Chapter 240
Author: Adam Aksara
last update2024-09-30 09:51:14

In the middle of the night, Markus was jolted awake by the sound of distant shouting and the crackling of fire.

He blinked, disoriented, lying between four beautiful, naked elves.

Pushing the sheets aside, he rushed to the window. From the third floor of his mansion, he could see the flames spreading from Silvercrest's main building.

On the other side, the Golden Elm and Ironhide were engulfed in flames as well.

"What just happened?" he muttered in disbelief, his voice barely a whisper.

He snapped into action. "Prepare the carriage!" he shouted to his servant as he hurried out.

Within minutes, the fastest carriage sped him to his burning building.

The fire roared, swallowing everything in its path.

“How could this happen? I was just having the best dream...” His thoughts were muddled, still clouded by the haze of the cannabis he had acquired, worth at least 600,000 gold coins. And now, everything he had—gone, in flames.

“What happened?!” Markus demanded as he grabbed his manager, whos
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