For thousands of centuries, humans and human-like creatures made a pact of allegiance to prevail against the Great Wave of Demonic Beasts. 

Humans, who were adept with body arts shared their techniques as warlocks and magical races gave their portion of magical skills. 

Since then, countless heroes called Martial Mages ascended across the cities and clans as they battled against the demonic beasts and sealed the entrance leading to their realm. 

Thenceforth, the humans and other humanoid groups, were able to 'Cultivate' and finally live in peace and harmony within their own realms. 

... 

The twelve year old girl named Reina is an ordinary lass from a humble family. She lived a rather decent life without having to do battle or risk her life to forage her necessities. 

And since she is physically weak, her family never thought about giving her labor and just treated her as an ordinary miss of the family. 

But after the mass coming to an age ceremony, when she turned thirteen, she awakened a life spirit that only mages could possess. 

Ever since, her family vanished like thin air while she paved her journey to seek the truth of her mystery lineage. 

But there's a twist. Her soul is not the Reina of the past but Reina from the future, who perished after the new Great Siege of Divine Beasts from the Demon realm a thousand years ahead her time. 

Could she unravel the veracity of her lineage while making sure that she could prevail against the arrival of Divine Beasts? 

Accompany Reina in her journey to find out. 

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Hello, Dapper-san here! So I just want to say that this is my first novel here in Webnovel and please help me improve my writing skill by pointing out any mistakes. 

Anyways, hope you don't mind my narrow vocabulary, I am not a prodigy writer so please be gentle with your criticisms. 

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A story about a tool spirit possessing a crow core, enabling her to cultivate her way towards immortality.

Could she actually succeed?

With spirits, a few humans and flocks of crows accompanying her journey, join Kruel as she embarked her feathery adventure towards Ascension!

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Awakens starting appearing when beasts start pouring out of cracks that appear in the space other than in dungeons. 
When these cracks appear which now called dimensional crack countless people died and cities were destroyed. After fighting these monsters for 20 years first human awaken appear and change the fate of humans that was on the brink of extinction and again human become leading specie. Awakened people wield power that was beyond human capacity. Some awaken has the power to destroy boulders with bare hand, some were able to produce fire from thin air and so on.
After some researched human know this power came from a formless energy inside the human body that convert itself in these abilities. This formless energy was named as Aura.
After approximately 1000 years after first awaken appear. Human stopped producing aura in their body. After the initial panic, one of the researchers found that Aura also found in nature named as Aura particles. So, they started researching and found a way to absorb Aura from nature. Now there are techniques to absorb Aura from nature. And also help to expand capacity to store Aura in the human body.
The human body starts absorbing Aura only after they become 15 years old. If younger than this try to use any technique to absorb Aura from nature they will die painfully.
There are some cases where human body starts producing Aura naturally regardless of age and they can tame beasts this ability is only these people have.
Now everyone who practices aura particle absorption techniques can be awakened. 
This story take place after 3000 years of first awakened. It’s a story about a boy name Ethan who was ordinary in all aspect but because of this world cruelty he has to become powerful to protect people that are important to him. See him overcoming many hardships only by desire to protect others.

Have you ever heard the story of when a handsome crow fell in love with a beautiful fox? Will their love last? Or is it destined to fail?

'Haa... I don't seem to be dreaming. But then, how did I end up here?' Haneul sat on a bench outside a 24 hour convenience store that he barely managed to find in this rural town he found himself in and stared at the sky, as if to seek answers from the stars like the wise men of old used to do.

It was unfortunate that he didn't know a thing about constellations though.

The only good thing in his situation is that, miraculously, he still had his wallet with him, most likely because he forgot to take it out of his pocket like he usually did. 

'Good job, me.'

Though, his phone, which he placed under his pillow, was nowhere to be seen.

He took a quick sip of the soju in his hand as if to portray his frustration. 

Being a shut in writer for seven years, he wasn't really all that good in socializing. Even when he tried to muster up the courage to ask the cashier lady when he was buying the soju, the single scrutinizing look the woman gave was enough to leave him deflated.

In the end, he just passed her his I.D. and the money, then quickly ran out.

"Maybe I should just go to a police station." Haneul muttered, his eyes glimmering with hope as if he just found the answer but, a problem came up. "...Where's the police station?"

"..." With eyebrows scrunched together, he stared at the sky once again, wanting to cry and scream but at the same time, was to shy to disturb anyone who might be nearby.

It also didn't help that the town was so remote that it barely had any properly paved roads, much less, road signs.

'Ah... There's not much choice, is there?' 

He had to walk blindly around town.

...

[The first batch is about to depart in around half an hour. There's not much left to do here. In any case, not many mortals are still wandering outside at this time, right? So we can go back now.]

[Go back by yourself, slacker. I will continue with what the king has ordered me to do until the last millisecond. Because, unlike you hypocritical fools of the Alliance, we of the Red Banner have actual beneficial goals.]

[You impertinent basta-]

[Please don't fight here. It's still working hours.]

[Heh. Not for long.]

In a hidden dimension pocket along a dark road, a cat and a crow were arguing with each other while a grasshopper was trying to appease both sides.

Meanwhile, Seo Haneul slowly trudged along his way, trying to avoid the many potholes on the road which were filled with muddy water from the recent rain with the little light that the flickering street lights had to offer.

Speaking of rain...

Zzzt! Bang!

A sudden lightning struck down a tree just barely a hundred meters away from him, causing it to fall and cut the wires powering the street lights and, as if it were a signal, rain began to pour down in heavy torrents.

"...Great. Just wonderful." Now fully soaked till his underwear and covered in absolute darkness, Haneul was feeling as if the entire world was going against him today.

But, atleast before the sudden lightning he already knew that there was a small shed just in front of him.

'I'll wait for the rain to pass there.'

...

 [You should feel honored for making me use my limited stock of holy lightning on you!]

[I should say that to you as well, making me waste my year's supply of misfortune rain!]

In the hidden dimension pocket, a drenched cat and a bird with feathers occasionally buzzing with electric currents grinned at each other with veiled killing intent.

Suddenly, the grasshopper coughed, attracting their attention. 

[Um, not to bother you or anything but... we have a guest.]

The cat and the crow suddenly froze and, as if rehearsed countless times, they both looked to the side at the same time and, right there, just two meters away from them, sat a drenched and shivering boy. 

[...How?]

[Amazing! I couldn't even feel his presence! This seedling... I must win him over at all cost!]

In this situation, the cat and the crow had visibly varied reactions. While the cat was suspicious and felt aversion to the boy who managed to escape its detection, the crow, meanwhile, felt ecstatic, its eyes gleaming as if it had found a precious treasure.

The grasshopper, watching from the side, just shook its head mysteriously.

...

"It doesn't seem to be letting up anytime soon." Haneul muttered wistfully as he stared at the heavy rain outside of the shed. "I wanna go home..."

Ever since he finished his mandatory service in the military, this was the longest time he had been outside.

"Drenched, cold, and hungry." He pressed his forehead against his curled up knees. "It sounds like a terrible survival show that I would end up watching during the weekends when there's nothing else to watch. Though, it's seems like I'm one of the participants now."

Listlessly, he laid flat on his back. "Who knows, maybe I'll end up on tv next week..."

[Do you wish to experience a Second Life?]

A haunting voice whispered amid the sound of the rain pouring against the roof of the shed.

"And now I'm hallucinating." Haneul smiled at himself depreciatingly. 

[I can offer you glory... prestige... status! All you need to do is sign a contract with the Alliance.]

Somehow, before he knew it, an orange cat had already been sitting on his chest. But, despite the cat being cute, Haneul was born with an allergy to fur so, his initial reaction was to freeze up and mentally panic, completely missing what the cat had said.

[I can offer you power, riches, and enough battles to quench your inner bloodthirst! All you need to do is support the Red Banner wholeheartedly.]

With the sudden emergence of the crow, the rain pouring outside grew stronger out of nowhere, drowning out the crow's voice.

Truthfully, the crow actually increased the output of misfortune rain to create a lasting impact of its presence but, that additional effort it put in was the very effort which pitted it.

[...]

The grasshopper, already long realizing that no words would get to the boy at this point because of the two idiots, just stayed quiet.

In the end, it just sighed and took out a colorless ticket from within its carapace, sticking it on the boy's drenched shirt.

'A cat, a crow, and a grasshopper taking shelter together with me from this rain...' Haneul tried to smile but the corner of his mouth just ended up twitching slightly. "How strange."

Somehow, it reminded him of the way his most recent novel began.

Then, all of a sudden, his surroundings began to violently shake. He looked around but saw everything aside from the area around him was still.

So, what was the cause of this?

From the corner of his eyes, a ticket stuck on his shirt caught his attention.

...It can't be, right..?

He apprehensively looked below him, just to see the ground suddenly open up, swallowing him whole.

A cat, a crow, and a grasshopper appearing together...

[D*mn! Just when this novel made it into my list of favorites! D*mn you, author! I curse you to become a character in your own novel!]

When the surroundings began to blur out, Haneul looked up and laughed at himself in a mocking manner.

'I feel it. The seven years of piled up resentment from hundreds of readers... I can feel it now.'

When you walk around your neighborhood half past midnight, you will encounter a cat, a crow, and a grasshopper.

The moment you encounter them, you will realize that the surroundings had somehow turned unfamiliar and the way back had disappeared.

But, don't panic. Stay calm and wait.

Time will pass slowly in that place, then, they will ask you a question.

[Do you wish to experience a Second Life?]

This is where you shall make a choice. 

The cat, with its clever gaze, offers a constrained life with endless glory. The crow, with feathers proudly puffed, sings of freedom and power. And the grasshopper, softly mutters about fulfillment and simplicity.

Once you have chosen, they will disappear into nothingness, leaving behind a single ticket.

Your ticket to a second life.

But, of course, you can also refuse. Though, wouldn't that be too boring?

A girl named sophie. She was 10 years old. She lived with her Family. She had one sibling named Lindy. It was their 7th grade they were both at school. Sophie was very brave and smart but she never believed in supernatural things. She was in her english class, the teacher was reading a lesson "snake bite". Sophie was listening to it. "Snake bite" was a fitional story about a boy being bitten by a snake. Snake bit him on his left arm and he became a human monster. Though it was not a true story but Sophie's interest was slowly getting low because she did not believe in supernatural stories. She asked lindy about how much time is remaining. Teacher saw her and told her to get out of the class. She went out, almost 30 minutes were still remaining to ring the bell. Sophie saw a crow standing on the tree, staring at her and after 2 mins it got disapeared. Sophie laughed because the way that crow looked at her was like she did something wrong. After few minutes that crow came again stood right there. And then it got disappeared. This thing repeated 3 times. Sophie got scared she closed her eyes and did not think about it. The bell rang, she told her friends about the crow the way it got disappeared 3 times. After two minutes silence her sister lindy laughed at her, she said: "hah? You told me that you do not believe in these things, this has nothing connected with you". Her friends told her the same thing that its nothing. Sophie forgot about it. When she was on her way to her home with Lindy, the street was undercontsruction so they had to go from another way it was from the graveyard. They both were walking there, Sophie saw the same crow again standing over a grave. Sophie called Lindy to see that crow. Sophie said: "look Lindy! This crow with blood stain on its left foot, I was talking about it. It's chasing me". Lindy gave sophie a strange look on her stupidity. Sophie said: "believe me or not that same crow is chasing me from morning. Lindy told her: "oh! Maybe that crow wants to show you something, Maybe you know something. HaHa!". After walking 3 miles more, they reached at the dark Woods. It was really dark covered with large trees. It was dangerous but they had no choice so they went through the woods. After walking ahead the forest was becoming darker and darker. They both have gone through this way to their home before, so they did not get afraid. Sophie heared the voice of crow. Sophie told Lindy to go as fast as they can. Sophie heared that voice again she got so scared and fell down, she hurt her knee. Sophie shouted: "help Lindy". Lindy turned back and helped her, sophie was crying. She said: "please Lindy make it stop, it is hurting my ears that noise". Lindy told her that there's nothing to cry. They both reached at home, the voice stopped. Sophie stopped crying when they went in. Sophie didn't tell about it anybody except Lindy, she told her: "I heared a crow's noise so loudly like it was sitting beside me". Lindy understood there's something really wrong. Lindy told her if that crow comes again go follow it. Sophie decided it. The next morning Sophie was waiting for that crow in school. But it didn't come. Sophie was waiting all day for it, Lindy said: "well if it has not came then maybe there is nothing". Sophie got so disappointed and curious about it. When the classes were over Lindy said: "today we will not go from the dark forest because of what happened to you yesterday". They both went through the Highway road. Sophie saw a bus stop near by the road, they both stopped there for 5-10 minutes. Lindy said: "I did not know there is a bus stop here, we should have gone through this road yesterday". Sophie said: "me neither". Sophie was still thinking about the crow, looking everywhere. They went home. In the afternoon 3:00 pm Sophie told Lindy that she is going to the dark forest. Lindy faked a smile and said: "Day before yesterday you hurt your knee and you were crying and I don't want it to happen again." Lindy didn't want her to go but she insisted her. Lindy said: "you will tell Mom that we are going to the park, And we will come very soon". They both went in the forest. Sophie told Lindy to go another way if she finds out anything, call. Sophie heared voices from the bushes she got scared she kept stepping backwards. There was huge deep well. Sophie fell, she shouted: "Lindyyyyy!" Lindy heared her she ran after her voice, she called her but Sophie did not answer. After two minutes Sophie woke up. It was a well-built well, built for some purpose. Sophie saw a locked door in the well, but she was very hurt that she could not reach there. She turned around she saw the crow dead it was the same crow with a stain of blood in its left foot. Sophie shouted because she was already very scared. Lindy heared her voice. She found her. Lindy wanted to help to get her up but she could not find any way. Sophie told her that there is a door in this well and she told her about the crow too. Sophie got up, Lindy told her to wait so that she can find out a way. Lindy went to collect some very thin wooden sticks. Sophie was curious that how did the crow die. Sophie saw something written on the door "Cave Of The Black Falls". While Lindy wrapped herself tight with thin sticks and put a large wooden stick over it she went in and helped Sophie out. Lindy saw the door. It was horror, old and dusty. They both reached home, this time their mom saw Sophie. She asked: "what is this Sophie? Where were you both? Take a shower and change your clothes". Sophie researched about the cave of Black Falls. She found out- "Over 45 years ago, there lived a family beside the forest known as the Black Falls they were happy but one day their child went to the woods for the first time and did not come back, his family searched all around the forest but they could not find anything. Some says that he is still alive, some says that he was bit by a snake and died". Sophie could not sleep at night she was thinking about everything that happened with her and she remembered the lesson in her novel "Snake Bite" .Sophie decied that tomorrow she will go to the woods again. On the other day, Sophie told Lindy that she is going to her friend Elena's home for studying some maths problem. She went to the woods. According to her novel the boy became a human monster and didn't die so she decided to find the guy. Sophie thought that she should not believe in these kind of stories but she was curious. She went near the well, the voice from the bushes came again so she went near it but there was nothing as she turned back and exhaled deeply, she felt something around her neck, it was a large snake moving towards her face. She screamed and was shivering. Unfortunately, there was no one to help. The snake bit her on her face, she could not tolerate and died.
Part 1 Ended.

Hello everyone! 

So as promised, here is the Christmas Q&A for System Programmer. Special thanks to everyone who asked a question. :)


Let's start with the questions aimed at me personally : 

Q: Can you tell us more about yourself? 

Sure. I'm a 33 year old Belgian. I guess I'm a lot of older of the average web novel writer, lol.  I've been working as a software developer for about a decade now. I used to write a lot back in high school but college & real-life work kinda got in the way and I only recently picked up this hobby again and System Programmer is the first novel I'm writing. 

Q: What were some of the inspirations for this novel?

So I'm sure most of you have read a system novel. The main character lives an ordinary life and suddenly gets a system out of nowhere, most of the time by dying and being reincarnated. Have you never wondered? Who the hell is making those systems? Is there like a company in heaven distributing them to heroes? Someone should write a book about that! Wait a minute…

Q: What's your favorite color?

Blue


Q: What made you come up with the idea of having the MC, Joshua, being a summoned soul instead of having him reincarnate and being able to summon a soul?

To continue on the previous question: my first idea was that Catherine would be the world's chosen heroine and she would be granted a system by the heavens to complete her task. However, the system was still a beta version and would be buggy as hell. So the heavens would send her a recently deceased programmer in order to debug the system. In this early draft, Joshua was stuck inside Catherine's head that would look like some sort of sci-fi command center, trying to figure stuff out. 

I ended up alternating it for several reasons:

Having Joshua being the creator of the system makes the whole world much more personal for him. While it would have been funny to have him press random buttons to see what it does and accidentally turn Catherine's skin blue or some other dumb stuff would have been amusing, it would also have gotten old quickly. Besides, if Joshua had wasted like 10 chapters figuring out how to use the system to program a 'Hello World!' command, the plot would be moving at a snail's pace.  In the current version, Joshua knows how the system works since he made it and is slowly adding functionalities to it. Luna is his life's work, Joshua considers it his magnum opus.  

As for why have him being summoned & not vice-versa, I always saw Joshua more as a tactician than a fighter, while Catherine has been training for more than a decade now. Being inside Catherine's head allows him on developing stuff, which he loves, while Catherine does most of the day to day business. 


Q: Where do you stop on power levels? Is there a chance main characters could have powers rivaling of God in the future?

I do not intend to go past the 10 ranks I've introduced, as for how powerful they will be then, we'll see. 

Q: What are some of your favorite books, in print or online?

Hmm, let's see. I'm a big fan of fantasy novels (Lord of The Rings, Harry Potter, A Song of Fire and Ice, currently reading the Kingkiller Chronicles)
I also like good mystery novel like Agatha Christie. 
I do love Lovecraftian horror, even though I've read some Lovecraft and I find his style very hard to read.
As for Joshua, I would say his favorite novel is probably 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea'. 

Q: Why hasn't Joshua done …. (insert OP thing here) yet? / Will Joshua ever do ….?

This is a grouping of several questions.  So, I think you all understand I'm not going to reveal future plot points in this Q&A. I'm not going to ruin my own story. :D

However, I'll address the issue: Please consider that since the start of the novel, less than 2 months have passed. In that regard, we can say Joshua has accomplished a LOT. If any real programmer could do 1% of what Joshua did in 2 months he would probably be a billionaire. :D 

Also, please consider I'm already spending a lot of time about Joshua developing the system. I could increase the number of experiments, but then the plot would barely advance, so I keep alternating between Joshua making new stuff and their adventures. 

I hope this clarifies it for everyone, although there is one thing in particular...

Q: WHERE IS THE FREAKING RAILGUN???????????

So, I know a LOT of people have commented about Joshua developing a railgun. He may do it eventually. But keep in mind, at his core, Joshua is a programmer. What's interesting him right now is runes and he's not really interested in guns. The way he developed those combat drones matches his personality a lot more than a firearm. 

Q: There's one thing that everyone wants to know, and that is: 
Will Joshua and Catherine end up together? Or will Catherine end up with someone else, and our man Joshua will end up forever alone?

Oh boy, what did I say about no future spoilers, lol. Let me say this: I consider the relationship between Joshua & Catherine one of the most important parts of the novel. Now, as you all have noticed, the link between the two is pretty unusual. I dare say, Joshua does love Catherine. He said so himself a few times. Although, he doesn't consider it romantic love and he's very happy with his current situation. I do believe if there is ever a change in that, it will most likely come from Catherine & not him. 


Joshua: I don't see why everyone is so confused, how many men can claim to be inside their soulmate 24/7? Most don't even last 5 minutes.
*Catherine appears and smashes Joshua with a sledgehammer.*



Q: What is your personal view on whether or not catnip is good for catgirls?

I wasn't expecting this one, lol. If it makes your catgirl happy, go for it!



Q: This might sound like something straight from Joshua, but could two different Lunas communicate with each other and if they can, is the original world already under Luna's control?

Haha. This isn't Terminator. Joshua designed Luna to always protect its user, and Luna isn't a sentient being. Of course, Joshua died before the final version went in mass-production so who knows what the people who take over the project will do. :D


Q: Is the underground similar to the Dragon Age Deep Roads?

The main inspiration for the underworld is the Underdark found in D&D. I'm fairly certain the Deep Roads are also based on the Underdark. If you're unfamiliar with the concept, imagine gigantic caverns below ground spreading for kilometers without end, with bizarre civilizations living in some areas. (mostly evil bastards)

Q:  Are there different cultivation systems in other/current world's we know the summoner path are there other types?

Probably, if you take other worlds into account I guess each one has their specialty. They're most likely not be relevant to the plot though. 

Q: Can animals use the summoner system and if not why?

Animals don't know how to cultivate as far as we know so nope. 

Q: Will Joshua ever think to build a weapon platform in orbit of the planet and fire a metal rod at high speed to kill that Crow if they meet again?

*Hearing this Joshua's eyes started to shine*

Joshua: PLEASE PUT THIS IN THE STORY!!!!!
Me: No.
Joshua: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! Catherine, he's being mean to me!

Q: Will Joshua create a mecha for Catherine?

Joshua: PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: No. 
Joshua: YOU'RE THE WORST WRITER EVER!

Q: To extrapolate on energy, I feel that Joshua with technology and Catherine on nature, the two are absolutely capable of growing off of each other. So should the concept of terraforming, genetics, and other forms of nature enrichment be introduced? (perhaps something like zoological domes and terrariums in Joshua's side, which could be breeding biodiversity to be released? As Catherine's world gets bigger, so does the amount of different biomes she can have. (Variations on forest or plains at first? jungle could get poison and the like? Magical biomes n stuff?)

So this is a very interesting question, but going into details would be very spoilerific. I do intend to have Catherine & Joshua grow together in some way like Joshua's been doing with his dams. We'll see how they evolve. :D


Q: What are the gods in this story's world? Every author that dabble with the divine have different interpretations of what gods are, so what's yours would be?


Interesting. So far, the only characters that are supposed to be Gods so far are Leonard and the Crow. We have no idea what Leonard can do for now. As for the Crow, while he's obviously very powerful. He's clearly not as omnipotent he pretends to be. The simple fact that Joshua managed to escape from him indicates that. What the limit of their abilities is, that is something we'll find later on though, so please be patient. 

Q: Say my greetings to Cynthia!

Cynthia, you have a fan!

Cynthia: I'm honored! *bows* I thought only Lady Catherine would have fans.
*Lydia cries in a corner.*


Q: For how long will this novel go on?

No one actually asked this, but I figure I'll add it myself. I have a general draft of the whole plot and I know how I want the story to end. I think it will come down to 4 or 5 volumes in total. I hope to finish the story by the end of next year, but no promises. :D 

Q: (For Webnovel only) Have you consider going premium? 

So I got contacted by the Webnovel staff about 2 months ago and they asked me if I was interested in becoming a contracted author. I did turn the offer down. The main reason is I do work full-time as a software developer. Webnovel mostly encourages the authors to release at least a chapter per day and once you're contracted you have to write X number of words every month. With my current job, this is an impossible rhythm for me and I like to write at my own pace.

I am working towards a release on Amazon Kindle, however. I hired someone to edit volume 1 and I have an artist friend who is making me a nice cover. :D The novel will remain free to read on both Webnovel and Royal Road though, don't worry. The Kindle release will be there for people who want to support this little writing project. We'll see how it goes, but for now, I'm aiming for a release around the end of January. 


Q: Will you write other novels after this one?

Again no one asked this but whatever. :D 

I'd like to! I got ideas for 5 other novels in my head actually. Of course, writing a novel is a big project, so I'll see how this one does once on Kindle.  

That's for the questions aimed at me. 

Let's now move to questions aimed at the characters from the story!

Ladies first, so let's start with the questions aimed at Catherine. 





Q: Catherine, your Element is Water right? Can you with enough water in the air, create rain or stop the rain?

Catherine: Unfortunately with my current level, I can't create such a large phenomenon. We'll see once I grow stronger. 
Joshua: The day it happens, I'll gladly perform 'singing in the the rain' for you!


Q: Can you split water into its components to breath underwater?

Catherine: Yes. 


Q: What is your favorite Dress?

Catherine: I like the blue dress that I'm wearing in the upcoming cover! Look forward to it!

Q: Do you ever feel guilty about having summoned another human being, Joshua, and binding his soul - and therefore his life - to your own without his consent? (I don't recall Joshua getting a choice in it at all.) I'm asking since none of the other summoners we have met have had a human. Humanoid, sure, as seen with the Angel, but they don't relate as well as a normal human would, no?

Catherine: Honestly, I had my doubts initially, but Joshua looks very happy now, so I don't think I should feel guilty. 
Joshua: Living inside your head is the second best thing that ever happened to me! The best one is discovering the existence of French Fries!

Q: What does Catherine think of her family?

Catherine: We haven't seen them much, but I'm very close to them. I hope I get the chance to hang out more with them later in the story!

That's all of Catherine. We actually have a question for Boris of all people!

Q: Boris, what do you and Eric usually do whenever you hang? And how is it not being able to talk to anyone besides Eric?

Boris: …..
Eric: Hum, allow me to ask him. Uhu I see. 

So I can answer the first part myself: We like to drink while playing card games! Of course, now we're on a mission so we don't really have time to party. As for talking to other people, he was never a talkative one anyway so he doesn't really mind. Besides, I'm here should the need arise! 

Thanks you two! 

Finally, we arrive at what everyone has been expecting: The questions aimed at Joshua! 


*Joshua arrives on the stage, wearing a full tuxedo. He throws a flower bouquet at the audience and starts blowing kisses in every direction.*


Joshua: Hellooooooooooooooooo! I'm everyone's favorite protagonist! Bring on the questions!

Q: If you were stuck in an island, and could only bring one thing with him, what would he bring?

Joshua: Obviously, a teleportation device!

Q:  When you tried making a laser sword did you try to create cold plasma and keep it in a stable rotational bladelike form by utilizing magnetic fields or how was your approach on it?

Joshua: Honestly I just tried to make a Star Wars weapon. That obviously failed since they're not real, which is why I altered the design until I got something that worked. 

Q: Can you make a Jojo reference?

Joshua: Yare Yare Daze *poses*

Q; Joshua, if you can create things in your soul world through imagination, can you theoretically create incredible computer/generators with zero resistance using superconductors? 

Joshua: Even for imaginary objects, there has to be some logic behind them. If I try to make an object that's literally impossible to make, it won't work. Imagine if Catherine asked me to create a sword that could cut through anything. The only way I could make this is if I had knowledge of every material in the universe and had a method on how to cut them then combine them into a single weapon. It's just impossible. 

Q: Do you think you can after leveling up more create a Virtual World (like Matrix) in your Soul World?

Joshua: Only if I get to cosplay as Neo. 

Q:  Does T-Rex taste like chicken? I mean it is its ancestor.

Joshua: It does actually, I recommend it with mayonnaise. 

Q: How do you feel about putting pineapple on pizza?

Joshua: Arrest this madman!

Q: If you were transported 400 years into the past with no clothes or anything else, how would you prove that you were from the future?

Joshua: I wouldn't, I would kick off the industrial revolution 200 years in advance. This would allow my alternate self in that timeline to be even more tech savvy. 

Q: Toilet paper, over or under?

Joshua: I don't need to use it since I became a ghost. 

Q: Is a hot dog a sandwich?

Joshua: Depends, are you talking about the meal or the hot female dogs you find on furry sites? 

Q: If life were a video game, what would some of the cheat codes be?

Joshua: 
FUCKTAHCROW
JOSHXCATOTP
EATBANANAS

Q:How many chickens would it take to kill an elephant?

Joshua: 64

Q: What's the best Wi-Fi name you've seen?

Joshua: @JoshuaLockman

Q: What's the most ridiculous fact you know?

Joshua: Catherine sometimes sleepwalks while dancing the Macarena
Catherine: You made that up.
Joshua: … I did.

Q: If animals could talk, which would be the rudest?

Joshua: Quite obviously, the Hydra. 



Q: Does your amount of jokes equal infinity?

Joshua: Infinity +1 actually

Q: You're a mad scientist, what scientific experiment would you run if money and ethics weren't an issue?

Joshua: I would create 2000 clones of Catherine. The world never has enough Catherine. 

Q: Do you miss your family?

Joshua: A bit, but I'm a scientist at heart. Maybe, someday, I'll find a way to meet them again. 

Q: What about Joshua's favorite genre of film? 


Joshua: Obviously, comedy. 


Q: Does Luna have Indian Tech support? 

Joshua: Only if Venkat Subramaniam agrees to do it. 

Q: What is the meaning of life as a ghost?

Joshua: 42

Q: So, Joshua. What's your qualified guess to the real Meaning behind the Question for the Answer 42?

Joshua: More seriously, I believe it's different for everyone else. People often say all human lives are equal and all life is precious. I disagree. I believe life by itself has little meaning, it's how people live their lives that give it value. I also think the life of a single human is not that important, you have to take humanity as a whole. If you dedicate your life to a cause that's productive to mankind and allow it progress further, then yes, your life a lot of value. If, on the contrary, you're a scumbag who murders people in their sleep for fun, then your contribution to the global effort is negative, and you're better off dead. Bottom line is, everyone must find their own answer. I already stated mine in the story, I want to see mankind evolve and see where progress takes it. I don't know what the endpoint will be for me, as a continue to evolve Luna, but the simple prospect is wonderful. 


And with this, we're done. :D

Thanks, everyone for your support so far! 
If you have any more questions, feel free to post them in the comments. 
Merry Christmas everyone!

After dying, our main character found himself summoned by a young woman. She comes from a long line of summoners and had expected to partner up with a powerful being, like the rest of her family. Instead, she summoned a computer programmer, who from now on will be living inside her head. Powerless, he's unable to help her with the upcoming war. Disappointed that neither of them had been blessed by fate with some divine abilities, he decides to build a computer system inside her head himself.



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"Welcome back! The soul has always been a complex topic in lore. Let me break down what I will be addressing. The first is based off a piece of lore known as the 'soul blueprint' and the other is one of my personal favorites to work with because the logic behind it is much more sound, the soul realm or soul dimension.
You will find variants of both of these in a few works out there."
"Blueprints- The plans, the drawing of the structure. Etc. For anyone who works in a construction type business, blueprints are the plans behind whatever gets built. There is a lovely piece of lore out there related to souls that says, (misquote) "Every soul possess the blueprint of the universe and every type of thing within it."
"Blueprint shifting is a bit vague still. However, the concept works similar to this: You, (creature 1) have the active building of (Current identity). However, you can choose (somehow) to switch which blueprint you want to have be the 'active' or 'built' one. 
You tear down your current existence and rebuild it based on the new blueprint. Painful sounding right? Typically, a creature does not possess enough self capability to do this to themselves. 
For blueprint shifting, it is usually best to combine it with another type of shifting in order to stabilize it. One example you could combo-attack is resonance shifting. If you recall the chapter on resonance shifting, it requires a bond and feelings. Resonance shifting is also commonly performed by an external source taking advantage of that resonance. 
Blueprint shifting is normally a 1 way at a time type of shifting making it difficult to work with in literary works."
"Now the other, The soul dimension. Regardless of if it is lore or abstract science there seems to be a prevailing theme of the soul residing in a separate dimension and the soul being a separate dimension."
"Some common examples of a soul dimension are the references to spiritual artifacts that have a dimensional space within them. You activate this space with the power of the soul, etc."
You may be questioning 'but those are usually objects.' And you are right, usually objects are the target in written works. In theory it is easier to work with the souls of the inanimate vs the souls of the animated. Golems are the inanimate given an animated soul. Because 'living' things have a stronger mental resistance to change, they would be harder to create that type of space within. 
Now, if you could find a means (There are plenty of options if you think through alchemy, inscriptions, arrays, and other crafting type professions.) to create said space within your soul (or the soul of a character), you could then store things within your own soul. 
To clarify real quick, there are three 'arc-types' of soul dimensional artifacts (Not to be confused with regular dimensional artifacts), the ones that can only store inanimate, those that can only store weak spirits and the ones that can basically anything. In this case I will explain how it would work with all three types."
"The first, inanimate souls only. In theory, this is your own soul storing these things so your soul is not actually going into this space. Because this is your soul's space you are in control over it. 
Now then, a corpse and a body without a soul are often considered to be inanimate. Which is why in stories corpses can be stored when live people normally can't. By bringing 'bodies' into the space and using some special technique to make them 'alive' but remain soulless (like a living puppet kind of or a living golem without a core) you are able to satisfy the first requirement. The next step would be to recall your own body into that space."
"Now hold up, Eranoth, how could you do that? You have a soul?"
"Your body can go into your own soul space but your soul can't go into itself. When you pull your body into that space, it is treated like a living but soulless body (because it is). You can then pull out any body of your choosing that is considered alive but soulless out to act as your new body."
"There are dangers to this method. 
First, every body is different. You could be a peak martial-artist but if you used this to become a crow for example, the crow body has not trained in martial arts and won't be able to perform them.  This is a huge pain to deal with when writing a cultivation novel as with the exception of soul cultivation, each body would have different cultivation levels and you would have to train each of them separately. This can be solved with time, or by implementing the other types of soul space. Also, how long does a crow live in comparison to a martial artist? Aging can become less of a problem through the use of time freeze or time delay effects that are often associated with pocket dimensions. 
Second, every brain is different. The mental capabilities one would be able to show as 'a crow' would be different than the mental capabilities of a human. While your soul remembers the experiences of all of them, the brain of each creature is formatted differently and (especially if you used corpses) will have their own memories which will be basically seen as your own. You can guess the hazards. Not knowing you have the ability to transform, becoming lost in another's memories, thinking on instinct. Having different desires and emotions towards things. Parts of can be solved to a degree, by rewriting the information of the creature in the soul. Most of this can be solved with the more complex soul spaces.
Third, Soul-body rejection. With this method, you would be putting your soul into a variety of mismatched bodies which would cause the bodies to deteriorate faster because the soul doesn't belong in that body. Which makes problems 1 and 2 even more troublesome as the brain and body are less likely to realize the source of their body breaking down.
Fourth, for a brief time, you exist in the world only as a soul. According to most lore, a soul is easier to capture, manipulate, control etc then a soul in a body. When you activate this type of shifting you put yourself at that risk for a brief moment to a long time depending on how fast you can pull off the switch."
"As I said before, a lot of these can be solved or at least diminished by use of the stronger types of soul spaces. 
Low spirit soul spaces include the most common type that can store 'living' animated herbs. Despite most lore saying plants have souls too, a lot of soul dimensions seem to allow these in anyways. Alchemist stories would be completely lost if they didn't take advantage of this feature. 
By using this type of soul space, while your soul as a whole cannot enter the space, it's power is able to influence the things inside more effectively as your soul power would be allowed to flow less restricted in that space. You can perform 'simple' actions with the things inside your space. While the speed of growth would not be great, it would be better. With your soul able to directly influence the bodies, you would be able to make adjustments to the brains to reduce the risks of losing your sanity. However, the soul/body rejection would still happen but at a slower pace as the body can be mildly adapted to fit the soul's signature a bit better. "
"Now then the powerful one. The true soul space. The main reason to be careful with the one I am about to tell you is because if restrictions are not applied and explained, it can break a story because it used wrong it is very OP. 
Having your soul have a soul world that can be stable while housing other souls is strong. Mostly because of your godly nature in your own soul realm. This type of soul space is hinted at in a few works when people have soul battles but often times it isn't explored. 
To mitigate the OP ness, one of my more simple restrictions for this is to restrict it similar to the one that allows plants but will allow your own soul to be present and manifest inside of the space as well. 
By doing it like this, you can directly command the bodies in your space to cultivate while in the space (if you are doing a cultivation novel). You can practice being familiar with all the bodies, and you can change your soul's own shape to fit within each body. The stronger your soul, the more you can branch off parts to go within the bodies. You have much more finite control over the way the mind and bodies function, etc. 
As for the weakened state inbetween shifting, if you soul is strong enough you can have more than one body out of your soul space at a time. Which reduces the risks involved."
"Soul realm shifting does have a few interesting side effects. The first is becoming harder to kill. You have multiple 'valid' bodies. However, death is still very painful because if your 'only good' body is killed, you have to find a solution to your problems with one of your 'not good' bodies. 
Dimensional locks would become problematic as it could literally prevent the shifter from accessing their own dimension. While you are in that type of space, killing the shifter would be significantly easier as there are many soul banishment types of abilities that force them into the cycle of reincarnation or afterlife.
Soul realm shifting also greatly broadens a person's perspective. As the soul remembers all of it, (and with the third type can teach the bodies brains the information) you can literally learn from all sorts of types of existences."
Well, that is my speal on that one. Enjoy your adventuring.

© J Eranoth

Eranoth's Lore books are a series of books about otherworldly lore. They are designed to bring clarification about subjects that are not easily understood. 
This particular lorebook is dedicated to the many methods of shapeshifting. 

Eranoth's actual novels will come out at a later time when they are ready to be unleashed upon the world. Please know that Eranoth's lore books are not his world's lore, they are general lore for the use and adaption of writers.

For those seeking logic for lore, feel free to let me know what types of lore you want me to write books for. Before you get all excited, I WILL NOT waste time writing lore books on topics easily found with google OR adult content. If you want a lorebook on those types of things don't ask.

Happy reading and Writing!
Note: Due to the nature of the book, there is very little 'story' but I have tried to break it up a bit with story to make it less of a straight info dump.

Even though these 1,000 men had just been recruited into the winged cavalry, they hadn't really realized that they were becoming soldiers. One after another, they started talking louder than each other. It was as if they were worried that the empress couldn't hear them. 
Since they all hailed from different mountains and villages, Ren Baqian felt that it was as if people had come from the 36 caves and 72 islands to visit the Tianshan Elder in the novel Demigods and Semidevils.
It was also pretty apt to describe them as the 108 heroes of Liangshan from the novel Water Margin.
They truly felt like the heroes of the woods!
"Keep quiet!" Qi Ziting's voice overpowered everyone.
They all immediately fell silent.
Even after he had become crippled, Qi Ziting was still pretty reputable among these people.
There were no Cardinal Heaven experts within a 500 kilometers radius who hadn't been beaten up by him before!
He built his reputation through his true prowess!
"What have I taught you all this time? Do you not know the punishment for disobedience?" Qi Ziting scolded, looking extremely angry.
Along the journey, he had already divided them into teams led by the senior winged cavalry officers. However, they became very disorderly after entering the valley.
Seeing Qi Ziting's angry expression, everyone broke into chaos again and quickly formed back into their teams. 
Ren Baqian watched from the side and couldn't be bothered to interfere. Naturally, the discipline level of these aboriginals could never match up to a modern-day army.
It was pointless to count on this group of simple-minded people to have a lot of discipline when they only knew how to use brute force.
If the military was already full of such people, then it was needless to mention these aboriginals.
"Those from Mount Gongmu, get over here!"
"Yes, coming!" 
The name of this mountain was special and so were the voices of its people. 
They were actually the loud and clear voices of women.
A few women, all roughly in their twenties, threaded their way out of the crowd. They had bronze skin, looked very healthy, and were full of wild nature. They were wearing clothes made of animal hide, which outlined their outstanding figures.
They were also wearing tail feathers on their heads.
These people were actually the riders of those large, multi-colored birds that Ren Baqian saw earlier!
"Greetings, Your Majesty. We are Gong Yang, Gong Yue, Gong Xing, and Gong Shan of the Shouquan Village of Mount Gongmu!" The ladies stepped forward and greeted the most respected woman in Dayao, before curiously sizing her up from the corners of their eyes.
"You, the one carrying the bird, come out!" Qi Ziting shouted again.
A man in his twenties made his way through the crowd while holding a chubby and adorable owl in his arms.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. I'm Li Bai of Mount Ligang!"
"These people are adept at searching. I got people to bring them over after I heard about the situation," Qi Ziting told the empress.
"You are so thoughtful, brother!" she replied before turning to look at the people and saying, "Since all of you have donned feathers, I suppose you have a special set of communication methods? Demonstrate it for me."
These ladies leaped off of their birds after hearing this. They then gave the birds a few pats on their wings and made crowing noises. Soon after, the birds flapped their wings and began to take off.
As the birds took off, the ladies grabbed ahold of the birds' feet and dangled beneath them as soared into the sky.
They disappeared into the darkness very quickly.
Li Bai started making crowing noises as well. He pushed his hands up and released that chubby owl into the air.
This owl was so chubby that Ren Baqian was worried for it when it started to flap its short wings. It swayed around in the air and seemed like it would fall at anytime.
After exhausting its energy and fluttering for some time, the owl finally soared into the sky, only to fall back into Li Bai's arms after less than a minute.
As the owl landed with a loud flop, it sounded as if a meteorite had struck the ground.
Ren Baqian even felt a slight tremor from the ground.
Li Bai's feet had almost pierced through the soil.
"Crow, crow!" the owl cried out.
"Your Majesty, there's a large hamster 100 meters away in that direction! You may want to send someone to check it out!"
"There's no need to check!" Ren Baqian said.
Looking at the location that Li Bai pointed toward, Ren Baqian knew that it was the roaring emperor.
However, Ren Baqian still asked pretty worriedly, "How long can this bird fly for?"
"Exactly five minutes!" Li Bai stuck out four fingers and seemed rather proud of it.
The owl lifted its head as well, looking pretty arrogant. 
"Crow, crow!"
Ren Baqian cringed. After expending so much energy, it could only fly for five minutes? Why were they still so proud of this?
He couldn't even be bothered to ridicule Li Bai for showing four fingers after saying five minutes.
In any case, the aboriginals' mathematics were so bad that it seemed as if it was their physical education teacher who had taught them.
The few ladies of Mount Gongmu returned after flying for a few minutes and said, "Your Majesty, there's a large hamster in that direction!"
In the distance, the roaring emperor stuck its head out from the ground with a weird look on its face.
"How long can you guys stay and scout in the sky?" Ren Baqian asked.
The ladies looked curiously at him and felt that he had an exquisite luster on him under the night sky. It was as if his body was capable of giving off a radiance that made an amorous feeling grow within them!
"He was the most eye-catching when we were up in the skies. I could see him no matter how far away I was, and he looked very attractive!" The ladies' eyes were twinkling.
One of these extremely wild natured ladies even sent a wink at him.
"Two hours!"
"15 minutes shorter than her!"
"15 minutes shorter than her!"
"30 minutes shorter than her!"
When Ren Baqian glanced across them, he knew that the duration they were able to stay airborne was directly related to their body weight. 
The lighter they were, the less burden there was on the bird, and they could stay airborne longer.
The lightest one could stay airborne for two hours.
The heaviest one could stay airborne for 90 minutes.
This was more reliable than that owl.
"How far can you see?"
"Sir, Her Majesty and you must know that we, the ladies of Mount Gongmu, have the best eyesight. During the rule of the previous emperor, the commander of the scouts in the military were the ancestors of Mount Gongmu! We can see as far as the multi-colored eagles can!" One of the ladies smiled with pursed lips.
"There is the male spring and the female spring atop Mount Gongmu. From a young age, the ladies drink from the female spring and have excellent vision that is 10 times better than ordinary people!" Qi Ziting added. He had a great understanding of the situations of the villages in this area.
"I see! Very useful indeed! In a few days' time, after the main body of the army sets off, you will embark on your scouting. After the mission is over, rewards will be bestowed according to your merits!" the empress said to the five ladies.
"Your Majesty, my owl can only survive by eating crowing crested cobras. They are only native to this mountain, so it's difficult for my owl to leave this place," Li Bai said.
"If we leave the village, the rest of our people will have to go hungry. We have stepped forward to assist Your Majesty due to the urgings of Senior Qi! We still have to return to our villages after this!" A few of them shook their heads and didn't seem willing to leave the Sixty Thousand Mountains.
The empress didn't feel mad despite getting rejected by multiple people. 
She was exceptionally lenient toward these aboriginals.
"I will not force it upon you if you don't wish to leave. After you fulfill your military task, I will reward you accordingly!" the empress said.
In fact, during a battle, they were able to scout using drones.
These days, Ren Baqian's drones were greatly aiding Hong Wu and Zi Donglai.
As such, the empress wasn't too concerned about this.
However, using these people in the mountains would be a more convenient option.
After dismissing the people to let them rest, the empress told Qi Ziting about the events that had happened over the last few days.
After hearing what she said, he muttered to himself irresolutely, "Back when I was looking for our father, I actually discovered a few empty villages. Many of the goods and belongings were left behind, and I found it very strange. So they were the troublemakers! We must not spare these herdsmen!"
He then turned to Ren Baqian and the empress and said, "Your wedding is near, little sister. Leave all of this to me!"
He then stared at Ren Baqian and said, "It's your greatest fortune to marry my little sister. If you were to let her down in the future… I'll let you experience how I deal with people!"
Qi Ziting grinned after he was done talking, revealing his white teeth. Ren Baqian felt that he reeked of blood. 
It was like he was facing a fearsome beast that would devour him in one bite!
"I can't leave!" the empress interjected.
"Are you regarding me as a cripple now? You think that I can't even deal with these trivial matters?" Even quicker than turning the page of a book, Qi Ziting suddenly turned hostile.
"I'm a ruler of the empire and these herdsmen feed on the aboriginals. How can I leave so easily?" The empress stood her ground and gave him a cold look.
Qi Ziting stared fiercely at the empress before calming down a few minutes later. 
Next, he laughed and declared, "Haha! My little sister has grown up and become responsible!"


In a world where its inhabitants can destroy a city wall single-handedly, the empress has a kirin as her pet, and the imperial palace of Great Xia has a pool containing a dragon. There is also a Sword Mountain where spirit swords occasionally leave in search of a master .

Bootlicking the empress, Ren Baqian ascended to the apex of life.　　

Nick was an otaku. He loved reading novels and a particular novel had gained his particular obsession and devotion. The novel was one of the current top novels, a modern fantasy world novel with various heroes with different tropes.

It was the current blockbuster in the web novel world, with millions of readers and fans from around the world. Nick too was deeply engrossed in the theory making and lore of the world.

However, as the years passed, Nick could feel that the author was making up random stuff for the views. Nick felt like the novel was straying away from the true intentions, as the romance subplots all ended up in flames, the heroes actually ended up becoming villains and destroying the very world they inhabited due to infighting and many other dramatic reasons.

In the end the book ended on a tragic note that left a bitter and ugly taste in the readers mouth. Nick, in particular, began spamming 1 star reviews all over the review sites as well as bitching about the novel in the forums, writing his own theories about how the plot should have been realized.

One day, Nick received an email from the Author of the novel. 

"You don't like my novel? Then change it yourself!" 

That is all the mail said. In the mail was an attachment with the story. Nick was surprised at the Author mailing him and suspected that it might be an email hacking scam. 

But curiosity got the better of him and clicked the  download button. Suddenly, his eyes went dark. He couldn't feel his body anymore. He felt real, but also unreal. Like the life he had read until now had all been a dream. 

Suddenly, like a movie, all details, backstories, histories and the core story of Heroes Rising was burned into his consciousness and he remembered every bit of it. Nick was scared as he didn't understand what was going on. 

The inability to feel his body or see anything but darkness made him extremely uneasy, however, as if this too were a dream. It passed and he finally felt like he had woken up and could feel his body.

He opened his eyes and found himself standing with several other kids dressed in a weird combat uniform. Everyone looked straight ahead and he did too, to find a beautiful red haired woman with a glowing face, but a heroic air, looking at the students.

"Freshmen students, welcome to the Hexagon! I, Alena, as the student council president, welcomes you to this paragon institution training the next group of the world's heroes!"

In the crowd, Nick was dumbfounded. Alena? Hexagon? Isn't this from the beginning of Heroes Rising? 

Then a simple middle aged man with green hair, green beard and green eyes walked onto the podium. "Children, today you will take a step into the real world. To become heroes. To protect our world. As the principal, I look forward to seeing your rapid growth within Hexagon!"

Nick was stunned again. "Didn't this guy match the exact descriptions of principal Ruian from the novel? Could I entered the novel of Heroes Rising?" He wondered.

In panic, Nick began searching his body and found a card within his trouser pocket. He took the card out to see the details.

Nick Caritt, 18, Freshman Hexagon. Along with these details, there was a photograph attached. Nick looked at the photo and was a little surprised.

"Is this who I am? Nick Caritt... I actually don't look half bad, but this name was never mentioned in the novel. Looks like I was reborn as a fodder character." He thought to himself.

After the introductory assembly got over, the people slowly followed their lines to the class. Nick blindly followed the queue and ended up in the classroom.

Heroes Rising began in the hero university Hexagon. This arc had several important characters who would all go on to become one of the top heroes in the world.

Drake Snow was one of the main characters and had the biggest potential as the hero. He had a strong superpower dormant within his body, just like the other heroes. He had brown hair and looked very confident smile. He was also very handsome and girls would all flock to him. He was the perfect Hero Template character.

Then there was Hailey Bloom who was a female main character. With dark black long hair and a tall and strong personality, her attractive appearance made her the pick of the heroines. In the story, she had feelings for Drake but eventually the Author messed the situation up by having Drake fall in love with someone else.

John Crow was a main character with anti hero like tendencies. He had a rivalry with Drake and actually would like Hailey who always snubbed him. He was a powerful hero family scion who looked down on Drake.

Elly Still was the fourth main character in Nick's class. She was also the daughter of a super rich hero family and had feelings for John. She was also a powerful person in the future.

When Nick recollected these four and their complex relationships, he shook his head at the clusterf**k of a mess the Author had created off of these people's relationships.

 Nick didn't have much time to think, today the students would be measured for talents. The talent measuring device was a machine that analyzed the abilities and strengths of the testers and displayed them in digital terms.

The talent would be rated on a scale of 0 - 10. Nick was well aware of this scene. This was when the heroes would end up distinguishing themselves.

The teacher of Nick's class, a beautiful woman of the name Shu Qi, led the students to the talent testing room.

She looked at the students and spoke. "Today we will be testing the students for talent. No matter what talent the machine shows, remember that your hard world will lead you forward to success.

When Nick woke up one day, he discovered that his day had an extra 24 hours. 


[The idea is inspired by a chinese novel, which I didn't end up liking, but loved the initial concept.]

Raynor finally had a chance to see the Little Demon Empress...
And he was not disappointed...
She is very beautiful and delicate, Raynor had slap himself internally not to just run and hug her and then make her sit on his lap so that he could cuddle her...
Raynor had to snap himself out from his fantasies as she started talking to him.
"The Illusory Demon Realm is indebted to you Sir Raynor, if it's in my power I shall grant you any wish." Before Raynor answered, he summoned Wentian's head and showed to Little Demon Empress who looked at him with slight confusion.
"This is Xuanyuan Wentian head...The Mighty Heavenly Sword Region alongside Sun Moon Divine Hall are gone...my group took care of them..." Raynor words only hammered the truth to Little Demon Empress that these individuals are higher realm that [Sovereign Profound]...
Huan Caiyi quickly did small bow.
"Thank you for avenging my Royal Father..." Raynor nodded at her, but then he smiled at her which only send a small shiver through her spine...
"What I want in return for these endeavours is you Huan Caiyi, I will be taking over this whole Mortal Star realm, and Illusory Demon Realm shall join me through marriage..." Before she can say anything Raynor simply released his cultivation base...
He didn't focus on people... instead he simply made the whole continent shake...
Little Demon Empress got the whole picture very quickly...
He wants her, and benefits she will get from him in return are enormous...
She simply sighed and nodded...
There was no hesitation what so ever in her actions ...
"This Empress agrees with your request" The Demon King raised his eyebrow for a second he didn't expect how quickly she agreed to it, even Raynor was expecting some sort hesitation at least...
She then looked at Demon King " Yun Canghai the seal." She ordered him to give her the Imperial seal.
The Old Yun without hesitation gave her Demon Emperors seal.
Huan Caiyi then looked back, at Raynor " I shall return shortly then we can discuss...how we shall proceed."
Raynor nodded at her, he knows what she is planning, and he knows she will fail...
And that where he will come to help her...
By the end of the day, he will be cuddling her...
Moments later she left, completely forgetting that she got guests and everything...
Yun Canghai could only sight, how impatient Little Demon Empress is behaving...
"My apologies Raynor Valeron... But We will have to wait for her return if you wish to continue talking with her..." Raynor only shrugged his shoulders, he knows quite well why she is so impatient...
They are at borderline civil war... and she is trying to show a strong front...
Even if he is quite a few years early from the original plot which started here...
The tension is still there, Little Demon Empress doesn't have proper Golden Crow inheritance and she can't use the divine beasts flames properly...
With the seal she obtained from The Demon King she can now try to actually try to get the arts from divine spirit itself...
But Raynor knows quite well that she will fail as Golden Crow only gives it to males...
Simply because if a female tries to learn it... she well... explodes...
And in the end, there is only one choice, and since this is a Chinese novel...
She will need to get Yang directly from a 'fitting' male source...
Just to practise these arts...
The Original author was quite a perverted when he thought of this...
But it only suit Raynor quite well in this situation...
And they didn't need to wait long for her return, she came back with the quite sad and devasted look...
Raynor decided to save her day...
"The Golden Crow denied your request?" The Little Demon Empress looked at him, for a second she bit her lower lip, it looked incredibly cute to Raynor.
"I can help in that regard if you wish..." She looked at him, she couldn't understand why he wishes to help her Demon Realm so much.
He sighed and crossed his hands." Listen...you being strong is important to me, so... let's fix this little problem... and then we can relax and talk..." Little Demon Empress eventually caved in and nodded at him.
Seeing her agree, Raynor looked back at his two girls.
"I will be back in a few minutes..." Qingyue and Chu Yueli nodded at him, Raynor can see that both of them are quite excited that Little Demon Empress is actually joining them so easily...
Raynor then motioned her to give her hand to him, Huan Caiyi raised her delicate eyebrow at him, and gently gave her hand to him...
Next moment he took a step and appeared inside Cave where Golden Crow is...
The Little Demon Empress was quite taken back seeing such movement technique!
"Ho...this noble one sensed space Laws being used..." Moment later pair of massive golden eyes appeared in a dark cave, Raynor could sense the cave turning extremely hot, not that fire can actually affect him anymore...
"You must be the Golden Crow divine spirit..." Raynor walked forward, still holding Huan Caiyi hand, towards two golden eyes, and they are quite massive...
"Who are you? This Royal one sense... that you are Primordial God yet you are not...this doesn't make any sense..." Raynor chuckled hearing that, same time Huan Caiyi clenched her hand, in disbelieve what she was hearing, she looked at him with wide eyes, Raynor only smiled back at her.
"Correct... Golden Crow... I am slowly but surely becoming one...by end of this year I shall become one...maybe even sooner...depending on my mood, but enough about that... I am here on behalf of Huan Caiyi, she needs to learn your arts..." Hearing Raynor request Golden Crow only said single word...
"Impossible" Raynor was not discouraged, hearing that.
"Even if she gets constantly nourished by Primordial Yang energy?" Hearing that Golden Crows quieted down...
Raynor and Huan Caiyi were waiting for the birds response...
"There is only one method to do it..." The Golden Crow said, with certainty...
Raynor chuckled at that, he is not planning to have 'fun' with Little Demon Empress in a cave...
So instead he used his free hand and written a few letters in Primordial energy...
'Yang' 'Primordial' 'Energy' 'Nourishment' 'Soul' 'Attachment'
Six letters fused together and Raynor pointed it to fused with Huan Caiyi who observed it with interest.
Moments later Golden Crow looked at Huan Caiyi with wide eyes...
"T-this is incredible...she can now learn this noble one arts!" Raynor could only chuckle at that, he looked at Huan Caiyi with a smirk.
"Well?" He said that to Little Demon Empress, who wants to start jumping up down from happiness only that she is not showing any of it...
Raynor decided that for his work he at least should get a kiss or something.
"Well, Huan Caiyi...do I deserve an award or something? hmm? I just helped you with something big." Raynor words snapped her out.
"What...kind...of award you wish?" She asked innocently, while he only smirked at her.
He pulled her into a hug, the little Demon Empress didn't expect that...
She didn't know what to do in this situation she has no real experience with men or affection showing...
In a sense, she knows what to do, but she has no experience behind it...
"You are to be my pretty wife...So I wish for a proper kiss from you..." Raynor said that with a smirk, oh how he is enjoying this...
The Little Demon Empress didn't really care, from her expression it seems...
Raynor pulled her up to his eye level, her body was extremely soft and very cuddly...
Without any ceremonies, she kissed him right on lips, Raynor had a chance to explore her bum as well...
But for now, he mostly focused on the kiss, her lips were extremely soft...
When they finished it, their lips were extremely swollen from all the kissing they did...
Raynor simply hummed with satisfaction for now...
"We shall continue this once we are back to your palace my Empress... for now let me help you with something as well..." Raynor quickly drew another set of runes which fused with her again, those were the comprehension ones.
Huan Caiyi once more looked at him with more shock...Raynor could see she is no longer has such indifference towards him...
"Now that you are done with all our preparations this Noble One shall give you three drops of this noble one blood...as well as chance to learn my arts! The Golden Crows Record of The Burning World!" The Golden Crow spirit said that with pride...
Raynor could only shake his head in amusement, while Huan Caiyi walked forward a little bit and three drops of blood touched her head right between her eyes...
Increasing her cultivation to [ Nine of Sovereign Profound].
Raynor knows that if she is to receive more of the Golden Crow Blood is going to shave her life span even more...
That's if he is to intervene personally, which he will do once everything is set and done.
For now, Raynor allows her to finish her family traditions...
"Now this Noble One will give you time to study Golden Crow's Record of Burning The World!" The Golden Crow said proudly...
Raynor knew she will be away for some time if this to happen, so he took a step appeared in front of her and grabbed the Jade slip...
He quickly learned the whole thing in a few moments with the help of mind acceleration...
"What the meaning of this!" The Golden Crow angrily said.
Raynor sighed at the Divine Spirit of The Golden Crow.
"I don't have patients to wait for Caiyi to learn this thing in this dull cave! So instead I learned it and now I can instruct her personally!" He explained it simply and he gave the Jade Slip back to the bird divine spirit.
"T-this... you already learned this noble one's arts?!?" The Golden Crow said with disbelieve.
Raynor only shrugged at the Divine Spirit.
"it's not that impressive it's just destructive arts, Creation arts are much more difficult..." Once Raynor said that he felt like he broke the bird spirit...
He completely ignored that, as his real goal was to help Caiyi get the Crow blood and get the arts...
"Did you really learned it?" She asked him softly, he simply nodded at her and then gently scooped her into Princess carry.
"Don't worry I will teach you all of the Golden Crows arts, the more you award me the more I teach you..." He said that with a growing smirk the Little Demon Empress could only sight at him.
She obviously has no other way as the Golden Crow Divine Spirit is not responding anymore...
Huan Caiyi believe that Raynor did an ultimate face slap to the Divine Spirit...
"Very well... This Empress agrees to your demands." Hearing that Raynor simply pulled her closer.
And then took a step and appeared back into Demon Capital Palace.
Where Demon King and Raynor girls are waiting for them... oh yeah and Xiao Che was here as well... or is it Yun Che now?
Well, it doesn't really matter...
Qingyue noticed that her lover has Huan Caiyi in his arms, she internally was extremely happy, the load she has to take lowered a little bit...
While Demon King was quite impressed how quickly Little Demon Empress got so close to Raynor...
Only Xiao Che was quite jealous and same time impressed that he already has his pretty girl in his arms!
And Chu Yueli was simply happy that she gets more time to actually sleep now...
Raynor lowered the Little Demon Empress on ground.
The girl quickly got on her feet and took few steps away from him there was a minuscular blush on her cheeks which very quickly vanished, she was actually embarrassed what her retainer saw her in this kind of situation...
"Well then Caiyi why don't we fix the problems your realm is facing now, so that I could focus on teaching you the Golden Crow arts?" The Little Demon Empress eyes widened for second as she looked at him.
"You help me in this situation?" Raynor only shook his head hearing that.
"Yes I do, my goal is to have you at my side, and these idiots not allowing that, so it means they have to be dealt with..." He said that while stroking her cheek. The Little Demon Empress didn't even understand when did he just appeared at her side so quickly and started stroking her cheek...
In the end, she simply nodded, why not? she gets help from someone who is above [Sovereign Profound]

A 'Wish Fulfilment' type of story, when normal Otaku type of guy gets power to travel the multiverse.
(A cliche type, but there is a twist...)

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