Everyone call me walking disaster, why ??? because my bad luck. i have aura of bad luck around me, and it can affect anyone around. 

Im Ein, Ein Watson 20 years old. Until this day, im still playing VR games call fantasy online. 10 years I playing this game and im not bored at all, why, because the developer really doing a great job to this game, almost all best game developer in the world join hand to create the best VRMMO in the world and it called Fantasy Online. 

This is my story how i become the best player in Fantasy Online that no one can oppose me in my way to ruled Gaia World

Earth died centuries ago. Fortunately, the plan for a interstelar travel worked, and humanity found it's place on a world called Light.

The tecnological advances opened inumerous possibilities. With the automation of most of the production methods, people sudently had much free time on hands. And what one seeks when they have too much free time? Fun, of course. And in this age, virtual reality is the most popular, with people spending more time on the virtual world than on the real.

31 of december of the year 487 of the new age was the day the the legendary game 'Shadow Era' closed, and the first day of January will be the day that a game that will change the world will start.

Astharos was one of the chosen to play the beta of the game know as 'Fantasy'. He had played the Shadow Era for around a year, but he completely forget it in the only week that the beta of Fantasy was online. Not only him, but every player chosed to play the beta described it the same way:
"It will be the best game ever created"



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Author notes:

First of all, i must say that english is not my native language, so expect some ( probably a lot ) of errors. I'm still learning english, and part of my motivation for writing is because i want to learn more :3

Second, a lot of Virtual Reality novels focus around a protagonist goins against other players, in guild wars and thing alike. There will be some of those on the story i'm planning, but the focus of the story will be more on the world of Fantasy itself and the conflicts between the npcs ( natives, on the world history ). So expect less PvP and much more exploration and world building.

Third, i'm only writing for fun and not as a job, so while i will try to keep a good release, i can not promise that will be fixed.

Earth died centuries ago. Fortunately, the plan for a interstelar travel worked, and humanity found it's place on a world called Light.

The tecnological advances opened inumerous possibilities. With the automation of most of the production methods, people sudently had much free time on hands. And what one seeks when they have too much free time? Fun, of course. And in this age, virtual reality is the greatest source of fun, with people spending more time on the virtual world than on the real.

31 of december of the year 487 of the new age was the day the the legendary game 'Shadow Era' closed, and the first day of january will be the day that a game that will change the world will start.

Astharos was one of the chosen to play the beta of the game know as 'Fantasy'. He had played the Shadow Era for around a year, but he completely forget it in the only week that the beta of Fantasy was online. Not only him, but every player chosen to play the beta described it the same way:
"It will be the best game ever created."



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Author notes:

First of all, I must say that english is not my native language, so expect some ( probably a lot ) of errors. I'm still learning english, and part of my motivation for writing is because I want to learn more :3

Second, a lot of Virtual Reality novels focus around a protagonist going against other players, in guild wars and thing alike. There will be some of those on the story I'm planning, but the focus of the story will be more on the world of Fantasy itself and the conflicts between the npcs ( Natives, on the world's history ). So expect less PvP and much more exploration and world building.

Third, I'm only writing for fun and not as a job, so while I will try to keep a good release, I can't promise that it will be fixed.

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This is the Q&A going up 2/19/19[8/22/2019] with chapter 100!
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Here's a link to the 'general' map I use for the continent Noone is on. It's not perfectly accurate and I can't guarantee I will keep the names/landscape/or regions the way they are. But for now it's good enough for me. 
https://i.imgur.com/GHGeUGj.png

+++Questions on Noone's Name+++
Honestly I'm super considering just going back and changing Noone's name to 'Noon.' This might create it's own complications, but with the amount of flak I got early on about his name… it might be worth it.

Q: "Noon, No one, or None?"-Everyone 
A: Noon. [IPA:nun]

WN C.83 "Is that an intentional acronym by the author? (No one) Noone."-Turk
A: If i had to guess I would say the author was probably thinking it would be clever back when he assumed this would be a quick story which wouldn't gain any traction, and now it is 100 chapters in and too late to go back. (or, it was the name of the author's dnd character this novel may or may not have been loosely based on and... yeah)

+++******* Questions+++
Q: "Do you have an editor or do you just proof-read?"-LostSands
A: To my most active patron, I do not have an editor. My process is to write the chapter (usually 3 chapters at a time) and then to read them through immediately before I upload the official chapter on WN and RR. So they get a once over days later and hopefully I catch any mistakes. The exceptions are chapters I am nervous about. The chapter where Noone jumps (17), the chapters where Noone returns to a desolated Tapestry, and chapters 76 and 90 specifically. 

+++Webnovel Questions+++
C.90: "What's the end game looking like, god or death at old age?"-power
A: God. Always God.

C.90 "From what I've read so far, I assume there is many types of power systems such as cultivation and magic in Noone's world. Will Noone ever learn any conventional magic such as casting fireballs, or will he remain on his current path (which I assume is cultivation)?" -Eternity_River
A: Ultimately he will be practicing cultivation, however as he experiences the different power systems he will adopt them into his own "dao." So yeah, fireball is still a possibility :P

C.90 "Does Noone still have the inner devil, or has the madness passed?"-Homeless one
A: The inner-devil is sealed within the amulet, so he still has it. It's part of the reason he is unable to remove the amulet from his neck.

C.90 Matirion :P I saw your questions and I literally can't answer any of them without major spoilers. You have been reading from the very beginning though and thank you. Nothing really "Scared" Noone yet about the surface world. But he was super confused about Raelith being blue, and is most looking forward to seeing other races. 

C.3 "Do the people [in Tapestry] sing?"-Amante0
A: *Coughs uncomfortably*

C.12 "Does Noone become a robust man for having so many carts tied up and dragging it for 3 whole months? Just imagining the MC as a robust man, it's quite unique."
A: Yes. Yes he does.

C.27 "I'm impressed Noone didn't just sink. As dense as he is (cause like muscles and stuff) and from the weight of all the metal he has on him on top of that, it's truly amazing that the he didn't just drop like a rock pulling the bird along with him."-ImortalofSpagetti
A: *cough cough* Well. You see. I am sure there is a very good reason for that… *Cough*

C.28 "It was alive, probably. Like a sea hedgehog.[In regards to the purple spiked 'stone']"-All_Ex
A: What are you, some kind of wizard? Also, the word you were looking for is "urchin." I actually only included it as a red herring, not unlike a few other things within the story.

C.49 "Sometimes your first bdsm experience is unexpected."-EroticEarwig
A: I remember choking when I read this for the first time. You live up to your username sir.

C.55 "A Plant Woven Nooneiverse"-Dao_of_Ninja
A: Thus a legacy of puns was born.

C.72 "Nooo!! I didn't commit to reading this for so long just for the mc to turn evil! I absolutely hate stories like that! Please tell me it isn't so!"-Dreamheart_Dragon
A: It isn't so.

C.73 "Sometimes I wish I could just go to the future and read book chapters."-Hilers
 "I think the author is right there with you"-ThankYou
A: Yeah. I am.

C.74 "There is a cliff at a cliff. Author did you do that on purpose."-Person814
A: …Mm…

C.76 "Well **** that escalated quickly. Very well done on the fight scene, but I thought you said no more cliffs HOW IN THE FUCK IS THIS NOT A CLIFF?!?!!?"-Richard_Rahl
A: Love the username. Also… oops. :P

C.76 "So he absorbed the energy of the universe, and the energy of all his people and he loses to some mid level scrubs?"-whateverpickone
A: >>This answer has been redacted due to insensitivity.<<

C.81 "Thank you for the chapter. I would love to read a q&a!"-maplepear
A: Well if you insist.

C.88 "Will he eventually learn how to swim?"-NinjaCat620
A: I hope not, then I would miss out on some great water-related comic relief.

+++Royalroad questions+++
C.90 "I was wondering what is the shape of the world? Unless that is something that you wish to reveal later?"-John Christianson
A: I loved reading your comment and hearing your speculation. I hate to tell you that most of it is wrong, however given the information you know as a reader, it is extremely well thought out and makes me happy :) I can't give you the Total view, but what I can give you is the randomly generated map I use for the continent Noone is on.
https://i.imgur.com/GHGeUGj.png

And if you're curious about the website I used to randomly generate the map it is: https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/

C.90 "You've mentioned the world is based around d&d, in regards to race/class, so what race is Noone, is he truly human?"-GooseTheGreat

A: So some of the answer is too spoilery to explain right now, but to answer as best as I can… Noone's race (the race of Tapestry) was once human. But they spent so long underground and influenced by their inheritance that they evolved to be something different entirely while the outside world passed them by.
(The original character of Noone I made was for a dnd campaign years ago, and his design (as well as the design of the people of Tapestry) are heavily influenced by the "Earth Genasi" race in 5e)

+++++++++++++++++++++++
I hope this QA was as fun for you to read as it was for me to write, I will hold more audience interaction stuff as the story progresses so keep an eye out :)

What happens to a world of Magic and Dragons when a cultivator bursts into their universe? What about when a cultivator is raised right under their noses?

How do Wizards and High Elves, Dungeons and Dwarves, fare against an unknowing cultivator and the Laws of the Universe?

Epochs ago an Immortal left his inheritance behind on a dying plane of existence. 

Now, at the edge of what was once desolate world, the immortals inheritance is about to make himself known. And his name is Noone.

An original cultivator of his world, unguided, and unrestrained.

Noone is the powerless child of a civilazation locked away at the edge of the world. When tragedy occurs, and his world is turned around, he inherits the Will of The Ancestor. An ancient legendary being who protected the conclave of Tapestry, until the desolate world above would become re-inhabitable.

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IMPORTANT: This is a long-form narrative. If you don't enjoy slower-paced world building then this isnt the novel for you.

NOT: a systems/reincarnation story

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[SourceOfDawn: Polio, Phoenix, and Frangipani… Hmm… They aren't big BOSSES, they are Sherlie's pet names ╭∩╮( ̄▽̄)╭∩╮] 
[PeacefulPickaxeHandle: Yggdrasill has been targeted. Even Jesus can't save it now.]
[SlagNest: I suddenly thought of Mana replenishment (Manual Comedy).]
…
The content updates in version 0.39 were numerous. In the coming future, there would be more new content. In order to implement the Open Beta Testing, the gamers of Victoria City and Eternal Kingdom had to cooperate to take over Yggdrasill.
This was what the gamers speculated. If they had Yggdrasill, then the game could implement Open Beta. The Yggdrasill Plot had been triggered by Dragonborn's Strange Encounter Mission.
The gamers didn't know the location of Dragonborn, but they knew it was only a matter of time.
There were many updates, like a new map at Eternal Kingdom for the Unknown Forest. It didn't mean that the forest was called Unknown Forest. The lazy game officials were simply too lazy to give the forest a proper name. The gamers were used to the laziness of the game officials. Most of the names on the maps were given by the gamers, including the various areas in the Dungeon and the Sighing Wilderness, where the Ogre Fortress was located. After discussion, the gamers suggested using Moonlight Forest, but the name was already used by the forest at Victoria City.
The gamers couldn't come up with a good name.
All the Guilds had sent their members to the forest. As such, there were ten Beetlemons that serviced the route between Eternal Kingdom and the Unknown Forest.
If a Beetlemon could only carry 100 gamers, ten Beetlemons could only carry 1,000 gamers. However, there were 5,000 gamers in Eternal Kingdom. There was no consideration for the fact that an Orc's body was much larger than a Gnome. Perhaps a Beetlemon wasn't able to ferry 100 Orcs. Most of the Guild members organized their Darting Birds and formed groups to ferry their members to the entrance of the forest. However, this method wasn't feasible for non-affiliated gamers.
Marco Polo's post had stated clearly that the entrance was pitch dark. It wasn't suitable for Darting Birds to go in, as they would panic in the dark environment. Many gamers complained about the darkness phobia of Darting Birds when the birds were living in the Underworld. The gamers had no choice, as it was a game setting. The end was a steep cliff, and the gamers could climb down, but the Darting Birds were unable to do so. A lone non-affiliated gamer wouldn't know where to put his Darting Bird. 
Marco Polo, who was a lone adventurer, lost his Darting Bird and equipment.
The gamers of Eternal Kingdom couldn't steal each other's rides. If a gamer had a Darting Bird and another gamer killed the owner, the second gamer was unable to take the Darting Bird. Of course, he could choose to kill the Darting Bird.
For opposing factions, the gamers could steal each other's rides. For example, gamers of Victoria City could kill the owners of the Darting Birds and take their rides. 
This fact was confirmed at the Sighing Wilderness.
The Pioneer Alliance organized its members to explore the Unknown Forest. As a 500-member Guild, it organized a group with 300 members, each having a Darting Bird. They also arranged for extra tens of Darting Birds to carry loot and necessities such as tents, lamps, food, and water.
The gamers knew that there was hunger and exhaustion in the game. If the gamers didn't eat and rest sufficiently, their combat power would be greatly diminished. There was even some food that had a special BUFF that increased their agility. That was what the food description said. However, it wasn't clear whether the food was effective. 
Most of the gamers believed the food to be effective, though there wasn't an attribute panel for confirmation. Could the description be used to deceive the gamers? 
After the battle between the Pioneer Alliance and Changan City, the Pioneer Alliance was able to have a sizable force. One reason was that there were more rich gamers in the Pioneer Alliance. The other main reason was that after attacking the two Changan City Strongholds, they pillaged the enemy's resources and captured their high-ranking members.
Arthur didn't want to build a Stronghold in the wilderness to imprison the high-ranking members of Changan City. He found a convenient location to imprison them and got some Guild members to keep watch. He didn't care how long they were imprisoned. Arthur was nonchalant about whether Changan City was willing to spend money to rescue the prisoners.
The imprisonment was a method to tarnish the Guild's reputation and serve as a warning. It wasn't meant to keep them locked up for a long time.
There were 300 Pioneer Alliance members and other allied Guild members that made up the five to six hundred members that set off from Eternal Kingdom towards the Unknown Forest.
The contingent looked like a long Dragon. Under good management of the Guilds, the contingent traveled orderly towards the destination. There was no way unaffiliated gamers could have such an orderly contingent.
As it was a large contingent, the speed wasn't as fast as Marco Polo's traveling speed. The 600-member contingent traveled for half a day before it arrived at the entrance of the Unknown Forest. One hundred of the members went offline for various reasons, but they weren't abandoned. Instead, they were placed on the backs of the Darting Birds or tied to the carts. If they were left on the road, their equipment would be stolen. 
The Darting Birds couldn't be stolen, but if a piece of equipment wasn't Soulbound, it could be stolen.
It was almost night time when they arrived at the entrance of the Unknown Forest. It was also the time when most of the gamers were online. Most of the unaffiliated gamers would choose to take the Beetlemons and go offline to do other stuff. When they got online again, they would have arrived at a Beetlemon stop. Even if the Beetlemon arrived early, their friends would inform them via messaging. Then they would go online immediately and dismount from the Beetlemon. The gamers were safe from attacks and stealing when they were on the Beetlemon.
More gamers were online at night. When Arthur and his members arrived at the Unknown Forest, there was a vast crowd at the narrow tunnel.
It wasn't a good choice to set up camp at the tunnel entrance. Arthur ordered half the members to stay, while the rest of the members escorted the Darting Birds back. They could then return to the Unknown Forest via the Teleport Portal, which would be built shortly.
Arthur and half of his members proceeded into the tunnel to explore the Unknown Forest.
Arthur wasn't worried that the Changan City members would take revenge. As there were many gamers, if the Changan City members attacked, there would be accidental damage to other gamers, who would retaliate immediately. Changan City would have antagonized other Guilds and unaffiliated gamers besides the Pioneer Alliance and its allies. Changan City wouldn't be so foolish as to do that. 
Arthur and his 300 members brought along their essential equipment and entered the tunnel of the Unknown Forest. 
Almost a thousand gamers were jostling in the tunnel. After 30 minutes, they exited the tunnel and arrived at the spacious top of the cliff.
The gamers had to find a way to climb down the cliff, like what Marco Polo encountered.
They walked around but didn't find any tunnels that went down. They could only scale down the steep cliff. Though the constitution of Orcs, Gnomes, and Goblins was pretty good, without proper training and safeguards, it was as good as suicide.
The gamers were multi-talented. They chose a few expert rock-climbers from the 5000 gamers of Eternal Kingdom to scale down the cliff.
Many gamers came forward and revealed their professional rock-climbing experience. They also requested Spider Silk and ropes to create a ladder. It wasn't difficult to overcome this cliff.
The gamers were familiar with the tensile strength of the Spider Silk. Even if tens of Orcs bore weight on the Spider Silk, it would be able to support them.
Once the gamers were united, their efficiency skyrocketed. Before long, they created tens of meters of rope ladder using the contributed Spider Silk.
Then they used wooden stakes and rocks to fix one end of the rope ladder before throwing it down the cliff.
They climbed the rope ladder down in an orderly fashion.
This took quite some time, but there were no other choices. The impatient gamers could choose to climb down by themselves, but those without proper training met with a grotesque end.
Arthur and his members contributed the most Spider Silk, so they had priority in using the ladder. The 300 members spent more than an hour to gather in the forest.
The forest was lit up by faint light, and it looked like a fantasy scene.
The gamers' mission was to make a clearing in the forest so that they could build a Stronghold and a Teleport Portal. Then, Brainiac would activate the Teleport Portal.
When the gamers were scaling the ladder, Brainiac used Mana to float down the cliff. He chose a good location for the teleportation of the Rune Mana Formation's materials. The learned gamers started logging the trees while the other gamers explored the area.
Learning couldn't be forced on the gamers.
Though Arthur was good in his studies, he didn't stay at the Stronghold and log trees. He didn't require any wood, and his improved equipment was at the maximum level.
Arthur didn't want any furniture or need to make Bows or Arrows.
He led 100 members to explore other parts of the Unknown Forest. According to Marco Polo, there were other Orcs. Perhaps, there might be other Strongholds at the far end of the map. Arthur was going for the equipment of those Orcs.
Compared to logging wood, they preferred to obtain the NPCs' equipment.
The size of the Unknown Forest went beyond Arthur's imagination. After exploring for more than two hours, they didn't reach the forest boundary. They didn't find any Strongholds or traces of the Orcs either. 
On the other side of the map, other gamers discovered something and shared their findings on the discussion forum.
It was a Stronghold with a campfire! From the Stronghold size, there were a lot of creatures!
There were hundreds of Orcs and Gnomes patrolling the perimeter. They cleared a large area for defense purposes.
It wasn't clear where they came from. After all, the Underground Forest was so huge that it could be connected to other tunnels. So, they could have come in from other tunnels.
To the gamers of Eternal Kingdom, they were enemies. Even without being antagonized, the gamers saw them as enemies with red names.
The gamers who discovered the Stronghold were small in number. They didn't have the courage to dash in and take a look. They would lose all of their equipment if they died.
They retreated immediately after discovering the Stronghold and shared the information on the discussion forum. The other Guilds learned about this and deployed a group to the enemy Stronghold location.
The Orcs in the enemy Stronghold weren't aware of an impending attack. 


Sherlock is a new generation Dungeon Lord whose ambition is to become the greatest Devil King and building up the greatest Dungeon in the Underworld.
He summons a group of other-worldly goblins who give themselves strange names, form cliques, engage in commerce, and even fight among themselves.
They call themselves—Gamers!

"CoC System integration complete!" 

"Scanning the Host's memory. Ding! Complete!"

"Adding 2 new Functions that are deemed by the System to be the most significant. Ding! Complete!"

"Generating Screen Interface. Ding! Complete!" 

"Scanning World for a suitable Domain. Ding Complete! Ding! All requirements met."

"Command: Generate a 40x40 System Domain Map. Ding! Complete!" 

"Command: Generate Level 1 Town Hall, Generate Level 1 Army Camp, Generate Level 1  Builder's Hut, Generate 1 Level 1 Gold Mine. Generate 1 Level 1 Elixir Collector. Ding! Complete!" 

"Command: Hire 1 Builder. Ding! Complete!"

"Congratulations Host! You may now access the CoC System!" 


...

Cade stood rooted in front of a small house with a bewildered expression. As if he was not convinced enough, he pinched his thigh and slapped his cheeks just to make sure that everything was real! 

"What in the world?!" He nearly screamed out loud. 

He looked back at the small wooden house with a crooked orange roof and stone chimney. He then looked at the grassy area with a fire in the center. Behind the hut, he could also hear a loud snore that echoed repeatedly. On the left of the house, was a gold mine. And on the right was an elixir collector.

The screen window that was hovering in front of him further confirmed his thoughts! 

"So I really have the CoC System!" Cade said to himself. He could only sigh and accept that he really was in a new world. 

"Oh well, since I don't know what is going to happen next, I might as well get moving. Who knows, goblins might really come and attack." With a sigh, Cade went back inside the Town Hall. 

Earlier, he found himself dozed off inside the Town Hall. As for why he was sent here, it was because he died. 
 
He was playing CoC with his phone as he crossed the street when he was suddenly slammed by a speeding truck. When he woke up, he found himself taking a nap on the table. 

Cade was a normal college student on earth. He just started his third year, but who would have thought that he would die in such a tender age of 21. Well, although it was technically not his fault, as he was in a pedestrian lane, his carelessness was still to be blamed. 

He could only imagine his parents and siblings mourning for his death, especially his mother. But right now, Cade had more important things to do. 

Surely, this was a new world, not some online game. And since the game is fantasy-themed, then the probability of this world being a magical place is very high. There could be goblins, orcs, monsters, dragons and many unknown. 

...

Cade played the game for nearly 2 years. He even reached Town Hall Level 11 with all of his buildings maxed. So, of course, he already knew everything about the game like the back of his hand. But right now, he found himself confused if this was really a CoC system. 

Well, there were actually not many changes on the interface, it was the content. 
 
Just like the game, Cade could see an area of 40x40 space. There was the Town Hall, Builder's Hut, the Army Camp, and the Gold Mine. There was also a red dot right on the Town Hall, Cade figured that it indicated his position. 

Since this was not a game anymore, all of those game functions were removed. 

The attack button, the chat button, and all of the online buttons were removed except for the shop, achievements, trophy, setting, and the 2 bars that indicated how much gold and elixir and gems he had. The bar that indicated available Builders was also still there, and besides it was a bar that indicated Residents Limit and not the shield.

Cade then tapped on the Shop button, but when he opened it, he was surprised. (Please take note that the online stuff was removed.)

Instead of only four, it was instead six. 

Army, Resources, Traps, Defenses, Houses (New), and Materials(New).

The problem is, instead of actually being buildings, the shop sold the materials and the blueprint. 

"Interesting," Cade felt that the snoring behind the small house hot louder. "Looks like it is still the same, same content, just different pictures. I just need to buy those materials and the Builder will build it. Thankfully, the prizes are still the same. Well, unfortunately, the Town Hall limiter still applies." Since his town hall was still level 1,  he could only access the thirteen buildings available. But still, he would have to have money to be able to buy them.

Cade suddenly frowned as he thought of a problem, "How the hell am I supposed to earn money if I can't attack other villages?! Will I have to actually wait for the Gold and Elixir mines for my resources?" But after a while of thinking, he concluded that since this is a new world, the people should have a currency of their own. And since this world looked pretty backward, gold and silver should be the current currency the people use. 

No matter where you go, the beauty of Gold always attracts the eyes of anyone.

He tapped on what was tappable and was surprised to find a new function.

"So I can actually buy them separately. That's good, that's good." Cade heaved a sigh of relief when he found out that he could actually purchase the materials and the blueprints separately.

Cade then looked at the 2 new 'products' that were labeled as new, and what he saw surprised him.

The House had all kinds of houses. From a bungalow to the fanciest building. But Cade could not even bother to continue his grand dream after looking at the prices. Although the prices of the blueprints are only 1/4 of the total price, the materials listed were difficult to cough up in this backward world. Well, assuming that it is backward.

Cade then moved on to the Materials, and he was not really surprised by what he saw. The products were pretty simple. Such as woods, stone, and metals. But as he scrolled sideways, Cade was beginning to get surprised. After all, even cement, cloths, papers, plastics, and many more. But what really surprised him was that everything was available, there were no restrictions and all the products were purchasable by gold and elixir. That means he could buy them... if he had money.

"Wow!" Cade exclaimed from ecstasy as he smiled with satisfaction. "With this, I should be able to live my life with ease. But then again, who knows, a villain might come," said Cade jokingly to himself.

"Now, it's about time I begin building." Cade began to tap on the screen. 

With his Level 1 Town Hall, Cade only had 1000 storage space for both of his resources. Thankfully, both were full, and that means that the Gold Mine and Elixir Collector would stop their operation. So right now, he had to buy Gold and Elixir Storage. 

He tapped and bought the Gold Storage to see what happens and when he did, he was redirected to the map. Meaning, he had to choose the location where the storage will be built.

He confirmed it to right beside the Gold Mine and the materials were dumped in that area. Just to make sure, Cade went out to check, and indeed, the materials magically appeared there. 

Suddenly, the snoring from behind the Town Hall that he was ignoring stopped. Then Cade heard footsteps coming towards him. He looked back and saw a man with large blue eyes. An extremely short man with a cheesy smile on his face. As if no matter what happened, that smile would never disappear.

The man wore a yellow-brown aviator hat, a brown sleeveless shirt, and leather-like pants and orange shoes. He also held a stone hammer on his right hand. The man was the Builder, a dwarf.

When the dwarf saw Cade, his smile turned even cheesier and he spoke.

"Boss, I hear you got a job for me?" Contrary to his appearance, his voice was quite husky.

Cade felt weird and shocked seeing the dwarf. He had seen some people with dwarfism, but he never saw some look that way. It was like he was seeing a dwarf One Piece character. 

"Uhh... Ahem... I believe it's that one." Cade pretended to cough before pointing towards the pile of materials right beside the Gold Mine.

The dwarf turned to see the pile and his eyes turned bright. He ignored Cade and walked towards the pile of materials with his hammer. But he stopped when he heard Cade call out.

"Sir, what should I call you?" 

The dwarf turned around and answered, "I am called Thorin."


       
       "March 30, 2319; 14:12: Captain's Log, subheading, Daily Status Report:  Captain Carl Roche recording.   It has been 36 hours since our last engagement that concluded with a massive quantum jump that put us over 21,000 light years behind enemy lines.  Our engineering team reports that they will be able to get one of the three main engines up and running at 82% of normal giving us some mobility.  With our sensors and incoming communications back online we have been able to watch and listen for any hostiles.  Fortunately, we haven't seen a single clue of the enemy within this sector.  I can only assume the bulk of their resources are dedicated to defending their borders from our fleet's final push.   The one consolation to being so far beyond the front is the fact the war will most likely be long over before we make our way back."  A buzz at the door of his quarters interrupted him. "Pause recording.  Enter."
The door slid open followed by Dobson entering with a datapad in hand.  "I have the updated figures from damage control."
"Good, is it what we expected?"
"Yes and no.  We have more raw materials than we had originally estimated, but the machine shop on deck 19 took a direct hit.  Most of the tools and equipment were blown out.  It only leaves us the shops on deck 16 and 9.  That's going to slow down the work significantly."
"Alright schedule a meeting with each DC supervisor with yourself tomorrow morning at six hundred hours.  Tell them to each bring a priority list of what they need to the meeting.  You can decide what gets the first crack."
"Yes, Sir."
The door chime rang again which wasn't unexpected as a number of officers were bringing their reports directly to the captain.
"Enter."
Ryan entered the captain's quarters with his own datapad in his hand.  "We did it, Captain."
"Did what Ryan?" the captain asked.
"We found a way to utilize the QSG drive," he said while his focus was on pulling up a schematic from a datapad.
"I thought you said the entire system was fried?" Dobson interrupted.
"Well, yes Sir, I did and it is," Ryan said, not prepared to be on the defensive with the first officer and lost his train of thought for the moment," or rather was, was mostly, some is completely gone, but the rest, some of the rest was fixable, some not so much..."
"Ryan!" Dobson snapped.  "Get to the point."
"Yes... Sir, right.  As I was saying in part, it was trashed, but in parts, it can work."
"Are you saying you fixed the QSG?"  Roche asked.
"No, not exactly, but we were able to fix part of it.  You see Captain the magnetic generator that is the main component of the system is rather basic and simple to fix, but the reactors that power it and the hardware that balances it to just the right power signature and frequency is very complex and nearly impossible to patch up or replicate.  But each system is constructed in groups of five.  It is assembled in that fashion to prevent catastrophic breakdowns during operation and to make changing out components more manageable.  I was able to get and reassemble enough to put everything together in groups of three."
"Does that mean we can use the QSG to move at three fifths our maximum QSG speed?" the captain asked.
"No Sir.  Once we achieve Quantum Speed, we will cross time and space at the same velocity as always, but we will only be able to do it with 73% of our normal mass."
"Wait a minute," Dobson chimed in, "Let's see if I got this.  We can use our QSG at full speed, but only if we lighten the ship by 27%."
"9%," Ryan corrected. "When we offloaded the bulk of the crew and smaller ships and used up the stock of munitions we lost nearly 18% of our mass.  If we can find at least 37.5 tons of mass to eliminate evenly throughout the ship I believe I can get us home in eight or nine months."
The captain may not have understood a lot about physics and engineering, but he knew navigation and how long it took his ship to travel between two points.  Something was wrong with Ryan's timeline.  "If we will be able to achieve maximum velocity then the trip shouldn't take more than 5 weeks to get back to Allied territory."
"Yes Sir, but I'm going to have to manually adjust the balance of the system in flight with each use.  With fine tuning, I will eventually get it to run for an hour or two at a time, but in the beginning, I'll be lucky to keep it running for more than a few minutes at a time with 30 minutes to an hour between to make adjustments."
Dobson rolled his eyes and threw his hands up in disgust.  "So your recommendation is to strip the ship down to its girders and hopscotch through enemy territory, with hour-long breaks and hope the enemy ignores us as we stumble through?"
Ryan, who had been trying to address just the captain up to that point, turned to Dobson and spoke bluntly.
"Sir, I'm not trying to tell you how to fly the ship.  I'm just letting you know how much speed I can give you and at what intervals."  With that, he dropped the datapad on the table and walked out without being excused.  "How the hell you fly the damn ship is your business."
Dobson's face turned beat red, and Roche could see he was about to chase Ryan down but stopped it with a look and a shaking of the head.  Ryan wasn't regular military, so captain Roche cut him some slack when it came to things like protocol.  Yet from time to time command officers like Dobson would forget that specialists with applied ranks didn't have the thick skin that an academy grad would.
"He is right," the captain said.  "It's our job to fly this bird."  Calling up an intelligence map of Serkin space he projected it on the wall for study.  "So let's get started."






Author:
Matthew O. Duncan is part of the resurgence of Old School Sci-fi.  His books are a mix of Military Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, and Mystery weaved together with non-stop action.  Matt started his writing career as a playwright. He won a number of awards and had his plays produced on local stages.  He put his pen down in the late ’90s but picked it up again in 2011.

O’Hara never wanted to be a hero. He was a combat pilot only because his skills made him the best and Earth needed men like him to fight the enemy amongst the stars. Living a life a service and duty, alone in a cockpit suited him well, but fate had other plans for him. Shot down over an alien planet he was saved by a beautiful and mysterious woman named Katreena. He soon learns that the world is populated by people who seemed to have been lost by time and controlled by stones that the people believe to be divine magic. Wanting only to return to his fleet, he discovers that he has more than a passing connection with the world’s people, a love that resurrects a heart long thought dead and a decisive battle to the war that followed him.

"What's up with that? Can our esteemed card master Bian Yun get freaked out by a card play?" Some people were making fun off to the side; apart from Qing Qing, they would all make fun each other.
Bian Yun's expression was getting more and more serious. Any casualness had long disappeared. All his attention was focused on that little card in his hand.
The joking all around gradually decreased under his influence, and everything calmed down. Now everyone's gaze was on Bian Yun. Even with the knowledge among them relating to cards, no one could touch Bian Yun.
Any card that could make Bian Yun so careful wasn't ordinary goods. What they couldn't make any sense of was how a one-star fantasy card could be worth studying.
After several minutes, Bian Yun finally blew out a long sigh. The group which had been holding its curiosity for so long started asking all sorts of questions at once, "Old Bian, is there something weird in there?"
Holding the card by the corner, Bian Yun put it in the light, and squinted to see its fine details, voicing more of what they had been asking, "This is not a simple card."
It had never occurred to Qing Qing that even Bian Yun would say it wasn't simple, which was more than she'd anticipated, and she showed her astonishment for the first time.
Bian Yun looked at the group's puzzled faces, and put down the card to explain, "In principle, any one-star fantasy card has been so worked over that it can't be worked over any further, with everything that could have been changed with its composition having been tried. But this one-star fantasy card has a very strange composition, which I can't make out."
What he said was astonishing, and what really made them know it wasn't simple was the grave look on Bian Yun's face. It surprised everyone to hear him say that he didn't understand something.
"Who has a card play generator?" Bian Yun looked over the group, who each shook their heads. As soon as he'd asked, Bian Yun knew that he was asking the wrong people. Why would that gang be interested in card plays?
Then Yin Chenjiu stood up and said, "I'll go borrow one." He headed out the door as soon as he said it. Yin Chenjiu was gentle and delicate. He was one of the most popular people from the first group of exchange students.
He came back in an instant with a card play generator. Card play generators were a kind of appliance which had appeared those last few years as card plays gradually became more popular. They could project what the card play produced more smoothly and in greater detail, but at the same time, they weren't cheap. To some extent, they were luxury goods.
Apart from the card generator, Yin Chenjiu also had a card play set in his hands, saying immediately, "The person I borrowed the card play generator from just happened to be entranced with "Wood-Cop" card plays, and said that this "Legend of Master Shi" is also their work, so I conveniently borrowed it."
Everyone pitched in to make room. They were all very curious about what was so special with the card play which Bian Yun had said was not simple.
"Chance Encounter" started playing. Apart from Qing Qing who was the lone girl, those watching were all men.
By the time it finished playing, quite a few of them hadn't been able to keep from falling asleep. Asking them to come watch a delicate emotional drama like that was certainly a kind of torture. On the other hand, Qing Qing's eyes were bright, as she had been rather fascinated. 
"An awesome card master!" Bian Yun gave his own high evaluation.
"I've never seen anything so amazing." One among those who were just opening their sleepy eyes couldn't help mumbling.
Bian Yun shook his head, "If it were only exquisite and meticulous, this card play wouldn't really be anything. The real mystery of this card play is its capacity. In general, the number of cards required to have so many scenes would be way beyond the number for this card play. Which is to say that with this card play set, the number of images emitted by each fantasy card is far far beyond what an ordinary one-star fantasy card could hold. And what you didn't pay attention to is that the dynamics of the performances were outstanding, among the most smooth-motion performances I have ever seen from a low-grade fantasy card."
Everyone watching still had an expression of being not quite convinced, and Bian Yun said very seriously, "You shouldn't look down on low-grade fantasy cards. The lower the grade, the more ripened the composition, making it difficult to think about making any changes. This person has been able to make so many improvements on the one-star fantasy card that it's terrifying!"
Everyone sat up, since clearly this term 'terrifying' provoked them quite a bit. Although they didn't understand card making to the extent Bian Yun did, they did comprehend the principle.
Casually turning over in his hands the "Legend of Master Shi" card play that Yin Chenjiu had borrowed, Bian Yun said, "Well, the first two installments also use this composition, but the rest didn't use it anymore."
"Old Bian, If they have such awesome ability as you say they do, why would they use it to make card plays?" Yan Chenjiu couldn't keep from expressing a little doubt.
"I don't know, maybe they were just goofing around." Bian Yun shrugged. With his brassy eyes and especially his physique, making that utterly humorless gesture looked hilarious.
Qing Qing, who had been off to the side quietly listening suddenly interjected, "From what I've heard, a lot of people at Eastern Wei Academy wanted to crack this card play set, but instead destroyed quite a few pieces of equipment. Zuo Tingyi had the same situation happen to him."
"Ruin equipment?" Bian Yun's cow eyes got even bigger, and he immediately said in a low excited voice, "I'll have to try."
He pulled out his card wallet. Like his body, his card wallet was several times bigger than those of ordinary people. It was a good thing that everyone around him was used to it and didn't find anything strange about it.
He very gingerly took out a card with a bright red composition on its surface from the wallet and put it into his apparatus. His apparatus was quite a bit bigger than an ordinary person's, and he'd made it himself. It could accept five cards at the same time, which only a big guy like him would ever use, since if it were used in battle, it was as heavy as a brick.
"This is an analytical card that I made. It's ability to probe, ha ha, is rather huge." Bian Yun's expression was full of pride, as it was one of his most satisfying works.
He carefully put it into the big apparatus, and then also put "Chance Encounter" into another card slot.
There was a light rhythmic sound as a bright screen appeared in front of Bian Yun's face, on which all sorts of wavy lines were jumping about. Bian Yun stared at it closely in rapt attention.
The speed of the jumping lines suddenly increased. And then they became chaotic, until they became randomly twisted up into a kinky ball.
The suddenly-occurring change grabbed everyone's attention.
"What's happening, Old Bian?"
Bian Yun's forehead had started to sweat a little, and he looked nervous while he stared closely at the screen, not making a sound.
The lines jumping around on the screen got faster and faster and more and more chaotic when all of a sudden, the screen went dark, disappearing before everyone's eyes.
A wisp of blue smoke was coming out of Bian Yun's huge brick-like apparatus, filling the room with a burnt smell.
Bian Yun's face turned pale, and his eyes were dazed. It had hit him rather hard, and while he was certainly distressed about his apparatus and the analytical card, it was definitely the hit to his confidence that was the biggest. It was like two jousting knights, and he had been knocked off this horse.
By that time everyone knew that the unassuming card play really was that awesome!
With regard to card theory, the big six were without any doubt way out in front. While the things that they stressed might have differed, when talking about advanced levels, there wasn't much difference among them. That had always been why card masters coming from the big six were the talent in greatest demand, and someone like Bian Yun who stood out among the outstanding, was still more in the graces of innumerable large firms.
However, to be ranked among the top three card masters at the Star Academy, and then to be blocked by one little fantasy card, was unimaginable in their eyes. Even the always calm Qing Qing looked astonished.
There really were many crouching tigers and hidden lions of hidden talent in the world! Qing Qing and Wang Ze looked at one another and both decided in an instant that they must certainly find that person.
Producer: Blockhead
What sort of saint was that Blockhead, after all?
Wang Ze quickly decided, "Chenjiu, you're the most familiar with them, go right away to find out any news about that Blockhead."
Taking a look at the dazed Bian Yun, he nodded and turned around through the door.
Looking at their companions looking at them, everyone was astonished.
Wang Ze was secretly pleased by the scene. It would let them know that aces were everywhere, and it would be good to sober them up a little, when always keeping their eyes on the top could be dangerous.
He privately decided that such talent had to be brought over to their side.
A big reason for The Star Academy's decline those last few years was problems with the cultivation of talent. As compared with the other schools, Star Academy's manner of cultivating talent was very harsh, which then led in turn to a longer period of cultivation. A shortage of high level talent had always been one of Star Academy's biggest issues during those years.
Wang Ze was very worried about the issue.
He knew that he had already been fully incorporated into the system of Star Academy, whether it was governance or financial matters. It wasn't only Wang Ze, but all the students understood the same principle, that provided that the Star Academy could maintain its position, they would then have good lives. It was a matter of if one flourishes, all flourish, and if one loses, then all lose.
That was also characteristic of the big six. Anyone who was able to enter one of the big six was gifted and intelligent. As soon as they entered, they bore the brand of the big six. After graduation, they could enter any of the profitable firms represented by the Academy. Not only must they study diligently, but when they ran into that sort of ace, they had to go all out to win them over.
In that way not only would their benefit lead to collective benefit, they would also get rewarded by the firm, which would be beneficial for their future growth in the firm.
* * *
Chen Mu didn't know that the Star Academy students were going around everywhere asking into his whereabouts. He had a lot to manage just then, such as buying a higher-grade apparatus. The apparatus that he now wore was still the original model that he'd used before, and it didn't accord with his identity as the son of the nouveau riche.
The demonic woman was very unfamiliar with those apparatus and hadn't paid any attention to the issue. But it would strike people as unusual to have such a cheap apparatus on his wrist, now that he was high-grade goods.
Oy, it looked as though he was getting more and more familiar with his role.
Chen Mu assessed himself from top to bottom again, still feeling that he was a little off.
The ash-colored casual clothes were just right to complement Chen Mu's antique bronze skin. On his feet were a pair of dark brown leather hippy shoes, everything of a simple style, without any ornamentation.
So, what was wrong with it? Chen Mu hadn't been able to answer that for a long time.
He'd spent 300,000 Oudi on his clothes, making them the most expensive clothes he'd ever worn. They were all hand-sewn, high grade fabrics . . . but he still remembered those two words among all that the girl had muttered that time.
He suddenly understood what was wrong.
These clothes were undoubtedly suitable, especially given Chen Mu's perfectly ordinary face, and they also set off a certain boldness. But the problem was that he was now a child of the nouveau riche. Would they wear them?
In that regard, Chen Mu's taste wasn't high enough, even though he knew that the clothes he now wore had improved his looks. Looking in the mirror for a while, Chen Mu had an idea.
He wadded up the collar of the suit and replaced the snow-white shirt with a colorful vest. He also threw his shoes into a corner and replaced them with a pair of training shoes. He rolled up his pants and rolled up the sleeves of his jacket. He left the jacket front open, showing the colorful vest underneath.
This style-less outfit, immediately made him into a different person. Looking at the details, he didn't see any flaws, and he went out of the house to try it out.
Eastern Wei Academy occupied a lot of land, with a complete set of supporting facilities. None of the students there wasn't well-off, with no shortage of children of the wealthy, so that there were enough luxury shops to dazzle a person. There were even jewelry stores.
In his strange outfit, Chen Mu would attract people's strange gazes no matter where he went.
He didn't know if it was from the time that he was with the demonic woman, but his skin had gotten a lot thicker. Chen Mu's looked utterly unperturbed, without the slightest care.
He even went to the jewelry store and picked out a heavy gold chain, which he put around his neck, along with an emerald inlaid gold ring for his finger. Taking a look, he was already completely and thoroughly a parvenu.
Some of the salesgirls were chuckling through closed mouths, while Chen Mu willfully kept the same demeanor.
At the beginning he was actually still a little reserved, but afterward he opened right up. Though he remained as clear as water in his mind, and was uneffected by what was going on around him. He was very clear about his goal, which was now to do things in accord with his identity.
He embraced his new identity from his heart, since otherwise, it would be too easy to expose himself. Failure was always in the details. While his outward manner wasn't at all like him, he was one hundred and ten percent Chen Mu in his mind, where it didn't have the slightest effect.
Who knew if there were people around him with ideas? He would only have one chance, and if he made the slightest mistake, he would be a dead man!
He swaggered into the card accessory shop.
The attendant respectfully came forward, though still showing some ridicule in her eyes, which Chen Mu saw very very clearly. As though he didn't notice, he asked in a loud voice, "Your apparatus here? What kind do you have for me to take a look at?"
His voice was loud, and the students around who were in the process of buying things frowned with annoyance. Once they saw what Chen Mu was wearing, they displayed looks of disdain.
"Would you kindly come this way, sir?" Once she saw the situation, she quickly wanted Chen Mu off to the side.
"This is this year's latest Soft Cloud apparatus. Look at how light it is; you won't even know that you are wearing it. It was designed specifically for battle, and it even has quite a few useful auxiliary functions, not to mention four card slots, which would mean that in addition to the power card, it could deploy three different battle cards at the same time. What is more, it has the most staying power among all the styles. Whether from market feedback or user ratings, it is certainly a very good choice."
This snow-white apparatus was much more miniature than ordinary apparatus, and its design was very clean, without any decoration. Chen Mu really liked it.
Still, he firmly stopped that kind of thinking, and pointed to another one on the counter, "I want that one."
That apparatus was studded with emeralds and rubies, with a luxurious alligator skin band that had a chiseled buckle.
The girl was hesitant, while Chen Mu pretended to wave impatiently, "That's the one I want."
After getting a few power cards, Chen Mu left the card-accessory store. As soon as he left, he couldn't help an inward wry smile, as it was real agony to spend that much money to buy something he really he didn't like. While not knowing if he really needed to do things like that, he did know that he wasn't going to get a second chance.
Sometimes he even wondered about getting out of Eastern Shang-Wei City if the time were to come. But he believed that the scheming demonic woman would never have omitted such an important point. She would certainly be able to find him!
This was what Chen Mu had determined, that while he didn't know what the demonic woman would have to go through to find him, he was certain that she would find him.
So, he didn't dare flee, since he didn't dare to take his own life in the attempt.
He was suddenly really bothered. He felt that he was like a puppet, held by invisible strings, with no way to escape from the demonic woman's five-finger mountain! This feeling of powerlessness and helplessness made him extremely irritable.
He knew that he was in a bad mood, and just wanted to get back early to the dormitory. Perhaps a little high-intensity training to exhaust his spirit and his strength could take away the time to think about those things.
He sped up his footsteps and walked straight toward his dormitory.
"Hey, isn't that the clodhopper?" A high-pitched girl's voice came from behind him.
Chen Mu was really annoyed and walked ahead not paying any attention.
"Ahoy, an old lady calls you and you don't dare to respond?" The girls voice behind him suddenly raised its pitch.
Chen Mu continued to pay no attention, only quickening his pace.
That girl behind him suddenly shouted, "Ya Ya, help me stop this clodhopper!"
Chen Mu lifted his head to look and saw in front of him an impressively tall young woman staring at him. She smiled charmingly at Chen Mu, "Little bumpkin, aren't you happy to have provoked this Sister Phoenix?" She opened her two legs after she finished, and held out her arms, to keep Chen Mu from moving forward.
Chen Mu stopped.
This young girl called Ya Ya came toward him laughing, while shouting, "Sister Phoenix, is this boy bothering you?"
Chen Mu calmly looked at Ya Ya, and didn't say anything. Beneath his calm exterior, he was as irritable as a dry thatched roof that had suddenly been lit up.
He was just looking at the girl in front of him, his gaze like water.


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