Volume Two in the Stone Heart Saga 

Dmitrei didn't want to be brought back into the world he left behind centuries ago. Especially with a collar that ensures he has no access to his incredible powers until he proves he is willing to fight for humanity, on the side of good. He tried that once and is unwilling to let himself care again. Until he meets Elena, a kind animal shelter worker whose bright smile and sexy curves melt the ice inside him and make him want to protect humans once more. 

Elena knows exactly how unfair life can sometimes be, but she tries to focus on the positives in life. Like her work healing people and animals at the animal shelter. She never expected a god-like, tall, amazingly gorgeous man to walk into her shelter and say he wants to volunteer, only to later admit he just waned an excuse to get to know her. It seems too good to be true, other than the fact that Dmitrei seems to be hiding secrets behind his dazzling sapphire eyes. 

As Elena and Dmitrei's friendship quickly progresses to sensual kisses and hot rendezvous, Elena is realizing Dmitrei might be more than human, and Dmitrei is realizing Elena might be his mate. Now if only he can face the demons of his past, including the one inside him, to deserve the only woman who makes him feel alive. 

Join Dmitrei and Elena on their healing, heartfelt journey of acceptance and forgiveness. Catch up on Elric and Ann's life since Dmitrei arrived. Guest starring Peony the kitten, and introducing, Sebastian the Maine Coon!

Elena was anxiously waiting for Lucien in the hall. Being late on the first day of work would definitely not make a good first impression on the director, Mr. Hank.

Another receptionist, Cathy, smiled to her colleague and joked, “Elena, who are you waiting for? Your sweetheart?”

“Come on, Cathy. I’m waiting for a friend of mine. Today’s his first day working for the association.”

When Elena was talking, Lucien came into the hall. 

“Thanks God, you are here, Lucien.” Elena walked out of the counter and toward Lucien, “Why do you look so tired? Are you sick?” 

Lucien knew he must look terrible. The headache caused by his soul injury was torturing him all the way. After rushing here, he felt quite dizzy.

“Well… I think so. But I’m okay. Thank you for asking, Elena.” Lucien smiled to Elena, who was wearing a long white dress today. “I think we’re gonna meet Mr. Hank now, aren’t we?” asked Lucien.

“Yes, we are.” Elena started walking upstairs, and was followed by Lucien, “No worries. Sunday’s never a busy day, or say, the work is not busy in general.”

Mr. Hank was a middle-aged serious man, who was always wearing a decent suit. After asking some basic questions, Mr. Hank just nodded and asked Elena to lead Lucien directly to the library.

The library was on the second floor. While they were heading toward it, Elena was trying to describe the other librarian to Lucien, “His name is Pierre Sandor. Both of you work the morning shift in the library. He’s an ok guy. I don’t think he’ll give you a hard time, so no worries. But he’s a bit… umm…” Elena paused for a few seconds, “weird.”

The guy called Pierre should also have some connections in the association, or he would have no chance working as a librarian here if he was just a nobody. Lucien just wanted to do his own work and avoid trouble as much as possible.

The Music Library was huge and quiet, and thousands of precious music books, journals, and newspaper were collected here. 

There was only a black-haired young guy sitting behind the wood counter, reading the tablature carefully. In Lucien’s eyes, the guy looked like a big fan of music.

“Pierre, Pierre…” Elena tried to draw his attention, “This is the new librarian, Lucien.”

Finally, Pierre raised his head from the book. His brown eyes looked a bit confused. 

“Morning, Elena! What day is it today… Sunday?”

“Nice to meet you, Pierre. I’m Lucien Evans, the new librarian.” Lucien introduced himself with a warm smile.

Just realizing his new colleague was standing in front of him, Pierre walked out of the counter and greeted Lucien, “Nice to meet you, Lucien. I’m Pierre Sandor.”

When they were shaking hands, Pierre put on a sly smile, “Lucien, you’d better… refrain yourself a bit…”

“What are you talking about, Pierre?” Elena was confused.

“Just guys’ conversation,” answered Pierre casually.

Shrugging her shoulders, Elena whispered to Lucien, “You see. I told you… And I gotta go now, Lucien. Make good use of the books here, and work hard.” 

After Elena left, Pierre started showing Lucien around. While he was walking, he talked to Lucien casually, “Umm… I sometimes talk in a weird way. If you don’t understand, don’t let my words disturb you.”

“So you asking me to ‘refrain myself’ was also a casual talk?” asked Lucien.

“Nope, that was serious. Guys in our age can easily drain ourselves from too much… Umm, you know what I’m talking about.”

Lucien didn’t know what to say. Now in Lucien’s eyes, Pierre looked like a big fan of music, and kind of nasty.

After introducing the basic stuff that Lucien had to do as a librarian here, Pierre stretched himself a bit and said, “Only the members of the association can have access to this library, so it’s never busy here. Just remember to be polite to the musicians. You can spend more time here, and I’m gonna go back and enjoy The Well-Tempered Clavier now.”

His eyes were glowing when he mentioned music.

“Sure.” Lucien was more than willing to be left alone. With his spirit library, Lucien was always trying to store more books in it, like a squirrel collecting its favourite cones.

Lucien quickly leafed through a book, and a copy of the book instantly appeared in his spirit library. Then Lucien directly turned to another one.

“Hey, what are you doing there?” Pierre asked in a confused way. He hadn’t gone far yet. 

“I’m doing a random check here to see if there are any damaged ones. Then I can take note of them and report to the association.” Lucien immediately made up an excuse.

“You’re as careful as a woman, Lucien.” Pierre commented.

In the following four hours, only two musicians visited the library. Lucien thus managed to collect more than a hundred of the books there. His arms felt pretty sore from leafing through them.

The books covered many aspects of the world, not just music. Lucien wanted to have a better understanding of the world as soon as possible.

…………

Lucien finished his work at about half past midday. When he was leaving the library, Pierre was still immersed in music, with a bread in his hand.

Later, Lucien went to Mr. Victor’s place and continued his study.

Life was pretty peaceful in the following couple of days. 

One evening, John came back. When no one was around, he started telling Lucien what happened on that day.




"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.

He was about to put it inside his bag when he noticed something in the book. Erick frowned when he saw that there was a card inserted in between the pages of the book. He did not remember putting something like this in his book.
"I was reading this book days before we had the mission to catch Black Shadow. I left it here on my table. I don't remember putting something into this book. Was it Elle who put it back to the bookshelves?" Erick mumbled to himself as he picked up the card which was inserted in between the pages of the book.
Erick curiously examined the card. It appeared to be a simple white plain card made with hard paper material. It was neatly folded. When he flipped it, he saw a hand-written text on the card.
Erick's brows were drawn together in a frown the moment he saw his name on the card. He realized that this card contained a message for him. 
'Is this from Elle?' he mumbled as he began to read the content written on the card.
[ Erick ]
[ First of all, I would like to apologize for breaking my promise. You told me to wait but I can't do that. By the time you read this, I won't be here by your side anymore. Sorry for not saying goodbye personally. ]
[ By writing this letter, I want you to know that I am not the kind of person you think I am. I am a dangerous person. I lied to you. I don't have amnesia. Now you know that I deceived you, you should stop loving me. ]
[ Thank you for saving my life. I consider that as debt and I will surely repay that in the future. Now, I must leave you. Don't look for me. Don't ask questions.]
[ Some things are better left unsaid. Some secrets are better left unrevealed. It is better this way for both of us. Move on and just forget about me. I wish you a happy life. You are a kind person and you deserve someone better.] 
[ Goodbye Erick. Thank you for everything. ]
Erick's grip on the card tightened after reading the message. His mind was in shambles. His eyes were dark as various emotions crossed his face; confusion, disbelief, surprise, hurt, and sadness. He felt like his body was drained of energy as he felt weak.
This discovery had a huge impact on him. He clutched his chest as he felt like his heart was aching right now, suffocating him. He sat down on his chair, seeking support. He was still gripping the letter on his right hand.
He sat there under the deafening silence of his surroundings. His eyes were staring at the blank space while thinking of so many things.
'When did Elle write this letter? When did she try to leave me?' he asked himself.
'She mentioned breaking her promise to wait for me. So it means it happened during our mission in catching Black Shadow.'
'Did I see it coming? That's why I was very reluctant to leave her that night. I felt something was off about her at that time. She was acting very weird and seemed like she was troubled.'
The realization made him want to laugh and cringe at the same time. He dropped the letter on the desk as he covered his face using both hands. 
'Elle tried to leave me. She tried to disappear from me.' These thoughts were kept on replaying in his mind right now.
Seconds later, a burst of laughter echoed inside his study. His laugh was cold and humorless. He knew from the start that Elle was hiding something from him. 
He had a nagging feeling about it but he always put his doubt and suspicion at the back of his mind.
Now, he felt fear, an emotion he hated the most at that moment. Fear of Elle walking away from him. 
With the rise of his worries and fears came another emotion: relief and gratitude for Elle had chosen to stay with him after he got injured. 
For him, it was a blessing in disguise. If his life was not put in danger and their mission succeeded that night then maybe Elle would never come back again. Maybe, he won't be able to see Elle again.
Though she concealed from him her intention of lying about her amnesia and hiding this from him for so long, he couldn't bring himself to be mad at her. Even if she said clearly in this letter that she deceived him, he still chose to understand her.
Just like the skin needed to protect flesh and blood, Elle's lie was needed to protect something. That's what he believed in for now. He won't judge her right away and he wanted to give her a chance to justify her action.
As for the thought of Elle being a dangerous person, he let out another chuckle.
"Yes, you are a dangerous person because danger always clings to you. A gang is hunting you. You became a hostage several times. The incident together with my Mom, with James and just recently, the incident happened at Vello spa." Erick mumbled as he felt so helpless.
Erick heaved a deep sigh, feeling so desperate. "What am I gonna do to you, Elle? I love you so much that I won't ever let you go. I won't allow you to leave me once again. Do I need to tie you and imprison you by my side?"
He admitted that he was also saddened and hurt by this discovery. But he was willing to wait for Elle to personally reveal it to him. 
He was consoled by the thought that Elle just started opening up for him. He was glad that Elle shared with him her dark past about her parent's death.
"I love her and she loves me. That is the most important thing right now. Don't waver. This is just a trial for us. I need to be strong." Erick uttered, reminding himself.
He gathered all his thoughts, washing away all the negative emotions he felt just a while ago. He stood up as he picked up the letter on his table. 
He hid it, making sure that Elle would not find it if ever she would come to his study and tried to search for that letter.
After calming himself down, he was now ready to go back to their headquarters. His eyes were now clear compared to before. Feeling so determined, he had one goal in mind: 'To make Elle stay by his side no matter what.'
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Meanwhile, Elle who was currently oblivious that her missing letter had already been spotted by the man who was supposed to receive it before, was now talking leisurely with their regular customer slash visitor, James Arison.
Two pairs of eyes were watching them. One was curious about the handsome and rich man in a black suit who appeared to be interested with her sis Elle while the other one was wondering why Elle was surrounded by men whom she was not supposed to be closer with, a detective and a man who is the son of the person she killed.
"Fate is a string that quietly connects one person to another. When one person's heart suddenly gets mixed with so many other hearts some things are meant to happen. It is inevitable and we have no control over it."
Charles and Elena averted their gaze to the person who just spoke those words. It was Phantom. He was holding a tray while also looking at the direction of Elle and James.
It seemed like Phantom had read Charles's mind that's why he said those words. On the other hand, Elena had no idea what Phantom was saying so she turned to Charles.
"What is sir Tom is talking about?" Elena asked him curiously. She just whispered to him so that only Charles could hear her.
"Hehe, never mind that. It is just words of wisdom from him." Charles responded to her. 
He couldn't explain it to her so he just smiled sheepishly at her as he scratched his face. Elena just nodded at him. She fixed her gaze back to Elle and James. Charles also did the same.
"Boss Charles, that person also came here for the past few days looking for Elle. It looks like he is interested in her. But if I could remember sis Elle had already a handsome boyfriend, the one who saved us before." Elena softly said to him.
Charles just shook his head. "Hmm, you are right. I bet James already knew about it but he just turned a blind eye as he wanted to pursue her. Well, good luck to him." Charles replied as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Who do you like most for sis Elle, the rich guy or the detective?" Elena asked him again. Charles was taken aback by her last question.
'Who do I like most for Elle between those two men?' he also questioned himself. 
"Sshhh… stop gossiping. Leave those two alone and back to work." Phantom slightly scolded Charles.
"Sorry, sir Tom!" Elena made a slight bow and immediately apologized to him.
"Oh dear, I am not referring to you but to the man beside you." Phantom let out a soft chuckle.
"What a huge difference in treatment. My angel is the only one who treats me well in this Cafe." Charles made a pitiful face. Elena just giggled at his reaction.
'He is really cute acting like a kid. Want to hug him.'Elena thought to herself.
As per the advice of Phantom, Elena and Charles stopped watching those two persons and they focused themselves on entertaining their other customers.
On the other hand, James started pestering Elle, bombarding her with so many questions.
"What happened to you last week? Why you suddenly get sick? Are you really fine now? You are not answering my calls. You are making me worry."
Elle just looked at him helplessly. 'What's up with this kind of attitude now? Though our relationship improves for the past few weeks it does not mean I have an obligation to answer his call and tell him what is happening on my end.'
Sensing the genuine concern from James's voice, she tried not to offend him.
"Sorry about your calls, I am really sick that I am not allowed to use any gadgets like a cellphone," Elle said as an alibi.
"Don't worry, I am fine now," she added.
James was a little bit doubtful with her last statement, so without warning, he extended his hand, placing the back of his palm on Elle's forehead as he checked her temperature.
Caught off guard, Elle's eyes just widened because of James's sudden action. They were in that position when a newcomer approached their table calling Elle's name.


"Fateful encounter of a cold-blooded assassin and a gentle detective: She wants to avenge her parents’ death, no matter the cost. He wants to redeem her and teach her forgiveness. One of them must give in.

Merciless, fierce, vicious and ruthless were the words that people would associate with her. That's how they would describe her, a living devil. Elle is known as the mysterious and meticulous assassin feared by both the underground syndicates and the government. But she finds herself helpless and at the end of her rope when she meets with despair on one of her missions.

Erick, a chief detective, comes just in time to rescue the devil turned damsel. His kindhearted nature had led him to take the cold and aloof girl under his wing. With his protection on the line, Elle couldn't possibly get close to him in fear of being revealed.

Can she let him into her walls or will she push him away, like all the others?

Can he close his eyes to her crimes or will he punish her?"

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*Excerpts*
"What if I had killed someone? What if I am a criminal, what will you do?"

Erick kept silent for a few seconds, thinking. Elle could almost hear her pounding heart amidst the silence of their surrounding.

Erick looked into her eyes and met her nervous gaze as he gave her his response.

"If that is the case, then I will have to put you in prison," he said in a serious tone.

Elle's heart sank when she heard it. She felt like her world fell into pieces.

"So... if I ask you to surrender yourself to me, will you do it?" Erick asked her softly as he cupped her troubled face in his two hands.

"Will you?... will you marry me Elle?" he added.

Elle:"..."

Erick took advantage of that chance when Elle was still in a trance as he brought his face closer to her and sealed her lips with a gentle kiss.
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Normally, if you die in the middle of combat, there's a strong chance that you'll drop one of the equipments you're currently wearing.

Next to the bloodied body of Chul, who died from the Hobgoblin's kick, laid the lengthy one-handed sword which he used to wield. The four others were hiding as they gazed at the corpse of Chul and the equipment he dropped.

It was Leiu's idea, he noticed Chul sneaking away from the battle and heading toward the boss's hut. He signaled for others then retreated away from this area, they were confused on why he would run when the fight was going well so Leiu had to spit it out for them.

He merely told them to look toward the direction of the boss' residence only for them to see a silhouette that entered the hut. At that moment, the three of them condemned this trickster, even his friend, Realman, didn't like what happened and agreed to kick Chul out of the party.

The ran a distance away until the boss stopped chasing them then they hid in nearby bushes, waiting for Chul to leave the hut and be instantly killed by the Hobgoblin.

The four silently watched as hut was killed by the boss without being able to retaliate, Realman wanted to help his friend but decided otherwise, it was either Chul or these people and apparently, he made the right decision by staying there, without going out there and risking his life for some scum who abandoned his teammates for some precious loot.

He no longer begrudged Leiu for what happened last time, it was their fault, to begin with, and he has no right to be angry.

Even Sui and Elena weren't angry anymore, especially the crazy ape, who forgot everything once Leiu decided to sell that unique staff to her.

Previously, Leiu managed to reduce the Hobgoblin's Health pool by quite a bit, unfortunately, he didn't severely injure the boss, so its Health instantly regenerated when it killed Chul and left its combat stance.

In Hell Gate, the Health of the bosses, or monsters in general, regenerate if the players flee mid-combat. The monsters will chase the players a certain distance, some will not chase while others will even follow the players to the city, planning to kill them no matter what, it all depends on the type of the monsters and their behavior.

If, for example, a player seriously cuts off a limb of a certain boss, severely injuring the monster in the process, then the player flees from that area. The boss will regenerate some of his Health, however, not all of it will recover, it'll only heal to a certain percentage.

This only applies to bosses and a few unique and elite monsters, normal monsters will always recover their full Health.

…

With no choice but to begin from scratch, the four of them came out of the bushes with Leiu leading the party, directly charging at the boss. With no adds around the hobgoblin, it'll be easier on him as the others will be backing him up and damaging the boss, which will be aggroed to him.

The large monster noticed the incoming humans, it screeched loudly and raised its weapon and hammered down at Leiu, planning to turn him into minced meat.

Just before he was about to be struck by the heavy hammer, Leiu rolled to the side, barely dodging the attack but still being affected by its aftereffects. The ground shook heavily, destabilizing his body which slowed him a bit, fortunately, a fireball followed by an arrow struck the boss, making it unable to attack leiu for a short period of time.

Leiu didn't want to risk it and use [Counter] as he didn't know if it would work against such a large and powerful boss, it may work against elite monsters but it isn't stated if it could stop big strikes such as the previous one.

Better safe than sorry, he didn't want to risk it, such a hit could one-shot him if it's critical and even if it couldn't kill him, it'll still deal a significant amount of damage.

As the boss was waving its hammer to disperse the annoying flames, Leiu swiftly circled around it and threw his chains, entangling it for a few seconds. This was but the beginning, Leiu didn't start his slashing directly, he tightly held the chains and pulled with all his force, causing the big body of the hobgoblin to shake and back away as if it's about to fall down.

Leiu didn't have enough strength to pull it down forcefully, its size was just too big and it was too powerful. If he had more strength maybe it could have been done, but now, it's simply isn't doable to push down the boss.

"Aim at its hands, not chest!"

Leiu shout at his comrades, Sui was just shooting at its chest. Most of the arrows hit but do minimal damage, there were some that were deflected by the boss's armor, at this rate, they won't be able to kill it anytime soon.


Leiu let go of the chains and unsheathed his sword and stabbed it at the feet of the boss, purposely aiming at its vital spots where a heavy injury could lead to the target's immobilization.

He followed by [Invisible Strike], two powerful slashes landed on the Hobgoblin, removing some Health Points from its pool.

'-142'
'-255'
Seeing the damage values of Leiu's, the other gasped in surprise. Elena, supposedly the strongest DPS amongst them, did way less damage than Leiu.

Moreover, it takes some time fire her spells, as for Leiu, he would just slash, stab, and thrust his sword.


Realman also knew where and when to attack, he appeared on the other side and did a quick stab and whilst the dagger was still engraved inside the disgusting flesh of the boss, the youth moved it down with a lot of force, causing lots of blood to gush out on the young man's face, however, he didn't care as he wanted to deal the most amount of damage in the small-time gap that he's visible at.
'-99'
'-85'
'-55'
'-5'
-'5'
The bleeding effect was pretty useful as it lasted for thirty seconds and could be refreshed each time he attacked.

Another fireball hit the shoulder of the hobgoblin, annoying it further and causing its hammer to be randomly swung in all direction, forcing Leiu and Realman to jump back.

"I said its hands not its shoulder, are you deaf or what?!"

Leiu shouted at Elena, who was enjoying her moment as she cast her fireballs and did lots amount of damage. From the point of view of many people, she was doing a marvelous job as a mage, but Leiu thought otherwise, he required more than dealing damage per second from a mage. 

If it were any normal game, the mage needs to continuously cast his spells, however, Hell Gate needed precision and timing! Know where to aim and when. A fireball aimed at a weak spot would critical damage and possible slow down the boss' movement.

Take Realman, for example, he was pretty good as he knew when to appear and how to attack. Assassins relied on burst damage in a short period of time. They were masters of stealth and deal much more damage if they hit from behind.

Compared to Victorious, Realman is a bit lacking but he was still better than the two girls.

As for Elena? She was just throwing her fireballs left and right without worrying where they'll hit, even though he told her to aim at the boss's hand to cause it to drop its hammer, she turned a deaf ear to him and continued attacking like a blind ape.

He was a melee class and the hands of the boss are out of his reach, he could hit them with his chains but that wasn't really efficient.

The Hobgoblin was vulnerable to the Fire attribute and Elena was a mage which could hit from a long distance and could aim anywhere, so why not use this in a more helpful way, instead of wasting her Mana in hitting it on its shoulder.

There are already two DPS classes doing that, as a mage, she should try to disarm the boss, or so thought Leiu.

He didn't think Sui could do the job, for now, at least, since she didn't have much confidence in herself but that could be fixed with experience. As for Elena, she had it in her but she was too prideful and arrogant, which irritated the hell out of Leiu as he repeatedly cursed her in his mind.

The truth is that Elena is making the fight difficult for Leiu and Realman, the hobgoblin gets angry whenever its hit by her fireballs, so it starts swinging its hammer everywhere, this way, Leiu can't get close and keep the aggro.

At this rate, the hobgoblin will turn his focus to Elena and since the latter is a mage, her mobility is weak so she'll not be able to dodge its attack, much less its aoe, which will kill her immediately due to her incredibly weak defense.

***
Back at the Black Mountain City, in the altar where dead players revive, Chul was angrily kicking the wall. He became hysterical for a few seconds before calming down and opening his chat.
From then on, he started spitting a bunch of bullshit about Leiu, also known as 'Nameless'.

In fact, the things he looted from the hobgoblin's hut were good but the sword wasn't amongst them. There was a piece of silver equipment but it wasn't worth dying over. 
Chul guessed that the sword will drop from the boss, which is why he felt miserable and angry.

He said that Leiu killed him, stole the treasure and the rewards for an A difficulty quest.

He also snitched on them and told his guildmates about the hobgoblin, which will definitely drop good quality gear.

Chul was part of Dark Angels and although he wasn't an elite, he's still known by a lot of members thanks to his chatty and ass-licking attitude.

When he started falsely recounting what happened, a group of 20 players left the city and went toward Leiu and co, planning to snatch the loot and demand 'Nameless' for the treasure he stole then killing him, of course.

After all, their friend and guildmate was wronged and killed, how could they not retaliate.
Unfortunately, Elena, Sui, and Realman were busy fighting the boss so they had their chat log turned off.

Despite the difficulties caused by Elena, Leiu still managed to keep aggro on the boss and empty its Health bar little by little.

He had 10% movement speed granted by [Fast Step], which allowed him to become more flexible in dodging. In more than one occasion, he received a hit from the hobgoblin but he would gulp down a Health Potion almost immediately to recover.

Although their teamwork was clumsy at first, as the fight prolonged, Elena started aiming properly, which limited the attacks of the boss and gave Leiu more opportunities to attack. 
The hobgoblin's Health bar decreased rapidly until the tall and grotesque monster lifelessly fell on the ground.

The two girls and Realman leveled up. As for Leiu, he also leveled up but only because he was already close to Lv43 before the fight. In fact, he exactly received 22% worth of experience.

The boss dropped three pieces of equipment and a book. The three walked to the corpse and shared the stats of the loot amongst each other.

*Destructive Hammer (Silver)(Normal): +30 Strength / -10 Agility / -5 Dexterity*
Lv Req: 50

+10 Gold

*Advanced Adventurer's Armor (Bronze)(Normal): +10 Vitality / +8 Agility / +6 Strength*
Lv Req: 40

Bow of Faith (Silver)(Rare): +18 Dexterity / +15 Agility / +15 Mana.
Skill : Rapid Fire : Allows the user to rapidly fire five successive arrow. 
1st arrow : 90% damage
2nd arrow : 100% damage
3rd arrow : 110% damage
4th arrow : 120% damage
5th arrow : 150% damage.

The most eye-catching thing is the white bow, which had special visual effects. It looked beautiful and its stats were no joke, especially the skill. Sui became a bit fidgety as she looked around, hesitating on whether to take the bow or not.

Only after the urging of Elena did the shy girl take the bow. The hammer added a large amount of Strength but it seemed heavy, nonetheless, it would fetch a good price on the auction. Still, he chose the armor as the one he's currently wearing is trash, to say the least. 

He could use every increase in stats. His stats are above average, for now, only because his two classes added a lot.

When the good equipment starts dropping, people would overpower him just with the sheer power of good quality equipment.

Seeing that Leiu only chose the worst of three equipment, Elena was a bit confused. The only remaining loot was the book

*Courageous Soul (Passive) (Epic): Gain 10 Health every level up.*
Can only be used by Tank classes.

Seeing the simple description of the book, everyone became gobsmacked. They never expected an Epic skill book to drop. Such a skill would make anyone drool and greedy.

Leiu unceremoniously stretched his hand and took it, moreover, he used it on the spot. Elena wasn't particularly angry, neither was Sui, who just received a good bow. Only Realman was left hanging, however, he couldn't oppose Leiu as his contribution was enormous and he deserved to take the book.

Leiu was actually feeling incredibly surprised, the book clearly stated that only tank classes could use it yet when he took it, planning to sell it later, the system asked him if he wants to learn it or not.
Of course, he accepted as such a skill is exactly what he needs right now.

10 Health Points every level up is such a good things, especially right now. What he lacks the most right now is Health as it's necessary to have a big pool of Health to be able to solo properly.

Leiu, 24-years-old, is a person who is struggling between finding a decent job with regular income and providing care for his family. After spending a long time working part-time jobs, he finally has enough money to buy the new VRMMO game that's about to be released.

This is a story about his adventures and progress in this new game.

Author's note: Be aware, this story contains drama, tragedy, horror and so on, so I advise to think twice before reading it or else you might regret it later.

WARNING: If you are not a fan of the stories which contain overpowered Main Character, then there is no need to read this.

PS: This story has a direct relation with Once, Human, Now a Parasite. However, you're not forced to read the two stories to understand the plot but it'll still clarify a lot of things later on.

PS2 : This story relies on readers, I'll put a pole and let you vote on what the MC does in certain situations. 
The pole will be back only when I reach where I stopped in the old version.

Its been two years since Zero and Elena have gotten married. They have a regular marriage. Things were quiet and nice. Kaname kept his end of the bargain. Doing his best that Zero and Yuki don't see each other. Which keeps things happy on both ends. Zero still thinks about her. Just now he is happy and content with his regular life. He knows that Elena is always there. He is happy to go home from work Eat his dinner and watch tv. Then going to bed and making love. He has no complaints about his life with Elena. She treats him very well. She works two jobs and he has one. She really doesn't need to work but she likes to. She just loves being a teacher. It gives her great pleasure to help the children. Zero is now the president of the association. Which also gives him a pay increase. They still live in the same apartment. Which both of them like very much. Elena keeps the apartment spotless. Everything is in its place. His suits look brand new from her taking good care of them for him. Even though there are times he just throws them on the floor When he comes home from work. She picks them up and keeps them for him. Zero even gained a few pounds from all the good food she cooks him. Yagari calls him the Contented Old Husband. Which Zero is happy with.

One night after dinner laying in bed watching tv. Zero slides himself over to Elena's side of the bed. She is reading her book And he slides his arm around her kissing her neck. Which doesn't take much for him to get her attention. She puts the book down and slides over to him. Kissing him back. Pushing her body up against his. As they continue like always, Zero goes to his nightstand to get his condom.

 "Zero, I want to have your baby." Elena states.

 Zero looking at her tenderly."Are you sure?" He replies.

 "Yes. I think it's about time. I want a baby with you. " Elena responds.

 "Then We shall make one. " Zero says pulling her body close to him and laying the condom on the table. 

He goes back to kiss her and rub her body. Spreading her legs and entering her, Forgetting how it felt to be raw inside her. It only takes him a few thrusts before he is a goner. Letting his warm seed fill her. He lays his head on top her of her chest. Trying to catch his breath. Her arms still wrapped around him. Falling asleep.

A few weeks later Elena is at school not feeling so well. Her stomach is upset. She does her best to get through the school day. Heading home as soon as she could. One the way home she picks up a pregnancy test from the drug store. So excited to take it. She rushes home, straight to the bathroom and takes the test. A few hours later Zero comes home. 

They sit down at dinner like always. Zero taking his napkin into his hand. Finding a pregnancy test under it In a ziplock bag. He just looks at it. 

"Really?" Zero asks.

 Elena getting up and going over to him.

" Yes. We did it. "She responds sitting on his lap.

 Zero pushing her closer to him. Kissing her deeply.

 "I am so happy Zero. I wanted this so badly. I knew I wanted to have a family with you From the moment I saw you." Elena comments. 

"I am glad. I can give that to you. I have to say I am pretty excited too. The thought of a little one running around here, Makes me happy." Zero remarks. Patting her flat tummy.

 "I want you to be careful this time. I don't want anything happening to you or the child." Zero remarks. 

"I can promise you. It won't. I won't let anything or one. Mess this up this time." Elena answers. 

"Good."

A few months go by, their marriage is wonderful. Zero extremely happy about the child. He and Elena fix the child's room and get things here and there. To be ready for it. Enjoying every moment. Zero actually happier then he has ever been. Truly wanting this baby. Feeling he will finally be able to make up for what happened the last time. That always stuck with him. He wished that things would have happened differently with that. Just now he got a second chance.

Elena is extremely happy finally feeling, she is getting everything she ever wanted. Zero has turned into a great husband. She also feels he will be a great father. She continues to work throughout the pregnancy. Feeling pretty good just tired.

When Elena is around eight months pregnant, Zero goes to work Sitting at his desk. Doing his daily routine. Yagari walking in like he does every morning to shoot the shit. Or tell him what is up for the day.

 "Hey, how is my boy?" Yagari asks 

"I'm great. We set up more for the baby last night. We can't wait for him to be here." Zero answers. 

"I am so happy for the both of you. I do have to tell you That Friday night we have another ball to attend. They might be there." Yagari comments. 

"Whatever. It's just part of the job. I don't want you telling Elena anything about it. She is eight months pregnant. I don't want her worrying. I want nothing happening to her or the child. They mean a lot to me." Zero remarks. 

"You will get nothing out of me Zero. I don't want her hurt either. I think its best she stays home. We can just say we need to go out to a work dinner or something. Don't tell her about a ball. She will know they will be there. It's their freaking ball. Something about Yuki wanting to through a party. It seems that Kaname couldn't say no. No matter how much he truly wanted to. We all know he hates those things." Yagari states. 

"That's his problem And his wife. He wanted her." Zero snaps. 

"Will you be ok there?" Yagari asks. 

"Yea. Why not. She made her choice. She has Mr. Snobby Pants. I have my own family now." Zero replies. 

"I hope so. Please don't do anything to screw up what you have." Yagari states

. Zero doesn't answer, Hoping the same thing. Knowing deep down seeing Yuki again. Could screw everything he has built out the window. No matter how hard he tries to act like he doesn't care anymore. He still does.

This takes place a year after Yuki leaves with Kaname. Zero is left at Cross To do his duties, Kaien gives him a new partner to help. One that is madly in love with Zero. Could he fall for her? Or still be lost in Yuki? Zero makes some wrong decisions, that changes his life. This is rated M for Mature. There will be adult language and sexual content.

After a tiring day, Eric and I have finally gotten home. The sun was about to set when we arrived at our estate.

I sink my body in one of the couches found in the living room. I gave a deep sigh out of exhaustion.

"You seem tired, here." Eric handed me a cup of hot chocolate. "Dinner is still a few hours from now, so drink this first so that you won't get hungry."

I took the steaming cup from Eric. "Thank you." I smiled whole heartedly.

"Your welcome." Eric patted my head. "Be careful, it's still hot."

I nodded cheerfully. Slowly I drank the hot chocolate.

"It tastes good." I said.

Eric took a seat beside me. "So, what do you think of the royal academy?" He asked.

"Hmmm?" I thought about it while drinking. "I could say that the academy is the best of the best. Everything that a student needs are found inside the academy."

"Yes." Eric nodded in agreement. "The academy molds youngsters like us, we who will be the future of this country."

I looked at the brother seating beside me. I imagined what kind of adult he will be in the near future. I want to see it, that is why I won't let the original fate of Elena unfold.

"What is it?" Eric asked.

"Huh?" I was caught unprepared with his question.

"You have been looking at me for a while now." Eric smiled shyly. "Do I have something on my face?" He started to feel his own face, looking for something out of the ordinary.

"Ah no, that's not it." I giggled. "I just wondered how you will be a great person once you reach an adult age. I am sure you will make a fine duke and right hand of the king."

"You would also be an amazing female knight in the future, right?" Eric smiled while patting my head.

"Yes, of course." I gulped down the remaining contents of the hot chocolate. "I will be a great female royal knight. I will also serve the king in the future, meaning we won't be separated again."

Eric had a moment of shock but it faded away in just a second, replaced with a warm smile.

"Yes, we won't be separated ever again." Eric said with such warmth.

After finishing the hot chocolate, I felt a bit drowsy.

"Sleepy?" Eric chuckled.

"A little." I yawned.

"It's because you're tired. Why not take a nap for a while?" Eric suggested. "I will wake you up when it's time for dinner."

"Hmm." I nodded in agreement. "Then I will be going to my room."

I stood up and walked towards my room.

***

I open my eyes slowly, feeling disoriented. I look around and it was all dark.

"Where am I?" I can't see anything, the surroundings were all black.

"But I can see myself." I looked down at my body. This wasn't a  body twelve year-old.

I looked even closer and my body looked like the one in my past life. A thirty year-old body.

"Am I dreaming?" I look around the dark place. I pinched myself and I didn't feel any pain.  "Yup, I am definitely dreaming. But how am I going to wake up?" I wondered.

I walked with no particular direction. After a while of walking, I heard someone crying. Hearing someone made me hopeful, so I tried tracking where the sound was coming from.

When I heard the sobs getting louder, I knew I was getting closer. I picked up my pace.

Then I can see a silhouette of a girl in white, squatted on the ground. The sobs are coming from her. I walked slowly and approached her cautiously.

"Hello." I called out. "Why are you crying?"

When the girl heard me, she stopped crying. Slowly, she turned around and looked at me.

I was surprised at first. The girl before me has blonde curly hair and blue eyes. Her beauty was exceptional. If I am not mistaken, she was the eighteen year old Elena. She was going to be me in the future.

"Help me." The eighteen year old Elena said to me. "Please, help me save him."

"Save who?" I asked curiously. "The crown prince? Prince Edward? Don't worry, I intend to do my part to save your love."

The eighteen year old Elena shook her head.

"Help him, don't let him sink into despair." Elena said with eyes full of tears. "Don't let him become the villain of this story."

I was puzzled with Elena's words.

"What do you mean? Who is he?" I asked.

"It was my fault. All of it was my fault." Elena covered her face, tears falling from her eyes once more. "It's because I loved him. I love him so much. But we were not meant to be."

"Elena, please tell me. Who, who are you talking about?" I asked frantically now.

If I have just finished the book, then I would have known who was the villain of the story. Who is the hidden character and why did Elena has such a relationship with him? I really regretted that I died before finishing the book.

"Please promise me." Elena clasped my hand that startled me. Her face was so pitiful, tears stained her beautiful face. "Please promise me you won't do the same thing as me. Save him, save him for me. Don't let him die in the end."

Me heart ached seeing this Elena before me.

"I promise, I will do everything that I can." I said. "But I need to know who you are talking about."

"He...he is..." Elena mouthed the name of the person but I can't hear it.

"What? I cannot hear." I asked her.

Elena's mouth was opening but there was no voice coming out.

"Elena." I was hearing a voice from somewhere distant.

The eighteen year old Elena was fading in front of me.

"No, no." I said in panic. "Don't go yet. You haven't told me the name. The name of the supposedly villain."

"Elena?! Elena!" The voice coming from the distance was now getting nearer.

"No, no. Don't go." I said. My eyes opened in an instant. My arms was stretched out, as if trying to hold on to someone.

"Elena." The voice that was calling out to me was now by my side. My outstretched arm was now being held by warm hands.

I looked at my side and I see Eric.

"Elena, are you okay?" Worry was etched on his face. "Were you having a bad dream?"

Now that I have fully awaken, I can see I was lying on my bed in my room.

"Eric?" I looked at him confused.

"Yes, it's me." Eric gave me a warm smile. He held my hands on his cheek. I can feel his warm skin on me hand. "You were having a nightmare. It's okay now, I am here."

Eric tucked a lose strand of my hair behind my ear. He looked at me with such loving eyes. My heart beat was beating faster.

'Knock knock.'

"Young master, dinner is already served at the dining room." The butler called from outside the door.

"We will be out in a minute." Eric informed.

"Yes sir." The butler answered and left.

"Are you okay now?" Eric asked me still worried.

"Hmm." I nodded. "It was only a dream." I said.

"Okay. Then let's go eat dinner." Eric smiled warmly again. The worry vanished once I have confirmed that I am okay.

I was just your normal typical Filipina office girl that is still single and never had a boyfriend since birth. The sad thing is I am now in the 30's age. I admit I have a normal mediocre face and body that is not enticing to the opposite sex. I never really got a problem with a zero love life because I compensate it with romance books that I read. Yes, I am and introvert that loves reading romance novels. But I never thought that my life will change and drastically.

The next thing I knew, I opened my eyes and saw myself inside a gorgeous room. The ones like in those five star hotels that was impossible for me to afford. I looked at myslef in a huge mirror and to my surprise I see a eight-year old kid with long wavy silver hair, amethysy eyes and white skin. Very far from my Filipina, morena skin, black hair and eyes look.

Then I knew that I was inside the world of the novel I last read. And I was just one of the supporting characters. And to make the matters worse I am the villainess that rivals the heroin and has a sad and tragic ending.

Now reborn as the female villainess that has a tragic ending. I will do anything with my skills and knowledge to prevent the sad ending from happening. I will surely have a bright and happy ending.

***
Author’s note: The cover photo is not my own so credits to the owner. I grabbed it from Pinterest

Elena was hopeless. She decided to go home because it was late. "Leo, I don't know but I'm losing hope for you, I wish you could hear me and open your eyes" said Elena. The next day, in the morning. It was Elena's birthday. Her Mother had died after her birth and her Father used to live far away from Black Falls. On Elena's every birthday, her Father used to call her and send her gifts. She got a call from her father. Elena ran to the door for the gift, this time she got a novel book. It was her favorite but it wasn't available in the city she was living. She liked it very much. Her door knocked again, as she opened it, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" wished her friends. They got gifts for her. She celebrated her birthday happily. "Since we all are here together, we should play a game. Never Have I Ever!" said Sophie. "Yeah! it will be fun" replied Josh. they all agreed to play it. "Well, Okay. never have i ever died" said Elena *chuckled*. Sophie and Josh raised their hands. "OK, I'll ask, never have i ever had a crush on one of my college friends" said Lindy. "I did once but he was gross when I saw him vomiting over my shoes" said Sophie. The game continued. After the fun and games, they all went back to their home. Elena started to think about Leo again, She decided to visit him again. as she reached at the door, she saw, it was locked. She looked around wondering who did it, she knocked but nothing happened. She got shocked and scared. She had no idea, who locked it or is Leo dead. She was wandering everywhere tensely. Elena saw a bench and sat there. She was worried, her face turned white in distress. Elena felt someone sitting on her bench, she turned around. "Leo? You? OMG!! You're alive, you're alright!". She hugged him joyfully. "I was so worried when I saw your home locked, I thought you.. but you are here!" said Elena merrily. "Happy Birthday" whispered Leo and gave her a gift. Elena smiled at him and opened the gift. It was a painted portrait of her. "This is so beautiful!!" said Elena cheerfully. "Well, you said it because you're in this frame" replied Leo. Elena giggled and said, "No, it's.. it's Amazing!". "This is definitely one of the best surprises I'v ever gotten" said Elena. "I started to draw it since the first day I met you" said Leo. They smiled at each other. "Did your friend come back?" asked Leo. "Yeah, she did. She found the moonstone before our note" answered Elena. On the next day, Sophie and Lindy's parents returned from their business. They hid that Lindy was kept in the prison world for a whole week from their parents. They started going to college again. During the class, the professor introduced, "Students, we have a really good new student, who just moved to the town few days ago. I'd like to introduce Leonardo Carroll. Be nice to him you all and help him cover up the notes". They all were pleased to meet him. 
"Happy Endings Come After A Story With Lots Of Ups And Downs"
THE END.
I hope you liked my story! 
Sorry, that it ended so soon. ❤
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This Novel is For general audience. It is the second part of my previous Novel (not continued). It has Adventure, Mystery, Suspense and Drama. 4 friends were living their happiest lives before a disaster occurred.

(Alex P.O.V)

After the last period bell before lunch break ring, I got up from my seat to collect my stuff and go to the locker room to put my stuff in my book in it and lunchroom to meet Eli or whatever her name is to complete my bet with a smirk on my face.

I enter the lunchroom and look around everywhere to find her sitting on the same table she seated on yesterday. I walk towards her table but stopped by my so-called girlfriend Alisha.

"Where are you going Alex our table is there?" she asks pointing her finger towards our table.

"I know I am going towards..... what was her name again? " I ask in deep thought trying to remember her name.

"Elena?" she asks frowning.

"Yes, Elena to complete my bet," I said, she nodded her head and go to the table where group seat at lunch break. I walk to her to see her reading the same book she was reading yesterday.

"Hey, I can't believe we met again I'm----- " I said and about to introduce myself but stopped by her.

"Alex's Williams, star Athlete, most popular guy in the school, slept with every girl in the school, loved by all the girls in the school, gets in the A and B honor roll and a rich boy," she said so casually like she is telling an essay on herself and I just stared at her like an idiot in shocked.

"Am I forgetting something because I thought I got it all right," she asked while smirking. And I just stand like that like an idiot thinking that how did she find about it?. She snapped her finger in front of my eyes and I come out of my daze.

"You are smart I like the smart girls we should hang out sometime," I said smiling at her.

"Huh, hun do you even know m,y name?" she asks narrowing her eye at me.

"Of course I do, your name is Elena Khurana, you are a smart girl, " I said. I waited for her to answer but she just looks at me.

"What?" I ask.

"That is it?" she asks.

"Huh?" I ask being dumbfounded and she burst out laughing.

"What's so funny? " I  ask her and she laughs harder. *God I love her laugh. She looks so adorable while laughing*  I thought than shake my head internally.

*Concentrate, Alex we don't want to fall in love with her we have to make her fall for us for god sake* I told to myself.

"Huh, do you even know that I am in your Physic class," she asks

"No you are not, I never have seen you in those classes and I know everyone on that class," I said while taking a seat next to her.

"Well, of course, you didn't notice me cause you always pay attention to the pretty girls," she said putting her book on the table and folding her hand on her chest. That makes me speechless.

"Well if you excuse me I have to go somewhere see you in physics," she said gathering her books and walk away.

"So how did it go?" Aman asks taking a seat next to me. I just stand up from my seat and walk away where I don't know. 

After sometime bell for the next class leave and I walk away to my next class.

It's all started with a bet.

Alex  Williams is the most popular playboy in the school goal high who has sleep with every girl in the school except one Elena Khurana. His friend Mike makes him bet to sleep before the completion of their last high school year. But what happens if when falls each other.

Will he tell her about the bet or will he keep it to himself. Will he complete the bet or will he stay with her even after sleeping with her. When Elena knows about the bet will she forgive him or will she hate him?

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