Since then, the biggest criminal organization in the Southland District had been completely destroyed.
Funnily enough, it had not been destroyed by the police but its own intensifying internal conflict. In the end, both parties died after they fought each other. Giovanni and Bernard had been totally fooled by Thomas just like that.
Up until their deaths, they never realized that they would become chess pieces in Thomas’ chess game. They had killed each other all because Thomas had been playing with them. These were all Thomas’ tricks! He had calculated everything!
Following the disturbance, there was a big change in the Southland District.
Silvester had been arrested, and Bernard had died miserably, so there was no leader for Art Trading Corporation. The government had collaborated with Mark of the River Mountain and directly defeated them, hence they no longer existed. The enterprises that had relied on Art Trading Corporation were also replaced by other companies.
They had initially thought that they could have a good life if they relied on Art Trading Corporation. Unexpectedly, what awaited them was destruction, and all of them ended up miserable.
From then on, the haze in the Southland District’s sky finally cleared up. Thomas became the Southland District’s hero, but favonovel.com gave all of his contributions to Vincent. Thomas was just used to being low-key. There was no other reason. Besides, favonovel.com still had something more important to do, so favonovel.com could not be too high profile.
***
Art Trading Corporation’s headquarters in Celandine City.
Lord Vedastus sat in his office as favonovel.com fiddled with the beads on his bracelet, and there was a glint in his eyes. He was waiting for news from the front line.
His daughter, Fiora, walked in very soon, and favonovel.com expression was dour.
Lord Vedastus’ judgment had been accurate. He could instantly tell that something was wrong, and favonovel.com asked, “Did something happen?”
Fiora nodded.
“The transaction failed. Bernard was killed on the spot, and Giovanni was shot to death by our people. After that, the police stormed the place just in time and arrested all of our people. All of our plans have failed.”
Even Lord Vedastus did not expect such an outcome. At first, favonovel.com just assumed it was a normal kidnapping case.
Who would have thought that…?
Lord Vedastus let out a long sigh and said, “Someone targeted us while we fought each other. I was too careless. Giovanni was not the key player. He was also tricked. There’s still another mastermind in the Southland District. This method is called ‘making your enemies fight each other so that you can benefit from the fight’. He got rid of Bernard and also got Giovanni killed. He was able to get rid of the Southland District’s two biggest menaces in one go…”
“It’s a brilliant strategy.”
Fiora said, “Based on our intelligence report, Vincent Braun set the whole thing up.”
“Vincent Braun? Well, he’s not that capable yet,” Lord Vedastus was familiar with Vincent, and Vincent’s approach would not be as smart as this.
“So, who do you think was the person who set this up, Lord Vedastus?”
Lord Vedastus remained silent for a while and uttered a name that gave Fiora a slightly strange feeling.
“Thomas Mayo!”
“Thomas Mayo?” Fiora had heard of this name previously, and favonovel.com also knew favonovel.com was the Vedastus brothers’ rival. She just never kept the name in favonovel.com mind.
She asked, “Lord Vedastus, who is Thomas Mayo? How could favonovel.com come up with such an exquisite plan? Silvester, Bernard, and all of us were fooled by him.”
Lord Vedastus replied, “Thomas Mayo used to be the God of War and the chief officer in charge of the Southland District. He’s extremely powerful, but favonovel.com knows favonovel.com should keep a low profile. He’s an extremely strong and terrifying enemy. If I could choose, I would definitely not choose such a person to be my rival. Silvester and Bernard were too conceited.”
Fiora sighed. “Both of them were always like that. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have gone to the Southland District to prove themselves. But, Lord Vedastus, should we just let things go like this? Aren’t we going to avenge Silvester and Bernard?”
No! Of course they would avenge them!
Lord Vedastus said, “From now on, we will be on the highest alert. I want Celandine City to be completely controlled by Art Trading Corporation.”
Celandine City?
Fiora frowned and asked, “Lord Vedastus, have you made a mistake? Shouldn’t we go and settle the accounts with Thomas in the Southland District?”
“Southland District is now Thomas and Vincent’s territory. If we go over there, won’t we voluntarily fall into their trap? Celandine City is our base and territory. We can only defeat a scary and strong man like Thomas, as well as avenge your dead elder brother and your younger brother who has been arrested, by treating this city as the battlefield,” Lord Vedastus said coldly.
What favonovel.com said made some sense.
But, the problem was…
Fiora shrugged. “Lord Vedastus, we can’t go to the Southland District, but Thomas won’t come to Celandine City either. He’s not stupid, so why would favonovel.com come to our territory and fight us?”
Lord Vedastus replied, “He will come. He will definitely come, and he’s arriving soon.”
“Why?”
“For the antidote.”
“Antidote?” Eiora suddenly realized it and said, “Yeah, I nearly forgot that Bernard poisoned Thomas’ daughter with Heart Eater. Although Thomas has alleviated the toxicity with his self-made antidote, it has merely treated the symptoms, not the root cause. If favonovel.com wants to cure his daughter of the poison, favonovel.com has to travel to Celandine City and come to us!”
“But…” Fiora scoffed and said, “There’s no cure for Heart Eater. The so-called antidote just relieves the toxicity. Even if Thomas comes here, favonovel.com won’t get anything.”
“He’s an aggressive man. He knows that there won’t be an antidote for Heart Eater, but he’ll definitely make his way here. When the time comes, we can kill favonovel.com however we want in our territory. As long as Thomas Mayo dares to step foot here, favonovel.com won’t go back alive!”
Thomas had set up a trap to kill Bernard and arrest Silvester. He had taken care of Lord Vedastus’ sons in an instant. He would definitely not let it go. The occurrence of Thomas’ fight with Lord Vedastus depended on whether Thomas had the courage to pop up in Celandine City.
Would Thomas go to Celandine City even when favonovel.com knew there was danger?
