After hearing Charlie’s instructions, Porter said without hesitation, “Don’t worry, Mr. Wade, I’ll do my best to make the arrangements before the other party comes. When the time comes, I will head to the copper mine personally to take charge and make sure that he has no way of coming back!” Charlie said, “Okay. By the way, Porter, I have one more order for you. Since the plan to overthrow the base is on the verge of being realized, I suggest that we might as well start the evacuation of the personnel in advance.”After saying that, Charlie added, “Once the other party suspects that there is something wrong with this base or wants to come to this base to look for clues, they will only use the ground as an entry point. We will open fire and kill him at the first opportunity, so there is no need for the dead soldiers underground as well as their families to continue staying underground.”“I suggest that you prepare a cargo ship now and evacuate all the dead soldiers and their familie
With that said, she sighed and added, “Well, Mr. Jothurn, there are two paths for us to take now. We can either find out exactly how Vera left Northern Europe or find out how the Armed Calvary Guards we sent disappeared in Northern Europe. I’ll be generous and let you pick one out of the two paths first.”The man in the driver’s seat was Mr. Jothurn, one of the four great earls of the Qing Eliminating Society. His name was Brody Orlen. Brody caressed the steering wheel, pursed his lips, and said, “Ladies first. I’ll let you pick first, Miss Dijo!” After saying that, he could not help but tease, “Miss Dijo, don’t forget about me if you can become Marchioness Dijo or Lady Excellency Dijo in the future!”The woman in the passenger seat was Ruby Chain, who was also known as Miss Dijo, one of the four great earls.Although Ruby was a female, she was very strong and had fought for the British Lord in the early years. Therefore, the British Lord had appointed her as Miss Dijo, and she
Ruby was well aware of Brody’s intention. He would always say things such as ‘ladies first’ in front of her to make it seem as if he was very gentlemanly, but he was actually unwilling to suffer any losses.Ruby was too lazy to be bothered with him nor did she want to owe him any favors. She would let him investigate the Armed Calvary Guards since he wanted to do so. Since she could not be bothered to take credit, she might as well take advantage of this opportunity to travel around and experience life instead. So, she said to Brody, “Mr. Jothurn, since you have chosen to investigate the Armed Calvary Guards, let’s go our separate ways here. Good luck to you.” With that said, she pushed the car door open to get out of the car.Brody hurriedly said, “Miss Dijo, there are no villages or shops here, so why are you getting out of the car? Why don’t we head to Bergen together? I’ll go to Bergen Airport to look for clues, and you can go to the port to look for clues there. The British Lo
The dead soldiers and their families had begun to evacuate quietly from the copper mine in Cyprus. They took speedboats one after the other to the high seas where a revamped cargo ship was waiting for them. With the gradual evacuation of the dead soldiers, the blasting team executed the plan to overthrow the base and began inspecting all the blasting points throughout the entire copper mine. Ever since Charlie had proposed the plan to overthrow the base, they had laid countless blasting points here, and each blasting point was calculated carefully. Once the order was given, they would install high explosives in these blasting points that could blow up the entire underground copper mine in an instant.Due to the modifications made to the copper mine for the dead soldiers, its internal space was much larger compared to an ordinary copper mine. Therefore, once the bottom of the copper mine was blown up, the entire ground would collapse, and the depth of the collapse would be at least
Although there were undercurrents surging in the Middle East, everything was still calm in Aurous Hill.After Sheldon and Yashita’s wedding, the guests from the Schulz family who had come to attend their wedding also left one after the other. Lord Schulz flew back to Madagascar reluctantly, and Jaime also prepared to return to the southwest to continue his pilgrimage. Since Sheldon had decided to settle down in Aurous Hill, he still temporarily lived in the Harker family villa after getting married. At the same time, since he had regained his freedom, he also began to look for a suitable house in Aurous Hill with Yashita. Vera never left her courtyard in Scarlet Pinnacle Manor. She spent most of her time painting aside from eating, drinking tea, and reading books.The wooden table she had asked Madam Marilyn to buy specifically for her to paint was placed in the living room on the first floor. A painting that was about three and a half meters had already taken shape on top of t
“There’s nothing unsafe about it.” Vera said seriously, “They won’t be able to do anything. Even if they thought hard for a whole year, it would be impossible for them to think that after I was almost captured by them, I would come to Aurous Hill to study at a university instead of finding a remote location to hide. This will be very surprising for them.”Mr. Raven sighed and said respectfully, “Miss, please forgive me if I am overstepping my boundaries. It’s definitely a good idea if you take refuge in Scarlet Pinnacle Manor, but you will come into contact with a lot of people at once if you attend university. Even though they are all university students, you will still be at risk as long as you increase your exposure!” Vera nodded and said, “I understand this reasoning, but I don’t have any other way now. It’s simply a fantasy for me to go against the Qing Eliminating Society with the resources and strength I can gather now. I don’t want to hide for the rest of my life, so the onl
Caden’s body tensed up nervously when he heard Charlie’s voice. He stepped forward to greet Charlie when he saw him coming in and then knelt at a distance of two to three meters away from Charlie as he said gratefully, “Thank you for your support, Master Wade!”After receiving the pill given by Charlie, Caden had successfully entered the Great Perfection Realm of the Illuminating Realm that he had been dreaming of after a short period of seclusion. When Caden knelt before Charlie, this attracted the attention of many patients who were here to see the doctor. They wondered why the old man was kneeling to such a young man.Charlie shook his head helplessly, stepped forward, and helped Caden up as he whispered, “Don’t call me Master Wade or kneel in front of me in front of outsiders in the future.”Caden thought that Charlie was being polite to him, so he hurriedly said, “Master Wade, you have shown great kindness to me, so isn’t it only natural for me to pay my respects to you?”Ch
Charlie said indifferently, “Take a look at yourself in the mirror. You’re grinning from ear to ear.” Caden hurriedly flipped the vanity mirror on the passenger side down and saw that he was indeed smiling rather depravedly. He hastened to suppress his smile and said awkwardly, “I’m sorry, Master Wade. I lost control…” After saying that, in order to ease his embarrassment, he quickly asked, “Master Wade, where are you bringing me?”Charlie said, “I’m bringing you to look at your future workplace.”“My workplace?” Caden was surprised and subconsciously asked, “I wonder what kind of work you have arranged for me, Master Wade?”Charlie said casually, “You’ll be working as a trainer in Aurous Hill over the next period of time. I have gotten a place, and I’ll send a batch of students to you in a couple of days. You’ll be responsible for helping me teach them martial arts.”Caden blurted out, “What? Teach them martial arts? Master Wade, the martial arts mental cultivation method that I
However, to Jacob's shock, Elaine wasn't misled at all as she growled icily, "Why would I ask anyone else?! If there's someone I must question, it's Matilda! She's getting married, isn't she? Good! I will be there and ask her why she hooked up with my husband!"Jacob turned pale right then.Matilda's son and even some of their old classmates would be attending her wedding.If Elaine went, he would be exposed, and he wouldn't be able to stay in Aurous Hill out of shame!His nerves gnawing at him, Jacob could only plead, "Please, just trust me this once! Anything else aside, she's getting married, anyway—there's no way that I'd have anything to do with her! That alone should prove my innocence!"Elaine snorted. "If Matilda returned when I was arrested, it means she has been back for a while! And you're saying nothing happened since? Hell, even if she's married, it doesn't prove that she wasn't up to some hanky-panky with you! Maybe while I was arrested and refused a divorce when you
The driver was left dumbstruck—this wasn't how it was supposed to go.Still, he blurted, "C-Crashing into a Cullinan? I might end up dead instead…""Fine! Then let's change cars, and you crash into ours—how about that?!" Elaine promptly retorted before continuing, "Or we could just stand right in front of your car while you run into us! I just happen to have a death wish, but if you don't kill me now, I'll kill you! Don't think about getting away either—I know your car plate! I'll sell this car and use the money to put a bounty on your head! I don't care what happens to me now! I'll claw my nails into the devil's face even if he shows up!"The driver was actually quite experienced, but even he had yet to meet someone as ridiculous as Elaine.Barely able to keep his hands steady, he threw them up as he apologized, "I'm so sorry, ma'am—I just lost my cool. I'm merely a humble driver of a Honda Civic while you own a Rolls. Hell, I spent fifty bucks buying that red emblem from Amazon,
Elaine may have led a life as if she was above the rules, but beneath that tough exterior lay crippling insecurities and a horrific inferiority complex.She was always afraid of being belittled—but more than that, of being ostracized and betrayed.Over the years, the greatest source of her complexes could all be traced back to Matilda.After all, Matilda had been a star back in their school days. Because Elaine was a close friend of hers, many boys would get chummy with Elaine, but only because they were interested in Matilda.Being from a poor farmer's family, Elaine had been scorned plenty and therefore felt exceedingly inferior around Matilda.It was from that sense of inferiority that Elaine had inadvertently developed a one-sided rivalry against Matilda, and she believed her greatest triumph over Matilda in this life was the moment she had stolen Jacob from her.However, while Elaine presumed that she could hold that victory over Matilda's head, Lady Wilson had soured that v
Moreover, given Elaine's ridiculous temper, Jacob knew she would definitely go overboard and destroy him.He wouldn't even have a place to live at that point, and it would really be game over if she held a grudge and stormed the Calligraphy and Painting Association!Under such circumstances, he couldn't ask for a divorce—hell, he might even refuse a divorce if Elaine asked for one!However, that was when Elaine laughed coldly. "Oh, my… You're really not going to divorce me?""Come on—how long were we married?" Jacob quickly reasoned. "Getting divorced at our age? People would laugh at us."Elaine scoffed. "Now I'm curious… Matilda's quite old too, and she's a divorcee marrying again. Won't people laugh at her?""Technically, she's a widow—"Jacob blurted out, but soon turned pale, tensing up again not a second after he had just calmed down, asking gingerly, "W-Why would you suddenly mention her?'Elaine stopped pretending right then and snapped, "It's actually impressive that y
Horrified, Jacob promptly grasped the steering wheel and brought the Cullinan back under control while not hesitating to snap, "Are you crazy?! We're on the highway—that could have killed the both of us!"However, Elaine ignored him and seized the moment to open the armrest box, pulling out the large white envelope.As she opened it, she muttered, "So, it really was a wedding invitation… You really are a terrible friend, Jacob Wilson, hiding a wedding invitation like this! What's the point? Just look at that nervous face of yours—would I suspect you of having an affair with the bride-to-be?"She flipped open the card and was experienced enough to check the names first while disregarding the usual preamble. She wouldn't care about the venue or the time either, focusing solely on the professor who had somehow made Jacob very nervous.That was how Elaine found the names in less than a second: Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall.Matilda?!The name could well be knives stabbing Elaine in th
Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"Seeing that he was
Jacob had really had too much to drink and couldn't remember the later parts of what had happened last night—even how he had gotten home was a blur.Naturally, he also forgot that Walker had brought Matilda's wedding invitation, and therefore didn't hesitate to answer the in-car answer button.Over the phone, Walker was positively fawning as he asked, "Mr. Wilson? It's Walker. Why didn't you come in today? Had too much to drink last night?""Uh-huh," Jacob grunted, lethargic. "I did—my head still hurts now… Anyway, what's up? Trouble at the association?""No, of course not," Walker quickly said. "I was just worried you're still hungover, so I called to ask. If you need a driver or anything, you just need to ask!"Then, before Jacob could answer, he continued, "By the way, my wife is somewhat knowledgable in Oskian medicine, and she has recipes for brews that cure hangovers and nourish the liver. I'm sure you'll need the latter since you're always drinking at social events, so I as
Fortunately, Elaine and Jacob's bickering never escalated.Even though Elaine was winning, Jacob found it tolerable.After Jacob finished his lunch and cleaned up, he never looked up as he said, "Charlie sent a text, saying Claire's flight would touch down earlier at three. We will leave at two."Elaine grumbled. "Why leave so early? She's coming back from abroad, and there'd be checkpoints she has to clear—she'd be lucky if she could leave by half past three. I'm sleeping a few winks now, and we'll leave at half past two."As she left the dining room, she didn't even look back as she said, "Clean up for me too."Jacob had a million complaints but said nothing as he kept his head down, throwing Elaine's lunchbox in the trash can as well.With Elaine gone, he sat on the couch as her hangover slowly cleared while his mood soured with the lack of alcohol.In the end, the pleasure of being fawned over at the Diamond Room was but temporary—the pain of his beloved leaving with someone
Vera kept her plan to investigate the identity of the abbess deep in her mind and told Charlie nothing.Instead, she smiled as she said, "It seems that it's both yours and Ms. Ito's good fortune that she has attained enlightenment. You've never had anyone who could attain enlightenment and master Reiki at the same time, so Ms. Ito will definitely be a great help to you in the future."Charlie chuckled and said calmly, "I'm not hoping for her to help. I'm simply happy for her with her enlightenment and excited to have another comrade in my solo ventures into the dark forests."Vera nodded in understanding, and she murmured emotionally, "I've lived for so long, and it's only when I opened my heart to you that I felt that sensation you described."There was a flicker of wistfulness in her eyes.She really did not expect to attain enlightenment before meeting Charlie.Years ago, she thought that she would eventually avenge her father.Now, she no longer hoped to murder Fleur Griffi