Three black werecat orphan brothers are trying their best to find a home when they are finally adopted. Everything goes great with their new family until tragedy strikes and they are left with an unexpected guardian.

This story is about an average high school boy with an average lifestyle who likes to read novels especially fantasy ones and was transferred to another world along with his classmates from his school.

As they were transferred our protagonist, John Kaiser, was the sole student among his classmates who were left behind, leaving him all alone in their classroom.

As he was wondering what happened to the others, he remembered one of the novels he had read. It was a story of a fantasy world, where a king of a human kingdom summons heroes from another world to save their world from the demon king, a typical Isekai (Another World)  fantasy novel.

Our protagonist, John Kaiser, started to contemplate and question 'why?' why was he the only one not summoned?

And as his questions go crazy, a light emerges from the place where he was sitting.

Is this the start of our protagonist's fantasy adventure as a hero? Or will he live the same life again as an average person even in another world?

hello it's me...well you don't know me and I you so uh...yeah

I'll be honest this will probably suck a load of dick as this is the first story I've ever written so...yay for that. Also I have no clue of the update schedule I'm totally improvising this as I go so it will undoubtedly suck. uh I hope you at least get a little enjoyment either out of the story or my horrible writing so have fun.

p.s I'm writing this in my phone so there will also be a lot of Grammer and word mistakes. you have been warned.

When we die our bodies and souls are recycled to create new life, and that goes for both the mortal races and the deities of the divine circle. When a mortal dies their bodies return to nature and their souls are collected to be reborn as little babies. But when a deity dies they just...fade away. Leaving nothing behind except memories made with their peers. 

"How can a deity die?" You might ask yourself. Well, it's simple, Deities gather their power from their followers, but when there are none, they cease to exist. I only have a few hundred years left and I want to leave a mark on the mortal world...I've heard stories from my peers about choosing a champion to fight in their name and ignite great change in the world...hmmm maybe....just maybe.

The word which had been glowing with purple light slowly turned into...a real small fire. The word 'fire' on the paper disappear living only a real burning fire on the paper!

The fire was small so Li Shi Ying didn't notice it at first but when the fire burn the rest of the paper, onlth then Li Shi Ying noticed it.

???? How could there be a fire on the table? 

Li Shi Ying quickly put out the fire while thinking in her heart. She didn't lit a candle or anything right? So how could this fire suddenly appeared? 

Li Shi Ying look at her burnt pieces of paper and when she was collecting the burnt paper, she found a blank small paper among the burnt papers.

The burnt papers she collected were all those pieces she wrote a word on it. The word were still could be seen but now there weren't any purple light on it.

Li Shi Ying took the blank paper and thought again. Shouldn't there be a word 'fire' on this paper? Why it became blank? 

Li Shi Ying was confused and puzzled by this situation so she decided to conduct another experiment. Her instinct told her that there must be something she didn't know about this matter.

Li Shi Ying wrote again a word 'fire' on a new small paper and carefully observe it. As like before, the word glowed in purple light after a second. 

What Li Shi Ying didn't expect was that after the word stopped glowing, suddenly the word disappear and changed into a small fire burning on top of the now blank paper.

!!!! What is this??? The word 'fire' turn into a real fire?? 

Li Shi Ying was surprised as well as excited. How could this happen? Did she gain another cheat?? 

Li Shi Ying of course didn't know that the so-called cheat was only because she is a unique existence even among translator.

Li Shi Ying didn't know that actually there are 3 types of translator exist in this world. The first type is the most common one which are really well-known among people in lower realm

Normal people only know that translator are people who can translate God Language into a local language. Well they aren't completely right! 

The translator they know is only the first type of translator that are the one who can translate the original script into a local language. This type of translator is called 'reader'. They understand God languange but they can't write it or speak in it. 

'Reader' type can only understand the language and change it into the language normal people know.

As for the phenomenon Li Shi Ying experienced just now, it was all because she is not only a 'reader' type but also a 'writer' type.

The second type of translator is called 'writer' . These people exist only in middle realm so it is normal for people in lower realm to not knowing their existence. 

The 'writer' type can write a God Language. The word they write then will became a reality. But... those words are limited to only abstract word such as element, feeling, action, technique and so on.

The 'writer' type can't make gold coin from the word they write or make a house out of it. Among 'writer' type, God choose 2 people and made them write the original script. So the one who made all those original scripts are in fact a 'writer' type of translator choosen by God! 

It's no wonder that all those scripts contain something which couldn't be seen except from element (fire, water, etc).

For the third type, this type is very mysterious and only 2 people throughout the world belong to this type . Both of them are serving the God directly as his loyal servant.

Li Shi Ying didn't know whatsoever about translator type so she thought that she must be gaining another cheat! 

Yuhuuu!! Thanks God of Transmigration!! Finally she was given another cheat which seems more useful than her previous cheat.

Discovering something awesome like this, Li Shi Ying began to conduct another experiment. She wrote so many words to see which word will become reality and which one will not.

1 hour later, Li Shi Ying had completely grasp the rules of her new cheat. She can't turn a material word into reality so forget about creating dozen gold coins or crystal coins out of a word.

The word she write will take effect immediately after she write it but if she want to delay the effect, she could just write an uncomplete word. 

So far, Li Shi Ying could wrote 2 words in one paper to make them turn into reality or having an effect. More than 2 words even if it wasn't a material word, the words wouldn't change.

Li Shi Ying conduct her experiment with Jiu Wei as well. She put the word 'anger' on Jiu Wei body and second after, Jiu Wei said that he felt irritated and angry.

Well even if the effect only last for a few minutes, for Li Shi Ying the discovery of her new cheat was something amazing!She could protect herself with this cheat and so on.

COMPLETED SERIES

I'll find you even if we are worlds apart -Long Ao Zhen 

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Transmigrated into a trash body of general's daughter as female lead? Peh! Too mainstream! Transmigrated to be a villainess? Common! What about transmigrating and ending up as cannon fodder? Have read it before! 

From that many options to transmigrate how could she, Li Shi Ying a very ordinary English department college student, suddenly wake up in the crippled body of the female lead's ex-maidservant?! Heaven, this is too unfair! 

In this world where only the strong are respected, she can't cultivate? No problem! Dozens of high-rank spiritual beasts fight over protecting her! 

Beast Tamers are rare? Hmph! The beast language is her hometown language! 

Can't be an alchemist or array master? Who cares? She could just become a translator! Without a translator, all those rare jobs wouldn't even exist! 

Watch how she rules over the world without having a single bit of cultivation energy in her body! 

But, can someone please tell her how she suddenly became the Dragon Prince's wife? Momma, she wanna cry!!! 

This is a perfect story for those who are bored with the usual cultivation novel. 

Warning: Smut scene in chapters 7-9!! If you don't want to read it, just skip those chapters. 

If you like to read perfect grammar then this book might not be your cup of tea, but I'm still learning. So, it will become better in later chapters. 

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2. I Become Baby Mafia Boss (on-going)

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Our training continues five days after we started.
My muscle is aching but I still pushing myself until I master a fighting move.
"Good! Keep it up May!"
Today, Lux made me train with a various basic fighting moves where anyone can be mastered in a short amount of time.
Lux's showed me one of his special attack. He calls it "Bend Blade", a sword fighting technique which makes opponent hallucinate that they have seen a bending sword causing the opponent to get confuse in a short moment before they figure the move out.
As my training goes under Lux's education, I easily learned his special attack within a day. The "Bend Blade" doesn't require magic, but, it requires fast movement.
For now, I used the "Swift" crimson stone enchantment to perfectly perform the attack easily. Lux told me that next time, I should do his special attack without using the enchantment.
Another thing, Lux has started to upgrade his Three Word Spell into Four Word Spell. He tried to sharpen the memory of how can a thing be so hot.
In a magical word "Heat" I have said before, Lux thought that he would able to do it because he saw a glimpse of its reaction when he added it on the spell.
From "Photonic-Flash-Strike" into "Photonic-Heat-Flash-Strike".
While Lux is trying to train by himself, Elm was just sleeping upon the tree branch. He told me that he was bored for some reason.
So for motivation, I said "Elm! Why don't you try upgrading you Three Word Spell into Four Word Spell?!" I exclaimed and suggested so he wouldn't be bored.
He responded "Huh? It would take me another three years to upgrade my Three Word Spell."
After he responded, Lux made Elm to go down the tree and said "You idiot, you're a fire mage, and you know how something can be hot. Your memory about it is so sharp since you always felt the hotness in your body every time you cast any fire related spells."
With Elm's magical powers, Lux is certain that Elm will be able to master a Four Word Spell in a short amount of time.
Since I am exhausted after training, I watched these two mages trying to achieve the Four Word Spell.
Right now, I was watching Elm performing an attack while Lux is giving him an instructions so Elm would be able to perform the Four Word Spell.
"Now, cast the first word." Lux is guiding Elm.
"Okay, here we go… FIRE-"
"Then, try to imagine or visualize something that is very hot, you can use your experience every time you cast a fire spell before."
Elm closes his eyes and try to remember and visualize about something very hot.
And when he did…
"HEAT-"
Elm successfully manage to visualize the heat. And because of that, the temperature of flame becomes hotter, and I can feel it in a distance.
"Whoa… Now! Do it!"
"PRESSURED-BLAST"
With the spell has been completed, casted, and released, the flame spread entirely in the surroundings before the attack hit an object.
When the attack was being casted, the flame was very bright, the temperature is very high, and Elm was their showing his face that he is amazed of what he's doing.
When the attack hit an object which is going to be hard rock, the rock shatters in a small pieces and some of the fragments were melting. I used the crimson stone enchantment "Barrier" so it would protect me from debris, while Lux jump very high above for a purpose of safety and see how big the explosion was.
The blast also creates a larger crater than the last one they made during their battle training with Lux.
After everything that happened…
"WHOA… WHOAAAA!!! I DID IT!!!" Elm has gone hyper after he casted a Four Word Spell.
"No way… It's so powerful." I was amazed after that.
"I knew you could do it Elm! You're amazing!"
"Hehe!" Elm was pleased being complimented.
Then all of the sudden, Elm had fainted.
Lux concluded that Four Word Spell requires  a lot of mana to be released.
Now if I imagine I told them some of these words like IGNITE, MAGMA, LAVA, BURN and other fire related words, how would they use it?
"Let's leave him there for now." Lux made Elm to rest with the motivation in his face.
"You look motivated Lux." I said.
"Huh? Really… Well, I'm kind of jealous to be honest." Lux becomes honest.
He was jealous that his friend Elm is now capable of casting a Four Word Spell. This made me decide and struggle if I tell him some Light related words.
"May? What's with that face?"
"Actually, there's something I can tell you. I am not sure if this will work." I was trying to tell him a Light related word while acting that I may not be certain.
"What is it?" Lux was curious.
"Can you try this -SOLAR-"
"Solar? Wait the second…" Lux was saying this while I am thinking that I am being suspicious.
"What?!" Lux was moving his face closer to my face.
"Meaning?!" He asked what's the meaning of "SOLAR".
"Eh?" Then this is what happened after I become presumptuous. But actually Lux was very excited to know the meaning.
"Uhh… ummm it's..." Lux's face remained near to my face and I was having a hard time telling him.
"A light from the Sun!" I exclaimed.
Well, I wish I could tell him more about it but, I am scared that I might get blind.
"A light from the -SUN-?" He was curious again about the word "SUN" not knowing that I did said another unknown word.
"Huh? No… I mean… *Sigh* Guess I have no choice, I mean that one above the sky, your source of light."
"But that's impossible, I can't gather anything from that light."
"Huh?"
So he wasn't able to perform it without gathering magic? All I can think of to make it possible is to tell him the …"------" or "-------".
"You know, just forget it… I don't really know." I lied to him.
"Huh? Well, okay…"
"Can you train me again?" I asked Lux to train me with the sword.
"Oh… I see, let's do it. Now I am going to teach you another fighting move."
Well for now, we're back at training. Lux told me that we will go to the Demon Forest after another five days or until I become much stronger.
"May, can you hand over that Crimson stone?" Lux wanted me to give the crimson stone in a moment.
"Well, sure… But why?" I asked why.
"Well, just a gift for you?" He said a misunderstanding
"Eh? What?!" I was surprised.
"No… I mean, I am just going to add another enchantment. It could be useful when you need it."
Five more days then off we go!
Meanwhile…
The King Phaulius Dives, Elite Mages, and other mages and guards has successfully reached their destination.
After fighting so much monsters, several of them has severely injured. Some other mages had died in such unfortunate occurences.
They may have been able to kill all monsters, however, they have to find where is the stone hidden.
They used the search magic, but, because the power of the stone is powerful, the detection becomes useless since the surroundings is filled with magic.
Therefore, they have to use a shovel, pickaxe and other digging materials.
The King ordered that when they found the stone, they shouldn't touch it and hide it.
"We can use our magic to dig." Julius Mirahelios is suggesting to use magic to make it more efficient.
"When you does that, your magic will get absorbed by the stone before you even completely casted the spell." Fulmen Diaz is saying that it is not possible.
"Oh… You're right." Harold Argen tested and realized.
"Huh? Maybe the stone is over there!" Clair Alian thought that the stone maybe down there in that hole.
The King headed over there after the Elite Mages reported.

May Gem used to be a professional computer programmer in her previous life, after she meet her tragic fate, she was reincarnated in another world where magic exists.

As May Gem and her parents doubted that her magical powers will arouse, she was exiled at the Kingdom in advance before the real day of expulsion.

As of that day, she'll face risks on her way and travels until she found what she's searching for.

[Word] denotes Words in Bold/Louder Emphasis/Loud Noises

*Word* denotes Onomatopoeia/Sound Effects

/Word/ denotes Words in Italic/Inner Voices/Thoughts/Soft Noises/Softer Emphasis

* before the word or sentence denotes an Author's Note at the end of the Chapter


Time moves forward. And while this tale slowly comes to an end, their story continues to unfold behind the scenes....


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It's been a month and a half since that fateful day. A month and a half since that unassuming maintenance guy saved her from her own demise. Ever since then, Aletheia has begun to acclimatize once more to a rather, lavish lifestyle than the year and a half that she spent on the run.


/Not only have you acclimatized, you've already excelled~/


Oh shut up. She can still live off of instant ramen and chump change just fine should the need arise.


/Says the girl that now spends over a thousand drachma a day on food alone~/


The novelist chuckled to herself at the thought as she saved another word document in her laptop. Well, she was quite a hefty spender back then no? 


/You blew a whole talent for every arcade session. You're more than a hefty spender~/


Come now.. Well, she did do that back in the day huh.


/You're clearly cut out for a lavish lifestyle~/


She stifled a yawn as she closed the laptop for the evening, having finished a new chapter for her book. It was quite a novel experience, being back in her old room.


/Still as immaculate as ever./


The room still had the same white, frilly drapes covering her windows, the same wooden desk that she remembered doing schoolwork in, hell, her bed was just the way she left it back then; large, soft, and can threaten to swallow her whole should she not get up in time.


/Quite the colorful description about a mundane room./


It might've been her metaphorical cell back then, but it was also the only place where she had any semblance of privacy to herself. At least Mother eased up on some of her former rules.


*BZZZZT BZZZZT*


Sound of vibration on wood made itself heard as the novelist looked back towards her nightstand. The pyjama wearing woman blearily approached the offending phone, stifling another yawn before answering the call.


"Aletheia speaking." Who was the calling her at such an ungodly hour?


/"Yo 'Theia."/ A familiar voice echoed from the speakers as her heart jumped in response. /"Why're you still up?"/


"You called, dumbass." The soft embrace of her mattress engulfed her as she let herself plop onto her bed. This was the highlight of the day in her opinion. "What did you expect Eremes?~" Getting the chance to talk to the man himself every single day.


/"You never slept early."/ Aletheia chuckled at his accusing tone, the same banter that they always shared. /"A few weeks in and you still refuse to get a normal sleeping schedule."/


"Hehe.. Well, old habits die hard." Her novels weren't gonna write themselves after all. "Speaking of which, why'd you call this late?" 


/"Well, the job went longer than expected."/ She heard him sigh as his tone took on a tired tone. /"Can't leave a job unfinished. What with your mom requesting it."/


Aletheia found herself nodding in shared understanding. The former repairman was now under Mother's employ, meaning that he had to do everything that she said down to a tee.


/Especially since he fucked up on his half of the deal~/


She winced at the thought. While the recording that Eremes used as a bargaining chip got deleted, he actually failed to mention his other fail-safe, which he apparently set up in case he got himself killed for her. What was he thinking back then?


/Well, it is Mother that we're talking about./


Fair play.


/"I honestly can't even believe it even now.."/ The man confessed through the line. /"That I'm still working under, clearly the most powerful woman in Midas."/


The fallout of his half baked fail safe grated on her mother to the core, what with her reputation as Midas's caring mother going down the drain. Thankfully, it was easily swept under the rug using a few favors from Arbiter.


/Favors that come with a price./


The price which came at Eremes's expense. The novelist could still recall her nervous breakdown the day it happened; she actually thought he's done for.


/Mother is all, if not honorable./


While they still met from time to time, usually whenever he drove her off to school, the two haven't really spent a lot of time with each other, usually due to college work on her end or the exorbitant number of odd jobs on his end. The last time they ever spent a significant amount of time hanging out was way back during the A3's ending ceremony. 


/Yearning for him now?~/


She was not. 


"Well you asked for it didn't you?" The laid back novelist replied as she put a pillow under her head. "Plus, you said you're willing to learn."


/"Doing.. unsavory jobs wasn't exactly what I had in mind 'Theia."/ His voice exasperated, a chuckling tone still present. /"But if it helps me get closer to you, I'll do whatever it takes."/


Hngggggg.. Her heart. With the strong conviction too?


/Still convinced you're not in love with him?~/


Maybe.... But she knew better than to think that he's doing it on purpose. Eremes was an earnest man, if not partially oblivious, he's still too responsible to take advantage of her. 


"Careful with the wording there casanova," The novelist teased, knowing full well in her heart that his words actually made her take emotional damage. "I might take that as a sign that you're in to me~"


/"Hah! As if that'll happen~"/ Eremes laughed as the faint sound of a speeding car revved through his background. /"You're so far out of my league, we're literally two whole social classes apart from each other!"/


/Ooof~/


Clutching her aching heart, Aletheia cursed under her breath at his friend's oblivious nature. Well, can't fault him for that.


/Yeah, you fell for him after all~/


Shut up.


/"You say something 'Theia?"/


"Oh, it's nothing." Fucking moron. Glancing over to her wall clock, the sleepy novelist noted the time, before turning back to her conversational partner. "Hey, I gonna have to sleep, I still have class tomorrow and it's already one in the morning."


/"Oh, well, good night 'Theia. I'll see you tomorrow."/


"Good night Eremes."


Tossing the phone over to the other side of the bed, Aletheia killed the lights before smothering her face underneath her blankets. Another day of fending off reporters and paparazzi, such was the life of someone with some social status in this city. 


/"At least your name wasn't smeared to the dirt by that Ossa chick~"/


Yeah, at least Eremes's reporter friend had the decency to leave her out of the recordings. 


The night went on as the tired novelist drifted off into another bout of dreamless sleep. It was comforting at least. The nightmares haven't completely stopped, but they came fewer and farther in between nowadays. She found herself smiling to herself, yet another debt she owed to that idiot.


/The same idiot that you came to love?~/


All right fine.. The same idiot that she fell in love with. 


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Thus end this tale...

True Title: Tales from Midas: The Runaway

Struggling novelist Athena Morrison once thought life had nothing left to offer her. Living a reclusive lifestyle and trying to make ends meet while trying to make a name for herself as an author, she certainly had it hard enough. Coupled with extreme bouts of depression and constant threats with running from her dark past however, one can only go so far before something snaps. So in one stormy evening, plagued by the demons of her own making, she planned on ending it all.


Before she was stopped by some unsuspecting maintenance crew.


A fateful encounter, if she were to describe it. Change was coming to her life. Perhaps it was time to stop running, to try and take hold of her own destiny. 


A lot of things were happening in this city, money changing hands, deals being made; politics were being played and power constantly in flux. And while change is something to be feared, it was also something to be excited about. Athena only hoped that it was for the better.

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He's handsome. And he's a teacher at Shrek Academy! He couldn't be any more perfect! 

"Shrek Academy? Amazing!" Yan Feng suddenly batted her eyelashes at Wu Zhangkong. "Years ago, I really wanted to be a student there, and I even took the exams! But as you can see, I didn't make it in. It's a pity I didn't, I might have been able to study under you." 

"No," Wu Zhangkong said. "When you were still in school, I was a student as well. You're not young enough to be my student."

"Jeez!" Yan Feng pouted. "Is that how you always talk to a girl? Don't you know how to make small talk?" 

Wu Zhangkong didn't utter another word. He simply ate in silence. 

This guy! Yan Feng pursed her lips and glared at him, but after a while, she couldn't bear the silence. "Since you're a teacher at Shrek Academy, you should be a battle armor master, right? Are you a one-word or two-word battle armor master?"

"Two-word," Wu Zhangkong answered. 

Yan Feng's eyes went wide. He's only thirty-three and he's a two-word battle armor master! He's incredible! No wonder I couldn't tell how strong he was. 

"Oh," she responded, trying to come off as nonchalant. "I just became a one-word battle armor master myself. For my first word, I chose 'Phoenix.' To tell you the truth, it isn't a great fit for me. My martial soul is the fire gourd, and battle armor is usually named after a soul master's a martial soul or spirit soul. But I couldn't have possibly used 'Gourd', so instead I used the meaning of my own name. What about you? What did you name your armor?" 

"Sky Ice." 

"Oh! That's so cool!" Yan Feng exclaimed. "Why did you pick that? Is it because you have an ice-attribute martial soul?" 

Wu Zhangkong finally looked up from his food and looked her straight in the eye. "'Sky' is the first part of my martial soul. 'Ice' comes from the meaning of my wife's name. Don't talk while eating. Just eat." 

His wife? Yan Feng was dumbstruck. He has a wife! Of course he has a wife! There's no way a man as great as him wouldn't! 

A feeling of loss hit her like a truck, and her appetite disappeared. 

The two ate in silence. Wu Zhangkong didn't eat much, and he ate as slowly as ever, his mind wandering off to another time. 

☀ 

"Wow! Zhangkong, those candied yellow vegetables were amazing! The eggs were so delicious too! I can't imagine how he cooked them so well. Just you wait. I'll go learn how to make them and then cook the for you too, okay?" 

"Hey, leave some tofu for me too! I heard tofu is good for the skin. My skin might be nicer than yours, but I still have to put in the effort!" 

"These fishy stir-fried pork strips are delicious! Do you think I should eat another half-bowl of rice? I won't get fat, right?" 

"You dummy! Look at you. You have some rice stuck to your face. I'm not gonna kiss you while you're like that. Ah! Don't rub it on me!"

☀ 

By the time Wu Zhangkong and Yan Feng finished eating and left the restaurant, the sun had reached its zenith.

Yan Feng flashed a smile at Wu Zhangkong. "Thank you for lunch." 

Wu Zhangkong shook his head. "I'm going then." 

"Can you give me your number? I'm gonna go back to the Spirit Pagoda now and ask them to revoke the investigation request I made. I'll call you once it's done."

After a moment of hesitation, Wu Zhangkong gave in and handed her his number. 

"Next time I'm in Shrek City, I'll go find you and we can have dinner, okay?" Yan Feng beamed. 

Wu Zhangkong eyed her coldly. "I'm going. Goodbye." Without another word, he turned and left. 

As she watched his departing figure, Yan Feng let out a gloomy sigh. "All the good men are always taken. Really! When am I going to find a good man of my own! Heaven Spirit City is too small for me. Maybe I should head to Shrek City. I am a one-word battle armor master now, after well. Yeah. I'll go ask the Spirit Pagoda to transfer me there." 

☀ 

After their defeat in Heaven Spirit City, Tang Wulin and his friends had no choice but to change their plans. They ended up taking a detour, promptly piling into their soul car and heading straight for the next city. 

Although they thought long and hard about it, they couldn't come up with a plan more efficient than raiding someone at the Spirit Pagoda to draw out the enforcers. They had no other option but to go with the old plan. Fortunately for them, things went quite well. They cleared the next few cities without issue. No one questioned their supposed identity as supervisors, and a couple days later, they were halfway done with their exam. 

"We're on day four now," Tang Wulin said as he studied their map. They were once again in their soul car, heading for the next city on their route. "We need to speed up a bit. We'll do two cities today and another two tomorrow. Then, the day after that, we'll arrive at Bright City. It has a lot of strong people, so we shouldn't have to raid the Spirit Pagoda there. It's the capital city of the Federation after all. Though we will need to be more careful once we arrive." 

At first they were anxious as they travelled from city to city, but their nerves had calmed down along the way. The challenges they had faced over the course of their travels were profound, and as they overcame them one by one, they grew more confident. The greatest challenge they had faced was Yan Feng, and from it, they came to understand the kind of might a battle armor master wielded. 

As students of Shrek Academy, it was easy for them to take down a Soul King or even a Soul Emperor when they ganged up on one. However, when it came to battle armor, they couldn't even penetrate its defenses! 

"Wulin, I know a place in Bright City where we can find some opponents," Ye Xinglan said abruptly.

"Huh? Where?" Tang Wulin's interest was piqued.

"Ten thousand years ago, we were rivals with an academy in Bright City, and even today, our rivalry continues. Their students are some of the best. They can't compare with Shrek, of course, but they can still be counted as one of the best academies on the continent. We should go pay them a visit." 

Gu Yue's eyes lit up with understanding. "You're referring to the Imperial Sun Moon Soul Engineering Academy? The one that has already been renowned as one of the great academies for ten thousand years?" 

"Precisely." Ye Xinglan's eyes glimmered with excitement. "I heard both academies still harbor grudges against each other. Imagine how awesome it would be if we beat them!"

Tang Wulin nodded. "That makes sense. I think it's a good idea. Let's do it." 

"Alright. It's settled then." Ye Xinglan clenched her fists. 

"Talk about that later," Xie Xie said, his voice trembling slightly. "First we need to deal with the problem in front of us."

Everyone looked out the window to see what was ahead of them. What they saw left them stunned.  

Twenty mechas lined the highway in the distance. Five were purple-grade and the rest were yellow. They had just arrived and formed a checkpoint. They wore the emblem of the Spirit Pagoda on their chest armor. 

Tang Wulin and his group had cleared five cities, and the Spirit Pagoda had finally come to judge them. 

"Wulin, what do we do?" Xie Xie asked as he slowed their car to a crawl.

Tang Wulin narrowed his eyes. Those familiar with him knew that whenever he made this face, something bad was about to happen. 

"Stop the car!" he shouted. Without even waiting for the car to stop, Tang Wulin punched the car door and sent it flying. Then he grabbed the roof tore it open. 

All six of them knew that they couldn't afford to be captured. Although they would only be fined and forced to apologize if they were caught, there was a possibility that they could be sent back to Shrek Academy! Not only would that be shameful, they would fail their exam as well. Never in all of Shrek Academy's history had a class president been expelled. 

Tang Wulin refused to be the first. He didn't want to drag his friends down with him either. 

Xie Xie slammed his foot on the brakes, causing the car to swerve to the side. All of them had sturdy bodies. Even Xu Lizhi, with the defensive Tang Sect secret arts he learned, was just as resilient as the others. They were all unfazed when the car crashed into the highway divider and inertia sent them flying out of the roof in every direction. 

Gu Yue grabbed onto Xu Xiaoyan the moment they landed. She promptly shouted, "Blizzard!" 

On Gu Yue's command, Xu Xiaoyan's third soul ring lit up as she used Blizzard. She had already summoned her martial soul before they had been thrown out of the car. Combined with Gu Yue's Elemental Tide, the blizzard rapidly grew until it swallowed the highway and the surrounding forest on either side. 

"Into the forest! Quickly!" Tang Wulin commanded his companions. 

Yet he, himself, stood still as he faced the approaching mechas. 

Following the advancement of soul technology, the humans of Douluo Continent conquered the ocean and discovered two new continents. After being hunted by spirit masters excessively, the soul beasts are nearly extinct. After countless years of lying dormant, the King of the Soul Beasts has awakened in the Great Star Dou Forest. It will lead its remaining clansmen in taking vengeance against humanity! 

Tang Wulin is determined to become a powerful Soul Master. However, when he awakened his martial soul, it was actually a…

Incomparable talent. The battle of the Dragon King. The Legend of our Dragon King hereby begins.

With Huang Jialong's decision having been made, Sheng Feilong and the others began to set their course of action in stone. They prepared for everything they could, talking and planning for the time they would start to work on their Two Word Battle Armours.

By the time they split up and Sheng Feilong was able to return to his room, it was already late into the night. With no more time, he opted to directly go to bed; He simply didn't dare to remain awake for too long, especially since they would enter another, more dangerous part of the Spirit Ascension Platform tomorrow.

The next few days went by fast. With Yuanen Yehui having gained more confidence in her own strength, their teams cooperation and combat standards increased explosively; With each passing day, each of them become more content and accustomed to their respective role.

The day after having talked about creating Two Word Battle Armour amongst themselves, Sheng Feilong informed Song Weihan and She Meixiao about their decision. With their plans coming together quite well, Song Weihan cut their training down by quite a notch, allowing them to use most of their time to further their work, other than going to the Spirit ascension Platform.

Huang Jialong asked for She Meixiao assistance with the most crucial part for his own Battle Armour – The Selection of the right Spirit Alloy to reforge his Battle Armour with, as well as choosing a Blacksmith who would provide this metal. He insisted on using his own merit points to pay for the metal, thus turning down She Meixiao's offer to have Old Tang create the metal.

After a while of discussions as well as asking a few blacksmiths for their opinions, Huang Jialong decided for one of the Saint Blacksmiths, who's prowess was only below Old Tang, though much more affordable. With She Meixiao backing Huang Jialong up, the blacksmith even gave him a great discount.

Huang Jialong spent quite a long time with the blacksmith, to get to know him better and to be able to wholly entrust his Battle Armour to the latter. With it being made from an inferior metal than the one they decided to use, the whole One Word Battle Armour had to be reforged to make it into a Two Word Battle Armour.

This process had to be done by a blacksmith, who would use the old Battle Armour as the base to create the new one. Not only did this require a great deal of skill; It also required a great amount of trust. A Battle Armour master's Battle Armour, even if just a one word variant, was considered their second life.

Letting someone repair the armour was one thing, but for the whole armour to be reforged; None dared to hand it to someone they don't wholeheartedly trust; It meant that Huang Jialong would expose of all his Battle Armour's secrets to the blacksmith, something that, if the two of them ever became enemies, would be Huang Jialong's demise.

For the next few weeks, as soon as their joint training in the Spirit Ascension Platform ended, Huang Jialong would be at the blacksmith's workshop, nowhere to be seen otherwise. Sheng Feilong and Yuanen Yehui didn't question him, trusting his decision and waiting for him to tell them about the completed reforging.

Another few days later, Huang Jialong informed them of the successful reforging process, asking for Sheng Felong's help to recreate his Battle Armour and elevate it to a two word variant. Afterwards, Sheng Feilong began working on the Two Word Battle Armour according to Huang Jialong's blueprint, while the latter concentrated on the blueprint for Sheng Feilong's Two Word Battle Armour.

As the one who originally designed Sheng Feilong's Battle Armour was even more skilled then he was, he regularly went to ask the senior for advice. Eventually, he completed the design, much to the satisfaction of the senior Mecha Designer, after which he corrected a few details together with Sheng Feilong.

Over three months, halve the set time their were allowed to spent in the Spirit Ascension Platform, had passed by now and Sheng Feilong had managed to reach the first half of the goal Song Weihan set for him; His Ancient Hypnotic Toad Spirit Soul had reached a cultivation of 14.800-years-old.

The reason this took him so long was that the rate of improvement dropped significantly after the Ancient Hypnotic Toad reached 10.000 years of age; Absorbing the remnant energy of 1.000-years-old Soul Beasts only netted him an increase in the Spirit Souls cultivation of less that 20 percent of what it used to be, despite absorbing the same amount of energy.

He had asked Song Weihan about this, as Huang Jialong and Yuanen Yehui were also oblivious to the answer, but were struck with the same problem. The only answer they received was an incentive to hunt 10.000-years-old Soul Beast from a smiling Song Weihan.

Still, this proved to be less of a problem then expected. With all three of them having advanced all of their Soul Rings to the 10.000-years-old level, their Soul Skills evolved as well, to a level where their strength was incomparable to before. This was especially true for Sheng Feilong's illusion abilities as the Ancient Hypnotic Toad's strength mainly came from its age.

With the usage of the same strength of Spirit power, his illusions' strength increased by more than fivefold, enabling him to trap even 10.000-years-old Soul Beasts in his illusions without much trouble. Still, with the slowed down increase in strength, the time it took him to advance it to the level Song Weihan required was even longer than the time it took to advance it to the 10.000-years-old boundary, despite hunting 10.000-years-old Soul beasts most of the time.

Yuanen Yehui and Huang Jialong faced the same problem, though still managed to reach the first of two goals Song Weihan set for them by roughly the same time as Sheng Feilong. Still, this left them even more distressed. All of them possessed another Spirit Soul that was already at the 10.000-years-old boundary to begin with, yet they had to advance it by leaps and bounds with only half of the initial time remaining.

Thankfully, as Sheng Feilong and Huang Jialong finished their Two Word Battle Armours in time, their team's strength experienced another huge jump, which caused them to be able to hunt even mid ranked 10.000-years-old Beasts with only a moderate amount of trouble.

There was only a single time where they completely failed a hunt, causing Huang Jialong to be killed inside the Spirit Ascension Platform, while Sheng Feilong and Yuanen Yehui had to flee for their lives before bailing out in a last ditch effort.

That day, they had encountered one of the Guardians of the Spirit Ascension Platfform – an over 15.000-years-old Soul Beast recreated from the Soul Bone of a real Molten Earth Armadillo. They invaded its territory without noticing it and stepped into one of its traps, notifying the beast of their arrival.

Afterwards, they were ambushed from beneath the ground, causing great injuries to Huang Jialong before he finally fell after a few minutes of intense combat. Sheng Feilong and Yuanen Yehui managed to flee out of its territory, but with the Soul Beastsof the nearby territories being much weaker, the Molten Earth Armadillo continued to pursue them without rest, forcing them to bail out.

This was the first time Sheng Feilong and the others become truly aware of the danger inside the simulated Great Star Dou Forest, leading to them being much more careful afterwards.

During the following, last three months, Sheng Feilong, Huang Jialong and Yuanen Yehui fully concentrated on their training inside the Spirit Ascension Platform, only cultivating in the evening after their usual training was over.

By the time the six months deadline was over, all of their strengths had increased by leaps and bounds while their cultivation level remained roughly the same; Sheng Feilong managed to break through to rank 62, taking a whole six months just to advance a single rank. However, his Spirit Souls had gone through a major evolution; The Ancient Hypnotic Toad had reached an age of 14.880 years, while the Purple Forest Witch exceeded Song Weihan's goal, becoming a staggering 29.000-years-old Spirit Soul.

Huang Jialong's Spirit Souls went through similar changes; His first Spirit Soul, the Ironhide Flood Dragon, reaching an age of 10.990 years, becoming a 10.000-years-old Spirit Soul as well, while his Coiled Blackblooded Snake Spirit Soul evolved into a 20.700-years-old Spirit Soul. His own cultivation level also only increased lightly, reaching rank 64 after their training.

Compared to them, Yuanen Yehui made the greatest improvements; After becoming a Battle Armour master, she trained her fighting techniques according to Song weihan's training regime, reaching a level of hand-to-hand combat similar to Sheng Feilong, while her cultivation increased from rank 52 to 55 – a total of three ranks.

Her Spirit Souls were the weakest to begin with, reaching a little over 2.000-years-old and 3.000-years-old, respectively. By now, both of those becoming 10.000-years-old Spirit Souls, the Diamond Baboon Spirit Soul even becoming 16.500-years-old.

All of them met – and partially exceeded – the goals Song Weihan had set for them. Moreover, with the addition to their new Battle Armours, familiarity to act like a team and individual fighting capabilities, Song Weihan and She Meixiao were more than pleased with them.

The six of them, including Sheng Lingtian, met in Song Weihan's office, exactly six months after their training first began. Sheng Feilong, Huang Jialong and Yuanen Yehui stood in front of the seated She Meixiao and Song Weihan, visibly relaxed and confident in their strength, while the two Titled Douluo's smiled at them. "Congratulations, you three. With this, your training has concluded."

Song Weihan chimed in after She Meixao congratulated them, his tone equally stern as it was proud. "The three of you have exceeded my expectations, all things concerned. When I created the training plans for you, I thought the Spirit Soul's ages were the maximum you would be able to achieve, yet in a short six months you became able to exceed this limit."

He paused a moment and looked at the three of them. "Two Soul Emperor ranked Soul Master with full sets of Two Word Battle Armour and a Soul King ranked Soul Master with a One Word Battle Armour; All of which possess full sets of black, 10.000-years-old Soul Rings. With this, you a ready to head for the real Great Star Dou Forest."

[DROPPED]
A Douluo Dalu Fanfiction in the timeline of DD3 (The Legend of the Dragon King).

Follow Sheng Feilong, a young boy from the Sheng Clan, on his way to become a powerful Soul Master.

Watch him grow up, train, make friends and enemies alike, in, arguably, one of the most interesting worlds of chinese webnovels.

Will the outcast of a small Clan be able to break through humanity's limit and ascend to become a god?

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This is my first time trying to write something with more than like 1.000 words, so please bear with me!

Release schedule: 1 chapter/day

"Boss, boss! Get back inside!"  
A kid who should have been just around ten years old tried to shove Doug and Han into the old building.Two other children came running towards them from a street ahead of them and waved wildly.  
If it weren't for the situation, one might have thought they were just chasing each other around. Han pulled out his wand from his pocket and glanced across the street.  
There didn't seem to be any visible threats, and yet he tensed.
The street was now empty, except for the three young kids in front of him. Still that didn't mean he could dismiss the idea of any danger as he tried to find any remaining mana within his body. It was like tapping into the recesses of a dried up well.  
Still, Han looked at the kid and frowned. "What's the situation?"  
"Guardsmen!" the boy whisper-shouted and threw a look at Doug. "It's the one with the spear!"
"Wait, he's finally out of the clinic?" Doug rubbed his face and threw a look at Han. If he assessed this situation, then this guy was uninvolved. It was strange for the Guardsmen to do patrols here, but maybe this guy was just lucky. "I mean it's probably safe for you and you can get escorted—"
"No, no. They're just two Guardsmen and a couple of teenagers. I think the target shifted from this guy to them, and I already saw the other gangs coming out." Another boy insisted and shook his head. "Mari and I already saw them closing in on them!"
The girl shoved her hands into tattered shorts. "It's best we keep out of it, Doug. But maybe if you're quick we can get your friend back to the Academy."
Before Doug could protest at the fact that Han wasn't his friend—Han frowned and slapped a hand over his forehead. The description of the kids matched what was in his mind word for word.  
"Well fudge it it all, I know them."
"What?"
"Unless I'm wrong, which I can be—that group are my classmates." Han scratched the back of his head. A smile crossed on his lips. "I didn't think they'd actually go out of their way to find me, er, but drama aside—I mean, it's about four weaponless Students and two Guardsmen. I haven't seen any spear or anything at all."
"They're fucked then." the girl said.
"Not if I can stop them—" Han said and then paused as the four kids gave him blank looks.
"Mister, you had to run earlier." the girl said. "If you hadn't stumbled into our place by accident then you'd have been a dead body in the street in the morning or somewhere else."  
He sighed and threw a look at the street ahead of them, straining his ears to hear if there were any fights breaking out. "I know it's stupid. But do you guys have weapons? Can I borrow them and I'll toss it to my friends."
He wasn't about to ask kids to pick up a fight with him and save Donovan and the others.  
But even just the thought of a fight between his classmates made him wary, this wasn't just large spiders or wyverns but actual people. Neither was this actually a spar where you could call it off.
"Do you think we'll just give them to you?" the first boy looked at him baffled. "They're not free."
"Their best chance is escaping—but I don't think they'll be able to do it if everyone participates in the fight." Another said.  
"Well, if Ryden tries to leave—I bet he could, but he wouldn't just abandon them."
"I know that Slug Fist has a vendetta against him. Bet it's going to be nasty if he just got out of the clinic."
"If he runs then he can call reinforcements."
"It'll be too late, by then. Especially if it's that guy, Bo he's with."
Somehow, the conversation quickly descended into some kind commentary about their survival. Han's classmates and what was going to happen. Even if he left now—what was the best he could do? He needed to get his hands on a mana potion—
Doug shoved a knife towards Han, nearly stabbing him in the face. "Here's mine. Use it, since I don't think you can use that wand unless you're poking someone in the eye with it. Actually, maybe we should go." the boy glanced at his friends.
"What? Boss—we're going to get involved in that? No way!"
"Then I'll go and help," Doug said. "At least I'll earn levels while fighting tougher enemies."
"I know they said that, but they're really higher level—"
He cut off the squabble and picked up the knife from the boy. He managed a grin. "Hey hey, I appreciate the knife but I can't ask that." Han pocketed the weapon, already walking forward and looked back at them, "I mean if any of you got a mana potion—I'd appreciate it. But other than that, thanks for saving me."
Without waiting for another word, he began to run—and then dodged another knife that came behind him.
"You can use that too!" Another boy shouted. "It's rusted so it'll hurt more!"
Han swiped it up and shouted a quick thanks, and then he ran off.  
.
.
.
Once the young man disappeared into the street, the four kids shared a silent look together. It seemed like their job was finally over, which hadn't been that hard. For the last half hour, they remained as a lookout and ensured that Han hadn't been tracked to their place. The group of kids still relied on the previous horror of their mentors, but now, they were free to do as they pleased.
"He's stupid." one of the boys decided loudly. A grin cracked up on his lips. "I like that. Too bad he's going to die though."
"Argh, the exit is just a couple streets down in the opposite direction—and I don't think anybody else is watching it anymore." the girl groaned and shook her head. "I'm going in though." Without another word, she slid back to the apartment.
Doug crossed his arms. "Well, it's not like he'd abandon his classmates. I mean they're probably just like us who watch each other's backs."  
"Heh, Hailey and I did leave you back then though."
Doug half-glared at the boy. "Yeah, I didn't forget that, Trav."
Max shrugged and looked back. "They're supposed to be from the Academy—do you think they're actually any good?"
"Nah, combat experience? They're good as ants in the street."
"You think we could watch though?"
"Watch? Seriously? Are you out of your mind!"
"If we're fast, we can probably loot some bodies."
"Not a great idea."
—-
They were surrounded, trapped.
Boaz was the only one who had a weapon—well, someone snatched it from his hand.
"I can use this better than you!" Ryden said and pointed the sword at the largest guy that approached them. It was an extremely huge guy—and his nickname really didn't fit him. "Hey, Hey, Slug Face, nice to see ya. Did ya miss me?"
The guy didn't move like a slug, but rather slugged very hard.
"Heard you just got out of the clinic. What you doing in our territory?" another Thug swaggered. "Asking for a beating, huh!"
Slug Face—er, Slug Fist threw a nasty look at the Thug who clamped his mouth shut. One of his friends elbowed the random thug, before Slug Fist addressed Ryden again. "It seems like you're doing a little tour around this place—what is this, did you give up your post as a Guardsman?"
"Hah, nah nah. We're just using this as a shortcut—you didn't happen to see one of my kids though?" Ryden cocked a grin.  
Boaz thought it was idiotic that his friend was spilling the beans… and yet, his Diplomat Skills were useless in this hour. Unless he could just get a lighter beating? He threw some looks at the young men and the sole woman with them and gritted his teeth.  
He and Ryden could attempt to make a break for it, but not without risking them.
"I think it's best that you don't touch a single stray hair of any of us if you know what's good for you." the Diplomat said—more on threatening, than actually being a good Diplomat if he was to be honest.
"And why's that, Joe?"
Boaz's expression flattened at the name.
"Oi—he's name is Bo! And I'm the only one who calls him that." Ryden swung the sword around like a kid. He did a few thrusting stabs in the air—which wasn't effective for a sword, unlike a spear.
Boaz threw him a look.
Ryden sighed and said, "But yeah, he's right—we're not here to fight. It's actually best if you let us through."
It took a great amount of forcing for Ryden to actually say it.  
Even if he was out of duty for a couple of weeks now, it didn't mean he'd actually let it pass when there were so many criminal folks around them. Somehow, if he'd let them go now—it meant that they'd hide even better next time.  
This was a chance for a proper arrest if he actually had his weapons with him. If being a quite important word. And if he had a lot more Guards with him.
"Hah! Backing out from a fight, huh? What's so special about these kids—think they'll fetch a good price?"
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Author's Note: Slug Fist… yeah, I'm a bit terrible at thinking up names. Cough. Anyhow, not much more to say, heh. I mean this was an expected development, I suppose. Thank you for reading the chapter!


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See the world through the lenses of the main protagonist and other characters:

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Timothy Cook - an NPC (?) from Rockfall Village who also travels with 'Han' to Kraelonia Academy. A young man with a fiery personality and the [ Firestarter ] Skill to match, after losing his mother during the Demon Lord's attack, does he have anything left to do? The allure of magic calls to him, but what if he sinks deeper than he could possibly go?

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