The Great Worm Lich

When everything was finalized and Zhang Lisheng asked Maddie to keep the document, he stood up from the office chair and extended his hand out. “Mr. Edward, I hope that we can cooperate happily.”

“No, boss! You can call me Edward. I’m hired by you, not cooperating with you,” Edward immediately assimilated the role of being LS Slaughterhouse’s chief legal officer, and said very bluntly. “I recently heard that several large slaughterhouses near the New York area are ready to join forces to file a lawsuit against the monopoly of the new LS Slaughterhouse industry. Even though these few fellows are merely putting up a last-ditch fight before their deathbed, if their lawsuit really kicks off, it would still be troublesome. If you allow it, I plan to work together with Charlie during this time and focus on dissolving their alliance.”

“In that case, call me Lisheng directly as well. Edward, since you said that those large slaughterhouses have already reached the stage where they’re putting up a last-ditch fight before their deathbed, then I’m afraid it won’t be easy to make them dismiss the idea of the lawsuit.”

“Give them an honorable opportunity to extricate themselves and buy over the slaughtering machines that will soon become scrap iron in their factories. Anyway, just give them some benefits and those operators will betray their shareholders. Don’t worry, Mr. Lisheng, just leave everything to me. This is my expertise.” Charlie, who was by the side, flashed a confident smile at Zhang Lisheng.

“Oh, looks like you’re quite confident, Mr. Charlie. Okay, work for me nicely then! Let me see whether you really have the qualities of a top professional manager or not!” The young man was stunned for a moment before saying pointedly.

Charlie’s eyes lit up right away. Just as he was about to seize this moment to add in a few good words, Maddie suddenly called from downstairs and informed, “Mr. Lisheng, the people from the National Farmers Union are already here.”

“Let them come up.”

“Yes.”

A few seconds later, a few middle-aged people dressed in cheap suits, who looked as if they had endured all the hardships of life, brought two to three lawyers with them as they walked into Zhang Lisheng’s office.

The young man had seen too many faces like these in the past six months so he had already mastered the technique in dealing with them.

He flashed a warm expression on his face right away. First, he expressed his welcome and after discussing the conditions of both sides completely, the only thing lacking was for him to skillfully fulfill his obligations after they had signed an agreement.

In less than an hour, the factory’s daily income was increased by 3,500 dollars. He also held seven more concurrent posts of director of the National Farmers Union for seven agricultural towns.

However, no matter how dexterous the young man was, after he had sent the group of farmers away, the evening had already arrived. At this time, strong winds were blowing outside and dense raindrops were silently hitting on the glass wall, forming puddles of water.

Looking at the dark sky outside the window, Edward said, “Lisheng, it’s Friday today. My wife and daughter are waiting for me to go back for dinner. If you don’t have any other instructions, I’ll take my leave first.”

“If you don’t have any other instructions, I intend to leave too, Mr. Lisheng,” Charlie also stood up from the chair and said to Zhang Lisheng.

“Alright! See you again, Mr. Charlie, Edward.” Zhang Lisheng waved his hand with a smile and watched the two silhouettes disappearing out of the door before muttering to himself, “Two sly guys. But still, they can still be used.”

As the young man said that, he stood up and walked towards the window to look at the weather that was flashing with lightning and rumbling with thunder. Sighing, he called his mother.

“Mom, I’m still at the factory. The weather here in the suburbs is really horrible so I’m afraid I won’t be able to return to the city tonight.”

“Oh, baby! The weather here in Brooklyn is also very bad. Several lightning bolts have already flashed on the sky and the electricity in the house has even been cut off. If you can’t come back, just stay at the factory. Do you have any food there?”

“Of course! My fridge is full of food. And I have a microwave, oven, pots and natural gas as well. You don’t have to worry that I’ll get hungry.”

“Good to hear that. Remember, if the weather becomes better tomorrow, don’t be late for school. Your conduct this semester…” When Zhang Lisheng heard that Lili was about to start her long-winded nag, Zhang Lisheng quickly took his phone far away from his ears. “Don’t worry, mom! I’ll pay attention to it… Oh, t-the signal is cutting off! Your voice has started to become unclear. I’ll hang up first, mom! See you tomorrow!”

Hastily, he hung up.

Using such a ridiculous little trick, he freed himself from his mother’s nag. Turning around, the young man planned to make some food for himself and suddenly realized that Maddie was standing by the stairs, looking at him with an awkward expression.

“M-Mr. Lisheng, I’m here to ask you if there is anything else I need to do. If not, I’ll get off my work. And I have my compulsory courses tomorrow morning and afternoon so I may not be able to come to the factory.”

“Alright. Get off work then, Maddie… Oh yeah, that’s right! I forgot to ask you these past few days, how is your father’s illness now?”

“He has overcome the most dangerous period. The Belgian doctor said that if his situation remains the same after a period of time, he’ll be able to get discharged from the hospital and come back to the country soon! It’s all thanks to you…”

“You’ve thanked me many times already! That’s right! The weather today is very terrible. Are you sure you can drive home? If you feel dangerous, why don’t you stay overnight in the office for one night just like me.”

Girls were naturally sensitive to some things so Maddie turned red right away as she shook her head. “N-No need for that. I’ve driven in weather worse than this before so it’s no problem for me.”

“Oh, is that so? I’ll see you again then.”

Hearing Zhang Lisheng bidding his farewell so straightforwardly, a vaguely disappointed look that contradicted her emotions appeared on the girl’s face again. “Do you need me to send you home?”

“No, I’ve already told my mom that I won’t go back today.”

“Is that so? Then, I’ll see you again, Mr. Lisheng,” Maddie said and slowly turned around to go down the stairs. Zhang Lisheng, on the other hand, walked to the refrigerator in the corner of the office and took out a few pieces of hamburger and bread before throwing them into the microwave.

Just as he was about to turn on the microwave, a thick lightning bolt struck directly at the beach outside the slaughterhouse. After a roar, all the lights in the entire factory went out together in an instant.

The complete loss of light was very rare for a slaughterhouse that housed two circuits that were backed up by a diesel generator in the event of a contingency.

At the same time when the lights went out, Zhang Lisheng felt as though the lightning had rumbled across his ears directly. With him becoming shocked, he staggered and stumbled on the ground.

Colors were drained from his face as his body froze, lying in the darkness for a long time before slowly getting up from the carpet.

Due to the reason that the young man had read many ancient books about witchcraft, a sense of inspiration was naturally born from his heart. Staggering, he walked towards the office’s glass wall facing the sea and gently pushed it with his hand. A floor-to-ceiling French casement window that was taller than the height of a person was pushed open from the glass wall.

In an instant, wind and rain poured into the office, the documents on the table were swept by the strong winds till they flew everywhere. The raindrops drenched the owner of the office and splattered on the expensive cashmere carpet on the floor.

In the face of the violent storm, Zhang Lisheng stood still and did not retreat. He wiped his face that was covered in rain with his hands in a futile effort and clenched his fists nervously. Then, he commanded Island Dragon that was hiding in the factory to jump out of the factory and show itself before leaping up to the air.

The wizard gu flew through the wind and rain and disappeared in the blink of an eye in the sky that was over 20 meters high into the sea. The young man froze for a moment. “Not Island Dragon!”

Afterward, he commanded Mountoad to leap out of his backpack that was placed underneath the desk and imitated Island Dragon’s actions. In the end, nothing happened too.

Now that both of his attempts were fruitless, Zhang Lisheng pondered for a moment and felt that it would be impossible for it to be Kyuuko who was just recently refined no matter what.

For this reason, he placed his hand in front to block the wind and rain while taking a deep breath. Mustering his spirit, he commanded Crocodragon that was hidden in the trench below the slaughterhouse with the “connect” spell and turned it invisible before entering into the big sea.

The instant the wizard gu entered the sea, he could faintly feel that the wizard gu that originally needed some steam before it could soar through the clouds seemed to be able to fly freely in the storms. Right away, he tried to drive the Crocodragon to rise.

Much to his surprise, the wizard gu actually climbed upwards along with the rain just as Zhang Lisheng had imagined. Wriggling his body in the darkness, it began to roam around in the rain.

Another lightning bolt flashed in the air. With the help of the blinding lightning, the young man could finally see in bafflement that the Crocodragon that had been immersed in the blood in the factory’s trench for half a year had actually become slimmer and started to show its snake body.

Its originally thick scale-less skin had started to show a faint layer of soft scales. Two long beards sprouted out from its mouth while two bulges could be seen on the top of its head. It looked completely different from before now.

“Wyrmdragon can generate clouds, evolve mist and soar across the sky when it obtains water…” Looking at the new look of the Crocodragon, Zhang Lisheng could not help but mutter, “Wyrmdragon, wyrmdragon…”

The aquatic dragon mentioned by the young man was always mentioned by the ancient Chinese population. Actually, it was the name of a legendary deified being that was called differently at different stages of age. It was known as Wyrm when it was young and ‘dragon’ when it was grown up.

However, despite the fact that both the Wyrm and the dragon were two different age stages of a creature, one of them was evil while the other was virtuous in the heart of the Chinese. They had two vastly different intrinsic characters.

The dragon represented sacred imperial power that ruled the power of the four seas while the Wyrm represented billowing winds and surging waves that fanned the flames of disorder. For this reason, it was also known as an evil dragon.

Seeing now that the Crocodragon had started to appear in the embryonic form of the wyrmdragon, Zhang Lisheng understood that the protagonist undergoing the evolution of life essence today, or the one undergoing a thunder catastrophe today, would be none other than Crocodragon.

The instant this thought was formed, a few lightning bolts flashed across the sky. One of them stuck the Crocodragon violently and set off countless sparks, drying out the water on the wizard gu’s body and tore its skin open.

The soul inside the wizard gu’s body had already long disappeared. It was essentially a wizard’s object that was controlled freely by the wizard. After the Crocodragon was struck by the lightning, Zhang Lisheng could feel it lose control and fell into the sea.

As though being able to smell the scorching wound on the wizard gu, Zhang Lisheng gritted his teeth in the dark rainy night and violently wiped away the rain on his face in a futile effort again. Taking a few deep breaths, he opened his mouth to spit out a gust of black fog from his mouth.

With a clear look, one could see that it was formed by droplets of tiny drops of blood. Mixing into the wind and rain, it slowly extended out and became faded in color. It flew out from the factory’s wall and became a faint red-black color that entered the sea as it swayed with the wind.