The campus was quiet as the students were in their respective classes following lessons. Lucas, meanwhile, was silent, focused on reading a thick book in the campus library along with Adam and Ryan."Hey, I don't think Mike can show his face on campus anymore." Adam raised one hand to the corner of his lips, whispering to Lucas and Ryan.Ryan nodded his head. "Yes, of course, now that she's bankrupt, she must be very embarrassed about it." He covered his mouth to stifle a small laugh that was about to escape."Hey, what do you think?" Adam idly nudged Lucas. He was still curious about the response his friend would give. "You don't want to comment on it? You should at least be as happy as we are that he got what he deserved."Lucas only responded by clearing his throat, showing his diligent side. Of course, it made Adam and Ryan immediately look at each other because they knew that if Lucas was in serious mode, the man didn't want to be disturbed and wanted to focus on his book."Yes,
"You'll come there, right?" Adam and Ryan looked at Lucas. Adam nudged his friend's arm. "Come on, just take your time."Ryan raised his eyebrows as he put an arm around Lucas' shoulders. "I think we should come to the festival together since we've never been before."The annual festival on campus was always held near the end of each semester to create good memories of college. Every year would be different from the previous year, and it was undoubtedly something that students looked forward to after a long day of studying."Yeah, Lucas." Adam nodded in agreement with Ryan's words. "Even though this is also our last year on this campus. So shouldn't we come for once instead of regretting that we never had fun together?""That's right." Ryan snapped his fingers. "The last year of college is the best. We can't miss this precious moment that will never be repeated, right?"Ryan and Adam raised their eyebrows in unison, trying to persuade Lucas to attend the annual college festival with t
The three of them had entered the festival. Everyone seemed to be amazed by the beauty of the festival, which was decorated marvelously. Ryan and Adam looked around with sparkling eyes.Many food tents were lined up around them, with many impressive rides. Not far from them was a large stage that was beautifully decorated."Wow, this is amazing." Adam and Ryan were amazed. "How can we miss such an amazing festival every year?"Adam nodded in agreement. "If I had known it was so awesome like this, I probably would have continued to attend." Amazingly, He stroked his chin as he looked more deeply into the festivities. "Well, it's a good thing we came. Otherwise, we'll have a lifetime of regret for missing the end of our youthful years at university."The two of them noisily continued to chuckle. Their steps stopped at a large circle full of water that was a colorful fountain that could rotate. Of course, it made Adam and Ryan even more amazed."Wow, there's a rotating fountain." Ryan to
The men and Lucas's two friends looked at him with cold stares. Meanwhile, Lucas, who was holding the flower, didn't know anything about it because he had no intention of joining such an event, and he was already at the back of the line of men who wanted to fight over the flower. But somehow, he was the one who got the flower.The once lively atmosphere instantly turned quiet as the flower-catching participants fell silent and watched Lucas."Yes, the flower has been captured by a handsome man." Until the host's voice came back to break the ice. "Alright, please pick up the woman who will be your date, my friend.""Ah, you managed to get a day date with the prima donna of our university, Lucas." Ryan patted Lucas on the back proudly while also feeling a little disappointed because he had hoped to date Lora.Adam also smiled and congratulated Lucas by grabbing his hand. "Come on, hurry over there and pick up your date." He moved his chin about the stage.Lucas was still confused becaus
Hearing what Lora said made the man named Cole unhappy. "You should think well because so far, I'm a better man than any other man, especially with that man."Cole snorted in annoyance, rolling his eyes. He was so confident because Cole was one of the handsome guys on campus that he felt that he was the one who had the right to date Lora right now.Cole ruffled his waist while shaking his head at Lora. "Ouch, Lora. Don't you know that Elena humiliated that guy because he claimed to be her boyfriend?"Sam, who was beside Cole, also laughed in agreement with the words said by his friend. "He's so embarrassing. If you're with him, you'll be involved in bad rumors too, Lora.""Don't care." Lora hardened her jaw. The woman looked at Cole with a challenging gaze. "I'll stick with Lucas."Lora didn't want to waste time talking to a guy like Cole. No matter if he was the only good guy on campus, Lora didn't want to date him even for a few minutes because she already knew how bad of a characte
"You don't know yourself at all." Cole spun something in his hand. A penknife made into a keychain. "You're already poor, but you're acting great. You should also realize who you are. How dare you compete with me to be with Lora. You don't deserve to be with her at all, loser."Sam raised one eyebrow. "Look at it, it sucks." He raised both hands above the thing, looking to his left and right sides. "It's a lot of people, and you're alone."Cole chuckled mockingly at Lucas. "You should be self-aware because you're going to die soon."It just so happened that Lucas was passing by the street that Cole had expected, where it was quite deserted as there were no tent rides or games at the festival. It was also far enough away from the crowd that people wouldn't notice if there was a commotion there."Oh, you underestimate me so much." Lucas looked at them with a cold glare that made Cole roll his eyes.Cole stopped his hand from twirling the penknife, then looked at his friends while moving
Cole was quite surprised at Chris's words. He grinned, glaring at the man. "You act as if you know my father well." He snorted, putting on a sarcastic face of dislike. "You don't know him at all, so no need to act like you do. "Yeah, you've probably heard of my dad because he's pretty famous." Cole held up his hands, boasting about Benny. "So cut the theatrics and bullshit."Lucas smiled a little, looking at Cole coldly. "Oh, you don't seem to believe what my servant just said. Okay then." He looked at Chris while raising his eyebrows upwards. "Ask that father to apologize to me immediately."Hearing that, Cole laughed condescendingly at Lucas. He shook his head, thinking the charade Lucas was playing was crazy, he thought."You're really shameless," Cole muttered condescendingly at Lucas while his friends just stood by and watched. They didn't want to cause any more trouble.Lucas ignored Cole's words and looked at the man with an even colder look in his eyes. "If he doesn't want to
Lucas didn't immediately accept Cole's apology. He looked at Chris, and the servant immediately moved back to pick up the cell phone that had been lying on the ground.Chris brought the phone back to his ear, and at the same time, Benny's voice came back. "Sir, my son has apologized. Are you willing to not destroy my business, right?"Chris glanced at Lucas. After seeing his master give a small nod, he opened his voice to answer Benny's question on the other side. "Yes."Only one word was spoken by Chris, but it immediately made Benny feel happy and breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, sir."The man even immediately bowed as if he was dealing with the person who called him. He was able to smile again after the phone line between them was cut off.Benny gripped his cell phone tightly, squeezing his hand tightly at the thought of Cole's face. "That kid, watch out when he comes home. He almost ruined my business. Damn it, what exactly is he doing, huh?"Benny brushed his hair roughly,
There are many types of people. Some people only focus on the facts, and some people keep searching for something because they are not satisfied. Some people do things differently.In this life, some humans want power. That's why it became something that sometimes didn't make sense, especially focusing on the hidden treasure. they had been doing this for more than 25 years because they believed the Carter family was hiding something. After all, the Carter family had tremendous wealth."We'll go here." The person in the secret society in the center of the small hut gave directions while the others nodded."We will be at points A and B. Make sure the others are at the designated points." The order became the centerpiece of the discussion. Everyone nodded in understanding and immediately carried out the order.They searched and studied the Carter family's data secretly to be able to rival the Carter family, such as wealth and other fields; in the end, they found out if it was related to
Everyone watching was shocked. They all widened their eyes, unable to believe the masked man could finally be taken down and even hit the wall. Of course, this was Black Pearl's first defeat by a novice fighter."He... managed to defeat the champion." People began to whisper, stunned in disbelief at what they were seeing.Amazed by what he saw, the host was speechless because he initially thought Julian would lose."No way. Even though he almost won earlier, he lost to the new guy." Complaints from black pearl supporters began to complain about their confidence in voting for the man."The champion who has won consecutive arena battles is now limping. He's been using a weapon, and that sword is very sharp." People started talking about Black Pearl's defeat.All the admiration and cries of disbelief uttered by the bidders made Black Pearl look down in shame, wringing his hands tightly."Ah, damn it!" The other man looked frustrated as he grabbed his hair and shouted loudly. "I have noth
The match started again. His time in the fight was a little different than before. suddenly, two weapons were lowered from the stage, making everyone surprised to see that."Okay, this time, the match will be made even more challenging because we already have a winner, and the winner wants the match once again, so we will make the fight even more interesting to end the night." The host explained the rules and the different fights.Everyone who participated in the auction became increasingly interested and increased their bets, which made the event organizers even happier."There are swords and baseball bats here." The host headed towards the two weapons that had just been lowered onto the stage. Alright, we'll have a vote on who gets the sharp or blunt weapon."Another person brought two numbers written on paper. The paper was folded properly, and no one knew which number Julian and the person he challenged would choose. The paper was shuffled so that no one knew where it was until th
Suddenly, it made Julian the center of attention of the others, and the people there immediately moved to support him. "Wow, he's really very good. I want to vote for him this time." The comment of one of the auction participants made the other people choose the same thing. They immediately spent money and wanted to fight again to choose Julian, who was called the Black Knight of Steel. "But he's an emissary of a nameless person and he said his emissary was after the goods in this place."The people around him who heard that looked at each other with frowns on their foreheads, wondering what the nameless person wanted and what items in this auction site had caught his attention."What kind of items is he after?" one of the men with a thick mustache asked, casting his eyes toward the items being auctioned in front of the stage."There are many items here and not just one, there are many items that are indeed valuable That's why we are conducting the auction to get a fair price." The
More participants gathered at the venue to participate in the auction, and the fighters who were going to participate in the auction also stood behind the stage in an orderly manner to fight in the order in which they registered. The system and rules at the auction site required everyone who participated in the auction to send people who could possibly win the fight. The winner of the battle would have the advantage of being able to auction off the first item they wanted. Of course, it would have superior rights compared to others.It could be said to have more exclusive buyer's rights. Even if there were people who offered a higher price than the winner in this match, the money could not be used to buy the item at all because the rights were held by the winner, and the winner was free to buy or sell the item he got from this auction event."Well, everyone has gathered, and the participants in the battle are also here. The battle is about to begin." The host on the stage signalled to
Julian finally arrived at the town of Mardlin, where the Widow Family was. He strolled through the area and oversaw everything.Several shops were crowded with people and dominated by men. The men were dressed quite messily, with half-unbuttoned shirts and dishevelled hair. They also had a very pungent smell coming from their mouths as they shouted and talked."You're cheating again. If we couldn't divide it evenly, we should have taken all the money in the shop." One of the men looked so proud, counting the money from robbing other people's shops.Julian frowned when he looked across the street, where a clothing store looked messy as if it had been robbed. Apparently, the men had taken money from the shop on the other side. Surprisingly, the people around seemed to be expected and ignored it.Julian saw that the clerk and the woman who owned the shop that was robbed seemed to be tidying up the mess that had occurred even from the look on their faces, not looking panicked or sad as if
Wanda looked at Julian, who was packing up his room. She leaned back against the doorway and stared at him coldly."It's so good to be you." He exhaled. "Today you'll also be doing a job."Julian grinned, full of confidence. "I'm a great man, so it's only natural that I work and become Master Lucas's confidant." He boasted proudly in front of Wanda. "You have to admit that."That made Wanda tilt her head, staring intently at Julian while snorting in annoyance. She felt jealous that Julian could get a job in the field while Lucas did not trust her to do the same job. She couldn't wait to fight and move her body again. However, Lucas did not allow him to come together with Julian."You've also got your own assignment, right?" Julian raised one eyebrow, remembering the task Lucas had given Wanda before returning to their country.When Lucas gave Wanda the assignment in the country of Bouzi, Wanda immediately did it quickly, even beyond the estimation that Lucas had predicted before. So s
Lucas stopped his dinner and looked at Lora. "I'm done." He held up a hand for Lora to wait. "Just continue eating without me."Lora just nodded her head with a deep frown on her forehead. She was curious about what Chris was going to tell Lucas, but Lora was afraid that it would make Lucas uncomfortable because if Lucas finished his meal before she did and chose to leave, that meant it was something important.Chris bowed slightly before Lora, excusing himself from the dining room. He approached Lucas, handing him his tablet which contained an article with a photo that was quite shocking to Lucas."This is news that was published just a few seconds ago, Master." Chris zoomed in on the tablet screen.Lucas saw a large scroll and a familiar logo. There was an heirloom related to his family. It was most likely the Carter family treasure that had been talked about for generations."Widow's family got it from the excavation." Chris opened another article that stated the location of the ex
Applause filled the grand ballroom. Lucas stepped onto the stage and accepted the award presented by President Marshall, which consisted of a plaque and a small trophy made of 24-carat gold and diamonds, shaped like the country's coat of arms and bearing Lucas Carter's name.President Marshall extended his hand to Lucas. "Congratulations and thank you for all that you have done for our country."Lucas accepted President Marshall's hand. He came down from the stage, and after receiving the award, many important people approached him and hugged him proudly."Congratulations on your award and you deserve it." One of the country's important guests also greeted Lucas."You are indeed a hero of our country and I heard that you are also a hero in Bouzi." The rest of you also complimented Lucas."No, I'm just doing what I can to help others." Lucas responded humbly to all the praise he received.Other compliments and congratulations followed. He returned to Lora, who was waiting for him with