After finding a note with several different names and dates written on it, Nico decides to go about his normal day. Only if he knew what that note actually meant...

"I'm dying…" That was all that Alex could think to himself as he lay on the cold ground.
The wind was whistling loudly around Alex as they harshly pelted the surroundings with thick, white snow.  This sight can be considered to be cool for those who lived in the tropics, but for Alex, what he could only see was his possible graveyard.
While his eyes were still open, Alex could see only thick piles of snow starting to pile up around him. To his dismay, the height of these snow piles only continued to increase as time went on.

This sight managed to shake off Alex's lethargic feelings, as he began to feel scared for his life.
"Move, d**nit!" Alex muttered to himself angrily as he forced himself to move.
But no matter what Alex did, his body refused to budge, as it already gave up under the effects of hypothermia.
Alex could feel his extremities starting to turn cold and his heartbeat starting to slow down. He also realized that he was slowly losing his consciousness. 
Alex knew that if he could even survive right now, his fingers and toes will have to be amputated, due to the effect of frostbite on them. 

"From the looks of it, there is no way that I can survive right now…" Alex thought to himself as he let out a cold sigh.
"I have done a lot of things in my 17 years of life, and the place where I will die is actually on a cold, snowy road? What a fitting and ironic end for me."
At this point, Alex knew that there is no way out for him now.
His whole body was wounded on numerous places, and the cold had already penetrated deep in his body. 
"Not even the best doctor can save me now…" Alex thought to himself as he closed his eyes in resignation. 
Alex's life then began to flash before his very own eyes, with him seeing all the mischievous and daring things that he had done in his life.
He could also see all the friends and enemies that he made, and all the love and hate that he accrued.

"My life is so fulfilling, and yet it is also so lacking…" Alex thought wryly as he began to feel sleepy.
Alex knew that this is the final stage of hypothermia, where the victim will start to feel sleepy.
Alex knew that if he slept right now, he will never wake up. 
But Alex knew that struggling for his life right now is already futile, so he just decided to end it all now.
"Is there an afterlife? Well, I will know the answer to that after I die…" Alex thought as he wearily closed his eyes.

"Crunch, crunch."
But before Alex could enjoy the final moments of his life, he suddenly heard the sound of crunching footsteps on the snow.
This surprised Alex so much that he was able to muster the will to open his eyes.
He looked toward the source of the sound, and what he saw made him slightly disappointed. 
He saw an extremely disheveled man walking towards him.
The man looked around 30-40 years old, but his face looked older because of his messy hair and scraggly beard.
Even if his surroundings were covered by white snow, Alex could see that this man was extremely dirty.
"He's a homeless person." Alex thought to himself as he began to lose interest on this man.
But before he could close his eyes again, he suddenly heard a voice speaking towards him.

"You think that I am a homeless person? Well, from the way that I look right now, you are actually right. But even if I look clean, I am still technically homeless…"
Alex's eyes opened wide with shock as he realized that it was the homeless man that was talking to him!
"Oh, it seems like you cannot speak due to the cold." The homeless man said, much to Alex's irritation.
But before Alex could feel angry to this homeless man, he realized something weird.
Because of his current condition, Alex had no way to speak.

Alex's comment about this homeless man being homeless was only made inside his mind.
But this homeless man somehow had managed to catch Alex's thought about him being homeless!

"Can this guy read my mind?" Alex thought amusedly to himself. "Oh, there is no way that it can happen. Maybe I am just hallucinating right now…"

"Oh, I can read your mind, young one." The homeless man suddenly said as he sat beside Alex. 
"What the hell!" At this point, Alex was already sure that this homeless man can really read his mind!

"You do not need to think of more things, young one." The homeless man said as he saw Alex's current condition.

"Yeah, so what if you can read my mind? I am about to die anyway, so I do not care about that anymore." Alex thought deprecatingly as he realized chatting with this homeless man might not be that bad.
If Alex was in his normal condition right now, there is no way that he would believe that this old man can read minds.
But right now, with Alex nearing his end, he decided to believe this homeless man. After all, what else might go wrong even if he believed him?
"Oh, so even if you are dying right now, you still wanted to chat to me? What a humorous person!" The homeless man chuckled as he continued sitting beside Alex. 

"So, you are not going to help me out?" Alex thought drily as he saw that the homeless man did nothing to dig Alex out of the snow. "You know, for someone that can talk to minds like you, digging me out should be just easy…"

"Why should I save you, young one?" The homeless man said as his gray eyes stared at Alex.

"Young one, I could clearly feel that you are fine with dying right now. I can feel your resignation. I can feel your desire to just sleep."

The homeless man then stood up as he let out a weary sigh.
"I will not save you, as you are already prepared to die…"

"Do you think I really am prepared to die? I still have a lot of things to do!" Alex declared angrily as his mind have seemingly snapped.
"You think I want to die? Of course not! The only reason I am fine with dying right now is because I felt that there is no more hope for me to live!"

Alex's eyes seemingly have turned red as he thought,

"Homeless man, since you can read my mind, then come and read my whole life inside my mind! Once you see that, you will realize that I really am not prepared to die!"

These words by Alex seemed to have stirred the homeless man's eyes. He then stared at Alex as he said,

"You really are interesting, young one. Since you said that, then allow me to read your whole life!"

"!!!" Alex then felt a searing pain inside his mind, which managed to wipe all of his drowsiness away.
Alex wanted to just scream and flail around in agony, but his body would not respond to him at all.
This painful ordeal of his had lasted for around a minute.

"F**k!" Alex cursed as the pain inside his head began to disappear. He gave the homeless man an accusatory gaze, as he blamed him for that sudden pain.

"Hahaha! This is splendid!" To Alex's surprise, the homeless man suddenly started to laugh uproariously, as if he just found the greatest treasure in his life.

"Your life is extremely interesting, young one!" The homeless man said as his empty gaze at Alex earlier turned into a praising one.

"I never expected that someone like you could have existed in this realm!" As the homeless man said these words, Alex suddenly saw something more mind-boggling.

Everything around Alex and the homeless man have literally stopped.
The snow lay suspended in the air, while the roaring winds earlier have all disappeared.
"What the hell is this?" Alex thought to himself as he began to stare at the homeless man with horror. "This is definitely not normal!"

"Young one." The homeless man continued talking to Alex, as he ignored Alex's shocked countenance. 

"If you were given a chance to live right now, what is the first thing that you will do?"

Alex suddenly felt himself wanting to answer that question honestly.
It was as if there was a hidden power inside the homeless man's question that is prompting Alex to answer truthfully.

This compelling desire to answer was so strong that Alex forced his stiff lips and freezing throat to give his answer. 

"I…. I want to travel…" Alex croaked out of his mouth.

"Excellent answer, young one." The homeless man smiled, seemingly impressed with Alex's answer. "You really did not let me down."

"Woosh!"

A bright object suddenly flew out of the homeless man's forehead, which buried itself right into Alex's forehead.

"Hiss…" Alex could not help out but recoil in pain as he felt heat on his forehead. This pain just continued on increasing until Alex could not take it anymore.

"...….." Alex's consciousness collapsed as his head lolled to the side.
As for the homeless man, he watched Alex's ordeal with satisfaction as he turned around to leave.
The snowstorm then continued its assault as the homeless man walked farther away.
"Young one, I have already given you a chance to fulfill your wish." The homeless man muttered to himself as he continued on walking away. "But don't think that you will have a peaceful life after this. Everyone branded with the symbol of the Endless Monarch is now destined to live chaotic life!"
"Hong!"

A symbol suddenly glowed at Alex's forehead, illuminating the surroundings around him. 
This symbol was like a series of knots which seemed to be unending by itself. 
A few second passed by, and the glow disappeared, along with Alex's body.
The snowstorm, not knowing that its latest victim had escaped its grasp, continued its assault on the hapless town.
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"Ughh…" Alex held his head in pain as he woke up with a start. The beating, maledicting pain in his head continued until he felt that is was somehow bearable for him to move.

"What the hell?" After looking around him, Alex realized one thing. And that is that he is not in the snowstorm anymore.
Alex saw that he was inside a room, with a modest bed and table. 
There was also a piece of bread and a glass of water in the table which Alex observed with wariness.
While he was looking around him warily, Alex suddenly remembered about his encounter with the homeless man in the snowstorm. 
"That homeless man did something to me that brought me here…." Alex thought to himself as he cupped his chin in thought. 

But before Alex could further observe his currently weird situation, he suddenly heard a crashing sound behind him.
As he looked behind him, Alex saw the door of his room crashing down to the floor.
A figure then entered into the room, and Alex's breathing almost stopped when he saw his guest.
His unwanted guest was a black-haired woman wearing a black sleeveless dress and black skirt that reached until her knees.
She also wore long black socks and black shoes.
Her body seemed to be fit and also sexy, as Alex could see that this woman all had the right curves for a healthy female.
As for her face, Alex could not see it as this woman was wearing a mask. But Alex was sure that this woman's face is that of a peerless beauty.
But the reason for why Alex's breathing almost stopped was not because of this woman's beauty.
It was because he could feel an extreme sense of danger just by looking at this woman.

"You have been identified by the World Diagram as a Class-S Intruder." The woman coldly said as a katana suddenly appeared in her hands. "As such, I have been sent here to eliminate you."

"What?" That was the only thing that Alex could say before the woman slashed her katana towards him.

After all the things that he had done in his life, Alex realized that it was already his time to die. 

But a sudden encounter with a weird person will turn his whole life around.

The formerly about-to-die teen shall now be a Traveler of different worlds!



"You are an Esper? Then come and taste my saber!"
"You are a Daoist? Then come and taste my fist!"
"You are a Genie? Well, can you grant me infinite wishes?"

Everyone shall witness Alex's rise on his endless journey!


Disclaimer: (((Don't make me credit to einlion. His novel, Endless Paths: Infinite Cosmos, from the reception of his readers, is obviously good,  but its an accident that my title is similar to his. Really.)))

Seryu was patrolling around the Capital during the night along with Coro. "We have to catch this criminal, Coro!" 

"Wan!" Coro nodded while walking on Seryu's side. 

"We'll also catch Captain Haru after we have caught the criminal," Seryu said. 

"Wan!" Coro nodded once again. 

They moved around the town and met a lot of criminals along the way, but Seryu only asked Coro to eat the criminal since she didn't want to waste time. She knew that the time that she wasted would be used by the serial killer to do something unjust to a lot of people and knew that she couldn't let that happen.

With Captain Ogre gone from this world, she was the only one who was able to keep the peace in the Capital. 

They continued to walk until they saw a familiar figure. They saw a large muscular man with black hair that was graying near his temples. 

This man had an unusual hairstyle with four ponytails or braids on the back of his head wrapped in white cloth.

Seryu looked at this man and shouted excitedly. "Captain Ogre!" She hurriedly ran toward her teacher and smiled happily. "Captain Ogre! You're still alive!" She didn't know how Captain Ogre was still alive, but she was very happy when she could see her teacher once again. She saw this man turn and she was sure that this man was her teacher. "Teacher!" 

Captain Ogre smiled when he saw Seryu, but suddenly the dog on Seryu's side stopped in front of Seryu. 

"Wan! Wan!" Coro barked loudly. 

"What's wrong, Coro?" Seryu was surprised when she saw Coro bark loudly. 

"Hehehe, your dog is really fierce," Captain Ogre smiled then suddenly he transformed into someone else. 

Seryu saw a large man, but this man had a different feature, but the most noticeable feature of this man was a strange accessory on his forehead. She had seen this man before in the office from the warrant poster in the office before. "Zanku The Beheader." Her expression turned serious when she saw the face of this man. 

"Hehehe, that's right! I'm your friend's neighbor executioner, Zanku! Mrs. Police, why don't you let me cut down your neck? I'm very skilled at cutting someone's neck," Zanku said with a creepy smile while showing her two blades on his hands. 

"Hehehe....." Seryu also laughed creepily and said, "Coro, we're in luck! We have found the criminal!" 

"Wan! Wan!" Coro also seemed to be very happy when it heard its master's words. 

"Have you ever tasted the meat of the serial killer? I'll feed it to you later," Seryu said. 

"Wan! Wan!" Coro nodded. 

Zanku frowned when he saw that he was being ignored. He saw this young woman might have something wrong with her head. 

If Seryu had heard what Zanku was thinking then she would refute it immediately since Zanky was also a very weird guy. 

"Well, whatever, I'll be enjoying my time killing you, Mrs. Police!" Zanku charged toward Seryu with his blades ready to slash her neck. 

"Coro!" Seryu shouted.

"Wan!" Coro, which was a small dog suddenly turned itself into a large creepy monster showing sharp fangs along with its muscular body. 

"Wow! You're also a Teigu user!" Zanku was surprised and smiled. "This is my first time killing a Teigu user!" He was more excited when he was able to kill the Teigu user in front of him. 

Coro which had turned into a monster charged toward Zanku wanted to kill him, but Zanku could dodge the attack of this monster easily without the problem. 

"Useless! Useless! In front of the power of the Spectator, all of your attacks are useless! I can read all of your attacks!" Zanku who saw a chance to counterattack used that chance to slash the neck of Coro before moving toward Seryu. 

Seryu had taken out her two guns and shot its bullet toward Zanku. "Die! Die! Die!" Her expression had become very crazy to show how powerful her sense of justice was. She needed to kill this criminal for the peace of the Capital. 

*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*

"Useless! Useless! I can read your entire mind!" Zanku said while dodging Seryu's attack. "With this Spectator, I can read everything!" 

"You have talked too much!" Seryu was quite annoyed and shouted, "Coro!"

"RAAWRR!!!" Coro which neck had been slashed, had regenerated and opened its mouth to chomp down Zanku. 

"Like I said..." Zenku dodged once again and said with a laugh, "Useless! I can read all of your attacks! Shoot towards the head! The leg! The heart! I can read everything and your attack is useless!"

Seryu who was fighting against Zenku realized how powerful the guy was in front of her. She knew that the thing on that guy's forehead was a Teigu. 

"You seem to be interested in my Teigu? That's right! I have been using my Teigu to read all of your attacks! With this Teigu, it is impossible to kill me! You'll be killed instead! Ahh... I can't wait to see you, how you will die," Zanku said loudly. 

"You're talking too much!" Seryu didn't stop shooting her gun. 

*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*

Coro also attacked the man at the same time, but Zanku could easily dodge the combination attack of both Seryu and Coro. 

"Hehehe, talking is a hobby of mine!" Zanku said. He smiled and said, "Then let's see what your expression is when you're being killed by your loved one!" 

Seryu who saw Zanku suddenly saw Zanku turned into her father. She was quite stunned when she saw her father suddenly appear there. 

"Seryu! For justice, you need to die!" 

Seryu was pushed to the ground and saw her father who wanted to kill him. She raised her gun and shot her father. "I'll kill anyone for justice!" 

"Ah....." Zanku didn't expect Seryu to kill him when he had turned himself to her father then dropped on the ground.

"Eh? Has he been killed?" Seryu seemed to be stupified when she saw Zanku had died since she felt that it was too easy. Then suddenly she saw someone jump out from the rooftop and took Zanku's Teigu. She was familiar with this young man and asked, "You're the one who has helped me?" 

'Eh?' Haru was a bit surprised by Seryu's question since he didn't do anything, but he nodded with a serious expression. "Be careful next time." 

Seryu felt quite complex when she knew that one who had pushed her teacher and made the wife of her teacher suffer had helped her. 

Haru didn't care much and only thought about what to do with this Teigu.

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Long Chen was surprised that Mi Yin was able to control her expressions. The last time he met her in Ruan Yi's place, he could read her expressions, but this time, it seemed like she was an entirely calm and collected person who didn't show her rage bit anger easily.


'I have a weird feeling. Something is definitely wrong here,' Long Chen thought as she frowned.


The dice disappeared from his side and appeared before another disciple.


That disciple rolled the dice, which stopped at number one. He climbed a step.


His stairs started shining and showed some words before him.


" Force someone to enter the Mind Maze of Death. His failure to clear it in three minutes will result in death," That man read the words.


He looked back at the Temple Priest for an explanation.


" The words were pretty clear this time," The Temple Priest let out as he sighed at the disciple's failure to understand. 


"You can force any of the nine Disciples to go through the mind maze of death. If they fail to clear it in three minutes, they will die, and their soul will act as a sacrifice to the Hall of Death," He explained.


"Oh, nice," The man laughed as he looked to his left towards another peak Sky Realm Disciple that was in the lead. 


"I choose you. Have fun," That man said as he pointed his fingers towards a dark-haired man who was in the lead.



"You bastard!" The Dark Haired man cursed, but belt he could say anything else, his expressions turned black.


The others realized that his consciousness was inside the Mind Maze of Death. 


The man screamed in pain for the next three minutes, but he didn't return.


After three minutes passed, his eyes and his nose started bleeding as his body started rotting.


"He failed," the Temple Priest muttered as he saw the man's body fall down the stairs and disintegrate.


Long Chen and the others saw the condition of the man that had just died.


Most of the Disciples couldn't help but feel a chill down their spine, thinking that it might have been him if they were chosen.


Long Chen had his mind on something different, though.


He wondered what this Mind Maze of Death was, which made everyone so miserable. Why weren't they able to clear it in time? When the task gave them three minutes of time to clear it, that meant that the task was difficult to finish in three minutes, but it wasn't impossible. He wondered if he was in that guy's situation, would he be able to finish it or not?


' It's a Maze that is not real and only made up in the mind. It sounds awfully lot like a mind illusion. If it's actually an illusion, I might be able to clear it much more easily,' Long Chen thought. He knew that it was only an assumption at the moment since he only had an outer understanding about the Mind Maze of Death.


The man that had given this punishment to the dark-haired man was also surprised, but he was happy as well since he was able to get rid of a powerful enemy.


The dice disappeared before him and appeared before another Disciple.


It was actually the turn of the dark-haired man now, but he was dead now, so the dice chose the next person.


The next person held the dice and rolled it.


The dice stopped at the Number Four. The man climbed four steps and waited for the world to appear, telling him what he needed to do.


The stairs started shining, and a few words appeared before him.


The man read the Words.


" Choose a person to get a double roll."


He also looked at the Temple Priest to ask for an explanation about the words.


"You can select any Disciple from the ones that are still alive, excluding yourself. That person will be able to roll the dice twice when it's their turn," The Temple Priest explained.


"Such a useless task tsk. It doesn't benefit me at all. Instead, it asks me to choose the person who gets the benefits when everyone else is my enemy in this trial," The man muttered in annoyance.


He didn't have any choice, though. He had to complete the task, or he would be dead. 


The man looked towards the order disciples to find the person that had the least chance of being his opponent in this trial since he didn't want to give anyone the advantage from his task. 


All the disciples hoped that they would be the ones selected by the man. They all put a gentle smile on their faces as they waited for the man's choice. 


Even the person that was the cause of someone's death just now was smiling innocently and hoping that he would be selected.


"I chose you!" 


The man finally made a decision as he pointed his finger towards a Disciple.


' He's the weakest here. He won't be a threat to me even if he gets two tries,' The man thought.


Long Chen saw the finger pointing towards him.


' I knew it. There are some advantages of looking the weakest in the room, especially in trials like this,' Long Chen thought as he gracefully smiled and accepted the free gift.


The dice disappeared again and appeared before another Disciple.


"Kill yourself," that man read the task he received.


" What the heck is this task! It straight away asked me to die! Not even a chance!" The Disciple complained to the Temple Priest with a look of disbelief on his face.


" I can't do anything about it. You must do what it says, or you will die for not doing your task!" The Temple Priest replied as he shook his head.


"Do it, man!"


"Follow the rules!"


"You must finish your task! We all did ours too!" 


The other Disciples also started chiming in with their opinions to force the person to finish the task and kill himself since it was beneficial for them. They would have one less person to worry about if this person was dead. 


" What the heck is wrong you! Do you think I don't know what you want? You all want me to die to decrease the competitors! Only a fool would kill himself! The Disciple let out as he refused to comply with the task.


The bright words that were floating before the man kept floating before him for the next few minutes, but when the man didn't do as the task said, the words turned red and flew towards the man.


They entered the body of the man.


" What?" The man let out in confusion as he saw the words enter him.


Long Chen also saw the things that were happening before him with great interest, wondering what was going to happen next.


After the blood-red words entered the body of the man, the body suddenly burst apart as his blood spilled all around the stairs.


"As I said, if you don't do as the words said, you will die! There is a reason this is called the Temple Sacrifice. When you took part in it, you agreed to be sacrificed if you failed. You had your chance to leave many times by crushing that crystal, but you didn't. The only way out now is getting to the top since only one person will be able to leave the stairs alive," The Temple Priest let out in an expressive tone.




A lot of Disciples that were still alive couldn't help but gulp down. They clenched their fists as they promised themselves that they would definitely complete all the trials of the stairs and reach the top before everyone else.


The Dice disappeared again and appeared before another disciple.

"The trials ahead to prove my worth? I'll crush them !! Enemies? I'll slaughter them!! "



Waking up in a new body and a new world after dying on Earth, Long Chen embarks on a new journey in a world filled with gods and demons. A world where myriad of life forms exist and humans can cultivate and become immortals.

 Watch him rise to prominence with a supreme inheritance and his hard work as he slaughtered everyone who stood in his path. Watch His journey as he became known in the Universe as the Demon God, the ruler of death forcing the heavens to bow before him. 

Known as the second inheritor, what happened to the first one? Who does this legacy belongs to? What secrets is the universe hiding?

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Heaven continent, this large continent is further divided into holy land, middle land and wasteland. 

Wasteland, there are many mortal clan ,sects, kingdom and various regions. Faraway in the north of the Qin kingdom which was in the war with blood demon kingdom in this chaos there was a small village.

In the rain village, kin clan the strongest clan in the village having celebrating on the birth of clan lord grandson. The kin clan lord have three sons and the elder son di' having child 
but in the same time somewhere in the village there was another child born in the torn out house but he doesn't know that his. 

3 year later, the young boy name Sin' crying for his mother because she is going to die before death she said to his son in pain 
"sin, don't cry do you want your mother sad before she die" 

Sin replied as he cried
" mom you can't go leave me alone i don't wannabe alone "

His mother think and said in grief
 " sin there is something I want to tell you before I die ". 

Sin cried and said
 " I don't want to hear anything you can't leave me".

His mother in the last breath and said 
"Sin, listen you have be strong".  

She take out a letter from her cloths then passed it to the sin and said " read it it will clear your doubts and take care of yourself mother always love you" while sleeping slowly. 

Sin saw his mother closing eyes and shouted while crying " no..no..no you can't leave me mother ".  

After day of crying he came to his senses he cleaned his tears by his sleeve kiss his mother on head and take the letter form mothers hand to read . 
Sin read the letter" sin, I know you are sad but you have to strong and always remember never trust anyone in this world because if you want something you have to become strong and take them from others. Sin there is something I want to tell you that I never wanted you when I am pregnant I think about killing myself ". 
Sin shock his hands are shaking while reading the letter and crying he want to know why his loving mother writes in the letter that's she hate him he continues reading " I think you wants to know why because you are the blood of the man who has take everything from me my family. Yes, family I have a husband two child happy family but one day he saw me with his lustily eyes then he kill all my family raped me and then throw me to his guard for them to played with when they think I am dead they leaved from then on I always think about revenge but I cannot touch them because I don't have power to touch them then I am pregnant with you for revenge I thought to kill you but you are innocent it's not your fault know I can be with my family take care of you and live happily. Your mother "

Sin cannot understand what happen because of this letter he was sad of what his mother said and angry on the  people that have make her live like hell. On this day an 3 year boy lost his innocence and birth of asura begins...

Once William got back to his apartment, a thought of wanting to shower then took a short afternoon nap came to his mind. Good thing that Felicia treated him for lunch, else he would need to cook on top of feeling tired. 

Looking at the vacant space in the shoe rack near the front door, William noticed that Marvin did not return from his part-time work yet. 

'Great! A silent afternoon just for myself!' Although they have their own separate bedroom, a whole unit for themselves at times was not so bad. 

…

After 10 minutes of showering, William went to his bedroom feeling relaxed and slightly sleepy. 

Not forgetting the so-called 'bonus' reminder, he began to scour through his bedroom.

Few minutes later, William had search all the drawers and every inch of his wardrobe, yet he still could not find the thing.

'Where is it?' He frowned, suddenly, a thought came to his mind. 'Oh! Maybe…'

He crouched down and looked under his bed. "Found it!"

Extending the right part of his body, William took the items with his hand. When he saw the items on his palm, he could not help feeling disheartened.

One was the same pill that Alex gave him last night, while the other one was a small piece of blue paper that looked like a ticket. 

'What is this even?' The ticket was filled with unknown hieroglyphs without any normal text on it. 'Whatever, I'll ask those people tomorrow.' 

William put both items inside the sling bag.

Just before he went for a nap, William opened the parchment and sat on his bed. 

Small texts written with silver ink revealed themselves. There were probably almost one hundred clauses compressed on a single page. It was compact and written so orderly it was hard to believe someone had handwritten it. 

"Whew," William whistled in amazement, then proceed to read the preamble. 

"The content of this parchment is a subject to amendment(s), please renew it for at least once every three years by visiting any Dream Treader's Association or by contacting an international number xxx-xxxx-xxxx. When the call connects and asked about enquiries, please state your name and ID, then spell 'Dream Treader' in NATO phonetic format, then your branch location, and finally your enquiries.

"This parchment also served as an official proof of identification for Dream Treaders. Your unique identification number and your real name will appear automatically on the top corners of the page, following your signature on the box provided at the back page. This parchment can ONLY be signed by putting three drops of your blood at the box provided. Signing any other way, or any attempt of writing on this parchment will result in termination of this parchment." 

William turn the parchment over. Sure enough, he saw a square with silver border at the top middle part of the page.

'Let's do that later.' William decided to only sign after he read all the content. 

He turned the page back, then read the first clause,

"By signing this, you will:

"1. Contribute as the world's protector by preventing the connection between both realms.
"2. Be prepared to die in the face of unavoidable calamity.
"3. Provide dying will, in case clause number two is fulfilled.
"4. Be provided full family support, including but not limited to: education, government protections, and health care; for at least three generations to come (even after your passing)."

William sighed as he read the fourth clause. He suddenly got reminded of Alex's response to his last question.

…
..
.

"What happened after we die there?"

Alex replied with a chuckle, "Well, William, we don't really know what will happen ourselves after we die either, don't we? Will we go to the heavens, reincarnate, or perhaps into the void of emptiness?"

"Sir," William protested. "You know what I meant."

"Alright, alright." Alex put up both of his hands in conceding manner. "Simply put, if you die there, then you die." 

William was stumped. "That's it?"

"Of course… not." Alex added, "If you die, then you will disappear and forgotten, just like those who have ascended."

.
..
...

'Forgotten, eh?' William thought.

It was just a hunch, but somehow, William was sure that Alex was hiding something from him. The explanation he gave; there should be something more into it.

"Haaiish…" He sighed once again before continuing to read the parchment.

"5. Be provided unconditional remuneration worth USD 10,000 at the first of each month (this is a separate policy from clause number four). Additional request will require further considerations by contacting the number given above."

"Pfft- Uhuk!" William choked on his saliva. 'Holy shit!'

$10,000 as a monthly salary… Even in those expensive city, he could spend the rest of his life comfortably! Not to mention that it was written as 'unconditional', chances were, he could earn more from additional missions or bonuses.

Now he knew why Felicia insisted on treating him for lunch, and even bought him the expensive smoothie. 

'Alright, calm down.' Even with the generous sum, William still hesitate to sign it outright. Once he had decided to read it all first, then read it all he will!

15 minutes passed, he finally managed to read everything through. Just like what Felicia said, there was an 'FYI' section in the last fourth of the page. 

There were two facts that made him gasped in amazement. One, unless it was something caused by the realm itself, any Dream Treaders will be able to perform at their best, regardless of any disabilities or ailments they had in the real world. Two, the amount of blood needed to make each round of silver bullet was approximately 20 ml.

He wondered if some Dream Treaders did a mad research in the other realm to be able to determine the value. 

"20 ml, huh?" William did a quick calculation. 'About 100 shots at best, less than 30 shots to maintain peak performance…'

An average adult body contained 4 liters and up to 6 liters of blood. As a relatively slim Asian with average height, William was definitely at the lower part of the range. Losing more than half of total blood volume will result in death, while losing more than 14% will cause dizziness or nausea. 

With this, William was sure that no one would use automatic firearms to stream-rolled their Nightmare instances, even if the system gave them one.

Overall, there was not any detrimental policy that William had expected. It did not limit his usual freedom, nor any misleading words. The only thing he needed to do was to make sure that re-signing will be required after every amendment to the policy. 

'Alright, I'll ask Felicia later.' William put the parchment on the table and off for a nap.

It was weirdly unsettling that night.

Once, William woke up to find a glass of water to drink, but then he found that the light just wouldn't turn on no matter how many times he tried. When he approached the balcony, he saw that the city lights were all shut down as pitch darkness blocked his views. 

Strangely, even the wind has stopped whistling through the balcony; whereas the sounds of a nearby construction site could no longer be heard.

Once, he tried to wake his roommate up, but then he found that he was not in his room. 

"What in the world..." 

Just as he wondered what had happened during his short sleep, something else was creeping through the dark corners...

At the beginning of my life after college, I was a successful businessman. I owned a company so large and successful that very few companies could rival mine. Well, It was successful... I had a loving wife and daughter they were the only thing in my life I truly cared about... but one day while they were walking on the street a hit and run occurred and they both died before reaching a hospital. 

After a week of investigating, the cops suddenly barged into my mansion yelling "We caught you, you bastard you killed your own family!" I had no clue what was happening... the cops claimed that I organized a hit and run on my wife and child... the only ones I cared about in all the world.

In court, they showed images of me with people I don't recall ever seeing before with audio of me asking how much money they needed to accept the job.  I started feeling like this entire court is trying their hardest to set me up to be guilty... but that when I noticed as I was looking over at the jury... every one of the people in the jury was people in my company that I fired. My heart sank and the judge as if "coming into the light" nodded his head like he made a decision and he said the words I did not want to hear.

"Silence! The jury has come to a decision with a unanimous vote that Lucifer Caebic is found guilty of murder. He is sentenced to death by Electricustion chair!"

I was sentenced to death by electric chair for crimes I did not commit. I would be stuck in prison for 2 years then put to death for crimes that I did not do. For those two years during free time I was allowed to read a single book from the library for "Good Behaviour" so for the 2 years I decided to read a classic from my childhood Star Wars. I read every book possible from the Star Wars universe
and to be honest I would describe myself to be a Sith more than a Jedi. The Sith were powerful, but I just felt like they were missing something vital.

After 2 Years of waiting for my time to come, it was finally the day in which I would die. During my time in prison, I befriended each and every guard. When I had only 1 day left until my death every one of those guards visited me in their free time to say goodbye some even had faint amounts of tears forming near their eyes. On the day of my death, The Guards that overseed my death were none other than some of my friends they all had clear hesitation on their faces hinting they did not want to be in any way involved with my death.

"It's okay my friends, It is my time to die at least I know I can say goodbye before I die, so there is no need to be afraid to kill me just know that I deserve it and you should kill me."

I can see my friends say goodbye before pulling the lever and sending me to my death. What would I say death felt like? I guess I would say that it feels like I just ceased to exist like I was just empty and gone. Of course, I was afraid of the pain I had to experience to die but it happens I did not need to feel and it felt like the worse pain I ever felt but it lasted less than a second.  I never expected that I would still feel anything after death. After waiting what felt like years I noticed that instead of the usual blackness of the void there was a new color white but as I tried to look closer the light burst out and surrounded me. 

A voice that sounded like a broken record screeched out
"Do you wish to be reborn?"
I nod in response after a few moments 
"Do you accept the conditions of the contract?"
I nod not even thinking about what he just said 
"Than the contract is set, happy hunting."

My vision darkens and I lose all senses

A StarWars enthusiast is reincarnated into the StarWars universe with a system.

What will be the challenges our MC, Osiris Blight will face?

Luke, Hayato and other mercenaries were having a discussion about what to do. Ever since they met at the Albion Empire they had become a tightly knit group.
First of all, it wasn't easy for a child to be a mercenary. Most of them would die on the battlefields early.
Secondly, all of them had abilities and general knowledge concerning supernatural but they weren't exactly in that circle.
After all, there were countless strong people out there and they weren't even strong enough to be in the outer circle yet so after meeting for the first time in the Autumnfall they decided to hang out together.
"I don't think we should get involved" said Six.
Honestly, the mercenaries had trouble with him. At first they had thought he was Hayato's twin brother but then they explained he was actually Hayato's clone. It was a little hard to take in.
They could somewhat accept it if he was created through magic but Six was a result of a science experiment. Who is to say that the government wouldn't clone them too if they got their hands on them.
"But don't you think we could be useful? Most of the kids here never saw bloodshed before. They will die without even understanding how they died" said Lance.
"I agree as well but Lance no need to use flowery words. I know that you only want to beautiful ladies right?" said Selim cheekily.
"Maybe?" said Lance awkwardly while scratching the back of his head.
"I think we should just let them be. If they die its their own fault. Have you forgotten the first rule of being a mercenary? Always look out for yourself because no one else will" said Leslie.
She was right. There were countless stronger people than them in this school. So why should they risk their lives to save strangers. Especially when there wasn't any benefits.
"What about you Luke? What do you think we should do?" asked Hayato.
Luke had a troubled expression. He honestly didn't know what to do. He didn't want to see other people die but he didn't want to risk his life for strangers.
His parents had already lost a child before and he didn't want to die while trying to be a hero. Mercenary work was fine. He was getting paid and he would plan the details to meticulously so that he wouldn't be any danger that he wouldn't be able to handle.
"I don't care. I will just follow whatever decision the group decides" said Luke.
In the end he decided to let things take its course. In the end it should be fine to follow whatever they decide right?
At moments like this Luke wished Linri was here. They hadn't interacted much but he could see it from his eyes. He had the ability to pry into other people's most inner thoughts. It was like he had the ability to read other people's minds.
That was why Luke always thought he was suited to be a leader. There were different interpretations of how a leader should be and Luke's was like this. A leader should have the ability to give the right job to the right person.
Linri was suited for this task. Sine he could read other people's hearts he could see what job would suit them. He was the ideal leader in Luke's mind. He was cruel, arrogant, selfish and heartless. Basically the perfect leader.
He wouldn't be merciful towards but allies and enemies. He always knew what to do so you only had to follow him and enjoy the ride. He wouldn't make bad decisions due to sentimental reasons.
Some people say a leader should be forgiving, kind and caring. What a load of bullshit! They were just ideals from some books they had read. The people who said that didn't even see what a real battlefield was like so how could they know what a leader should be like.
A person like that at best would be suited to lead charity organisations. Can you even imagine a politician like that? He would become a puppet in no time.
Unfortunately, Linri himself didn't seem to be aware of his own gift. Maybe he was ware of it but just didn't want to be responsible for others. From what Luke observed Linri seemed to prefer solitude. 
He had a couple of friends he interacted but that was about it. He didn't belong into any groups and he didn't seem to be part of one either. From his perspective mercenaries didn't even seem to be his friends. They were just his employees and that was about it.
Actually, Luke had just heard from someone he was finally back at school and was confronting the attacker. Maybe he should have said yes after all?
"Rather than joining the fight what if we observe from the sidelines?" said Hayato after thinking about it for a while.
"Observe?" Selim asked.
"Yes, we won't actively join the fight but if we see someone in danger we can help them out. That way we would gain their debt of gratitude and might use that for a quick cash" Hayato explained.
"I don't like it. Haven't you already heard about the casualties? Just by being in the vicinity we might be implicated. I don't want to risk my life for a bunch of strangers so I am not going" said Leslie while shaking her head from side to side.
"Don't be like that it will be fun!" said Selim.
"Easy for you to say! We can't pass through matter like you!" Leslie said furiously.
Honestly she couldn't understand Selim's death seeking behaviour. Did he always have to look for a fight whenever he had the chance?
*Boom* 
Suddenly the group heard a loud noise. Then the ground started to tremble. Did something big just drop to the ground? What was going on?
As they were discussing the sound hey had heard the door to their room suddenly opened. A figure in a sleeveless purple hoodie barged in there.
"I need your help" he said.
They didn't even know who this person was and he was saying he needed their help? What in the world?
"Jin? What's going on?" Lance asked. He was a third year and Jin was his classmate so he obviously recognised him. 
"I found a way to defeat Leon but I can't do it alone" he said again.
Especially when there wasn't any benefits.
"What about you Luke? What do you think we should do?" asked Hayato.
Luke had a troubled expression. He honestly didn't know what to do. He didn't want to see other people die but he didn't want to risk his life for strangers.
His parents had already lost a child before and he didn't want to die while trying to be a hero. Mercenary work was fine. He was getting paid and he would plan the details to meticulously so that he wouldn't be any danger that he wouldn't be able to handle.
"I don't care. I will just follow whatever decision the group decides" said Luke.
In the end he decided to let things take its course. In the end it should be fine to follow whatever they decide right?
At moments like this Luke wished Linri was here. They hadn't interacted much but he could see it from his eyes. He had the ability to pry into other people's most inner thoughts. It was like he had the ability to read other people's minds.
That was why Luke always thought he was suited to be a leader. There were different interpretations of how a leader should be and Luke's was like this. A leader should have the ability to give the right job to the right person.
Linri was suited for this task. Sine he could read other people's hearts he could see what job would suit them. He was the ideal leader in Luke's mind. He was cruel, arrogant, selfish and heartless. Basically the perfect leader.
He wouldn't be merciful towards but allies and enemies. He always knew what to do so you only had to follow him and enjoy the ride. He wouldn't make bad decisions due to sentimental reasons.
Some people say a leader should be forgiving, kind and caring. What a load of bullshit! They were just ideals from some books they had read. The people who said that didn't even see what a real battlefield was like so how could they know what a leader should be like.
A person like that at best would be suited to lead charity organisations. Can you even imagine a politician like that? He would become a puppet in no time.
Unfortunately, Linri himself didn't seem to be aware of his own gift. Maybe he was ware of it but just didn't want to be responsible for others. From what Luke observed Linri seemed to prefer solitude. 
He had a couple of friends he interacted but that was about it. He didn't belong into any groups and he didn't seem to be part of one either. From his perspective mercenaries didn't 


Maxwell (Max) Walker was your everyday college student. Until his Role Playing character forcefully switched places with him. 

Now Max has to live the life of his character in a world of both science and magic. Suffer everything he made him suffer. Fight every battle he made him fight.

Join Max in his journey to return home while paying for his past decisions.

Author: Kasaix Edited by: ZombieCat090

P.S For anyone interested we also have a discord channel where you can interact with me and other fans https://discord.gg/JmaHGF5

Random Hunter A. "It's a legend among hunters."


Random Hunter B "He is my idol!"


Ging "Raigo ? He's the one who taught me Nen..."

Netero "He's the only one who can resist my fist..."

Chrollo "He taught me nen, but he wants to hit me because I've become a criminal! What did I do in response? Nothing, I could only let myself be hit sensei is too strong!"


Maha "Him? Sorry, the Zoldick family does not accept any business related to him..."



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