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Chapter 251

Zachary started becoming impatient after waiting for a long time. He directly contacted the staff of the dark web and asked what was going on.

He did not want to let the opportunity to watch David slip away escape from right under his nose.

As for why he had to do it in Capital City and not when David was in River City, he wanted to let others know that it was him who did it while being unable to prove it.

As long as there was no evidence, no one could do anything to him. If it was done in River City, not everyone would necessarily suspect him, so wouldn’t what he did have been done in vain?

What he wanted was not just to vent, but more importantly, it was to tell others that he should not be messed with, and if anyone went against him, they had to be prepared to pay the price.

This was the confidence he should have as the heir to the Quinns in Capital City and also one o f the eight great fighters of T Faction. Because of David, he had become the laughing stock in the Capital City circles during this time.

How would he continue to show his face in Capital City if he did not regain some of his prestige?

If something bad happened to David in Capital City this time, everyone would think that he was the one who did it, but there would be no evidence. Not only would he regain his reputation, no one could do anything to him either.

He would just need to spend some money.

To him, the heir of the Quinns, a few hundred million was a small amount of money.

For a person of his status, money was a small matter, but his prestige was a big deal. As long a s he could get his prestige back, it will be worth spending more money.

“How can I help you?”

The staff of the dark web sent Zachary a message.

“I want to ask why no one is accepting the mission I just posted,” Zachary asked.

“There could be all sorts of reasons why no one is accepting it. I can’t tell you specifically what’s wrong with it.”

“Help me look at it then. What’s wrong with the mission I posted? It’s my first time postings o I might not understand it too well. If there’s any problem, I can fix it right away,” Zachary answered.

“Alright, please send me your mission code.”

Zachary looked at his code and sent it to the other party. “4398.”

After some time, the other party replied.

“Hello, according to the mission you posted, there are two problems.

One, the information is not complete. Second, the target location is

Capital City in Somerland and it’s a place most people won’t want to go. 500 million to kill a peak Tiger Ranker is a very high but if the location is Capital City in Somerland, then it’s another story.”

“Then what should I do to make people accept this mission? I can’t change the location.”

“I suggest you increase the bounty. That way maybe there will be people willing to take the risk.”

“Alright, thanks!”

After talking to the staff of the dark web, Zachary understood that it was not so easy to post a mission.

After he thought about it, he figured that it made sense because someone else would be risking their life to complete a mission that he posted randomly. So of course, they would need to understand the nature of the mission.

Then, Zachary amended the mission. He did not change anything else but directly increased the bounty to 1 billion.

He believed that there would be people willing to take the risk with the temptation of money.

A forbidden land for mercenaries? It was just an excuse to increase the price. Though, truth be told, this place was surely more dangerous than the rest.

Indeed, after Zachary increased the price, people started noticing his mission.

1 billion was an amount that some people had never seen in their lives. Plus, the missions on the dark web were ranked from the highest bounty to the lowest.

The higher the bounty, the higher up the list the mission would go. Thus, Zachary’s 1 billion bounty was now on the first page and ranked number seven.

A lot of people noticed this new mission but when they saw that the location was in Capital City in Somerland, most people decided to ignore it.

It was a place where a lot of mercenaries and assassins refused to go.

There was a reason why Capital city in Somerland was called a forbidden land by the mercenaries.

This was experience they had gained with their blood.

Of course, there were some courageous newbies and crazy people who were disdainful about this. What forbidden land? They did not believe it. These people wanted desperately to make a name for themselves in the international underground world. Plus, the 1 billion bounty was worth the risk.

As long as they completed this, they would be able to live freely and happily anywhere on this earth even if they stopped working altogether. Therefore, a lot of people inquired about this mission but most of them were inexperienced newbies.

At this time, the staff from the dark web will choose the most suitable person to go on this mission based on their previous result and ability. There would not be a case where there would be multiple people carrying out the same mission.

If that were to happen, it would be hard to confirm who completed the mission once it was over.

The others could only accept this mission once the precious person failed to carry it out.

After confirming the person who was going to carry out this mission, the staff contacted Zachary. He needed to provide some basic information of the target like sex, height, age, photo, and places where the target would frequent.

These were all provided by Howard. After everything was done, Zachary still needed to transfer 1 billion to the designated account on the dark web.

This was to prevent the employer from fleeing after the mission was done and refusing to pay.

After the bounty was received, the staff said that the person carrying out this task would arrive in Capital City three days later. He would then update Zachary one week later regardless of the outcome of the mission.

Zacahry thought everything was ready and he only needed to wait until David was in Capital City so that he could give him a fatal shot.

The dark web was very popular in the international underground world. As long as there was enough money, there would be no one that they would not dare to kill.

However, they did not know that David was not a peak Tiger Ranker anymore. Plus, with David’s identity, once something happened to him in Capital City, the entire Capital City might be turned upside down to find who did it.

The identities of an official member of the Special Task Force Team A and Falcon Team Vulture were not jokes. In short, there were only 20 plus of them in the country.

They were the elites of the country, so if they were assassinated, the dark web would be implicated.

If the Somerlnd empire flew into a rage, it would be very serious. Even the world would tremble at their feet.

At this moment, David had no idea that someone had their eyes on him, and were here to take his life.

He was still thinking about where to spend money tomorrow.

Chapter 252

The next day, David found a Benz dealership nearby and bought a G-Wagon. It was inconvenient to not have a car, and he could not just take a cab everywhere.

Then, David went to Greenwood University, but he did not go in. Instead, he walked around the area. The purpose of that? Of course, to find a house.

For a world-renowned university like Greenwood University, the surrounding houses in the school district were naturally the most expensive.

The price of any second-hand house here was similar to that of River City South River International Residence, which was nearly two hundred thousand per square feet.

A second-hand small house would be worth tens of millions. However, David was not going to buy a second-hand house. He wanted to buy a new house, the more expensive the better.

However, after searching around, he could not find any newly developed real estate. It was estimated that the renovation cost around Greenwood University was too expensive, so the developers felt that it was not worthwhile.

David had to expand his search.

Finally, he found a newly developed area about ten minutes away from Greenwood University.

After a casual look, he directly spent more than one hundred million to buy a penthouse.

The next day, David wandered around Capital City randomly. Whenever he saw a new property for sale, he would go in and buy one. After a whole day, he was exhausted, but he had obtained satisfying results. He spent more than 4 billion, but did not pay attention to how many houses he bought. All kinds of contracts were piled up in the car anyway.

After he learned the Eight Extremities Fists by spending lavish points, he only had 28 lavish points left. Pearl spent some money in Springfield these few days and it raised to 52 points. Combining with the amount he gained today, there were now 99 points in total. Getting to 1000 points was still a long way to go.

He searched the Internet for a while at night and found that the most expensive property in Capital City were not the newly developed real estate, but instead courtyard houses.

For the next two days, David was running around every corner of Capital city.

Yet, this time, he was smarter. Instead of running around aimlessly by himself, he directly found a few real estate agents and told them that he wanted to invest in a courtyard house in Capital City.

Any price was acceptable as long as it was available for sale. When the real estate agents saw such a large client, they used all of their connections to help David find it.

However, a courtyard house was a scarce resource in Capital City.

Everyone knew that the price would surely rise, so not many people were willing to sell.

After two days, he bought a total of 12 courtyard houses, each worth hundreds of millions to one billion.

There was one super large courtyard house that was said to be the former residence of a prince, which David bought for nearly 2 billion.

In three days, in addition to Pearl’s investment in Springfield, the lavish points had risen to 298 points.

At this rate, he would be able to upgrade his mind power within a few days.

David was going to continue his shopping spree, but he received a call from Oliver the chancellor of South River University.

Oliver asked if he had arrived in Capital City. If he had not, he should quickly come because they had been in Greenwood University for three days already.

David had no choice. He put his personal matters aside first, but still told the real estate agents that they should contact him if there were any courtyard houses for sale.

The next morning, David arrived at Greenwood University. This was also his first time coming to the world-renowned educational establishment.

Standing in front of the entrance of Greenwood University while looking at the huge name of the university and the students that were walking around, David figured that this place was worthy of being called a world-renowned educational establishment. The entrance alone was much grander than the one at South River University.

Chapter 253

However, what David did not notice was that when he stood in front of the entrance of Greenwood University, there was a pair of eyes staring at him not far away.

This man was a little tall and was wearing a baseball cap. At first glance, one could tell that he was from abroad. However, in a world-leading institution like Greenwood University, many foreign students were aplenty, so no one noticed him.

David wanted to enter Greenwood University with these students from the university, but he was stopped by the security guard because he did not have a student ID.

“Sir, I came from South River University for the academic exchange.

Can you please just let me in?” David said to the security guard.

“Since you’re from South River University, you should ask the person in charge of your university to come and get you,” said the security guard. After some convincing, the security guard still insisted on not letting David in. Thus, David had no choice but to call Oliver. It did not take long for Oliver to come out and lead David into the campus.

“David, why did it take so long for you to come here?” Oliver asked as they were walking.

“Mr. Carson, I’m sorry, I was held up by something,” David said.

“Although earning money is important, you can’t neglect your studies. You can earn money slowly after you graduate, but if you neglect your studies, you won’t have the chance to return to school in the future.”

“Got it, Mr. Carson.”

“Come, Howard and the others are now in class. The purpose of this visit is to let you experience the learning atmosphere and teaching methods of Greenwood University. At the same time, you can see what’s the difference between our university compared with this world’s top university. Only by finding the gap can we do better.” “I understand,” David said.

Although he said that he understood, he was a little unconvinced.

Although South River University was not bad, it was far from Greenwood University. Every aspect of South River University was nothing compared to Greenwood University.

This was not something that could be changed overnight. David figured that this kind of academic exchange was purely for the students to gain more experience. It was nonsense to ask them to point out the gaps.

South River University was far inferior to Greenwood University in terms of the facilities and teaching

David was taken to the open class by Oliver. After Oliver brought David there, he left.

David could only sit bored in the classroom and listen to the lectures. At the same time, he was thinking about how to continue to spend money so that he could gain more lavish points.

Some female students at Greenwood University frequently turned to look at David.

Right now, David could be categorized as eye candy. He used to be pretty good-looking, but his body was weak and he had low self-esteem, so he always seemed a little sluggish.

Now that his body and mind power had improved, he was more confident.

He looked extraordinarily temperamental now and was a complete hunk. Currently, Howard was a little inferior to David, so David naturally attracted the attention of many girls from Greenwood University. When Amelia and Luna saw David, they were thrilled.

Amelia was wondering what she could do to get closer to David.

Meanwhile, Luna was thinking about how to execute her plan. David still owed her a requirement, and she was thinking about how to use it to give herself the biggest benefit.

The five students from South River University that came here for the academic exchange were all here. The three beauties and two handsome guys completely charmed a lot of these students from the world-renowned university.

There were a lot of attractive people at Greenwood University too, but there were too many students on campus, so it would be difficult to even see one of them under normal circumstances. However, three days ago, four attractive students had arrived, and now, one more had appeared. They even wondered whether this was the level of the student body at South River University. I f that was the case, they would be so envious.

Chapter 254

David sent a text message to Celia secretly while he was in class.

He told her that he had arrived at Greenwood University and asked if she had time to meet at noon.

In the past, Celia would usually reply within seconds whenever he sent messages to her, but this time, there was no response. It was likely that she was in class and she had her phone on silent.

While David was texting Celia, someone else in the classroom was also busy texting.

It was Howard, who was texting Zachary to tell him that David was at Greenwood University and was in class.

Zachary had asked him almost every day for the past two days whether David was there yet. He was eager to seek revenge for what had happened last time.

Zachary was also excited when he got the message from Howard. David finally arrived, and the staff from the dark web told him yesterday that the hired gun had reached Capital City, but the target had not been found.

Zachary asked Howard, only to find out that David had not arrived at Greenwood University, which made him anxious. Now that David was here, he should be able to get a result in the next two days. His idea was that if he could not kill David, he should at least cripple David and preferably get him bedridden for the rest of his life.

So he told the staff from the dark web that as long as David was severely disabled, the mission would be considered complete.

Everything was in place, and now, he was just waiting for the result.

Zachary was unable to calm himself down as he thought about how his shame could be washed away soon.

During this time, he hardly ever attended parties hosted by the T Faction. As soon as he went there, someone would make fun of him for what happened at River City. This was especially true for that punk Todd Molesley, which made him the others’ lose respect several times.

The morning class ended quickly. Celia had sent a message back to David in the middle of her class and agreed to have lunch together with him.

“David, let’s have lunch together,” Amelia said, walking up to David.

She wanted to get closer to David, so she had to take the initiative. If she did not take action soon, David would be snatched away. Luna was eying competitively at him from one side.

“I’m sorry, Amelia. I am meeting someone in the afternoon. Next time then,” David said.

“Meeting someone? Who?” Amelia asked.

“My friend from senior high. She’s studying in Greenwood now,” David answered.

“Alright, you have to treat me for a meal next time,” Amelia said, a little disappointed.

She had never been rejected like this before.

It was always her who rejected others, while others would never have the chance to reject her.

However, she had been rejected multiple times by David. He even rejected her when she offered herself to him, which was a huge blow to her confidence.

“Of course, of course,” David promised.

After David left, Luna walked over.

“David, don’t forget the agreement we had,” Luna said.

“What agreement?” David asked curiously.

“You owe me one more requirement.”

“I told you it depends on my mood.”

“I don’t care, you promised.”

After Luna finished talking, she turned around and left, leaving no chance for David to respond.

David shook his head, confused.

‘Are women nowadays so self-centered?”

At this moment, his phone rang in his pocket. He took it out and saw that it was from Celia.

“Hello?” David pressed the answer button.

Chapter 255

“David, I’m here. Are you out of class?” Celia’s clear voice came from the phone.

This was the first time David had heard Celia’s voice after so many years, and she still sounded the same as before. They would only text each other occasionally in the past few years.

“Yeah, I am. I’ll be out soon.”

David said as he walked outside the classroom.

As soon as he walked out of the classroom, he saw a beautiful figure holding a phone while standing not far away.

She was wearing a pure white dress while her jet-black hair was tied into a ponytail. At this moment, she was standing in the hallway nervously. The boys walking past her would occasionally turn back and look at her. Sure enough, Celia was still as excellent as she was in senior high, and she was still admired even at a top institution like Greenwood University.

David hung up the phone and walked toward Celia.

When he was more than ten meters away from Celia when Celia spotted him.

David smiled and continued to walk in front of her. Celia looked a little excited and her cheeks flushed.

“Celia, long time no see,” David said with a smile.

“David, long time no see,” Celia replied with a grin.

Although the two had not seen each other for almost three years, they did not feel awkward around each other at all. They were still like two old friends.

This was especially true for Celia. David had appeared in her dreams countless times in the past three years.

At this moment, David was standing in front of her alive and well, which excited her a little.

She had lost David because of her cowardness back then. This time, for the sake of her happiness, she decided to make the first move.

She had to get this man who had given her a second chance at life.

When David looked at Celia in front of him, he recalled that afternoon a few years ago. He risked his life to pull her back from the grim reaper to save her.

After that, he knew Celia would always stare at him while being lost in her own thoughts.

He knew what this meant, but he chose to evade it.

Because of his childhood, he had very low self-esteem. He was scared to face this and even though he knew Celia had a crush on him, he did not dare to make a move.

Celia was too perfect, so perfect that he once felt that he was dirt when he stood next to her.

Therefore, he did not dare to have any thoughts about Celia, constantly worried that he would not be able to hold himself back.

Then, he chose Sarah. At the very least, he felt that Sarah was not too much different from him. She could stay with him until the end, and they would get married and have children.

However, after he dated Sarah, he became loyal to her. He even listened to Sarah when she asked him to stay away from Celia.

Yet, he did not expect this to happen.

He thought that his feelings for Celia would dull with time. However, at this moment, he could still feel the love Celia had for him in her eyes. It was still the same as many years ago and it had never changed. On the contrary, there was even more love in her eyes now.

To be honest, as a man, David was touched at this moment.

It was such a rare thing to have a perfect girl like Celia keeping the feelings she had for him for so long and never changing.

Sarah could not turn down the temptation even though she was on the same campus as him. I n the end, she chose to break up with him.

On the other hand, Celia had not seen him for three years and she was still the same.

Were there no excellent men in Greenwood University? Impossible.

There would be more of them here than in South River University at least, and he believed that with Celia’s conditions, she would never lack people pursuing her.

At this moment, he wanted to pull Celia into his arms, but he held himself back. He could not d o it now because they were not in a relationship yet.

Chapter 256

When David and Celia met again for the first time since graduation three years ago, they interacted calmly, as if old friends. After greeting each other, they left the place side by side as well.

The students gathered around started to discuss among themselves once the duo left.

“Holy sh*t! Isn’t that Celia, the prettiest girl in university from our School of English? Who’s that guy she was with? Do you guys know him?”

“I think it’s an exchange student from SRU. He’s in our class.” “SRU? But she’s from our school! We can’t just let an outsider take her away!”

“I can’t believe we’re just going to let him take advantage like this.” “What do you mean take advantage, huh? The guy’s pretty handsome, isn’t he? He’s kind of cool, or at least, not any less cool than the

Fantastic Four. He and Celia seem like a pretty good match,” replied a girl.

“So what if he’s handsome or cool? He’s still from another school! She’s our university’s prettiest girl, we can’t just let some guy from another school take her away! What does that say about the guys in our school?” “Yeah! This is big news, I’ve got to tell Hanley about this immediately! He’s already set his eyes on Celia, and he won’t let the guy go so easily once he finds out about this.”

“I knew it, Celia has a boyfriend, that’s why she hasn’t agreed to any of the people who pursued her! You can tell that they’ve known each other for a long time by the way they interact.”

“Who cares how long they’ve known each other? Just start spreading the news already before the prettiest girl in Greenwood University gets taken away by some guy from SRU!”

Neither David nor Celia realized how much attention they attracted while they walked. Mainly because Celia was just too famous within Greenwood University.

However, the two of them ignored the looks and found a place to eat outside of campus.

After this, Celia showed David around Greenwood University.

As one of the most distinguished academies in the world, Greenwood University had a huge campus. The two of them strolled through many places before they finally settled down by an artificial lake. It was quiet there, thus becoming a popular location for couples to gather in Greenwood University, though mostly at night.

Most people would not gather by the pond in the middle of the day when the sun was scorching hot about their heads, plus couples would have to keep their behaviors in check since it was daytime and there was little to no privacy.

Thus, people tend to gather only at night and not during noon.

“David!” Celia shouted.

“Yeah?” David turned to look at Celia.

“I feel like you changed a lot,” Celia said.

“In what way? Do tell,” David asked.

“You’re stronger, more confident, and… you’re also more handsome now,” Celia replied with a blush.

David touched his face. The system has indeed brought him great change, not only in the physical sense, but also mentally.

He used to be self-abased and refused to socialize, but now he was filled with confidence.

“Celia, I feel like you’ve changed too,” David said.

“I did? How?” Celia looked at herself and asked.

“You’re much prettier now,” David replied with a grin.

“You’ve become a smooth-talker too, David! The you back then would never have said something like that.”

“Huh, I guess we all changed.”

The two looked at the lake far across and sat in silence for a long while.

“David?”

“Hmm?”

“Thank you.”

“What for?”

“Thank you for appearing during my darkest moment and saving me from my death. You risked your life to rescue me, like an angel.” “Oh, that! I would have forgotten about that if you hadn’t reminded me.

I just happened to act quicker than anyone else. I’m sure someone would do the same if I weren’t there.”

“But I can’t forget about it!”

Celia looked up and stared at David as she said solemnly. David could also feel that there was strange about Celia’s tone, so he turned to look at her.

They locked gazes.

Celia turned her head to the side and continued grimly, “This nightmare has been plaguing m e all these years! In my dream, there would be a lorry speeding towards me out of control. I want to get away but I can never seem to move. And just as the lorry is about to crash into me, a figure would appear by my side and carry me away from the lorry’s path. “I used to jolt awake from the nightmare in the beginning, sweating and terrified. But whenever I go to sleep, I can’t help but want to dream of that nightmare either. Because I can only ever see that person’s face when I’m dreaming, and I’m scared that I’d forget how he looks one day if I don’t see him every night.

“Slowly, the nightmare stopped feeling like a nightmare to me because I know that the lorry would never hit me. The moment I closed my eyes, I would be engulfed in a warm hug and I’ll smell the familiar scent of a familiar face.”

Celia started sobbing softly at this point.

David felt like he had to do something, so he reached out his right hand and wrapped it around Celia’s shoulders, letting her rest her head on his shoulder.

A couple happened to notice this scene and after confirming that it was Celia, they quickly pulled out their phones and took a few photos. This was breaking news. Celia, the prettiest girl at Greenwood University was currently on a date with a guy, and she even put her head on his shoulder.

This news along with the pictures were immediately spread on the university website once it was posted.

David and Celia, however, had no idea that their pictures were taken. “Celia, I know how you feel about me. I’ve actually known about them since a long time ago, but I was a coward then. I was scared, self-abased, and I didn’t dare to face your feelings. But I promise you I won’t do that to you again. Just give me some time, I just broke up with Sarah, after all, and her situation isn’t very optimistic at the moment. You saw the messages in the group cat too, right? I haven’t done anything against my conscience, but I do not want you to b e at the receiving end of any rumors. I don’t want them to think that I dumped Sarah because w e got together, and that caused her current mental illness. That’s not fair to you. If it’s going t o be you, then I want to give you the best. Will you trust me? I promise I won’t run away again.” “Okay… I’ll wait for you,” Celia said softly.

Chapter 257

That afternoon, both David and Celia went to attend their classes.

They still had no idea about the impending havoc, of which they were the protagonists.

While they paid attention to class, an article appeared on Greenwood University’s campus forum.

“Celia Young, the prettiest girl at Greenwood University, seen on a date with a stranger on campus!”

Images of Celia’s head resting on David’s shoulder were attached as well. This stunned the participants of the forum, and the post gathered ten thousands of views and thousands of comments.

This post instantly became the hottest post on Greenwood University’s forums, and students began to share it.

The post also began to circulate in messaging groups across the classes.

Everyone was wondering who this guy was.

People started looking for David.

In the end, it was thanks to some classmates in David’s new class who saw him leave with Celia that a conclusion over who the mysterious stranger was.

Thus, another post appeared on the university forum.

“The prettiest girl at Greenwood University taken by SRU’s exchange student, David Lidell.”

This was a short but shocking post. At Greenwood University, any article that was somehow related to Celia, especially gossip-themed, would always start trending.

There also used to be rumors about how one of Greenwood University’s Fantastic Four, Hanley Chasez had become Celia’s boyfriend.

There were even rumors about how Hanley had openly claimed Celia as his “goddess” and did not allow anyone else to set their eyes on her. None of those rumors were confirmed, unlike this time when pictures were taken, making this rumor more believable.

This resulted in the large crowd of Greenwood University students gathering outside David’s classroom when the class ended so they could take a look at the mysterious man who had stolen Celia’s heart.

David and the other SRU exchange students were confused since they did not log into the

Greenwood University forum nor were they in any class group chats.

This was why they did not know what was going on at all, they just felt many pairs of eyes staring at them, especially David.

David’s sudden hype had an external effect in that it raised the attention toward Amelia, Ava, and Luna.

The huge crowd realized that the three ladies from SRU were also ethereal beauties, and understood the saying about beauties in South River since the beginning of time.

Many males had their gazes on Amelia and the other two beauties, which meant Howard was paid the least amount of attention among the five exchange students

Many of Celia’s classmates also asked her what the truth behind it all was, but she did not explain herself nor admit anything.

She wanted to acknowledge their guesses, but David had yet to confirm their relationship and he wanted her to wait.

However, the fact remained that she had not outright deny anything.

Thus, more rumors began to spread on campus.

Not that it affected David.

After classes ended, he did not loiter and immediately left campus. He had to keep earning lavish points, and had no time to waste.

Once he left the university doors, he went to his parking spot and drove off.

Chapter 258

As David left, a black MPV followed him.

It was already ten at night by the time David returned to the hotel. While he did earn more luxury points today, going up to 325 points today, he still thought that it was too slow.

He called Pearl and told her to assign a few members to Capital City so that he could simultaneously conduct business in two international metropolises.

Pearl did not really understand what David wanted to do, since East League International was already developing at a rather quick pace. They had invested more than 100 billion in around a month and had become a widely sought out partner for investment options.

Not to mention that these investments had all passed strict investigations and most of them would promise a huge profit in the future. Still, David seemed rather displeased as he kept urging her to spend more money on investments.

This confused her greatly, and she wondered just how much money this young superior of hers had.

Not that her confusion would hinder her work. If her superior asked for employees to be transferred to Capital City, then that was what she would do.

Some of the senior employees were sent over immediately and would arrive in Capital City the next day to follow David’s instructions. The next day, David called Oliver for leave. Oliver wanted to persuade David to attend classes, but David promised that he would donate more money to the school for construction when he returned.

Oliver immediately changed his mind and promised that he would deal with everything for David so that the latter did not need to worry about school.

Just as he thought, money was everything. There was nothing money could not do, and if there was such a thing, just offer more money. In the morning, David met the people Pearl had sent over. It was a team of almost fifty employees. David immediately brought them to a Benz dealership and bought each of them an MPV to make travel more convenient for them.

Then, he brought the team to Starry Night Hotel and handed them the contracts and materials from his car regarding the astronomically expensive houses he had bought recently. After this, he had them transfer ownership of those houses to the company’s name.

The team of fifty employees entered the lobby of Starry Night Hotel with David.

“Hello, Mr. Lidell, how can I help you?” Asked the tall, young, and pretty lobby manager of Starry Night Hotel

David was a guest who checked into the grand luxury suite. People like him were normally wealthy and powerful people, so they had to do their best to serve him.

“How many rooms are there on my floor?” David asked.

“Mr. Lidell, you’re currently staying in the highest-class grand luxury suite. There are a total o ftwenty-eight rooms on your floor,” The pretty manager Lucille replied.

David turned around and looked at his employees to ask, “Do you guys mind sharing a room in groups of two? The suites are pretty big.” “Mr. Lidell, an ordinary room is good enough, there’s no need for such an expensive room!”

“Yeah, Mr. Lidell! We don’t need to stay somewhere so expensive. A random room is good enough,” said the leader of this small team.

They were all senior employees who had some degree of understanding about this generous superior of theirs. They were not shocked by his suggestion, but they rejected him out of courtesy anyway.

“You’re already here, so just listen to me. I’ll arrange everything,” David stated.

Then he turned to the pretty manager and said, “I want to book the entire floor. Could you discuss it with the other guests and see if they’re willing to move to a different room?”

Lucille felt blood rush to her head. She already had an idea of what David wanted to do when she heard him ask his employees if they minded sharing a room, but it still felt like a dream when she heard David ask her this.

She had never seen such a superior so generous who would book the entire floor of grand luxury suites for his employees.

She had worked in Starry Night Hotel for a few years and had seen many wealthy men, but this was the first time she had met someone like David. It costs over five million just for a night.

She wondered what company David owned, as she wanted to work under him too.

She knew she would get to enjoy much better employee benefits under people like David than other companies.

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“Please wait, Mr. Lidell, let me check.” Lucille immediately ran to the front desk and started asking the others.

David brought the team over.

“Mr. Lidell, fifteen rooms have already been taken on that floor. I’m not sure if I can ask them all to move, but perhaps you would like the floor above?” Lucille asked carefully..

This was a large transaction. She was afraid that David would move to another hotel if he did not like her suggestion.

She would be screwed in that case, since David was spending more than five million a night per room. David was a huge customer.

“Sure,” David gave it some thought and replied.

With that, he directly booked the whole floor for half a month and went upstairs under the ravenous gazes of the pretty servers.

After returning to his room, David realized that he had earned another lavish point, arriving at 326 points.

Now that his employees were here, he could start spending money freely. Unlike Pearl, he did not investigate before he spent money. He just bought whatever he wanted.

Honestly, he did not even want to invest in any companies. Instead, his plan was to just buy houses directly. After all, Capital City real estate was very expensive, costing tens or hundreds of billions for a house but only creating a small ripple in his lavish points.

Considering this was a grand luxury suite, all three meals were sent to the rooms for free. The food was good that David did not need to bring his employees out for food.

After resting for two hours, David started gathering the team and everyone started to work. H e handed a few real estate agents to the team and told them to contact those people themselves.

All they had to do was inform him to pay once the contract had been confirmed. This way, his workload lightened greatly, and he no longer had to look for these agents himself.

Once everyone had been assigned, David received an unknown call.

“Hello? Is this Mr. David Lidell?” A man asked.

“I am, and you are?” David replied and asked.

“I’m planning to sell a house, but I don’t want to employ an agent. I’d like to talk to you in person about the prices as real estate agents are just too unreliable and expensive,” The man replied.

“What house are you selling? And for how much?” David asked again.

He was not too wary about this, since he had been buying quite a few houses these days and had left his number with a few real estate agents. Due to this, there was nothing strange with a seller getting hold of his number.

As long as the house was not too cheap, he would consider it. “It’s a courtyard house my ancestors left for me. They used to be court officials and aristocrats back in the day, so the furniture and structures are made with high-grade ebony. Nothing’s molded despite how many years it’s been, so I’m definitely selling it at a high price. Ordinary people can’t afford a house like this, and I only contacted you because I heard that you’ve been spending a lot of money on buying courtyard houses lately.”

“Sure. I’m free now, could you show me the house?” David thought about it and replied.

If the man spoke the truth, then this was a house worth seeing. He had bought a house that used to belong to some prince two days ago, and if this house was built in a good location, it should sell for at least a billion dollars.

David was currently buying property like mad. Other than earning lavish points and enhancing his strength, David was also making preparations for the day the system might disappear.

By then, he would still have these houses and enough money to sustain a comfortable lifestyle for the rest of his years.

“Yes, yes, of course!” The other party quickly agreed.

Both parties agreed on a place to meet.

When David arrived, he saw a nicely dressed man in his thirties waiting for him.

When he saw the other, David’s acute mind power immediately caught onto the other party’s shifty gaze and nervousness. “Huh?

‘Something’s wrong with him.’

David could tell that this person did not call him out to sell a house but for some other reason. Still, David did not understand what this guy wanted to do.

Did he want to kidnap David and make the latter pay him because of how generously David had been spending money recently?

David did not expose the other as he was curious about what he wanted to do.

David was brave and skillful now, and he could easily fight off a hundred gangsters without breaking a sweat.

After meeting, the other party did not even tell David his name before bringing David to the

house. The other man promised that it would be a short distance and that there was no need to drive.

Something was evidently wrong.

As David expected, the man brought him to a deserted place and stopped by a narrow alleyway. David wondered if this was where they would threaten him to give them his money. David started to sense his surroundings. ‘Huh?

There’s no one else?

‘How can that be?’

David had expected at least a few dozen men, instead of just one. No matter how David scrutinized the other, the man facing away from him did not look like a powerful master.

“Enough. Just tell me what’s going on. I don’t have time to waste with you here. Explain yourself before I make you!” David said, standing behind the other.

The other did not even respond, opting to run forward and disappear at the corner of the building

David chuckled. He was faster than the global running champion. Just as he was about to run, he felt a gust of cold wind enter his mind as his hairs stood on end.

David knew this feeling. He had felt it once when he saved Celia from the lorry all those years ago. This was a feeling that only came about when he was about to die.

His mind power was considerably weaker back then, so this feeling was not too strong, but now that his mind power had grown a good few times more powerful than it used to be, this fust of cold wind chilled him to his bones.

If he hesitated for a second more, David would have died. Without time for any thought, David leaped and jumped two to three meters to the side.

“Bang!”

After he jumped, before he landed, a huge bang sounded beside his ear. The ground where he stood a moment ago was now left with a hole around the size of a fist.

David turned to look at the situation behind him and narrowed his eyes.

A sniper rifle!

One that was extremely powerful, too!

If its bullet was able to leave a fist-sized hole in a ten-centimeter-thick concrete floor, it would be able to blow half a body to pieces if it hit someone.

As a master on the Dragon Rank, David began sweating cold sweat.

This was not for ransom, this was murder!

After landing, David did not waste a second before jumping in another direction.

As he expected, there was another crater where he stood. After landing this time, David did not loiter either and started dashing toward the person shooting at him.

With David’s current strength, it was impossible to shoot him with a bullet when he was running. The perpetrator’s only chance was to land a shot while he was standing still.

When David ran at full speed, ordinary people would see was a shadow from the corner of their eyes.

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Around eight hundred meters away from David, in an abandoned building less than twenty stories high, a tall foreigner watched as David ran toward him.

This man, Tucker, put away the sniper rifle in his hands back into its case and started muttering angrily to himself.

He did not expect to miss his target at all, not when he had never missed a shot before. He had failed!

He was the top forty-eighth assassin on the dark web. His combat ability might not be the strongest, but he was definitely top ten among sharpshooters and was good at disguising himself.

As far as he was concerned, no man was strong enough to remain unscathed when he shot at them.

It did not matter whether the target was a master on the Tiger Rank or the Dragon Rank, they would still die when shot at.

As such, he had accepted this mission with extreme arrogance. Many people did not dare to accept missions in Somerland’s Capital City, but he was unafraid.

All he had to do was shoot his target and then disguise himself, and no one would be the wiser.

He was unlike other assassins; he did not kill his targets by beating them up.

He just needed a good spot and to lure his target to stand right where he would shoot.

As far as he was concerned, one billion was more than enough to kill a peak Tiger Ranker.

Due to this, he was very surprised he failed.

After quickly putting away his sniper rifle, he flung the case over his back and turned to leave. Tucker moved quickly, and with three to four steps, he had made his way down the flight of stairs.

David might not know where his opponent’s exact position was, but from the trajectory of the bullet, he could gauge a general direction of where the sniper was. This was because snipers tended to choose the highest point in the area.

As to how David knew about this, well, he might not be a sniper but he had seen snipers on television shows on. David arrived at the first floor of the abandoned building. A few hundred meters was no big deal to him now considering his current capabilities.

It was just that there were many dilapidated houses and uneven roads in the area, so it took him longer than necessary to get there.

Just as David arrived at the lowest floor, he saw a tall man with a baseball cap walk quickly out of the building with a rectangular case on his back.

F*cking hell!

David was enraged.

He did not need to ask to know that this was the man who had shot him. Since this person wanted to kill him, David did not wait a moment more before he went to beat the man up.

“Thump!”

With his strength and mind power expanded to their maximum, a heavy aura of pressure oozed out.

David rushed over towards the man who was still at the stairway exit. Without holding back, h e landed the special skill of the Eight Extremities Fist.

Eight Extremities Fist, Metal Mountain Shove!

Tucker muttered angrily to himself while he fled down the stairs. Just as he arrived at the corner of the stairway exit on the ground floor, he saw his target appear before his eyes.

Tucker was stunned and he quickly turned to run up the stairs again. He could not win in close combat against a Tiger Rank master, so his only option was to create distance and shoot his target.

He had more than just his sniper rifle at hand.

However, just as he was about to turn and leave, he felt a suffocating pressure creep up on him. ‘What?’

Before Tucker could react, David had already appeared before him.

“Bang!”

Tucker felt a huge force crash against himself.

“Pfft!”

A mouthful of blood sprayed out of Tucker’s mount while his internal organs felt like they had been crushed. The pain almost had him fainting as his body flew backward.

David shoved Tucker with his body but did not pull back on the strength used, so Tucker slammed against the wall behind him again.

This time, there was also a loud “Bang!”