Join Qin Feng as he tries to get rich, dealing in the resources that most martial artists require!
Of course, getting his hands on the same is going to be more troublesome than he had expected, when a war, fighting over the succession, too many pretty women and having no time to practice his own martial arts start messing things up for him!

Gun-Ho had nothing to do in the mornings since the auction class started in the afternoon.
All he did was reading an economic newspaper and surfing the web.
"I don't have to feel pressured. Even though I don't make money for a year, it will cost me only about 20 million won."
Gun-Ho sometimes went to a public library to read books he hadn't have time for. He read some liberal arts books or business books.
"Maybe I should invest some money in stocks. I don't want to invest a lot because it's risky. Let's try 50 million won."
Gun-Ho studied stock charts.
"By looking at the trading volume and the moving average lines, Daehan Logistics, Lotte Chemical, and QM Steel look good. In addition, Daehan Logistics is on the market for M&A. Once it is sold to a big company, its stock price will hike. Lotte Chemical looks good too. QM Steel produces stainless steel pipes and it has a low debt ratio."
Gun-Ho had work experience in accounting, in addition to his studies in accounting at Zhejiang University. He could quickly read a company's financial statements. Gun-Ho selected these three companies and traded them on a daily basis. He sometimes lost and sometimes gained. His eyes hurt after looking at his computer monitor for long hours.
 
"They said that Daehan Logistics had been on the market but I don't see any movement related to it. Its stock price doesn't move and it's annoying. They said that CJ, Kumho Asiana Group, and Lotte Group are interested in acquiring it, but nothing happened yet."
Gun-Ho's expectation toward Daehan Logistics lowered. The volume of Lotte Chemical got low. Many of their products are exported to overseas including China, but the stock trading volume became low. Let's sell them once the price recovers to the original price I purchased at."
Gun-Ho didn't make money from Lotte Chemical either.
"The chart and the trading volume looks good. I'm not sure who is pressing the price."
 
Gun-Ho made some money from QM Steel.
"I invested 10 million won into QM Steel and the price went up by 3.5%. Even after I subtract the stock trading fee, I still made 300,000 won."
Gun-Ho went to an ATM close to his office-tel and withdrew 300,000 won he just made from the QM Steel stock trading.
"It's not bad at all. I made 300,000 won in two days."
Gun-Ho went to Gyeongbang Department Store, and bought t-shirts and a jacket with the 300,000 won; he felt like it was free money. He had an extravagant meal in a restaurant located on the top of the department store building.
"Let's sell some of Daehan Logistics and Lotte Chemical, and put them into QM Steel."
Gun-Ho invested 300,000 more in QM Steel and had fun doing something else.
QM Steel had potential. On the following day, Gun-Ho closely monitored the stock movement of QM Steel. Its stock price was exceeding the market price, and Gun-Ho sold his stocks at a good price while monitoring the one-minute chart.
"I made 200,000 won today."
 
Once Gun-Ho started making money by stock trading with QM Steel, he didn't want to do anything else but doing stocks in his office-tel.
"It's time to go to the auction class. Should I skip the class today? Or should I go? The stock market is still open."
Gun-Ho decided to go to the class.
"I should know about auction and I already paid for the course. It's hard to take my eyes off the stock chart though."
 
The instructor of the auction class explained about how to participate in an auction at a courthouse.
"There are a lot of websites showing the auction items. To have more details on the items, you can register certain websites by paying a small membership fee. If you see one you really like, you will have to go see it yourself."
The auction was interesting, maybe because it is easily found in daily life.
"Before you go see the item yourself, you should read and understand the information provided by the court website. Once a property is sold at an auction, it releases the financial institution's debt; however, you have to be careful with the issues with a tenant, right of superficies, and the Imchi right."
A student raised his hand and asked a question.
"What is Imchi right? I saw a banner on a building on the way to the class today; it said it was exercising its Imchi right."
"Imchi right is a legal term. It is created when one party entrusted money or objects to another party, and the receiving party promised to keep it safe. Usually, the construction company or renovation company exercise this right when they didn't get paid for their work."
Gun-Ho was not sure if he fully understood what the instructor said.
"A legal term is always difficult to understand."
 
Gun-Ho spent money more easily than before since he had been making some money from day trading. He now took a taxi instead of a bus or subway when he came home from his auction class in the private institution in Yongsan to his office-tel in Yeongdeungpo.
"A bus doesn't run often and I don't get a seat on a bus after the class because the bus is often full during the hours."
The taxi fare was not a big deal to Gun-Ho anymore.
 
There was no auction class today.
Gun-Ho felt lazy cooking his breakfast. He went to a porridge house close to his office-tel to have his breakfast; he had a vegetable porridge.
"Let's do the day trading with QM Steel today unless I see other exceptionally good stocks that exceed the average market price."
Gun-Ho sat his desk and opened the online stock trading website and logged in by entering his login ID, password, and his authorization certificate.
"Huh? What is this? The price stays the same and the trading volume is zero?"
It was strange. Gun-Ho clicked the official announcement.
"What? The company might be delisted and they are looking into it right now? Its president is accused of embezzlement? I invested 30 million won in QM Steel. Trading of this stock is not allowed until all become clear. F*ck! I can't touch my money until then."
 
Stock investment was difficult. Gun-Ho spent time studying about stocks and analyzing financial statements, and he carefully selected bottom-priced stocks to play with, but still, this sort of things happened to him.
An investigation of delisting of a company occurred when there was; embezzlement, breach of duty, fabricating a sales report or giving inaccurate publicly available information in bad faith, that was material enough to affect an investors' decision. Gun-Ho entered the stock discussion forum where he could get various information.
"The president took the company's money and ran away."
"The majority shareholder entity of QM Steel will start its rehabilitation process."
"That president committed embezzlement before, and he did it again during his probation period and already flew to another country."
All sorts of rumors came out.
Gun-Ho felt drained. What if he invested all of his 1,170 million won into the QM Steel stocks? The thought of it terrified him.
"Whoa, it's not difficult to lose everything in a day."
What Chairman Lee said crossed Gun-Ho's mind.
"I don't do stocks because I can't figure out the other player's cards. That's why I don't do stocks."
Gun-Ho could picture Chairman Lee smiling.
 
"What if they decided to delist the company stock? I will likely lose my shares. They might declare bankruptcy. Sh*t!"
Gun-Ho was so worried that he didn't even feel hungry for lunch.
"I lose 30 million won from my investment in QM Steel; if I add my living cost and the office-tel rent of 20 million won to it, I will lose 50 million won in total for the year… I can lose all of the money I made from China gradually in this way!"
Gun-Ho felt scared.

This is the story of a poor young man whose poverty even shreds apart their family willing to climb his way through society and into the top. A very realistic novel that moves away from fantasy and sci-fi and focuses solely on the issues of society and life.


Back home, Huang Xuan saw Aubrey, who was in a suit, at once.
“Mr. Aubrey came for you. I let him wait for you in the living room,” Li Qing explained.
Huang Xuan nodded and shook hands with Aubrey. 
“Mr. White, I am sorry for keeping you waiting. I have plans tonight. Let’s get into business.”
By then, still nothing had been heard from Rolin. Huang Xuan started to realize how much he relied on the base. He didn’t know how the interpreter had interpreted “get into business”. Nor could he listen to Aubrey as if he was listening to Chinese, which made him feel that he had lost his judgment on the talk. Luckily, he hadn’t chosen to talk with Aubrey in English. Otherwise, there would be no way for them to talk about specialized issues.
Aubrey briefly talked about the purchase of the storing company, during which Huang Xuan’s mind had been wandering. Aubrey stopped, said something else and was ready to leave. Huang Xuan didn’t get up to see him off but walked into his own bedroom. He found the energy chain and called Rolin’s name in a low voice. Waiting, quietly. 
After the base had been upgraded to level 22, the energy chain had been of little use in saving energy. Huang Xuan had almost forgotten it.
It was getting dark. A cloud of dust was raised, and trees were rustling as if somebody were brushing them.
“Huang Xuan, dinner’s ready.” Li Qing knocked lightly on the door.
“OK,” Huang Xuan responded spiritlessly.
“Time for dinner.”
“OK!” Huang Xuan became impatient. Suddenly, he realized it was Rolin that had been talking to him this time. He jumped off the bed and asked, “Are you back? Everything OK?”
“Yes. It is advantageous to fight in my own territory. There is just a small problem.”
“What problem?” Huang Xuan was worried.
“A power cut occurred in Nanjing. There wasn’t enough energy, so to make sure the base was safe, I secured a lot of electricity through the energy chain. Now you must think out a remedy.”
“That’s fine.” Huang Xuan was relaxed. “What happened today? What do you mean by fighting in your own territory?”
“Some time travelers intruded into P112.”
Rolin answered calmly, but Huang Xuan was shocked. 
“Where are they? What happened?” he asked, blinking his eyes.
“They must have intruded by mistake. Their time machine was above level 21 but was in a negative energy circle and the time travelers were in poor health. I have forced the passage closed but didn’t find any intruders.”
“Have they left?” Hearing the word “intruders”, Huang Xuan was scared. “Will it be an army? That will be a huge trouble.”
“After the passage is closed, the intruders won’t be able to escape from P112. I hope you can help me find them.”
“What will happen to them when they are found? How many of them?”
“Just help.”
The blunt answer sounded so familiar that it even made Huang Xuan feel warm. He nodded immediately and asked, “How can I help you?”
“A lot of energy.”
“Understood.” 
Huang Xuan opened the door and shouted, “Brother Qing, ask Aubrey to come back.”
Against Aubrey’s expectation, before his company could close the deal on Capres, Huang Xuan expressed his interest in buying a few big energy enterprises and storing plenty of oil, gas, and ethanol, to which he firmly objected because it was stupid to spend 100 million dollars purchasing before a detailed plan was made. However, his client had made up his mind.
“The sooner, the better.”
“How is it possible to settle it in days? A purchase is like a war, which might take only two or three days, but the preparation might take months or even years,” Aubrey thought, but half an hour later, he met Ned, the representative of the Standard Chartered Bank of the United Kingdom, who brought a letter of credit of 100 million dollars. Ten minutes later, the investment advisor of the United Bank of Switzerland brought another letter of credit of 100 million dollars. All of a sudden, Aubrey started to be anxious.
After dinner, all the representatives of the banks informed had arrived. Li Qing served some snacks.
“That’s it. I want to buy some energy companies and hope you each can do an investment report for me. If it is OK, I will entrust you with the purchase,” Huang Xuan said while eating mung bean cakes.
Charles Dutoit with the United Bank of Switzerland writhed his body and asked, “Is the investment volume of Mr. Huang limited to the 100 million dollars deposited in our bank or not?
Obviously, the others were also concerned with the question. Huang Xuan smiled and answered, “I have 250 million dollars in cash that can be employed in investment. I intended to assign the companies among you three banks, but if your report is good enough, I won’t care about who will execute the purchase.”
After that, he looked at Aubrey and said, “I hope Mr. White can settle the issue of the storing companies in these days.”
“Don’t worry.” Aubrey nodded his head hard. “It sounds that Huang Xuan has decided to let Citigroup purchase the storing companies, meaning that Citigroup has already won advantages over the other two banks. A month ago, we thought that this teenager had only two million dollars in cash, but suddenly, now, he has 250 million. Is there gold everywhere in China?”
“One more thing.” Huang Xuan looked at the three and tapped on the table. “I want to buy crude oil or ethanol delivered in July. Any suggestions?”
One of the most important indexes in futures trading was circulation. The goods delivered later usually possessed better circulation, and thus were more expensive. The closer to the trading day, the closer to the price of the goods on hand. Hence, goods delivered in July were the same as goods on hand.
Aubrey was worried that Huang Xuan didn’t understand it. He gave a little cough and said, “Mr. Huang, I have a question. Do you want to deal in forwards and futures or goods on hand?”
“Goods on hand, of course.”
Aubrey smiled. It seemed this client knew a little about futures business.
“Only Chicago Merchandise Exchange deals in ethanol futures presently. It is in small trading volume, and many customers choose delivery settlement. There are many kinds of crude oil, such as light oil, medium oil, and heavy oil. Besides, there are differences according to the sulfur content and the places of origin too, which both cause the differences in cost. Which kind of oil or which place of origin of oil would you like?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Poor Mr. White had never met such an investor, whom he would call stupid. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and decided to make it clear.
“Mr. Huang, how much do you want to buy, and how are you going to store it?”
Huang Xuan had become impatient. Rolin didn’t even know, how should he know? He drank some tea, then put the cup down and said, “I am going to spend 50 million dollars on it. As for the amount and the storage, they are your job. Otherwise, why do I pay you the commission? Right?”
“Sure. Sure. Mr. Huang, don’t worry. Please leave them to us. We guarantee you an excellent job.”
“I want the goods on hand as soon as possible. No matter how many there are, deliver them to Sao Paulo. That simple. Whoever is done with the scheme first gets the 50 million dollars. Clear?”
“Clear,” the three answered in chorus.
 
 


Many people felt frustrated by the lack of knowledge after time travel.

Many took their laptops with them during time travel and fell into an awkward situation with deficient electricity.

Many others took the troops with them and found that there were only logistics of 19th century.

Countless predecessors had died on the way, numerous on the land of another world. 

A large number of people had achieved both success and fame after time travel, but failed to find the way back home. 

Do you still regret not remembering the formula of glass?
Are you still confused about the ingredients of gunpowder?
Are you still trying to perfect the shape of mirrors?

Nowadays, a lot of colleges and universities are rushing about, looking for sponsorship; many institutions are drifting along the wave of bank notes; a host of experts’ and professors’ subjects have been brought to a halt  because they are short of funds.

There is a solution to every problem.
...



Yuuta was on a Carriage and is now headed to the Kingdom of Bronzelite to visit the Merchant Guild, "Hmmm...I hope Aki is ok alone at the Store..." he said as he looks outside of the Carriage.

"Mister Golem, Welcome to Bronzelite Kingdom" said the Coachman; He was kind of excited since he could visit a kingdom in another world like an MC of an isekai novel. As they enter the kingdom he looks from side-to-side o see a real medival and fantasy kingdom vendors selling unique foods from left to right; clothes, food and unique accessories you name it they have it.

"Mister Golem were here" said the Coachman. Yuuta got off holding a speaker and is in front of a huge building with an isignia of the Merchant Guild; Coins infront of a pouch. He enters the Guild wearing nothing but an apron and carrying a speaker, He can feel the gazes of the people around him confused? disgusted? he couldn't tell, and continues to walk to the receptionist.

"Hello?...Sir Golem? Welcome to the Merchant Guild! You can call me Anette, what is the reason for your visit?" said the Anette. Yuuta put the speaker down and adjusted the Volume; "Hello!!" the Volume was too high the people around him were shocked and looked at him scared and slightly trembeling. He quickly adjusted the volume again "Mic Test....1..2..3...is this ok" he asked Anette that was still a bit shocked "Y-yes.." replied Anette; "Actually, I'm here to see-", "Mister Golem Welcome to the Merchant Guild!" he was cut off by someone and he looks at the person to see that it was Ferra. She goes down to greet Yuuta and He could here the others mumbling "Why does Ma'am Ferra welcoming a lowly Golem..", "I don't know maybe the Golem is Madam Ferra's Bodyguard..", "Her Lover maybe?.." is what he heard what the others mumbling.

"Mister Golem lets continue what we were discussing at my office" she said as she goes to the 2nd floor of the Merchant Guild and Yuuta follows her carrying his speaker.

He enters Ferra's office as he looks around it looks like some of the furniture was an antique or something expensive. Ferra sits on top of her desk and Yuuta puts his speaker down. "So....Mister Golem, what do you want to partner up with the Merchant Guild?" ask Ferra as she looks at Yuuta; "ahem....What can the Merchant Guild offer?", "I can make you a noble, or perhaps you want your small time shop be at the top of the trading industry.... or maybe you want M-E" replied Ferra; "Miss Ferra this is a serious deal please keep your jokes to yourself" said Yuuta, "Do I not suit your taste Golem?" Ferra said seductively. That was not the problem she was a vey beautiful and sexy woman she has some voluptous bosoms and wearing those tight shirts any virgin would fall for her, but thats not the point; He's here for the future of the Convinient Store. "Miss Fe-" he was lost in his own thoughts that he didn't notice Ferra was right infront him "Miss Ferra?"; "Do you really not want M-E" she said as she grabs Yuuta's apron and tugged the apron to bring him closer to her. "ahem, Miss Ferra lets get back to what we were talking about" he said and Ferra backed off and sat in her chair at her desk. 

"Ok, Mister Golem what do you want?" he couldn't put his finger on it but it seems like a switch in Ferra's head flipped and is now in Bussiness Mode. It was a long talk but they agreed on Anything that Yuuta wants info, employees or anything the Merchant Guild would everything in their power to get it for the Merchant Guild they get to use 5 of any products in his Store for 3 months they switch the products for the other ones while half of the profits go back to Yuuta.

Yuuta turned the cleaning room into Aki's bedroom and while Yuuta was away she took the Manga her Papa was reading amd tries to read it too but she just looks at the drawings.

A guy who was murdered was reincarnated as a Conviniece Store in another world

Having regained his faith in his way of sorcery learning, Grimm left the stone tablet and returned to his dormitory. He then immersed himself in his usual meditation to help himself calm down and keep his mind organized.
Meditation was the most fundamental and efficient method to improve one's mental strength and to stimulate the conversion of mental strength to magical force. The potency of meditation varied with the meditator's satori[1], which roughly meant how engaged the thinker could be during the meditation process. Besides, the duration of meditation should be restricted to around an hourglass of time.
"Hmm…" Grimm completed his meditation and took a deep breath. He then put his hands eagerly on the crystal ball, which he'd received as a bonus along with the seven free sorcery courses from the academy. He rejoiced when the ball read a mental strength of 13 points and a magical force of 125 points.
"That is a two-point rise in magical force. The meditation seemed to have paid off!" Grimm exclaimed.
According to A Guide to Meditation by Sorcerer Apollo, the typical degree of magical force for a sorcerer was basically tenfold of his/her mental strength. Now with 13 points of mental strength, he had brought out a nearly ten times magical force.
That was a big step forward because in the very early days on the ship, he had produced merely three points of magical force when he had 12 points of mental strength.
In a quite delightful mood, Grimm then went to sit down on the chair in front of his testing table. On it were a dissected frog, a monkey brain and an assortment of insects drenched in jar fluids, a few squeaking rats in an iron grate cage, vials of perfumes which Grimm had manufactured according to the Odor Mapping - Volume II of Canine Olfactory Enhancement and Odor Mapping, and a much-valued microscope that cost Grimm 30 magic stones.
He flicked through his heavy notes that he had made over the past two years about Canine Olfactory Enhancement - Volume I of Canine Olfactory Enhancement and Odor Mapping, and now he was capable of discerning over 4,000 kinds of odors, tenfold of the average discerning capability. But for him, it was far from enough.
Furrowing his brows, Grim wondered, 'Olfactory Enhancement is not Hematology Sorcery, which was confirmed six months ago when the microscope was bought. Hematology Sorcery is a kind of sorcery of power-building through transferring certain tough animal's blood into the practitioner's body, which is then adapted and processed in the circulatory system.'
Grimm then lit a Soul-Calming Incense, a product which he had made himself. It could produce a pleasant and soothing smell.
It was neither Curse Sorcery, Medicament Sorcery, Arcane Sorcery, Mechanical Sorcery, Alchemy Sorcery nor any kind of sorceries he had learned so far.
And unfortunately, there was no way to know who had written the Canine Olfactory Enhancement and there were no similar books to refer to in the library where books on Curse Sorcery, Mechanical Sorcery, and Alchemy Sorcery abounded.
Pacing to and fro in the dorm, he wanted a moment of enlightenment. And here it came!
Grimm had decided to take a big step.
Previously Grimm had conducted his research mostly by feeding the lab rats self-made medicines, which were meant for sharpening their sense of smell. But the process had been slow, so Grimm decided to take a risk and give the rats an intravenous injection of the medicine, and Grimm colored the medicine with a reddish, synthesized pigment.
Two days later, to his great surprise, he found that every single cell in the rats' bodies had turned red when he observed them using the microscope. The observation meant that the medicine had spread all over the rats' veins. But the microscope couldn't show the specific changes of the individual cells.
Determined to follow through his research, Grimm rushed to the Black Tower for help.
"There must be a more sophisticated microscope there," Grimm thought in his mind.
The ground floor of the Black Tower was actually a huge trading market, where people were all busy trying to make a deal. Grimm cut through the first floor and went directly towards the seventh floor where the room of Equipment for Rent was on. But Grimm was taken aback at the rental rate for the microscopes: one magical stone per day! Still, for the sake of his experiment, Grimm made up his mind, and rented one. He then rushed back to his testing table.
But the new microscope couldn't provide Grimm with the resolution at which any changes of the rats could be observed at the cellular level, either. Therefore, one day later Grimm returned the microscope and requested for a more sophisticated one. The boy who rented Grimm the microscope the day before looked quite surprised.
Normally, only medicament sorcery and, in some cases, mechanical sorcery and alchemy sorcery would require a microscope. Now that Grimm was asking for a microscope with a very high resolution, it indeed caught the boy off guard.
"What? The one you took is not good enough for you? What are you using it for, anyway? We are not majors in medicament sorcery! Besides, there are no better ones." The boy shrugged. "Wait a second! My mentor has one. It's said that he bought it from the Holy Tower of Seven Rings. You want it?"
"Yeah. I want it badly!" Grimm's eyes brightened.
"Then I will let you use it for some time. As a reward, you pay me twenty magic stones. "
"What? Twenty magic stones? Are you out of your mind?" Even though Grimm speculated that the boy's mentor must be a great sorcerer, he still thought that the microscope was highly overcharged.
"Well, I was trying to help. You know it's a big risk." The boy assumed a look that said he couldn't care less if Grimm would not buy it.
"But I don't have that much money."
"Come to me when you get it, then. By the way, I'm Varro."
Grimm had no choice but to leave, for he had only one and a half magic stones. He had almost used up his stones buying materials for his olfactory experiment. He kept murmuring on his way back, "How can I possibly get those twenty magic stones?"
Borrowing from members of the Death Sail League was not an option, because Grimm was too dignified to beg for money.
But suddenly, he had a good idea and he didn't need to borrow at all.
"I now have the knowledge on olfactory enhancement, why don't I take advantage of it?" Grimm thought. "I should start with the perfumes. Yeah, the aphrodisiacs! I could make and sell it at the trading market, then."
Grimm jumped into the air at the idea.
After years of efforts on olfactory and odor study, Grimm, unlike the majority of the pupils in the academy, had learned no tricks of offensive skills, but had virtually evolved into a professional on odors.
Aphrodisiacs were actually recorded in the Odor Mapping. It was odorless, or subtly speaking, couldn't be sensed by ordinary people. The most amazing part of it was that it had a strong effect of increasing libido.
The aphrodisiacs were essentially made up of ten types of odors - three types of odors to impact and impress, three to make the odors last for several hourglasses; three to compel the subjects to be indulged in the odors and the last one to dispel other odors around the subjects.
After two days, Grimm had produced a jar of aphrodisiacs and then divided it into thirty vials.
"Now I can sell them in the market and get some magic stones." Grimm was thrilled.



"Grant me infinite knowledge, and I shall be as a fulcrum, to move the endless world!"
...
Sorcerer Continent—a world where sorcerers exist. Wielders of arcane knowledge. Masters of all elements. Sovereigns of space and time. These sorcerers governed the world with their unrivaled prowess. One day, a young man awakened into this world with his past forgotten and no place to call home. Follow along as Grimm, by relying on his luck and wit, tries to survive and advance in this unforgiving world. Entangled within the machinations of fate, political schemes, power struggles, and wars, he forges his own path and creates a place for himself.

Lady Phillie, who was dressed in a lady-like manner, sat graciously on a chair along with a couple of elderly persons in a secret chamber within the headquarters of the trade alliance in Boulder City.
"Phillie, let's talk about the mysterious wizard that you brought back. What exactly was going on?" asked a ruddy, silver-haired elderly person in a hoarse voice.
Lady Phillie had some doubts, these people in front of her were those who held power over Boulder City. They were the elders of the trade alliance, and their consents were needed for everything in the trade alliance. Even her position as president had to be endorsed by these fellow elders.
Thus, Lady Phillie dare not hold back any information from them.
"Fellow elders, it is a complicated matter regarding this Merlin…"
With that, Lady Phillie recounted everything that had happened outside of the city, word for word. The Elders took in a deep breath when they heard the bizarre way Merlin descended, how he easily slew Wizard Darknight's three acolytes and finally, how Wizard Darknight become Merlin's slave.
"Phillie, don't bother about this Merlin anymore. No one in the entire Boulder City shall trifle with Wizard Merlin!"
The elder's voice became very harsh, which caused Lady Phillie to be doubtful. She had never seen the Elders so anxious before, not even during the wars in Tagan City.
"Elders, this…"
Just when Madame Phillie was about to ask further questions, one of the Elders interrupted her with a wave of his hand and said, "Phillie, you are still young. Although you are gifted in the trading field which forced Tagan City to use such despicable moves, your knowledge towards spell caster is still too little."
The elder paused before he continued, "Do you know what's the identity of this mysterious Wizard Merlin? Heh... If I'd guessed correctly, he must be the legendary spell caster from beyond the heavens"
"Spell caster from beyond the heavens? What do you mean?"
Clearly, Lady Phillie had never heard of any spell casters from beyond the heavens, nor what it meant. She was merely an entry-level spell caster with a gift in the trading world. She was still clueless with respect to the many mysteries regarding spell casters.
"It's futile explaining to you what spell casters from beyond the heavens means. All in all, spell casters from beyond the heavens are very powerful. Most of them were legendary Great Wizards. Phillie, you must know what Great Wizards means, don't you? No matter how this Wizard Merlin behaves toward Boulder City, we shouldn't trifle towards the possibility that he may be a Great Wizard, a powerful spell caster."
Chills went down Lady Phillie's spine. Although she had high expectation towards this Merlin still, she was surprised by how terrifying Wizard Merlin was. She believed every word by the elder because no one was more knowledgeable than this particular elder within Boulder City.
When the elder used to travel the world, he was able to visit the Glorious Palace once. If the elder said that Wizard Merlin could be a Great Wizard, that was likely close to the truth.
Such Great Wizards are no good news to Boulder City. Any affiliations with a Great Wizard, even just a little, could easily destroy Boulder City.
It was clear what the Elder meant. Avoid getting close to Merlin and it would be best if could Merlin were to leave Boulder City voluntarily.
After all, Boulder City which possesses such a small influence could never contain the arrival of a Great Wizard.
...
The second day, Merlin was wondering the streets with Wizard Darknight. Aside from wanting to understand the many cultures in Boulder City, Merlin's main objective was to find the entrance to the Glorious Palace, to see the spells or potions.
The Glorious Palace span over the entire dimension and was built by the legendary Wizard Mogan. Naturally, Wizard Merlin would want to have a look.
Under the guidance of Wizard Darknight, Merlin easily located the bustling point of trading within Boulder City, the Glorious Palace's station. It was bustling with activities among the crowds.
However, most of the crowd were made up of Normies who did not become spell casters. Perhaps, they were here to purchase some Mind Meditation Spell or spells to see if they could become a spell caster.
It was rare for proper wizards like Merlin and Darknight, much less very powerful wizards to be entering the Glorious Palace's station.
As soon as they walked into the Glorious Palace's station, there were two spell casters reclining lazily on the chair. They stayed in their positions without batting an eye even upon Merlin and Darknight's approach.
"Master, let's go. These people in Glorious Palace's station will only be interested if we were to purchase some spells or potions."
Merlin nodded. Although these spell casters were only people of Glorious Palace's station, Merlin could feel their inner pride and nobility. It was as if being a station wizard at the Glorious Palace was an extremely honorable thing.
Merlin walked straight in and saw the crowd purchasing some spells or Mind Meditation Spell. Merlin casually flipped through and read some unique Runic Magic Circle. He could not see the content but he was able to read the introduction.
For example, Merlin had on his hand a volume named Gerdo Mind Meditation Spell. At first, Merlin picked up the book on a whim and did not pay much attention to it.
However, upon reading the introduction on the book cover, Merlin's face became more stern.
This ordinary Mind Meditation Spell was only a volume of entry-level medication spell, but its effect was up to par with Wizard Leo's high-level meditation spells which Merlin received when he was in Dark Magic Region.
"This is an ordinary Mind Meditation Spell?" Merlin could not help but asked Darknight.
Darknight took a quick look and nodded with slight doubt, "Precisely, these are ordinary meditation spells. There are also some high-level, and even some ultimate-level meditation spells here. The effects are mind-blowing. However, I've heard that ultimate-level meditation spells are only available in the Glorious Palace. The spells available outside were only limited to high-level Mind Meditation Spells."
Darknight's words caused confusion in Merlin's head. He thought of a possibility, and that was the legacy of Glorious Land was not passed on. In fact, it was possible that many of the Mind Meditation Spells were very fragmented, and could only be pieced together by the wizards afterward.
These fragmented Meditation Spells could be practiced once completed, but the effects were not as before. An indirect observation could be made that the loss of legacy amongst the spell casters of the Glorious Land was such a dire consequence.
This was occupied by an ordinary Legendary Wizard. Hence, it could be said the meditation spells and spells were all from the sole distribution of one legendary wizard.
This Wizard Mogan, he must have lived through the glorious times for a spell caster. These Meditation Spells should have been the ones practiced by ordinary spell caster during the glorious times. It was indeed much more powerful than the Meditation Spell obtained by Merlin at the Glorious Land by leaps and bounds.
Merlin had begun to understand why he was a mere Fourth-level spell caster whose mind power had not achieved Seventh-level. Those Mind Meditation Spell had almost no effect on him. Hence, he could only rely on some potions to extend his mind power.
He had also understood that it was not due to the lack of effect of the Mind Meditation Spell, but rather he had not found a better Mind Meditation Spell. This was the true Mind Meditation Spell!
Naturally, the Mind Meditation Spells here in the Glorious Palace were merely entry-level meditation spells. It could hardly do any good for Merlin to increase his mind power. He needed to collect a completed middle-level or even high-level Mind Meditation Spells. By then, his Mind Meditation Spell would work even if his mind power increased to seventh or eighth, ninth level.
As Merlin had unexpected found Mind Meditation Spells which was different from those of the Glorious Land, he began to search the Glorious Palace's station to look for other potion, runes, and some other things with high spirits.
He had surprises in each finding, be it in potions or runology, as they were all much more powerful and more complete than those from the Glorious Land. There were even some alchemy, as well as the Puppet Transfiguration Method which had long vanished from the Glorious Land.
All these were greater and more complete than the Glorious Land. This was the real legacy from the most glorious times of spell casters. Perhaps, the most glorious times of spell casters did not end, it merely did not persist in the Glorious Land but managed to live on in the infinite dimensions.
The glorious times of spell casters had always lived on!
Other than these, the biggest reward for Merlin was still the Pandora Demon Ability. The Glorious Palace's station had publicly displayed many Pandora Demon Abilities. Of course, these were categorized by common demon ability and Fusion Demon Ability with a huge difference in price.
Faced these demon abilities, Merlin felt very unfamiliar. However, one of the Fusion Demon Ability was truly worth its price. Its powers were only second to Merlin's Fiery Collapse.
When Merlin first arrived in the Glorious Land, he learned some tricks from the ancient books. During the most glorious times of spell casters, almost all the spell casters would basically practice Fusion Demon Abilities in spells. To completely combine demon abilities with spells, even the lowest levels of spell casters could have had disastrous power.
In the Glorious Land of the past, spell casters with no demon abilities was an unimaginable scene. However, in today's Glorious Land, it was impossible to obtain common demon abilities, what more Fusion Demon Abilities.
Merlin's Fiery Collapse, Darkness Heart, Flash Wind, Fuse Earth Demon Ability, and more were all obtained through pure luck and coincidence.
Over here, as long as one had sufficient elemental crystal stones, one could openly purchase Fusion Demon Abilities. No wonder this Darknight, a mere Fourth-level spell caster wizard was in possession of Fusion Demon Abilities. The power was immensely great, it was even up to par to those Seventh-level wizards in the Glorious Land!
These were the real spell casters, who could easily possess the power for destruction.


Anyone who could construct a stable Spell Model could become a Wizard — that was the Wizards' ultimate secret! Having been given a new life as the son of an aristocrat and armed with a super quantum computer from his past life, Spell Models game as easily as breathing to Merlin. With this overwhelmingly huge advantage, would Merlin become the greatest Grand Wizard of all time?

The many exciting items practically blinded everyone's eyes. Under Blue 6's recommendations, they bought the supplies the Hope needed. This included the not-that-expensive sub-molecular solid water and gases that were processed using similar technology. Other than that, they also purchased the hydrogen and heavy water needed for polymerized reactors. They bought the type that had large volume and small size.
Then, also with Blue 6's recommendation, they went to the food section of the market. There was also plenty of selection there. The people on the Hope had at least been to two life-preserving planets, one was Earth and the other was the new planet, so they had seen two distinct ecosystems.
However, the 3D images of the food materials shown there really opened their eyes to the wealth of food types in space. There were all sorts of unique food, including edible minerals that grew naturally in the ground and parts of sentient organisms…
Most of the food looked new, but there were human equivalents. For example, there was an interesting-looking ingredient that looked like delicious wheat, but there was nothing impressive about its nutrient contents. Such food items dominated 90 percent of the food sold there.
The remaining little percentage was priced really high because they had unique effects. Just like Earth's spice trade, due to their rarity, their prices were really not different than gold… Although, since gold was a common metal in space, using it to trade for these unique food items was impossible.
For example, there was an extremely rare condiment. It was a powder formed from grinding some sort of fungus. The spore of this fungus was sold there. They could be bought and reared on the Hope. The fungus contained a type of special amino-acid that could change to the taster's favorite taste once it made contact with human saliva. In other words, the fungus was a tasteless condiment but would change into different flavors according to the taster's palette.
Furthermore, the amino-acid was beneficial to the human body. According to the computer analysis, constant consumption of this fungus would help improve the human body's immune system and general health. However, there was always a small chance of it causing addiction. Therefore, regarding the purchase of this extremely rare condiment, Guang Zhen decided to purchase a small amount after hesitating for a long time. However, the price was indeed high.
There was also an interesting legume-type food. It contained a great amount of carbohydrates and protein. However, most importantly, it contained a special stimulin that could activate a human's growth hormones, inducing a second growth in intelligence, body, and fitness. It was a super food that had no downsides to the human body.
However, this kind of legume required a large amount of feeding… Yes, this legume was what they called a carnivorous planet in space. It was a type of vine, and its vines could move very fast through the ground. It hunted animals like a predator and sucked the nutrients from the animals after curling itself tight around its prey. It was only during the harvest period that its carnivorous nature would hibernate to reveal itself as a safe, green-leafed plant.
According to legend, this legume's legacy could be traced back to the Pa Race. That would explain its aggressive nature. There was anecdotal evidence that for certain species of this legume, they would still continue to attack the harvester even during harvest period. Of course, this unique growth meant that the fruits they produced were extremely nutritious and their effects were ten times greater than normal legumes. They could be called the superfood among superfoods.
According to Guang Zhen's calculations, the Hope could set up a room to specially grow this kind of carnivorous plant. After all, the Hope was not lacking in soul. Most animals grew almost too fast on the Hope. They had slaughtered groups of animals to lower their population a few times to clear up space. If there was such a carnivorous plant on the Hope, it could solve many issues.
In the end, they purchased about ten of such plants…
When the humans left the supply market, they had already purchased at least 100 species of food items. When they were shopping, they did not feel like they had bought too much, but when they returned to the vehicle and took inventory, everyone had a drawn face. Why? Because the Hope was running out of space. Even though it had undergone plenty of upgrades, the Hope currently had a population of 200,000 plus and had to set up special rooms to accommodate Earth and the new planet's ecosystem. Now they also had the new tech center and military square, so there was not much space left on the Hope. These 100 species could not be mixed with Earth's and the new planet's ecosystem, and thus they had to open at least another 100 new farming areas. Where would they find so much space on the Hope?
Let's not fuss over these issues for now, let's lust leave them for Ol' Yao to worry about… But seriously… Our new mothership, Kun Lun… It's time to start building it since we're soon going to become a level 3 space civilization.
This thought was on Guang Zhen's mind as he sat down and closed his eyes to rest. It was going to take several hours to get to their next stop, so they used this free time to have dinner or sleep. The next day, when they woke up, the vehicle had already arrived at the mineral trading depot.
The structure was not dissimilar to the supply market, the only difference was the appearance of some civilization's security unit. They were either on patrol or on guard duty. In terms of general security, this place was tighter than supply market.
The trade sequence here was similar to the one at the supply market, the only difference was that this time, Guang Zhen was carrying a safe. After some questions, the group moved to a depot manned by a level 3 space civilization. After they stated their intentions, they were invited to go inside for appraisal and trade. Soon, about 10 members of the level 3 space civilization arrived to greet them.
The trade went smoothly. Even though Star Dust Gold was expensive, it was not so valuable that it would cause a level 3 space civilization to shamelessly rob them. After all, Star Dust God was only used to create products from level 3 space civilizations, and twenty kilograms of its purified form was not valuable enough to incite these people's greed.
Therefore, after the appraisal, Guang Zhen's group left the place safely with the Shelter's currency value. After checking the accounts, Guang Zhen realized that they had only spent one-tenth of the large amount of money they got from the trade. They were planning to find a way to spend the rest of the money, because it was unlikely that they would return to this Shelter in the future.
The rest was simple. The credit issue was solved after using the Shelter's internal server system to clear the debt. The feeling of being debt free was indeed wonderful. They still had plenty of money left to purchase a large amount of supplies, technologies, and information.
Their first stop was the mineral trading depot. Naturally, they started with purchasing the stuff that the Hope needed. They skipped super rare minerals like Star Dust Gold because the fact that humanity already had a large amount of it aside, they did not have enough money to buy it and humans had no use for it at the moment.
The group had a list that was given by the Academy before they left the Hope. The various big scientists had named their purchasing needs. For example, there was equipment and parts for something called the super large hedron collider, the sensitive technologies, mineral processors, large equipment, and the additional parts to the second generation mesomeric resonator that the Hope desperately needed. Those were all on the list.
This trading depot had once again opened their eyes. There were many minerals that they had not heard of before. For example, they saw someone auctioning a mineral called plasmatic light absorbent ore. Its actual usage was unknown to level 3 space civilizations as well. This type of material could absorb all light and energy to increase its own mass. It looked incredible and sounded rare, but since they did not know its purpose or benefits, it might be a natural ticking time bomb, so Guang Zhen's group did not bid for it.
Just like that, the journey at the mineral trading depot came to a close. The group spent another night on the vehicle, and on the third day, they arrived at the machine factory for level 2 and 3 space civilizations.
This place was much greater in scale than the two previous trading centers because of the scale of the items that were traded there, which included the blueprints of a civilization's mothership.
The things being traded here were the various products of level 2 and 3 space civilizations, from everyday goods to technological products and weapons, including space battleships, patrol ships, and various other ships. The most exaggerated was definitely the mothership that was parked there…
Once again, the choices blinded everyone's eyes. Many things were beyond their wildest imagination.
For example, they sold plasma weapons here. Simple guns that looked like normal pistols but fired plasma bullets. Of course, the trading procedure here was much more complicated than at the two previous trading centers. The products here could not be purchased by normal civilizations, they had to refer to another number, and that number was the so-called Shelter reputation points. These reputation points did not matter when one was purchasing the products of level 2 space civilizations, but when purchasing a level 3 space civilization's products, especially the weapons and battleships, it mattered. Purchasing them required a high amount of reputation, and it was not something the Hope could afford currently.
Regardless, the many products from level 2 space civilizations and the limited options of level 3 space civilization products that did not need Shelter reputation were already enough to confuse Guang Zhen's group…
And just like that, the third day passed without incident…


Endless sky and infinite space, the cosmos isn’t some paradise waiting to be found, it is full of darkness and danger, death and terror of the great unknown. However, for that glittering swath of blue, we have no fear! For the longevity of men, we have no regrets! Nothing shall stand in our way because it is finally our time, our age! The age of cosmos exploration! 


Edited by Aelryinth
A small car and a van pulled into a villa's drive, one after the other.
After Zhang Che alighted, he couldn't help but ask Huang Tielan, who was at his side, "Why is this van coming with us? Are you going to move in with me?"
"Pah! You wish!" Huang Tielan rebuked. She pointed at the Demonic Rainbow Spider by her feet, saying, "What's in there is food for my Caihong today."
Zhang Che couldn't help but feel shocked. -That little thing can eat that much?-
When the soldiers who came with them opened the boot and carried the alloy cages out, Zhang Che immediately understood the situation.
The metal cages were housing a scorpion close to two meters long with colorful patches, a thigh-thick, coiled-up huge snake with red and golden circular patterns on its skin, a bathtub-sized emerald green furry spider, and a toad the size of a goat with tri-colored lumps on its skin.
Sweeping his gaze across them, Zhang Che realized they were all low-tier poisonous exotic beasts. They had been injected with strong tranquilizers, each of them sitting in their respective cages obediently, not moving a muscle.
Well, it seemed like frequent contact with poisonous creatures would be inevitable from now on...
Before the Demonic Rainbow Spider matured, this food had to keep coming.
Earlier, the Demonic Rainbow Spider had already had a meal at the Huang family ancestry home. So, these poisonous beasts were actually his lunch and dinner.
Huang Tielan directed the soldiers to carry the metal cages into the villa's underground storage room, then directly had that little demonic rainbow spider remain there to look after his own food. Afterwards, she went upstairs and greeted Sun Lan, then proceeded to drag Zhang Che back into the car again.
"Where are we going?" Zhang Che asked after getting in the car.
"Go shopping with me! I haven't shopped properly in ages!" Huang Tielan said excitedly. She drove the car so fast that it could almost be mistaken for an airplane, scaring Zhang Che into hurriedly telling her to slow down.
"Don't worry, Zhang Xiaoche. I've raced with my dad's subordinates since young. This little bit of speed is nothing."
Zhang Che was speechless. -Looks like I have to bring her into the beast world and help her level up, then give her the Maneater Leech King soft armor, in case she gets into an accident.
-Although, I wonder how tempting she'd look after putting on that super tight-fitting soft armor!-
Thinking of this, Zhang Che couldn't help but turn to look at Miss Tienan's chest.
Huang Tielan's slimmed down, perfect oval-shaped face immediately flushed red. She said coquettishly, "Where are you looking at, Zhang Xiaoche! I can't drive properly!"
Zhang Che let out two dry coughs awkwardly, forcibly shifting his gaze forward. It would be disastrous if his gaze made Huang Tielan feel uneasy and unable to drive properly, leading to an accident…
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The car sped through the roads, finally stopping at a shopping mall in the city central. She cheered excitedly and pulled Zhang Che along, starting to buy, buy, and buy.
Mhm, Miss Tienan's shopping was, in fact, an unrestrained shopping spree.
However, Zhang Che didn't feel like his arms and legs were going to break from fatigue. He kept following behind her with a smile, settling the bills, carrying her trophies, and was even forced by her to provide many opinions.
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By the time they came out of the mall, not only was Zhang Che encumbered, even Huang Tielan's hands were full, carrying a mountain of things.
"Hah, it's been so, so long since I shopped so happily. Zhang Xiaoche, you have to come out with me more often!" Huang Tielan jumped about cheerfully, her face glowing with excitement.
The ability of this golden couple to draw eyeballs on the street was simply off the charts, the heads of passersby often turning to look at them. Of course, there weren't any incidents of some random mentally challenged rich second generation attracted to Huang Tielan's beauty and coming up to find trouble. That was impossible.
After stuffing their car's boot full and starting up the engine again, Zhang Che suddenly said to Huang Tielan, "Don't head back yet. Let's go to the northern sector's exotic beast material trading hub; there's something I want to buy."
Zhang Che wanted to order a custom-made bow. As such, he needed to go buy some high quality exotic beast materials personally.
He'd done his research on the net last night. Although there were many reputable bow crafting companies in Bei Du, there weren't any powerful bows that could catch his eye. After all, it was hard to find another person with his inhuman physique, not even one in a million. Why would those weapons companies produce items that were impossible to sell?
With Zhang Che's current strength, he could barely manage to use a super strong bow with a two thousand kilograms draw weight. As his strength kept increasing slowly but steadily, it wouldn't be long before he could use such a bow freely. Naturally he wouldn't be interested in those ordinary bows that only had several hundred kilogram draw weight at the most.
"Okay, sit tight!"
Huang Tielan didn't ask what Zhang Che wanted to buy. The northern city's exotic beast material trading hub wasn't a short distance away. Thus, she only reminded him and floored the accelerator.
The car engine emitted a low and powerful roar. It immediately sped through the congested traffic like a bolt of lightning, leaving Zhang Che's heart thumping heavily.
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They drove for over twenty minutes, drawing closer and closer to the exotic beast material trading hub in northern Bei Du.
Under Huang Tielan's well-practiced driving, the car steered away from the main road, entering a loop with higher traffic volume, leading to her inevitably slowing down. This was the shortest path to the northern sector's exotic beast material trading hub, and the traffic here was simply unbelievably high.
Huang Tielan couldn't help slapping the steering wheel in frustration, grumbling, "A pity that the use of private planes aren't allowed in city areas. Otherwise we'd just not drive when we go out in the future. The traffic is insane!"
Zhang Che: … -Miss, why don't you go to heaven instead!
-Not right, this miss here wants to take the sky road, but the system doesn't allow her to!-
Zhang Che thought to himself, -Did that future father-in-law of mine bring his daughter up as a son all these years? Let alone her exquisite sword skills, she can even race cars and pilot an airplane! Perhaps she could even play with armored tanks!
-Luckily, although Miss Tienan usually seems a little loud and boisterous, deep inside her she's still very gentle and lovable.-
As he was deep in his thoughts, Zhang Che suddenly felt the car suddenly jerk to the side, followed by Miss Tienan cursing, "What the heck is wrong with him? Does he even know how to drive?!"
Zhang Che hurriedly looked over. He saw a black multi-purpose vehicle suddenly merge into their lane forcibly from the left, forcing their car to shift to the next lane.
-The heck, we actually ran into people intentionally looking for trouble!-
Zhang Che's temper flared up. He was just thinking about how his luck today was pretty good, not encountering any brain-damaged people looking for trouble while shopping, and now he ran into one while sitting in the car!
If it wasn't for Huang Tielan's excellent driving skills, they would have collided for sure.
Although they weren't driving very fast, a sudden collision wouldn't feel good, either. It was fine if Zhang Che was by himself, but the important thing was that his Miss Tienan was only an ordinary human!
This was simply intolerable!
Zhang Che felt a surge of fury rising from his soles all the way to his skull. Just as he was about to get out the car to teach the other driver a lesson, he saw all four doors of the black multi-purpose vehicle open, and a few burly men in black suits getting out of the car.
-What the... I don't recall having any enemies in Bei Du?-
It was naturally impossible for them to be the Huang family's enemies, either. They were still in the city; who would be so insane to actually mess with them in public? If there were any, they would either be dead or checked into a mental hospital by now.


The world experienced a cataclysmic change, and countless spatial gateways appeared out of thin air.
Exotic beasts of all shapes and sizes swarmed out of those aforementioned spatial gateways, forcing the humans to face the crucial moment for their survival.
In order to search for a chance at survival, brave warriors from the army and scientific researchers risked their lives and entered the world beyond the spatial gateways. To their surprise, they discovered that there was a chance of obtaining beast cards by killing these exotic beasts in their world.
Those with extraordinary spiritual strength are able to utilize the beast cards, perhaps transforming the cards into the beasts’ combat bodies while they were still alive, or transforming them into weapons or defensive gears, or...
A new occupation came into existence following the changes, known as beastmasters.
A transcender with two souls fused into one found himself in this magnificent new world full of waves, rising step by step as he ascends into the seat of a godly beastmaster.

(3° person POV)

Wolf shifts uncomfortably on his horse. Not that the saddle is more bothersome than usual, but the several strange weapons pointing at him from atop the metal walls and the strange small structures where the blue metal soldiers are inside, pointing their guns at him and his soldiers.

He came here with only four other people, with swords and armor to defend from the monsters. however, that made him anxious if the other party would consider that a rude act. Before he could even introduce himself at their gates, an unbelievable loud voice sounded, ordering them to stop.

And now, several minutes have passed. Suddenly, the giant metal gates started to open, sliding inside the six meters tall walls also made of smooth metal.

(Wolf): "Amazing. A few days ago, there was nothing here. They built everything so fast…"

From inside the gate, a group of ten blue soldiers came out, armed. Wolf gulped nervously, they probably wouldn't attack them, as they could have done that from the safety of their walls and metal boxes.

(Marine): "Dismount of your horses and out down your swords."

The one in the front said, his voice a bit distorted from inside the armor, sounding strangely normal in volume despite his face being covered. Wolf nodded and looked at his companions as he dismounted.

They followed his steps, taking off their swords from their belts and throwing it to the ground. The metal soldier's face was covered, so a reaction wasn't possible for wolf to see.

(Marine): "Follow me."

He said, making a hand sign to his comrades. Five of them moved to take the horses and the rest escorted Wolf and his followers inside the fortress. Inside, he saw something unbelievable. An army, bigger than a few days ago.

Every single man and woman a soldier inside an armor, every single one armed with one of those weapons of mass killing that tore the monsters to shreds. He gulped. He was guided to one of the larger buildings in his vision, a building of strange shape to him, made solely of metal, with a dome-ish shape.

The door opened by itself as they approached. Inside, their escorts said:

(Marine): "I will guide you to the Commander. Watch your tongue."

He said, in a not threatening tone, still intimidating due the nature of his words. Wolf simply nodded. The other soldiers stayed behind, and Wolf followed the one who talked to a metal box that is surprisingly big.

The marine entered and waited for Wolf's followers to enter before pressing a button besides the open entrance. Metal doors slid and closed the entrance, and the whole room started to move upwards. Wolf and his man lost balance for a second, but the soldier in armor seemed fine.

After a few seconds, the room stopped, and the doors opened again. What was revealed is a large room with a long table where someone is sitting at the head.as wolf enters the room, he can make out the person sitting on the table. It's a boy, more specifically, a human boy.

Wolf holds back a frown, seeing a human. In the end, the negotiation mind end up badly for their side. Wolf and his companions stand in front of the table, and the marine behind them. The boy leans back in his chair and says:

(Vladmir): "Sit."

Wolf then sits in the chair opposite to the boy in the other end of the long table, and his companions sit on the chairs beside them.

(Vladmir): "Well then, to the introductions. My name is Vladmir Grigori, I am the Supreme Commander of this army."

He says, looking at Wolf with a meaningful stare. Surprisingly, he feels that this kid is dangerous. For some reason, ever cell of his body feels that he won't beat this kid no matter what happened.

(Wolf): "H-hello. I'm Wolf, leader of the beastman town not far from here."

(Vladmir): "Welcome, Mister Wolf. Please, sit."

When Vladmir said it, Wolf felt a pressure on his body, forcing him to sit on the opposite end of the table. The others with him also sat down, afraid and suffering from the same pressure. With that, the negotiations started.

(Vladmir's POV)

Strange… I felt this sensation when around the marines but chose to ignore that. But now, I sense the same thing with these beastman around. Yes… it's the presence of a weak mind. Although I don't consider myself a strong psychic, I have an affinity to bending minds.

The marines have weak minds, the pilots have stronger minds, but I can still get in their skulls if I try hard. The medics… I can't even get near their minds these girls are quite strong mentally. However, these guys… their minds are weak.

Not that they are stupid, but I can feel that they are more soldiers than thinkers. I'll try to use this at my advantage.

(Vladmir): "Well then, Mister Wolf. What do I own your visit to my fortress?"

He smiled nervously, trying to make a friendly face.

(Wolf): "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mister Vladmir. I came here to stablish a friend relationship as neighbors."

A friendly approach… it seems that he telling me a half truth, I can partially read his mind. However, his objective is more to assess the situation and grant that I won't do a hostile invasion. It's quite transparent. Even so, I don't want a hostile relationship, but I still need to keep a strong fist over them.

(Vladmir): "It's an interesting concept, mister Wolf. Indeed, although I'm a military commander, I'd prefer a peaceful relationship."

Wolf smiled, and his followers as well. Ok, Vladmir, first the carrot.

(Vladmir): "Well then Mister Wolf. I'd like to discuss trading."

He smiled and we talked for a while about goods and trading. What I have to offer is simple technology, such as lighters, pens and other paraphernalia that makes the live of the beastman easier, as well metal.

What they have to trade is small amounts of food, some money that they can produce with the metals that we provide, since I can produce basically any kind of metal at my factories, as well monster cores that will be their main trading stuff.

Of course, the discussion took at least four hours. Not only that, since the start I had one of our medics, out of her armor, to write down the contract with several clauses where our trading terms are stablished. However, that was the carrot… and the stick follows.

I ominously lean my elbows on the table, crossing my fingers and hiding my face behind my hands, creating a serious atmosphere.

(Vladmir): "Mister Wolf, although I do have the impression that you are a good natured person, I'm still a military commander."

His face paled visibly.

(Wolf): "M-mister Vladmir… I can assure that the beastman village will be a great business partner!"

(Vladmir): "Don't misunderstand. I have no prejudice against your race. Much the contrary, I could not care less about it actually. However, as I said previously, I'm a military commander. My nature is to distrust, and I wouldn't like to jump in a agreement without a guarantee."

Wolf swallowed dry, his face serious. After hesitating for a few moments, he said:

(Wolf): "What kind of guarantee?"

I held back a smile and kept my serious countenance. Even if I'm a child and his companions don't seem to take my seriously, I can't show myself a cruel dictator that delights in their suffering.

(Vladmir): "A long time ago, when my kind still dwelled in castles, we had an costume in the lack of better word."

Wolf just stared at me, his face filled with determination. Still serious, I said:

(Vladmir): "normally, as guarantee the offering party would send a youngling of importance to the other party to be raised as part of their family, and trusted as one."

Even though it doesn't seem that much, as his face clearly showed, he slowly got the meaning. Because that means giving off a child of your own family to another house. And if the relations get sour all of the sudden…

(Wolf): "A hostage…"

(Vladmir): "It's a point of view, really. After all, you have no intentions of betraying my army, right?"

He and his companions paled considerably. Before they could say anything, I made my follow up.

(Vladmir): "Although I believe that having under my wing the child of only one clan wouldn't be considered a diplomatic consent from the whole village…"

Wolf looked at me shocked.

(Wolf): "I never mentioned other clans…"

(Vladmir): "That's my condition, Mister Wolf. Send me one child per clan of your town and we will seal our trade and friendly relationship for the years to come. I just hope we can maintain a friendly relationship in the future… if you wish to consider carefully, I'll give you one month."

I said, raising one finger, still with a serious face. Wolf's face contorted with conflicted feelings. Now, show me. Are you a father or a leader first?

Vladmir Grigori, a world champion in Starcraft 2 is reincarnated with a missong for the god of another world. The power that he requested... was a power to summon units from the game.

And now, in a noew world with several others to explore, he will cary his mission, and change the history of all worlds.

The pile of gold bars was a monument on its own, creating a stunning sight as it shone and shimmered in the sun. Except for the pirates tasked with moving the gold bars, Zhang Heng gathered everyone from his ship and distributed weapons to them. They needed them to maintain order at the harbor in case of untoward incidents. That said, after Zhang Heng annihilated the Skeleton, everyone knew it best not to mess with Jackdaw. Unsurprisingly, no one lost their minds when they saw the gold bars coming out from the ship.
Afterward, Zhang Heng sent someone to contact Carina, asking her to empty one of her warehouses. He would use it as temporary storage for the gold. The Jackdaw had an overwhelming yield this trip, and if Zhang Heng distributed the gold to his men right now, safety would be a primary concern. On the surface, no one seemed to dare go against Jackdaw's pirates but in actual fact, multitudes of thieves and robbers were waiting to get their hands on all those precious gold bars.
Other than that, the group of pirates who had previously gambled away twenty gold coins in a single night received a stark warning from Zhang Heng. Though the captain had no intention to poke around everyone's spending habits, he knew his men would become moving targets the moment he gave them their share of the money.
So, he decided to only give them a portion of their share first. He would help them to keep the rest for now. He came up with a ledger to keep track of all the gold that he gave his men. Anyone could ask for more whenever they needed it. After a while, Carina and her men came to the pier.
It was then Zhang Heng noticed that Carina didn't look too good. Since there were outsiders around him, he figured it was a bad time to talk about it. Only after reaching the warehouse and seeing that all the gold bars were safe did he talk to her in a quiet place.
"How's everything? Has it all been good throughout my absence?"
"The situation… is not looking good," replied Carina as she tried squeezing a smile.
"Huh?"
When Zhang Heng left Nassau two months ago, Carina's problem was solved because the Skeleton was no longer a threat to her. Along with the rise of Jackdaw, her trading business flourished in Nassau as well. Not only did she enjoy repeat business with the captains she used to deal with, but some pirate ships even left the black market alliance hoping to build a long term partnership with her. All the while, Malcolm had been trying to dominate the black markets of Nassau. Naturally, Carina's growth had become a huge threat to him. More and more traders were increasingly interested in trading with Carina instead of the black market alliance.
This was indeed great news for Carina since the black market alliance had been retarding her growth for a very long time. When she saw hope in defeating Malcolm and the black-market alliance, she instantly signed every contract of the captains who wished to trade with her. To take control of a broader market share, she purchased another ship to help her move the increasing amount of items moving through her warehouse. Right now, she was the proud owner of three cargo ships. Of course, the expansion required an increase in hiring as well. With the large acquisitions, she literally invested everything that she earned back into her business.
Unfortunately, whatever happened after that was out of her control. Carina's biggest problem was her lack of shrewdness as a black-market merchant. The black market alliance was newly formed when she first came to Nassau. All her father's trading partners had left to work with them when he got incarcerated. In the end, Jackdaw was the first and only ship willing to trade with her. Owing to that, she managed to survive in Nassau. However, although sleeping on a bed of roses, sharp thorns were present as well. She had to face perpetual harassment and pressure by the black-market alliance, which just wouldn't let her off the hook.
That was why Carina differed from all the other black-market merchants. She never trusted anyone aside from Zhang Heng. Of course, she traded with many different captains under the radar of the alliance, but those were just one-off trades. The real situation, however, was way more complicated than that. Although Carina had a natural flair for business, she sorely lacked experience, not to mention needing a lot more time. All that in a place she was unfamiliar with. If Malcolm wasn't after her, she would have had sufficient space to grow like a potato seedling. Right now, Malcolm was akin to a giant stone pinning her down. She had waste precious energy to squirm and crawl underneath its weight. In other words, he had severely stunted her growth.
Malone's betrayal had also slowly affected Carina. After all, he used to be her father's most trusted partner. He was also the only one familiar with his trading techniques. Without Malone's guidance, Carina had to rely on herself to do business in a world filled with hounds and sharks. From that time on, one problem after another began to plague her.
For instance, she had supposedly set her buying price at 5% higher than the black market alliance, a rate Carina and the captains both agreed with. However, the black-market alliance offered different prices to captains from different tiers. Some pirates eventually discovered that they had been offered different rates compared to some others although the items they sold were similar.
It was hardly surprising then, how some pirates felt increasingly displeased with the double-standards. During that time, Carina was busy discussing partnerships with the merchants, worried that the bad reputation of the alliance would spill over to her. Ultimately, she was forced to cap her prices at the highest possible rate. That would mean she would be getting significantly less profit from all her trades.
The low-profit margins were just the beginning. Along with the increase in her cargo volume, the customs officers demanded an increase in bribes as well. This would all translate to higher costs, and subsequently, the retail price for the items would increase as well. Such a situation would only spell fewer buyers in the end. Initially, Carina thought that Malcolm must have been messing with her. Shockingly, she attempted a different port but found the same thing happening to her again. It was then when she realized that this was an unspoken rule for all black market merchants.
As if to worsen the situation, she had troubles at her business spot as well. The local traders were unhappy after seeing Carina dealing on a large scale on their turf. Two lawsuits were filed against her thanks to the jealous and disgruntled lot. The matter had to be settled regardless, and she was forced to spend a considerable sum to settle the case outside court. The detour eventually incurred huge losses for her.
All the above led to only one conclusion: the financial pit, the worst of her woes. Before Zhang Heng left, he gave Carina the Skeleton. Although it was supposed to be her third cargo ship, she would still need to pay for its refit and the manpower required. During that time, she had just spent a large sum of money to expand her warehouse by opening a grocery store. When the time came for her to purchase loot, she was so cash strapped that she was forced to mortgage her father's property just to have enough.
The entire process of purchasing the goods from the pirate ships, finding prospective buyers, and shipping them to various colonies usually required a set amount of time. It was a well-established system that most traders were familiar with. Unfortunately, the situation didn't always go as planned. The time the ships would return to port remained an uncontrollable factor. At times, a few pirate ships would all return to Nassau at once, and she would need a tremendous amount of money at hand to purchase their loot.
A week before Zhang Heng's return to Nassau, Carina was already on the verge of financial collapse. As of now, she still owed two captains a large sum of money. Then, this morning, she was trying her hardest to calm her increasingly disguntled partners who had not received their payment on time.
Unfortunately, the heightened emotions caused some pirates to lose all patience and they proceeded to ransack her grocery store.


Growing up with eccentric materialist parents who left him in the care of his grandfather for a job overseas, Zhang Heng had learned to adapt and be unfettered by the oddities and challenges in life. But he would soon learn the baffling truth about the world he thought he knew when one day at midnight time froze and he found himself in a world so quiet and still it was deafening. That night, he discovered that he had 24 hours more than everybody else and thus, marked the beginning of his adventures. The mysteries surrounding his newfound ability only deepened when a strange old man claimed to have given Zhang Heng that ‘gift of time’ and recruited the young man to participate in a cryptic ‘life-changing’ game on his behalf. Little did Zhang Heng know that accepting those terms meant embroiling himself in many versions of reality and exposing himself to the hidden secrets of the world—a decision he could never undo.

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