"This cannot be real.""Somebody do the math. This is crazy.""Nuts!""What's this poor man going to do now? You don't pick a fight with Mr Havill."The guests were throwing their opinions everywhere. Every corner of the store was shaken. Even if a man was trying to impress a lady, was there not a limit to an extent you can simp?But Havill seemed to have no boundaries to his quest. It was hard to tell what was going through his head that had convinced him to make such a ridiculous claim. Cory himself was stunned speechless. Although the system had asked him to spend a hundred billion dollars for fifteen gems, he was looking for a way to spend it. Yet he couldn't have imagined that having a financial duel with Havill would make it so easy for him. He was initially bothered that he might still have to go through a lot of stress to be able to spend that much money. But as things were looking right now, it felt like luck had fallen on his side. On the other hand, he couldn't help but

"What is this loser trying to do?" Someone asked amongst the crowd. The guests have been divided into two. While a part of them was rooting for Cory, the great number of them was happy for Havill. They were now backing Havill and didn't want Cory to have a comeback. Wouldn't it be madness to claim to be capable of outspending fifty-four billion dollars?Not even the likes of Lord Theo would be willing to splurge that amount of money on something so random and baseless. "I think he's trying to make things up.""I thought he was a smart youth. I had no idea that he was only trying to fan his ego. Making things up to save face would not help him here! Maybe someone needs to explain this to him."The people didn't lower their voices. They were so loud that even the attendant could hear them mocking Cory. Cory had no business with them. He was not fazed by it. He only wanted to listen to the attendant. She was the only reasonable person who would understand what he was trying to talk ab

Havill was groundless as he stared at Cory brainless. He didn't know which of the situations to reflect on. Was it the fact that Jared knew Cory and would put his father's business on the line for Cory? Or the fact that Cory had just paid a ridiculous amount of two hundred and fifty billion dollars to impress him?! Or the fact that he had just watched Cory smashed 250,000,000,000 dollars into powder and had emptied it in a bucket of water?! Or the fact that Cory was now standing right in front of him, asking him to drink the water?!Havill was more than conflicted. He couldn't even place the thoughts at this point. His body was shaking, yet he was doing all he could not to give himself away easily. He wanted to say something to Cory as he used to in the past. But this time, he couldn't find his voice. His voice was gone. It would seem as though someone had vacated his lungs of the words and his mind of words. He just stood there staring like a statue. Cory's gaze was very intentiona

Even Cory, who had recently stopped behind one of the couches, was stunned when those words hit him. Although he wasn't the one whom Anna directed the words to, yet it felt like he had been hit by a ballistic missile. Before Cory could call her name,"Anna!" Lord Theo had beaten him to it.Cory had almost forgotten that he wasn't the only one here. And that Lord Theo was actually the most affected by what Anna had just said. As soon as Anna said those words, she bent down, picked up her bag, and started to walk out of the building again. "Anna! Come back." Lord Theo called at her. He was bewildered and worried. He looked really scared. "Let me explain to you, Anna. Anna!!" The old man did all he could to convince Anna to stay, but she would not listen. She left and walked out of the living room and through the hallway. She walked past Cory and didn't even spare him a glance. It would seem as though he was an insignificant insect. Cory really didn't pick an offense in this. While

Lord Theo gasped when he saw this image that was standing right in front of him. He was finding it very hard to draw a closure. He wasn't sure whether this was a human or some generated apparition. He didn't know if he was in his right mind or if he had fallen into a trance. All his life, he had never had the opportunity to scale beyond the altitude of the physical construct. Neither his body nor soul had been able to cross the border of physical influences. So, he knew for a fact that he was in his right senses and was seen with his eyes. But then, if that was the truth and he was seeing with his human eyes, then who the hell was standing right in front of him, towering over him like a supreme being?Lord Theo could swear with everything he held dear that Cory was standing in front of him just a millisecond ago. A millisecond is just like dividing a second into its one thousandth variation. This meant that even if Cory was going to move out of his sight, was there any chance that