Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

Chapter 1497

At that moment, it felt like the air had frozen. Rafael, Mosby, Kevin, and the

mysterious man in the cloak beside Rafael all lunged forward in unison, trying to stop Andrew.

The sudden surge of chaos sent a storm of killing intent rippling through the Wright estate's grand hall.

Tiana shot to her feet, fully alert, her face filled with tension. She silently cursed, 'Damn it, this punk! Is he trying to start a full-blown war right now?'

Destroying the final fragment like this would be no different from cutting Kevin and Mosby's lifelines in half. Obviously, no one would agree with his suggestion.

"Don't move! If anyone takes a step, I'll burn it right here!" Andrew roared.

The lighter in his hand spat out a tall, vicious flame. The torn map hovered dangerously close to its edge.

face twitched. He stomped the floor in frustration. "You little bastard! You came prepared, huh? Bringing a damn high-powered

room, the others looked just as miserable. They could tell that Andrew's lighter was not an ordinary lighter at

fragment were put over it, it would turn to ash in the time it took to blow a breath. In that split second, no one was confident

ancient Holtrien, there's a saying: 'Where tempers cool, gold pools'. My friend, please put down the lighter. Name your price.

the most was that the first to cave was not Kevin or Rafael. It was the cloaked man whose face was mostly hidden, speaking in awkward

"And who the hell

smirked. "You may call me... Stanley

in on this too now, huh? Mr. Driscoll,

want to secure your profit in

simple. Every party involved in this treasure hunt needs to wire me one billion each. Call it... compensation. That

why don't you

exactly what I'm doing.

about to lose it, trembling with rage, his eyes bloodshot like Andrew had just murdered