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.

techniques, and now you've been such a

would have

Meyer Senior," he said. "How could I

happy with

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

When Felix sent him a WhatsApp message just now, he was

plane back. He finally relented when Felix informed him that the issue

heard that you encountered an old friend of yours, Mr. Meyer Senior,"

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have been close,

at the mention

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 Canraville, where my luck started improving, and

would I even begin searching for someone in a country

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wasn't from

each other for a long time before

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 another guest. Soon, he heard hearty

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