The journey of a demon through this world of Cultivation and Magic.

Colonia-10 is a UC (United Commonwealth) colony ship that was sent on a mission in the year 2305 to an unknown destination - presumably a habitable world outside the sol's SOI. Whether it ever reached its destination is debatable. The ship itself was a Class-B colony ship: it had two main fusion thrusters, a Class-B fusion generator and two Class-A storage units. The internals of the ship consisted of one main terminal in the central hub, terraforming equipment, essential supplies and 1,000,010 capsules.

Basayev called Youngho two days after their meeting in Chechnya.

He said that he was able to reach the Black Eagles, the armed rebel force in the Caucasus Mountains. It seemed that rebels around the Caucasus liked the word 'black' in their names. Youngho requested Philip to deliver all the necessities at Georgia's border city, Shatili, by December 23.

Youngho planned to bring the farm family to Georgia this time including the Fatima siblings and the Jongil couple. He would slip out from the family to complete the mission to deliver the necessities for the Black Widows, and after that, he would apply for leave from Michael. He thought, if he did not do this, Michael would give him another difficult assignment.

As for Insoo and his wife, Youngho thought that he could give him a break for their honeymoon when he would return from learning basic education in Frankfurt.

Jongil welcomed Youngho's plan. Karajan had been complaining to Jongil, so he was glad to have a chance to redeem himself by making Karajan happy.

The farm was excited because Cha Insoo's wife, Kim Sunghee, announced her pregnancy. Insoo was still in Frankfurt, so the farm family congratulated her. Insoo, who was officially in Frankfurt for farm business to the farm family, heard the good news through a phone call. Insoo became emotional by hearing the news, so much so that he could not continue talking for a while.

Insoo and his wife Kim Sunghee had been dating since high school. They were known to be the couple that never fought. They were both born from poor families in a rural town and had been working hard to get by since young. As soon as Insoo found a job, he had been earning money and paying for his wife's two little brothers' college education. Now that he was making enough money, he settled down with his wife in Baku. There was no wonder why Insoo was so emotional since they finally bore a fruit of their love after all those years.

***

"Zeynep, you're just mean. How can you treat everyone else except me?"

"Oppa, you said you didn't like ice cream because of your tooth."

Everybody laughed while looking at Jongil and Zeynep's usual argument.

At the arrival lounge of Tbilisi Airport, Zeynep bought ice cream for everyone with her own allowance except for Jongil, and now they were arguing about that. Since it was their first trip in a long time, everyone looked excited.

Agent Philip, who resided in Georgia, came to greet Youngho and his family at the airport. Since Youngho and Jongil saved his life, he had been wanting to pay back the favor someday, so he became a guide for their trip.

He picked them up with a twelve-passenger van and drove them to Marriott Hotel that he reserved for Youngho's company. While driving the van, he gave a little tour around the city.
The guys stayed at the hotel café and the others left to go sightseeing. Since Youngho and Jongil already told them that they would be working during the trip in advance, Karajan and the siblings decided to enjoy the trip by themselves.

After ordering coffee, Youngho spoke to Philip.

"Philip, we're sorry to bother you. Since I've been too busy that I couldn't spend time with my family, I brought them here. I promise that it won't affect our job, so don't report this to Michael."

Philip laughed as Youngho jokingly asked a favor.

"Lee, I'm sorry that this is all I can do for you. You became even busier because of me, so don't worry about that. Also, I already hired a bodyguard for your family so they'd be safe around here."

Philip had assigned a local agent in the city as their bodyguard.

"I don't think they'll get in trouble. Isn't this place known to be safe?"

"No, because of your family's beauty, there might be some dregs troubling them. I want your family to have a peaceful trip here."

"Well, thank you for being so thoughtful."

Saying that he wanted to pay him back for rescuing him, Philip acted humbly. He thought that he would be thankful for his entire life since no one in the CIA came to help him, but Youngho and Jongil came to find him in Nagorno-Karabakh after only hearing that 'an agent was captured somewhere.' Despite the danger, they came to rescue him and carried him over a mountain in coldness. It was something that other agents would not do.

Philip reported that the items to be delivered to the rebels were stored in the storage in Georgia's border security at the village of Shatili.

Youngho's company would be standing by at a ski resort in Bakuriani, which was located on the way to Shatili, and they would move near to the Chechnya border on the 23rd.

When finishing up their conversation, Youngho slipped about doing business with the mafia in Tbilisi, Georgia to ask for Philip's help in the area. Philip had heard about how the South Ossetia's store was opened with the help of the Russian mafias. Youngho explained that the mafias would be using Youngho's name as the owner of the business since Georgians did not like Russians. Philip agreed to help Youngho, saying that he could look for a spot for their store and get the business permission from the government.

***

Because of the snow, the tires rotated in the same place without advancing even though they were chained. Around 10 AM in the morning, Youngho and Jongil left the family at the resort, telling them that he had a business in Tbilisi. With Philip, they were on the way to Shatili to make it to the appointed place. It was 3 PM, but the village was still seven kilometers away.

Although Shatili was a famous tourist destination, it was known that no one visited there during the winter due to the massive amount of snow.

There was a blade installed in the front part of the Philip's van just like a bulldozer. Youngho did not know what that was, but now he learned that it was for plowing the snow. However, because of the blade's weak power, the van could not proceed at its normal speed. They shoveled the snow around the tires and pushed the car from behind multiple times on the way. They could finally reach the village of Shatili when it had turned dark. In a public parking lot of Shatili, there was no car parked. Instead, there were three donkeys tied to a pole.

At a hotel café, two bearded men and Basayev waited for Youngho's company. They greeted him as Youngho entered the café with Jongil and Philip. Youngho expected that they would have gone already because it was too late, but they were still waiting for them as if they had expected that snow would delay Youngho's arrival.

Without introducing names, they shook hands each other.

While Philip explained the location of the items to the two bearded men, Basayev and Youngho exchanged the gold bars and money in private. Basayev took the bag of money that Youngho had brought, and Youngho hid the gold bars that weighed about thirty kilograms in the van. When they returned to the café, Philip was finishing up the conversation. Moments later, Basayev invited them to a restaurant for dinner.

The two bearded men were members of the Black Eagles. Since Basayev agreed on giving 40% of the items to the Black Eagles for delivering the items, they had dinner in an amicable atmosphere. It would take them at least 15 days to deliver the items on donkey backs on the rough mountainous paths, but they did not mind at all. The Director of the Black Eagles was happy, looking as if he had received a Christmas gift. He suggested drinks to Youngho's company.

He drank cognac as if it was water. Every time Youngho saw him drinking, Youngho felt like his stomach was hurting. Since he was forced into drinking together, Youngho could not help but drink.

The Black Eagles were people who fought against Russia in the cold mountains. They often slept in the open, and drinking was essential in their life to fight the cold. While drinking, Youngho asked why they liked to use the word 'black' in their names and their answer was impressive. Chechens loved crows from the time of their ancestors, and they just used the word black since the crows were black.

The Director of the Black Eagles added that the 'black' from the Black Widows were not inspired by crows since they were inspired by women's black chadors. However, Basayev defended the Black Widows, saying their 'black' had dual meaning and it was also inspired by crows. They loudly bickered at each other, arguing who was better than whom.

Looking at both sides, Youngho thought that their will was respectable since they were at a guerilla war against Russia for their independence with only 500 men.

The next day, Youngho's company went to the storage with the rebels. There was a lot of checking process since they had borrowed Georgian border security's storage. Youngho had no idea what kind of negotiation Philip had with the Georgian government, but now the Georgian government was protecting the weapons and necessities of Chechen rebels.

The border security was not in favor of the Chechen rebels since they frequently plundered their supplies coming down from the mountains when they were short of their own The Georgian government only decided to store their supplies because the US CIA had promised that they would be in charge of the rebels.

After checking the items and quantities, each side signed on the agreement form for the transfer of the supplies.

When they came out of the storage, there were more than a hundred donkeys lined up, snorting violently. They were the fifty Chechen rebels camping around the village from last night. They had been stealthily following Youngho's company as they moved.

Even with the supernatural sense from the ring's power, Youngho had not noticed them. It was true that they were a skilled, outstanding force that even the Russian Ranger Unit that was famous for their strength could not make them surrender when they attacked them in the Caucasus Mountain Range.

Youngho only expected belligerence and strong personalities from Chechens who had undergone countless attacks from other countries in the past, but he did not expect them to be this extraordinary. Jongil, who standing next to Youngho smoking, also shook his head. He had not felt anything, just like Youngho.

Loading the supplies on donkeys in line with consistency without causing noise, the rebels' actions were fast and neat. Thinking that it would be horrible to meet the rebels as enemies, Youngho turned back from saying goodbye to the rebels who quietly left using the trail that only shepherds used.

Empire of the Ring is a Korean modern fantasy epic adventure novel that sets in the nations of the Caucasus mountain range which separates Europe and Asia. The nations of Caucasus are regions of many conflicts over territories, ethnicities, and religions. The story begins as Lee Youngho, a warm-hearted Korean merchandiser, takes a business trip to a disputed territory of the Caucasus nations to sell Korean unmanned security systems only to get misconstrued as a spy and caught by Armenian militia. Youngho eventually gets involved with the militia and CIA to help out people of the regions from conflicts and works toward a birth of a new empire in Caucasus.

This is an ongoing novel from Korea with more than 750 chapters as of today. The pace can feel a little bit slow in the beginning but as the story unfolds, you will be drawn into the world of Caucasus. If you are a modern fantasy/adventure lover, you will enjoy learning about different regions and cultures in Eurasia and Eastern Europe as Youngho travels around the places. Happy reading! 

*Disclaimer: The following contains depictions of religion and ethnic disputes. We do not support the author's views, we are only translating and editing the novel. This fictional novel is inspired by real-world people, places, and events — the author has taken these people, places, and events and embellished them as characters with conversations and backgrounds as done in fiction.

CJ's pov

Mondays always made me sick. Who am I kidding I hated every fucking day of the week and nothing made it more fucked up than the fact that I was at college.

It wasn't Highschool, finally got my ass out of that hell hole.

It was just my second week in college and I was already thinking of when I would be out of here as well. Unlike every new comer I was already frustrated. 

I had plans for my life at this college, I'm going to make a name for myself either its the school's bitch or the class nerd I didn't give a fuck but I'm sure you have an idea. I'm going to make sure no one messes with me, Never again.

I got out of my slick red Porsche and grabbed my art supplies. Walking into the school was easy because I know the drill, people would stare. Why? Because I'm gorgeous. And I dress really well. Just because I don't give a damn about anyone doesn't mean I should dress like shit to try to prove my point.
I was walking like a bad ass until someone decided to bump into me which made me land on my ass and obviously dropping my supplies. 

"Oh I am so sorry" he said "That was totally my fault"

"Obviously " I said

"I am really sorry " he said offering her his hand to lift me off the ground. 
I slapped his hand away and got up myself "Next time look where you're fucking going"

"Yeah I'm so sorry" he packed my supplies and handed them to me. "I'm Nathan" he said offering me a hand shake.

"Like I give a fuck" I said then walked away. My second week and some dumb ass is already on my nerves.

I ended up getting late to painting class, I know I'm supposed to be a bitch about it and not care but I also plan on being the best student there, so when I'm bitchy no one would think to use my grades against me. "Fuck it" I told myself then walked in.

"Miss Dunbar, glad you could finally join us. Here at Prenton University we don't deal well with tardiness. 
Take a seat next to Mr. Michaelson" referring to the guy who sat at the back. "So class, as I was saying, welcome to Prenton University, the school of Art. As you all know we also have Prenton University the school of Science, the school of Technology and so on. In this college we only deal with making our students comfortable with showcasing their artistic talents. There are different courses like Theater Art, Photography, Performance Art, and so on. Why you chose Fine Art, which is under the Visual Art category, is what I wish to know. Anyone? Miss Dunbar? And please don't give me the because I love painting and drawing speech"

"No sir, not only do I love painting and drawing but I dream of painting the world in my perspective. How's that for an answer?"

"Beautiful" he said, I could tell from now on he was going to treat me differently. "So moving on. In this class I want your imaginations to run wild, so the theme I want painted on your canvas is how you see your life at this college. The overalls are at the corner so get started"

I had to admit the idea was brilliant I guess the people at this school do know what they are doing. I brought my own overall, it was dark blue and was fitted perfectly to my body and short too. Yeah I like attention.

"Oh, that's hot" said the boy I sat next to.

"Fuck off, fuck boy" I said to him. All he did was laugh.

His name was Cole Michaelson, at least that's what it says on his Art supplies. 
He was good looking. Almost as good looking as Nathan. Wait, why the fuck do I remember his name. Cole had Blonde hair, bright blue eyes and a tall lean figure. And that smirk was a major turn on.

"Nice to meet you too" he looked at my supplies "CJ, it has a nice ring to it. The hot girl named CJ, I like it" he added paint to his work "How has your 2 weeks at this Prestigious University been?"

"I think you mean Prenton University, the school of Art" I said with my best Mr. Robinson impression. Making both of us laugh.

"Sorry, my mistake".

"My first week really sucked, and I think the second week might just be worse" he smiled at me "Yours?" I don't know why I was still talking to him, usually I would just ignore any guy who starts a conversation the way he did. 

"Well mine wasn't too bad, I got all my friends here" he said.

I don't really like making friends but there's this one person who seems to have made a permanent hole in my heart. I know how cheesy it sounds but it's true. Nicole. You can't imagine the kind of person she must be for her to have me as a friend. No, she isn't the blonde, social media queen or the total air head like they portray the bitch's best friend in movies. 

"I can introduce you to my friends if you introduce me to yours" he offered. 

"No thanks, I've got all the friends I need or friend" I corrected "And I doubt she would be into you, besides I don't plan on making friends"

"Everyone is into me" he said with that smirk on his face "Don't worry my friends are cool, I think you would really like them"

"Like isn't really in my vocabulary" I said adding more red paint to my canvas. 

"I've never met anyone like you before"

"I could say the same thing, I don't think I have ever had a longer conversation with a guy without getting the urge to kick him in the balls" he laughed but I wasn't joking. 

"Glad I could last this long" then I laughed. He actually seemed nice, for a boy this handsome he's meant to be a total ass hole. Then I looked at his painting when he made the finishing touches. The painting illustrates a bunch of girls dressed in different clothing, some not dressed at all, standing outside a door with the numbers 230, which I'm guessing is his dorm number. 

'Boys will be boys' I thought to myself. 

"I like your painting" he commented. I painted a finger lifting the school. Yeah it looked awesome. 

"Thanks, I have no comments for yours though" lifting mine and walking to submit it, a few seconds later he joined me at the teacher's table to also submit his. 

"These look good guys" Mr. Robinson comments "You should go get ready for your next class" 

Some of the others were still working on theirs, while the rest of us took off our overalls and left with our supplies. We walked over to our cars at the parking lot. I wanted to introduce him to Raiden, my car but I just met the dude. I'll save that for later. 

We walked back into the building both heading for site seeing class. 

"So tell me about your friend" Cole said. 

"Her name is Nicole, she's under the Performance Art category studying Dance, she has long curly hair, hazel eyes, beautiful dark skin, short legs, she's fun, a bit shy and crazy once you get to know her"

"Wow, you really know your friend"

"Well, we've known each other since forever, the least I could do is master her features and behavior"

"Suddenly I feel like I don't even know my friends at all"

"Don't feel bad, Nicole and I are just really close"

"Okay, tell me about your room mates"

"I already told you about Nicole, there's Asher and Imogene"

"Asher? Asher Withmore?"

"Not too sure, but she's got an afro, dresses all dark and mysterious. Like a goth."

"Yeah, that's definitely Asher. And she's your room mate?"

"Yeah, and then there's Imogene, she's not bad to look at and she seems like a bitch. She's got wavy hair and seems wild considering the fact that wen I first got here she ran out of the dorm room in a bikini shouting 'who wants some'"

"She sounds fun" he said with an approving smile. Perv. 

"Well I don't like her very much. This morning when I was done dressing she gave me this irritated look"

"Really? I don't see anything wrong with what you're wearing"

"I asked her to fix her face before I fix it for her"

"What did she say?"

"The bitch didn't say anything"

"She's probably used to it"

"Yeah, probably"

"Well, Asher isn't like that, you'll need some time to get to know her"

"I don't really care, as long as she doesn't get in my way"

We got to the door of our next class, where we were stopped by a casually dressed man. He waited for the rest of the students before he started his own speech.

"Hello class, I'm Mr. Collins. I would be your site seeing guide. You see site seeing isn't really a course but an adventure, we would be visiting different places both inside and outside the country. We would also be joined by the Photography and Architecture students. I have a list of the people who signed up for this course, since today is our first class we would stay on school's grounds. Let's move out"

EXTRA PHASE - I'M A GOOD TEACHER BUT I CAN'T DISCIPLINE MY LOVER


It's been a week since we last came here in Brightmore Town, and I can safely say that we are quickly adapting to the surroundings. In fact, both Rikkun and I can imagine ourselves living the rest of our lives here in peace. We have blended in this town perfectly and mimicked their lifestyles. We also met different people and made friends with them.


Among our new friends in this very village is Heffy, a local teacher here in this town. Heffy is a dropout college student who once studied in Heightsburg, but for financial reasons, she was forced to stop. She's one of the first people who made friends with us since she is not so different. I mean, she already had experience in meeting people in big cities, so she was easy to go along with.


Heffy teaches six kindergarten children. She's doing it all for free because of her heroic principles, and she had this push-cart as her mobile classroom. Her push-cart contains all the essential items for teaching such as blackboards, erasers, chalk, crayons, papers, and piles of recycled papers.


When I saw her determination to teach the children, I couldn't help but be touched. Her willpower in teaching is to be commended, so I decided to have the Brightmore Shrine classrooms to be her workplace. Heffy was happy when I let her borrowed the classroom so from then on, she and the children hiked to the shrine had their classes there.


However, there was a problem.


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It's the supposed first day of their classes here in the shrine. Rikkun and I prepared the classroom to be used, and everything is neat and tidy. We even decorated the place with balloons and toys so that the children would be happy to have this as their learning place.


Everything was supposed to go well. The six children managed to attend to the shrine on time. But one person is missing… It's their teacher. We waited and waited… but she didn't come.


"Where the heck is Heffy!?" Rikkun groaned. "She's the teacher, and she's now an hour late!"


I looked at the clock in the classroom. It's already ten, two hours before lunchtime. Their classes should have started but Heffy is nowhere to be found. I lowered my face to talk to one of the kids in a mother-like tone.


"Hey, cute girl… Where's your teacher?"


"U-Um, we went here with Teacher Heffy but she disappeared… Like whoosh!" The kid told her story with an explosive hand gesture.


"W-Whooosh!?" My eyes opened wide. 


"Yep yep!" The girl cheerfully smiled.


"Rikkun…" I looked at my lover, and he looked at me. Now I'm worried about Heffy.


"I think the girl might just be exaggerating. You know that idiotic kindergarten teacher. She might have lost her way." Rikkun said.


I wish Rikkun was right.


However! There is one more problem! Without a teacher, the kids will be wasting their time here! They must study so that they won't turn into an idiot like me! 


Since I already had a lot of nursery books prepared in the classroom, I might as well become the teacher of these cute kids! I have experienced teaching children before! I used to teach little Gate Guardians back in the Kozukata Shrine!


"T-Tiara… that determined pumping motion and excited look on your eyes… Don't tell me you're going to play teacher?" Rikkun cringed. My lover really knows me well.


"You're right, Rikkun! I'm going to teach these kids! And you're going to help me!"


"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat…" Rikkun asked with unenthusiasm.


<>


 It's been a while since I last taught children of their age so I started in a basic method, which is storytelling. While the kids assemble in the classroom and sit on the tatami mat, I sat on the teacher's seat and told them the storybook my mother had written. 


The book I told is a fairytale adventure that involves a normal human soldier falling in love with the dragon queen. It took about an hour for me to finish the book but the kids seemed interested enough that they all paid attention until I finished.


"... and then, the dragon queen threw away her crown and lived with the knight in peace… the end~" I said in a jolly tone as I closed the book.


"Woooow!" ,  "The knight is awesome!" , "The queen is awesome too!" Those are the words the children said. It makes my heart filled with joy that they stuck their ears to hear the story up to the end.


Suddenly, one of the kids raised her hand. "Teacher Tiara! Teacher Tiara! Please tell us another story!"


"You want another story, big boy?" I asked with a cheerful smile as I browsed throughout the compendium of kiddy books.


"Yes! Yes! We want a story about how babies are made!" The second kid followed up. "I want to know how we are made!"


"Pffffffft!!!" 


I almost puked my breakfast. I never would have thought that these kids are already curious about that thing! I need to calm these kids for good. 


"W-Well, when a man loves a woman, a stork delivers-"


"Eeeeeh, that is a lie, Teacher Tiara!" One of the smarter kids shouted. "My father cooks storks, and we did not found any baby inside!"


T-They kill and eat storks!? Just how absurd is this town! Moreover, I want to try it too! What does it taste like!?


I was dumbstruck, trying to process my thoughts and formulate another excuse about this vulgar topic on hand. I have to make a story that will keep their innocence until they grow up and learn the truth in this evil-tainted world.


Suddenly, the kids started to swarm to Rikkun who is just there on standby. They started to pull Rikkun's hand as their curiosity dominated their mind. "Teacher Ric! Teacher Ric! Where do babies come from!?"


"In the vagina," Rikkun answered without any brakes!


"Ooooooh…" The poor children finally had their lightbulb brightened.


In an instant, my fist flew off towards Rikkun's nose, blasting him out of the classroom! 


"Kapwachack!!!" Rikkun cried.


"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE ANSWERED THAT!!!" 


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It's already afternoon. Since it's almost summer, the children are already soaked with sweat. There are no electric lines here, so we can't even rely on air-condition or electric fan. Good thing there is a small lake on the backside of the shrine. The lake supplies water to the small waterfall that flows into the river of the Brightmore Town, so we expect that the waters there are cool enough to refresh the children.


From being a teacher into a caretaker. I did very well in interacting with the kids. I let them soak into the water and they started swimming and playing games. Since they are kids, it is inevitable for them to play around even in a hazardous manner.


"Hey, don't run around the lake! You might slip!" I sermoned the boys who are playing tag.


"Don't throw the stones to the lake! You might hit someone" I sermoned the others who are playing skipping stones.


"Don't recklessly jump unto the water! The rocks may injure you!" I sermoned to the kid who was about to take a dive in the shallow lake.


I held my chest and sighed. Being a caretaker of these energetic kids stress me a little, but I'm used to it. The kids here are surprisingly obedient and not so stubborn. I think I'll become a great kindergarten teacher… or even a mother.


Speaking of kid's stubbornness and being a mother... 


I heard a familiar shout near me. I also heard sets of footsteps as if somebody is running towards the lake.


"CANNONBALL!!!"


Rikkun dived unto the lake and made a big splash, big enough to blast a tsunami that made everyone soaking wet. The worse victim is me since I'm the one nearest to his crashing site. I've not changed to my bathing suit yet, and now my shrine maiden dress is all wet.


"Ahahaha! That was fun!" Rikkun laughed. The children laughed too.


"Ahahaha~" I laughed too… all while materializing my gauntlet Weapon Gem. Slowly, I went to the lake and approached Rikkun.


"W-Wait, Tiara… W-What are you going to do with that gauntlet-" Rikkun's voice cracked as if he was already begging for mercy?


"DISCIPLINARY ACTION!!!"


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Two hours before the sunset, Heffy finally made her appearance in the shrine. She is filled with twigs, branches, and even rocks on her hair and clothes that made her look like a survivor of the jungle. 


She said that she slipped when trekking this morning so she rolled all the way to the foot of the mountain. Unfortunately, since there's no more guide to the place she had fallen unto, she was lost in the woods and had to climb the rocks just to return to the trail. It took her a whole day in the process, so when she went to the shrine, the kids have already ended their classes with me.


"Goodbye Teacher Tiara! Goodbye Teacher Ric! We'll see you again tomorrow!" The kids waved their farewell to us.


"Goodbye! Take care!" I cheerfully waved my hand as I see them off the horizon.


Ah, teaching kids is so fun. I want to teach them another time, but I think that would be impossible. Not at least when Rikkun is around.


Seriously, Rikkun is a perfect bad example for the kids.

Since the beginning of time, the world has been the slaughtering ground of the Eidolons; mysterious beings from a parallel universe that contaminates the mind of the people to commit deadly sins. In an ambitious struggle to put an end to this evil corruption, warriors with extraordinary abilities; the Gate Guardians relentlessly fight these monsters.

One day, Alaric ceases to become a regular high school student - He becomes trapped in the crevice of dimensions and suddenly attacked by an Eidolon. Coming to his rescue just in time is a Gate Guardian named Tiara, his weird new classmate. 

So now, he is stuck with this clumsy maiden who swore to protect him from these extradimensional monsters! 

A wacky romance between the two will start to unfold!

But unbeknownst to them, a much darker force lurks in the shadows that will lead to Tiara’s brutal murder...

This is a song of love.

This is a song of hope.

This is a song of laughters.

This is a song of tears.

This is the Song of the Frozen Soul.

:Ryjin: what do u mean i only killed 4 I killed 4 but them Killed the rest (He points at his men and glen) so that means I killed them by default cause they are my men ( smiles his ass off ). 
:Eva: are you serious Really that's That's that's just not fair u Tricked me and lied  and made a fool of me clenching her fists she really really wants to just start knocking his teeth in how ever his next words eased her heart.
:Ryjin: Look i know that cause of my men i won unfairly that's why i wont hold are little deal to heart you can forget it so don't worry also i am glad you got your revenge Eva but what will u do now that you are done with that.
:eva: thought and was looking kinda confused but instantly shocked both Ryjin and Glen for she Got on 1 need and Copied Glens oath stating.
I Eva hereby give my Eternal loyalty to you Ryjin as my lord and leader 
then she got up and turned to glen and asked (Did i do that right i tried to copy u).
With that all the men burst out laughing including Glen and Ryjin she was really confused and embarrassed and glen said to Ryjin well my Lord it looks Like we have a Noble Lady Knight with us now and Yes Lady Eva that was a Great Vow and Oath of Loyalty (Don't u think lads).
Ryjin and the men and Eva all started looting the Bodies and also the Huts they had and soon a Roaring Bonfire was lit and all the Useless Cloths and building supplies and none essential stuff was thrown on with them all slowly starting to sleep after a lot of work with guards posted to keep watch as most slept.
at noon most woke up and Ryjin was Bombarded By the system about his actions and what he can do and what he gained as he woke up He was hungry and Thirsty so he grabbed some food the bandits had and while waking up and eating he was talking to the system.
:System: Ryjin congratulations on your Extermination of the bandits and the seizing of the camp area and land round here would you like your Holding placed down now or would you like to wait once the holding is placed the people who will appear along with the Holding will Know u as there Lord and will act as if  you have been since the building of the holding.
:Ryjin: Yes place the Walled Village down also please store all food  and supplies in the granary and the warehouse also place all the acquired wealth in the Keeps Treasury he stands round Waiting in Excitement as Eva and Glen Stare at him in puzzlement and suddenly Glen and Eva and the 100 men witness what can only be described as a godly act a Wall 25 foot High and 10 foot Thick Just appears from a golden silver Light and a Great Sized Village Behind them with people bustling about.
Ryjin just turns and speaks with them but upon turning round he see them Kneeling in a bow looking at him strangely it took a good 30 minutes to persuade them that he was not a god after explaining he dismissed the men and he went with glen and Eva to the Keep as the Men went to the Barracks once at the Keep Ryjin started Brain storming on what he most needed now and what to build and Above all what 3 Legions To summon Ryjin told Eva and Glen to Pick a room and make them self's at home cause from now on it is.
(Late at night in Ryjins room)
:Ryjin: System how much wealth do i have in the treasury and what is the daily TW currency income 
and do i need supplies to build buildings or can i just use wealth ????.
:System:you currently have 9000 wealth in treasury your daily TWC (Total War Currency) is 1800 a day  u can use supplies such as wood stone metal to lower the cost of building a building or u can use just wealth for an extra cost I suggest u build some food production area's so as to have a good stable food income and then deal with the rest.
:Ryjin: yes thats my plan i plan to build the Cove to the southeast In to a port and add a fishing Warf there also i want a farm in the south land and a pasture Do i have enough wealth to build them and how long will it take to build them.
:system: it costs 1500 for a Lvl1 farm 2000 for a Lvl1 pasture and 5000 for the Cove to be built in to a fully functioning Port area then a further 2000 for the Fishing warf to be added what would u like to do ?????.

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about a fella who loved Total war and its games while playing a game of total war warhammer 2 he lost his main army due to a ambush while streaming and he in rage threw a cod style Tomahawk at his wall in anger but it rebounded and hit him square between the eyes thus ending his life while streaming    many will clip that for generations as the best self tomahawk after his death   he awakes in a strange world with no cloths on or any items axcept his tomahawk :HAHAHA: and a system never seen before see how he steps in this unknown world

It had taken only a short time after that to come up with a plan, each one of the leaders agreeing to help after the fact due to the entire command structure of the vortex getting obliterated by a pissed of and a somewhat vengeful god.

Heading outside Azo, Bull and the Twins watched as the chaos ensued as people carried personal belongings, wealth and family to the designated spot. 

"Well hey, Azo!"

A strange halfling with a ginger beard came towards him, a group of adventurers behind him who all looked worried about the situation. The ginger beard of the halfling still as impressive and long as the last time he had met the group.

"Benard. I'm guessing you are also trying to get out of the city?"

Azo Responded as his eyes looked over to his previous competition. No longer seeing them as such after losing the ability to be one when giving his mission.

"Well after what has happened. It's best we leave. The pissed off man in the centre of town was putting up quite the show. All the corrupted guards lost their heads, Literally."

A few of the adventures giving a small chuckle while the rest just grimaced. The few laughing trying to take this in stride but everyone had the same feeling of being overpowered by this one man.

"Well, I need some help since I need to guide all these people to Baski with a particular route. I can lead, but I need those who will help everyone follow."

Folding his arms as he looked to Benard as it seemed the greed of this small halfling was growing with a smile.

"It will cost you."

Benard's hands were coming together as he spoke, rubbing them as he wanted to get a good deal whenever he could.

"Take it out of the gold you owe me for completing my mission. The whole reason this is happening because of the private mission that we pretty much got forced on."

Each word at the end getting pushed to show the fault being placed squarely on the shoulders of the Halfling who just continued to laugh at such comments.

"Oh Azo, you are the talker alright. Sure I will take it out of the reward money. It will be costly paying everyone here, and I may need to get more people in to help."

Each dirty word was hitting Azo as he felt disgusted at this man's greed at such a time. In Crisis who spent time discussing price when lives were at stake.

"Fine do what you must but remember the church is not in power in this new land. You will have to answer directly to new forces."

Even as Azo finished, it seemed like Benard had already waved this away as he turned to the adventurers who began to split up to try and act as hired guards to get people to the location without to much worry.

"I hope you have enough supplies as this will be a problem."

Benard commented as he stroked his beard. Watching as more adventurers moved to help.

"You deal with security, let me deal with the supplies."

Cutting him off without too much consideration as he turned to start heading to the location. Telling Benard before he left to help with the supplies area because looting would not help in the future.

"I thought you told me you would deal with the supplies."

Even with a witty comment from Benard, he continued onwards with several of the adventurers in town to defend against such an action. Supplies were essential to the group.

After fixing these issues and having sent the three slum lords away to set up their plans. Azo began to shift his attention as he saw so many people from the city. 

This included men, woman and children. Many of the previous guards who had survived had removed all indications of the church and started helping the adventurers trying to keep the peace as they had mostly taken the job to protect themselves and the family.

Pulling out his staff as he knew this crowd could stop them from reaching the next destination as he started to chant his seventh level spell. Unlike a certain someone who had just cast teleportation magic which was past the mortal tiers he still had to play by the rules.

"Flight!"

With that the group lifted off the ground, flying above the thousands of people pushing out and into the area described as word of mouth passed quickly. Just outside the slums at the south was an area set up by them with a few tents and a stage. Already hundreds of people sat near the stage waiting as a few people looked at the significant number of crates getting put down by people from the black market. 

Luckily no one had touched anything as the adventurers came to patrol the cargo and began working to divide the items up by food, water and other survival aspects. 

Landing on the stage as his fellows stood by his side, the people arriving and those already sitting down turning to him with hope. It was the only emotion many of these people held after getting forced down by the church.

"Everyone here today. We have a tough two weeks ahead of us. We will need to head east to a Town called Baski. Then we will head down to a new town called Sanctuary."

The people around the stage looking worried at the amount of time, the supplies pressed to the side only enough for such a large amount of people for maybe a few days at best.

It only got worse as each of the areas began to grow crowded. More and more people talking to each other as fears grew. It was not till after thirty minutes when the Slum lords appeared on stage as a few people began to calm down.

"Oi!"

The shout came from one of the members of the crowd. Clearly unhappy with the lack of news after such a short time.

"What is happening. There is going to be so many of us yet you expect us to believe this is possible."

The man stood onto the stage.

"Show us now!"

Nathan Blackrose finds himself just on the verge of enacting his revenge. After years of devotion and suffering to build his company from the ground up, he was betrayed by his "friends" and co-founders.  They were going to launch the product of his genius, the world's first VRMMORPG, as their own.  Several years and countless hours have passed since his exile. 

His entire existence has been devoted to the design, coding, and testing of his new project which would be the most in-depth VR game launched in history. He didn't desire the title of first anymore, just "The Best".  As soon as he launched Celerin, the shadow lingering after the betrayal would be severed and he would stand at the top of the world. Just one more bug fix to go.

"Would you like to enter the world: (Y/N)" 

This choice would forever shape him as he was pulled into the world he created, not as a player but as a god.

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Earth had a colony on the moon, that too on the dark side of the moon. They had started to live there within a protective dome that maintained the atmosphere, gravity, water, soil, etc. which were essential to sustain life there, just like on Earth. They had brought their families to the Moon base.  Life on the moon was difficult and they got most of their supplies from the Earth, but they had started growing many food items. During that time the scientists had built a flat satellite as a joke and called it the  'Magical World'. It too was situated on the dark side of the Moon.

Scientists wanted to move further ahead and check up the entire solar system. Like in the present times, probes had been sent to various planets in the solar system.

The habitability of any natural satellites is considered after seeing whether it has the environment which would be hospitable to life. At that time the strongest satellites were the icy satellites of Jupiter called Castillo, Julie, Vance, and Steve. Then there were those of Saturn called Europa, Enceladus, and Titan. But life in most would only exist at the subsurface level. The moons of Mars called Phobos and Deimos. Hence, there were only three natural satellites—the Moon of Earth, and moons of Mars called Phobos and Deimos which were slightly outside the habitable zone. 

Though even today, life on Earth is considered to be at surface level the fact is that half of the Earth's biomass lives below the surface. Europa and Enceladus exist outside the circumstellar habitable zone which has historically defined the limits of life within the Solar System as the zone in which water can exist as a liquid at the surface. 

Then detecting Exomoons ( moons outside our solar system) was extremely difficult, it still is. This is because the current methods are limited to transit timing. Some scientists estimate that there are as many habitable exomoons as habitable exoplanets. Given the general planet-to-satellite mass ratio of 10,000, large Saturn or Jupiter sized gas planets in the habitable zone are thought to be the best candidates to harbor Earth-like moons.

Most astrobiologists consider liquid water to be an essential prerequisite for extraterrestrial life. 

A stable orbit is also essential.  A moon having an orbital period less than about 45 to 60 days will remain safely bound to a massive giant planet.

 An atmosphere is important in developing prebiotic chemistry, sustaining life and for surface water to exist. Most natural satellites in the Solar System lack significant atmospheres, the sole exception being the moon of Saturn called Titan.

Then there is the sputtering, a process whereby atoms are ejected from a solid target material due to the bombardment of the target by energetic particles, presents a significant problem for natural satellites. All the gas giants in the Solar System, and likely those orbiting other stars, have magnetospheres with radiation belts potent enough to completely erode an atmosphere of an Earth-like moon in just a few hundred million years. Strong stellar winds can also strip gas atoms from the top of an atmosphere causing them to be lost to space.

To support an Earth-like atmosphere for about 4.6 billion years (Earth's current age), a moon with a Mars-like density is estimated to need at least 7% of Earth's mass. One way to decrease loss from sputtering is for the moon to have a strong magnetic field of its own that can deflect stellar wind and radiation belts. Large moons can have magnetic fields; it has been found on Ganymede which has its own magnetosphere, even though its mass is only 2.5% of Earth's. Alternatively, the moon's atmosphere may be constantly replenished by gases from subsurface sources, as though by some scientists to be the case with Titan

The effects of tidal acceleration need to be relatively modest on planets, it can be a significant source of energy for natural satellites and an alternative energy source for sustaining life.
Tidal effects could also allow a moon to sustain plate tectonics, which would cause the volcanic activity to regulate the moon's temperature and create a geodynamic effect which would give the satellite a strong magnetic field.

Axial tilt and climate are equally essential. Provided gravitational interaction of a moon with other satellites can be neglected, moons tend to be tidally locked with their planets. In addition to the rotational locking mentioned above, there will also be a process termed 'tilt erosion', which has originally been coined for the tidal erosion of planetary obliquity against a planet's orbit around its host star. The final spin state of a moon then consists of a rotational period equal to its orbital period around the planet and a rotational axis that is perpendicular to the orbital plane.

The mass of the moon is not too low compared to the planet, it may, in turn, stabilize the planet's axial tilt, i.e. its obliquity against the orbit around the star. On Earth, the Moon has played an important role in stabilizing the axial tilt of the Earth, thereby reducing the impact of gravitational perturbations from the other planets and ensuring only moderate climate variations throughout the planet. On Mars, however, a planet without significant tidal effects from its relatively low-mass moons Phobos and Deimos, axial tilt can undergo extreme changes from 13° to 40° on timescales of 5 to 10 million years.

We had explored Europa, Ganymede, and Lo of the planet Jupiter. We also explored  Enceladus, Dione, and Titan of the planet Saturn. Finally, we explored Triton of the planet Neptune and Charon of the planet of Pluto.

Titan, the satellite of Saturn was considered the most suitable. Its atmosphere was similar to that of the early Earth, although somewhat thicker. The surface had some lakes and others were hydrocarbon lakes. Some parts of Titan had cryovolcanos, as well as methane rain and snow.  Titan is shielded from the solar wind by a magnetosphere, like on Earth.

So, Titan, the moon of Saturn, was chosen to be our new home. It had similar attributes when compared to the young Earth. Half of Titan was ready and the rest was undergoing development. We felt that we should shift here.

What would happen if you got stuck in Time?

Zia has completed her Ph.D. in Botany and has applied for the post of lecturer/ Professor. She joins a High school as a temporary teacher and is entrusted with the task of leading a group of students on a trekking /camping expedition. 

On the way they meet a guy who seems to be a trouble maker but later, he proves to be a pillar of strength. Early morning their camp is attacked and they flee taking a different route. But they are lost.

They enter a world where people are living, in hiding, for over 250 years. Their technology is much advanced as compared to ours. Their world was initially a Utopia but now it is changing due to an oppressive ruler.

They are trapped in the time of this hidden world and want to help the people there fight against the oppressive ruler and his cronies. The oppressive ruler wants to make a number of Time Machines by using the brains of the scientists who had died in harness at the site of the experiments. 

They all decide to help the good citizens of the lost world. The huge brains are destroyed and the Orbs of the scientists escape to help the rest in their mission. 

In the process, the crystals that are used in the hypnotizing guns are almost finished and to get more they split up to go to the 'Magical World' through a curtain which is a portal. The Magical World is a flat  man made Earth-like satellite, which was made as a joke to taunt the scientists 7000 years ago, and which is still operational. Here they meet the inhabitants.  They are fascinated with the advancement of science especially the talking chips and the flying cars.They see a completely different world where animals, plants, rocks, water etc can talk. Before you touch anything you need to seek permission.

They also meet the Aliens called the 'Crocodile Race' who have come to the Magical World (the flat satellite) to get supplies. They see spaceships being guided to land by the scientists of the Magical World.

At present they are narrating to the Aliens, what they have undergone till date. 

Read on to experience their adventures, their fears, and their courage, to deal with various situations and how, after meandering through various secret passageways, encountering adventures, they finally come back to their time.
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The Daybreak Studio had a reputation amongst crafting players, and even a high level player like Fearless knew a thing or two about them.
Although this group of people had considerable influence in the game, their actions had made them infamous. Petty crimes like looting of players and monster drops were a common thing in a game, what they did, however, was far more despicable. They would monopolize the supplies of valuable in game items and inflate their prices ridiculously. Their actions had rendered several game servers unplayable, turning them into ghost servers.
It was common knowledge that a good reputation was essential to the success of a studio. Which was why it was a miracle that a studio like Daybreak could even survive let alone maintain their influence.
Fearless did not question why Sanguine Warflag would hire such an infamous group as the Quan Zhen Sect's reputation was no better. The fundamental difference between the two groups laid in their intent. Quan Zhen Sect purely wanted to enjoy the gaming experience, but Daybreak Studio wanted to destroy it.
These people were willing to destroy the entire game for their own selfish gains. It was no wonder Fearless looked down on them.
Fearless's words offended members of the Daybreak Studio. The leader by the name of Daybreak Winter was charged full of aggression and bellowed: "And who the hell are you? Let's take it outside if you're unhappy!"
Sanguine Warflag sensed the tense situation and stepped in to break up the argument. "This is Fearless, the leader of the Quan Zhen Sect. Can everyone for my sake, please leave any disagreements till the quest is over?"
"Quan Zhen Sect?" Daybreak Winter was sent into a daze upon hearing what Sanguine Warflag said. He looked at Fearless and Wang Yu in disbelief.
Even the members of the Daybreak Studio would be apprehensive about having two members from Quan Zhen Sect, a sect with a fierce reputation for their combat prowess, in front of them.
Daybreak Winter used this opportunity and said: "Fine, I shall let this slide this time on your account."
Fearless chuckled coldly: "Just admit that you're frightened. Sanguine my friend, let me tell you. These people would only sabotage us, so with the likes of them, we might not even be able to pass the…."
"Don't you dare insult us!!" the members of the Daybreak Studio butted in before Fearless could even finish his sentence.
Sanguine Warflag was displeased with Fearless's actions. There was no reason for Fearless to be cynical when Daybreak Winter had already taken a step back.
Sanguine Warflag quickly added: "Fearless my friend, they are hired personally by me. They have considerable strength, in addition, their studio also possesses the best medicine in the market. It would be of great use to us."
Recovery medicine was essential to the success of a quest. This medicine was priceless and Daybreak Studio happened to have plenty of them. Sanguine Waflag hired them for this very reason.
"Oh, what medicine is it, care to show it to me?" Fearless taunted Daybreak Winter.
"Hmph" Daybreak Winter could not be bothered with Fearless's taunting.
"Medium Grade Recovery Medicine!" Sanguine Warflag whispered.
"HAHAHA" Fearless laughed. "And here I thought that it was something valuable. Turns out it's merely Medium Grade Recovery Medicine?!"
"What, do you happen to have this as well?" Daybreak Winter challenged.
"I have as many as you would need" Fearless took out a dozen vials of recovery medicine and waved it at the crowd.
Members of the Daybreak Studio were dumbfounded by the number of vials in his hands.
"That could not be, this potion is only sold by us. How you could possibly possess so many?!"
Daybreak Studio was made up of a group of crafting professionals. Their daily job was to sweep the supply of many high tiered items clean and maintain their monopoly over the market supply.
Medium grade recovery medicine happened to be one of them.
The medium grade medicine was only produced in the Twilight City. Members from the Daybreak Studio surveyed the stocks constantly and would buy them out once they are restocked. They would then resale these medicine at high prices.
To ensure the high resale value of this medicine, members of the Daybreak Studio chose to control the retail quantity of the potions, distributing them in small numbers to different cities.
Li Xue produced only about 100 bottles of potions a day. Subtracting the potions she gave to the members of the Quan Zhen Sect, there were only about 60 bottles available for retail. As there were 300 cities in the game, each city would receive less than a bottle on average. This just went to show how rare this medicine was.
Sanguine Stormbringer was astounded. "This can't be true Fearless, could that really be a Medium Grade Recovery Medicine?"
Sanguine Stormbringer was in-charged of purchasing supplies for the Sanguine Alliance and was fairly familiar with the rarity of such a medicine. It was unheard for even experts to be in possession of more than a few bottles at once, but here was Fearless with a dozen of them.
"Didn't Sanguine Primrose tell you about the origins of these potions?" Fearless glanced at Sanguine Stormbringer through the corners of this eyes.
"Primrose… She left us…" Sanguine Stormbringer muttered.
"Oh…." Fearless's expression darkened. He naturally knew why Sanguine Primrose chose to leave.
Sanguine Warflag said: "This medicine was produced by the Quan Zhen Sect…."
"What?! You have to be kidding me!" Sanguine Stormbringer replied in shock.
The other members of the Daybreak Studio were shocked as well. They could not imagine that the product they had prided themselves in monopolizing was produced by this despicable man that stood in front of them.
"I too could not believe it till I saw it with my own two eyes. The southern convenience store had been bought over. They now have high numbers of such medicine selling at a much lower price…." Sanguine Warflag said.
"But, where could the crafting expert from Quan Zhen Sect have come from?" Sanguine said, confused.
In the game, high level players often had very pathetic crafting levels, hence it was very unlikely for a high combat power sect like the Quan Zhen Sect to have time to cultivate their crafting level.
"Well…" The color drained from Sanguine Warflag's face as he shot a murderous look at Heavenly Bird. "Do you still remember Snowy Velvet's gang of 4? They are now in Quan Zhen Sect, these medicines were brewed by those 4 ladies."
"…..."Members of the Sanguine Alliance fell into silence, and all eyes shifted towards Heavenly Bird.
Heavenly Bird hung his head low in shame.
Daybreak Winter naturally knew why Sanguine Stormbringer invited them over. Their only value was in the amount of medicine they could provide. He no longer saw meaning in staying as they already had plenty.
With that thought, Daybreak Winter walked over and said, "Stormbringer my friend, my friends and I shall take our leave seeing the situation."


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