Lord Protector novel (Zeke Williams) novel Chapter 2271

He questioned anxiously, “Dawnie, you seem to sound low in spirits. Is there anything wrong?”

Dawn let out a deep sigh. “Argh! I'm clueless about what happened moments ago too. There was a sudden stabbing pain on one side of my cheek. I can still feel the burning pain now. It seemed someone had slapped me.”

Sole Wolf and Killer Wolf stiffened instantaneously. D*mn it! That old bugger's telling the truth!

Sole Wolf got all fired up and felt like bashing Cesar's brain out, but Killer Wolf stopped him at the eleventh hour. He had no choice but to do so, fearing that Dawn would be tortured by pain if Sole Wolf beat Cesar up.

Unable to stifle his indignance, Zeke vented his anger by kicking Cesar on the arm.

Nevertheless, he did not kick him hard so he would not hurt Dawn badly. His main intention was to verify the latter's claim about the Heart-Bound Worms.

“Ouch!” Right after he kicked Cesar's arm, Dawn let out a yowl of pain on the other end of the line.

Zeke asked hastily, “Dawnie, which part of your body is in pain now?”

Dawn held onto her arm and wailed piteously, “My arm hurts! It seems as if someone had just kicked on it.”

Zeke could not help gasping inwardly. Hmm! Apparently, he's telling the truth about the Heart-Bound Worms!

Even so, he consoled Dawn, “I guess it could be that you seldom work out lately. You should make an effort to work out more often from tomorrow onwards. Okay, that's all. I'll hang up now.”

Before hanging up, he overheard Dawn grumbling doubtfully, “What's the matter with me? I've been working out consistently all this while. By right, I shouldn't be having any health issues. After all, if there's something wrong, it can't be causing the sudden sharp pain here and there. How weird!”

Glowering at Cesar, who was grinning triumphantly, Zeke could only restrain himself from finishing the latter off on the spot.

He had no choice but to hold himself back for Dawn's sake. No way! I mustn't act impulsively so Dawnie won't be hurt. Gosh! I can't even beat him up!

No words could describe how frustrated Zeke was at the moment. In fact, he was never overcome by such helplessness before.

Laughing gleefully, Cesar piped up, “Hey! How about we make a deal? If you let me off now, I promise to expel the Heart-Bound Worm from Dawn Castaneda's body after ensuring I'm sound and safe. After that, she'll still be able to live healthily for the rest of her life. What do you think?”

Glaring at him, Zeke snapped, “You must be assuming that there's nothing I can do but to bow to you. Am I right?”

Wearing a look of sheer insolence, Cesar sneered, “Of course not! If you happen to pay no heed to her life, I'd have met my tragic end! Anyway, it's still worth it if I'm fated to meet my end any time now. After all, you'll sustain a great loss too, as I won't be the only one losing my life! Haha!”

Fine! Just you wait! Tamping down his simmering fury, Zeke whipped out his phone to give Andres a call.

After a short while, the latter picked up the call. “Elder, is there anything?”

Zeke cut the crap. “How's the progress over there now?”

Andres replied respectfully, “Elder, everything goes smoothly here. The antidote is effective in eradicating trine worms. So far, it has been working perfectly well!”

Heaving a sigh of relief, Zeke responded, “Well done. Andres, have you ever heard about the Heart-Bound Worm?”

Andres replied, “Yeah! I know about it. It's deemed a highly complicated cursed parasitic worm of the Black Muraco Clan.”

Shortly after, something came to his mind, urging him to ask apprehensively, “Elder, why are you asking about this? Could it be...”

He was worried sick Zeke was poisoned by the Heart-Bound Worm. My goodness! If Elder is poisoned and affected by others, Eurasia will be doomed!

Before he could finish his words, Zeke cut him off. “Not me, but one of my relatives is poisoned by it. Andres, do you know how to get rid of it?”

Andres uttered sheepishly, “Elder, I can only give it a try, and the chances are slim. Please spare me for my incompetence. Even if it can be expelled, there will still be side effects. I'm afraid your relative might even end up in a vegetative state. I guess the best way is to get the owner of the Heart-Bound Worm to expel it from your relative's body.”

In an instant, Zeke's heart sank. It never occurred to him that even Andres could not get the matter resolved. Nevertheless, he tried to get a grip on himself so Cesar would not sense his helplessness.

Andres asked quizzically, “Elder, did someone from the Black Muraco Clan poison your relative?