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.

very much, young man," he said. "I previously heard that 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."

have excused

he said. "How could I

with what

is truly a blessing-no, twice the blessing! Come, Mr. Zeller! Please do us the honor of having

WhatsApp message just now, he

plane back. He finally relented when Felix informed him that the issue had been resolved, with Vanessa chipping in to reassure him

that you encountered an old

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must have been close, right? How did you lose contact with

extremely emotional at the

a fickle thing!" he lamented. Back then, I had reached a bottleneck in my 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 contact! Later on, I moved to

for someone in a country

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wasn't

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

but he had been stopped by Dalton, who insisted that it didn't make sense for a guest

of our minds today, Curty!" Dalton could be heard saying. "That's right. I'd also like to introduce you to our family's savior. Don't let his youth fool you!