What is The Black Heart? Thousands of people have tried their luck journeying deep into the desert sands, yet none have seen it. But it exists, for wondrous things happen in the desert. Wishes are granted, and lives are ruined; people die, and others still come back to life. The sands pulse, their thrumming vibration echoing through all the desert, and its inhabitants. 

Countless travelers journey to the desert, all hoping to reach the heart- to have their wishes granted, or to seek their fortune. And Durn lives in the middle of it all, a lone man with his wondrous creations, surviving within the desert. Who is he, and what does he wish for?

“Are you sure this monster is right for us?” Siz feels tired
"Let's me open handbook” Q Breathing strength “again”

Monster: Desert Snake (Mini Boss)
	Level: 5
	Location: Easily found southern desert If you look carefully, the sand will loop in a triangle.
	Featured Items: Golden Snake fangs, Snake Skin, Yellow Stone Level 1
	How to Fight: Win it
	* Advice: For adventurers under level 10 and for adventurers at least level 9

"Five thousand gold price book doesn't seem to be worth price" Q Shook his head “level five? Monster and win it”
"Win it” Siz speaks with laughter " ridiculous"
"Yes, in the book says, way to fight is to win it" Q said again
“It's easy to say. That’s a crazy book” Siz grabbed the sword attack again
	Siz strikes the sword to the torso of the desert snake, but it does not work “The skin is really strong" he said
The desert snake turned to bite into the torso he’s using a sword block, but the fangs are too long to handle. It breaks through his arm.
Blood gushing out. Siz uses a sword to attack back between the mouths of the snake and jump out, Squeeze Red potion to two bottles and he try to coated sword with blue magic
"Another bomb ready” Q Throw bombs to attack desert snake but it's dodgy “Oh, no” The explosion was in the air the smoke is floating the desert snake opened its mouth large Bite into Siz's head
 	He stabbed a sword on the palate It's full of snake saliva 
The sword hit the solid palate, making a sound ‘Cackk...Cakk...’ 
Long fangs pierced into his arm black venom flows through his veins He's getting tired try to reach out to green potion in the waist bag.

The second floor had no traps, so Li Yi and the others spent just over ten minutes to collect 100 Red Wraith Crystals.
The red-robed spirit appeared again and teleported the surviving party members to the third floor.
They had lost a total of five members in clearing the second floor of the Tower of Remorse.
If a player died inside Moss Tower, everything would be fine if they could find their body. If they could not, however, they could not resurrect using a Resurrection Spell and would have to rely on the Resurrection Pearls dropped by monsters. With that, they could only resurrect on specific floors.
On the third floor of the Tower of Remorse, Li Yi and the others encountered a desert map. To clear this floor, they had to achieve a monster hit combo of more than 500.
The desert map had many monsters that resembled marmots. They would poke their heads out of the sand and instantly zip back in. Getting a combo off of them definitely required a certain level of skill.
The party members did not attack. Instead, they huddled together and awaited their commander's orders.
As long as they could continuously take down monsters within three seconds of each other, they could easily achieve a combo, be it as a party or solo.
"You, stand here. You, come here. You, stay right there and don't move. Jiaojiao, come with me. Qian'er, head east."
Li Yi delegated with an air of familiarity.
When all 20 members had taken their positions, Li Yi began to shoot the monsters nearby.
Everyone else had stopped, and he was the only one currently attacking.
Their combo figure increased gradually, and soon they had more than 50.
As long as they could kill a monster within 3 seconds, their combo figure would not drop. If they could not manage it, however, their attempt would end in failure.
As Li Yi wandered further and further away in his hunt, and the monsters around him decreased drastically, Qian'er and the other ranged attackers began to pitch in as well, keeping the combo up.
Li Yi took that opportunity to run quickly toward the areas where the monsters were most densely-packed together.
The members who had stayed put began to shoot the monsters around them as well, but when they were just about to run out, Li Yi picked up the slack again.
Li Yi barked, "Everyone, move 300 meters to the south!"
Their combo increased as Li Yi and his party members coordinated with each other, advancing in turns and maintaining the combo. Soon enough, their combo figure reached 567.
They had met the minimum requirements. If they stopped now, the red-robed spirit would appear and transport the party members to the fourth floor.
However, the party members showed no indication of stopping. They continued to kill monsters in tandem.
They wanted to see just how large a combo they could link.
When Li Yi ran forth again, something went wrong behind him, and no monsters died within the next three seconds. The combo was broken.
Their combo ended at 2,876!
Such a result was decent but not spectacular. Most parties could achieve it, and the holder of the current combo record was Big Boy's team at 9,876 hits.
"That's unfortunate. Sigh, the commander made it to position, but we couldn't kill one more."
"How tragic! We were so close. I actually thought we could break the record."
"Don't say it, you'll just make me cry."
The combo breaking was a source of regret for the entire party/
"Restrain your ego and prepare to greet death. You won't be so lucky on the next floor, the next floor… Hahaha…"
The red-robed spirit appeared, pulling Li Yi and company into the teleportation door covered in black smoke.
They had passed the first three floors with ease, but the difficulty spiked on the fourth. The map was an ancient civilization's factory, and to clear the stage, they had to escape before the factory exploded.
The sixty-minute countdown began…
As soon as Li Yi and the others opened their eyes, the factory's self-destruct countdown started ticking.
"Bzzt bzzt bzzt bzzt…"
"Whirrrr whirrrr…" 
The large machines in the factory were operating, gears crissing and crossing in a kaleidoscope of movement. If they wanted to escape from this place, they would have to run on the giant gears.
"Be careful of the timing. If you're too fast, you'll fall to your death. If you're too slow, you'll get crushed to death. Cooperation won't work in this stage, you'll have to rely on yourself."
Li Yi introduced the gear stage briefly, and then he was the first to step onto a gear.
The Tower of Remorse's gear stage was slightly different every time, and it changed in different ways every time as well. To pass this stage, players needed a great deal of skill and excellent reflexes to boot.
The first pressure point lay in the first five large interlocking gears. To clear them, one had to continuously crawl forth, only to stop for half a rotation on the third gear and wait for the next one to approach before jumping twice in quick succession, leaping right over the fifth gear. Only then could they safely land on the other side.
Although this was a very common challenge, countless players still died to it.
Li Yi, however, cleared it easily.
Jiaojiao was next. For Queen Jiao with her super long legs, this stage was a breeze. With a bound and a leap, she landed solidly on the other side, her movements even lighter than Li Yi's had been.
Li Yi stood on the opposite side and yelled, "Chop-chop, don't waste time!"
"Me first!"
Qian'er raised her hand and hugged her staff, running forth a few steps. She then used Flash to rush straight to the second gear. She had meant to leap twice in a row and make it across, but while she had the right idea, her movements could not really keep up.
She was just a little too slow on the jump, and her large fair leg was caught in the gears. Before she could even scream, her body was torn to pieces…
Thankfully, this was just a game, so there was not too much blood. Even so, Qian'er's death still dealt a heavy blow to the remaining members' confidence.
"That's terrifying…"
"I-I d-don't d-dare… I-I d-don't…" The Dwarf Priestess wrung her little hands and retreated rapidly.
The Dwarf Priestess' name was Jade Porcelain. She was a Level 182 Ninth Continent player, and her level was the lowest of everyone present.
The Dwarf Priestess was not the only one who did not have the guts for it. Every Dwarf player was on the verge of tears.
Dwarves were not tall to begin with, and they had naturally short legs. If leaping across the gears had a difficulty rating of A for the others, it was SSS for them.
Their legs were short, so they could not jump that far…"
"Hurry! Watch the clock!" Li Yi hurried them.
Time would not wait for them, so if no one could escape from the factory within 60 minutes, they would have failed the challenge. When that happened, everyone would be forcefully teleported out of the tower.
Regardless of whether they succeeded or failed, players were only allowed to challenge the Tower of Remorse once every ten days. If they succeeded here, they could continue, but if they failed, they would have wasted the dungeon cooldown.
It was not impossible for them to challenge it over and over again. They just had to bribe the red-robed spirit with 200,000 Gold Coins, and the Tower of Remorse would be open to them again.
As Li Yi hurried them on, three more stepped up to the challenge.
"Pffoosh—"
"Aaahhh...."
"Crunch crunch…"
One more died, stuck in the gears like Qian'er. One died because they jumped too early, and one more died because they jumped too late…
"Allow me!"
"I'll follow behind you!"
Two others stepped forth.
After another series of attempts, only five people, including Li Yi and Jiaojiao, made it across the five large gears. The rest either died or gave up…
"Creak creak creak creak…"
Just ahead, sixteen gears of different sizes were interlocked, each with speeds and paths that were far more complicated the first five large gears…
…


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

Back to college, they couldn't think about anything else but what Luna told them. They were in math, but they talked even if the teacher was announcing another exam, the third she announced this week. The marks were lowering and Mrs. Flynn didn't like it at all, so she decided to make many exams to give better hope to students who were failing or near to fail. Jo was on the border line, Madd was in the average and Caro was the first in the class. The "border line" as Mrs. Flynn called it, was 60%. It had been several times she said it. She was just upset with good marks. The three students didn't care about what she said, so they were talking about what Luna was saying and what they thought it might be.


"Maybe it's a monster X.A.R.A. created."


"It might be, but why would it look exactly like an evil Luna?" asked Madd turning around as Mrs. Flynn called their names.

"Are you listening to what I'm saying?" she asked.

"Of course we did, Miss." answered Caro.

"Oh yes? Then what did I just say?" she asked, trying to get them.

"You were talking about the angles of a triangle on the board. You also said you would teach the dilation before the next exam and it would be in it." answered Caro, without even taking any breaks.

"False. Everything false. I never talked about the dilation neither did I talk about the triangle because I erased it 40 minutes ago, it was for my last group. Sometimes I ask myself how you can have so good marks without even listening." reprimanded the teacher.

The bell rang and they got out of class, they went to the factory to have more info on the strange man Luna saw. When they arrived, the crossed Mike. They called him a minute earlier, he wasn't in class so he came with them. They just thought, their story was crazy, they were discovering a new thing everyday. Caro got installed in front of the computer to transfer Mike and Jo, to help Luna in case of problem. Madd was staying back and would go if Jo and Mike were in difficulty. As usual, Caro started typing crazily on the computer to start the process.

"Transfer Mike and Jo, virtualization." she finally said after two minutes of hand cramps.

"Caro, where's Luna?" Jo asked so they could join her.

This time wasn't like the last times on Aria. Jo was dressed whit two shirts, one orange one black. We could just see the black one, but his pants were orange. His weapon was a katana with a black handle. Mike was in a one-piece white with a black belt. He had spear with both of the sides armed of a sharp part and a black scar underneath his right eye that looked like a hook. They found Luna easily and decided to just explore every territory, chasing the red virtual guy. They still hadn't find him on river territory so they decided to go to the forest sector next. All they found was a solitary ladybug that they could destroy easily. They went in the desert. It was windy, so they decided today was not the day they'd find him in this sector. The still decided to search for him in the candy sector, but nothing. It was just like if he had disappeared. Caro found a devirtualization program, so they could come back on earth without having to find a monster. Caro thought that if Luna could find informations on the guy in the towers, they would have more chances localizing him on the super computer's virtual maps. Caro had thought searching him directly on the field would have been easier, but she would have to spend her night on the supercomputer again, just looking at programs that could help her retracing the red guy.


"He just looked so evil. His look, his face and his way to act. There was something so superficial about him." Luna said. "I just can't say what it is exactly."


"Don't worry. I am sure we will find good stuff on that guy that will help us to understand everything we're not sure about." Caro said.


The next morning, Caro was awaked by an alarm on the supercomputer. There was an activated tower. She called her three helpers and prevented Luna. She had no idea on what X.A.R.A. was attacking. 

"We are probably going to discover it soon" she told herself, remembering what happened to her last time there was an attack.

Four friends find a big secret hidden in the factory neighboring their school. They are all interested in that secret, but it reveals to be very dangerous for humanity. 

What will they do to keep the world safe?

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=Effect Monsters=                                                          #1326
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-Secret Rare
None
-Ultra Rare
Magician of Faith
Barrel Dragon
-Super Rare
Sangan
Metalzoa
Man-Eater Bug
Witch of the Black Forest
Cyber Jar
-Rare
Time Wizard
Kuriboh
Harpie Lady Sisters
Mask of Darkness
Trap Master
Shadow Ghoul
Harpie's Pet Dragon
Thunder Dragon
Sinister Serpent
Muka Muka
Morphing Jar
Penguin Soldier
Blast Sphere
Dark Magician Girl
-Common
Crass Clown
White Magical Hat
Dream Clown
Tainted Wisdom
Mysterious Puppeteer
Big Eye
Wodan the Resident of the Forest
Dimensional Warrior
Dark Artist
Mystic Lamp
Zone Eater
Leghul
Swordsman from a Foreign Land
Machine King
Mechanical Spider
Blast Juggler
Armed Ninja
Insect Soldiers of the Sky
Cockroach Knight
Needle Ball
Hoshiningen
Dragon Seeker
Star Boy
Milus Radiant
Needle Worm
Little Chimera
Bladefly
Witch's Apprentice
Berfomet
================
=Various Fields=                                                          #1426
================
-Secret Rare
None
-Ultra Rare
The Sanctuary in the Sky
-Super Rare
A Legendary Ocean
Harpies' Hunting Ground
Skyscraper
-Rare
None
-Common
Forest
Wasteland
Mountain
Sogen
Umi
Yami
Chorus of Sanctuary
Gaia Power
Umiiruka
Molten Destruction
Rising Air Current
Luminous Spark
Mystic Plasma Zone
Maiden of the Aqua
Fusion Gate
Terraforming
============
=Equipments=                                                              #1526
============
-Secret Rare
None
-Ultra Rare
United We Stand
Mage Power
-Super Rare
Axe of Despair
Premature Burial
-Rare
Horn of the Unicorn
Sword of Deep-Seated
Cestus of Dagla
Big Bang Shot
Spark Gun
-Common
Legendary Sword
Sword of Dark Destruction
Dark Energy
Laser Cannon Armor
Insect Armor with Laser Cannon
Elf's Light
Beast Fangs
Steel Shell
Vile Germs
Black Pendant
Silver Bow and Arrow
Horn of Light
Dragon Treasure
Electro-Whip
Cyber Shield
Mystical Moon
Malevolent Nuzzler
Violet Crystal
Book of Secret Arts
Invigoration
Machine Conversion Factory
Raise Body Heat
Follow Wind
Power of Kaishin
Salamandra
Megamorph
Bright Castle
Burning Spear
Gust Fan
Snatch Steal
Mask of the Accursed
Mask of Brutality
Lightning Blade
Fairy Meteor Crush
Scroll of Bewitchment
Dark Magician's Tome of Black Magic
Cyclon Laser
Demotion
Autonomous Action Unit
Rod of the Mind's Eye
Fuhma Shuriken
Fusion Weapon
Ritual Weapon
Fulfillment of the Contract
Re-Fusion
Legendary Black Belt
=========
=Fusions=                                                                  #1626
=========
-Secret Rare
Cyber-Stein
-Ultra Rare
Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
-Super Rare
B. Skull Dragon
Meteor B. Dragon
Master of Oz
-Rare
Gaia the Dragon Champion
Thousand Dragon
Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast
St. Joan
Fusion Gate
Steam Gyroid
-Common
Flame Swordsman
Zombie Warrior
Karbonala Warrior
Barox
Rabid Horseman
Kamionwizard
Charubin the Fire Knight
Darkfire Dragon
Fusionist
Flame Ghost
Roaring Ocean Snake
Rare Fish
Mavelus
Dragoness the Wicked Knight
Labyrinth Tank
Bickuribox
Giltia the D. Knight
Monster Eye
Metal Dragon
Kaiser Dragon
Deepsea Shark
Aqua Dragon
Kaminari Attack
Punished Eagle
Crimson Sunbird
Soul Hunter
Vermillion Sparrow
Pragtical
Flower Wolf
Musician King
Gale Dogra
Cyber Saurus
Bracchio-Raidus
Skullbird
Mystical Sand
Skelgon
Great Mammoth of Goldfine
Man-Eating Black Shark
Empress Judge
Rose Spectre of Dunn
Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon
Marine Beast
Warrior of Tradition
Amphibious Bugroth
Skull Knight
Polymerization
Fusion Sage
Humanoid Worm Drake
Sanwitch
=========
=Rituals=                                                                  #1726
=========
-Secret Rare
None
-Ultra Rare
Reshef the Dark Being
-Super Rare
Black Luster Soldier
Magician of Black Chaos
Shinato, King of a Higher Plane
Dark Master - Zorc
-Rare
Zera the Mant
Relinquished
The Masked Beast
Legendary Flame Lord
Elemental Mistress Doriado
-Common
Super War-Lion
Fiend's Mirror
Black Luster Ritual
Zera Ritual
War-Lion Ritual
Beastly Mirror Ritual
Commencement Dance
Hamburger Recipe
Novox's Prayer
Turtle Oath
Resurrection of Chakra
Javelin Beetle Pact
Garma Sword Oath
Revival of Dokurorider
Fortress Whale's Oath
Performance of Sword
Hungry Burger
Skull Guardian
Chakra
Crab Turtle
Garma Sword
Javelin Beetle
Fortress Whale
Dokurorider
Dark Magic Ritual
Black Illusion Ritual
Senju of the Thousand Hands
Sonic Bird
Curse of the Masked Beast
Paladin of White Dragon
White Dragon Ritual
Shinato's Ark
Incandescent Ordeal
Contract with the Abyss
Contract with the Dark Master
Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands
Earth Chant
Ritual Weapon
Fulfillment of the Contract
Doriado's Blessing
Final Ritual of the Ancients
====================
=Continuous Effects=                                                      #1826
====================
-Secret Rare
None
-Ultra Rare
Royal Decree
Imperial Order
Gravity Bind
Destiny Board
Royal Command
-Super Rare
Messenger of Peace
Call of the Haunted
Pyramid of Light
-Rare
Spellbinding Circle
Robbin' Goblin
Toll
Fairy Box
Ground Collapse
Embodiment of Apophis
Spirit Message "I"
Spirit Message "N"
Spirit Message "A"
Spirit Message "L"
Coffin Seller
Kishido Spirit
Metal Reflect Slime
DNA Transplant
Spirit Barrier
Spiral Spear Strike
-Common
Shadow Spell
Insect Barrier
Call of the Dark
Magical Thorn
Gravekeeper's Servant
Chain Energy
Minor Goblin Official
DNA Surgery
Light of Intervention
Respect Play
Skull Invitation
Inspection
Aqua Chorus
Mask of Dispel
Mask of Restrict
Infinite Cards
Card of Safe Return
Solemn Wishes
Burning Land
Yellow Luster Shield
Spring of Rebirth
The Dark Door
Graverobber's Retribution
Blind Destruction
Nightmare Wheel
Fatal Abacus
Dragon's Rage
Bottomless Shifting Sand
Needle Wall
Dark Room of Nightmare
Dark Snake Syndrome
Banner of Courage
Wave-Motion Cannon
Mass Driver
Senri Eye
Continuous Destruction Punch
Precious Cards from Beyond
Morale Boost
Heart of the Underdog
D.D. Borderline
Recycle
Soul Absorption
Curse of Darkness
Begone, Knave!
Robbin' Zombie
Dangerous Machine TYPE-6
Backfire
Ninjitsu Art of Transformation
7
Des Counterblow
Labyrinth of Nightmare
Soul Resurrection
Ninjitsu Art of Decoy
Mokey Mokey Smackdown
Chain Burst
Poison Fangs
====================
=Spell Collection 1=                                                      #1926
====================
-Secret Rare
None
-Ultra Rare
Harpie's Feather Duster
-Super Rare
Raigeki
Swords of Revealing Light
-Rare
Scapegoat
Card Destruction
Upstart Goblin
Giant Trunade
Nobleman of Crossout
Nobleman of Extermination
-Common
Stop Defense
Mooyan Curry
Red Medicine
Goblin's Secret Remedy
Soul of the Pure
Dian Keto the Cure Master
Sparks
Hinotama
Final Flame
Ookazi
Tremendous Fire
Dark-Piercing Light
Warrior Elimination
Eternal Rest
Acid Rain
Eradicating Aerosol
Breath of Light
Eternal Draught
Remove Trap
Restructer Revolution
Rush Recklessly
The Reliable Guardian
Smashing Ground
Shield Crash
====================
=Spell Collection 2=                                                      #2026
====================
-Secret Rare
None
-Ultra Rare
Change of Heart
-Super Rare
Dark Hole
Mystical Space Typhoon
-Rare
Multiply
Heavy Storm
Confiscation
Nightmare's Steelcage
Thousand Knives
Reinforcement of the Army
-Common
Graceful Dice
Fissure
Blue Medicine
Raimei
De-Spell
Ancient Telescope
The Cheerful Coffin
Last Day of Witch
Exile of the Wicked
Block Attack
Final Destiny
The Shallow Grave
Rain of Mercy
Meteor of Destruction
Foolish Burial
Salvage
Ultra Evolution Pill
Earthquake
Goblin Thief
Dark Factory of Mass Production
Hammer Shot
Back to Square One
The Big March of Animals
Battery Charger
===================
=Trap Collection 1=                                                        #2126
===================
-Secret Rare
None
-Ultra Rare
None
-Super Rare
Negate Attack
Magic Jammer
-Rare
Chain Destruction
Waboku
-Common
House of Adhesive Tape
Eatgaboon
Widespread Ruin
Skull Dice
Tragedy
Reinforcements
Castle Walls
White Hole
Call of the Grave
Anti Raigeki
Just Desserts
Gryphon Wing
Snake Fang
Michizure
Time Seal
Raigeki Break
Thunder of Ruler
Altar for Tribute
Frozen Soul
Destruction Ring
Trap Jammer
Desert Sunlight
Cemetary Bomb
Magical Explosion
===================
=Trap Collection 2=                                                        #2226
===================
-Secret Rare
None
-Ultra Rare
None
-Super Rare
Trap Hole
Seven Tools of the Bandit
-Rare
Backup Soldier
Self-Destruct Button
Hero Signal
-Common
Numinous Healer
Gift of the Mystical Elf
Enchanted Javelin
Jar of Greed
Meteorain
Secret Barrel
Compulsory Evacuation Device
Armor Break
Fruits of Kozaky's Studies
Spell Purification
Threatening Roar
Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
Good Goblin Housekeeping
Assault on GHQ
Minefield Eruption
Kozaky's Self-Destruct Button
Mispolymerization
Spiritual Earth Art - Kurogane
Spiritual Water Art - Aoi
Spiritual Fire Art - Kurenai
Spiritual Wind Art - Miyabi
Rising Energy
Conscription

A compendium of trivias and mysteries surrounding us.
Also contain drafts of various ideas for novel in the form of Compendium of Wonders.
Other Author, feel free to use the idea inside here in your novel if you like it :)

As the large construct began rising above the sand, Cecil and everyone else who were scattered across the desert's surface of the fifth stage braced themselves for what was about to happen.
 
They didn't know whether this new development was a good or bad thing but they prepared themselves for the worst.
 
Thanks to Cecil, mana had returned to the stage and it was a lifesaver for those who were on the brink of exhaustion and dehydration. With the illusion array also gone, the scattered people began to reunite together since some of them were only moving in circles around the area where they were previously at or were just a few kilometers away from but still within visible distance of each other.
 
"We really were caught in the illusion array after Cecil left...thank goodness the people who disappeared didn't die or go missing... Celes, we need some water here!" Karen called out after finding one of their people collapsed on the sand just a few meters away from where they were.
 
"Gather everyone over here! My mana is still recovering so it's better for me to just cast one large spell than deal with everyone separately!" Celestina replied as she was moving a few others in the area and gathering them in one place.
 
Karen complied with her words and began helping her out, but the two didn't take their eyes off of the metal spike that had appeared in the distance. The rumbling under the sand was also a cause for concern but they could only wait to see what happens.
 
The rumbling intensified as time passed but the two women were able to gather everyone around in the same spot and Celestina had already given everyone some water and had provided some first aid to the ones who were injured.
 
With the sand shaking and overturning in some places, the monsters from underground also became restless and began to burst out from under the sand. Cecil who was flying in the air saw the numerous monsters bursting out and traces of mana fluctuation appeared within his Mana Sense's range.
 
"I bet the others are fighting right now. I should go help, but..."
 
Cecil hesitated for a bit and decided to just send over 2 of his clones to go help the others. Right now, he would focus his attention on the thing that was trying to rise from under the sand. He was worried that the guardian of this floor was going to be as powerful, or even more powerful than the one from the previous floor.
 
The monster from the previous floor was able to almost push him over the edge but luckily, he was able to escape from the fourth floor so he didn't have to deal with the monster any longer. It was clearly much more powerful than him and trying to fight it would be foolish and reckless.
 
Now that he was on the fifth floor, he was worried if he and his teammates were able to even clear this stage of the trial. It was much harder than he had expected it to be but this was only because the administrator was meddling in the trials just to make things difficult for him and the people associated with him.
 
The other humans currently still on the second and third floors didn't experience any of the difficulties that he had to go through and they received the clear rewards of the trial as per normal.
 
A few moments passed as Cecil continued to wait and by now, the construct that was trying to rise into the sky from under the sand was partially visible now. 
 
It was like the entire stage had suddenly risen together with it. Cecil could make out the rusty but clearly modern roadways, the semi-broken buildings, and the highly developed structures that began emerging from under the sand.
 
"Th-this...what is this?!" Cecil exclaimed in shock.
 
What came out from under the sand was clearly a sky fortress, but unlike the typical sky fortresses he saw in the Machina Reggio Empire or the previous one on the fourth floor, this one was massive.
 
It spanned the entirety of the fifth floor as it slowly rose from under the sand. The sky fortress was buried far beneath all of the sand, but after it rose, it covered the entirety of the trial's fifth floor.
 
The fifth floor of the trials was relatively smaller compared to the rest only being a fraction of the size of the fourth floor, but even still, the sky fortress covered the entire area of the fifth floor once it completely surfaced from under the sand.
 
Cecil was amazed and the other people on this stage were similarly shocked by the sudden change. Buildings of foreign designs had suddenly popped up from under the sand and they were all now standing on a paved road that sprung up under them after the sand fell and cleared away.
 
A whirring noise like that of an airplane engine was finally heard as the massive sky fortress finally emerged from underneath all of the sand. This massive sky fortress alone exceeded the size of the Silvaria Kingdom's valley territory and then some.
 
While Cecil was spreading out his Mana Sense as far as he could, he picked up 3 familiar mana signatures to the southeast. 
 
"It's Gabriel, Angelia, and Kira!" Cecil exclaimed in pleasant surprise.
 
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Back at the power station where Gabriel, Angelia, and the rest were, the group had all walked out of the power station and observed the surroundings.
 
Gabriel was immensely surprised when he saw that the factory district he was in was only a fraction of the entire sky fortress that they were on.
 
Also, the factory district was at the center of the sky fortress and seemed to be located at a crucial spot on the flying fortress since the large energy shield that encapsulated the inner area of the sky fortress was covering the factory as well.
 
Because of the energy field overhead, they didn't need to worry about the falling sand and debris. It was all pushed away by the energy field and kept them safe from being crushed under the sand.
 
Angelia was looking around in fascination when the whole sky fortress surfaced from under the desert and she couldn't help but notice that there were people in the distance, and if her eyes didn't deceive her, she thought she saw Ren.
 
"Is that—no way, it really is him!" Angelia cried out happily.
 
"What's up, Angie?" Gabriel asked from beside the now happy little girl.
 
"I see Ren, big brother! Look, he's over there!" Angelia answered while pointing over to a distant building's rooftop.
 
The factory district that they were on seemed to be built on a level of land much higher than the rest of the areas on the sky fortress so she was able to look down on the building that had appeared once the sky fortress surfaced from under the desert and could see the people looking around in bewilderment at the sudden change to their surroundings.
 
On a particular building's rooftop, Angelia was able to see the bewildered people and quickly notice that Ren and a few of her friends were among the group of people.
 
"I see Xin and the others down there as well! How did they get in here?"
 
"Careful, Angie, those could just be an illusion or a monster that could imitate people..." Gabriel warned while holding Angelia back from rushing over.
 
He glanced at Hana and the automaton immediately stepped forward and looked down on the group below.
 
"Scanning... 8 life forms detected! 5 humans and 3 high humans."
 
"High humans? What are—"
 
"So they aren't illusions?!" Angelia quickly cut in before Gabriel could ask.
 
"Yes. They are not illusions," Hana quickly replied before immediately turning to Gabriel and asked, "Yes, Commander?"
 
"Never mind, well, since they're not illusions or monsters, let's go to them then."
 
"Commander, are they not hostiles?"
 
"No, designate all humans as friendlies. Unless they try to attack you, leave them alone," Gabriel clarified and ordered.
 
"Yes, Commander!" The automata replied in unison.
 
Gabriel nodded at them and went to chase after Angelia who had already rushed over to Ren's location. Only Hana, Pollux, and Helen followed them. The rest of the automata stayed behind at the power station as per Gabriel's orders.
 
However, those orders would be revoked in the next moment when suddenly, the building that Ren and the others were on suddenly began to crumble and break apart.
 
Underground Sandworms had made a nest inside the building and after being exposed to the sunlight of the fifth stage, they began to grow active and rampage about.
 
"B-big brother, we have to help them!" Angelia called out before she rushed forward on Mao. She had finally noticed that the manaless state of the fifth stage had disappeared so she was able to use her mana again.
 
She quickly tried to summon Nessie and thankfully, the monster had recovered enough from its injuries received on the previous floor to transform into its battle form.
 
"Nessie go! Target all of the monsters and try to keep the people on the rooftop safe!"
 
Nessie released a loud cry before it began firing water magic at the building.
 
"All automata, heed my orders. Engage the worms inside of the building and keep them away from the rooftop! All flight-capable automata are tasked with the retrieval and evacuation of the humans from the building's rooftop!" Gabriel commanded.
 
Even from afar, the automata were able to receive his orders and they quickly began mobilizing. Unfortunately, the building that Ren and the others were on wasn't the only monster nests around.
 
Almost every other building in the area was a monster nest and because of the commotion happening outside, they had all awakened. Once they smelled the delicious human meat nearby, the monsters began to stir and take action.
 
The windows of a few high-rise buildings in the area shattered simultaneously as swarms of earthworm, scorpion, centipede, and other types of monsters began storming out and heading over to the location of the fresh human meat.
 
Gabriel immediately noticed this and he quickly changed his orders. He had Pollux and Agenor go rescue Ren and the other humans from the rooftop while he commanded the rest to intercept the incoming monsters that were charging at them.
 
"Crap! Just when I thought the trial was already within finishing distance, this had to happen, dammit!" Gabriel cursed.

It was the year 2023 on Earth, on the afternoon of a normal day, the Earth was suddenly enveloped by an unknown light that mysteriously transferred the human population into another world.

This story begins with a pitiful boy who was reluctantly forced into accepting his family's martial inheritance after his siblings turned it down. Who would have thought that this very inheritance would be extremely useful in the world he would be transported to.

Separated from his family, he was thrown into a forest of an unknown world alongside his friend and pet, Silver. This is the story about the adventures of the boy, Cecil, and his pet wolf, Silver, in the world of Alterna.

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An Ancient Dragon, the Smelting Black Dragon Dire Miralis was a creature of legends. It was a dragon comparable to the legend of the dragon gods. During the ancient era, Dire Miralis was the myth of the Miran Goydos coastal plains by the West Mountains. It was a monster which came from the sea, bringing in disaster using its heaven's flame and meteorite. It was known as the God of Disaster.
Based on legends, it went into a deep slumber before civilization began. The days when this mysterious dragon wreaked havoc was about a few thousand years back in the Far Ancient era. Only some old archives had successfully recorded some of its activity.
The Ancient Dragon Dire Miralis had a body similar to the Sea Dragon species. The difference would be its wings which had cannon-like chutes. Its golden-red body was filled with a magma-like substance. Terrifying dense magic could be felt surging throughout its body. Although it lived under the sea most of the time, it had the capability to travel on land without problems. It was a unique ancient dragon itself without any other traits resembling any common race and life-form.
Within the recorded legends, the appearance of the Black Smelting Dragon would bring forth eruptions from the volcanoes under the sea. The sea would then turn red and other phenomena such as fire rain would occur. The extinct mermaid race had a very close relationship with the Black Smelting Dragon. It had caused terrible destruction to the sea. Islands sank from its natural attacks. According to history, it had also changed the islands during that era into an archipelago.
During the pre-existence on Starfall Year 853, it was the Year of Legends. The second invasion from the Dark Abyss had caused grave damage to the Mycroft Continent. The drastic changes to the environment had awoken numerous destructive Ancient Dragons. The Dire Miralis which was slumbering within the Miran Abyss was awoken by the Great Western Sea Tsunami. It ferocious power was able to defeat the invasion from the Western Sea Demons and was even able to force a Demon Lord back to its dimensional gate.
During that period of time, fire energies and meteorites were released by the ancient dragon. All the lives which were taken away by those crazy attacks gave birth to Primitive Chaos.
After the great battle, this Ancient Dragon was infected by Chaos and succumbed to a frenzy. It attacked every living being without any control. It continued releasing high-temperature lava across the land, destroying about one-third of the western Mycroft Continent. It was finally able to be stopped by the effort of all kingdoms of the West.
It was a large-scale crusade comparable to the war during doomsday. Numerous legendary warriors banded to stop this Black Smelting Dragon, forcing it back to the depths of the Miran Abyss. After being cool down by the cold sea water, the activity of fire energies slowed down and finally led the ancient dragon back into a deep slumber.
Joshua did not participate in the battle against the Black Smelting Dragon during that time. However, he did study some information about that ancient dragon. Being a rare sea-flame dragon, the information of the Black Smelting Dragon was very specific knowledge to gather and know about.
Although humans had successfully traveled across space and contacted with numerous other worlds, they still lack the knowledge to understand everything about their ocean. Although humans could travel and battle with the other worlds, they still lacked the knowledge about the depths of the sea.
 Looking at the dragon bloodline warhorse playing happily in the pool, Joshua's expression turned calm.
The ancient dragon's bloodline was not inherited through reproduction. The ancient dragon bloodline was the origin of all bloodlines in the world. They existed in the bloodline of beast ancestry. Any type of magic beast could have a chance to awaken the ancient dragon's bloodline sleeping within their DNA, albeit it was a slim chance. Black and Joshua were the lucky duo in this case.
Although it was quite surprising that Black had awoken his Black Smelting Dragon bloodline, it was still a bloodline inheritance only. It does not mean that Black could evolve up to the legendary status for sure. To ensure that his bloodline was strong enough to be passed down to its heirs, it would cost quite a fortune in terms of preparing valuable material and supplements. Luckily he had obtained some Ancient Dragon's blood in the past which was the essential foundation material.
Although an ancient dragon's body was large and they had a huge amount of blood flowing through its body, the true blood that was useful for triggering and awakening the bloodline was rare in the first place. In addition to the fact that ancient dragons had been 'extinct' for a few hundred years with only minimal information of large-sized ancient dragon activity in the Gleaming Desert, any items related to them had become very rare and valuable in the market.
Based on my calculations, my funds are not really sufficient. Winter Fort Academy is still being established and the runic factory is being set up. I still need to grant a group of knights their titles. There are too many things that I would need to spend money on.
 Joshua slightly frowned while thinking of all these issues ahead of time. Do I really need to slow down the development of the runic factory? However, both task to produce future knights and new technologies should not be delayed.
 Joshua chose to stop thinking about these issues for the moment.
Joshua focused on the water pool which was gradually turning red and increasing in temperature. In the backyard, the maids who wished to retrieve from water from the pool were anxiously gathered around the vicinity. They were curiously observing Black who was deep diving in the pool. All of them were very curious and started to chat among themselves softly.
The northern inhabitants had few opportunities to see the big ocean. It was even rarer to see a large beast which swims during their lifetime. Now, they were looking at a horse which could swim. Inevitably, this had become a fun topic for them to discuss among themselves. This had a very great potential to become gossip within their own community.
Joshua sighed and guided Black out of the pool. When Black exited the pool, high heat was released from the warhorse, turning every water droplet on its body into steam which covered the whole backyard.
When the steam had dissipated, Black was quite reluctant to leave the pond. The scales on its body trembled slightly. Due to the bloodline awakening, Black liked to swim. He enjoyed the moment in the water. As Black shook its body, Joshua examined its movement and confirmed that Black's current movement resembled the behavior of a sea dragon while it is in the water.
Looks like Black was bound to be evolving towards the path of a sea dragon. Even though Joshua tried to turn Black toward the evolution path he desired, he wasn't able to do so. Joshua's was too young, too naïve.
The young warrior could only sigh. "Looks like my dream to ride a dragon on other people's faces[1], traversing through the vast sky is now completely shattered."
He thought of manufacturing a saddle specifically for a flying dragon. Due to the current circumstances, it was no longer viable. Joshua was not really disappointed in any way. After all, Black Smelting Dragon bloodline was still an ancient dragon's inheritance. It had way higher potential than normal bloodline of a flying dragon. He was very satisfied with this outcome. Human should be grateful for the things they had gained.
"Master, do you still need these materials?"
 Ying who was still beside Joshua asked the question, "So, should we return it to the secret vault?"
"Sure. Thanks… Just leave the Ancient Dragon's blood behind."
 Joshua suddenly thought of something and said to the silver-haired girl and black-haired boy, "After you have placed everything in the vault, take out the Fruit of Life from the runic box. The one that I did not finish previously."
"Yes, Master."
Joshua gazed at his Divine Armaments that were carrying all the items back, then turned his attention back towards the Ancient Dragon's blood in his hand. He then slowly opened the bottle with a smile.
"Although the materials were not really sufficient, I have a very valuable one to act as a replacement. At least, with this item here, you could solidify your bloodline."
Joshua's eyes were void of emotion. He looked at his system menu showing all the precious materials and replacement items for Black's bloodline improvement.
"Rejoice, Black. Your master here has spent quite a fortune for you.
"Do not disappoint me."
[1] 飞龙骑脸  a Starcraft 2 meme where Mutalisk camps on the opponent's barracks, having a huge advantage over them.


Joshua woke up in the middle of a battlefield one day only to discover that he has been transmigrated into a popular MMORPG, Continental War. Discovering that he has not only been displaced in space but also in time, Joshua realizes he has knowledge of the events unfolding around the world as he had played through them as game events. Read on to discover how Joshua forges his path toward becoming a legendary warrior embroiled in the struggle of Order and Chaos!

Modern world, Somalia, Mogadishu.
A man in a leather jacket with luggage walked out of the airport with giant strides. Above his high nose was a pair of round sunglasses; his well-defined face looked quite vicious. Just from his appearance, this guy wasn't someone to be messed with!
Standing outside the airport, Garrett looked around then pressed on his headset.
"This is Garrett, arrived at Mogadishu Airport... Roger."
Like in a video game, the blue road sign directly appeared in his field of view, marking the mission site.
"Sh*t, this stuff is really convenient," he murmured to himself.
His gaze locked onto his destination. Through the crowd, he walked straight towards the blue road sign.
He walked directly on a street and turned into a local hotel. He didn't go to reception; instead, he went straight upstairs. He stopped at room 503 then gently pushed the door.
The door opened.
Just like as the Ghost Agent said, the door wasn't locked.
Garrett walked inside. His boots crunched on the wooden floor. Carefully checking his surroundings, he closed the door behind, went straight to the bed, and took out a card from under the pillow.
Everything was according to the mission briefing.
With a grin, he then crouched down and pulled out a password-protected briefcase.
He entered the password. With a click, the briefcase opened, exposing the black lacquer of the Reaper Assault Rifle as well as orange-colored bullets and cartridge.
He dumped the equipment onto the bed, stuffed the rifle and drones into the bag, and inserted the pistols into his pocket. After arming himself, he left with the briefcase.
When he went downstairs, a grey-shirted man extinguished his cigarette and stepped forward.
"Sir, do you need a bodyguard? 400 dollars a day. I can guarantee your safety in Somalia."
"Do you have a car?"
"Of course. In Somalia, the bodyguards are the drivers." The man smiled, revealing his white teeth.
Garret nodded then waved.
"Take me to your car."
"Okay. My name is a bit long - you foreigners might not be used to saying it, so you can call me Nasheed."
"Smith," Garrett said emotionlessly.
Smith was the name on his passport.
Nasheed's car was parked near a fruit stand. Not far from the fruit stand were a few children eating apples.
After shooing away the children, Nasheed opened the door and invited Garrett to get in.
It was a modified Toyota pickup; the trailer in the back had clear signs of welding marks. Needless to say, this guy must've been a pirate or something, the reason being that Toyota pickup trucks combined with 50-caliber machine guns were almost the standard for terrorists.
After playing hide and seek with terrorists in Iraq for more than five years, Garrett knew these things too well.
But at that moment, he didn't say anything. He got into the front seat and fastened his seat belt.
"Where to?" The driver started the car and turned to ask.
"Hudur."
Nasheed, almost about to drive, suddenly paused.
"What's the matter?" Garrett asked.
"It's not safe there and I don't suggest you go... That's one of Sabah's strongholds, and you must've heard they're unfriendly to Americans," Nasheed said.
Garrett grinned.
"Just take me there and drop me off."
Nasheed made a helpless expression.
"If you insist."
While Garret traveled on the car, a woman with a black turban drove to the desert north of Hudur.
The second-hand car was parked next to a sand dune. The woman pulled off her turban while throwing the black robe in the car, exposing a pretty face, and an Optical Illusion combat suit in a sand color.
When she got to the back of the car, she pulled open the trunk and took out the hidden Ghost Sniper Rifle as well as a drone backpack.
Putting the sniper rifle over her shoulder, she opened the hologram map, confirmed the coordinates of the targeted salt factory and the contours of the surrounding terrain, then headed for the dunes next to it.
The small drone terminal was behind the sand dune. She immediately activated optical invisibility and headed for the top of the dune.
Creeping on the sand, she set up her sniper rifle. The crosshairs locked onto the salt factory hidden in the hamlet.
"Ghost Bird is in place, waiting for attack orders."
…
In the laboratory of the salt factory, Tanaka inserted a glass tube into a flask filled with a clear-colored liquid and carefully introduced the blue-colored reagent. The moment the blue liquid mixed with the transparent liquid, a chemical reaction suddenly occurred. The originally incompatible blue liquid beads instantly disappeared.
A man, who was standing by the side, incredulously watched this scene.
"Have you learned yet?" Tanaka asked smilingly.
The man disguised his surprised look, pretended he hadn't heard, and looked away.
"No need to be nervous. I know Sabah sent you here to learn. You have to be careful when producing this virus; you could kill everyone if you don't pay attention."
Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open and a brown-skinned man came in and spoke two words to Tanaka in Japanese.
"They're here."
Tanaka looked a little surprised, but he soon returned to normal. He removed the glass tube from the rack then walked to another table.
"They're actually here. It seems that Jiang Chen can still surprise me."
"What to do?" asked the brown-skinned man.
"How many tons of salt have been transferred to the desert?"
"97 tons."
Tanaka nodded, pleased. He picked up the test tube, poured a little bit of unknown powder inside, poured the cloudy liquid in the test tube into the flask and pressed on the cork.
The flask was placed in front of an incandescent lamp. Looking at the oil-like luster on the surface, Tanaka smiling unconsciously.
"Very good, that's enough."
He tucked the flask into the hand of a black man. Tanaka patted him on the shoulder and spoke in English.
"After observing it so many times, you should try it yourself."
The man looked at the flask then at Tanaka, confused.
"What, what should I do?"
"Add a sample of embryonic stem cells from that brown bottle over there, put it into a petri dish and incubate it for two hours at 37°C then the virus's last step is done. I'm going to the washroom and going to grab something to eat. Rest assured - I completed the dangerous steps. You can do it!"
Tanaka and the brown man left, leaving behind a confused chemist.
"Did you tell him the recipe?"
"That's right. He won't live for long anyway," Tanaka said with a smile.
In the village where the salt factory was located, there were about 1,000 people, including the elderly, women and children. 500 of them were directly or indirectly in the drug business. With the help of Sabab, Tanaka had taken over Mr. Zhu's business effortlessly, and now he was the boss.
So when he walked out of the salt factory, these foolish natives looked at him with awe.
They weren't aware he was the man who would bring them death.
Tanaka walked to the front of the parked Toyota pickup and opened the door but didn't sit inside. He looked up at the glaring sun. His eyes narrowed and he whispered, "The Kurufune is welcoming its last moment. Soon, the whole world will remember our name, fear it, and embrace the era of Harmony in the soothing horn of doomsday. Sakda, do you choose to meet our enemies here or follow me to the end?"
"Is there any difference?"
"No difference. Our fate is the same."
"Then I choose to meet them here," the brown-skinned man said.
A cloud covered the gradually lowering sun.
Tanaka nodded with a smile as he patted Sakda's back.
"Best of luck."


After the nuclear war, ruins stretch across the landscape in the apocalypse.
If you accidentally survived on the wasteland, then you must be ready to face the endless hunger, ceaseless dangers, the mad zombies at night, and the peculiar mutant creatures that are the aftermath of constant radiation.
But for Jiang Chen, this place is heaven.
Mansions standing tall, luxurious cars parked on the street, high tech products and gold abandoned everywhere.
What? You were the president of a game development company before the war? You were responsible for the development of the 3D virtual reality online multiplayer game? Well, that’s great, why don’t you come work for me. Your salary is two pieces of bread a day.
iPhone? Ultra thin design? Don’t you see that the phone I invented is thinner than a condom?
Aircraft carrier? Fighter jets? Oh, I have those things as well, but they are designed for space combat.
Watch the story of Jiang Chen, who possesses the ability to travel through space and time, as he witnesses the creation of an empire stretched across space and time... 


Otto's heart pounded. 
He had to act, NOW.
A second passed.
It was as if time slowed down.
His narrowed gaze swept passed the airborne arrow.
No one noticed Otto's left index finger twitch slightly, nor did they see the arrow's course divert by a single degree in the air.
Then, it struck.
The Throskart that was hit sported a small hole near the center of his heart.
His eyes were wide before his body hit the ground.
THUD
Everyone waited with bated breath for the old man to get struck down by the game.
Thirty seconds passed.
Yet nothing happened!
The eyes of the revolutionaries brightened, while Otto's posse sported murderous expressions.
Someone called out,
"Fight!"
While their attention was occupied, the Throskart who was 'hit in the head with an arrow' silently disappeared.
A small rock in which the arrow was embedded returned to sand.
Chaos descended onto the desert while Otto's smirk widened by the tiniest fraction.
His training had borne fruit in a big way.
The ruse was effective.
He finally got the chance to show off his new, improved cast times!
In the instant the arrow flew out, Otto cast two spells.
<Illusory Body: Unlimited>
<Condense Earth: Unlimited>
Both spells were cast together in 0.03 seconds, around the time it took the arrow to travel 5 or so meters.
An unknown Throskart had appeared in one spot, his head floating directly in front of a small rock.
Then, like lightning, Otto threw out a rapid fire <Mana Bolt> to slightly adjust the arrow's course.
His brain worked on overdrive for a split second.
Suddenly, Otto was broken out of his reverie as a magical projectile streaked past his body.
Instead of evading, though, Otto moved into it. 
He allowed the bolt to graze his hand.
He lost a single health point. He didn't retaliate.
But ten seconds later, the mage who shot the bolt was killed instantly, a small, perfectly round hole in the center of his head.
'That guy was pretty strong.'
Anyone who could do any damage to Otto's body at all was considered first class in his book.
With his improved defense and resilience after using the evolution bead, hurting Otto was indeed quite the feat.
He then proceeded to step in the middle of every attack he could, taking full advantage of the chaos to cover some serious ground.
Otto weaved in and out of the battle, ignoring the 'protection' of his bodyguards.
To outsiders, it might look as if he was being targeted.
Only the participants could tell that something was off.
But by then, it was too late.
It wasn't long before the attacks slowed.
Bodies continuously dropped to the sand.
Now dead, they shriveled slightly from the lack of water.
The chaos was almost over before it could even fully begin.
Two of Otto's bodyguards perished after retaliating against their attackers, leaving only Roran to 'defend' Otto.
Otto quickly signaled Roran with his eyes.
Roran nodded.
He shouted,
"Pomona!"
The Insurgent, the other participant in this grand scheme, whipped her head around in shock.
Wasn't she disguised!? How did someone recognize her well enough to call her name!?
But her attention was distracted by a small grey sphere sailing towards her.
It glowed blue with mana.
Roran signaled her to catch it.
She did so, then belatedly noticed that something was wrong...
And the ball promptly exploded, killing her as well as another six Throskarts instantly, while Roran looked at Otto with wide eyes.
But before he could think to speak, his body slumped to the ground, sporting a small hole in the center of his forehead.
Of course Otto couldn't leave a second <Assassin> alive.
She had done her job to the fullest, hoodwinking almost every other Throskart into believing that she was an <Insurgent>.
Combined with Otto fanning the flames of their hatred towards him and his cronies for blocking their paths to survival…
The result was a foregone conclusion.
He looked around at the sand on the stage where body after body lay in the sand, amidst a thick coat of purple blood.
Then, his eyes fell on the few still standing.
He applauded slowly as he walked towards the few of them.
Greer stood in front of eight people who were previously part of Otto's crew.
The man who had first opposed his decisions regarding lane distribution was busy comforting four others from the opposing 'faction' who held swords in their hands.
They survived because they were too slow to reach the others in time to attack.
Now, including Otto, in total, only 14 people still lived.
Otto's goal was half achieved.
Thankfully, this wasn't his only move.
The 14 Throskarts who still lived plopped themselves down onto the sand.
Their thirst was momentarily forgotten in their shock, seeing the bodies that lay by their feet.
It wasn't the number of bodies that was the problem.
Most of these Throskarts had died…with small holes in their heads.
It was hard to tell in the chaos of the 'battle.'
But now, it was obvious.
The rules were still functioning normally.
They'd all been duped!
Subconsciously, their eyes simultaneously turned to Otto.
Was it he who planned this murderous charade?
Otto didn't give them any hints, though, and he obviously wouldn't confirm their suspicions.
Soon, the partitions opened up again.
Yet once they finished opening, another shock was in store for them.
There were only five lanes…
Otto didn't hesitate and shot towards the lane in the center.
The others could barely capture his figure with their eyes.
They ran for the other lanes at the same time…
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Otto tried to catch his breath as the 199th spider monster was killed with a wind element spell.
He checked his stamina.
Stamina: 890/1,680
Because of the hot weather, it depleted much faster than usual, particularly because he now had to move occasionally to avoid the spider's attacks.
Otto imagined that by the seventh day, in this game, these spiders would be no joke.
Well, he could deal with them fairly easily, but he worried a bit for the kids…
Otto took the brief opportunity to catch his breath as his suit injected a stamina powder potion into his body.
He was reinvigorated.
The final monster exited the black hole.
Otto prepared himself and made some last minute calculations as he began to bombard the 200th spider with spell after spell.
Another minute passed.
Otto stealthily ran past the spider monster to get himself closer to the hole at the end of the lane.
The spider began to collapse.
Otto's muscles tensed.
Before even ensuring that the spider monster had breathed its last, Otto jumped toward the gaping maw.
He immediately accelerated to his fastest speed, using all 100 points of agility to rush towards the opening.
The hole slowly began to close.
Otto felt like he witnessed it shrinking in slow motion as his body rushed towards it.
He had under a second.
But his calculations couldn't be wrong!
His face reddened as hints of steam exited from his body. The hot weather combined with Otto's extreme speed was practically burning his body…
But 100 points of Sturdiness and his body's heavy defense didn't allow him to feel much of anything.
Finally, Otto reached the black hole.
By now, it had shrunk to just under 1 meter in diameter.
Otto LEAPED forward, head first, barely managing to get himself through.
His figure disappeared.
The hole vanished.
He was in.
Otto opened his eyes to find himself in a large, cavernous space.
It was pitch black, completely the opposite of the desert's glaring sun.
He didn't give his eyes a moment to adjust before casting <Night Vision>.
Otto looked around, and barely refrained from gasping.
What...was this?!
Thousands upon thousands of spider monsters stood in front of him.
They were lined up on the hard floor of the cavern in impeccable lines that reminded Otto of a massive military regiment.
Otto felt a shiver crawl down his spine.
Not a single one of them moved a muscle.
At first, Otto thought they were dead.
But looking closer, he could make out with his perception the faint ups and downs of their abdomens, signaling that despite how they looked, they were indeed still breathing.
Otto scratched the back of his head.
What in the world was going on in here?
An idea hit him like a bolt from the blue.
Could this be...a spider factory?
Seems like he'd stumbled upon yet another secret...


In his past life, he climbed to the 69th floor, and reached the limit of his potential.

Now, reborn, he has returned to the past, when the almighty Tower first summoned him. He will work his way up again, step by careful step.

This time, he will climb to the top.

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As the second-class top monster, the gray monster's body is definitely valuable.

However, Lin Ze obviously can't pack such a monster into his backpack. At this moment, Lin Ze couldn't help thinking of the space rings in ancient Tang Guo novels, which are really necessary for practitioners.

Under such eschaton, for Transcendence One, the equipment with space storage function is also so precious.

Maybe someone woke up the power of the space system later, maybe it really can have such space storage equipment.

Regret to sigh with emotion, Lin Ze still can only be forced to squat down in the body, considering which part of the monster to cut off and take away.

Finally, Lin Ze cut off the gray monster's claws and a small piece of silvery skin tissue on the chest.

I don't know if it's an illusion.

After Lin Ze packed up and stood up, he found that as the gray monster was killed, the smoke outside the factory became lighter, and Lin Ze could see the outline of the building more clearly.

The direct result of this gray monster occupying the smoke area is that there are no other zombies or monsters in this area except him.

As far as Lin Ze could see, the whole area was empty. Only a dozen human bodies were scattered on the ground, which should be the "masterpiece" of this gray monster.

Looking at the quiet and ferocious factories in the distance, Lin Ze took a deep breath.

Those monsters invaded by different worlds have higher intelligence than infected zombies. They have basic class concepts of strength and weakness like beasts.

This gray monster is so powerful, but it still lingers outside the factory.

Lin Ze can be sure that there is definitely a more powerful monster than the grey monster in the depth of the factory!

Lin Ze looked at the factory shrouded by the invisible smell of death and felt the stronger smell of the nine-tailed fox in the mountain and sea manual. Lin Ze's heart was filled with invisible courage.

He clenched White Red Sword tightly and then grinned: "Monsters, wait for me."

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——

"Shout shout ..."

In the extremely dark factory building, the cold wind came from every corner and corridor like a miserable sob. Any normal person would feel a little terror in his heart and could not stay for another second.

Lin Ze slender figure came in from the corridor on the other side of the factory building.

At this point, he was carrying a backpack and a long sword with a red body in his hand. He walked slowly towards the inner passage.

"This factory is really strange everywhere. Soon after coming in, I have met three new kinds of monsters that I have never met."

Lin Ze looked around and said to himself.

He had been in the factory for about 10 minutes and met an armored Owlman and a bronzed beetle.

Fortunately, the two monsters are only the first-class top strength, Lin Ze to deal with effortlessly.

Killing these two monsters resulted in a total of 8 system credit, in addition to a pair of armored wings and golden insects that were cut off with great difficulty.

A little regret is that so far, Lin Ze has not found the kind of variation metal ore Ella needs.

Under such circumstances, Lin Ze can only continue to explore further, because this factory is not small in scale and there are many areas that have not been visited.

Judging from the two monsters just killed, Lin Ze found that they were all covered with metal shells and had a very strong defense.

Can let these types of monsters entrenched here, a high probability is that there are metal foreign bodies.

And just continue to explore before long, a strange cry suddenly reached Lin Ze's ear.

Eschaton has been here for so long. How can there be cries of human women in a factory occupied by more than one powerful monster?

Therefore, Lin Ze concluded that the cry was definitely not from a human.

Not even those low-level zombies, nor non-human monsters, but most likely very rare magic people!

In Fort Eide's military monster information book, Lin Ze saw that magic man, monster and zombie are different from each other, as if they came from different worlds and invaded Blue Star at the same time.

The magic man and zombie protozoa, although they have a similar human appearance, the magic man is more bizarre than zombie protozoa, far more than the strong fighting capacity of the body, but also has a variety of unimaginable ability.

When Fort Eide was invaded by the monster after the monster was repelled, the total number of magic human corpses collected from the battlefield was 20, and the data analysis available was very few.

But the devil is very dangerous, more difficult than zombies and monsters of the same grade, this is already a consensus.

Following the sound, Lin Ze walked forward step by step. Before long, he saw a figure sitting on the ground with his back to himself.

That is a woman.

A long head of hair with a hairpin attached to it, the figure is not graceful, can only be said to be relatively ordinary, but the voice of crying has the feeling that I still feel pity.

Hearing footsteps, the woman's cry slowed down gradually. It seemed that she wanted to turn around and tell people about her sadness.

But just as he turned his head slowly and was about to reveal his face, the whole movement suddenly stopped.

Because a long sword has been on his neck.

Lin Ze wrist holding hilt, slightly down, look cold way:

"Cry, why did you stop?"

Lin Ze and the magic man were so deadlocked that after a period of time, the weeping magic man's movements began to recover and had a slight swing again.

Its body remained motionless, but its neck just rubbed against White Red Sword and turned around bit by bit despite the blade penetrating into the skin.

The head turned 180 degrees and looked at Lin Ze straight.

At this time, Lin Zecai was able to see clearly the magic man.

Clearly from the back, the other party is a young woman, but this face is full of black ravines, like the devil in the abyss hideous and complete.

The magic man suddenly smiled at Lin Ze, hair sticking up, will turn into a needle attack Lin Ze.

But before it could attack, it suddenly let out a bitter stuffy hum.

"Stupid ..."

Lin Ze was amused by the magic man.

Because the devil turned around with his neck against White Red Sword, his skin was cut at that time.

The enchantment effect [Boiling Blood] on White Red Sword has come into effect at this time. Of course, the taste of this demon's blood burning gradually will not be pleasant.

This is not stupid.

"Die!"

Lin Ze's eyes suddenly became sharp. White Red Sword drew a blood shadow and cut off the magic man's head directly.

Swish, swish!

While the demon's head was still in the air, its hair actually carried out the previous attack.

Black hair like sharp arrows, Lin Ze will be poked into rags.

But Lin Ze's heart has long been on the alert.

He didn't care about White Red Sword on the neck at all. When he twisted his neck directly, he had already guessed that even if his neck was cut off, it wouldn't be a fatal injury to him.

When dealing with magic people, one must not take it for granted that their weaknesses are neck, heart, and other parts because they are similar to human structures.

So at the moment when the magic man uses his hair to launch a deadly attack, Lin Ze has already lit up the lightning arc one step ahead of time.

Woo!

The figure dodged ahead of time, perfectly avoiding the close stabbing of hair.

By the time the head was about to fall to the ground, Lin Ze had reached its side.

Hiss ~

In the darkness came the clear and audible sound of Lin Ze inhaling.

And then.

The magic man's head was shrouded by endless sword shadow.

When the end of the world came, monsters invaded, and human beings fell into the bottom of the food chain, becoming food rations for monsters and zombies. Lin Ze, who was in danger, received the Classic of Mountains and Rivers and was able to call out the fierce beasts in it to fight for himself. Since then, the most terrible mythical fierce beast legion in the last days was born. . . . .

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