Chapter: Chapter 557: The Price of LoyaltyThe days following his confrontation with Mark felt like an endless storm to Justin. The stench of betrayal hung over him like a cloud, darker and heavier than any he had ever known. It was not just Mark's actions that wounded him; it was the realization that even those he trusted most were capable of turning against him. His empire, his family, the people he had built everything for, none of them were safe.In the quieter times when Justin wasn't surrounded by the unrelenting demands of his empire, the loneliness of the entire thing settled on him,In the silence of his penthouse, the cold glass walls offer no comfort. He knew this day would come. But it's still painful. The idea that someone he trusted, people who have stood by him for many years, can decide to betray him.It cuts deeper than any opponent that he had ever faced. But he didn't have the leisure to brood over it. The fight with Ethan was far from over, and Mark was just one casualty in this war. The loss of loyalty
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Chapter: Chapter 556: ReckoningThe room was silent when Justin re-entered. His expression was cold and disbelieving. There was no need for an explanation to the group still seated around the table for what had happened. The tension hung in the air. Every person in the room knew, it seemed, instinctively that a bomb had just gone off.And the consequences will cause serious damage. Mark sat at the head of the table. His fingers tapped the polished wood nervously. His usual confident demeanor was gone. It was replaced by a feeling of discomfort radiating from him. Justin could see it in the way his eyes avoided his gaze. But there had been more-something darker, something deeper. Silently, Justin walked toward the tabletop; his footsteps rang harsh in the otherwise silent room. Mark's eyes flicked up, catching everything else for the briefest instant before quickly looking down.“Everyone out,” Justin said, his voice harsh, commanding. There was no space for dissent.The team, sensing the heaviness of the moment,
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Chapter: Chapter 555: The Enemy WithinJustin sat in his office, staring at the files Mark had delivered earlier. The quiet hum of the city outside his window was a stark contrast to the storm raging inside him. A leak found in his own company—what he thought was kept safe—had just turned into a full-blown leak. People close to him are betraying him. And he didn't know who it was.In his head, Mark's words played on repeat, but it was the stabbing betrayal that hurt the most. He had single-handedly built this company as anything by steel-back-end deals, through a relentless strategy, and with the will to establish iron-clad grounds for its existence. And now, someone within his entire circle began tearing it all apart and selling to the highest bidder. A slap against the face, and Justin wasn't certain how to take it. He instantly picked the phone, dialing Mark's number. It rang once and twice, and right then came Mark's voice.“Justin?”“Where are we with the leak?” Justin’s voice was clipped, every word laced with an
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Chapter: Chapter 554: The Forgotten FoeUpon waking, Justin felt gnawing uneasiness. He had won relatively hard and long, but as he walked in the office that morning, something was not right; the air felt heavy, the tension intense and indiscernible. Somehow, Justin couldn't seem to shake an inner feeling that someone was still perhaps watching, waiting for just the right moment to make his move.“Good morning, Mr. Drogonuv,” Mark’s voice broke through the silence as Justin walked into his office. The assistant’s usual upbeat tone was tinged with something more serious. “We need to talk.”Justin raised his eyebrows but waved his hand for Mark to continue. "what happened?" Mark's expression was tense, and Justin immediately felt a sense of urgency in the room.“It’s about the company’s recent movements. "I notice a few discrepancies in our financial reports. At first, I thought it was simply an oversight, but I now doubt it," Justin's heartbeat sped up. “What kind of irregularities?”“A few transactions that don’t add up.
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Chapter: Chapter 553: A New HorizonThe dust has settled. But the war was not truly over. Ethan's fall from grace was swift and unyielding. But Justin knows the road ahead isn't without challenges. As the remnants of Ethan's empire collapsed, Justin is forced to face the reality that his tireless victories have come at a terrible cost.The meeting room is quiet. It was the silence that came only after a fight. Board members who were once concerned about Justin's methods, Now they looked at him with a different respect. They understood the stakes, the price paid for survival in this ruthless world.But for Justin, respect is not as important as the weight of his decision. He sat at the head of the table, looking around at the face he was leaning on. Mark stood on the side. His normally confident demeanor was now marked with a delicate caution. Ava sat across from him. Her eyes narrowed as she examined the information in front of her. “Ethan's downfall has left a void in the market,” Justin said in a low but firm tone,
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Chapter: Chapter 552: The Final BlowThe days that followed the media explosion were chaotic. Ethan’s empire, once a towering structure of influence and wealth, was now a crumbling shell. He had endured the tumult of the tragedy caused by the scandal of Samuel Dayton, more than anything that Justin had ever expected. It had spread so far and caused investors to back out. But Justin was well aware that it was not yet over. He was indeed cornered, but that did not mean he was out of the game.One evening, Justin sat in his office, the dim light from his desk lamp lighting up long shadows on the wall. His thoughts are sharp and organized. With no room for complacency at this moment. It is time to end it all. Ethan has been a thorn in his flesh for far too long. And Justin knows the only way to truly destroy him is to take away everything that matters to him.As he searched through the documents on the table Mark walked in with a solemn expression. “we have a situation. Ethan is trying to play his last card. Word is that
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Rise of the Rich and Powerful Jamie Ashford
On the day Jamie lost his mother to cancer, he also lost his only accommodation and his girlfriend. Years of torture, humiliation and servitude from his stepfather and stepbrothers, Jamie was nothing more than a miserable bastard to the Reynolds, one they so desperately needed to do away with. His mother’s death was their perfect opportunity as his stepfather evicted him from his house, abused him and his dead mother publicly, and ordered the doctor to sell her corpse to organ harvesters.
His stepbrothers made a spectacle of him and his dead mother, treating them as though they were worse than animals. And to crown their hall of humiliation, they took his girlfriend and cost him his job. With everything lost, there was nothing to live for anymore. Jamie owed the hospital over $100,000 and his boss over the same amount. His life was at risk, his existence was meaningless, and everything was set against him…
Except for a sudden alert of $10,000,000,000 and a call from the world’s richest and most powerful man, claiming to be his grandfather. Jamie wasn’t a bastard after all; he had a family—a rich and powerful family at that—and he was their rightful heir.
With a net worth of tens of trillions of dollars and the power to shut down the world with the snap of his finger…
What fate awaits all those who did him wrong?
What end has he destined for those who mocked his dead mother and her dignity?
What was in the heart of the trillionaire for those who made his life hell and paraded their measly change over him?
Revenge is best served cold…Or whatever temperature the Rich and Powerful Jamie Ashford wants!
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Chapter: Chapter 430 Following how far the suddenly declared sparring battle had gone, Supreme Lord Julius Bolt was certain that Jamie could take this new degree of heat.He began shooting these tracking beams at Jamie, but contrary to his expectation, Jamie didn't run.Instead, Jamie held onto his two white flaming spears and threw them straight at two of the light beams shot at him.The attack struck, and since those trackers used in those light beams are actual matter - metals programmed with nanotech, just like the rest of the suit - Jamie's white flame spears made contact, and there was quite a fierce blast that occurred on contact.Watching from the side, Tom Yates nodded his head with a proud smile as he watched this fight scene. “I see. No wonder Young Master was so confident in not running away from those beam trackers. It turns out that it's because his white flame spears have evolved well enough.”Stella shook her head. “Ordinary White flame definitely burns the hottest. During my sparring ses
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Chapter: Chapter 429 Julius wasn't initially using more than 20% of his superhuman strength, speed, and agility. For a ‘lieutenant level’ man like Jamie, he was certain this would be enough to match.For a supreme lord, even if he suppressed his own physical capabilities to match those of a lieutenant, he would still surely defeat them.After all, there is a world of difference between someone using their full strength, and someone using part of their strength with a much evolved experience as a super soldier.Even if Jamie's physical capabilities are expectedly superior to others - since he has the noblest blood running through his veins - But Julius quickly realized how wrong he was about this assumption of his. The second his nanotech dual blades clashed with enormous force against Jamie's, sparks flying everywhere, he felt an unexpected force that threatened to send him flying backward.As it turns out, Jamie’s physical capabilities seem to be above those of his evolution peers. Thus, he quickly dec
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Chapter: Chapter 428 Jamie didn't wait for the supreme lord to reply. He conjured another round of a hundred lightning arrows and launched them in a barrage.Julius kept his forcefield up, moving forward slightly with his armored heels planted firmly on the ground. This time, he was starting to fight back a little bit. “Young Master, you seem persistent in my sparring with you at such a place like this. So I guess I have no choice but to oblige.”He began moving forward. While the fuel that powers the forcefield was quickly depleting against each intense lightning arrow striking brutally against it, Julius began to use his strength, and thus, he was no longer casually pushed by the force.With the immense strength of a supreme lord, Julius had no problem partying this attack.Seeing this, Jamie was thrilled. He began attacking the lure fiercely with his lightning arrows. From one hundred to thirty were left behind him within seconds. Julius smirked with a raised eyebrow when he saw this. “I have to admi
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Chapter: Chapter 427 Both Tom Yates and Stella were shocked by their young master's behavior. They didn't expect him to actually go after Julius as payback for what he did to him on the beach.Despite this making Jamie look super badass in their eyes, though, they were worried about his safety. There was the fact that he had just transitioned into reaching the two-mega-star level of evolution, and hadn't settled into it yet.For evolving humans, it is advised that they let their bodies fully adjust to their new transitions before engaging in fights.There is also the other, more obvious, worry: Jamie was fighting a soldier seven major levels above him. There's no way he would win.But then, Tom Yates placed a hand on Stella's shoulder to assure her, his eyes still on the battle that had just been initiated. “Don't worry, I'm here. If Julius dares to strike back against the young master, he will have to deal with Great Master Raymond and me.”Stella sneered with a head nod. “I'm not worried. Besides, his
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Chapter: Chapter 426“Is this even possible?! Have I been placed under the effect of an illusion or what?!”Again, neither Stella nor Tom was in the mood to deal with Supreme Lord Julius Bolt, not after what he had done mere minutes after his arrival at the San Francisco beach.Meanwhile, Jamie finally calmed down, speaking through heavy breathing. “Holy shit! I don't think I'm ever going to find this part of my transitions fun, not when I'm left to deal with aftermaths like this. I've never been this thirsty for water in all my life. Holy Lake water is on another level “Neither of the two leading subordinates dared to stop or even interrupt their young master's rambling. They were both just glad that he's fine right now.Stella rushed and palm down Jamie's back. “Young Master, are you okay?”Jamie glanced at her before nodding his head. “Yeah, I'm fine. How long was I out?”It was Tom who replied to him. “Half a day, Young Master. It wasn't until the last few hours that it became clear to me that you we
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Chapter: Chapter 425 Jamie regained consciousness to the sounds of machines going off around him. They weren't loud, though, just present.His heightened ears picked up on the shuffling feet and heavy breathing. He wasn't alone. Then there's the smell of medicine in the space he was occupying.A hospital. He must be in a hospital. Coming to that conclusion, Jamie could recall what had pulled him under in the first place. His transition into the next level of his evolution. This had somehow been triggered after that AS99 supreme lord used his power to almost choke him to death.Opening his eyes, Jamie's deduction was confirmed as he found himself staring at the slightly dim light of the medical bay. He groaned which immediately brought three sets of eyes up on him.Two of these people rushed towards either side of his bed to check up on him. They were none other than Tom Yates and General Stella Atorro.“Young Master, are you okay?!”“Young Master, how are you feeling right now? I have news for you. You'
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