The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 509

"Who's this fellow?" Dalton asked. He was confused at the sight of Felix. After careful thought, he realized that he had never seen him before.

"Dad, he's Felix Zeller," Brock answered. "Just now, the people from Martial Alliance-

Before he had even finished speaking, Dalton's expression darkened.

"Martial Alliance came again?" he asked in distaste. "Do they really think us Meyers are pushovers? Why didn't you call me?"

Brock smiled wryly. "Why else, other than that we were afraid you'd worry?"

What would they achieve by calling Dalton anyway? They had already exhausted their connections. Who would dare help them once they heard that the Meyers had offended Xerxes' personal subordinate? "Although this may sound shameless, when Curtis arrives later, I'm going to ask him for a favor even if I have to beg for it. The situation with Martial Alliance is ridiculous!"

Xena was the Phoenix Warlord. Handling a minor issue like this would be child's play to

her.

"The matter's already been resolved, Grandpa," interjected Vanessa. "It was Felix who helped us. You have no idea how funny the situation was just now."

Dalton's eyes lit up after listening to her explanation. He hurriedly clutched Felix's hands in his.

you gave Nessa an incredibly valuable book on martial arts techniques, and now you've been such a big help to our family as well. Alas, I feel ashamed." This reaction

he would have excused

Senior," he said. "How could I just ignore your plight given

laughed heartily, happy with what he had

Mr. Zeller! Please

a WhatsApp message just now,

issue had been resolved, with Vanessa chipping

an old friend of yours,

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how happy you are, you two must have been close, right? How

became extremely emotional at

martial arts practice, so I decided to train in the mountains by myself. When I returned a month later, I discovered that Curtis' home had become nothing but a vacant house. "In those days, all we had were pagers. I paged him multiple times only to receive no response, and that's how we simply fell out of

would I even begin searching for someone in

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wasn't

were fishing just now, the two of us stared at each other for a long time before

later, Dalton received a call from Curtis and personally stepped out to welcome him. Felix was originally planning to follow along, but he had been stopped by Dalton, who insisted that it didn't make sense for a guest to receive

we're both drunk out of our minds today, Curty!" Dalton could be heard saying. "That's right. I'd also