In a world where the existence of demons and monsters are as certain as prophecies coming true, unique creatures called "black children" are born as candidates in fulfilling a world prophecy, but only one can truly become The Black Child stated in it. Three of these black children are the self-egotistical, yet caring, Fest, the cheeky and harsh-mouthed Umeru, and a kind-hearted, passive boy named Lucio. In this tale of morals and emotions, they will meet powerful and weak people alike, each with their own problems that'll affect their lives as they grow. Their adventure starts at the humble village of Flowterra, their home.

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I drew all of the media used, except for the book cover. I used a free photo then edited over it.

The Idiot is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1868–69.

The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince (Knyaz) Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a young man whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight. In the character of Prince Myshkin, Dostoevsky set himself the task of depicting "the positively good and beautiful man." The novel examines the consequences of placing such a unique individual at the centre of the conflicts, desires, passions and egoism of worldly society, both for the man himself and for those with whom he becomes involved.

Joseph Frank describes The Idiot as "the most personal of all Dostoevsky's major works, the book in which he embodies his most intimate, cherished, and sacred convictions." It includes descriptions of some of his most intense personal ordeals, such as epilepsy and mock execution, and explores moral, spiritual and philosophical themes consequent upon them. His primary motivation in writing the novel was to subject his own highest ideal, that of true Christian love, to the crucible of contemporary Russian society.

The artistic method of conscientiously testing his central idea meant that the author could not always predict where the plot was going as he was writing. The novel has an awkward structure, and many critics have commented on its seemingly chaotic organization. According to Gary Saul Morson, "The Idiot violates every critical norm and yet somehow manages to achieve real greatness." Dostoevsky himself was of the opinion that the experiment was not entirely successful, but the novel remained his favourite among his works. In a letter to Strakhov he wrote: "Much in the novel was written hurriedly, much is too diffuse and did not turn out well, but some of it did turn out well. I do not stand behind the novel, but I do stand behind the idea.

In the courtyard of the great hall Laura, Daven, and Dorete were doing their morning training.
 
From what they did not notice when from the door that led to the great hall, Einar was there along with Kassia, Helmi, and Elin, who was watching how the little children trained.
 
The training lasted a while longer until Peder sounded a horn which indicated the end of it.
 
It was at the moment that Laura, who was wiping the sweat from her body, saw Papa Einar at the door.
 
So she ran out almost immediately towards him. Of course, this caused other children to run towards Einar as they excitedly expected to receive a hug from him.
 
Einar, seeing the large number of children heading towards him, smiled as he dropped to one knee and spread his arms waiting for the little ones to come to him.
 
After hugging each of the children, Einar got up and put his arm around Kassia's waist, "Children, I would like you to please show me how much you have advanced in math with the help of Kassia.
 
Remember that you should not be afraid if you make a mistake as it is normal for you to make mistakes, besides, I am here with you to see the level you have achieved in mathematics. "
 
All the children nodded and went to the warehouse in the great room. They must have taken out their little wooden pictures which had sea sand inside them.
 
With these, they did the numbers and basic operations such as addition using their little fingers, so that when they finished, they would only use their hands to erase what they wrote in the sand.
 
Laura, who already had her wooden box in her hand, helped Daven carry his wooden box as he looked like a small newborn animal.
 
Upon reaching the patio, all the children sat in their corresponding chairs and placed their wooden pictures on their knees, while Kassia stood in front of them.
 
"Very well children today we will show Papa Einar how you can write up to number 9, remember to use the fingers of your hands in the case at any moment you get lost and you don't know what number is next."
 
When Laura listened to the instructions from Mama Kassia, she used her little finger to draw the numbers that had been taught to her on the ground.
 
Daven laughed when he realized that Laura was writing the Roman numerals and not the numbers that Papa Einar had created.
 
Laura, who was more busy writing her numbers, paid no attention to Daven's laugh, as she was more concerned with being able to write all the numbers correctly.
 
Einar who was watching all the children noticed that some used Roman numerals.
 
This was not a problem since those numbers could also be used in basic operations, although they were not very convenient because they did not have zero.
 
'I will have to teach the children to use Arabic numbers over Roman numerals, otherwise, they will suffer when they have to do large operations or write long numbers.'
 
After a while, all the children stopped until they knew it was number nine, Laura for her part was very happy since she had written up to number ten, although she did not understand why when she turned her head she could see Daven's smile as if she would have done something wrong.
 
Einar, taking advantage of the fact that the children had already finished, stood in front of them and congratulated him for completing the numbers.
 
"I am thrilled that you have written the numbers and although some of you wrote the Roman numerals, you have shown me that during this time you have been learning well.
 
 
However, you must remember to always write the numbers that I have taught them and not the Roman numerals as the first option.
 
This is because when you get to multiply or write much larger numbers, you will have a lot of trouble doing the operations.
 
Now I want you to show me how you do the sums.
 
So I will dictate to you and you will have to write the result on your sandboard. "
 
All the children prepared to write the results of what Papa Einar was going to dictate to them.
 
"One plus one
 
Two plus two
 
Three plus three
 
Four plus four
 
Five plus five".
 
 
The children began searching for the answers using their fingers as Mama Kassia had taught them.
 
Laura, who was occupying her fingers, realized that if she used all her fingers together, she could get easier to get the result of the sums that Papa Einar had said.
 
Daven who was looking at Laura understood what she was doing, so by imitating what she was doing, he realized it was much easier to perform the operations with his two hands than if he only used the fingers of one hand.
 
When Einar indicated that time was up, all the children, regardless of whether they had finished, stopped writing in the sand and with nervous glances, they waited for Papa Einar to come by to review their operations.
 
Einar walked around the children and reviewed the answers to what he had asked. To his surprise, most of the children had answered correctly, although perhaps the time he had given them had not been enough because some questions were not they had been answered.
 
Upon arriving at Laura's place, he was pleased that the little girl had answered everything correctly, so she stroked her hair and gave her a smile.
 
"You have done well Laura, now just let me check the other children and as I promised yesterday I will teach all of you to play an instrument.
 
Although at the moment they will only be able to listen to me since I will have to ask an artisan to make their own instruments. "
 
Laura, when she finished listening to Papa Einar's words, raised her head with pride because she had been congratulated.
 
Daven who was next to Laura could only see her with jealousy, but fortunately, his turn came and it was then that he also received a congratulation.
 
 
After finishing checking all the children, he started teaching them the basics of music.
 
Helmi, who was quite interested in music class, asked Juni to bring 4 chairs because she planned to sit next to Einar while he was playing the flute.
 
Juni upon hearing Helmi's instructions walked as best she could towards the great hall because her legs were shaking, but before she could enter Einar touched her shoulder.
 
"Juni, apart from the chairs, I would like you to bring along a wooden table."
 
Hearing Einar's strange request, Juni nodded and entered the great hall.
 
Because of Einar's strange request, the warriors and all slaves from the great hall gathered in the courtyard.
 
With the table, ready Einar used the palms of his hands to hit the table twice. In the end, he gave light applause and repeated the two blows on the table again.
 
Einar's actions surprised everyone present as the repetition of the movements created a small but sticky melody that could not be removed from the head.
 
"Children do the same as I am doing at the table. Just be careful not to hit the wood too hard because you could hurt yourself."
 
The little children with smiles approached the table and all at the same time performing the same actions that Einar was doing.
 
"Keep doing the same movement and don't stop for anything, also when I say
 
We will Rock You[1]
 
You will only have to repeat that phrase, it doesn't matter that you don't understand what it means, just follows what I'm going to sing. "
 
At that moment Einar sang and everyone listened carefully to the words he was saying, although they did not understand what they meant.
 
Somehow everyone felt a sense of excitement when the children repeated in unison that phrase that Einar had asked of them.
 
All this lasted a few minutes until the song reached the end, Helmi who was still next to Einar just got up from his chair and gave him a big kiss.
 
"Could you repeat again the melody and those lyrics that you sang?"
 
Einar just laughed and asked the children to repeat the movements again while he sang. When they reached the choir everyone in the yard repeated those words.
 
Creating a very exciting environment that they have never felt before.
 
After singing for a while longer, Einar took a break as he underestimated the impact that singing a modern song would have.
 
Since being a time when there were not many things to do, a melody could be repeated for years or even generations, since it was a way to distract from the monotony of daily life.
 
While he was resting, the wood craftsman who had asked Seren arrived, so he drew some instruments for him to make.
 
"I wish you could do them as quickly as possible and when you go out, please look for Skald Per as I would like to invite him to lunch."
 
The artisan nodded and took the drawings that Herald Einar had made. When he left the great hall he ran towards the Skald's house intending to find him.
 
For the one who was warming himself in the fire while drinking herbal liquor, he heard someone knock on the door of his house.
 
This made Per sigh, and he will get up from his comfortable chair where he was sitting.
 
When he opened the door he was surprised to see Ulmer, who was flustered and sweaty.
 
"Per, Herald Einar wants to invite you to lunch. It seems he wants to talk to you although it could be anything.
 
Either way, I have to leave you since I have some instruments to make. "
 
After saying those words, Ulmer ran to his workshop as he feared being delayed with Einar's request.
[1] A classic Queen song, a delicacy...


Max, a Mexican military man, loses everything in a mission that goes wrong so he ends up reviving in the year 830 at the beginning of the Viking Age, as the son of a Jarl in exile named Einar.

Einar can overcome the challenge of surviving a hostile world where only the strongest can live. It is up to you to find out.

They had all been surprised by what the 'Voice from the sky' had said. He had said that the  'Magical World' had been built by their ancestors 6000-7000 years ago and two of their civilizations had been destroyed, since then, that too in nuclear battles. 

The voice seemed to have an opinion that the Earthlings had a habit of destroying things and they should not mess up with anything in this Magical World.

The voice had suggested that they talk to the Old man before they touched anything. An extremely opinionated person, he seemed to be, to think they had butterfingers!

They had pondered who he was? He was definitely not God? They were of the opinion that this entire place was a trick.  Everything seemed to be fishy. The sky being dome-shaped and the gap in between the two portions of the night sky and the day sky was indeed strange. The fact that he had said it was made by the ancestors meant it was manmade.
 
So, they all went to meet the Old man. No one wanted to sit around on the grass waiting.  After a short walk, they found the Old man sitting in front of his hut cleaning vegetables to probably cut them later. They greeted him. The Old man was really Old. He was wearing a white gown and had long curly hair as well as a long curly white beard. He seemed to have very kind eyes.

The Old man was very happy to see them. He had not seen any human being for a long time.  Of Course, he had met the Orbs that had come for the crystals to add to their machines. But he had mostly met lots of Aliens who came in their spaceships from the gap in the sky.

He acknowledged their greetings and wanted to know why they had come, and that to children of Earthlings. The children had informed him that they wanted more crystals for the hypnotizing machines.

He told the children that the Orbs had come earlier and had used their minds to process the crystals to fit into the slots of their hypnotizers. He also told them that no Earthlings had come here since the last one who came 4000 years ago when their 2nd civilization was undergoing a great war in which nuclear weapons were also used. Upon being asked the children told him that the present year was 2019. So they were visiting after 4000 years had passed.

 He asked if the parents or grandparents knew about this magical world that was created by their ancestors a long long time ago. The children informed him that they were learning about this world from him only. They were not aware that their ancestors had possessed this sort of knowledge and technology at that time.

The children asked him whether he was alone or there were others. He informed them that they were also Earthlings who had stayed here to handle things. But they got amalgamated with this world and their generations stayed on to look after this world. The knowledge they possessed was from those times and was much more advanced than the 3rd civilization which had developed on Earth.  

His task and that of his descendants was to advise people who came here.

Aliens were the regular visitors and the people here did not have weapons to ward off the Evil Aliens and since there is nothing in this world to hold their attention, the Aliens just visit, enjoy themselves and leave. 

The rock curtain that the Earthlings had used to come through was a 'portal'. It had ceased to be used until the Orbs and the children had used it. The Earthlings have probably not used it as they had lost all memory of the existence of the Magical World.  

So, the generations of Earthlings living there were practically on their own and were guarding their little world. The children wanted to know about the booming voice and the Old man told them that the voice was a computer-generated voice. It used to come with an image, but a defect developed in the program or there was a voice connection issue which they, the people of this world needed to be fixed by sending someone to the main machinery which is in that mountain behind him. There was a control room there which controlled the machinery and many other things including the aperture in the sky.

The Old man finally dropped a bombshell by saying, "This Magical World is actually a man-made satellite and our generations have kept it going since you have all forgotten it."

"It was made by scientists who were fed up with people saying the planets, worlds, stars like our sun and our satellites were round," the old man added. "Actually, mankind knew 7000 years ago that the world was round and their science, etc were too advanced."

" Someone decided to have a joke at the expense of the geologists, the geography experts as well as the astronomers and built this world."

"You mean to say that this world is actually a satellite built as a joke!" Ben inquired. "But what exactly was the joke in it." 

The Old man chuckled and said, "This Magical World is a joke in that it is a flat satellite created by some scientists to prove that flat satellites can also exist."

"When this satellite was created there were no labs or space stations in the sky. These came in the 20th Century."  

"So, the scientists created a flat satellite which could be accessed from space by means of spaceships as well as through the  portal for Earthlings."

"To make it realistic, they had to put in a lot of machinery to manage the gravity, carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, a false sky of the night with stars and day's side blue sky with the sun."

"They also had to add plants, grass, trees, shrubs, fruit-bearing trees as well as birds, fish, and animals."

  "So, these scientists of that time created a replica of the Earth but the Earth they created was flat and not round just to show that it was possible.

What would happen if you got stuck in Time?

Zia has completed her Ph.D. in Botany and has applied for the post of lecturer/ Professor. She joins a High school as a temporary teacher and is entrusted with the task of leading a group of students on a trekking /camping expedition. 

On the way they meet a guy who seems to be a trouble maker but later, he proves to be a pillar of strength. Early morning their camp is attacked and they flee taking a different route. But they are lost.

They enter a world where people are living, in hiding, for over 250 years. Their technology is much advanced as compared to ours. Their world was initially a Utopia but now it is changing due to an oppressive ruler.

They are trapped in the time of this hidden world and want to help the people there fight against the oppressive ruler and his cronies. The oppressive ruler wants to make a number of Time Machines by using the brains of the scientists who had died in harness at the site of the experiments. 

They all decide to help the good citizens of the lost world. The huge brains are destroyed and the Orbs of the scientists escape to help the rest in their mission. 

In the process, the crystals that are used in the hypnotizing guns are almost finished and to get more they split up to go to the 'Magical World' through a curtain which is a portal. The Magical World is a flat  man made Earth-like satellite, which was made as a joke to taunt the scientists 7000 years ago, and which is still operational. Here they meet the inhabitants.  They are fascinated with the advancement of science especially the talking chips and the flying cars.They see a completely different world where animals, plants, rocks, water etc can talk. Before you touch anything you need to seek permission.

They also meet the Aliens called the 'Crocodile Race' who have come to the Magical World (the flat satellite) to get supplies. They see spaceships being guided to land by the scientists of the Magical World.

At present they are narrating to the Aliens, what they have undergone till date. 

Read on to experience their adventures, their fears, and their courage, to deal with various situations and how, after meandering through various secret passageways, encountering adventures, they finally come back to their time.
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Trying to post a chapter in a week now.

BANG!

BANG!

BOGSH!

CRASHH!

The city was in chaos as the war continue, the lifeless bodies of the civilians and soldiers scattered in the street, the buildings have fallen due to the aerial attack from another nation, the civilians who were caught by the war was panicky leave the city but not everyone escapes alive, the little girl who sits beside her dead parents and little brother didn't budge even if the surrounding is loud and everything around her collapse, she just blankly looks at her parents but she felt someone was standing beside her and when she look up she saw a man in a soldier uniform.

" Kid, you should leave here, will you come with me?. "

 The little kid who is naive reach for the man hand and the man take her to their base, it took some times and they finally arrive at the military base, she saw a lot of soldiers and they go inside the base, she saw a room and it was filled with children just like her.

" go in there for a while and then we will move to the main base. "

The little girl nodded and enter the room she sees that a lot of children was trembling, she just sits in the corner and hugs her knees,  slowly the sleepiness gets her. 

*****

"... up "

"... wake up "

" Hey, kid wake up."

The little girl wakes up and looks around and there's a lot of soldiers who was giving instructions to the kids as they get out of the room, she gets up and looks up at the man who took her in earlier.

" We will move now, line up with the others. "

She nodded and quickly line up, as they get out of the room it was already dark and the cold breeze penetrate her skin and made her shiver, they hop into military vehicles and start to moves, inside the vehicles the silence prevailed until they get into the main base. 

" All of you get down. "

As the commander speaks all the children get down and line up, the commander sign the children's to get in and as they pass through the door, there was a woman soldier who was giving a white shirt and pants to each of them and they keep on walking following the commander until they reach the end of the hallway.

" All of you get into the room and change your clothes. " 


The children nodded and enter the room, it was a white room and everyone changes their clothes, as they finished changing the center wall open up and the screen appeared the children focus on it as they saw a man in there.

" Ehem, hello, Children we're you thinking why are you here? and why did the military took you? It's simple we were tasked to create a human war weapon and our organization is called Z. So now I know all you were already starving so your first task for today is to kill one person if you didn't kill anyone within five minutes you will still die, used these weapons and if you complete this task you will get to eat, good luck children. "

the screen switch to the timer and it was set to five minutes, the sidewall open up and there's a lot of daggers in there, the time starts to count down and the children don't know what to do and they were already trembling in fears, but the little girl walk closer to the daggers and took a dagger with a black blade and black handle, she looks back at children who was trembling and looks back at the dagger, she then remembers what her dad and mom used to say.

" Byeol our precious daughter remember this, you should always do everything to survive, even if you need to use everyone around you, you should never let anyone harm you, this world is dangerous. soft-hearted people don't have a place in this kind of world, because in this world you only had two choices. Be killed or killed them, use them, or be used by them. "

The little girl look at the timer and they only had two minutes left until the time runs out, she looks back to the children and quickly ran towards the little boy who was near her and stabs him in the heart, blood dripped out and the little girl was quickly soaked by the little boy's blood, all the children look at her in fear as they ran away from her. She wipes her face before taking her dagger out and the lifeless body of the little boy drop to the floor and the white floor was stained by blood.

" AHH! M-MOMMY... *sob* "

The little girl looks back as she heard the scream of a girl, she saw a boy who stabs the little girl to death, she sits down and watches the other children stabbing each other.

" AHH!!! "

" ACCKK! "

" MOMMY!! DADDY!! "

BEEP!

BEEP!

BEEP!


As the time runs out the room that is used to be white is now already tainted with blood and only five out of ten children were left alive, the screen switch again and the man who spoke earlier was smiling 

" The result is better than I thought, all of you did a great job and as a reward, you will get to eat a lot of food, see you all soon children. "

the screen turns off and the door opened the commander who escorted them earlier entered.

" Okay line up, you all will take a shower first before eating. "

The children just nod and everyone lined up before going out of the bloody room, as they make their way to their room the soldier who sees them looks at them with pity gazes, while the other looks at them like they are some sort of a monster. When they get in their own rooms everyone was given white clothes again and the children start to clean their selves.

*****

Clang!

Clang!

Slurp!

Munch!

Munch!

The cafeteria was filled with children's sound as they eat, the little girl still eats with manners even though she was starving, everyone was eating peacefully but as soon as they finish eating the commander came in.

" All of you get to the white room again. "

The children nodded and all of them starts to walk towards the white room and when they entered they see five beds with a lot of straps attached, and every bed had two soldiers standby beside the bed.

" Everyone gets into the bed. "

The naive children nodded and as everyone gets into the bed, the soldiers start to put in all the straps to their little bodies, The door opens up and the man on the screen earlier entered and look at them with a smile on his face.

" Did you all eat a lot?. "

' Yes... '

" Great now let's get started. "

People in white coats entered and they are holding a syringe, All of them stand beside each of the children and the man smiles at the children once more before signaling the doctors to inject the drugs into the children, and as soon as they injected it the room filled with the scream of the children.

AHHHHH!! 

ARRRGHH!! 

 ACKKKK!! 

Byeol Hyun was transmitted to a strange place after her group betrayed and killed her, She wakes up and she was already the rumored cursed daughter of the Tyrant duke.

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The cover I used is not mine

Domeric, or Harry as he was once called was not much of a botanist. No, that badge would go to Neville who was a genius when it came to understanding and nurturing magical plants. But he had learned Herbology in Hogwarts until his 7th year and some of the lessons he learned in those classes stuck in his mind.
So with his knowledge of magical plants and with the help of all the history books in the Maester's library, it didn't take him very long to understand the mystery that was the Weirwood tree.
And the first thing he found out about them was that they were not nature's creation but man made. Or 'Children' made if that made sense. From what little he could find out from the history and his own research, he was sure that Heart trees were just Weirwood trees that the children carved a face on. But that was not all there was to it.
He was sure that some kind of sacrifice was used to create the Heart trees.  He would have guessed that the Children used human sacrifices but the first humans to ever arrive in Westeros were the first men and the Weirwood trees have already existed in the Continent if history is to be believed.
Perhaps the Children used to sacrifice other Children for the purpose but from what he had heard of them, they seemed like a peaceful species so he somehow doubted that. Maybe they just used their blood to create new Heart trees. Blood sacrifices after all, were rather common even in his past life.
The particular event in which the rat forcibly took his blood in order to revive his dark master came to mind before he shook his head and removed such thoughts with the help of Occlumency.
The main reason why Heart trees were so different from other Weirwood trees aside from the face carved into them was that the Weirwood trees were able to tap into the magical network running through the world and are connected in some way to the Old Gods.
He was not 100% but he had a feeling that if he had the ability of the seers, then he would be able to use the magical network from the Weirwood tree to look at anything and everything that happens in the world. Though in the end, he was no seer and this speculation would remain just that.
He turned to many Weirwood saplings that he had tried to grow with the help of his magic and found that none of them had connected to the magical network going around in the world.
That was unfortunate. He was sure that if put a lot of time and effort in it then he'll be able to create a proper Heart tree. Something that generate magical energy and increase the level of ambient magic in the world allowing his magic to regenerate at a faster rate and to have large magical reserve over time.
But now he was the lord of his own lands and he had plans to bring new reforms in these lands so it was doubtful that he'll have enough time to research the magical trees.
In the end, he probably have to go North and search for Children of the forest. If they even exist in the world anymore. He hoped they did. The people in the world already seem intent on killing magical beings. If possible, he'll help the magical beings and try to protect as many of them as possible.

Harry Potter dies at the age of 28 in an accident by falling through the Veil. His soul travels through dimensions and end up in the body of 7 year old Domeric Bolton who recently died due to a horse accident.

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Day 87 - 10:29 AM - Mountain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Quezon
The next morning, the base had entered a new phase. Those people called by Mark yesterday were now being seen checking out their new abilities outside the walls. After all, they were also excited to try out the powers they had received.
As for those that did not receive a crystal from Mark, they could not help but feel a bit of envy. However, the old couple that did their best at managing the fields were among those Mark had called. This just showed that giving enough effort to be recognized in the base would lead them to the outcome they wanted.
Of course, unlike Huey and the others close and directly under Mark, the older couple and a few people that came first in this base were just regular people. And thus, they were only given an empty crystal for them to become Evolvers. Still, it was already something others would want to have. No one would not want to receive even the slightest powerup they could get, after all. Everyone wanted one way or another, to survive and protect themselves in this harsh world that became even more dangerous.
In fact, a few days after arriving in the base, Mark tasked Edward to start a training session for the combatants. Being in the army before, he was capable of leading such sessions. Nevertheless, not only the combatants were joining and watching the sessions. The majority of people, even the slaves, were carefully learning fighting techniques, self-defense moves, and the strategies he learned when he was still in duty.
That was the extent of how the people here did not want to go back to their previous lives. There was no need to tell them, and they were finding ways to get stronger by themselves.
With this reasoning, the people in the base would surely work harder for Mark to recognize their efforts.
***
Outside the base, Edward could be seen watching over the others as they tried out their new abilities. Since they needed to get used to their powers, the usual routine they had for this day was canceled. Nevertheless, they did not want to waste their time. As such, their current training used the trees at the south of the base as targets. It was because those trees were planned to be cleared out in the future.
It was hitting two birds with one stone.
Of course, Hallie was an exception. If she did the same using her abilities, it was not hard to start a forest fire. She was currently on the side, getting used to her staff.
The others were also using trying out their abilities with the weapons and equipment they received.
Huey was practicing with a needle launcher pistol in a strange shape. Being a support type, he could only attack within range. The strange shape of the pistol, however, was not because of the muzzle, but the ammunition. It had two needle compartments that would allow him to change ammo without needing to remove the magazine.
Jolleen was given another wakizashi. The new one looked cooler, however. It also had some movable parts that could make its blade either longer or wider.
Trisha was given some sort of gunblade being the all-rounder. Furthermore, it used the same ammunition as Huey's pistol.
Nicole, on the other hand, was given a crossbow that could retract or contract its body. It was made to be useful in both short-range and long-range combat.
Ed was given a pair of gauntlets and a transformable kite shield. The shield could be folded for easier movements and had a pile bunker to affix it on the ground when needed. Furthermore, the pile bunker could also be used to attack after flipping a lock and make the large nail fly towards the enemy.
As for Ron, he had a quite larger crossbow that was specialized in long-range combat. Its bolts were also larger and came with different heads that could fit any occasion.
To the other side, Karlene and Alana were also practicing with the pretty envious Analynn watching them.
The weapons Mark gave the two were improved versions of the weapons he gave them originally.
Alana had some sort of Pressure Gauntlets that uses heavy springs to further enhance her already absurd punching power. The needle launcher around the brace of the gauntlets was also improved. Not only that it could shoot farther and faster, but another kind of needle was added to the ammunition it could fire.
It was called Tracker Needles as the needle was made with [Glowing Blood Metal]. The needle was shaped strangely, in order not to sink on the body of the target. This needle was very useful in the dark as it would glow brightly indicating where the enemy was.
Karlene's Retracting Knife also had improvements. Now, not only that the blade could be retracted, it could even be shot towards the enemy when needed. Then, it could be pulled back, with a string of [Blood Metal] attached to the handle and the blade.
Pearl and Edzel were practicing on their own. Edzel was teaching Pearl the basics of what he learned from Mark, Karlene, Edward, and Alana. 
What Pearl received from Mark was different from others and she did not have it right now. Her's was a robe made of leather brought back by Pefile. Mark had a hard time processing it as the leather was as tough as metal despite not being as hard. And according to Pefile, it had magical properties. However, he was not disclosing what kind of property it had.
As for Edzel, the weapon he received was a set of sword and shield. This way, he could attack and defend depending on the need. Furthermore, both the sword and the shield had compartments that could shoot projectiles to enemies.
Mark watched them all from the top of the wall. Some of them were already capable of using their abilities to sufficiently. It was despite just becoming Mutators. Among them, Alana came at the top. In a sense, she was a genius too in many aspects.
Right now, she transformed herself, looking like a red lioness. It was quite a different look from what Mark remembered though. Sure enough, the presence of her Blood Demon genes in her body caused the ability to mutate even further.
"Ah..."
Alana's voice was heard in a disappointed tone as she released her transformation. Of course, it was not because of her transformation.
"Mark!" She called with a wave. "My nails are turning into claws when I transform! Can you fix the gauntlet so it will not block my claws?"
Mark scratched his head. He did not expect this. In fact, the Mutation she had now looked very different from the previous owner. This ability came from the leader of the outlaws that chased Alana and Karlene's group when Mark saw them for the first time. For her claws to be hindered by the gauntlets, her claws surely were larger.
He had no problems modifying the gauntlets and nodded. He should make this into gauntlets that could adjust its size a bit.
Their training continued until before launch. Still, their enthusiasm had yet to go down. They would probably go on it till sunset.
As for Mark, he went on other things after lunch.
The first one was...
To mutate some of the [Blood Children].
There were still a number of those that retained their normal body structures among the [Blood Children]. Mark actually wanted them to Mutate naturally like Crimson, Ivy, Salacia, Alaula, and Ruby. However, the situation called for the opposite.
Thus, he ended up picking five crystals that could be of use to him if the [Blood Children] were to use it. Of course, he would not be biased let the [Blood Children] if they want the crystal or not. Unexpectedly, children's brawl and tantrums for the crystals did not happen.
Mark could sense them actually talking with each other through their connections on who would want the crystals. It was quite unexpected for Mark. Nevertheless, it made him smile. Compared to a lot of people on Earth, these kids were more sensible.
In the end, five [Blood Children] stepped forward to each of the crystals.
The first was Methyl, one of the three [Blood Children] that was handed to him by Professor Suzuki. She chose the crystal with acidic ability. The one that came from the criminal in Death Valley known for eating the flesh of little girls.
The second was Currant who was among the first [Blood Children] Mark found. He chose one of the new abilities Mark had. The one that came from the strategist of the raiders that Harold brought to steal the stuff at the bunker. It allowed that guy to release electricity from his hands along with being able to move fast.
Third among the [Blood Children] was Merlot. He chose the crystal that allowed a person to turn his skin into copper. This one came from the criminals fighting the berserk whale back then.
As for the fourth crystal, that also came from those criminals, Candy jumped for it. She was among the [Blood Children] he picked up from Annica before. The ability she chose was a rare one that Mark only encountered once. It was a magnetic ability. Unfortunately, the criminal that had this ability before was too dumb to use it and was just shooting bullets at the whale before he was killed.
Lastly, the Mutation to release high temperatures similar to Hallie's ability as an Evolver. Compared to hers, however, it was much stronger and could reach to a degree that could melt metal. This ability was received by Vermillion who was also among the three that Mark got from Professor Suzuki.
Mark wanted all of them to Mutate. However, most of the crystals he had would either have the same kind of abilities or something that did not seem to be useful to the [Blood Children]. The best example were the abilties that would mutate people to have animal parts or fur. What would the [Blood Children] turn into once they absorb those? A peice of metal puffball? Because of that, he could only wait for new abilities that he would encounter in the future and mutate the [Blood Children] if they wanted to.
The five absorbed the crystals into their bodies and immediately fell into a deep sleep. Their bodies were slowly growing to a change. Furthermore, the first ones that Mutated first before being enhanced further by Mark's blood, they were the complete opposite. Furthermore, their characteristics as Blood Demons were already awakened. By the looks of it, their mutation would take longer than the previous ones.
There was no problem with that though. The other [Blood Children] presented themselves to guard over the five.
Thus, Mark moved to the second part.
It was to create hidden weapons to be planted around the base.
One thing that would give the Auraboros their advantage during their attacks was because they thoroughly investigate and observe their enemies before they attack. 
However, what if there were weapons hidden around the base that was to be used specifically when they attacked? These weapons would surely catch them off guard. After all, they would have no data about it if they had no chance to see the weapons being used.
The only people that would be allowed to know about this were Huey's team. This way, even if the chance that the enemies used brainwashing or hypnotism to gather information, they would only know if they used it of their team. And to step it even further, the information and location about the hidden weapons would be separated among their team without any of them knowing.
As such, the weapons Huey knew would be different from Jolleen knew. It was the same for the five. And they were forbidden to talk about the weapons to anyone, to avoid it from leaking.
The only way for the Auraboros to know all the details was to hypnotize all of Huey's team.
And that would be hard to do.
Especially since Chiyo would be watching over the whole base. It was impossible for the Spirit Tree to not detect something wrong with the people living under it.
Mark was not going to let his and his people's hard work fall into the enemies' hands. He would try to fix every hole.
The enemy could enter the place, with the consequence of not being able to go back outside.
And along with all those preparations, Mark finalized his team. He proceeded to make weapons and armor for them. He also taught the newly Mutated [Blood Children] on how to turn themselves into armor and weapons if needed.
The days passed by with Mark busying himself too much that the others were being worried about him. Because of that, however, he managed to ready his team and his base for their departure.
A week later, after all the busy days that Mark had been through, they were finally stepping into the Spirit Dimension.


It was just a normal morning but it was unknown to many that the apocalypse already started.

The origin was not determined but the infected started to appear after a cosmic event happened just outside of the Earth’s atmosphere.

The people and animals turned into man-eating mutants and zombies while some of the lucky ones gained superhuman abilities. Every living creature that had not "turned" started to evolve as the whole world was affected by the Mutagen.

However, it seemed that Earth also had its hidden side that humans would discover in a very uncanny way.

And was Mutagen the last of it?

Unfortunately, not.

Follow Mark, an Otaku, a Gamer, and a Shut-in that got trapped in the middle of the apocalypse due to an uncanny reason. Using his unconventional thinking, knowledge, and abilities, how far can he go in surviving the apocalypse filled with zombies, mutated beings, and dangerous people as a survivor in a world that was changing for the worse.

The day was going to be a long one. The bodies will be burned tonight and today Liz must make her decisions what she will do. To join us and have a chance to learn how to use magic or to stay in place with her family and follow the path already laid out in front of her. Either way she will be losing something. Both Corey and I have given her space since we don't want to be what makes her decision for her. At the end of the day it has to be what she wants and I've given her a lot of time to think about it since it's a life changing choice. This choice can alter her entire future, it gives her a choice to choose her fate and the path she wishes to take. It could also change the fate of the entire tribe, as it could cause issues if she says yes and leaves knowing she will no longer be a member of there tribe and part of ours instead which means her father will no longer have any control over her. Whatever happens will be what is necessary for what she wishes to achieve, but she also knows it's very likely even if she says yes that she won't be able to use her magic since she wasn't taught how to do it while she was young. 
Corey is ok with that risk because it can mean that he will be able to stay by my side and might give us a hint into what happened all those nights ago when we slept together. 
Well at least that is what I had thought up until earlier today when we went to see the bodies. He lied to me before. He said he was just doing business but that was a lie, he was seeing another girl instead of being with me. It makes me wonder what else he has lied about or not told me all together. 
I know in there tribe it's common to be with more than one women but it's not that way with dragons. Males mate for life so there aren't other women. It's very rare for a dragon to mate with a second women even if there first mate has already died and women normally have four or five mates. It makes it so the men will protect the children and women because they don't know whose child she is carrying and even after birth it isn't always very obvious who the father is which means multiple of her mates might think the child is their offspring so they are more likely to protect and raise the child. The men are used as protection and as teachers for the young so they know how to hunt for themselves that way when they are out on there own they can fend for themselves. My mother wasn't this way. She had her brother and two mates, but it was only one at a time and she didn't move onto another man for at least 6-7 years because Ian is 8 years older than I am. I'm not sure how close my mom was to my father as I never meant him, but neither did Ian. It's possible my mom just used him to have another child to help insure her line survived since her brother refused to have children. We were once told that my uncle had a women who he mated with but the women died. She died before I was born so I never meant her. I was once told a story about him and that women having children. She wasn't a dragon but she was a powerful witch. They said she held light magic and could control fire as a dragon could, they said she was the closest thing to an angel left in this world. They had three children together and she was pregnant with a third when she died. They were attacked the day she gave birth so she wasn't able to help defend her village or help the people fight back in any way. Her children were all being killed so she used the magic she held to try and protect them, but since she was in labor she was already weak. She used the rest of her life force to try and save her children and it gave them a fighting chance but after she passed the magic wore off and with that they fell. They said the baby she was carrying she was able to give birth to but due to the amount of entertainment she used to preform her magic while in labor she drew from the child who was still inside of her as well. The consequences of doing that also drained the child's life force so although she gave birth to the child it's life was short lived. Newborns are weak as is but most of its life force was drained out of it before it was even born. They said the baby was so weak it couldn't even cry and died with her. There were very few survivors from the attack and the only reason any survived was because my uncle showed up. He just came to late. He saved the remaining villagers but couldn't save his family and with that vowed he wouldn't ever find another or have any other children. Instead he would stay by my mother's side and help her raise her children. He did that up until he died fighting by her side. 
I hope my brother and I can have a relationship as strong as there's was and that my children are close with him and his children one day. It'll make it so our lives are much easier as the more people in the clan the more people who will help raise and protect the children. If our clan stays together we should all be safe and be able to have children to further our line and keep dragons alive. There aren't very many dragons left anymore due to hybrids who hunted us. There is only a handful compared to how it used to be in the beginning. There's still enough that we need to be wary of them but not enough that they are everywhere and the dragons that are left are either very strong or have a big clan because there is power in numbers or both. 
When we die we burn the bodies to set our souls free of our bodies. That's tradition we are born of fire and can walk in fire so it is only right that fire is how we are freed from this world and the ashes help guide our souls to the other side so our souls can rest peacefully. It means more to us then it does to the humans. They are burning the bodies not because of tradition or any type of belief but instead because it is easiest and will help make it so it doesn't draw any predators to them. It has no meaning or symbolism to them u like it does to us. It seems weird that they can be so detached from people but it makes sense since most of them won't survive for very long.
The village did gather the things that belonged to the people who died and those who knew them best out things into the hut. Things that they could take to the other side with them. While some did that men who weren't participating in that were putting wood around the hut so it could all be burnt tonight and women were putting flowers around the outside of the gaps in the wood so it looked pretty. It was like a shrine. Even though they didn't burn them for the same reasons we did they did pay their respects to the dead in their own ways. 
Life and death are connected and you can't have one without the other. All of us know that and don't fight it as we can't. No matter how much we want to it's one of the things that is out of our control. All we can do is hope for the best when people pass and hope they really do move into the next world or next life and can be happy. Everything happens for a reason and what was meant to be will always come to pass. Even though we often don't want it to. Our fates aren't set in stone and can be altered a little but we never stray to far from the path we were meant to be on.

Let me tell you a story about a boy I met and how he changed my destiny and in the how I ended up calling him friend and brother-in-arms.
It all started 6 years ago…
I, Basara Tojo, 10 years old used to live in the Palaptine Hero Village, the head village in the Realm of Heroes.
My dad, Jin Tojo, was an S-class hero, who had even fought, Evil-gods and Demon-gods.
Thus through his countless achievements he earned the title of 'War-God', since my dad was so strong people and the head of the village thought that I was strong as well…which I will not deny, I indeed was stronger than the B-class heroes despite the fact that I was just six years old.
I was given the title prodigy and all; people around me loved me and cared for me.
Even though I never had the blessings of a mother, I never regretted the fact that I had an amazing father, who also took care of me.
But, since he was an S-class hero, he used to be out doing quests, I used to be alone all the time…but I got used to it.
Yuki and her little sister Kurumi used to play with me and her mother used to prepare lunches for me.
The blue haired girl and the little violet haired one were practically quiet close to me among other children of my age, I considered them family.
Things were going all good and all, but one day, I never expected that it would change it all.
Our village had an underground base which held a sword named [Bryhinder], it belonged to the strongest lancer who got cursed by the gods and his souls shattered and sealed inside of it.
Of course during that time I was unaware of something like that existed in the village.
But one of the B-class heroes did. His name was Ozilyu Pelka, after losing to me, a kid, and the Pelka family insulted him as a hero and planned to disown him.
At that time I was unaware that Ozilyu held a grudge against me, so in order to obtain power he broke the doors and went straight to get the [Bryhinder].
I and Yuki were playing with many other children on top of the mountain near our village.
At that very moment we heard a loud blast at the entrance of the village, all the children got a little shaken up when they saw smoking oozing from the village.
I used [Enhanced Vision], to see what's going on, what I was were many dead people and Ozilyu whose body had distorted to that of a monster, but at that moment I realized I made a mistake, using [Enhanced Vision], emitted some of my mana in the air, and the monster Ozilyu came to sense it, as he rapidly hasted towards us without wait.
I warned the other children to go and hide, and they did so, but Yuki didn't, she said she will stick with me till the end.
I just couldn't get off her, but in my heart I was happy that someone was by my side.
But my time of joy thinking was over when Ozilyu appeared…
"YOU LITTLE BRAT I FOUND YOU, NOW I FINALLY CAN KILL YOU" he says with an echoing voice, I didn't turn back but I could sense the Yuki was scared.
In my mind all I had that I had to protect her no matter what.
*Swoosh*
I had let my guard down and with [Bryhinder]'s strike he cut up my stomach.
Yuki comes near me as she checks weather I am fine or not. I indicate her to run, but she just won't listen. Persistent girls I must say.
For the first time I was cursing my father for not being here.
At that moment Ozilyu was about to swing his sword, if he did that time Yuki would have died, that was something I couldn't allow…the moment he swung the sword I caught it with both of my arms…suddenly my body started emitting green aura and covered the entire place.
At that time I didn't knew, it was [Banishing Shift], everything around me had disappeared, the mountain, grass, only Yuki was holding on to me.
Ozilyu had disappeared as well, and I was holding on to [Bryhinder] without even knowing what happened…
Then I saw around me, the children had disappeared as well, and apparently the villagers arrived with head the same time that it occurred.
I was deemed cursed child that moment on.
Because of me children of the village died, everyone was eyeing me negatively and wanted to get rid of me. No matter how I wanted to explain the situation no one would listen to a kid after all.
I was deemed to be executed, but at that time my father showed up.
Whatever he and the elders of the village had discussed is still a mystery to me till date, but all I know I and him were branded traitors and were told to leave the Realm of the Heroes immediately.
Those became the last when I saw my village.
I and dad entered the Realm 1, the Land of the Bible, and stated living in a country side of Japan.
Within a few months we got along greatly with the people around us and were living a good life.
Hell dad was even called 'The most eligible bachelor', and every woman, married or not use to eye, him.
A week later, I was running through the forest, it was raining hard and I had to woods on my back. On my way, I saw several footprints which lead to a cave, it appeared to be of those, children, and I thought someone might need help so I rushed in.
What I saw, those four kid looked like savages and had torn clothes, but what mystified me the most was a green haired boy with a scar on his left eye, a little girl with violet-black hair, and a blonde kid where holding on to a brown haired kid, whose arm appeared to be a little more plump than most of the kids and was covered in bandages.
They emitted aura, touch this kid and we will kill you.
Yes, that's was my first encounter with Issei.
..........
To Be Continued: - Chapter 51:- Basara's memories-Little explanations

Issei Hyoudou is a young boy who happens to celebrate his fifth birthday. little did he knew that the fate had different turns planned for him and his hometown. Due to people who still haven't revel themselves yet, have brought catastrophe in the peaceful residence of Kuho.
In all this commotion, little Issei losts his parents and to put cherry on the top...he is trapped in Dante's Inferno.
However, little did the world knew...the innocent, little, childish and playful kid, Issei Hyoudou- died.
The one who replaced him, was hate and carnage and thirst for revenge.
The kid- was replaced by a monster...
However...will he stay one? or will he change?
after all the path he will choose, will make me either a "monster" or a "hero"...

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