They went over to the reading rooms, and sat down. 'Finally', Dante thought. 'I finally get to become a summoner! I just need to learn all about it in this book…'

With three giant books in front of him, Micheal was indecisive. 'Where do I start?' Eventually, he just picked the book on pathways and started skimming through.

With a flip to the table of contents, his gaze was drawn to "List of Pathways and Steps. (Known in the Kingdom of Lunalla)" 'Known in the Kingdom of Lunalla? So this implies that there's more pathways than even this kingdom knows!'

Flipping to the page, a table soon greeted Micheal. Neat and orderly, a simple table with many sections that start at Step 1, and into higher steps. Although this was a simple table, its contents filled Micheal with reverence. 'Every Step…. Clearly organized and defined.' Looking through the steps, Micheals expression kept changing between fear, awe, and worship. "Step 3 Polymath" Looking at another section, "Step 5 - Four Leaf Sorcerer." 'Just these lower level steps have such dominating names… how do you become them!'

Flipping to the page where they are elaborated on, there was a sentence at the top. "Due to dangers associated with high level steps, the methods to rise above Step 2 are not public information." 'This… the dangers!? What kind of dangers could there be?' The sentence had a page number attached to it which lead to the middle of the general information section. It read, "Death, explosions, going insane, turning into a monster, natural disasters, and more. These are various examples of what can happen to those who experience complications in advancing through the steps. The higher the step, the more chances of problems occuring, and can lead to tragedies. The most famous example is the Demon Lord. Experiencing problems when he tried to ascend, the monstrous tyrant who killed millions appeared."

'These dangers… if going up the steps can cause this… is it worth it? I thought I would postpone my new goal in life until I know more, but I was leaning towards becoming powerful through the steps. Who wouldn't want to have these amazing powers! But now…. I don't know what to do. Lets just keep reading more steps, those were interesting.'

"Step 7 Voidwalker" "Step 8 Walking Disaster." As Micheal kept looking downwards, his attention was soon brought to the grand, shining silver letters near the bottom.

"GOD"

"G-g-god!?" Micheal couldn't help but exclaim out loud! 'You can become a god through this?! T-t-this… this is' 

"Dude, what the fuck" Dante said due to his reading being rudely interrupted due to the human next to him being unable to control himself. Micheal looked at Dante and simply uttered, "Sorry". He was in the wrong after all. 'Alright, I don't think I can handle the mental shock I would have from reading the names of the God steps right now… but I'm still curious! One step below god, Step 10. Let's read!'

"Step 10 Universal Exploiter. Step 10 Author. Step 10 Miracle Invoker"

'These names…' Micheal stared at those names before deciding not to even try to understand them, and just read the rest of them. 'Alright. My curiosity has been sated, but what I need to memorize is general information and my own pathway! Lets see here... '

"Step 1 Fortune Teller"
"Step 2 Trickster"   
"Step 3 Deceiving Wizard" 
"Step 4 Anonymous"   
"Step 5 Bizzare Mage" 
"Step 6 Soothsayer"  
"Step 7 Voidwalker"  
"Step 8 Histories Administrator"  
"Step 9 Otherworldly Pinochet"
"Step 10 Miracle Invoker"

"God" Micheal was hesitant to look, but eventually steeled his resolve.

"God - Unthinkable Undefined Symbol"

'That name…so… strange!'

.........

Time passed as the two were engrossed in reading. Church bells rang once in a while, and after a few rings of the bell, a young boy in scholarly clothes walked in. "Excuse me, everyone, the library closes in a few minutes. Be sure to put borrowed books back in their respective places or give them to the librarian, or if you paid to take them with you, then please take good care of our books." With that, the boy walked back out.

Micheal slowly was brought out of reading and looked up for the first time in hours, and no longer saw Dante anywhere. 'Seems my journey with that orc has finally come to an end. We coincidentally met, and turned out we were both hero descendants! Hero descendent, heh, he certainly didn't act like one.'

'Take the books out for a fee… I barely have any money! I can just come back tomorrow to go more in depth in this knowledge.'

Walking out from the library, Micheal debated where to go next. 'According to books, most people live in a rented out place, rather than owning their own house. Should I check the rent prices? I also need a job…'

As he walked, he remembered he was holding a paper in his hands. 'The king's notice of gathering the strong and the heroes descendants! I actually forgot to read this since I was so focused on the books!'

'Let's see…'

"Official notice from the king and the great churches. Through the history of our land, many great occurrences have been witnessed." 'Wait a minute… this is useless information!' Flipping through the paper, near the back he found the important information.

"This mission regards the safety of our land, stemming from occurrences related to the ancient Demon Lord. For specific information, please show up at the palace to gather, effective from June 1st to July 1st" We call those who are strong, have a unique skill, or descend from the respected heroes to rise up and protect our land in this mission. Ample rewards will be given
just from participating, and more depending on the situation. During this period of time where we wait for participants to gather, housing will be provided if necessary."

'Ample rewards? Housing! I must check this out!'

While walking to the gathering spot, Micheal internally went through all his recently acquired information.

'Alright, so the main points to remember are:

You can only be on one pathway, and attempting to go to another pathway's steps will result in catastrophic results. Ascending through the pathways can also have disastrous results if they go wrong, so public knowledge of how to ascend stops at step 2.

The Great churches are all massive powers spreading across nations, each worshipping a god.

Our nation of Lunalla is the biggest center of pathway knowledge, located at the southern tip of the northern continent.

As Micheal finished organizing his thoughts, he had arrived at the palace entrance.

Meeting on the Road to the Capital to Lunalla, what awaits Micheal and Dante in this world full of pathways and monsters, bringing with them all sorts of mystical occurrences and figures. The Ancient Demon Lords return, the legend of the three heroes, descendants of legendary figures, and new, rising legendary figures. How will all this play out to those who just had a simple dream?

At first, he also put in his efforts. He had thought that he need to prepare for whatever he could since he didn't know when humanity would come back.

"Vale Tudo and spearmanship are still sloppy. Actually, it's better for me!"
[Such a strange human....!]

Even while receiving Lita's strange gaze, Yu IlHan immersed himself again in training. Lita provided all 3 meals for him anyway so he only needed to think about the martial arts that he needed to learn.

And like that, 5 years and 10 years passed. It was the moment after 20 years had passed since he was left out.

Now, his punches and kicks flowed with fighting spirit that can even kill a bear, much less a human, and the wooden spear he extended powerfully not only pierced the sandbag, but it ripped it apart. Yu IlHan himself thought that he had no talent in regards to martial arts, but growing up like this in just 15 years was amazing. Of course, it was also because Lita, who was a great fighting partner, was there for him.

"I'm turning 40 soon. How is it? Do I look more mature?"
[The only thing you did was punching and stabbing with the spear. Do you think you earned anything other than enlightenment in martial arts? Did you see anyone acting their age after coming out from training in the mountains?]
"You think so too? My mom won't tell me I'm pretending to be mature, right?"
[Don't worry about it and keep training.]

From this point, Lita, who came once a week, came once in 3 days. It was because she was worried that Yu IlHan might go crazy after being alone in the huge prison known as Earth for no less than 20 years.

Whether it was due to her worry and interest or due to his innate personality, Yu IlHan endured well.
He endured for 20, 30 years.

[Just how much did it deviate!]

While looking at such Yu IlHan, it was now Lita who was nervous to the point of shouting. However, Lita's position wasn't actually that high so she wasn't in a position to ask God directly, and she didn't have the rights to reverse the time axis so she could only restlessly watch Yu IlHan training his body quietly, day by day.

"Lita."

One day, Yu IlHan said with a lowered voice.

"I can't remember my mom's face."
[...I'm sorry.]
"Even when I look at the picture, it feels unfamiliar. Was this person really my family? Wasn't I living here alone in the first place? Everything was my delusion and it is a lie that Lita made in order to console me..."
[Don't say such things!]
"Yeah, it was a joke. It might be good if it was actually like that though."

He sighed and took back the spear. It was the time after 50 years of being left behind.

"I'm fed up. I want to do something else."
[I'm sorry to say this now but... It's not known when the Great Cataclysm will occur. You cannot neglect your martial arts.]
"I know."

Now that they had shared several tens of years together, racial matters such as being an angel or being a human didn't really matter. The important thing to Yu IlHan was a person to look after him and a person who would listen to him. And Lita took that place so he followed Lita. That was enough.

Yu IlHan was also the only human that Lita came into contact with for several tens of years, so she became to harbor feelings of more than just pity and compassion for the human known as Yu IlHan. Of course, she didn't say that out loud.

The two's strange relationship which occurred due to God's error, was progressing in a truly marvelous direction.

"I'll read some books."
[That's a good idea.]

Martial arts would become important after the Great Cataclysm occurs, but reading helps widening one's reasoning and building the foundation for one's actions. It would help, not harm.

Yu IlHan, who acted too fast that it may seem excessive after setting his mind on something, he shut himself inside the college library straight away. As he promised with Lita, he trained Vale Tudo and spearmanship for 3 hours a day, but he invested the rest of the time solely on reading.

Even the most well preserved books would change colors after several tens of years passed, but 'thanks' to the 'stopped time', objects didn't get affected by time. It was a good thing for Yu IlHan.

His preferences leaned towards contemporary novels, but he got fed up after reading those for about 5 years and he moved onto others. While thinking that his ordinary college life might continue after the Great Cataclysm occurs, he first studied books related to his major which was business management, and when he was also about to get fed up with it, he considered plural majors and read psychology or other humanities-related books.

Unlike martial arts where the progress becomes less noticeable after a certain point, reading piled up knowledge. Yu IlHan, who was now hooked to reading, spread his interests to other books inside the library. Common knowledge, history, geography, classics, physics, chemistry, art – he read every single books existing in the library.

After a few years passed, the books inside the libraries were insufficient. There was no one guarding bookstores anyway, so Yu IlHan started conquering the bookstores within his walking range in search for books that weren't in the library.

However, even this had a limit. On his 67th year of being left behind (Of course, Yu Ilhan no longer counted time), he made a big decision.

"Let's learn another language."
[Then let's just change locations. I can deliver your meals wherever it is.]
"Where is that food coming from?"
[Secret.]

While pondering whether to cross the seas or not, he moved locations to China, the closest country. While driving any car to drive until he was out of fuel, when he found a working petrol station, he would refuel, and if not, he would just change cars.
License? There was only Yu IlHan in this world so it was okay as long as the car he drove didn't fall off a cliff or exploded in a crash.

Even while moving, he studied Chinese in his spare time. The language studies made him sick after studying even a little became doable due to reading books for tens of years.

And the China he arrived at somehow was too wide. And there were of course, a lot of text to be read.

"Maybe it's a mistake to set China as the first stop."

Yu IlHan screamed in joy at the fact that there were so much new knowledge. Humanity will definitely come back before I get to know all the knowledge of China – at that fact, he even felt sorry for that.

However, that was his mistake. Even after adventuring all of the wide lands of China, and studying every book in China, humanity still didn't come back. Yu IlHan no longer asked Lita how much time passed and Lita also didn't speak of it.
He calmly moved to another country. It was because he felt that he might go crazy if he didn't get new stimulation, no matter what it was.

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India, Mongolia... After learning every language on Asia, he read all the books, records and even internet logs of all those countries. As if he would die if he didn't read something, he read and read again.
Once, he forgot the iron rule of training martial arts for 3 hours a day and was close to getting beaten up by Lita.

[Are you really alright?]
"It's alright. Anyway."

He raised his head. The last page of the last book of the 7.5 million books inside the Russian academy of sciences was revealing itself.
Even though it was 7.5 million books, there were many books that also existed in other libraries, and to Yu IlHan, who could now read any book in a short time regardless of thickness due to reading repeatedly for countless years, it wasn't that hard of a task.

"As expected, I can't understand technical books even after reading them."

Yu IlHan saw through the limits of this brain. It seemed that he wasn't a person who was fit for sciences. He only read because there was text, and just reading the book didn't make him a professional in that area.

"Now let's go to Europe."
[You're speaking in Russian right now, you know?]
"Hyvää!"
[Okay, we can go to Finland.]

When he toured Europe, middle east, and even Africa, his vocabulary became rich.
It was the 216th year after he was left behind.

"Now there's just Oceania and America left!"

Yu IlHan cheered like a middle schooler who just checked that there was little summer homework left. At his unchanging tension even though he had lived for over 200 years, Lita made a bitter smile and asked back.

[You do know that you have to go by boat, right?]
"It's alright. There are many boats without owners in this world!"
[That's called stealing.]

The power of time was truly amazing. It had made a clueless college student into an all-powerful adventurer. Of course, there was no need to say twice since one human was given more time than a human lifespan, but Kiervin kept moving without rest as if he would die the moment he stopped.

Using all the knowledge of Geography, he set the sailing distance to the minimum, and he looked for a boat which could hold out for that distance. In the countless books he read until now, there were many specialized books related to ships, so there wasn't any difficulty finding a sturdy and a fueled boat, and driving it.

"Lita, humanity didn't die out by any chance, right?"
[I said there was a deviation in the time axis. I was a fool for thinking it's just twice or three times. It seems that it's at least 10 times.]
"How exciting."

After he finished preparing for the voyage, Kiervin left the land he was on without hesitation. As long as Oceania and America waited for him, there was no time for leisure.

And tens of years passed again.

"I finiiiiiiiiiiiiished!"
[Such a nasty guy.]

While looking at Kiervin who was shouting and rolling around on top of the table inside Boston Public Library, known for being one of the biggest in America, Lita muttered with a
fed up voice.
Kiervin finally had conquered all the available books revealed to humanity. Even though she had watched the whole process with her own eyes, it was an unbelievable achievement.

After he left the library, sat down on a bench on the street and looked at the sky blankly for a while, Kiervin muttered while tilting his head.

"What do I do now?"
[Martial Arts?]
"I've done that until now too."

He didn't only read books while touring around the world. He went to various ruins which remained in some parts of the world, he found traces of martial arts and he kept revising various shortcomings in Vale Tudo and spearmanship. Training was 3 hours at the minimum and sometimes it would go over 8 hours, and 12 hours.

His fighting arts and weapon arts, which transformed to the point that he couldn't find the original style, was developed into a practical and high level technique to the point that Lita would have a hard time fighting him without mana.
This was something that was unachievable by someone who didn't have talent even if that person was given countless years. Lita of course didn't tell this to Kiervin. Since he would get ahead of himself when she did!

"Lita, other than martial arts or knowledge, is there something that might help after the Great Cataclysm occurs?"

The question that flew towards Lita, who was thinking about Kiervin's talent, was this. When she heard this, Lita could feel goosebumps.

[You...]

His question proved one thing.

Kiervin, who experienced more things than a human could experience in one lifetime, still didn't lose hope despite the time that had passed.

To him, his life wasn't over. No, perhaps he might be thinking that it didn't start until now. All the things he did until now maybe just in preparation for the life after the Great Cataclysm.

It was a long time even for Lita, who was an angel, but a human who wouldn't live past 100 on average was treating the past years as prior preparation. Of course, he himself didn't know exactly how much time had passed, but that didn't make Lita any less surprised.

[You, how can you be like that?]

As she was dumbfounded, Lita spat out the question she held back until now.
If Kiervin tried to boast for a bit, he might have answered with a fancier answer, but he, who lived while looking for new knowledge and experienced without being in contact with another human for countless years, only had candidness and honesty left. It might be considered that he regressed back into a child.

"You said I need to do it, so I do it. I can't practice mana so I need to do other things."
[...]

With Kiervin, who sighed while replying, in front of her, Lita lost her words to speak. The countless emotions and impulses mixed with each other and blew up to the point of bursting and bleached her mind pitch white.
Soon, she didn't know what expression to make and turned her head and spread her wings.

[I'm going!]
"Tell me what to do before leaving!"
[Think about it yourself from now!]

Lita disappeared from the place, and kiervin was dumbfounded. After cool-headedly judging the situation, he muttered again while sighing.

"Let's first go back home."

This was a historic moment where an angel harbored more than just good intentions towards a human. And obviously, Kiervin didn't notice that.

Kiervin didn't know, but this was the 274th year after being left behind.
Humanity didn't return yet.

A Weirdo in Elementary school

A Loner in High School

Now he's on College, He was forgotten by God!?

While everyone on Earth was leave, he was left alone. Out of pity, he was thrown on a random world. 

But why of all world he was thrown, he come to an place look like earth, no it is Earth but in mirror version. Everything is similar but no living person in sight, only animals. Can he live pass 5 years, but the time said was a bit different, a bit longer.

Find How he, Kiervin, a lonely college student become a person who will be the top of the food chain..

At first, he also put in his efforts. He had thought that he need to prepare for whatever he could since he didn't know when humanity would come back.

"Vale Tudo and spearmanship are still sloppy. Actually, it's better for me!"
[Such a strange human....!]

Even while receiving Lita's strange gaze, Yu IlHan immersed himself again in training. Lita provided all 3 meals for him anyway so he only needed to think about the martial arts that he needed to learn.

And like that, 5 years and 10 years passed. It was the moment after 20 years had passed since he was left out.

Now, his punches and kicks flowed with fighting spirit that can even kill a bear, much less a human, and the wooden spear he extended powerfully not only pierced the sandbag, but it ripped it apart. Yu IlHan himself thought that he had no talent in regards to martial arts, but growing up like this in just 15 years was amazing. Of course, it was also because Lita, who was a great fighting partner, was there for him.

"I'm turning 40 soon. How is it? Do I look more mature?"
[The only thing you did was punching and stabbing with the spear. Do you think you earned anything other than enlightenment in martial arts? Did you see anyone acting their age after coming out from training in the mountains?]
"You think so too? My mom won't tell me I'm pretending to be mature, right?"
[Don't worry about it and keep training.]

From this point, Lita, who came once a week, came once in 3 days. It was because she was worried that Yu IlHan might go crazy after being alone in the huge prison known as Earth for no less than 20 years.

Whether it was due to her worry and interest or due to his innate personality, Yu IlHan endured well.
He endured for 20, 30 years.

[Just how much did it deviate!]

While looking at such Yu IlHan, it was now Lita who was nervous to the point of shouting. However, Lita's position wasn't actually that high so she wasn't in a position to ask God directly, and she didn't have the rights to reverse the time axis so she could only restlessly watch Yu IlHan training his body quietly, day by day.

"Lita."

One day, Yu IlHan said with a lowered voice.

"I can't remember my mom's face."
[...I'm sorry.]
"Even when I look at the picture, it feels unfamiliar. Was this person really my family? Wasn't I living here alone in the first place? Everything was my delusion and it is a lie that Lita made in order to console me..."
[Don't say such things!]
"Yeah, it was a joke. It might be good if it was actually like that though."

He sighed and took back the spear. It was the time after 50 years of being left behind.

"I'm fed up. I want to do something else."
[I'm sorry to say this now but... It's not known when the Great Cataclysm will occur. You cannot neglect your martial arts.]
"I know."

Now that they had shared several tens of years together, racial matters such as being an angel or being a human didn't really matter. The important thing to Yu IlHan was a person to look after him and a person who would listen to him. And Lita took that place so he followed Lita. That was enough.

Yu IlHan was also the only human that Lita came into contact with for several tens of years, so she became to harbor feelings of more than just pity and compassion for the human known as Yu IlHan. Of course, she didn't say that out loud.

The two's strange relationship which occurred due to God's error, was progressing in a truly marvelous direction.

"I'll read some books."
[That's a good idea.]

Martial arts would become important after the Great Cataclysm occurs, but reading helps widening one's reasoning and building the foundation for one's actions. It would help, not harm.

Yu IlHan, who acted too fast that it may seem excessive after setting his mind on something, he shut himself inside the college library straight away. As he promised with Lita, he trained Vale Tudo and spearmanship for 3 hours a day, but he invested the rest of the time solely on reading.

Even the most well preserved books would change colors after several tens of years passed, but 'thanks' to the 'stopped time', objects didn't get affected by time. It was a good thing for Yu IlHan.

His preferences leaned towards contemporary novels, but he got fed up after reading those for about 5 years and he moved onto others. While thinking that his ordinary college life might continue after the Great Cataclysm occurs, he first studied books related to his major which was business management, and when he was also about to get fed up with it, he considered plural majors and read psychology or other humanities-related books.

Unlike martial arts where the progress becomes less noticeable after a certain point, reading piled up knowledge. Yu IlHan, who was now hooked to reading, spread his interests to other books inside the library. Common knowledge, history, geography, classics, physics, chemistry, art – he read every single books existing in the library.

After a few years passed, the books inside the libraries were insufficient. There was no one guarding bookstores anyway, so Yu IlHan started conquering the bookstores within his walking range in search for books that weren't in the library.

However, even this had a limit. On his 67th year of being left behind (Of course, Yu Ilhan no longer counted time), he made a big decision.

"Let's learn another language."
[Then let's just change locations. I can deliver your meals wherever it is.]
"Where is that food coming from?"
[Secret.]

While pondering whether to cross the seas or not, he moved locations to China, the closest country. While driving any car to drive until he was out of fuel, when he found a working petrol station, he would refuel, and if not, he would just change cars.
License? There was only Yu IlHan in this world so it was okay as long as the car he drove didn't fall off a cliff or exploded in a crash.

Even while moving, he studied Chinese in his spare time. The language studies made him sick after studying even a little became doable due to reading books for tens of years.

And the China he arrived at somehow was too wide. And there were of course, a lot of text to be read.

"Maybe it's a mistake to set China as the first stop."

Yu IlHan screamed in joy at the fact that there were so much new knowledge. Humanity will definitely come back before I get to know all the knowledge of China – at that fact, he even felt sorry for that.

However, that was his mistake. Even after adventuring all of the wide lands of China, and studying every book in China, humanity still didn't come back. Yu IlHan no longer asked Lita how much time passed and Lita also didn't speak of it.
He calmly moved to another country. It was because he felt that he might go crazy if he didn't get new stimulation, no matter what it was.

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India, Mongolia... After learning every language on Asia, he read all the books, records and even internet logs of all those countries. As if he would die if he didn't read something, he read and read again.
Once, he forgot the iron rule of training martial arts for 3 hours a day and was close to getting beaten up by Lita.

[Are you really alright?]
"It's alright. Anyway."

He raised his head. The last page of the last book of the 7.5 million books inside the Russian academy of sciences was revealing itself.
Even though it was 7.5 million books, there were many books that also existed in other libraries, and to Yu IlHan, who could now read any book in a short time regardless of thickness due to reading repeatedly for countless years, it wasn't that hard of a task.

"As expected, I can't understand technical books even after reading them."

Yu IlHan saw through the limits of this brain. It seemed that he wasn't a person who was fit for sciences. He only read because there was text, and just reading the book didn't make him a professional in that area.

"Now let's go to Europe."
[You're speaking in Russian right now, you know?]
"Hyvää!"
[Okay, we can go to Finland.]

When he toured Europe, middle east, and even Africa, his vocabulary became rich.
It was the 216th year after he was left behind.

"Now there's just Oceania and America left!"

Yu IlHan cheered like a middle schooler who just checked that there was little summer homework left. At his unchanging tension even though he had lived for over 200 years, Lita made a bitter smile and asked back.

[You do know that you have to go by boat, right?]
"It's alright. There are many boats without owners in this world!"
[That's called stealing.]

The power of time was truly amazing. It had made a clueless college student into an all-powerful adventurer. Of course, there was no need to say twice since one human was given more time than a human lifespan, but Yu IlHan kept moving without rest as if he would die the moment he stopped.

Using all the knowledge of Geography, he set the sailing distance to the minimum, and he looked for a boat which could hold out for that distance. In the countless books he read until now, there were many specialized books related to ships, so there wasn't any difficulty finding a sturdy and a fueled boat, and driving it.

"Lita, humanity didn't die out by any chance, right?"
[I said there was a deviation in the time axis. I was a fool for thinking it's just twice or three times. It seems that it's at least 10 times.]
"How exciting."

After he finished preparing for the voyage, Yu IlHan left the land he was on without hesitation. As long as Oceania and America waited for him, there was no time for leisure.

And tens of years passed again.

"I finiiiiiiiiiiiiished!"
[Such a nasty guy.]

While looking at Yu Ilhan who was shouting and rolling around on top of the table inside Boston Public Library, known for being one of the biggest in America, Lita muttered with a
fed up voice.

Yu IlHan finally had conquered all the available books revealed to humanity. Even though she had watched the whole process with her own eyes, it was an unbelievable achievement.

After he left the library, sat down on a bench on the street and looked at the sky blankly for a while, Yu IlHan muttered while tilting his head.

"What do I do now?"
[Martial Arts?]
"I've done that until now too."

He didn't only read books while touring around the world. He went to various ruins which remained in some parts of the world, he found traces of martial arts and he kept revising various shortcomings in Vale Tudo and spearmanship. Training was 3 hours at the minimum and sometimes it would go over 8 hours, and 12 hours.

His fighting arts and weapon arts, which transformed to the point that he couldn't find the original style, was developed into a practical and high level technique to the point that Lita would have a hard time fighting him without mana.
This was something that was unachievable by someone who didn't have talent even if that person was given countless years. Lita of course didn't tell this to Yu Il Han. Since he would get ahead of himself when she did!

"Lita, other than martial arts or knowledge, is there something that might help after the Great Cataclysm occurs?"

The question that flew towards Lita, who was thinking about Yu IlHan's talent, was this. When she heard this, Lita could feel goosebumps.

[You...]

His question proved one thing.

Yu IlHan, who experienced more things than a human could experience in one lifetime, still didn't lose hope despite the time that had passed.

To him, his life wasn't over. No, perhaps he might be thinking that it didn't start until now. All the things he did until now maybe just in preparation for the life after the Great Cataclysm.

It was a long time even for Lita, who was an angel, but a human who wouldn't live past 100 on average was treating the past years as prior preparation. Of course, he himself didn't know exactly how much time had passed, but that didn't make Lita any less surprised.

[You, how can you be like that?]

As she was dumbfounded, Lita spat out the question she held back until now.
If Yu IlHan tried to boast for a bit, he might have answered with a fancier answer, but he, who lived while looking for new knowledge and experienced without being in contact with another human for countless years, only had candidness and honesty left. It might be considered that he regressed back into a child.

"You said I need to do it, so I do it. I can't practice mana so I need to do other things."
[...]

With Yu IlHan, who sighed while replying, in front of her, Lita lost her words to speak. The countless emotions and impulses mixed with each other and blew up to the point of bursting and bleached her mind pitch white.
Soon, she didn't know what expression to make and turned her head and spread her wings.

[I'm going!]
"Tell me what to do before leaving!"
[Think about it yourself from now!]

Lita disappeared from the place, and Yu IlHan was dumbfounded. After cool-headedly judging the situation, he muttered again while sighing.

"Let's first go back home."

This was a historic moment where an angel harbored more than just good intentions towards a human. And obviously, Yu IlHan didn't notice that.

Yu IlHan didn't know, but this was the 274th year after being left behind.
Humanity didn't return yet.

Left out during elementary school picnic.
Left out during middle school camp.
Left out during high school trip.

I finally became a college student and what? I’m left out from the entire humanity?

Yu IlHan who protects the earth alone while everybody’s away in other worlds.
His legend starts after humanity comes back and meets the Great Cataclysm!

I don't own this Novel
Source:kobatochan.com

" Brother aren't you making it too hard for him?"
asked Maria, after Robin left the dining hall. 

" What are talking about Sis.? "
asked Peter back with a confused look. 

" You took about three months to finish those book. Now you are asking him to finish it in one month. Isn't it too much. "
said Maria. 

Hearing that Peter smiled and said, 

" What do you know? My master also gave me two month as deadline. And because of that I finished in three month. I have taught that kid how to read and write in NONAME. So I have to give him this deadline in order to develop him well. You won't understand it, because you don't have a disciple "

" Hehe...  Is that so?  I think I can get a disciple now. "
Said Maria while looking toward the library. 

Seeing that Peter said, 

" No Sis, you can't. As you know our Master has only me as disciple and I have only one Master, the same thing applies for him. We shouldn't break this custom that is going for about ten thousand years. That was what Master told me, when I said Iam gonna take in a disciple"

" Yaya... I know. Don't start."
grunted Maria. 

" And I gave him one month because I think he is more talented than me. When I taught him, how to read and write. He learned it all in less than six months. So I think he can finish ten thousand books in a month"
said Peter with pride of Master. 

Seeing that Maria grunted even more as she stood up and left the dining hall.

As for Robin, he has been reading the books with complete immersion in it. While thinking to himself, 

' I will finish this before one month. '

After about 15 days, Robin has only read about three thousand books. Seeing the Robin who was still reading the books with great interest, Maria who stood about 10 feet away from him said, 

" Wow...  He is faster than you. But still look at his daily routine, he eats he read he sleep he eats he read he sleep...  Doesn't he look like a puppet to you."

" Nope, he looks like a committed person to me."
said Peter who stood beside her. 

"Even though he has commitment, he can't finish seven thousand books in 15 days. " said Maria. She felt bad as Robin would be disappointed when the time comes. 

They having been standing there for about 10 minutes, but Robin didn't even look at them. He was totally into reading. 

This is not the first time. Every time they came to visit him in the last 15 days, it's the same. 

So both of them just left him be. 

But for Robin from the first day everytime he finishes reading a book, he felt like his reading skills are improving rapidly. So he continuously read, even when some books were repetitive. 

From the books Robin came to understand about the geographical location of the CELTIC. It isn't much different from what before Peter to him. But there was something different about the cultivation levels from what Peter has said. Peter just told him basic realms. But for every realm, they are further divided in to three levels- low level, mid level and high level. For example, Robin is now an 
Begginer Assassin-Low level. 
Then comes 
Begginer Assassin- mid level and 
Begginer Assassin- high level. 

Now he understands why it took seventy years for Peter to reach Grand Realm. But Robin doesn't know whether Peter is in Grand realm low level, mid level or high level.

But he knows the level difference from low level to high level is greater. 

And most important is longevity of life. A Begginer realm can live for hundred years. And it's gets doubled as your realm increases. 

' A Mystic realm can live for 3200 years'
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Robin reading speed didn't increase after reading two thousand books that is on the tenth day. For five days, he read one thousand books. But as he finished total of three thousand books. He felt like a new skill is unlocked within him. 

After that, his reading skill entered a new realm. His reading skill increased into fast reading.

Robin finished reading five thousand books in ten days. 
--------
25th day

There was only one thousand and eight hundred books left now. Since he read 200 books on his first night here.

Looking at the remaining books in the rack, Robin thought, 

' five days for thousand and eight hundred books, Will be easy pie. Hehe'

The reason for his happiness is because of a deal between him and Maria. On the 15 day of his assignment, Maria came to library at night and met him. She said with a beautiful voice in his ears,

" If you can finish reading these books in 30 days, I will show you, my dress color. "

And Robin knew what dress color she meant. So that has become his motivation for completing the assignment. 

As Robin was thinking about these things with a lewd smile on his face, he heard Peter's voice, 

" Robin, we are going out for a work  and will come after five days. The spirits will look after your foods."

Hearing that Robin looked up and saw both Peter and Maria have dress in formals. Peter wore a formal suit. 

 Maria is not wearing her usual maid outfit. She is wearing a blue long gown, it's a sleeveless one. 
Looking at that Robin gulped. Seeing that, Maria said with a smiling face, 

" It looks like you are going to win the deal. "

But she thought to herself, 
' I will just erase his memories of the deal. '

Peter asked, 

" What deal? "

Robin said, flushed. 

" Nothing Master....  Have a safe trip. "

Seeing that, Peter just said, 

" Okay, you take care. "

After they left Robin grinned to himself, 

' At last I will walk the path of reaching my harem. Hehe...  Even though you are in Ascending-mystic realm, I will take you into my harem'

Hahaha.... 

Then Robin closed the door of the library and sat down. But he didn't read the books. Instead he wanted to do something that he has been waiting for 20 days or to say for 5 years. 

It was about the artifact, Angel gave him. After he entered this world, he tried lot of times to call for the LIMITLESS ARTIFACT  but it didn't respond to him. But after reading the books he came to an understanding before 20 days. That artifact only react upon magic. And after only reaching Begginer Realm a person can produce magic. So that was the reason why the artifact didn't respond to him before. 

As for the reason why he didn't try it out, after knowing about this is because of Peter and Maria. Those guys will definitely find him using the artifact, Angel gave him. And he can't explain to them how he got the artifact. So he waited to be alone and try it out. 

' Now is the right time '

Then he tried to reach out to the LIMITLESS ARTIFACT, as felt the connection to the artifact, a black light enveloped him..... Robin can't feel a thing.... 
 He blanked out..... 


As the black light in the library disappeared, Robin couldn't be seen anywhere...... 



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This is about a guy, whose is a best assassin.

THE KING OF DARK. 
HE got pushed into an hellish fight to become The King. Will he attain the throne in this BATTLE ROYALE....


and his name is ROBIN JOKER

Li Lu was gone, Alan was left alone in the street, he shook his head and decided to visit the imperial city, after all, it was the greatest ruling power on the continent. Alan didn't know much about the mainland and the others surrounding the Jiang mainland, he had learned a little about it from Feng Chan, but he never knew much about it, he intended to go to a library to read all the books and find out. 

Alan soon learned that there was the imperial library which was accessible to everyone, there were no martial skills, just books on the history of the continent, the outside world, conflicts, and others. Hardly any practitioner went there because being informed was not worth much in this world. 

The imperial library is free, it means that everybody can go in, when Alan entered, he was shocked, because there were 7 floors and each floor contained hundreds of thousands of books, it was impressive. 

"System, can you transfer all the information from the books to me on this floor? "Alan wanted to ask this, because reading hundreds of thousands of books, or finding a single book that talked about what he wanted would take a very long time. 

[Soul strength is strong enough to handle reading 25,000 books every two hours.]

Alan was a little surprised, he figured he really needed to increase his soul strength, the stronger his soul was, the more he would become a high-level alchemist, even though with every major breakthrough the soul increased, the soul was still a weak point of many a cultivator. 

Alan's soul had never increased since the beginning, his soul was already as strong as a martial lord since he had awakened the bloodline of the Dragon God. This was a great advantage.

"System, transfer the information from 25,000 pounds to me. " Said, Alan. Suddenly an impressive amount of information appeared in his mind, Alan was suffering a little, it was the limit of information his soul could bear. After a few seconds, Alan had all the information in his 25,000 books. They were books on the history of the continent, the greatest talents of the last 100,000 years. There was a lot of information. During the two hours, Alan decided to increase the strength of his soul by cultivating the technique of the divine soul, his soul would become stronger, moreover, the recovery was faster. Within one hour Alan had fully recovered his soul power, he did the same thing after every 25,000 books read. 

Two days later, Alan was resting in the library, he had all the information from the 7 floors of the library, they had learned so much that even he felt surprised. As Feng Chan had told him, there were 2 other continents next to the Jiang continent, but what Feng Chan didn't tell him is that the 3 continents are at war with the continent of demons and magical beasts, it's a continent 3 times bigger than the 3 human continents, they've been at war since the ancient era, there are demons who cultivate demonic techniques which are often inhuman techniques, there are also magical beasts in great quantity which are under the orders of the demons. This had surprised Alan. He had even read that the three human continents do not make war against each other because they have to fight against the demonic continent and if a human continent fights against another human continent, the demonic continent will attack and it will be the end for the three human continents. 

It also had an earth-sky ranking, the earth ranking regroups the best geniuses or warriors of the realm heaven under 60 years old, there were 1000 places, and the sky ranking regroups the best warriors of the continent, who are often martial emperors, there were also 1000 places. 

He also read that the youngest genius to have reached the realm of the martial emperor is the Saint Ming sword 15,000 years ago, he reached the martial emperor at the age of 48 years, which is extraordinary, he was called the holy sword in the Jiang continent because it is said that his sword could cut everything. He was a lonely person and few people have seen it, the only time he appeared and shocked everyone was in the sky ranking, he was only 50 years old and yet he managed to rank 1st in the sky ranking when he was only at the beginning of the martial emperor, while the top ten are mostly at the top of the martial emperor. This had broken all logic, nobody knew his talent, nobody knew his origin, but it was someone who had made his mark on his lands and conquered them.

To be ranked on the earth rank, you have to go to the gladiator arena, those who want to train and win rewards without being on the earth rank can fight by signing a pact of life or death, they will either fight against demonic beasts of their level or a man of their level. This was very popular in the imperial city. As for the earth ranking, you didn't have to kill, you just had to make your opponent abdicate. Alan read that the youngest genius to enter the earth rankings was only 10 years old. It was a talent that turned the world upside down. When they measured his talent, seven golden rays pierced the sky. This genius had caused a great war against the demonic continent, he didn't want to let such a genius live, otherwise, they will be doomed.  It is said that he died during the war. 

Alan sighed, there was so much talent, he wondered if there would be such a genius in this generation. 

Alan smiled and then walked out of the library, you could say that now nobody knew the world better than Alan. All the herbs of alchemy, metals, weapons, ancient places. Alan knew it all. 

Besides, Alan had made a great breakthrough

[Soul Cultivation] Early-stage teenage soul]

His soul had risen to a higher level, Alan was happy, his soul had become much stronger. On leaving, he prepared to go back to the inn and then to participate in the earth ranking, he was very curious about that. 

When he entered the inn, suddenly a cry of distress resounded.

"Alan, I'm sorry, please don't leave me, I'll never do this again, I don't want to lose you, I want to stay with you. " Said Li Lu with tears in her eyes. 

" Huh? Why are you crying? Why are you feeling sorry? Has something happened? "Alan asked a lot of questions, he couldn't understand why Li Lu was like that.

"You disappeared for two days, I thought you'd abandoned me because of my behavior. " Li Lu said sadly, bowing his head...

"Why would I abandon you for that, I was at the library reading. " Said Alan while caressing Li Lu's head. But he thought she really was a demon. With such a crying beauty, Alan felt sad, with a face like that, many people will rush to protect her. 

"You're not lying? "Li Lu said, looking up.

"Silly, why would I lie... Anyway, let's eat, I'll make you taste human food. Alan smiled as he left.

Li Lu muttered as he watched Alan leave.

"Yan Fei told me to be like this, even though I was afraid he'd really abandon me. For now, it's okay, I have to follow his advice! "A surge of determination passed through Li Lu's eyes.

He was a genius, but not in the martial arts. His father abandoned him, his brother poisoned him, and his mother was imprisoned because of him.

Is his fate linked to this? No, he doesn't want to.

[Ding! The host has shown courage and great determination, you are blessed by the Dragon God]

3 or 4 chapters per week

I am not English and the English language is not my strong point!

Long Yi carefully put away the magic letter of Si Bi, then sitting on the bed, he started to meditate. He had arrived in this world only few days ago, but had gone through many things. So currently he was in urgent need to sort out everything, and determine his direction.

The eastern sky started to become bright, and when the first rays of sunlight shined upon the body of Long Yi, he lightly breathe out, stood up, and straighten his back. Right now his eyes were filled with determination. He had already experienced the law of the jungle of the world in his previous incarnation, since this was the natural law, then he would have to become strongest, and stand on the top of the pyramid of this world, and look down upon all living creatures. At that time, he would have a final say in all the rules of the world.

Long Yi faced towards the sun, then his eyes were dazzled by the rays of lights, then he laughed heartily with lofty sentiments inside his heart. After that he pack up his big bed, then he started to advance towards the direction of Light city, perhaps he could see Si Bi there once again.

He used great cosmos shift for two or three hours, and then Long Yi was unable to go on, after all his internal energy was too weak. Suddenly, like a flash of light, he remembered the speech of Si Bi in which she had said that, if there really was any kind of real flying magic spell, then that magic spell would definitely fall under the category of wind element magic.

Remembering that cyan colored wind attributed magic elements inside his sea of consciousness, Long Yi got agitated. Wind is king of speed, so if one had learnt the wind element magic, and encountered the dangerous situation, then one could have at least very high chance to save one's life.

After that, thinking of flying skill in his mind, Long Yi released spiritual power and called out wind attributed magic elements, then prepared himself for a flying magic spell. Cyan colored magic elements widely poured out from his body, then Long Yi abruptly flew straight towards the sky in a high speed.

And before he could get excited, his body started to slow down and fall towards the ground. Fortunately Long Yi had already prepared himself for the failure, so somersaulting few times in the air, he lightly landed on the ground.

"Fuck, again insufficient mana, it seems hereafter I must painstakingly cultivate mana. It's truly is too depressing." Long Yi kicked a big tree to vent off the discontent inside his heart. {**Note: from now on I will be using mana in place of magical power}

But cultivating mana for a short time is not enough, and this flying magic spell consumes huge amount of mana, what's to be done? Long Yi walked while thinking, after considering for a long time, he suddenly pat his thigh. Since flying was not possible, why not think about the ways to make his own body more agile? That Earth bear could use gravity spell which was special nature of earth element, then why can't he use wind element's agile and elegant special nature, and create a gale magic spell.

 

After completing his thoughts, thinking that magic spell in his mind, Long Yi again summoned the wind attributed magic element, then his body flashed with cyan colored light, and he suddenly felt as light as a feather, unexpectedly he had succeeded. {**Note: its already mentioned that our MC can use any magic spell as long as he pictures the magic spell inside his mind unlike others.}

After that he use little bit of his internal energy and operate great cosmos shift, the speed was twice as fast compared to before, and the consumption of internal force was also only half of before. Long Yi take-off and landed several times, and just like ghost, his figure jumped forward, and very quickly this figure disappeared from that place.
After about 20 minutes, the effect of gale magic spell wore off from the body of Long Yi, then his speed slowed down. But luckily this gale magic spell didn't consume large amount of mana, therefore after the effect had vanished, he could cast it again.

In just this fashion, he moved for a day and finally discovered a small town before dark. Long Yi had heard that Light city was only 3 days walking distance from this place. But for current Long Yi, if he use gale magic spell and also great cosmos shift, then Long Yi only needs about half a day to reach Light city.

Long Yi looked for an inn to stay, after that he ate and drank, then cooped up inside his room. Then under the soft light of illumination magic, Long Yi started to browse through the book shelves inside his space ring. His main target was naturally those magic books. Long Yi searched out various elements' elementary and intermediate magic books. He even discovered dark element magic book which was at one corner of book shelves. And that book unexpectedly turned out to have all elementary, and intermediate magic spells.

A dozen or so thick magic book was place in front of him, then Long Yi eagerly started to flip through these books. Till now all his magic knowledge source was still those elementary magic books he had read at the beginning, so his magic knowledge and principle could be described as extremely poor. But he had learned gale magic spell without anyone's guidance, from this it couldn't help but describe that his luck as well as magic comprehension were ultra-high level.

Little by little, the time elapsed. Long Yi was completely immersed in these books the whole time, his reading speed was getting faster and faster, and his eyeball was moving top to bottom so frequently that, it was enough to dazzle peoples.

"Ah, I'm all worn out." Long Yi finally finished reading intermediate magic of dark element, then he stretched his back bones. After that he pushed opened the windows, but it was still pitch-dark outside, and there was not a single sound from the street of this small town.

Long Yi was dumbfounded, he turned his head and looked at the pile of books which he had already completely read on the table for a while, then thought, "Did I finish reading all those books in less than a single night time?" Long Yi rather didn't dared to believe, although his memory had received a specialized training in previous incarnation, nevertheless it was also absolutely not possible for him to finish reading this much books in such a short period of time, and it seems he could completely remember all the things which he had read. "Could it be I really am a genius?" Long Yi proudly thought.

Long Yi quickly rushed to the pile of books, then pick up an intermediate magic book of fire element, and flipped it, then he discovered that the whole content of this book was already in his mind, without a single error.

"Could it be that it's already been several days, but I was so immersed in reading book that before I notice, several days had already passed away?" Long Yi thought inside his heart.

Very quickly, Long Yi no longer thought about these useless things. Although he remembered all the content of these books, but he only remember it, he had yet to digest it all.

Now Long Yi knows that the magic are not simply divided into elementary, intermediate and advance, these three categories. Rather it had a fine division, every kind of magic are divided into 11 ranks based on its power and mana consumption. Among them, up to rank 3 belong to elementary magic, rank 4 to 6 belongs to intermediate magic, rank 7 to 9 belongs to advance magic, rank 10 belongs to saint level magic, and rank 11 generally belongs to forbidden magic spells, this forbidden ranked magic was extremely powerful that it could topple the mountains and overturns the seas, and also had the might to destroy the heaven and exterminate the earth.

These fire ball magic spell of fire element, water ball magic spell of water element, and so on all belongs to rank 1 magic spell. Usually Apprentice Magician can only use these rank 1 magic spells, Beginner Magician had the ability to grasp at least rank 2 magic spells, and with great difficulty could also use rank 3 magic spells. Intermediate Magician had the ability to grasp at least rank 3 magic spells, and with great difficulty can use rank 4 magic spells. Advance Magician had the ability to grasp at least rank 6 magic spells, and with great difficulty can use rank 7 magic spells.

And from rank 7 magic spells, it's a beginning of dividing line, to be able to cast rank 8 magic spells, one needs to be at least Master Magician. To be able to cast rank 9 magic spells, one needs to be at least Mage. To be able to cast rank 10 Saint level magic spells, one needs to be at least Archmage. And finally to cast rank 11 forbidden magic spells, one needs to be at least Master Archmage. The last two represents the pinnacle of magic domain.

This is the story of Long Yi, who was killed because he took revenge for the girl he loved. Before he dies, a strange lightning carries his soul into a different realm. How will he live, when the first thing he noticed upon arrival is that, the man whose body he possessed is raping the country’s princess? 异世之风流大法师

Author：天堂不寂寞

When Hermione first woke up she couldn't figure out where she was. Slowly she remembered last night. Yes, she was finally in Hogwarts.

She immediately emptied her truck and went to the bathroom after choosing her clothes. She quickly wore her school uniform after showering and brushing her teeth.

After putting her books on the shelf, she hung the clothes in the closet. She was lucky that she did not have to worry about ironing or cleaning because of the enchantments. When she went down to the common room, she couldn't see anyone around. She immediately chose a book of her interest from the bookcase next to the fireplace and sat on one of the seats. After a while, upper class students started to go down.

"Good morning," said a blonde girl, smiling. "You're early. Breakfast wıll be ready in half an hour, do you want to come with us?" she asked.

"Thank you for your offer. Why not?. I'm used to waking up with the first light of the morning. Do you know when the lessons begin?" Hermione asked.

"You will not have a lot of lessons because you are first class, only the main lessons. So your first lesson starts at 9:30 am - 10:00 am. Don't worry. Professor Flitwick(our head of house)will deliver the curriculum. You can also find announcements and the questions shared on the board,  it hangs on the wall between the stairs. " She said whıle pointing and she brought a book from the bookcase and started reading it.

"Thank you," Hermione said, and walked over to the board after replacing the book.

The school rules in the booklet, which were given when purchasing their books, were written on the board, there were only minor differences so Hermione started reading the rules:

Rules of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

1. First years who answer questions for the first lessons correctly earns 10 points whichever houses they belong.

2. Each correct answer will be awarded 5 to 10 points by professors and with each wrong answer 5-10 points will be deducted.

3. Bullying is prohibited. Those who fight and bully if caught will cause 10 to 15 points to be deducted in case it`s proven that spell are used 20 to 50 points will be deducted.

4. 5 points will be deducted for taking library books out of castle without permission.

5. 5 points will be awarded each students helping their classmates for practical courses.

6. Between  10:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. students are forbidden to leave house rooms. 20 to 50 points will be deducted if caught wondering corridors or castle by stuffs and prefects.

7. Students will be deducted 10 points for being late to their classes without  permit (except the first years first class)

8. All professors should be respected and 10 points will be deducted for insulting teacher.

9. Winner of Quidditch will be awarded by 200 points, runner ups 150 points, third house 100 points and the fourth house 50 points.

10. Winner House of House Cup will be awarded privileges the next year till the end of the year.

They will be exempted from curfew for extra one (11:00 p.m. – 5:00 a.m. for the winner house) . They can read books from restricted shelves in the library with the permission of professor. Each member of house has a right to be exempted from any exam or homework for once and will not lose points and have average passing mark for their exam or homework.  Quidditch  team can reserve training grounds for Fridays. (Be warned those privileges will be lost next year if not used )

And so on the rules were going on. It was nearly time for breakfast and Hermione with others went to the great hall but it was deserted and only some Hufflepuffs and Slytherins were in the hall, no Gryfinndor.

Professor Flitwick came to their table and gave their curriculum. Hermoine quicly looked it and focused on today's courses:

SCHEDULE (MONDAY-FIRST YEAR RAWENCLAWS)

7:30AM......….BREAKFAST
GREAT HALL


9:30 AM......….....POTIONS
DUNGEONS                S.SNAPE


10:30 AM........…....DADA
CLASS 31                    Q.QUIRRELL


11:30 AM...…....…MAGICAL THEORY
CLASS 67                     S.VECTOR


12:30 PM......….LUNCH
GREAT HALL


2:30 PM......…........ DADA
CLASS 31                        Q.QUIRRELL


7:30 PM......…. DINNER
GREAT HALL

According  to the schedule they had nine lessons and three joint lessons with each houses. Potions, flying and Charms with Hufflepuffs;  DADA, Magical Theory and Astronomy with Slytherins and Herbology, Hıstory of Magic and Transfiguration with Gryfinndors.  An interesting year is waiting them. As she thought about future she kept eating her breakfast and then returned her room for preparing the first day.

The protagonist finds herself in HP as Hermione Granger. She starts a new adventure in a new world. 

*I don't own any of the original Harry Potter characters, plots, and anything related to Harry Potter series as it credited to the original author. 

* English isn't my mother tongue so I will struggle to convey my ideas so bear with it. I'm only writing this as I am enjoying myself. I'll go in my pace. Hope you like it, even if you don't, it's not important. Have fun...

The next morning Drrak analysis proceeded well, as he recapped me on it. I told me to complete it before I re-entered the dream formation. I then went to the library while looking at my medallion's sword marks. At the moment I had 720 sword marks, and underneath it, I was authorized for 2 free hours in the weapons temple. 

I had already received my check from the library for 115 sword marks. I would have had more but after I used a lot of money on books and the Sun Saffron equipment. I was at the library when Brian came to greet me.

"I remembered you asked about going to the second floor correct?"

"Yes, now that my rookie period is up, I would like access how much will it be?" I responded with happiness, I can finally get more knowledge!

"Normally it's a 100 sword marks, but I will waive the fee for you. All you have to do is get up there." He said kindly

I looked over at the second floor it was 10 meters above the first floor, jumping that as a regular human would be utterly impossible. It would even be hard for people below level 5 but I had my methods. I got a running start and augmented myself with telekinesis immediately. 

Boosting my speed to nearly twice its original amount, I jumped with all the energy in my body and augmented my leap with another burst of telekinesis. I almost came short for the little wooden door, so I activated Lightning Step to do an air step. Shifting 15% the force of gravity, to walk on air for a moment.

I went over and landed on the second floor, which had a smaller selection of books and people. I looked over the gate to see Brian utterly shocked. He levitated up to the top and inspected me top to bottom.

"What are your stats, and how did you already learn air walking?" He asked in shock

"Air walking?" I said

'He doesn't even know what he did, what a monster....' Brian thought

"I made it up here, so I can read books here correct," I asked grinning with anticipation

"Yes," Brian said wryly, he wasn't expecting me to get up here I could tell from shock.

"Just be sure to return them the price for books here isn't small. I'll let you pick 10 books to read for free." Brian said still trying to contain his shock.

"Thank you." But in my heart I was examining his intentions, he'd always been nice. But now he is much nicer, the only event that could change his perception of me was the death Qi. It seems Brian is aware of the death Qi or at least his master told him to be nice to me. It seems this scheme is far deeper than I thought.

I walked away and went to the shelves and read the various covers for books. At this moment my only interest was magic, the age of collapse, and anatomy. I drifted around still I found a book about the fundamentals of the magus path. 

It was written by a Grand mage of Rain, it was his recollections of advancing into a mage and beyond. I read through it and one quote especially stood out to me.

"I had little control of elements, I had at most the power to alter myself to an extent. I used magic power to augment my body to the levels of a knight. Until I was branded at level 30 and converted my body into its true elemental state."

"Then magic was truly about altering my environment, and very little about altering myself. But I always wanted to do both, alter myself and my environment. But it never worked out I wasn't a knight, and my physical body was outclassed by knights. So I gave up on that path." I could almost hear the sigh of exhaustion from the past as I read the passage.

"But both paths require one thing Vitality. When I first broke through into a mage, I was hungry for vitality. My body was sapped of energy, and I felt a vortex threatening to consume me. It was like a test, I had enough vitality but I needed more for a perfect foundation."

"My recommendation to all future mages, don't try to breakthrough without a large amount of vitality accumulated. Otherwise, you could die or ruin your foundation." That was the final text in the book, advice to the future.

I was stuck on that saying without vitality don't bother to become a mage. He said it was because the body is the vessel of magic power. Without a proper vessel magic power leaks, and corrodes the body until the mage dies. To become a perfect vessel, you must have more vitality than magic power.

I touched my forehead which at the moment had a blue sword on it. But if I activated my brandings it would also include an intricate spell circle, that would be around it.

'That mage created this on my forehead to grant me vitality and convert my body. Was he skipping the steps and making me become a level 30 mage quickly.'

My heart froze at such a thought, easily made level 30 mages. Such a plan could threaten all of the Rain Kingdom, that Magus' ambition was far too great. But mine was even greater, such a power was something even I desired. The power to confront nations and force others to surrender their will.

My desire to kill the mage and steal his plans grew in my heart with a determination to get stronger. Luckily, I had a great idea inspired by the author.

'I originally came to try something else, but that can wait this is much more important.'

I went home and started to meditate I rotated my sword intent through my body. Then when it peaked its speed, I would start converting them through the lightning bolt. The intent returned as Lightning Sword Intent, that flowed with a heavy domineering power and sharpness. Then I started to channel my magic power which complemented the sword intent.

I used the sword on my glabella in conjunction with my magic power. The magic power darkened to a pure black energy, that intertwined the white of the sword intent.

My Magic Body as the vessel for my True Qi, the dynamism of my Lightning Sword Intent to alter me. It was my first unconscious attempt to unite the two paths, so I decided to do so at a much larger level.

The white sword intent moved around my body like a serpent and the magic power like a true dragon. The two dancing in the heavens were brought down into a mortal's body. The domineering powers mixed creating new transformations in my body. They settled throughout my body as a new ability appeared on my status, illusory body!

But with the appearance of a new skill my stats soared. I had abused my magic power, and sword intent enough. So they all increased by 3 stat point except for magic power. I felt a small step away from the next level, all in one move I had reached half step level 2 from mid-stage level 2.

I clicked on it, and the status appeared.

By using the sword intent you can alter your magic body into an illusory form. In which you can disguise yourself as you please. I exercised Illusory body on my pointer finger. I radiated as intent to increased its size, and an unnoticeable increase happened. My pointer finger grew 3 centimeters, but for me, that inspired great joy.

'I was right it is possible if one is a prophet but impossible as a regular mortal.'

But sadly my level and insufficient magic power weren't enough to do anything significant to change my anatomical structure. At most I could disguise visceral parts of my body right now. A desire ignited in my heart to breakthrough into a mage.

'I can't be rash I need a lot of vitality before I breakthrough.'

Then I remembered the experience with the Sun Saffron, where I could absorb some of the vitality into the spell circle after distilling it. Luckily, at the moment of my awakening, my gifts had arrived. A servant came to my door and knocked. He had two small packages, one that smelled of herbs, and the other of blood.

I took both and told the servant to thank Grandmaster Isaiah and Teacher Elton. I went into my room and opened the packages, and looked through the contents. 30 Sun Saffron stalks with all the distilled water I could possibly desire. Then in the other box, was a small vial of blood.

The blood reeked but had a powerful vitality to it. I was unsure what the blood was but I remembered the gift that Isaiah had mentioned.

A nameless thief is struck with betrayal and tribulations that bring him to his accidental death. But that wasn't the end of him, he came back to life with a new name and a ruthless goal.

Su Yu quietly observed the little devil. She was flipping through some ancient books, furrowing her brows, and scratching her head from time to time. Finally, a smile blossomed on her face.
At the moment, she held an authentic ancient work with a golden cover in her hands, and her facial expression looked as if she had just discovered something precious in the book. It was only after she had spent quite a long time flipping through the book that the little devil finally set it down with a satisfied smile on her face.
She then raised her head suddenly, noticing Su Yu's presence. She was taken by surprise, as she had not expected to run into him.
"Oh, it's brother Yuxian," the little devil ran up to him and exclaimed jubilantly, while putting on a friendly front."You're in Tianya City! No wonder I haven't seen anyone from your faction!" 
Su Yu smiled as he replied, "I didn't think that Wuxie would come to Tianya either, so it has to be fate!"
"Haha, you're right! It really is fate! I wonder which shopkeeper replaced brother Yuxian using the privilege of the Carp Leaping Over Dragon Gate..." Gongsun Wuxie wondered aloud, half smiling. "Looks like you can only replace the shopkeepers of low-class shops..."
This quota had initially belonged to Gongsun Wuxie. She had planned to use it to earn a large number of merit points, then gain the qualification to enter the Glittering Jewel Wonderland.
She detested the fact that Su Yu had hindered her and taken the quota from her, leaving her with no other other options but to take on dangerous and troublesome missions. Last time, she nearly lost her life to the Ghost Buddha, but was fortunately rescued by a mysterious young expert.
"Right. It was a small, low-class shop that was in a great amount of debt," Su Yu said, not holding back. "Wuxie, don't you want to earn merit points? Did you come to Tianya to carry out some mission?"
Gongsun Wuxie nodded and gloated, "Ghost List released a new mission right after you left. Since the senior brother who was in charge of this mission hadn't made any progress in three years, he had to give up. This mission is worth 100,000 merit points."
What she was implying was that even though Su Yu had deprived her of her privileges, he himself had missed out on another mission that was worth a lot of merit points in the process.
Su Yu laughed inwardly as he thought... The little devil almost died at the hands of the Ghost Buddha! How dare she bring this up?
"Is that true? Have you accomplished the mission?" he asked, pretending to be surprised.
He had a rueful look on his face, which was the exact look that she was waiting for. At that moment, she felt unimaginably pleased.
Then, as she threw both of her braids behind her head, she burst out laughing, then asked, "Hahaha, don't you know who I am? I could end the Ghost Buddha's life with one snap of my fingers! Haven't you heard about the Three Murders Gang's leader's death?"
Su Yu had an unnatural look on his face as he replied in shock, "Yes, I have. But, how is the Three Murders Gang's leader related to the Ghost Buddha? Is it possible that you killed the wrong person?"
His reply earned a disdainful look from the little devil. Then, feeling extremely delighted inside, she laughed out loud, then said, "Stupid! Do you still not understand? The Three Murders Gang is the infamous Ghost Buddha!"
"What? You killed the Ghost Buddha?" Su Yu was stunned. Then, with her hands behind her back, the little devil asked smugly, "Haha, don't you admire me?"
"So, it seems like you've received 300,000 merit points?" Su Yu asked. He looked as if he was jealous.
The more Su Yu behaved this way, the happier the little devil became. She thought... Now that you're jealous of me, you probably are realizing that you never should have taken away my privileges in the first place!
"Needless to say, of course, I've gotten all of my 300,000 merit points," the little devil proclaimed with an upturned nose. All the while, her eyes appeared to be asking, "What do you think?" 
Su Yu's facial expression changed a few times before he finally sighed. He looked upset as he asked, "How did you manage to defeat and kill the Ghost Buddha?"
The little devil laughed, then bragged, "Ha! Are you doubting my capabilities? Don't you know that when the Ghost Buddha heard my famous name, Gongsun Wuxie, he was scared to death?"
She then added, "At first, there was an ignorant fellow, who thought of tackling the Ghost Buddha, but he was ruthlessly beaten up!"
The little devil then described how disheveled the beaten-up fellow was, while using exaggerated gestures and facial expressions. She then said, "I'm the one who finally came to save the day, clobbering the Ghost Buddha until there was nothing left of him!"
She patted her chest with pride, then said, "That fellow was so very grateful to me that he gave me something extremely precious as a thank you gift."
Su Yu was speechless. He thought that what she was saying was ridiculous as he listened to the little devil's shameless distortion of the truth.
"Oh I see. It sounds like you're really amazing," Su Yu said, while feigning being impressed.
Gongsun Wuxie crossed her arms over her chest, feeling incredibly proud. She then said, "Of course, I really do have great powers!"
Her mood had improved after she bragged for quite a while, so she no longer minded how Su Yu had seized her privileges.
At that moment, she tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Alright, I'm going back to the faction. You should carry on working as the shopkeeper here."
Su Yu could not help but laugh as he watched Gongsun Wuxie leave. He wondered… What would she think if she knew that she had been bragging to the mysterious senior who saved her?
Su Yu then stepped into the bookshop, while shaking his head. It was quite deserted in the bookshop, and only a handful of people were quietly browsing for ancient books.
"Hello, sir. What kind of books were you looking for?" a young servant asked as he walked toward Su Yu with a warm smile on his face.
Su Yu scanned the surroundings, then calmly inquired, "What is the price per hour for borrowing books?"
The young servant smiled, then replied, "The cost is 10,000 crystals for an hour."
Su Yu was utterly shocked by this amount. It was not that he did not have that many crystals, but this price was truly exorbitant!
At that moment, Su Yu saw a customer making a payment. Su Yu could clearly see that the customer had paid only 10 crystals.
Su Yu quickly did some calculations in his head, figuring that, based on the price that the sales clerk had just quoted to him, that meant that a single minute was worth 150 crystals. However, that customer was here before Su Yu arrived, so he surely must have spent at least a few minutes here with the books already.
So, Su Yu had to wonder... How is it possible that this customer only needed to pay 10 crystals?
Su Yu could not help but stare at the young servant. This was because he had suddenly noticed a vague taunting look in the customer's eyes. Also, Su Yu had suddenly recognized that the young man was glancing at the Red Blood Palace symbol that was on his chest.
"Are you intentionally making things difficult for me because of my identity?" Su Yu asked.
He suddenly recalled that Tianya was situated at the border between the Red Blood Palace and the Central Prefecture. This meant that a lot of influential people in the city bore grudges and were hostile toward the Blessed and Heavenly Lands.
For example, the martial artists of the Central Prefecture could purchase a rare elixir with 10 crystals, but the same elixir would be sold to the students of the Blessed and Heavenly Lands for a far more expensive price of 20 crystals. The same situations happened to the martial artists and the students of the Red Blood Palace and the Purple Cloud Palace.
Su Yu had noticed similar happenings in the account book when he was appointed as the shopkeeper of Tonglin Elixir Store. In light of this, it seemed like his hunches were right, and the bookshop before him was clearly founded by an influential person from the Central Prefecture.
Since Gongsun Wuxie was dressed in casual attire, the servant failed to recognize the Red Blood Palace symbol and did not bother her. However, Su Yu was troubled, as he was wearing his Red Blood Palace uniform. 
At that point, any ordinary student of the Red Blood Palace would have left for the sake of dignity. But, not Su Yu.
With a tinge of coldness flickering in his eyes, Su Yu nodded slightly, then said, "Great. That's it then… 10,000 crystals for an hour. I don't mind the crystals."
The servant's smile froze when he heard that Su Yu agreed to the price instead of leaving with anger, and he thought... Is this man a fool? Who could afford such a price?
"What's wrong now? Won't you allow me to borrow and read?" Su Yu asked, while casting him a sideways glance.
The servant just could not understand why Su Yu would be so foolish and gullible to accept such an offer! Nonetheless, he knew that it would be unforgivable if he let such a lamb escape, willingly wanting to be slaughtered, escape!
"Haha, please come in, old man. We will begin calculating your total price once you start turning the pages. Which book would you like to take a look at first?" The servant was secretly scorning Su Yu, but he had a bright smile on his face to hide it.
Su Yu glanced around the shop, then said coldly, "Get me all of the books regarding curses, spiritual rocks, and jades."
The servant became even more scornful as he thought to himself... Is this man an imbecile? How can he possibly finish reading all three types of books in such a short time? Moreover, it's a huge bookshop, so those three types of books could number in the hundreds!
"Are you sure, old man?" the servant asked with a fake smile.
Su Yu shot him a sideways glance, then asked, "Have I not made myself clear, or are you deaf? Get me all of the ancient books of those three types of genres! And… Bring me the golden ancient authentic work as well!"
As Su Yu spoke, he pointed to the ancient book with the golden cover that Gongsun Wuxie was flipping through just now. The servant was slightly angered by this, but he kept it to himself and forced a smile as he replied, "Alright. Would you prefer the stone-rubbed version or the authentic-writing version?"
"I want all of the relevant stone-rubbed and authentic-writing versions!" Su Yu said in a low voice.
The servant looked at him with disdain as he reminded Su Yu, "Old man, let me inform you beforehand, we have a rule here that says that all of the books have to be read in the shop. Bringing them outside is not allowed! So, you'd have to finish reading them before you leave!"
The servant knew that there were so many books, and he couldn't imagine how anyone could finish reading them without spending several days and nights doing so. Moreover, if the price followed the rate of 10,000 crystals per hour, even the Almighty Divine Masters could not afford to read for much longer than one day's session. 
Thinking of this made the servant even more curious to see how long this martial artist from the Red Blood Palace could last before giving up. Upon seeing the smug look on the servant's face, Su Yu became angered.
"Well? Just do as I say and go get the books!" Su Yu scolded the servant with a stern face.
Although the servant was infuriated, he had to contain his anger. After all, his low status as a servant did not give him the right to argue openly with customers. So, with the help of a few others, he clumsily scoured the bookshops and found all three types of the books and the ancient authentic work with the golden cover. 
"Old man, the books are all here, so feel free to help yourself," the servant said as he laid down the books and retreated with the others, while staring at Su Yu with cold eyes.
The servants all stealthily exchanged words among themselves via their Vital Energies.
"Zhao Chuan, isn't this too much? I mean, 10,000 crystals per hour is a lot of money! I think that he may just be looking for trouble." One of the servants was clearly worried about the situation.
Zhao Chuan, who was the initial servant that helped Su Yu, smiled, then responded, "So what if he is looking for trouble? Why would the Shizhen Bookyard be scared of that? We're not afraid of him!"
Upon hearing that, the servants quietly nodded in agreement. Since the Shizhen Bookyard had a fifth-grade Almighty as its backer, it was uncommon for people to behave recklessly in the bookshop, and its employees certainly weren't scared of many people.
Another servant hesitated before asking, "What if he manages to actually finish reading all of these books?"
Zhao Chuan snorted, then said, "That'll be even better. It'll take a few days and nights for someone to finish reading a few hundred books. Moreover, there are lots of difficult words from different languages, so he surely won't be able to read them all in less than 10 days. So… We'll just have to wait for his payment of crystals! Haha!"
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Su Yu had undoubtedly had an ample amount of confidence when he had asked for that many books. After taking in a light breath, Su Yu secretly operated the power of time, propelling himself into the state in which time was accelerated by 400 times its normal speed.
Thus, in the blink of an eye, Su Yu finished reading books that it would usually take the time to empty a teapot to read. This was helped by the fact that Su Yu had mastered the basics of words from different languages.
Hence, the foreign words in the ancient books, which seemed difficult to most people, were similar to human words to Su Yu. Therefore, Su Yu was turning the pages very quickly, and when all was said and done, he only spent an hour to finish each book.
Thus, in the servants' eyes, Su Yu appeared like an illusionary shadow, one who could finish a book within ten breaths' time! They even beheld the scene in awe as the books chafed against the air to produce sparks and flames as Su Yu was turning the books' pages at an extremely fast rate.
The scene left everyone with their jaws agape. Even Zhao Chuan was dumbfounded and unable to believe his eyes.
All in all, Su Yu spent what it would have taken any normal person in a normal world more than 300 hours, which was equivalent to thirteen days, to complete reading over 300 books. But, in reality, only about half an hour had passed in the external world.
Upon finishing reading, Su Yu's eyes became bloodshot and he looked slightly haggard. But, after such a labor, the outcome was sweet. Su Yu had discovered some of his most desired answers from the few hundred precious ancient documents.
"Fire Essence Jade can be refined into inner fire!" Su Yu exclaimed in surprise.
After all, Fire Essence Jade was a jade essence that was produced during a few hundred year process by a great fire. As such, every drop was worth up to a million crystals. So, they were valuable yet lacking an ideal market.
Although it had a variety of uses, it was mainly used as a material in crafting top-grade spiritual artifacts. Some fire-based top-grade spiritual artifacts could be greatly upgraded by it, and their powers could also be enhanced when added with fire essence, thus making them nearly compatible with the prototypes of fairy artifacts.
During the ancient era, it was a priceless treasure that many people had strived to own. However, as it was a treasure that had been born from a harsh environment, it was extremely rare and hard to find. It was only after learning this that Su Yu understood how unimaginably valuable it was.
However, Su Yu had discovered yet another use of Fire Essence Jade in a non-mainstream ancient book. Apparently, it could also be used to strengthen the body.
If one was able to sustain the destructive high temperature of the fire essence, that person could then merge the fire essence into the body, hence refining the characteristics of the fire essence.
Different fire essences possessed different extraordinary characteristics. For instance, some had absorbed the fire poison for a hundred years, which meant that they possessed extremely acute poison. Others had been tempered thousands of times, so they were deathless and burned eternally once they were ignited.
The characteristic contained by the little devil's fire essence was still unknown. If it could be refined and integrated into the body, then Su Yu would be able to master its characteristics.
The only troublesome thing was that fire essence was extremely precarious, and as such, not even the All Creation strong men dared to touch it at times. Therefore, refining it and integrating it into the body was very risky.
Fortunately, mankind's Divine Masters from the ancient era found a stabilizing method, which was to use a water-based material to mediate the destructive power of the fire essence by applying the counteracting interaction between water and fire. This enabled the fire essence to be safely introduced into the body.
When Su Yu read about this method, it had aroused his interest. Now, he had the desire to search for the water-based material right away.
It was said that the third-grade Almighty martial artists from the ancient era used to refine drops of fire essence with drops of millenary water extract. And… As it turned out, Su Yu had acquired a rare property of fire essence, the Fire of the Heart! Now, whenever he was against an opponent, the Fire of the Heart would be activated if the attacker approached within ten feet.
The results depended on the severity of the variables. The less severe fire could disturb the opponent's heart and blood, making them prone to errors. The more severe fire could drive the opponent into a state of obsession, forcing him to descend into madness and even death.
Thinking of all of this was truly terrifying. As such, even the sixth-grade Almighty dared not to provoke him, who was merely a third-grade. If Su Yu could also acquire an element from this drop of jade essence, he could definitely boost his strength exponentially!


A decision can destroy the sun, moon and stars. A finger can kill the Heavenly Overlord. While chatting, the Heaven and ten worlds can be annihilated.
A poor little kid walks out from a remote mountain area while holding the Nine Dragons and the Incredible Cauldron. With a control over the time and space eternally, he embarks on the Path to God where he defies the odds of the boundless universe gaudily by fighting against royalty and clashing with the legendary generation.

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