Three black werecat orphan brothers are trying their best to find a home when they are finally adopted. Everything goes great with their new family until tragedy strikes and they are left with an unexpected guardian.

This story is about an average high school boy with an average lifestyle who likes to read novels especially fantasy ones and was transferred to another world along with his classmates from his school.

As they were transferred our protagonist, John Kaiser, was the sole student among his classmates who were left behind, leaving him all alone in their classroom.

As he was wondering what happened to the others, he remembered one of the novels he had read. It was a story of a fantasy world, where a king of a human kingdom summons heroes from another world to save their world from the demon king, a typical Isekai (Another World)  fantasy novel.

Our protagonist, John Kaiser, started to contemplate and question 'why?' why was he the only one not summoned?

And as his questions go crazy, a light emerges from the place where he was sitting.

Is this the start of our protagonist's fantasy adventure as a hero? Or will he live the same life again as an average person even in another world?

seorang manusia dengan kemampuan khusus dan grimore pertama yang menjadikan makhluk terkuat di seluruh dunia namun di jebak oleh para penghianat dan iblis menggunakan sihir transfer terlarang mengirimnya ke dunia yang berbeda. dengan kekuatannya apakah dia mampu kembali kedunianya

sorry if u are reading this the book is over for now im too pint down with school to think for a story for this but ive already wrote out a story for another book so im going to publish that instead

"Alright, he'll buy us time! Lets kill this faster!"

The self proclaimed Leader of this 25-man and named himself, Akigaia of Virtuous Adept Guild claimed to finish the Gorilla after our small talk.

I don't know such affiliation but he boldly claimed that they will one day own this City as their Main Base.

Well, not that I doubt he is lying just looking at his honest looking eye but because I never heard such organizations or Group in the first place, I asks if its a group of Locusts as they are full of mystery but then again he returned my question instead: "is that how we called here?"

After a few elipses I shake my head. . .Well, time is of the essence as the group of their enemy is approaching for real so I decided to skip the talk for the later.

By the way, the man with double edged sword and the boy with knife joined their group to kill the Gorilla. I did say that they're only just a burden so better yet I'll handle it myself.

Stopping 10 meters away from this second group of Locusts, they too stopped their course after noticing my unsheathed short weapon.

"What is this? did they hired this NPC?"

I heard it again, the stupid looking alias. Triggered by that word, I sprinted forward.

Ahh!---is what was resounded as they shout in panic. Maybe they never thought an NPC(me) will help another Locusts to destroy them but this is me doing my business. No hard feeling, okay?

SWISH!

Arriving atop of their vanguard, its head are now spinning mid-air and was detached from its body. It then lied on the ground lifeless and are slowly decaying as the ground appears to absorbed it.

Yep, dead alright. That's how peopled died in this world. In my younger days, I heard that there are many people living and dying in this world so the Administrator of the World created a rule ages ago that when a person died, their mortal body will absorbed by an earth as a fertilizer. But the monsters on the contrary--because they have many useful traits for humans, they didn't decay. they did over time but not how human dies.

landing at the second person thereafter, I slit its throat along with the person beside it, I don't care if it is a man or a woman, my job is to kill.

Successively, trying to catch me with their weapon, I slid below the remaining survivor's lower body and cut their thinnest limbs one by one, from arm to wrist and from ankle and towards their throat. According to my experience, if you can't kill an enemy in one inflict of damage, kill them moderately. Likewise, I cut some limbs to keep them at bay and kill them for real later.

After the death of 6 to 7 person, the group dispersed after one of them commanded; trying another approach to catch me.

The Locusts plan changes overtime as they did their to bested, indeed they should not be compare to a normal monsters. I should say that they're an aberrant instead of me.

Sadly, they are no match against me.

Sword? Spear? Long reach? Nope, you can't defeat me if you can't touch even a fiber of my clothe. 

After a couple of minutes, I killed another 10. Others distanced themselves from mine as they realize I'm an enemy they can't beat.

"Now what? Still have balls to attack me?" I declare whilst made them stepped back.

But not long after, I heard another battle cry.

Wow! one after another? I have to charged that boy later for each head I took down. Yep, that will do.

I couldn't help but smile thinking the compensation I could get. fufufu, I can't wait.

And because I was too adrift from that thought, I never realize that my adversary dispersed and run for their lives. I see, that newly arriving Locusts is another group of enemy. Third group eh? To think Locusts don't know the word unity even though they could assemble high numbers.

Thinking so, I didn't wait for their arrival and instead charged forward by meeting them head-on.

Nfufufu, my blood boils just thinking those.

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One Zero POV

"Huh?! Revo Group are dispersing and was diminished by this degree? Did the Virtuous Adept overwhelmed them? Men! continue marching forward! this is out chance!"

"Ah leader! Someone is charging towards us!"

"An NPC? A Quest Giver!?"

As I following this group, I heard the commotion from the forefront. What are they talking into? They are very weird ever since arriving in our village and now its getting weirder just by blending in with them. I shouldn't be affiliated with this Locusts in the future after all.

Now that I realize, why am I doing this in the first place? I only join thinking that I met----

Kaching---!

Finding out that the said "NPC" are now inside this group's flank, I can't think of what is going to do from. Just parrying its attack with my weapon, it stopped me from thinking adrift and made me almost stumble.

I can't get to take a look at its face. And moments later I realize that this enemy of them is formidable. Using its small physique to attack and hide inside the flank and again killing them one by one. It almost got me off guard but I parried its attack again who wanted to cut my throat or limb.

What the hell? Its too fast! If this continues, I might die.

"Huh!?" I was dumbfounded hearing the voice I wanted to hear since leaving the village. But then again it vanished after attacking me and thereafter another person died near me.

This is surreal, the enemy's position is everywhere. I can't keep it track because of this cramped place, after thinking so, I forced myself to the side and now seen every Locusts eyes along. Theirs is full of disbelief and fear.

CLANG!

Again, I parried its attack and this time, I exited from the Locusts formation to get the sight of our adversary--Nah, I just wanted to make sure as Its move and voice is kind of familiar.

"Ah what the hell!? he really!?"

This time, that word was skipped out from my own mouth. I only see it flickered body and its silhouette, but this time for sure I know who it was: "Oi, Zero One! What are you doing!? ack---!"

I parried his attack ylagain as my head is almost cut off from my neck when that rusty knife of his is almost skip out of my sight. I can't help but to produce that yelp.

Damn it! I knew you already realize it was me! I'm your comrade, alright! Don't just kill me just because I'm in an enemy flank!

"Ow its you?"

Damn, is that how you greet your companions now!? I couldn't help but to almost cursed out. I'm sure he can kill me if he wanted to, and if ever a word he don't like to hear will try to skip out of my mouth, I'm dead for sure, so I didn't said anything and instead parried his every attack.

I waited and waited until the two of us left. Of course I didn't skip from his onslaught ever since.

"You still alive? Wow!"

Wow your ass! Is what I wanted to say. 

Yes, indeed he is only teasing me but is that how you tease a comrade?!

Thereafter he followed: "Just kidding, haha I'm too absorb from the thought of 'compensating' my work so maybe killing a strong companion will give me another add points"

What the hell!? What are you talking about?! Did you really thinking of killing me!? Did Locusts really infected you!?

I restrained my mouth, I don't know what he's thinking as of this moment, really. This dude here is a moody bastard, he won't hesitate to kill anyone that pisses him off. Me---or rather we're just lucky enough he only leave the village and restrained himself from killing Locusts he encounters. Maybe Zero Three really tamed him according to my source.

"Done already?" Taking his eyes away from me, he looked towards elsewhere.

I at the same time saw a group of people walking towards us. Most has their equipped weapon while looking at me and Zero One with a bit of hostility.

"Yes Boss we're done, thank you very much I owe you big for this one"

Huh!? Boss?! Did this boy with girlish voice called this dude a Boss? He seemed fluttered though, what's this scene unfolding in front of my eyes!? Did he helped a Locusts to beat a Locusts?

"You really did owe me" as he raised his hands and formed fists thrice and 6 fingers successively. That's how you said "36", so don't tell me you killed a total of 36 Locusts!?

"He he of course, We'll pay you---by the way Boss, that is?" This time, the boy with girlish voice pointed at me.

"Ah, this is an acquaintance of mine, We'll talk one on one right now", he slowly dragged me away after that word

"I-I see, so lets met at Tea Shop later? I didn't bring any money right now though"

"Yes, but remember your words or you know what will happen"

"Yes Boss, again, thank you very much for helping us, and for trusting me, I'll never break it, see you later then"

"Uhm goodbye"

Ending the conversation, the Locusts with girlish voice and maybe the leader of that group--waved his hand as this man waved back too. Of course its comrades followed suit as they leave us alone in this field. 

Seriously, I'm speechless. This guy changed very different from what I remembered.

What will happen when one of the Quest Giver who have the biggest influence in the Game, go astray?

Let the Quest begins as this Runaway NPC unknowingly stir trouble after trouble to a world, who only seek is a peaceful life.

Sadly, his enemy is formidable beings than what he imagined...


The Locusts/Players

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(c) Original Story by: Fantasy_Maniac

As Jack began practicing, however, he began to get a sense of how his powers worked.

Imagining something provided the general framework for how the spell should in theory play out, but the spell trigger word he used is what determined the actual final result, regardless of what he was imagining. So if he imagined creating fire in the shape of a tornado, but used the variation of the trigger word that stood for "fireball", he would cast a fireball instead. Which explained why he shrank when he intended to get larger when dealing with the goblins. What was less clear to him was why the trigger word determined the type of spell cast, or why the wrong spell trigger word popped in his head in the first place.

Eleanor said that the best she could figure, his spell words probably worked very similar to a wizard's, where a spell trigger was actually a complex command that described the spell's magic school or elemental sphere, the manifestation of the spell's magic, the spell's target, duration, and so on.

Which meant, she speculated, imagining things would cause the spell trigger word components to appear in his mind, and by saying them aloud in the correct order, he would generate the desired result. But if he said the parts in the wrong order, or used a wrong component piece, he would generate different results from what he intended, such as using a different element, or, in his previous case, shrinking himself instead of growing giant as he had planned.

"But how on earth am I supposed to know which part of a spell trigger counts for each component of the spell?" Jack asked, perplexed.

"I guess you're just going to have to experiment with slightly different spells and see which component parts change to know what does what" Eleanor said, shrugging.

That sounded incredibly tedious, but Jack was willing to give it a shot if that's what it took. With Eleanor's help and occasional moment of "encouragement", he slowly began to map out the terminology of his magic, nailing down piece by tiny piece what each word fragment did, and learning how they affected each other when placed together.

After a few weeks, he had figured out enough parts to create elemental projections of all kinds, change his body shape, size, and appearance, grant himself increased physical attributes, fly, conjure basic objects, and change materials from one kind of thing to another. 

As he progressed, he began experimenting further, but found the level of his ability to manipulate the world was limited in some ways. He could not transmute or create living matter, only move it from one place to another. He could not affect the flow of time, only slow down or speed up the rate others moved within it. He couldn't seem to affect the minds or free will of other beings, either, apparently. When he imagined trying to do these kinds of things, he was met with an immovable black wall in his brain that made imagining casting such spells in order to prompt a trigger word impossible, and the few times he tried to combine what component fragments he knew in order to hopefully generate these effects, either nothing happened, or, worse, something would backfire spectacularly. 

On one particular occasion, Eleanor had to rescue him when he managed to unintentionally turn himself into a duck during one of these attempts. He didn't think any of the girls or Simon were ever going to stop laughing or let him live that one down. He knew for sure Frumpkin wouldn't, as he began referring to Jack as Duck Boy from that moment onwards.

"Hey, great news, kid... you're dead!"

With these words, Jack Eames, unrepentant slacker, found himself staring down God, and was offered a choice-

An eternal life of never-ending bliss and relaxation, OR the chance to start over as a powerful hero, fighting to defeat monsters, rescue maidens, and save this new world from another player - a villain who has been given the exact same advantages he has. ...And a couple weeks head start. 

The ultimate prize? The winner of the contest gets to become God of this new fantasy world, and reshape it however they can possibly imagine! The downside? Whichever one of them loses ceases to exist!

For Jack, a clueless, fantasy-obsessed shut-in, picking option number two wasn't hard.

Learning that being a hero takes much more than pressing buttons on a controller, and that a real fantasy world is far more dangerous than the ones in stories he loves.... well, that's something else entirely!

Explosions went off loudly, flames burning hot.
The scorching flame tongues were wrecking the damaged stairs, cracking the jaded steps and turning them to charred bits.
Ye Jing, engulfed in flames, moaned painfully.
Before, when he had the complete "Extreme Night", Ye Jing was able to ignore the rank III Devil Flames, but after it broke, his defence didn't just plummet, it even shrunk in range.
Therefore, Ye Jing was now able to feel the high temperature of the ravaging flames.
The ferocious temperature caused immense pain to the already burnt right side of his face.
Unpleasant memories came afloat in his mind again.
Insults!
The insults Ye Jing tried to forget but couldn't, they filled his heart and became the best fuel for the raging flames.
The raging flames burned fiercer as they started to devour Ye Jing's sanity, however, the person controlling the flames seemed to be an expert. 
Not only was it done secretly, it was so cleverly done that Ye Jing didn't realize it at all.
Quite possibly, he may have noticed that something was off about the raging flames had he been given another second, but right then, the white wolf appeared before him once again.
The white wolf spirit nimbly and lightly grazed over Ye Jing's body, its sharp claws shaking the defense of "Extreme Night" yet again.
"Extreme Night", which was already broken, suffered even more cracks on the remainder of its surface; it was so concentrated that it seemed to have formed a connected pattern.
"You again!? I'll kill you!"
Ye Jing shouted with killing intent, but the white wolf didn't give him the chance to act. It quickly ran away after its successful ambush.
Of course, that still wasn't the end of Kieran's relentless attacks.
A rapier came afloat from the shadows and was launched at Ye Jing as he was shouting angrily.
Souu!
Ding!
Ding Ding Ding!
[Dandelion's Pierce] created sparks with the black light when it struck "Extreme Night".
The clear sounds from the relentless rapier strikes along with the sparks almost sounded like a blacksmith smithing on a merry workday.
Kak!
Another cracking sound followed shortly after.
The remaining "Extreme Night" was further damaged and then reduced to less than half of its original size.
Not just Ye Jing's face was left exposed, half of his body was now as well.
So when the Devil Flame was hurled at him again, Ye Jing clearly felt the heat from the flames.
Ye Jing dodged it!
From the moment he first appeared, Ye Jing had never bothered dodging Kieran's attacks at all and yet, he did so now!
With extreme speed, Ye Jing appeared on the other side of the stairs. The Devil Flame grazed his side but he didn't dodge Kieran's upcoming slash.
Kieran jumped from the top of the stairs and swung [Arrogant Word] down.
Wung!
The huge bewitching greatsword brought upon a violent wind whistle as it slashed toward "Extreme Night".
Dang!
After the clear clunking noise, Ye Jing saw Kieran switch from two-handed to single-handed again.
He didn't panic though; instead, he laughed coldly.
Ye Jing slowly took out a wooden talisman charm from his pocket.
Pak! 
The wooden talisman charm was snapped and faint divine light started to spread over Ye Jing's body.
The lingering frosty energy was swiftly expelled. It seemed that the divine light was used specifically to counteract against the frost.
"You think you can strike me twice with the same tricks?" said Ye Jing.
"Extreme Night", which acted like a shield against [Arrogant Word]'s slash, divided itself into two parts. One of the moving lights began to strangle [Arrogant Word] like a living rope and the other lunged at Kieran, who was a few feet away.
The black light went directly for Kieran's heart and…
Sou!
A sharp, air-slicing noise followed.
At the same time, a never before seen explosive power befell the other end of the black light that was strangling [Arrogant Word].
The tenacious black light was on par with [Arrogant Word]'s sharpness. The explosive power managed to pin Kieran in place, his single-handed wielding and all. Kieran even had to utilize his full might to prevent [Arrogant Word] from being overtaken.
"How will you choose now? Abandon your sword? Or keep your sword with your body?"
Kieran turned a deaf ear to Ye Jing's words and moved accordingly to his plan.
Chang!
A sword chime came after a sharp glare when the soft sword was unsheathed.
[Burwell's Slaughter], which was concealed under [Wild Soul], was activated following the movement of Kieran's wrist. The mottled stains on the blade transformed into 22 arrows and were fired at Ye Jing.
Kieran was only a few feet away, thus Ye Jing was naturally in front of Kieran as well.
When [Arrow of Slaughter] was fired, it instantly arrived at Ye Jing's face.
"Extreme Night" split itself into another moving light and blocked off [Arrow of Slaughter] before it could reach Ye Jing.
The newly split moving light was exceptionally thin. After having blocked 22 arrows, it started to shake but still held on.
Ye Jing started to sneer again.
"Trying to return the damage? You think…"
Again, Ye Jing was abruptly stopped before he could finish.
Two layers of force field barrier formed over Kieran. The light from "Extreme Night" easily pierced the first with its unstoppable sharpness, but when it reached the second layer, it stopped for a while.
Despite the slight pause, the black light managed to go through the second layer and strike [Devourer's Shadow Mail], but upon contact, it splintered into black sparkles, vanishing into thin air.
Kak!
The splintered light caused "Extreme Night" to crack once more.
After the crack, the explosive power that strangled [Arrogant Word] was greatly weakened.
Kieran exerted his full might and broke free from the entanglement before swinging the weapon down again.
"SLASH!"
Kieran gripped his greatsword with both his hands and performed the slash with all his might as though he was trying to break "Extreme Night" once and for all.
Ye Jing was still disdainful as ever.
Even though "Extreme Night" had already broken, he didn't believe Kieran would be able to crush it completely, especially since it still had the buff from himself. "Extreme Night" was simply indestructible.
Chang!
[Arrogant Word]'s blade clashed with "Extreme Night". 
Ye Jing, who was as disdainful as ever, changed his expression for the worse because…
The power wasn't right!
The power he felt from [Arrogant Word] was far from what Kieran had displayed when using all his might, instead almost feeling similar to the single-handed slash from before.
At the next moment, Ye Jing saw Kieran switch to single-handed wielding again.
When Kieran raised his right hand at Ye Jing again, the corner of Ye Jing's eye twitched.
"You think you can succeed again?!"
The shout didn't stop Ye Jing from carefully preparing for his counterattack though.
He never thought a God who hadn't even reached the higher standing could force him to such an ugly position.
His burning rage became uncontrollable.
The burning rage started to sizzle away his sanity, and Ye Jing only just managed to hold himself together.
His mind told him to calm down, he had to maintain a clear head.
However, his sanity started to shake again right after because while Ye Jing had been paying full attention to Kieran's right hand, Kieran dished out kicks instead!


Welcome to a virtual underground game with no protection, full of lurking players who seek survival, power, and fortune. Kieran chose to enter this VRMMORPG game without hesitation, because he knew this was the only way for him to escape death’s grasp. Can he escape death in real life though, or will he end up dying inside the game? 

Judgement Hall to raise a petition?"
'HOOT! HOOT!'
[The one and only.]
Hootie confirmed with an affirmative attitude.
Bet you, readers already had an idea who it was.
Yep! It was indeed, Camilla. The same emotional grim reaper who appealed for a heavier sentence to those who committed animal cruelty.
Since grim reapers were required to stay in the mortal realm most of their time and pay for their living expenditures, most of them also opt to have a dual personality.
Meaning they also have to live a life in the mortal realm with an identity of their own, which was of course carefully prepared beforehand to avoid suspicion.
So other than being a grim reaper of the Underworld, the grim reapers also had another side job that helped them to make the ends meet.
Only a handful of grim reapers refused to do it like that, and Jace was obviously one of them.
'HOOT! HOOT!'
[Should I go and get her now so you could ask for her assistance this instant?]
Hootie offered afterward.
"Go ahead, Hootie. You know what to do."
As soon as Nathalia gave her word Hootie once again vanished in thin air with a poof but not before swallowing back the big ancient book of record.
"We just have to wait for them to come back."
"Un! For now, why don't we use this time instead to walk around? I'll bring you to a nearby plaza. Let me make this day count for us before it ends. I will give you a short tour while we are waiting for them to come back."
Since they had nothing else left to do for the moment, Aiden suggested something they could do together to make good use of their time.
"Sounds great."
Nathalia agreed right away without even having a second thought.
"Let me show you how fun it is to live in the mortal realm for a day."
Aiden declared confidently as he flashed his wife with a bright smile.
He thought about giving Nathalia a date, just like what normal couples do in their leisure time but when he recalled the fact that there was actually a lady ghost following behind them, his expression change in an instant.
Doing great things together and showing the other party something worth envying over with did not seem to be a good idea since it would only even make him feel more sorry towards the lady ghost's plight.
So in the end, Aiden switched his plan on something else and just went on a rather simpler way of showing Nathalia around instead.
After a short while,
"Give me two of this, please."
Aiden said as he handed the vendor his payment and in exchange, he received two fluffy cotton candies. One was shaped like a flower while the other one was like that of heart, the latter went to Nathalia without saying.
"This is cotton candy, try it. It is sweet and it melts in the mouth."
Nathalia smiled at her husband after hearing his introduction with an obvious gleam of amusement in her eyes but she decided against saying a word and instead bit a mouthful from the snack she had at her hand.
"Hmmm.."
She savored the flavor with close eyes, while Aiden nodded in satisfaction as he watched the other party's reaction
"How was it?"
"It is really good. I love it. By the way, to be honest, I know what cotton candy is. HAHAHA! I have been here before. In fact, I also used to spend some time in the mortal realm every now and then. I have already tried a lot of mundane's stuff over time. But because I am doing this with you right now, I think that I am enjoying it even more."
Nathalia said to make herself clear when it seemed that Aiden had a different idea about her.
"Err... Is that so????"
Aiden scratched the back of his head like he usually did whenever he fell in an awkward situation. Because just like what Nathalia suspected, he really thought that the Queen of Darkness did not know much about the mortal realm. Little did he knew that Nathalia also had a certain degree of fondness towards the mortal realm.
"I am a Half-human, myself, remember? I am a Demigod. My dad was a deity who fell in love with a mortal."
Nathalia reminded her husband with a knowing smile.
"Ohh, Sorry, I forgot."
"it's okay... Besides, I also don't usually open up about me being a half himan myself."
It has not taken that long yet since Hootoe had gone to fetch Camilla, but the bird and the grim reaper had already arrived.
It seemed that aside from nagging at her master, Hootie was also efficient when it came to having her job done.
"You came. Good."
Nathalia offered a simple word of commendation before she nodded her head to recognized the other party's presence; the same time as Camilla bowed her head to greet her.
"Greetings, My Queen and to my King as well"
The grim reaper said as she curtsied with grace before she continued.
"I came here as soon as I was told that Her Highness, requires something from me. What was it that you need my cooperation, Your Highness?"
"I need you to help us to get into the bottom of a case that involved a mortal girl that was brutally murdered and mutilated into pieces afterward. I heard that you used to work in the criminal division, so I hope that you could do something about it."
"Do we have any grim reaper in the record that worked anywhere related to the crime division for the purpose of their dual personality in living here in the mortal realm?"
"Do we have any grim reaper in the record that worked anywhere related to the crime division for the purpose of their dual personality in living here in the mortal realm?"
'HOOT! HOOT!'
Hootie replied before she started heaving and a second after she said that, A thick and ancient-looking book came out from that small beak of hers
Aiden who saw Hootie did something weird for the first could not help but stare at the bird with wide eyes.
"Don't be surprised anymore. That was her purpose aside from annoying me. She was capable of storing anything inside her by swallowing it and she could also take the item out at will whenever I needed it. Why would you even think I allowed her to stay beside me, in the first place? I am not keeping a useless bird for no reason. She was like my four-dimensional bag.
Nathalia was considerate enough to explain to her husband when she saw how bewildered Aiden was upon the sight of a bird throwing up a hardbound book that was as big as her whole body itself.
Meanwhile, Hootie who did not pay much attention to Aiden's reaction busied herself on skimming through the pages one after another as though looking for something.
She even came prepared and got herself a loupe lens out of nowhere.
'HOOT! HOOT!'
[Found yah!]
Hootie exclaimed after a while then perched next to Nathalia's left shoulder to let the other party see the name that was written on the book of record for herself.
"Ohh, what a coincidence. Is she the same grim reaper that came to talk to me this morning at the
"I will do my best to be in your service, Yur Highness."
"Good."
"Err... The thing is, I don't have the name yet and it did not seem to me either that the lady ghost would be speaking a word anytime soon. But I do happen to know a clue about her identity. Can you look for the information regarding the fiancee of Detective Rogers instead? He was a detective working at the Casterly Rock Police Department. I had a haunched that he victim was the same as his fiancee whom he claimed to run away the day before their wedding."
"Do we happen to have the name of the victim, so I could go ahead and look for it?"
"Err... The thing is, I don't have the name yet and it did not seem to me either that the lady ghost would be speaking a word anytime soon. But I do happen to know a clue about her identity. Can you look for the information regarding the fiancee of Detective Rogers instead? He was a detective "Err... The thing is, I don't have the name yet and it did not seem to me either that the lady ghost would be speaking a word anytime soon. But I do happen to know a clue about her identity. Can you look for the information regarding the fiancee of Detective Rogers instead? He was a detective working at the Casterly Rock Police Department. I had a haunched that he victim was the same as his fiancee whom he claimed to run away the day before their wedding."


A cold-hearted Male Lead with a dead inside disease who finds his cure after meeting his ever so jolly and kind-hearted Female Lead.
I bet you already find it too cliche!
You've read a lot of that before, right???
How about you try this one instead? 
Let us do it the other way around...
Born between the forbidden love of a god and a human, Demigod Nathalia Watson was forced to assume the role of maintaining the peace and order among creatures of the dark after her father, The Lord of Darkness decided to resign and finally elope with the love of his life. Nathalia's mom.
"Is this some kind of family business? While some inherit a conglomerate and become CEO, I inherit the highest position in the underworld."
Used to dealing business with the creatures of the dark, Nathalia had no choice but to be aloof and cold as an ice queen.
Until the day come and Aiden Jones comes to her life.
He was an optimistic and happy go lucky guy. No matter what life throws to him, he will face it with a bright smile.

Will his sunny personality be capable of melting our ice queen?

Would their predestined fate eventually alter their individual nature?

A love that transcends heaven and hell; but how a typical mortal that used to mundane life would deal with it????

Will Aiden soon realize that he unknowingly married the Queen of Darkness and live happily ever after with her?

***pic's, not mine... Credit goes to the rightful owner

Although these highlands looks vast, I've finally exited from it after more than an hour of following this group of ants.

Maybe because were too fast that another forest finally enters my vision without my knowledge.

Its better to assume that I'm a part of this group thanks to this neverending chase when I'm only here to spectate this insect war.

Who would emerge victorious? The kidnapper Centipede? or a group of Ant knights whose there to save their queen? I'm excited, huhuh.

And because we've finally arrived in a forest, mobility of agile ants started to show off. They stretched their body and jumped from one tree to another like a ninja, using their legs to blasted off and nimbly zigzagging forward.

Finally, I've come to see the back of the centipede we've been chasing.

In my case, I fly using my Beetle wings while running at the same time to increase my movement speed as this creatures are too fast to follow.

"Huh?" And in the middle of this forest is a cliff, but below is another forest, of course.

The centipede hastily crawled down. Thereafter, ants followed their pursuit and hastily jumpes off. Now that I think about it, I've only seen no more than ten Eve Trees along the way, and the rests turned out to be a normal trees in this placd. That's why, everytime that ants jumped off, trees tore up in the process.

So there's only normal forest in this area?

I almost forgotten I'm inside the red line thanks to this view. The only thing thats keeping me from thinking so, is the visible cloud from above.

Anyway, while crawling down, one ant arrived at the tail of the centipede and crawl behind but the centipede didn't stop its trail.

Like a spectator I am, I look what's in front and there's nothing peculiar but uneasiness fills my spine.

What is it?

In this area, the book of [Red Line Creature] on my hand is utterly useless. They've never seen any ants this big, and so do I. Although I shouldn't be surprise because this is a fantasy world. So why am I bothered by it?

But still, there's something that give me uneasiness in this area.

Then I remember the word of the man who gave us this map. "The world beyond this map, is unknown and uncharted"

After that word exited out of my muttering lips, I flying and landed at the nearest branch.

Sound still reverberated from below where centipede and ants clashes.

Boom Boom---!

Everytime the centipede shakes its body, one ants flew off as multiple of trees completely destroys in the process.

I stop thinking about this uneasiness and follow the insects instead but momentarily after, there's a third party who joined the prey.

Although smaller than an ants and doesn't have an armor-like body but instead hairy and has long arm, this creatures nimbly rode above the ant, then either hammer its fist or uprooting the ants antennae.

"Just another species of baboon, but how come they dominated this ants?"

One after another, ants like a lego, detached its stomach from thre body thanks for two baboons teamed up to pull it off while others rooted another ant's antennae. After all, the communication channel of this insects are their antennas.

On the other hand, the centipede arrived in front of another baboon that is smaller than the other. The centipede dropped off an ant from its mouth as if paying attribute to a small baboon.

"What is this peculiar spectacle?" I can't help but lowet my brows thanks to this curiosity.

Boom---!

And before I start making any move, the small baboon punched the centipede as it rocketed hundreds of meters away, destroying the big rocks in the process. Headless and lifeless.

With their instinct however, ants tried their best to fight back, killing dozen of baboons in the process but because they're too aggressive and prioritize on saving their brethren, they'll annihilated in no time.

Watching this bloody scene, I can't help but shake my head and look towards that small baboon.

Maybe smaller than me, that baboon has an amazing herculean strength to punch the centipede, then pulled off the poor ant queen as it entered to the nearest cave, enough for five times of my size to enter.

"What's this? Don't tell me its a dungeon?" I tried to take a peek and realize this same cave that gives me chill after arriving the area but at that moment, baboons screech from my back as if giving a warning.

They wanted to attack me but of course, I used [Echo] and initiate intimidation.

Of all the creature I devoured, only one has an intrinsic ability called [Menace] thanks to its presence alone. That creature is none other than the [Helix Asura], a six-armed red creature we encountered after adventuring for a couple of days. Although looks strong and almighty, and maybe stronger than the Beetle Rhinoceros. I still defeated it alone.

This is the seventh day of our adventure, so this is the day we should return back as that's the promise we made with our parents.

Anyway, thanks to that new skill in my arsenal, I echo it along with [Intimidating Howl] and created my own [Intimidation] skill. That's a smaller version of Conqueror's Haki, alright. Possessing this skill alone is enough to get the attention of the world.

This skill alone is what made me famous in the near future fufufu I'm looking forward to it.

Anyway, this skill isn't that strong yet, because---

Hiyaaaaa---!

One, two... tree baboon charged at my direction.

I defended one while dodging the other two, momentarily punched them in succession.

BAM BAM---!

Slash---!

But this time, I am but amazed.

Because one of them protruded a nail, long enough to cut my body, thankfully I'm a slime. So this is nothing, but still, this baboon is unordinary.

Boom--!

I punched them whilst crater formed on their stomach. Another batch charged through but just like the other, they too blasted off.

After eating more than 30 different kind of monsters, that alone is the evidence how much my ability escalates. Still, I'm not invincible to the point of letting my body slashed, that's why I didn't let my guard down but for some reason, I feel like I'm still not strong enough.

Landing back after pounded another batch of attackers, I stared at the remaining baboons as if wanting to eat me whole. I waited for them to initiate another attack for an Nth time but none of them move a single muscle. Afraid to receive another inevitable beating.

After thirty minutes? One hour? Two hours? I waited. Waiting for that small baboon to return back from that cave

Until I have this feeling that my back started to burn, as if something is approaching. An intent that is death.

Was this the accumulated instinct of all the creatures I eaten? I wonder.

BOOOOOM----!

Stronger than how I blasted the baboons, big impact reached my head but I defend it thanks for the sudden instinct I sensed.

[Echo: Inviolable Armor Shell]

With my arm created scales thanks to Armadillo-type creature, added with the Defense from Beetle Rhinoceros and other creatures I eaten. I created a layered of armor forming as my arm, hard enough to defend from the incoming attack.

Cracked spreads throughout the ground where I stands but I heard the same cracking sound from my body. More specifically. From my arm as the cracks spreads.

BOOM---!

Before reorganizing my body however, another punch arrived from my side, whilst I welcomed it with the same skill, [Inviolable Armor Shell].

But this time, my arm cracked open and scales peeled open.

Rolling hundreds of meters, I still hear the body of mine violently creaking, but opposite of it, there's this filling of enjoyment boiling and burning inside.

I haven't yet to realize it, but I am smiling.

Dash---!

BOOM BOOM---!

I thrust myself forward seconds after standing back up, returning to the creature who pounded me.

This creature is none other than their baboon leader. The responsible of one shotting the centipede just then. It returned from that cave but it didn't carry the body of an Ant queen anymore. What are they doing with that creature? I wanted to know. 

And just like I said, now that it's in front of me and head-on, this baboon indeed is smaller than the rest, but its uniqueness lies in its form.

Its easy to distinguished this baboon because just like how human recognizing each gender, this baboon has the same frame like that of a lady. Just looking to pair of its titties, to be exact. Her hair-less face is also stunning for a mere monkey.

That's right, this baboon is their leader but also a queen(?)

Also, there's this feature on her hairy chest, a symbol like that of a five leaf clover spreads throughout her belly.

What's more, her hair color is blazing in red!

The moment I turn my eyes on her, there's the moment and idea that's burning on my chest and mind. "I will make you my crew member!" That's right.

I smile from the thought as she welcomed my punches with her fist while wind beneath us scatters and resounded.

Boom Boom--!

I decided, I will take her to the sea! This creature is not just unique but also strong!

"Come, come with me! Let's go to the sea!"

Uppercut reached her chin but she slightly tilts her head and follow up with full swing of her arm.

And as if answering my question, she swung it and strike me undefended. Her hoarse voice is small but I heard it loud and clear. before blowing off "Hate! Hu....man!!"

Then, I flew off from her sudden palm strike and for the second time and feel the pain echoes in my body like a thunderclap.

Standing, I look at her with smile "You're a Fuhrer Monkey" and with blood dripping off of my mouth.

Is this exhilaration? To let my slime body bleed?I wanted to ask.

Anyway. Unlike the rest of the baboon, her specie is different. A Fuhrer Monkey to be precise.

My father once told me, that there is a creature in the red line, capable of speaking human language. Close to that is the specie of intelligent baboon. When second to this line is a humandrill baboon. 

I know this humandrill baboon, as theylived in an island where Dracule Mihawk used as his base of operation and they are indeed genius and strong enough to inflict damage to a tired Zoro and even copy his swordsmanship. That alone is commendable.

But who would have thought that there's this specie who are many times more intelligent and/or potentially stronger than the humandrill baboon?

A Fuhrer Monkey! Yes, that's them.

With their hyper eccentric behaviour why their specie didn't introduce to the world. They are one of rarest specie close to extinction thanks to this. Its none other than their supremacism.

But who would have thought I discovered one for myself? What can you call it if this isn't fate?

"Fuhrer Monkey follow the strong, right? Then, I want you to acknowledge me---"

Simultaneously, I arrived in front of her again as we exchange fists. "Acknowledge that I am stronger than you are"

[Echo: Helix Strong Arm!]

Unlike [Inviolable Armor Shell] that can cast continously, [Helix Strong Arm] is an instant cast.

My arm produced an titanic illusion like that of a fists as it rotated comparable to a drill, while at the same time, [Inviolable Armor Shell] are still activated.

BOOM---!

Two fists collided. And unlike the last time where only gusts of wind are created, this time, cracked spread through like a spider web, as it was her who flew off after this exchange.

Her arm dislocated after this bout as she cried out in agony and pain.

Her underlings screech and wanted to pounce at me but she only howl in return, as if saying their help is unneeded.

But instead of raising her flag of defeat, her eyes burned like fire, unafraid of death but unwilling to fight me at the same time.

What is it that she's fighting for?

I can't help but looked at the cave she once entered. She then spoken as if stuttering, "Protect... master... cave"

She said so in hoarse voice but unlike the one who has the eye that is willing to help its master, hers is like that she doesn't have a choice, but still do so.

"What is it that's holding you back?" I stepped foot of her dangerous area where she can hit me if she wanted to but I didn't flinch one bit and instead, reach my hands unto her twisted arm.

According to father, once they, Fuhrer Monkey acknowledged you, they won't show any resistance, especially if you look closely into their eye. They're supremacist, so their glare is different when they'll acknowledged you.

Momentarily, my arm turned into a slime and slowly, it crawled unto hers and towards her armpit as she closed her eyes. Its stings I know, but she's a strong fella, so this treatment should do nothing to her.

In her eye, shows a single drip of tear that's about to drizzle but she only wiped it clean. I then follow a word, "I defeated you, so I now have the rights to take you, correct?"

She's about to nod her head, but change it and shake it instead.

"Master... I... Protect" I understand this word, but the meaning behind it, I don't have any idea what it was.

If its about this, only Jirah has the ability to communicate in any creature with enough intelligent. And I'm sure its an easy feat for her thanks to her job as an entertainer, the acrobat in circus. After all, they have an animal on their performance and she's befriended with them.

But right now, she's not here.

With that in mind, I look at the cave instead. Is this a dungeon? I stand up straight after healing her hand completely, but she momentarily arrived in front, blocking me and said, "Sorry, not allowed", stopping me.

Huh!?

After thinking it through, the only answer I come up with, is to defeat this so called master to liberate her completely.

So why is she blocking my path?

I want to kick her ass again, but something within her eyes made me uncomfortable.

Did she perhaps, afraid? Afraid of what?

Or, there's something wrong within this cave? Maybe that is the reason why I didn't enter beforehand and instead wait for her to exit? That unknowingly, my instinct kicked in?

I don't know, but now I'm curious.

It all started when a young man, woken up in the world's greatest border. . .The Red Line


*This is purely and entirely fan-fic only and the Author does not own the covered photo*

Yet, the unbreakable will of the Cang Jiang Military Force had highly surpassed Raphael's expectation. The fight had lasted for 3 hours and it could be considered as an extremely long lasting fight for the card artisans.
There were only 300 men left in the Cang Jiang Military Force. However, their fighting spirit was admirably tenacious.
Sang Hanshui's face went gloomy as the Wooden Word Camp had lost over 80 men ever since the war had started. Furthermore, the amount of casualties was over 150. Anyhow, the Wooden Word Camp had acquired the upper hand during the fight all the time. However, judging by the situation, the difference in combat powers between both teams was obvious.
The equipments owned by Cang Jiang Military Force were above the average within the Heavenly Federation. Even regular card artisan's equipment were built with 4 stars cards. However, in comparison to Wooden Word Camp, the equipment that Cang Jiang Military Force had were rather inferior. Before acquiring the Computation Box, Chen Mu's 3 stars numbered series card was already enough to be on par with the 4 stars cards. After getting through the optimization by the Computation Box, those cards had become even stronger in overall performance.
The cards' power had greatly increased. Higher shooting rate and less energy consumption and they had even achieved lower energy fluctuation…
However, the current Wooden Word Camp was like a child with a knife. Although they were equipped with the best weapons in the world, but unfortunately, they were unable to perform its best. As for Cang Jiang Military Force, they did not use 5 stars cards quite often but instead, they were using those regular 4 stars cards most of the time. However, their combat capabilities were extraordinary, especially the insane tenacity shown by Sang Hanshui, which allowed him to be highly respected by evevryone.
It was terrifying to know that the Cang Jiang Military Force could still manage to hold their ground with 300 men left after losing over 3,000 of them throughout the fight!
If both parties were to fight with one another face to face, Sang Hanshui could assure that his team would definitely lose the fight. Generally speaking, they were just mercenary soldiers. It would be difficult to expect loyalty from them unless they were granted with their own territories which would allow them to bring their families to live together. Only so, the mercenary soldiers would remain loyal. 
However, it was not the right time to think about it and it was not his concern after all.
For now, his only concern was to end the fight as soon as possible.
He looked at Raphael and started hesitating in his mind on whether he should arrange the team 1 into the battle. Team 1 was the strongest among the five in both combat power and equipment levels. Hence, he was not willing to place them into the battle. Raphael was following the boss all the way from Tai-shu family to where they were now. Therefore, none of them would doubt her loyalty.
Raphael had realized that Sang Hanshui was staring at him. The horrible impression and the beaten experience left by those fighters in the minds of all these card artisans from Tai-shu family were unforgettable .
"Sir. Let us join the fight!" Raphael asked. Card artisans in team 1 who stood beside her were feeling the urge to fight. It was a torture for them to watch the battle which had reached the climax but could not do anything at the side.
Sang Hanshui did not speak a word.
Back in the operation vehicle, Chen Mu Was looking at everything happening in the frontline. He was brainstorming while observing the situation in the battlefield. For him, he would still have a lot of things to learn. He had never been through any proper systematic learning progress before and instead, he learnt it all by himself. What he could recall was what Bogner had told him to do.
However, the reality proved that " practice makes perfect". Without any help from Bogner and Jiang Liang, he could only count on himself. Although there were plenty of obstacles during the process, but eventually he still managed to build the Wooden Word Camp.
He observed the image displayed carefully from the Spinulosa Disk as he quickly did some maths in his mind.
From his perspective, Sang Hanshui obviously was not flexible enough. Chen Mu strategized several ideas that which would be able to destroy the enemy but Sang Hanshui had turned the battle into a prolonged state. However, Chen Mu did not stop him. Since he had given the Sang Hanshui the authority to take control of the battle, he would not interfere. He was a fighter without a solid foundation but what about Sang Hanshui and Xiaobo? They were not provided a solid foundation too.
All of us required time and experience to grow.
Other than them, the Wooden Word Camp soldiers were also lack of foundation. This battle had greatly impacted them. He had realized that the soldiers would learn from the enemy and their chemistry between one another had improved. They started to cover each other with their instincts and experience. These soldiers was slowly forcing themselves in adapting to the tough battle. Such improvement could be seen from the decreased casualties rate as compared to the previous fight.
"Struggles develop strong and undefeatable fighting spirit." The tougher the fight, the greater the fighting spirit of a team would become!
By witnessing the fallen of his card artisans, Chen Mu suddenly realized how calm he was. A quote popped out in his mind, "One who is lenient will never fit to lead an army! When have I become so cold-blooded?"
He sighed and laughed sarcastically himself before turning his focus back to the battle once again.
Chen Mu had finally realized the changes in himself. He used to chill most of the time when Bogner, Jiang Liang, and Xi Ping were still by his side as he would never have to worry about anything. He would only have to focus on his research. Unfortunately, once he left Bogner and others, he had to manage everything on his own and this had changed his personality and his attitude in doing stuff.
On certain levels, he could be considered as a leader.
The level 7 card artisans who stood beside Chen Mu were surprised. They were impressed by everything they saw on the screen.They were following Chen Mu's orders most of the time just because they were afraid of the White Commander. Honestly, they were disappointed because even though the White Commander had managed to achieve level 7, his perception power was weaker than anyone of them.
They would not be convinced that easily in the world that admired power and strength.
Most of the people would not pay any attention to these arrogant level 7 card artisans from Wooden Word Camp.
 However, they had witnessed with their bare eyes on the fate of Cang Jiang Military Force, which was the First Army of the Underworld, had suffered from total annihilation by Wooden Word Camp!
The Wooden Word Camp's combat capability was far beyond everyone's expectation!
Nothing was more persuasive than power! Those level 7 card artisans had finally decided to pay their respects to this young man in mask, who had built such supreme army all by himself !
Whatever Chen Mu had found out, Sang Hanshui who was present at the battle must have sensed too. Sang Hanshui was definitely much stone-hearted in comparison to Chen Mu. Xiaobo would share the same trait too. A true card artisan would have struggled to survive, while the lenient ones would have died long ago.
He did realize the changes in his soldiers. Sang Hanshui declined Raphael's battle invitation without any hesitation.
He had a simple concept. Card artisans were supposed to fight with their lives at the frontline. Human lives would be valued the most in this crucial world! Among all the people in Wooden Word Camp, he did not care about anyone but his boss.
For now, the Wooden Word Camp had lost over 150 card artisans! Furthermore, there were 300 wounded card artisans too! 
This was definitely the most disastrous record they had ever since the Wooden Word Camp was established. 
Yet, their efforts did not go to waste.The Wooden Word Camp soldiers were experienced card artisans. They had managed to obtain the rhythm and chemistry through this battle. They had fought in a more skillful and experienced way as he cooperation between each of them went better.
"Damn it! They used us as a stepping stone!" Cang Jiang Military Force had only 2 captains left in the battle. One of them spoke with a gloomy face. As compared to the Wooden Word Camp's inexperienced leadership, the captains from Cang Jiang Military Force were experienced in fights and they were pioneers. Hence, it was definitely a shame for Cang Jiang Military Force to become someone else's stepping stone.
Another captain spoke in a serious tone, "Alright. We can't continue this way anymore. I'll stall them while you go and bring the other half of the troop to breakthrough the battlefield."
The captain shouted in madness, "What do you mean by that? If we were to die,we shall die together!"
The other captain was calm as shook his head and said, "We have to deliver this news to Cang Lan. This way, we get to atone for our mistakes of losing the fight, so that our families could get a better compensation!"
"Shall we deliver the message to the other 3 families?" The captain remained silence before he said the words. The option of staying alive was a temptation that he could not refuse as everyone was afraid to die.
"Definitely not!" The captain quickly stopped him. "Our Cang Jiang Military Force had been completely defeated. If the 3 families were in a good state, then our North Facing District might be ended up as a servant to them. Hmph! How could we allow this to happen? You try your best to make your way out, and stay in the woods. Do not take the way you came to avoid from the 3 teams. They'll definitely go head to head with the Wooden Word Camp and they will soon realize who benefits them most."
He went silent for a moment before answering the question. " Please take good care of my family."
"Alright!" This captain nodded solemnly with his eyes soaked in tears.
They both were decisive men. Therefore, they both split their paths decisively afterwards and immediately started to make the formation adjustment.
Sang Hanshui had noticed the changes in the enemy's movement. He whispered the instruction to Raphael, who was standing beside him. Raphael nodded and started falling back with team 1 quietly.
Sang Hanshui's assumption was right. 5 minutes later, the enemy had greatly strengthen up their firepower to an intensive level!
Although they had made an early preparation for this attack, several card artisans of Wooden Word Camp were injured in a blink of an eye. However, the well-prepared Wooden Word Camp card artisans had launched a counter attack in response, causing way more deaths and casualties on the enemy's site.
All of a sudden, over 100 card artisans turned back and started to charge out from the battlefield! They were like a bunch of rats running towards all directions.
They did not activate the energy shield instead, they were doing all those dodging moves continuously, as if the Cang Jiang Military Force Camp went exploded.
A partial of the card artisans went straight for Sang Hanshui!
Within a short period of time, the leader of those card artisans had managed to slay 3 of the Wooden Word Camp's card artisans without any mercy. He then took a glance at Sang Hanshui with his sharp eyes before tearing another card artisan apart right in front of him. He might have been using a 5 stars card, which could allow him to control the Seven-sided circular lightsaber the way he wanted. This lightsaber was extremely sharp and powerful that it could easily slice a man into half. 
Level 7 card artisan!
Sang Hanshui grunted. He was pissed when the enemy tried to provoke him. He stared at the enemy ferociously and said,''Are you trying to kill yourself?"
Oncethe Wooden Word Camp's card artisans knew that Sang Hanshui intended to have a solo battle with the enemy's leader, they got excited and moved aside immediately just to make space for the fight.
As for normal days, the Wooden Word Camp's card artisans were suppressed by the hit man. Their rules were strict and therefore, none of them would dare to cross the line. The hit man was well-known for his insane attitude but whether or not he was a good fighter, none of them could ever knew. It was Sang Hanshui's first time in achieving level 7 which tend to make all of them curious about his true strength.


This is both a work of science fiction and an exploration of the meaning of life, love, literature and art. Brainpower is no longer the main ingredient for being human in this far distant future world.  Spirituality, physical balance, and diligence all come together as integrity for Chen Mu, the Card Apprentice.  The cards which Chen Mu masters in his own scrappy way, distill all the powers of the cosmos –  human and nonhuman –  into something that is not a book, not technology, and neither art nor magic, but is these and more.  Learn about these strange cards, which can embody everything you might imagine for the future of technology, but also a future beyond technology which promotes the best, and sometimes the worst, from mankind’s past.

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