There was once a myth about a bird that is covered in fire. They say it is a sign of life and rebirth. Many generations of human use this bird as a sign of power. The Phoenix for an empress that is magnificent and all knowing. And with the Phoenix is a Dragon. A Dragon that signifies power over all mankind.

{Edited By: Loki}

 
Almost half an hour had passed and Theo used <Devour> on all 300,000 magic cores.
 
'In the end, I still haven't achieved Earth affinity.' Theo sighed in his mind: 'At least the lineage cells have increased greatly.'
 
Seeing that the dragon girl had finished eating everything, he and the girls also stopped everything they were doing.
 
Theo didn't want to control the dragon girl's mind to force a blood contract, that's because Little Yui and the dragon girl's bond wouldn't be high. He thought the best choice would be to convince that dragon girl, sign a blood contract with Little Yui.
 
"Huh? Will you give me more food?" The dragon girl asked with her index finger on her little lips, while her eyes glowed with anticipation as she saw that they were approaching her.
 
Theo smiled and replied, "It's not impossible, in fact, I can give you that kind of food every day, but you have to do something in return..."
 
"I..." The dragon girl almost accepted without hesitation, but at the last second, the words got stuck in her throat.
 
She looked at Theo with doubt and suspicion. After she thought for a while, she didn't think it would be a simple request, even more, to give her food every day... she admits it was a tempting proposition, but even if she can't remember many things in her memory, she still managed to realize that it might not be such a simple request.
 
Realizing the dragon girl's hesitation, Theo was a little surprised, but that's also a good thing since if she was easily influenced, it could be a problem in the future, even more so that he intended to leave her with Little Yui.
 
"I want you to sign a blood contract with my daughter." Theo explained to her: "Just like you, my daughter is also a dragon, I believe that if you do that it will not be a disadvantage for you, since she has a very pure and strong lineage, because of that, when you sign a contract with her, you would also benefit a lot from it".
 
"..."
 
Seeing that she was considering the idea, Theo added: "Besides, you'll be able to eat a lot of tasty things every day, even tastier than the ones I gave you..."
 
She rolled her eyes: "Even tastier!?" A waterfall of drool dripped out of the corner of her mouth, she wiped with her hand and asked, "Are you serious? Lying is not allowed!"
 
"Hehe, she looks just like Little Yui..." Shina started laughing out loud when she saw the dragon girl's reaction.
 
Little Yui who heard that comment, pouted and slightly pinched Shina's waist and said, "Yui's not even that gluttonous..."
 
"Yes, of course, you're not...." Shina said sarcastically and kept laughing even more.
 
To prove she wasn't a glutton, Little Yui took a special candy bar that Theo gave her just once a week, and went towards the dragon girl who was talking to Theo and Yuki.
 
She got even closer to the dragon girl and said to her, "Since you like to eat so much, Yui will give it to you."
 
"Ohh, you're too kind!" The dragon girl smiled broadly at Little Yui as she took her hands.
 
Theo and Yuki smiled at that.
 
Little Yui returned to Shina's side with tears threatening to fall from her eyes and said: "See? I gave her my favorite chocolate and I wasn't even sad... Yui after all, she's not a glutton like you said!"
 
"Yes, yes, Little Yui is not. I was wrong..." Shina laughed a little but decided to stop teasing Little Yui.
 
On the other hand, The dragon girl who was tasting the chocolate she won from Little Yui, her eyes shone the moment she started eating, to the point where she didn't know if she should devour everything at once, or eat slowly to enjoy this delicious candy she won.
 
Maybe because of this Little Yui action, it made the dragon girl think that maybe it wasn't really a bad idea to sign a blood contract with Little Yui...
 
Theo soon realized the effect this Little Yui action had on the dragon girl and was very pleased. 'Apparently, it won't be long before she agrees to sign a blood contract with Little Yui... He thought ahead.'
 
Yuki who was watching the dragon girl. Her eyes fixed on the girl and when the dragon girl looked at her, Yuki asked, "Hrm... we don't know your name yet, can you tell us?"
 
"My name is..." She put her little hand on her head while the other held the chocolate. She was lost in thought for a while, trying to remember her name. Soon she smiled and proudly said, "My name is Emma!"
 
"Oh, Emma, that's a beautiful name." Yuki smiled at her.
 
"Hihi, thank you." She smiled happily, showing her white, sharp teeth as she was praised.
 
Little Yui approached once again and looked in a thoughtful way at Emma.
 
"Huh? Is there something on my face?" Emma asked. She put both hands on her pretty little face in search of food.
 
"No! That's not it..." Little Yui quickly denied it while shaking her head. She surrounded Emma and then she asked, "Yui wanted to know if Emma wants to be friends with Yui."
 
"Really?" Little Emma looked surprised, she looked into Little Yui's eyes and asked to make sure she didn't hear wrong: "Do you want to be my friend?"
 
"Yes, Yui wants to be your friend." Little Yui confirmed.
 
"Huh? Why are you reaching out to me?" Emma asked confused. She couldn't understand that Little Yui gesture.
 
"Hrm, that's something my dad taught me." Little Yui wagging her index finger, she explained: "When we meet new friends or even meet friends again, we shake each other's hands."
 
Emma frowned at her eyebrow, but she was able to understand what Little Yui meant, although she thought it was a little strange. She reached out in the direction of Little Yui and the two girls shook each other's hands.
 
Emma had a surprised look on her face. She then noticed why this gesture was made with a friend. That made her think she was closer to Little Yui. A new sensation bubbled up in her stomach, but she didn't think it was bad.
 
"Let's be friends!" Little Yui smiled at her.
 
"Yes, we will." Emma smiled back at Little Yui.
 
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If you were interested in reading advanced chapters of this novel, you can find it in my Pa treon: pa treon.com/Lruskaa

Theo volts, an 18-year-old Brazilian, died on his way home as he was struck by lightning. Upon waking he discovers that he was no longer human but a red fox. In addition, he also came to discover that he was gifted with a miraculous system.

Defeating monsters and frantic animals, Theo climbed into his cultivation, turned into a golden fox and conquered a Goblin village.


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FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!! I'd be shitting my pants if I had any on!!
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A flippin dragon. I robbed a MOTHER FLIPPIN DRAGON!! My "run for my puny life" reflex is reacting like never before. I stole from a Dragon while I'm mostly blind, am completely naked, AND have a level 1 class. I blame Hades. No clue why or how but I blame him
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[Hades... you've killed me. I'll haunt your dreams if I dont make it out of this alive.]
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Hades: [How is this MY fault?! You asked my Silver Bone where the closest mountain was. I blame YOU!!] 
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[You boneless bimbo!! I'm going to die a virgin AGAIN and it's all your fault!!]
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Hades: [DID YOU CALL ME BONELESS!? ILL KILL YOU MYSELF!! IM GOING TO STICK MY BONEY FINGERS SO FAR UP YOUR NOSE... ILL TICKLE YOUR SIGHTLESS EYES!!]
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Gaia: [User, Hades... I am detecting 2 life signs in proximity of the dragon.]
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Slate and Hades: [...]
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I officially peed a little. All I can hear in my head is the Oxiclean guy saying "But wait... theres MORE!!" 
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[Please tell me the other life sigh is equal to the dragon and seems to be fighting it...]
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Gaia: [Unlikely User. The second life sign seems to be far weaker and is getting weaker by the second. The weakening life sign seems to be an newly born offspring of the larger life sign.]
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I froze in my quivering steps. I hurt a baby? A baby might die... because of me?
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I'm not sure what happened to my survival instincts but I took off like a bat out of hell... straight to the dragon. 
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[HADES, DO YOU SPEAK DRAGON? DO DRAGONS SPEAK? HOW CAN WE SAVE THE BABY!?]
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Hades: [I speak enough to get by, yes they talk... no clue. Why are you running to the dragon?]
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[TO SAVE THE BABY! GAIA, SCAN THE BABY AND TRY TO FIND OUT WHATS WRONG. I NEED SOLUTIONS ON HOW TO SAVE IT!!]
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Gaia: [Understood User.]
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I ran right up to the dragon and started stomping on the floor and clapping. I tried to get its attention anyway I could.
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[Hades, come out and call the dragon. Ask it what the baby needs to live. Gaia, hows the scan looking?]
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I felt Hades materialize and started roaring. The Skeleton I was seeing tilted a little and a roar that made Hades's earlier roars sound like a fart in comparison boomed.
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Gaia: [The smaller life sign seems to be starving. Its magic is slipping away. The container has a small crack on it.]
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Hades was making noises and the dragon responded by... laughing? Your baby is dying and your laughing?
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Hades: This Dragon... She said that her egg is cracked due to the dragon inside trying to be born but not breaking out completely so its trapped. She has been watching over it for a month but it hasnt broken out by itself. She wont help it escape its egg. Its Dragon law that a Newborn doesnt get help from its parents when its hatching. Shes laughing at the thought that you could have hurt her egg.
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I'm once again frozen. She is letting her egg die infront of her? She could have helped it at anytime in the past month but chose not to and even now that its starving... she still refuses to help it!? 
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Wait... she said SHE couldn't help it... so can I? 
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[Can I help the baby? Ask her Hades.]
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Before he could ask her, the dragon exhaled and sent me flying back.
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Dragon: You will do no such thing. This hatching will either escape its egg alone or not at all. I have yet to repay you for stealing from me but I cared little for the meager amount you took. Once this failed hatching has perished, you will follow it. 
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Did the dragon just speak English?... How did it know what I was typing with my brain? but... most importantly...
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[YOU FUCKING GECKO!! THE BABY IS DYING AND YOUR PISSED ABOUT ME TRYING TO SAVE IT???
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The sky started to rumble and the ground was rippling with me in the center.
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SO WHAT IF I SAVE IT? IT WILL DIE WITHOUT HELP!! IF YOU WILL KILL ME AFTER ITS DEAD, THEN ILL MAKE SURE IT LIVES A LONG LIFE!!]
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The scaley "Mother of the Eon" started laughing again
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Dragon: You are an odd creature. You look mostly human but your lineage commands the sky and earth. What manner of beast are you? Also... what's a Geko?
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[THATS NOT IMPORTANT, THE BABY IS!!]
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Dragon: No it isnt. For miles around me are the bones of every creature that has come within my sight in the past 3000 years. I am an Elder Mithril Dragon. My tail has slain more monsters then seconds you have lived. This is my last egg I will ever lay and the father was a wolf that had the gall to try to claim me as his mate. I only allowed it to mate with me out of bordum. I didnt expect this egg to survive this long but I guess my bloodline was strong enough to bring it this far. My life is at its end anyway. Once this egg dies, I'll kill you and follow soon after. 
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I have no words. She didnt care about the egg from the start...
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[I would like to make a deal with you. I'll tell you what type of beast I am if you let me save the egg. If I cant save the egg... I'll return your treasure with intrest. If I CAN save the egg, you give me your treasure and I'll raise the baby. A dead Dragon has no need for treasure but yours will stay with your offspring rather then going to the monsters that will feast on your corpse. Either way, you get to know what I am and mostlikely the egg and I die. Deal?]
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The dragon chuckled before she roared in laughter.
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Dragon: You cant lay a single finger on my egg. Anything else is fine. If you save it, I will let my life expire without ending yours. Your hunger for my riches reminds me of my youth. 
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Gaia... come out and scan the egg as best you can. No touching it though.
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Gaia: [No need User. The egg needs energy and some way to heal the damage of a month of starvation.]
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[Can blood help it? Mine has Regen passively running through it.]
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Gaia: [Unknown. More data required]
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[Dragon, I am a Bonedust Indra. First and Only of my kind. A mutation of a Snake, Weisel, and Skeleton hybrid from a world far from here. I will now save the child within the egg.]
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Dragon: Indra's dont exist... 
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I open my Materium Status to show the dragon. After a few minutes, she unveiled her egg and placed it infront of me. 
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Dragon: Ok Indra. Show me how you will save a doomed hatchling that is a mixed breed which has failed at escaping its shell for a month.
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I walk up to the egg and float my Orb to my hand. A tiny grain of shining sand comes out of the orb and lands on the shell. 
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The egg shell instantly vanished and revealed the little one inside for the first time. I feel the baby with my TK and I'm confused for a few seconds. It's a puppy... with bone wings? The hell?
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[Is it just me or did a puppy with wings just come out of a dragon egg?]
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Dragon: WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY EGG?! 
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[Your child is out of its egg without me touching it. I used a grain of Storinum to "Store" the egg shell but not your child.]
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I return the egg to the dragon without "Laying a single finger on it". 
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[Why are you so worried about the egg when the baby is safe?]
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Dragon: Our eggs are the containers of our treasure. You just returned to my my treasure after I gave it to you. Leave with that failure and be gone. 
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I dont need to be told twice. I scoop up the puppy and start walking away. 
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[Gaia, please leave a bug on the larger life sign so that we can loot it when it expires.]
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Gaia: Understood user.
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As I walk away with her baby... all she seems to care about is the egg. Stupid dragon. I'll make sure this puppy outshines you in every way.
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I am not a hero. I am not a villain. I just want to survive and thrive. 

How will i do this? No flipping clue... 

I was born into my original world fighting for my life from the beginning. I continued fighting but i finally lost the battle at 25. Most of my life i spent in a hospital room so almost all my free time was spent playing games or reading. 

My favorite games were the Final Fantasys. 

My life got more intriguing when I was told by The FF God Bahamut that I was to be reborn in the world where every FF game takes its inspirations from. The Uni-Inverse Realm of Fantasy Zero. Before Being Reborn though... I had a few Gifts from the different gods. 

This is where I will Thrive.

I dont own ANY FF characters that might show up. They belong to Square Enix and the other Various Devlopers.

Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Frank extended his sapphire-blue wings once again and swiftly flew to the top of the highest Dragon Fang.
Mo Fan did not allow himself to be outdone, either. He leapt between the Dragon Fangs and gradually approached the tallest Dragon Fang, trying to go head to head with Frank.
"Didn't Prince Beny specifically tell you to teach me a lesson, and humiliate me in front of the few hundred million people watching the match? Why are you cowering now?" Mo Fan taunted him.
Frank's eyes flickered coldly. He pointed at Mo Fan and said, "Just wait and see, even if you have some strange ability, it's nothing before my innate talent!"
"Oh, what kind of innate talent do you have? Feel free to use it! It's been a while since I last fought a guy that could last more than ten rounds against me. I hope you won't let me down, since you were specifically sent here to deal with me!" Mo Fan grinned.
"Don't be too full of yourself!" Frank snapped furiously.
"So what? I'll beat the crap out of you as my way of paying respect to your shitty prince!" The flames engulfing Mo Fan grew even stronger as his fist erupted in flames while he threw a punch!
The Fiery Fist flew right at the tallest Dragon Fang Frank was standing on!
Frank suddenly emitted a strange glow, and as a blue flame gathered on his fist, the strange glow surprisingly merged with his fist, too!
Even though the two of them were casting the same spell, the blue flame spreading in the shape of a fan seemed to be a lot stronger than Mo Fan's fire. It immediately devoured Mo Fan's flames.
As the blue burning fist came in, Mo Fan agilely leapt to another Dragon Fang. He turned around and looked at the Dragon Fang that was smashed into pieces behind him in astonishment.
"Weren't you confident just then? I dare you to attack me head-on again!" The strange glow appeared once again as Frank was casting the Sky-Flame Funeral.
Frank did not shove the Sky-Flame Funeral into the sky, but gathered it on his right wrist instead.
Mo Fan did not try to run away even when he saw the man placing the Sky-Flame Funeral on his fist. He gathered all the flames around him into his wrist, too!
"Rain of Burning Fists!" Frank yelled as the strange glow merged with the blue flame.
A Fiery Fist sprang forward, yet it further split into countless fiery fists, like the raindrops of a great downpour, surging in Mo Fan's direction!
The fists poured down like rain as the flames spread like a curtain. The combination of Sky-Flame Funeral and Fiery Fist that Frank had just cast immediately stunned the crowd. Everyone's eyes widened as they watched the Fiery Fists pouring down in a spectacular, destructive display.
Mo Fan raised his head and realized that he was surrounded by the Fiery Fists. He could no longer dodge the approaching Fiery Fists.
"Is his innate talent the ability to merge different spells?" Mo Fan was astounded too.
It was unlikely that an ordinary Fire Mage could combine the Sky-Flame Funeral and the Fiery Fist into a single spell. After all, a Star Pattern was different than a Star Constellation. The levels between different spells were strictly defined, and even a Fire Mage with an outstanding level of control was unable to merge two spells into one!
Mo Fan had to admit that the Rain of Burning Fists was a lot more imperious than the Sky-Flame Funeral, since tiny raindrops could mostly patter on the ground, but a rain of fists would simply leave countless holes in the ground!
Each Fiery Fist contained some destructive force, and when Fiery Fists started pouring down like rain, the damage it would deal was absolutely insane!
The Fiery Fists descended rapidly. He was devoured by the flames of the Fiery Fists before he could make his move.
The water continued to evaporate under the scorching heat, while the Dragon Fangs were smashed into pieces. The flames spread wildly across the arena. Frank's attack had totally shocked the crowd, leaving everyone with their eyes and mouths wide open!
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"I bet it didn't feel great," Prince Beny chuckled in joy after getting his revenge.
Conti was lost in thought, too. She was still wondering how it was possible to combine different spells into one.
"Miss Conti, do you still think Frank is no match for that guy?" Prince Beny said proudly.
"The owner of a Fire Spirit usually has outstanding Fire Resistance, I don't think he will be defeated so easily," Conti said.
"What difference would that make? Even a few Water Curtains are nowhere enough to defend against an attack of this scale!" Beny declared indifferently.
Conti was about to speak when she caught a glimpse of a figure standing firmly on top of an undamaged Dragon Fang amid the Rain of Burning Fists.
Water vapor was rising continuously in his surroundings. He was still engulfed in the same combination of brown-red and blazing red flames. After taking a closer look, Conti discovered that the man was not as miserable as she thought, apart from a few burns.
The Rain of Burning Fists was strong enough to defeat a whole team, let alone defeat a single representative of a national team. However, the man simply stood there and took it, and it turned out that he had only suffered some minor injuries!
"His Fire Resistance..." Conti's face was filled with astonishment.
He was barely injured even after receiving such a strong attack!
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"Oh my!"
"He hasn't even used his defensive equipment?"
"Was that guy's body forged with fire? How did he even survive that?"
The proud smile on Prince Beny and Frank's faces totally vanished, especially Frank, who was extremely familiar with how powerful his Rain of Burning Fists was. It was basically his strongest attack, and even those wearing expensive magic armor would be blasted beyond recognition, yet how was the guy totally fine after receiving it head-on!?
"Is that all you have?" Mo Fan's gaze sharpened. The fiery aura that had been put out not long ago rose again, and it seemed to be slightly stronger than before!
Mo Fan's body was sturdier than any ordinary person's. After all, the Demon Element was one of the Elements that Mo Fan had Awakened, and it had granted Mo Fan the ability to endure many attacks without danger!
Leaving the Demon Element aside, being Possessed by Flame Belle did not just grant him a stunning appearance. Using the Fire Element in front of the creature who was blessed with the Calamity Fire was like displaying one's insignificant skill before an expert. The Flame Belle's Fire Resistance was absolutely ridiculous, and an Advanced Fire Spell was only going to scratch the outside of her boot!
Little Flame Belle had absorbed most of the damage, and Mo Fan was simply too lazy to dodge the rest of it, since it was easily within the limits that his Demon Flesh could endure!
"I've tasted your fire, it's time for you to taste mine!" Mo Fan grunted.
The energy that Mo Fan had long accumulated in his right fist sprang forward like an army of galloping horses as soon as he threw a punch forward. The blazing flames immediately set half the stage on fire!
A stunning fiery dragon lunged forward with a blasting roar!
The fiery dragon sprang forward and knocked Frank into the air. Frank felt like he had been bitten by a red dragon, and if it was not for the expensive Armor protecting him, his flesh would have been burned into ashes in an instant!
The outer layer of his Armor was set aflame, and the heat was burning him despite the Armor in between. Frank did have a certain fire resistance, since he wielded the Fire Element, yet it was nothing compared to Mo Fan's, since he was not Possessed by a Fire Spirit...
The fire dragon soared into the air and exploded at a height of a hundred meters. Flames sprouted and danced wildly. The explosion had blasted Frank's Armor into pieces, falling to the ground!
"Save him, or he's going to be knocked out!" the Water Mage hiding underwater immediately yelled.
Palice was aware of how grim the situation was. She started drawing the Star Constellation of the Healing Element...
Several faint glimmers appeared around Frank. The light was synchronized with the glow emitted by the Star Constellation taking shape close to Palice.
It was the Advanced Healing Spell, the flickering motes forming an Aquarius sign that would encapsulate the target to protect them while healing the person's injuries.
Normally, any serious injuries would take a longer time and more energy to heal, including damage dealt to a person's bones, organs, and veins. A Healing Spirit would have a hard time mending them, but the Aquarius Star Sign could, and it could even heal damage dealt to organs within a short period!
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"Don't give her a chance to heal him!" Nanyu blurted out.
Mo Fan had finally secured an advantage for the team in the duel against Frank, yet they would soon lose the advantage if they allowed the opponent Healer to treat Frank with the Aquarius Star Sign!
"Leave it to me!" Jiang Shaoxu immediately focused and locked her gaze on the Spanish Healer, Palice. Her Spiritual Force sprang forward at the speed of lightning, targeting the mind of the Healer.
She had drawn two-thirds of the Star Constellation, so Jiang Shaoxu had struck at the perfect time. Not only would she disrupt the spell, the target would also waste the energy needed to cast an Advanced Spell!
"Spirit Wall!"
As Jiang Shaoxu was seconds away from disrupting the channeling, another man on the Spanish team reacted quickly and immediately set up a Spirit Wall right in front of Palice, preventing Jiang Shaoxu's Spiritual Force from going any further.
"Crap, they also have a Psychic Mage!" Jiang Shaoxu was startled.
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The Aquarius Star Sign was about to take shape. The blue glow formed its sacred protection, gradually encapsulating Frank within it...
Mo Fan harrumphed coldly when he saw the blue light. His eyes emitted a silver light!
"Still trying to heal him? Come over here!" Mo Fan grabbed out with his hand. His Illusionary Claw grabbed at Frank firmly from over a hundred meters away as he was about to land on the ground.
The moment the Aquarius Star Sign was completed, Mo Fan pulled his hand back fiercely, tossing Frank heavily onto a Dragon Fang further into the distance.
The Aquarius Star Sign had a limited range, and once its target was out of range, it could no longer protect them!
Mo Fan's sister was an expert with the Healing Element, so he was utterly familiar with the limitations of the Advanced Healing Spell. The Aquarius Star Sign reached the maximum range from its caster, but it had no chance of reaching the injured Frank!


He woke up in a familiar world that had vastly changed.

His familiar school had become a mystical school that teaches magic, encouraging everyone to become a mighty magician.

Outside the city, many wandering magical beasts and monsters attacked and preyed on humans.

His world of advanced science changed into one that praised magic. Despite this, his ambition in life, and his social status remained the same; one of the dregs of the society with a struggling father and a disabled step sister that couldn’t walk.

However, Mo Fan found that when most people could only practice a single major element of magic, he was a Versatile Mage!

"I should go and find the dungeon. I need those fifty elites so I can upgrade my weapon further." Thought Dro. He looked around and saw two mountains slightly further ahead. Between the two mountains was a pass and below this pass was a deep ravine.
When Dro saw this sight he knew exactly where he was located. Dro recognised this as the area where he was teleported by Erylis the first time he entered this zone called <Grizzly Mountains>. Dro looked at the path ahead and thought, "I should go."
He walked across the path and soon disappeared into the path ahead. Dro walked for a little while and stopped. He stopped as he saw a monster appear before him. The monster was familiar to Dro. The monster that appeared was,
<Green Wyvern, Level 25>
<15,000/15,000 HP>
When Dro's eyes landed on the monster, he was taken aback. The monster was not aggressive towards him. It didn't have a red tooltip on the name, it was yellow instead. The monster was neutral to him. Dro tilted his head in confusion and he closed his eyes in thought, "The wyvern is neutral to me, why?" Dro tried to understand a reason for this. After a moment of thinking back, a sudden realization flashed on his face. Dro thought, "Come to think of it. After I killed the dragon, I received the item which allowed me to learn the dragon language and made Dragons neutral to me. But the wyvern is not the dragon." Dro smiled and thought, "Well no matter. I should approach it. Maybe I will trigger something." 
Dro approached the neutral wyvern and when he came close enough a sudden quest marker appeared above the wyvern's head. The wyvern looked at Dro and spoke. The words entered Dro's ears and he could understand every word spoken.
"Are you the one that killed a green dragon?"
<Quest Received, Choice Quest>
<Answer The question>
<Option 1>
<Answer- 'Yes'>
<Rewards>
<???>
<Option 2>
<Answer- 'No'>
<Rewards>
<???>
<Quest Accepted>
Dro blinked his eyes, he was surprised to receive such a quest. He closed his eyes and thought, "What should I say?" Dro sighed and said, "I was the one that killed the green dragon."
<Option 1, Selected>
<Quest Completed>
<You Are Now Unfriendly with The Green Dragons>
<You Are Now Neutral With ???? Dragons>
The wyvern before Dro changed it's colour to red and it attacked Dro. It spoke, "Die for your crimes against the green dragons!"
Dro didn't react fast enough and damage number floated up above Dro's head as he received one attack. 
<-432>
Luckily for Dro, the attack was barely able to damage him as he had over 4,000 health and even if he died from this attack he would have been resurrected. After Dro received this attack he frowned and thought, "It seems I chose wrong." Dro pulled out his sword and slashed at the wyvern, following his attack the damage number floated up,
<-190,164>
<Green Wyvern, Slain>
<+100,000 XP (2X Bonus)>
< ??? Dragons Reputation +10>
<Green Dragons Reputation -10>
Dro stared at the message and he blinked his eyes. He tilted his head in confusion and thought, "Reputations? There are reputations in this game? So there is not only favourability and affection but also reputations? Wait this isn't really new as I am already enemies with dwarves, orcs, elves."
"And why is that reputation all question marks?" Dro thought.
Dro scratched his head and shrugged his shoulders. He thought, "Whatever the case, I should proceed."
Dro walked over the corpse of the wyvern and he proceeded forward on his path. After walking for some more he reached the quest giver that he had met when he walked through this zone the last time. 
The quest giver looked at Dro and he said, "Adventurer, have you come back to aid me?"
Dro looked at this man and he remembered the quest he was offered the last time. When he recalled the reward he shook his head and said, "No, I am not."
The man lowered his head and closed his eyes. He mumbled under his breath, "I see."
Dro left the man behind as he walked passed the man and deeper into the zone. The zone behind the Quest giver was even more mountains on these mountains he met with more wyverns. All the wyverns that he met were all green wyverns and by the time Dro reached the branching path, he had killed 13 of those wyverns. This gave him 1,3 million experience and he was now only 213,646 experience points away from reaching <Level 25>.
When he reached the branching path Dro saw the warning sign that was placed on the way to one of the two paths. The warning sign was read as,
<Dragon Ahead>
<Go Back>
Dro looked at the danger sign and thought, "The GM told me that the dungeons reset daily. So if I go down this path, there should be a BOSS."
Dro smiled and walked past the warning sign. As he walked this path a notification message sounded, 
<Dragon's Ravine, 5 Man Dungeon>
Dro smiled and he walked down this path. Like last time there were no monsters on this path and like last time at the end of this path laid a dragon. Dro looked at this dragon and information appeared before him,
<Green Dragon, Level 35, BOSS>
<2,000,000/2,000,000 HP>
Dro smirked and he thought,"So it's true the dungeons really do reset and the boss is also the same. Alright, let's do this."
Dro pulled out his sword. Before engaging he cast <Blood Shield> on himself. This gave him protection for one attack. This reduced Dro's Blood by 30% which in turn increased the damage of Dro's attacks since he had his passive <Ancient Dracula's Dominance>
Dro activated the skill and directed it towards the boss.
<Ancient Blood Spear>
<Critical>
<1,242,313>
From the talent, Dro had 80% chance of critical strike against the enemy with this skill and he managed to score a critical strike. A huge number flashed above the Dragon's head and the Dragon issued a loud roar. The battle of the two had started.

https://www.webnovel.com/book/12077746005887605/RE%3A-Alternate-World-Online I am rewriting


Yun Shi is a postgraduate IT student, after completing university he didn't manage to get a single job. And so he became a NEET. For two years playing only games and living off what little savings he had. When he was at his ropes end the first VRMMO was released its name was AWO. And so Shi said "I will try it, after all, life is just crap"

Huli sat in his office and looked outside. The sun was shining and the sky was clear blue. It was now two days since Kaida left. Why hadn't there been a message from her yet?

Somebody knocked on the door

"Your highness Princess Kyona has arrived"

Huli stood up and stood next to his desk

"enter"

The door opened and a girl with long black hair came in. Her hair had a red glow and her eyes were black with a shimmer of red. She was around 1.60 cm long and had a slender build. Although her hair and eyes had a different color, she looked very much like her older sister.

She bowed

"your highness has summonend me?" 

Huli approached her and helped her up

"you do not need to be so formal sister-in-law. Take a seat, I have something I would like to discuss with you "

Kyona came up and walked over to the sofa and sat down

"I am all ears. If it is something in my power I am willing to do it "

Huli went to his desk and picked up the ruby that Kaida had given him. He went to the couch and showed it to her

Kyona looked with wide eyes at the ruby

"how did you get that? The glow of the ruby and the heat that I feel coming from the ruby is as high as the fire of a dragon. "

Huli looked at the stone. What glow and what heat does she mean? It is just a ruby.

"Kaida gave it to me, I had to give it to you"

Kyona looked at him and nodded

"okay, I know what to do. Did she also say at what time she wants the dragon ceremony? "

"Well my mother wanted to see the dragon dance during the annual fox festival"

Kyona looked at Huli with a raised eyebrow.

z"The dragon dance is part of the dragon ceremony. It is not just entertainment for people who want to see the dragon dance. In addition to that, I do not know whether it is wise to do it during such a moment, since there will be many people present. Now that the dragon tibe has an alliance with the fox tribe, many people from the dragon tribe will also be present. I think people will feel threatened by the rise of so many dragons "

Were all the people of the dragon tribe so direct? And why should people feel threatened? There is no chance that there will be dragons. They have not been seen in years. He thought it would be wise to keep his opinion to himself

He smiled

"I apologize if I offendend you. Believe me when I say that I did not say this out of disrespect. I think it's a good idea to do it during the annual fox festival. As a sign of prosperity "

Kyona stood up and bowed

"your highness, I assume that my sister gave the ruby for a reason "

Huli nodded and gave her the ruby. When she grabbed it, the environment changed. She was no longer in Huli's study, But in a cave where the heat made her sweat. She looked left and looked straight into the eyes of a dragon.

"How are you doing? It's been so long ago "

she stretched out her hand and stroked the head of the dragon.

" Would you show me the way Cong? ".

Cong flew with Kyona on her back through the cave. She came to a halt in a large open space. In the space , Kyona saw that thousands of dragons were already awake. many of the smaller dragons were still asleep.

In the center of the room she saw a large dragon that seemed to be guarding something. Kyona walked into the space and all the dragons were fixed on her. When she passed them they laid down as a sign of obedience. She stopped walking when she stood before the big dragon.

The dragon opened his eyes and roared loudly. When he saw that Kyona did not stiffen, he opened his mouth and breathed fire. Kyona was hit by the fire, but she did not move a muscle.

When the fire was out, the dragon rose and walked to Kyona. He lowered his head and sniffed at her, waiting for her to stroke him.

"Have I passed the test  Long? It would have been easier if I could hear you. Do you mind if I prepare for the dragon ceremony? Kaida has a task that she must accomplish. And I see you guarding the dragon eggs. You are doing very well "

Kyona fondled Long's head lovingly.

Long ran his nose over the face of Kyona as a sign of approval. Then he went back to the dragon eggs and laid down in front of them again.

"Then it is time that I leave, the next time I see you will be during the dragon ceremony. If you would be so kind as to send me away "

She held her hand up with the ruby and The Dragons stood around Kyona. They opened their mouths and breathed fire. The fire of the dragons was absorbed by the ruby.

Kyona opened her eyes and saw that she was lying on the sofa in Huli's study. The royal healer was shaking beside her. She looked up and saw Huli looking at the royal healer with a dark look.

"How long have I been unconscious?"

"Your princess you have been unconscious for several hours. We could not move you because the heat that came from your body was too hot to bear. I could therefore not examine you either "

the healer looked desperately at her as if he were asking for help.

Huli could not be tolerated because no one could tell him what was going on with Kyona. In addition to that, only her maid could touch her because her body gave off an incredible heat. He was afraid something had happened that could have serious consequences. Although the maid of kyona had said he didn't have to worry, he felt reassured to keep her close.

Kyona insisted

"don't worry there's nothing wrong. Nor is it heat that people of another tribe can tolerate. there are times when the body of the people of the dragon tribe give off a heat. When our dragon is sick, or when the women are pregnant.  this time it was only a preparation for the dragon ceremony "

She stood up and bowed

"thank you for taking care of me brother-in-law. I will now go and prepare. I hope you won't regret doing it during the annual fox festival "

Huli watched Kyona and wondered what had just happened.

It's been five years after the war between all tribe's and peace has been restored. 

During the war, the crown princess of the dragon tribe made a promise to the current King of the fox tribe and it is now time for her to adhere to it

She leaves the safe south On the way north, to rebuild her life there

Kaida

Why did i make that promise? was it because of the war? now i'm on my way to marry the crown prince of the fox tribe. They say he is a cold blooded prince and very strong. 

Huli

Why did my father make this promise? and with a woman of the dragon tribe! she wasn't even strong engouh to keep the dragons. i dont want to marry a weak woman!

i do not own the rights to coverpic. i saw it on google.



Supreme root cultivators were considered natural Menders depending on the level of approach.


The approach counted as the proficiency guide and the pure peace armor was a tool to help through guide, as long as the cultivator was seeking it the guide would help to learn the right approach.


The merchant started to throw his wealth to save his child, the mugger happened to see Jen standing there alone, he was bewildered because city archon told that the girl was hit by the ambush and probably could not survive yet she was standing here and where was the young man, just as he asked this question to himself, something hit his head and fell, his grip on the child got loosen.




The child ran toward his father and the meantime mugger was hit again, it was so sudden attack that the mugger was still unable to understand who hit him twice.


He could only see the girl still standing there with the same expressions, he got furious at her calm expressions, he threw his weapon with the strong dominion toward her, Jen was not fully healed so if she used her dominion with the great force, her wounds would open up again, the merchant who clutched his son was now looking at the present situation.



Zhi Chang somewhat understood the intentions of the mugger but he has less time to interrupt the attack, he descended in between weapon and Jen, he let his strong dominion envelope and embraced Jen, the weapon met the difficulty to break the dominion first, the crowd which was gathered because of the commotion heaved a sigh to see that the girl was not directly hit.




"You are not allowed to make a fuss here," Zhi Chang angrily turned his face toward the mugger, he brought out the sword which was placed in the storage, it was first grade weapon unlike the weapon used by mugger, the battle strength of this first grade sword surpass than a first grade weapon, the mugger could see his death dancing in front of him the first grade sword was about to pick the sword technique.

But first of all, Zhi Chang needed to fend off the attack of the weapon by the mugger, since it met the first grade weapon it lost its efficiency immediately, now it was mugger who was worried whether to run or battle?



This young man seemed monster, how come he improved within short time? Everything else can be neglected but the weapon was truly fearsome, if he choose to stay then surely he would be doomed.



Zhi Chang was not interested to kill but this mugger has crossed limits, he tried to attack Jen who was standing not bothering him then why he choose to attack her? If he let this go then he won't be able to face himself.



He was aware about her wounds and why she choose to stay neutral, few mistakes cannot be forgiven, he wielded his sword and the mugger was directly hit because he was thinking to run away and the opponent dominion has already broken his strong defense.


The crowd cheered because they were threatened everyday by this mugger, getting rid from this threat was a wish that finally came true.


The merchant was happy that this young man appeared at right time and saved his son, he gathered and gave the wealth to Zhi Chang which he was willing to give the mugger, Zhi Chang refused to accept it, he put his arm around Jen and walked to find some good eatery.




"This weapon is definitely first grade, where did you find it," he pleasantly spoke as nothing has happened, he could gather from her expressions that she was not worried about the attack of mugger, she has something more reliable to act as her security guard, her solar star which he could feel active.



"The elder and fourth pillar of Celestial Sphere was indebted by my favor so he gifted generously, well it was good act to finish a sour of this Manias," Jen spoke supporting his last minute decision.


"The limitless are only wild beasts and such beasts often harm the peace," he answered with equal calm.


Jen looked up, when she was seven years old she looked up at him the same way as if inspired, she was inspired back then because of his pointers, suggestions and manners and now his perfectly refined personality, there was no much difference just that she was grown up.



They entered in an eatery and Jen ordered dishes those could replenish her health and mend her wounds, it was first ever that someone ordered most expensive dishes of this eatery and the owner himself came to ask if they needed anything else after he was informed about the order.




It was the one where mugger and his friends were fighting over the bill when Jen came in this Clandestine Manias, it was rebuilt because the business won't stop no matter how often it was ruined.

Rumors travelled faster than human means, the owner also got the news that the mugger was killed, he was immensely happy, he finally could business with peace, without any worry that those freeloaders would come and after eating a lot fight over bill.




These merchants were not aware about the fact that the mugger was only picked for this job if he died the fatty toad would hire someone else more capable. 


The merchants thought to celebrate this occasion, they were clueless that crown lady was backing all the unlawful activities in the central city, even if they happened to know they can't do anything to stop her but they would be worried for the safety of the young man who was providing them protection.



"Where I should search that fat man?" he asked, if the fatty has some ties with the mugger then he would definitely come looking for revenge, and before that happen Zhi Chang wanted to find him and return the favor.



Central city was not a small place and who knows if he was still in the city?

"There was sign on his shoulder, that sign may help us to know who he was," Jen remembered a brief look out when she attacked in return of ambush, there was a mark on his robes probably a red blood dragon sign.



"This, the old merchant might know about this sign," Zhi Chang was feeling better to hear this clue, this way he could easily reach that fatty.


Jen purchased fresh fruits after she was contented with the dishes, they walked in the market and came at the biggest shop where the old merchant was sitting and sipping on the tea.


They greeted the merchant, and sat there.

"I heard about the mugger, young man you should be careful in the future, the mugger was not the only one involve in this he has some strong backing," the old merchant was concerned that soon the back would appear and he might not able to predict what would it cost in the end.




"Senior, I was looking for someone who has a red blood dragon sign on his robes, I wonder if this senior know someone with such sign," Zhi Chang did not mention why he was looking that specific person, nor about the ambush.



"Are you talking about the red blood dragon with the broken sword stabbed?" the old merchant seemed quite familiar with the sign, he was old acquainted with the city archon and had a deep grudge in his old days, then it turned out that old man was not willing to continue this grudge anymore.



ZHi Chang looked at Jen and she nodded in approval, old merchant scrutinized both and he was puzzled what made them ask about city archon and how they were familiar with the crown sign, this was not the previous sign, the previous sign was blue dragon with a sword in the mouth but after the death of previous crown, the crown lady introduced this sign for the city archon and other officials working in the factions.



The lower level officials were not given complete sign, one could easily recognize them from the robes but the city archon was exception because he was right hand supporter of the crown lady.



"Ah, then you are looking for city archon if I am not wrong," now the old merchant was more than interested to know why they were looking for fatty, what picked his interest was the fact that fatty was not a normal cultivator, he has chosen the path of crown lady, there was suspicion in his mind these both legends were young were they looking for him for second reason.




It made the old merchant shudder in his heart, if these two strong cultivators chose that forbidden path, it would be a great lose.


Zhi Chang could feel the changing expressions of the merchant, he looked at Jen, it seemed he was aware about something threatening.       



 



 

 


 

               


   

One who said, "I am bad guy!" was speaking a lie.
One who said, "I am a good guy!" was actually hiding the truth. 

Jen Xuan Rong is the center of attention for a few reasons, could she become what her ancestors had decided for her?
and how far she could survive in the world of stronger opponents?


Her husband should not be the one evil willed.
Would she choose one from the two? Or walk on her alone path?

~~~~~~
 Its a cultivation novel with female lead.

Enjoy the development of this story with the author here... 

Author
_Sha


Photo, not mine, credit to the rightful owner.
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"With the opponent sent flying, Jen was left in the middle of the battleground.

The genius tried hard to stand up on his feet but he trembled and fell again.

His appearance got messed with a single slap.

A small line of blood appeared from the corner of his mouth. 

Apparently, it was a small injury but only he himself could elaborate his internal injuries.

He looked at the calm girl one last look and collapsed.

Jen really hates such learners who wanted to take advantage of weaknesses of others but he met with Jen, his bad luck."

The Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul suddenly rushed forward, opened its mouth and spat out Four-coloured thunderbolt towards the Fire Dragon soul, as it wanted to disperse its soul. 
 
 The Fire Dragon soul naturally wouldn't give up. It opened its mouth and spat out Godly Dragon flame that contained horrifically high temperature that clashed onto the four-coloured thunderbolts. A loud sky-shattering sound was made. 
 
 The two de era godly beast and ferocious beast' spirit energies battled right in front of Qingfeng. The massive power slightly shook Qingfeng's body. 
 
 Qingfeng raised both of its hands to cover its head. He felt rounds of piercing pain inside his mind and wasn't able to contain the rush of power at all. 
 
 In another direction, the Fire Dragon soul battled with the Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul without a sign of who won or lost. One was one of the ten greatest godly beasts, and the other was one of the ten greatest ferocious beasts. Each had great powers, and no one could defeat the other during this time. 
 
 Qingfeng's head was in uncontainable pain. He knew that it was somewhat difficult to kill the Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul just with the Fire Dragon soul. 
 
 After all, the Thunder Immortal Crocodile was also a half-immortal grade thunder beast, and its force was incredibly powerful after millions of years of training with the Thunder Immortal. 
 
 Qingfeng moved his intent, and directly spoke to the Back-white Millstone in the depth of his mind. He wanted to get the Black-and-White Millstone to battle the Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul. 
 
 Swoosh!
 
 Black-and-White Millstone flew out from the depth of Qingfeng's mind, because it felt a rush of massive spirit energy on the outside. This rush of energy excited it. 
 
 After the Black-and-White Millstone appeared, it released a rush of chaotic force. The chaotic force had two colours, black and white, and it surrounded the entire space. 
 
 The Fire Dragon soul stopped fighting with the Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul, as hints of shock appeared in their eyes. 
 
 They were all desolation era godly and ferocious beasts, but hints of fear appeared in its eyes when it faced the Black-and-White Millstone of the chaotic era of the universe. It was very easy for the Black-and-White Millstone to kill the two of them if it wanted to. 
 
 Two rays of black and white light shot out from the Black-and-White Millstone like the beginning to existence. The black light represented the night and abomination, while the white represented brightness and eternity. 
 
 The two types of light intertwined, as it contained the force that tore open the space, as it directly trapped the Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul, and prevented its soul from moving. 
 
 The Thunder Immortal Crocodile screamed out painfully in a struggle, as its soul wanted to escape. 
 
 However, under the two rays of black and white light of the Black-and-White Millstone, it couldn't run away at all. It was like a fish on a chopping board, as it waited around like a lamb. It could only wait in the same spot, with countless horror in its eyes. 
 
 The Fire Dragon soul then telepathetically said to Qingfeng, "Hurry up little guy, don't let the Black-and-White Millstone swallow the Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul. This guy might be despicable, but it is a half-immortal grade thunder beast. You could threaten it to sign an owner and servant agreement."
 
 Qingfeng nodded, as hints of joy appeared in his eyes. He clearly knew of the Thunder Immortal Crocodile's combat ability. 
 
 If the Thunder Immortal Crocodile could become his battle beast, then it would definitely be a great force. By then he wouldn't fear the Bright Moon Saintess, Gravity Saint Son, Three-coloured Saintess, Frost Saint Son and others in the Fallen Immortals Arena. 
 
 By then, Qingfeng would only need to unleash the Thunder Immortal Crocodile if those guys dared to attack him, and then he would be able to easily defeat them.
 
 Qingfeng hurriedly said loudly to the Black-and-White Millstone before him, "Stop, don't eat the Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul yet."
 
 Black-and-White Millstone's black-white whirlpool stopped and fell silent, but the two rays of black and white light still trapped the Thunder Immortal Crocodile's soul, as it extremely desired the half-immortal grade soul. 
 
 The Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul's face turned pale as it just survived death. It trembled all over. 
 
 Under the Black-and-White Millstone's chaotic force, it had no power to fight back, as it could only be coldly suppressed. 
 
 Qingfeng looked at the Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul, and said, "I'll give you two options. First, sign the owner servant agreement with me, and become my battle feast, and I'll let you live. Second, disagree, and you'll be absorbed by the Black-and-White Millstone chaotic force. 
 
 The Thunder Immortal Crocodile's expressions dramatically changed, as hints of fury appeared in its eyes, and it said, "Despicable human. Do you know who I am? I'm a half-immortal grade thunder beast, and amongst the most famous forces in the abandonment era of the universe. Not even the Thunder Immortal dared to sign an agreement with me, instead he has only trapped me here, what do you think you are?"
 
 The Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul was extremely angry with Qingfeng. It wanted to eat him immediately, because it was a human with less power who wanted it to become his battle beast.
 
 Qingfeng coldly smiled, as he said, "How dare you fight back, the Black-and-White Millstone will eat you."
 
 Hints of excitement appeared in the Black-and-White Millstone' eyes after it heard Qingfeng. 
 
 As the black and white light was released again, it formed a massive whirlpool that pulled onto Thunder Immortal Crocodile's soul, as it wanted to engulf the soul.
 
 The Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul moved increasingly towards the Black-and-White whirlpool.
 
 It felt that it was about to die, as its soul was about to disperse in the next moment. 
 
 The Thunder Immortal Crocodile was extremely horrified, as it begged loudly, "Human, don't do this, tell the Black-and-White Millstone to stop, and not release the force of chaos."
 
 Qingfeng froze, and said, "I've already given you a chance to become my battle beast, but you refused, so you might as well die now."
 
 The Thunder Immortal Crocodile's face changed, as it hurriedly said, "I agree, don't let the Black-and-White Millstone chaotic force eat me. I agree to be your battle beast."
 
 The Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul has completely succumbed before the threat of death. It knew that if it hadn't done so, then death would await it.
 
 Qingfeng lightly smiled, and he said with arrogance, "What a despicable thing. I've to threaten you to take out your soul."
 
 The Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul had no other options, as it had hints of regret in its mind. 
 
 If it had known that Qingfeng's soul power was this powerful, with the chaotic Millstone and Fire Dragon soul, it would never have entered, but now all was too late. 
 
 It was now already trapped by the force of chaos, as it had no chance to escape. 
 
 A spirit mark imprint shot out from within the Thunder Immortal Crocodile's soul. It was a nail sized Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul that entered into the depth of Qingfeng's mind and was stored up by Qingfeng. 
 
 Qingfeng felt a bond had formed between his spirit energy and the Thunder Immortal Crocodile's spirit energy. As long as he wanted, he only needed one thought to scatter the Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul and turn it into ashes. 
 
 Hints of joy appeared in the Fire Dragon soul's eyes when it saw that Qingfeng has controlled the Thunder Immortal Crocodile soul. It genuinely felt happy for Qingfeng. 
 
 The Fire Dragon soul has gone through plenty of things with Qingfeng, and already saw Qingfeng as a friend. 
The Fire Dragon soul was happy, but the Black-and-White Millstone on the side was upset. The Thunder Immortal Crocodile it trapped with great effort, was now gone without any reward, and it received no benefits.


Qingfeng was known as the Wolf King, a legendary mercenary that had mastered peerless martial arts and the sophisticated art of medicine. He originally wanted to just live a peaceful life, but his arranged wife, who is a CEO, thinks he is a loser and wants a divorce. The cold war between husband and wife began.
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Therandil left, but he came back again the next day, and the day after that. It got so that Cimorene
could not even step outside the cave without running into him. She might have been flattered if it hadn't
been so obvious that Therandil was only worried about how foolish he'd look if he went home without
fighting the dragon. On his fifth visit Cimorene was very sharp with him, and when he had not returned
by midafternoon of the next day, she began to hope that he had finally left for good.
Cimorene was in the kitchen taking the pits out of cherries when she heard someone knocking at the
mouth of the cave.
"Go away," she shouted in complete exasperation. "I've told you and told you, I don't want to be
rescued, and I'm not going to argue with you any more!"
"I didn't come here to argue," said a no-nonsense female voice from outside. "I came to meet the
person who keeps borrowing my crepe pan.
It's not something there's normally much call for."
"Oh, dear," said Cimorene. She wiped her hands hastily on a corner of her apron and hurried out to
greet her visitor. "I'm sorry," she said, coming around the gray rock at the cave mouth. "But I've been
having a problem with knights lately, and I thought-" She stopped short as she got a good look at her
caller for the first time.
The woman standing outside the cave was considerably shorter than Cimorene. Her ginger hair was
piled in waves on top of her head. She had on a loose black robe with long sleeves, which she wore
unbelted.
A small pair of glasses with rectangular lenses sat firmly on her nose, and she carried an extremely
twiggy broom in her left hand. Despite her unusual appearance, she projected an air of great selfassurance.
"I quite understand," she said, studying Cimorene shrewdly. "You must be Kazul's new princess."
"Yes, I'm Cimorene. And you are… ?"
"Morwen," said the black-robed woman, leaning the broom against the rock. "Kazul and I have been
friends for a long time, ever since I moved to the Enchanted Forest, so I thought I'd come have a look at
her new princess."
"You're the person Kazul's been borrowing dishes from, aren't you?"
Cimorene said, and blinked. "But then you must be-" "A witch," Morwen finished. "I don't see why you find it surprising.
It's not exactly an unusual profession in these parts."
"It's just that I haven't met one before," Cimorene said, not mentioning the fact that in Linderwall
witches were considered dangerous and probably evil and were therefore avoided if at all possible. But
then, people in Linderwall didn't like dragons much, either. "Won't you come in and have some tea?"
"I certainly will," said the witch, and she did. She prowled around like a nervous cat while Cimorene
put the kettle on the stove and got out the tea things.
"Well," Morwen said approvingly as Cimorene filled the teapot, "you're the first princess I've ever met
who has the sense to keep up with the kitchen."
Cimorene decided that she liked Morwen's down-to-earth manner. She soon found herself telling
Morwen everything, from the fencing and philosophy and Latin lessons to the seemingly endless stream
of knights. The story lasted through two cups of tea and finished with Therandil's stubborn insistence on
rescuing her.
"That is absurd," Morwen said decidedly when Cimorene finished. "If this continues, you'll never get
anything done."
"I know," Cimorene said. "I keep telling them I don't want to be rescued, but they're all so honorable
that none of them will tell anyone when they go back because they think it would be gossiping."
"More likely they don't want to look foolish."
"Maybe, but even if they did tell people, I'm not sure anyone would believe it. I have a hard enough
time convincing the knights when they show up in person."
"It's just as well that your visitors have been honorable," Morwen said, looking thoughtful.
"Linderwall's a prosperous kingdom. Sooner or later the chance of getting hold of half of it is going to
tempt someone to try rescuing you whether you want to be rescued or not."
"That hadn't occurred to me," Cimorene said with a worried frown.
"What can I do about it?"
"I'm not sure," Morwen replied. "The situation's not at all usual, you know. I've never heard of a
princess volunteering for a dragon before.
Which rather surprises me, now that I think of it. A dragon's princess is practically guaranteed a good
marriage, so you'd think princesses from the smaller kingdoms would be clamoring for the job."
"They're probably worried about being eaten," Cimorene said. "Do you think it would help if I sent my
parents a letter?"
"Probably not," Morwen said after a moment's consideration. "But it can't hurt to try. I'll check my
spell books when I get home. It may give me an idea. I suggest that you hunt through Kazul's library.
She's been collecting scrolls for centuries; you ought to be able to find something useful. Meanwhile,
we'll put up a sign."
"A sign?" Cimorene stared at Morwen for a moment, then began to smile.
"'Road washed out,'" she said. "'Use alternate route." Is that the kind of sign you were thinking of?"
"Exactly," Morwen said with approval. "It won't stop anyone who's really determined, but it will
certainly slow them down. That should give us time to come up with something better."
The two women set to work at once and in a short time produced a large, official-looking sign.
Morwen offered to set it up on her way back to the Enchanted Forest, but Cimorene thought it would be
too awkward for her to carry while riding the broom. So, once Morwen had gone, Cimorene tucked the
sign under her arm and started down the path.
Cimorene had not had a chance to do any real exploring before, though she had looked out at the
mountains every day and wondered. She was happy to have an excuse to see more of the outside of her
new home.
It was a lovely day, warm and sunny, and at first the path was level and easy. Cimorene was just
beginning to wonder whether anyone would believe her sign, once she got it put up, when the path
swung left around a boulder and narrowed to a tiny ledge that sloped steeply upward.
Cimorene stopped. Now she knew why none of the knights had ridden up to the cave. The ledge was
barely wide enough for a person on foot to edge along sideways; the best rider in the world couldn't have gotten a horse down it. Cimorene rolled her sign up into a firm, tight cylinder and stuck it through her
belt, so she would have her hands free while she climbed. Then she stepped out onto the ledge.
Sidling up the slope took a long time, for Cimorene was careful to make sure that each part of the
ledge would hold before she trusted her weight to it. She was also careful not to look down. Heights had
never bothered her before, but there was a big difference between standing solidly on top of a tower in
Linderwall Castle behind a four-foot parapet and inching along a ledge barely six inches wide with
nothing between her and a long fall.
She had almost reached the top of the slope, where the path widened again, when a portion of the
ledge disappeared just ahead of her.
Cimorene pulled her foot back and tried to figure out what had happened. She hadn't seen or heard the
rock crumble and fall away; there was simply a two-foot gap in the ledge that hadn't been there before.
She studied it for a moment, trying to think of a way of getting past. Nothing occurred to her. She felt a
twinge of annoyance at the thought of all her wasted efforts, but cheered up at once when she realized
that this would solve the problem of the visiting knights.
If she couldn't get around or over the gap, an armored knight wouldn't be able to get by, either.
Cimorene smiled and turned her head to creep back to safety.
There was another two-foot gap in the ledge on her other side.
Cimorene frowned. Something very odd was going on, and she didn't like it.
"You look as if you are in need of assistance," said a deep voice from above her. "May I be of help?"
Cimorene turned her head and saw a man standing four feet away, on the path at the top of the ledge.
He was tall and sharp-featured, and his eyes were a hard, bright black. Though he had a gray beard that
reached nearly to his waist, his face did not look old. He wore loose robes made of blue and gray silk,
and in one hand he held a staff as tall as himself made of dark, polished wood.
"Possibly," Cimorene answered. She was certain that the man was a wizard, though she had never met
one before, and she did not want to agree to anything until she was sure of what she was agreeing to.
The court philosopher had always claimed that wizards were very tricky.
"May I know to whom I am speaking?"
"I am the wizard Zemenar," the man said. "And you must be Kazul's new princess. I hope you're not
trying to run away. It's-" "Not done," Cimorene said, feeling particularly annoyed because for once she
was not doing anything improper. "Yes, I'm Cimorene."
"I was going to say that it isn't wise to run away from your dragon," the wizard corrected mildly. "I
believe it's done all the time."
"I'm sorry," Cimorene said, but she didn't try to explain. "And I'm not running away. How did you
know who I was?"
"It seemed unlikely that I would find any other charming young lady walking so casually through the
Pass of Silver Ice," Zemenar answered.
He smiled. "As you see, it is easy to find oneself in difficulties if one is not properly . .. prepared."
Cimorene decided that she didn't like him. He reminded her of one of her father's courtiers, a
humorless, sneaky little man who had paid her compliments only when he was after something and who
couldn't resist giving advice even when nobody wanted it. "The ledge was all here when I started," she
said. An idea crossed her mind, and she looked hard at Zemenar. "I don't suppose you know what
happened to the two missing bits?"
A flash of startled annoyance crossed the wizard's face; then his expression smoothed back into
pleasant politeness. He shrugged. "The Pass of Silver Ice is a strange place. Odd things frequently
occur."
"Not like this," Cimorene muttered. She was sure, now, that the wizard had made the ledge vanish so
that he could pretend to rescue her, but she had no idea why he would want her to think she owed him a
favor.
Actually, it surprised her that he had destroyed the ledge. She didn't think the dragons would be too
happy when they found out. Unless he hadn't really destroyed it.
"What did you say?" Zemenar said, frowning uncertainly.
Cimorene ignored him. Without looking down, she slid her right foot along the ledge. The rock felt
firm and solid. Slowly she transferred her weight and brought her left foot up beside her right. She
shifted again, still careful not to look down, and slid her right foot forward once again.
"What are you doing?" Zemenar demanded.
"Getting off this ledge," Cimorene replied. "I should think that was obvious." One more step would
bring her to the path, but Zemenar was squarely in her way. "Would you mind moving back a little so I'll
have somewhere to stand?"
Zemenar's eyes narrowed, but he backed up several paces, and Cimorene stepped onto the path. She
wanted to heave a sigh of relief, but she did not. She wasn't going to let Zemenar have the satisfaction of
knowing she had been worried. Instead, she gave him her best royal smile and said with polite
insincerity, "Thank you for offering to help, but as you see, it wasn't needed. Do stop by and visit some
time."
"I will," Zemenar said as if he meant it. "And a very good day to you, Princess Cimorene."
With that he vanished. There was no smoke or fire or whirlwind.
There wasn't even a shimmer in the air as he disappeared. He was simply and suddenly gone.
Cimorene stared at the place where the wizard had been and felt a shiver run down her spine. It took a
very powerful wizard indeed to vanish so quietly. And she still didn't know what he wanted.
She shook herself and started down the path. She would worry about the wizard later; right now she
had to find a place to put up her sign so she could get back to the cave. She didn't feel much like
exploring any more.
She hadn't taken more than two or three steps when a dark shadow passed over her. Looking up,
startled, she saw a flash of yellow-green scales.
An instant later a dragon landed on the path in front of her, blocking the way completely. His tail hung
over the edge, and he had to keep his wings partly unfurled in order to stay in balance. Cimorene
recognized him at once. It was the yellow-green dragon who had wanted to eat her the day she arrived so
unexpectedly in the dragons' cave.
"I saw the whole thing," the dragon said with nasty, triumphant glee.
"Running away-and talking to a wizard! Just wait until Kazul hears.
She'll be sorry she didn't just let us eat you and be done with it."
"I offer you greetings and good fortune on your travels," Cimorene said, figuring that it was best to be
polite to anyone as large and toothy as a dragon, even if he wasn't being at all polite to her. "I'm not
running away."
"then what are you doing? Kazul doesn't have any business that would bring you down this side of the
pass."
"I came out to put up a sign to keep the knights away," Cimorene said.
"That's ridiculous." the dragon sniffed. "I've been on patrol in this part of the mountains for the past
week, and I haven't seen or smelled even a hint of a knight."
"You haven't been by Kazul's cave, then," Cimorene said. "At least nine of them have shown up there
in the past week. though for the past couple of days it's been mostly a prince."
"Princes don't smell any different from knights, and I'd have noticed if any of them were hanging
around," the dragon said flatly. "And what about that wizard you were talking to?"
"Chaaarrge!" shouted a familiar voice from the other side of the dragon.
"Therandil!" Cimorene shouted. "I told you to go away!" the yellow-green dragon twisted his long
neck and glanced back over his shoulder. He seemed to bunch together like a cat crouching. Then he
sprang straight up into the air, and Cimorene was blinded by the cloud of dust raised by the flapping of
his enormous wings. She had the presence of mind to flatten herself back against the rocks by the side of
the path, and a moment later she heard someone blundering by. She stuck out a foot.
"Ow!" she said as Therandil fell over with a clatter. She'd forgotten that he'd be wearing iron boots
along with the rest of his armor.
"Cimorene? Is that you?" Therandil said.
"Of course it's me," Cimorene replied, rubbing her ankle. "Open your eyes; the dust's settled." She looked up as she spoke and saw the dragon soar out of sight behind a cliff.
"I'm sorry," Therandil said, and then in an anxious tone he added, "I hope I didn't hurt you, stumbling
into you like that."
Cimorene started to say that it was nothing and that it had been her fault anyway, when she suddenly
got a much better idea. "I think you've sprained my ankle," she declared.
"Oh, no," Therandil said. He sounded truly dismayed, though Cimorene couldn't see his face because
he was wearing his helmet with the visor down.
"I probably won't be able to walk for at least a month," she declared.
"And there's certainly no way I can climb down this mountain."
"But if you can't walk-" Therandil said, and paused. Then he squared his shoulders and went on, "-then
I suppose I'll have to carry you."
He didn't sound as if he liked the idea.
"I don't think that would work very well," Cimorene said quickly.
"How will you fight when all the dragons come back if you're carrying me? No, you'll have to leave
me here and go back alone."
"You can't stay here!" Therandil protested, though Cimorene's talk of when all the dragons come back
had plainly made him nervous.
"I have to," Cimorene said, trying to sound noble and long-suffering.
"The dragons will make sure I get safely back to Kazul's cave, and a month isn't too long a wait, after
all."
"I don't understand," Therandil said, and he did look thoroughly puzzled.
"There's no point in you or anyone else coming up here to rescue me for at least a month, not till my
ankle's better," Cimorene explained patiently.
"Oh, I see," Therandil said. He tilted his head back and scanned the empty sky. "You're quite sure
you'll be all right? Then I'll just be going before those dragons return." He turned and started down the
path as quickly as he could manage in full armor.

This is a novel borrowed from a friend which I loved very much...
So I thought why don't I share it with others...

it is written by Patricia C. Wrede
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