However, the black dog was fearless in the face of such a threat, and it laughed contemptuously. "What a joke! Haven't you learned about the precondition of triggering the disaster of books beforehand?"
Su Yu indifferently replied, "Of course I have. Only those who have flipped through the Books of Life will be afflicted by the disaster of books!"
The black dog was taken aback, and it had a sudden feeling of foreboding. Baffled, it said, "Are you going to say that all 20,000 of them have been to the book yard, and flipped through the Books of Life? It's impossible! At least half of them have come from other areas and have never been to the book yard"
Voices of confusion broke out amongst the crowds as well.
"That's right, Su Yuxian! I've never been to the book yard, so I can't be a target of the disaster of books!"
"True, I've never been there either!"
"If that's the case, most of us won't be affected by the disaster of books. We'll have no way to discern the conspirator behind the scene."
However, the corners of Su Yu's mouth twitched, curving into a smile that frightened the black dog.
"Indeed, you haven't been to the book yard, but who says that just because you haven't been to the book yard, you have not read the Book of Life? I have already let each and every one of you read it!" Su Yu said.
Su Yu casually stuck out his palms, one to the left and another to the right with both palms facing down. This was the gesture he made when he was separating the people who wanted to kill and the ones who didn't earlier. All of the people had followed his action and come to the left side, which meant no intention of killing.
"You have attached the content of the Book of Life to your palm!" The black dog was utterly surprised.
Su Yu opened his palm, and a piece of paper the size of a nail could be seen. There were a couple of words on it. "This piece of paper was derived from the Book of Life! Based on the rules of the book yard, a person will be a target of the book disaster as long as they have seen the book! It wasn't stated in the rules as to how much content should be read. Hence, based on my understanding, even if you have just read a word, or seen a piece of paper of it, it still counts!"
"While I was dividing you up just now, everyone looked at my palm when they were choosing sides. They would have seen the paper on my palm even by taking just once glance," Su Yu explained. "Now, all of you, accept the advent of the disaster of books! Except for a certain creature of the Wonderland!"
Upon hearing his words, everyone was flabbergasted. They had actually read the Book of Life without even realizing! They hadn't even noticed it themselves.
"You have come prepared?" The black dog inhaled a deep breath. It had lost in the worst possible way.
Su Yu replied placidly, "Dealing with old devils like you that never die, of course, I had to keep a trump card."
The black dog asked, "What if I hadn't reserved any plans? Were you going to let them be trampled by the disaster of books for no reason?"
Su Yu shrugged. "So what if they get trampled? If I didn't say a thing, they wouldn't have gotten their heads around the source of the disaster of books, I've got nothing to lose!"
Most people were speechless.
"Junior Sister Bing, don't stop me!"
"Eh! Junior Sister Bing, why are you drawing your sword?"
"I'm going to chop him into pieces!"
"Oh no! Someone come and help! Restrain Junior Sister Bing!"
"Hahaha, interesting, this is very interesting! Finally, a competent, presentable challenger after ten thousand years." The black dog was laughing, its laughter resonating with a tinge of loneliness and disappointment.
"If you people weren't destined to die, I really wouldn't wish to kill you. It's been ten thousand years, I have endured this loneliness for so long, looking after a withered grave with no one to talk to."
"Tsk, godda*n dog, you're quite interesting too. If you're willing to leave the evil behind and embrace the good, I don't mind spending a little money on bones every month," Su Yu remarked nonchalantly.
The black dog burst out laughing. "Shouldn't you ask the rest of the challengers about that? They must hate me in their bones! Aren't you afraid to be forsaken by your dear ones?"
"Of course I am afraid! That is why I need to pick you out, to answer to the challengers who had sacrificed." Su Yu chuckled coldly. "It's almost here!"
The intangible vibrations erupted all of a sudden. The disaster of books had arrived! The 20,000 bewildered challengers were shrouded by the disaster and began to curse.
Every person that was subject to the disaster of books had the virtual shadow of a black-colored book above their heads. That was the symptom of being inflicted with the disaster of books. If it was absent, there could be no doubt that the individual was the creature of the Wonderland!
"Ahh! He doesn't have it!" Cries of shock broke out in the crowds.
Su Yu's eyes shone like bolts of lightning. Without saying a word, he raised his hands and arranged the Five Elemental Heaven Extinguishing Formation to enclose the area.
"You won't get away this time!" A cold gleam shone in Han Fei's eyes. Stepping on two black Suns, she flew over swiftly.
The disaster of books was on the brink of beginning, but there was still a while before it happened for real. The amount of time they had left was adequate to allow them to tame the black dog. After that, they could concentrate on contending with the disaster of books.
The individual encased by the Five Elemental Heaven Extinguishing Formation was a youth in his twenties. He had a rather dark face and an average build. He was the type of person that was indistinguishable from the rest of the crowd. Moreover, there were more than 20,000 people at the scene, and the influences were complicated and intermingled. To all the challengers, everyone else was a stranger except for the companions whom they were familiar with. Hence, no one had noticed the black dog hiding among them.
"You have won!" The youth opened his pair of emerald eyes and flashed a smile to compliment Su Yu.
Han Fei looked cold and detached. Without saying another sentence, she raised her hand and an incredulously colossal Sun befell on top of the youth. This black Sun was capable was delivering the youth to the demonic dimension, and would let him be torn apart by the people of the demonic dimension.
However, the youth changed his attitude. "However, this is only the beginning between us! You're called Su Yuxian right? Hehe, the game between us has just begun. Enjoy it all you can!"
Su Yu frowned, realizing a threat was imminent. Did the black dog still have some tricks up its sleeve?
"You're counting on the time before the disaster of books kicks in to tame me, aren't you? But what if you don't have the time?" The youth smiled mysteriously.
Su Yu's heart skipped a beat. "You're…" An idea suddenly came into his head.
"That's right! I'm the story master of the martial tower, but, I'm also the yard master! The yard master of the martial yard!!" The youth revealed his ground-shaking alternate identity.
Each of the five great yards had their respective yard masters, whom ordinary people wouldn't get a chance to meet. Nonetheless, the black dog turned out to be a yard master!
"As the yard masters, each of us possesses a masterstroke, and my masterstroke is the most unique of all. It's similar to that of the flower yard master, but overrides hers." The youth was smiling calmly.
Su Yu's heart thumped wildly. The flower yard master was allocated in the Nine Jade Spiritual Pearl by Su Yu. Her masterstroke was very simple: she had the ability to make the disaster of flowers begin earlier than scheduled. She brought the disaster of flowers, that was supposed to arrive after seven days, forward by a day, inflicting great fatality upon the people of the Heaven's Craftsmen Region.
As the martial yard master, what was this youth's ability?
"My masterstroke is to control all disasters!!" The youth flashed a small smile, which had hints of mocking in it. "Just enjoy it the best you can, I look forward to your upcoming performance if you can survive! Hahahahaha!"
Buzz…buzz…buzz…
All of a sudden, three types of intangible vibrations spread across the entire Wonderland. Among them were vibrations from the book yard and the martial yard. More importantly, even the vibrations from the beast yard, which was half a month away, arrived as well! Su Yu took in a sharp, cold breath. This was the black dog's masterstroke as the yard master of the martial yard: he could control all disasters!
Three types of wave patterns stirred in everyone's heart all at once. Furthermore, they were triggered off instantly, without even a moment of stagnation. The disaster of books, which was only supposed to break out in full force some time later, broke out in an instant.
A virtual shadow materialized in front of Su Yu out of nowhere, staring coldly at him. The same happened to everyone else. All of them were faced with a virtual shadow visible only to themselves which was confronting them.
Han Fei was no exception. With her ongoing cultivation technique disrupted, the youth chuckled, shook his sleeve, and turned to leave. Before stepping out of the martial tower, he said tauntingly, "Enjoy! Hahaha…"
Whizz!
All eight entrances of the martial tower opened at the same time. They did not close behind him. Closing them no longer served the purpose of stopping the challengers escaping. Instead, if the doors closed, it would become some sort of shield that kept the disasters from the challengers. Hence, the entrances might as well be left open to welcome in the disasters, which were about to devastate the challengers.
The black dog hadn't initially wanted to take such a course of action because there were 20,000 more challengers besides them. But it was forced into a despairing predicament by Su Yu, and it had no choice but to resort to such means.
"Huang Ze?" Su Yu stared at the virtual shadow of a stranger before his eyes.
The shadow nodded. "I am Huang Ze, the character in the Book of Life which you have read."
When Su Yu first entered the book yard, he had opened and read the Book of Life transformed by Huang Ze without even thinking about it. The book had recorded his entire life in so much depth that even the piles on his buttocks were delineated in detail.
"Come on! If you destroy me, you are freed from the disaster of books. If you fail, however, you will replace me and become the new Book of Life," Huang Ze said. With a flip of his hand, he drew a knife.
Su Yu rubbed his chin and did not spring into action right away. "May I ask you two questions?"
Huang Ze thought for a moment as he kept hold of the knife. "You may! I can answer them as long as it's something I knew while I was alive. But you only get to ask two questions. After I answer them, the fight has to start, and you don't get to delay it anymore."
"First question, what if I haven't read one of the Books of Life I have obtained yet?" Su Yu caressed his space ring. He hadn't had time to read the Book of Yang of Mo Jidao.
Luckily, Huang Ze had an answer to that. "After you pull through the disaster of books, the unread Book of Life will disappear on its own. Even the stone-rubbed version will be no exception!"
Su Yu nodded as he listened. "Okay, I understand now."
"Second question, for individuals like them who have only seen a corner of a paper from your Book of Life, how powerful will the virtual shadow of the disaster that they encounter be?"
"My power has nothing to do with the amount of content of the book read. Even if they have only seen a word, I will appear with full capacity! The only difference is that, the lesser they have read, the shorter the time I will be present for!"
"For people like you who have read the whole book, I will continue to exist until you have obliterated me! But for those who have only read a word like them, my time of existence will be no more than one breath, perhaps I won't even get to strike in time."
So that's how it works! Su Yu nodded.
"In that case, let the fight begin!" Huang Ze's eyes grew stern. The knife in his hand turned into a shooting star and moved towards Su Yu.
Unhurriedly, Su Yu took out several round pearls, encasing the shooting star. It was rendered completely immobile.
Before his demise, Huang Ze had been an eighth-grade Almighty. Many people considered him to be very talented, but he was no match for Su Yu. A mere Meteor Light Stream Formation was enough to oppress him.
Huang Ze heaved a sigh. "I never expected you to be this great! I've lost. You may destroy me!"
"My apologies, you may take a nap first." Su Yu slammed his palm on his head and knocked him out cold before tossing him into the Nine Jade Spiritual Pearl.
Huang Ze was nonplussed. Hold on, why don't you destroy me? I don't want to nap! I don't like it! Quick, let me out, quick!
The mellifluous, earth-shattering cries reverberated within the Nine Jade Spiritual Pearl, continuous and never-ending.
Su Yu clapped his hands and, one by one, the rest of them awoke from the disaster of books. Most of the other challengers hadn't even seen Huang Ze clearly before he had receded on his own because the time was up.
"The crisis is resolved! It's lucky we have Junior Brother Su." Several young senior sisters fluttered their eyelashes and gathered around Su Yu. 
After the series of incidents, Su Yu's image in the eyes of the inner sanctum elites had undergone a drastic change. This was particularly due to their battles against Su Yu while he was the story master. His inexplicable strength crumbled the pride of the inner sanctum elites and made them eat the humble pie.
After that, he fought the mysterious antagonist in the dark with his endless wits and impressive intelligence. It had been a bumpy ride, and all of them could not help but worship him!
Even Han Fei, who was a starry sky elite, was only serving as a helper and providing aid from the side, while Su Yu played the core role.
A crisp voice chided them. "Don't you have anything else to do? The martial disaster is here! Go and get prepared!".
The senior sisters turned to look at the speaker and quickly looked unimpressed.
"Humph, what's she showing off for? She only had an advantage because she was nearer!"
"Exactly, I heard that she announced the marriage proposal on her own, and that was how she took possession of Junior Brother Su. How cheap!"
"What's there to worry? The marriage proposal hasn't been approved by her parents. Junior Brother Su is a young, delicate… She is like a mature old cabbage, and we still stand a chance of getting a bite."
"What right does Bing Wuxin have to occupy the toilet without sh*tting? Us female elites of the inner sanctum will not bow to her!"
Of course, these words were exchanged through telepathy with Vital Energy. They did not have the guts to say them brazenly.
"Your disaster of books hasn't ended?" Bing Wuxin's status as Su Yu's fiancée allowed her to get rid of the senior sisters with the ulterior motives.
Su Yu pointed at the black book above his head which was still flickering, signifying that the disaster of books was still in progress. "Almost done."
"Okay. We're fortunate to have you this time. You saved us from the peril." Despite the look of indifference on Bing Wuxin's face, there were ripples in her eyes. Who didn't wish their man would become more outstanding day by day?
But Su Yu shook his head. "We're far from being safe! The vibrations of the martial disaster are getting more and more intense! Start preparing right away. Each disaster will be stronger the previous, and the danger of the martial disaster is not to be slighted."
After sitting down opposite Bing Wuxin with crossed legs and taking a brief respite, Su Yu sensed the advent of the martial disaster! All of a sudden, the world seemed to pause for a while and tranquillity returned.
The vibrations of the martial disaster subsided on their own.
"What's going on? Where's the martial disaster?" Beside him, Bing Wuxin was looking around in bafflement.
Not only her, but every other challenger who was prepared for the martial disaster was in shock. They engaged in heated discussions.
"According to the rules, the time of disappearance of the vibrations will be the official onset of the disaster. Why are the surroundings unchanged?"
"Yes, is the martial disaster distinguished in any way?"
Many people were speechless. They were bewildered by the fact that the mythical devastating martial disaster had vanished by itself.
Based on past records, the martial disaster could wipe out nearly 40 percent of the challengers. It was a disaster with a remarkable impact.
"Did the martial disaster end before it could even begin because of the previous unforeseen events?" After some discussions, many challengers came to the same seemingly logical conclusion. 
Only a small minority of them raised their guard, becoming even more alert. To destroy them, the black dog had called upon three consecutive disasters. How could the martial disaster subside just like that without inflicting any damage? They must have overlooked something!
Su Yu sank into deep thoughts. Suddenly, he seemed to have realized something, and his heart missed a beat.
"Is it because…" Su Yu lifted his gaze. And as he scanned all the challengers at the scene, an incredulous surmise formed in his mind.


A decision can destroy the sun, moon and stars. A finger can kill the Heavenly Overlord. While chatting, the Heaven and ten worlds can be annihilated.
A poor little kid walks out from a remote mountain area while holding the Nine Dragons and the Incredible Cauldron. With a control over the time and space eternally, he embarks on the Path to God where he defies the odds of the boundless universe gaudily by fighting against royalty and clashing with the legendary generation.

She passed the three sections of the state and reached the entrance gate; she went out through the servants' door. There weren't buildings outside the residence but a path full of trees. The Liu Dynasty was built after the alliance of some powerful clans. All of them lived in the Imperial City and now were known as Ancient Clans; these families, even if some were small now, had green foliage and an activated formation surrounding them. 
Before getting out of the formation, she bound her chest and wore the black robe; she took out a bronze mirror and smeared some white plaster and washed away her ugly look. She now mixed the black plaster with a red plaster and put some freckles on her rosy cheeks and also made her beauty mole bigger, making the sight unsightly; but her eyes radiated smart light and smiles, it seemed as she was enjoying this. 
"If he were to see me like this, would he have praised me?" She jested but soon she bitterly smiled as she suppressed her feelings and strode out.
With the passing time, the Imperial City was divided into five sections: the heart was where the Imperial Palace was located with the Imperial Guards' Tower at its side; the north was where part of the Royal Family and powerful old monsters resided; the nobles took the east; while the west and south were where commoners' residences, and shopping and recreational stores were placed. Ancient Families didn't move their states through the years even if they were more powerful or were decaying now; thus, An Family resided at the southeast part, near the city's wall. 
She took almost three hours to reach the biggest bookstore, Miscellaneous Knowledge Tower, as she was just a three-gate Mundane Immortal Cultivator; coming from a Cultivator Family, her cultivation was laughable at her age. 
This bookstore was a place where you can buy knowledge without the need to join. There was a vast collection of tomes with different kinds of topics but almost all of the books here had low-level knowledge; hence, only mortals with high status and some curious cultivators stepped there. The later people visited this place mainly because there were some odd old books which were impossible to read, making them inquisitive at the strange languages. 
People thought that this tower would decay quickly but it had already been centuries since it was built, making the great powers inside the city became curious about its background; but no one stepped forward, such a tower wasn't of their interest at all.
The Miscellaneous Knowledge Tower had ten floors: the first three had geographical and nature-related books; the fourth and fifth floors had the recorded adventures and information about renowned cultivators; the sixth floor had low level immortal and martial cultivation techniques and skills; and the seventh floor was her goal as it had medical books. 
As she went upstairs, she thought with an indifferent face, 'Winter will come in three months as well as my fifteenth birthday. That day was when my father brought home all those books as I was already immersed myself in the medical field. That old book with weird words should still be there, the medical knowledge it has is superb; though I have already memorized all the information it showed me in my past life'. As she climbed, the people became less and less. 
The seventh floor was big and there was only an old man sleeping behind the counter. She shook her head and gave a glimpse to the books inside, there weren't many, just around a thousand and most of them looked knew; they were copies. She wasn't interested in them and focused her gaze on the old looking books as she approached the bookcases.  
'Where is it? Where is the book with black leather cover with different herbs carved on it?'
She began to lose her patience as she rummaged through the sea of books; she held some of the old looking books as to not be suspicious. 
'Here it is!' She thought excitedly in her heart. She had already placed the four books within her arms on the floor; the familiar dusty smell she breathed while holding the black book was so nostalgic. If it weren't for this old book, her past self would have been even more laughable. She suppressed her joy and picked three more books before heading to the counter. 
She made a loud noise as she let fall the eight books on the table. 
"What, what is it?!" The old man behind the counter jumped to his feet at the sudden noise.
"His elderly, please check", she said indifferent and with a slight coldness that she was unaware of. In the past, she had been naive and respectful before marriage but with the constant tragedies, she had become indifferent and icy towards most of people, leaving her gentleness to selected people.
The old man sized her up, he saw an ugly man with apathetic eyes; the man wasn't strong at all and he was sure of being able to defeat him with one move but the man's air made his hands cold and unable to refute.
"Cough! Sure. Ah! Right... this..." He caught a glimpse of a basket with carved toys, drifting his attention; when he wanted to open his mouth, he didn't know what to say at the sight of the grown-up man.  
She was impatient now and said, "What?" 
"Cough, cough. The seventh floor is the poorest one so the Tower's Lord said to sell these little carvings. These pieces had been collected through the years and lands; and this old man can guarantee their authenticity and..." He didn't continue when he spotted the man's still indifferent gaze; then, he added, "Cough, never mind. This old man will quickly make the bill", and he put his focus on the books. 
As a woman, her curiosity was hooked, although she lived past thirty in her previous life and could be considered an adult, she had always liked pretty things. 
Her gaze shifted to the basket. There were palm-sized carvings with different forms made of wood, jade and other precious materials; they were truly beautiful. She decided to buy some. When she was picking the fifth which was going to be hers, she almost let it fall, 'Agh! How can this thing be so heavy? Isn't this sphere made of black glass?' Glass was an uncommon material but she knew it was weightless. 
Before she could ponder more, she heard a husky old voice, "It is 2,350 gold coins". 
She placed the black sphere along the four carvings. "These five too".
The old man smiled and said, "They are already included". 
Her mouth almost twitched, "Oh! That was quick". She took the gold coins out. This was clearly a robbery but his father had given her ten thousand gold coins along some three-earth earthly jade which was considered middle grade and was used to cultivate; she wasn't good at bargaining as she thought it was a waste of saliva, as long as she had enough money, she didn't mind being a spendthrift. 
With a sweep of her white hand, the books and carvings entered her green qiankun bag. "You won't see me here again". She turned around and left. 
The old man was flabbergasted and moments later, he smiled wryly; he knew the man was displeased even though his voice was indifferent. Then, he stroked his white beard and went back to sleep.

Things have been rewritten and a fallen Phoenix with bounded wings has been reborn between heaven and earth. Can fate be changed? Will it be for the best? Love and grief go hand in hand through the path of a Phoenix. The higher you climb, the harder the path.

Note: Because I still haven't written anything strong, I changed the audience range.

I am Bloody Mary.
Boss called me High Demon before this and now he calls me Superior Demon.
I'm not bothered by the name because I think Superior Demon is better than Bloody Mary, even though I did come from the Blood Queen's tiara.
What caused my birth was myriads of persistence, grudges, and evil thoughts.
Humans are a kind of complicated and scary animal.
I already knew it when I first gained the ability to think and saw what was around me. 
During my early days, I didn't mind wandering alone in that ferry, I was totally fine by myself, I didn't need any being, living or dead, to talk to me.
A year flew by, then a second, a third…
I was still counting at first but as it went by, I lost count.
Boredom filled my heart.
The only fortunate thing was I knew the ferry's structure, from top to bottom, so I found a lot of books in the ferry's secret cabin.
The books talked about a lot of things and unusually rare, it was one of the important collections of the owner of the ferry.
I spent a lot of time with those books, but the waves at sea were rough. They started to spoil and rot. I tried countless ways to stop the books from spoiling but it was not very effective.
The ferry did not have suitable materials to preserve the books properly. What I did was prolonged the spoiling process, but couldn't truly stop it.
So I read faster.
Those really were some intense days. I sacrificed sleep to read and was racing against time.
In the end, before all the books spoiled, I managed to finish every single page and even had extra time to reread everything once more.
This long reading session increased a lot of my knowledge, allowing me to have more perception of the outside world.
I became curious, curious to see what was beyond the ferry.
West Coast, East Coast, the inner cities, the valleys and mountains, the fields, the lakes, the streams…
Hmmm… I think I'd skip the lakes and streams, since they are all water.
I've seen enough water due to being at sea for this long.
I was fantasizing about the outside world everyday and in the end, my patience wore out.
I made a decision that shocked even me: I left the ferry!
This new decision was poles apart from my initial thought but I frankly accepted my own thoughts after being shocked.
After all, humans were complex animals that always contradicted their own thoughts, so if I was the culmination of humanities persistence, grudges, and evil thoughts, I'd also be a little bit contradicting at times.
Wasn't it normal?
Since the goal was set, I'd make a move, so that I could understand what I should do next.
While I was preparing, I was also waiting for a chance, a chance for the ferry to dock and leave this lonely place once and for all!
During the waiting period, many people had their eyes on the ferry but none were suitable.
Some were too weak, some were too strong.
I killed the weak ones and slipped past the strong ones.
Time flew again, and after spending a great effort, I finally found the waters to return to shore.
Who knew how many years the ferry had sailed on sea, but now it had finally docked.
But…
The sudden storm interrupted my plan of docking quietly, forcing me to make a rough entrance.
The rough docking attracted a lot of eyes on the ferry, forcing the eager me to stop my plans and rethink what I should do next.
I knew I was different and I knew what I would face if I appeared in public, but before I could come up with a valid plan, those people ran out of patience.
At first, the people who approached the ferry were weaklings, weaker than the weakest man I remember, they were easy to deal with but I knew it was just the start.
As time went by, true powerful people would eventually appear.
I couldn't wait anymore!
So I decided to take a gamble, and then… I met my boss.
He was a kind of human that I had never met before, obviously powerful but extremely cautious and careful, wanting to keep a low profile.
How would I describe him using the newer words?
Inconspicuous!
That's right, inconspicuous!
He'd lay low as long as he could, and he'd perform in the very last second, in a very unreasonable, rampant way! 
I felt sad for those powerhouses that boss killed. They did have the chance to win over boss, but boss was too cunning!
According to the books, people like him harboured extreme wisdom from their mind but it'd harm their body, so many people like him died young.
However, my boss lived long and well, getting even stronger and surpassing the level described in books, to the point that I couldn't comprehend.
Even though he had grown a lot, his stingy habits never changed.
He wasn't thrifty, he was stingy!
Thrifty meant laudatory, I know!
Stingy meant derogatory!
He was wealthy but he was only interested in free things. If that wasn't stingy, what was?
That aside, he sent me here, to Printon, to retrieve his loot.
Of course I knew my mission wasn't simply to retrieve the loot but it was my main mission!
Look at this dark as hell place! Where is the sunlight?!
It reminded me of the dark days I spent in the ferry.
Thankfully, beauce of boss' countless contracts, I wasn't afraid of sunlight and could even bask under the sun.
Standing under the sun and enjoying the wind was what I liked, but boss' mission always pressured me.
At first, it would be over after I died one time but after my secret was exposed, I'd have to die a couple times in a single outing! I've been through inconceivable disaster!
And I think this time is the biggest trouble I've run into since I gained the ability to think.
"Sir Sphendix, we are ready!"
I heard the word when I successfully retrieved boss' loot.
Habitually, I hid in the void and then I saw that black knight.
He wasn't a stranger though, boss saw him before, as did I. In order to retrieve boss' loot quicker, he shared the vision with me, but it was just a simple image showing this black knight.
As for more?
Because of the many contracts, any curiosity that I showed would result in death.
I watched the black knight from the void. He started to clean and decorate the room, which belonged to the one called Luther, the one whose body was blasted into pieces.
Many things were moved into the room.
Magic formation after magic formation were drawn.
'Summon? No! This isn't summon! This is descending!'
The knowledge in my mind allowed me to precisely judge the magic formations. While I was still deducing, my boss already knew everything.
"Wait! Observe! Deliver a lethal blow!"
My boss gave me a very Kieran-esque order.
So I waited patiently in the void, trying to find out what this black knight was doing and then I discovered some secret.
The black knight seemed bewitched and controlled.
Although he tried his best to maintain this original form, his reactions were a little slow.
Other people might not be able to tell the difference but I understood this very well.
My boss is a master in controlling people and these kinds of controlling methods were nothing compared to my boss' ones.
After the descending magic formation was completed, the black knight thought he had completed the preparation. He evacuated everyone and started muttering to himself.
"Everything is completed! Hmph! All I need to do now is wait for the Calamity Dragon to descend on Alkender!"
He would pause after each sentence.
It seemed like the black knight was talking to the one controlling him and I really felt sad for whatever was controlling the black knight.
In short, my boss was currently at Alkender City.
While I am in Printon City!
The descending of Calamity Dragon?
No! More like a fast food delivery!
I knew how good of an appetite my boss had.
Calamity Dragon, the name alone sounded very nutritious.
Seconds turned into minutes.
"Yes, activate the descension formation!"
When the black knight uttered the response, boss' words entered my head again.
"Let him do it."
I followed orders and watched the black knight slit his wrist and throw weird things into the formation, incantations sounding softly.
It was a success! 
It was obvious that the black knight had prepared for a long time, but he was destined to fail because boss' order came.
"Kill him. Yes."
I waited a long time for this, jumping out and decapitating the concentrating black knight.
His head flew, blood spraying and the descension magic formation was broken, yet it wasn't a complete failure.
The magic formation was still holding up and managed to work.
"Nicely done, Superior Demon!"
Boss' praise entered my head.
This is a first, right? Boss praised me for the first time!
I am happy, what I've been through became worth it, but it sounded wrong. When boss' voice entered my head again, I discarded the messy thoughts.
"Wait for my order!"
"Yes, boss!"
...
RAWR!
The Calamity Dragon roared in anger as it was stuck in the breach.
It was certain that this little change was caused by this 'offering' before its eyes.
Although it had no idea how an 'offering' did something like this to stop its descension, it was infuriated nonetheless.
Finding a suitable 'offering' wasn't easy, so simply letting him go wasn't an option. It would be a joke!
Who was it?
It was the Calamity Dragon! The Calamity Dragon that once wreaked havoc on the land!
Kaboom!
Plague aura erupted like a live volcano, surging from the enormous body of the Calamity Dragon.
A dead silent darkness clouded the entire night sky above Alkender.
The stars and the moon were all consumed.
The birds that slept in the trees, the stray cats and dogs that hid in the corners, the rats that roamed the sewers, all kinds of animals felt an unusual anxiety and danger, as if death was coming.
They wanted to run but the animal's body were hardened, they couldn't move at all.
The civilians who had just entered the emergency passageway to the shelter instinctively raised their heads too.
"What happened?"
"I don't know."
Someone asked out of instinct, sounding afraid, likewise the person who answered.
The little question and answer represented the thoughts of everyone in the shelter.
Subconsciously the people looked at Drexton.
Drexton felt the discomfort too, suspicion rising in his heart.
Did you know when this shelter was specially built, it was enforced by not only technology but also mystical means.
Despite the enforcements, Drexton was still affected. He could only imagine how scary it would be on the surface.
The monitors in the shelter that should display the situation on the surface showed nothing but black, spreading the fear faster.
Drexton knew he must stop the fear from spreading, otherwise it would trigger some dire consequences.
"Willis, can you see what is happening up there?" Drexton looked at Willis.
"Sorry boss, the shelter's structure blocked my abilities," Willis shook his head.
Drexton then looked at the Machinist, but he got the same answer.
Drexton frowned. Willis and Machinist were the best candidates to scout the situation and if both of them couldn't…
"Why not let me try?"
While Drexton was figuring a way to get eyes up there, someone spoke.
A young man in glasses pushed himself out of the crowd, followed by three more people behind him.
"Goran? Emma Eddie, Ferris, and Odork?" Drexton was stunned.
He knew the four of them, they were his friend's, 2567, comrades, but shouldn't they be in the shelter at the hospital with his other friend, Herzker?
Why were they there?
He was troubled by the question but he did not hesitate.
"Sure, Goran," he nodded.
Goran pushed his glasses up and walked to the black monitors.
He placed his hand on the monitors and it started to turn blurry, a blurry image forming before slowly becoming clearer.
When the footages in the monitor cleared up, everyone gasped in astonishment.
It wasn't just the people in this shelter but everyone in Alkender City.
They saw the enormous body of Calamity Dragon and the dead silent dark night sky.
"My God! What is this?" someone asked out of shock.
The children were terrified, crying while their mothers covered their mouth in order to suppress the crying, but the muffled cries made people more nervous.
When the monitors paned sideways, everyone saw the figure that stood on the ground, confronting the enormous monster in the sky.
The figure was also black, but deeper.
"Look!"
"T-That's…"
"Glutton Emperor!"
Astonishment sounded again but this time it wasn't out of fear, it was joy.
Humans are like that, they always wish for protection against a powerful unknown.
It wasn't shameful because it was part of the instinct, and those who could overcome the instinct and stand in front of the people, protecting them from harm, those people were known as… heroes!
Instantly, the gazes on the black figure changed.
Goran quietly walked back to the crowd and when he did, his body shook.
Connecting all the monitors in the shelters wasn't as easy as it looks.
"Nicely done," Odork helped Goran up.
"For the lord, it's my honor!" Goran smiled weakly.
The conversation was soft, others couldn't hear it properly, or rather, everyone else was captivated by the scene in the monitors.
Screams then sounded the next moment.
That dead silent darkness that shrouded the entire night sky above Alkender started to fall like an enormous meteor.
The black figure in the monitors didn't move, instead jumping up to the sky, going straight into the falling darkness!


Welcome to a virtual underground game with no protection, full of lurking players who seek survival, power, and fortune. Kieran chose to enter this VRMMORPG game without hesitation, because he knew this was the only way for him to escape death’s grasp. Can he escape death in real life though, or will he end up dying inside the game? 

"What's wrong, my liege?"
Fyndar noticed an unusual presence. Even though Joshua only took a glance, a heavy pressure grew in the air.
"Why is there a party of elite clergymen in Morlaix Palace?"
The red-haired knight continued to lead the way. Joshua asked a little doubtfully, "Their strengths are beyond the ordinary. Half of them have already reached the threshold of Gold. They are powerful enough to become archbishops already. This is really unusual."
"Oh, they are the ambassadors sent by the church to attend the celebration. So, it makes sense that they are all strong and powerful. Not to mention that their leader, Robzek of the Knight's Order going by the name [Hammer of Liberation], is already a Supreme-tier holy knight now. However, the Emperor is currently holding an audience with that man right now. They are discussing something that seems extremely important."
Fyndar smiled and nodded as he explained everything to the warrior. This handsome red-haired knight seemed to be a true hearty person. "Sometimes, kingdoms and forces across the continent would send their ambassadors to seek an audience with the Emperor. The church is also one of them, but most of the ambassadors have gone back to their kingdoms and homelands. These clergymen stayed back for some obvious reasons. They have unfinished business here with the city."
Fyndar sounded a little rueful as he added, "It was truly a shame that the celebration went on without your presence. Your absence was a loss to all of us. It was a celebration of the century. Many of the elder families came to the Imperial City for it… Speaking of which, many nobles showed quite some interest in knowing you personally."
"Thank you… as for the celebration, I am also feeling regretful for not being able to be here. However, it has come to pass and there is nothing more we can do about it."
Joshua nodded and expressed that he was well aware and knew the identities of the nobles. He had to save a world from perishing. That was why, he could not attend the celebration.
As the warrior and the others arrived at Black Swan Palace, he remained doubtful about the familiar presence he sensed from the woman that walked by with the clergymen.
After walking out of the corridor, a garden that was filled with delicate flowers lied before them. Right on the opposite side of the garden in Black Swan Palace, stood an ancient palace that looked over a hundred years old. This palace was built by the third-generation Emperor of the city. When he passed away, the place was renovated into the Royal Library. As time passed, the black rock wall on the outside of the palace was covered with ivy and mosses. The current Emperor seemed fond of that. So, he left the walls of the palace unattended to keep the appearance of the library.
Currently, the evening rays of the sun were getting dimmer by the second. The sound of a bell ringing from afar announced the end of the day.
The Royal Library was one of the most important places in Morlaix Palace. Hence, there were many patrols along the way. Joshua could even sense the presence of sentries in many corners and blind spots. Their formation was like a huge pattern of web, covering every single corner of Black Swan Palace—nothing could get in or out of the place unnoticed.
All the guards along the path seemed to know Fyndar very well. Seeing Fyndar leading on the front, the guards knew very well that the persons behind Fyndar must be some people of great importance. So none of them went up to the warrior and the others to interrogate.
Soon, they were in Black Swan Palace.
—Inside the palace, The Grand Royal Library of the Imperial, in a dust-covered library.
"This has no value at all."
Between the shelves, under the cold light of the pyroxene lamp, a white-haired old man sighed helplessly. He closed his dusty, ancient book and set it aside. As he sighed again, another ancient book drifted across the air into the hand of the old man.
There were hundreds, or maybe even thousands of book floating near the old man. Each book was being supported by a bright blue light. The books flipped page by page on their own as if they were being read by some invisible force. Once a book had reached its final page, it would close and be placed aside. After that, another dozen books would be taken off the shelves by magic energy. The same process repeated itself over and over again.
The old man was Nostradamus. He was tidying up the ancient books in the library.
The Northern City's royal family had a long history. The large library they built had the same collection of books as the library in the sacred ground of the elves by the Lake of Eternity. Perhaps the library here was just slightly inferior to the secret vault that belonged to the older Mage Association of the Council of the Seven. Most of the ancient books in this very library were the original books that were written long ago. They contained much more information than transcripts and the fake versions of themselves.
However, everything seemed to be pointless and meaningless.
Having read hundreds of books at the same time, it did not take long before Nostradamus finished reading up half of the books in the library. He waved his hand as the Magic energy began to place all of the books back to where they were.
The old mage was utterly disappointed with his findings.
"Many knowledge in many books in this library had been eliminated with the past era that has already passed."
He muttered to himself, "The curse spells and secrets from hundreds of years ago have now become the common knowledge to all people in the world. Many of the ancient prophecies have been fulfilled. These books have no longer carry any value. They can only be sealed up, serving as historical records. Maybe I will have to look up more things at the museum later."
He did not seem to feel much about it. He only felt regretful as his efforts in the library had been fruitless. The old mage walked towards the other bookshelf as he frowned, "It feels that the Three Hundred Lost Years is still something fresh to these people. Why don't the books have even the slightest record of the Glorious Era then?"
That was the real reason why Nostradamus was feeling disappointed.
Ever since the City had discovered the ancient ritual ground beneath the surface of the earth, more ruins of different scales were discovered across the entire continent. The one with the most shocking value would be the ruins of the ancient city that was uncovered underneath the Central Dark Forest by the Skypiercing White Tower.
That immediately set off an upsurge of archaeological research in the academic world. Naturally, Nostradamus was very interested in this. He took over the task of organizing ancient books in the large library to find related information from those dusty books. He wanted to look for any traces that might lead to understanding relics from the ruins.
It would not be possible to wipe out all traces of a race, their lives, and the existence of an entire city without making a mark. They would have definitely left some clues in some books, he thought. Despite all his effort spent on searching through books in the library, it was all in vain. There was not even a single trace in the entire history of the world that mentioned the Glorious Era.
—Perhaps this is the so-called 'Three Hundred Lost Years'. Nostradamus could not help but speculate.
Having its whole existence completely erased means that there might be some sort of taboo in that period of time in the history that human must not explore.
Meanwhile, in the living hall of Black Swan Palace.
Joshua and the others had arrived at the Royal Library.
"My apology, Master Nostradamus is currently occupied in the library. He did mention that it would be best not to disturb him, so…"
A maid dressed in a gray tunic awkwardly stood in front of Fyndar as she shook her head, "It would be better for you to wait for Master Nostradamus to come out. It's about dinner time, Master Nostradamus might be coming out soon…"
The structure of the Royal Library was similar to the structures of other libraries. Pyrotechnic lamps gleamed between the bookshelves, releasing a gentle silvery glow into the surroundings. There was no luxurious decoration or any surprising structure in the Royal Library. Everything seemed ordinary. The only thing that was out of the ordinary was the space of the library. It was extremely vast and large.
There were even a dozen basements in the Royal Library. The library was so large that people with a bad sense of direction would easily get lost. There had been many records of such incidents in history. Even the Emperors of this generation got lost in the labyrinth of the library when he was young.
In a place like this, it was obviously unrealistic to find someone without a proper guidance. Fyndar looked for the maid who served the library to get to Master Nostradamus. However, he was greeted with a disappointing response.
"Did Master Nostradamus say that himself?"
Joshua asked, finally breaking out of silence. He implied for the red-haired knight to take a step back. "If that's the case, we shall wait then."
"Yes… yes, of course!"
Upon seeing Joshua, the maid instantly lost her voice. Cold sweats began to drip from her forehead. She seemed extremely anxious all of a sudden and slowly backed away. She tried speaking to the warrior formally, "If you have decided to stay and wait… Then please proceed to lounge No.3. We shall notify you the moment Master Nostradamus steps out of the library."
"In that case, it's time almost for me to leave."
Knowing that his task was now over, the red-haired Knight bowed slightly at the warrior as the warrior nodded back at him and said, "Thank you."
"It is my pleasure to be able to serve you."
After that, Fyndar turned around and walked toward the door leading outside.
The maid escorted the warrior and the others over to the third lounge.
The lounge was actually a place for people who wanted to read a book. It was a square hall with tables and chairs and even bookshelves at the corners of the hall. There were quite a lot of people in the lounge reading. Most of them were young noblemen. It was obvious because the coat they wore had academic badges on them.
Most of them seemed to be in their twenties or maybe thirties. It was time for these people to learn about the nobles, or perhaps they could also learn something about Extraordinary power from the books as well. At a corner of the hall, a few middle-age mages wearing long robes held some books a few times thicker than the other books. It seemed that those books recorded some important information and data.
In the beginning, the entire lounge felt quite peaceful. Besides the people in the lounge, the entire library looked just like an ordinary library. Though some young nobles chatted with each other at a low volume, their voices did not affect the busy mages reading their books.
However, the peace of the place was broken the moment Joshua set foot into the hall.
When the warrior arrived at the lounge, the maid, who led him and the others, bowed at the warrior in a hurry and left the hall as if she was running away from something terrifying. The people in the lounge had also felt a chill running down their spines. They could not help but turn their heads to look towards the direction of the door to the hall.
"Count Radcliffe!"
Some nobles who recognized Joshua exclaimed, "Why is he here in the Imperial City?! He was absent from the celebration!"
Most of the people in the lounge knew Joshua. The few that had yet to meet Joshua had also heard about him.
Ever since he slew dragons and a gigantic demon in the Imperial City, his reputation had become significantly greater. He was the same tier and level as these young nobles. But today, the warrior became so famous and powerful that he could even be level with all of his ancestors. Perhaps he had far exceeded the power and reputation any of his ancestors could ever have. After all, most of these nobles are far from crossing into Gold. Not to mention that the warrior was confirmed by the words of the Emperor himself that he would become a Legendary-tier champion in the days to come.
Those were of two completely different worlds.
They could also vaguely sense that the energy coming from the body of the warrior was getting heavier by the second. The atmosphere in the lounge was getting tenser. The young nobles were feeling as if they were slowly sinking into the deep sea. It felt just like the pressure was suffocating them.
The warrior was not bothered by that at all. He just simply picked an empty spot and sat down with Ying and Ling. The three of them were ready to wait for Nostradamus to be done with his chores.
"I'm sorry, I feel a little uncomfortable today..."
While Joshua sat, a young nobleman who was sitting near to him instantly stood up. He gulped down his saliva as goose bumps rose all over his body. His voice was trembling as he spoke, "My friends, please forgive me for being impolite… I'm not feeling well. I'm leaving the gathering today a little earlier…"
Right after he finished his words, he quickly picked up his books and walked out of the lounge. While he was about to pass by the warrior, he unintentionally circled around the warrior as he made his way towards the door of the lounge.
"Speaking of which…"
"Me too…"
"Actually… I'm also feeling…"
After a moment of silence, many more people stood up and claimed to feel unwell all of a sudden. The entire lounge seemed to be getting dimmer. Although the pyroxene lamps still gleamed brightly, the lights not completely shine on the shadows deep in the corner of their souls. So seeing someone who took the initiative to leave, the rest followed. They quietly praised the first person who got up first for providing them a good excuse for them to leave as well.
It did not take long before almost everyone in the lounge left. The mages at the corner had also felt that something was off.
"… Let's take the rest of our work back to the laboratory then. We'll finish it there. It's getting colder here. Strange."
Softly muttering to one another, a middle-aged mage called his partners. The two of them immediately picked up their books before swiftly making their way out of the lounge. While they were at it, they also complained about the heating system of the library. Their voices were soft, however, they could still be heard by the warrior and the divine armaments.
As a result, the rest of the people left the lounge with other various excuses.
Joshua had arrived at the lounge only a few moments ago, and now the entire lounge was empty.
"… Didn't I already brought the magic equipment along with me?"
Looking at the empty lounge, Joshua remained in silence for a brief moment. Then he furrowed his brows as he turned around helplessly before he spoke to Ying and Ling, "The effect of the Misty Pocket Watch is extremely powerful. The pedestrians had yet to notice the energy from my body while we were walking on the streets. But why is everyone so anxious and cautious against me the moment I stepped into Morlaix Palace?"
"… presumably because Master was just passing by before this. The pedestrians naturally had no time to notice the energy from your body…"
Ling thought about it before he spoke with uncertainty, "Maybe, the nobles and the mages were able to truly see your face. They are obviously well aware of your identity too, master. So, they had been focused on you. Maybe because of that, the effect of the Misty Pocket Watch was diminished?"
After listening to Ling's assumption, Joshua nodded slightly. However, before he could speak his mind, another voice came from the other corner of the lounge, "Not a bad explanation, not at all. However, you have missed the real point."
A tall figure moved from the corner of the hall from behind a tall bookshelf. His voice was low and yet crystal clear, "No matter how much effort was put into concealing its own existence, a beast would remain a beast. You can't just wish that people would not fear the night leopards that could ambush people from the dark shadows during the night, or the male lion that was half asleep."
"Not to mention you, Joshua van Radcliffe, the man who slaughtered an archdemon with his bare hands!"


Joshua woke up in the middle of a battlefield one day only to discover that he has been transmigrated into a popular MMORPG, Continental War. Discovering that he has not only been displaced in space but also in time, Joshua realizes he has knowledge of the events unfolding around the world as he had played through them as game events. Read on to discover how Joshua forges his path toward becoming a legendary warrior embroiled in the struggle of Order and Chaos!

The academy library was only a short walk away and was quite close to the Elder's Building. The library building from the outside was only a small single storied building and no one will be able to guess that the building holds one of Asia's largest libraries. On the inside, the buildings show its true colours. Instead of a single floor, there were 10 different floors with each floor having a size similar to a football field. It could be said that this library was more than 10 times larger than the Hogwarts library.

This fact is not too surprising. Unlike Britain in which only a single language is used for all purposes, Magical India had more than 15 different official languages due to different tribe's having their very own language. Books written in all these languages were present inside this library. 

One thing I was thankful for in India was that despite there being so many languages, all the spells were in one language, Sanskrit. If every tribe used and taught their own version of spells in their native language, then having an academy will have no meaning. Each elder will teach in his/her language and due to this, the only people who will sign up for their classes will be their own tribe members since no one will be interested in learning a different language just to learn from the elder. If this was going to be the case, then the Elder could have conducted the class in his tribe itself.

Of the more than 15 languages here, I knew only English and Hindi. So I could read only the books in these two languages. The first two floors had only Hindi books while the English book filled a small part of the 10 floor. English was not a common used language here. I had only some average fluency in Hindi so I will have to improve my proficiency in it if I want to make good use of all these books. 

The third and fourth floors had books written in Sanskrit language and I will have to learn the language sometime soon in the future to make my learning process here faster. The language was not commonly spoken in the present era but most of the old and informative books were written in the Sanskrit  language and if I wanted to read and learn from them, I will have to learn language.

Much to my disappointment there was no easy way to solve this problem since there were no magical translators or spells that I could use to translate these books into English. People in India had tried very hard to make this possible over the years but they had failed miserably. I too felt that such a thing was impossible since different languages did not follow a pattern that could be used to magically translate it. Languages did not follow rules and were made by old people on a whim according to their needs.

The people here did invent a spell to make learning language easier though which I am going to make good use of. The spell will make it possible for me to completely learn a language in a month. All I had to do was memorise some books that came recommended with the spell and it will allow me to learn the language quickly. I am planning to use it to perfect my Hindi first and then learn Sanskrit. I did not plan to learn any other Indian language.

The library was huge and I already had a list of books that were recommended to me today that I had to read. I did not have time to waste since I had a deadline which I had to keep. I did not have too much time to waste.

Before going to the Healer section, I decided to visit the English section first since I wanted to see what was available in there. Also it was the language I was most comfortable with in this library. 

To get to the 10th floor, the people here had invented a magical variant of lift. It was a levitating disk on a platform which would follow my command in a way similar to that of a broom and take me to my floor. I liked the idea so much that I wanted to replicate this type of lift in my black castle. I planned on completely renovating the Black castle and this lift was added to the list of changes I wanted to make.

On the 10th floor, the English section was easy to find. The section consisted of 15 large bookshelves filled to the brim with books. This was a small number when compared to the even the Hogwarts library except that the books here were priceless. On glancing through the books, I found that the collection did not have any new books but instead every one of the books was an antique and were more than a 100 years old. Some were even more than 700 years old. Even my black library did not have these book and I wondered where the academy got them from.

The books were calling for me to read them but I controlled myself and went towards the Healer section of the library. I badly wanted to start reading the books but I knew that I had no time for them currently. I could come back here after 3 days and start reading them.

The Healer section on the second was huge with more than 30 bookshelves. I quickly found the books on my list and went towards the Duelling section which was on the same floor. It was not too big just 7 book shelves and I easily found the books recommended to me by Elder Akash. I also checked out the book which will allow me to improve my fluency in Hindi.

The checkout system here was quite unique. First of all, all the books in the library were warded to protect from damage and making copies. At the checkout counter I had to specify the number of days I needed a book. The books had another set of runes that were then programmed in such a way that when the rental period ended, the book will be automatically returned to its original location in the library. The books will also return to the library of I take it outside the academy boundary. I was very impressed by this system.

After checking out the books for 3 days, I left the library as it was time for my next class. The mage sight tutoring with Elder Nainesh. 

When I entered his room he was very excited to start teaching me. I learn the reason for it later during the class. It was due to the fact that my mage sight was different from his and he wanted to compare both and conduct experiments. The main difference was that my mage sight only showed a slight glow in my eyes when activated which his not noticeable while his and his tribes mage sight had tell tale sign when activated. His eyes started twinkling like Dumbledore's glasses when mage sight was activated so he couldn't discreetly use the sight like I always did.

The class was very productive. The method to toggle between different modes was controlling the amount of magic that I sent into my eyes. For the seeing through walls effect I had to rotate my the magic around my eyes. The amount of magic in the eyes and my control in rotating it perfect decided the distance I could see and what I could see.

It was difficult to do since I had not practiced controlling the amount of magic that I could send to my eyes ever in my life. For the first class I did just that. Controlling the magic. By the end of the class I had gotten a slight hang of the method and I could toggle between the modes just for a short few seconds before I lost control. I was sure I could perfect this in a weeks time.

After that productive one hour class, I went back to my room. It was time for me to start reading those books since time was tight. After conjuring a table and a chair, I started reading, beginning with the language book so that my later reading will be quicker.

Disclaimer - I do not own the characters and the plot of the Harry Potter Universe.

A guy from our universe gets reborn into the Harry Potter universe. Read to find out how he takes advantage of his prophetic knowledge and lives his new life.

Alternate Universe so avoid reading if you like your canon characters and don't want to see theit evil side.

P.S. This is my first time writing a novel/fanfic.

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'Ugh, what happened?' Adam groggily thought as he opened his eyes with surprising easy considering the fact that his eyelids were supposed to be burned off

The last thing he remembers is a tire going over his face, which was not a fun experience, especially since that tire now made him remember all of the things that happened before he finally died, he probably has gained a phobia of car sites because of this incident

As he remembers all of those things that had happened, all that pain and agony, it made him shrink and shrivel his massive 213 cm frame, his breathing became hard, his eyes bloodshot, his knees weak and arms heavy, he gained the urge to vomit and wanted nothing more than to faint and shut down hoping that that would stop the memories or rather stop the nightmare

'Am I safe?!' All of those memories awakened an instinctual side inside of Adam, and the first thing he thought about was his safety, right now that was his top priority, anything else like his family or friends fell to the second place while his own survival and safety took top priority

It made him frantically look around himself hoping to not see anything potentially dangerous or life-threatening and it seems that thankfully there's nothing particularly dangerous insight, but what he did see left him perplexed

'Where am I?' Adam thought as he looked at the surroundings, after confirming his safety he forcefully calmed himself down, even if he wants to scream and panic right now he realizes that it would probably do more harm than good so he will first examine his surroundings

The people around him all seem to wear some sort of medieval clothes, which looked to be made out of either leather, wool or cloth but the aesthetics are very different from what Adam saw in museums

As for the building they are in it seems to be some sort of cylinder-shaped tower since once he looked up Adam couldn't see to the ceiling while the walls were curved creating a circle out of the floor 

However, something did catch Adam's eye, the walls and floor are made up primarily of wood and stone, mostly stone without any mortar or any really adhesive that would be used to stick the bricks and blocks together

He also noticed that more or less a half of the walls were covered with one thing and one thing only, books, lots and lots of colorful and weird books, from big and thick to small and thin, there are all sorts of books put in wooden shelves while oddly enough none of them are in any order, if his highschool library woman saw this she would probably kill the guy who had done this

'Am I at a Renesse fare?' Adam thought as he looked around himself, all of these people in this weird clothing, this castle-like structure, these books and primitive building techniques all of it is very strange and looks like it's from the middle ages so it is only logical that he might be at a Renesane fare

But then comes to the thing that puts off this Rensanss vibe the mood and atmosphere present within this tower is very strange yet familiar

Out of the chatter and the noise as well as the very air itself Adam got a feeling of joy, cheer, and happiness yet also dread, nervousness and fright with doses of hope mixed in as well, it's a very familiar feeling to Adam most comparable to the feeling of getting your test results back, you are hoping for a good score, frightened by the prospect of getting a bad score and happy with the prospect of getting a good score

The people around him also behaved the same as when people are getting the test scores they are mocking each other, encouraging each other and just doing some small talk in order to get away from the nervousness 

'Seriously what the fuck is going on?' Adam thought as he looked around himself, the situation is confusing and strange that Adam doesn't really know what to do nor how to react the scene left him so stunned that he even temporarily forgot about his earlier pain and agony

"Ehem, excuse me but could you all quiet down. I didn't get much sleep last night so I'm not really in the mood for this, especially since most of you are such a waste of time, space, oxygen, life, and other things." Just as Adam was falling deeper and deeper into his own thoughts and the crowd was getting louder and louder they all heard a man talk to them

They all looked up only to see a very old bearded man with a cane in hand looking down at them with clear disgust as he stands on top of a floating platform which in all honesty caught Adam off guard, maybe this is not actually the earth he is used to living in

"Oi, how dare you say that! For those low born street rats that may be true but for us nobles, that is most definitely not true! And that is most certainly not true for this young lord! So I demand you to take that back!" Those words he had said seemed to rub some people the wrong way as one posh-looking kid from Adam's right immediately took back to the man, he looked and sounded like a stereotypical England noble snob which made him look extremely punchable

'Am I seeing this right? A young master moment is happening in real life?' Adam actually couldn't believe his eyes nor his ears, he only read of these situations in novels and manga, he never actually believed for this to happen right in front of him, especially since the people who usually say stuff like this are that Chinese novel antagonist while this guy has a more western appearance

"Oh shut up you chicken dick fucker who never actually fucked. I don't care if you are noble or not and I don't have time for this, I wasted too much of it already on all of you. So all of you go get your Grimoire and be on your way." Said the old looking guy with a tone full of spite and repulse before he waked away seemingly not being able to stand the fact that he even has to look at the people below him

This immediately shut everybody up, especially that young master, some wanted to refute but were afraid to anger the guy while the others couldn't do anything because he was already gone

'Seriously no fucks given.' Adam thought as he looked at the old man walking away, that was probably one of the most hateful yet coolest old men that Adam has ever seen but unfortunately for the old guy he will never be as cool as Yamamoto or Raylight

That's when a truly miraculous scene happened, at least miraculous for Adam, the books came flying out while being encased in some sort of colorful layers and trails as they came down from the shelves and towards the people around Adam

The people who received those books shouted out in joy and pleasure, some compared the books basically creating a dick-measuring contest about the length and thickness of the book, which is a sentence I never thought I would write, as for the females without dicks, they are all Futari

'Wait for Grimoire? Books that fly out of bookshelves? Annoying prick ass nobles? Isn't this Black Clover?!' That's when it all clicked inside of Adam's head, the grimoire, the nobles, the excitement yet fear in this place, now it all makes sense, turns out that he is not at a Renesanse fare instead he somehow got into the world of Black Clover

Once again just when Adam was starting to lose himself in his thought he was interrupted as he felt something coming towards him from above

Within seconds before Adam was a floating reddish-black Grimoire which was surrounded by small arching lightning which was reddish-blue in color

Adam took it in his hands and some reddish-blue lightning cracked from it going into Adam's hand but he didn't feel anything from that lighting so it went unnoticed amongst the loud cheers and celebrations held by the other people as they were all preoccupied with themselves

As Adam inspected the book a little closer he noticed something rather peculiar, the center of it didn't contain the standard 3 leaf clover, nor the 4 leaf clover not even the 5 leaf clover, instead, it was the symbol of the homunculi that was at the center of the grimoire

'What the actual fuck. Now I'm confused. Wasn't this supposed to be Black Clover? How the hell is FMA involved with all of this?' Adam though, this situation is just getting stranger, more convoluted and much more confusing by the seconds and to be honest, it kinda scared Adam

The lunatics from Black Clover were enough of a hassle to deal with if the lunatics from FMA also get involved with all of this then Adam doesn't know how the hell he would survive in this clusterfuck of a world

With that being said he has to admit he is curious about what is contained within this book of his so against his better judgment of not wanting to die like a cliche horror movie character Adam opened up the book

That immediately backfired and proved to be a bad idea because once he did that lightning started to come out of the book and shoot in all directions, who the hell didn't see this coming?

The lightning hit the other students and killed them, which was rather nasty looking since once it struck the person he would explode into hundreds of meat chunks as his blood sprayed everywhere, it hit the tower and destroyed parts of the walls and floors, the library was also destroyed

Seeing how people were dropping like flies mass hysteria broke out while the old man came back to inspect what the ruckus is about only to get zapped by lightning and die what a tragic death it was

'What is going on!?' Adam couldn't help but question that and his question would soon be answered in a rather interesting way but that is for the next chapter

Black clouds formed above the tower in which Adam was in while the ground started to shake, by this point the lightning from Adam's book has already killed everybody besides Adam

That's when all of the blood started to gather around Adam, is started to swirl around him like a tornado while the clouds above started to release red lightning everywhere

Within minutes the blood, bones, flesh and any other human corpse remains formed a cocoon around Adam while the clouds made one huge lightning bolt strike the tower and the earth opened up forming a sinkhole which ate up the tower before the hole closed again and the clouds disappeared

From that day forward more than 172 people went missing with no clue on their location, it is presumed that they died

Adam is your typical average college student, he goes to school, he hangs out with his friends, and today is his lucky day. His friend made a friend of his sister go on a date with Adam and he is pumped for finally having a date. Unfortunately en route to the restaurant his fate turns grimm and he dies a horrible death. He wakes up sometime later in a standing position in front of a big bookshelf where a book comes flying down to him. It's the exact same scene as Black Clover, and boy oh boy, the power he is given is special. Now he has no choice or rather the power he acquired changed him and made it so that he has no choice but to get involved with the plot. Time to have some wild, wild fun.

Regardless of the relation between this woman and Butterfly, her origins were clearly frightening.
She was actually related to the Night Monarch.
And on the following murals, Marvin saw a battle report coming from far in the Universe.
Afterwards, there were many people on the mural, looking sorrowful while learning of the report's content.
Marvin guessed that it was most likely the news of the Night Monarch falling in battle.
Because on the next mural, they were all building a tomb.
That tomb was located south of the High Elves' Thousand Leaves Forest. It seemed to be the location of the current Night Monarch's Tomb.
The woman on the mural was depicted relentlessly guarding the tomb, with sorrow on her face.
She never left up until the last mural.
Marvin didn't know the rest of the story because there was no mural showing it.
...
'Obviously, Butterfly is related to that woman. Maybe it's her.'
'It was rumored that the High Elves' Royal Family can live forever because they are direct descendants of the Ancient Elven God. If Butterfly is really a High Elf, then her being able to live from ancient times till now wouldn't be surprising.'
'After the end of the 2nd Era, not all High Elves entered the Sanctuary. A few chose to stay, albeit not necessarily in Thousand Leaves Forest.'
Marvin was thinking calmly.
If this was the case, then it explained Butterfly's previous behavior.
She might have used something to seal her memory. Becoming a happy and clueless Wood Elf with no strength might had been the best choice for her.
But the content on the mural might have triggered her memories back.
Thus she said she was regretting.
She shouldn't have, but there were some things one couldn't run from.
And thus she chose to leave.
Marvin recalled that on the other side of the Teleportation Door was a dense and lush forest.
He felt it was familiar, because it was the place he advanced to Night Walker at!
She went back to see him.
...
'Seems like Professor knew.'
Marvin remembered that when everyone was about to stop Butterfly from going to the underground temple, Professor made the final decision on his own.
The wise and shrewd Copper Dragon clearly knew about this.
Did he want Butterfly to regain her memories?
Although that decision might be disrespecting Butterfly's own will, Marvin still understood Professor's motive.
The current Feinan desperately lacked peak powerhouses.
The Great Elven King already died. This news had yet to spread out, but most powerhouses should already know.
Only two Plane Guardians remained, relying on the Universe Magic Pool to drag the battle, but how long could they really last?
This was the biggest unknown factor.
Once the Plane Guardians became unable to stop the Gods' approach, Feinan would become even more chaotic. How many people would still be able to escape?
Marvin would also choose the same and awaken the memories of a hidden and powerful powerhouse in such times.
After all, he did also request Eric's help.
Marvin would use every single resource he could muster to resist against the invaders.
The Copper Dragon's thoughts were obviously aligned with his.
...
After he finished reading the murals, Marvin's mood was heavy.
He didn't know what kind of move Butterfly would make, but since Professor woke up her memories, he most likely had a plan prepared for her.
In any case, this ancient High Elven Queen was a peak powerhouse who followed the Night Monarch on his expeditions.
She was even able to directly use a Teleportation Door inside the underground temple, her strength was definitely not below Dark Phoenix's.
Feinan having one more powerhouse on the level of the Plane Guardians, this would certainly be a good thing.
Naturally, this didn't take into account the case of Butterfly resealing her memories to forget again and keep on living without a care.
But this possibility was really too low.
...
Marvin adjusted his mood before continuing on.
Under the lighting of the bonfire, the underground temple's 2nd layer didn't feel that gloomy, but there were still things that could easily scare people.
After turning a corner for example, there might be some [Biting Book]s that would attack for no reason.
This kind of Biting Books looked no different from ordinary books, but it could float in the air, and once the pages opened, it would display its ferocious teeth.
Biting Books were the product of ancient books being contaminated by magic.
Marvin had been caught off guard by a few Biting Books and almost fell to their teeth.
The Biting Books were more or less the same as Darkness Worms, they were creatures holding bits of Divinity.
But unlike the Darkness Worms, after destroying a Biting Book, he could get a page.
These pages were pages from the original books. A page alone might be useless, but had he gathered enough pages he could possibly form a book, or a chapter and recreate the ancient books.
If time allowed for it, Marvin would farm this place for the Biting Books.
He could definitely gather some ancient books.
Many ancient books had some formidable uses. They had been written before the creation of the Universe Magic Pool, when Ancient Wizards were still in presence.
They relied on their own will to link up and trade with the Chaos Power. Instead of relying on an external Magic Pool, the Ancient Wizards were relying on their own Magic Pool as well as their spell runes or spell matrixes.
The so-called New Wizards in the Post-Calamity era were in fact a kind of rebirth of the Ancient Wizards.
It's just that the aptitudes required of this kind of people aspiring to become the New Wizards were very harsh, it was a lot harder than becoming a Wizard during the Wizard Era.
Only people with firm willpower could walk the Ancient Wizard's path.
But getting on this path didn't necessarily mean it would be a pleasant trip.
Without the Universe Magic Pool's help, they wouldn't be able to study new spells.
At this point, Ancient Wizards' books were very useful.
Many ancient books would have runic spells written in them, and although this wouldn't be very useful to Marvin, Wayne would most likely need these.
Otherwise, even with Magic Power, having no spells to use would be an awkward situation.
If the former Hathaway was there, it wouldn't have been so bad, she could let Wayne reference her Legend spells.
But the current Hathaway broke her curse and had been reborn. She became an Anzed Witch.
Although Wayne left for the wilderness, Marvin still paid attention to those things.
'After this matter is over, I'll ask Professor if he has time to farm those ancient books.' Marvin thought as he kept going forward.
The pages kept accumulating in his hands, but they all belonged to three different types of spellbooks.
One of them was an index. Marvin estimated that this book amounted to about 30 pages. With the current gathering probability, he would need to farm at least 100 books.
This was definitely a very strenuous task.
The Biting Books had a great resistance to the [Azure Leaf]s, and they were also considerably fast. Even with Marvin's Godly Dexterity, he would suffer a loss if he wasn't careful.
Rather than counting on luck to farm those and waste time, it would be a lot better to put a priority to locating the library earlier.
Maybe the Chromatic Dragons' library had some records of ancient spells.
But even though the Dragon Soul told him the way to find the library, that method wasn't fast nor convenient.
The Dragon Soul told him that the closer to the library, the higher the density of Biting Books' appearance there would be.
But such a clue undoubtedly annoyed Marvin.
He could only rely on his instincts and rush toward the areas filled with Biting Books.
Fighting on his way, he killed about twenty Biting Books and gained over twenty pages. But his luck was quite pitiful, he didn't gather a single point of Divinity.
In front of him was a dark hall.
Marvin cautiously approached, paying special attention to the entrances on both sides. The Biting Books especially liked to hide behind these treacherous corners to sneak attack.
After being bitten a few times, Marvin more or less figured their patterns.
But he was quite surprised not receiving any sneak attack after he entered the hall.
'Did I go the wrong way? Did I not walk toward the dense Biting Books area?'
Marvin frowned.
He suddenly felt something amiss.
The 2nd layer was different from the 1st one, almost every area had bonfires and braziers!
But this hall was pitch-black.
Marvin then glanced at the braziers on the sides.
They were purposefully extinguished.
'Someone came first!' Marvin instantly inferred.
He rushed forward, and sure enough, a black clothed woman appeared in front of him.
She was facing the frantic attacks of a dozen Biting Books.
That woman's skin seemed like steel and the Biting Books simply couldn't pierce through it!
'Black Dragon?'
'Interesting…'
Marvin grinned and casually took out Weeping Sky.


Legendary player Marvin transmigrated to the eve of the Great Calamity. 
This was the end of the fourth era, all gods joined hands to destroy the Universe Magic Pool.
The fourth Fate Tablet had begun maturing and all gods, demons, legends, devils, liches, dragons and other legendary creatures were appearing one after the other. 
In order to protect his loved ones, Marvin has no other choice but to delve into the shadows. 
This is the story of a young ranger growing into the Ruler of the Night during the Chaos Era.
_________________________
TL: After transmigrating into a weak noble body, Marvin discovered that he was familiar with the world, this was the game he played in his previous life and... Damn! He only had six months before the Great Calamity!
As a former top player, he would obviously fight to save the world... Yeah, no. Time to plan and prepare for the upcoming events, better to use that knowledge to get ahead rather than fight with gods.
Follow Marvin's journey through this new world.

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