"I will make South Africa the strongest country in the world"

Seeing how stunned and confused Heidi was, Lucien said with a smile, "I like to listen to and write music when I am free, and Mr. Oliver likes to watch and create plays. That's essentially the same as you playing games. It's just a form of recreation. As long as you are not addicted to it and your arcana studies and magic abilities are not affected, there will be no problems at all."
Whether a thing was good or bad highly depended on one's attitude toward it.
Heidi and the students were not exactly scared of being criticized by their teacher. It was just that Lucien's criticism often came with a lot of "homework", such as the studies on the quantum field theory and the exercises about the new products in mathematics. It was a nightmare that they could not forget for the rest of their lives.
"Rest assured, Master. We have only devised the game to test certain modules. We won't be addicted to it." Heidi promised Lucien on behalf of her team.
Looking at the game on the screen, Lucien had a lot of mixed feelings. Although it was rather shabby, it already had the looks of the game that he was familiar with. "Let's call it Ally Tetris. As a matter of fact, game design is a good thing."
Huh? Even the shy, introvert guys like Annick were surprised.
"Sorcerers need relaxation and entertainment too. Do you not feel that the regular ways of entertainment, like opera, play, concert, ball, and Arcana Voice, are too few?" Lucien said half-jokingly. As for hunting and the other activities that nobles liked, they were not very popular among sorcerers. "Also, it will help build up the image of arcanists and sorcerers. Think about it. If there is a game that simulates adventures so that ordinary people can play as sorcerers and sense how marvelous magic is when it is used to deal with monsters and in daily applications, they will be more and more into magic."
Heidi's eyes beamed with interest, but she immediately frowned and said, "Even though the ordinary people can afford such games right now, the 'artificial intelligence' at present cannot support such a complicated game at all. Also, we are too busy with all the research programs in hand to design any other games. We have to continue the studies on magic crystals, and we need to try to melt alchemical life and artificial intelligence…"
"I'm not asking you to design it in person. There must be a hundred arcanists who are studying 'artificial intelligence' with you, aren't there? You can let them play a part. Also, the design of a game can be separated from magic. It's like writing a 'play' in the language of 'artificial intelligence'. In such a way, the job can be outsourced to the ordinary people who do not have talents in magic. You'll be creating new jobs for the kingdom," Lucien suggested casually.
"Outsource?" It was the first time that Heidi heard the notion, but she understood her teacher's meaning well. After all, her teacher was most famous for the terms that he invented. "In such a case, the simple modules can be outsourced too, but we have to devise courses… However, the most important thing right now is to improve the performance of 'artificial intelligence'."
Speaking of games, she suddenly remembered something else and asked in confusion and curiosity, "Master, the massive live stream screen was ready to be manufactured half a year ago, but why hasn't 'Arcana Voice' been live-streamed yet?"
Thanks to their studies on "artificial intelligence", the screen that could display images was invented very soon. Although a lot of efforts were spent on lowering the cost, maintaining the color, and reducing the size, and there were no products available for even the nobles yet, the large live-stream screens could already be manufactured and deployed in the squares of important cities. Thankfully, there weren't many such squares, so the Congress of Magic could still afford it. Heidi had also obtained abundant revenue through the patent from it.
"'Arcana Voice' is a radio channel. All the programs have been designed for the sound-only feature. Now that the screen displays images, many programs are no longer appropriate. So, we have to devise new programs. The interviews, interpretations, and music shows can be live-streamed, but not the others. Otherwise, why would we bother to use images? To see what the storyteller looks like?" Lucien had been teaching the Sky Radio Station new concepts and recruiting new workers.
Some of the new recruits were even ordinary people without any magic talents, but they were smart and had the most creative ideas.
Heidi understood what her teacher meant and nodded with mixed feelings. "I wonder when we can see the first real live stream…"
"Perhaps, it will be sooner than you expected…" Lucien smiled subtly.
...
A few days later, at the beginning of the Month of Scorch (August), in the city square of Rentato…
A white pillar of water erupted to the sky from the pool made of stones and fell to all directions like a waterfall, raising spindrifts on the clear water. It was noisy and loud, but no one around was upset. They even approached it, trying to drive away the heat on them. 
On the opposite side of the famous spring was a weird enormous screen. It was transparent and complicated, and unique parts could be vaguely seen inside.
"Why do you think there have been no live streams when the screen has been established for five months?" A citizen asked Longman, his child.
Longman was much taller than before. As a student of the fourth grade in the first generic school, he was already a knowledgeable scholar in the eyes of neighbors and friends. Although he lacked extraordinary talents in magic, he was praised by his teacher for distinguished mathematical aptitude. Longman's parents were very proud of him and subconsciously considered their kid as a scholar, asking him whenever they had a question.
"'Live stream' is not an activity, but more like a program like 'Arcana Voice'…" Longman explained according to what he learned in school.
Right then, the enormous screen suddenly emanated gentle brightness.
"It's glittering! It's glittering!"
"There's a live show?"
"Why didn't 'Arcana Voice' announce it?"
In the square, everybody became noisy as the place was filled with confusion and excitement.
Longman and his parents ended the discussion and focused their eyes on the screen.
What would the live show be? They really looked forward to it!
After the enormous changes brought by the development of arcana and magic, the citizens of Rentato lived every day in shock and delight, so they all looked forward to the unexpected live show.
As the light stabilized, two figures appeared on the screen, one male and the other female.
The female had long hair and was wearing a long dress. The citizens who still remembered the last live stream well recognized that she was Ms. Nightingale. The male, on the other hand, was a typical Holmish man, with black hair, blue eyes, and a mustache that represented his manhood. He was wearing a neat tuxedo as if he were going for dinner.
"Hello, everyone, I am your old friend Nightingale. This is an experiment on live streaming, so it was not announced in advance in 'Arcana Voice'. Now, you will witness the first live stream from the satellite television channel of Allyn." Fearing that she was too nervous, Louise had cast a 'Mechanized Mind' on herself. She said with a sweet smile but was not really smiling, "The gentleman sitting next to me is also your old friend. He is Mr. Caron, who is the host of 'Man and Nature'."
"Man and Nature?" Longman and the other citizens watched the screen enthusiastically, wondering why Mr. Caron was asked to co-host with Ms. Nightingale.
Caron said with a smile, "I'm too nervous to say anything right now. So, let's start today's 'Man and Nature' immediately."
The moment his voice fell down, the transparent "glass" behind them released a gentle light that filled the screen.
As the light gradually faded, a green, refreshing meadow appeared before the eyes of the audience.
The meadow seemed boundless. Wherever their eyes could reach, everything was green, and a hideous monster with three horns was lurking in the grasses, having no idea that it was being observed by hundreds of thousands of humans.
"This is…" Longman looked at the screen, shocked at the unimaginable meadow. He had never seen such a broad meadow and such refreshing greenness.
The shock spread out in the hearts of everybody in the square. Jane, Ali, and Banus, wherever they were, were shocked from the bottom of their hearts after seeing the view of the meadow. It was more magnificent and beautiful than they could ever imagine.
"This is the prairie south to the desert in the Gusta Empire…" Caron interpreted it with his magnetic voice.
Was this a prairie?
Was it the south of the Gusta Empire?
For most people in the four kingdoms of the strait and the north coastline, the furthest places that they went to in their whole lifetimes were the cities next to them. The Gusta Empire was almost a different world for them. So, they never thought that they could witness a prairie in person.
So, that was what it looked like!
The three-horned monster lurked in the grasses carefully under public observation, before it lunged out and bit a lone goat in its neck!
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!" The clear image made everybody exclaim in shock!
Longman, on the other hand, had only one idea in his head. That was arcana… That was magic… They turned the impossible things possible and allowed ordinary people to see the faraway scenery without leaving their hometowns!


"A falling star has brought the chaos. The throne of fate has lost its master. The nonbeliever who walks in light and darkness will make his debut."
In this magic world, knowledge is power.

I decided to change the scenery to a more proper one. I made a pretty special mental hospital where all the patients were in tiny glass rooms where they have self-inflicted injuries and old blood stains on the glass rooms, pretty cool right?

I guess it was so cool that our friend strapped on the chair decided to pass out. Interesting enough, you will still stay in my world even if you pass out. I couldn't shake him up because is somewhat related to hurting. So I decided to make a big bucket of cold water and throw it to him to wake him up.

"Hello there Chester! I'm here to help you became a better citizen! That is deserving a round applause don't you think? Cmon everyone let's give it a good round of applause for Chester over here!"

The patients on the glass rooms began to tap their heads very strongly to make a sound, and a couple of them fainted and drop to the floor or they killed themselves, what a shame.

Chester panicked at screamed "MAKE THEM STOP! MAKE THEM STOP PLEASE! I CAN'T STAND THAT NOISE!"
 
I waved my hand and all of them stopped. Even the ones on the floor flinching away tried to reduce their movements. Oh, the feeling of power is an addictive thing! I have to be careful of not doing this things a regular habit.

I smiled and said "Done! Now I made something for you, you have to make something to me right?" my evil smile began to appear again. I was dressed the same as when I was with Junior.

He looked at me and said "Wait a minute! YOU ARE THE CUCKOLD! BASTARD UNTIE ME SO I CAN KICK YOUR ASS!"

I looked at him feigning confusion and made a face like I understood something and said "Oh my face? Is a shape I have here for the mortal world! I can change the way I please! See?!" I began to add a thin mask over my face with the faces of Junior, Matt, even Emily!

He began to panic more and tried to kick the chair to be further away from me while he screamed at me to go way that I'm a demon yaba daba daba.

I let him continue shouting, obviously I put a sound barrier around me so It couldn't bother me. I conjure a little blood demon, my cute little helper, 2 comfortable chairs, a simple wood table and a deck of golden poker cards.

We were really playing against each other, I invoked all the blood demons with the intelligence of a 10-year-old. So he can learn slowly but surely. The chips were shallow, you needed to fill it with blood in order to be valid. I could hurt myself in my world, but not others, what the fuck was the idea? Anyway, the blood demon suffers each time it gambles, so I decided to suffer too. To be equals. I named him Hades! A mighty name for such a small thing. The strange thing was that when I was distracted watching Chester, I lost and Hades decided to swallow the chip instead of using it. 

He began to grow and be more intelligent, it was a cool experiment. I decided to make him disappear and then invoked a regular blood demon and then thought about Hades and he appeared and sit on the table like it was a natural thing.

Oh shit, so everything I make here can have a memory and continue to exist while I'm gone? So I can really make my own world? No, that could be impossible, this thing place doesn't seem very large. Let's try to enlarge to the MAX, shall we?

I closed my eyes and stood up and opened my arms and thought "I want to make the same setup like this but the biggest possible available!"

After that I almost passed out, my head was killing me. I have a throb in my head that It hurt so much! The tiny Hades was worried about me and came running and began to jump around me, trying to even give me his precious blood. Jesus, that is literally your life you are trying to give it to me you know? I wish I could take you outside, you are so cute and loyal without even a contract.

I tiredly looked around me and checked the scenery, from the original 150-meter room it expanded almost 1km. So my max possible scenery is 1km x 1km? So the previous level of <Life Dealer World> was lesser than this I suppose. 500-meter x 500 meters perhaps? The patients in glass prions now were numerous, they made corridors and we were in one of them. It was a little scary even for me.

I looked at Chester who was now pale and started to pray for it seems with his eyes closed. It seems that this too is a good intimidation technique.

I made my Vaas speech the same as the last time because I really liked it. And it worked like a charm. I conjured the same table and pen and made him sign the Blank Contract.
I used my <Lachesis Eyes> and checked his status.

[Total life expectancy: 78 years | Age: 31 | Name: Chester | ?? ]
I wanted to check a little tiny thing, I looked at Marcus and said "In any place of the contract is written where you need to do the good actions, so I can choose anyplace I like. Let's say Australia shall we?"

He was shocked and ask for work at this place (NY), at least he was used to living here.
I ignored him and used my <Lachesis Eyes> and checked his status again.
[Total life expectancy: 65 years | Age: 31 | Name: Chester | ?? ]

Would you look at that? It seems that living in a country were is constantly hot and also all the creatures that live to want to kill you subtract a little bit of lifespan. 

I corrected my self and said "Oh! My mistake! I mean Africa! It starts with the same latter so I always confuse them! Silly me!"

He paled and screamed for me to change my mind, but I ignored him.
I used my <Lachesis Eyes> and checked his status again.
[Total life expectancy: 51 years | Age: 31 | Name: Chester | ?? ]

Oh my, a simple change of location can influence a lot in a life expectancy of the person. Obviously not the metropolis of South Africa, I was thinking in the middle of Africa where they were a lot of African children and thugs with AK-47. Who knows, maybe I could use this idiot to put my first foot in Africa. Not yet anyway, in a few years if he's still alive and didn't die from a mosquito bite or a black guy with a golden AK-47.

I dissolved the world and walked out. Lee didn't ask questions and went to the 3rd door. It was the door from the brain behind the operations. Bob, the lockpicker. I have to think of a good punishment for the last guy. I will not touch Matt again, is a pain in the ass to think of a creative punishment for him. Besides I can't make another contract with him for another year.

I entered the 3rd room and saw Bob, calmly sitting on the chair.
He looked at me and said, "Finally someone I can negotiate with!"

What could you do with the possibility of living forever? Would you refuse it and just die? Would you accept it and became evil or a merciful God? Of course, no deal is made to be fair. Join Fergal Parker in his adventures to explore his new ability!

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This is a novel inspired by the original novel in this site called "Life Merchant" by YoonTaeTifYuFeiMin. 

I remade this novel keeping the realistic part and cutting the fictional elf/orc/monsters stuff since for me it seemed unnecessary.

This novel focus on the way Fergal slowly but cautiously gains power thanks to his new ability.


* 1 Chapter/ Week. Minimum of 1200 words. (Maybe even more chapters if I have free time)

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/KoFuWrites

Translator: Khan
Editor: RED   
 
 
1.
On December 31, 2016, monsters appeared in the world. It was unexpected and the presence of the monsters was unimaginably powerful. In front of the monsters, people shouted, "The world is coming to an end!" and through that cry, no one dared to say that man was the lord of all things. Human beings, far from the lord of all things, had become prey for monsters.
 
It was a series of miserable realities, and miserable days went by. In that wretchedness, the end of mankind seemed to be at hand. Even if mankind survived, there would be no more glory than in the past. 

That was what everybody imagined.
 
However, the Republic of Korea and the land of the Korean Peninsula denied all of that. The 51-story Mac building, towering in the middle of Bucheon City, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, was proof. Above all, the building, which rose upright and dignified, was clear evidence that the world would regain its glory of the past, as well as move on, based on the age of monsters. At the same time, the building was also proof of a man's influence.
 
"On December 31, 2016, that big mart over there was the beginning of Mac Guild. There was a revolution in that place that changed the history of mankind."
 
It was Jang Sung Hoon, the second master of the Mac Guild, and now a man of power ruling the world. He was a very young man, with the power to decorate his private mansion or villa, with the enormous art treasures of the Louvre or the British Museum. He had no choice but to be very young. On December 31, 2016, when monsters appeared, he was a young man who was just over twenty years old, and that was only five years ago. Naturally, he was still in his twenties.
 
"And that hospital over there is where the famous doctor Ahn once worked. If Dr. Ahn hadn't come to buy energy drinks at the large mart at the end of the year for an errand, she would not be here now."
 
It was even more amazing that he had more than twice as many days to live in the future than he had lived in the past, since he had accumulated everything he could, power and wealth. Of course, the world envied Jang.
 
"If you're done with the explanation, can I ask you a question now?"
 
"As you wish."
 
"What do you think about the fact that President Cho gave preferential treatment in the Mac Building construction process?"
 
At the same time, they were both jealous and suspicious of Jang. Now, the beautiful reporter in front of Jang Sung-hoon, Song Hye-sun was the same. She was determined to fight against the absurdity of the world with a strong journalistic spirit, and she did not want to condone the Mac Guild, which had saved the world and was still saving the world. If they were full of injustice and corruption, if they were covered with absurdity, she was willing to dig it out. 

When she had the opportunity to interview Jang Sung-hoon, she naturally did not avoid it!
 
When asked such a question, Jang laughed before answering.
 
"Is my question funny?" Song Hye-sun's eyes flashed sharply.
 
"It is funny."
 
"What's so funny?"
 
"If you look down here, you'll see a vacant lot next to the big mart I mentioned earlier. It was originally a plaza in front of Bucheon City Hall, and in the process of developing Bucheon City as a special zone for Hunters, I demolished Bucheon City Hall and the surrounding area, but I left that park alone. Do you know why?"
 
"Well…"
 
"Many people got a chance there: Yang Jung-hwan, master of Starfish Guild in China, Lee Soo-young, one of the executives of Mac Guild, and Bang Hyun-wook, who is now a Hunter representing Mac Guild. There was a historical and legendary event in that vacant lot, and that's why I left that park there."
 
Song Hye-sun shut up, since if they were reporters, if they were Koreans, if they knew the history of Mac Guild, they would know what Jang was talking about.
 
At the same time, it was a fact that everyone who had survived the world should remember, keep in mind, and appreciate.
 
"And you wouldn't have been a journalist without that historical event, because monsters don't do an interview, and it's funny in many ways."
 
"Is that the answer to the recent rumors of special preferences for the Mac Guild's second master, Jang Sung-hoon?" Of course, Song Hye-sun was not discouraged by the fact. If she was going to be discouraged by this, she wouldn't have come here in the first place.
 
After Jang Sung-hoon made a sullen look on her appearance, he muttered to himself. "... she does not condone it. They usually condone it here."
 
"What?"
 
"Nothing." Jang Sung-hoon, who spoke to himself quickly, continued his speech. "Preferences, that's ridiculous. Before Cho Sung-yeon was elected president, he was rescued by Mac Guild, protected, and became the first president of the new unified Republic of Korea, but the process was conducted by democratic procedures. If he was a person who gave preference to someone, would he have been president?"
 
"But there are many indications that President Cho's recent policies are closely related to the Mac Guild."
 
"Korea is still under the threat of monsters, and right now seventy-three percent of the world is still the territory of a monster. Right now, Africa, South America, India, and Southeast Asia are still at war with monsters, and that close relationship is natural when the role of Korea is more important than ever.."
 
"Then what do you think about the claim that the Mac Guild holds exclusive rights to all the relics and that the other guilds cannot go on a proper monster hunt?"
 
To that question, Jang Sung-hoon smiled lightly before answering. With that smile, he turned his head. Then a sheet of Daedongyeojido, which was filling one wall, came to his eyes. He opened his mouth in front of the map where no light was visible anywhere. "Why do you think I'm sitting in the Mac Guild's second master's seat?"
 
"That's—"
 
"The first master said that human greed is endless, and they repeat the same mistakes."
 
"Did he really say that?"
 
"No, he did not… anyway, he left some words similar in nuance."
 
"What exactly do they mean?"
 
"If they eat and become fat, they're not satisfied by it, and they'll try to eat more."
 
At the answer, Song Hye-sun closed her mouth tight.
 
Jang Sung-hoon smiled at her and said, "It's kind of a shame that the master of Mac Guild, the world's strongest and best Hunter guild, beats those guys who try silly things, and that's why I became the second master." At the end of the words, Jang Sung-hoon turned his head and looked at Bucheon City, which was more brilliant than ever.
 
'As Boss said, it was not the end of the game to kill Quetzalcoatl. Now that the monsters are gone, humans are going to be monsters.' He looked at the Bucheon City and remembered a man.
 
'How is the boss doing?' Jang Sung-hoon greeted the man in his heart. 'I'm doing fine, except I haven't made a girlfriend yet.'
 
He gave a very sad greeting.
 
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2.
South Africa…
Located at the southernmost tip of Africa, it was a place of the greatest despair in the monster era. The reason was simple: South Africa could not expect any help or aid from any country, nor did it have the military power or relics to win a victory in the war against the monsters. It did not take long for Johannesburg, one of the major cities of South Africa, to become a huge tomb.
 
But there were those who survived in such a world.
 
"Come on! Quickly!" It was the case for a boy and a girl who looked to be about ten years old at best and looked enough alike to be siblings. It was a miracle to have survived in a world that had been worse than hell for a long time. At the same time, the two young siblings were evidence that there was still hope in South Africa.
 
"Brother!" But now that hope was becoming a candle in front of the typhoon.
 
Khung! Khung! It was because of a huge dog with yellow eyes that tried to eat that hope in a terrible and grueling way. It was unusual that the dog had two heads, and was big enough to chew up even the elephants out on the savannah. It was a yellow-grade monster, a Killer Dog. This monster of the monsters was twice as ferocious as the two heads, and the two young siblings could not deal with.
 
Khung! Khung!
 
Nevertheless, because of the pattern on the back of the two hands, the brother and sister could escape in front of the bloody monster. Though the pattern on the back of the hand might give the young children the power to escape from the monster of the monsters, there was no way they could do anything about it.
 
"Ugh!" The girl, who was crossing the collapsed building, fell on the ground, and the boy, who was reaching out to his sister through the little hole, was frightened.
 
"Lia!" At that moment the boy ran towards his sister without worrying, without hesitation.
 
"Run! Run away!" The boy knew that if he threw his body at the monster, if he wet his skinny neck, his sister could run away while the monster savored him. It was the only way in the world to save one, not two. He knew that there was no such thing as a miracle or salvation in this world. The world in which the eleven-year-old boy lived was such a world. To a boy, no, to a much-too-young man, his sister's life was more precious than his own in this fucking world.
 
"Quickly!" The boy's cry had become a howl at some point. "Quickly!"
 
The fallen girl rose from the ground. At that moment the girl's eyes changed. Like a brother and a sister, the girl's eyes were just the same as the boy's.
 
"Brother, you run away!" the girl shouted at her oncoming brother. The cry baffled the boy. At this moment he agonized over what to do to change his sister's mind.
 
Khung! Khung!! Meanwhile, the Killer Dog burst into a pleased cry at the tender smell of flesh that was just around the corner.
 
"Brother!"
 
"Lia!"
 
Khung! Khung!!
 
The despair of the living and the joy of the monster filled ruined Johannesburg.
 
Thump! The end of that sound was one of something falling from the sky.
 
Khung? Khung? The appearance of the sound changed the cries of the monster, while the two had looks of admiration and surprise.
 
At that moment the screaming Killer Dog fell to the ground. Blood oozed from its two-headed temples and began to soak the ground.
 
Then, the two, who were hugging one another, looked at a man who they could see only in silhouette, his back to the sun, with their trembling eyes. Soon after, young George asked as he looked at the man, "You, you…" George was speechless. At that moment he recalled a word that people had been looking for in the sky from a dark memory.
 
"Are you a Messiah?"
 
The man answered the question. "No, I'm Mac Guild's Hunter…"
 
Keueoeoeoeong! Before the man's words could finish, there was an intense scream, incomparably more powerful than the monster before. The source of the scream was a giant dog, Cerberus, with three heads, and burning blue eyes.
 
At the absurd scream, the faces of George and Leah went white. They remembered that there was not a single being who had survived in front of this monster that ruled Johannesburg.
 
On the other hand, the man frowned as if he were a little annoyed, instead of being nervous or worried. Tsreung! Simultaneously, as he frowned, one of the two swords on his back moved.
 
Whoosh! The sword flew through the wind and cut off all three heads in a single breath. The process was so easy, so simple. Soon the drawn sword returned to its original home.
 
The click of the sword going into its sheath was very clear.
 
At the end of the clear sound, the man uttered his words. "I am the First Hunter, Kim Tae-hoon."
 
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3.
On December 31, 2016, monsters appeared all over the world simultaneously.
And on January 1, 2022, I'm still alive.
 
 
-The end-

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Translator and Editor's Afterword:
This novel is over. It's been a very different sort then the usual slay-all-the-monsters teenage hero sort of thing, which gave its own flavor and charm. We apologize for the delays. We hope you enjoyed this book, it's definitely different than any we've worked on in the past, and Khan would tell you that the guy writing this novel did so in terribly formal, archaic speech, like listening to some royal historian from early last century, so it was definitely interesting for both of us.

Good luck and good reading out there!

The world has changed and so have the people.

December 31st, 2016 – the day before New Year's. Kim Taehoon was just casually shopping for groceries at the large store. Monsters suddenly appeared out of thin air. With the highly trained skills that he had gained from his previous occupation, he starts to hunt the monsters down and manages to win, saving countless people who were also at the mall.

But there are more and they don't stop coming.
Will he be able to survive until the end? 
Will he be able to beat the countless monsters that only seem to get stronger?
And will it just be monsters that he has to worry about? 

The journey of Kim Taehoon, The First Hunter, begins.
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Editor's views  - from Ekdud

The First Hunter is a short Korean, action-fantasy novel situated in a post-apocalyptic world. Monsters start appearing out of nowhere and people are unlocking strange powers. Those who unlock such powers are called ‘Hunters’, ones with the strength to kill the monsters. To fight and survive, that is their goal. Society crumbles and the world burns.

A very fun novel that dives into the plot almost instantly. The novel is interesting in a way that it depicts a lot of human nature and what people would do in a situation such as this is quite an accurate manner. The character development is also very good as you get to learn about the characters, their backgrounds, and their stories. All in all, this is another novel I’d recommend to a lot of readers who are interested in reading fantasy and gaming novels.

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**A licensed novel from Munpia**

"Momo... hurry up!!.... we're going to be late!!" Yelled Linda, as she rushed towards the newly constructed building within the school premises.
Little Momo and her, were on their way towards the chemistry laboratory.
Today, they were taking Chemistry 3.
Ever since the beginning of April, they had been taking 6 main courses:
•Biology 1 (Classes of living organisms)
•Math 4 (simple variable math, like find X)
•Chemistry 2
•Chemistry 3 (introduction to lab science)
•Physics 1
•Phyno 4
Apart from these ones, they also had other fun and creative courses that occurred once a week... like:
•Arts & Craft 1
•Ethics & Morality 1 
•Health & Hygiene 1
•Literature 1
•Music 1
• And Physical Education 
Another surprising thing for the students was that this year, the school had created a Student Council body based on the votes from the students.
Also, each class had a class monitor and deputy class monitor that's entrusted in assisting the teachers in class, aiding the weak students, roll call... and so on.
No matter what amongst the 2 leaders, one had to be female and the other male.
Generally, once the winners for both the Male Group and female group emerged.... the students would then vote between the 2, and choose who should be the class monitor or deputy class monitor.
For the biology class, the students were taught the basics like: cells, microbes, plant systems, animal systems, invertebrates and vertebrates.
In short, they were taught about all the classes of living organisms.
Of course for Math 4, they focused on simple variable math... like 5x=10, find X.
In that class, they focused on understanding one to two variable equations..... which were usually linear equations.
For chemistry 2, the students would still focused on reactions, atoms and so on.... but now with the use of calculators, they had begun learning about calculating molecular weight and so on.
Of course just so that the students could breathe a little, music, literature, physical education and arts & craft were essentially a must.
In short, this semester was a busy one.
Today, Linda and little Momo were heading towards the Chemistry Lab in the new school building.
Once they got in, they immediately climbed the stairs until they arrived at the 3rd floor... where they were greeted with a large group of students outside the lab.
The area was bustling with busy students.
Friends greeted each other with hugs or playful punches, while others had their eyes glued on their books as they continued doing assignments that were due in the next class.
Some already had their lab coats and safety wears on, while others were busy wearing theirs on now.
In fact, everyone was doing their own thing as they waited for the class to begin.
Instantly, the duo opened their bags and quickly pulled out their neatly folded lab coats and safety items.
For this class, everyone was required to wear their lab coats, gloves, rubber boots, and goggles.
Linda looked at her watch and knew that it would soon be time for them to go in.
And right on queue, Mother Kim and teacher Gophen opened the lab doors from instead and ushered the students in.
"Morning Teacher Kim!"
"Morning teacher Gophen!"
"Morning teacher...."
"__"
Everyone greeted their teachers, as they walked in and immediately found their usual spot.
The Laboratory was massive, with several working slabs, cupboards with equipments stored in them, and a small storage room at its front.
Linda and Momo immediately spotted their other group members, and rushed over to join them.
Ever since the beginning of the semester, they had been put in groups of 5.
Apparently, these people would be their lab partners throughout the entire semester.
"Alright.... before we begin, you all know the drill.
In front of each group, are 5 question sheets.
You all have 7 minutes to answer them.
Remember, no cheating and no copying.... these small tests make up 20% of your final grade.
Now.... Begin!!"
Linda immediately flipped her question sheet and got to work.
For this Chemistry 3 course, they had 1 theory class on Tuesdays, and 1 lab session on Thursdays.
And at the beginning of each lab session, they would have mini quizzes that would test them on what they had learnt in their Tuesday classes.
Chemistry 3 was a course based on Laboratory work, so they had to know about the equipments in front of them, safety lab hazards and so on.
In fact... Ever since the students knew that these questions were 20%, they had taken them seriously
Linda filled her name and school number on the question sheet, before proceeding to answer the questions.
The questions were straight to the point, and easy to answer if one was paying attention during lectures.
And just like that, time flew by quickly... 7 minutes later, the quizzes collected back by teacher Gophen.
And the papers were collected, Mother Kim began distributing the Lab manual sheets for today's experiment.
.
"Alright.... before we begin our Laboratory experiment, let's recap on what Teacher Winnie has been you all in Chemistry 2." Mother Kim said.
The students immediately took out their books and writing materials.... While others flipped the pages of their books to the last pen-filled page.
It was important for the students to know about what reactions they were going to perform today, hence it was good for them to recap on what they were previously taught.
"So as usual, let's look back on what you all have been learning so far.
I need a few examples of chemistry around us... anyone?" Mother Kim asked, as she waited for the students to raise their hands.
"Yes Filipa?" She said, while pointing at a little girl at the front of the room.
"Air is essentially chemistry, because it's constantly undergoing a chemical change.
For example, we breathe out carbon dioxide and take in oxygen... so air is always changing.
Also... air undergoes changes whenever smoke is released in to the atmosphere by burning, hence it's part of Chemistry."
"Correct!!.
Any other examples of Chemistry around us?" Kim asked.
"Our bodies."
"The ocean"
"When we make bread."
"__"


Chu Yi dies in a car crash and becomes Landon Barn, the illegitimate son of king Barn, ruler of Arcadina. Because his mother was a maid and the king’s greatest disgrace, his father had always despised him. The same could be said for his half-siblings. 

When he turned 15, his father had announced that the city of Baymard would be given to him, and would no longer be under the empire's control. It was a well known fact that Baymard’s lands were barren, and poverty stricken.... For god’s sake, this was banishment.

His deadbeat father had indirectly banished him from the empire.

Chu Yi woke up in a carriage, on his way to Baymard with a system

"So what if my father hates me? So what if I’m banished?.... I will turn my territory into a modern society"

  
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Author here, thank you all for tuning in..... english is my second language... so I promise to try my best.

P.S, please dont compare my Novel to others... not all world development novels have to have the same format.

The keywords for the South Africa World Cup are divided into three categories.

 The first is the highland stadium in South Africa.

 The second is Vuzela, the traditional musical instrument of Zulu people in Africa.

 And the third is the innovative official sphere "Zablani" developed by adidas.

 Originally, the World Cup soccer ball will develop over time.

 By the way, this is only favorable to the attacker, and increasingly disadvantageous to the goalkeeper, because a lot of goals are good for the box office.

 What would be the fun if you only pass 90 minutes and don't score the goal?

 That's why it's common to make good balls for shooting, and that's what Jabulani is called.

 The adidas made a special way, the ball was more spherical than the previous ball.

 The closer the ball is to a circle, the better the scientific principle of kicking.

 In addition, we also planted bumps and grooves on the surface of the soccer ball to speed it up.

 Adidas expressed confidence that the perfect ball was born and said, "You can expect a feast."

 But when I opened the lid, this was what.

 The criticism that it can not only sell in the local stationery came from everywhere.

 The Spanish players complained that the pass was so accurate.

 The problem was the projection of the soccer ball.

 Due to the irregular shape of the projections on the surface, there was a serious problem that even the shooter did not know where the ball would go.

 The South Korean national team also struggled with this, and the opinion that it was definitely strange among the soccer balls I have dealt with so far was dominated.

 The shooting speed was obviously fast.

 The only players who could handle this, however, were among the World Cup players.

 And one of them was Ho Young.

 So too, Hoyoung had years of experience taking Jablani.

 In the past life.

 But that old sense could not remain intact.

 At the very least, he knew how to handle the ball, and his excellent ball sensation played a big role in offsetting Zablani's repulsion.

 As a result, Hoyoung was able to adapt several times faster than others in Zablani.

 That's why he kicked out as a kicker despite having a free kick of 36 meters.

 'It's worth trying.'

 There was a boiling confidence.

 [Woo-Young calculates the distance to jump.  Do you dress yourself?  It's a long way away.]

 [Maybe I'm going to expand the play through the pass.  Streets are streets, but since yesterday, the controversial Zablani is very different from a typical soccer ball.  The angle is good, but it seems too much to shoot.]

 "How should Jablani get tea?]

 [Keep it cool carefully.]

 [Oh, I see.  Has Cha Bum-Kon kicked Jablani?]

 [There is not.]

 [i See.  Cha Beom-gon is a true teacher of Woo-young Woo, so I think he is more focused on the game than usual.]

 [······.]

 gulp.

 Baeji Caster sweated.

 Cha Bum-gon was completely immersed in the game and did not care about the relay.

 But this was also an interesting situation.

 "Well, Cha Doo-rim, Cha Beom-gon's best friend, is behind the scenes.]

 [I will do it well.]

 [i See.]

 The free kick went on.

 First step.

 With all the breathing, Hoyoung took a heavy step.

 The position and spacing of the defensive wall were thoroughly calculated, and the goalkeeper's position and the direction of the wind were inserted into his head.

 Both eyes focused on the soccer ball.

 And the ball was shot like a rocket after Hoyoung stepped on exactly six steps.

 Cuckoo!

 Awesome shooting sounds that fill the field.

 However, outside the toes of Roh Young, Jablani hardly rotated.

 Cristiano Ronaldo's patent-free "rotary free kick".

 "··· !!"

 But it was not a simple free kick.

 The ball was so fast that none of Yakubu, Dickson Etuhu, and Sani Kaita, who were building the walls, could respond.

 Moreover, it was a ball that floated upwards, so no matter how you reach your head, you could not block the shooting.

 And above all, the trajectory of the ball was strange.

 As if a cobra danced in the air, it shook violently from side to side and then fell to the left corner.

 It was best to glance at goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, who was far behind.

 But there was room.

 Daeae Ae!

 The ball hit the top of the post and fell down.

 For Nigeria, it was a lucky chance to return from hell to heaven.

 At the moment, a smile of conversion was placed on the corners of Enieama and Kalu Uche.

 [Ah!  I didn't go in!]

 [Ahhhhh!  It's still alive !!]

 But it's too late for the second ball.

 EnnieAma goalkeeper went back to catch the ball.

 But somehow this was soon reversed.

 Is the ball hit and thrown by the goal sucked into the inside, not outside the goal?

 rotation.

 The ball was shot in a non-rotating manner, hitting the crossbar, and ate a reverse rotation.

 Ennieama hurriedly drew the ball, but the referee's whistle had already rang.

 Beep!

 [Go oh oh!  It is a goal!]

 [Woo Woo Young too!]

 [This is how Korea scores its first World Cup!]

 [It was a great free kick.  I floated a bit, but at the last minute the ball dropped, and it came in close.  It would have been out if it weren't full.]

 [That's right.  Woo-young did it.  If Pele's looking at this goal, I'm wondering how he would react.  The record, which had not been broken for 52 years, finally broke.  Woo Ho Young made the world cup's youngest goal by 273 days.]

 "downpour!"

 Hoyoung jumped up and put her feet down on the ground.

 Is there anything exciting like this in the world?

 "Ooh!"

 Ho Young enjoyed a moment of joy by making an uppercut.

 After a while, I returned to the halfline, picking up the shouts of the Red Devil all over my body.

 I saw a Kalu Uche who grabbed his head with a shocked face.

 It was more ridiculous than he had often seen in La Riga, Spain.

 But the game was still 60 minutes long.

 Ho Young did not lose concentration until the end.

 15 minutes later.

 The first half ended with the Republic of Korea defending a one-to-one lead.

 Since then, a heated voice came out of both team's locker rooms.

 It was the voice of the directors to concentrate until the end.

 In the second half, the situation was the same as in the first half.

 [Both Korea and Nigeria are the same size as the first half.  There are no players replaced.]

 Lars Lagerback from Sweden came out with the tactics.

 Except for giving up a free kick, it was a decent first half.

 Except Woo-young and a few players, it was definitely below the level, and if he was persistently asked, there was a possibility of making a tie.

 In addition, Woo-young had a poor physical condition and less activity than she thought.

 'Even if Woo-young Woo flies, it will be too much to spend a lot of stamina in the first leg.'

 Moreover, this is the highlands.

 If you waste too much health, your body will drop below 50% in the next race.

 Therefore, it was enough for Nigeria.

 [Nigeria strengthens midfield.]

 [I keep shaking the defensive line in Wooyoung's playmaking, so I think I want to strengthen the midfield.]

 [I'm using a wide left and right at the same time?]

 In his recent evaluation, Layeberg found that South Korea's side defenses are becoming more lax.

 So I planned to make a tie while strengthening the side attack.

 The opportunity came about 18 minutes later.

 widely.

 [Ball flowing to the right side.  It is received by Nigeria's Chinedu Obasi.  Dig it as it is!]

 [Oh, dangerous!  You should stop it!]

 "Typical type!"

 "I'll go!"

 Lee tried to fight Obashi along the touchline, but he was no match for physical.

 After the release, Obasi ran like a wild beast and crossed the box into an empty box.

 And Cha Doo-lim and Kal-woo, who were marked by Lee Jong-soo, shook the ball in front of the door with elastic movement.

 To make matters worse, Chung's response was late.

 Cheongung!

 [Alas······!]

 [Haah, don't miss the car!]

 [Ah ... Kalu Post is.  An attacking midfielder playing for Almería, Spain, who also challenged Woo in a pre-interview.]

 [I'm sorry.  If I had been faithful to my position, this would not have happened.]

 "Kurwo!"

 Excitedly, Kalu Post approached the camera and pushed his tongue out of his mouth.

 It was as if she was mocking someone.

 However, the game resumed shortly after other players came and dried up.

 [5 minutes later, Nigeria's equalizer comes out.]

 [Fine.  It is important to play soccer after giving up a goal.  It is important not to get excited, to stick to your position and position and to stick to your role.]

 [That's right.  I still have enough time.  So far, if you've been playing around for physical fitness, you need to be more bold from now on.]

 [Our players, I need to run harder.  Worry about tomorrow, you can ruin today.]

 "Hmm."

 Hur Sung shed his arms moaning.

 It was out of plan to just collapse one goal.

 Fortunately, Woo-young hasn't pulled out yet.

 'It's still enough.'

 The Republic of Korea still had much to show.

 By the time the opponent's defense was short, he had ordered a full attack.

 It was coming at that time.

 Only 10 minutes later.

 Woo Woo-young caught the ball.  Advance and exchange passes with Ki Sung-ryong.  Park Ji-seok is standing next to him.]

 [But it rushes intact!]

 There was a violent motion as if a storm hit the calm stadium.

 This was the operation prepared by the Republic of Korea.

 Players except Woo-young move actively throughout the first half, excluding the defense of their opponents, and Woo-young will come out when the status is reached.

 It was to keep Hoyoung in the second, third, and sixteen rounds.

 Hence, Roh Young's physical arrangement was important, and this tactic was devised to use his attack as efficiently as possible.

 Literally one team.

 Everything went back for good.

 One of the players might have expressed dissatisfaction, but few showed such signs.

 After all, it was for the team.

 If you were lucky, you could go to the final four.

 And Woo-young was a player who doesn't lose faith.

 Woo Woo-young starts running.  It's like you're using your hidden power.  Nigerian players are hard to follow]

 [good!]

 [Pass over Park Ji-seok on the left!]

 A view of the stadium from top to bottom.

 There's even a Xavi Alonso shabby long pass, which allows for cleaner and more creative playmaking than ever before.

 It was a long pass that broke down the defensive camp that was kept at the proper intervals at once.

 Percussion.

 Park Ji-seok, who trapped the ball at the moment, could not believe this situation easily after receiving the pass.

 It was because Paul Scholes or a possible pass in Manchester.

 [Ball connected at a time.  Park Ji-seok tries to break through quickly!]

 [A ground ball cross going up to the center at the same time!]

 The opportunity opened when Ho Young sneaked in between center defender Joseph Yobo and Danny Shittu.

 But that was the moment.

 "훕!"

 Fuzzy!

 Danny Seatu, who weighs 100 kilos, pushed his shoulders.

 However, Ho Young escaped between them as if he were watching.

 It was Joseph Yobo and Danny Sithu.

 The only thing left was goalkeeper Enieama.

 Woo Woo-young!  One to one chance!  Woo Young!  Woo Young!]

 [Shoo woo woo!]

 In the blink of an eye, the shooting came out.

 It was a fast-shooting shot to the right corner.

 And.

 Cheongung!

 Ho-young, who succeeded in scoring with perfect goal determination, expressed his exhilarating senses with his whole body.

 "downpour!"

 However, Ho Young finished her short money and quickly returned to the half line.

 It's only 15 minutes late.

 He was still swelling and his opponents were already exhausted.

 He scored two goals, hattrick wanted to achieve.

 It seemed to be able to do this unconditionally.

 "Oops."

 Kalu Post's expression was distorted again.

 And.

 "Huh, huh."

 There was one more man with sweat on his hands.

 The highest point of the stadium.

 Man in a shirt wearing a VIP guest seat.

 Emperor Pele was amazed by the idea that his World Cup record might be broken.

Woo Hoyoung has returned to the past and gained the ability to steal the abilities of others!

His goal is to now become the greatest soccer player to have ever existed.

I skimmed through the book about the neo waste first. After two hours of skimming it, this is roughly what I know. Neo waste was first discovered by an American scientist known as Emmanuel Mana. He discovered that by effectively refining nuclear waste he'd be able to awaken certain abilities that were dormant within living beings.

After this news reached the White House information about this was somehow leaked onto all major world governments. Thus, after the first discovery that this was possible, a race for being the first to incorporate it into soldiers started.

Major governments around the world started this hidden program with the U.S. and its allies on one side and the Soviet Union's on the other. This means that this hidden element was also a part of the cold war or it played some factors. After numerous experiments, the first nation to succeed was The U.S. 

A 23-year-old woman name Rosalinda Eos. She became known as "The First," very creative naming sense. However, even with this success, the percentage of people who could survive having neo waste poured on them was low. It is said to have had a closer to 0 than to 1 percent success rate.

Women were mostly the ones tested at the time since it looked like women were more compatible than a man to the neo waste. The first male to have finally been able to survive the neo waste is a Japanese male by the Hajime Yamamoto. Due to this, the Soviets started falling behind.

However, in 1974, a  Russian scientist by the name of Gely Korzhev discovered something about the waste. That it is more optimal to be used on children between the ages of  8 and 20. This itself raised the probability of survival to 3 percent. While the number itself wasn't much it was still high compared to the rest of the world.

This information was leaked out, America and its allies not wanting to fall behind started child experimentation as well. Using the different wars, illegal immigrants, just about anything as an excuse to use selected people as a target for the experiments. This child experimentation carried through all the way until 1988 where fellow magic soldiers banded together to push against the tyranny of the major governments.

In 1990, near the end of the cold war, many major governments came together and banned the usage of neo waste on any human beings. And any country that did so would have heavy restrictions put on their neo waste programs. 

In 1995 a British scientist named Charlie Davis discovered with the help of an alchemist that neo waste could be used in the creation of weapons, contracts, and many other things. Thus an era where neo waste is used to create different things that both help and bind magic soldiers appeared and here we are at the present.

That book only had some general history about Neo waste. Well, this is enough for now. However, that really explains why I am such a rare existence. And if that's the case, how did, whoever left that bag drop on me, acquire the waste? It sounds like something like this would be heavily guarded with the utmost secrecy with only a few knowing of its existence. 

I wonder how the Lotus Flower even had someone who could use magic, could it be that since there were no magic contracts back then a lot of magic soldiers left? Are grown magic soldiers even bound by a contract? I sigh, I only need general knowledge, for now, I won't try to pry too much into the existence of opposing magic soldiers. That's not my objective anyway.

Now...I guess it's time to read about the general history of the other realms. I read and skimmed the book about the other realms for about 3 hours or so. This is what I found.

Firstly, there are 7 other realms besides earth, these realms appeared in the late 1970s. Each realm has major and minor gates. The major gates are located in the following countries. There's one in the U.S. mainland, in the midwest, and another near the southeast coast. The next major gates can be found in Krasnoyarsk, Russia; Tibet, China; Chubu, Japan;  Northumbria, Great Britain;  Northen Cape, South Africa. These are all provinces and general areas, it looks like this information was kept vague for some reason. (Author note: This little part took so much research!!!)
. The difference between major and minor Gates are the following: Major gates are a couple of times greater than minor gates and Major gates are usually more advantageous since all of them lead to unclaimed territory in the other realms. Why is this a major plus? Troops are able to set up a base of operations more quickly without having to mind the other realms inhabitants.

As for minor gates, they are scattered all around the world and there are too many of them to count. These gates open to already settled territories and are forced to interact with the governments already in place there. So that means that in each realm there are presences of minor countries along with major countries. 


Also, gates can't appear within a certain distance of one another, this distance is dependant on the gates size and the strength of the realms within since the strength also indicates the attraction of particles in the air. The only reason why the U.S. has a claim of two is due to two things, it's great territory and the fact that the second major gate is in the Bermuda Triangle rather than inside the U.S. However, the U.S. claimed it as their gate so they are stuck managing two gates.

And while China and Russia have greater territories the reason that they only have one gate each is believed to be due to the proximity of the other major gates. According to theory, due to the proximity of the major gates to one another in Asia, there's interference with one another so other gates don't appear that closely.

Other than the triangle from in between these three major gates, minor gates are found almost everywhere. Well, that's all about the locations. The most important is the gate classifications and some general knowledge of each realm.

The gates are classified by how strong the other side of the gate compared to each other. The scale for the strength of the other side from weakest to strongest are as follows: America (Midwest),  South Africa, Great Britain, China, Japan, Russia, America (Bermuda triangles).

It is also believed that out of all the 8 realms, Earth is the weakest in terms of technology and magical power. However, that's the average itself, in terms of magic soldiers, the potential of growth is comparable to the Japanese realm's best. Aside from the ranking, there's also some General information about each realm. 

First the American(Midwest) realms, from what I can gather it's a regular fantasy world. There's a demon lord cycle, different races, adventurers guild and crap like that.

The South African Realm has many kingdoms each with there respective race or races. In this realm, they have come to the conclusion that wars and such are too costly on human lives. So instead, whenever a country wants to settle things with one another and can't come to a compromise, a tournament will ensue with each countries' respective representative. The country that wins has the right to choose, if any country is caught trying to start a war then every other country will punish that country.

The realm in Great Britain is one where the Demon Lord has won over the human races. According to this, humans are at the mercy of demons since the Demon Lord won the war between them and a coalition of every other race. Thus, demons rule over the lands and every other race is considered a minor race. 

The Chinese Realm is at the Dark ages and is similar to the American(Midwest) realm. The difference between this realm and the American one is the fact that instead of there being a Demon Lord reincarnation cycle, there are various Demon Lords that fight one another for supremacy and every other race has abandoned racial differences in order to fight against all the Demon Lords.

The Japanese Realm has the technological advancements of the 1900s however in this realm there are disputes between four major races: Angels, Humans, Demons and Dark Angels. There's a treaty in place so there's no war but there are tensions within each faction. This is shown in the form of a city located at the border of every territory of each race, an academy was built in this city for all races in the hopes of reconciliation of the younger generation. However, even though the city was supposed to be a symbol of peace, it instead turned into the symbol of the discrimination each race has for one another.

The Russian Realm is extremely technologically advanced compared to the others. They have reached the age of space exploration through machinery and while magic is existent in that realm, it is mostly used infused with guns, suits and other things, never directly. This is due to the magic deficiency however they have advanced knowledge in science. 

The American (Bermuda) realm resembles the middle age but somehow they have reached the space age in a sense. According to this book, the magic in the realm is so advanced that they reached the conclusion of teleporting between planets by creating teleportation gates rather than just creating space technology. The technology is way underdeveloped but magic is the greatest by a couple of times compared to the other realms.

This is a lot of information to take in... I think this will do for today. Time to go find my dorm now.

After the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world was afraid of the might of nuclear threat. Due to this scientist tried to find a way to create a more controlled way to create a weapon. 

After a breakthrough, some scientists found a way to use nuclear waste and alter it in order to give people special powers. Numerous human experiments were made until finally there was a breakthrough. A little after this many advanced countries became able to succeed, however even if there was a breakthrough, the rate of people who were able to acquire powers after being exposed to the waste was still low. 

After numerous experiments in 1990, all the countries of the world decided to gather and sign a treaty to stop human experimentation. However, when the first generation of children was being born the radioactive molecules in the air gathered in different spots and created gates to different realms. These gates contained massive resources and along with it come monsters and new civilizations. These gates were successfully hidden from the public by governments around the world.

It's now the year 2014, Luis is living a regular life in New York. Not liked by anyone, he was adopted his aunt's family due to his parents' death. His only moments of peace were when he trained his body and when he watched and read anime and manga, and hangs out with his cousin. One day during one of his runs a strange bag fell on him, which will lead to a change in his life.

Zara has never really been out of country…the idea of travelling alone itself was out of question.  But after living in the shadow for nearly thirty years without achieving nothing more but a degree, getting in and out of different jobs unable to find the right one, she thought it was high time to put her timidity and fear aside and accept the invitation of her brother to come and visit them in London.  She was set to take the plane to the UK in December with a stopover of three days in Dubai all by herself.  The thought itself makes her stress level go from zero to one hundred real quick but for now she preferred not to think about it.  She was still two months away from taking the big leap from South Africa to the land of her majesty.

For the time being there are many other topics that are way more important to think about like the wedding of her best friend Isabella who is getting married in one month time.  "Good Lord, please give me strength", She said with a sigh. Among some of her problems there is also the fact that her love life is practically chaotic, with dating the wrong guy, getting cheated on, and being left broken hearted, she has been single for quite a long time now not being able to find her soul mate.  To be honest it has been so long that she is on the verge of giving up in finding the love of her life and accepts her ill fated situation.   Zara cannot stop thinking about how all her friends are getting married one after another and moving on with their life while all she is doing is just…attending their weddings.  Though she is very happy to do so she nevertheless wants to experience and enjoy some good days too just like them. "How pathetic my life is", she said pitifully.  But then again let's focus on the important thing.  The wedding!!

Since she was jobless and had nothing to do, the task at hand was to look for a wedding caterer as soon as possible.  The one that was booked by her friend Isabella cancelled a few hours ago.  How can she forget the moment she got a call early in the morning with Isabella on the other side of the receiver freaking the heck out.  Zara thought the worse had happened.  After fifteen minutes of nonstop ranting, Isabella assigned her the task of finding a caterer.  She did not even get the time to respond with a positive answer that there was a dead silence on the other side.  Yes, Isabella just hung up on her but this was no time to hold grudges, the poor girl was obviously panicking.  Preparing a wedding was indeed a big responsibility.  

Zara spent the entire day searching the internet and calling wedding caterers.  But it seemed that everyone was already booked at this time of the year.  One person even asked if she booked one year ago as if this was really something that people would do.  Or maybe it was really a thing, how could she know, it's not that she is married or going to get married.  She has no experience of how to prepare for a wedding whatsoever.  "Jeez!! This is exactly the type of thoughts that I do not want to have, it make me pity myself, let's focus, come on".  She sigh and took a deep breath and started dialling that one last number on the list she made of all the wedding caterers she could find on the internet who operate in Cape Town.  After a few beeps, someone picked up and within few minutes of talking, and negotiating, she ended the call with a relief.  Finally, the job was done.  Isabella has got herself a wedding caterer.  

She then texted Isabella to inform her that everything was under control and that she could tick off finding a wedding caterer from the list of to do things.  Isabella replied her back with a big thank you gif and added she is going to pay back when her big time comes with a wink emoticon.  This made Zara giggled and she said: "I hope that day come soon".  She really wanted to have someone who was going to take care of her like a woman needs to be taken care of, care for all the little things that concerned her, love her to the moon and back, to look at her with so much love in his eyes that one can melt like a candle and to think that she was the most important and valuable person in his life. At times, she thinks what it would be like to really have someone like that in her life, how life changing that moment would be but then she brushes the thought off thinking that it only exists in movies or in those online books that she writes.  She is a full time writer who writes fan fiction and romance fiction online just so she could earn some money to survive.  But it also is a way for her to put her thoughts into words when it becomes too difficult  to express them verbally.

She would write about her ideal man in some of her stories knowing very well that it just could not be true in real life so she comfort and make herself happy by writing about him.  She often describes him as being very tall; having a lean but muscular body, short spiky hair with a good personality, noble character, successful and trustworthy. Zara did not care much what he does for a living, as long as he has a decent job it's all good or even how good looking he must be.  She always believes that inner beauty is more important than anything else.  As a matter of fact, she would not consider herself to be that beautiful, she is just moderate.  Coming from Indian descendants, she was born in Cape Town, South Africa where she has lived and spent her entire life.  She is herself tall, slim, with layered long dark brown hair, dark brown eyes and slightly fair in complexion, the reason why she wants to have somebody just like that in her life.  But then again, it is not like you are going to get everything exactly as you wanted it to be in life.  The irony of life itself is it hits you with something you have not been expecting.  

It is something that Zara knows very well as whatever she has expected so far, life has thrown something way different on her path.  So now she does not expect, she go about and accept everything that comes her way without fighting it.  Needless to say let's wait and see what life throws at her next.

Born in the beautiful city of Cape Town in South Africa, Zara is currently living a nightmare as she is still jobless at the age of thirty and while all her friends are getting married, she has been cursed with the life of a single for a long time.  After attending her best friend Isabella wedding, she decided to travel all the way to the UK on her own for a change of atmosphere.  
This journey was about to be a turning point in her miserable life when she accidentally bumps into a handsome stranger at the airport just when she was starting her trip.  
Little did she know that this handsome hunk was the heartthrob Daeshim, a famous South Korean actor that every Korean girl dreams of!  Was this a meaningful clash of fate or was it just another incident at the airport with an unknown person?

IMPORTANT: NOTE FOR NEW READERS

Please skip the first 6 chapters (anything marked under Volume 0: Auxiliary Volume). These are reference chapters and will be boring and contain a lot of spoilers - they are only meant for readers who need to check up something later on.

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Hi Readers,

I wasn't always an avid reader. My love for books started when I was 13 years old. I was a tomboy sent to a really posh girls-only boarding school. Needless to say, I ended up with a lot of detention, 3 hours of detention, meant 3 hours of twiddling my thumbs, bored out of mind.

Lucky for me, a roommate gave me a book to pass the time, it was one of those old Mills & Boons cheesy romance novels. Reading made my detention pass in a blink of an eye. A year later I was hooked.

I think most avid readers have an idea about writing a novel, especially when you come across a horrible story, you always think to yourself I could have written something better.

Well, I was one of those, but coming up with a plot is a lot easier than actually sitting down to write a novel. For over 20 years I have had this little dream to write a novel, but life got in the way. Working 12 - 16 hours a day 6 - 7 days a week, made that dream fade away.

Every now and then it would rear its head, I would daydream about it sadly sigh, and get back to being a single mom.

Long story short, 2018 was a horrible year for me, a lot of things happened and at the end of 2018, I came to realize that life is too short, we spend so much of our time just trying to survive that we forget that we are actually meant to live our lives, it was with this realization that I decided to follow my dreams and try to make them come true.

We are really lucky to live in a world today, where platforms like Webnovel exists, so aspiring authors can get their creative work published.

I would also like to warn my readers upfront, while English is my home language, it was one of my worst subjects at schools — I was always weak with languages, and to someone who had to take four compulsory languages (English, Afrikaans, Latin & Xhosa) at school — well you can imagine my horror. I was always more inclined to mathematics and the sciences. I think if my English was still alive and he knew that I was trying to write a novel, he most likely would fall over in a dead faint. So please forgive any mistakes you do find. 

I hope that you will enjoy this reading this story, as much as I am enjoying writing it.

Please don't be shy — I would love to hear back from you in the comment section, and if you have time please do leave a review.

I do welcome feedback and constructive criticism, after all, it is only by someone willing to point out our mistakes that we will learn.

Sincerely,

DJ Rogue

Note: I don't have an editor, so I would like to apologize for any errors that you may come across, I will review my own work and correct any errors that I do find.

PS: I am South African so I was raised with British English, I have made an effort to use Americanized English (xD so you might have both spellings in the book)

JAYDE
Jayde is a genetically engineered super soldier, after decades of being forced by her human creators to fight their dirty wars, Jayde rebelled. During a desperate battle for the ultimate survival of her people, she is betrayed and dies.

Instead of it being the end, this is only the beginning of Jayde's journey, as she awakens on a strange new world, in the tortured body of a young girl.

Forget technology, this new world doesn't have spaceships, replicators or blasters, it has something better — Magic!

With her contract to an ancient artifact, Jayde has to navigate her way through this new world filled with magic, powerful mages, strange creatures, and monsters.

REN
Ren, the fierce demon king, must fight to save his race from the brink of extinction and once again stop the evil Zartonesh from invading the realms. The key to his success lies in the Lower Realm, where the Devil Wars began, and with a young woman whose soul is steeped in darkness, whose presence awakens the primal fury within his soul, and whose vast power can either save or destroy him and his people.

EXCITING NEW ADVENTURE
Follow Jayde’s journey as she replaces her blaster for a sword. Alone with only her guide, she has to navigate her way around this strange new universe, learning magic, traveling to different dimensions as she makes new friends and enemies.

Will the darkness in her soul allow her to find her true-mate? Will she ultimately save this world or will she destroy it?

WARNING: Please note that this story is a slow-moving romance.

TAGS: Female Protagonist, Adventure, Transmigration, Pets, Strong FL, Late Romance, Revenge, Inter-Dimensional Travel, System, Sword and Magic, Weak to Strong

Novel Started: 18 Jan 2019.

NB: Please note that I am busy writing and editing at the same time, so there are still quite a few chapters that have spelling and grammar mistakes, so please bear with me as I get to them to fix those errors.

RELEASE SCHEDULE
1 Chapter per day (Minimum) / 7 Chapters per week. Although I do try to release more.
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Chapter 1206 – Africa Chaotic War
Apart from the Shu Lands, the famous Mongol Empire made new moves.
After taking down the Turkish khanate, Genghis Khan immediately renamed the Turkish khanate to house of Ogedei, which his third son Ogedei took charge of.
The Mongol Empire in history had four houses, the house of Chagatai, the house of Ogedei, the house of Ilkhan, and the Golden Horde; they stretched across Asia and Europe, prosperous through an era.
Looking at his actions, Genghis Khan wanted to regain the past glory of the ancient Mongol Empire.
After the Mongol Empire took down Turkish khanate, Tibet and West Xia panicked right away. They sent envoys to congratulate Genghis Khan while sending envoys to Great Xia to form a closer alliance with Great Xia.
West Xia even secretly came into contact with the five country alliance.
As a weakling in the China region, one could only shiver under the eyes of the strong.
...
During this period, a huge piece of news exploded in Shanhai City.
8th month, 27th day; while the Great Xia Army was still tangling with the Ming Dynasty army, Shanhai City's industrialization department displayed a new item to the people - the bicycle.
This obviously was not anything fresh to the players and was something they saw regularly in real life. However, to the natives, this was like opening a new section of the sky, and they crowded around to look on in interest.
Even the players were interested when they saw the bicycle appearing in the game world.
The first bicycle created by the Industrialization Department was really simple; it did not have any tremor reducing mechanism or braking system. Despite that being the case, it was already a really remarkable achievement. This was the brightest masterpiece produced after Great Xia pushed for all round industrialization, and it was also the epitome of what they were striving for.
The appearance of the bicycle meant that the industrialization of Great Xia was entering the fast lane.
Ouyang Shuo especially returned to Shanhai City to attend the unveiling ceremony of the Mountain Eagle brand bicycle factory. This bicycle factory that the financial court had shares in would be open to civilians in the future and would bring about huge changes.
Outsiders were there to watch, while insiders were curious about the methods.
Along with the establishment of the factory, the other dynasties were shocked by Great Xia's industrialization standards and also felt really pressured, increasing their industrialization speeds.
A global scale industrialization competition had just begun.
...
Along with the global reduction in grain, after the end of the country war month, China was not the only region not peaceful. The entire world was still shaking and had not truly found peace.
In India, Peacock Dynasty and Gupta Dynasty exerted strength at the same time. With the help of Silver Hand and Azure Badge respectively, they took down one territory in the middle of India, greatly growing their strength.
The remaining territory was swallowed up by Ashoka.
Ashoka was the emperor that moved into India Imperial City New Delhi and was also the head of India's past emperors. The Ashoka Dynasty under him had four million guards and was the strongest power in India.
Along with these three territories being destroyed, India was now split between three sides.
Apart from Asia, the most interesting area was Europe.
After the second country war month ended, the European version of the game was split up between five dynasties, and there was no ownerless land left.
As a result, the road of expansion of these five dynasties had come to an end.
Toward emperors with ambition, this was of course the most unbearable thing. Helplessly, amongst the five dynasties, apart from the Ottoman Dynasty, the other four belonged to Silver Hand. Hence, they could not fight with one another even if they wanted to.
A peaceful and loving atmosphere spread through Europe.
In the face of such an awkward situation, the Africa continent that was still in chaos became a juicy piece of meat in the eyes of the European dynasties; it was the best battlefield for them to expand in.
The flames of war rose up in Africa all of a sudden.
Apart from the five dynasties in Europe, even Dawson Dynasty who was an Atlantic Ocean away interfered. Along with Egypt Dynasty, Bantu Dynasty, and Great Xia's North Africa protector house, they split up Africa.
Africa Continent.
It could basically be split into North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and South Africa. Amongst which, the north was swallowed up by the Spanish Dynasty, Egypt Dynasty, and Great Xia.
The House of Tudors, Gaule Dynasty, and Ottoman Dynasty turned their eyes to West Africa. Dawson Dynasty mainly focused on attacking Central Africa, and the south belonged to Bantu Dynasty.
Due to that, Great Xia temporarily gave up on the fight for North Africa and turned their eyes to East Africa.
Even in East Africa, Great Xia was not the only interested party. Arab empire, Persia empire, and even Gupta Dynasty had a deep interest in East Africa.
However, as it had not been long since the country war month had ended, all sides restrained themselves and did not act immediately. After the various countries digested their country war month rewards, the flames of war would rise up in Africa.
And when the five parts of Africa received their new masters, global chaos would begin. Africa Continent would be the big stage where Great Xia fights against the two giants - Silver Hand and Azure Badge.
Due to that, Ouyang Shuo felt forced to quickly unify China before turning their focus to the Africa Continent to cross swords with the two organizations.
Apart from Africa, South America was not peaceful either.
Although the Indian Empire was the biggest in South America, it was not so strong that it could cover everything. In the north, east, and south of South America, other territories existed.
Without any outside interference, the Indian Empire would be able to unify South America in the end.
However, along with the global cake being totally shared and split up, there were finally dynasties who turned their eyes to the unassuming South America continent. The first to jump out was the Dawson Dynasty.
Right after the country war month ended, Dawson Dynasty showed really strong invasive tendencies.
Going toward the east across the Atlantic to Central Africa, heading toward the south using Panama Canal as a strong point to attack the north of South America to fight for food with the Indian Empire.
Even Europe's House of Tudors, Ottoman Dynasty, and Spain Dynasty showed interest in South America.
Especially the Spain Dynasty, which was drooling at South America.
In history, the native dynasty of South America-Inca Empire was wiped out by the Spanish colonialists. In South America, Spain did have some roots.
Great Xia did not make plans to interfere in the South America Battlefield, as it was simply too far and did not fit with their strategy. The only thing they could do was to maintain their trade with the Indian Empire.
During this period, Ouyang Shuo instructed the Pacific Squadron to find news about the mysterious Mu Continent. Unfortunately, they had not had any results. The mysterious Mu continent not appearing till date made Ouyang Shuo feel like he had an itch that need to be scratched.
Each mysterious continent had treasures.
Amongst all the buzz and nervousness, the 9th month arrived.
9th month, 1st day, under the rushing of the Great Ming Dynasty, Great Zhou king legion corps finally agreed to set off, directly teleporting over from Handan City.
The Battle of Jiangnan welcomed its most crucial moment.


Earth Online – a virtual MMORPG that takes place in the future year of 2190 – a game that everyone will bet their futures on. Set in a map that is ten times the size of real-world Earth, players battle for supremacy in the first game to feature personal adventure, territory construction, and grand warfare. For every death you experience in the game, your level would drop back to zero. Ouyang Shuo, an above average player, suffered the ultimate betrayal. For merely a piece of equipment, his sworn brother betrayed and backstabbed him. This time, after he reincarnated in the game, Ouyang Shuo swore to exact vengeance.

However, in an unexpected turn of events, Ouyang Shuo found himself back five years before the betrayal – right before the launch of Earth Online. This time, armed with the knowledge from his past life, Ouyang Shuo would venture upon a new path.

How to perfectly complete quests? What historical battle maps would appear? How should one build up their territory? Utilizing the experience from the predecessors of his last life, Ouyang Shuo makes his bid for the top against all odds. Follow his journey as he seeks to lord over the world!

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