From the kitchen area, a dozen or more kitchen workers suddenly rushed out.

Some were holding spatulas, some with spoons, and some were holding kitchen knives that glimmered a cold light.

The head chef then shouted: "Who dares to eat without paying at the Crown Restaurant?! I'll hack him to death!"

In just several seconds...

Maxwell and Arianna were surrounded.

Arianna started smiling!

Not only was she smiling because she was happy, but she was smiling because this was a lot of fun for her!

Maxwell glared at her and said, "Do you have any money on you?"

Arianna waved her hand and said, "This Miss never brings money with her. Three hundred something silver currency isn't a small number, so if you can't take that out, these guys will not let you off."

She was taking pleasure in others' misery!

She was still smiling like flowers were blooming at this time.

If there weren't so many people present, Maxwell would've already slapped her little butt and shouted: "Little girl, keep smiling, I'd like to see!"

Maxwell continued searching through his belongings and smiled embarrassingly: "Boss, do you accept beast cores?"

Maxwell was actually very rich.

He was so rich that not many in the Capital City could exceed his wealth.

But...

What he had were beast cores. A single attributed beast core had a value of a million gold currency.

Maxwell had several zero storage spaces filled with beast cores. One could say he was close to a billionaire.

But there's one important point...

Beast cores weren't a currency and cannot be used to purchase goods, unless the other person was willing.

After saying that...

Maxwell pulled out a wind-attribute beast core and placed it on the table. "Boss, this beast core will be used to pay for our meal, and you don't need to give me any change."

Even if the boss wanted to give Maxwell a chance, most likely he wouldn't be capable of doing that!

This entire restaurant was not worth a single attributed beast core!

Once the beast core appeared, it was shining with a bright crystal light. There would occasionally be traces of a breeze swirling around it. Arianna's eyes showed shock as she suddenly said, "It's really a wind-attribute beast core! Are you crazy?! This meal was only a few hundred silvers, while your beast core is at least a million gold!"

"Humph!"

The boss with a large belly came forward. He originally was startled by it as well, and his expression was not much different to Arianna's, but his expression turned cold as he harrumphed: "You two don't need to keep acting. You think it's easy to cheat because I haven't gone to school before? If it really is a wind-attribute beast core, would you even dare to take it out here? Why don't you take a look around and see where you're at?"

Northern city!

This was the area of the Capital City that was the most messy and chaotic.

Many different forces of power resided here.

Many types of crimes happened here, and it wasn't a place where people could expose their wealth. Once exposed, it would definitely be stolen or robbed by those forces. That's why the restaurant's boss didn't believe Maxwell one bit.

Moreover...

How could a person who can't even take out money for a meal have a beast core? And it was even an attributed beast core!

Add on Arianna's exaggerated expression, the boss of the restaurant was pretty confident the beast core was a fake. Thinking up to this point, he became even angrier as he shouted: "People come! Beat him until all the food he has eaten comes back out! Not a single scrap of food can be missing! Your damn granny; you dare to eat without paying in my restaurant?! I'll let you eat your fill!"

As his voice faded...

Maxwell's brows scrunched up since he didn't want to blow this situation out of proportion.

If this mess gets out of hand, it's possible he would be recognised by others. And since the whole country was searching for him, being recognised would cause him some major headaches.

Immediately after...

Maxwell's eyes turned grim as he grabbed onto Arianna's soft, jaded hands. He then shouted: "Level 2 Overdrive!"

"Ghost Steps!"

"Level 3 – Shadow Phantoms!"

His powers sank, and his figure shot out like an arrow. In less than half a second, only a trail of shadow phantom images of Maxwell was left behind. His speed was so fast that it was just a blur for onlookers, and no one had time to react.

In an instant...

Maxwell, pulling Arianna along, had travelled over several hundred meters and had disappeared into the night.

The waiter finally managed to react and rushed onto the street. He looked left and right but had no idea which direction Maxwell had run off to.

"Kid, don't let me see you again or else I'll break your third leg."

"..."

Several workers came out and cursed Maxwell before unhappily heading back inside the restaurant.

Around this moment...

A middle-aged man came down the second floor of the restaurant in an irritable manner. "What's going on? Why is it so noisy?"

The large-bellied shopkeeper ran forth and smiled respectfully: "Big boss, someone ate without paying. We've already beaten him running for his life."

"Oh..."

The middle-aged man responded casually, but when he was just about to walk back up to the second floor, something drew his attention from the corner of his eyes. When he looked over, his figure suddenly disappeared before reappearing at the table filled with empty plates.

The middle-aged man's eyes tightened while he grabbed the beast core from the table. After sensing it for a bit, his expression turned to shock as he said: "A wind-attribute beast core... A wind-attribute beast core! Hahaha... It's actually a wind-attribute beast core!"

The shopkeeper became dumbfounded.

The other kitchen workers became dumbfounded as well.

The big boss cannot be wrong, so the beast core was truly a wind-attribute beast core!

The moment he made a move, a country bumpkin pulled out a wind-attribute beast core?

Everyone felt their minds in chaos.

The middle-aged man stored the wind attributed beast core and said happily: "It looks like the Gale Palms I cultivate will make a breakthrough soon, hahaha! Oni, you did well; you guys all did a good job. I will give you guys a generous reward for your efforts, hahaha..."

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Switching over to Maxwell's side...

He managed to run past several streets on a single breath while pulling Arianna along.

Maxwell finally stopped in an inconspicuous corner.

Arianna's face was red, and she was gasping for air while saying: "So, so, so much fun! That was too exhilarating! I didn't imagine that we successfully ate without paying!"

She was extremely happy.

She had never experienced this type of excitement before.

Maxwell then glared at her and said, "What, eating without paying? I gave them money! Do I look like someone who doesn't have any money?!"

Arianna's expression became stunned. She then stared at Maxwell and asked seriously: "You didn't take the wind-attribute beast core with you?"

"Nope."

"You, you, you damn prodigal squanderer! A single wind-attribute beast core could buy their entire restaurant! You actually left it behind?! You're driving me nuts!" Arianna said with an angry pout.

Maxwell didn't look at her and said with disdain, "I have nothing but attributed beast cores, so there's no need for you to concern yourself with my actions."

"I..."

Arianna was so mad that she couldn't even speak anymore.

Around this time...

At the end of the street, under a dim street light, were two groups of people killing each other.

The scene of them killing each other was similar to the movie Street Fighter that Maxwell had watched in his previous life, except the scene here was even crazier. They were fighting from the ground to the air, and then from the air back to the ground. Each of them was fighting viciously, like it was either you die, or I die.

Warfare!

A gang warfare!

Arianna was instantly attracted to it and said excitedly: "Go, go, go! Let's get closer to watch! There's gang warfare going on every day in the northern city, and I have never seen it before. Today, this Miss must go watch it and enjoy herself!"

Maxwell's brows scrunched up as his palm slapped onto Arianna's little butt. He then shouted: "Enjoy your sister! Hurry up and run! If you don't run now, they'll be killing their way over here soon!"

Maxwell grabbed her and started running like crazy again.

While running away, Maxwell became even more worried for Constantine. He then said internally, "I hope you're doing well."

Maxwell then disappeared into the night.

Just a short distance away from Maxwell, Constantine suddenly sneezed. The blade in his hand chopped down and smashed a person tumbling away. He then muttered, "Who is thinking of me? Could it be, boss?"

"Fellow brothers, kill for me! Kill every one of these Gang mongrels!

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