After finding out that he can talk to snakes on his cousin's birthday, Harry decides the best thing to do is investigate. 
Of course, with his luck, he finds out some life-changing news.

Typhon felt a sudden chill.
However, the cave was noticeably warm, so he couldn't exactly explain why he felt unsettled.
Was someone planning an attack on him, or was he just imagining things?
Anyway, he shook his head and went back to overseeing the nestlings' training activities from the raised platform above the 'pit'.  
'She' had created the large hole in the ground, along with six other training stations all on the same day. Its purpose was so the nestlings could spar amongst themselves after they were done with basic training.  
But right now, it was a spectacle because it wasn't two snakes in the pit, but rather a single snake and a 'fake' one.
It was Galahad and his water ball, which had taken the shape of a snake made entirely out of water.
The creature had come out to play as soon as 'she' had gone. No surprise there.
And it hadn't stopped showing off its strength and skills ever since.
After his initial warning, the creature had stopped appearing, only making itself known in the moments their leader went away. And as if that wasn't weird enough, the two seemed to be able to communicate with each other, as he had caught Galahad seemingly talking to himself a couple of times.
Ophelia thought it was hilarious, but Typhon remained cautious of it, insisting that if it was harmless, it wouldn't avoid their leader. However, after witnessing the creature almost get eaten, he too felt it had a good reason to hide.
Typhon wasn't so sure anymore. After bonding so fiercely with Galahad, it seemed completely harmless. He had observed the creature for a while, and it was yet to attack anyone. If anything it seemed to want to befriend them.
At first, it stuck closely to Galahad, but it soon grew more confident and began to explore the cave away from him, beginning to interact with every snake inside. Sometimes it acted as a cool water blanket for the snakes after training, and other times it used its ability to transform into a variety of shapes to amuse them, its favourite being the shape of a fish, followed closely by that of a large eyeball.
Typhon saw its attempts to play with the other snakes as mingling and getting to know Galahad's family. And the culprit himself, said the same thing. So far, none of the snakes disliked it and Galahad had even given it a name too.
And now, the two were sparring inside the pit for the excited crowd of onlooking snakes who cheered them on. Typhon joined them too, but at the back of his mind he kept remembering the order 'she' had given him.
[Find out where it came from.]
The simple command had left him feeling uneasy.
Surely, she didn't just want to eat it?
Knowing the nature of their leader, this wasn't too farfetched. All she seemed to do was eat.  
But he liked to think she was simply curious about its origins out of concern for Galahad.
Typhon sighed as he thought of how to broach the question to Galahad without arousing suspicion, however as he passed through the crowd of snakes, he heard a faint conversation that made him frown.
[I'll give you all of my food for one day if Galahad wins.] One snake excitedly whispered.
[Not possible.] Another snake said with a laugh. [He will lose. I'm so sure of this I will give you mine for two days!]
[Really? Okay, then! Don't cry when I win.]
Typhon stopped cold. What was this suspicious conversation? He quickly spotted two grinning snakes in the middle of the crowd.
The snakes around them were listening in on their conversations, and some even started offering suggestions.
[Can I join too?]
[I'll exchange half my food.]
[Me too, but only for a day.]
[Let me in.]  
The grinning snakes were all too happy to accept their offerings, and Typhon realised this was their plan all along. Rather than placing bets themselves, they had incited the crowd to do so and now they proposed a collection fee of a fraction of the total winnings.
Typhon couldn't believe it. He didn't know if he should be shocked or impressed at the two schemers. He immediately went up to the pair. And upon spotting him, they quickly stopped their conversation and ran away, leaving the crowd disappointed.  
Typhon didn't know if he should laugh or get angry. He immediately cornered the two trouble makers who had fled to the training grounds.  
[It was a joke.] One whimpered pitifully.
[He's right, we weren't serious at all.] The second added. [It was just a tiny fee – a small fee – ow!]
[Return all the food you've collected and don't let me catch you doing this again.] Typhon growled menacingly as the two snakes cowered in fear.
[Go.]
[Yes captain!]
[Yes captain!]
The two snakes ran away and Typhon shook his head.  
Where did these greedy brats come from?
By the time he returned to the pit, the fight was over and Galahad had lost. His water creature remained in the ring to challenge other snakes, and this time it changed its form to a stinger beast.
Typhon watched it battle against a snake and thought it would make a very practical training tool. However, he soon spotted Galahad sulking in a corner and approached him.
[So you lost.] Typhon said unsympathetically.
[I didn't lose!] Galahad sulked. [Hestia's just stronger because I'm small. When I grow up I'll be able to beat her.]
Typhon thought he was just trying to justify his loss but he was intrigued about something else. [Hestia?]
[Yeah, she said she wanted a name, so I gave her one.] Galahad's eyes sparkled as he spoke. [Isn't it a good name? Hestia likes it, but she's a little shy and she doesn't want to meet the leader.]
Typhon sighed. The talkative snake seemed to want to tell him everything without him even asking and so he no longer hesitated. [How did the two of you meet?]
[I... don't really remember…Let me ask Hestia.] Galahad lowered his head and tried to leave but Typhon stopped him.
[Did Hestia ask you not to tell anyone?] He asked, growing suspicious of his behavior.
Galahad hesitated. [Yeah, she's afraid. She says she doesn't want to leave me, and she hates where she used to live.]
[Do you remember where you met her?] Typhon continued to probe.
[I can show you, it's not very far from here. I was sleeping in a tree when I saw her getting chased by a scaly monster, its skin was too hot to cut with water, so I hid in the bushes and bit it before running away. When I came back it was dead and Hestia hasn't stopped following me since. She says I saved her life, but I didn't really do much.]
Typhon was thoughtful. It seemed the creature was running away from something. He wondered what the 'scaly creature' was.
[You won't send her away, will you?] he looked at him with pitiful eyes, not that they had any effect on him.
Before he could answer, Ophelia and Morgana came up to them with amused expressions.
[What are you two whispering about?]
[Nothing!] Galahad replied immediately and Typhon decided to go along with him for now. If he ever needed a spy, Galahad might just be useful…well, after he toughened up a bit.  
[Aren't you coming to watch, you won't believe who's winning?] Morgana said.
Galahad and Typhon exchanged looks of disbelief, who could possibly be winning when he had already lost?
They all went to the pit and to their surprise, they saw the spaded snake had succeeded in pinning the water creature in its stinger beast form to the ground.
[She's improved very quickly.] Morgana's eyes shone with delight. [I wonder what made her change.]
Typhon had taken notes of her progress since they returned from their little adventure. The spaded snake had been training harder than everyone else and no longer slacked off. Although he couldn't see her stats, he could tell she had improved a great deal.
The spaded snake looked up from the pit and saw him staring at her and proceeded to constrict the water creature even tighter in her excitement.
[Don't hurt Hestia!] Galahad called out in panic as the stinger shaped water creature struggled to break free.
The spaded snake soon realised her mistake and released her coils.
The water creature immediately shrank to the size of a fish, frantically swimming away in the air to return to Galahad.
Typhon didn't know what to think, she had improved a great deal, but there were still certain aggressive behaviour she was unable to control.  
In particular, she seemed to treat snakes that had been named before her as enemies, especially Artemis and the twins whom she deemed unworthy.  
She was always eager to prove herself and he was all for her to improve, but he hoped she wouldn't offend all the others in the process.
Morgana came up to him and whispered. [She's so excited you came to watch her fight. Isn't she just the cutest?]
The spaded snake glared at her from the pit, before returning to the training grounds as Morgana giggled evilly.  
Soon, another match began and Galahad left with the other snakes before he could ask him more questions.  
Typhon noticed Ophelia was a little quiet and although she was watching the match, her mind seemed elsewhere.
[If you're worried about 'her', don't be. I'm sure she'll be back soon.] he assured her, as he didn't like the idea of them going after 'her' again.
There was a particular spot in the walls that had gotten wider where their leader had been digging, and suddenly, she completely disappeared under the hole and was yet to return.  
At the time he didn't panic because he knew she was strong. But he did wonder what was beyond the exit she had disappeared to.
[I'm not worried about that.] Ophelia said. [I had a really strange dream, you were in it too and I think 'she' was there too.]  
They'd both had similar dreams in the past that he really couldn't explain and Typhon wondered if this was another one of those.
[Was there food in this dream?] Morgana interjected with a mischievous grin.  
But before they could continue 'she' finally returned from the cave exit, looking extremely excited.  
She quickly shook off the water from her glistening scales and made her way over to them. From the way her eyes sparkled, Typhon already knew she was up to no good. Again.


Aurelia Ross was a normal girl who had it all planned. Her mottos were simple - stay out of trouble, get into university, take care of her siblings. Nothing too out of the ordinary.

However, due to forces outside of her control she has been reborn. The gods deemed her fate short and unfulfilled, so they placed her into a new world, granting her a second chance at life.

Born on the planet of Aeon, in a vast underground world teeming with creatures. She will build a new life, and rewrite past wrongs so she can finally be happy.

There's only one small problem. 
She's no longer human and everything in her new environment is either trying to eat her or feed her to their children.

But its not all bad. She has the unique skill [Devour] that let's her gain the abilities of anything she kills. 

In a new world with its own set of rules, will this be enough to triumph, or will she need more wit than magic? Can Aurelia get strong enough to survive or will she get devoured before she gets to enjoy her new life?

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This story will contain multiple POV's further down the line. But for now it mostly focuses on Aurelia, her nestlings and their adventures. 
Don't go in expecting romance, you will be disappointed.

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Genres: Fantasy, Reincarnation, Adventure, Action, Monsters, God's, Goddesses, Evil Religions, Manipulative Characters, Cunning Protagonist, Mystery.

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Disclaimer: The image belongs to the rightful artist. No copyright infringement intended.

The Next Day
Sentosa, Singapore
"I don't like sharks." Lily crossed her arms across her chest as she stared at the hammerhead on the aquarium. She shivered involuntarily and edged closer to Zhou Jingren. "I feel like he is staring at me," she whispered. "The moment I go into the water… that shark will eat me."
Disbelief flashed in Zhou Jingren's eyes before he stifled a burst of laughter. Who would have thought that his lovely wife would fear such a harmless animal? Of course, Zhou Jingren did not voice out his opinion. He shook his head inwardly. He already knew that Lily would lecture him if he calls this animal harmless. "Actually, they are afraid of humans. They consider us the greatest threat." He said as he eyed the sea of people looking at the sea creatures behind the glass in Sentosa Aquarium.
"That's just wrong," Lily said. She held Zhou Jingren's arms. "Look at those fins."
"What does it have to do with eating you?"
"Well… it's scary." She shivered for the second time. "And those teeth. They could devour one whole arm in a second."
Zhou Jingren helplessly nodded. "So you are not going to dive with the sharks? You know that we are protected in a cage-like acrylic, right?"
"Nope. I am never going in the water. No amount of money could tempt me to do so." She then widened her eyes and look at him. "Are you going?"
"I won't go down without you." He shrugged and pulled her to see other sea creatures. "Sharks aren't that scary. I think we have killed more sharks than they have devoured humans."
Lily did not respond. She roamed her eyes in the aquarium. "I hated the ocean." She uttered in a low voice. "I hated the uncertainties."
"You don't hate the ocean," Zhou Jingren stated. "You are afraid of what's beneath it."
Lily nodded in response. As someone who wanted to see every scenario that could happen, the uncertainty of the ocean scares her. The ocean and what lurks beneath it is something that could defeat her need to control, her need to calculate everything. "What was it called?"
"Thalassophobia," he answered. "I think the ocean… has so much freedom." He said. He eyed the Mantis Shrimp that was burrowing a new passageway near a coral. "I think the fact that we don't know a lot about the ocean means that we have the chance to explore and discover things. Its and endless discovery of new things."
"I don't understand," Lily said. "Have you tried diving before?�� He nodded. "Did you like it?"
Again, Zhou Jingren nodded. The peace that he found on the seabed is just wonderful. The water muffled the sound of the chaotic world that it made him feel at peace. "We could go diving sometimes. Philipines have really good diving spots. Maybe we could spend a week in the country." He shifted his gaze towards her. "And there are no big sharks there… just small ones. Maybe as big as your leg."
"It won't devour you, I promise." He stroked her head. "Now that I thought about it… you haven't really done anything fun. You haven't tried skydiving or diving deep in the ocean, right?"
Lily immediately frowned. She let go of Zhou Jingren's arms. "I don't like skydiving, diving, free diving, and all types of diving." She said sternly before her lips lifted into a smile. "But if you promise to hold my hand while I do it… then I might change my mind."
Zhou Jingren chuckled. "That sounds so… cringey you know." He pinched her cheeks.
"What? I am serious!"
"I know…" he nodded and pulled her towards him. "Come here… let's go see the snakes."
"What? NO!" Lily immediately disagreed. Snakes? She would never.
She shook her head as if her life depended on it. Seeing this, Zhou Jingren shook his head and laugh. "These creatures won't harm you. I think humans are more harmful than them."
"That's it!" Lily answered. "If a human schemed against me… I have a chance to scheme and retaliate. However… if a Python decides that he wanted to have me in his stomach… there is no stopping him!"
"Come on… I will hold your hands." He teased and gave her a boyish grin. "You know… before I found you, I was planning to adopt a snake. Like an albino snake. It's white and— "
"What? You are planning to adopt a what?" A tinge of fear flashed in Lily's orbs as her jaw dropped. She heard him the first time. But it seemed that she found it hard to believe that he would like to pet a snake!
"An albino snake." He answered. "They are harmless and cute…"
"What cute?" her eyed widened, she could feel her eyes about to jump out of her sockets. "You think snakes are cute?" Zhou Jingren shrugged in response. "Please don't tell me you are planning to get a snake once we already have a child."
"If our child… wanted a snake. Why not?" A smile hung on his lips. He never expected to see his wife getting work up over some animals. Zhou Jingren never thought that one day, she would be able to see Lily like this. "Having an animal grow up with your child is healthy."
"Dogs and cats are healthy. Fish are healthy. A pet snake is not! Absolutely not!"
Zhou Jingren's laughter followed Lily's words. "Alright… relax." He laughed even more. "I would not do something that you don't like. I promise."
Lily stared at him sternly. She had never expected to see this side of Zhou Jingren. Who would have thought that her giant would like to adopt a cute and white snake? She shook her head inwardly. "If you want to adopt an animal, then… let's have a turtle instead. They are lucky, and they symbolize longevity and hope. Of course, we need to get them in pairs. We could even name them!" Lily beamed as if she just got the best idea of the century. "Then we could— "
Her words were interrupted when she felt her phone vibrate. She looked at her phone and immediately answered it when she saw that it was Yang Mi.
"Is there a problem?" she asked. Yang Mi immediately responded. Hearing Yang Mi's response, Lily immediately frowned. "I see. Then schedule a meeting with the Liang Patriarch. Yes… tell him I am in Singapore and I want to see him before I leave the country."
"Alright." She ended the call and shifted her gaze at Zhou Jingren. "As expected, they did not tell her about the matter in the hotel." She narrowed her eyes at him. "She is snooping and trying to bother people about you and your schedule."
"So you are meeting her father?" he lifted an eyebrow. Amusement apparent in his eyes. He always found his wife more attractive once she was about to destroy someone. Is that weird? Maybe? But he doesn't care. Evil or not, Zhou Jingren loves this woman.
"Yes. I think it's time we end this delusion."


-COMPLETED-
WARNING: FL is scheming and evil.

Like almost every dramatic romance novel, Lily Qin’s story began with an evil stepmother, a scheming stepsister, and a dumb ex-fiance. At twenty, she fell prey to their grand scheme and became the laughingstock of the country. In despair, she left.


Seven years later, Lily Qin rose from the ashes.


She was labeled as an empress, an iron lady, a genius, and a prodigy. She was Miss Tycoon.


Now, at twenty-seven, Lily Qin was an established businesswoman who was single-handedly controlling her multinational company abroad. She was beautiful, smart, and successful. Women envied her while men couldn’t help but worship her ethereal beauty.


With her devastating past, everyone had assumed that Lily would exact revenge on the people who had wronged her. Who would have guessed that behind that beaming smile of hers was a numb heart that aimed only to make more profit?

"You got it wrong." Lily elegantly propped her chin on the back of her hand. "I am seeing you today because we have something in common. We're both villains in somebody else's eyes. And I think it's time for us villains to get our own happy ending. Don't you think so?"


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Zhuo Jingren’s love for Lily Qin was something that only he knew. Ever since they were children, he had his eyes on her. Yet, every time he had tried to confess, he would end up fainting from nervousness.


So when Lily Qin promised to marry him if he became richer than her, Zhou Jingren did not hesitate to leave the orphanage and work his way up just to become her man.


Who would have thought that years later, when he was successful and feared by many, he would come back to an engaged Lily Qin?


Then she mistook him for an escort after eating his tofu? Preposterous!


The worst thing was, she seemed to have forgotten everything about him. Hadn’t she promised to marry him the moment he became more prominent than her family? Now, after taking advantage of him, she dared to run away?

This woman was a liar!

He gritted his teeth as he watched her approach him. He was about to say something mean when she suddenly spoke. “Are you my new bodyguard?” She did not even wait for him to answer before tossing her car keys at him. “Drive. Let’s go wreak some havoc.”


Thus, the mafia’s big boss became Lily Qin’s bodyguard.


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"So? What do you want as a compensation?" Zhuo Jingren asked her once again before laying down next to her. His elbow was resting on the ground and his palm was supporting his head as he looked at her intently. 

The first thing that Lily noticed about Zhuo Jingren when he laid next to her was his exposed tanned chest. This made him look more casual… and hot. She didn't even realize she was staring at the latter.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" He smirked at her. "Do you want me to compensate you with my body?"

Lily immediately rolled her eyes at the latter. "Who wants your body? Hmp! I want money!"

"Your mind is always thinking of money but your body actually betrays you. Am I right to say that I have a shameless wife?"

"Hah! I am a strong and independent woman of the 21st century. I know what I want. But if you insist on giving your body, I will take it too!" Lily shamelessly said, taking off her stilettos. However, just when Lily was about to lie down beside Zhuo Jingren, he suddenly pulled her on top of him. With her body on top of his, their faces were really close and they could even feel each other's breath. 

"What a shameless woman," he noted, the smile on his face only deepened.


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Then the snake slowly retreated behind the leaves again with the brown bird in his mouth hiding perfectly in the cover of green leaves that matched the color of its scales to the mark.           
"So that's how it is, no wonder those fruits remain untouched"
After looking at this little hunt that happened in front of his eyes June became a little nervous.
It was already evening and slowly the night was approaching and he was already feeling hungry.
In reality the hunger was not a problem but somehow the increase in hunger was related to the increase in headache. He could spend the night in hunger but spending the night with a headache that is slowly increasing with time was just not possible.
So, he decided to move closer and then plan his next move accordingly.
Slowly and steadily June moved towards the tree.
Twenty five meters .... twenty meters ... fifteen meters .... ten meters, as soon as he reached the distance of ten meters a very strange thing happened.
The silver eyed green snake that was hidden behind the green leaves near the red fruit slowly poked his head out and looked straight in the direction of June. As soon as their eyes met June stopped on his tracks.
Both of them stood still looking at each other.
To June it felt like a trance, but suddenly at that moment his headache increased by almost double the intensity. The only difference was that the pain was focused entirely in between his eyes, like the whole pain that was spread all around inside his head was trying to get focused there, right in between his eyes.
June had to close his eyes for a few seconds due to sudden pain but when he opened them, he was surprised to see that there were actually dozens of similar silver eyed green snakes poking their head out of the tree branches from behind the green leaves at the same time.
All of the snakes had similar characteristics of green colored scales and silver eyes. The only difference was their size, especially their length. Their length varied from half a meter to almost two and a half meters and their thickness was around five to seven inches.
These dozens of silver eyed snakes were currently looking straight towards the June, right in his eyes.
June was standing still ten meters away from the tree. He did not move, neither away from them nor towards them.
Slowly the dozens of silver eyed snakes both large and small started moving towards June. They climbed down from the tree leaving those red fruits hanging and slowly moved towards him.
This surprised June because from what he knew, this was not the predatory behavior that the silver eyed snakes were showing, instead it was like there was something about him that was attracting those snakes.
Throughout the history of mankind scientists are known to have conquered the fear of nature with the help of their curiosity, well many died in the process but those who survived changed the whole world.
So, like a good young scientist June quietly stood there on the same spot waiting to see the possibility of different thing that could take place in a few seconds, but his calmness about this situation surprised even himself.
The reason being he was not prepared for any of this but still the situation was unfolding on its own right in front of his eyes. 
Ten meters …. Eight meters …. Five meters …. Three meters, and then they stopped. June was still standing at the same place, but in front of him there were dozens of silver eyed snakes just three meters away from him.
Then the snakes closest to the June slowly lifted their front bodies about a foot and a half above the ground and started to sway in a very peculiar and rhythmic manner.
Looking at their green colored body they looked just like the harmless beautiful fresh light green leaves dancing in the spring breeze.
Slowly the other snakes behind them started to move in the similar swaying motion one by one.
It looked like a dance. No, it was exactly a dance, they were actually dancing.
Although it looked very interesting, their eyes had never left the contact from the June's eyes.
While all this was happening in front of him, just three meters away from where he stood, June was actually standing still with a dumb expression on his face. The only thing he was feeling right now was confusion.
Yes confusion, no fear, no joy, just simply confusion. Let's not forget a little bit of headache too.

What is science?

Study of laws of nature. A description of the rules that governs the world. 

Speed, acceleration, force, electricity, magnetism, space are nothing but names given to these laws.

June is the youngest physicist to gain Nobel Prize at the age of 25 for inventing a device that converts mass into energy.

Due to jealousy he himself becomes the victim of his own invention. His own body gets converted into energy that directly enters his soul. 

His soul crosses the barrier of life and death and he wakes up in a new body in a totally different world where knowledge is strength and body is the only weapon.

June finds himself in the beginning of an ancient era, era of Gods.

It took a while for the groups to make it to Patagonia, the destination was a long ways away, not to mention the fact that the entire planet has grown larger, meaning the countries have distanced themselves even further.
During the travel however they landed on a rather unique island, one that had been created by a volcano, one that was still active now. The island roughly stretched 10 kilometres in diameter, yet it was full of plant life and full of some rather unique beast.
As this island had been created by a volcano in the middle of the ocean, not many large beasts were located on the island. There were a few larger bird type beast that flew overhead, but the ones crawling along the ground were rather small.
The group landed on the beach, just to keep a clear view of everything on all angles. The trees were rather thick and tall, the beasts on the island hide within them or on top of them.
Georgia made sure Kyle was constantly releasing his aura, just to create less trouble for them. 
Zhang noticed something on the trees and disappeared, he walked over to the treeline cautiously. Unfortunately for him, the group could see where he was going as his footprints were left in the sand.
They followed behind him silently, Zhang didn't notice for a while until he looked back and noticed everyone crouched low, walking behind him. He got rid of his invisibility, "You guys can see me?"
"Look at your footprints, make sure you don't forget the fact that you are still here, you will still leave marks even though you're invisible," Simon explained.
Zhang's face went red from embarrassment, "Oh."
After that the group went towards the tree line, their eyes darting towards every dark corner where something could be hiding. Walking up to the tree they noticed fruits covering its branches, they looked like apples yet they were bundled together and slightly larger.
'Analyse'
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Name: Volcanic Plums
Description: A delicious snack rich in nutrition that can only be grown in volcanic soil
Location: Located on volcanic islands or grown in volcanic soil
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Lachlan analysed it just to be sure they weren't going to eat anything poisonous, but he didn't expect it to be a plum. 'It's massive'
Lachlan reached out and grabbed on, yanking his arm back to rip it off. He brought it to his mouth before taking a large bite. His taste buds were soaked in sweetness, Lachlan's eyes widen in surprise. 'This is delicious, suppose the eyes never lie'
The group saw him take a bite and felt reassured, aside from Brianna and Zhang the rest of them knew about Lachlan's ability. All of them reached out to take one peach for themselves before taking a bite.
"This is amazing, we should bring it back to the island to grow," Simon suggested as he took another bite. The fruit's juices sprayed everywhere, it was like they were 80% juice.
"Unfortunately, these things can only grow in volcanic soil, so unless we bring a large amount of volcanic soil along with us there's no point. Plus, we could just come back here and take control of the island, we could even move our island above it," Lachlan explained.
"Then I suppose I'll just grab as many as I can hold for now," Simon said as he reached out and ripped bundles of plums off the tree. He stuffed them in a small bag he brought along with him.
Everyone in the group brought along a bag, they also only brought the essentials with them. Water and a bit of food, everything else was left back at the island. Aside from the gravity stones of course, who knows when they'll have to use them.
The bag was attached to a strap that went around their body diagonally. 
*Hsss*
The sound of a snake came from above them. The group swiftly leapt back and summoned their beast. They stared at the treetops until they noticed something dangling from them, although it was a lot smaller than they thought.
It was a small snake the size of a finger, dangling on a small twig. Its small head was shaped like a leaf, while the rest of its body looked like a stem.
'Analyse'
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Name: Leaf Snake
Age: Adult
Attribute: Wind
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 5th Grade
Level: 2
STR: 7(+5), AGI: 10(+5), VIT: 10
INT: 5, PER: 4, WIL: 5
Weakness: Weak Body, Overly Friendly
Strengths: Weak Poison, Wind Control (Level 1)
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'Overly friendly? Does it mean it won't attack us or just won't attack others of its own kind' Lachlan hadn't seen that trait before, so he quickly assumed a few things about it.
Although he hadn't seen the trait before, considering that some people are rather friendly with each other yet don't have the trait meant Lachlan could assume these small snakes are friendly to all.
*Hsss*Hsss**Hsss*Hsss*Hsss*Hsss*Hsss*Hsss*
Looking up they noticed the tree leaves were slowly moving around, the shape of a snake slowly coming into focus. They covered the trees, all the leaves basically were the same species of snake.
Lachlan analysed a few others and the screen was almost exactly the same, with the same trait that became a weakness.
Lachlan began walking towards them, slowly and cautiously as he made sure Aaron had his eyes back. If anything happens Aaron could blast the whole species to the ground with fire.
"What are you doing Lachlan?!" Phoebe shouted at him. "Come back here!"
Although Phoebe shouted at him she couldn't do much herself, as she was absolutely terrified of snakes. The sheer sight of them sent a shiver down her spine, let alone the site of thousands or tens of thousands.
"Don't worry, I have everything under control," Lachlan said as he leaned his head over his shoulder. He turned back around before continuing towards the snakes.
Once he reached them Lachlan held out his hand and brought it up to the shortest branch, he had an open palm ready to go. "Come on, don't be shy, I won't hurt you."
He brought his hand closer to the tiny snake, he didn't want to run his hand against it just in case the snake's mood suddenly changes and it goes for the bite.
The small snake uncoiled its body before slithering down to Lachlan's hand. It coiled around his finger before slithering between them all. After a few seconds, it went into Lachlan's palm and coiled up, its small head sticking out just resting on its body.
He brought his hand back up to the branch, the snake in his hand didn't seem to the want to move. But while that was happening another snake from the branch slithered down onto Lachlan's hand and joined in.
Lachlan gave up, but with two snakes in his hand, he walked over to the group. Phoebe quickly backed away while some of the group seemed to lean back a bit, especially when the snakes turned to look at them.
Simon sucked in his guts and took a step forward, he reached out and pet one of the snakes on its small head. The snake raised its head to meet with Simon's hand, it rubbed against it before wrapping itself around Simon's finger.
"I suppose they are kind of cute," Simon said as they pet the snake with his other hand.
Some of the group huddled around Simon and Lachlan and began petting them as well. Phoebe still hid at the back along with Brianna, the two of them stared at the snakes, afraid they would disappear for even a second.
"So, should we continue to explore or do that later and focus on getting to Patagonia?" Lachlan asked. Although he wanted to explore the island, they still had the task they had to focus on.
"Well, it is already quite late and we might not be able to make it to another island by night time; so why don't we just stay here for now and rest the night?" Simon asked the group.
Most of them agreed as they saw the sun was already close to the horizon. However, Brianna and Phoebe were freaking out, living on the same island as those snakes was too much for them.
"No, no, no, no, no, we should leave and find another island to rest on," Phoebe suggested as she backed away from the snakes some more. "What's to stop those snakes from attacking us in our sleep?"
"Oh come on, just take a look at them, they're adorable and are quite harmless," said Lachlan as he walked towards her, snake in hand as he held it out.
"You said quite! That means they're slightly dangerous, that's too dangerous for me," Phoebe shouted as she ran back towards the water.
"Don't worry, they're harmless towards us as they won't attack us, that's their nature," Lachlan explained as he tried to reassure Phoebe that everything's alright.
"You sure?" Phoebe asked cautiously.
"Yes, it's one of their weaknesses, their overly friendly towards everything," Lachlan explained calmly to Phoebe. Neither Brianna nor Zhang heard that as they were more focused on the snake, as Zhang as trying to get Brianna to change her mind.
"Are you one hundred percent certain?" Phoebe kept up her guard against the snake but took a few steps towards Lachlan.
"One hundred percent," said Lachlan.
Phoebe walked over slowly with her hand stretched out as far as it could go. She leaned over to using her index finger, just slightly pet it on the snake's head. When she went to pet it again the snake slightly moved upwards to greet the finger and rubbed its head against it.
"I suppose they aren't too back," Phoebe calmed down a lot when the snake happily let her pet it. "Okay, I suppose we'll stay on the island till morning, but those snakes better not come near me when I'm sleeping."
The two walked back to the group, Zhang and Brianna walked back a few minutes later with Brianna happily holding the snake in her hands. She raised her other hand in victory, "Haha, I conquered my fear over snakes!"
Lachlan was rather tempted to just throw her into the main snake nest, see how she reacts to that. But then it'll be a bother to get her to calm down again, especially now that she'll have the fear that someone would prank her.
Once they reached the group they had a quick chat before all agreeing to stay on the island and who would do what. Lachlan and Joe were in charge of getting food. Lachlan would search from the air while Joe would get Sandy to sniff them out of hiding.
The rest of the group was in charge of finding firewood and setting up camp. They broke off a few branches for their tents, they covered them in leaves to protect them for the wind. This time, however, they made sure that both Phoebe's and Brianna tent was completely made of leaves and not snakes.
Some of them were tempted to do it but none of them wanted to face the wrath of both of them.
The rest of the group had a few leaf snakes being used as leaves. They didn't mind all that much, their bodies pretty much acted like leaves. Not to mention they can use wind control, adding more protection from the wind.
Once that was all done they settled down and set up the campfire. Lachlan had found a rather small bird, it was half a metre in half and half a metre wide. It was rather fat and looked like a ball of feathers.
Once they finished eating they went to sleep, although they did make sure there were people making sure to keep watch. They made it so there were pairs, just so it doesn't get too boring.

Devasted by an abrupt evolution that ushered in a new world. Humanity is faced with a difficult challenge of adapting and changing their ways and beliefs. Leaving your friends behind for strength or when in the face of danger is almost a natural decision now.

The discovery of beast taming is all that kept some of them alive and sane. However, how will this discovery change the behaviours of humankind? 

Lachlan is a unique individual with a unique and mysterious background, he encounters many strange people and grows throughout his journey.

But at the end of the day, he has one mission; to gain knowledge and strength to survive and even reign at the top of the world. Making friends and foes along the way.
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The current release schedule is going to be:
7 Chapters every week

Should this novel get into the ranks I'll create more chapters per week. Also, there's little bonus chapters for a certain number of Power Stones.
Ranks:
Top 50 - 9 Chapters per week
Top 10 - 11 Chapters per week
Top 5 - 13 Chapters pew week

Qi He tailed Fanxing all the way to school, but she didn't enter their classroom. Instead, she went to the literature teacher's office.
Earlier on, she had picked up a rock as big as a fist.
What was she up to?
Qi He was perplexed.
Little Chief was already using the rock to pry the window open effortlessly. Then she took out several wriggling snakes from her bag…
Snakes?
F*ck!
Qi He was shocked at that moment.
If he had seen right, one of the snakes had vibrant patterns on it. Its triangular head was being held tightly in Fanxing's hand. It was an extremely poisonous snake!
At that moment, Qi He miraculously fully understood what was on Little Chief's mind…
Since she stood by her words "never bully someone in public", she would get her revenge behind the person's back? 
He didn't expect that the idiot would be so savage!
Besides Qi He, even Soul Searching Spirit didn't see that coming!
Soul Searching Spirit's heart was pumping violently.
Wasn't she supposed to be dumb and weak?
Wasn't she supposed to be a fragile and harmless idiot? 
This sort of method clearly violated the rules!
Little Chief acted swiftly as she flung the snakes into the office at lightning speed. Qi He didn't even have time to stop her. 
Qi He acted promptly and hastily pried the lock of the office.
Fortunately, the school didn't have enough resources and money, so the locks were of the cheapest kind. While perspiring profusely, it took him some time to kill all three snakes.
He felt that he had circled the boundaries of death!
It was damn… exciting!
After eliminating all traces and evidence of the snakes and their blood, he had to escape. He couldn't do anything about the glass and lock. 
He carried Fanxing and took her along as he made his escape. "Let's go, you fool! If you get caught, you will be beaten to death!"
Qi He's heart was thudding violently against his chest, and it felt like he couldn't even breathe.
No way could he attend lessons today. He needed to rest!
"Idiot, you're quite vicious!" In trepidation, Qi He carried Fanxing all the way to the river before he flung himself onto the grass.
Damn it! He was frightened to death!
Little Chief quietly took out the venomous snakes that Qi He had killed from her bag. At the sight of those slimy creatures, Qi He's heart pounded once more. Even though he was a guy, he was still afraid of death!
He still felt that the snakes could rear their heads and bite him.
"I heard that snakes are delicious. Do you know how to cook them?"
Qi He swore and cursed…
F*ck!
"That teacher might be horrible, but it's too much if you get the snakes to bite her!" Did she really think that it was legal to kill someone?
"She bullied me." Fanxing began to peel the skin off a snake with a small knife that she took out from her bag. She expertly cut out the stomach before washing it with the water from the river.
She knew everything related to food.
She was proud of herself.
She would record the names of anyone who had bullied her in her black book. Then, she would seek revenge.
Little Chief didn't have any notion of fairness.
If someone bullied her, she would bully him or her back. And she didn't care if that resulted in that person's death.
Qi He was speechless… Yun Fanxing was vicious and brutal.
"And she scolded you too," she said.
Qi He was puzzled. What has that got to do with him?
"I don't want anyone to scold you. Neither do I want anyone to bully you. You are equal to a level of intelligence. I have to cherish and take care of you like a little flower. How can I tolerate someone bullying you?"
"Why can't you?" Qi He's brain exploded as he had a premonition. He recalled how Yun Fanxing had followed him and his friends' words…
They said that Yun Fanxing had a crush on him!
"Because…"
Soul Searching Spirit hurriedly intervened. 'You can't reveal your real purpose. And you can't let him know that the reason you're protecting him is for a fragment of God of War's soul.'
Okay, Little Chief responded airily.
She turned around and faced Qi He. "I can't tell you why."
Soul Searching Spirit was speechless…
Qi He was speechless…
All right then. He was certain that this idiot was in love with him.
He had no idea if he should rejoice or despair. Should he feel proud that he was charming or should he be trembling that an idiot was in love with him?


Join Big Shot as she embarks on a mission to protect God of War in different worlds and situations!
The system instructs her, "Your mission is to cherish that man so that he doesn’t become depraved and turn into a first-class villain."
Big Shot tilts her head, looking adorable and innocent as she tries her best to understand. "Oh! My mission is to become a great villain, instead of letting him be one! I will cherish and protect him as though he were a little flower!"  ヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ
The arrogant and stubborn young man was sullen. "All men are evil. So I shall be the most evil— Huh? Wife, calm down! We can discuss everything, so please don’t be so rash. That man is going to die if you keep bashing him!"  (งᓀ‸ᓂ)ง  (ﾉ´Д｀)ﾉ
The evil governor already had plans laid out. He curled his lips into a sneer. "The world is within my control. I want to— Wife, hold on! Don’t revolt! I will buy you candied fruit! I’m begging you to spare His Majesty’s life!"  (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
The ruthless monarch gazed coldly at the world. "As the king, I can gather the clouds with a wave of my palm and turn them into rain! No one dares to disobey my orders! I want to be an inept ruler… AH, my beloved concubine! I was careless with my words earlier on! I swear to be the best emperor through the ages for all time. You can hit me, just not my face… Be gentle…"  ( *^-^)  (*╯^╰)ρ
A really cute, charming, and touching story about a remnant soul experiencing different lives while watched over by an adorable (but lacking-common-sense) girl. 

Lu Zhiwei now understood what was going on, and his eyes changed expression when he looked at Zhou Chengzhe.
"You said that you've never been to the woods, and you had no idea what Yun Xi was doing in there. But now your hands are stained with water from the sewer. This proves that you were the one wearing the gloves who placed the snakes behind the girls' dormitory last night. Zhou Chengzhe, tell me honestly, did you bring the snakes into the academy?!"
"No, it's not me!" Zhou Chengzhe denied vehemently as he stepped backwards. He gritted his teeth anxiously as his eyes locked on Yun Xi. 
He fought back the urge to pounce on that b*tch.
"She framed me! I did nothing wrong!"
Today's incident would be reported to the school, and he would lose his qualification for the final exam. And if he got kicked out by the competition's organizing committee, he would surely be blacklisted by all the major colleges and universities during the college entrance examination!
This matter was tied to his future and reputation, so he couldn't just admit to the crime so easily. 
But in the face of the evidence, what else could he do?
Everything was going smoothly up till today, but in hindsight, he now realized that he was set up bu by that b*tch, Yun Xi!
He was sure he had thrown the glove into the trash can, but now, it had resurfaced by the window of her dormitory. It was supposed to be evidence against her but the glove turned out to be the "proof" against him instead. 
In addition, Zhang Peipei and Jian Junling, who had pretended to be bitten by the snakes, were absent from class this morning. Looking back, he realized that they were simply waiting for the opportunity to lure him out. 
All of this was that b*tch Yun Xi's scheme. And all this while he had thought that he had the upper hand. This wasn't how he expected things to turn out!
Zhang Peipei sneered, "If you didn't do anything wrong then why did your hands change color? Are you telling us that you went to the sewer to wash your hands with the dirty water?"
"I..."
Zhou Chengzhe was just about to reply but Zhang Peipei quickly interrupted him. "Teacher Lu, he must be the one who brought the snakes to our dormitory. If you don't believe it, you can let the other students try out the experiment."
As she was talking, Zhang Peipei took the water basin and walked towards her classmates. The classmates who had a clear conscience willingly put their hands into the aqueous solution. Some were curious about the chemical reaction and couldn't wait to try it.
After this, Zhou Chengzhe felt that there was nothing else that he could do. Although he didn't want to admit defeat like this, the evidence was there in front of the heads of the organizing committee. He had no more excuses to make. 
"Okay, I think we're done here," Teacher Lu said. "Zhou Chengzhe, Yun Xi, come with me. All other students should go back to your classes.'
Teacher Lu wanted to stop Zhou Chengzhe from continuing to make excuses and occupying class time. He then turned around and went out of the classroom.
Yunxi turned to Zhao Yumo and Zhang Peipei and nodded her gratitude. She then turned around and walked out of the classroom.
Zhao Yumo caught the expression on Zhou Chengzhe's face as he left. His eyes were filled with sinister hatred and it gave her chills. 
"Tsk, he even looks like a villain! That expression on his face makes it seem as if he wants to devour people!"
So what if he really wanted to kill them? They had won this battle and Zhou Chengzhe had no other moves to make. 
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. This is a saying that he probably never understood. 
But that doesn't matter. After this incident has concluded, Zhou Chengzhe would have no hope of entering any of the major foreign universities. And his chances of entering domestic universities would completely depend on how the organizing committee treated this matter. 
Outside, Yun Xi was standing silently next to Teacher Lu. She raised her head and glanced at Zhou Chengzhe as he joined them. He was visibly angry, and his savage eyes made him appear terrifyingly hideous.
"Yun Xi, we can already confirm that Zhou Chengzhe planted the snakes and that he tried to frame it on you. Although this had nothing to do with you, you must remember to report it first if anything similar were to take place again. After all, snakes aren't always harmless creatures. Fortunately, the snakes in this situation weren't poisonous. If they were poisonous, then the organizing committee would be held responsible for it. Understand?"
 "Yes, I understand!"


The iron-blooded Master Mu had three specialties: great marksmanship, great skills and masterful ways to spoil his wife! Everyone in Jingdu knew that Yun Xi was  the apple of Mu Feichi’s eye. Anyone who saw her would be envious and anyone who crossed her would hurt their bones. Reborn one day, Yun Xi the star of death was unloved and neglected by her parents. However, she somehow ends up in the devilish vortex of Mu Feichi’s love...

It was argued down to five park visits and the demon's tricks. The dark one is a concerning piece to lose hold of but as Harry now knows of it, it would be a piece lost regardless. Might as well get some use out if it.
So Gellert turns nine years old, with Tom lagging behind by a few months at eight, and Harry sings a loud and energetic rendition of Happy Birthday with a chorus of hisses from the snakes joining in and a long howl by Mooney to end it.
After it all, the quiet clink and clatter of Harry cleaning up their dinner downstairs drifts through the open doorway.
Gellert steps inside and shuts the bedroom door behind him. Tom looks up from where he's sitting on the bed with a large book open on his lap.
"Pathetic," Gellert declares with a sharp-eyed smile.
Tom gently closes the book and places it to the side, the quilt sinking under its weight. "Let's not forget, dear brother, who alerted Harry in the first place."
"I will admit to that oversight on my part," Gellert muses, leaning back against the door with his hands behind his back. "But at least I wasn't struck down and stumbling from something as simple as waking up too early."
"No," Tom hums. "No, you were fully awake when you told Harry it was your birthday. Despite already having the precedent of my own to warn you."
"And I suppose you just so happened to sleepily fall upon more of your snakes and so dragged them home?" Gellert laughs, a high and clear sound. "Greedy, aren't you?"
"No more than yourself," Tom sneers. "So obvious, so eager for more than what Harry gives you."
Gellert narrows his eyes, fingers caressing the Elder wand in his back pocket. "I want adventure, not to get mouldy reading books all the time like yourself."
"You demand adventure," Tom corrects. "Spoiled boy, run away then, just wait until you see what dangers will come to someone with no power, no backing. Walk with your head high, Gellert, see how many rush to cut it off."
Gellert clicks his tongue, pushing away from the door. Tom slides to the edge of the bed and stands, holly wand in hand.
Gellert stops far too close because he knows Tom has an aversion to touch and the blond is going to use it. "And I'm to assume you are satisfied with how long our leash is?"
"I know when to wait," Tom hisses. "We are children, we are nothing in the eyes of society until we have the ability to contribute."
"Playing the human game, brother?" Gellert tilts his head. "Acting like you don't venture down the dark alleyways with me, like the books you've hoarded under your bed are harmless spells, harmless knowledge."
Tom deliberately relaxes his shoulders. "Harry doesn't know."
"And when he does?"
"And when he does, I'll apologise and swear to never use the knowledge against someone," Tom muses. "And he will know that I lie but he will love me anyway."
Gellert looks away, hands falling to his sides but by no means is he less of a threat.
"If you don't like it here, you can leave," Tom offers lightly. He smiles with too many teeth. "I know a good orphanage."
Gellert laughs and turns, sitting on the bedside. He tilts his head and looks at Tom. "What does Harry want?"
"A nice cup of tea?" Tom answers wryly. "Treacle tart?"
"Exactly!" Gellert bemoans, flopping backwards to lie in the soft quilt. "He has monsters at his beck and call and he does nothing. It's such a waste, so inefficient! It's frustrating to see him ignore such resources."
"Do you actually think he can control them?" Tom scoffs.
Gellert grins, hands coming up to squish his own cheeks so he doesn't giggle.
Tom tucks his wand away and clambers onto the bed, lying down beside Gellert but on his stomach instead. "Be patient. Harry is taking us out further now, murmuring those future predictions more often when he thinks we aren't paying attention."
Gellert lets his head loll towards Tom. "How much did you make off the last quidditch game?"
"An even three hundred galleons," Tom says smugly.
Gellert clicks his tongue in disappointment. "I split the bet. Harry looked so distracted, I thought it might have been another off prediction."
"But you sold the potion recipe he mentioned," Tom tuts at the blond. "You should have more than enough coin for your side projects."
Gellert is perfectly happy to interact with others to build his base of power but Tom takes to hiding his ability for now. Tom will pass on the more commercial endeavours but take bigger risks with what he does have available.
"I researched the finer details myself and still had to jump over hippogriffs to get that deal signed, it wasn't worth the trouble," Gellert complains. He grimaces. "I owe the Unspeakable a favour."
Tom sneers. "Well you've made your bed, so why are you lying in mine?"
"You know," Gellert muses. "I think we might be a part of Harry's monsters."
Tom sucks in a sharp breath at the thought. Gellert looks just as startled despite the words coming out of his mouth. Imagine, being so powerful that they could stand with the other beasts that lurk around Harry, that play at being friendly and harmless even when there's no light behind their eyes, nothing but pitch black and hollow.
Could they one day pluck at the air and watch reality distort? Could they build up and tear down interweaving, dense wards with nothing but a dismissive flick of their wand? Would mortality mean anything if they could breathe empty flesh and bones back to life on a whim?
"It's a joke," Tom murmurs, rolling onto his side. "All the talk about us being Dark Lords, it must be a joke, we'd never share the world."
Gellert rolls over too and they face each other, something feral in the blond's smile. "Has it been so long since we first met? Are you forgetting that I've been displaced in time? I was your predecessor, brother, but I'm certain we walked the same path."
Tom frowns. "Then why are we here, why restart?" He thinks he knows the answer but doesn't want to admit it might be true. If they tripped right before the finish line…
Gellert sighs. "We must have failed." He sighs again, more of a gasp of awe, a drowning man breaking the water's surface. "And Harry brought us back to do even better."
Tom blinks. "Well then. We shouldn't disappoint dear Harry."

Harry thinks to himself; why the f-ck not? So he picks up a little Tom Riddle and tries to indoctrinate the boy into following a Gryffindor approved set of morals. He grabs Gellert Grindelwald too because if he f-cks up with one, he still has another try.

Poor Harry never does quite understand that he's not the one pulling the strings.

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