Madness

Golden Oak Kingdom, Yinchao City.

Vidi picked up the newspaper with a good mood and read it while sipping his coffee.

Because of the delay in getting the news, the papers were still reporting that negotiations in Alexdorn were going smoothly and a peace agreement was about to be signed.

"Hmm... Being able to avoid nuclear war and all that is really wonderful..."

During the panic, people had rushed to buy supplies, and the stock and bond markets had plunged. Vidi never wanted to go through that again.

At the same time, he was feeling incredibly conflicted.

Though he didn't want the Sword of Thor or anything like that falling on his head, he had made quite a fortune taking advantage of Pandora's national crisis.

"If there's no nuclear war and this conventional war just keeps going, wouldn't that be great?"

Vidi stared into space.

What a pity he didn't know that his beautiful wish had once come very, very close to coming true... It was just...

"Master, your phone! Mr. Philip is calling!"

Just then, his Butler came over with the phone and handed the receiver to Vidi.

"Hey, old friend! I'm surprised you thought of me today!"

Vidi spoke in a joking tone.

"Listen, Vidi. You'd better remember every word I'm about to say and act immediately, for the sake of our many years of friendship!"

Philip's voice on the phone was extremely solemn, making Vidi sit up straight. "What happened?"

"Listen..."

Philip spoke hurriedly. "Take your family and leave at once. Get out of here, away from the big cities! Hide in the countryside—no, go to Caspar City. Steven is the Pope of the Church of Salvation. He promised before that he'd shelter us if danger came."

"What exactly happened?"

Philip found it utterly absurd. He was