Chapter 152 - Chapter 152: Chapter 145: The Dark Alliance (Vote for monthly tickets!)_2 (2/2)
In recent years, John had been spending a fortune on messages from the Spirit Realm and mystical drugs, making several trips to the Spirit Realm, hoping to find an adventure that would turn ordinary people into Extraordinary Exponents. Yet, he never achieved a good outcome.
The cunning and shrewd man was indeed quite lucky in the Spirit Realm; despite being an ordinary human, he never died even once, or perhaps because he was too cautious, he failed to reap the rewards he truly desired.
Exhausted, John barely managed to open his eyes and stared into the darkness at Byrne, his face completely obscured, and he lamented,
“So you’ve come, His Excellency Byrne. It’s unthinkable that just a blink of an eye and twenty years have gone by, so fast, so very fast…”
“Haha, I remember you were just a child back then, even too scared to talk to strangers!”
Byrne in the darkness nodded calmly, saying, “Yes, time does fly.”
John fell silent for a long while, then suddenly asked, “Actually, there’s something I’ve never been able to figure out. Does your Fischer family have some kind of special method to turn an ordinary person into an Extraordinary Exponent?”
Byrne in the darkness fell silent for a long time, so long that John began to feel afraid.
“Yes.”
Indeed, it was so. A flood of realizations came to John in an instant, and he began to shake uncontrollably, unable to stop himself from shouting out loud.
“I understand now, I’ve figured it all out! So that’s how it is, that’s how it is… No wonder Madam Irene talked to me about heretic views several times. I understand everything now!”
“Byrne! You clearly knew my dream! All these years, the price I paid was all for the Extraordinary power!”
He reached out frantically, fiercely pointing at Byrne and screaming,
“How bitterly you’ve concealed the truth from me! How miserably you’ve deceived me! Hahaha, I hate you! Fischers, you bunch of swindlers, you heretics!”
Suddenly, Byrne grabbed John’s hand tightly, staring into his eyes with a cold gaze.
“Really? Do you also deserve to wield the true power?”
“John, by now you should clearly understand that the Fischers did offer you opportunities. You were just too shrewd, never wanting to deeply bind yourself with us, right?”
He lowered his voice, continuing, “Risk and reward are proportional, don’t you understand this as a merchant braving the seas?”
John felt an intense pain in his hand, shocked, in the darkness he could see that man’s eyes, as deep as the ocean, like a dim, lightless vortex, easily piercing through all secrets and swallowing everything around it.
He was terrified, his body shaking and writhing like a weakened worm, completely powerless!
In the darkness, Byrne continued speaking in an even tone, “Does anyone else in your family know of your conjecture just now?”
John, trembling with fear, realized that the man before him was no longer the timid boy who dared not meet people, but a person of high stature who could demand his entire family’s life with a single word.
“No, no! Don’t kill them, I beg you, Byrne, it’s only me who’s gone mad!”
Byrne nodded calmly, speaking gently,
“Hmm, if you are telling the truth, John, I remember your youngest son hasn’t taken a wife yet, so let Theo’s eldest daughter marry him.”
John took a deep breath, a bitter smile on his face as he said,
“Good, good, good, from now on, the Fischer family will handle everything of ours! My children, they are all willing to serve you…”
“I have prepared the transfer contract, and I’ve signed it too, it’s under my, my pillow, cough cough cough, cough…”
Byrne nodded gently, sincerely saying, “You can rest assured, I guarantee that your family will not decline in the next few decades.”
John finally let out a long breath, closed his eyes, and realized that certain qualities of Byrne remained unchanged.
Byrne left the room calmly, stepping into the hall and looking at the members of the John family; they all looked back at him immediately.
He took a deep breath, his eyes reddening, and tears could be seen blurring his vision.
“Please accept my condolences, Mr. John, the forever loyal friend of the Fischer family, has just passed away.”
“I believe he is now in the embrace of the deities, assured to find true peace.”