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The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 88
“Mom, let’s see the results first. Until then, I’m not saying a word against Denver, much less live away from him,” Catherine replied in a calm but firm voice.“Tsk,” Subrina felt like beating her daughter. “If you weren’t an adult now, I would have beaten some sense into you!”“If you weren’t my mom, I would have long broken your nose, too,” Catherine said, shocking her mother.“Y-You… You’ve grown bold after your dad died.”“Yeah. I’ve been living with my own strength for the past two years,” Catherine stated. “It helped me see the world in a whole different light. I’m not saying it was a good thing that Dad died, but I’ve learned a lot through hardships.”“Hmph, all you did was maintain that shitty pool, and you call that hardship?” Subrina mocked her.Catherine found it difficult to maintain her calm. “You don’t know how many people threatened me to sell that land for a cheaper price. Even the likes of Peter Mason have their eyes on that land, Mom. Right now, it may not be worth m
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 89
Catherine came straight to the wedding hall.Subrina was putting makeup on in a hurry. “Did Peter Mason really invite us to his daughter’s wedding reception?”“He did. I’m afraid he might be planning on taking the pool property,” Catherine frowned. “I have to use this reception as a stage to openly confront him. Maybe, the media channels will catch it and telecast it on their channels.”“Don’t be so foolish. You think the media will publish any bad news on Peter Mason? He’d just buy them off.”“Hmph,” Catherine looked at her mother. “Mom, you look like a clown. Why are you putting on so much makeup? Are you planning on seducing Peter Mason or what?”Subrina paused for a second. “W-Why didn’t I think of that? That’s a good idea.”“Ugh,” Catherine kept shaking her head. “You’re unbelievable.”“It’s been so long since your father died, and I don’t want to live my old age alone,” Subrina said, “so what’s wrong with me trying to catch a big fish?”“Peter Mason is a billionaire, Mom. Why wo
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 90
“Is she really your mother?” Peter asked Catherine.She couldn’t tell if he was joking or not.But why would someone like him even need to joke with Catherine?“Yes, she is my mom,” Catherine calmly replied, not at all smiling.While Catherine could admit her mother looked good for her age, she wasn’t as good-looking as how Peter reacted.“I didn’t know you had such a beautiful mother, Catherine,” Peter was smiling at Subrina, and Subrina was smiling back at him.Catherine just couldn’t watch it already. “Ahem, so why did you ask me to come here, Mr. Peter? Won’t we just be wasting your precious time?”“Actually,” Peter said in a low voice, “let’s talk about it on the side.”Peter then took them to a corner and briefly told them what happened, excluding some humiliating details, of course.“A-Are you speaking the truth?” Catherine found it quite hard to believe.Denver fought against a dozen guards and won?She felt more angry than happy because he did such a risky thing even though i
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 91
“I did my masters in business in Oxford. I will soon earn millions of yearly revenue,” Joseph said. “Is your boyfriend better than me?”He was oozing confidence.“I’m aware that business interviews require a resume,” Catherine said, “but the dating world also requires them these days, huh. Then I’m afraid I’m not a good match for you. I’m just a poor girl.”“That’s not an issue. Society expects men to be successful and women to be beautiful,” Joseph was still smiling confidently. “So, I think we’re a good match.”“So, you’ll be okay with living with a woman who dumps her boyfriend because someone richer has entered her life?” Catherine asked him back. “So, in the future, if someone richer than you shows up and seeks my hand, then… you won’t mind if I leave with him, right?”Joseph’s smile hit a brake. “Don’t you think you’re overestimating yourself?”“You picked the words right out of my mouth, Mr. Joseph Mason,” Catherine was still polite with him as much as possible. “If you think
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 92
Joseph grabbed Catherine by the arm and turned her with just enough force to make her face him.Ignoring that she was holding a food plate, he went in for a quick kiss.Catherine’s instinct kicked in so fast her head moved back before shock surfaced upon her visage.Catherine’s arms lifted up with force, and the food on the plate fell in Joseph’s face. “What the hell is wrong with you?”Joseph was very shocked.And so was the crowd, not knowing exactly why the food was on Joseph’s face and clothes.Catherine looked annoyed and upset.It was all thanks to her neck’s agility that she was able to move her head back, or she would have been kissed by this man when there were so many eyes around.Joseph’s expression hardened.“Son, what happened?” Peter rushed over.Subrina saw Catherine next to Joseph and thought she might have done something. Her heart started racing at the thought that what Catherine did might just ruin the positive vibe she had going with Peter.“We collided, Dad. It wa
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 93
It was a resounding slap.Catherine didn’t seem as surprised as she was hurt by the slap.Even though Catherine had seen her mother’s hand coming, she didn’t evade.Nevertheless, her eyes turned teary. “Thank you… Mom,” her voice cracked.Subrina’s eyes were red, but her arm was shaking. She was already regretting what she had done.“I definitely deserved this for talking back against you,” Catherine said. “As long as I’m in line with you, I’m a good daughter, but when my words don’t align with yours, then I’m the useless one. Thank you for not disappointing me. I’m certain now. You will never change.”Catherine entered the car and drove away without her mother.Subrina couldn’t even tell her daughter to wait for her. No words came out of her mouth right now.Sia was watching all this from the entrance, and she looked shocked. “Catherine’s mom is crazier than her. How can she slap a grown daughter like that? Is Catherine going to complain to Denver and have him beat her mother?”She w
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 94
Catherine came to her apartment, driving fast.Her renovated car made it possible for her to drive fast and let out some fumes.She parked the car inside, but then she saw Denver working, filling up the cracks on the pillars and walls.“What are you doing?” she asked, looking genuinely confused.“I asked him to do it,” Layla, the apartment’s guard, came over to them quickly with a big smile on her face. “I heard that your boyfriend is a construction worker, so I thought he could make the apartment look better just like he made your car better.”“Uh, okay,” Catherine took it casually. “As long as he gets paid for his work, I don’t mind it. How much do you charge per hour, Denver?”“Thirty to fifty depending on the work,” Denver said. “But since it’s for our apartment, I’ll only charge twenty dollars.”“Actually, I’m not going to pay the hourly wages,” Layla scratched her jaw.“What?” Catherine was shocked.Even Denver looked just as shocked. He thought Layla was automatically going to
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 95
Denver was skillfully applying cement to the cracks, and he was on a flow.But he suddenly stopped because he saw something in one of those cracks. There were small white things.At first he didn’t think much, but then he used to brush to pull those white things out of the cracks.Upon observing them, he realized that they were lizard eggs.They were so tiny they looked adorable.Denver wondered what he should do with them. If he were to put these back in the cracks, then he wouldn’t be able to seal the crack.But if he were to put them outside, these eggs would probably crack.And the mother lizard was nowhere to be seen.After some thinking, Denver decided to leave some part of the cracks open and put the eggs back in there.Just as he was putting the eggs, Layla came from behind and grabbed his biceps. “Are these real?”The eggs almost fell from his palm. “Whoa, be careful.”“Mm? What’s wrong?”“There are lizard eggs in my hand. They could have fallen to the ground.”“Oh, I’m sorry
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Penal Hall Master Drake just arrived at the council building on a skateboard.An old lady in her hundreds was waiting for him in the verandah, eating sugarcane. Despite her age, she had all her teeth intact.“Did you meet him?” she asked.Drake nodded and tried to grab a sugarcane stick.But she slapped his hand away. “How was he?”“He’s good in some ways and clumsy in other ways, ma’am,” Drake replied, “but he seems motivated to get his hands on the secret treasure.”“In the past five years, the kettles of the top rankers have grown in strength by sweeping all the treasures from the caves,” she said. “They are growing stronger than the penal hall. The balance of power is shifting, and the biggest troublemaker among the rankers just has to arrive now.”“Whom do you prefer as the next king?” Drake curiously asked.“I prefer the one His Majesty chooses,” she replied.“Being diplomatic again,” Drake tried to grab the sugarcane stick again, but she slapped his hand away once more. His han
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The twelve-feet tall open mouth of the monstrous serpent broke the wall into bits and zoomed in Denver from behind.He didn’t even look back.Placing his hand behind his back, he released a burst of red lightning that destroyed not just the blocks of the wall that were still in the air but also the serpent’s head.The snake lost half of its head, but it was still wriggling about, its head regenerating at a visible pace.“What the hell?” Alex was baffled. “How can it still be alive after half of its head is gone?”“The nanobots are healing it, I suppose,” Sheryl said. “We have to find the crystal chip that’s somewhere in its body. If we destroy that chip, then the snake won’t be able to regenerate.”“But where’s that chip?” Alex asked. “How will we know?”“I’m afraid my aura is not skillful enough to enter other people’s bodies and check them,” Sheryl responded. “That’s something medics are good at. I’m neither a medic nor a master aura user.”“Then we have to destroy the entirety of t
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Sheryl was walking in the front.Alex was behind her.Catherine was the third, and Denver was in the last as they explored the caves after he had opened up the closed path.The air hung thick and damp, tasting of mildew and something ancient, something that made the back of Catherine’s throat itch.She was unconscious before, so the eerie atmosphere now gave her chills.In the front, Sheryl was holding a makeshift torch, with the flickering flames painting grotesque shadows on the cave walls, which freaked Catherine out even more.Alex moved with a practiced grace, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword.“Denver, this place smells rotten and metallic,” Catherine complained. “I don’t think I can bear it for long.”“Just vomit once more then,” Sheryl casually dismissed her words.“Yeah, if I do, I’ll do it on your face,” Catherine replied.Alex, who was in their middle, was just not able to focus because of these two. Suddenly, his nose jerked a little.“Wait…” He stopped. “Smell tha
CHAPTER 169
A fighter jet came flying toward Hawk Park.The military officials at the border launched a missile to destroy it, but none of the missiles hit it.The jet managed to breach the lands of the Hawk Park.“Haha,” the pilot in the jet snickered while chewing gum. “That was easy. I just have to dump the gift and then speed off and go get my million dollars.”Just then a person flew up through the clouds.“I-Is that a person?” The pilot was shocked to see Mickey who was floating in the jet’s path. “Is he trying to kill himself?”Mickey raised his hand, and the fighter jet’s speed came to a halt before it reached him.The pilot nearly shat his heart out through his butthole. He still quickly recovered and pressed the red button.A big missile dropped, but then it didn’t go the way he intended it to.Rather, it started to float and went under Mickey’s feet. Standing on it, he stared down at the pilot.The pilot dropped the gum in his mouth.“You gotta be shitting me…” All the hairs on his bod
CHAPTER 168
A few minutes later.Denver sat down on a broken rock, with Catherine sitting next to him.She was awake and was staring at Drake who was talking with Sheryl in the distance. “Who is he exactly?”“Don’t think too much,” Denver touched her neck to feel her temperature. “Are you feeling okay now?”“Yeah,” Catherine loved seeing the worry on his face. She quickly gave him a kiss.Seeing that, Alex’s eyes turned a little wider.Denver was feeling hot inside because of having to push himself to fight Drake, but Catherine’s kiss surprisingly made him feel better.It was just a simple kiss, but it was priceless to him.At the same time, he was wondering if he should tell Catherine about his past. After thinking about it, he said, “Cat, I might have killed some people in the past.”“Okay. So?”“Even women.”“So?” Catherine didn’t seem upset about it. “Don’t tell me you killed children, too?”“I don’t think so, but I don’t know,” Denver hesitantly said. “My memories are slowly coming back, but
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An area of over 12,000 sq ft was destroyed.Rubble was all that remained.Part of the stone caves were now exposed to the sky.Sheryl stood at the border of the destruction while carrying Catherine on her shoulder.Her heart beat anxiously. “Boss! Are you there?” she yelled.A giant pillar of black fire burst out of the rubble and then evaporated pretty fast, revealing Drake who was floating in midair,He had black wings made out of aura.He stared down at Denver who was holding Alex by the shirt.Denver was bleeding from the forehead, but his gaze was locked on Drake.His body felt like a blazing furnace from having used the blood lightning to a great extent.Still, he didn’t show any discomfort.Alex, on the other hand, was not conscious and was wounded. But he was still alive.“You stretched out your aura to destroy the falling blocks before it hit him,” Drake muttered. “I almost want to rejoice for witnessing such a brilliant move while our skulls clashed.”He came floating down a
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“If you’re not going to do what’s good for you, then I will have to beat you and throw you in the dark cell by force,” Drake approached them, holding the black aural sword.“Didn’t my dad already punish me?” Denver asked while still carrying Catherine on his shoulder. “Why are you doing this now?”He didn’t want to fight Drake if possible, especially because of Catherine and Sheryl’s current situation.“I’m doing this for your own good,” Drake replied in a sharp tone. “Put that woman down if you don’t want her to get caught up in our fight.”Denver frowned.Feeling deprived of a better choice, he put Catherine next to Sheryl and said, “Stay back and stay alert.”“Boss, don’t keep your eyes on his sword,” Sheryl advised, “or you’ll lose.” She had already taken a healing pellet, so her bleeding stopped.“I’ll keep that in mind,” Denver clenched his fists, and red fumes released from his fists, turned into electricity and crackled the air around him.It soon spread throughout his body an
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Sheryl couldn’t help but frown while looking at the old man with a hawk tattoo on his fully shaved head. (This bastard faked his aura and tricked us into coming here. I can’t believe I took the bait. Forget about getting a treasure, if he wants to make things difficult for us…) “What are you doing here, Penal Master?” she asked aloud.Drake wasn’t even looking at Sheryl. His gaze was on the tallest man. “Don Denver… you broke the code and went on a personal mission for three years.”“And the king has already stripped him of his rank,” Sheryl was quick to reply. “There’s nothing more for you to add to the king’s decree… unless you’re siding with one of the rankers and are taking their side, which means you are not fit to be the head of the penal hall since that position requires you to be neutral.”She had to talk provocatively in order to grab his attention.“Green Fang…” Drake’s eyes turned darker. “You didn’t stop your boss from leaving, so you should receive punishment as well.”“
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There were dozens of red eyes glowing in the darkness, which made Alex step back in trepidation.“These growls… they’re the dungeon jackals!” Alex quickly said. “They are smart, and there are so many of them. Even the slightest of wind gusts will turn this cigar lighter off, and we’ll become like sitting ducks to these jackals.”“Dude…” Sheryl pushed him aside. “Didn’t you hear us tell you that we’ve been here before? If those jackals are smart, they’ll know whom to pick a fight with and whom to not!”She released aura through her body, which was barely felt by Alex, and it also made the light flicker.However, the jackals which were closing in suddenly stopped. After sensing the aura, they were hesitant at first.Sheryl released more aura in the direction of the jackals, and they all turned and ran away.“The red eyes are gone,” Alex was quite surprised. “I’ve never seen those beasts retreat without even putting up a fight. Did you use aura? How did you do it?”“It’s not something yo
