“How about a wager?” Sybil’s jaw almost dropped.
	“What wager?” The old elf smiled, but there was a gentle deviousness to it.
	“I will not pass,” Sybil deflated a bit, “But I will make my replacement.” 
	“I’m sorry?” The old lady grinned at Sybil’s confusion as the sun dipped below the mountains and darkness encased them.
	“It’s quite simple. I will part with half my soul so my replacement is made. If they hold onto their purity and kindness, I will pass fully. If they become corrupt fully,” She looked to Sybil with darkness more thick than the night sky in her eyes. She looked bloodthirsty.
	“I’ll kill them and anyone they know with my own hands.” Sybil’s blood ran cold and she stiffened. She could feel the power pulsing from the woman under her fingertips, as if she was fighting an urge to kill.
	“So,” She grinned, showing wolf-like teeth that looked ready to consume Sybil.
	“Do you accept my terms?”


'Sprout' is a young elf holding a secret. Born into a criminal village, she was also born with the power of a Druid, a Grandmaster of the elements that has been missing for thousands of years. She is forced to hide her power, because if she is found out she would be forced to work in the court of the giant emperor. Unfortunately despite her best effort, she is brought to the capital but not for being a Druid, but because her village was invaded for various crimes. She is saved by the Emperors son Dustan, and forced into a marriage trying to end the tyranny of the giants onto the elves. She is given a new name 'Rhea' and forced to try and mend a country filled with war, inequality, and hate. All the while she had to conceal who she really is, and unknowingly keep her kindness.

Do you ever wonder why we exist?
What is the ultimate purpose of our creation?
Or of our evolution?

I do. I always wonder.
I will find out.
I always do.
_________________

Vince was always curious about the World, always wondering what came next.

Vince was possibly the Smartest man ever born.

He was also the most broken.

Vince desires only one thing in life, to kill a God.

And now he has a chance.

A multi-perspective story that follows four very different characters as they uncover the truths of this world and the war that had started between the races. As the magic returns to this broken world, a question as old as time rises once again. What happened to the Gods?

Cayleigh Leduc, a normal girl who spends Christmas with her grandmother and younger brother, received a nutcracker from her aunt that once belong to her deceased mother. She fell into with her nutcracker.
That night as she goes down to the parlor when she heard the sound of mice running around in the darkness. When midnight struck the room is fill with magic as the war of mice and toys rage on.
Can Cayleigh and her Nutcracker stop the Mouse King or will she become the bride of the Mouse King.

We were in the main hall, everyone was at the table with the exception of Mice-san, who was at the computer, and Tiger-nee-san who was standing, facing Dragon-Sensei.
(Dragon): "You can start..."
(Tiger): "Yes sir. Mice, please."
I saw Mice-san fiddling with the computer and in the middle of the table some images appeared, I was there for six months and I had seen it a few times, but I never failed to impress me, as it looked like it came out of one of my favorite movies . The picture of a fat man was highlighted in the middle of all those images.
(Tiger): This is a target that was requested... Yun Shaoran. "
(Monkey): "Is this a paid service?"
(Tiger): "Yes, several men have requested this."
(Ox): "So it was a group?"
(Tiger): "A community."
(Snake): "And what did he do so wrong, Tiger-chan?"
(Tiger): "According to the people who hired us, Yun Shaoran is in human trafficking."
(Rabbit): "WHAT!?"
(Dragon): "How are they sure of that?"
(Tiger): "Their women were kidnapped, and their daughters also for those who had one of the men who hired us, was on the lookout and saw men in military clothes leaving the village while carrying something, he followed them and saw that what they were carrying was a woman and that they took her to one of Yun Shaoran's many residences."
At that time the image of a mansion appeared, where four men entered the door with one of them holding a person on the shoulders.
(Goat): "Thing that could be reported... does Yun Shaoran have a lot of influence?"
(Tiger): "To say that he has influence is kind of wrong... we can say that he has good contacts, and those contacts have influence... he is running for Prime Minister of China, but his popularity is very low, and he's not exactly loved in the government... which contradicts the fact that he is in the first place. "
(Horse): "So there are people from the Chinese government in the middle?"
(Tiger): "No... it seems, he has the support of some criminal organizations... including the [Phantom Task]."
(Ichika): "[Phantom Task]? Isn't this organization that has been stealing ISs around the world?"
(Tiger): "Yes, that same Ichika-kun. Apparently, they stopped doing that because they are waiting for the second generation."
(Rooster): "So they won't be bothering for a while, after all there are still four years until the second generation starts to be made en masse... unless they have the support of Shinonono Tabane, then they will just have to wait two."
I didn't like that possibility at all, because the only way they could have Tabane-san's support would be for her to support them willingly.
(Dragon): "Did he commit any more heinous acts?"
(Tiger): "Just a few rumors that we can confirm at the mansion... apparently he keeps some sex slaves, and for those he gets tired of, he either kills or he sells to a brothel..."
(Pig): "And what are these brothels?"
(Tiger): "I'm not sure... but what I managed to get, with Mice's help of course, all his 'partners', with the exception of organizations, will be in the same mansion in the photo in two weeks."
(Dog): "Is someone famous in the underworld helping him as a bodyguard or something?"
(Tiger): "Actually there is."
Another image appeared, a man with long black hair, wearing a purple yukata and with a katana tied around his waist.
(Ox): "Is 'Sparrow' with them?"
(Tiger): "Yes..."
(Rabbit): "I knew I should have pulled the trigger that time!" - She said hitting the table, making the images drizzle.
(Mice): "Watch out." - she in an irritated tone.
Mice-san hated it when someone did that, as it somehow affected the computer too.
(Dragon): "There is no use complaining about past mistakes..."
(Tigre): "What's the verdict, sir?"
(Dragon): "These men will pay in blood for their actions..."
(Tiger): "Understood, sir. I'm going to China immediately."
(Rabbit): "Dragon-sama, please allow me to go too."
It seemed that she wanted to correct what she did, or in this case what she failed to do, before.
(Dragon): "No... who will accompany Tiger will be Ichika."
I was surprised without being sure I heard it right, and it seemed like I wasn't the only one, but Rabbit-san's words showed that I hadn't heard it wrong.
(Rabbit): "Ichika!? He hasn't done any work yet, he hasn't even killed a person."
That was true, after all I was doing the research that was responsible for the request, and the Dragon-Sensei that defined the team, and in this six months I was left out, I didn't even take a life until now, something I didn't complain about , but I knew I was going to have to face it sooner or later.
(Dragon): "What makes this the perfect opportunity... besides, didn't you say it yourself that it would take you a month to fix your weapon and recover completely?"
(Rabbit): "Ugh!!!"
In fact, Rabbit-san's weapon, as well as the same, came back very well from the last mission.
(Pig): "But you can still send another member, why Ichika-kun?"
(Dragon): "As I said, it is the perfect opportunity. But if you are worried... Ichika... do you want to do this job with Tiger?" - he said while looking at me.
I looked into Dragon-Sensei's eyes and saw that he really trusted me for the job, I looked at the rest of the group, Ox, Monkey, Goat-san and Rooster-san looked at me the same way as always. Snake-san, Rabbit-san, Pig-san, Horse-san, Dog-san were looking at me with concern. Mice-san was just a little surprised by this, and Tiger-nee-san was looking at me in the same way as Dragon-Sensei.
I was part of the group... I had to do my job.
(Ichika): "I do."
The girls with the exception of Tiger-nee-san and Mice-san looked defeated, the men were smiling, as were Tiger-nee-san and Mice-san.
(Dragon): "Very well..."
(Tiger): "Ichika-kun, we will be leaving for China in an hour, I will teach you the ways of the service."
(Ichika): "Right."
(Dragon): "The meeting is over... Ichika, come with me... I want to give you something..." - he said getting up.
I got up and went after him, he took me to the room with the dragon's head, and he went in and I followed him, it was the first time that I entered the room of another member of the group. Dragon-Sensei's room looked like a dojo shaped like a room.
There were three katanas hanging on the wall of different sizes, he took the smallest one and handed it to me.
(Dragon): "You will need a real sword..."
I took the katana and removed it from the sheath, the blade was completely black, but I could see that it had a beautiful thread, it fit perfectly in my hand, and the blade was 40 cm long.
(Dragon): "I think I chose well... be careful, Ichika, don't take too much risk."
At that time I realized that even though I chose to do the job, Dragon-Sensei was worried about what might happen to me, and I didn't blame him. After all, everything could go wrong.
(Ichika): "I will, Dragon-Sensei."
He just nodded, I bowed and left the room. I went to my room, and I changed my clothes because I had just put on my training clothes when they called the meeting. I put on a white jacket over a slim purple hoodie and a black base layer shirt with black jeans, and boots of the same color, I got some things since we were staying in China for two weeks ... I wondered if Tiger- nee-san would let me see if Ling was fine after the service, just thinking about her made my face a little hot.
I met Tiger-nee-san in the main hall, everyone was there on time.
(Tiger): "I see that you're ready."
(Ichika): "Yes."
We said goodbye to the other members, with each of the women giving me a hug, while they looked at me with the same worried look as before, even Mice-san, while the men continued as usual. Tiger-nee-san took me to where the cars and motorbikes were, we got in her car, and left the premises.
She drove for a while and at that time a question arose in my head.
(Ichika): "Tiger-nee-san..."
(Tiger): "What is it, Ichika-kun?"
(Ichika): "How do we go to the mission places? We can't just take a plane, can we?"
(Tiger): "Actually we can... the owner of an airline is the brother of a former member of [Zodiac Beasts], so she lends us one or two planes, with a driver of course, and we go to the places. "
(Ichika): "But what if something happens to her? Wouldn't we lose an ally and our means of transportation?"
(Tiger): "Her children are in the company, and they liked their uncle very much, even if something happens to her, they will clearly help us."
That made me a little more relaxed, although I still feel uncomfortable. We arrived at the airport, we entered through another gate, where there were two medium-sized planes, clearly they were private planes.
We got on one of the planes, and Tiger-nee-san said our destination, a Yun Shaoran mansion near Shanghai, it took us almost 3 hours to get there, Tiger-nee-san gave me a device that looked like a pair of headphones, she told me to translate any language to Japanese. After someone arrived at the airport, there was a car with a key at the door, clearly waiting for us.
We got into the car, where a Tiger-nee-san started to drive. It took us another hour to get to the village that hired someone. The village leader received us, she gave the same device that she gave to the leader.
(Leader): "Miss, did you come to take care of the problem?"
(Tiger): "Yes, but let's wait a while, after all all the fish will be able to get together in two weeks, at that moment people do the cleaning."
(Leader): "I just hope they don't come during that time... and who is a child?"
(Tiger): "He is my partner on this mission."
The leader's eyes went wide with that statement.
(Tiger): "If you are thinking, and can guarantee that it is ready for service."
It seemed to calm them down a little.
(Leader): "If you guarantee, then we believe ... we just ask you to finish or suffer whoever is passing by."
(Tiger): "You can be sure, when we finish, you will be free of these guys."

After being rescued by a mysterious person when he was kidnapped at the age of seven, Orimura Ichika discovers a new world.
After successfully convincing the vice-leader of the group called [Zodiac Beats], a woman who calls herself 'Tigre', Ichika joins that group and begins her journey. Even when he had to go to the school where he starts using ISs, he remains in the group.
This is a boy's journey, which demonstrates that a 'dragon' is above all.
The cover is not mine, I got it on the internet.

This story is loosely based on 'The Nutcracker' ballet performances...

Once upon a time, in a Kingdom, there was a little girl named Athena. One day, she played in Dark Prince office as usual. On Dark Prince's table, there was an object that draws Athena's attention. It's a doll-like thing with a wolf face.

"Te-chan, Te-chan, are you interested in dolly too?" Athena asked with an innocent look.
"This is a nutcracker, but it's abandoned by its because the jaw is broken, so I brought it back."
"Aww... Poor dolly."
"You want it?"
"Heh? Mmhm!" Athena nodded.
And so Dark Prince gave Athena the nutcracker as a present. Athena loved the nutcracker so much, she took it back to her room and keep it in... Uh... Her personal cookies jar with some gingerbread men.

That night Athena went to sleep as usual, with all the traps she prepared to capture Santa-Claus around her room. There's a Christmas tree in the corner of her room, which is decorated with sweets and cookies, some are half eaten... The time pass by really fast, soon, the clock shows 11.59 pm. Suddenly, the clock stops moving, she probably forgot to charge the clock again.

Anyway, as the clock stopped, a big group of weird-looking mice sneaked into her room, one of them is wearing a luxurious and looks like an idiot... Yes, that idiot! The one that ate my chocolate cake this morning! *cough*... That idiot is the Duke of The Mice, let's call him Sky, he lead the mice to sneak into Athena's room trying to steal some cookies from the Christmas tree. However, before they could reach the Christmas tree, there is some movement from the cookie jar, the Nutcracker... Let just call him Sal, opens the lid and then leads a platoon of gingerbread men to fight against the mice…

Athena woke up from the noise to see a group of gingerbread men lead by the Nutcracker fighting with a whole group of mice… That has a fluffy coat and a short tail... Wait, that's a hamster... She saw a group of gingerbread men lead by Sal fighting with a group of fluffy hamsters lead by a fancy, but stupid-looking Duke of the Hamster. Watching the... Uhh... Rather cute fight scene, she decided to lend them a hand. She grabbed a gingerbread man and ate it... Oh wait! She just wants to eat the gingerbread man. Sal looks at her with a rather… plain look. Athena couldn't tell what he was thinking.

In order to let the story continues, after eating the gingerbread men, her body magically shrinks. Seeing this, the hamsters are shocked and ran away.

"So, why would you eat the magic gingerbread man?" asked Sal in a rather plain tone.
"Am I supposed to eat the hamsters? They're too cute to eat."
"Uh... No... Ah! Never mind."

And so, in order to remove the curse of gingerbread men, Sal who is actually the Ruler of the Magical Candy Land. He needs to find the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Candy Land which can cure the curse with her dance.

In the Candy Land, Sugar Plum Fairy is sitting on a throne waiting for the real ruler to come back. She is a very fine looking woman with light purple hair, adorned by a crown. She wears a pink colored dress with a golden flower pattern, holding a magic scepter shaped with a rose at the tip. 

Sal and Athena reach the Candy land, the Sugar Plum Fairy is very happy to see Sal back. Sal explains the situation to her and tells her how Athena helped him to defeat the hamsters... I mean mice away. As a gift of appreciation, Athena is served with chocolate, cookies, tea and all the sweets in the land.

As a finale, The Sugar Plum Fairy performed the famous Sugar Plum Fairy dance!... Listen to the music from a random youtube video and imagine it by yourself thank you. Your imagination can do wonders.

​As the fairy dances, Athena gets excited and join the dance. Athena with her white-purple kimono fluttering as she dances and Sugar Plum Fairy with glittering pink dress. It's as if a beautiful butterfly flew around a flower in a gentle breeze. Aren't these two just the most beautiful things in the world?

However, in order to make the story longer, Sky, the Duke of Hamster appears from nowhere. Without any warning, he kidnapped Athena while she is dancing, both Sal and Sugar Plum Fairy can't stop him since... You know, that idiot is actually quite strong despite of being an idiot. Before he leaves, he tells Sal to go to the Hamster Kingdom if he wants to get Athena back.

And so, at the Hamster Kingdom HQ...
"Sora kun, Sora kun, will Sal kun come?"
"He sure will, even if he doesn't want to, Chris… I mean the current narrator will surely not allow him. This current narrator is just pure evil if you compare to our usual narrator. Although still evil, but 100 times better than him."
"Current narrator?" Athena asked Sky with a confused look. "
"He is probably grumpy since he didn't get the chance to join today's event." Said the Hamster Duke... *cough*... Say it again, who is the grumpy one?!
"Ah... No... You know, the Princess Guinea Pig next door get grumpy easily... Hahahaha...".

So Athena and Sky wait for Sal the Nutcracker to come while eating some gingerbread men…Mmm... crunchy.

Meanwhile, Sal is now inside of a weird desert that is made of wood shavings, somewhere far away, there is a castle made of uh... Cardboard and sunflower seeds? Sal runs to the castle as fast as he can, but occasionally gets interrupted by some hamster in the rolling ball along the way. After an hour, he finally entered the castle.

Since I think it's long enough, let's make the long story short as usual. Sal passes all the obstacles and found the Duke and Athena in a room eating cookies.

"Uh... I really don't feel like interrupting you two but... What do you want from me, Your Highness? In order to uh... Release Athena?"
"Just one thing... Take off your mask."
"What? But that's mean..."
"Just do it." Without any choice, Sal removes his mask. As soon as he removes it, he totally 'disappeared' due to his extreme lack of existence without the mask. While the two just continue eating their cookies heartlessly...

Suddenly, Athena finds herself awake on her bed with her favorite wolf plushie.

"What a weird dream..." said Athena while rubbing her eyes.

On the morning of Christmas, Athena checks all the traps she set and the plate of cookies and milk…the cookies and milk were gone, but the traps were still there. Sal is in Dark Prince office discussing some important matters, Athena came in with a whole bowl of various types of nuts.


"Sal-kun, help me crack them…" said Athena which left Sal in a totally confused state.

Merry Christmas to you all, and a Happy new year.

Two Immortals had lost their memories due to several reasons and they had to stay in the human world that is known as Null Dimension with the identity of high school students in order to find out the truth, the hint slowly lead them to the boy who is the bloodline for the ancient vampire Master Dracula. 

The Immortals have to face enemies from different places in order to succeed in their mission, however, they soon found out the whole crisis they are facing are related to an overpowered organization that is known as Kingdom, which later they realized that they are actually directly related to that organization but they can't remember anything about it. 

And then the writer starts getting crazy and added lots of 'interesting' elements to it. Causing the lives of the Immortals even more difficult than before as she is lusting for blood... *cough *... Yes, I'm serious about this. As the writer getting darker and darker and hating life, the story goes darker and darker and more disturbing as the story proceeds. 

The laziness of the writer causes a lot of grammatical errors that she never plans to correct it, so this turns out to be a good material for students to learn grammatical errors. 

In short, this story is about two overpowered characters that lost their memories and had no choice but to live in the human world as high school students. 

Anyways, update every Tuesday and Friday and Sunday. (could have less, depends on my mood and level of motivation) 

By the way, what I said about the grammatical errors is purely a joke, don't take it seriously if you are not even planning to read it. *roll eyes*

** don't get deceived by the first few chapters, this is certainly not a comedic story, it's dark, and I'm serious about it.

Han Yufang frowned and said, "Milady, why do you say that?"
The lady in white remained silent as Primal Qi gradually surged from her body.
Xu Wen smiled and said, "Don't tell me you're thinking of capturing us? To tell you the truth, we escaped from the hands of the Evil Sky Pavilion's Godly Archer. Even the Evil Sky Pavilion can't do anything to us."
"Alas, we were injured."
Although the five of them did escape from the Evil Sky Pavilion, they had suffered varying degrees of injuries. That was why they were recuperating near Golden Court Mountain. They did not expect to run into this strange white lady.
The lady in white said indifferently, "Be on your way…"
"Hm?"
There was something in her right hand.
She tossed it lightly as the white umbrella flew into the air. She moved at lightning speed, stirring up a cold wind, as she shot toward the five men.
Han Yufang appeared flustered as he shouted, "This is bad! Run!"
Whizz!
The white lady moved as quickly as a phantom. The disc-like item spun as it shot out.
The Five Mice quickly discovered one thing; this white lady was a Nascent Divinity Tribulation realm elite, and she had a heaven-grade weapon!
"Run!"
"Run for your lives!"
The Five Mice were experienced in fleeing. They scattered immediately. They were playing their old tune, hoping to escape the attacks this way.
Alas, when they scattered in different directions, the round disc the white lady had tossed out shot toward them at terrifying speed.
With swift movements, one figure turned into four figures.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Liu Yunbai fell!
Xu Wen's leg was broken.
Tang Jiang died on the spot when he fell to the ground.
Han Yufang wore a sour expression on his face as he sat limply on the ground and gave up on running away. He did not expect this white lady to be so terrifying. None of them had the power to retaliate at all. He took a deep breath before he said, "You… Who are you? The Five Mice have no quarrel with you!" He wanted to fight for a last chance to keep his life.
"Ye Tianxin of the Evil Sky Pavilion," the white lady's tone was extremely cold.
Her words crushed Han Yufang's final sliver of hope. His face was ashen. He did not expect this white lady to be the Evil Sky Pavilion's sixth disciple, Ye Tianxin.
Han Yufang sighed. He opened his mouth to speak...
Slash!
The round disc slashed his neck before he could even speak. Han Yufang's eyes were wide and blank as he fell to the side.
The five of them lost their lives.
The white umbrella that had been floating in the air fell slowly into Ye Tianxin's hand at this moment. Just as she said, it was useless for a dying man to know about these things. It was also meaningless to tell them anything. It was nothing but a waste of time.
After killing the Five Mice, Ye Tianxin turned around slowly and walked toward Tangzi Town.
...
A short while later, several mortal men departed from Tangzi Town and arrived at the spot where the corpses of the Five Mice were strewn on the ground.
The men looked at the bodies and stood there in stunned silence for a long time.
"She told us to send these corpses to the foot of Golden Court Mountain… What should we do if the villains kill us?"
One of the men sighed. "Let's not think about that… It's not easy to earn money. There are many casualties in the cultivation world every day…"
"Stop standing around. Get to work."
…
In the east pavilion of the Evil Sky Pavilion.
The first thing Lu Zhou did when he returned to the east pavilion was to look at the ancient parchment drawing on the table.
As expected, the outlines of the Divine Capital and Sword Mausoleum were clearer. Naturally, this included the Evil Sky Pavilion. Those were also where the three remnant pieces of the Open Heavenly Writing scroll were.
Lu Zhou stroked his beard while he studied the ancient drawing. "I've found the remnant pieces of the Open Heavenly Writing. Does this mean the ancient drawing has lost its value?"
The ancient drawing was still on the table. It had not been moved. However, something told Lu Zhou its function was only to show the locations of the Open Heavenly Writing pieces. In that case, what other functions did it have?
Lu Zhou could not think of anything even after a long time. "Forget it."
Lu Zhou produced the final remnant piece of Open Heavenly Writing. He made a movement with his hand. Qi was condensed into energy.
Bam!
The outer cover of the Open Heavenly Writing remnant piece was shattered.
"Ding! Obtained Open Heavenly Writing."
The Open Heavenly Writing dissolved into spots of starlight and floated toward Lu Zhou. Then, the spots merged into one and faded away.
Lu Zhou sat with his legs crossed. He was about to enter his Heavenly Writing meditation state when a thought appeared in his mind. 'What if the item cards' prices rise again now that I obtained the third Heavenly Writing technique?
Lu Zhou checked the current prices for the item cards.
Impeccable Card: 1,500.
Deadly Strike Card: 1,800.
Critical Heal Card: 1,000.
Thunderblast Card: 800.
Cage Bind Card: 1,000.
Lu Zhou's expression darkened. He found the price hike too f*cking outrageous. All he obtained was a technique. The prices did not even rise this much when he improved his cultivation base. From the last price hike, Lu Zhou had a suspicion that the pieces had something to do with the items he obtained. Currently, it seemed that it was the case. His cultivation base, purchase frequency, and usage frequency were all triggering factors.
Lu Zhou looked at his remaining items and merit points.
Merit points: 3,350.
Item: Deadly Strike Card x2, Impeccable Card x2, Critical Block Card x12 (passive), Cage Bind x4, Refining Talisman x1, Ji Tiandao's Peak Trial Card x1, Whitzard, Bi An, Critical Heal Card x2, obtained strengthened Cage Bind Card x3, strengthened Critical Heal Card x3, Thunderblast Card x2, Reversal Card x3.
Weapon: Unnamed, Life Cutter, Tear Stain Box, Sky Dagger, Jade Horsetail Whisk, Buddhist prayer bead.
Fortunately, the Reversal Card's prices remained unchanged.
The price of the avatar, the Nine Transformations Yin Yang, was 30,000 points. He found that slightly outrageous. Judging by his current situation, it was no longer practical to earn merit points by killing. At this price, not only would he not earn anything, but he would even incur a loss.
'Let's take it slow… I'll buy a Deadly Strike Card and use the rest of the points on lucky draws!'
He was not disappointed. He accumulated 41 luck points.
Lu Zhou shook his head. He entered his Heavenly Writing meditative state.
Just as he had expected, in his meditative state, the scripts of the Heavenly Writing that floated around in his mind before this seemed to be livelier than before. This stimulated his mind greatly.
The scripts shone with golden radiances. It was as if a stirring song of a symphony was playing in his mind.
Lu Zhou still could not understand the meaning of these scripts. He merely liked this peaceful and comfortable state. He cleared his mind of all distracting thoughts and lost himself in the moment.
"What will the third Heavenly Writing technique be?"
…
Outside the Evil Sky Pavilion.
Hua Wudao and Hua Yuexing waited outside the east pavilion.
Little Yuan'er and Duanmu Sheng rushed over when they received the news.
"Elder Hua, what's so urgent?" Duanmu Sheng asked in the distance.
Hua Yuexing cupped his fists and said, "The corpses of the Five Mice were found at the foot of Golden Court Mountain. We don't know who killed them."
When Duanmu Sheng heard this, he frowned slightly. "The Five Mice were extremely cunning… How were they killed?"
Hua Wudao nodded. "Someone must've been keeping an eye on them… When the Five Mice left, they had been injured by Yuexing and me. It's true that they're skilled in running away, but in close range, it's only natural that it's easy to kill them in one fell swoop."
The problem was nobody knew who this elite was.
"Could it be Old Fourth?" Duanmu Sheng scratched his head.
"That's impossible… Mingshi Yin has gone to the Divine Capital. There's no reason for him to wait at the foot of the mountain," Hua Wudao said.
The others were puzzled as well.
Little Yuan'er mumbled, "It can't be him, right…" 


Lu Zhou wakes up to become the world's most powerful and oldest villainous Patriarch, and finds that he has nine notorious disciples who are full of evil. His eldest disciple is the leader of the Nether Sect with thousands of minions, and his second disciple—Sword Devil—always slaughters others at the slightest disagreement...
Without his cultivation base, how will he handle these evil disciples?
His eldest disciple, Yu Zhenghai, said, "I've never had a rival in my life, and no one but Master can make me bow my head."
His seventh disciple, Si Wuya, said, "We can't eat or sleep in peace as long as the Master is not dead!"
...
His ninth disciple, Yuan'er, said, "I'll remember what Master said and be a good person."

Ray took the remaining hours playing slot machines. In order not to arouse suspicion , he removed his black hat and surrendered his bag in the lobby. 

He exhanged several tokens and betted several thousands of dollars purposely losing some games to eat time.

He saw a  young man with eyeglasses on the cocktail area and in order to kill time tried to do some conversation but the young man evaded him and went to some craps table.

On how the young man looked, he wore a black tuxedo with his hair all combed neatly. Seeing the young man looks compared to his, he just shrugged his shoulders and ordered a hard gin on the rocks.

For now let them enjoy their arrogance , once the plagues and disarters comes in they'll be begging for me to save their lives.. Ray thought as he slowly drank his drink.

After two hours his mana is now fully reflenished as he prepares yo go into the rest room a giant man with 2 bodyguards as large as him came over the cocktail area and ordered some beer. 

Ray glanced at them for a while and turned  his back, His target has come.. Jack Demsey, what a stroke of luck. 

••••••

Jack demsey was drinking a high end tequila as he was talking to the bartender, he had this daily routine to inspect his operation's quality.

He would first drink a glass of tequila and would roam and speak to regular customers, He like controlling things and people.To make sure his control is cemented he would go around inside his casino and make sure his presence is felt.

"How's the flow this time bart." Jack asked the bartender.

Bart is one of the bartenders in his casino,been serving Jack for the last 10 years. Asides from being a bartender, Bart is one of the people to notice any new people or suspicious people roaming.

"We currently have five mice inside and ten greenhorns,our dogs are currently monitoring their behavior boss."

"Make sure the mice spring the trap, I'll have barkley and Ivan take care of it." Jack then drank his drink all the way down. "Arghh! give me a stronger one, add more ice!"

"Yes boss." 

Jack drank it all the way before noticing the person who wore a black cap. "Is this one of the mice?" Jack asked bart while looking at the mn who has his back turned.

"No boss, just a greenhorn.. He already lost several thousands in the poker and slots, probably some ordinary employee enjoying his salary." Bart whispered on Jack's ear.

Jack carefully looked unto the man, he had an ill feeling on this guy and his guts tells him that this guy is dangerous. 

"Throw him out, make sure to clean all his pockets and get his I.d." Jack ordered his two guards with him.

The two guards moved toward the man wearing a black cap, they already know the basics and knows Jack temper especially when their boss strange sense of danger activates.

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Ray already heard what Jack ordered with his men. with his sense of hearing many times better than an ordinary man, it gave him the advantage to eardsdrop on anyone's conversation near him.

Since the two big men will be coming his way, he stood up and proceeded towards the lobby to get his bag.

As he glanced behind him, he already saw the two big men almost near him.

He then went into the rollete table , saw that the game is currently off and betted $5000 on one go for the number 12 The two guards stopped behind him as they waited for the game to finish but never took their eyes on Ray.

"Let's see if my luck would suffice this time." Ray acted worriedly and grasped his hands together. "Come on lady luck, shine your star with me tonight!" 

"Going once! Going twice! Roll!" The man in charge shouted and rolled the dice! 

Ray looked into dice and using the mana around him,controlled the dice into the 12 spot! 

"Woah! I won! Give me that!" Ray jumped and acted to get the cash!

The two guards were swift and grabbed him under his arms carrying him away into one of their dark rooms!

The personnel at the lobby grabbed his bag and looked inside were he found thousands and thousands of cash! He then went to his Boss jack and gave the bag whispering also what was inside.

Jack smiled as he saw the money in the bag,he then threw the bag into one of his henchmen.

"Put it into the vault. Ivan, Marco go with him!" Jack ordered. "I'm gonna step on some mice!"

"Yes boss." Marco and Ivan replied, they were two of Jack's loyal guards.

Marco stood 6"6 and had a dark skin with blonde hair.  He was a former Karate and Taekwondo Champion! 

Ivan was a former UFC medium weight champion,although he had retired due to some injury his skills is as well polished as before!

Cross returns back in time to save his family! His dao heart full of regrets and he strive to make it up to them.

"Age is just a number, It is my sword that rules the cosmos!"

"You destroy, I create!"

"If you got the skill make it flourish, if you got an opportunity. what have you done about it?"



Ten guards surrounded the men in white with their swords. The man in white was holding Zhu Mingyang's boots and slowly standing behind Zhu Mingyang.

Cao Wenyan, "As long as you leave him, anyone can leave here alive." He pointed to the white-clothed man standing behind Zhu Mingyang. He waited for a few minutes, but no one surrendered. "Well, kill everyone."

Bazar Batu stood up, but Kuo Lok grabbed his hand and shook his head at Bazar Batu.

Bazar Batu frowned, "Why?"

Kuo Lok, "Which group do you want to help?"

Bazar Batu replied, "Of course the blind man's group."

Cao Wenyan directly stabbed the injured Zhu Mingyang with a sword. Cao Yanmei fell behind Zhu Mingyang and hit the white man on the left shoulder, knocking the white man to the ground. Cao Wenyan quickly blocked Zhu Mingyang's way to prevent Zhu Mingyang from helping the man in white.

Five guards rushed to the man in white and began to attack Cao Yanmei.

Cao Yanmei then looked at the five-colored mice and said, "What the hell are you guy waiting for?"

Five-colored mice stood up from their table and began to attack the five guards with Cao Yanmei.

The man in white was standing in the middle of the open tavern dining area, and everyone else was fighting around. The man in white began to look for Zhu Mingyang. He stretched out his hands in front of him, and then walked forward slowly.

Cao Wenyan broke free from the group that attacked Zhu Mingyang and flew over to hit the white-clothed man. Bazar Batu jumped over and placed his body in front of the man in white.  Cao Wenyan's palm strike hit Bazar Batu on the back. Cao Wenyan's palm strike caused Bazar Batu and the men in white flying twenty yards away crashing into table in front of Fu Yuanjun, Yong Taihua, Yong Caixia, and Elder Tong.

Kuo Lok rushed to Bazar Batu and help him up.  The man in white was not injured, but as soon as Kuo Lok helped Bazar Batu up, Bazar Batu vomited a mouthful of blood.  Kuo Lok sat behind Bazar Batu and began to transfer his inner energy to help heal Bazar Batu.

The moment Zhu Mingyang saw the man in white and Bazar Batu was struck and flew into the table, he lost it.  The dark energy rushed to his body from all over different directions.  He no longer can feel the pain on his right shoulder.  Zhu Mingyang was out of control, and he began to kill anyone standing in front of him. Cao Wenyan and the five-colored mice began to fight Zhu Mingyang.

The man in white asked, "What is happing?"

Yong Taihua, "He went mad."

Elder Tong uttered, "I thought I would never see it again."

Fu Yuanjun, "What is he using?"

Elder Tong,  "Devil Fist Manual…Devil Fist  is at the same level as Killer String."

Yang Taihua, "Does this mean that no one here can beat him?"

Elder Tong, "I don't know anyone other than Kuo shifu or Mu Dishi."

Fu Yuanjun, "Either of them are here."

Elder Tong, "Mu Dishi somehow was able to successfully completed the Killer Strings Manual.  By the look of it, that person has not successfully complete the Devil Fit Manual, that is why his chi backfire."

Kuo Lok his hand out of Bazar Batu's back. He helped Bazar Batu.

Fu Yuanjun looked at Kuo Lok.  He said, "Kuo shifu is not here, but he is here."  He looked at Kuo Lok.  "Xiongdi, you are the only on here that may be able to stop him."

Kuo Lok looked at Zhu Mingzhu who was completely possessed.  When Zhu Mingzhu pounced on his men,  Kuo Lok jumped up and released his dragon palm strike at Zhu Mingyang.

Zhu Mingyang grabbed a guard by the neck, broke the guard's neck, and threw the dead guard into the kitchen.  Zhu Mingyang released his punch at the five-colored mice, and the five-colored mice fell on the ground one by one and vomited blood. Zhu Mingyang focused his attention on Cao Wenyan and began to violently attack Cao Wenyan.  After several attacks, one of Zhu Mingyang's punch landed on Cao Wenyan's right chest, and the powerful punch caused Cao Wenyan to slam into the wall.

Zhu Mingyang flew towards the injured Cao Wenyan. Cao Yanmei flew over to attack Zhu Mingyang. Zhu Mingyang stopped the sword's attack, he twisted her hand hard, and then the sword fell on the ground. Zhu Mingyang grabbed Cao Yanmei by the neck and lifted her off the ground.

Kuo Lok flew over and sent a dragon palm strike blow to Zhu Mingyang's back, but Zhu Mingyang smashed Yanmei on the table. Zhu Mingyang turned around and grabbed Kuo Lok's right palm in his left hand.  Zhu Mingyang sent a powerful punch at Kuo Lok's abdomen, but Kuo Lok blocked Zhu Mingyang's fist with his left arm, which caused Kuo Lok to fly backward into a wooden flagpole.  Zhu Mingyang smirked at Kuo Lok, and then the flagpole behind Kuo Lok broke off in the middle. The top half of the flagpole fell crashing onto the roof of the kitchen.

The man in white stood up from the ground and was about to walk towards Zhu Mingyang, but Bazar Batu grabbed his hand.

Bazar Batu, "Do you heard this qianbei?"

The man in white pulled Bazar Batu's hand away.  He slowly walked towards Zhu Mingyang and counted, "One, two, three, four, five..."

Zhu Mingyang looked at the white-clothed man coldly and rushed towards the white-clothed man.

Man in white clothes continued counting, "Six."

Zhu Mingyang was twenty yards away.

Man in white in clothes, "Seven."

Zhu Mingyang's fist is right in front of the man in white's face.  Everyone inside the tavern those who are injured and those who are not, gasped.

The man in white said softly, "Mingyang…"

Zhu Mingyang clenched his teeth and grinded his teeth back and forth for a few moment then  slowly pulled his fist from the man in white's face.  His breathing started to slow down, his concentration became stable and he was able to control himself again.

Zhu Mingyang looked at the man in white and asked, "Are you hurt?"

The white-clothed man smiled at Zhu Mingyang and said, "I am not injured. Let's clean up the wound."

Zhu Mingyang, "Okay."

Zhu Mingyang lowered his body, and the man in white climbed onto his back. The two men began to walk away. The owner of the tavern slowly appeared from behind the kitchen.

The man in white said, "Mingyang…"

Zhu Mingyang reached inside is inner rope and took out a big sliver ingot.  He put it on the table and said, "This is to compensate the damage."

The two men walked away towards the room they booked earlier.

Bazar Batu slowly walked to Kou Lok.  He asked, "Lok ge ge, are you alright?"

Kou Lok, "I am fine."

Bazar Batu, "You are fantastic."  He held onto Kuo Lok's right arm.

When Bazar Batu spoke and praised  Kuo Lok, suddenly blood gushed out of Kuo Lok's mouth, and Kuo Lok  fell into Bazar Batu's arms.

Bazar Batu yelled, "Lok ge ge! Lok ge ge!"  He pulled Kou Lok into his arms and hugged him tightly.  "Please don't die.  Please don't die. You promised me to accompany me throughout this land,  seeking great adventures.  Lok ge ge… please wake up…"

Later that night,  Kuo Lok sllowly opened his eyes, and he saw Bazar Batu asleep, his head leaning against the bed. He looked at Bazar Batu's face and felt his heart start to beat faster. He reached out and removed a few strands of hair from Bazar Batu's face, which awakened him.

Bazar Batu yawned and said, "You finally woke up." His face suddenly became sad. He started crying.  "I thought you were going to die. Who would know that you vomit so much blood?"  He jumped into bed and lay down beside Kuo Lok and hugged Kuo Lok.  "Lok ge ge, do you know how scared I am?"

Kuo Lok, "Don't cry.  A man shed blood but does not shed tears."  He wiped Bazar Batu's tears.

Bazar Batu then said, "I am not a man yet. I have not lost my virginity, so I still consider myself a boy."

Kou Lok  was a little confused by Bazar Batu's speech, "Aren't you a girl?"

Bazar Batu then said, "I am dressing in boy's clothes, which mean I am a boy."

Kuo Lok, "Can I…?"

Bazar Batu smiled at Kuo Lok, "Go ahead."

Kuo Lok, "You don't know what I want to ask? Why do you give me permission quickly?"

Bazar Batu smiled and said, "You were going to ask, if you can kiss me? Am I right?"

Kuo Lok lifted Bazar Batu's chin up and kissed him on the lips.  After a while, the two parted theirs lips.  When the two men lay on the bed, Kuo Lok held Bazar Batu tightly in his arms.

Bazar Batu teased, "Look ge ge, since you are a man, and I am a boy.  Does kissing me consider as an act crime?"

Kuo Lok, "I don't know?"

Bazar Batu, "At that time, you said it was a crime to marry an underage lady, so does this apply to kissing an underage boy?"

Kuo Lok slowly pulled away his arms, "Then, I should sleep on the floor."

Bazar Batu laughed and said, "Lok ge ge, I am seventeen years old, and I am also happy to let you kiss me.  I was not force so you have not break any law."  He raised his head and kissed Kuo Lok's chin.  "Lok ge ge, you are so dull."

When two people were chatting, they heard two people chatting outside as the two men walked past theirs room.

One of the man said, "Xiao shushu, if we were here earlier, we would have witnessed that ultimate battle."

Each legend has its own hero, and each hero has its own legacy. When the fate of martial arts heroes intertwined, they tried to find out who caused the chaos in the martial arts world.

There is an old saying: "The more you love a person, the more hurt you are." So, how much are these heroes willing to sacrifice for the person they love?

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