Lane Norfolk has been exiled. Cast out from his family, and let loose into the world. From his sunny home in California, he has been chased into the deep cold of Alaska here though something changes. He discovers the presence of power in the world.

The weak are no longer the weak and the strong are no longer the strong in this new world.

"Grr… Arf!"
The loud bark startled everyone, and the crowd promptly backed away toward both ends of the shopping center.
The younger black-and-white Alaskan Malamute simply could not win against the adult and was promptly slammed to the ground. With that, the larger one looked up at the woman—the owner of its defeated opponent with a fearsome glint in its eyes!
Oh, no!
Having the experience of a level two purple-expert Hunter, Wang Kui's eyes were trained enough to tell that the large Alaskan Malamute was turning feral!
And in the next instant, the Alaskan Malamute had lunged toward the young woman. 
"Big Butt!"
Wang Kui bellowed, releasing his hold on its leash—he had to save her!
And since dogs moved quicker than humans, he needed to get Big Butt to draw the other dog's attention!
In the next instant, Big Butt did not hesitate to charge forward, its heel tendons and paws transmitting energy to every inch of muscle like a rotating gear, allowing it to dash forward at an astonishing speed!
"Woof!"
As it ran, Big Butt let out an almost bloodthirsty bark that immediately caught the attention of the Alaskan Malamute.
The other adult dog was more than a meter long and appeared heavier than an adult man. Being a species from the polar regions that bestowed its kind powerful muscles and steel-like bones, it looked just like a red-brown bear with its fur!
"Arf!"
As if interested in the new opponent, the giant Alaskan Malamute gave up on the woman and charged toward Big Butt!
Their resounding barks left the other dogs present averting their eyes!
However, although the Alaskan Malamute was twice the size of Big Butt, Big Butt lunged at it regardless.
After all, hunting dogs never backed down, and all that mattered was their master's orders!
The two dogs hence collided in the air, growling like monsters.
With a loud thud, both dogs slammed onto the ground! 
Oh, my God! 
Even though the wolfdog was half the size of the Alaskan Malamute, they were fighting as equals!
[Whoa! Has Big Butt always been that fierce?!]
[It won't be able to defeat the Alaskan Malamute, would it? The difference in size is so obvious!]
[Why not? Big Butt is trained in hunting live prey. Would domesticated dogs be a match for a dog that often kills?]
***
However, just as one of Wang Kui's viewers commented that… 
Big Butt promptly turned… and ran?
Yes!
It was actually running away, and it was running in Wang Kui's direction!
However, it was not to flee!
To put it in another perspective, it was drawing the other dog toward its master!
At the same time, Wang Kui, who was almost reaching them, saw that the Alaskan Malamute was being lured toward him. Not only was he not intimidated, but he also dashed forward even quicker!
With his strengthened adrenaline glands bursting and rapidly secreting more hormones, his blood pumped wildly throughout his body like gasoline, igniting every muscle cell he had!
All at once, his Armed Police's close-quarter combat training turned into reality. 
He strode forward and pivoted, twisting his hip and raising his knee, his thigh accelerating as rapidly as a steel whip!
A dash forward and a whip of a kick!
His shoe slammed down on the dog as his leg left a gust of wind in its wake that left the head spinning, hitting the charging Alaskan Malamute squarely on the head!
Pow!
"Yip!"
A loud thud could be heard, and the massive Alaskan Malamute dropped to the ground, whining!
At the same time, Big Butt screeched to a halt, turned, and lunged forward, a bloody glint in its eye!
"No biting!"
Wang Kui barked. A fearsome aura surrounding him, he grabbed the massive Alaskan Malamute by the leash and lifted it!
Oh my gosh!
Though it weighed over a hundred catties, the dog was lifted into the air just like that! 
"Where's the owner?! Where are they?!"
His loud bellow resounded throughout the scene, and even the bustling crowd in the distance stopped talking and looked toward him!
"Over here, over here!"
That was when a bespectacled man with a square face and appeared a little academic but weak panickily ran toward him, phone in hand. "Sorry, bro! Really sorry! My wife called me just now, and when I wasn't looking…"
"Go check on that woman right now!"
Wang Kui promptly cut him short.
"Yes, of course!"
The man promptly ran toward the young woman who had fallen from his dog's lunging. 
When he had answered the call, he did not notice that his dog's leash had slipped from his grasp. He did not even realize it when he heard the scream, and he had been dumbstruck when he saw that his dog had pounced on someone.
In fact, he had only came to his senses after Wang Kui had bellowed for the dog's owner twice!
"Arf! Woof!"
"Still fighting?!'
Seeing that the Alaskan Malamute was still struggling, Wang Kui kicked it in the ribs, and it closed its eyes, tearing up from the pain.
The last kick had struck it squarely atop its snout, while the kick in the ribs had also been aimed true at its heart and lungs beneath its bones. All of those were weaknesses of the animal, and it directly triggered its tear glands.
Moreover, with Big Butt leering at it from nearby, the massive Alaskan Malamute lowered its head, stuck out its tongue, and gave up. 
[Incredible! It's crying!]
[Homework Is Piling gifted streamer Bank Card x5!—that combo was so awesome!]
[Zaun Gotta Run gifted Airplanes x1!—Are you still insisting you don't know martial arts?]
[Old Kui must have trained! That flying spin kick was so cool!]
***
Wang Kui had been carrying the camera, and everyone could clearly see what had happened. 
That was when the young woman came to him with her wounded dog. Having been helped up by the man just now, she was only bruised and not bitten. "Sob… thank you, handsome, really, thank you… I would be dead if not for you!"
She was in shock.
It was normal, however, since anyone would be left shaking when a dog that huge lunged toward them.
"It's fine. Bro, learn your lesson this time and always keep an eye on your dog! I suggest you take it to a professional pet tamer as well since that dog is very wild and extremely territorial. I'm sure you must have almost been bitten yourself…"
Wang Kui returned the Alaskan Malamute's leash to the man, and the latter kept nodding in gratitude. If his dog had really hurt the woman, it would not just be a matter of monetary damages!
After they had headed to a hospital, the people around them promptly surrounded Wang Kui.
"Impressive! You're incredible, kid!"
"You must have trained before, right? Your moves were slick!"
"Your wolfdog is so obedient, too—it attacks and stops when told…. If not for your voice, I think this dog would have torn that Alaskan Malamute to bits!"
Everyone was beside themselves with envy.
And it was certainly true.
If Wang Kui had not shouted and kept Big Butt in line, its ferocity meant that it would have bitten through the neck of the Alaskan Malamute!
"Handsome, can I add you on WeChat? My poodle is usually quite fierce, I wonder if you could help me out?" 
That was when a young, beautiful lady with puffy hair and a pale-yellow dress approached him.
[Are you asking for your dog here?]
[Even I am too embarrassed to expose you!]
The female fans in Wang Kui's channel all spammed emojis of disdain right then.
At that point, seeing that the crowd around him was getting ever larger, Wang Kui threw out an escape line to slip away. "I'm not a dog breeder. Ask professionals if you need help!"
He only breathed a sigh of relief when he finally made it out of the street.
In his channel, the men and ladies were now two factions. Some were telling him to have tea and small-talk with the ladies, while others were telling him to get home right away since even boys should learn to protect themselves when they were outside.
Regardless, everyone had endless praise for Big Butt's competence, especially at its luring tactic halfway through the confrontation.
Generally speaking, most fierce dogs would simply lunge at their opponent without regard for anything and continue biting away.
On the other hand, Big Butt understood its quarry and had even made an opening for its owner. That point alone made it peerless!
Such was the difference between hunting dogs and your ordinary mutt!
Every aspect about them was built for the hunt, and they followed their orders to the letter!
Wang Kui himself did not expect that their partnership would prove so effective. 
The audience then impatiently asked when he would return to the wild for another hunt, just so they could see Big Butt's true potential!
It was not as though he had not checked his System Quests, but each new hunt and bounty came every week, and the quest interface usually resembled a radar.
After each scan, there would be many red dots over the map, some of which were large, and others small, and some were concentrated, while others were sparse.
However, Wang Kui knew that those were hunting quests with bounties posted in the real world.
Returning home, he rewarded Big Butt with a spinal bone and logged off the stream after having another little chat with his audience.
Then, over the next few days, while he waited for his next quest…
Aside from studying hosting with Zhao Zhongheng, Wang Kui would bring Big Butt up the mountains of Shengyang to stream their training. After all, there were few people up there, and it was safer for Big Butt to practice pouncing.
It was worth mentioning that thanks to old Zhao's attentive preparations, his TikTok account now had over fifty thousand fans, though it did take quite an effort to convert those numbers to his Tigerfish viewership.
Then, three days later…
[Beep!]
His quest radar refreshed, and there was now a red dot toward the southern region of the country!
Wang Kui promptly turned on his interface, clicked on it, and gasped.
Are you kidding me, System?!
Are you having me hunt… a hunter?!


“Now, repeat after me: Blade, slice the snow eagle with your fury. Mountain, boldly take to the skies…”
Deep within the Congo Basin in Africa, Wang Kui was teaching a tribe of primitive fighters the art of shouting into the microphone while livestreaming.  This was the first day Wang Kui had arrived in West Africa, where he started out by helping the tribe develop as well as repel attacking cannibals.  
The deep sea fishing competition in North America, chasing snow leopards on Everest, killing giant bats amidst the bushfires in Australia, fighting grizzlies bare-handed in Canada! 
I am Wang Kui, a hunter who livestreams in the wildlands… and I always start out alone, with a single blade and a dog… which killed humans before!


We got off at the Alaska Peninsula located south of Alaska's mainland. Our plan was to travel up.
"Aren't fresh Alaskan salmon delicious, Oppa?"
"It's spring right now. Salmons come back during autumn when it's their breeding season, so it should be hard to find them now."
"What about bears?"
"Alaska's well-known for their grizzly bears, also known as Kodiak grizzlies."
"Bear paws!"
"Oh, I've had bear paws before. The things I had to do to have a taste of it…"
"Wow, really? I want to try it too!"
Yua's eyes shone brightly. It seemed Yua was interested in Alaskan delicacies. When I was thirteen, I had come to Alaska with Father for training, and I had to hunt a Alaskan grizzly bear with a wooden spear. Alaska grizzly bears were notorious for being as frightening as polar bears! Just thinking about the past made my gnash my teeth.
I wanted to throw Father in front of a grizzly bear as revenge, but since he could easily stab a grizzly bear to death, I couldn't even call it revenge. Thankfully, I had somehow managed to survive and even ate the paw of the bear I caught. Sadly, it wasn't even that tasty, especially considering I had almost lost my life…

In any case, I had come to Alaska before and I could tell how much Alaska had changed. I decided to be honest with Yua.
"I doubt any grizzly bears are alive in Alaska."
"… Ah."
Because of its beautiful natural scenery, many tourists used to visit Alaska. But now, Alaska's precipitous mountains, icy rivers, and wild animals were all gone as if the entire land had been recreated.
"Wow, look at that mountain, Shin! It looks higher than Everest!"
"I can hear, a howl. Emperor of the mountain."
"It looks like a monster replaced Alaskan grizzly bears as Alaska's strongest."
"Hiing, my bear paw…"
Despite what everyone else thought, we weren't here to sightsee. I had Daisy summon her super-massive tuna undead, Aikan, and we began our travel. Of course, since we couldn't ignore the monsters in our way, I decided to borrow Dortu's power.
[I am Dortu. I will work hard and waste time with Master today.]
"No, Dortu, we're not wasting time today. Also, don't say that when I summon you."
[I am Dortu…]
I transferred my thought to Dortu, and he immediately began to make metallic fragments around us. It looked as though we were in the middle of the milky way.
"Wow, how beautiful, Oppa!"
"It won't just be beautiful. Also, from now on, don't look at Oppa's face. Daisy and Ye-Eun, the same goes for you guys too."
My Evil Eyes of Petrification didn't indiscriminately petrify everything around it. What I was worried about was the effect of my charm. I could easily exclude them from my charm's effect, but I couldn't say for certain that they would be excluded completely.
Once Dortu's metallic fragments spread far, I began to slowly release the charm I had trapped inside me. After obtaining Lilith's power, I could recognize the charm within my body as something like a fragrance. Not only did was it easier to control my charm, but releasing it from a single part of my body also became possible. Currently, I was pouring my charm out through my eyes.
The surroundings turned bright. The light let out by the Evil Eyes reflected off the millions of mirror fragments. Of course, it didn't just end there. As Aikan was purposely crying out, all land-based, river-based, and sky-based monsters were paying attention to us. They were then exposed to the light of my Evil Eyes, and the result was to be expected.

"Wow…!"
"Yua, let your kids out on the ground. I'm going to unpetrify them once they shatter and die."
"Yes, Oppa!"
Following what I said, Yua released Luna and her mantises. Meanwhile, Daisy's expression changed when she saw every living being turning into stone..
"Evil Eyes' power, amplifying?"
"It's because Dortu is an elemental connected to me. It uses a lot of mana though."
It was also possible thanks to my mana nearing one million points. Not to mention, I was constantly absorbing atmospheric mana with Absolute Soul and Peruta Circuit. My entire existence was like a giant magnet attracting nearby mana.
"You shouldn't try it, Daisy. Your Evil Eyes and mine have completely different effects."
"I won't. Reading the thoughts of thousands at once, just thinking about it gives me a headache."
With that, Daisy stared at Yua's tamed monsters breaking the petrified monsters and eating them, then raised her head and spoke.
"Kang Shin, petrifiable monsters, how strong?"
"Up to SSS rank, probably?"
"Everything that's alive?"
"Yeah, it doesn't work on inanimate objects for now."
I replied as I rubbed the reddish-black horn on my forehead. As I was using my charm, the horn was giving off slight heat. I could feel that my Evil Eyes could still evolve.
"If Kang Shin gets stronger, everything weaker than Kang Shin, can be petrified instantly."
"I doubt a day like that will come."
"… If that happens, how is Kang Shin, different from a god?"
"Hm?"
I looked back at Daisy. She blushed.
"Are you, seducing me?"
"No, sorry."
"But Shin's name is already Shin!" [*]
While I quickly turned away, Ye-Eun erased the strange air between us with her stupid comment. I laughed, but Daisy looked back down on the ground filling up with stones and spoke.
"Incomprehensible sight. Even I'm, getting scared."

I shrugged. Even if I became much stronger, I didn't think I would ever be strong enough to petrify someone like Daisy. Of course, there was no reason for me to petrify my precious friend either. In my opinion, there was no need for Daisy to be scared of me.
But it seemed Daisy thought otherwise.
"Kang Shin's Evil Eyes, I looked down on them at first. But if what I said happens…"
"Yeah?"
"Kang Shin will, receive the awe of all people. Might become… a real god."
"That sounds so ridiculous, I don't know even where to begin."
"Kang Shin, even if you become a god."
"Like I said, that won't happen."
Daisy held my shoulders and spoke.
"Don't abandon me."
"I won't, geez."
"You'll get cursed with sore feet, after walking less than ten li." [**]
"How would a god get sore feet? It's nice to know you're adapting well to living in Korea though."
"Shin, you won't abandon me either, right?"
"Of course not."
I was worried Yua would join in on this talk but she was thankfully uninterested. She was simply cheering on her pets.
"Luna, don't eat that! It's dirty! Guys, there are lots to eat on the left!"
"Wow, look at those mantises eat."
"It's a bit gory objectively speaking, but then again, we've been killing monsters for a long time…"
"Killing tens of thousands of monsters, just with a blink of an eye. Kang Shin has no persuasiveness."
Yua's mantises shattered the stones and happily ate the corpses of the monsters. The ground became dyed in fresh blood, bone fragments, and flesh. As the mantises only needed to eat what I petrified, they quickly gobbled them up and chased after us. Daisy also released her undead army on the ground and cleaned up any monsters that the mantises missed.

"Monster, massacre."
"I want to hunt them too… I'm getting all itchy."
"Don't take out your dagger here, Ye-Eun. It's scary."
The galaxy made out of Dortu's metallic mirrors stretched out from the sky to the ground and petrified everything in its range. Although we had to slow down from time to time to let the mantises catch up, by the time we went through 90 percent of the Alaska Peninsula, it was only lunch time. Since we left Korea in the morning, only about an hour of time had passed.
"Emperor of the mountain, looking forward to it."
Daisy spoke with sparkling eyes while we were eating the meat of a wolf Luna brought back. I then realized that we were flying over the mountain we saw when we first arrived in Alaska. This mountain was where we heard the thunderous howl.
The Alaska Peninsula was originally famous for its Aleutian Mountain Range. Now, that mountain range was gone and replaced by a massive mountain. This probably couldn't be called Aleutian any longer.
"Let's go inland following the mountain."
"Yes, Oppa!"
I spoke apathetically while biting down on a wolf's leg. I wanted to reclaim Greenland under two days, but we weren't even half-way done with Alaska. Since I couldn't feel the energy Ciara talked about here, I just wanted to get this place over with as quickly as possible.
Suddenly, in the middle of bulldozing through any monsters we came across, we heard its howl once again.
[Guaaaaaang!]
I raised my head. After confirming that source of the cry, I looked back to the others and asked quietly.
"… Did the succubi report on the monsters here?"
"Mm… They said they didn't go deep in and that this place had the highest concentration of energy in all of Alaska. But they said it was all the same for Oppa."
Yua tilted her head as she retorted. I see. I nodded my head. I remembered hearing about it. Indeed, I could feel an energy different than normal mana from this mountain, but it was still only like a carbonated drink to someone like me.
"We might have to fight the biggest monster we've fought so far."
"Yes?"
Yua asked curiously. Without speaking, I pointed at the peak of the mountain in front of us. Everyone could immediately see a red lump hanging onto the peak as though it was a koala hanging on a tree.
"Oppa, is that alive?"
"Yep."
I nodded. Almost like it heard me, the monster howled once again.
[Guooooooooong!]
"Making a soda can for that guy is going to be a bit hard."
Was this to make up for the grizzly bear we couldn't see!? Just look at the size of that thing!
"Bear paw, can you make it for us?"
"Yeah, but you have to eat it all. You'll be eating it for ten years straight."
I held up my spear as I joked. My Evil Eyes had already covered this entire region. Since it wasn't petrified, I had to fight it myself.
"It's coming!"
"Wow, a mountain peak just crumbled!"
"Grind your dagger well, though it might not go through that thing!"
With that, I jumped off. SSS rank my ass, that thing might as well be the successor of the Beast King!
[*] Remember, Shin means "god" in Korean
[**] A line from a traditional Korean song called Arirang.

The second moon marked the beginning of a revolutionary change.

With the emergence of monsters and dungeons in modern society, and the ability users who fights against them, the world faces a shift in its paradigm.

It heralds the advent of a new energy source and the decline of traditional occupations.

Common sense thus becomes uncommon sense, and imagination becomes reality.

I don't own this novel.

I'm publishing it there to read it offline and save it from the oblivion.

We got off at the Alaska Peninsula located south of Alaska's mainland. Our plan was to travel up.

"Aren't fresh Alaskan salmon delicious, Oppa?"

"It's spring right now. Salmons come back during autumn when it's their breeding season, so it should be hard to find them now."

"What about bears?"

"Alaska's well-known for their grizzly bears, also known as Kodiak grizzlies."

"Bear paws!"

"Oh, I've had bear paws before. The things I had to do to have a taste of it…"

"Wow, really? I want to try it too!"

Yua's eyes shone brightly. It seemed Yua was interested in Alaskan delicacies. When I was thirteen, I had come to Alaska with Father for training, and I had to hunt an Alaskan grizzly bear with a wooden spear. Alaska grizzly bears were notorious for being as frightening as polar bears! Just thinking about the past made me gnash my teeth.

I wanted to throw my father in front of a grizzly bear as revenge, but since he could easily stab a grizzly bear to death, I couldn't even call it revenge. Thankfully, I had somehow managed to survive and even ate the paw of the bear I caught. Sadly, it wasn't even that tasty, especially considering I had almost lost my life…

In any case, I had come to Alaska before and I could tell how much Alaska had changed. I decided to be honest with Yua.

"I doubt any grizzly bears are alive in Alaska."

"… Ah."

Because of its beautiful natural scenery, many tourists used to visit Alaska. But now, Alaska's precipitous mountains, icy rivers, and wild animals were all gone as if the entire land had been recreated.

"Wow, look at that mountain, Shin! It looks higher than Everest!"

"I can hear, a howl. Emperor of the mountain."

"It looks like a monster replaced Alaskan grizzly bears as Alaska's strongest."

"Hiing, my bear paw…"

Despite what everyone else thought, we weren't here to sightsee. I had Daisy summon her super-massive tuna undead, Aikan, and we began our travel. Of course, since we couldn't ignore the monsters in our way, I decided to borrow Dortu's power.

[I am Dortu. I will work hard and waste time with my Master's today.]

"No, Dortu, we're not wasting time today. Also, don't say that when I summon you."

[I am Dortu…]

I transferred my thought to Dortu, and he immediately began to make metallic fragments around us. It looked as though we were in the middle of the milky way.

"Wow, how beautiful, Oppa!"

"It won't just be beautiful. Also, from now on, don't look at Oppa's face. Daisy and Ye-Eun, the same goes for you guys too."

My Evil Eyes of Petrification didn't indiscriminately petrify everything around it. What I was worried about was the effect of my charm. I could easily exclude them from my charm's effect, but I couldn't say for certain that they would be excluded completely.

Once Dortu's metallic fragments spread far, I began to slowly release the charm I had trapped inside me. After obtaining Lilith's power, I could recognize the charm within my body as something like a fragrance. Not only was it easier to control my charm, but releasing it from a single part of my body also became possible. Currently, I was pouring my charm out through my eyes.

The surroundings turned bright. The light let out by the Evil Eyes reflected off the millions of mirror fragments. Of course, it didn't just end there. As Aikan was purposely crying out, all land-based, river-based, and sky-based monsters were paying attention to us. They were then exposed to the light of my Evil Eyes, and the result was to be expected.

"Wow…!"

"Yua, let your kids out on the ground. I'm going to unpetrify them once they shatter and die."

"Yes, Oppa!"

Following what I said, Yua released Luna and her mantises. Meanwhile, Daisy's expression changed when she saw every living being turning into stone..

"Evil Eyes' power, amplifying?"

"It's because Dortu is an elemental connected to me. It uses a lot of mana though."

It was also possible thanks to my mana nearing one million points. Not to mention, I was constantly absorbing atmospheric mana with Absolute Soul and Peruta Circuit. My entire existence was like a giant magnet attracting nearby mana.

"You shouldn't try it, Daisy. Your Evil Eyes and mine have completely different effects."

"I won't. Reading the thoughts of thousands at once, just thinking about it gives me a headache."

With that, Daisy stared at Yua's tamed monsters breaking the petrified monsters and eating them, then raised her head and spoke.

"Kang Shin, petrifiable monsters, how strong?"

"Up to SSS rank, probably?"

"Everything that's alive?"

"Yeah, it doesn't work on inanimate objects for now."

I replied as I rubbed the reddish-black horn on my forehead. As I was using my charm, the horn was giving off slight heat. I could feel that my Evil Eyes could still evolve.

"If Kang Shin gets stronger, everything weaker than Kang Shin, can be petrified instantly."

"I doubt a day like that will come."

"… If that happens, how is Kang Shin, different from a god?"

"Hm?"

I looked back at Daisy. She blushed.

"Are you, seducing me?"

"No, sorry."

"But Shin's name is already Shin!" [1]

While I quickly turned away, Ye-Eun erased the strange air between us with her stupid comment. I laughed, but Daisy looked back down on the ground filling up with stones and spoke.

"Incomprehensible sight. Even I'm, getting scared."

I shrugged. Even if I became much stronger, I didn't think I would ever be strong enough to petrify someone like Daisy. Of course, there was no reason for me to petrify my precious friend either. In my opinion, there was no need for Daisy to be scared of me.

But it seemed Daisy thought otherwise.

"Kang Shin's Evil Eyes, I looked down on them at first. But if what I said happens…"

"Yeah?"

"Kang Shin will, receive the awe of all people. Might become… a real god."

"That sounds so ridiculous, I don't know even where to begin."

"Kang Shin, even if you become a god."

"As I said, that won't happen."

Daisy held my shoulders and spoke.

"Don't abandon me."

"I won't, geez."

"You'll get cursed with sore feet, after walking less than ten li." [2]

"How would a god get sore feet? It's nice to know you're adapting well to living in Korea though."

"Shin, you won't abandon me either, right?"

"Of course not."

I was worried Yua would join in on this talk but she was thankfully uninterested. She was simply cheering on her pets.

"Luna, don't eat that! It's dirty! Guys, there are lots to eat on the left!"

"Wow, look at those mantises eat."

"It's a bit gory objectively speaking, but then again, we've been killing monsters for a long time…"

"Killing tens of thousands of monsters, just with a blink of an eye. Kang Shin has no persuasiveness."

Yua's mantises shattered the stones and happily ate the corpses of the monsters. The ground became dyed in fresh blood, bone fragments, and flesh. As the mantises only needed to eat what I petrified, they quickly gobbled them up and chased after us. Daisy also released her undead army on the ground and cleaned up any monsters that the mantises missed.

"Monster, massacre."

"I want to hunt them too… I'm getting all itchy."

"Don't take out your dagger here, Ye-Eun. It's scary."

The galaxy made out of Dortu's metallic mirrors stretched out from the sky to the ground and petrified everything in its range. Although we had to slow down from time to time to let the mantises catch up, by the time we went through 90 percent of the Alaska Peninsula, it was only lunchtime. Since we left Korea in the morning, only about an hour of time had passed.

"Emperor of the mountain, looking forward to it."

Daisy spoke with sparkling eyes while we were eating the meat of a wolf Luna brought back. I then realized that we were flying over the mountain we saw when we first arrived in Alaska. This mountain was where we heard the thunderous howl.

The Alaska Peninsula was originally famous for its Aleutian Mountain Range. Now, that mountain range was gone and replaced by a massive mountain. This probably couldn't be called Aleutian any longer.

"Let's go inland following the mountain."

"Yes, Oppa!"

I spoke apathetically while biting down on a wolf's leg. I wanted to reclaim Greenland under two days, but we weren't even half-way done with Alaska. Since I couldn't feel the energy Ciara talked about here, I just wanted to get this place over with as quickly as possible.

Suddenly, in the middle of bulldozing through any monsters, we came across it, we heard its howl once again.

[Guaaaaaang!]

I raised my head. After confirming that source of the cry, I looked back to the others and asked quietly.

"… Did the succubi report on the monsters here?"

"Mm… They said they didn't go deep in and that this place had the highest concentration of energy in all of Alaska. But they said it was all the same for Oppa."

Yua tilted her head as she retorted. I see. I nodded my head. I remembered hearing about it. Indeed, I could feel energy different than normal mana from this mountain, but it was still only like a carbonated drink to someone like me.

"We might have to fight the biggest monster we've fought so far."

"Yes?"

Yua asked curiously. Without speaking, I pointed at the peak of the mountain in front of us. Everyone could immediately see a red lump hanging onto the peak as though it was a koala hanging on a tree.

"Oppa, is that alive?"

"Yep."

I nodded. Almost like it heard me, the monster howled once again.

[Guooooooooong!]

"Making a soda can for that guy is going to be a bit hard."

Was this to make up for the grizzly bear we couldn't see!? Just look at the size of that thing!

"Bear paw, can you make it for us?"

"Yeah, but you have to eat it all. You'll be eating it for ten years straight."

I held up my spear as I joked. My Evil Eyes had already covered this entire region. Since it wasn't petrified, I had to fight it myself.

"It's coming!"

"Wow, a mountain peak just crumbled!"

"Grind your dagger well, though it might not go through that thing!"

With that, I jumped off. SSS rank my ass, that thing might as well be the successor of the Beast King!

[1] Remember, Shin means "god" in Korean

[2] A line from a traditional Korean song called Arirang.

The second moon marked the beginning of a revolutionary change.

With the emergence of monsters and dungeons in modern society and the ability users who fight against them, the world faces a shift in its paradigm.

It heralds the advent of a new energy source and the decline of traditional occupations.

Common sense thus becomes warped and imagination becomes reality.

The time was noon on 3rd December, but the sky was suspiciously dark, and it was covered with constellations that should not have appeared at this time of day. Wrangel Island was located at 71°14', 179°25'. The island was once home to a military airstrip, a military radar center, and even a few mines, but all of them had been abandoned not long after they were built. Ushakovskoye was situated along the southern coastline, and a small marine base was adjacent to this former community. The base was made up of standardized constructions, and about several hundred members from two different countries were occupying it.
Gu Jun's team of five had arrived at Cape Schmidt Military Base yesterday, and when the weather conditions permitted them to fly, they had immediately hopped on over via a helicopter. They had crossed the two hundred plus kilometers of sea and arrived at the helipad of this small marine base. The surface of the sea had basically frozen over, and that made sailing impossible unless one had the service of an ice-breaker in its armada.
The arctic wind was howling as the five descended from the copter. Every one of them was covered in thick winter coats and carried a rucksack with them. The warmth that they enjoyed inside the cocoon of the helicopter cabin was instantly stripped away. Once Gu Jun's feet connected on the land of this Arctic island, he felt a bone-chilling cold. His face, which was wrapped in a mask, was red, and he could barely keep his eyes open due to the wind. It was just so cold. He did not grow up in the north, and this was the first time in his life that he was deposited in such a low temperature. At least now he could say he had experienced what life at negative twenty degrees felt like.
However, this island was not only cold, the air had very high humidity, which meant that heavy fog was constant, giving the island the rather romantic nickname of Fog Island. In reality though, the effect of the fog was less romantic than that. The cold mist seeped through even Gu Jun's thick layers and crawled into his skin. That, combined with the freezing air that went down his nostrils, made it feel like his lungs had frozen over with only a few breaths, making something as simple as breathing incredibly difficult. His chest went numb, and his trachea pricked with pain.
"Ah…" Next to him, Uncle Dan shivered conspicuously from the chill. They had just arrived, but the mission had already proven more difficult than the one inside the abnormal space.
"Now I really yearn for some shots of vodka," Lou Xiaoning grumbled. She suddenly understood why this place was uninhabitable; it was both dark and cold. The island was 7,600 cubic km in size, and the weather conditions only got more treacherous the further north they went.
"This place is so white." Wu Siyu looked at the snowy picture under the night sky. It reminded her of the ESP training. To prove her point, if one stayed too long in this kind of experiment, one might suffer from the Ganzfeld effect, seeing illusions and going mad.
"If anyone suffers from signs of discomfort, please inform the team immediately," Xue Ba reminded the rest. He puffed up his chest, but his bushy brows and beard were already covered in frost particles. Moving around the Arctic belt in the winter time was a real test of one's mind and physique. If this was a standard operation, all of them would have to go through some training first, and people like Gu Jun who suffered from a fatal illness would never be allowed on this mission, but this was not a standard operation.
Near the helipad was a small welcoming party.
Among them was the scouting team called the Arctic Wolf from Phecda. They were led by Leader Yu Xiaoyong and Vice Leader Zhang Xiaoqi. Arctic Wolf was a large-scale Special Mobile Force unit temporarily formed to accommodate this mission. The team had members from different backgrounds, but most of them had professional arctic exploration training. Next to the Arctic Wolf were the people from the Russian National Security Department. They were the real shot callers here, and the people from Phecda were their guests. The leader of the Russian squad was a middle-aged man called Ivanov Mstislav. The beard on his face and muscles all over his body were even more pronounced than Xue Ba's. The man was like a walking brown bear.
"Captain Yu." Xue Ba led the way and greeted the Russian with a not that accurate, "Капитанмстислава."
Even though Xue Ba could not speak all of them fluently, he did know more than a handful of languages in his repertoire.
"Captain Xue!" To their surprise, Ivanov responded in heavily-accented Chinese. The man was apparently as gifted as Xue Ba in terms of language mastery. Then came a quick get to know each other session. When Gu Jun was introduced, everyone's eyes lit up with various degrees of curiosity, especially the members from Arctic Wolf. The reason was, despite his age, Phecda had given them explicit order to cooperate fully with Gu Jun. Basically, the operation was going to be led by him. It was fairly uncommon for someone so young to take up such a big role. However, Yu Xiaoyong and his team had been given some info on Gu Jun. They knew about his ESP capability and that he possessed some kind of 'unique psychic ability'.
"Let me show you to your accommodation first." Ivanov greeted them warmly. "A little alcohol will go a long way in this kind of weather."
Even though Gu Jun wished to explore the surroundings immediately, he knew now was not the time to rush into things. They had been briefed about the hazards of the island before they departed. The island was too big, and the weather was bad. In fact, the circumstances were so harsh that the scouting mission had been at a standstill for the Arctic Wolf. If they had a direct location to search, there might have been progress. It was impossible to scour the entire island in this kind of weather.
The accommodation was the largest building around the area. It was separated according to gender. There were generators providing heat and electricity, but the energy had to be used sparingly. The supply at the base was enough to last them and thirty Alaskan snow hounds for a month. Additional supplies could be called in from the mainland, but they should always be prepared for any contingencies.
After they settled down, Gu Jun immediately requested for the exploration to begin. Captain Yu thus led the five of them and headed down the western side of the island on a snowmobile. Soon, the abandoned Ushakovskoye appeared within their sight. Captain Yu said by way of introduction, "The place has been left like this for years. It is like a place frozen in time. The Russians hesitate to take it down and forbid other countries from intervening as well."
Gu Jun knew that from the files he had read about the place.
Lit up by the headlights, some old electric poles could be seen leaning in the snow. Confusing electrical wires connected some old and squat wooden houses. Various kinds of trash peeked out from the layer of snow, especially the rusted edges of abandoned oil barrels. Around them were endless stretches of white that seemed to reach down to the mountains on the horizon.
"There's a polar bear." Just as the vehicles stopped, Wu Siyu pointed in a direction. Gu Jun turned to look.
A burly polar bear stood next to an old house with its head lowered about twenty meters away from them. It glanced at the team before turning to disappear into the snow.
'Why…' Gu Jun frowned as a strange feeling overwhelmed him. 'Why does it feel like the polar bear has been waiting there for us to arrive?'
The wind continued to wail. Other than that, there was an enveloping silence. However, Gu Jun could hear the sound of blood flowing in his veins. 'Has the effect of mental disturbance arrived so soon?'
"Captain Yu, I wish to explore that house further," Gu Jun said. The polar bear had long since disappeared, so they were spared the trouble of chasing it away. Heeding Gu Jun's instinct, the group headed toward the old wooden house, which was less than thirty cubic meters in size. The roof was almost collapsing from the weight of the gathered snow, but that was already an impressive feat considering it had stood there for several decades already.
The wooden door was half buried in snow. Gu Jun pushed it open and looked into the room with the flashlight.
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The once-bustling and noisy streets were now filled with an eerie blanket of silence.
Hoarse and frenzied whispers lingered high above the heavens, and an indescribable ancient giant lurked in the shadows of the bottomless ocean.
A mysterious plague had outbroken, and natural disasters wrought the Earth. Global pandemic and catastrophes had the panicked masses seeking illusory shelters from the devastation, day and night.
A bloody shower poured over the land as the streaks of lightning tore across the sky, illuminating the ill-intentioned gathering of ravens above. Nevermore, nevermore, quoth the ravens.
"We can see that this malformed creature has twelve pairs of ribs like humans, but also has a "transverse bone" that humans do not possess..."
In the medical school, Gu Jun continued bringing down his scalpel, illustrating the abnormal thoracic structure of the malformed cadaver on the dissection table to the surrounding students.
Ominous and treacherous times had descended! Truth and logic had crumbled, order warped into a frenzy. Humanity can only forge ahead through the power of intelligence and wisdom.
Dive into this Lovecraftian horror and witness madness come to life. 

In the previous chapter: Leah and Seth ran away after JJ quickly explained to them the legends.
 
Leah's point of view: Saturday
We ran for a while, Seth running before me. I looked behind me as I dodged a tree that was in front of me and I slowed when I notices a white wolf following us. Seth stopped by a small stream trying to drink it and I stopped besides him because I was thirsty from all the running, we did today.
"Wait a moment." JJ yelled from behind us. I turned around and only the white wolf was there with the Alaskan malamute, Demon.
'No way, he was telling the truth. He can change into a wolf.' I thought as I stepped back in disbelief.
"Can you understand me?" JJ asked and I looked over how he looked. He had white fur, but it was mixed in with black as if he had highlights done. Immediately I thought about him in his wolf form in some kind of doggy groomers and couldn't get the image out of my mind.
"What? Who is it talking in my head? Am I going crazy? Not only did I turn into a wolf, but I hear voices." Seth started panicking again as if he forgot that I talked with him earlier.
"It is alright. You aren't going crazy. It's me JJ. This is how we communicate in the pack when we are in wolf form. Now, please tell me your names since in this form I can't tell who you are." JJ spoke and sat down.
"Wow, this is amazing. I am Seth Clearwater. This is my older sister Leah Clearwater." Seth turned towards me. I still could not believe what was happening to us happened to other people.
"Leah?!" JJ yelled at us. "How is it possible? You are a girl. The legend didn't say… You weren't even having symptoms. I guess we never thought that a girl could shift." He came closer to me and I could feel his eyes looking me over.
"Yeah, well maybe you shouldn't listen to some old stories that passed from generation to generation by male speakers, you idiot. Now how do I change back?" I started to get angry about his assumptions and his eyes raking me over and started growling at him again.
"I guess we can go to Sam's and you can tell us there what happened, so you don't have to repeat yourself." JJ said and we nodded. We all started running to Sam Uley's house, JJ leading us into the correct direction.
„But how do we change back to our human forms?" I asked JJ, curious of how this works.
"What if we can't change back? I don't want to be a wolf forever." Seth yelled and I noticed that his ears went down, feeling sad. I started thinking about what I should say to calm him, but Jack started talking before I could even gather my thoughts.
"Calm down. You will change back. Everything will be alright." JJ spoke to us in his calming voice.
"But why can't we change back now?" Curious about all of this, I asked JJ.
"Because when we shift, our clothes tear up and don't change with us, so you would be a naked human in the middle of a forest. Not only that but a person could see you or record it on a phone and then the reservation would be crawling with people all around the world trying to see us and we would be in a circus. Anyway, let's be on our way to Sam's." JJ said running ahead of us.
After we ran for while through the forest, we arrived to Sam's house, where Sam lives with his fiancée, Emily, my cousin and JJ.
"Stay here for now. I will bring you some clothes and tell Sam if he is here." JJ ordered us to stay in the forest near the forest, so someone would not see us and ran into the house.
"Ok, hurry up." I whispered, but I knew that he could hear me.
JJ arrived from the house, to where we were hiding in his human form with clothes in his arms.
"Hey so Sam isn't here yet. You might as well try to shift back. Though you might want to go behind a tree or a shrub." Said JJ and handed us what looked like sweatpants and shirts, which I could guess from looking that they were his. I looked at him waiting for further instructions and I was not disappointed.
"You go behind a bush, because you probably do not want to see or be seen and then you think about wanting to be human. How it feels like running on two legs or holding stuff."
"It didn't work. Of course, it didn't. You are still in wolf form." He told us and we trotted off to the forest. Seth and I went to different directions, so we would not see ourselves naked.
'This is the worst. Why can't we change with clothes? I don't ever want to see naked Seth.' I thought and then started about me, the human. 
After a few minutes, Seth and I returned to where JJ left us and was waiting now, but still in our wolf form.
"It didn't work. Of course, it didn't. You are still in wolf form." He rubbed his hand across my forehead and continued talking. "I guess we will have to wait for Sam and Emily. They are probably shopping for groceries and Sam is probably working. Totally regretting not getting the numbers of the other pack members. Well, alright at least let me tell you how I shifted for the first time." JJ sat down on the ground and leaned against a tree and started talking about how he became a wolf shifter.
"It all started one day when I was in Alaska. I was walking in the forest and I heard a small persistent whimper. I searched for it and found Demon, a hybrid between a wolf and Alaskan malamute, he was injured, and some guys were beating him. I was angry and shifted. The guys were vampires and they stank so much. That is why I shifted. If they were normal human, the possibility of me shifting would have been smaller." I could not believe his story, but in the end it could be true.
'How can one person beat more than one people? And vampires? What the heck?' I thought.
After two hours of us waiting, we all heard a car pull up to the house and JJ went to see if it was Sam. And returned with another person, Sam Uley. 
"New wolfs…" Sam whispered and looked at us closely. "Did you find them? How did I not hear them howl? Who are they?" Sam asked a question after question to Jack.
"Can they shift?" He asked JJ and he shook his wolf head. "No? Well then, we better get to teaching them. Did you try to tell them how to shift? Who are they anyway? I though only one guy had the possibility of shifting in the near future."
"I just can't understand, what does he think that I am stupid and did not try to help them shift?" JJ asked himself and I heard him.
"Well maybe you should shift back so you could talk to him. If we will want to talk to you, we will signal you somehow." I said to the white wolf. JJ went behind a tree and emerged from behind it fully dressed.
"The bigger, golden one is Seth Clearwater and the other one is going to be a big surprise to you. No one saw it coming…." JJ started telling Sam, but he interrupted him.
"Who? Who is it? Is it Brady or Colin?" Sam asked JJ. I could see that Sam was loosing his patience.
"No, Sam. Its Leah, you know Seth's older sister?" I watched Sam losing color in his face.
"Oh, this can't be good. What will Harry do? He will be so angry." He rubbed his hand all over his face.

After getting in trouble, Jack Uley’s parents move him to the La Push tribe, where all the citizens see him as a troublemaker and a danger. But JJ only wants to fit in and find his happy ending. 
JJ must overcome the obstacles that were planned for him, when he meets Leah Clearwater, a girl that is forbidden to meet with him, because of his reputation. 
He needs to step out of his brother’s shadow and show them his true self so he can become his own person. But new obstacles are created for him and this time it’s shapeshifters and vampires.

It seems that in the world today one is never far from another person. In the decades just before World War II, the most industrialized nations witnessed a rapid migration of their populations from rural to urban and suburban areas. Because of that trend, most of us have to travel a distance to truly get away from the noise of civilization. Even denizens of rural areas are usually not very far from their closest neighbors and only a short drive to the nearest town or city. In areas that are more remote, such as the American west, freeways, trains, and airplanes connect formerly isolated areas to the rest of the world.
The American state of Alaska may be an exception to this rule.
Alaska, the United States' forty-ninth state, is aptly named the "Last Frontier" because of its vast expanses of territory that has rarely, if ever, been walked on by human feet. The size of Alaska is immense; it is comprised of 663,268 square miles of land, which makes it by far the largest American state and larger than all but twenty of the independent nation-states of the world. In contrast to Alaska's vast size, its population is relatively modest. With only 710,231 inhabitants, Alaska ranks forty seventh out of fifty American states in population and nearly half of those reside in the Anchorage metropolitan area.
Alaska's vastness has become somewhat of a pop culture phenomenon in recent years, with a number of television shows being produced there, such as Tougher in Alaska, that chronicle the harshness of the Alaska frontier. The book and movie Into the Wild, based on the true life adventures of Christopher McCandless, also depicted the beauty and range of the Alaskan frontier while also showing its potentially dangerous side.
If there is anywhere in the industrialized world where one can get lost, it is Alaska!
In fact, in the United States, Alaska has the dubious distinction of having the most missing persons per capita, more than twice the national average.
People disappear into the Alaskan wilderness every year and some, such as Christopher McCandless, even do so willingly, which at first glance makes the next case seem like just another missing person file from Alaska; but further examination of the Palmer brothers' disappearances reveals another set of bizarre coincidences that are stranger than fiction.
***A Family of Men***
The Palmer family seemed to be made for life in Alaska. A family of men, the siblings included oldest brother Chris, middle brother Charles "Chuckie", youngest brother Michael, and sister Hannah. The three boys and their sister grew up together in Wasilla, Alaska, which has become famous in recent years for being the home of former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. The three Palmer brothers enjoyed spending time with each other and engaging in typical Alaskan activities including hiking, fishing, hunting, and snowmobiling. They enjoyed the rugged frontier lifestyle of Alaska and all it has to offer. Life in Alaska was good for the Palmer family, until things took a bizarre and tragic turn on June 3, 1999.
***The Disappearance of Michael***
Fifteen-year-old Michael Palmer was enjoying his summer vacation from school the same way many American boys his age do—hanging out with his friends and pushing the boundaries of his parents and the law. On that night, he slept over at a friend's house, and after his friend's parents went to bed the crew snuck out of the house to see what kind of trouble they could get into.
Michael and his friends went to a few different parties that night and engaged in some drinking, although his friends would later say that none of them, including Michael, were too drunk to navigate their bicycles. The group spent their time at the parties drinking some beer, visiting with friends who they had not seen since the end of the school year, and trying to make time with girls. At one party, a fight broke out that Michael was involved in, but he was not believed to be the reason for the fight, and like everything else during the night, it was not considered out of the ordinary—just some tough Alaska boys blowing off some steam
After a couple hours of party hopping, the boys decided to ride their bikes back to the home of the boy they were supposed to be staying the night with. Although the nine-mile ride was fairly long, Michael and his friends were all in good shape and used to such long treks across the vast Alaskan outdoors. The boys rode in single file with Michael taking up the rear, but when they arrived at the house, Michael was nowhere to be seen.
Michael Palmer had vanished into thin air!
The boys later told authorities that they thought Michael had changed his mind and decided to ride home to sleep in his own bed, so they did not report him missing until later the next day. Once Michael was reported missing, the local authorities and the Palmer family began their search in earnest. Local police quickly found Michael's bike in a river, but were quick to state that they did not believe he drowned. The boy was athletic and knew how to swim, the river was fairly shallow, and a log jam down river would have caught his body if he did in fact drown.
The next major clue was even more puzzling. Michael's shoes were found wet and neatly placed side-by-side next to an airstrip about 200 yards from the river. No airplane had taken off the night of the boy's disappearance and the neat placement of the shoes suggests that Michael placed them there. They were not strewn about as if there had been a struggle. But some started to believe that Michael was the victim of violence that began at one of the parties he attended on June 3. The police interviewed and gave polygraph examinations to everyone who was known to have been at the parties, with special attention given to boys involved in the fight that was mentioned earlier. Everyone passed their polygraph exams.
It should be noted that people often "beat" polygraph exams, but those who do are usually adults who are often seasoned criminals, not high school boys who got into a fist fight. Besides, how many teenagers can keep a secret? It seems that if one of Michael's classmates had something to do with his disappearance then someone would have said something by now. But the disappearance of Michael Palmer quickly grew as cold as an Alaskan winter.
***The Disappearance of Chucky Palmer***
Perhaps the worst part of losing a loved one to a disappearance is the unknown. For years the Palmer family wondered what had happened to Michael. Was he abducted and murdered? Did he become disorientated and wander deep into the forest where he died? The disappearance of Michael Palmer faded from the memory of the people of Wasilla but was never totally forgotten. Conspiracy theories based on no credible evidence began to circulate, and before too long Michael's disappearance became legendary in that part of Alaska. But to the Palmer family, the loss of their youngest brother was never legendary; it was the source of constant pain and a void that could not be filled
As the years passed by, the other Palmer children became adults and started families of their own. They never forgot about Michael, but the pain of losing him diminished somewhat, and the family finally looked to be moving on. The siblings remained close in adulthood, especially brothers Charles "Chucky" Jr. and Chris, taking part in many typical Alaskan adventures in the outdoors.
But the thought of what happened to their youngest brother was never far from their minds.
"Two brothers aren't supposed to go missing from the same family," is what oldest brother Chris said when the seemingly impossible happened – his brother Chucky vanished into thin air in much the same circumstances as Michael.
On April 10, 2010, nearly eleven years after Michael disappeared, Chucky, Chris, and some of their friends went on a snowmobile trip on Bald Mountain, about an hour outside of Wasilla. April in Alaska is still cold enough to support winter sports; but spring is usually right around the corner, so the most hardcore Alaskans often like to get one last skiing, snowmobiling, or ice fishing trip in during that month
In the morning, it seemed to the Palmer brothers that they had picked a good day for their end of the season snowmobile trip. The weather was nice, and there was plenty of snow left on the mountain for the men to make plenty of trails, but before the men even got started, signs pointed towards an impending tragedy. Oldest brother Chris, who was a much more experience snowmobiler than Chucky, had to stay behind because the handlebars on his snowmobile snapped. Not wanting to miss out on possibly the last chance of the season to snowmobile, Chucky continued on with his friends. Interestingly though, Chucky, who was admittedly the weakest snowmobiler in the group, brought up the rear of the convoy much like his brother Michael did with his friends eleven years earlier
Unfortunately for the Palmer family the result was the same!
Chucky, like Michael, disappeared into thin air. As soon as Chucky's friends noticed that the thirty-one-year-old was missing, they retraced their tracks and searched Bald Mountain for their friend. As minutes turned into hours, the situation became more desperate, and professional search teams from Alaska Mountain Rescue were called in to find the missing Palmer brother. Snow and low visibility hampered the search teams, but once the snow stopped searchers located Chucky's snowmobile.
Chucky's snowmobile was found off the main path in a drift with no footprints nearby. Many people think that the lack of footprints is the most eerie aspect of the case, but there is no reason why there would be any since Bald Mountain was the recipient of over two feet of snow at the time.
The search continued after the snow melted, but no body or further clues were ever discovered on Bald Mountain. It was as if the mountain just swallowed Chucky whole.
With Chucky's mountain disappearance, the remaining Palmer family and the entire world for that matter, is left wondering how this is possible and what are the chances? Even if foul play were responsible for the disappearance of one or both of the Palmer brothers, the chances of that happening twice in the same family must be extremely small. Most people could never imagine such a thing happening once in their family, never mind twice.
Perhaps Chris Palmer best summoned up his family's tragedies in layman's terms: "I never thought I'd have to deal with this shit ever again." The world will probably never know what happened to the Palmer brothers, but they are proof that lightning can strike twice!

DISCLAIMER:
This crime anthology biography includes quotes from those closely involved in the twelve cases examined, and it is not the author’s intention to defame or intentionally hurt anyone involved. The interpretation of the events leading up to these crimes are the author’s as a result of researching the true crime murders. Any comments made about the psychopathic or sociopathic behavior of criminals involved in any of these cases are the sole opinion and responsibility of the person quoted.

Big Quinn had a different perspective. As a black man who grew up in a slum, the environment and security of a residential area were very important to him. He didn't care much about things like yards and front doors.
He wanted to move to Pine Tree Tops because the security of the area was amazing. Moreover, Pine Tree Tops was an upper middle-class residential area. If his children grew up in such an environment, their upbringing would be better than it would be in the slum.
They went to view the condos at Pine Tree Tops. Big Quinn also brought Li Du with him because he couldn't enter the residential area without Li Du.
Pine Tree Tops was a closed residential area. There were security guards and it was accessible using access cards only. If they were not accompanied by residents, they should check in at the security office before entering the area.
Ordinary people left their names and phone numbers when they checked in. Big Quinn, however, was very large and intimidating. Although he followed Li Du into the area, the security guard couldn't help but notice him. He stared at them both for a long time before allowing them to enter.
Big Quinn said sadly, "I'm afraid that when we view the house, the owner will refuse to deal with me because of my looks."
There were risks when it came to buying and selling houses. If the owners didn't get an agent to deal with potential buyers, they chose the ones who looked reliable.
Apparently, Big Quinn's intimidating face could exclude him from the list of reliable buyers.
Sophie thought about it and smiled. "Did you bring your sunglasses? Wear your sunglasses and pretend to be Li Du's bodyguard. I'll pretend to be his secretary. Li Du can pretend to be a rich man who wants to view the house."
Godzilla scratched his head. "He is a rich man."
Li Du laughed, "Is this really necessary? But she's right—if the owner trusts me, it will be easier when you deal with him later."
Rose's house was in Block 2 Unit A. The house which Big Quinn was interested in was in Block 10. Pine Tree Tops had a lot of woods surrounding each building, so the distance between blocks was very far.
Li Du had lived in this area for quite a long time, but he never wandered around the community area. He came here to sleep and when he woke up, he would go to the cabin for his daily activities.
They walked around. It was autumn and the temperature was very nice. The sun in the morning was warm, unlike the hot sun during summer.
The garden looked very colorful, and the flowers were blooming beautifully. Li Du didn't know much about flowers and only recognized the chrysanthemums.
Sophie described the different types of flowers to him. There was rosemary, hibiscus, yellow camellia, cymbidium and aster novi-belgii. These flowers bloomed during the beginning of autumn. They were everywhere in the garden. 
The weather was very nice and many families took their pets for a walk. There were cats and dogs in the garden. Someone even had a python as their pet, and they sat with it enjoying the sunlight.
Ah Meow was the hegemon among the pets in the community area. Every time he came to the community area, he fought with the other animals and beat them all. Most of the animals ran away when they saw Ah Meow.
Li Du noticed that the pets weren't leashed. "Back in China, I read somewhere that Americans have to follow certain rules when they have a pet. They must leash their dogs when they take them for a walk. But it seems like that's fake news."
There were many dogs in the garden, and there were quite a few big dogs. They weren't leashed and happily ran around. But these dogs were not aggressive. There were Alaskan malamutes, Siberian Huskies, Golden retrievers and Labradors.
Sophie said, "They don't need a leash here—only if they leave the residential area."
Li Du loved Labradors. They were very friendly. There was a milky-white one who wagged its tail when it saw them.
Big Quinn said, "If I bought a house here, I would definitely buy a Labrador. No, I would buy two of them. They are very friendly—regardless of your looks." He had been hurt many times interacting with people. Apparently a Labrador could mend his broken heart.
"There's a garden at your current place," Li Du said. "You could have a dog there, so why don't you?"
Big Quinn smiled wryly. "I've had dogs before. One of them was stolen. Another one was poisoned."
"Do you live in Bones Community?" Sophie asked sadly. "That area is terrible. It's difficult for people to survive there, let alone pets."
Big Quinn said, "That's why I must move out, no matter what it takes. Do you know what? Some of my son's friends like to abuse dogs and cats—can you imagine that?"
Of course Li Du could imagine. The area in Bones Community was really bad and many of the parents who lived there weren't the best. They abused their children and their children's hearts were filled with violence. Therefore, they abused animals and lives that appeared inferior to them.
Bullying the weak was the nature of the beast.
Ah Ow had grown very quickly. She didn't like to be carried, so when they entered the community area Sophie put her down.
As the descendant of Mexican wolves, Ah Ow was curious about everything around her. She ran everywhere.
At first she followed around Ah Meow and Crispy Noodles. She was protected by the fierce duo, so the other animals in the community area didn't dare mess with her.
But she started to go her own way and left Ah Meow. She went into a small garden.
The animal world was more complicated than the human world. The pets had their own territories in the community area.
When Ah Ow went into the small garden, a Samoyed became aggressive. The smiling angel turned into a raging monster and started to bark at Ah Ow.
As a wolf, Ah Ow was very fierce too. Especially when Li Du and Sophie were near, she was not afraid at all. She howled at the Samoyed.
The Samoyed ran toward Ah Ow quickly and opened its mouth to bite her. Ah Ow immediately ran away!
Their size difference was too large. Ah Ow was clever to avoid a fight with the Samoyed.
Ah Meow jumped onto a swing when he saw everything. He rolled his eyes and ran toward the Samoyed. He hissed at it.
This time, it was the Samoyed's turn to run! Ah Ow grabbed the opportunity to chase after it again. The Samoyed had very long legs, and Ah Ow was too small to catch it.
Then, Ah Ow saw a Chihuahua. Ah Ow got excited and howled at the Chihuahua.
Although the Chihuahua was small, it had a very bad temper. Its size was close to Ah Ow's. When it saw she was being offensive in its own territory, it didn't make any noise and bit Ah Ow right away!
Ah Ow was shocked. Wasn't this another dog? Why did it react so differently from the other one?
She ran away quickly and asked Ah Meow for protection.
Ah Meow was an honored ocelot. He never bullied the weak. He didn't mind fighting a big dog, but fighting a Chihuahua would be disgraceful for him.
When he saw Ah Ow running toward him, he kicked her away like a ball!


They love gold, and they love silver. Even more so, they love gems that dazzle, like stars across the skies. 
Firearms, jewelleries, and precious metals; A collector’s world will not be complete without antiques.  
Storage auctions, old goods trade, re-estate sales and gold-digging. But the truth is, if one wants to make money, then the supreme way is through searching for the legendary treasures. 
Holding the fort, there’s an ocelot, a wolf, and an Andes condor. At the side, there’s a loyal hound, an irascible ape, and an African honey badger. Who said that you can only rely on humans when treasure hunting?! 

Lest wakes up to the sound of children playing nearby. She opens her eyes and sees blades of grass. Her body was achy all over and feels like it has been doing an all-day battle practice with Bryce. The sun was fading in the distance. Or was it rising? She slowly sat up but her head was still spinning. How long has she been out? Where is Vane?! In panic she scans around only to see him laid out not five paces away from her. His face was to the ground and was clearly knocked out. She laid back down for a while until she heard the voice of children coming closer. Next to them, was a stout and gentle old woman. She could have easily passed off as a gentle grandma except that her face was that of a wolf and was covered in fur. The children were also wolf-like in appearance but with more rounded and gentle features.
Lest once again try to get up. But the old woman merely sits by her side and tells her not to fret. A blue light emits from the Wolf lady's hands, the unmistakable color of Healing magic. The warm sensation of rejuvenation washes over her as it reconnects broken bones, joints, bruised tissue, and hemorrhaging organs. She can also feel her depleted mana slowly restoring as well as her stats. 
"Call me, granny Cordelia." The old lady said as she smiled. Though as a wolf, it revealed part of her sharp fangs. Her eyes smiled as well and her Healing gave a comforting feeling like having warm soup on a cold winter's day. When granny Cordelia was done healing her, she moved on to Vane who was clearly sleeping. He looked serene except for every once in a while, he would wince in pain. Granny Cordelia took much longer to heal Vane. This did not escape Lest's notice. 
"What's wrong with him?" Lest tried to ask as politely as she could. 
"He is quite hurt, dear. He had more broken bones and internal damage than you received. It appears he has also been poisoned. Im not sure how, but none of my kind would dare bite a human." 
"Lest's eye's looked away from the Healer. "No, we were attacked by werewolves. He was bitten. We were able to escape but just barely." She tried to leave off as many of the details as possible. After all, she wasn't sure if these wolfmen would be friends or enemies in the future. 
Granny Cordelia breathed a sigh of relief. "If that's the case, then there should be no problem. You are my guests and as such are under my protection while in the territory of the wolf tribe." Their conversation is cut short when a handful of wolfmen arrived carrying two makeshift stretchers. 
Most of the children have left but two remained: Tura, the wolf boy with a distinct coloring that looked like an Alaskan Husky and Laria, a wolf-girl with all white fur. Both had taken a liking to Lest and kept offering her food even after they arrived in Granny Cordelia's hut. By the end of the night, Laria has flat out refused to go home. It wasn't until her parents came looking for her that she folded and unwillingly went home. 
Vane hasn't woken up at all. Granny Cordelia promised to keep watch through the night as Lest also needed her rest to fully recover. 
Lest tried to stay up but her consciousness faded multiple times during the night. Whether she wanted to admit it or not, she needed to recover quickly. The thought of her friends but she was in no position to be helping anyone in her current state. She tried calling them through the messaging feature of her crystal but there was too much mana in the air causing disruption to be effective for more than a couple miles. Hopefully, they aren't too far apart and that they could reunite soon. This was her last waking thought as her mind drifted completely into the night.

Sorry guys! With all the crazy fires, not sure if I can maintain a steady schedule of releases. This week has been crazy.

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