As Brody had already mastered Reiki, his senses had also been greatly improved. He could detect a few hidden sentries on duty within the copper mine even from a few hundred meters away. Brody was not surprised that there were many hidden sentries in the copper mine. After all, this kind of dead soldiers’ base was of great significance to the Qing Eliminating Society. Each base was built at great expense with the investment of a great deal of manpower and material resources. Therefore, security was naturally a top priority here. Fortunately, the strength of these Armed Calvary Guards was not very strong, and their combined combat effectiveness was only at the level of a five-star to an eight-star martial artist. There was still a big gap between them and Brody. Thus, Brody was also confident that he could easily blend in without being discovered. Unlike Charlie, who had obtained the Apocalyptic Book by chance and mastered Reiki directly, Brody had cultivated from a martial artist
He could not help but wonder, “What’s going on? Why do I feel so uneasy?!”But in the next moment, he felt that he might be overthinking. After all, he had broken through to the Master Realm and was no longer the same as ordinary martial artists. How many opponents could he have in this world with his own strength? How could there be an expert who could target him in a place like this?He did not know that Porter had already placed his finger above the enter key on the computer. As long as Porter pressed the enter key, the three close-defense missiles would carry out a saturated strike on Brody’s location and his surrounding areas swiftly. Porter was already sweating nervously, and his master, Pilos, who was standing behind him was also incomparably nervous as he said, “Porter, fire! This person is moving so fast, so he must be one of the four great earls!” Porter shook his head and said, “Master, I’m worried that he still has companions with him. As long as we are stable, it’s
When Porter’s fingertip struck the keyboard, the three close-defense missiles that had long locked onto Brody began to rotate their pitch-black barrels immediately. This was immediately followed by thirty millimeters of artillery shells instantly erupting from the eighteen barrels of the three close-defense missiles!A large number of bullets penetrated the camouflaged glass house following the trajectory called the Kiss of Death which spewed out almost frantic flames at Brody!The speed of the bullets and artillery shells was faster than the speed of sound, but this speed was not obvious at close range. Under normal circumstances, if a person was sniped from hundreds of meters away, he would definitely be shot first before hearing the sound. However, Brody had been carefully observing his surroundings. Since the speed of light was much faster than the speed of sound and the initial speed of the artillery shells, Brody discovered that the three glasshouses on the three commanding
Brody’s last conscious thoughts were filled with anger and unwillingness.He never thought he would end up dead without a body. Compared to the taxi driver he had killed out of anger just now, the taxi driver only had a missing head, but Brody might not even be able to save his brain!Before his spinning head landed on the ground, the artillery shells were still whizzing past him intensely, blasting the opposite side of the wall into powder one after the other. Fortunately, among the misfortunes, although Brody’s body had turned into mush, his head was able to skillfully dodge this intensive barrage because the target was smaller and still in the process of rotating.Although the glasses-shaped ballistic trajectory set by the weapon expert from Ten Thousand Armies was very powerful, it still prioritized greater coverage, so the ballistic trajectory was not dense enough to reduce it to the size of the head. Brody’s head was temporarily saved because of this. However, when the art
When Porter gave the command, the bases of the three close-defense missiles suddenly emitted a series of explosions. The close-defense missiles that were originally fixed firmly on the concrete bases were instantly disconnected. Immediately afterward, all the bases of the glasshouses were blown off. The engineering team that had been arranged in advance rushed up directly and pushed the glass roofs all the way downstairs and then connected the lifting straps as they waited for the helicopters to come and hoist the three close-defense missiles away. Meanwhile, the Armed Calvary Guards and their families who had prepared to retreat began to rush out of their rooms as if they were firefighters on duty. They had little luggage with them because they did not have many personal belongings here. The dead soldiers and their families had been evacuated by ship a few days ago, so as long as the people on the ground were evacuated during the retreat, the place could instantly be blown to ru
If Porter came into direct contact with him, he might have been killed with a single move before he could even come to his senses. Therefore, judging from the other party’s strength, he must have been one of the four great earls.Charlie heaved a sigh of relief and called Porter. As soon as the call was connected, Porter said respectfully, “Mr. Wade, did you see all the videos I sent to you?”Charlie said with a smile, “I saw the videos. You guys did a very beautiful job. Although the other party was very strong, he had no power to fight back at all. Everything was done perfectly!”Porter hurriedly said, “It’s all thanks to your good idea, Mr. Wade. Otherwise, even if I think again and again, I wouldn’t have thought of using close-defense missiles to deal with the experts from the Qing Eliminating Society…”Porter was not flattering Charlie whatsoever. He truly admired Charlie’s foresight from the bottom of his heart. In the past, Ten Thousand Armies had taken on missions all
Porter did not question Charlie’s caution at all. He said without hesitation, “Okay, Mr. Wade. The entire copper mine has collapsed into ruins now. The officials from Cyprus will definitely take over the investigation after such a big commotion today. At that time, not to mention that there would be no clues left at the scene, it would not be easy for the Qing Eliminating Society to go to the scene to investigate and collect evidence after the investigation is completed!”With that said, Porter added, “I feel that there are only two clues that the Qing Eliminating Society would be able to find. Firstly, they will find a way to sneak into the ruins of the copper mine, or they will try to find a way to bribe the officials from Cyprus to obtain the remaining close-defense missiles’ artillery shells from the copper mine. If they are fortunate and hardworking, they might be able to obtain the DNA of the great earl from the soil in the collapsed area. The latter will allow them to be certai
The strange thing was that when he tried to contact Troy using the specially dedicated phone line which could be dialed at any time twenty-four hours a day in the past, it could not be connected at all. This kind of thing had never happened before over the past twenty years. Thus, this abnormal situation caused Arlo to feel very nervous. He tried to contact Brody but could not get through to Brody’s cell phone either. He suddenly had an ominous premonition at this point. However, due to the special structural framework of the Qing Eliminating Society, he had no other subordinates in Cyprus whom he could contact directly aside from the Section Ambassador, Troy. Therefore, the best way was for him to send someone to Cyprus to inquire about the situation. The best person to go and inquire was the special envoy from the copper refinery in Turkey. After all, Turkey was very close to Cyprus, and it would not take long for a helicopter to fly there.However, Brody was one of the four g
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