary Guards, 547, and the others to the Cyprus coastline by boat. They parked and waited less than ten kilometers from the coastline according to Charlie’s request. Over the next two hours that followed, Charlie did as he said and interviewed the remaining leaders of the Armed Calvary Guards at all levels.This also allowed him to discover four more treacherous people one after the other, all who intended to inform the organization of the true situation regarding the antidote in exchange for the organization’s approval. Charlie also continued to use the same method he used when he w
Just when all the members of the Armed Calvary Guards were starting to prepare to go to the auditorium, Porter and his entourage had also landed successfully and quickly went around the back side of the copper mine.Charlie ordered the special envoy, Lucian, and the Section Ambassador to go and meet them personally and bring the group directly into the office building.Aside from Porter, everyone else stayed in the conference room for the time being, whereas Lucian accompanied Porter to the office where Charlie was at.Upon entering the office, Porter bowed slightly to Charlie and said, “Mr. Wade, my subordinates and the team have already arrived, and we await your further instructions.”Charlie nodded and said, “I’ve asked the members of the Armed Calvary Guards to gather in the auditorium first. According to the plan, we will uncover the traitors among the Armed Calvary Guards and then hold a mobilization meeting for them. At that time, you will bring the seven members of the Arm
He looked at Porter for a long time before he asked in shock, “You... Porter?!”Porter knelt on one knee and said respectfully, “Master, it’s me, Porter, your disciple.”Pilos subconsciously asked, “You... What is your cultivation level now? Why can’t I see your cultivation level? Could it be... Could it be that you have exceeded the Great Perfection Realm of the Illuminating Realm?!”Porter looked at Charlie and said truthfully, “Master, I was fortunate that Mr. Wade raised my cultivation level, and I am a Dark Realm expert now!”“What?!” Although Pilos subconsciously realized that this would be the case, he was still shocked when he heard Porter say it himself.His eyes widened, and he subconsciously said, “This... This is simply impossible! I’ve been stuck in the Illuminating Realm for nearly thirty years without being able to break through. We have only been separated for a year, so how could you break through the Illuminating Realm from an eight-star martial all the way to th
Charlies’s words shocked Pilos, but they also gave him mixed feelings at this moment.For one thing, he could not figure out why this young man would have such confidence to intervene and challenge the incredible Qing Eliminating Society. Secondly, he could not understand why they could have such different lives when they were all humans. Both Porter and himself were martial arts geniuses, and their cultivation before the age of thirty was not just momentous but could even be seen as astounding.The fact that he could cultivate to the level of an eight-star martial artist before the age of thirty was already completely rare in the world of martial arts. It was difficult to have one person like that out of ten thousand men.Therefore, when he had decided to enter the world and search for a breakthrough more than a year ago, he had sighed and lamented for Porter’s future.At the time, he had assumed that Porter’s cultivation would go smoothly until he was thirty years old. After al
“That’s right!” Pilos nodded and said, “It’ll take thirteen years at the earliest.”Charlie looked at him and said seriously, “As long as you work for me wholeheartedly, I will let you enter the first level of the Dark Realm within a year!”“A year?!” Pilos’s eyes widened as he exclaimed in surprise, “Are you serious, Mr. Wade?!”Charlie asked him, “Do you think I need to lie to you?”Pilos said with a look of panic, “I’m sorry, Mr. Wade, I don’t doubt you. I just... I just can’t believe that I can achieve a breakthrough to the Dark Realm in such a short period of time...”Charlie looked at him, pointed at Porter, and said calmly, “You’re Porter’s master. He has to respect you in private, but after you join my command, you will stay here to help me control this copper mine. Porter will be your immediate superior, and you should listen to his command and report to him in everything. Can you do that?”Pilos said piously, “Mr. Wade, I will obey all of your instructions!”Charlie no
At this moment, more than two hundred members of the Armed Calvary Guards wearing copper mine uniforms had arrived at the auditorium one after the other.This auditorium was a building that already existed when the Qing Eliminating Society acquired the copper mine. It was built in the 1980s and was mainly used for meetings, celebrating festivals, and holding ceremonies for the copper mine employees. After the Qing Eliminating Society took over, all the members of the Armed Calvary Guards were assigned to serve as employees of the copper mine, and most of the family members of the Armed Calvary Guards were used to serve as logistics. The copper mine was operating fairly well on the surface. Even if the local government officials came occasionally for an inspection, they never noticed any abnormalities.At this time, these members of the Armed Calvary Guards came to the auditorium, giving people the feeling that the copper mine was about to hold a mobilization meeting or a summary
As such, intent on keeping up his pretense, Jacob answered the phone, "Looking for me, Matilda?""Uh-huh," Matilda replied, and asked, "You didn't show up at Senior University, and your sub is saying you probably won't be coming for a while? Is that true?""Oh—right, that," Jacob quickly said. "Well, it's true—the gist of it is that the Association is getting busy with a project. As the vice president, I probably shouldn't be staying at Senior University all the time, right?""Heck, Mr. Bay called me last minute, telling me how busy we're going to be and that I was needed. That's why I had to go back, but I will head over to campus again when I have the time."Matilda knew right then that those were all excuses.However, she did not expose Jacob, instead asking, "Well, when are you free? So that I can send you my wedding invitation?""Oh, the invitation?" Jacob quickly chuckled. "You really didn't have to come to me—just pass it to Walker, my sub lecturer. He can pass it to me wh
The next afternoon, there was a sudden change of lecturers for the calligraphy class.Despite being the vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association, Jacob never showed up, instead getting a substitute instructor to replace him.Matilda had come with the invitation Yolden had written for Jacob, but seeing that Jacob wasn't at the lecture hall, she waited until the class was over to ask the sub, "Excuse me, can I ask why Mr. Wilson wasn't teaching this class?""He's busy at the association," the sub replied. "So, I'm taking over his class."Curious, Matilda pressed, "Then, would you happen to know when he will be coming?""Probably not for a while," the sub replied. "He delegated other classes to me as well, telling me that I could just stick to the PowerPoint slides."Then, he asked, "Do you have business with Mr. Wilson?"Matilda nodded. "Yes, but I can call him myself. Thank you."Leaving the lecture hall, Matilda called Jacob, who was goofing off in his office
On the other end, Matilda was left staring at Jacob's reply in confusion.She had presumed that Jacob would understand when she mentioned inviting his whole family that he should be coming up with an excuse to skip attending her wedding.That was the most ideal solution.As such, she was shocked that instead of playing along, Jacob's reply was short and blunt.[No problem. The four of us will be there!]Perplexed, Matilda was left wondering what Jacob meant. Was he really going to attend her wedding with Elaine?The thought left Matilda frowning as she absolutely didn't want to see Elaine—especially not at her own wedding.Yolden was writing an invitation when he saw the somber look on her face, and he couldn't help asking, "Is there a problem?""Jacob replied," Matilda admitted. "And he's saying that he will bring his whole family.""Really?" Yolden was confused too, as he was hardly as eccentric as Jacob. "But he's afraid of his wife and shouldn't be telling her at all…
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—