The North American Gourmet Demon Handbook

Fortunately, as a wizard, Cyrus also has his own set of experience in dealing with such stupid bosses.

He pretended to summon a fire element. This fire element was majestic, and in addition to the blazing flames, it also shone with the glow of witchcraft.

The witchcraft fluctuations of the fire element are strong enough for any layman to feel.

Using fire to destroy a moonlight protection barrier was completely irrelevant, but it was enough to fool Alex, an amateur.

The only son of the financial giant, who, after hearing Senator Hamilton's speech, was immediately filled with curiosity and came to find out what was going on with a team of mercenaries and his own witchcraft consultant, was at best just a witchcraft enthusiast.

Alex Drummond was satisfied with this majestic fire element. He stared at this fire element, which was taller than the RV, with excitement in his eyes.

"That's right! We, the Drummond family, are born to lead the trend of the times and steal everyone's limelight!"

The young master commented happily.

His attention was almost completely attracted by the fire element, but he did not notice that his witchcraft consultant had quietly disappeared.

To Cyrus Morton, to make a spectacle of yourself, so that no one would know you were casting a spell, was a way to die in a wizard's battle.

So after he summoned the majestic fire element to attract everyone's attention, he immediately disappeared into the darkness.

Cyrus Morton noticed that after he used witchcraft to disappear, one of the two black-clad bodyguards glanced at him with an indifferent look that contained no emotion, as if he was just staring coldly at a small animal.

And the other bodyguard brought out a chair at some point.

Alex sat down on the chair with a glass of red wine in his hand.

He swirled his red wine and said with a smug smile, "A caravan that can use moonlight to block grenades? Ha! I'm going to throw it a great party!"

A woman giggled and sat on Alex's lap.

"Oh my god, Alex, I can't wait!"

The woman was wearing a black evening gown with a skirt that trailed on the ground. The skirt was embroidered with intricate patterns, which sparkled under the reflection of the fire element.

Although she was nestled in Alex's arms, her eyes narrowed with a smile were filled with calculation and ambition.

The shawl on her shoulders fluttered in the wind, but it could not hide her inner anxiety.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go inside the RV and take a look!" the woman urged, as if adding fuel to the fire. "Maybe this magical RV will bring enough hype for us to get a reality show that's even better than 'The Amish'!"

"Reality show?" Alex frowned. He had never thought of revealing the interior of the RV before. In his opinion, good things should belong to him alone.

"Now that YouTube has been pressured to remove all Amish reality shows, I guess that bitch Jennifer Burton's family trust fund has also been frozen? She's finished!"

"But the market needs another reality show to fill the gap!" said the woman ambitiously.

She took Alex's hand that wasn't holding the glass and placed it on her fullness.

The woman started to act coquettishly towards Alex. "Please, please, Alex! I'm not any less capable than that stupid woman Jennifer! I just lack a good father!"

"Hahahahahaha! Annabelle! Your idea is quite interesting!" Alex pinched the woman without any hesitation. The woman giggled but still did not let go.

Oh, do I look so stupid? You want to use such a low-brow method on me?

Alex thought with a sneer.

Cyrus Morton was already mentally cursing his employer.

This damn idiot! Does he think this is a picnic? Or a party in his backyard?

The guy who owns this RV is obviously not someone to be trifled with! I really don't know how such an idiot can even smile like that?

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"Does anyone know that guy? What kind of wizard is he and why is he so arrogant?" Li Shanze frowned, his vigilance reaching its highest point.

He was able to lead a team of fully-armed soldiers, break through the magic circles set up by the wizards, find this place, and openly throw grenades to provoke. He doesn't look like a good person at all.

Li Shanze believes that it is best to make full preparations before taking action.

"Annabelle Graham," Jennifer gritted her teeth. "It's this bitch!"

"Annabelle? Are you referring to that woman?" Li Shanze pointed at the woman sitting on the man's lap.

"Yes, she is an ambitious woman and works for the same CBS TV station as me. Oh, I never thought that the first person to kick her when she is down would be this bitch!" Jennifer said hatefully.

"Uh, which school of wizard does this Annabelle belong to? Is she also a member of the Delusion Society?" Li Shanze asked curiously.

"What? A wizard? No, she's just an ordinary person." Jennifer was stunned and replied.

"Wake up! This place is heavily protected by the magic circle set up by your father. Only people who understand witchcraft can find it! How can an ordinary person like her take advantage of you when you're down?" Li Shanze didn't even bother to be angry with Jennifer.

He gave up on the idiot and turned to Kate and Charlie: "What about you? Can you recognize who these guys are?"

In the spacious cab of the RV, several screens clearly displayed the faces of Alex, Annabelle, two bodyguards, and a team of mercenaries.

Kate was studying the screen closely, her eyes narrowed.

Jennifer exclaimed again at this time: "Ah, he is Alex, Alex Drummond! The Drummond family is a financial giant in Philadelphia! Alex is the only son of this generation!"

Li Shanze no longer knew whether this stupid woman was useful or not.

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242 Holy Nail and Brotherhood

"Philadelphia financial giant?" Li Shanze was very patient. He did not think that financial giants had nothing to do with wizards - after all, the greatest alchemy was the futures trading center.

"To be more precise, it's an American financial giant." Jennifer answered very carefully after realizing that her answer had attracted the host's attention.

To be absolutely sure, Jennifer even cast a memory search spell on herself and began to recite mechanically.

"The Drummond family started by controlling the Philadelphia National Bank, the core bank of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve District, and gradually became a major shareholder in the Federal Reserve's 12 regional reserve banks."

"His ancestor, Amos Drummond, participated in the Morgan-led bailout in 1907, which enabled him to obtain membership in the first batch of banks after the passage of the Federal Reserve Act."

"During Roosevelt's 'Gold Confiscation Order' in 1933, the family assisted the government in transferring private gold to the underground vault of the New York Federal Reserve, and secretly retained some gold as a private reserve."

“This gold is still used in global currency market arbitrage in the form of quantum financial derivatives.”

"As one of the largest private shareholders of the New York Federal Reserve, the Drummond family has long held a core seat on the Federal Reserve's advisory council. This body effectively controls the Fed's interest rate decisions and balance sheet operations, and uses its economic simulation system to predict market fluctuations in advance."

"During the Lehman Brothers subprime mortgage crisis, the family's hedge fund made $270 billion by shorting mortgage securities."

"Then, acting as a 'white knight', it accepted emergency capital injections from the Federal Reserve and brought the core assets of the bankrupt Lehman Brothers under its control."

"This 'creating crises and harvesting assets' model is consistent with the Morgan Consortium's 1907 rescue strategy..."

Master, stop reciting, stop reciting.

Li Shanze shook his head and interrupted Jennifer, who was reciting diligently. "Wait, don't miss the point. I just need to know that the Drummond family is a powerful financial family. What kind of abilities does this Alex Drummond have? Is he a wizard?"

Li Shanze's impatience was evident.

Oh my god, you messed up again, and the master is impatient again...

Jennifer was depressed.

She shook her head. "No, as far as I know, Alex is not a wizard, although his family sponsors some supernatural organizations."

"Yes, for example, the Silver Nail Brotherhood." Kate sneered, "Those two bodyguards, I recognized them, they are the lunatics of the Silver Nail Brotherhood."

Kate pointed at the screen. Li Shanze looked up and found that the clothes of the two black-clad bodyguards were indeed covered with silver nails.

"Silver Nail Brotherhood, what is that?" Li Shanze became extremely alert when the enemy was mentioned.

"It's a witch-hunting cult." Kate was much more concise.

"Witch Hunting Cult? I thought this craft was monopolized by the Inquisition." Li Shanze said in surprise.

Kate's tone grew increasingly sarcastic. "A major driving force behind the Reformation was the Catholic Church's decision to disallow local churches from engaging in witch-hunting. And those lunatics who weren't allowed to engage in witch-hunting were a major source of Protestantism."

Li Shanze remained noncommittal about Kate's words. In Li Shanze's view, as a great knight of the Catholic Church, it was only natural for Kate to defend the Catholic Church.

He would not conclude that Protestants were more inclined to witch-hunt than Catholics based on the one-sided testimony of the Catholic knights.

Kate continued, "The Brotherhood of the Silver Nails was founded in 1523 in the Aurora Forest in northern Sweden. Its original members were twelve Lutheran zealots."

"During a battle with a Sami witch doctor, they accidentally discovered the magic-destroying Olympian Silver. From then on, they became a renowned witch-hunting cult, operating primarily in Sweden."

"I thought all those bastards died in the New Mexico desert with that Northern Anvil three years ago. Turns out there were still two left. Seriously, I let you get away back then."

Having said that, Kate even licked her lips bloodthirstily, with the fighting spirit in her eyes lingering.

Li Shanze recalled that Kate was promoted to Grand Knight in the Facebook Year three years ago.

"three years ago?"

Kate immediately understood what Li Shanze meant. She smiled faintly and said, "Yes, it was in the New Mexico desert that I, along with my colleagues, wiped out this heretical sect and beheaded the 'Anvil of the North'. It was for this achievement that I was promoted to Grand Knight."

Wasn't this a Protestant witch-hunting sect? They ended up coming to New Mexico and were wiped out by the Knights of the Catholic Church, right?

Li Shanze really had a hard time resisting the urge to complain.

Hearing that Kate was still the sworn enemy of the Silver Nail Brotherhood, Li Shanze didn't bother to dwell on it anymore. He happily said, "Then I'd like to trouble you to introduce us to the Silver Nail Brotherhood's combat methods."

Kate didn't refuse and nodded.

"Three years ago, the Silver Nail Brotherhood relied heavily on the magic-destroying olympian silver they used in their battles. They forged it into nails and called them Holy Nails."

"All their skills revolve around the 'Holy Nail'. Their warriors use melee equipment with spikes, such as maces and fists. Their crossbowmen fire the 'Holy Nail' from crossbows to strike the enemy. They also use the 'Holy Nail' to set traps."

"Based on our experience three years ago, the Silver Nail Brotherhood is more adept at combating supernatural forces, but appears helpless when faced with attacks from firearms. But who knows, perhaps these two surviving survivors have learned something in the past few years?"

"As for those mercenaries, they don't look like they're from the Silver Nail Brotherhood. They might just be ordinary mercenaries."

Li Shanze shook his head. "Ordinary mercenaries armed to the teeth are troublesome enough. They're not just equipped with grenades and automatic rifles, but two of them are even carrying rocket launchers."

"Yeah. How about we run away in the RV?" Kate asked as if she knew the answer anyway.

Li Shanze laughed: "No, I happen to have a way to deal with them."

Kate smoothed her golden ponytail and smiled, "Okay, then I'll fight alongside you. I'm just the survivor from three years ago, and I want to put an end to that as well."

Charlie looked at Kate and Li Shanze smiling at each other, feeling particularly uncomfortable. She took a step forward and said, "I'm going with you, Li!"

Jennifer shrank her neck and dared not breathe - those people had guns and the "holy nails" that were specially used to deal with wizards. How scary!

But no one cared about Jennifer's thoughts at this time.

Kate scoffed when she heard Charlie's offer, "Oh, that's great. A lousy wizard like you will be restrained by the remnants of the Silver Nail Brotherhood. If you unfortunately die at their hands, Li Ke will be completely mine."

"You!" Charlie glared at Kate.

"What do you mean? Your witchcraft shield can neither stop the bullets nor the 'Holy Nail'. Just stay in the RV and wait for us to return victorious." Kate raised her spear with a smug expression.

"Heh, you should be careful not to overturn the car when you look like this." Charlie said angrily.

Kate raised an eyebrow: "I have the Divine Shield to protect myself."

"You have Divine Shield, but Li doesn't!" Charlie insisted, "If you want to go, go by yourself! Don't drag Li along!"

"Well, I do have a plan," Li Shanze reassured him. "We need someone in the RV to strategize and fix any gaps. See that fire elemental? The wizard who summoned it is hiding in the dark. Help us find him."

Charlie bit her lip. "What can you do, Lee? I don't know if you can withstand bullets!"

"I just took a crystal and gained abilities. You can go ask Ella." Li Shanze whispered in Xia Li's ear.

Then he hugged Xia Li and said, "You just stay in the car and coordinate the whole situation until we return triumphantly."

Looking at the smug Kate, Charlie became increasingly unwilling to give in. She bit her lip fiercely, but finally nodded: "I understand. I'll stay in the car. You must be careful."

Li Shanze breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, the new ability I just acquired is no joke."

Li Shanze only vaguely persuaded Jingjing, but did not say that the crystal he took was the one given to him by Alessia - seeing how jealous Xia Li was, it would be better not to let her know about this.

After secretly consulting Ella and confirming that there were no side effects, Li Shanze quietly swallowed the crystal given by Alessia.

Now, he is examining his newfound abilities with satisfaction.

This new ability is not a one-time ability like the Sin Crystal, but can be activated repeatedly.

He gained the ability related to the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is similar to the index finger for freedom of speech, but this time, it is the middle finger for freedom to bear arms.

243 New Capabilities and Plans Finalized

[The middle finger of the Second Amendment, also known as the middle finger of gun freedom.

You can choose to trigger one of the following three abilities.

1. Weapon Resonance: Touch any metal object with your right middle finger to transform it into a firearm.

"——The right to bear arms is the sharpest weapon of freedom and the most comfortable breeding ground for violence."