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Jeremiah exited the castle and looked around for a bit then he saw a guard. He used his hand to call the guard over and the guard rushed to him. “Yes, My Lord?” The guard asked. “I remember you,” he said and the guard nodded. “Yes, My Lord. I was among the guards who followed his majesty to the gas plant last night. To be exact, I was the guard who opened the backseat door for you to put the corpse inside the car” “Yes, that’s right” Jeremiah replied after remembering the guard’s face properly. “Anyway, I sent a guard to fetch my motorcycle from outside the fence of the gas plant where I had left it last night, so I was wondering if he had returned and if so, where did he parked the motorcycle?” Jeremiah said. “Yes, My Lord, your motorcycle has been returned. It’s this way so please follow me” the guard said. “Alright,” Jeremiah nodded. The guard guided Jeremiah to the parking lot where his motorcycle was parked in front of the other beautiful and expensive vehicles ther
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Jeremiah finally made it to the Crimson Fall’s Royal Mall and from the first impressions alone he saw why Christabel suggested it over all the other places she could have. It looked amazing. From how massive it was to the number of people going in and out of it. Everything about the mall was very inviting.Jeremiah removed his helmet and kept it on the motorcycle then he reached for his AirPod, which was repeating the phrase; “You have arrived at your destination” and he took it off his ear.He took out the AirPod case from his pocket and returned the AirPod to its place then he took out his phone from his other pocket and closed the Map app as he returned the AirPod case to his pocket. Jeremiah looked around and grimaced.“She’s not here yet?” he said.From how eager Britney sounded over the phone it seemed like she would be there waiting for him but she wasn’t. He wondered what could have happened but then it hit him like a rock to the head and he palmed his face in embarrassmen
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A few minutes later, Jeremiah had gotten to the bank’s street sign, positioned in front of a junction at the top of a downward-sloping road that curved to the left.Just as he was about to get to the junction, slowing down his speed because he was about to go down a slope, he passed an old-looking truck with the front window rolled down and the driver making a phone call while staring at the bank in the opposite direction. What really caught Jeremiah’s very observant eyes were the tattoos on the driver’s neck and jaw that anyone else would have missed but not him.Without meaning to, he read the driver’s lips and it said “He’s inside and should be withdrawing right about…”Jeremiah groaned and then stopped focusing on the driver because he was at the junction and needed to look where he was going. Also, it wasn’t any of his business.He drove down the slopped road and went through the bank’s gate which was at the bottom where the road became plain again.Jeremiah parked in the parkin
The Ultimate Mogul Strikes Back! CHAPTER 194
Jeremiah observed the elderly man for a few more seconds, seeing him struggle with the ATM like he was before he tried to help him and Jeremiah couldn’t in good conscience continue watching.“I know you said you’re fine but it would be terrible of me to just walk away and leave you like this,” Jeremiah said. The elderly man turned to him, smiled, and said “As I said, my young friend, I’m alright. I’m sure you have more important things to do with your time than worry about an old man like me. As for the machine, I’ve gotten a hang of it so I’ll be done very soon”Jeremiah wasn’t having it.“If that was the case then you wouldn’t still be in the first stage of trying to work the ATM for the past couple of minutes,” Jeremiah said, prompting the elderly man to look at the display of the ATM and he indeed was at the beginning stage of using the machine with not a single progress made.The elderly man smiled nervously as sweat fell down the side of his forehead and he used his handkerchi
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“What is that matter, my friend? What balance does it say?” The elderly man asked. Jeremiah groaned and looked at the man.“It says that your account balance is forty-two thousand dollars…” he said, paused to observe the man’s reaction, then continued “…and that’s strange.” The man gulped. “Strange? How so?” The man chuckled nervously.“First of all, you said you wanted to withdraw fifty thousand dollars for your grandson and here it says you are eight thousand dollars short, but considering that it’s your account, you should have known that if you took the time to think about it”“What are you trying to say?”Jeremiah was very smart, so he was coming to a conclusion using all the information he had gotten so far and was also taking account of human psychology.“It means that when your grandson made the request you didn’t have time to think and just came to the bank to get it, which means the request was an urgent one and then there was your behavior when I told you what the balanc
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“Followed?” The elderly man asked.“Yes, I have strong suspicions that you were followed, and whoever was sent to follow you and make sure you did what you’re supposed to should be somewhere close—“ Jeremiah’s eyes widened.He recalled the guy with the neck tattoo in the old pickup truck, and suddenly, everything—especially what he had said on the phone—started to make sense.“My friend? What’s the matter?” The elderly man asked after witnessing Jeremiah’s sudden pause.“It’s nothing. As I was saying, your follower is probably parked at the top of the road leading over here”, Jeremiah said, and the elderly man furrowed her eyebrows.“If they are here to watch me, then why park so far away?” he asked.“That's because if they follow you into the bank, they’ll attract suspicion if they’re seen just standing around without doing anything. On the other hand, if they stay outside in the parking lot, they might catch the attention of the security guards. The best place to be is on the road l
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The machine asked if he wanted to do anything else, but he refused by pressing the “NO” option on the touchscreen display, and it spat out his card.The elderly man took the debit card that was sticking out of the machine and put it in his wallet then he faced Jeremiah.“Thank you for all the help. I’ll be going into the bank to withdraw what I can. Please forget everything I told you and just go about your day like none of this ever happened. That’s the best thing for both of—“ he said, but Jeremiah cut him off. He said, “How can you trust that they’ll let your grandson go free after you hand over the money they asked for?”“What?” The elderly paused and looked at Jeremiah with a confused expression. “What do you mean?”“For one thing, your grandson knows who they all are which makes him a liability they can’t have. Secondly, giving them what they want is basically giving up your only leverage in this situation and that’s not a very smart idea, because once you’ve done that, you bec
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The elderly man’s eyes fidgeted.Was Jeremiah serious about helping him? The elderly man grabbed the hand Jeremiah was offering him and was pulled to his feet.“So, what do I— I mean, we do?” The elderly man asked, completely trusting Jeremiah that he would get his grandson out of the mess he was in no matter what.“Firstly, I’d like us to introduce ourselves and our names. Not that I have a problem with being called your friend, but I prefer hearing my name when being spoken to” Jeremiah said. The elderly nodded, then said “Okay. From this moment onward, I’ll call you by your name. Jeremiah”Jeremiah smiled and said “Thank you. What about you? What’s your name?““Jackson. My name is Jackson Bailey”Jeremiah nodded.“Now we know each other’s names,” Jeremiah said, and Jackson smiled “It’s time to get down to business,”Jackson took a deep breath, exhaled, and was prepared for what he had to do.“Firstly, you’re going to call the number the kidnappers had called you with to request t
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“Crimson is in Bakers View?” One of the silhouettes, colored orange said and the others turned to it. “That’s very interesting. Tell us how your encounter went down”The other silhouettes returned their gaze to Grey and waited to hear the story he was going to give— a tale that was very important because it involved their organization’s greatest enemy. Grey went ahead to give the details of how he encountered Jeremiah— doing so in a succinct manner. From their meet-up at the auction house to their altercation behind the Mercury Jewels Jewelry store after Jeremiah had figured out his identity. Every detail gave them a better understanding of who they were messing with.“So there was a relic out there that could counteract your mind control and illusion spells,” said the black silhouette.“That’s insane, considering the fact that you are the most powerful member of Dark Emblem when it comes to mind control and most especially illusion spells,” said the white silhouette.Grey huffed, h
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Grey drove all the way to a very expensive hotel somewhere in the city. He parked in front of the entrance and the valet stationed there rushed to the car to greet him. However, instead of waiting outside for him to come out, the valet grabbed the driver-door and opened it for him.“Welcome back, Master Grey” the valet greeted, bowing his head with a massive smile on his face. Grey acted like nothing was said to him— his face unbothered and emotionless as turned his body, indicating that he wanted to step out. “My apologies, Master Grey” The valet moved out of the way, giving Grey the space to step out of the car— which he did. “I hope you had a wonderful outing, Master Grey,” the valet said but was ignored as Grey walked past him. But, from how the valet looked, it didn’t seem like Grey’s behavior affected or deterred him from wanting to please the powerful Dark Emblem mage more.The valet faced the interior of the car and had wanted to enter but saw the portrait and box in whic
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Meanwhile, back at the Mercury Jewels Jewelry Shop— at the back where Jeremiah and Grey had their confrontation—two of the staff were there, crouching by the wall and smoking a cigar.It was their break and this was what they usually did.“Damn, today was a really good day. So many customers coming in to buy expensive shit and the day isn’t even over yet. At the rate we’re going, I have a feeling we’ll be getting a pay raise soon” said one of the staff.“It probably has something to do with the auction that took place not too long ago. Business usually booms during it but I hope you’re right ‘cause I really need the extra money. My kid is about to go to college and I want to put him in a really good one that will help him have a bright future” said the second staff. “Speaking of your kid, how is he? He doesn’t visit you as much as he used to in the past” the first staff said.“Yeah. He’s at that age where he doesn’t want to hang out with his old dad anymore but he’s a good kid” “Tha
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“Alright, Lynette, what’s the catch to this so-called ability of yours?” Jeremiah asked, his tone hitting his fatigue. [“Since it's an automatic death sentence for the person I'm linked to the moment I die, it means their life ends when my current lifecycle ends—and a new one begins with me being reborn as a newborn.”] Lynette replied and Jeremiah groaned. “So you’re saying that if you manage to go through this battle without getting temporarily killed, Dad will remain alive no matter what for the next thirty-nine years which is when your current cycle ends,” Jeremiah said, his tone extremely skeptical.[“That’s right. I’ve linked with only one person in all my lives and thanks to them I know exactly what this ability is capable of and what its limits are. I and the person in question cannot be unlinked once linked. That’s the price they pay for accepting the link and gaining short-term immortality”]This meant that Lynette couldn’t just link with any random person. They had to know
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Reginald had to admit that Jeremiah made a lot of sense with what he had said. Things were very dangerous with Dark Emblem knowing Jeremiah’s whereabouts and were going to attack him at any moment. Reginald was already someone they wanted dead— although he wasn’t a priority like Jeremiah and Obadiah were— so it would basically be the same as putting him on a silver platter if he was anywhere near Jeremiah whenever Dark Emblem decided to attack. They would definitely kill him first if the opportunity presented itself. Or worst-case scenario, they would try to use him as a hostage and make Jeremiah unable to attack as strongly as he would have. Granted, the likelihood Dark Emblem does that is very low because they didn’t have a good impression of Lord Crimson and thought he didn’t care about any human being enough for them to work as a hostage against him. However, the fact that Jeremiah risked his life to save everyone at the welcome ceremony, made things different and that narrat
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Jeremiah went ahead to tell Reginald, Kingston, and Lynette what happened— the same as he did with Obadiah, shocking them with each detail he gave, and when he was done, they went silent for an extended period before regaining their composure.[“I didn’t think you would be discovered this quickly after moving back to Bakers View, son”] Reginald said and then groaned—pondering what to say next. [“However, now that the cat is out of the bag and they are coming for you, we have no choice but to look for a way forward. With that said, what’s your plan?”] “My plan, huh? Well, it’s very simple. To fight!” Jeremiah said, resolve echoing from his eyes. Reginald chuckled lightly.[“I wouldn’t have expected anything different. In that case, you will be needing help if you hope to survive this. I’m assuming you’ve decided to have Bakers View as the battleground”]“Yes, I do. This is my hometown, where those Dark Emblem assholes caused my mother to get into an accident that put her in a coma w
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Jeremiah returned the relic to where he got it from and without wasting any second, he took out his phone from his pocket and called Kingston. After a few seconds, the call was answered. [“Young Master, Jeremiah”] Kingston greeted. “Good afternoon, Kingston,” Jeremiah replied.[“Good afternoon young master. How is your—?”] Kingston said but Jeremiah cut him off.“Before you ask any questions, I want to know if you’re anywhere close to my father,” Jeremiah asked, the urgency in his voice eliciting intrigue in the butler.[“Unfortunately, I’m not in Master Reginald’s presence but he is in the estate”]“That’s good. Now, I want you to go find my father and put me on speaker phone cause there’s something I want to tell the two of you—“ Jeremiah said but was interrupted. [“Is that Jeremiah?”] Lynette asked excitedly. [“Yes, Lady Lynette. It is”] Kingston replied and Jeremiah groaned.[“Great! I’ve been dying to talk to him so give me the phone!”] Lynette instructed, her hand already
CHAPTER 301
Jeremiah walked around the store in a soured mood, arrived at the front, and got on his motorcycle. He drove back home, all the while thinking about Grey Lucian, who was someplace he couldn’t find, and the fact that he couldn’t tell if Grey was watching him as he went back to the estate pissed him off. Anyone else would have been in a constant state of fear and worry but not Jeremiah. He believed in his capabilities as a dragon and mage and that he was able to have a calm mind. Plus, he knew that it would take some time for the members of Dark Emblem to be ready enough to attack him so in that meantime he was safe. The future, however, was a different story. For the moment, Jeremiah’s concern was on the issue of the tracking spell Grey had put on him. From the looks of it, Grey might have either been telling the truth or lying through his teeth because no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t sense the magic of the spell on him. Even if he could sense the mana, it would only mean
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Jeremiah’s face twitched after hearing Andrews call him his other name. “So you know about my real identity too. That’s interesting” Jeremiah scoffed then did a scan of the other people standing and watching him and Andrews. “That’s a neat trick. Unfortunately, your illusions don’t work on me— not anymore anyway— so it would be better if you just deactivate it and stop wasting mana” Jeremiah said. Andrews looked at the other people on the premises, who smiled at him and Jeremiah, groaned and said “I wonder what changed to make my magic no longer work on you. Is it perhaps that box you won from the auction because it would make sense why you were so interested in it.” Andrews chuckled, returned his gaze to Jeremiah, and continued, “It’s a shame I didn’t see how valuable it was to bid for it. But even if I had, you would have outbid me, wouldn’t you?” Andrews deactivated his illusion magic and everyone on the premises, beside him and Jeremiah, disappeared. “…” Jeremiah refraine
