Chapter 1965 Taking A Oath

Chapter 1965 Taking A Oath

Date- 18 April 2321

Time- 10:17

Location- Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City

'Field Marshal, are you being serious?' Wyatt did not agree to the Field Marshal immediately. Having seen how despicable and shameless the honorable Field Marshal could get when backed into a corner, he knew he had to make it so that she could not back out of her words.

'Yes, I am,' Field Marshal said with a mischievous tone wanting to hear Wyatt finally throw up his hand in the air and say he could not afford her loyalty.

Now this was the best part for the Field Marshal when being courted, the best of the best realizing that she was out of their league. She could not wait to hear Wyatt give up saying he could not complete the wager in half an hour. She thought it would be satisfying to watch him get off his high horses.

'Field Marshal is this final, are you sure there is no wiggle room for negotiation?' Wyatt asked, trying to confirm that if he agreed to the wager she would not back out.

'What the— Don't tell me you are considering it," The Field Marshal was shocked to hear Wyatt consider her unreasonable demand.

Even if Wyatt employs the best teleportation card in the world it would be impossible for him to rescue Clown Mask in the next 30 minutes. After all, no abilities could be used in or in the immediate surroundings of the secret space housing the facility. Which means he would have to teleport further from it. Reaching it he would have to find a way to break into the facility, handle the guards, search for Clown Mask, and rescue her. Not even she could achieve that in under 30 minutes. So she did not understand where Wyatt was getting his confidence from.

'If that is the price of your loyalty then I have to because I want your loyalty. Doing everything to get what we want, isn't what all this struggle is for?' Wyatt asked the Field Marshal, only to hear her say, 'You are willing to risk everything doing the impossible and unreasonable, just to get my loyalty. You are crazy, do you know that?'

'So you agree what you demand is unreasonable and impossible,' Wyatt pointed out, enraging the Field Marshal. Who then, said, 'Fine, do whatever you want. Those are my terms for the update wagers for the stakes you proposed, take it or leave it.'

This further intensified Wyatt's worry about Gideon Grim's revenge. He knew that with Gideon Grim's cautious nature, he would not strike until he was sure that he could kill his target and not get caught. Wyatt feared such an enemy the most because they would wait as long as required to achieve their revenge. Not to mention Gideon had already shown that he was not above using Wyatt's friends and family to get to him. This was why he had to prioritize this asshole of all the people that wanted to kill him. Even more so than the three mischiefs and Belphegor.

Then Wyatt's grimoire notified him of a call from Cortney, picking it up, he asked, "What is it?"

"Where did you go? The children are waiting for you. Do you want them to have breakfast when it's time for lunch," Cortney replied, there was a hint of blame in her voice.

"Gather everyone. I am done here, once I check the orphanage compound. I will be there," Wyatt informed as he headed toward the orphanage compound hanging up on Cortney.

Nearing the orphanage, Wyatt saw Debra had summoned her origin card and its army of undead to guard the compound efficiently. She had advanced into the peak Card Grandmaster realm and from the looks of it after a baptism the time restriction on her origin card's skill had been improved allowing her to summon her undead army more frequently and for longer periods. It seems the Fine Gold has not spared any effort to help her grow.

Most importantly, Debra Khan was able to develop so quickly mostly because she had accumulated a lot in the lower realm and once she got her hands on a Golden grimoire, her years of accumulation had given her a huge boost in her realm advancement. Wyatt felt a little good to know one of his clients was doing better in her life. Yes, Debra's current success was mostly because of her patience, hard work, and good judgment but he would like to believe that the origin card he created for her had paved the path for her.

While checking the compound of the orphanage, Wyatt noticed that enthusiasm in the eyes of his employees. Especially the kids from the Bright Lion Gang which had now transformed into a private security agency that provided security to almost three-fourths of the city's market. The only part of the market they did not have access to was the part that belonged to the city's top families who had their own private security force to take care of their businesses. Still, they donate a small fortune for the development of the Bright Lion Security agency.

Wyatt also noticed the development and expansion of the orphanage planned by Diana and agreed by Cortney was actually well thought keeping the future of the orphanage in mind. However, Wyatt believed the orphanage lacked the staff to properly make use of and maintain these new additions to the orphanage's infrastructure.

If there were not enough responsible staff to guide the kids on how to make use of the new facilities being provided to them, then it would all be a waste of money and effort. He had to get started on the criminal rehabilitation and reintegration program. It will not only help him increase his defense againstGideon's hypnotized puppet army but also be a big help to society.

Unable to find a single hypnotized puppet or anything suspicious, Wyatt prepared to join the others for Breakfast but then he heard the voice of the Field Marshal in his head, asking, 'How did you do it?'

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