We are now at the end of the fifth age and the wonders of ages previous have been forgotten. The long forgotten capital of the cloud empire, Asri and it’s mysteries will need to be discovered to stop the next attempt by the agents of Illurariel to cloak the world of Eru in eternal darkness.

series about my imagination and invention of stories

Asari is a clouder who turns into a girl every five years. She becomes friends with Jiku, a strong-willed boy being raised to be a soldier. 

They go on some adventures together and look  forward to meeting up. On their third meeting, however, Asari could not find Jiku in their secret place. 

Can Asari find out what happened to Jiku?

Izuku likes to bite people to death and will force them to respect his rules. He has a powerful quirk but where the fun in using it when you can use tonfas.

Want to become a hero? No i just want to bite people to death
Want to beome a villain? No, i have principles, i only bite people to death

I do not own My Hero Academia
I do not own the cover picture
I do not own Psyren
I do not own kateikyoushi hitman reborn
I do not own Naruto
I do not own Kingdom

Ancestor Linghu followed Han Li's gaze and saw light flashing in the distance. He saw purple and black lights shine and flicker without end, covering up half the sky from view. And among these lights rose a hundred-meter-wide emerald-green cloud that had various bright lights slowly swivelling within it. When these lights interweaved inside the green cloud, a loud tremble sounded out along with a howl that could be faintly heard from a distance. 

The strange black-purple lights carried raging waves of overflowing devilish Qi throughout the sky, a devilish Qi that the three were very familiar with; it carried the same aura that Marquis Nanlong's possessed body released after it transformed. However, this same aura was being emitted at full force from a distance and gave an oppressive feeling.

But what Ancestor Linghu was even more fearful of was how the black-purple lights and the green cloud were quickly heading towards their direction. It appeared they would soon arrive.

"Bloated Corpse Poison! That is a poison cloud formed from Wei Wuya's poison techniques. It is capable of killing any cultivator that touch it. I've seen him use this before." The white-clothed woman's face lit up when she saw the green poisonous cloud.

When Han Li and Ancestor Linghu heard this, they exchanged glances with an odd expression but both of their eyes seem to contain a deep dread.

Although the power of this green cloud was vast, it was clearly inferior to that of the black- purple streaks of light. Could it be that his enemy was on par with a late Nascent Soul cultivator? However, from the astonishing aura that it emitted, his opponent definitely wasn't the Elder Devil soul that was possessing Marquis Nanlong's body.

When the white-clothed woman saw the other two's expressions, she realized this as well and she expression grew sullen.

"Should we..." The white-clothed woman hesitated and thought to propose something when an icy spiritual sense swept past the three and interrupted her.

Han Li's heart trembled when he felt this and Ancestor Linghu's expression turned particularly unsightly.

After some silence, Han Li emotionlessly said, "Let's hurry and decide what to do. If we take too long, we'll miss our chance. Now that the Elder Devil we've been fighting has run over there, Fellow Daoist Wei will soon find himself overwhelmed no matter how deep his cultivation may be. Do you two plan on assisting him, or will you run off now and wait for the monsters to hunt you down after Wei Wuya is defeated?"

Before Han Li spoke to them, he swept his spiritual sense past the black-purple radiance. However, astonishing spiritual Qi fluctuations blocked him from seeing anything further, much to his gloom. It was clear that the battle was beyond his current level of cultivation.

Ancestor Linghu and the white-clothed woman couldn't help but look at each other in dismay.

If it were possible, the two would rather flee for their lives than stake their all against another battle with the Elder Devil, but it was as Han Li said; if Wei Wuya was defeated, their chances of making it out of the valley were nil as they were far too deep inside.

Furthermore, if Wei Wuya did survive, he would know that they had remained idle rather than assisting him. And as fellow cultivators of the Nine Nations Union, this would bring no end of troubles; especially since they were grand elders of their respective sects, it could spell disaster for the Masked Moon Sect and Yellow Maple Valley. The two hesitated as they were resentful of being trapped in this situation, but for the sake of their sects, they had to stake their lives in this hopeless fight.

Han Li bitterly chuckled in his mind and watched the black-purple radiance in the sky with his hands behind his back, silent the entire time.

Ancestor Linghu frowned and gloomily sighed in his mind. He then said, "Among us, Fellow Daoist Han possesses the most powerful abilities. What do you plan on doing?" 

"Me? Well, hehe..." Han Li didn't immediately answer and simply smiled.

When Ancestor Linghu saw this, he wryly chuckled and inwardly cursed at Han Li for his craftiness. So long as Han Li proposed to leave, the three could immediately leave. And if Wei Wuya later investigated this, he and the white-clothed woman could blame the matter on Han Li.

As Ancestor Linghu was trying to find a way to deal with this awkward situation, Han Li suddenly yelped, "Yi! There are also cultivators nearby. But this comes as no surprise. Given how loud the noise was, it would've attracted cultivators within several thousands of kilometers here." 

When Ancestor Linghu and the white-clothed woman heard this, they hurriedly followed Han Li's gaze and found that on the other side of the battle, a group of cultivators were flying towards the green cloud and strange radiance.

'How can it be them? Why have they come to such a dangerous area?' Han Li swept his spiritual sense past these cultivators and felt a wave of shock. He recognized two of the three cultivators in the group.

One of the cultivators was Daoist Heavencrystal, who he had traded with in the past. Following after him were two puppets with wicked appearances. They were riddled with scars and one of the puppets was even missing an arm.

The other person he recognized was a silver-haired old man, Han Li's Senior Martial Brother Cheng.

As for the last person, it was the unfamiliar old man that had entered the valley with his Senior Martial Brother Cheng. The third cultivator that was supposed to be with them was missing; presumably, something had happened to him.

After recognizing these men, Han Li's expression turned gloomy.

It seemed these cultivators were attracted by the fearsome battle. Perhaps they had mistakenly believed that it was between cultivators fighting over a rare treasure. Had they known that there were Nascent Soul consuming devils instead of treasure, they would've surely been flying away.

Because they were too far away from Han Li, he wasn't able to reach them with his spiritual sense and couldn't stop them. As a result, they drew closer to the battle in the blink of an eye. Wei Wuya would surely be interested in dragging them into the fray and force them to share the pressure, putting the newly arrived cultivators in danger.

Han Li didn't care for the others, but his Senior Martial Brother Cheng had treated him with kindness at the Drifting Cloud Sect and he couldn't stand by as he watched him die. It seemed he'd have to involve himself as well.

Helpless, Han Li's original plans fizzled. He had intended to wait and see how the battle turned out before deciding to either involve himself or slip away.

If Wei Wuya was only at a slight disadvantage, he would naturally be willing to tangle with the Elder Devils. After all, as a fellow human, he didn't wish for the Elder Devils to turn Devilfall Valley into a slaughtering grounds and have the cultivators' souls devoured.

But if Wei Wuya was completely overwhelmed, he definitely wouldn't involve himself and would quickly slip away, preserving his own life. As a result, calamity would strike at all the cultivators within the valley. As entities capable of defeating a late Nascent Soul cultivator, Han Li wouldn't be able to contend against them but he should be able to escape.

But now that his Senior Martial Brother Cheng was heading towards the battle, Han Li's expression wavered and could only summon the courage to involve himself. If it truly was too dangerous and worst came to worst, he should be able to use the Bloodshadow Evasion technique to escape.

However, he'd have to carefully choose his direction or else he would run into a spatial tear. He will definitely be reserving it only as a last resort.

With that thought, Han Li turned around and spoke to Ancestor Linghu and the white-clothed woman, "Since there are other Fellow Daoists going to assist him against those soul devouring devils, I will not stand idly. Regardless of what you decide to do, I'll be heading off first.

However, given that you two are so close to the battle, I suspect that Fellow Daoist Wei has already discovered you. It may be awkward for your future relations with him if you don't join the battle." After speaking with a tone that both threatened and warned them, Han Li made his way towards the battle in a streak of azure light.

Afterwards, the remaining two Nascent Soul cultivators stood in place, speechless.

During this delay, the battle between the black-purple radiance and the green mist grew increasingly fierce. Han Li's words likely held true. Since they were only about five kilometers away, if Wei Wuya had the mind to casually sweep his spiritual sense around him, they would be easily discovered.

Ancestor Linghu stroked his beard and bitterly smiled to the white-clothed woman. "Let's go. Fellow Daoist Han is right. As human cultivators, we are duty bound to slay these devils." 

The white-clothed woman's expression turned sullen. She could only nod, having considered the stakes. Fortunately, there would be several cultivators simultaneously attacking these formidable devils and she should be able to survive. Hoping for the best, the two then gathered their courage and made their way towards the battle.

Unbeknownst to them, the grand elder of the Controlling Spirit Sect, Dongmen Tu, and the three of his sect disciples were fifty kilometers behind them. Only three of the five Nascent Soul cultivators created through the Elemental Spirit Nascents still remained; the other two perished from a spatial tear and a restriction respectively.

However, Dongmen Tu didn't display the slightest sadness on his faces. Instead, he was glancing at the horizon with excitement. The spiritual Qi fluctuations were fierce and could be clearly felt from even fifty kilometers away. It was most likely a battle between cultivators for treasure, and he planned to see if he could take advantage of the chaos.

Even further away was the Ghost Spirit Sect Elder Zhong and the group of Ghost Spirit Sect's disciples. Elder Zhong was wearing a particularly gloomy expression.

Although he had a planned route through Devilfall Valley, two of his disciples had perished to moving spatial tears on the way. Even worse was how the main objective of their arduous journey, the Spirit Kindle Fruits had been stolen away by someone else, nearly causing him to be taken away with fury.

The Spirit Kindle Fruit was crucial for him to enter late Nascent Soul stage. Since the cuts to the Spirit Kindle Fruit's tree had been fresh, they must had to be immediately refined into medicine and they couldn't have gone far. He sent his disciples out under this reasoning, but to his disappointment, they didn't find them despite the many days they searched.

But just as Elder Zhong was about to dejectedly bring his disciples back, they came across waves of Qi that nearly wiped them away. Fortunately, he possessed a top grade protective ancient treasure and allowed them to all make it through without any damage.

Afterwards, another wave of astonishing spiritual Qi fluctuations stirred in the distance, and he immediately recalled the cultivator who stole away the Spirit Kindle Fruits while flying forward with his disciples with insuppressible impatience burned in his heart.

You don't have to give this novel any spirit stones :), since I copy and paste this from WuxiaWorld the original site...you can put this in your library and download it so you can read it offline on your web novel app :P

5 FEBRUARY, FRIDAY, AFTERNOON
"You're growing up, you've met your mate, and your dad and I agree you'll need your own space... I mean eventually you'll need your own space. Not now. Maybe in a few years. Not now. Definitely, not now." And then Mum suddenly hugged me, "Oh Sam! Why must you grow up so fast?"
"Isn't it good for me to grow up and help run pack? Then Dad could spend more time with you..." I tried to reason with mum.
"Well yes, but Sam..." Mum stroked my hair, "I guess I'm just having trouble letting my baby go."
"You can baby Sabre." I told her.
Mum shook her head, "None of you can ever be a replacement for the other." Then mum smiled, "I'm greedy that way. I want all three of my babies."
I shrugged. I couldn't help growing up. I needed to grow up. There was a war looming ahead. I had to protect my pack.
"Everything is just happening so fast these days." Mum said, "Even houses are built in a couple of weeks."
Mum marveled at the oyster white glass tiles on the bathroom wall, large glided mirrors, and the wide bath. She waved her hand around, "Ki really came through for us in the last minute when he found the prefabricated home parts. There was quite a bit of redesign due to the constraints in available units, but he managed to work with Chloe to make the amendments... Chloe said the new house was even better than she had originally planned. We even have a pool now."
Uh... Okay... But why was Mum telling me this?
"I asked him how he managed it, and he told me it was a team effort. Harvey was keeping the accounts and tracking the timeline. Ben was dealing with the Future Alpha Office set up and pack house schedules... That's another pup who's growing up too fast!" Mum commented, shaking her head. She should have tea with Mrs Beta and have a heart to heart talk.
But Mum was still talking to me, "But my point is that they worked together. Wolves were put in packs for a reason. Don't run out alone, Sam. You don't ever have to run alone."
I nodded. I was trying to process Mum's point. Did she feel I wasn't a team player? When had I ever ran alone?
I tried to think of an instance where I had been really left alone. I remembered Flynn's words to me in the car. He made it sound like I was always protected, and in many ways he was right.
But I wasn't a puppy anymore. I didn't need my dad or Beta Lucas to help run my meeting or Candance or whatever it was. I felt quite sure I could deal with this myself... Once I knew what the hell I was dealing with anyway.
But even if I got stuck, I had a lot of people at the meeting who wouldn't think twice about stepping up to help me.
But I was the Alpha! I don't need to have several minders around me at every moment the way Henry had insinuated at theatre class today.
"Well, you better take your shower. I'll see you at dinner." Mum decided to leave me alone with my thoughts, "Just remember, Ki, Harvey, and Ben are all just downstairs from you now."
"You worry too much." I told my mum.
"I can't help it. Sam, you're a beautiful girl. And while I know Bell will take care of you, he's also a male wolf. All your betas are male... And now you have new male fight dogs in your wing." Mum sighed, "As a mother, naturally I worry."
"There's nothing to worry about." I told her, "You need to trust me more."
"I do trust you. It's the others I don't trust." Mum muttered.
Even her precious Ki, or Harvey, or Ben? Hahaha..
Mum kissed the top of my head, and then she left.
Dad often said that women are full on contradictions, in which he meant Mum was full of contradictions.
If I was a puppy, then there was no need to worry about the male wolves right? I mean, growing up, most of my friends were boys to begin with. And I would say Mate made it clear that I was just a puppy in his eyes.
If she didn't trust the guys, then why was she taking comfort that they were just downstairs? Or telling me to work together with them?
If she wanted me to be her baby, why was she giving me my own space to run? I pretty much owned this side tower now. Okay, I know, this was my parent's home. But MINE.
Fine, the pool downstairs was shared. BUT THIS BATHTUB, IT WAS MINE.
I filled the bath with water, and found soap and shampoos in "Sakura Blossoms". Ah....bath... It was just as I sunk into the warm soapy comfort when I realized Candance!
So I pulled myself out slopping wet, wrapped a large towel, plodded out to the bedroom, dripping on the soft thick new pale pink carpets, to my school bag left at the foot of my clamshell.
It was ridiculous. No matter how many times I saw it, the giant golden clamshell was ridiculous.
Anyway, it was cold outside the bath. I rummaged in my bag a bit before producing my kindle. Okay, time to get down to grown up Alpha business!
Like figuring out what a Candance is.
I returned to the warmth of the bathroom. Carefully lowered myself into the tub without getting my hands or the kindle wet, and then started scrolling through the documents until I found the document labeled, "First Leadership Candance Agenda"
Bingo!
I went back to the document list and scrolled around. As expected, Harvey had also uploaded and lined up his notes along with the agenda, as well as all the relevant reports. There were now exactly 1248 documents in my kindle. I was current reading document number 5. The Candance Agenda was document 1132.
What the heck.
At this point it did occur to me that maybe I was taking it too easy at school. Maybe I should've been reading my kindle instead of that manga. Maybe.
Then I would be at least at document 8 by now.
Sigh. Hey, Boo, any chance you can use your Wolfie power to speed read through all this? 
{Sure, why don't you sleep with that under your pillow tonight, and I'll download it into your brain?}
My wolf was evolving in the most unlikable way.
Back to the Candance which was, by the way, exactly what Flynn made it sound like. A leadership meeting to keep everyone updated.
And Flynn wasn't mistaken, according to the document, I was chairing.
Apparently, the Candance was called by the Future Alpha Office or FAO. There was even a logo, an "FA" inside the circle of an "O".
Wow, I took a moment to admire the logo of the office that I didn't know I had, printed on the agenda I didn't know was sent, about the meeting I didn't know I was going to chair.
Maybe there was another Sam living here, one who ran candances instead of meetings.
And then I realized, "Ben!"
I mean, since when did my betas ever do anything without consulting me first? Well, if they had, I wouldn't have known. But I was quite sure that neither Ki nor Harvey would have done this without first asking me.
Wait, but Candance was such a Ki kind of word. So was the FAO logo. It was a very Ki style, streamline, modern, with a flash of gold. And let's not forget it was Harvey's notes that were all lined up with the Agenda.
Then I remembered what mum said about teamwork. Gah! My betas were as thick as thieves... How dare they use my name to call a meeting? A very necessary and timely meeting with a fancy name and solid agenda, no less. Grrr... How dare they!
What made them think I would be okay with that?
One word: Ben.
And he was right. I flipped through the rest of Harvey's notes. I remembered Flynn saying how he had been in and out a lot lately. I could see how this meeting was needed to update everyone, and also to strengthen our relationships - this part I borrowed from Henry's impassioned speech about strong allies.
I'm not running alone, so I needed to "think aloud", or at least keep everyone running with me on the same page.
Actually, as I read the notes, I realized I was also updating myself. Even Bell's Underground work had been reported, by Stephan who had made concise and meticulous notes in his weekly reports.
Most of the trouble stemmed from the lack of discipline. "The difference between an army and a group of bandits is discipline and honor." Stephan had quoted in ancient lycan. He was 100% alpha wolf. Lycan Study Group often taught some ancient lycan, but it usually had smaller phonetics spelt out under it. So you just had to sound out the word with the phonetics and look at the pictographic text to guess what the words eluded to. Only beta and alpha wolves had to learn to write in Ancient Lycan. (Calligraphy had always been my pet peeve.)
Stephan's report was handwritten - in full ancient lycan. It would have killed me to read it, but Harvey had a translated copy attached, where only the quote was retained in ancient lycan because I was sure it had to be some well known ancient saying or something.
Traditionally, Alpha wolves only wrote in ancient lycan to other Alpha wolves. I checked Stephan's original report. It had been scanned, but I could see his stamp clearly, addressed to me, and my name was in Ancient Lycan.
In Ancient Lycan my name was written as a flower with a ear inside it. And because I was from the Night Leaf pack, usually the prefix would be a crescent shaped leaf.
I was surprised that Stephan had known my name. But Stephan had written another prefix to my name. It was a complicated one which did include a crescent, but also other symbols.
Boo knew what it was, it was the name for Moon Bell, and a mesh of Night Leaf, Morning Light, Lorent... And even Stephan's pack...
{Cloud Forest}
Because wolves could read these things, not by sounds, but by heart. It was the text of the ancient wolf language, before we spoke with human tongue.
Actually, even though most Lycan text was in black ink, real Lycan text was rather colorful in nature. For example, Stephan's pack name would be a white cloud hovering in a red forest. This indicated the color of his packland and the nature of his pack. Ancient lycan was both deep and poetic. That's why it was such a pain in the a****
I thought of the word for what I was doing, contemplating ancient lycan while draped in the bath. It was a very funny word. I quite liked it. I think the closest translation was "languishing."
Languishing (over) scrolls
The steam
The Sakura
Candance
Prepare
This would be how the Ancient Text would phrase itself. And then our Lycan Study Teacher would tell us to translate it to English.
Which would read something like this:
I'm feeling lazy and was supposed to be working, but I've turned to mush with all the comfortable steam and smells of Sakura that I have no energy to prepare for the Candance although that's what I should be doing.
I told you ancient lycan was a pain to read.
But I looked at Stephan's report again, and then I dunno, I just let Boo look, and suddenly the words imprinted in my mind, the situation at the underground, the initial tensions, the fight dogs needed an alpha.
What the hell was Stephan doing? Wasn't he a perfectly strong (and properly educated) alpha? And wasn't Bell there? He was an alpha wolf too right?
{I'm the alpha.}
So I needed to make the allegiance bond with the fight dogs?
I looked at the report again, Stephan had signed off with what I could only translate to as, "Your humble servant."
It was more the feeling than the words. He was submitting to my wolf.
Hm... Maybe this ancient lycan had more use than I thought. It was almost magical, I suddenly understood not just with my mind, or even my heart. My wolf got it.
Stephan was my wolf, and he could do with my help.
Yeah, I should write back in ancient lycan too. Wait no, who was I kidding? I'm an idiot when it came to Lycan calligraphy. I always got the ink on everything. Sigh.
There was a gentle knock on the bathroom glass, "Goddess, it is nearly time for dinner. There is a meeting later at 9pm with Moon Bell's leaders and elders. The Future Alpha Office is also ready for your inspection. Would you like to see it after dinner?"
"Uhm, okay." I answered, "I'll be out in a minute."
"Then I will wait outside your room, goddess." Ki informed me.
I waited another minute before reaching for the knob to let the water out of the tub. Then I got out and shifted, shook out, and shifted back.
I plodded into the wardrobe got dressed into the outfit set out for me. It was a long navy turtle neck matched with white skinny jeans. I checked my reflection. Ok! And you might like to know, my hair was back to the usual length on every side.
See if you can interpret this:
Ready
Set
Go!
(I) Win!

Big-hearted and witty, Samantha Kingsley is the Alpha's daughter who grew up learning to meet everyone's expectations. But Samantha isn't a pup anymore, she's in high school now, and is just about to discover that her life is written by her choices. Not by dreams, or prophecies, or even the moon goddess. This girl is going to protect the happiness of her pack and everyone she loves.

Read her diary here.
Updated every night.

Volume Synopsis
VOL 1
It's the first week of school. Despite my failed attempt to make a friend, I somehow ended up surrounded by a handful of wolf classmates, got accepted by the human "cool" girls, and became a vampire's guard dog? 


VOL 2
I think I'm just starting to get the hang of school. From navigating school halls, new friends, vampires, and school clubs... 
Back home it should have been the usual drill, but things started shifting. And I urm...might have been messing around where I shouldn't.


VOL 3
I had to miss a couple of school days this week due to my ah, long term bout of "anemia". It's been pretty intense at home. My alpha position was challenged, rogues burnt down our home, I rescued my first fight dog, discovered the Lorent's secret oracle, almost rescued my mate...and accidentally stumbled into my Alpha Dad's secret.


VOL 4
My worlds collide as some members from my pack come to my school to sell concert tickets. And when Grandpa Alpha shocked us all by dying, my dad's family comes together to pay their last respects at the Night Forest Pack. 


VOL 5
It's February and the Vampire Queen is celebrating her birthday. Would Rebel's plan to escape work out? Meanwhile, I'm stuck in school dealing with high school drama, an evolving wolf, and a new human sister. In the Red Packlands, war nearly breaks out. (This might have been a very little bit my fault.)

VOL 6
It's the week of Valentine's Day, but I've got a highschool play, Lorent drama, Vampire slaying training, and an underground army to deal with first. And then warlock weather threw an extended snowstorm at us. The whole of Green Packlands goes into lockdown - but what about Valentine's Day?

VOL 7
Exams are a week away, and it feels like my time at Winderhill is really coming to a close. I'm trying to be a good student, but there are paparazzi camped outside my school, I ran with rogues (I'm shocked too), Maria just had to enter her dark cycle in school...My life is too exciting to study for exams.

VOL 8
It's exam week, but I've got far greater problems brewing at home. The prophecies are merging. River's stone had unlocked warlock trouble, the rogue king has moved in, and then there's Uncle Louis' economical problems... one at a time. Just let me survive Code Black and figure out what's going on at Heller's first, and I'm sure everything else will work out somehow.

Sael stopped to hover high enough that the arena looked like a tiny ring down below.  His breath was little clouds and he felt like he was gasping.  "Stubborn asshole.  If my Stone Breaker can't beat you try my Mountain Breaker!"  Dropping into a divebomb he snapped his wings for more force.  He still wasn't the best at flying but when it came to just a straight line he felt more than confident.  With a boom of force a ring like cloud erupted around him,  then further down as he continued to speed up another, finally after that a third formed as the ground flashed towards him.  He furled his wings and activated his Stone Breaker skill when he was nearly upon Granite.  In truth he had no new skill but simply planned to add the momentum of a massive dive to his drop kick.  Crude but effective.

He saw Granite Fist with his arms raised up and crossed to block the blow.  Sael was shocked he could see it coming not realizing Granite had taken that pose before he even started the dive out of instinct.  Sael watched as if the world slowed down when his leg collided with Granite's stone looking arms.  He saw the stone like skin crack and fracture before they were blown away.  His heel snapped into the man's shoulder once his arms were knocked away, forcing him down to crash into the sand.  Fissures and cracks spread all across his body as the sand was blown away.  The earth gave way forming an ever growing crater as debris billowed out from the shockwave of the blow.  To the crowd eagerly watching, they saw a streak come back down before the arena erupted.  Sand billowed up to crash violently against the unseen barrier that protected the stands.  It forced the raging sandstorm upwards until it passed the limits of the barrier and spread out like a huge mushroom cloud of dust. 

Just as the dust started to clear out inside the arena the silent crowd was startled by three consecutive booms from above drawing their attention to the three strange cloud rings still expanding above.  Someone yelled out "Look!" drawing the crowd's attention back to the arena.  There through the haze they could see someone standing far below.  The entire arena had sunken down into a massive crater making it look like a giant bowl now.  Standing at the deepest point was a man, as the dust cleared they saw the green and silver armor of the Twilight King.  On the ground face down was Granite Fist unmoving.  Just as the crowd started to go wild the prone figure stirred.

Sael looked down both impressed and horrified. "What the hell man. That last attack shattered my entire leg."

Granite Fist's entire body had taken on the appearance of the polished stone of his name sake.  But now it was covered in deep cracks and fissures that bleed freely to mix with the sand dust that had settled on them.  Slowly he pushed himself up, one arm bent at an odd angle and the other Sael could hear what sounded like cracking when he put weight on it.  Still, inch by inch he stood up.  Sael was fine, his leg had healed before it even touched the ground.  He had no doubt he could defeat this stubborn man if he used the Fairy King's Spear.  But he was so impressed with the man's resolve he was debating on throwing in the towel out of respect.  "Sorry, If I didn't have money on this fight…."

Sael was getting ready to call in his spear when Granite Fist stood up impressively straight for someone wobbling so much.  "What...Is...Your…. Name."
His opponent was panting and each word was forced out with great effort.  Sael figured he meant his real name since he'd been announced as the Twilight King.  Of Course he wouldn't give his earth name but he figured he owed this stubborn warrior at least his Isekai name.  "Sael."

Sael waited to see what would happen, would the stubborn berserker attack now?  He got his answer in the form of a hideous smile.  Granite's mouth was a mess most of his teeth were shattered and blood was drooling out.  When he smiled the cracks in his stone like face oozed out more blood that soaked the sand coating him.  "Thank… You." 

With that the giant fell back to crash on the ground like a fallen stone pillar.  Above him from one of the side tunnels the moderator yelled out that the match was over and half a dozen white robed people started sliding down into the crater.  Looking down Sael muttered "Damn, I didn't get his name."  Promising himself he would find out when the man recovered he turned and looked up out of his crater before throwing up his hands in victory.  As if that was what the arena had been waiting for, their trance like silence broke as they erupted in excitement.  He winked at the girls before starting his climb out of the arena.

**********

Sele sat stiff backed in her chair watching the terrifying thing leave the arena after doing what should have been impossible.  Though she kept her eyes on the green and silver clad beast she addressed Dinn next to her. "Still looking forward to the exhibition match?"

"Absolutely! But I think we are going to have to make it a two on one for it to matter.  I can't believe my own eyes.  I don't know if I should be more shocked that a level five had such affinity with Mountain's Blessing or that a different level five managed to beat them through raw force.  What has this world become. Makes me wish I was still young."  Dinn's eyes burned with the passion of a true adventurer.

"I wish I could share your optimism.  What I've just witnessed leaves me more afraid than excited."  Sele watched as the man disappeared into one of the tunnels before a short while later coming up a set of stairs to join his companions.

"Bah you worry too much."  Dinn hoped he was right.

**********

"What the hell was that man?!"  Dego was the first to greet him.

"Money! Profits! Bets!" Peter apparently had joined them and was hopping with a level of excitement normally reserved for a smut novel.

Beth hopped up to drag him down into a kiss. "So did you like the armor? How did it work? Ugh you got blood all over it.  Damn it one second.  Lets see if this works."  As her eyes went slightly unfocused and started moving her hands in the air before her. While she did her thing Sael leaned down to scoop up Ara who had the cutest pout going to give her a kiss. 

Her face flushed and she looked around at all the people near them, everyone was watching them. "What, that's not what you wanted?  I can go back to avoiding you if you want…"

"What! No… Just… maybe not while everyone is watching." She practically whispered while her ears turned as red as her hair.

"I don't mind mine in public." Nee pursed her lips while stretching on her tiptoes towards him.  Leaning down he gave her a kiss but started to agree with Ara as he caught more than one comment from the crowd around them.  'Maybe PDA isn't such a good idea when in a harem.'

"Done!"  Beth exclaimed and he realized his armor was now perfectly clean.  "I can use the repair and maintenance features on your armor through your inventory interface."  her eyes sparkled. "Go on tell me how amazing I am!"

"You are amazing!" Her face erupted into a satisfied grin. 

"Talking about amazing! Forget the magic dry cleaning! What was that? I thought the plan was to lay low until the later rounds?"  Dego seemed to flip between awe struck and annoyed.

"Eh, I figured there was no point being awesome if I didn't get to flaunt it some right?  It isn't like our bets aren't already in place.  Gree isn't letting any new bets be placed so I decided to have some fun."  Dego looked like he wanted to complain but just sorta deflated.

Sael chuckled and put down the still blushing Ara when she complained about all the people staring at her before nodding to Peter.  "I see you decided to join us.  Did you get your bets in?"

"Yep! Good investment! Definitely quite the show you put on.  Amazing! Can't wait to see the rest of the matches.  Would never have missed this."  Peter hopped around finishing off his already almost ruined shoes.

"Yeah he says that now but was complaining about all the card games being canceled due to the ball happening."  Beth decided to rat out the pervy Pan.

"Baaaaa! Lies! Slander!"  Sael laughed and turned to watch as Granite Fist was taken out of the crater by the white robed mages before others entered and started filling the pit with fresh sand that appeared out of the staffs they wielded.  Glancing to the sky to check the sun's position he realized his fight hadn't lasted long, no more than maybe ten minutes. 

"Mister Mister?" Two small children rushed up to him.  One a small boy with shaggy brown hair grabbed his pinky in one hand and his pointer finger in the other before yanking on his hand.  "That was amazing! Did you fly? How strong are you?  This is the low level bracket?  What was that skill called? I want to get it when I'm an adventurer!" 

Next to him a girl that looked very similar if only a bit smaller stared up at him with eyes so wide and blue they were creepy when compared to how tiny her face was. "Are you a real king?" she asked in an awed voice.

Sael's body went stiff and his face twisted up as he tried to smile while panicking.  'Kids, ugh… I understand them even less than I do girls.'

"Um… Stone Breaker… No Mountain Breaker." He tried to gently pry the kids hands off his finger before just lifting his hand leaving the kid dangling from it.  The boy let out a squeal of laughter enjoying the game as he frowned looking at the girls for help.  All he got were giggly looks and awwws back while the little girl tugged on his sleeve to ask her question again.

"Um...yes." 

Her eye somehow managed to get wider before she pointed at the girls and whispered out like it was some secret.  "Are they your queens?"

Nodding awkwardly while jiggling his hand hoping the boy would let go but only getting another squeal of laughter the girl gasped. "Then can I be your princess?"

"What? No.  That isn't how it works…" He wiggled a bit harder and just got a louder squeal of laughter. 

Suddenly the girl lunged forward and wrapped her arms around his leg in a hug.  "Pweaase I'll be the best princess ever!"

He turned to approach the girls walking awkwardly with one kid hugging his stiff leg and the other squealing with joy as they dangled from his hand.  His gave them such a sincere look of desperation and un-comfort that they were almost ready to help when a woman rushed up yelling.  "Ian! Grettle! Oh my gods I am so sorry. Please forgive them.  I'm so sorry. Please I hope they didn't bother you.  I looked away for just a moment. I'm so sorry."  The kids mother bobbed constantly apologizing while she pried the children off him much to everyone's amusement. 

"No worries… Kids will just be kids right!"  He gave her a smile while mentally thinking. 'Ugh now I bet I'm all sticky. Kids are always sticky right?  I wonder if Beth will do the dry cleaning thing again.'  He subconsciously wiped his hand on his pants even though it wasn't sticky at all. 

After the little event with the kids, other's in the crowd approached wanting to meet him.  It seemed his reaction to the children had alleviated their fears of what kind of person someone capable of destroying the arena was.  People congratulated him.  Recommended places to eat.  Even offered to buy him drinks. They asked about his skills, where he came from, who he was.  A few of the women thought to flirt with him but were quickly put down by the "not happening sister" squad as he was starting to think of them.  He would never admit it to them but he found their unity while fending off any woman that looked his way flattering in a way, he just hoped they didn't get carried away. 

Min eventually found his way to him also, his massive mustache was wiggling in excitement and he apologized for ever doubting him. "I should have known someone with such fine taste in moustaches would never lie!  I look forward to fighting you in the finals.  Now I just know I don't have to go easy on you!" He laughed but looked just a little bit nervous. 

The whole arena was in a frenzy after the last fight.  No one had expected such a display from so early in the bracket especially in the low bracket.  Many thanked the gods above that such an amazing fighter was at the end of a bracket so they could see more of their fights.  In the VIP section Dinn sneezed more than ones muttering about someone talking about him.  There was just one person in the entire arena not happy or excited.  Alan stared from his own VIP seat at the man that seemed to be basking in the attention from having commoner's fawn over them. 

"Who the hell is he?  What the hell is he? He has to be cheating.  There is no way someone like that belongs in the lower bracket.  How could they have done something like that.  Was it some fairy magic?  Is that why he keeps such childish whores?  No, none of this matters.  He still isn't my match." He stated the last as if he was convincing himself. "When I crush him it will only make me look that much better."  He resumed his pacing waiting on them to finish repairing the arena so he could have his own match.

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Duke Kindle watched the arena through his scrying mirror. As much as he wanted to be there in person his presence would have complicated his son's participation.  He too was watching the unknown adventurer named Twilight King with a worried expression.  Duke Kindle loved his son more than anything,  he'd pampered him, given him everything he wanted, enabled his vices and covered up his mistakes.  That was why he also kept him out of his dealings and had arranged a safe marriage to a perfect trophy wife.  Nindel's Duke's daughter was plain as could be but smart enough to know her role.  She would be the perfect wife for his son, one that would let him do as he pleased while acting her role.  Duke Kindle had done everything to make sure his son's life would be one of safety and pleasure.  Now, he looked on afraid his son might have stumbled into real danger for the first time. 

"Alan will never back down.  And if this Twilight King is half as strong as he appears my baby boy might not survive." Sighing, he rang a bell summoning his aid.  "Please make arrangements for this Twilight King to have dinner with us should he make it to the finals." His aid nodded and left to make arrangements.  "Luckily all one needs to control someone in this world is to know what they desire."  He watched as his scrying mirror moved to encompass the three girls with him.

For Sael being pulled to another world wasn’t something he minded.  In fact, when he found out he was the only one chosen for the warrior class from those he arrived with he was thrilled.  Until he found out in order to receive all the tasty power-ups that always come with this type of situation he must battle a terrifying monster without any of said tasty powers.  Even in success things aren’t quite going the way he expected.  Still, everyone loves an underdog, including it seems the system powering those brought to this new world. 

On his journey, he will make friends with both other Arrived and the locals.  Find romance often when he isn’t looking for it.  And of course new enemies around every corner from the mindless monsters of the world to the diabolical powers behind everything.  And maybe even find time to unlock the secret of the Arrived, if he lives that long.

A Kindle Fire is actually a really great tablet. I owned "one" quite a few years ago and for some odd reason it always seemed to break whenever it was nearing the end of it's warranty. The warranty on it was for a year and each time it broke, they just sent a new one with a renewed warranty. They also always included a new charger. 

The name of the Kindle actually got updated each time it was replaced to (Name)'s 2nd/3rd/4th/... Kindel Fire. 

Kindle Fire: Very durable, very affordable, very useful and practical, the best warranty you could wish for

I had mine 9 years ago, but I'd still consider it a good option. In the span of ~3/4 years I think I ended up on a 5th Kindle.

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