Chapter 301 (1/2)

Work and pleasure should never be mixed, Rake grabbed another quote from the bright minds of his predecessors and heeded their sage advice rigidly.

”What do you want?” Rake's thoughts were disrupted by the harsh words of the most beautiful woman among his summons.

Time to earn your pay. He concluded as he observed the cold guise of his strongest ally.

”I want you to go outside and entice customers in. I want to have people going in by the dozens in the first hour. Do anything necessary to make it possible.”

”Can i use force?” Lilith smiled with relish.

”Can she?” Rake threw the question out to someone else.

”Negative, host. The Ultimate Cooking System does not and shall never force customers to eat in our establishment.

Either they do it out of their own free will or their purchases will be invalidated from the cash count.” Rake frowned after he heard the system's response.

”Oh well. Can't win them all.” he sighed.

”You can't use force or influence them in any way to buy our food here. Just be...” sexy and alluring. Rake had wanted to add but he didn't want to appear as callous and confirm what Lilith thought of him.

”...be what?” the woman raised one of her eyebrows while she waited for Rake to finish his words.

”Just bring me customers.” Rake ended his words and took the coward's way out. He vanished from the scene and nursed his swollen member down with a few handy ice in the cooking area.

It seemed like he will have to get used to this lifestyle from tonight onwards.

”What a weird guy.” Lilith muttered when she saw the disappearing act of Rake.

Though she really did not like to follow such a weak man but as she had no choice in the matter, Lilith could only lament in silence. And with this acceptance, she recalled the figure of a smiling man.

”That trickster!” Lilith mused in hate as her feet echoed out into the large expanse of the halls. The sea of women parted before her and none had the nerve to speak nor even looked badly at her way.

Though she could probably not kill anyone in here without the consent of the man called Rake Stevens but death was a sweet escape in comparison to the myriad of torment she could do to those who would invite her ire.

”Fresh air at last.” Lilith took a deep breath and was mesmerized by the setting sun.

Watching the sunset was always one of her pastimes before. She would have wanted to look at it more but even as she stilled, her mouth opened not of her own volition.

”CUSTO...” Lilith held the shameful shout in time. Damn! Let's make it quick then, she relented.

”BOOM!” the peace and calm was shattered by a deafening explosion. The darkening sky shied away to the advent of a blinding light. And the salvos of shocking bombings did not halt at one piece.

”BOOM!”

”BOOM!”

”BOOM!” it continued on until the first responders got to the scene of chaos.

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In the deepest pits of some unknown tomb, sat an aged man. He wore lavish garments as his cultivator's robe shone in magnificence even in his static repose.

It could not be told how long he had maintained this position.