Not My Book!!!

This book belongs to Maria V. Snyder!!!

I have no rights to this book I just think that it is a great book and it was not on this app so i decided to share it on here for all of you amazing people to read and enjoy.

I am not sure if i will share the other books or not it all depends on how well this book does.

But honestly this is one of the best book series that i have ever read and i hope that you guys enjoy it.

Seeing Maria stand up, feeling the domineering aura and noticing the Level 19 above her head, Zhao Yao smiled and said, "Finally, he's here."
He asked Doll via the ear microphones, "Doll, how many people are watching?"
In outer space, inside the space station, Doll, who was preparing to leave Earth, sucked at his engine oil while he looked at the screen and asked his cat artificial intelligence, "Headless, how many people are watching?" 
Headless said, "Hmm… about 1.3 billion people are watching. I hacked the top global websites to live stream, but…"
Doll asked curiously, "But what?"
Headless said, "But they're not interested in the contents of the live stream. They were saying strange things…"
Doll asked bewildered, "What's that?"
Headless showed large volume of comments.
"Oh heck! I have just finished my work and you are showing me this?"
"F*ck! I had just reached my critical moment!"
"Thank you administrator. Greetings… What's going on? Why is the previous video gone?"
"Is this a new drama series? Very refreshing idea."
"The protagonist's without a head? Is this Ghost V? Gothic style… I like it.."
"Which company shot this? This Ghost V's special effects are way better than 'The Avengers'."
Doll felt something amiss and immediately asked, "What website did you hack? Is this a mainstream website?"
Headless listed his hacked websites and said, "Beep… beep… yes, these are the global top 100 websites according to the download volume, visit duration, and data transaction volume."
Puff…
Doll sprayed a mouthful of engine oil on the screen and said, "What are the humans thinking about all day?" He ordered, "Don't bother about the data, just follow the visitor's volume from highest to lowest. Hack as much as possible. Let everyone see the live stream!"
"Beep, beep… I understand handsome Doll. I'll do as ordered."
Doll said softly, "Yes, don't let Zhao Yao know that the live streams were on those websites…"
Zhao Yao's impatient voice was heard in Doll's ears. "Hey, I asked you. How many people are watching?" 
Doll replied immediately, "One billion… slightly more than a billion. The reception's good and they say you're handsome."
"Huh?" Zhao Yao sounded happy. "I tried to hide but it seems my charms are irresistible. This is irritating."
Maria asked curiously, "Who are you? The Headless Horseman? Zhao Yao? Or another person? Why are you in control of the power of awareness? Why is the supercat behind you in control of power of awareness?"
Giggle said in a tempting tone, "If you tell me, I'll let you live. You can feel the difference between our power and the difference between your cat and my power."
Zhao Yao laughed sinisterly and said, "Silly cat, why don't you be my pet? Let me sterilize you before cutting your fur. You shall be a good pet."
"You're tired of living! Giggle was enraged because he had been ostracized for having little and short fur. After he was admitted into the Short Fur tribe, he became better. He hated when people mentioned cutting fur.
With Giggle's rage, his distortion of awareness came into full swing. The power of awareness swept over Zhao Yao like a tsunami. The surrounding apostles covered their ears and screamed as they could not protect themselves against Giggle's attack. 
Zhao Yao felt a headache as though a huge drill was drilling into his mind.
Zhao Yao pressed on the invisible Roly Poly who was sitting on his shoulders and activated Time Freeze. The entire world came to a stand still.
"Giggle's strong." Zhao Yao stood in the frozen world and thought, "I have switched to Time Freeze. The Cat Prince Costume had Diana's Level 16 superpower but it was ineffective. Without Time Freeze, I'll be controlled within one to two seconds."
Zhao Yao looked at the enraged Maria and flashed as he shot out like lightning.
Level 10 Matcha had 18 seconds of Time Freeze. Under the effect of Boiling Point, Zhao Yao was able to move at 10 times the normal speed so he had 180 seconds of Time Freeze. 
With his superior constitution, he ran tens of kilometers away from the battlefield during the Time Freeze.
…
In the Extradimensional Belly, Match felt time freezing and resuming and the superpower entering the cooling down period. He looked at Lucifer who was standing by the side.
"Wa-da!"
Pom! He punched Lucifer on the face and started beating Lucifer's head. Lucifer lay on the ground convulsing while blood dripped from his head.
"Wa-da, wa-da, wa-da!"
Matcha folded his arms and said, "I'm telling you, we the Scottish Folds are not sick cats."
…
In the material realm, Zhao Yao felt a sharp pain in his head immediately after he exited from Time Freeze.
Giggle's sneering filled his mind. "Teleportation? Is it useful? This limited dimension cannot be compared to the unlimited awareness. You can't escape."
Zhao Yao was shocked and realized that Giggle had abandoned Maria's body. Instead, he possessed Zhao Yao's body in a bid to control him.
Zhao Yao was prepared for this. Giggle only managed 0.1 seconds of control before Zhao Yao stabbed his heart with Rice Cake's Vibrating Sword.
"What?" Giggle was astonished and he exited the dying Zhao Yao and flashed his awareness to a nearby human.
Zhao Yao activated Time Distortion. After revival, he entered Time Freeze and bolted off like lightning.
When time resumed, he had already covered a distance of tens of kilometers. He did not feel any headache this time.
"Death's able to break Giggle's control." Zhao Yao pondered over his experience. Giggle was not able to pursue him over a distance of ten kilometers like the first time. This proved that Giggle was unable to cover ten kilometers to pursue his target.
When Zhao Yao confronted Giggle the second time, Doll had prepared plasma bombs at the location. The bombs were ignited and high temperature plasma turned a radius of five meters into an inferno. The earth melted and became magma. 


"Let go of that kitty cat!"

A shooting star whizzed through the sky, causing countless super powers to appear on Earth.

However, the main characters that awaken during this phenomenon aren't humans, but cats...

During this event, this same thought appeared in the minds of countless cats: "Am I a god?"

Zhao Yao, an ordinary human, is the only person that can control these super cats.

Zhao Yao: "Am I a god?"

………………

TL's Intro：

Zhao Yao, the protagonist of the story, is the most ordinary man you could possibly imagine. Since graduating from college, he had been engulfed by his bureaucratic workplace and its toxic environment. To make things worse, he has neither a car, money nor a girlfriend. The only silver lining was his fat and lazy cat, Matcha, which provided a semblance of company and friendship.

However, things were about to change drastically for Zhao Yao and Matcha. One shooting star will transform their lives into anything but ordinary.

CHAPTER 4
LATE NIGHT TALKS AND CURIOUS MINDS


TERESA'S POINT OF VIEW

Lunchbreak. Kasama ko muli ang limang tukmol. Hindi ko maiwasang mapalingon kay Nico. 

Ako lang ba talaga ang nakakaalala? As in? Sobrang lasing ba siya kaya hindi niya maalala ang kagaguhan niya last friday? Naiinis ako kasi bilang babae, big deal sa akin ang first kiss! Ewan ko lang sa iba.

"Tesa, okay ka lang? Ang sama ata ng tingin mo kay Nico?" Ani Angelo na nasa tabi ko, kumakain ng siomai.

Itinulak ko papunta sa harapan ni Gardo ang siomai ko kaya pinag-agawan nila iyon ni Brandon. Si Samson ay busy na naman atang ka-chat 'yong ex niya. 

"Walang gana si madam, mga repa." Bulalas ni Gardo habang tuwang-tuwa na nilalantakan ang mga siomai sa harapan.

Napalingon na sa akin ngayon si Nico na gaya pa rin ng dati ang facial expression. Parang wala talaga siyang maalala. Kumunot pa ang noo niya sa akin nang lingunin niya ako bago nakiagaw din ng siomai sa mga tukmol.

Pesteng tukmol na 'to!

Sa inis ko, nagdabog ako sa mesa. Natigilan silang lima sa ginagawa at napalingon sa akin. Maging ang mga estudyante na kalapit namin ng table ay napalingon din at nagulat. Tumayo na ako at nilisan ang lugar.

Ngunit bago pa ako tuluyang makalayo sa kanila ay narinig ko ang ilan sa mga usapan nila. 

"Anyare dun?" Tanong ni Brandon.

"Baka naman sawa na siya sa siomai? Sabi ko kasi empanada na lang." Sabat naman ni Gardo.

"Masama tingin niya kay Nico pansin ko kanina." Ani Angelo.

"Anong ginawa mo, Nico?" Si Samson naman iyon.

"B-bakit ako? Nananahimik ako rito." Nagtatakhang sabat naman ng ugok.

Fuck you, Nico.

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THIRD PERSON'S POINT OF VIEW

Badtrip na badtrip si Teresa pagkarating niya ng kanilang bahay. Hindi siya nakisabay kay Nico pauwi, sa halip ay kay Angelo siya nagpahatid. Imbes na umuwi agad ay tumambay muna sila ni Angelo sa isang Pizza House sa bayan. Nagpalibre siya, tuwang-tuwa naman ang lalaki. Nabusog na't lahat, masama pa rin ang timpla ng dalaga.

Pagbukas niya ng pinto ng kanyang kwarto ay bumungad sa kanya ang kambal na abala sa kanya-kanya nilang gadget. Ipad ang hawak ng isa at cellphone naman ang sa isa. Kapwa sila naka-headset. Hindi na lang pinansin ni Teresa ang ginagawa ng dalawa dahil sa sobrang kabadtripan. Pabagsak siyang humilata sa kama at nakatulog na rin agad.

"Leonora, nag-chat na naman siya. He's asking for my picture. Should I send him one?" Tinapik ni Maria ang kakambal.

"Bye, Theodore! See you sa school bukas, hihi! Alabyu! Charot!" Ani Maria bago pinatay ang video call at nilingon ang kakambal.

"Was it from the app that you downloaded yesterday, Leonora?" Tanong niya.

"Yeah,"

"Patingin ngaaa!"

Iniabot at ipinakita naman niya sa kakambal ang Ipad.


STRANGER X STRANGER DATING APP

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Sunday 6:32 pm

Marco: Hi! 

Marco: Is that u on ur profile?

Marco: Ur cute af


You: Yes! Thank you

Marco: How old r u?

Marco: Can I see u right now?


Sunday 7:40 pm

Marco: Hey

Marco: Ur not online? I wanna see b0obs today : (

Marco: I hope u can help me


Sunday 8:33 pm

Marco: Hello cutiepie

Marco: What r u doin right now?


Sunday 10:52 pm

Marco: Still busy? Homework probably?


Sunday 11:24 pm

Marco: I can help u with ur homework but u need to help me first ;)

Marco: U sleeping?

Marco: Hey :(


Monday 5:36 pm

Marco: I'm sad I hope u can make me happy :(


Monday 10:24 pm

(Active now)

Marco: Hey!

Marco: Finally! Ur online!

___

"Mag-reply ka, Leonora!" Natatawang sabi ni Maria. Tumango naman ang kakambal niya at ginawa iyon.

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Monday 10:28 pm

Marco: Still there?

You: Yes.

Marco: I'm from the US. I'm 28 yrs old. How bout u?


You: I'm 9 years old from Philippines po

Marco: Wow! Ur young and fresh.

Marco: And filipina? Asians r hot as fuck

Marco: I don't mind that ur younger. Can u send me a pic of u?


You: Okay

You: Sent a pic

You: I am with my twin sister. 

You: It's cold here because of the aircon so we are wearing jackets

Marco: U both r cute!

Marco: Can u remove ur jacket? I wanna see what's inside : )


You: Why? It's cold po

Marco: Let's trade nude pics. Ur cute tits. I wanna see both of u wearing nothing
___

"Ano yung nude at tits, Maria?" Nagtatakhang tanong ni Leonora.

"I don't know. Search ko sa google, sandale." Sabi naman ng kambal niya at mabilis na nagtipa sa kanyang phone. 

Natigilan at napalingon siya agad sa kakambal nang malaman ang kahulugan ng salitang iyon. "Gusto niya maghubad daw tayo." Sabi ni Maria.

"Bakit naman?" Nagtatakhang saad naman ni Leonora.

___

Marco: Sent a pic

Marco: That's my huge friend down here. He's waiting for u both

Marco: Come on sweetie send me ur photos now.

Marco: It's not like something bad will happen. US is far from there. 

Marco: Pls?

Marco: Sent a pic

Marco: u see? I'm sad. I need to see something right now

Marco: sex is good. it's fun! we should do that.

Marco: Come on beautiful babies. I would be mad and punish both of u if ur not gonna do what I want
___


"I think he's a bad person, Maria." Ani Leonora, tila kinakabahan. Maging si Maria ay ganoon din dahil may isang kakaibang litrato silang nakita sa unang pagkakataon. 

"What was that? It looks weird." Ani Leonora habang pinagmamasdan nila ng kakambal ang kababuyang ipinadala ng kano.

"Should we ask what is it?" Tanong naman ni Maria.

Akmang magta-type na sana si Leonora ngunit nabigla siya sa sunod-sunod na messages mula sa iba pang app users. 

"Astig! Madami pala pwede makausap! Maria, download mo na app na 'to para solo na natin tapos sabay tayo mag-chat sa ibang tao." Ani Leonora at napangiti naman si Maria sabay tumango.

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TERESA'S POINT OF VIEW

"Tesa, gisingin mo nga 'yong kambal. Kanina ko pa sila ginigising, ayaw nila bumangon." Sabi ni mama habang naghahanda ng agahan nang makalabas ako ng banyo. 

Napalingon ako sa wall clock. 6:25 am na. Nakaligo na ako at naka-uniform na rin, ang mga bubwit na 'yon humihilik pa rin? May tuwalya sa ulo, pinunas-punasan ko ang buhok at nagtungo sa room namin ng kambal.

Pumasok ako sa loob at pinagmasdan kung gaano kasarap ang tulog ng dalawa. Nahagip ng patingin ko ang mga gadgets nila na nasa kama at konting sipa na lang ay mahuhulog na. Kinuha ko ang mga iyon at inilagay sa study table namin. 

"Kaya naman pala. Magdamag gadget hawak." Napangiwi ako bago ko sila nilapitan.

Ipinatong ko ang kamay ko sa ulo nila Maria at Leonora, salitan. "Twins, may pasok kayo ngayon. Gising na," Sabi ko habang hinahaplos ang mga buhok nila.

"Twins, bubuhusan kayo ni mama ng malamig na tubig kung hindi pa rin kayo babangon. Male-late na kayo sa school niyan." Natatawang sabi ko pa.

"Ate, five minutes." Ani Maria na gising na ang diwa pero nakapikit pa rin.

"Hindi pwede, male-late na kayo." Sabi ko pa.

"Ate, you're so loud naman." Reklamo naman ni Leonora na kagaya ng kakambal niya ay gising na rin ang diwa.

"Bukas na bukas ipapatago ko gadgets niyo kay mama kasi magdamag kayong puro laro. 'Yan tuloy palagi na kayong late nagigising." Dahil sa sinabi ko ay agad silang bumangon at nagtatakbong lumabas ng kwarto.

"Mom, ligo na po kame! Sabay na kame ni Maria!" Narinig kong sigaw pa ni Leonora.

"Noong bata naman ako, nabuhay ako na walang gadget ah." Napangiwi ako at nagkibit-balikat na lang bago itinuloy ang pagpapatuyo ko ng buhok. 

Lalabas na sana ako para mag-agahan na ngunit natigilan nang marinig ang pagtunog ng phone kong nagcha-charge sa tabi. Lumapit ako roon at tiningnan ang nag-text.



From: NicoNicoNiii
Good morning, Tesa. Susunduin kita ngayon. Sabay na tayo papuntang school. Text me when you're ready. I don't know why you're mad at me. Please, let's talk about it later.

When Ysabel Hermano died, Teresa Salamanca changed a lot. Her schoolmates hated her for being selfish and snotty. And the fact that she doesn't care at all, makes them furious. 

On the other hand, love's right there at the cornerーpatiently waiting for her. The love that is very adamant about pursuing her. She's ready to accept it, but an unforgivable secret from the past unveiled. The devious demon that is haunting her for years turned out to be her lover's beloved companion. 

With the great damage caused by the past, she realized that this present generation with the presence of social media is grievous than expected.

"Maria!" shouts Joshua. He uses his magic power to take out the bullets and Maria falls into Joshua embrace.

Professor Shane ignore his injuries and run towards Maria. 

"How is it?" said Professor Shane.

"Not good the bullet is not an ordinary bullet. Even after I got it out, the residual energy still lingers and corrodes her heart slowly."

Kent moves towards Mikayla and Jack stops him. Kent makes a barrier and ready for any attack from Jack. Jack tilted his neck right and left then dash forward towards Kent.

"Three, bring Mikayla out from here," said Jack. He takes out his magic wand and shouts "Fire". Fire forms around him and the heat from it melt the ground. Jack point his magic wand towards Kent the fire attack Kent. Kent run from the fire but the fire is faster than him.
   
"Cheh! I forgot that he is a dual magician. The wind element is helping to boost its speed." The fire hits Kent barrier and it slowly dissolve because of the heat. "Damn!" Kent jump and turn around in the mid-air and shoot Jack. He makes a gesture like slashing the air and a hole open. Using his the gun on his left hand he shoot downwards to make sure he stays in the air. He alternates between right hand and left hand to keep firing at Jack and adjust his trajectory in the air. He also keeps slashing at the air and opens many holes. Jack use his fire to counter the attack but the bullet falls to him like rain.

Jack saw that Kent kept slashing the air or you could say he is slashing the space. This is bad, Jack knows this is Kent favourite attack. Every hole that Kent slash is connected and Kent able to manipulate the bullet to appear from any of the holes. Kent also can control anything that enters the hole so if the enemy wants to use the hole then it only backfires them. Joshua split his fire and burn the hole and seal it. Seeing his space hole being seal Kent smile. "Let me show you my new trick."

The fire that seal the space holes start to dimmed and collapse. In front of the space holes, fire bullet has been conjured from the seal.  Joshua faces grim seeing this. "Look like you upgrade your spells, impressive for someone with Grade D magic talent." Kent fires the bullet and Jack also makes a bullet from his fire to counter it. The collision from the bullets make a small explosion. Smoke is so thick making it hard for them to breath and see the surrounding.

Jack use wind spell to dispell the smoke and found out that Kent is nowhere to be seen. Jack scan the surrounding and sure that Kent has left the room. He sees Maria is still with Joshua and Professor Shane. Professor Shane is feeding Maria with anti-magic potion to counter the corrodes energy in her heart.

Jack run out of the room and going to Mikayla's room. On his way, he sees Three on the floor has being slice into two and no sign of Mikayla can be found. 

"KENT!!! Ahhhh! You want to make us as your enemy don't you!" shouts Jack. 
 
Kent and his people appear in front of a mansion. The mansion is filled with red rose. The rose is as red as blood. When the wind blows you can smell a faint of blood. Kent knocks the door and the sound of knocking echo inside the mansion. After that, the front door open and a pale old man greeted them. 

"Hello, Sir Kent Maroon. It has been a while since your last visit," said Gerald.

"Yes, it has been a while, Gerald. I would like to meet your master Duke Alaric Blade," said Kent.

"Please come in, my master is expecting you," said Gerald.

Kent and his people enter the mansion. They are lead to a spacious room being decorated with Victorian styles. 

"Sir Kent Maroon, your people will stay here while you are meeting with my master. I believe they need it," said Gerald as he glances towards Mikayla that is on Jeffry's back. Mikayla showed a weak smile towards Gerald.

Kent nodded at Gerald and go to meet Alaric. Inside the study, Alaric is reading a document. A knock comes from the door. "Enter."

"Master, Sir Kent Maroon is here," said Gerald.

"Alaric is been a while, my friend," said Kent.

"Kent! what brought you here." Alaric gets up from his chair and hug Kent. Kent hug him back and he hugs tightly. Sensing the hug getting tight Alaric put some pressure and the books and furniture inside the study is shaking. 

Kent release his hug and then Alaric does the same. They both brought into laughter. 

"You are getting fatter my Duke. Hahahahaha," said Kent.

"You are the one that fatter. Hump. Is this how you treat your friend?" said Alaric.

"Okay...okay. I'm sorry," said Kent.

"Have a seat Kent, Gerald prepare some tea for our guest," said Alaric.

Kent sits in front of the table and Alaric sit in front of him.

"Alaric, I get straight to the point. I want you to take care of a child for me," said Kent.

Alaric did not show any shocking expression as if he already knows the reason for Kent visiting him.

"It is regarding that case?" said Alaric.

"Yes, that boy somehow connected to this case. That boy receive that monster heritage from his father," said Kent. "I don't want any victim because of that monster anymore. I will save as many as I can just like my promise to Katherine."

Alaric sigh hearing it. "Alright. Where is he?"

"He is in the room with my people."
 
Kent and Alaric goes to the room to see Mikayla. Inside the room, all his people are enjoying cakes and sweets. After a mission, those people are hungry and excited seeing so much dessert. They rarely enjoy dessert because and only focus on high nutrition like rice, fish, meat and chicken. They eat food that able to make their stomach full and last longer. Now they are partying inside the room, thinking that their boss will have a long discussion like usual. 

Seeing his people behaviour, Kent is fuming mad while Alaric is amused seeing those people and he almost laughs but restrain it to provide some dignity to his friend. 

"Whaaaat... areeee...youuuu...doing? Enjoying yourself, are you? Hearing their boss voice they spit out their cakes and stand straight like a soldier. Mikayla enjoying his cakes startled and hurriedly stand with them.

"It is wrong to eat the cakes and sweets? ask Mikayla. He tilted his head to see Kent and his friend.

"No. It is not wrong. Are you Mikayla?" asked Alaric.

"Yes," said Mikayla. 

"Come with me to the study room. Kent will be busy for a while," said Alaric with a smile on his face. Mikayla turn to see Kent and he nods to him. Mikayla follows Alaric to the study room and after the door is closed behind him, he hears screaming like a pig being butcher from the room. He wants to enter but Alaric stops him. 

"Let him be. Kent is a nice person but at the same time, he is a proud person. How can he tolerate his subordinate reckless behaviour in someone house," said Alaric. He is already giggling as soon he gets out from the room. If not he has to maintain his image he probably rolling on the ground laughing.  

Alaric lead him to the study room. Mikayla sits on the chair in front of the table and he receives tea from Gerald.  

"Prepares a room for young Mikayla. He will be staying with us," said Alaric. Gerald complied and go to prepare a room for Mikayla. 

Mikayla is in puzzle hearing that and put down his teacup and before he could ask Alaric interrupts him.

"Kent will tell you after this. No need to worry." Mikayla continue to drinks his tea but feels a little bit uncomfortable because Alaric keep gazing towards him.

Ten minutes later, Kent appear inside the study room and directly sit on the chair. He even pours tea for himself. After finishing two cups of tea he saw the dumbfounded look of Mikayla and his friend Alaric that try his best to hold his laughter.

"Laugh Alaric, laugh. Hump!" said Kent.

Receiving permission Alaric laugh so hard until tears running out from his eyes. Kent keeps his composure and pretending to be calm. Mikayla is not sure what to do whether to laugh or not so he takes a cookie and eating it with relish.   

"Enough, did you want to be the first vampire to die from laughing?" said Kent.

Alaric stops laughing and prepares himself for a serious discussion. Alaric change his demeanour so quickly that Mikayla is speechless seeing this. This is how a professional should act. 

"We will be discussing regarding Mikayla that will be staying with the Blade family," said Kent.

People are born as white sheet, later the world will leave some colour to it. Black or White? Salvation or Destruction?

At Elite Academy X, the last round of the Greatest King competition was about to begin. The last round was also the most glorious one. To Aslan, it was extremely important.
There was a little snag over at Imperial Glory. Aslan's second princess' coming of age ceremony was nearing, and she had returned home, unable to support this glorious battle. Of course, some had said that the little princess was extremely disappointed with the Imperial Glory battle team.
No matter the reason, everyone knew that all the burden had now shifted from the Saruman Snake battle team to the Imperial Glory battle team.
Whether a small fry or big shot, psychological advantages would change anytime. The glory of being a former big shot was a burden at this time. Others could afford to lose, but the Imperial Glory battle team could not afford to lose, and did not want to lose.
If their loss against the Asura battle team was a hard clash that they had no choice about, then against the Saruman Snake battle team, they could not lose again. Otherwise, the loss in the finals would be the biggest embarrassment of the Imperial Glory battle team.
This was in the case where Princess Aina had personally overseen the battle team. For a week, the entire Aslan battle team was not to be seen, clearly preparing for this last battle.
The advantageous news was that Saruman Snake's lineup was really bad. Their main scout and main fighter were absent, and it seemed like everything was up to Wang Zheng, the super fighter.
Although the Greatest King competition's purpose was to demonstrate a battle team, who knew? There were many times when humans needed heroism, where an individual hero stepped up.
For the last battle. Elite Academy X had turned out in full force as well, to witness this historical moment. Of course, a competition that drew very little concern had now become one that drew the most concern.
Imperial Glory battle team:
Heracles - Phantom King
It was very clear before the competition, as though the Atlanteans had suddenly rallied and actively sought to take the leadership. He had previously not displayed any startling potential, and many students were rather unsatisfied. They found it hard to accept this midway show of bravado from the Atlanteans. And they were facing an Earth-rank soldier. What were these Atlanteans to them?
But the Imperial Glory battle team had given him some trust.
Lu Die - M200 Oracle mech.
Annil - Imperial Guardian
Jin Yaoer - Wasp Sting M
Di Maria - BS001
Di Maria was not as spirited as before. His handsome features were grave and solemn. The battle with Asura had completely eradicated his arrogance.
But Asura was in no great position either. Offstage, the Asura battle team members were expressionless. In truth, the Arbiters were not well suited to such situations. It had been who knew how many years since they were reduced to spectators.
Today's battle outcome meant nothing to them, but still they had to come.
In terms of quality, the Arbiters were far better than Imperial Glory because Olivios had beaten his way into Earth-rank through one competition. This was no small feat, but many had overlooked it.
There were many obstacles on the path to Earth-rank. Marzu was a given, but Olivios was about the same age as Wang Zheng. The moment he entered Earth-rank, it was hard to tell the distance between the two.
He had lost his vanity, but gained ability.
But if Imperial Glory lost this, they would have nothing and not double. Saruman Snake was already in such a state, and they had no way out.
Di Maria, who had relinquished the right of command, had his complaints, but it could not be helped, because he could not offer a better tactic. After all, he was not an Earth-rank fighter. But Di Maria looked down on the Earth rank because Wang Zheng had no talent, only some foundations. Unlike him, with both time and talent. Di Maria saw his entry into Earth-rank as a given. That sort of resistance ability had nothing to him.
To him, who was close to Earth-rank himself, he was not helpless when faced with Earth-rank fighters. His Ability X was not bad, only his comprehension was not on the same level.
This would come down to tactics. At the same time, they would see if Heracles was as useful as he made out to be.
Saruman Snake battle team:
Mu Zhen - Giant mech.
Lie Xin - Flaming Elite Guard.
Oli - Overlord mech.
Takumi - Earthly Grizzly.
Neither side could see others' choices, but the audience could see it clearly. The Saruman Snake battle team was… The best housewife could not cook without rice.
They already had blanks to fill in their positions. Who would have thought that they would directly give up on the sniper position? Below stage, Snow Li was a little worried. Oli was not bad at all, but she was not a specialized sniper. It would be a hopeless matchup against Lu Die.
But two tanks, that was really useless. Because of Mu Zhen, one tank was enough. But there was no choice, because Takumi was an honest-to-goodness tank. If you gave him any other type of mech, he would not be able to fight well at all.
It could be said that at this stage, their formation had no silver lining to speak off. Not just silver linings, the whole thing was painful to look at.
In comparison, Imperial Glory had a completely balanced lineup. Such a lineup would get thrashed. Were they counting on Wang Zheng to win this alone?
But the Saruman Snake battle team members looked fairly composed. This would make a great feature article. Any soldier that did not aim to be a general was not a good soldier. At this stage, if the Saruman Snake battle team was not aiming for the win, it would be very strange indeed.
When the mech appeared, the audience was silent. "Professor Jiang Feng, do you think Wang Zheng can 1 v 5?" Ka Tao asked. He was not asking blindly. But only Jiang Feng could properly weigh the fighting power of an Earth-rank fighter, which was Wang Zheng's current fighting ability.
Jiang Feng smiled slightly. "Even an Earth-rank fighter cannot face a synergistic battle team. Everyone, please do not blindly worship the power of Earth-rankers. To my knowledge, too many Earth-rank fighters fight their own Waterloo."
"Thank you, Teacher Jiang Feng. Given our current popularity polls, the Saruman Snake battle team and the Imperial Glory battle team are basically even," Ka Tao said.
Everyone could see the judgment of the various major military school students. The Saruman Snake battle team was originally higher, but everyone had seen the lineup gaps and the un-synergistic choice of mecha. The Imperial Glory battle team started to rise. And as Jiang Feng spoke, the support percentage of the Imperial Glory battle team rose a little more.
But Wang Zheng's reputation after that battle with Asura was too incredible. As long as he was there, he was a rock for the battle team.
Faced with such a frustrating lineup, what would Wang Zheng do?
Hercules?
Against Imperial Glory, such a sluggish mech would not work. The battle with Asura had ended up that way because of the information gap, paired with Wang Zheng's accurate anticipation of Asura's strong offensive tactics. He had chosen a defensive counter attacker Hercules, and indeed created a miracle.
In that battle, he had made the whole world see that basic mech for what it was. It was said that many countries had bought fleets of Herculeses after that. The mech's stability was astonishing. Simply put, it was of good quality.
But against these mobile sprites of the Imperial Glory battle team with a balanced line up, he would be beaten up without even touching base if Wang Zheng dared to choose the Hercules.
As Ka Tao and Xue Yue continued to analyze the lineup and situation, everyone settled in. Earth-rank fighters were still human, and not gods. A cannon did not make a man.
Wang Zheng was evidently still considering. Tactics?
Well, honestly, there was no f*cking use, because the lineup and reality of things were clearly displayed. At this moment, all the Saruman Snake battle team could do was muster up their spirit and let everyone choose what they were best at. In the end, seeking strength was a better choice than seeking synergy.
Wang Zheng had to prepare himself to take a 1 v 5. As the leader, he had to shoulder the responsibilities he should.
Phantom King?
The crowd argued. It had said that Atlanteans had discussed before the competition. Phantom King to fight Phantom King. Footage of Wang Zheng's heyday at IG had been unearthed. With one Phantom King, he had laid the Atlantean battle team bare. Only then did the kids know that Student Wang was already awesome a long time ago, and not just on the stage of Elite Academy X.
This was why the Atlanteans were out to get Wang Zheng.
The free-moving Phantom King was not a bad choice. Many thought so.
But Jiang Feng, Marzu, Olivios, and the rest frowned. Wang Zheng naturally used the Phantom King sublimely, but there was no luck in battle. The way they saw it, the rest of Saruman Snake could not render much help. As the leader, he had to plan for the worst.
The Phantom King's mobility and attack power were indeed strong, but Wang Zheng should not forget something. Di Maria, although he had lost, was indeed a genius. In Elite Academy X, his Ability X quality was the highest. The Phantom King was a mech that could be repressed by his ability. Once it entered the time swamp, the Phantom King would die without question. Besides, the Phantom King did not have the defensive power of the Hercules.
If Wang Zheng chose the Phantom King, then things would be difficult.
But what to choose?
Wang Zheng's mecha inventory switched to the Storm Swordsman.
This was undoubtedly a model with incredible attacking power that could show off his techniques. But choosing the Storm Swordsman was not as good as the Phantom King. After all, the Phantom King had better evasive capabilities.
Wind God? Immediately abandoned.
Better not treat the Imperial Glory people as idiots. Wind God, once it entered the fray would definitely be unable to exit.
Golden Wheel Battle King?
Use his battle teammates as shields and let him wreak havoc to the fullest?
It has to be said that when the Golden Wheel Battle King was shown, the Manalasuo people cheered. Wang Zheng had acknowledged the Golden Wheel Battle King. That was an honor.
Everyone knew that Wang Zheng would have to pull his battle team from the fire for this battle.
The Golden Wheel Battle King's killing power and attack style were definitely good enough.
But the problem was still obvious. Although the Golden Wheel Battle King was the king of moderately damaging attacks, against Di Maria and Heracles, that was of no f*cking use.
After all, those two were not normal humans.
In that instant, countless military students started to see this as truly impossible. For one person to take on the universe alone was not possible. No matter what Wang Zheng chose, he could not best the current lineup.
It was the first time that those close to Wang Zheng started to worry for him.
Zhang Shan and Achilles, as the wounded, could only sit above. Nothing could be done, and panicking would not be helpful at all.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Wang Zheng's mech was locked in.
Everyone's eyes popped. This, could it really work???
Wang Zheng was smiling a little. A cheeky smile.
Arbiter–Slayer!
It was time to unsheathe his sword!


He received a genetic score of 28... completely disqualifying him from applying to military college!
He helped deliver a friend's love letter... and fell into a lake becoming infamous for dying for love!
His very first gift... warped him into a brutal training simulation!
However he perserved through all these trials! Our Dear Student Wang Zheng has finally started his lucky(?) university life!
This is the song of a blood boiling and exciting storm! The most ferocious and heated mecha adventure around is finally here!
TL Note: This is a novel about doing the impossible, seeing the invisible. Follow along for a ride across the universe!
TL;DR: Not Shakespeare, not complex, but fun and easy to read. Come support! 
As the translator, I've enjoyed translating this novel and I hope to bring the essence of what the author has tried to portray into the chapters you will read.
To sum it up in 3 words: Mechs! Explosions! Science!
To be perfectly honest, this novel is about your typically overpowered protagonist who does get looked down from time to time but always overcomes the odds with his own special power. He's abit more mature having grown up on his own and just a littttttttle bit dense.
Although it always ends up with him winning, it always happens in an interesting (subjective) and fun way that makes me enjoy reading this.
The novel has elements of lighthearted comedy from time to time and I do chuckle at how direct the humor is.
It's not as smart as say WMW nor does it weave an intricate story much like Ergen's novels. More importantly, its fun and it doesn't try to hide it.


I am at a Room It is brightly lit  with a lamp at the bedside and some filament tubes at the ceiling. The Room is big and gorgeously decorated with pictures and decrations .The walls are painted blue which gives one a feeling of serenity. It is a Five starred hotel room. I can know this by seeing the Paper which is on the table.

The Hotel name is Blue Ocean which truly is a good name.

I look at my smartphone  black screen with a twitching lips as if this is the reason I'm here.

" Ahh..I need to look what is the situation outside and assess it to know my current condition."

I walked up to the window which is at the right side of the bed... I look outside of the window below and found people running away  a group of other people like they were in some murderous chase.

The people who were running at front were fear stricken as confused what is going on.

I look down squinting my eyes and saw that the people who were chasing behind were slow on their feet but they were still relentless.

Suddenly one male figure fell down hitting something and I could see him being trampled
by the others. After some time the fallen figure rolled around and stood up with mangled hands which was limping and continued walking joining the chasing crowd.

I saw this scene and I know that I am in an apocalyptic era.

Let's get to how I got here again.
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...
....

My Name is Amar ,19 year old.. Thought I live a middle class life in this country. Education I have.. Now I am at my college doing business management study. I don't know why I am even studying here. I was since small  told that education is necessary to find a job . So I thought I needed to study but after graduation from school I realize it was never enough.

As time went on Expenses would increase and I had to look for a part time job.

I taught tution and work part time in stores. But still enduring on. Family could support me but at a high cost. 

Now this year there's a Pandemic. The whole world is infected with a virus.
Work rate dropped and Income dropped. Still we have a government who cut off their own expenses so they could feed the needy.

I am at home during this quarantine. What I am doing is what every other normal adult in Modern world would do. 
Work from home..? 
Nah Nah..

.
.
It is to play PUBG.

I was playing PUBG. Reaching Ace. An achievement was it?. Actually No, It isn't. 

Now Ace players are like a herd of sheeps.
 
But what I am talking here is not about the game but my mishap. I was playing PUBG while charging the game started with and intense match. All other every player landed in one place . My game crashed and the phone couldn't support it. The overload blew up my charger and I dropped my Phone.

I was scared shitless. Damn My phone... I was scared AF ..I tried to On but it didn't ..I pressed for a long time and finally it switched On but there was no main menu as it was stuck on recovery Mode screen..

The update started coming in.. I was now a bit calm.. Still I look at my charger and cursed my negligence for not taking care of my phone well. I'll never do that ever again.

The update finished after 5 minutes which left me happy.

I look up at the main page screen but I was flabbergasted as to what is this thing.

" Where are all my apps.. And what kind of theme is this.. Oh wait there is one app ...hmm it's an App store.. Well I guess I'll download PUBG again..."

I opened the app store and lots of paid apps were there but nah I am not buying these.. I don't even buy things inside game. Why would I buy these.!

I looked for where the search menu is but I found None.

There was no search menu.

' What do I do now.! Does this thing have any customer service.. Seems like the new update Appstore is fully bugged.'

Amidst this lockdown I don't think I can find any customer care.

Ahh..!

I left the phone to get the spare charger..

I looked around the house to eat something. My mother was watching T.V.. Sister was busy 
with Phone..

I look inside fridge took out the butter and spread it on the bread..
Damn why keep the butter in the fridge. It get hard.
I would like to say it loud but I hesitate I'll be scowled.

I went back to my room.. It is small with a bed and a table with books stacked up on one another and clothes hanged on the walls.

No wardrobe.

It just like living in a Storage room.

But still the smaller the room..The comfortable I feel.. Things are most of the time at my hands reach which truly makes an Ideal lazy life.

I look at the phone and a notification popped up.

Limited time free Game.!
Download Now and Play to win Rewards.

I look at the Ad in my notification bar and clicked to see what kind of rewards program it speaks about.

I look at the App. The price was at around 99 GC  but it was free for now.

I saw the price and feel like it is a scam or a virus implanting methods.

People nowadays would download weird Apps and their personal information are leaked and all their information get revealed to the one behind the scene.

After that calls would keep on coming disturbing the victim. Telling they won a lottery, or other various methods. Some would be hook.

In this country, People are too naive.. Money does lead people to destruction.

I look at the app description and saw that it provide game coupon code.. 
I saw this and had second thoughts.

If I get this I can buy the skins and flex or just sell the code to others.. Hahaha.

I look at the app and tapped download. I did not need to worry about my personal information as I don't even have those recorded here.. And if they call me and if  its an unknown number I'll just block it.

How much can they persist right. 

If you don't give them an opportunity they won't even be able to scam you.

I looked at the download bar it went to 2% then straight to 100%

I just felt that the game was not even fully downloaded. It just went from 2 to 100 in a matter of seconds.

Maybe I need to download the additional files first then it will show its original size.

Ron opened the game and saw the loading screen. It took more than 10 minutes to open the game.

I had the patience because of playing PUBG. Well In last zone it is who has the most patience can survive so I had build up. But 10 minutes was still the most I could hold on.

A game screen showed up showing the title card. 
Rules of the Apocalypse World.
          Tap to continue
I touched my screen and it took me to a menu.

It told me to give it permission to open the camera so It can take my face picture.

My picture was taken and I was shown the character Interface.

 I'm impressed waiting for 10 minutes. This character Interface is so realistic ..
'Ahahahah, My face... Woah , that body.. Quite the nice build. Let me morph my face to suit it.'

Seems I look quite pleasing with that kind of body. I would sign-up for gym soon after this lockdown.

The character Interface is showing me in a  empty Room with a whit background.

I was in love with interface and was looking forward to playing this game.

I equipped my character with a black suit from Hitman. Except for not having a bald head.

There were sets of other clothes but they had to be paid with in-game currency known as ZP which I had none. Some free dresses were there so I picked this black suit.

Now let's see the weapon rack..
I look at the weapon selection screen and there was only a crowbar and a baseball bat.
The others were locked and had to be paid.

I reluctantly picked the crowbar and went for gene formula section. 

The description says that these are gene formulas. One could buy the recipe but had to collect the ingredients himself and make it.
 Only one recipe was free  while other had to bought with GC.. I had my confusion as to what GC was but It seems it had its own other system of currency.

After selecting the basic gene enhancing Formula I pressed start.

The Tutorial started playing...I looked at it the graphics were decent..I had no interest and skipped it.

I will see it when I am bored of playing.

The loading screen showed up and I saw the gameplay trailer.

Damn what kind of engine does this work on.

The zombies look so realistic. Even those zombie movies CGI would fail with this game one..

The Loading screen disappeared and some terminal screen showed up in the display.

Log.
Day 1

Saving file ...Check point save...

Loading Save file...

I got excited waiting for the game the next second the screen went black and I got confused..
Where is the promised gameplay....
What a bore... Seems the game crashed.. I dropped the phone on my bed and look at the ceiling...

The ceiling had a filament tube which made me confused for time being..

Was there a filament here in my room.

I jerked up to look left and right and I was shocked to see my surrounding fully changed.

This not not the scene which he had seen a hundred times in a day but it was a lot different. I looked around truly Panicked thinking what happened and then out of a blue a blue screen popped out in front of my vision.

Basic Task.
Collect Edible supplies from the Hotel to survive for a day.

Progress: 0/1

Failure Penalty: Debuff 40% of Host Ability for 24 Hours.
...

I was startled with the things happening around me. I looked at the blue screen.

' Have I acquired Some cheat system or something.'

I sit down to think what was the cause of this.  I look at the Phone at the bed picked it up  but it did not Switch On.

I sit down to organise my Thoughts calmly.

Be calm and thing will be fine.

.
GC: Game Coins.

ZP: Zombie Points.

I didn't Wish for it yet it happened.

Will I be alive or dead.?

I don't even know if it's the God or Devil who is so bored they are playing with me.

I am in Confusion .

I tread on Corpses, Irons, steels, Deserts and so many other place yet I could not find the reason why I am doing this.

Is it because of my heart to conquer what others deemed Impossible or Immoral.

Or is it just to satisfy my heart of a Gamer.
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...
...
I would love if I can continue a lot of it but I need Motivation for this.

What'll Motivate me is your Views and if you read it and enjoy it.

What would a chef would love to see in the customer !
It is the face they make when they enjoy the food.

It's the same for me.

Except that I don't Cook but write stories.

When Maria saw the notifications, she was immediately elated.

"Yay!"

She quickly pressed on the [YES] and her [Basic Language Mastery] was upgraded to [Advance Language Mastery]

[Advance Language Mastery (0/10,000)

Rank: E

Complete understanding of common demonic language and elementary understanding of all other languages, able to read 3-line incantations and write language functions and structures

Upgradeable: Linguistics E
Requirement met: Advanced Language Master S]

When Maria saw the [Linguistics] skill being the upgradeable skill after [Advanced Language Mastery], she immediately began to tear up.

She looked up at Zelundo who was next to her with tear-filled eyes. Zelundo only smirked playfully and patted her head lightly.

"YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CONSOLE ME!" 

"Ahahahaha~ you're one interesting little missy! Go on, start reading those books!"

*DING* [Zelundo has tasked you with reading the library's books!]

[Quest Received: Study Time

Read every book inside of the library. While this quest is active, proficiency and EXP gained from reading is doubled.

Time Limit: 29 Days
Penalty: -100 FAV with Zelundo
Rewards: +1000 FAV with Zelundo, +100 REP, +50 INT, [Book Keeping], 100,000 EXP]

"Uhh..."

"Hey, you get some benefits if you're able to completely understand those books! Now hurry up and get started! Try and get the [Linguistics] skill before the month has ended, okay?"

"A MONTH?!"

"Hey, that's the shortest time you could take to learn [Linguistics]! No slacking off now, hurry up and begin reading!"

"Nooooo!!!"

As Maria's despaired ridden voice echoed throughout the library, Hella had just come out of the Magic Tower with a light gait in her steps. 

She had finally one upped the stupid Arch Mage geezer in the tower and they agreed to a bet that he would teach Maria about [Magic Comprehension] and [Magic Deduction] if she could learn both [Linguistics] and [Book Keeping] from Zelundo before a month had passed.

"Hehe, just you wait you stupid geezer. Our Lady Envoy will be able to learn those skills with time to spare! A million gold, a favor, plus that 5 century-old wine are in the bag, OHOHOHOHO~!" Hella roared in laughter. It was a good thing no one was there to witness her out of character moment, she quickly cleared her throat in embarrassment and skipped happily back to the Dark God's Temple.

******

3 in-game weeks had passed since Maria was given the [Study Time] quest and she was floating through the air while reading a book at her leisure. The players who had come to the library to receive a different quest had grown used to seeing the girl floating through the air while reading a book. 

It was a unique sight, but it was welcomed since she also sometimes helped players search for the specific book that they needed to complete the quest they got from the library's receptionist. Players even began calling her the Library's Angel.

"It's almost been a month...just a little bit more..." Maria said as she finished reading another book.

If Maria knew this was how long it would take to learn a skill, she wouldn't have bothered asking Hella and coming over to the library to learn anything.

What she didn't know however, that there was a simpler way to learn the skill. All she needed to do was complete the library receptionist's chain quest and acquire the [Linguistic] skill book from that.

However, the process of learning the skill which granted bonus stat points to a player's stats was left out. So in a way, Maria had stumbled upon the greatest method of learning skills, which was the manual, hardworking way. 

The process of learning skills in Unitale was divided into 3, creating the skill through repeated usage or understanding, acquiring it from a skill book, and learning it through mentorship.

Maria has already experienced 2 of these methods and now she was going through the hardships of the third method. 

It was time consuming, but the rewards brought by the process of learning the skill in this way were abundant. Just from finishing [Zelundo's Basic Language Materials], Maria had gained 10 INT. 

So if she finished reading more books, then the stat bonuses she would gain would be enormous, of course, it wasn't like every book she read gave her stat points, only a select few did.

From a gamer's perspective, all that hard work was worth it. It was just like grinding for experience points, but instead this was for grinding stat points. Every addition to one's stats was a big boon. 

This was especially so since Unitale heavily relied on stats and currently, the only known way to gain stat points was through leveling up, fulfilling special quests and objectives that rewarded Free Stat Points. 

So this mentorship was an unexpectedly great find. It had to be mentioned that in order to be eligible to learn from a mentor, one needed a High Ranking NPC's recommendation and personal referral. 

In order to get that, a player needed to have high favorability with a High Ranking NPC, something that Maria had already acquired so early in the game.

High Priestess Hella practically worshipped Maria for being the Dark God's Envoy. Her favorability with the NPC was already elevated to a high value and she was still earning more through interaction and by completing her quests.

For now, only Maria had learned about this mentorship function that the NPCs provided, but she didn't understand the significance of it yet.

******

"Hey Mary, let's go questing and hunting later~" Lizzy said while the girls were eating lunch in the school's cafeteria. 

When Maria heard her, she couldn't help but cast Lizzy a sad look and say, "Sorry Liz, I can't...I'm stuck learning the [Linguistics] and [Book Keeping] skills at the library..."

"Huh? It's already been over a week and you still haven't learned it?!"

"...please don't remind me..." Maria replied in complete dejection.

Maria still hadn't earned enough proficiency to upgrade her skill to [Linguistics]. She was also only a couple of books away from completing [Study Time] and getting [Book Keeper] as well.

Even until now, Maria didn't understand what the [Book Keeping] skill was for, but since the requirement to finish the quest was to actually read ALL of the books inside the library, she could only continuing trudging forward.

She enjoyed reading the books, but whenever her friends talked about hunting and grinding their levels while at school, Maria couldn't help but feel dejected and left out. Her friends had already broken past level 50 and had already gone through their class advancement quests and upgraded their classes.

"Mary...what quest are you doing? Y'know, on the forums in the guide section, the [Linguistics] quest was fairly easy and you could practically complete it in 1 day!"

"Huh?"

Lizzy pulled out her phone and opened up the Unitale Forums. She opened up the player made guides and quickly found the [Librarian's Request] quest and showed it to Maria.

"Hm? I didn't know about this..."

"Really?"

Amanda looked at Maria and asked, "What quest are you doing right now? It's obviously not this, right?"

"Y-yeah...it's called [Study Time]..."

"[Study Time]? That's new, so who's the quest giver?"

"The Library's Director, the old geezer Zelundo!" Maria said in anger. "At first it wasn't [Study Time], instead it was something called [Learn How to Read 1], but that stupid, lying, oppressive—"

Amanda exclaimed when she heard Maria's words. "Library Director? No way! You normally wouldn't be able to meet him unless you have a high reputation and a huge amount of favorability with the Library's Receptionist!"

Maria tilted her head in confusion and said, "Really? But I met him right when I entered the library! Of course, Miss Hella was the one who brought him down to meet me and I just followed after him to the library's upper floors and he issued out a quest to me..."

"R-really? And the quest reward is [Linguistics], right?"

"Yeah, and something called [Book Keeping], not sure what that is...he also gave me the [Basic Language Mastery] which could upgrade to [Linguistics]...I just need a little bit more proficiency, but it took 3 in-game weeks just to get over 98,000 proficiency points, dammit!" Maria burst out in anger. She had been reading numerous books for the past week and hasn't been able to go out and grind some monsters.

Zelundo had basically locked her inside the library at this point. She kept complaining that it was imprisonment and a violation of human rights, but Zelundo scoffed at her and told her she wasn't even human to begin with so it didn't even matter!

By now, Maria had nearly read all the books inside the library, only a couple tens of books left before she finished the [Study Time] quest and maybe raise her [Advanced Language Mastery] to S rank. She did gain a whole bunch of INT and experience from finishing a book. The experience she gained had even leveled her up twice and her INT value had grown to an absurd amount. 

However, Maria still hadn't opened her [Status] window so she didn't know of this just yet.

"I'll probably finish later today, so I'll contact you once I'm able to leave the library!"

"Okay, that's good. By the way, you should join our guild already! We finally pooled enough funds together and we successfully created our guild!"

Universe Tales. The new VRMMORPG that supported the Full Dive system with the game's settings boasting a 99% likeness to reality.

Enter Maria Heltania, a smart and bright high school girl who's unfortunately directionally and technologically challenged. Being forced by her best friend to play the new VRMMO Universe Tales, she decides to be an Angel. Only to be met with misfortune right from the start because of her unique habits, what more lucky or unlucky events could possibly fall upon this young girl?

"Uhh...Little Miss, I don't think this is the Quest Location."

"No! This is definitely the place!"

"...but we're in the middle of a battlefield..."

"The map clearly said-- Oh wait...it's upside down...or maybe right side up...?"

"..."

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"The archduchess does not deserve to die!" shouted Maria, once again having another discussion with the two fragments of her inner consciousness, Light Maria and Dark Maria.
"Such a nice woman definitely does not deserve to die," Light Maria sagely nodded her head in agreement.
"Saying that she's a nice woman is not going to help us. I mean, how did she die in the novel?" questioned Dark Maria, who was floating in the air, eating a hamburger for some reason.
"Hmm, if I recall correctly, both the archduke and archduchess publically died in a tragic fire that randomly broke out in the manor but we later found out that the archduchess died from poison first before the fire started," 
Maria was duked out in her Sherlock Holmes costume, recalling how the story mentioned that during the middle of a tea-party, hosted by the archduchess. A fire suddenly broke and ruined the event, the archduke who was returning home was mysteriously attacked on the road and during the battle was poisoned. The poison could've been cured if it had been treated right away, but the archduke wanted to hold out on it until he reached home.
Only by the time he reached there, it was siege under raging intense flames and after hearing how his was wife was still somewhere in the premises of their home, rushed in to go save her. The ending results were both of them dying and the only thing left of their corpse was ash.
"If the manor was going to be set on fire in the first place, why was the archduchess poisoned?" lazily questioned Dark Maria.
"To hide the true matter of the crime, which was the archduchess did not die by an accidental fire but was murdered! Murdered by one of the empress evil schemes, cause she knew if ruled out as an accidental fire, an investigation would not take place!" proclaimed Maria, clearly convinced with her theory. 
"The jealous heart of a woman can be quite scary," sighed Light Maria.
"So we somehow have to save the archduchess and her family, but... just how much time do we have before she meets her tragic end?" asked Dark Maria who for some reason was sunbathing now, sipping on a tropical drink.
"In the book, they died on the fourteenth of August, two weeks before the Diamond Academy Welcome Back Banquet," Maria remembered in the book that every year, Diamond Academy hosted its Welcome Back Banquet to welcome its returning and new students.
"So, we have two weeks before we can save the archduchess. That's not a lot of time." Light Maria said the exact words Maria was thinking.
"There's also the problem of what poison killed the archduchess. If she was killed with a certain type of poison, then only a certain type of antidote can cure her," said Dark Maria, adding more to the discussion of things they needed to think about if they were going to stop that tragedy from happening.
"If I remember correctly, in the book, Richard's investigation on the death of his parents revealed that his mother was killed by {Lux Brumalis} poison. The type of poison that's made by mixing two low-level ice-class toxin ingredients. Once it enters the body, it will freeze all of the victim's internal organs. The antidote to {Lux Brumalis} poison is {Aestas}, which is made by brewing a petal of a Summer Flower and Lemon Grass. Lemon Grass should be easy to find, but I don't know about the petal of a Summer Flower. I'll have to look up that later." 
Maria was brought back into reality, when Shirone knocked on the door, "Ojou-sama, everyone is waiting for you downstairs for dinner."
Once Maria was escorted out of her room, she was brought into this large and elegantly decorated European-style dining room and was escorted to her chair. Once seated, Maria recognized both her brother and mother at the dining table, but she did not recognize the handsome man sitting at the head of the table
 
The man looked to be in his mid-thirties, dark blonde hair, fairly attractive yet one was unable to admire it thanks to those cold dark brown eyes of his. Sheepishly shooting a few glances at him, the man gave Maria the impression of being very strict and uptight, the type who expected nothing but the highest of expectations from his children.
Seeing this, Maria couldn't help but gulp; she wasn't good with these types of people. Though she completely missed when the man looked towards her way, a feeling of dejection flashing through those dark brown eyes of his. "Maria, I'm happy to see you're feeling okay." Maria couldn't help but jump at such a deep and authoritative voice, almost dropping her silverware, yet she still managed to nod her head, too afraid to speak.
Sorting through the original Maria's memories, it seemed that the poor girl always held a sense of fear towards her father. First off the original Maria's father was a busy man, so it was kind of hard to form a father and daughter bond due to the man being away most of the time.
Then there was also this commanding and authoritative aura he gave off all the time. Things only got worse, when one day Maria was about to visit her father's study room, only to hear him harshly scolding someone; that only made the young Maria's fear of him increase.
While Maria was too busy in her own thoughts, she completely missed the brief look of gloom that passed through her father's eyes, receiving nothing but pity looks from both mother and son. After an awkward silence, it was Maria's mother who decided to break the silence, cheerfully beginning to speak about her day.
Maria was chewing on a piece of delicious steak when she heard her mother say, "Ah, I just remembered! In order to thank you for the beautiful present you gave her, the Archduchess has invited you to attend a play with her family!"
 Maria didn't know whether this certain predicament was a blessing or a curse. Silently thinking to herself, 'If this is a blessing, then I must save the archduchess and her family. I really hope in this life, they will achieve happiness and not despair like before,' 

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After dinner, Maria made her way to the library located inside the family manor. Trying to dig up information about the Summer Flower, a voice close to her ear startled her and made her scream. After dropping the book, Maria turned around and saw that it was big-brother who had frightened her.
"Brother, what are you doing here?" Maria asked, trying to get her heart to calm down.
"That's the same thing I should be asking you. If you wanted me to read you a bedtime story, you could've just asked you know.?" It seemed her older brother thought that his cute little sister wanted to read a bedtime story, but once he saw the cover of the book that had fallen out of her hands, he grew confused.
"Why are you reading a book about plants?" he asked as she began flipping through the pages again.
"I'm looking for information about the Summer-Flower," stated Maria, hoping that her big-brother could maybe give her some clues on where it was located.
"The Summer-Flower? Why do you want to know about that?" He asked, holding her book and began flipping through the pages.
"I'm just curious about it since I want to make another hairpin, using a Summer Flower this time," innocently lied Maria, only to wonder why the answer she had given him caused her brother to chuckle?
"Maria, a Summer-Flower is not just any regular flower, it's a plant-monster." After saying that, he walked over to the bookshelf and pulled out a book. Opening it, he began flipping through the pages before finding the right one and presenting it to Maria.
"You see this is a Summer-Flower. They're only active during the months of June and July before going into hibernation," explained her brother, showing her a picture of a large sunflower-like plant creature, which had razor-sharp teeth and several thick green limbs. Looking at the picture, Maria thought one thing,
'I'm screwed!'

One moment I'm chasing after a rabbit and the next, I'm falling down a rabbit hole! What the heck?! This ain't Alice in Wonderland?! Though as I opened my eyes, I soon found out that I was no longer in my original body and that somehow I transmigrated into the light novel, A Fairytale Romance. And that isn't all, the character whose body I transmigrated into... is none other than the minor stuck-up, arrogant, and selfless ojou-sama who was nothing more than a comic relief character. Life truly sucks...

"Hey, mom? Oh, a blind date? Eh? I'm unable to make it. I need to work overtime this weekend. Yeah, who asked your son to be so professional at his work? How would someone working at my job have free Saturdays and Sundays?"
"Mn, correct. Let's speak of this in the future, I will hang up now…" The fatty in the gaming cabin slowly spoke to his mother.
It was rare for him to have a weekend off, how would he allow something as boring as a blind date to mess his plans up? Were women better than games?
After Pu Yunchuan hung up the phone, he scrolled to a game icon in the gaming platform and prepared to choose a simulation game to leisurely spend the weekend.
Today, should he investigate a crime scene with a police beauty or enter a forbidden love with a beautiful teacher or should he become a soldier king and conquer the cold and tyrannical female director?
Ah...what a tough choice...
"Respectable player, how are you? According to the Federal Entertainment Administration's latest house-restriction request, since too many simulation games are poisoning the minds of youths, they are now taken down. These games are included in the list…"
"Nani?" Pu Yunchuan's entire fats shuddered. He hurriedly clicked into his own collection to check if anything happened to his valued collections.
Soldier King Guarding the Female Director: download completed. Evil Youth In School: download completed. Free and Easy City Tour: download completed…
Reason for the games being taken down: Content too vulgar, extremely YY. According to our investigations, up to seventy players have died from sudden death due to being too addicted. Over millions of players suffered from an unspeakable disease, and they have already seriously damaged the mental well-being and physical health of the citizens, violating the #43 rule of the virtual network, the #71 rule, the #85 rule. According to the Federal Entertainment Administration's request, these games will now be banned. The creators and designers of these games will be banned from submitting any new games for five years.
This gaming platform will strictly follow the rules set by the administration. I hope the designers and players can work together with us to resist games of vulgar taste and build a healthy virtual world environment...
"I !*!#@&*(^!#$), dogshit )(&!@)(&#, F*** you!"
After Pu Yunchuan saw the announcement, he was stunned for a minute before starting to curse vulgarly. These were all curse words so vulgar that the author couldn't write them.
After cursing for a total of half an hour, Pu Yunchuan panted as he lay in his gaming cabin. "How the hell can I still play my games? I might as well call my mother, tell her I'm not working overtime, and just agree to the blind date."
After thinking about it, he glanced at his swollen body and face. In addition, he also had an unspeakable disease, so he tossed away these thoughts just a moment later and sighed as he clicked into the gaming platform again, wanting to find another game to idle his time away.
[Titan], [Underground City], [League of Legends v. 198]. He glanced at a series of games that once caused him to neglect sleep and food, but the fatty couldn't find any inclination to click into them. His band of brothers whom he used to play with had all gone their separate ways. They were either married or have kids. Rather than signing in and seeing a bunch of offline usernames which would make him feel even more annoyed, he might as well search for a new game to play.
"Mn? [Star Ocean]?" Pu Yunchuan was startled. Right now, given how popular [Titan] was, there was actually a company so blind that it dared to produce a sci-fi game?
He curiously went to check the review and he saw, "Divine work in the mortal world. The backgrounds and scenes trump all other games in the market, ALL OTHER GAMES! The tempo of the game is slower at the start, but it has a 100% genuine feel akin to someone traveling to another world and gaining a new life. This is undoubtedly an excellent game!"
Scenes: 5 stars. Models: 5 stars. Playability: Temporarily 5 stars. Come and try it, I guarantee you won't regret it!!
"Damn!" Pu Yunchuan's lips twitched as he silently mused. "What joke is this? Which company dares to write such an exaggerated review? Even if they were paid to do this review, isn't it a little too boastful? The review still claims that the backgrounds and scenes of the game trump ALL other games in the market? A divine work in the mortal world? If there truly was such a game, the media would already be all over it!"
"It must be another unethical game review company. This granddaddy has experienced gaming for so many years, how would I be deceived by a review like this?"
"This daddy today will precisely click into the game and see how much truth can your boasting hold!!"
"What? I need to queue?" When Pu Yunchuan clicked enter, he laughed when he saw that there were a thousand plus people before him. "Just a privately designed game, what the hell is the game trying to pull? They actually hired a bunch of people to use such methods? Do you really think I would believe that your servers are full?"
Che!
"Hello! Waiter? Give me a pork chop and three warhorses! Correct, I want those warhorses to be the type where I would stay up for two days straight after drinking them. Get me three bottles!"
"This daddy is going to queue through the night. I want to see what the hell is going on inside the game and how does it look like!!"
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"This is…" Pu Yunchuan was in a daze as he stared at the surroundings. He silently mused, "Did I wait for too long and drifted into sleep? As expected, being able to stay up ten nights after drinking warhorses is nothing but a legend."
But if this wasn't a dream, weren't the scenes and backgrounds of this game a little too awesome?
"Ai, newbie!" Just when Pu Yunchuan was sighing, a muscular green titan beside him shouted, "Why are you in a daze for? Hurry over to sign the contract and go do the operation, allowing the players queueing behind you to enter. Stop delaying the line!"
"Okay okay…" The fatty hurriedly nodded when he heard this.
He had seen such situations before. When a game just started, there would be too many people in newbie villages. In order to guarantee that there wouldn't be too many people stuck at the starting map, the situation of a queue forming would appear. But how many years had it been since such a scene appeared?
Right now, there were too many game companies. Not including private designers and private work teams, there would be thousands of games going into the market each year. For something like a queue to happen, only when [Titan] was launched twenty years ago did such a situation occur.
Before this, he kept thinking that the game was intentionally not allowing people to enter. But when he looked at the expressions of the surrounding crowd as well as the scenes in the game, he was forced to admit that there truly were many people wanting to play this.
"This contract…" Pu Yunchuan was startled when he gazed at the contract.
The green titan beside him impatiently spoke, "You really go and read it line by line? We are not asking you to sell yourself into slavery, right? Quickly sign, stop wasting time and delaying the line!"
"Okay, okay…" Pu Yunchuan hurriedly nodded and signed. After he did, he didn't know whether it was an illusion or not, but he felt as though he just lost something.
"Quickly, line up inside for the operation!"
"Operation?" The fatty nervously asked. "What operation?"
After understanding the details, only now did Pu Yunchuan get it. It was using a biological modification to change the race of players. This setting was quite interesting.
He walked outside the biological chamber. A moment later, a green light sphere passed a form to him. On the form, the list of operations where he could choose from could be seen. These were the so-called races in this game.
Pu Yunchuan took a look. There were a total of three races. The first was green titan, which was the green giant maintaining order in the great hall earlier. This race had thick muscles, but Pu Yunchuan disdained this kind of job. Although he was fat, when playing [Underground City] and [League of Legends], he would always play agile and nimble characters. He felt no feelings for those muscle-bound warriors at all. In addition, the job responsibility green titans were responsible for was actually mining.
"Mining? What a joke. This daddy could go for a blind date, but you ask me to come here to do mining instead? Is there a hole in your head?"
After that, he directly glanced at the other options.
The second one was something called Developers. Their evolutionary path was their brains and their brain region would be greatly developed and expanded. From then on, they would obtain terrifying calculation abilities. Their responsibilities in the future involved administration, scientific research, precise control of instruments, etc. During the early phase in the base, they would be responsible for controlling the various instruments and equipment, as well as energy decomposition of the Fire Ant Mine.
The third race was wood elves, and their evolution path was more complex. The initial retention of their brains would lead to them becoming pure spirit bodies. And after that, they would evolve into physical wood elf famed for their characteristic beauty. After obtaining a new body, they would then have more paths of evolutions. During the first stage, as spirit bodies, they would be responsible for maintaining the crops in the base, as well as tracking and cultivating biological specimens.
Fatty was stunned after he read until there. The early paths were either mining or farming? There was actually not a path where they had to fight monsters and gain levels? What was this game trying to do?
Could it be that the players gathered really had to first build a base before they could proceed with the interstellar expansion?
My lord… wasn't this too ambitious?
Even with the backing of the A.I. system and high-end computers, there were currently no games that could make a breakthrough in the 'fixed pattern' of leveling-up and killing monsters. Those games that proclaimed high freedom index and creative playstyle were all nothing but boasting. This was also the reason why he was addicted to simulation games in the end. Because killing monsters to level up was the same everywhere. As time passed, everything would feel meaningless.
Could it be that this game was trying to take a step into a new realm?
The fatty was momentarily emotional. No matter if the ending of the game was unfinished or not, just with the game having such an ambitious intent, he would support it to the fullest. At that time when this was released to the public, he would buy it even if it cost $10,000 federal dollars!
"Oi, why are you still in a daze? There are many people outside. Choose quickly, do you want to do mining, farming, or assembly line?"
"Mine! I will mine!"
Compared to becoming a spirit body that floats around, wouldn't it be more interesting to become a green giant that mined…?


Player: I'm a worker whose monthly salary doesn’t even hit $5,000. My monthly rental already takes up half of my salary, I don’t have a girlfriend and is reprimanded by my superior every day. However, I feel very happy because there has been a new virtual game recently. In the game, I have a powerful bloodline. Not only do I have my own fleet, I even have a powerful overlord that granted me a colonized planet. Although I know this is fake, but inside there, I found the meaning of my life!
Actually...the overlord who gave him the planet really wanted to tell him that this game wasn’t fake. (You really have your own fleet and colonized planet…) but the overlord knew that he couldn’t say this. Because, once he said it, these subjects who thought of themselves as ‘players’, would definitely not be as terrifyingly hardworking as now!!


"Mr. Snyder...but that contradicts everything you told me earlier. What do you mean that you didn't hear the gunshot?" Prosecutor Dyer asked. 

"I thought I did before, but, looking back on it, I didn't." Mr. Snyder confirmed. 

He didn't hear a gunshot. From up in his room, he most likely didn't. Did he really say that he heard the gunshot before?

"This is an interesting turn of events. Defense, begin with your cross-examination." The judge announced. 

"Yes, Judge Turner." Mr. Wilson nodded his head. "Mr. Snyder, according to what you said, you didn't hear a gunshot at the night of the murder?" 

"Nope. Not a single gunshot." Mr. Snyder agreed. 

"That contradicts what Ms. Thorton has told the court." Mr. Wilson answered. "So, are you saying there was no murder?" 

"I didn't say there wasn't." Mr. Snyder answered. 

"What do you mean by that statement?" 

"When I took a walk the next morning, I saw the police surrounding the alleyway." 

"So, does this mean what Ms. Thornton had to say about the murder was a lie?" Mr. Wilson questioned. 

If that was the case, then that means I'm innocent. I glanced over at Mr. Dyer and noticed how confused he looked. Two people having two different answers. One could be telling the truth, and the other one is telling a lie. According to my statement, it seems that Mr. Snyder is telling the truth. However, in order to convince the whole jury that will be difficult. 

"My lord, this changes everything." The Judge sighed. "I commence a recess. Everyone, come back in 15 minutes. I want the prosecutor and defense to decide upon the matter. If you have another witness to come in account, please inform us. Court adjourned." 

We then began the 15 minute break. I was surrounded by police men following me to the lobby.

"Ms. Berger!" I heard Mr. Wilson call me from behind. 

I turned my head and answered. "Yes?" 

"I'm sorry about the trial. It must have been confusing for you." Mr. Wilson apologized. 

"It was alright. Don't worry about it." I reassured him. "I was just wondering why Mr. Dyer was shocked about Mr. Snyder's comment. Didn't Mr. Dyer call him up?" 

"That's true. I've been wondering the same exact thing. If I were you, I wouldn't trust Prosecutor Dyer. Rumor has spread around that he bribes the witnesses to say what he wants them to say, no matter right or wrong." 

I've never heard anything like that, but this is the first time I have met Mr. Dyer, so I think I should listen to Mr. Wilson. 

"Ms. Berger." I heard a voice calling me. 

I turned my head to the right and noticed Mr. Dyer. "Oh, Prosecutor Dyer." 

"May I speak with you alone?"

I looked over to Mr. Wilson and noticed that he looked a bit annoyed. It made me wonder if I should actually go with Mr. Dyer.

"Ms. Berger!" Mr. Dyer yelled at me.

I flinched and began following him without my free will. I became scared of him. What was he going to do to me. 

"I'm glad you were able to come with me, Ms. Berger. I wanted to ask you a few questions alone." 

"You did?" I chuckled with sarcasm. 

"Yes. Now, so that night of the murder, did you actually see Mr. Snyder in the top window?" 

"You know I'm the suspect here. Of course I will say no to protect myself, Prosecutor Dyer. Why do you even ask me?" 

"I just wanted to make sure. He happened to tell me earlier that he say you as the murderer." 

I then stopped walking. "What?" 

Mr. Dyer then turned around and looked at me sternly. "That was my same reaction when he suddenly switched his story." 

So Mr. Dyer didn't know about that. That expression he showed was real. He was really shocked. "So he changed his story? Why on earth would he do something like that?" 

"My exact questions. I wanted to know if he was actually there at the night of the murder. Did you happen to see him up in his room?" 

I tried to recall what happened that night. "I don't remember. I don't think I actually looked up that night." I answered truthfully. 

Wait. Why am I helping the person who wants to prove me guilty? 

"Hold on. Why am I helping you out? You are just trying to find a way to prove me quilty." I scowled at him. 

"I suppose you are right." Mr. Dyer sighed. 

"I believe in Miss! She didn't do it!" Lekkey yelled out at Mr. Dyer and ran across the lobby to us. 

"Lekkey, hold on!" Mr. Bianchi ran up to us also. He stopped when he reached us and gained his breath. 

"It's probably my time to go. Have fun talking with your police friend here, Ms. Berger." Mr. Dyer walked off. 

"What's wrong, Mr. Bianchi?" I asked. 

"Lekkey and I found something interesting. Remember about that tattoo you wanted to know about?" Mr. Bianchi informed me. 

"Yes? What about it?" 

"It apparently appears under non-UV ray lights." Mr. Bianchi explained. 

"What?" 

"I don't see how this may correlate to the case, but it may." 

"That's what Mr. Wilson told me. He said that it doesn't have anything to do with the case. All it shows is that he was part of a gang." 

"Do you happen to have any other evidence that can be presented in court that will prove your innocence?" 

"Well, there is one." I recalled. "The murderer's voice. I heard them talking the night of the murder. The one talking a lot had a groggy, deep sounding voice, while the one named 'Gully' had a slightly lighter voice than the first man. It also wasn't as groggy." 

"Did Mr. Snyder's voice recall any memories for you?" 

I then tried looking back on Mr. Snyder's voice and one of the two men's voices. "Not really." 

"Hmmm, then that might mean Mr. Snyder isn't one of the men. Anyone else in the court today?" 

I then shook my head. "Nope. I think I'd need to listen to their voices again."

"Miss." Lekkey interrupted. 

"Yes, Lekkey?" 

"I also talked with Ms. Kitty about the different gangs. She mentioned that most gang members have tattoos on their bodies depending which gang they are in. The Violet Cloves and the Green Gangs have it on their wrists, while the Shred Snippers and the Crusaders have it on their necks. Also, depending on which rank they are on, the gang members have different styles of tattoos. Lower ranks apparently have some part of the letter of their gang name written on their wrist or neck, while the higher ups have a different symbol." 

"How do those symbols look?" 

"For the Violet Clove's, the boss has a colored four leaf clover, while the second boss has a 3-leafed clover."

Oh, so my brother must have been the second leader of the Violet Clove. Why would they want to kill him? 

"Thank you for letting me know, Lekkey." 

Suddenly one of the policemen called in the people. "The 15 minute recess is finished. Court has continued." 

"Good luck, Ms. Berger." Mr. Bianchi patted my shoulder. 

"Thanks. I could use all the luck I could get." I sighed as I followed the policemen into the courtroom. 

Hopefully my innocence could be proven with the evidence I have...

Anastasie doesn't have a typical life. Recently, she found her brother dead in the dining room of her house. Though it appears to be a suicide, she feels that it was murder. She knows that her brother wouldn't just kill himself. 

In order to find out about her brother's death, Anastasie finds the private detective, Mateo Bianchi. With his help, will Anastasie find who killed her brother or will she find something else?

[semi-hiatus]

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