Chapter 201
Chapter 201: Anomaly: Part 1
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
At midnight, teams of armed security were patrolling the perimeter around the small manor in the remote part of Shermanton . A faint sound of music and laughter could be heard inside the mansion .
“My dear Adolf, it has been a long time . You used to fish in the Red Wisteria Villa, but time flies . Here you are an adult already . ” Muniwah Zeon, with his swept-back blue hairstyle and a cultured smile on his face, was clinking glasses with Adolf’s father .
“Glad to see you, my dear Uncle Zeon,” said Adolf, bowing his head in a gesture of respect .
The avuncular Muniwah Zeon, who was also called Zeon Sr . , continued chatting in a low voice with Carney, Adolf’s father . As the two most prominent business tycoons in Shermanton, their every word and action were always in the limelight . However, Adolf did not want the spotlight . He preferred to keep a distance and observe his father from afar . What happened last night appeared like a dream to him, and until now, he still found it unreal . The words of the man, who self-proclaimed to be a Blackfeather swordsman, still lingered in his ears .
He held his glass in hand and slowly came to a quiet corner in the villa . He just wanted some quiet moment, but a girl with long blue hair was already standing there . Adolf recognized her; she was Marfa, the second daughter of the Zeon family . Out of politeness, he raised his glass and smiled at her . Marfa shot him a despising glance before walking away . She did not even want to be standing next to him . Despite that, Adolf could not have cared less as he knew how low his reputation had been in Shermanton; such cold-shoulder treatment was all too common to him .
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He stood in the corner, listening to the melodious music while shooing away his admirers with his cold eyes . His mind was busy figuring out how to show due respect to his teacher . Deep inside, Adolf was an innocent child, overly protected by his father and elder sister . He could be even considered as a spoilt child . As he grew up hearing enough verbal abuse and being taken advantage of, he got wiser and more mature . He was now a person who would give his best in everything he did when he decided that he wanted it .
Marfa Zeon came to a dark spot in the garden, not far away, where another girl was already there rolling her eyes at her . The girl was tall, shoulder broad, well built, and wearing a black suit . Her muscles and body were in perfect proportion and exuding an aggressive aura .
“If not for Father has forbidden me, I would have snapped the neck of that fellow!” Marfa sounded irascible .
“We can’t help it . We need to take the influence of the state assembly into consideration,” the beefy girl said with a smile .
“Haven’t Laurence decided to come back? His veins are flowing with the blood of the Dark Demon! Why the heck he wants to become a cop at all? Does he want to make the Zeon family a laughing stock in the dark world?” Marfa’s face turned grim .
“The blood of the Dark Demon has a periodic urge of brutality . The damn media have exposed his last outbreak . Father might not care, but I am utterly disappointed!”
Lifna, the beefy girl, just quietly listened to Marfa venting her grievances .
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“What is more ridiculous is that he has even called the cops to seize the properties of his own family . This guy must have hit his head somewhere!” Marfa became even angrier when she spoke about this .
“Perhaps the patriarch has his own plan and arrangement,” Lifna said with a smile .
“I don’t care! If he dares to do that to my assets, I will kill him!” Marfa looked cold and vicious, a plume of purple flames flashing in between her fingers . That said, she strode away, her dress floating around her, leaving Lifna stood quietly in the shadow .
“Your Excellency, do we have to do something?” Lifna turned her head slightly, looking at the Zeon Sr . who emerged from the shrubs behind her . His face wrinkled like the bark of a tree, almost friable as he let out an avuncular smile .
“That’s all right… whatever Laurence does, his body still flows with the Zeon’s bloodline . Let Marfa become his offerings . The Dark Demon will grow even better if watered with the blood of the closest next of kin . ”
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In a hotel, Lin Sheng looked at the beautiful black gift box before him, reaching to untie the ribbon gingerly . After recruiting Adolf as his temple disciple with the Blackfeather swordsman as his go-between, the young man had swiftly sent him a gift . As the box was opened, the content was laid before him . It was a white bank card .
Advertisement“This guy is quick . I have just given him a hint, and he has immediately come back with his offering . ” Looking through the Blackfeather swordsman’s eyes, Adolf had to be drooling at the sight of sacred power . His physical strength may have been less than ideal, but he had an innocent heart and a strong, unyielding mental will . There was little wonder why he scored the best match with sacred power among the three candidates .
Lin Sheng took out the bank card . Using the notebook he had at the ready, he went online and did a quick verification . After entering the account number and the password, a figure popped up .
“Fifty million . Not bad, considering it is just a start—Wait a minute! Fifty million?” Lin Sheng was startled . He did a double-take just to confirm he did not read it wrong .
It was, indeed, fifty million .
His smiling face became a little at ease now . He was only thinking of getting some money at first so that he could summon more soldiers to expand his influence . Before this, Lin Sheng had conducted a background check on Adolf, whose monthly expenses were about 6 million . 50 million was by no mean a small amount to him . Even if his father had a billion-dollar business empire, he could not possibly have access to such a large amount of funds at whim .
“This chap is interesting . ” He kept the card and left the hotel room, which was only a transition point that would be discarded after use . Next, he planned to collect new ingredients and start another round of summoning . Lin Sheng had come up with a list of hard-to-get ingredients and given it to Adolf through the Blackfeather swordsman, just to try his luck . To Lin Sheng’s surprise, however, Adolf sent a second gift box in less than two days . The gift box contained a key to a warehouse with the address stuck at the back .
Lin Sheng went to the location to check it out . Many containers, all stuffed with various ingredients, piled up in the warehouse . This was significantly quicker than searching around from shop to shop himself . So, Lin Sheng decided to add in the rest of the ingredients into the list and let Adolf run all the errands . As before, Adolf did not disappoint .
AdvertisementTwo days later, new containers arrived at the warehouse, all stuffed with the ingredients that Lin Sheng needed . It was complete with two cartons of gold nuggets, which weighed about 100kg, and 500kg of pure silver powder . What really amazed Lin Sheng, though, was the speed and method in which Adolf collected all those things .