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Chapter 554: Chapter 554: Plan
He managed to get a proper house. He found a good job.
Even money he had previously lost somehow returned to him.
Samuel’s eyes filled with excitement.
’I’m free...’
He almost ran straight to Ivy, wanting to kneel before her in gratitude.
He wanted to thank her endlessly.
In his heart, he nearly began worshipping her like a god.
...........
Meanwhile, far away... Damien was filled with rage.
For the past two days, his luck had been getting worse and worse.
Accidents followed him everywhere.
Without hesitation, he realized the truth.
"Ivy..."
He muttered her name coldly.
She was definitely behind this.
However, contrary to the panic Ivy might have expected...
Damien wasn’t afraid.
Instead...His eyes burned with fury.
When Damien snapped his fingers, the suffocating aura of bad luck around him instantly vanished.
Unlike good fortune, which was extremely difficult to obtain and disperse, bad luck was something a higher being like him could disperse with little effort.
To him, misfortune was merely a crude distortion of energy, something that could be erased with a simple flick of his will.
And that was exactly what he had done.
The faint crack of his fingers echoed inside the dim cave.
In the next moment, the oppressive misfortune surrounding him dissolved like mist under sunlight.
However, Damien’s face remained dark.
His jaw tightened as anger simmered in his chest.
’Removing it wasn’t the problem,’ he thought bitterly. ’The problem was the price.’
In order to make a medium that can transfer him others good luck without suffering any backlash, he had been forced to expend a significant portion of his own power.
But the outcome was...
The entire attempt to steal Ivy’s luck had been a complete failure.
Taking a deep breath, Damien forced himself to calm down.
His gaze slowly shifted toward Grace.
Grace stood nearby, brushing dust off her clothes. The cave collapse had left faint scratches across her arms, and a thin layer of gray powder still clung to her hair.
She had been unconscious for a long time and had woken just few minutes before.
Damien stared at her coldly.
For a brief moment, a dangerous thought crossed his mind.
’She’s useless.’
In fact, he had already considered killing her. After all, Grace was nothing more than a burden compared to him.
But just as he was about to dismiss her...
Grace suddenly spoke. "I have an idea."
Damien paused.
He slowly turned his head toward her.
"What idea?" he asked.
Grace hesitated slightly before continuing.
She sighed quietly.
"Even if I want to help you directly... I can’t," she admitted. "You know that."
She clenched her fingers slightly.
"Compared to you, Damien, I’m practically powerless. If you couldn’t do anything against Ivy, how could I possibly succeed?"
Damien remained silent, listening.
Grace continued speaking.
"Not to mention... my entry into the base has already been revoked."
For a moment, she fell into thought. Then suddenly, her eyes lit up.
A new idea formed in her mind.
’If I can’t enter... maybe someone inside can help me.’
She slowly looked up at Damien. "So here is what we can do..." she said.
Damien raised an eyebrow.
"Tell me."
Grace leaned slightly closer and whispered her idea.
As she spoke, Damien’s expression gradually changed.
By the time she finished, his eyes were shining with interest.
"That... is actually a good idea," he murmured.
He crossed his arms. "When do we begin?"
Grace shook her head slightly.
"First, we need to find someone."
"Who?"
"James."
Damien nodded slowly.
Grace then looked at Damien expectantly.
Damien understood her gaze immediately.
Without another word, he reached into his pocket and took out a ring.
The ring looked plain and ordinary. Unlike the one Ivy had seen, this one had no gemstones or intricate carvings.
It looked completely average.
Damien handed it to Grace.
Grace examined it curiously.
"What kind of power does this one have?" she asked.
Damien thought for a moment.
"Teleportation."
Grace nodded.
"Good enough."
She slipped the ring onto her finger.
The next moment, her figure vanished.
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Soon, Grace appeared outside the base.
This time, she activated her invisibility ability and carefully began observing the area.
Hours passed.
Eventually, she finally spotted the person she was looking for.
James.
Grace watched him silently from a distance, waiting patiently until he was alone.
When the opportunity finally appeared, she approached him.
"James."
James froze when he suddenly heard a voice behind him.
He turned around quickly. "Grace?!"
Grace immediately told him everything.
At first, James was extremely resistant.
"Betray the base?" he frowned deeply. "Are you serious?"
He shook his head.
"The base is amazing. We have food, shelter, protection... everything."
However, there was one problem.
Ever since he had offended Mia and Ava, his life inside the base had become uncomfortable.
Because of his previous behavior, he had been reassigned to tedious cooperative work at remote locations.
It frustrated him constantly.
That frustration was the only reason he didn’t immediately expose Grace.
Instead, he hesitated.
Grace noticed the hesitation and continued persuading him.
"If you help us this time," she promised softly, "Damien will reward you. Not just a little... much more than you could ever gain inside that base."
James fell silent. After a long moment...
He nodded.
"Fine."
Meanwhile, Damien, who was listening through the ring’s connection, felt slightly relieved when he heard James agree.
.................
A week passed.
During that week, Felix gradually became closer to James.
At first, Felix had a very negative impression of him.
This wasn’t surprising.
Mia and Ava had already told Felix how James had tried to suppress them before and even threatened them.
Naturally, Felix disliked him.
But surprisingly...
James suddenly seemed to change.
He personally went to Mia and Ava and apologized.
"I was wrong," he said sincerely. "Power got to my head."
He even knelt in front of them.
"I know you probably won’t forgive me," he admitted, lowering his head.
"But whenever I see you from now on, I’ll apologize for how I treated you."
Mia and Ava didn’t forgive him.
However, his actions still softened people’s opinions slightly.
Felix began seeing a different side of him.
James spoke respectfully about women.
He openly admitted that power could corrupt people.