The League of Monsters.
The strongest entity in the entire tower, with eight of the most powerful monster clans backing them, nothing was capable of stopping them.
Though, that didn't last long. Humans invaded, not only conquering the tower but killing the leaders of the League of Monsters as well.
Their only hope, Aldrich's spell, teleported them to the world outside the tower. The spell had devastating side effects, though. Their power? Simply a thing of the past.
Now, one hundred years later, they are ready to ascend the tower once again.

Towers began appearing in every major city, granting anyone who enters to fight the monsters the player system. One day, a tower appeared in a tiny town in West Virginia, and one man decided he wanted to be a Player. To his surprise, he was granted a unique class, and climbs the tower with an incredible weapon... alone.

Towers began appearing all over the world, and unfortunately for Michael, he was the first to enter one. With no before hand knowledge, and nobody to help him, he must journey up the tower and figure out his purpose, and why, only he, was granted a unique class.

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"Where are we heading to, M-master?" stuttered Yuna, not used to calling someone 'Master'.
"We're heading to the boss room of the 21st floor," said Sora.
By now, the group of three were walking inside the Labyrinth Tower of the 21st floor. So restrained the monsters and had the two girls attack the monsters. Whenever things got too dangerous, Sora would save them and even heal them with some Healing ointments he made himself.
They had been doing this for a couple of days by now, sleeping in the Safe Areas within the Labyrinth Tower.
"Why are we heading there?" asked Argo, interested in Sora's form of training.
Glancing back at Argo, Sora said, "I will power level you both. Since having you fight against the first floor monsters won't help you much at all. The 21st floor monsters are smarter and they can help you increase your skills and experience faster."
Sora and the two girls continued walking until they heard some noises ahead of them.
"Be careful."
With a word of caution, Sora had the two girls enter sneak mode as he himself walked casually over to where the noise was coming from.
"Looks like the Murim Alliance is training the new recruits here once again," muttered Sora, shocking Yuna and Argo.
Back when the first floor had been cleared, the Murim Alliance was in the 100+ rankings in the Guild Leaderboards. They had the lowest leveled players and a good amount of players at the time. No one paid any attention to them since they weren't in the Top 100.
However, out of nowhere, the Murim Alliance took the number 2 spot in the Guild Leaderboards when the 20th floor had been unlocked and they challenged many guilds, taking in many guilds under their wings.
They were currently fighting against Scaled Lions and Ebony Skeletons.
Sora stepped out of the shadows with his two disciples and decided to ignore the group fighting against the monsters.
Argo and Yuna had already stepped out of their sneak mode and looked at the Murim Alliance group fighting against the group of monsters.
"Don't look at them," muttered Sora as he pulled Argo and Yuna along with him.
If they stared long enough, when the fight against the monsters is over, the small group from Murim Alliance will come looking for trouble with Sora, and it's annoying to deal with such people.
…
After walking some meters far away from them, Sora and the two girls ran into an Ebony Skeleton.
Like the name says, it's a skeleton who's bones look like Ebony. It carried a flimsy and rusted sword and it's armor is filled with scratches and holes.
"Like before, I will keep the Ebony Skeleton restrained whilst you both fight it," said Sora as he threw out an invisible thread over to the monster.
<Hindering Hand>!
The Ebony Skeleton began to move much slower than before after the thread latched itself onto it.
Without Sora having to say anything, Argo and Yuna ran over to the Ebony Skeleton, brandishing their weapons.
They snuck over to the ebony skeleton before letting out a barrage of fierce attacks.
"..." Sora looked at the girls fighting before shifting his eyes to the side and glancing at the Murim Alliance group walking nearby.
"Leader! It's an Ebony Skeleton!" yelled a blonde man as he looked at the monster the two girls were fighting against.
"Be careful, someone's already fighting it."
A short and broad shouldered man stepped up and glanced at Yuna and Argo before shaking his head.
"We can just take the kill," quietly said the blonde.
The leader's eyes lit up with greed at the words of the rookie before catching a glance at the man behind the two girls.
Once the leader noticed Sora, he shook his head and turned to the blonde, "They're being protected."
"We can take that man on alone…" muttered the blonde, revealing a smirk.
Pa!
"You fool! Just keep quiet and listen to me!" angrily said the leader, irritated by the blonde's poisoning.
The leader ignored the blonde who was writhing in pain, taking the other six recruits with him over to Sora.
"Greetings! My name is Lord Yeong," said the leader as he performed a martial salute to Sora.
Sora turned to look at Peasant Yeong and nodded, "Master of [Myriad Paths]."
Looking at Sora for a moment, Plebeian Yeong began waiting for Sora to continue and say his name.
"Now hurry and scram, my disciples can't afford to be distracted now," said Sora. He glared at Lowly Yeong and turned back to look at Yuna and Argos fighting against the Ebony Skeleton.
"Don't be disrespectful young man!"
Flaring his Ki, Worker Ant Yeong stood straight and glared back at Sora with a scowl on his face.
"I'm being kind and asking for your name!"
The Little Yeong's black Ki rose high into the sky, making the short man look evil and scary.
"I don't want to say my name, you should understand that much," said Sora, not bothering to spare the angered man a single glance.
"You...!"
Shorty Yeong coughed up virtual blood before drawing the saber from his waist.
"You're courting death!"
Raising the saber in the air, the black Ki converged onto the tip of the saber, making the ground underneath the man tremble lightly.
"Be quiet and leave this instant!"
Sora waved his hand and pushed the man back, feeling the Ki move the threads controlling the Ebony Skeleton, almost hurting Yuna. Sora shot the short man a quick glare filled with killing intent before reinforcing the thread with his own purple Ki.
"You... you asked for this..." muttered Slave Yeong before getting into his Deadly Moon Arts basic stance.
"Deadly Moon Arts: Cleaving Saber!"
With a swing of his short arm, Bumpkin Yeong waved the saber in his hand with the intent to kill.
With a sigh, Sora took out his Black-Silver Spear and shot it at the Serf Yeong with the same move back at him.
<Deadly Moon Arts: Cleaving Saber>!
"What?!"
Looking at the approaching spear coated in purple Ki cut straight through his saber and body, Servant Yeong yelled in shock.
He had clearly noticed Sora using the same move with a different weapon and Ki than him.
Usually Ki techniques are specialized to a specific type of Ki or type of Ki Circulation Technique. Usually something like trying to use another Ki Circulation Technique skills and arts will result in death, going brain dead, or being crippled.
The <Deadly Moon Arts> was in the type of Ki and Ki Circulation Technique category, meaning it was very strict on who used it.
"How could you use <Deadly Moon-> Ahk!"
Bottomfeeder Yeong didn't have a chance to finish talking before falling over dead. His dead body turned pale and cold.
"Wh-what just happened…"
"Are we going to die too…?"
"Let's leave quickly!"
The Murim Alliance rookies ran away, trampling over the recovering blonde.
'That man better learn his lesson…' thought Sora as he glanced at the man's dead body.
A dead body turning pale in SAO was signs of the player still having a chance to come back alive through the Second Chance. If they fail, their body rots, slowly turning to bones and they leave behind a legacy ring with their items and irreplaceable techniques like the <Deadly Moon Arts>.
If they survive the second chance, the body turns to dust and slowly disappears into the air. Leaving behind a single item behind.
"Let's move on, this Ebony Skeleton won't help you two much now. We should head to the boss room now," said Sora, killing the Ebony Skeleton with a wave of his spear.
The experience was quickly divided between him and the other two.
Yuna and Argo quickly went up some levels and followed behind Sora over to the boss room.
"Like before, I will let you both level up your skills for a while before I kill the boss," said Sora as he opened the door to the boss room and led Yuna and Argo inside.
Minutes later, the boss room was filled with various colorful lights and the painful howls of the Scaled Lion King.
…
Two Hours Later.
"Okay, you both did well today," said Sora. He waved his hand and sent them off back to the dojo to train in the breathing techniques he imparted to them.
After sending Yuna and Argo away, Sora went back into the Labyrinth Tower to get Ebony Bones, a material that can be used to make high grade weapons.
"I only need 10 more bones..." muttered Sora as he walked around nonchalantly with his hands behind his head.
"Master?"
Sora walked for quite a while before running into Kirito and a group of people. After glancing at them, Sora took notice of a short haired girl with a beauty mark, a mole at the corner of her eye.
Although she looked pretty average now, Sora could tell that the girl will grow up to be a beauty.
'Should I join them?' nefariously thought Sora as he glanced at the girl's body with some interest.
"Kirito, what are you doing here?"
"I'm in a party now! They go by the name 'Moonlit Black Cats'!"
Kirito stepped forward and introduced each and every one of his party members. Of course, Sora hardly paid any attention to them, he only focused on Sora's words, waiting to hear the girl's name.
"... this girl here is Sachi. Right now her position when fighting is still unclear."
Hearing those words, Sora revealed a gentle smile as he walked up to the girl, "Hello there Sachi. As you know, I am Kirito's Master, the man who turned him into who he will become in the future. And I say future because right now he isn't much."
Sachi giggled at Sora's words and Sora smiled.
Only Kirito revealed a helpless look since Sora had told the truth. He wasn't much now and his name was only known by a handful of people.
Blur.
He was granted that nickname by those who had seen him in action since every move of his would be a blur in the eyes of others. His sword moves were too quick to be noticed by other people, and his speed would only be augmented by his breathing technique and his special Ki Circulation Technique.
"Would you like to train under me? I'm sure we can find what weapon suits you best," said Sora with a light whisper. "Like maybe… a bow?"
Sora turned around in a swift motion, taking out a bow and shooting an arrow.
Bak-ak!
The Kirito's party turned to where they heard the clashing noise.
Not too far from them, three Ebony Skeletons were lying lifelessly on the floor with a smooth round hole in their skulls.
"..."
"I can guarantee you can do that whilst training under me," said Sora, lifting the black wooden bow up.
Sachi opened her little mouth speechlessly for two three reasons.
One.
Sora was using a sword this whole time, she thought he would show her a sword skill. Instead she was shown a powerful and awesome attack with a bow that killed three skeletons in a flash.
Two.
Sora killed three skeletons without any System Skill, any of those Ki Techniques, and with great power and accuracy.
Three.
It never occurred to her that she could have been using the bow this entire time she had been hunting with her friends and Kirito!
Whilst Sachi was off in her little world, shocked, the others were already jumping at Sora, hoping he would teach them as well.
"Haha, I don't have as much freedom as before. Even now, I'm only teaching two other disciples. If you want someone to teach you, ask Kirito. He was one of the top 10 disciples of mine."
Sora quickly waved them off, shifting their attention over to Kirito who was nervously backing away before being followed madly by his party members.
"So what do you think?" asked Sora as he looked at Sachi with a gentle smile.
Sachi looked up and blinked, "I… I will accept..."
"Good. You can still go hunting with your friends and fighting monsters, but for a whole week, you will be training with me. We can't have one of your arrows going astray and hitting your friends, right?" Sora looked over at Sachi with a meaningful look, knowing that Sachi is a clumsy and fearful girl that just needs a bit of training.
"Ri-right!"
Sachi lowered her head with a bright red face. She herself knew that there's a high possibility of her arrows striking her friends instead of the monsters.
"Don't worry Sachi. I will help and train you. Whether you want to be an irreplaceable support or an Archery Goddess, I can make it happen for you. But whether you like it or not, you will become a master in the use of the bow."
Sora stood tall and brandished the most charming smile he could before looking at the red faced, petite girl.
[Sachi has now become your disciple.]

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The wind began to blow on the mountain, sweeping the dust from the ravine into the air. Cocoons of ash were scattered on both sides of the ravine. The onlookers had yet to recover from the astonishment of witnessing the destructive punch, just like the Rock Monsters.
"This...this..." Zhou Donghao almost dropped his jaw on the ground. He finally blurted out after some time, "Is that thing retarded? It was punching the wrong way!"
The defenders of the clock tower were dumbfounded too, not just because they had witnessed the power which the punch possessed, but the target it was after. 
"Is it messing with us?" Wen Xia blurted out, staring at the Golden-Armored Wolframite Demon.
The Brown Rock Mages were arranged in lines, their bodies encapsulated in brown light. However, the barrier they set up stood alone in front of the tower. The defensive spell was meant to defend them from the enemy's attack, and they had braced themselves for the attack in advance to stop the Golden-Armored Wolframite Demon's push with everything they had. They were even prepared to be injured from the impact, but the outcome was completely outside their expectations! 
The attack never came… the defensive spell was basically a waste!
In terms of shock, the Rock Monsters and the Granite Beasts were definitely more dumbfounded than the humans.
The Granite Beasts were standing on both sides of the ravine. They were raising their arms like apes and cheering for their king while it was about to destroy the tiny but tenacious humans. However, they froze like statues and even forgot to put their arms down. They were staring at the end of the ravine in disbelief. Words could not even describe how traumatized they were! 
Even the Servant-class creatures would not make such a stupid mistake. How could their Ruler-level leader possibly do such!?
The Mages defending the clock tower were dazed with disbelief, while the Rock Monsters were terrified!
The Golden-Armored Wolframite Demon took a few steps forward. It lifted its leg and kicked forward.
The Rock Monsters began to wonder if they were dreaming after seeing their leader's strange behavior. The kick sent a fierce wave of sand across the ground. The Rock Generals and Granite Beasts planning to attack the clock tower immediately fled for their lives.
The wave of sand was not insanely fast, since it was covered an area over a kilometer wide. Even the clock tower was not a kilometer across. The Golden-Armored Wolframite Demon was obviously not giving the Rock Monsters any chance to survive!
The wave of sand was traveling slowly, but it was only slow relative to the Golden-Armored Wolframite Demon's size. It was similar to a huge storm. One might see it appearing in the distance and slowly head toward their city, but regardless of where they went, the storm would still be looming over their head and their surroundings. 
The wave of sand was the same. It was huge but slow, and it was not only devouring a single building or a street, but an entire city and mountain!
Rocks of various sizes were bouncing around wildly. The Rock Monsters were not only in the middle of raining bullets, but deadly blasts, too. The Rock Monsters with weaker defenses did not stand a chance at all. Meanwhile, the higher-level Rock Generals were only able to survive with pure luck, since even the Granite Beasts would be left with holes if they were not making the right moves... 
The wave of sand swept forward like a terrifying storm. The lives of the Rock Monsters were solely dependent on their luck. The noisy battlefield soon fell quiet, leaving only the scattered remains of the Rock Monsters behind!
"I kept praying to Heavens to bring us a miracle, but a miracle like this..." commander-in-chief Xie Qinghua admitted after a long silence.
The miracle she imagined was a glimpse of light in a hopeless situation, but she had received three scorching suns in return, instead! 
Did the Creator happen to be passing by the city, and casually modify the logic of the world, turning the Golden-Armored Wolframite Demon against its people after seeing how pitiful the humans in the city were?
---
The wisest of the Granite Beasts finally realized what was going on after their army suffered heavy losses twice. 
They began crying to alert the Rock Monsters that the Golden-Armored Wolframite Demon was no longer their leader. The human it had absorbed had taken over its body. It was now their enemy!
The trembling Rock Monsters finally understood. They were not a sheet of loose sand after all. They started to regroup and form a strong resistance army under the leadership of the Granite Beasts to take on the Golden-Armored Wolframite Demon. 
"They are finally showing their temper now? It's time for me to teach them how to behave themselves!"
Mo Fan was amused when he saw the Granite Beasts revolting against him.
The Granite Beasts and a huge number of Rock Generals were standing a kilometer away from Mo Fan. They were undisciplined and disordered a moment ago, but they had no choice but to come together against a greater foe.
The Granite Beasts used their Earth Magic, Summoning huge boulders out of nowhere and tossing them at Mo Fan. Countless rocks began to pour down at Mo Fan's location. Some were the size of small hills, others merely the size of small cars!
"It's just a drizzle!"
Mo Fan took a huge step forward. How could his shiny armor be afraid of these little bricks? He might have had to run away with his tail between his legs from the rain of rocks before, or rely on Zhao Manyan's defense, but he could not feel any better when he was now able to ignore the attacks and charge forward recklessly!
Mo Fan was only five hundred meters away from the Granite Beasts after taking a single step.
They were just a bunch of Granite Beasts, after all. Their strength was nowhere close to the Black-Silver Rock Demons, yet Mo Fan had already taken out three of the Black-Silver Rock Demons, and taken over the last and strongest one!
"You finally realize you should be running? Weren't you having fun tossing the boulders at me? Try running away from this… Rising Ground Cage!"
Mo Fan stomped the ground heavily with his right foot.
A surge of energy swept forward rapidly and reached the spot where the Granite Beasts had gathered.
The ground suddenly rose fifty meters. The walls were forming a huge circle, corralling the rebelling Granite Beasts in the middle like a huge pen!


He woke up in a familiar world that had vastly changed.

His familiar school had become a mystical school that teaches magic, encouraging everyone to become a mighty magician.

Outside the city, many wandering magical beasts and monsters attacked and preyed on humans.

His world of advanced science changed into one that praised magic. Despite this, his ambition in life, and his social status remained the same; one of the dregs of the society with a struggling father and a disabled step sister that couldn’t walk.

However, Mo Fan found that when most people could only practice a single major element of magic, he was a Versatile Mage!

Su Ping intentionally stayed quiet to see what would happen next. As he expected, the dragon soul continued regardless of his choice.
"Since that is your choice, be ready to face my trial!"
The voice tried to sound imposing, but it wasn't doing a very good job.
He felt the space around him shake as if there was an earthquake coming. The ground in front of him was ripped open by the tip of a bone pillar, which rose higher until it stood tall like a giant tower.
Su Ping checked and found a total of nine sections, or levels, on the "bone tower." At the same time, the dragon soul spoke directly to his mind again, telling him what the tower was used for.
Apparently, he had to climb this "dragon tower" to finish his trial. By reaching the final level, he would be deemed qualified to challenge the final mission, before acquiring the heritage.
In the final mission, he had to purify all 109 dragon scales left by the dragon and restore its soul. Upon its death, this ancient dragon had sealed the fragments of its soul inside those scales. As time did its wonders, each scale had turned into a small piece of land tainted by filth and monsters. To purify a scale, Su Ping had to eliminate all the monsters living inside them.
Su Ping got the gist of his "mission" and found his job to be too complicated to his liking. Working through nine levels of the tower looked fine. But cleansing monsters from 109 dragon scales? That sounded too tedious.
Those "small" lands were not exactly small by human standards. They had all kinds of terrains, monsters and even Beast Kings roaming around. Anyone who could do a good job there had to be at least a legendary battle pet warrior.
According to the system, the dragon king used to be something more ancient and mightier than Beast Kings. It was right and proper that it wouldn't let weaklings find its heritage easily.
Su Ping was a little frustrated about the mission's difficulty, but he didn't feel too bad about it, since the challenge meant little to him. The place was an illusion. The only thing he might take from it was the experience gained from fighting monsters. No matter what kind of actual prize was promised, he wouldn't be able to take it home.
In other words, finishing the final goal or not didn't matter. The mission's actual process was more important.
"Fine. Bring it on."
He psyched himself up and walked ahead with his pets. He went in through a small entrance at the bottom of the tower.
Little Skeleton was the only pet that seemed unaffected by the dragon soul's might. The Managarm seemed to be the one in the worst condition, as it had been frozen and trembling due to fear. The Inferno Dragon wasn't doing much better, even if it was a dragon-type pet, because dragons would strictly follow their social classes at all times. A dragon of a higher status was free to lord over other members of its clan on any occasion.
As for the Purple Python, it only stayed close to Su Ping's feet to find some comfort through their pet contract.
The mental pressure grew worse as they stepped inside the tower, as if there were more dragons hidden in the dark welcoming their prey. Anyone with a weak mind would have turned tail already.
Su Ping took a deep breath and moved ahead without minding the dangerous aura. He was used to being suppressed by all kinds of deadly wills when exploring the Chaotic Realm of the Undead. This fallen dragon king was puny, compared to those nasty kings and lords of the underworld.
Further ahead, Su Ping saw the image of a large golden dragon roaring at him while displaying its unparalleled preeminence.
The Inferno Dragon whelp, which usually stayed proud in front of other pets, had hidden its head under one of its wings. It probably would have escaped into a rabbit hole if there was one nearby.
The Managarm was not moving; it had collapsed on the floor, unconscious.
The Purple Python had huddled into a coil while keeping its head concealed in the center, as if it could hide from plain sight this way.
As for Little Skeleton… like always, it wasn't showing any particular reaction.
Su Ping saw his terrified pets and shook his head in disappointment. That golden dragon was clearly another illusion incapable of doing any actual harm. Maybe it could scare off its opponents by using a portion of the dragon king's aura, but that was about it.
Guess I can't expect more from something born and raised under protection. Heck. That Lightning Rat could do way better than this.
Su Ping turned back and kicked the Managarm in the rear to wake it up.
It worked at first. But as soon as the Managarm saw the ferocious dragon image, it went out cold again, tongue out.
Su Ping frowned and kicked it again. He kept doing it until the dog could do better.
His improvised training began to show its worth after the Managarm fainted and woke up for several times. Still, the creature would only stare at the floor like a scolded puppy no matter what.
Su Ping applied the "Killing Intent" effect on the Managarm, causing it to suddenly yell at the dragon image with a pair of glowing red eyes. But as soon as the effect ended, it tucked its tail between its legs as if asking for forgiveness. A yellow puddle was spread from under its butt, adding a different kind of flavor to the air.
This coward… Su Ping silently complained.
To escape from the odor, Su Ping decided to move forward. He saw a small dot of light in the ceiling not far from his position. It seemed to be a hole for him to get to the next level. 
After tossing the pets through that hole, he also jumped through and reached the second floor.
Unsurprisingly, the dragon's will was intensified by several times compared to the first floor. Apart from an invisible pressure, Su Ping also heard rustling noises coming from the darkness.
He wondered if this was all the dragon tower challenge had to offer. That fake dragon was basically useless. At this rate, he could clear the second floor in no time.
Without minding the noise that suggested a sleeping dragon was close, he quickly found the next "hole" and jumped to the third floor, while only taking Little Skeleton with him. He would leave the other pets at level 2 to keep sharpening their courage.
As soon as he emerged from the hole, he saw another golden dragon coming his way, claws raised. This one was only about ten meters in length from tip to tail, which meant it was only a child. It sure looked dangerous, though.
He thought it was another illusion meant to spook him, but the unusual energy signature tickling his skin told him otherwise.
Little Skeleton drew its blade and began wrestling with the small dragon.
Huh… That's a clone made out of energy? Su Ping raised an eyebrow as he recognized the nature of the attacking dragon. Unlike what he presumed, the dragon tower was beginning to send real enemies his way.
Little Skeleton made quick work of the small dragon and soon returned to his side.
A kid as strong as common seventh-rank pets. I guess this is pretty normal for dragons? Su Ping decided to be more careful from then on as he kept going.
…
About two hours later, Su Ping left the dragon tower with his pets in tow.
Little Skeleton barely made it through the last floor. Su Ping didn't believe he was lucky. It was likely that the tower designed all the challenges according to what he had. If Little Skeleton was one rank higher, the enemy at the last floor would probably be a Beast King.
As he estimated, anyone of an aptitude of above average could clear the tower challenge with enough effort. There was no way that a proud dragon king was willing to give its heritage to an "above average human." Whoever set the challenges up probably wasn't expecting better humans to show up in the first place.
He couldn't help but wonder what kind of human beings could reach higher levels of aptitude.
Without wasting any time, he ordered the pets to stay close so they could look for the dragon scales.
It wasn't hard to find those things because they were just randomly placed behind the tower. Each one looked as large as a small town with a unique theme, such as a gloomy graveyard or an erupting volcano. By looking from afar, Su Ping could more or less imagine what kind of monsters lived in them.
The scales were placed pretty close to each other, but with clear boundaries that set them apart. Su Ping realized that he could see this place as a nice training ground for different pets, since he could easily find a scale of the proper element for every type of pet.


What’s not to love about my new life after transmigrating into a Pet-centered world?
There are mighty creatures that come in all shapes and sizes. They can either be cuddly companions, helpers in your daily life, daring scouts or strong fighters. Or all of the above. Not bad, huh?
I have a family, but the fact is completely overshadowed by my younger sister. She thoroughly hates my guts, and she makes sure that I know this. Every. Single. Day.
Did I mention that she’s disgustingly talented while I am a bottom feeder? A terribly handsome one at that.
I have free rein to run the family business on my own. A small and quaint Pet Store. It should have been great if not for the fact that the previous owner of this body was born with ZERO affinity to handle Astral Pets…
It wouldn’t be a proper transmigration without a gimmick or a system to pave my road to greatness, don’t you think? I have one, but I don’t know if I would be better off without it…

Welcome to the World of Astral Pets!

Chapter 2733 - Garrisoning Twin Towers
Vico, the Level 180, Tier 3 male administrator, looked at the certificate in Shi Feng's hand and carefully inspected it.
"Yes, this is indeed an Official Guild Certificate from the War God's Temple." Vico nodded, his gaze turning respectful as he looked at Shi Feng. He then added slowly, "Lord Guild Leader, there is nothing wrong with your Guild Certificate. However, I'm afraid that as an ordinary Guild, your Guild does not qualify to garrison our kingdom's capital. You can only choose to garrison another of the Twin Towers Kingdom's cities."
Sure enough, the Guild still can't garrison the capital city. Shi Feng was not particularly surprised by Vico's rejection. "Since that's the case, Zero Wing will garrison Sky Spring City."
Although the War God's Temple now recognized Zero Wing as an official Guild in God's Domain, that was only recognition and nothing more. Initially, Shi Feng thought that with the deterioration of the Twin Towers Kingdom due to the abyssal monsters, Zero Wing might have a chance to garrison its capital.
However, it would seem that he had still underestimated the Twin Towers Kingdom.
After thinking it through, though, he found this situation reasonable. In his previous life, the Twin Towers Kingdom had shone brightly on the continent of God's Domain, thanks to the Tower of Time and Secret Covenant Tower it housed. It had been a kingdom that stood far above other kingdoms.
Moreover, while the Twin Towers Kingdom might currently look battered, now that the first major update had taken place, NPCs would start appearing in large numbers across the kingdom. Once that happened, it was only a matter of time before the NPCs turned the tables on the abyssal monsters. Otherwise, Shi Feng wouldn't have rushed to have Zero Wing garrison the Twin Towers Kingdom.
"That won't be a problem. Please follow me. I will conduct the procedures for you," Vico said and led Shi Feng to the third-floor hall.
On his way to the third floor, Shi Feng noticed that the number of NPCs inside the City Hall had increased significantly.
Previously, it was rare to see even one Tier 3 NPC in a City Hall. Now, he spotted at least a dozen. Moreover, even the weakest of them was at Level 140, while the strongest reached Level 182. They were not existences current Tier 3 players could hope to contend against.
Through this, he could already anticipate a large batch of Tier 3 NPCs appearing inside the Twin Towers Kingdom in the near future. With the combat power of these NPCs, retaking the Twin Towers Kingdom and driving the abyssal monsters back into the abyss would be entirely possible.
Meanwhile, the Sky Spring City he chose to have Zero Wing garrison was the closest NPC city to the Secret Covenant Tower.
Although Sky Spring City didn't even rank within the top 15 of the Twin Towers Kingdom's NPC cities, after the first major update, the Secret Covenant Tower would become more attractive than the Tower of Time.
This was because the Secret Covenant Tower was a holy land for grinding for levels and acquiring Guild resources.
Before God's Domain's first major update took place, grinding for levels was a daily chore for players. However, after the first major update, grinding for levels would become deadly.
If players did not possess overwhelming strength, then the moment they left the confines of NPC cities, they would have to fight with their lives on the line. This was because both NPCs and monsters gained conscious thought after the major update, and they would no longer let players kill them like idiots.
Both NPCs and monsters would fight desperately for survival.
Hence, grinding monsters would no longer be simple, repetitive fights for EXP. Instead, it would become a fight where players bet their lives for EXP. In a situation where the two sides were roughly equal in strength, every fight would be incredibly taxing. In fact, after the major update, most players would no longer dare fight monsters that were significantly higher-leveled than they were.
Of course, the increased difficulty in killing monsters came in tandem with a drastic increase in the EXP monsters awarded—at least ten times more than what they previously awarded. Even so, leveling up would still become an increasingly laborious task in the future.
However, it was a different story in the Secret Covenant Tower.
The countless monsters trapped in the Secret Covenant Tower's special space had already gone crazy and did not possess any consciousness or intelligence. The only thing on their minds was slaughter.
Yet, despite the lack of intelligence, the monsters inside granted the same amount of EXP as the monsters in the outside world. The only problem was that entering the Secret Covenant Tower cost Magic Crystals. In addition, the monsters inside did not drop Coins or Magic Crystals. The value of the materials they dropped was also negligible.
Fortunately, the Secret Covenant Tower wasn't completely barren of loot. Hidden inside the special space were relics belonging to ancient civilizations. The deeper one progressed down the tower, the better the relics one could obtain. Examples would be weapon and equipment designs, Master ranked Potion Recipes, and even complete Legacies for Tier 3 classes.
Yes!
Complete Legacies for Tier 3 classes!
Unlike the Tier 3 Legacies scattered in the outside world, a complete Legacy could lower the difficulty of players' Tier 3 Promotion by a large margin. A complete Tier 3 Legacy could allow a Guild to gain a large number of Tier 3 players within a short period. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that, for Guilds, a complete Tier 3 Legacy was a hundred times more valuable than a Fragmented Legendary item.
Meanwhile, complete Tier 3 Legacies only started appearing from the 18th floor. This was a place that became available after the first major update. Before this, the Secret Covenant Tower was only a place for pre-Level 100 players to grind for levels. It wasn't suitable for players past Level 100.
However, after the first major update, the Secret Covenant Tower would no longer be the same as before.
In the past, after it was revealed that the Secret Covenant Tower dropped complete Tier 3 Legacies, the various powers on the eastern continent had swarmed to the Twin Towers Kingdom. This, in turn, had made the Twin Towers Kingdom one of the most dazzling kingdoms in God's Domain, and Sky Spring City had also become an NPC Main City that was second only to the capital city.
…
Shortly afterward, Administrator Vico completed all the formalities needed for Zero Wing to garrison Sky Spring City.
"Lord Guild Leader, this is your Sky Spring City Guild Token." Vico handed a golden token to Shi Feng. He then explained, "This token grants you partial authority to manage Sky Spring City, including its security and development. Once Zero Wing garrisons Sky Spring City, it will receive 10% of the city's profits as maintenance and management fees."
"No problem. Zero Wing will manage Sky Spring City well and turn it into the best city in the Twin Towers Kingdom," Shi Feng said, nodding.
Once a Guild garrisoned a city, it couldn't arbitrarily decide to abandon the city and seek greener pastures. One could say that the Guild and city were bound together for good or ill. Thus, even after Guilds obtained the qualifications to garrison an NPC city, they still had to be careful with their choice.
Fortunately, Shi Feng didn't have to concern himself with such a problem.
Sky Spring City was bound to become one of the important hubs in the eastern continent. The money and resources it could rake in would far surpass those of many royal capitals. If developed properly, the city could even rival imperial capitals.
"I pray that you can fulfill this wonderful goal, Milord," Vico said, feeling slightly surprised by Shi Feng's confidence.
"Now that Zero Wing has officially garrisoned Sky Spring City, can we enable Sky Spring City's City Teleportation Network?" Shi Feng asked.
Obtaining the resources Sky Spring City had to offer was only one of his goals in having Zero Wing garrison the city.
What was more important for Zero Wing was the City Teleportation Network that came with garrisoning a city. This was also the main reason the various superpowers had frantically fought to secure a reserve seat.
"Certainly. However, your Guild will have to handle the cost of binding with Sky Spring City's Teleportation Magic Array," Vico said with a hint of joy in his voice.
"How much will it cost to construct one large-scale teleportation array?" Shi Feng asked.
"If it is only one, the material fee is 100,000 Gold Coins and 30,000 Magic Crystals. The labor cost is an additional 5,000 Gold," Vico said. "In total, it will cost 105,000 Gold and 30,000 Magic Crystals."
"You guys sure are ruthless. It's just a bunch of ordinary materials, yet you're actually charging me 100,000 Gold." Shi Feng was flabbergasted at Vico's quote.
If it were before, he might've accepted this price as normal. However, after gaining experience in constructing teleportation arrays, he knew that the materials needed were much cheaper than what Vico quoted him. At most, the material cost should total around several thousand Gold.
"No, no, no. The materials the Twin Towers Kingdom uses are the best. No problems will occur even after a thousand years of use," Vico assured sincerely while shaking his head.
"Fine, so be it. However, I want everything done within two hours," Shi Feng said after taking a look at the time.
It had been nearly a day since the first major update took place.
Meanwhile, the first wave of the NPC population boom would occur on the second day after the first major update. This was also the moment darkness would befall the various powers.
"That won't be a problem," Vico said confidently. "May I know which Guild City you wish to construct the teleportation array in?"
"Silverwing City!" Shi Feng answered after giving the question some thought.
Silverwing City was pivotal to Zero Wing's future development and resistance against Saint's Hand. Hence, it was imperative that Silverwing City developed as rapidly as possible.
"Although it is slightly far, so long as Milord makes the full payment, we will act immediately," Vico said, gritting his teeth as he looked at the map.
To Vico's joy, Shi Feng paid the 105,000 Gold and 30,000 Magic Crystals without hesitation. After receiving the Coins and Magic Crystals, the NPC promptly left the private lounge, evidently making his way to Silverwing City.
Next, I'll have to see how much the NPC population will increase during the initial wave. Shi Feng's gaze grew solemn after Vico left the room. Hopefully, the number isn't too significant.
Although he had managed to execute his plan in time, its success still depended heavily on how much the NPC population grew after the first population boom. If the increase in NPC count was too severe, even Zero Wing would be overwhelmed. After all, the Guild simply had too few Tier 3 combatants right now. Meanwhile, Tier 3 combatants were the minimum requirement for maintaining public order in Guild Towns.
At 6 AM, the sun slowly rose into the sky and shone its dazzling rays onto the various cities of God's Domain, symbolizing a new day in God's Domain.


Starting over once more, he has entered this “living game” again in order to control his own fate.

This time, he will not be controlled by others.

Previously the Level 200 Sword King, he will rise to a higher peak in this life.

Methods to earn money! Dungeon conquering strategies! Legendary Quests! Equipment drop locations! Undiscovered battle techniques!

Even the secrets Beta Testers were unknowledgeable of, he knows of them all.

Massive wars, life advancement, entering Godhood, sword reaching to the peak; a legend of a man becoming a Sword God has begun.

The Light Crystals fell from the dead men's hands and made a giant creature visible. It was over three meters tall, had several tentacles half a meter wide and a very ugly face. To be precise dozens of faces on every part of it's body, each filled with hatred and pain, but the biggest surprise was that they were all human. Some seemed to be fresh while other were so rotted it was hard to tell what was what. The biggest and most cruel-looking face grinned weirdly and started mumbling some nonsense, soon all other faces followed creating a noise that chilled the bones. Arath shook his head to calm himself down and as soon as panic left him he grabbed Clara's hand and dragged her towards the exit. Seeing the boy running away the biggest guy from the team started to shout orders.
"Create a defensive formation! Shields to the front. Polearms and spears get behind them."
The group, following the orders, calmed themselves down and prepared for the fight. Their shields were wide enough to hide a person fully and almost 5 centimeters thick and if someone looked closely, blackish colour of the wood hinted that they were created from the steeltrees from the eleventh floor. The monster just grinned wider and attacked head on. Spears pierced it's flesh but it looked like as if it had no effect on him.
"What should we do?" Clara asked.
"Leave them be. If they kill it - that's great, if they die - we would die too."The boy answered and run towards the exit. The door was quickly opened and he jumped outside panting.
"Hey, everybody, there is a giant monster inside. I don't know it's name but it's very strong. Get all who wish to help in taking it down and kill him." He said and left before anyone took notice of him. Soon about twenty strong elementalist entered the Tower together, but run out before half a minute passed. Their teeth chattered and lips trembled. The terror in their eyes was so deep that the people waiting outside felt they could drown in it.
"It's a face stealer. We will inform the higher-ups. No one who values their life should enter before the Heores or a major guild gets rid of it." Upon hearing the name of the creature all passerby either gasped in shock and fear or looked around searching for answers.
"What is a face stealer?" Clara asked curiously.
"I have no idea but it seems to be something deadly. Even the twenty of them left as soon as someone recognised it. It's good that we took our leave before we got slaughtered like the rest." Arath answered.
"Wasn't the left corridor supposed to be safe?"
"There are no safe places in the Tower. The floors, even though they tend to be less dangerous than the dungeon, can prove to be deadly, even the seven heavens. This creature could be the big guy from the middle corridor expanding his territory or just a new abomination. Nothing is certain here."
"Wait, you said that it could be the big guy? How is he still there even though so many expeditions went through the dungeon?"
"Nobody really knows. All we know is that after a week has passed from their death all the monsters are brought to life again. That is why hunger and lack of food is not a major problem for them. The only creature that does not reappear is the boss."
The two went to Ruby's shop and sold everything besides the meat they had looted from the blestols resulting in the income of forty denars. They bought a good and long-lasting Light Crystal for thirty and left with the rest.
'We need to save as much as we can. Tomorrow when the Heroes start to clear the dungeon not much will be left for us. Also as time passes and better quality of loot will be brought from higher floors our income will decrease drastically. Let's hope some strong mercenaries take that monster  down quickly.' Arath planned heading back to their apartment.
"Clara, you got strong enough to stand your own in a battle. Do you want to try and fight me all-out?" He asked.
"I was going to ask you the same question today. Sure, why not?"
"Great"
After taking a quick break, washing their clothes and cleaning weapons the two fell on their beds and fell asleep almost immediately. They were so exhausted that even when they woke up the next day their limbs could barely move and fatigue didn't allow them to take any sudden actions. They decided on taking a day just to rest and train for another escapade. Arath continued to read the notebook's part regarding first few floors thoroughly and discovered some interesting places or names of monsters he had never heard of. Once done with the reading he started to cultivate and increase the amount of energy in his ears.
'Hearing saved my life yesterday, I ought to improve it further. I can focus on fighting abilities only when I'm sure I can survive in the Tower.' He said to himself.
Meanwhile Clara deepened her understanding of the Air Element and tried out many ideas that came to her mind. She found out that she didn't actually need to jump or run to make her thrusts powerful, just by directing her energy towards the ground the strength of her attacks increased without a need for movement. 
With the bell heralding the arrival of evening the two packed their weapons, some bandages just in case and two sets of armor. They set off to the cave, they had trained few days ago in, and prepared the surroundings for the fight. Arath didn't want any spectators as abilities were best to be kept secret, no one wants the enemy to know their tricks.
"You can go all out and show the best you've got, don't leave any opportunities, always stike when I show my back. It's going to be like a real fight with just one difference, we are not going to kill each other. So when attacking just hit me, don't cut my arms off, alright?"
"Stop being a grandpa, I know common sense. Let's begin."

A young man called Arath is an orphan living in the First City, the lowest part of The Tower. His only hope for a better life are heroes summoned every 6 years, but so far they have never succeded in accomplishing their mission of cleansing The Tower. Dissapointed after meeting them and hearing The Council's decisions he decides to try his own strength in conquering the dungeon.

In Jessica's eyes, Marvin was an extremely mysterious guy.
When he had helped fight off Clarke's invasion, his strength hadn't been nearly as impressive. He had still yet to become a Legend at the time.
However, by relying on a specialized spear, he was able to kill Clarke. This was enough for Jessica to feel some respect for him. And the strange actions of her younger sister Lorie made Jessica increasingly more curious. She knew Lorie very well. Her Wisdom power gave her great intelligence, and the ability to recognize those who would be very outstanding. For Lorie to take a fancy to a man, there definitely had to be something very different about him.
Later on, this was shown to be correct as Marvin's rate of growth was outrageously fast, becoming a Legend in a short time, establishing a Sanctuary, killing a God...
From a certain point of view, Jessica felt that Marvin was more of a "Child of the Plane" than she was!
There was no doubt that there was a huge secret behind his rise.
Lorie surely understood something about it, but she didn't say anything. Jessica didn't understand it, but she chose to believe in her younger sister.
And choosing to believe in her meant also choosing to believe in Marvin.
This bond of trust was very valuable, so with regards to the information, Jessica just mentioned it casually and didn't go any deeper.
Marvin felt torn. He could see Jessica's show of trust in him, but he couldn't say that he was someone who had transmigrated from another world, could he?
He thought about it and decided that he could only attribute the information to the Pearl Tower.
After all, the Three Sisters knew that he had a good relationship with the Pearl Tower. Although he hadn't visited Mark 47 for a long time, he had headed to the Pearl Tower after helping fight off Clarke and had gained the ability to enter the tower on a whim.
The Pearl Tower held all kinds of secrets about Feinan, so if Marvin's information came from Pearl Tower, then everything made sense.
Jessica easily accepted this explanation, and Marvin waved his hand a bit guiltily, gesturing that he would lead the way.
The two sped up, one behind the other.
The tunnel soon began to narrow, and the air temperature was behaving erratically.
It was alternating between being hot and cold, and they were seeing fewer and fewer creatures around. This all meant that they were getting closer to the core of the world.
Marvin explored the path meticulously as they continued to proceed deeper down.
The Deep River could be found from almost any corner of the Underdark. All that one needed to do to reach it was keep going downward. Most of the areas that the Underdark's Races lived in would have warning signs along the paths that led deeper.
Marvin only needed to find these warning signs and follow the path rather than heed their advice.
...
"This should be the last warning sign." Marvin pointed at a sign written in Duergar Language not too far away that meant –Danger Area–.
He and Jessica had fought side by side this whole time. Though the girl was shorter by half a head, she was a lot more domineering than Marvin was.
Her eyes darted around, looking everywhere.
Right now, they were in front of a suspension bridge.
The bridge was very old, and they could see that the planks on it were basically already rotten. They would likely shatter upon contact.
The Duergar warning sign was just a stone in front of the suspension bridge with the words carved upon it.
On the other side of the suspension bridge, Marvin could see a narrow cave.
It was different from most of the other caves that they had travelled through in the Underdark because it clearly had been formed naturally rather than being man-made.
The two of them looked into the depths of the cave, and the darkness within seemed quite chilly for some reason.
But ironically, the temperature of their surroundings was extremely high.
Because magma was flowing under the suspension bridge.
An extremely magnificent blue flower was blooming in between cracks in some hardened magma. It looked so lofty and affected people.
"[Fiend Whisper], a rare and precious flower. In all of Feinan, only a few of them grow, and only in the Underdark."
Marvin felt pleasantly surprised.
But he didn't make a move, instead looking around while continuing to explain, "Usually, there would be a few Lava Monsters around…"
Jessica understood what Marvin was hinting at.
"You pick the flower, if there are monsters, I'll deal with them," she firmly suggested.
She was full of confidence.
Marvin didn't argue. Fiend Whisper was very useful because it was the bane of all lifeforms with Divine Source!
He didn't expect to be fortunate enough to find such a rare treasure here.
With this in hand, dealing with the Crypt Monster would be a lot easier.
Without further words, he jumped down into the precipice!
His movements were incredibly graceful as he glided through the air before gently reaching for the gorgeous flower.
At that time, some things suddenly burst out of the magma causing some of it to spray into the air, and a few huge shadows pounced at Marvin!
Marvin was unperturbed, his movements not influenced at all.
The Alchemy Box appeared in his hands while he had his feet planted against the wall of the precipice, keeping him firmly in place.
[Low Flight].
The ability from the Dense Blood Nucleus was being put to good use here.
Marvin was standing perpendicular against the wall as he manipulated the Alchemy Box to take out a delicate pair of scissors.
"Snap!"
The rhizome of the beautiful flower was cut, and soon, the flower's petals started withering.
Marvin moved quickly and placed the flower into the Alchemy Box!
The Alchemy Box could conserve medicinal herbs and was especially useful for keeping rare and uncommon reagents while preventing them from losing their medicinal properties.
After completing this, Marvin raised his head.
He noticed Jessica still standing in the same place, with the corpses of many Lava Monsters near her.
He laughed because it gave such a surreal feeling.
After putting away the Alchemy Box, he used the Flight Witchcraft and floated back up, returning to Jessica's side.
"All settled?" Jessica casually asked.
Marvin nodded. "Let's go. After crossing that tunnel, the Deep River shouldn't be much further."
Jessica nodded in acquiescence.
The two looked like long-time partners that worked together perfectly as they proceeded toward the depths of the Underdark.
On the way, they met several more powerful monsters, but with their powerful coordination, none of these monsters were able to resist!
The Fate Sorceress and the Ruler of the Night simply swept through everything!
Marvin had paired up with many people in the game for different objectives, but he had never felt so comfortable with it before.
Jessica was simply his most perfect partner. They had a tacit understanding of everything that felt so natural. She didn't say much and her actions were very firm. Regardless of what monster they encountered, she would go fight it directly while Marvin would roam around, observe, and then strike a critical blow on it.
Their strengths and weaknesses complemented each other perfectly. And as they fought together more, their cooperation was becoming more and more seamless.
In this trip to the Underdark, having such a perfect partner was the warmest encouragement for both of them.
...
In the endless darkness, devoid of all light.
The deadly and silent river that was flowing slowly nearby as a lonely silhouette stood on the shore.
He walked to one side while muttering, 'I really didn't expect it to go that way… The Divine Prophecy is spot-on, as expected.'
'The Ruler of the Night and Fate Sorceress duo is indeed problematic. A sleeping Crypt Monster definitely won't be able to block their path.'
'But what if it's an awakened and crazy Crypt Monster?'
'Traitors... Being silenced in the darkness is the most lenient judgement for you…'


Legendary player Marvin transmigrated to the eve of the Great Calamity. 
This was the end of the fourth era, all gods joined hands to destroy the Universe Magic Pool.
The fourth Fate Tablet had begun maturing and all gods, demons, legends, devils, liches, dragons and other legendary creatures were appearing one after the other. 
In order to protect his loved ones, Marvin has no other choice but to delve into the shadows. 
This is the story of a young ranger growing into the Ruler of the Night during the Chaos Era.
_________________________
TL: After transmigrating into a weak noble body, Marvin discovered that he was familiar with the world, this was the game he played in his previous life and... Damn! He only had six months before the Great Calamity!
As a former top player, he would obviously fight to save the world... Yeah, no. Time to plan and prepare for the upcoming events, better to use that knowledge to get ahead rather than fight with gods.
Follow Marvin's journey through this new world.

The world has changed. Honestly, I don't even remember how it was before. In the distance i can hear a scream of Gron's and wailing sirens slowly fade out, after those, there are gunshots and silence. That deadly silence reaching deep into your heart which tears apart every bit of your being and tells you to run. 

Yet I sit here on the edge of the radio tower near French borders. "This is going to be my last one." A soft grunt escaped from my lips as it held between them cigarette lighting it up. Thick smoke released from my mouth hovers above me as raindrops hold it for a second at a place. In the blink of the eye its all gone just me and silence. 
There was only one way how to get out from here. It was me or humans. 

My hands reached for red flare and I light it up to make myself visible on tower, right after that i took a huge metal rod and banged it over satellite on top of the tower. "Come for me you fucking monsters!" It didn't take too long and soon I heard claws and their scream as they run through narrow staircase up toward me. There were few traps, shrapnels, spikes, trap doors I set up to give them a warm greeting. Once the first came up it saw the barrel of my Bloodbath. My violet eyes met with inhuman creature that crawled on four toward me. Its skin dark as charcoal, without a single fur. It's a complex eye reminding something that flies have. Eye reached halfway through it sleek head so it can see good on sides as well as in front. Two holes near the tip of its eye as nostrils. Lips haven't been there, just first row of nails like sharp fangs and right behind those smaller row that was used for chewing.

Once it looked at me it sniffed the air around softly before it tried to straight up. "So after all there is a bit of humanity in you huh?" I did ask the creature. As it stood on two there was obvious deformation, it couldn't stand straight, because of his ribcage going out through his skin on the sides, forming external skellet before it slides back under black skin in the middle of its chest.
Only beautiful thing about those beasts is that when they are scared, their blood begins to glow like in golden color. That was what i waited for. Once it starts to shine like a firefly I pulled the trigger and painted walls behind him. Waiting for the rest of the pack.

Humans aren't at top of the foodchain anymore. There is a new predator and we are its prey.

 After some experimentation, while he was crafting another ballista, Ryan realized that those wouldn't help all that much per se. The reason was simple, the monsters were big, and he still would need a lot of time to charge the projectiles with Power Shot. His newest crossbows were a better option in terms of efficiency since Ryan could even use them alongside Firing Posture. So, he decided to adopt the ballista.
Mortal Needle Cannon
Effect: Consumes one hundred points of mana to fire a single massive steel needle capable of piercing the toughest flesh and ignoring ten percent of the target's Endurance.
Dexterity + 450
Durability: 250/250
 The new ballista was thinner than the ones Ryan made before, but it was longer to be able to fire Steel Needles that were thirteen meters long. While those wouldn't kill the monsters, the needles at least would bother the bosses during the whole fight. Ryan intended to use it to damage the bosses' legs. However, before that, Ryan had to enchant the weapon with the soul of a monster.
"No… I will wait for a while," Ryan shook his head. "Crafting this thing took me a whole night and I don't intend to make another for the time being. Instead of selecting a monster to enchant this weapon, I should take a look at the other two. For the time being, the ballista will serve its purpose."
"As usual, you are always finding nastier ways to kill monsters," Femradiel said.
 Ryan was still hundreds of kilometers away from Tokyo, so it was time to pick up the pace using his newest creation. While finding survivors was hard, and that didn't happen since the Haruna's group, finding the bosses wrestling each other was pretty common, so Ryan soon obtained a chance to test the weapon. Byakko and Genbu were fighting pretty much alone. They were the perfect test subjects, but then Ryan had another nasty idea.
"I didn't think you could be this brutal…" Femradiel said, and she sounded pretty impressed in a negative way.
"You already know what is about to happen, huh," Ryan smirked.
 Ryan created a small earth tower and then took out his ballista from his storage dimension. Without even using Power Shot, Ryan pulled the lever, but not after he activated Deadly Aim and Perfect Aim. The massive steel needle flew in a straight line toward Byakko's right eye and pierced it. The creature screamed in agony, but despite the critical damage, the monster didn't die… yet. Ryan fired three more steel needles while Deadly Aim and Perfect Aim were also active. The projectiles hit the first needle and made it pierce the monster's head even more. After the second shot, the first projectile broke, the third one took its place, and the fourth one finished the job.
You obtained 70.000 coins.
 Just like that, Ryan managed to kill a powerful monster without exposing himself. While he had to use half of his total mana, the experiment had been a success. It wasn't perfect, but it had a lot of room for growth.
"I guess I was lucky that when I fought you, you weren't this nasty," Femradiel said.
"I can't disagree with that," Ryan said.
 Killing the black tortoise wouldn't be that fast, so Ryan only aimed at the monster's legs and made sure that the creature lost all the little mobility that it had. Once that happened, the monster couldn't even turn around properly. Ryan just flew and then landed on the back of the creature and beat it down until he finally obtained the chance to use Magic Upgrade.
"Nasty and efficient, that is how hunting monsters should be," Ryan nodded to himself in satisfaction. "Go on, buddy. It is time for your breakfast, when we leave this country, I want you to be as strong as those fuckers."
 That was probably impossible, but no one could prevent Ryan from dreaming about it. In any case, while Ryan didn't need to look for drops anymore, he found it weird that lately, the number of drops had been decreasing. It has been a long while since the last time he obtained a decent time by killing monsters. So, he considered the idea of increasing his luck again.
"Luck is for weaklings," Femradiel said.
"I thought you couldn't read my mind…" Ryan frowned.
"I didn't read your mind, but your expressions are easy to read," Femradiel explained. "You should work more on your poker face and stop looking around trying to find loot."
 That was something difficult, given that Ryan was as straight as his arrows and bolts… Regardless, he decided to increase his luck slightly and then see if things will improve a little bit. Even Furball had two times more luck than him, so perhaps Ryan should let him fight more small fries and see what happens. The problem was that the small fries had at least two times more health than him.
"Femradiel, can you talk with Furball?" Ryan asked after suddenly having an idea.
"In a sense," Femradiel replied.
"Can you pass your knowledge of some skills to him?" Ryan asked.
"That is impossible," Femradiel replied. "While Wargs are fairly intelligent monsters, he won't be able to assimilate the knowledge of a dragon. You are only able to do that because our spirits are connected due to the contract."
"Is that so… that is a pity," Ryan said.
 Unfortunately, Ryan didn't find another way to make Furball stronger. After Furball finished his meal, Ryan and the others proceeded to resume their journey. However, after a while, they change their course because Ryan found dozens of humans guarding a dungeon. Even from a distance, Ryan saw some Reptilians trying to leave the dungeon but failing due to the Japanese survivors.
 It was another tier two dungeon, it wasn't worth Ryan's time, but in the end, he chose another route because he didn't want to kill more humans. Even if they had joined the monsters' side… Ryan didn't want to become a butcher. Unless they attack him later, Ryan decided to leave them alone, to keep his sanity and his hands from being drenched with even more human blood.


After losing his parents in a car accident, Ryan immediately caught his fiancee cheating on him with his best friend. In just a few days, he lost everything he loved, so Ryan decided to buy a house in the mountains to process all those events. However, something happened before he could even enter his new home: the end of the world.

Monsters began to appear out of nowhere, and dragons began to dominate the skies. After losing everything, Ryan, who had lost his sense of reality, found new goals with the world in that state: survive and get stronger. Dungeons, classes, monsters, skills, the chance to obtain the DNA of other monsters... Ryan was decided to use them all because he no longer would become a spectator in his own life. Maybe with power, he won't lose anything anymore.

The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred.

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