The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

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When Felix landed in Avesburgh at midnight, his phone buzzed with missed calls and messages as he turned it on. Among the callers were people from Tabiner Bay, Emest, and even Xena.

Felix was puzzled, wondering why so many people tried to reach him even at this late hour. After a moment of hesitation, he decided to call Ernest back. The man had tried several times, so it had to be something urgent. "Mr. Holt Senior, I just landed. Is everything okay?"

"You need to come back quickly. Your villa caught fire. It's just been put out, but there's nothing much left"

Felix's mind immediately flashed to Harold, and he made a silent decision as he rushed to Tabiner Bay. When he arrived, Xena was waiting at the entrance, and the villa was nothing more than a charred shell behind her. "Do you need the Phoenix Legion to help with the investigation?" Xena asked, her expression neutral.

a regular fire would unlikely harm a skilled martial artist like Felix unless he had been incapacitated. Besides, her offer was more

walk away. However, Felix stopped her

Felix was relieved to hear that. With Xena out of the house,

Kane's place. It would have been a catastrophe if they had been lost in the fire Harold had set. The villa could

when the fire started. Maybe it was a short circuit or something? Anyway, I barely got out alive! Seriously, though, the quality

respond and hung up. After all, he would make sure Harold faced the consequences of his actions

Chapter 271

was done, Felix checked Curtis' pulse one last time and smiled the treatment had been successful. Curtis had been bedridden for a long, so it would likely take about a week for him to fully recover and move around again. Felix had flushed the poison from his body and helped regulate his internal energy, though

replied, "He left just

"Didn