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

Dream a dream, of a life so new
One brimming of potential.
Of starting all again, leaving all behind, 
Only happiness is essential.

- Netherworlds’s Guidance

After the chemical analysis was out and the quality of the essential oil was deemed satisfactory, Hill began negotiations for the final offer.
Siguaraya had always been a reputable company. There would be standards that they would follow for prices.
Hill showed them an official price list. After reviewing with the price list, he stated his offer, "Every ounce would be 774 dollars. You guys have a total of 164 ounces of rose oil. Thus, the total value would be 126,936 dollars. Any problems?
Hans glanced at Li Du. He nodded and told him, "You make the call."
Hans was still quite unsatisfied with the offer. He said, "We’ve only heard the prices from your company. Buddy, I just checked. Premium rose essential oil is worth more than just 1,500 dollars per ounces.
The market price of rose essential oil had been fluctuating a lot lately.
Li Du thought that this stuff seemed more expensive than liquid gold. One thousand five hundred dollars for an ounce, what kind of powerful effects did it have to have been branded such a price.
Many things were unimaginable to ordinary people. Expensive rose essential oil was never targeted at ordinary people, so it didn’t appear on the counters of normal commercial malls.
As for the Hollywood stars and financial big-shots who needed stress relieving, such prices were not an issue to them.
Hill explained, "I understand what you’ve just said, but the info you’ve found is the final price of the rose oil, not the price that we would buy it at."
"I understand," Hans said, "but this gap is simply too wide. These essential oils don’t need any more refining and can be used immediately."
Hill shook his head and smiled. "You’re thinking about things too simply, my friend. We’re second-tier suppliers, so the prices of these oils will still have to be decided by the big brands. Our words don’t count."
Hearing that, Li Du stepped in. "They only decide on the quantity, because they’ve even handed the production lines to you guys. Apparently they’re very trusting of your company."
Hill was taken aback by those words. "What do you mean?" he exclaimed.
Li Du smiled. "Raise the price a little, buddy. Let us both have something to gain from this."
Hill creased his brows. "What do you know about this?" he asked.
"I don’t know anything. I’m just saying, that the best result for a deal is when both parties win, right?"
Hill tapped on the table with his finger. "An increase in 30 dollars for every ounce. That’s the most I can go."
"Make it 31 dollars," Li Du said.
Hill pondered his words for a while. He then stretched out his hand and said, "Alright, we have a deal."
Hans and Li Du glanced at each other. Both of them chuckled and respectfully shook hands with Hills.
"Pleasant doing business with you," Hans said.
"Thank you for your willingness to negotiate," Li Du said.
One hundred sixty-four ounces of rose essential oil was sold for 132,020 dollars. With almost a negligible initial investment, this deal was extremely worth it.
The contract was signed, the goods and payment exchanged, and they parted ways. Li Du and Hans left LA with over a hundred thousand dollars.
On the return trip, Hans spoke as he sipped on some fruit juice, "When did money become so easy to earn?"
"Since you started believing in God, I guess," Li Du said.
Hans acted as if he were really a faithful believer and drew a cross over his chest. "Oh God bless. Bless me with more opportunities to strike it rich. Hallelujah!"
Each time they had a big turnout, Li Du would give Big Quinn and Godzilla bonuses. At the end of this trip, he gave them a thousand dollars each.
After the two left, Hans said, "That’s not a good way to lead the team. You’re too generous, buddy."
Li Du glanced sideways at him and said, "Who am I most generous to?"
Hans fondled with the bayonet at his waist and said weakly, "You’re also too generous to me."
"Godzilla and Big Quinn are our best helpers in this business. They’re not just simple movers for us, you understand this?" Li Du asked.
Hans nodded. The two had reduced the troubles for them with their presence.
Big Quinn’s looks and Godzilla’s past, however, would also attract trouble to them.
Li Du continued, "I’m using this strategy of motivating the subordinates with high pay. They don’t owe us anything. They don’t have to work for us. The motivation for them to stay loyal is a high salary."
Once the two had become accustomed to the high salary, there would be no doubting their loyalty any more.
To Li Du, this money was just a small amount, and if he could capture the loyalty from those men with just a small amount of money, it was a worthy investment.
Besides money, they also brought back a whole truck of old goods from LA.
The sky was already dark. They returned back to their respective homes after alighting. The next, they met up at the cabin and started organizing the goods.
Most of the things were bottles and canisters that had been used for extracting the essential oil. Big Quinn carefully moved them out, and Godzilla sprayed them with water.
Hans squatted at the side and examined the containers, saying, "Li, how about we change our profession and start making some essential oil? I feel like we’d make even more money by purifying rose essential oil than by attending storage auctions."
"Don’t be foolish, buddy." Li Du rolled his eyes. "Didn’t you hear what Hill said? The essential oil we found was made with over twenty tons of rose petals. How much effort do you think we’d have to spend just collecting those petals?"
"You’re right," Hans sighed, "money is really difficult to earn."
Big Quinn glanced at him and said, "Big Fox, are you happier after saying this hypocritical stuff?"
"Honest men don’t say cheap words," Godzilla said.
With the old goods placed outside, some old goods treasure hunters rushed over to see if there was anything worth grabbing.
The item that drew the most attention was the fire extinguisher, which was a combination of an engine and a high-pressure water jet. This had been stripped straight from a firetruck. All it needed was a water source to be used.
The fire extinguisher was functional. They had tested it before any treasure hunters showed up.
People were constantly asking what they could trade for this fire extinguisher, but Hans just shook his head to reject them. Li Du went over to ask him why.
"None of them have anything valuable to exchange for it," Hans exclaimed. "We’ll take it to the old goods auction. This fire extinguisher is popular and could sell for thousands of dollars!"
Besides the fire extinguisher, there were also other useful things like furniture, functional appliances, glass apparatuses, and an alcohol burner.
One treasure hunter spotted the alcohol burner and said, "I like this. I have a truck tire, wanna trade?"
The Iron Knight had a spare tire, and they didn’t drive it that frequently. There was no need to change the tire. Thus, Li Du felt that he had no use for it and declined the offer.
That was when Goatee Garter slipped onto the site. He was also interested in the alcohol burner and said, "Hey, buddy, your offer is lame. A tire? Ha! You haven’t learned enough about this trade yet."
Seeing this guy again, Li Du couldn’t help but laugh. No wonder everyone hated him. Everything he said was meaninglessly rude.


They love gold, and they love silver. Even more so, they love gems that dazzle, like stars across the skies. 
Firearms, jewelleries, and precious metals; A collector’s world will not be complete without antiques.  
Storage auctions, old goods trade, re-estate sales and gold-digging. But the truth is, if one wants to make money, then the supreme way is through searching for the legendary treasures. 
Holding the fort, there’s an ocelot, a wolf, and an Andes condor. At the side, there’s a loyal hound, an irascible ape, and an African honey badger. Who said that you can only rely on humans when treasure hunting?! 

Robin still confident.

Bernady Group has not even took a black mark state.

But, he could not be sure what happen if he stepped on it. Will disaster happen someday?

He immediately rejected his own vague thought. 
Researcher must brave in front of any situation.
Surely, he knew sequence worked with a dark reseacher.

High risk, high reward.

Dark reseacher generally granted to individual with special treatment. Other word, some kind of taboo  conditioned with some kind of compensation or assurance for reseacher. For intern, He did not receive that such of privilege.

He needed to upgrade physic as well.

Sadly, he needed more DP for that. He thought himself as the poorest sheep than another professor that recently regained their prominence.

He shook his head, then he thought deeply.

"For now I understood the basic more frequently and no problem even better when it came into experiment and generally it will influent another field of researcher."

Another word, he can adapt into the field so easy. At school, teacher always mention that he was good student that Will nominated as the candidate of school commitee. Despite UNESCO competition already closed before he received a system he did not mind at all.

Almost a student he met wanted to have a small talk to him, He surprised the influence of system was frightening. A hours after helping many student to reseach diligently, researcher deparment invited Robin to his personal office again as intern. 

Professor Bernady was the prominent head reseacher at his school. He never talk casually who work as student and teacher who taught only for salary. This time, he talked to him for sure. For student, talking to him as blessing for receiving another backing and provilege to advanced their career.

The Professor patiently testing him and taught him a management conduct. Reaching his expectation, The Professor gave him a provilege to access to his own library. He then recommended a book he must read.

"The reseacher was like a plant who never stop to seek a water no matter how deep it is. No knowledge is Perfect. That why reseacher always seeking no matter how dangerous you think."

When the sky already dark, he still study on personal library Professor Bernady. Suddenly his stomach grumbled funnily, he hurried to pack his bag. canteen already closed that time. Professor Bernady already left consider how busy he is. 

After reaching school gate, He call a taxi via application. 

At night, taxi already reach his home. He could not help but moan.

His stamina jumped down drastically than he expected, but that did not mean he could sleep after many experience he received at school.

"Maybe, I can get a girlfriend someday."

After he stare at the door, he shrugged as he carefully touch a knop

"Did something like a ghost still haunting me?"

He hope not. 

Fortunately, his situation at home was belong as usual. He watch TV as usual but nothing interest him. 

"Can system has something in pocket for me?"

As he cautiously touch on his bead, he activated his smart watch.

"System, are you provide facility to design a tech?"

[You can search it in the shop menu]

He found many facility, including

[FULL PACKAGE GALACTIC DESIGNER

Cost: 100.000.000.000.000 DP]


"FULL PACKAGE COST 100 BILLION CREDIT, THAT IS MADNESS."


[Host will found from the most cheaper.]

He felt relieved.

[HANGAR DESIGNER

100 DP per chance]

 
Hangar designer was virtual design that could be switched to reality for emergency account. 

"System, can you tell me about hangar designer?"

System responsively answered
[Hangar designer often used as emergency issue. The requirement of idea implementation is extremely essential if host get in touch with blueprint. Hangar designer also has a limitation. The simplest example: host can design same as laser gun blueprint but hangar designer only print part of design but host needed to gather for the most essential ingredient for it]

It was nothing as if it was rented virtual printer with design facility. But, he could save amount of dollar for tool.


"Can I buy a ingredient with DP?"

[Host needed amount of DP for essential ingredient]

It might be cost a lot.

Especially, he got a High tech that could not be found everywhere.


"I want a design a weapon, maybe shuttle as well."

[I recommend host to buy blueprint from shop as well for preparation.]


He thought system was right. He was not good enough to design original tech.


In the morning, secretary took him from home and drove him to super enormous gate. Nobody would believe behind a forest there was some kind of fort as if that was only exist in fantasy.


Curious, he asked, "is that really a place?"


"Yes Mr. Robin , this is where Venerable Alloc research project was. with twenty year experience and  participated at government reseach for three year, venerable built a Bernady Group partnered with Rosa Corporation."

As the Gate led them in, They chatted.

"It is unique for intern like you to work with our project. In fact, Venerable Alloc never take a good look on intern before."

"I am honored. Miss"

"Please enjoy a good sight on our beautiful greenhouse facility. My name is Amelia Branstad, please refer me as a your personal guide."

As security officer let them in, the facility was unexpectedly tidy. Not only smooth road, Many soldier was deployed everywhere as patrol station. He might predict, there is some tank included. But, he could not see them along this sight-seeing trip.


And, he could see a small bot that in a way pass checking our car. This was effectively amazing bot.


After made sure there was no threat, bot and patrol let them go.


He could see many animal like it has been ongoing experiment.

it was pitiful but... as it was creature were bought to another warehouse nearby.

the monsters were alive being big and stronger as they were patted an treated like a Monster Tamer.

"This is where Monster Tamer division resided. you never know about it before but Bernady Group explored entire world until that disaster."

"Disaster?"

"Six years ago, Meteorite crash into the Nagoya Town, Japan Republic. 500 million casualities dead and other remained missing, left with a dead city and crash hole. One month later, we are chosen by government to explore crash site. Then, We found animal and hatchling egg near crashed hole, that was considered lake until now. Many creature were treated like a foot soldier and pet for many reason. After that, country publicly open exploration for us. lnteresting story. Right? Mr. Robin."


"Yes, Miss. Branstad. we never know when we found something and hard work for it."


"Work hard is not enough. Mr. Robin. You must seek knowledge for more. your skill of yours was sheltered and undeveloped If you study too much basic from school. Now, you are in very different exotic field and that is blessing. Furthermore Venerable Alloc also granted us experience and marvellous knowledge for us to advance if we succeed with honorable project."

"That is awesome. Miss."

Scurity officer with full armored was into the view.

"ID card?"

Officer nodded and partner checked a car.

Security officer checked with scanner. After he did not find something suspicious, They let them in.

He could saw the light mech still on patrol behind him somehow get in touch as it was checking as If someone was following us.

The Gate opened slowly and the view of holy ground made him forget to blink.

"Welcome to our Holy ground"

Humanity has gathered for importance of tech in critical supreme case.

Hichiko Robin was blamed as his volunteer resulted in losing from another candidate, left with negative discussion about him after school. 

Following a unknown message, He found a fabrication system from someone who belong to the future.

 [Welcome to fabrication system, please design your tech]

Joshua turned to his brother, making Archer stand a little straighter and nod, even if the smirk was still on his lips. He didn't need to ask.
"They've already been sent disciplinary notices. We'll discuss it with our parents since two were senior managers and the third the leader of our main PR team."
Despite his playful behaviour and abysmal maturity, Archer was not set to be the youngest co-CEO of the Lore company in just name. When it mattered, his work would be done quickly and efficiently to a superior level of quality. The motivations behind his exceptional work may be of bad intent, all so he could have more time to play around, however his capability really was undeniable. It had almost been finalised that once the companies merged, he would official start training for the role of CEO. Along with his surprising work ethic, he also cared immensely about family. His job and family were the only two things he took seriously.
While still bitter about Penelope's favouritism, Henry was to be his younger brother, of course he would not tolerate such vicious rumours to circulate about the young man. Especially because he had seen with his own eyes just how smart and capable Henry was. The second they had followed the sound of arguing and found the Henry being verbally abused by the three men, he took pictures of their faces and called human resources, finding out who they were and issuing the notices.


"No need for discussion. Call HR and have them packed and out within the hour."
Henry found himself looking at Joshua once again in shock. Even though he had been relatively calm and tired just before, he had completely transformed. Joshua's face was no impassive and serious with a certain level of authority. Even though he was talking to his older brother, his voice was clear and certain; it was not a request nor a suggestion. Within the company they were working at only two levels apart on the hierarchy and that was only due to Archer's role as the first heir. While Joshua did respect that, when it came to something regarding the company, he had no problem exercising his own judgement.
It was the first time the Henry got a glimpse of Joshua Lore, the deputy CFO in charge of the second floor of the finance department. He could not help but feel that the beautiful man was a little too cool all of a sudden.


"If it were that simple, I would have done it already. All I would need is a two second phone call." Archer seemed influences by his brother suddenly getting serious, his own speech suddenly becoming work appropriate.
"It is that simple. They obviously don't share the same values the company adheres to; they aren't suitable to continue working for us."
"Of course I know that, but these three are apparently heavily involved with the essential operations, especially with so many people now working on the merger exclusively. Even if we fire them, we need to find suitable replacements and have their duties appropriately transferred if need be. With the signing a week away, we can't afford for anything to go wrong with essential ops. You saw how easily the shareholders will be swayed if things go even a little wrong. We are under a microscope at the moment. Just how can we have them out within the hour?"
Archer had barraged Joshua with the reasons why the situation was more complicated than they would like. Even then, he had mentioned less than a half of the issues, highlighting the main ones. However the younger man was not backing down, taking in all the information, looking in his brother's direction intently.
The atmosphere in the office was somewhat tense.


There was a short knock on the door before it opened, a young junior PA bringing two paper bags and four hot drink cups. She then bowed her head a little and went to leave. But as she turned to the door, she was stopped.
"Wait here, you can report to our parents once we are done." Once seeing the junior PA nod and turn back around, he turned back to Archer. "If it's about their current responsibilities, I will loan five of my own management team to cover for them. They will be more than capable. We can divvy up our work between us without too much hassle. But I won't allow those three to stay under our company for even another day; we don't need people like them, and we have no reason to hold back on our action because of them. We are more than capable to make up for what meagre, short-term loss comes from ridding ourselves of trash."
Henry almost dropped his jaw. Where had the mellow, socially awkward, occasionally mean Joshua he had just gotten to know gone? Who was this strict yet cool character in his place? He knew the man's perfect features could pull people in, even when they wanted anything but that, but he hadn't had the chance to see what really attracted people to the man. The truth behind the natural allure was the unlikely charisma in his cold voice. It pulled people in but always delivered the point that were made with impeccable clarity, even when the message itself is rather cold like when it came to most of the man's work.


The charisma had pulled not only Archer into his more serious side, but also Samuel.
"He's right. It would be best to fire them as fast as possible. It will do the company more harm than good if they stay. If you really do start to struggle with essential ops, we can lend a hand too. The merger involves both companies, it is only natural to rely on each other. Besides, the rumours themselves are quite harmful."
"It isn't just a rumour; they were slandering Henry. And then they verbally abused him. There is no place for that in this company. They should be glad they are getting away with no severance pay instead of a formal report."
Archer did not know whether he wanted to laugh or cry. He had forgotten about just how strict and vicious this side of his brother could be. Last time Joshua had been like this was almost five years ago. Penelope was starting to attract fame and a jealous parent tried to ruin her budding career with a cheating scandal. Of course, they never got the chance, and Joshua not only chewed them out in front of their child, but also ordered his family to sue them to hell and back. If his brother did not have to return to university after his break, Archer was certain things would have gone far worse for the family.


"Eh, since you've all gotten so serious, put me aside for a moment." Henry interrupted before a verbal rally started.
He did agree that the three men should be fired, they were scumbags. But he understood Archer's cautiousness. If they fired them with no severance pay, people within the company would talk. There were chances of retaliation from the three men. And, while he was certain most people working here probably liked the Lore's, if someone was fired purely for insulting him, there would be split opinions. This would be especially dangerous since it gives the Q Group a weak spot to infiltrate the company. Also, clearly Archer was heavily involved with essential operations, it makes sense for him to worry about the consequences that would come for their action. On top of all that, what also struck Henry was that it will have all been under Archer's name, if things went sideways people could shift responsibility on him. If he discussed it with his parents, some shameless souls would not hesitate to try and push it on the presidents too.
But ultimately, he did agree with firing, for many reasons.
"Looking at it objectively, there are too many problems with keeping them. If you fire them just because of this, it's going to cause some chatter and conflict. But no action will make that worse. Those men clearly had a problem with me, and none were being quiet about their opinions. It's safe to assume there are some others also thinking the same and spreading this gossip. The Q Group will do anything to ruin this merger, if the toxic discontent carries on and is heard by them, it gives them too many chances to retaliate before the signing next week. Also, not firing them immediately will only make them the men think there could be some truth to what they said, they'll spin their likes bigger. That will cause even more problems.
"So we can go with Joshua's suggestion, but with one added detail: Joshua will be the one to fire them. He'll give the order and you inform our parents. Which is essentially what was going to happen anyway, but the main thing is people know it is Joshua's actions. The biggest point that would cause problems with anyone else firing them is that some of your employees will think you are shutting them up or acting emotionally, especially without severance pay. But, would the young, well adored second son of the company firing three men for verbally attacking their fiancé be subjected to the same level of scrutiny? It will just excite them and prove to people that the vicious rumours held no precedence, for the most part.
"But really, everyone loves Joshua. Just follow his orders and have him shoulder everything. The chances of backlash are far lower that way."


What had originally started as a seemingly filial fiancé supporting his partners idea with clever insight had eventually become a scene in which the 'filial' fiancé advised everyone to through his partner under the bus. With how Henry had spoken, no one had realised all he was saying was a hypothetical, best-case-scenario maybe. Not until he spoke his final lines.


The junior PA found herself having to pick up her jaw. Personally, as perfect as Joshua was, she had always found him weirdly cold. Of course he was kind and polite, but it all felt like obligated niceties. When she heard that he was engaged to Henry, she wondered how someone known for their brightness and warmth could match. The PA had actually arrived at the door just as Joshua had initially said to have the men fired – Samuel hadn't quite closed the door properly – but the coldness did not surprise her. It only made her think that the two men would not be as good a match as they made out. At most, it could be something akin to how opposites attract.
But what she could have never fathomed was that the famed Henry Reyes could be so savage. She felt as if the world might collapse around her, that was how shocking it was. However, now she could not deny that the two men were matched exceptionally well. Especially with their following interaction.


"So, have them fired and if everything goes to hell, I'm the one being sacrificed." Joshua had no issue with saying it as it was, only turning to Henry with an eyebrow raised.
While his face did not show it, he had been quite angry over the men's actions. After the initial confusion, as the conversation had progressed, he found himself thinking about the fact that people were measuring Henry as inferior to him. It was strange in the sense that Joshua never once felt he even reached Henry's level, but also angered him. They said that he deserved a better person, but the man wholeheartedly did believe that he was the lesser of the two men, just where could they find someone better than Henry? And to top it off, they had called him ugly? Were the men blind? The whole reason they had originally met was because he had mistaken Henry for a beautiful woman.
Joshua was not too aware of it himself, but his initial reaction had held more weight than intended. A lot of the anger stemmed from that one point. Of course, he ever recognised that, he'd start to think something was wrong with his head.


But all the anger had melted away slowly as Henry proposed his 'solution'. Now, Joshua, while still mildly cold, was mostly bemused.


"You're the one who demanded they get fired. You can take the responsibility for it."
"You make it sound like you want this to blow up. What happened to all the talk about being lowkey from last night?"
"Never… but the louder it is the easier it is to ruin them."
Samuel and Archer once again looked at the young man in shock. It had just been the evening before where it had become clear that Henry took after his much calmer father. But in that moment, they could all here the strange tinge of cruelness in his voice.
Henry, of course, noticed the looks, turning to them. "Just because I won't take revenge on Caleb doesn't mean I'm not angry. But I couldn't care less about those three and have no problem venting on them, they just got unlucky."
"So I'm a means to an end then?"
Even though the older brothers were still looking at Henry, the junior PA turned, frozen at the slight smirk on Joshua's face as he spoke.
"Do you not want them fired anymore?" Henry sent a sideways look to Joshua.
"I didn't say that."
"Well, then, let's keep having as much fun as we can."
Joshua instantly knew what the man was referring to, their conversation last night. While that had been regarding the wedding, he easily knew what was meant. "Fun it is, then."


The three onlookers almost felt as though they were watching the interaction between to psychopaths. It was a stark comparison to the usually bashful and cute vibe they gave off, the brothers in particular felt extremely weird watching it. The weirdest of all, despite the atmosphere between them being almost the opposite of normal, their chemistry seemed to burn brighter than anyone had ever seen before. 
It was no surprise when Archer had finally had enough.

“They tried to kill your sister, thrice.”
“As well as your company, and sister-in-law with it.”
They were both more than aware that the merger had become a matter of life and death, that it had been that way from the moment the Q Group suspected anything, that it had reached a terrifyingly dangerous level. 
More terrifying than the prospects of being engaged to a man. 
The two could only grimace and mutter in unison. 
“We have to get married.”

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Joshua Lore is the 23 year old second son of the second most successful company in Country A.
Henry Reyes is the 22 year old second son of the third most successful company in Country A.

Both very rich. Both very pretty. 
Most importantly, both extremely straight.

Yet due to a misconception on their parents' part and a company merger combined with some questionable photography with their androgynous looks, they find themselves in a marriage meeting, with each other. 
Of course they are going to reject this, or so they thought...

Aron worked at Roger's farm from morning to afternoon, after that he ran few laps around the peaceful village. A week slowly passed, his stats rose a little.
[STR 0.9, DEX 0.95, END 1.35, INT 0.5, CHA 0.6, PER:20]

Thanks to frequent meals with Roger his body started looking like a human being. A negative trait [Malnourished] was deleted from his status, and he felt very good. Most of his skills progressed slowly.

[Cleaning lv.3 (164/500), Fieldwork lv5(locked), Running lv.6(467/1000), Plucking lv.MAX]

The cleaning skill was the most underestimated skill by him, the third level could rival the most vigorous housewife. Fieldwork reached 5th level and became locked, the system didn't deliver him an answer what does it mean. His running technique improved with every day, becoming more efficient in this skill caused increase of his speed as more effective running.

Aron completed his training and thought that it wasn't enough, he lacks skills and started pondering inside of his hut. Being stupid, limited his mind very much and made thinking a lot harder and slow. Simple ideas came to his mind after long time, so process of discovering something new made him stare at the wall for extended period of time.
[Hidden Quest cleared.]
[Quest name: Stop Staring!]
[Quest goal: Stare fiercely at something for more than an hour.]
[Reward: Appraisal Skill.]

'Appraisal?' Obtaining skill by staring at a wall was quite fruitful even if his mind couldn't discover creative ideas about anything. 

[Wooden Wall]

'Not much information...But it's valuable I think. Let's level up and check it's real capability!'

[Appraisal leveled up]
[Rotten Wooden Wall of Aron's hut]

'More valuable information with every level, it's quite a practical skill!'

[Appraisal lv.1 7/1000]

The number of points required to level up was sky-high, and it was merely from level one to level two. This skill proficiency was raised quite easy, an ordinary stare could appraise anything. After appraising for some time, he fell asleep. 

Roger decided to allow a boy assists him in constructing new fields, few days of work together proved his usefulness and ability to acquire essential techniques.

"I will show you, how to plow the earth before sowing. Watch carefully as I won't do it again." He displayed accurate method and forced a boy to repeat it.
Aron didn't get this right at first time, however with every next try it was closer to correct a version of this action. Another assistance was skill Fieldwork, and it fixed his wrong movements and allowed to get new skill faster.

[Skill Plowing generated.Plowing lv.0(1/10)]

[Due to a constant hardworking positive trait: Hardworking was generated.]

Aron felt that his body became lighter, and his mind stopped wandering from his job. Unconsciously, he became grinding appraisal and it was interesting because he could actually appraise the Roger.

[Name: Roger]

[Race: Human]

'I will be able to see more if I carefully level up appraisal more.' It was cheat-like ability, you could actually spy on people and this will be definitely useful to Aron in the peaceful future.

They allegedly plowed the field together with the Roger, the skill was leveling up very fast due it's childlike simplicity. It required them only a few hours of hardwork, however, he typically reached level max before properly finishing the job. After the delicious meal, Roger said thoughtfully.

"I think you have some potential in farming, kid. There is empty room inside of my house, and you can live there if you want…" It wasn't easy to say these words to the boy, but he deeply cared about him. Aron's hut required many repairs, and gaining more pleasant place to sleep was good thing for him.

"I will kindly accept your offer. Thank you!" Declared Aron with sincerity.

The kid came back to his hovel and grasped everything useful and went back to the farm. Roger directed him, one of the rooms inside his house and went back to his activities. 

The room was in an absolute mess, yet a few hours of cleaning and it will become a enjoyable place to inhabit. There were many old and rusted things, he thought it will be intriguing to appraise all of them and discover their purpose.

[Appraisal lv.2(42/5000)]

'This skill will take me ages to level up.' The first level required 200 proficiency points, 2nd level 1000 and 3rd require 5 thousand. 

The shabby room was full of useless stuff, but there were few relatively unusual items from Roger's past.
[Roger's Broken Bow.]

[Desc: Old short bow used by Roger to hunt, it was ruined by him in the emotional state of uncontrolled rage.]

[Rusty dismantling knife]

[Desc: The corroded by time dismantling knife, after some cleaning it should be useful.]

[Small chisel]

[Desc: A essential tool utilized to carefully carve in wood or other materials.]

'Art. I wouldn't suspect the Roger for such hobbies.'

The room became clean, and it wasn't night yet, so he decided to try new things. Grinding appraisal was something, important and his mind focused on this. 

'Display my skills'

[Skills: Fieldwork lv.5(Locked), Plowing lv.max, Plucking lv.max, Running lv.6(533/1000), Cleaning lv.4(32/1000), Appraisal lv.2(773/5000)]

He was pondering about his next moves and examining his status. In one moment, he stared at skill for a moment and notification popped.

[Appraisal lv.2(773/5000)]

[Desc: Skill allows appraising the specific target to get information about the current state of the target. The valuable information is naturally limited to things that the host can accurately perceive. More information will be displayed with every level.]

[Level cap: None]

'I can appraise skills, it's excellent. Let's try it out!'

He immediately appraised skills one after another with ecstatic expression.

[Fieldwork lv.5]

[Desc: Skill allows doing work outside more efficiently. Every level increases outside's work efficiency by 5%. A current boost is +25%]

[Level up Requirement: Learning ten fieldwork related skills or receiving specific talent.]



[Plowing lv.MAX]

[Desc: Increases the user's efficiency in one of the primary farming actions.]

[Requirement to evolve: Getting 3 related skills to level 5(2/3)]



[Plucking lv.MAX]

[Desc: Increases the user's efficiency in one of the primary farming actions.]

[Requirement to evolve: Getting 3 related skills to level 5(2/3)]



[Running lv.6]

[Desc: Causes the user's running become more skillful and gives a boost of speed.]

[Boost:12%(2% per level)]

[Level Cap:10]



[Cleaning lv.4]

[Desc: Provides knowledge about cleaning techniques and makes cleaning more efficient.]

[Boost: 12%(3% per level)]

[Level Cap:5]



'Wow. Let's check traits.'



[Hardworking]
[Desc: User can work longer and boring horrendous work won't affect the user's performance.]

[Undeveloped Brain]
[Desc: Brain disability was removed, however, host's brain has long way to become proper organ.]

[Stupid]
[Desc: As you are checking this trait, proves you are not too smart.]



[Talentless]
[Desc: Disables chance of discovering any personal talent in the host. Effect of being a hybrid of two species.]



'Two species. I don't understand... Mother of this body wasn't human.'

[The host is brilliant as ever with his clever remarks.]

Death...The cold feeling of being dead.
The scientist tried to create a genetic serum to break away from humanity was killed and transmigrated into the world called Destia. The only thing that will help him survive, will be a mysterious system.
[I am not a native English speaker.]
[I don't own the cover picture.]
[Writing quality might change with time as I edit a chapter or my ability to improve.]
[It's a polygamy story.]
[My time is limited! I am a university student.]
[I try to release min 1 chapter daily.]
[Mail: SadWandererX96@gmail.com]
[I hope you can tell me what's wrong as I am getting my experience and your opinion can improve the story!]

"The repurchase price will be half of the selling price. Trust me, with my rate of progression, this will only be a profitable deal for you." Mag smiled nonchalantly as he said, "You have to realize that we have an arms shop next door. I can order a custom-made longsword high in quality for 1,000 gold coins there, and it won't be very difficult for me to sell it for 500 later on."
In the arms market, supply exceeded demand, so buyers held the ascendency. He was using that against the system, which allowed him to gain the upper hand in their negotiation. From his past experience, that was quite an effective bartering method.
"Deal!
"Ding! 1,000 gold coins have been successfully deducted! The longsword is complete, and can be delivered at any time."
The system was still a little indignant, but it had no choice but to comply.
"Deliver it now. Place the sword by the door to the balcony." A faint smile appeared on Mag's face as he changed into a set of loose clothes from his wardrobe before making his way to the balcony.
Opening the door, he discovered that there was a longsword waiting for him on the balcony. It was identical to the one that he had used on that mission in the Valley of Thorns.
After he was almost impaled by the sword falling from the sky, Mag had completely lost confidence in the system's postage and handling. As such, he decided to be more careful this time in order to avoid repeating that harrowing ordeal.
Mag picked up the sword, and found that the hilt was slightly cool to the touch. It weighed about 2.5 kilograms, and felt a little heavy, but it wasn't cumbersome in any way. He twirled the sword in his hand, and its blade shimmered with a cold gleam under the moonlight.
He gently closed the balcony door, and took a deep breath. His mind became extremely serene, and he adopted a very serious expression.
The days of constant cooking in recent times had brought about many changes for Mag. The most prominent of those was that he had learned how to concentrate on one thing, as well as how to get in the zone in a short period of time.
After experiencing death, he began to understand what was truly important to him.
His black longsword blended into the darkness of the night. He abruptly stepped forward and thrust his sword out.
It was a very simple sword strike. There were no embellishments or fancy tricks; it was just a plain and simple thrust.
However, his sword traveled in an extremely straight trajectory.
The tip, blade, and hilt of the sword, as well as his wrist and forearm, were all on the same parallel line, without even the slightest discrepancy. It was as if everything had been measured using the most accurate ruler.
The thrust was invariably straight, and unavoidably quick.
Mag withdrew his sword before repeating the same motion expressionlessly. It was still the exact same sword strike that was unleashed previously. The angle, speed, and even his hand's position were all completely identical.
On the balcony of the third floor, Mag stood under the moonlight, and unleashed one sword thrust after another. Each strike seemed to be completely identical, but also somehow different at the same time.
The bland and boring motion appeared to be effortless, but Mag's clothes were soon drenched with sweat. Despite that, every single thrust was still straight and true, with impeccable speed and trajectory.
"98, 99, 100…" After unleashing the final strike, Mag retracted his hand, which was slightly numb by that point. He exhaled; the numbing sensation crept along his fingers, all the way up to his right shoulder. However, his eyes were particularly bright, and he seemed to be reminiscing about something as he fixed his gaze on the sword in his hand.
"Thirteen Swordplay Forms, all of which are plain yet effective killing techniques. First form — straight thrust. When completely mastered, its unchanging form can combat anything that the enemy throws my way. This is the true way of the sword," Mag murmured to himself.
That was a sword technique that Mag Alex had practiced for over ten years. The first five forms were the most basic sword strikes, consisting of a thrust, jab, swipe, slam, and slash. Each of those motions had been practiced tens of thousands of times by Mag Alex, and they were all deeply ingrained in his muscle memory.
A portion of Mag's body had already recovered, so what he had to do was to redevelop himself, and tap into the maximal extent of his current potential, thereby completely mastering his body's abilities.
Progression in power was a slow and steady process. If Mag wanted to become stronger, he would have to train differently from everyone else. The system had given him a body that had once reached the pinnacle of human ability, offering him strength points afterward so he could slowly tap into his body's latent potential. Furthermore, there were powerful sword techniques and combat tactics in his memory.
Those factors gave Mag a very high starting point as well as limitless potential. However, he was still Mag, and not Alex.
It was just like how the system had prepared the best kitchen and ingredients for Mag, then injected the most premium recipes and experience bag into his mind—if he wanted to cook the most perfect dish, he still had to practice countless times in the test field for the God of Cookery. In doing so, he would convert someone else's experience into something that he fully mastered, thereby allowing him to use the best ingredients to cook the best dishes.
He was facing the same problem in his quest to get stronger. He had the most powerful body as well as the most applicable cultivation methods and experience in his mind, but he had to make all of that his own.
Of course, that was something that Mag had become very proficient at.
Something that could be achieved through relentless hard work was not difficult to him. He didn't back down when he trained night and day without any sleep in the test field for the God of Cookery, so practicing sword techniques for one to two hours every night was nothing to him.
He transferred his sword over to his left hand, and continued to practice the same thrusting motion. His movements were impeccable and fast, even more so than when he was performing them with his right hand.
Everyone on the Norland Continent knew that Mag Alex's sword strikes were very fast when using his right hand, but there were also many who knew that his left hand was even faster. However, most of those who knew about the latter were already dead.
On that night three years ago, Mag Alex had been ambushed by six 10th-tier powerhouses. He had managed to kill three of them, and he used his left hand during that battle.
Mag practiced his sword technique diligently as he thought to himself, It's a pity that I can't use essential energy before reaching the 5th-tier.
He flicked through the powerful sword techniques in his mind, and was very eager to give them a try.
Essential energy was similar in nature to the internal energy that was often mentioned in wuxia[1] novels.
Humans were the weakest among all species when first born, but they were able to rank among the eight species that ruled over the continent. The key lay in their ability to awaken essential energy, and invent ways to cultivate. Thus, the frail humans were able to combat the likes of the giant dragons and demons.
Essential energy cultivation elevated the upper limit of the human body's capabilities, allowing both speed and power to be enhanced as essential energy increased.
After reaching the 5th-tier, essential energy could be used in conjunction with battle techniques, thereby drastically improving one's combat prowess.
A fifty-meter-long saber projection was perhaps a little far-fetched, but a sword projection that was three to five meters in length was certainly not an exaggeration.
Once upon a time, when Mag Alex was at the pinnacle of the 10th-tier, he had unleashed a sword projection that was twelve meters in length, and slain a dragon with a single strike!
Just imagining being able to vanquish a fireball with a sword strike instilled him with a sense of excitement.
That was the true world of swords and magic that Mag had envisioned.
[1] a traditional Chinese novel genre that centers around fantasy, martial arts, and combat.


In Chaos City on the Norland Continent, there is a strange restaurant.

Here, elves and dwarves share tables. Beastmen are prohibited from making a din, and giant dragons can only seat around the tiny square in front of the restaurant. Even demons have to bring their own stools…

But it is such a strange restaurant that has long lines outside every day.

Elves are stuffing kebabs, paying no mind to their manners; giant dragons are sitting around a hot pot, strainers in their hands; demons are eating nice-looking dango…

"There's no other place on this continent where you can find food like that! The boss here is a genius!" a customer provides such a review. Then, he gives a furtive look at the door. "Also, don't you think of kidnapping the boss away or dine-and-dashing, or you will suffer a tragic death."

"Eat, pay, or you will be beaten to death." says a cute little girl in her childish voice as she trots forward. A five-meter tall dragon shivers when it meets her eyes.

"Hey dear, what have you been gazing out there before rousing our babies who are about to sleep? You know, just your voice alone could make those bakes gets so worked up and if there no difference between day and night, I think both Amy and Jay-R would want to keep playing with you the whole day and night...!"

"Really, you know, with your booming voice, regardless of day or night, and especially just now, I really thought you had gone mad or something."

I was literally nagged down by Heather that had to once again cuddle and coo the babies to sleep. But right now the eyes of those twins were so wide open that it seems impossible for them to have a shut-eye for the whole night.

Those twins were squirming about in their cribs and soon had their hands and feet out from the gaps of the crib as they managed to turn about on their stomachs.

"Hey, you little buddies. Are you awake due to my voice eh? Haish... Sorry dear, I was just reminiscing the past and thought about some significant people before."

I said this while I walked over to the cribs where the two twins had turned themselves about and were literally trying to sit up as they held their hands towards me.

I held Jay-R up and held him close to me while Heather held Amy up. "Hey, little man. You had your little supper right? Why don't you shut your eyes a while bit and wait till the sun rises again, will you?"

"Look, you had now awakened and now we all want you to grow up faster, you know. The moment you sleep after eating you would grow up fast into my little twins and soon both of you would be pattering around the house with me, later okay?"

"Learn how to walk and talk as soon as you can and join Godmother Michelle to school. There would be other boys and girls just like you too."

Every single sentence that I had spoken to Jay-R, he seemed to nod his head and cooed in reply. It was really cute as if he was agreeing to every single word I had said.

We exchanged the babies and now I was holding Amy in my arms as Jay-R lay quietly in Heather's arms as he was cuddled close. Likewise, I talked to my little girl and told her the same as she too nodded her head and closed her eyes as she cooed back to me.

"Sleep tight, my little ones. For there's tomorrow where you will grow up to be strong girl and boy and would help each other to keep things in check and order."

"The faster you both grow the better. You would lead a simple life and be exposed to all the elements and be one like a commoner but with a heart like a Saint."

"One day, all these would be yours both so you would learn as much as possible okay? Be humble always and respect everyone around you and you would be respected in return, alright?"

"We all eat the same food and wear the same kind of clothes, there would not be a hint of royalty except for those who knew us as their leader. A leader should always be open to ideas of others and able to respond to them in a timely fashion et cetera."

Jay-R was fast asleep in Heather's arms while the same goes to Amy as well. We both smiled at one another and after cuddling and carrying them for a while bit, we let them rest for the night on the cribs surrounded by some of the stuff toys that Heather had bought from the new Gracehaven's Clothing Store.

The twins after they were placed back in their cribs reaches out for their stuff toys and hugged them tightly as steady breathing soon took over as the twins drifted off to sleep.

Heather looked at me and said, "These twins might be spoiled by you one day, you know. They would wake up when they heard your voice and goes to sleep after hearing you talk to them. Hahaha."

"Either way, they would be obedient more towards you and listen to your words more carefully."

"Hahaha. Not really dear, they may heed me but the most important thing they should know would be there's always their great mummy behind them and supporting them, you know."

"Besides, they also knew somehow that you are the driving force behind me. If not for any of the pioneers, I would have become a skeleton lying on the surface of the earth with no sense of survival at all."

"Haish... I was earlier thinking about old Jack and Old Kayla and wondering how lonely their lives would be for not having children they could call their own."

"Besides, the pitter-patter of children around them would return back to their homes and parents at the end of the day. I just wonder what they feel day in and day out throughout their lives."

I explained to Heather and soon the atmosphere turned sombre as our conversation turned into the oldest folk that we knew — Old Jack and Old Kayla.

In order to turn the mood around, Heather chatted about the developments on the grounds instead and soon our attention was diverted to the affairs of the community which would be the construction of the Blacksmith, General Store, the plans for the Engineering Guild and an outdoor dining area for the workers.

Since the Grains Drying a kiln had been moved next to the huge Granary, there are only a few more essential services that need to be settled before the whole courtyard would be free to build the sporting arena that everyone was anticipating.

I got a few helpers to bring up the scrolls of the drawing plans for the 4 essential services and we saw that it had been completed and with the new outlook, made of clay bricks and wood, it looked rather magnificent.

The one concerns Old Kayla was the outdoor dining place as the benches and dining tables would be arranged in such a manner under a sheltered place where at least 20 of those tables and 40 benches would be lined up.

It would neatly seat about 160 workers at a time and they would be able to take their turns in batches. There was another scroll where a drawing of a sporting arena the shape of a 'U' with the opening facing the domain was being planned. 

The design of the sporting arena enables me to make our speeches on the arena itself as the sound would be amplified across the whole area.

It seems that the construction of the essential services including the relocation of the woodcutter, sawmill and windmill would be concurrent as well.

In all, there would be at least 7 works that would be done simultaneously as the builders would be recalled to make things work. The engineers had marked their target of completion — mid-March 1442 at the end of winter.

After discussing with Heather and going through the drawings, we found that the plans were quite doable as it's wintertime still. 

With all the available men and women around, it would surely make light work since the whole 250 crop fields were planted with winter wheat. 

It would only shoot up and be matured on the first week of Spring and be ready for Harvesting. Yeah... 250 crop fields that would yield the first 250,000 pounds of grains for us

"Alright then honey, time to get to bed and be ready for tomorrow's works to commence. Its time for me to roll my sleeve as well too." 

I pinched Heather's nose playfully as we both flitted back to our own room next to our babies'  to retire.

During the period of 1337-1453, a terrible war broke in Medieval England and that period was called (Hundred Year's War) and a huge turmoil ensued between the England and France with the involvement of rebels as well as opportunists. 

Prince Audemars Macleod, a descendent of King Richard Macleod of Darlington had barely managed to escape with his life when the Manor he was living in was besieged by rebels in 1440, when he was just barely 18 years old.

Let us travel through time and relive the experiences of this young Prince as he was forced to 'banished' and survive with some followers they entrusted their lives with him.

Little did he realise that he was actually living in the past of his future and had no recollection of anything except when he was narrated by a Seer that had been inducted as a permanent resident of the town he founded later.

*This is a fictional world. Most plants, vegetables, fruits and certain animals didn't exist in England that time.

*Almost all novels start off with a system. This does not reveal any hint of a system until you get to almost halfway through the novel. 

* Mobsters are included in the later chapters of this novel too. 

*This is a slow grind so bear with it as the storyline develops. Thank you and happy reading...

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