In the Age of Ancients,

The world was unformed, shrouded by fog

A land of grey crags, archtrees, and everlasting dragons

But then there was Fire

And with Fire came Disparity. Heat and cold, life and death, and of course... Light and Dark.

Then, from the Dark, They came

And found the Souls of Lords within the flame.

Nito, the first of the dead

The Witch of Izalith, and her daughters of chaos

Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights

And the furtive pygmy, so easily forgotten

With the Strength of Lords, they challenged the dragons.

Gwyn's mighty bolts peeled apart their stone scales

The witches weaved great firestorms

Nito unleashed a miasma of death and disease

And Seath the Scaleless betrayed his own, and the dragons were no more

Thus began the Age of Fire

But soon, the flames will fade, and only Dark will remain

Even now, there are only embers, and man sees not light, but only endless nights

And amongst the living are seen, carriers of the accursed Darksign.
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                   Author Note
Synopsis was taken from the original opening line of Dark souls 3.
Dark Soul III was owned by FromSofware.


I knew that they could beat down the beasts without me. But I was stubborn and had no intention to give up and accept the flunk. As the bow finished shaping in my hand, I aimed again to take my revenge. These beasts had started a play and disturbed, dragged me from my sweet fluffy cot.
"Hey, commander diamond, this tyro is a badass!" My teammate mocked, his frequent shots torn the Helltrasus wings. The bird was shielding its wings to protect the hearts.
"Watch out copper! Weaver, get out of the cloud and help Silver inside the residential building." The diamond commander condescendingly ordered and I keenly obeyed.
I jumped down and saw the black-armored cars and robots that were leading people out of the nearby troubles. The building was burning and Silver was dangled with two Zaar wraiths. I crept forward to help her when she cried out. Once I arrived there the building was fine but what had happened all of a sudden?
"Weaver inside the building, bring the people out."
Why should it be fire? The explosion of the energy cube source was right the next occurs. My eyes caught the nearest hydrant and the Zaar was sensitive to water. If it could drain them, I would gladly ruin it. I pulled the string and without thinking about the consequences, I fired the arrow. It sat right on the hydrant and tossed it away. Water stormed out and I wiggled inside the building. Savior robots were inside but the massy and fire blocked their way. Their alarms were alerting and scanning the heat. The building was old without compulsive stairs. Crap! It could trap people.
"Savior, leave and go behind the building and the roof, support people from there, and led them to the next building through the roof."
They flew out to follow my order. In their setting, they were set to follow Aligners. I crossed the smoke and saw the Zaar wraiths ascending the stairs swiftly. They couldn't find any better situation to catch the living souls. No one wanted to imagine what would happen when the wraiths began to intake the light. They rather take soul; skin and every organ that you have, moreover only your sheer bones remain. A skeleton. They can shape like your previous feature and mislead others to gain more light. Zaar means devourer and it really suits them!
I forgot my pain, ignored my maimed feature that looked like red chewing gum.
"Help, Help," This voice was familiar, coming from the second floor. But how could it be possible? Why should on the earth my sister, Veronica be there? Ella! A heat overflowed through my body. Was it practical in my family to attract darkness?
"Hey, idiots." I distracted the Zaar. It worked and they surged to snitch me. Sequent shots left my bow and tossed the wounded demons out of the windows, hoping water take easy on Silver to knock them down. I roamed to the second floor where the cry came, I could be watchful or worried about myself when Ella was in harsh hazard. The doors were wide, string left out a light, leading me on the left side, and three Zaar were inside.
One of them had gotten a woman and describing what it was doing could be cruel. It clawed the woman, devouring her entirely. Veronica was under siege of the two and her back on the door side, holding a pink cube light, trying to evade Ella's witness of the slaughtering process.
"Aunt?" Ella simply recognized me under that mask and bloody feature. Her little cute voice was mixed with bawling. Two other beasts glanced at me, showing bare teeth.
"Go to the roof, walkthrough stairs before the fire reaches there," I sneaked ahead, yet covering to make sure she wouldn't see my face. My voice was already thick as the gulp in my throat getting bigger. All I wanted to do was to let it burst out and burn those gawky nasty beasts.
They aimed to take my Ella and it was unforgivable. I shielded myself toward them and could hear her steps, running out of that mess. No parley could work on these life-devouring thieves while their integrity had made it to be like this.
Thus far, they seized me. I fired the arrows and they dodged on the ceiling, creeping along with it. One passed by me and with its sharp fork-like paw scratched my hip. I bent in sore, it wasn't normal for me and I needed time to digest the situation. The smoke streamed out around me and I could sense the heat, coming down from the third floor and made it hard for me to see those dark beings that could conceal well. I stifled the fear and the intolerable air.
I knocked down one, picked the dark coin, and stuffed it in my pants pocket. Any possibility that they might rise again was freaky. I seized for the chair and broke the window. A savior was outside and the firefighters were down there but Aligners kept them away from the building. I grasped all of that in a glance and I was sure that the building would explode.
It was a purposely-set fire, the first floor and the third one were burning, and I was in the second one sieged and involved with fire and three Zaar that were moving through the smoke and I couldn't notice them.
Either of the scratches on my body crept away when I remembered Ella's teary eyes. I closed my eyes, replacing everything with her laughter, playing with my hair, attempting to wake me up, and dragged me out of the bed. I was supposed to focus and ignore every wound. I opened my eyes and the string was glowing out a huge light, made them cast by it, turning to a long lash, my magical weapon gave me more chances to live another day and see another sunrise.
I whipped one and dragged it to myself. The end of lash turned to a blade and I thrust it into the being. It turned into a coin and I went for the next ones. To my surprise, their figures attached and made up a strong one. It punched and glued me to the wall right after I turned to hit it, grabbed the right hand that I kept the string tightly but until I couldn't move my hand it went truly useless, no matter how many weapons it could have become.
Something like a dark crystal appeared in Zaar's hand and dove it into me. I was gasping, the exhaling process in my lungs locked there, giving me a mind-blowing situation. I chewed my lip, it didn't seem to be fair that I experienced this mass of sore through a few days. To let it out, I shrilled as hard as I could, thinking that I could get out of that building was a dream. I had begun a journey to hell.

"Every wish brings you responsibility thus far be careful about the one you make."

Tania lived her whole life as a simple modern human girl in the World of Vita where all races of beings used to spend life beside each other and humans were the lowlife creatures while Fays, werewolves, and vampires were the strongest ones. 
She thought that soon grim reaper would come after her because of the rooted tumor in her head.
Who could imagine that an earthquake made by a dark wraith changes everything in her life? 
Who could imagine that the God of the underworld was always after her and caused her misery?

She had only one choice, to survive and align her life due to this strict world.
Volume 1: The Weaver: A Throne of Vita and Obit 
Warning: Mature content- slow burn

Volume 2: Rise of Ash and Fire
The brutal beings are driving in the shadows to ruin the Green star.


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"The room you have given me is a frizzing one. I can't even breathe."

"Come to my bed, I can warm you." He ordered and it wasn't a recommendation manner.  
I cringed because he just demonstrated me another shade of him.

It gave me goosebump as he laid on his mattress, directing to his large king-size bed that had space for four people.

I gritted my jaw and aimed to leave when he said, "I never said you can leave!" 

I halted while my hand was still on the door handle. He was not joking at all.

At that moment, I felt the pain that was lashing me from backward and frontward.

His hand wrapped over my belly, and his wings embraced my body.

"What..."

"Hush, I said, you can come to my bed." 

I was scared of him for a moment. He drew his wings back and took hold of my hand.

With the remaining few dozen spirits, Lu Li was successful another three times.
 He was successful five times with 80 spirits. This rate was much better than he imagined. He thought it must have been because he had the casting spirit badge which increased the rate, and the casting hammer must have had some impact too.
 Casting the spirits had a higher rate of success than collecting them. This was probably the reason Demitirian chose him too.
 It was just that Demitrian didn't know what bad things Lu Li had been up to, otherwise, he definitely would have preferred to give himself the badge.
 Lu Li concluded that his success in casting this time was a very useful thing. However, it wasn't as amazing as he had imagined. Even though the spirit casting was successful, it didn't mean that it would consistently produce Flawless Epic equipment.
 He was successful five times, but only three items were Flawless. One was a flawless Dark Gold and two were Epic.
 Of the remaining two, one was an exquisite Epic and one was a fine Epic.
 This time, he had made four Flawless level items in total. The extra item was Big Dog Li's single-handed magic sword. Since it wasn't spirit-cast, it meant Lu Li was able to produce Flawless things by relying on his exquisite hammer.
 On the second day, Lu Li didn't continue to collect spirits. Resting for half a day was already a luxury. Everyone still had to keep up the fight against the Twin Emperors.
 Lu Li had given the club members weapons with great fanfare. People in other clubs obviously knew.
 From this, they knew how far Ruling Sword had progressed in the Instance Dungeon. It meant that they could at least take that afternoon off, which meant that Ruling Sword's battle against the Twin Emperors actually wasn't going all that swimmingly.
 This knowledge meant that all the other major clubs were all of a sudden filled with confidence and ambition.
 Without realizing it, Ruling Sword had already become the club to beat for the Instance Dungeon's First Clear. If they weren't able to make much progress, then other clubs would feel that their own sluggish progress could be forgiven.
 Their ambition wasn't from themselves either.
 Perhaps Ruling Sword wasn't good at fighting this kind of Boss. If this was really the case, then everyone would have their chance. They couldn't just allow Ruling Sword to take all the Instance Dungeon First Clears. If they did, then how would this game be fair at all?
 Lu Li evidently didn't plan on letting these guys experience so-called fairness.
 The fairest thing about Dawn was that the developers wouldn't intentionally interfere with the game, as long as players didn't break the rules. Even if the game went bankrupt, the game company could do nothing but reflect on themselves.
 Actually, Ruling Sword never really stopped their advance in the Instance Dungeon.
 Azure Sea Breeze and Wandering began to lead a new team aiming at First Clear. Because they had the successful experience from Lu Li and his team, the two other teams were also able to reach the Twin Emperors.
 Lu Li's team was the main force, made up mostly of Ruling Sword member.
 The other two groups had chosen a lot of core elites from Drizzle Court and Peerless City. They were even in a phasing-in period. If nothing out of the ordinary happened, these two teams were going to become regular teams.
 One time, the old problem of the healers not getting over quickly enough cropped up again. Another time, the bugs weren't killed and they exploded.
 To deal with the first situation, Lu Li thought outside the box. The healers didn't have to run over at all. When the Main Tanks switched places, the healers could change their own healing targets.
 If the healers were running to change their position, it depended on if the commanders gave their commands on time, as well as how quickly the players reacted.
 The set healing positions could be changed at their will. This way, the healers would be less effective, but they would be even more ordered, and there wouldn't be a situation where they couldn't find their target and just run around blindly.
 Besides, it would tire Lu Li out having to deal with all this. He needed to focus on the whole battlefield.
 However, the outcome wasn't negative at all, in fact, it was much better than what Lu Li imagined. He understood something from all this – don't just blindly follow the walkthrough.
 To get to where he was today, all those various walkthroughs were a major help.
 Lu Li wouldn't be unconventional and purposely say that he would want to have a fair fight with other players. If he had some prior knowledge, he would use it. And if he won, he wouldn't necessarily feel that he had cheated. However, he gradually realized that he was a bit too trusting of all these guides.
 A lot of times, his subconscious was telling him that the walkthrough must be right.
 However, was the walkthrough really always right?
 At the very least, Lu Li thought that some walkthroughs weren't that accurate. Sometimes it was because the game gradually went through official changes so that eventually the mechanisms of the Bosses changed. Other times, it was because the players who participated in the battle were different and didn't have the need to follow something instructions to each letter..
 If the Boss had been weakened, for normal players, there'd be no problem following the walkthrough. The thing was that now, the Boss was at its strongest, so the walkthrough had no way of helping them with this healer problem.
 Also, with Lu Li, there were quite a few healers who were professional competitors. The rest had experienced multiple Instance Dungeon First Clears and were the cream of the crop. They were much more experienced in the game than ordinary players, so it was perfectly fine to let them make their own calls about switching positions.
 Of course, solving this problem didn't mean that Ruling Sword was able to finish off the Twin Emperors.
 The reason why this Boss was hard to defeat was because there were too many changes. The Bosses switched positions, exploded the insects randomly, and changed aggro unpredictably as well. If a problem came up regarding any of these elements, it could waste all their efforts.
 The new day began with a team death and ended with a team death too.
 If you focused only on the failure, then Lu Li and the team didn't accomplish anything. It was a good thing that First-Clearing an Instance Dungeon wasn't like this. They were taking baby steps towards victory. Lu Li was sure that the second day would be enough to finish off these two guys.
 With another day, it appeared that Lu Li's estimation was not incorrect.
 Around noon, they successfully defeated the Twin Emperors. It took almost two-cooldown's-worth of time to defeat these two Bosses. If Lu Li hadn't changed to a new way of thinking, it would probably take at least another cooldown.
 One cooldown was seven days, which was far too long.
 No one was really sure of what things were like with the other clubs. It was just the expressions of the faces of those going for the First Clear that gave Lu Li some comforting news.
 It wasn't that all the players were professional actors, but that ordinary people would find it hard to put on a troubled expression when they felt overjoyed. Conversely, when they were so unhappy they were about to go crazy, even if they wanted to feign happiness, they wouldn't be able to do so.
 Those who had been tortured by the Twin Emperors for a week were all dazed, and were ready to have a breakdown at any time.
 However, Ruling Sword's all had broad, free smiles on their faces. Shortly after, people from other clubs knew that Ruling Sword had finished off the Twin Emperors.
 There was a whole heap of Strengthening Stones which immediately increased the number of Stones in Lu Li's backpack to triple digits. At this, he put on a brave face and brought himself to Hachi Chan's side. "Hachi, my backpack's gonna be full soon. It's not gonna be able to carry much more."
 "Oh," Hachi Chan said, not even blinking an eye.
 "Oh? That's it?" 
 "Do you have things to give me? My backpack is heaps big. It can fit a lot of things," Hachi Chan said seriously, so seriously that it almost made Lu Li cry.
　


He had never invested in shares or bought a lottery ticket, and neither did he have any experience in the general business industry. Lu Li found that the only thing he could do was play games. 

Luckily he had experienced rebirth, and was one step ahead of everyone else. Luckily, games had been developing extremely quickly, and there were many people who had become rich through playing games. 

In his ‘past life’, he had spent countless nights awake, in grief and anguish. However, although all of this had been washed away, so what…? This life, he was determined make a fierce counterattack against fate and stand at the very top!

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The Gryphon Paladin Team, the second boss of the Light Conference, was incredibly difficult to beat. It required the overall teamwork and perfect chemistry among the players. Not one mistake was allowed to be made. This Instance Dungeon has been released for two months long and remained undefeated by all teams that had attempted so far.
The instances of Light and Darkness were different from those in the Pinnacle of Fire. Until now, only Light Conference was open to players among all dungeons in the Light and Darkness Instances. The four other large-sized Instance Dungeon were still locked and inaccessible. They would only be unlocked one by one after the players had defeated the Light Conference.
The Light Conference Instance Dungeon alone was enough to get the players tangled up in it for three months...
Day and night, all players of the King of Pantheon had only one thought in their mind—to complete the Light Conference and unlock the next dungeon.
Assembled Gods, the guild where Amber Sword Heart belonged, had already passed the Gryphon Paladin Team. The same can be said to Night Moon's Reigning the World and the team where Defiantly Tyrannical was at. However, no signs of activity were seen from the Iron Alliance, the top influence of the Invincible Continent.
Even if Li Yi was unbothered by this kind of news, his subordinates were already buzzing with tension. No one dared to act on their own volition without his orders though. 
"There's no need to rush. How's the practice on combos going along? At this point, everyone should be able to do at least five combos in a row, right? Great, make an announcement to get all the elites of the Iron Alliance to gather at the Giant Ant Plain. From today onwards, let's level up together!"
"Wh-What… What? Level up?" Pretty Good Mood simply could not believe what he was hearing. After all, there were only three Bosses in the Light Conference, and two other guilds have managed to defeat two of them. They only have one Boss left now.
They would miss the First Kill achievement if they continued to drag their progress on.
"The guild, our guild has always been in the leading spot, and it's precisely because of this that many businesses pay more attention to us. That's where we get our advertisements, sponsorships, and other business opportunities. However, if we were to lose the First Kill of the Light Conference…" Pretty Good Mood could not bring himself to finish his sentence.
"Our image will be affected negatively and the companies will lose interest in us, right?" Li Yi laughed.
"Go and do what I just told you to do. You'll understand everything soon enough." 
Pretty Good Mood sighed before he went off to organize the guild. "Ah, alright."
After five days of continuously leveling up, Li Yi had already lost count of how many Giant Ants that he had killed. The only thing he knew was that within the short five day period, he had already reached Level 85!
Level 85!
Lonely Semi City, who had been killing those Dark Elementals in the dark passage, had only reached Level 81. Within such a short period of time, Li Yi had overtaken him by four levels.
Giant Ant Plain was definitely a for leveling up!
Of course, that was only applicable to Li Yi. Any other ordinary players who wanted to level up here would probably fail to even clear one wave of the Giant Ants. Only Li Yi had the courage to drop into the area to level up even when he was faced with unending waves of Giant Ants.
As he reached Level 85 and became five levels higher than the highest level Giant Ant in the area, Li Yi found that the EXP that he could gain here has decreased by half.
Once again, it was time for him to switch location.
All of the elites of the Iron Alliance had arrived at the Giant Ant Plain. Li Yi had already stopped leveling up then. He passed the Walkthrough Guide of Levelling in the Giant Ant Plain which he had been working for the past few days to Pretty Good Mood. 
"Categorize and assign the classes here into teams according to this walkthrough. Also, no matter who it is, their equipment must be above Level 120. Otherwise, they would cause the entire team to be annihilated." 
　　
"What about Pale Blue? Her level was high enough, but all her equipment did not even reach Level 70."
"You'll take care of her then. On top of that, you can also call a guy named Fang Jie over. His case can be accomodated…"
Li Yi was never an official of righteous integrity. It was only to normal for him to utilize his influence for his own agenda.
With the walkthrough in hand, Pretty Good Mood went off to assign the elites into groups.
The walkthrough that Li Yi wrote was extremely detailed. With the knowledge of the skilled players of his previous life combined with his own observations and findings, this walkthrough was good enough to be called a classic among its own kind.
The Giant Ant Plain was a map within the Invincible Continent, and by the edge of the map was a summoning stone that could get more teammates over at any time. This had brought significant convenience to those who had to return to the city to collect the relevant EXP Buffs.
Almost everyone from the Iron Alliance including the core members such as Nirvana Inaction has arrived. Their equipment had no problem with their upcoming fight, but their levels were slightly less satisfying. The highest level found among them was below Level 75, miles away from Li Yi's.
Now, even Jiaojiao was on par with them.
They must level up, or else it was destined for them to be crushed by the third Boss in the Light Conference.
Pretty Good Mood distributed the manpower following Li Yi's walkthrough. Initially, most of them were unfamiliar with the procedure, so they were killed repeatedly. When they finally got the hang of it, the efficiency of their levelling shot up immediately.
The continuous rush of the Giant Ants allowed no room for all of them to breathe. Similarly, the EXP they obtained was unending once they started to engage in the battle.
"Group 1, rest. Group 2, take over. Group 3, standby. Group 4, continue forward to open up the wasteland. Group 5, prepare to reinforce when required…"
Pretty Good Mood stood on Scarab King's back and shouted his orders to the groups.
After he had tamed this powerful Scarab King, Pretty Good Mood could be considered as a semi-skilled player already. He could only be a semi-skilled one, though. A few days prior to this, he went to Chen Yang for a PK. He was instantaneously killed by Chen Yang even before he could touch him. Later on, he went to Unending Unmatched and Wang Wang Dumplings too, but both instances had resulted in him being killed instantaneously as well…
Pretty Good Mood had gone through over a dozen opponents, yet his success rate was still 0.
When Pretty Good Mood was leading the elites to level up in the Giant Ant Plain with all his might, Li Yi was already on the road again. The densely packed Giant Ants no longer attracted him when he found that the EXP he would gain had been decreased by half.
Mermaid Princess swam happily in the water at full speed, and she was already as quick as any of the top flying mounts available in the market.
It was as quick as lightning!
"Quick, go quicker, go with all your might, Little Mermaid! Show me your true capabilities!"
Whoosh, whoosh!
Mermaid Princess's beautiful fishtail vibrated fiercely after that. Its frequency had been increased to the peak. Li Yi could not even straighten his back when he sat on her back. The resistance was too great, and he could only eliminate some of it by bending down and practically glue himself to her back.
Level 85 was far from enough, and it did not achieve the ideal goal in Li Yi's heart. Thus, he wanted to level up again!
This time, he chose the location for leveling up at the Level 90 underwater map Sea's Palace. His target of attack? The ocean clan of Naga!
The Naga who was active in the area around the Sea God's Palace was much more than the number of murlocs in the Underwater Remnants. The lowest level among them would be Level 90 and the highest was Level 100. It was the one map where players could quickly level themselves up from Level 90 to Level 100.
Since Li Yi came here to level up five levels earlier, the EXP he could obtain would have a 10% increase. Consequently, the difficulty had also increased significantly. After all, the players that came here to level up would mostly don a T2 set. Those who did not have a T2 Set would wear a mixed of legendary equipment that was similarly powerful. None of them would wear only a T1 set and some legendary equipment and came to such a dangerous map like how he did.
"Stop!" Li Yi called out to stop the Mermaid Princess when they were about to reach the Sea God's Temple.
"Fernando… Is he still alive?" The Mermaid Princess mumbled to herself. Her eyes shone with a flash of blazing anger.
Li Yi chortled. "Little Mermaid, are you going to issue a quest? Come, I'll take it."
Mermaid Princess shook her head.
Li Yi leapt down from Mermaid Princess' back and allowed her to move around by herself. Then, he went to rummage around and finally found his target under a rock.
It was a crab with giant pincers that was bigger than any ordinary human.
[Giant Pincer Crab (Ordinary), Level 80, 80000 HP. Skilled in melee attacks, average SPD.]
Li Yi used Capture on the Giant Pincer Crab.
He had four pets with him. They were the Mutated Small Wild Boar, the Explosive Ape, Violent Bear King, and the Lightning Leopard. Originally, the Archers could carry only five pets with them. However, after he had unlocked the Pet Path's Innate Ability, the maximum number of pets he could carry with him became ten.
Currently, all pets that Li Yi carry were very similar because they all travelled on land. He did not have pets that flew in the sky or swam in the water. He had been trying to catch a few legendary pets but never managed to find a good target. Now that he was in Sea God's Palace, he had caught an ordinary pet just to enter the Naga Altar.
"Chaha! Chaha! Chahai!"
"Chacha! Cha-ck!"
"Igo!"
"Chacha hai…"
When Li Yi was capturing the Giant Pincer Crab, growls of the Naga were heard from the Sea God's Palace.
Fernando the Siren was training drills with the Naga Army.
A person who has never learned Nagaese would never understand what they were talking about. However, Li Yi was different. He already knew Nagaese, so he could understand everything that the Nagas were talking.
The 'Chaha Chahai' that the Nagas kept shouting was equivalent to the chants of '1, 2, 3, 4' in the human language. On the other hand, Fernando's shout of 'Igo' has the meaning of go. The world of the Sirens, like the human world, was not very stable either. It was categorized into several different camps. The camps would go into war every few days, and their fights and attacks would never stop.
3%… 6%… 15%… 65%… 86%… Whack!
Li Yi's hands glowed in red light as he cast Capture onto the Giant Pincer Crab over and over again. He never expected this Giant Pincer Crab to be one of an unyielding temperament. It was still not captured even after over thirty attempts.
"Even the Violent Bear King and the Lightning Leopard had already been captured by me. Is there any point for you to struggle? Come here!"
Li Yi cursed a few times. He did not stop the casting with his hands as he continued to use Capture.
1%… Whack!
2%… Whack!
1%… Whack!
Li Yi was so furious after three consecutive failures that he hauled the Murloc Crossbow to shoot maniacally at the Giant Pincer Crab, killing it instantly.
He could spend his time capturing legendary pets, but it would be strange to not kill an ordinary weak pet who dared to even fight against him.
"Master, what are you doing?" Mermaid Princess swam to Li Yi's side with her swishing fishtail.
'Master' was the title that Li Yi has set for the Mermaid Princess to address him. However, even though their Affinity was no longer a problem, it was still rare for the Little Mermaid to address him as 'Master.'
Li Yi toyed with the wavy hair of the Mermaid Princess and sighed. "I'm trying to capture a pet. We're going to level up at a specific place around here. We could swim in there with your speed, but it will be difficult to escape the detection of the Nagas."
Obediently, the Mermaid Princess swam up to Li Yi and shook her snow white buttocks. "Get up," she said gently.
Li Yi scrambled up. The Mermaid Princess moved on her own volition and began their journey quickly with him on her back.
"Little Mermaid, where are you taking me?"
"I've been here before. I know a place that has a very powerful hidden monster. You'll definitely love it once you've seen it."
Li Yi was slightly stunned.
He only knew that the Mermaid Princess knew how to Treasure Hunt, but he never knew that she could also Monster Hunt.
The Mermaid Princess turned left and right and somehow managed to actually bypass the Naga Army that was drilling in the Sea God's Palace. She then arrived at a sinister water city that was populated with reefs.
"Stop, don't swim forward anymore. There's too many reefs around. Be careful, they might scrape you."
Li Yi jumped down as the Mermaid Princess turned back to look at him. Her Affinity towards him shot up by 10000 points...
"That monster was hidden somewhere in front of us. It's inside a big, white shell."
Li Yi nodded and Dismissed the Mermaid Princess. He summoned the Deep-red Seahorse instead.
A high-level mount possesses intelligence and thus shall never be offended. However, a low-level mount like the Deep-red Seahorse that acted upon its instincts would not cause these concerns to the player.
Li Yi went on his way riding the Deep-red Seahorse and soon saw the big white shell that the Mermaid Princess mentioned.
"Ah, so she was referring to this!" Li Yi's face brightened up happily. 


Li Yi once lived the dream of every pro gamer. He was at the top of his game with the best equipment, the highest stats, and everything a gamer could ever hope for. However, he soon realized that none of his ill-gotten gains for his to keep when he was branded Public Enemy Number One and killed in the biggest battle of the ages. 

Now, he has the chance to turn back the clock and return to a time before his first mistake put him on the path of no return. This time, Li Yi will make different choices. With that, comes many interesting encounters — like saving a woman in distress then making love to her seven times in a row while her child slept in the next room. However, will he get back to what truly matters?

One thing is for sure, with the memories retained from his past, he will become King of this game. 

At the current point in time, it was definitely a difficult matter to conquer the Inferno Pyramid. Not to mention the named monsters, even the normal mobs appearing in the dungeon was considerably strong.
Going past all of that and killing the named monster was a tiring matter even for large-scale guilds.
Currently, there were over ten guilds that were known to be challenging Inferno Pyramid.
However, despite that, they could not defeat the first named monster, Black Mummy, and that was because they didn't know the important points regarding the named monsters.
Terrícŭlum had the highest understanding, relatively, but even they didn't know the exact answer.
In that sense, the video that Sanghyuk revealed as the BJ Gale helped the other guilds a lot.
Perhaps due to that, the large-scale guilds who were struggling with the first named monster until now instantly killed the Black Mummy and even succeed in the 2nd raid, the Giant Fire Scorpion.
This was only possible because BJ Gale had revealed to them the core points in conquering these named monsters.
At this point, people started wishing for BJ Gale to reveal all the videos in conquering the remaining named monsters, not caring about the first kill bonuses. However, BJ Gale did not reveal anything from the 3rd named monster onwards.
Instead, he revealed Blake's battle footages and made the people nervous. In the meanwhile, Sanghyuk killed the 3rd, 4th, 5th and eventually the 6th named monster as well.
Originally, Sanghyuk thought that two days would suffice, but it took more time than he had expected, and eventually took 3 days to take all the first kill bonuses.
In the process, he had earned a lot of karma and obtained several rare-grade titles and items, but none of these attracted his interest.
The first spoonful did not fill him, but the 3rd and 4th spoonful did not satisfy him either.
However, he did not get disappointed.
There was one reason for this – it was the final named monster and the boss monster that made Sanghyuk choose Inferno Pyramid to conquer in the first place, the Sphinx.
In his view, the first six named monsters of Inferno Pyramid were just trivial mobs.
The real deal was definitely the Sphinx.
To exaggerate a little, the only boss worth killing in the whole of Hellfire Desert was this Sphinx.
This did mean that the Hellfire Desert was that desolate, but it also meant that the Sphinx was a relatively good monster even when compared to against the top-tier bosses of other continents.
Of course, there were no other users that knew of this fact. Since the difficulty of Inferno Pyramid was so high, they could not ever know that the Sphinx contained the cream of the crop.
So, right now, a raid dungeon called 'Mirage Palace' was much more popular than the Inferno Pyramid.
However, in Sanghyuk's view, the Mirage Palace was just so-so. Clearing Mirage Palace tens of times did not amount to clearing Inferno Pyramid once in his opinion.
If there is a problem with this, it was that killing the Sphinx was definitely not an easy job.
Sphinx was not a monster that could be killed just with the walkthrough. No, just discovering the walkthrough required hundreds of challenges and discussions between top-level people.
So, Sanghyuk, who could skip all that process and start conquering, was at least tens of days ahead of ordinary people.
Of course, knowing the walkthrough and putting it into action was a different story altogether – especially for Sanghyuk, since he was alone and had to take care of everything by himself. With that being the case, there were more cases where the 'traditional' walkthrough could not be utilized by him.
Sanghyuk used the analysis of the named monster from his vantage point and first turned the walkthrough into a more of a theoretical walkthrough, which he would then use that to challenge the named monster and change his strategy on the go.
Since he had to do all that, even he had a hard time killing the named monster on the first go. The likes of Sphinx would take especially a lot of time.
Perhaps due to that, Sanghyuk had challenged the Sphinx 16 times on a single day but failed all of them.
The Sphinx was much more tricky than he had initially thought.
Its sandstorm attack was supposed to be taken care of by 'one person' and agro it to a corner, but since Sanghyuk was just one man, he could not do that.
In the end, Sanghyuk could only leave those sandstorms rage all over the place, and they dragged him down.
Even Sanghyuk would not be able to hold once he was swept up in the sandstorm. In the end, the only method is to avoid them all... but once the battle dragged out, sandstorms would fill the whole place.
The original walkthrough consisted of one member in charge of dragging all the sandstorms to one corner and stack them together. The problem was that Sanghyuk received the attention of the Sphinx itself, so it was virtually impossible to stack those sandstorms in one corner.
Honestly, once he solved this problem, he didn't think that killing the Sphinx was a difficult matter.
Now that he knew what the problem was, he logged out of the game temporarily and slept his lacking sleep. Even while resting, he contemplated on how to efficiently bypass those sandstorms.
After quite a while.
Sanghyuk found a clue. Whether it walked or not, he would have to try out in practice, but theoretically, it did seem possible.
Having arrived at an answer, Sanghyuk quickly ate his meal and logged into the game. While he was resting, the normal monsters leading to the 'Hall of Judgement' where Sphinx resided, had appeared again, but to Sanghyuk, who conquered raid bosses by himself, normal monsters posed no problem to him.
Sanghyuk easily killed those normal monsters in and lit the torch at the entrance of the Hall of Judgement.
*Flicker!*
This torch had the function to call out the Sphinx at the same time preventing the normal monsters from regenerating again.
The moment the torch was lit, the Hall of Judgement started trembling. Then, the sand on the ground started rising up.
*Kroaaaaaaaar!*
[Who asked for my judgment?]
The voice of the Sphinx rang out across the Hall of Judgement. The moment its voice rang out, the risen sand formed a certain shape.
A giant monster the same shape as the real sphinx existing in Egypt appeared. This was the final boss monster Sphinx, of Inferno Pyramid.
'Well, then. Should I start?'
Sanghyuk smiled slightly while looking at the Sphinx. Perhaps it may be tiring to challenge it for the 17th time, but Sanghyuk was taking on the challenge with glee.
Actually, compared to working like a slave or a machine in his previous life, everything he did in this life was fun since he had his own will.

The method Sanghyuk tried.
It was... to use the prefix option 'Sand doll' from the special title 'Shadow Duke of the Desert', to 'dribble' the sandstorms.
It did seem possible. The sand doll's duration was two hours, and the Sphinx's raid allocated time was 40 minutes.
In other words, it had to be killed before it went crazy after the 40-minute mark, so 2 hours was more than enough time to conquer it.
The problem was that the sand doll would disappear once it received a certain amount of damage. If it was caught up in the sandstorm due to a mistake, then it may just be crushed just like that.
So, Sanghyuk had to put his effort in to control the sand doll.
Naturally, controlling the sand doll all the while he focused on killing the Sphinx was not an easy thing to do. So, he didn't think that this method was easy.
However, he thought that this was just trial and error as well. What was fortunate was that if the sand doll was un-summoned without being destroyed, then it could be re-summoned during the rest of the duration.
Meaning, he could try this method three times a day.
Since the cooldown was 16 hours, he couldn't use it that much, but it was definitely a method worth considering.
In Sanghyuk's previous life, there was one individual that appeared in every EL-related content. Floyd, the leader of the raid team, Hell, which was acknowledged as the greatest raid team for over 10 years.
If someone asked him the trick to doing a raid, he always answered the same thing.

'After you find your own method, it's the same for everyone after that. You just have to madly go against the boss.... That is the greatest method.'

Of course, finding the correct method of conquering was the prerequisite for this, but once it was found, then the battle was about how fast the raid team became used to the conquering method without making mistakes.
In that sense, one advantageous thing for Sanghyuk was that he was conquering this boss alone, and could drastically reduce the time to get used to the conquering method since he didn't have to worry about teamwork.
Since he was an individual with many experiences in his previous life, he especially didn't make a lot of mistakes.

***

The method using the sand doll definitely did have an effect. It was extremely difficult to control the sand doll and fight the Sphinx at the same time, but eventually, he managed to stack the sandstorms to one side.
However, due to trivial mistakes, he either received a big hit, or was hit by the debuff 'Sphinx's riddles' which had to be avoided no matter what, and led him to give up the raid.
Since his attention was divided, he ended up making mistakes.
Sphinx's riddles debuff was a breath-like attack that it spat out in various ways, and just being scratched by it would lower his attack power by over 50%, so Sanghyuk definitely had to avoid this.
This was originally the easiest part of the raid since a tanker would just take those hits, but this method was impossible for Sanghyuk who had to run the raid solo.
In any case, he kept failing, but Sanghyuk could see a possibility within those failures.
Since he saw a possibility, the next thing to do was to just 'madly go against the boss' like what Floyd said.
Sanghyuk used a whole 3 days to go against the Sphinx.
Since the Sand doll skill required 16 hours of cooldown time, he could not challenge the boss limitlessly.
During the past 3 days, he challenged the boss around 14 times and he could finally reach the 5th phase of the Sphinx.

['Tis the time of Judgement! 'Tis the time of Judgement!]
Once it entered the fifth phase, the Sphinx stopped using all of its skills and shot out green eyebeams that were called the 'Eyebeam of Judgement'.
This Eyebeam of Judgement even looked like it could never be touched, and indeed, it was a frightening attack that would insta-kill any user with a scratch.
With that attack being shot all over the place, the ones avoiding it would definitely have a hard time.
Considering that, the fifth phase of conquering the Sphinx may look like the hardest part.
However, once the method of bypassing it was known, the fifth phase couldn't be any easier.
The core point of passing through the fifth phase was the Sphinx's riddles debuff.
Eyebeams of Judgement could insta-kill any life form, but there was one exception. A being that answered the Sphinx's riddle (i.e. the one with the debuff) was not damaged in any way.
There weren't a lot of debuffs needed either. Just one was enough. So, Sanghyuk had already received one debuff before it went over to the 5th phase.
Of course, this debuff would decrease his damage by 50% with every single riddle in a compound fashion.
Right now, Sanghyuk's attack had decreased by half.
In this state, even considering that he did not need to care about any defense, there was only five minutes until Sphinx went berserk, so he might lack damage if he wasn't careful.
In fact, there were numerous raid teams that were wiped out because of lacking damage during the 5th phase.
This was especially so since one of the passive skills possessed by the Sphinx was 'Tenacious sand lion', which decreased all damage received by half once its health was below 10%.
In other words, being careless may lead to meeting the berserk Sphinx due to lack of damage.
Since Sanghyuk knew that very well, he did not take this situation lightly.
He consumed the fusion card 'Dark Flame Dragon' that he saved up until now, as well as all other buff-type fusion cards he could possibly use.
There was no need for defense!
Since Sanghyuk had anticipated this situation, he started barraging attacks at the Sphinx.

Sang Hyuk, a man nearing his 40’s, was contacted by SKY Telecom to help its team, SKY, become the best in a period of 3 years. If SKY’s team members fail, they will be disbanded. After succeeding the contract in time, he was betrayed by the company that gave him everything.

Somehow, he wakes up years in the past or you may say back to past as an 18 year old boy – a year before the release of Eternal Light (EL).

Armed with knowledge of future events that are yet to come, he embarks on a journey that no one has dared to tread before. His desire for success and for his revenge drives him to take this hard path.

He is the one and only one-man army.

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At the current point in time, it was definitely a difficult matter to conquer the Inferno Pyramid. Not to mention the named monsters, even the normal mobs appearing in the dungeon was considerably strong.
Going past all of that and killing the named monster was a tiring matter even for large-scale guilds.
Currently, there were over ten guilds that were known to be challenging Inferno Pyramid.
However, despite that, they could not defeat the first named monster, Black Mummy, and that was because they didn't know the important points regarding the named monsters.
Terrícŭlum had the highest understanding, relatively, but even they didn't know the exact answer.
In that sense, the video that Sanghyuk revealed as the BJ Gale helped the other guilds a lot.
Perhaps due to that, the large-scale guilds who were struggling with the first named monster until now instantly killed the Black Mummy and even succeed in the 2nd raid, the Giant Fire Scorpion.
This was only possible because BJ Gale had revealed to them the core points in conquering these named monsters.
At this point, people started wishing for BJ Gale to reveal all the videos in conquering the remaining named monsters, not caring about the first kill bonuses. However, BJ Gale did not reveal anything from the 3rd named monster onwards.
Instead, he revealed Blake's battle footages and made the people nervous. In the meanwhile, Sanghyuk killed the 3rd, 4th, 5th and eventually the 6th named monster as well.
Originally, Sanghyuk thought that two days would suffice, but it took more time than he had expected, and eventually took 3 days to take all the first kill bonuses.
In the process, he had earned a lot of karma and obtained several rare-grade titles and items, but none of these attracted his interest.
The first spoonful did not fill him, but the 3rd and 4th spoonful did not satisfy him either.
However, he did not get disappointed.
There was one reason for this – it was the final named monster and the boss monster that made Sanghyuk choose Inferno Pyramid to conquer in the first place, the Sphinx.
In his view, the first six named monsters of Inferno Pyramid were just trivial mobs.
The real deal was definitely the Sphinx.
To exaggerate a little, the only boss worth killing in the whole of Hellfire Desert was this Sphinx.
This did mean that the Hellfire Desert was that desolate, but it also meant that the Sphinx was a relatively good monster even when compared to against the top-tier bosses of other continents.
Of course, there were no other users that knew of this fact. Since the difficulty of Inferno Pyramid was so high, they could not ever know that the Sphinx contained the cream of the crop.
So, right now, a raid dungeon called 'Mirage Palace' was much more popular than the Inferno Pyramid.
However, in Sanghyuk's view, the Mirage Palace was just so-so. Clearing Mirage Palace tens of times did not amount to clearing Inferno Pyramid once in his opinion.
If there is a problem with this, it was that killing the Sphinx was definitely not an easy job.
Sphinx was not a monster that could be killed just with the walkthrough. No, just discovering the walkthrough required hundreds of challenges and discussions between top-level people.
So, Sanghyuk, who could skip all that process and start conquering, was at least tens of days ahead of ordinary people.
Of course, knowing the walkthrough and putting it into action was a different story altogether – especially for Sanghyuk, since he was alone and had to take care of everything by himself. With that being the case, there were more cases where the 'traditional' walkthrough could not be utilized by him.
Sanghyuk used the analysis of the named monster from his vantage point and first turned the walkthrough into a more of a theoretical walkthrough, which he would then use that to challenge the named monster and change his strategy on the go.
Since he had to do all that, even he had a hard time killing the named monster on the first go. The likes of Sphinx would take especially a lot of time.
Perhaps due to that, Sanghyuk had challenged the Sphinx 16 times on a single day but failed all of them.
The Sphinx was much more tricky than he had initially thought.
Its sandstorm attack was supposed to be taken care of by 'one person' and agro it to a corner, but since Sanghyuk was just one man, he could not do that.
In the end, Sanghyuk could only leave those sandstorms rage all over the place, and they dragged him down.
Even Sanghyuk would not be able to hold once he was swept up in the sandstorm. In the end, the only method is to avoid them all... but once the battle dragged out, sandstorms would fill the whole place.
The original walkthrough consisted of one member in charge of dragging all the sandstorms to one corner and stack them together. The problem was that Sanghyuk received the attention of the Sphinx itself, so it was virtually impossible to stack those sandstorms in one corner.
Honestly, once he solved this problem, he didn't think that killing the Sphinx was a difficult matter.
Now that he knew what the problem was, he logged out of the game temporarily and slept his lacking sleep. Even while resting, he contemplated on how to efficiently bypass those sandstorms.
After quite a while.
Sanghyuk found a clue. Whether it walked or not, he would have to try out in practice, but theoretically, it did seem possible.
Having arrived at an answer, Sanghyuk quickly ate his meal and logged into the game. While he was resting, the normal monsters leading to the 'Hall of Judgement' where Sphinx resided, had appeared again, but to Sanghyuk, who conquered raid bosses by himself, normal monsters posed no problem to him.
Sanghyuk easily killed those normal monsters in and lit the torch at the entrance of the Hall of Judgement.
*Flicker!*
This torch had the function to call out the Sphinx at the same time preventing the normal monsters from regenerating again.
The moment the torch was lit, the Hall of Judgement started trembling. Then, the sand on the ground started rising up.
*Kroaaaaaaaar!*
[Who asked for my judgment?]
The voice of the Sphinx rang out across the Hall of Judgement. The moment its voice rang out, the risen sand formed a certain shape.
A giant monster the same shape as the real sphinx existing in Egypt appeared. This was the final boss monster Sphinx, of Inferno Pyramid.
'Well, then. Should I start?'
Sanghyuk smiled slightly while looking at the Sphinx. Perhaps it may be tiring to challenge it for the 17th time, but Sanghyuk was taking on the challenge with glee.
Actually, compared to working like a slave or a machine in his previous life, everything he did in this life was fun since he had his own will.
The method Sanghyuk tried.
It was... to use the prefix option 'Sand doll' from the special title 'Shadow Duke of the Desert', to 'dribble' the sandstorms.
It did seem possible. The sand doll's duration was two hours, and the Sphinx's raid allocated time was 40 minutes.
In other words, it had to be killed before it went crazy after the 40-minute mark, so 2 hours was more than enough time to conquer it.
The problem was that the sand doll would disappear once it received a certain amount of damage. If it was caught up in the sandstorm due to a mistake, then it may just be crushed just like that.
So, Sanghyuk had to put his effort in to control the sand doll.
Naturally, controlling the sand doll all the while he focused on killing the Sphinx was not an easy thing to do. So, he didn't think that this method was easy.
However, he thought that this was just trial and error as well. What was fortunate was that if the sand doll was un-summoned without being destroyed, then it could be re-summoned during the rest of the duration.
Meaning, he could try this method three times a day.
Since the cooldown was 16 hours, he couldn't use it that much, but it was definitely a method worth considering.
In Sanghyuk's previous life, there was one individual that appeared in every EL-related content. Floyd, the leader of the raid team, Hell, which was acknowledged as the greatest raid team for over 10 years.
If someone asked him the trick to doing a raid, he always answered the same thing.
'After you find your own method, it's the same for everyone after that. You just have to madly go against the boss.... That is the greatest method.'
Of course, finding the correct method of conquering was the prerequisite for this, but once it was found, then the battle was about how fast the raid team became used to the conquering method without making mistakes.
In that sense, one advantageous thing for Sanghyuk was that he was conquering this boss alone, and could drastically reduce the time to get used to the conquering method since he didn't have to worry about teamwork.
Since he was an individual with many experiences in his previous life, he especially didn't make a lot of mistakes.
***
The method using the sand doll definitely did have an effect. It was extremely difficult to control the sand doll and fight the Sphinx at the same time, but eventually, he managed to stack the sandstorms to one side.
However, due to trivial mistakes, he either received a big hit, or was hit by the debuff 'Sphinx's riddles' which had to be avoided no matter what, and led him to give up the raid.
Since his attention was divided, he ended up making mistakes.
Sphinx's riddles debuff was a breath-like attack that it spat out in various ways, and just being scratched by it would lower his attack power by over 50%, so Sanghyuk definitely had to avoid this.
This was originally the easiest part of the raid since a tanker would just take those hits, but this method was impossible for Sanghyuk who had to run the raid solo.
In any case, he kept failing, but Sanghyuk could see a possibility within those failures.
Since he saw a possibility, the next thing to do was to just 'madly go against the boss' like what Floyd said.
Sanghyuk used a whole 3 days to go against the Sphinx.
Since the Sand doll skill required 16 hours of cooldown time, he could not challenge the boss limitlessly.
During the past 3 days, he challenged the boss around 14 times and he could finally reach the 5th phase of the Sphinx.
 
['Tis the time of Judgement! 'Tis the time of Judgement!]
Once it entered the fifth phase, the Sphinx stopped using all of its skills and shot out green eyebeams that were called the 'Eyebeam of Judgement'.
This Eyebeam of Judgement even looked like it could never be touched, and indeed, it was a frightening attack that would insta-kill any user with a scratch.
With that attack being shot all over the place, the ones avoiding it would definitely have a hard time.
Considering that, the fifth phase of conquering the Sphinx may look like the hardest part.
However, once the method of bypassing it was known, the fifth phase couldn't be any easier.
The core point of passing through the fifth phase was the Sphinx's riddles debuff.
Eyebeams of Judgement could insta-kill any life form, but there was one exception. A being that answered the Sphinx's riddle (i.e. the one with the debuff) was not damaged in any way.
There weren't a lot of debuffs needed either. Just one was enough. So, Sanghyuk had already received one debuff before it went over to the 5th phase.
Of course, this debuff would decrease his damage by 50% with every single riddle in a compound fashion.
Right now, Sanghyuk's attack had decreased by half.
In this state, even considering that he did not need to care about any defense, there was only five minutes until Sphinx went berserk, so he might lack damage if he wasn't careful.
In fact, there were numerous raid teams that were wiped out because of lacking damage during the 5th phase.
This was especially so since one of the passive skills possessed by the Sphinx was 'Tenacious sand lion', which decreased all damage received by half once its health was below 10%.
In other words, being careless may lead to meeting the berserk Sphinx due to lack of damage.
Since Sanghyuk knew that very well, he did not take this situation lightly.
He consumed the fusion card 'Dark Flame Dragon' that he saved up until now, as well as all other buff-type fusion cards he could possibly use.
There was no need for defense!
Since Sanghyuk had anticipated this situation, he started barraging attacks at the Sphinx.

"Where am I?" She looked around trying to process everything. 
"Why is it so dark here?" She couldn't see even a shred of light to make out any of her surroundings.
"I remember being in that strange house, with that strange man... then why am I in a place like…"
Suddenly, snippets of her memories started playing before her. And with that, she could hear voices every now and then. 
She saw herself at a party, drinking a glass of juice.
She heard people gossiping with each other, and some were also dancing. 
She could hear loud music, as the view before her changed into a party hall.
She saw Christmas decorations everywhere. 
She saw a girl talking to her outside the hall, with a face filled with mockery, and saw herself with a sorrowful look on her. 
She saw herself crying, then running.
She was running so fast that she stumbled on her way many times, but nothing couldn't stop in her tracks. 
And she saw a warm hand enveloping hers, squeezing her hands tight as in fear of losing the sight of those.
And a towering figure of a guy grabbing her by shoulder, saying, "Don't go." 
But no matter how much she tried, she couldn't see the face of that figure. 
All of a sudden, everything in front of her turned black again, as the voices became louder than before.
"Don't go." 
"What do you think of yourself? Some kind of 'damsel in distress'?" 
"You disgusting bitch!"
"Let's see how long that nonchalant face of hers stays as it is when her pride goes crumbling right before everyone's eyes." 
"There's no way I am going to let you go!" 
"Please, stay awake. Don't you die on me!" 

*Crack* 
The entire view before her broke apart in pieces like a glass. And then, silence enveloped her which felt like an eternity.
She again started seeing herself in front of her.
This time, she was running along the road.
By the look of the way she was huffing and puffing, she seemed to be running for quite a while. But the strangest fact was her face, which looked like a mess, as if she was crying with a fear-filled look on her face. 
What made her that frightened? Why was she that scared that she left the place and kept running? 
Then again, everything turned black.
There was a pin-drop silence until a loud slamming sound startled her, almost deafening her. And then she saw herself lying by the road, while a white car rushed ahead, never stopping itself. 
The view before her got dark again.
There were now only voices echoing throughout the space she was in. 
There was a faint sound of an ambulance rushing somewhere, and some people running also. 
Those people were shouting, she could hear them telling her to hold on. But she couldn't see any of those faces. 
"Airi, hold on for god's sake. Don't die on me now. Please!"
There was this warm voice also, which was making her feel at ease that she couldn't but go on a deep slumber, as she recalled having the only thought in mind, "I'm glad... they won't be able to catch up anymore... I'm glad…" 
'I wish I could see the face of that voice…' 
And then, everything ended. It reverted to the eerie silence it had just before.
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She gradually opened her eyes to find herself in the pinkish room she was a while ago. All those surges of memories made her head feel so heavy that she couldn't hold herself up and squatted down on the wooden floor.
The man was still in the same position, just kept quiet as he wanted to give her some time to process all these. 
After a while, Airi looked up towards him, with watery eyes, as if she was trying to suppress those tears. "So... you are God, and I just... died there."
He nodded slightly to confirm her statement. "Yes, you did."
"Then why are you here? To take my soul? Then what's with this house?" She stopped for a while to clear her throat and again spoke, "you said somethin' like Airi Arne, what's with that name? Who is she?"
He looked at her with a surprised look as his eyes turned a bit big, "You remember that after all this fuss? Then guess you are doing a lot better than I thought you would." 
The man took a pause; and with a light cough, he started to unfold the next part of strange events going on with Airi.
"Well then let's start afresh. I am basically an angel, who manages the afterlife and reincarnation of souls. Even the unfulfilled regrets, or some lingering feelings, I am in charge of sorting that. So, to tell me a God would be a bit of a stretch, so you could see me as something like a system in your games, which directs you in the walkthrough, if that explains my role here better."
Airi listened to him carefully as she tried to process whatever was going on with her. The fact that she died already was hard to digest, not that she hoped to live long, but all of these were so sudden that she couldn't figure out what's what.
But no matter how hard she tried, her nerves were too stubborn to calm down, and they kept her in toes.
"Then, what does an angel like you gotta do with me?" she asked back while trying her best to suppress the shakiness in her voice.
"Simple, you have some regrets in the life you just lead which is making you hard to leave."
But she should be glad to end her life, no matter how that ended. So, what's with the regrets preventing her from moving on?
She stopped him before he could say any more, "Wait... hang on a damn minute. I have regrets? But I was all good, dying, I mean I am glad that I died. After all, you should know I wasn't doing anything significant by living there, dontcha?"
The angel noticed how shaky Airi was. Her voice was becoming hard to keep stable, and her fingers were shaky to the point that it was impossible to ignore the intensity of fright and confusion in a person. But the question she asked, about whatever regrets she might have, except God himself, a mere angel like him had no idea about it. So he helplessly replied to her, "Well, that's up to you to figure out what regrets you had back there... for now, this alone is not all for your situation right now." 
Airi got a more puzzled look on her face right now. "I got more?" 
"Uhm, sure you did. Remember when I said this is your house, and called you Airi Arne? You are indeed Airi Arne right now, that is, in one of your previous lives."
After stating this, the angel hoped she would make a huge ruckus about it, or even frantically laugh thinking that all of these are another joke, but to his surprise, he found Airi calmly staring at him, waiting to hear more.
He got a bit worried, thinking if she will be able to take all this in a single shot. "You okay?" He worriedly gazed down to meet her eyes.
"Yep, I am. I gotta stay calm to get all of this right? Nothin's gonna get right if I lose my sanity now, so go on."
The angel felt a bit relieved as he explained things further.
"So, it is one of your previous lives, you have the same name and face, but have different stories of course. You are going to face many more lifetimes of yours, and in each of those, you had many regrets, and also, some wrongdoings which made you reborn again and again. Your soul adapted to those deeds and evolved your character each time, call it a fate, but you were given a chance in life once again, just to be free from those shackles of your deeds. But everytime, you had some new wrongdoings, some new regrets, some new attachments which were hard for you to leave behind. And in the end, as Airi Shin, you couldn't make things any better, thus you are stuck with this right now."

“Let’s make things right now, shall we?”
An otaku, socially awkward, 20 years old Airi Shin, was peacefully living her university life, without a hitch. Until her life changed overnight, as she faced an accident on Christmas by a white car running over her.
Soon the light before her eyes started to fade away. But when she woke up, she found herself somewhere she wasn’t supposed to be.
While she was wondering when and how she landed up there, a man came to her, offering her a chance. To make everything right where it went wrong, and change her fate.
Getting to know her entire situation, she met new people, some new situations, and some new feelings bloomed.

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“That guy is a threat to her, and I will do anything to prevent them from meeting, even if they are fated, to protect her smile,” Ryo swore to himself, while seeing a bright smile on Airi’s face.

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“I know it might be rude of me now, but can I be your acquaintance once again?” Carter expectantly asked Airi, when the bright moonlight poured over her, making her the most beautiful in the world.

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“Get the hell out of my sight! Get out! You should’ve been dead all along!” Airi was never bothered by any harsh words, and Shiro was no one to her. Yet somehow, him saying all of this while looking at her with hatred, pierced her heart so badly that she couldn’t stop the tears rolling down her eyes.

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“I won’t let your lifetimes be filled in despair ever again, I will help you to resolve your regrets in every lifetime, so can it be me?” eyes filled with emotions, Ryo said it to her.

And there is this voice, which keeps ringing in her head. A voice so deep, pleading to her every time on her deathbed. “Don’t go! Don’t die on me again!” 

“I don’t deserve to be by his side, but I want to… and it hurts…” Airi broke into tears, while nature was also harmonizing with her, pouring rain.

So many loose ends to tie, so many regrets to resolve. Amidst all of this, will Airi be able to make her life better? Will she be able to deal with the unknown yet oddly familiar events unfolding before her? 
In between all of this, will their love really bloom? Or it will dry out before that, and fade away in the pages of their lives?

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Yosh, y'all! This is my very first attempt to write something down. And it’s totally my imaginary world, where I used a tid-bits of reality, so if anything hurts or triggers you, allow me to let you know that whatever I did here, totally for the sake of my story, and of course no harm intended.

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Item #: SCP-083
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-083 is to be kept under constant video surveillance, with at least one Level 3 staff member on call at all times to respond to security breaches. Entrance to SCP-083 is permissible to Level 1 and 2 personnel with proper clearances, provided they wear a tracking device while inside.
Description: SCP-083 appears to be an uninhabited, two-story row house in a general state of disrepair, with an interior of approximately 366 square meters. It is located in the ██████████ block of ███████. The deed and property tax records for the address are missing after ██████. The last known persons to reside at the address were the ███████ family, but [DATA EXPUNGED]. Until acquisition by the Foundation, the property was the reputed "office" for local narcotics dealers who gained entry to the structure through a front window, since the locking mechanisms on both the front and back doors were corroded and frozen shut. SCP-083 first came to the Foundation's attention on ███████, when an altercation outside the building resulted in the front door being kicked in by [DATA EXPUNGED].
Those who entered through the door of SCP-083 (Group A) allegedly found themselves inside a fully-furnished and well-maintained home with functioning electricity and a fully-stocked kitchen whose appliances and decor appeared to be from the early 20th Century. Personnel who entered through the windows (Group B) described the interior as "dark and dilapidated," corresponding to the view through the windows. Personnel in Group A also reported that they couldn't see, hear, or find any members of Group B inside the house or of anyone else besides themselves. Group B observed that members of Group A seemed to "vanish into thin air" upon crossing the door's threshold.
Both groups inside the property not only described very different living conditions, but their descriptions didn't even correspond to the same floor plan. Their descriptions matched only in the relative position of the windows, since both groups saw the same street view. Personnel outside the house, however, reported only seeing members of Group B.
These observations were repeatedly tested and confirmed by staff, with the additional finding that the rear door of SCP-083 also leads to the "furnished" interior. Any non-conventional entry (i.e., windows, holes in the roof, down the chimney, etc), leads to the "dilapidated" interior, and persons inside the different interiors are unable to detect each other's presence, although they both register on standard spectral imaging equipment, so long as said equipment is outside SCP-083. It was also discovered that the furnished interior is not static. The floor plan of SCP-083 apparently changes, with a different layout and different numbers and kinds of rooms manifesting (see Document #083-A). No clear pattern or set interval has been observed in the rearrangement of the interior of SCP-083, but the phenomenon has never been directly observed or experienced by personnel while inside SCP-083 (see summary of experiment 083-03, listed as Document #083-C). So long as a human presence exists inside, the floor plan seems to remain stable. Although the "furnished" interior appears to be well-maintained, no inhabitants or custodians have ever been detected.
Addendum: It has been recommended that SCP-083 be evaluated as a possible autonomous object.
Document #083-A:
Nineteen walkthroughs of SCP-083 have been conducted to date ██████, and each has produced a unique floor plan with a combined total of 154 different rooms, with 17 of those rooms present on more than one walkthrough, though in differing locations (see Document #083-B). The rooms conform to a variety of decorative styles, representative of major artistic trends of the late 19th and 20th centuries, complete with era-appropriate furnishings and technology. However, each of the 19 floor plans still equaled 366 square meters of space, and in each walkthrough, the front door has so far consistently led directly to the same Victorian front parlor, designated FP-0. The rear door [DATA EXPUNGED].
Addendum to #083-A:
Upon comparative analysis of all recorded floorplans for SCP-083, it has been observed that the small door in the north wall of FP-0 always opens up to reveal a closet. Though the dimensions and contents of the closets have varied considerably, a teal and white, "Deluxe Convertible" upright Hoover vacuum cleaner has been observed among the contents over 60% of the time. It is unknown why, of the three doors leading from FP-0, this one (and the Hoover vacuum within) has shown such a high level of conservation when none of the others have.
Document #083-C: Summary of Experiment 083-03
On █████, Dr. ███ ██████ entered SCP-083 through the front door and set up three digital video cameras. One was placed in the middle of FP-0, a second camera on the second floor between DR-2 and K-4, and a third camera in the basement room ST-1. Personnel entering through FP-0 Window A were unable to confirm the existence of any of the rooms, nor of the three cameras, though the cameras' locations inside SCP-083 were externally confirmed with EM sensors.
Observation was conducted for a period of 48 hours, during which time no personnel were allowed to enter. No movements within SCP-083 or any of the rooms were observed, and the camera locations remained fixed. After 48 hours, agents were sent in to retrieve the three cameras, but only found one, the camera in FP-0, at its electronically-confirmed location. The other two cameras, and the rooms in which they were placed, were gone, with different rooms in their place. Despite this, the EM sensors continued to detect the electrical signatures of the other two cameras, indicating that they had not shifted position at all.
Sweeps of SCP-083 were made hourly for the next 36 hours, and although further room rearrangements were noted, neither of the rigged rooms reappeared, and after 36 hours, the signals diminished below detection thresholds (possibly due to a loss of battery power in the two missing cameras). Three weeks later, ST-1 recurred on the second floor and its camera was recovered, with a dead battery. The third camera remains missing.
Note on #083-C Memo
Dr. ███ ██████ requested and was granted permission to repeat Experiment 083-03, (catalogued as Experiment 083-05) which resulted in the similar inexplicable loss of six more cameras. While the Foundation is committed to the pursuit of scientific discovery, it has been decided to abandon further experimentation of this type on SCP-083, until a way can be found to do it without overdrafting the department's budget in order to replace "disappeared" equipment.
—Dr. █████ █████
Document #083-D:
On █████, Agent ██████████ conducted a walkthrough of SCP-083 and reported evidence of food preparation, describing "a sound like banging pots and pans," and "the smell of cooking meat." Agent ██████████ was unable to localize the source of the phenomena, nor even to find a kitchen. Agent ██████████ did eventually encounter a dining room (designated DR-8), but it was clearly in a state of non-use. Agent █████████ estimated the sounds and smell persisted for approximately 20 minutes before "fading away." There were no other signs of intruders.
Document #083-E:
On █████, smoke was observed emanating from SCP-083's chimney. Agent ████████ was dispatched to investigate and found the location designated SR-12 with burning embers in the fireplace. SR-12 had been previously documented on SCP-083 Internal Surveys 5 and 6, but in both prior encounters the fireplace was cold and swept clean. Agent ████████ recovered a partially-burned fragment of newsprint from the fireplace [DATA EXPUNGED], as well as the nub of a █████ cigar.
A sweep of SCP-083 found no other evidence of intruders, and review of video surveillance confirmed no one else entering or leaving the house aside from appropriate personnel at expected intervals. Agent ████████ remained on-site until the fire was out, at which point smoke emanations ceased and did not recur. Agent ████████ made no alterations to SR-12 and left the premises at ████. Twenty-four hours later, Agent ████████ returned to SCP-083, but SR-12 was no longer present and has not been found on three subsequent walkthroughs.
Analysis of the █████ cigar did not produce any DNA, but did yield [DATA EXPUNGED].
Addendum: Recommend SCP-083 be evaluated for upgrade to Euclid status. [Approved ██/██/████]

Mankind in its present state has been around for a quarter of a million years, yet only the last 4,000 have been of any significance.
So, what did we do for nearly 250,000 years? We huddled in caves and around small fires, fearful of the things that we didn't understand. It was more than explaining why the sun came up, it was the mystery of enormous birds with heads of men and rocks that came to life. So we called them 'gods' and 'demons', begged them to spare us, and prayed for salvation.
In time, their numbers dwindled and ours rose. The world began to make more sense when there were fewer things to fear, yet the unexplained can never truly go away, as if the universe demands the absurd and impossible.
Mankind must not go back to hiding in fear. No one else will protect us, and we must stand up for ourselves.
While the rest of mankind dwells in the light, we must stand in the darkness to fight it, contain it, and shield it from the eyes of the public, so that others may live in a sane and normal world.

We secure. We contain. We protect.
— The Administrator

Item #: SCP-083
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-083 is to be kept under constant video surveillance, with at least one Level 3 staff member on call at all times to respond to security breaches. Entrance to SCP-083 is permissible to Level 1 and 2 personnel with proper clearances, provided they wear a tracking device while inside.
Description: SCP-083 appears to be an uninhabited, two-story row house in a general state of disrepair, with an interior of approximately 366 square meters. It is located in the ██████████ block of ███████. The deed and property tax records for the address are missing after ██████. The last known persons to reside at the address were the ███████ family, but [DATA EXPUNGED]. Until acquisition by the Foundation, the property was the reputed "office" for local narcotics dealers who gained entry to the structure through a front window, since the locking mechanisms on both the front and back doors were corroded and frozen shut. SCP-083 first came to the Foundation's attention on ███████, when an altercation outside the building resulted in the front door being kicked in by [DATA EXPUNGED].
Those who entered through the door of SCP-083 (Group A) allegedly found themselves inside a fully-furnished and well-maintained home with functioning electricity and a fully-stocked kitchen whose appliances and decor appeared to be from the early 20th Century. Personnel who entered through the windows (Group B) described the interior as "dark and dilapidated," corresponding to the view through the windows. Personnel in Group A also reported that they couldn't see, hear, or find any members of Group B inside the house or of anyone else besides themselves. Group B observed that members of Group A seemed to "vanish into thin air" upon crossing the door's threshold.
Both groups inside the property not only described very different living conditions, but their descriptions didn't even correspond to the same floor plan. Their descriptions matched only in the relative position of the windows, since both groups saw the same street view. Personnel outside the house, however, reported only seeing members of Group B.
These observations were repeatedly tested and confirmed by staff, with the additional finding that the rear door of SCP-083 also leads to the "furnished" interior. Any non-conventional entry (i.e., windows, holes in the roof, down the chimney, etc), leads to the "dilapidated" interior, and persons inside the different interiors are unable to detect each other's presence, although they both register on standard spectral imaging equipment, so long as said equipment is outside SCP-083. It was also discovered that the furnished interior is not static. The floor plan of SCP-083 apparently changes, with a different layout and different numbers and kinds of rooms manifesting (see Document #083-A). No clear pattern or set interval has been observed in the rearrangement of the interior of SCP-083, but the phenomenon has never been directly observed or experienced by personnel while inside SCP-083 (see summary of experiment 083-03, listed as Document #083-C). So long as a human presence exists inside, the floor plan seems to remain stable. Although the "furnished" interior appears to be well-maintained, no inhabitants or custodians have ever been detected.
Addendum: It has been recommended that SCP-083 be evaluated as a possible autonomous object.
Document #083-A:
Nineteen walkthroughs of SCP-083 have been conducted to date ██████, and each has produced a unique floor plan with a combined total of 154 different rooms, with 17 of those rooms present on more than one walkthrough, though in differing locations (see Document #083-B). The rooms conform to a variety of decorative styles, representative of major artistic trends of the late 19th and 20th centuries, complete with era-appropriate furnishings and technology. However, each of the 19 floor plans still equaled 366 square meters of space, and in each walkthrough, the front door has so far consistently led directly to the same Victorian front parlor, designated FP-0. The rear door [DATA EXPUNGED].
Addendum to #083-A:
Upon comparative analysis of all recorded floorplans for SCP-083, it has been observed that the small door in the north wall of FP-0 always opens up to reveal a closet. Though the dimensions and contents of the closets have varied considerably, a teal and white, "Deluxe Convertible" upright Hoover vacuum cleaner has been observed among the contents over 60% of the time. It is unknown why, of the three doors leading from FP-0, this one (and the Hoover vacuum within) has shown such a high level of conservation when none of the others have.
Document #083-C: Summary of Experiment 083-03
On █████, Dr. ███ ██████ entered SCP-083 through the front door and set up three digital video cameras. One was placed in the middle of FP-0, a second camera on the second floor between DR-2 and K-4, and a third camera in the basement room ST-1. Personnel entering through FP-0 Window A were unable to confirm the existence of any of the rooms, nor of the three cameras, though the cameras' locations inside SCP-083 were externally confirmed with EM sensors.
Observation was conducted for a period of 48 hours, during which time no personnel were allowed to enter. No movements within SCP-083 or any of the rooms were observed, and the camera locations remained fixed. After 48 hours, agents were sent in to retrieve the three cameras, but only found one, the camera in FP-0, at its electronically-confirmed location. The other two cameras, and the rooms in which they were placed, were gone, with different rooms in their place. Despite this, the EM sensors continued to detect the electrical signatures of the other two cameras, indicating that they had not shifted position at all.
Sweeps of SCP-083 were made hourly for the next 36 hours, and although further room rearrangements were noted, neither of the rigged rooms reappeared, and after 36 hours, the signals diminished below detection thresholds (possibly due to a loss of battery power in the two missing cameras). Three weeks later, ST-1 recurred on the second floor and its camera was recovered, with a dead battery. The third camera remains missing.
Note on #083-C Memo
Dr. ███ ██████ requested and was granted permission to repeat Experiment 083-03, (catalogued as Experiment 083-05) which resulted in the similar inexplicable loss of six more cameras. While the Foundation is committed to the pursuit of scientific discovery, it has been decided to abandon further experimentation of this type on SCP-083, until a way can be found to do it without overdrafting the department's budget in order to replace "disappeared" equipment.
—Dr. █████ █████
Document #083-D:
On █████, Agent ██████████ conducted a walkthrough of SCP-083 and reported evidence of food preparation, describing "a sound like banging pots and pans," and "the smell of cooking meat." Agent ██████████ was unable to localize the source of the phenomena, nor even to find a kitchen. Agent ██████████ did eventually encounter a dining room (designated DR-8), but it was clearly in a state of non-use. Agent █████████ estimated the sounds and smell persisted for approximately 20 minutes before "fading away." There were no other signs of intruders.
Document #083-E:
On █████, smoke was observed emanating from SCP-083's chimney. Agent ████████ was dispatched to investigate and found the location designated SR-12 with burning embers in the fireplace. SR-12 had been previously documented on SCP-083 Internal Surveys 5 and 6, but in both prior encounters the fireplace was cold and swept clean. Agent ████████ recovered a partially-burned fragment of newsprint from the fireplace [DATA EXPUNGED], as well as the nub of a █████ cigar.
A sweep of SCP-083 found no other evidence of intruders, and review of video surveillance confirmed no one else entering or leaving the house aside from appropriate personnel at expected intervals. Agent ████████ remained on-site until the fire was out, at which point smoke emanations ceased and did not recur. Agent ████████ made no alterations to SR-12 and left the premises at ████. Twenty-four hours later, Agent ████████ returned to SCP-083, but SR-12 was no longer present and has not been found on three subsequent walkthroughs.
Analysis of the █████ cigar did not produce any DNA, but did yield [DATA EXPUNGED].
Addendum: Recommend SCP-083 be evaluated for upgrade to Euclid status. [Approved ██/██/████]

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