The story of a Comic Book Collector who is brought to a world where he finds out that he is one of the special people who can earn experience and level up to become a superhero.

Who would thought that getting so much money in so little time was gonna be so fucking tiring? Next time I should put a clause over there to have a maximum set of money. But that would not work because that would destroy my god impostor disguised that I really liked. Since when a god cared about the money being asked right? Shit. Well, I would think a solution on the way. If the deal was too absurd I could simply cancel the <Life Dealer World> before signing it and make the client forget and search for a less demanding client.

I woke up in the morning. Dressed with the same cloths as yesterday. But since I'm on a 5-star casino, is like you live in your own little world. You have anything you would ever want, to make you stay longer and spend more money. Gyms, barbershops, spa, coffeehouse, and even a small mall. I went to the said mall and bought 5 pairs of good looking clothes and a thick black hoodie and a pair a cheap black sunglasses. Of course, I bought a travel bag to carry all of this to my room. I spent almost $800 dollars on this. Shit, I'm almost at my limit of the budget. I can't get lower of $10.000 to join the second floor. I currently had $10.140, yes I counted all on my bedroom and rolled on the bed with money like in the movies and had to gather them again. But...WORTH IT! 

Luckily if I join the second floor they have a free buffet bar. YAY! Free food 4 life son!

But before all that I left the $10.000 in the safe of my room, yes I know the cleaning staff has a master key to all of this safes but I couldn't carry $10k to the place I was going.

Yes, you guessed right. I was going back to get my driver license back! And not from the government again! I already past that stupid test! I mean for that stupid pawn shop.

I arrived at the shop and asked for my license back, they smiled and made me pay $60 dollars and gave them to me and polite bide me out of the store.

Well, that was anticlimactic. I was prepared to go on a full head-on verbal and curse war to only receive professionalism. Jesus fuck, maybe my luck was acting again. I remember when I was a teen I pawned my favorite comic book for $15 to go to the movies with my bros and kept my lunch money for a week eating only cafeteria free bread to exchange for the comic book without my parents noticing it. The perfect crime.

The problem was that the comic book was pretty rare and I got scammed pretty bad. They asked me the retail value of the comic book, not the amount of I pawned it from. Since It was mine but I was a minor we were both at wrong but they have the upper ground. 

So I grinded my teeth and begged my parents. After a huge beat up they bought my comic book at the inflated price while remaining me to stay away from those places.

Oh, sweet summer beating memories. Wonder where that bastard father is up now? Maybe enjoying his parent free responsibilities on the Caribbean sea making that fake pirate accent that he used to make.
...
Concentrate! Not use to remember that now!
...
I returned to my temporal home, the mighty Pegasus Casino. I went to my room, counted the money, checking that it was all there and thanking the cleaning ladies didn't even bother to check the safety of the cheapest safe of the casino. I was feeling pretty lucky already and went on my way to my free lunch. I mean my free money. I mean my fierce competition yet!

I arrived with my black-hood and cheap sunglasses and looked like one of the other guys. Yes! Nailed it! I was going to go to the table when a security guy stopped me and derived me to the nearest cash chip stations. Oh silly me, they don't handle real money on the table, this was not a dramatic TV show! So after I exchanged $10.000 dollars worth of chip to a slutty cashier giving me wicks per word I said, I rushed to the free buffet while holding my bag of chips.

Sure it doesn't look good to see a guy carrying $10k of chips refilling 3 times his plate. But in my defense, I didn't had dinner last night, didn't had breakfast and didn't have lunch. So...that makes 3, totally making sense to eat I kept nodding to myself, praising me for being so intelligent. Maybe I would even gain one Int stat thinking like this? 

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[Status]

[Name] Fergal Parker (Dead but alive)

[Lifespan] -60 years

[Job]

<<Life Dealer>>

Ability to shorten a human target lifespan and transfer the number of years to the user by receiving those years in exchange for something in return.

[Stats]

Level → 1

[Power/Strength → Current: 10 STR (50 KG) | +5 KG/STR]

[Intelligence → Current: 21 INT (IQ: 94) | +4 IQ/INT]

[Speed → Current: 12 SPD (6m/s) | +0.5m/s/SPD]

[Agility → Current: 10 AGI (-0.030s | -0.003s/AGI]

[Stamina → Current: 10 STA (Ability to run 10 KM without stopping) | +1 KM/STA]

[Luck → Current: 30 LUK | Max: 100 LUK]

[Charm/Charisma → Current: 10 CRM | Max: 100 CRM]

[Recovery → Current: E | Max: SSS]

[Control/Accuracy → Current: D | Max: SSS]

[Skills]

<Life Dealer World> → MAXLVL (A shop where a person's desire can be fulfilled)

<Lachesis Eyes> → LVL1 (Ability to see target's lifespan)

<Inventory> → MAXLVL (Somewhere to store all the random junk)

<Lucky Draw> → LVL1 (What new skills will you obtain?)

<Overdrive> → LVL1 (Doubles the basic stats for 10 minutes. After the times concludes basic stats decrease by 50% for 1 hour).

<Omniscient> → LVL1 (See everything within a 5-meter radius).

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[Quest Log]

*Use <Lachesis Eyes>100 times. (Reward: Unlock LV2) {97 more times to completition}

*Collect 10  gold coins. (Reward: LEVEL UP) {8 more gold coins until completition}

*Purchase 10 stat points. (Reward: 1 x Lucky Draw) {10 more stats until completition}

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[Contract Log 1/1]

Matthew, the drunkard → Deposit $1.500.000 into his account before 30 days. Failing to fulfill this contract you need to pay double of the lifespan of written on the contract. If unable to pay the lifespan requested, the user will die.

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I was joking checking my [Stats] while I said that. But my intelligence did actually go up! Obviously not for that terrible excuse to eat 3 free plates of food... I mean a genius idea! Anyhow this is a good discovery. Yesterday I spent almost 12 hours of hard use of my brain to try to beat my opponents. Maybe that's why the intelligent rose. 

If this doesn't have a limit and I gain sufficient years I could possibly be the smartest guy on Earth! 
*heavy breathing*

No, this system can't be that broken. From the golden coin quest, it seems that I'm currently LV1 so it most possible means that I have a cap of growing stats per level. Like 5 or 10 per level. That would be the correct assumption.

Quickly checking if I gained a stat for that hypothesis I became frustrated when It didn't.
Well, fuck you too system!
While I was thinking all that a rude voice interrupted my thoughts and said "Are you a beggar that a rich man took pity of you and lent $10.000 just to eat for free? HAHA!!"

What could you do with the possibility of living forever? Would you refuse it and just die? Would you accept it and became evil or a merciful God? Of course, no deal is made to be fair. Join Fergal Parker in his adventures to explore his new ability!

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This is a novel inspired by the original novel in this site called "Life Merchant" by YoonTaeTifYuFeiMin. 

I remade this novel keeping the realistic part and cutting the fictional elf/orc/monsters stuff since for me it seemed unnecessary.

This novel focus on the way Fergal slowly but cautiously gains power thanks to his new ability.


* 1 Chapter/ Week. Minimum of 1200 words. (Maybe even more chapters if I have free time)

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After class, the math teacher flew into a rage in the office and yelled at Bai Ziyue, "The students in your class are incorrigible! There's nothing I can do about them!"
Bai Ziyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Next to her, Tang Yijun chuckled. "If I remember it right, both Su Xiaomo and He Jiayu have good grades, right?"
"Yes."
"Let them sit together, then. He Jiayu will be able to keep an eye on Su Xiaomo," Tang Yijun suggested.
"Good idea!" Bai Ziyue clapped her hands.
Even the math teacher's beard was shaking with anger now.
That was outrageous! Aww!
Bai Ziyue went to the classroom to tell them about the change in seating. He Jiayu switched places with Kang Jian as arranged, but Su Xiaomo had been reading a comic book under the desk. She didn't even notice Bai Ziyue come in, let alone the fact that she had a new deskmate.
She cried out in excitement at a twist in the plot. "Aah! They're finally sleeping together! I'm so content! I can relive that moment for ten years!"
He Jiayu took a look and blushed.
Was she reading… an X-rated comic… 
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. The top has an Apollo's belt and abs. One, two, three, four, five… all eight of them! I'd like to feel them myself! Come over here. Let me feel yours." Su Xiaomo was as unrestrained as ever. Her gaze still on the page, she reached out her hand to her left… 
As an athletic student, Kang Jian had well-toned muscles. Since he wasn't her match in a fight, Su Xiaomo had her way with him all the time.
He Jiayu pursed his lips and stopped her hand.
"Why, you're shy now? We used to take baths together when we were little!" Su Xiaomo grinned. "Kang Jian, have you lost your abs from eating too much lately?"
When she turned around and met He Jiayu's gaze, the look on her face turned very interesting.
WTF?
Shit!
"Ahem! Sorry, I thought you were someone else…" Su Xiaomo chuckled awkwardly and tried to free herself from He Jiayu's grip. "Dude, we can talk about this. There's no need to get physical!"
He Jiayu blushed and let go of her hand.
"The next class is starting soon," he reminded her.
"I see." Su Xiaomo nodded awkwardly. "Aren't you going back to your seat?"
He Jiayu raised an eyebrow. "Going back where?"
What?
Su Xiaomo turned around and saw that Kang Jian was sitting in He Jiayu's former seat and was having fun playing five-in-a-row with Chi Yuanfeng.
Su Xiaomo's mouth fell open. "Did you… switch seats with Kang Jian?"
"Yes." He Jiayu smiled. "What were you doing? Didn't you hear when Miss Bai came in to announce that?"
Su Xiaomo chuckled in embarrassment, putting her comic book out of sight.
"Well… it's time for class, let's study!" Su Xiaomo made a show of getting out her textbook, but her drawer was way too messy and it took her forever to find the book she needed for the next class. With a tug, a stack of colorful comic books fell out in a cascade.
Su Xiaomo: …!!
She went to pick them up in a hurry. A pair of slender, nice-looking hands reached out and helped her to pick up every single one of them.
He Jiayu sounded rather helpless. "What can I say… You're so clumsy."
He then rubbed her head. "Be a smart girl and hide your comics better next time. The dean will probably have a stroke if he sees them."
Su Xiaomo's heart raced; she had butterflies in her stomach, and her face turned scarlet… 
Was this what they called a "killer head rub" in romance comics?


As an anti-fan of the idol group, Starry Night, An Xiaxia is happy to spend her time online slandering lead singer Sheng Yize. 

But things take an unexpected turn when An Xiaxia starts high school - the Starry Night trio somehow becomes her classmates, and even end up moving into her house. 

Also, the nation’s idol Sheng Yize seems particularly interested in An Xiaxia for some reason...

Sheng Yize: Xiaxia, if I and a chicken wing fall into the water together, which one will you save?

An Xiaxia: Hm… I can't swim, so obviously you're going to save yourself and get my chicken wing out!

Sheng Yize: I thought I was the nation’s idol???

Getting up in the morning, I go out for my training. 

Walking out of the dorm, towards the field, I see a few students working out.

....

An hour later, I return to the dorm dead tired. Even after a month of training, I feel tired after completing my morning routine. 

Although, thinking back, it can still be called improvement, considering the results of my first day, when I had to activate « God's blessing » skill to carry out my tasks after my training.

Looking around the dorm, I see everyone's doors closed. 

I walk towards the bathroom to take a bath. 

After washing myself, I get back to my room, and log on to my Academy's website using my ID, to get my routine.

I look at the routine to find two courses , the Blacksmith course and the General course. I can understand about the blacksmith course, but I had no idea about the General course.


Looking at the routine, I feel a bit of nervousness and excitement at the same time.

 I look at my watch. Seeing only ten minutes left before the first class, I dress in my usual attire. 

A hooded black jacket with a white shirt and black jeans along with my headphone.

Getting out of my room, I coincidentally meet the fatty. 

I try to avoid him and get out of the dorm.

I have no personal grudge against him, but I don't wanna get into trouble on the very first day of my Academy.

After talking with Axle, yesterday I realise that I will have to keep it low in the Academy. I have a good impression of Axle and he can be considered one of....my....friends....Uh!... I mean my only friend except Mark.

 Realising the truth, I feel ashamed of myself.

" Hey...Hey....Wait!...its me , you remember, we met yesterday ". I hear the fatty's voice.

Hearing the fatty shouting behind my back, I quicken my pace and get down the stairs, literally jumping over the last two steps.

" You!, Wait for me, you wanna play tag..Ah!.". The fatty trips on the stairs.

Crash!
Crash!

Hearing the sound, I look back to see the fatty lying face first on the ground. 

It is clearly this fatty's fault for running behind me, who the hell play's tag like this. 

I decide not to get involve with this trouble maker and walk towards my class, but my body refuses to move. 

Damn it, I feel guilty because of this guy. 

Letting out a sigh, I walk towards him and give him a hand.

" Ah! Thank you, you don't need to worry , I am fine". He smiles innocently while grabbing my hand.

Looking at his innocent smile, I can't help but think, can this guy even create trouble ? . 

I lost myself in my thoughts.

Ugh!.. thinking about such things won't get me anywhere. Anyway, he is in my class, I will get to witness, if this bastard is really a trouble maker.

" Hey, you there bro, we will get late, if you keep standing here ". He speaks waving his hands in front of my face.

" Oh shit ! ".

 Looking at my watch, I realise that only two minutes were left for classes to start.

I activate my skill « Sprint » and dash through the streets towards the blacksmith department.

Reaching the class, I see number of students, some in groups, while some alone. 

Seeing the teacher's vacant seat, I let out a sigh and move towards the corner seat of the classroom away from everyone's eyes.

After I took my seat, a tall man with rippling muscles and a dark skin enters the room. His round freckled face along with his body made him look like a funny comic character. 

Holding my laughter , I look down, avoiding any eye contact with the man.

" Hello students, I am Olive Strong and I will be the teacher in charge for your batch ". He speaks.

But before he could continue, I hear a sound.

Clang !

And the door opens revealing the fatty panting.

Shit ! , I totally forgot about him.

He enters the classroom panting so heavily, as if he would suck the entire oxygen in the atmosphere. 

Seeing him, all the students starts to shake in laughter.

" Kevin, go get a seat and don't be late from next time ". Mr Olive speaks pointing towards the seats.

It looks like, he this fatty is well known.

Listening to him, fatty raises his head and his eyes meet mine. 

He walks towards me as the students stare at him.

I avert my gaze and pretend to not know the guy, but in doing so, my gaze falls on a guy with silver earrings and highlighted blond hair.

He seemed to be moving to the edge of his desk slowly while maintaining his posture. 

As the fatty approched, he quietly stretched his leg out.

Seeing this, I frown and as expected, the fatty trips, resulting in a burst of laughter from the whole class.

And the guy with silver earrings gets up from his seat , pretending to help him while stretching his hands out.

" Hey, you alright their fatty ". He says with a smile and sincerity in his face.

But, if you ask me. I felt it to be disgusting .

" Ha...ha... , I am fine, Stain ". The fatty replies with a silly laugh. 

He reaches out for the hand of the guy named Stain only to be left hanging with his hand in mid air.

" Ah! Sorry fatty, I forgot, I am not strong enough to lift an elephant ". With that , he goes back to his seat along with a burst of laughter from the class.

" ENOUGH !! ". I hear Mr Olives voice and the class becomes silent.

" Kevin, get to your seat, the class is starting ".
He speaks while opening the thick book on his desk.

I look down, having trouble holding my anger even with my skill.

Fuck!

Damn it ! .

 And you say he is a trouble maker.

" Hey, you are very fast, were you in tracking and field club in your high school years ".
I hear a voice and find the fatty sitting beside me. 

Looking at his grin, I can't help but feel my anger dissipating.

" Nah, I just used to run in the morning ". I reply after calming down.

" Anyway who's that guy ? ", I point towards Stain.

Hearing me, he replies while averting his gaze " Just a friend ".

Seeing his behavior, I confirm one thing, something was wrong here.

Thinking about it, Axle and now Kevin, no matter how you look at them, they can't be considered some messed up bastards.

Since childhood, I have been lonely without friends.

 Mark was the only exception. 

So most of the time, I used to observe other students, teachers and other people. 

So, I can guarantee that these two are not that bad. They are only a bit perverted, that's all.

Even yesterday, I could hear Axle's voice from my room.

He seemed to be busy with his Otaku stuff. 

I can't believe a guy like that can earn the title of trouble maker.

I will have to find the truth or I won't be able to get this irritating feeling off of my chest.

.....

The class ends after an hour and we have another two classes on Extraction and Synthesis .

After the main course classes are over, I ask fatty.

 " Hey, what is the general course class?".

" They are just general knowledge classes which teaches Maths, Technological Development, stuff about Orena and survival skill and other necessary stuff required to live in the Mage society ".

" Ah...and they also allow students of different courses to interact with each other". He replies in his usual way. 

Speaking while motioning with his hands.

" Hm...Wait!....you mean it is a joint class with different departments ". I ask as ominous feeling wells up in me.

" Yes ". Fatty replies.

" Doesn't that mean I could be in the same class as the four tyrants ". I shudder at the very thought of it.

" Yes, you definitely could ".

" Tell me your section, I know all the addresses of the tyrants ". He replies with a grin.

" A ". I reply in anticipation of hearing a good news.
....
....
No reply.

I turn to look at the fatty staring at me with a wide gaze. 

Then, he replies with a cough and I could literally feel his efforts to console me. But it only had a negative effect on me.

" Ahm ..... You know what, the tyrants aren't that bad".

" A..A..., Just don't piss them off ".

Fuck!

Hearing him, I bury my face in the desk. 

After a minute , I ask, " How many? ".

His next words increases my tension.

" Three"

In a place where Magic reigns supreme, what would our MC do as he finds himself being rejected by the world.

This is the story of a boy who is unable to wield mana.

After shaming his parents who are considered to be among the strongest Mages of the era.

Our MC stands at the terrace of the School building planning to commit suicide.

What has fate got stored in for our MC. Will he commit suicide ?

If you want to know, join our MC as he struggles.

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Togetsu Academy, Rina's house.
Late at night, Rina lay on the bed, reading a comic book with relish.
Di!
The mobile phone placed on her pillow suddenly received a message. Rina frowned and opened her phone; it was a Twitter message from a female comic author friend:
"Hey, Rina, are you free this weekend? Let's go eat Chinese food together!"
The profile photo was a cute girl with golden ponytails.
"Chinese cuisine?" Rina raised her eyebrows. The young girl she knew was not only a painter, but also the daughter of a British diplomat. The two met at a celebrity banquet in the past, and later they gradually knew each other's identity.
No one knew that the 'Tongue of God' of Togetsu's Top Ten had a friend of the same age from a foreign school except for Rina herself and her follower, Feisha.
"Yeah, don't you know that there is a restaurant that is hotly discussed by the otaku tonight. Just in Ameyoko, Taito..."
Seeing this, Rina took a deep breath, and the abominable face appeared in front of her eyes again.
"Is that restaurant called Xia's Chinese Cuisine Restaurant?" She twitched her fingers to send a message.
"Oh, Rina, I thought that you, who's part of the Togetsu's Top Ten, didn't care much about the information of local restaurants."
"…"
Rina was silent until the girl on the opposite side urged her. She hummed and typed hardly, "What sh*t Chinese food, don't go!"
"Rina, your character is really inscrutable." The girl sent a sneering expression. When she was annoyed and intended to sneer at the girl, the girl sent the next text that made her heartbeat jump rapidly.
"I recently finished a short story. Would you like to see it, huh?"
"Short story?"
Thinking about the identity hidden by this friend, Rina blushed.
On the surface, she was the daughter of a British diplomat, a well-known Tokyo celebrity, and also known as debutante, but in fact, she was a deep house lady. She was also a small well-known peer painter on the Internet.
Thinking about the delicate and gorgeous book that she had sent before, Rina unconsciously stirred her legs on the bed, and her eyes were hesitant.
"Do you want it?" There was no response from the opposite side. The girl's tone was impatient.
"No, don't want!" 
"...Really don't want?" said the blonde girl with double ponytails. "You must be honest, Rina! After all, besides cooking, comics and novels are your second hobby! As a painter, I think I have the responsibility of giving you happiness, which will give you more inspiration for cooking!"
"I'm just saying that this short story was painted especially for you. Heehee, you will be pleasantly surprised after reading it!"
Seeing the last message, Rina was curious. Just as she was about to ask, the phone received a new email with a compressed package attachment, more than 20mb in size, which was quite small for a comic picture package.
Pursing her mouth, Rina received the email, skilfully downloaded it, un-compressed it, and opened it with her mobile phone.
"Full color?"
The first picture was very beautiful, giving a stunning sense of visual spike.
The setting sun was falling. The sky was far away, and the cherry blossom petals covered the ground. The surrounding trees were cherry trees. The two girls' limbs were entangled in the cherry blossom petals, and Rina's heartbeat accelerated. She looked carefully and noticed the appearance of the two girls. They were very familiar. She was stunned.
The girl with short red and purple hair was on the bottom, and the girl with long wavy blond hair was on top. She was charming. The girl on the top grabbed the other girl's uniform and tie, and the other hand picked off the other girl's white shirt which had been unbuttoned after she took off her coat. If the girl below was half-covered, then the girl above was too exposed. Her skin was white as snow. Below was a short uniform skirt. The black stockings on the right leg faded to the ankle.
"Hiss..."
Rina was able to see it no matter how stupid she was. The two girls in this picture scene were herself and Feisha!
"This, it's too foul!" Rina's face was as red as an apple. Her heart almost suffocated. She turned off her phone with a snap, gasping heavily in bed. For a while, she bit her teeth. But her body was still very obedient. She unlocked the phone screen again.
Di. The gorgeous style of lesbian pictures once again occupied the mobile phone screen.
This time, Rina grinded her teeth and looked at them.
First, second, third...
A total of eleven.
It was still alright at the beginning. The bolder the content was at the back, which made people's heart stop.
Because it was full color, and it was private self-entertainment, there was no code to describe the indescribable. Rina was dizzy. Her nose was hot, and she seemed to have a nosebleed.
"How is it?" Soon, the female artist with golden double ponytails sent greetings.
"Okay! Very good!" Rina grinded her teeth.
"…"
A luxurious villa on a ramp in Tokyo. 
Late at night, the girl sitting at the painting table holding a mobile phone shivered.
"Don't worry, Rina, it's for internal appreciation only. I will not upload it to the Internet!"
"...Golden retriever, do you want to die?"
From the text Rina sent, the girl could perceive the terrible murderousness, shrinking her neck. "Oh, I know. I will keep the manuscript carefully."
"Whatever. Anyway, if the set of pictures spread to a third person, you know the consequences!"
Rina finished saying it and actively changed the topic.
"I heard that you have made up with your first love recently?"
"What? Who wants to make up with him!"
This time it was the blonde double ponytail girl who was a tsundere.
"Well, it's better not to mix with a group of common people all day. Your primary school and junior high school are public schools, right? Why did you suddenly go to Hakunosaki High School..." 
Late at night, two arrogant girls with similar characters started a long chat.
…
The next day.
Yesterday, the heavy rain in Tokyo made the streets wet. It was a bit cold in the middle of March. But in the morning, the Chinese restaurant deep in the old store street was surrounded by a group of guests.
"It's almost nine o'clock. It hasn't opened yet?"
"Who knows. I came here after reading Mizutani's tweet. Today happens to be Saturday. I'm free, so I can wait."
This group of guests had one common characteristic:
Young!
The younger guests were only 13 or 14 years old, and the oldest were just university students. It could be said that they were all loyal users of NicoNico, and even the fans of Mizutani.
The psychology of fans was easy to understand. Whatever the idols strongly supported, no matter what, they would pay attention, not to mention a Chinese restaurant that was said to be delicious.
In this world of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, 'food' was infinitely elevated, even sacred, and the chef's social status had also risen.
The RB network had recently set off a career discussion craze. People were scrambling to vote. As a result, professional chefs had a shocking number of votes. It was far away from the second and third civil servants and doctors.


Xia Yu made a wish to eat until he vomited. And this particular wish brought him to a completely strange spirit world which was full of cuisines.
What, Chef God System?
"You need to not only satisfy normal people's appetite but also all kinds of devils and ghosts. Use your food to move them!" the old man said to him coolly.
So, Xia Yu would never stop running on the road of becoming a Chef God.
 

Since Zhang Tie came to Fire Dragon Bounty Territory, after finishing the handover formalities of Fire Dragon Bounty Territory and authority confirmation, Zhang Tie always wandered around alone. He almost traveled all the 10 cities and Yangui Mountain Range in Fire Dragon Bounty Territory. After a few days' travel, Zhang Tie was already familiar with the local customs and practices.
Zhang Tie came back to Xuantian City in the morning. When he found this common hotel which was a bit boisterous, he entered it to have some food. By the way, he would learn about the situation in Xuantian City. Zhang Tie thought that the simplest way for him to be familiar with a place was to listen to the free chat of those people from all walks of life in the mass-gathering public places like teahouses, pubs and hotels.
However, it was out of Zhang Tie's imagination that he could listen to the "Legend of Black Iron Hero", in which he was the main character.
This story was vivid. Some contents were real although being processed artistically; some were fabricated reasonably. As a result, Zhang Tie's image turned full and real which was righteous and hot-blooded just like a vivid legendary figure.
'What the hell?'
Zhang Tie wondered about it very much.
After hearing that Boss Feng was going to have the top 8 prostitutes in Xuantian City play "Mudan Pavilion" in Pear Fragrance Garden tonight, the audience in the dining hall started to discuss Boss Feng while they shifted their topic to the selection of local representatives of Xuantian City. After bidding a farewell to Boss Liu, the storyteller left the hotel under the guidance of a lad.
"Boss Feng is our heroine in Xuantian City. It's said that Boss Feng only sold her talents instead of her virginity when she was young. Later on, as she was very shrewd, she rented a hub and gradually expanded her business..."
"I was told that Boss Feng never forced her girls to sell their virginity. As long as those girls could work enough years for her or make enough money to redeem themselves, Boss Feng will recover their freedom on her own initiative. If any of them meets her Mr. right, Boss Feng will even gift her a dowry. The third son of the mayor of Xuantian City wanted to sleep with Ruoxi in Phoenixflute Pavilion, Boss Feng stopped him as Ruoxi had already met her Mr. right. It displeased the third son of the mayor; as a result, he had people damage half of the entire Phoenixflute Pavilion..."
"If not, how could the geishas exert their full efforts to work for Boss Feng?"
"But it's a bit improper for a woman who was once a geisha to attend the selection of local representatives..."
...
When those people were discussing on the 2nd floor, Zhang Tie stood up. After throwing a gold coin onto the table, he followed the storyteller downstairs.
"Sir, you've paid too much; wait a moment, I will give you the change..."
The food and tea water that Zhang Tie consumed were worth at most 2 silver coins. However, Zhang Tie dropped 1 gold coin. It really was too much. Therefore, at the sight of the gold coin, Boss Liu hurriedly stopped Zhang Tie.
Boss Liu was not short; however, his top of the head could only touch Zhang Tie's elbow.
"Your stretched noodles and steamed puffed buns tastes good, keep the change..." Zhang Tie waved his hand. In Zhang Tie's eyes, gold coins were already nothing different than silver coins. He just paid in terms of gold coins in case of change.
Additionally, Zhang Tie found that he liked the satisfied looks of these commoners caused by one gold coin because it would remind him of himself when he worked as a human sandbag for others in the Iron Thorns Fighting Club. Behind each generous deed, Zhang Tie was warning himself to think like a commoner and not to get lost because of wealth and strength.
No matter how many buildings one had, he only needed one bed to sleep on; no matter how many fertile arable lands one had, he could not eat more than 7kg's food per day; no matter how many gold one had, he could only wear 1 kg's silk and linen cloth at most. Even knights would have unfortunate moments or even die; therefore, even as an earth knight, Zhang Tie still treated himself as a commoner.
Boss Liu felt happy as he had not imagined that the tower-like tough man was such rich. After watching Zhang Tie's look carefully, Boss Liu said, "If you like my food, you can always come here. Given your special sturdy figure, I will keep your look deep in mind. If you come here in the future, I will not take your money anymore!"
Zhang Tie threw a glance at Boss Liu as he had not imagined that Boss Liu was really good at doing business. Although it was just a few silver coins, his words sounded very comfortable.
Zhang Tie burst out into his laughter as he patted Boss Liu's shoulders. Closely after that, he clattered downstairs...
After coming to the gate of Yuean Hotel, Zhang Tie looked left and right and found that thin frame less than 50 steps away on the bustling street. He sped up and patted the storyteller's shoulder. The storyteller turned around. Zhang Tie's eyes flickered as he said, "Follow me..."; closely after that, he walked towards the teahouse in the distance.
The storyteller just followed after Zhang Tie at the same speed all the way towards the teahouse.
After coming to the teahouse, Zhang Tie ordered a tranquil compartment and entered it, followed by the storyteller.
After taking a seat, Zhang Tie pointed at another seat in the room and told the storyteller to sit down.
"May I know your name?"
"This old man is Liu Yuqing!" The storyteller's eyes looked clear as he replied fluently. However, he felt that the words of the tough man in front of him were as euphonious as music from heavens. As a result, he just followed the tough man's will and replied honestly.
"How many years have you told stories?"
"This old man has told stories for 26 years!"
"Did you fabricate the Legend of Black Iron Hero?"
"No, the Legend of Black Iron Hero was written by Mr. Jingan..."
'Mr. Jingan?' Zhang Tie slightly frowned as he had not heard about this name before, "Who's Mr. Jingan?"
"Mr. Jingan is a great novelist. His novels are most popular among storytellers..."
"How long have you told the Legend of Black Iron Hero?"
"About 2 years!"
"Who let you tell the Legend of Black Iron Hero in Xuantian City?"
"This old man doesn't know who's he. Two years ago, a strange guest gave me the novel Legend of Black Iron Hero and told me that I could gain 10 gold coins a month in my account of Golden Roc Bank if I kept telling this book in Xuantian City. After saying that, that guest gave me 10 gold coins as the advance payment for the first month. You know, storytellers could make 3-4 gold coins a month at most. Those poorer could make at most 1 gold coin a month. Therefore, from then on, I started to tell the Legend of Black Iron Hero in Xuantian City. In the second month, I really gained 10 gold coins in my bank account. Therefore, I have been telling Legend of Black Iron Hero every day in Xuantian City until now..."
"What about the other storytellers in Tianxuan City? Are they also telling Legend of Black Iron Hero?"
"2 years ago, the novel Legend of Black Iron Hero had been popular among storytellers and guests in the Northeast Military Region. You could listen to the story in each city, even in the towns..."
"Whether the other storytellers will also gain 10 gold coins a month as a payment by telling the same story?"
"I have no idea. However, in the last sacrificial anniversary of my teacher, I met a junior fellow apprentice who was mainly telling stories in Yanzhou Province. He told me that he had the same experience as me. As long as he told Legend of Black Iron Hero, he could also gain 10 gold coins a month in his bank account. As my junior fellow apprentice was younger and healthier than me, he was paid 12 gold coins that month by telling Legend of Black Iron Hero in the teahouses of towns outside the city where there was no storyteller. As a storyteller, the more you tell Legend of Black Iron Hero and more audience you have, the more money you will get..."
"Where can I buy the novel Legend of Black Iron Hero?"
"You could find it in all the bookstores in the city. Previously, there was only novel, now you can even buy a comic book..."
After knowing that he could not get any intelligence from the storyteller, Zhang Tie dropped a gold coin on the table. After that, he stood up and walked out of the room.
...
After Zhang Tie left the room for 2 minutes, the storyteller who was sitting quietly at the table suddenly quivered all over. He looked around the room in a vacant expression before uttering, "Ahh, what's wrong with me? Why am I here? Shouldn't I have returned home? Why am I drinking tea here?"
...
After leaving the teahouse, Zhang Tie felt that this event was a bit weird. Besides being confused about that, he felt deeply moved. Therefore, he took a walk on the street and looked for a bookstore.
Only after a few minutes, Zhang Tie had found a bookstore and entered it.
"Boss, do you have Legend of Black Iron Hero?"
The clerk pointed at a bookshelf a few meters away.
Zhang Tie walked over there and noticed a very delicate novel Legend of Black Iron Hero in the most eye-catching place. Beside it, there was a set of many delicate comic books of Legend of Black Iron Hero. At the sight of the figures on the cover of the comic book, Zhang Tie felt it was very interesting. Therefore, he stretched out his hand to take it. Out of his imagination, another person on his side also stretched out her hand to take the same comic book. Therefore, their hands pressed on the same book.
Zhang Tie turned around and saw a pair of beautiful, big and black eyes...
A young lady in many precious headwears was watching him with a strong 7-8-year-old boy in her hand.
At the sight of this woman, Zhang Tie was shocked inside because she was Lv Shasha, his junior fellow apprentice on Hidden Dragon Island...


After the Catastrophe, every rule in the world was rewritten.
In the Age of Black Iron, steel, iron, steam engines and fighting force became the crux in which human beings depended on to survive.
A commoner boy by the name Zhang Tie was selected by the gods of fortune and was gifted a small tree which could constantly produce various marvelous fruits. At the same time, Zhang Tie was thrown into the flames of war, a three-hundred-year war between humans and demons on the vacant continent. Using crystals to tap into the potentials of the human body, one must cultivate to become stronger.
The thrilling legends of mysterious clans, secrets of Oriental fantasies, numerous treasures and legacies in the underground world — All in the Castle of Black Iron!
Written by Drunk Tiger, this novel is a prime example of fantasy steampunk. Let us journey through the world of limitless possibilities and inventions together!
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**Warning: This novel contains mature content**


Wu Ji and his team went to Japan for an Asian MMA training camp. In addition to the training, there's a few friendship games and regular competitions, too.
The fighting conditions in Japan were considered very good in Asia, featuring both an excellent social foundation and atmosphere, as well as plenty of competition experience. Kyoto, especially, is the best site for large fight competitions in Asia outside of Macau.
When Wu Tong realized Wu Ji was going to Japan — and after finding out about events at the Singapore airport — she instantly called Meng Fan. It sounded like Meng Fan was staying a few days in Japan, so she instantly thought of having Meng Fan find Wu Ji.
She was still worried for Meng Fan!
While she was proud of Meng Fan, she was still concerned. She was afraid there was an organization behind the hijacking; if they found out Meng Fan's identity, they'd do him harm. Yet Meng Fan was so relaxed he still wanted to be out in Japan, which wouldn't be as safe as China. 
She heard previously that Meng Fan was going to Japan after Singapore — something to do with manga — now that Meng Fan told her the same thing, she didn't want to force him to come back to China. However, she still ordered Meng Fan to stay at the hotel and not go anywhere before Wu Ji's arrival.
After some more conversation, Wu Tong could hear Meng Fan was checking into the hotel, so she hung up.
The lobby for the Aman Kyoto Hotel was on the 33rd floor. The tallest part of the lobby was almost 30 meters high, crossing six levels, and proved to be a stunning sight when you looked up.
The interior of the hotel lobby featured a distinctive style similar to Japanese lanterns, presenting a different effect with the light and shadows, depending on the time of day. It was very unique.
The huge lobby offered check-in services as well as meals and drinks. One could enjoy an afternoon tea, all meals, plus drinks and coffee and more. In the afternoons and evenings, female artists in kimonos would play piano and provide art performances.
To Meng Fan, the most striking thing about the lobby, other than the grandiose size, was its symmetry.
When he was checking in, the employee offered him a welcome drink and hot towel. Then, he was led upstairs.
His second eldest sister, Meng Cailian, reserved a luxury suite of almost 80 sqm for him. Divided into a bedroom, lounge, office, and bathroom, the room was large and comfortable.
Since Meng Fan was Chinese, the employee taking him upstairs was bilingual in Chinese and Japanese. After she explained the facilities of the room and other services, she left after delivering a welcome letter, snacks, and a room entry card.
The entry card was built into a belt buckle and could be worn on his waist when he went out to prevent losses and make it easy to carry. Of course, this belt buckle was a custom design and made an ordinary belt look quite upscale.
What if you didn't have a belt?
Then you could put the entry card wherever you liked.
After Meng Fan closed the door, the first thing he did was take a shower. It had been more than 24 hours since he last bathed, not to mention the six-hour-plus flight he just had.
"Ahh, this is nice."
Meng Fan walked into the bathroom and turned to the right, which had a toilet next to the double counter. There's plenty of room in the bathroom; other than a shower and a jacuzzi, there's also a sauna.
All of the toiletry products in the bathroom were the Aman Kyoto Hotel brand, with great quality and a full selection.
After a shower, Meng Fan started soaking in the jacuzzi.
Then, he sweated for ten minutes in the sauna. So relaxing!
If Meng Fan wanted, a phone call would bring a massage therapist, male or female. Female therapists would undoubtedly be pretty; however, they were medical therapists, and there's nothing funny with their services.
After a relaxing time in the bathroom, Meng Fan ordered a meal and went toward the TV console in front of the bed.
The TV was hidden inside the console and could be moved up or down.
Behind the TV console was a minibar. After he opened it, he saw all kinds of beverage containers for tea, wine, coffee, and others. There was a fridge full of soft drinks, water, milk, and juice, all of which were free and were refilled daily. If one drank them all and wanted more, it could be refilled for free as well. In fact, if you didn't want the drinks in the minibar, handmade coffee could be delivered to you.
The environment was amazing; the service was comprehensive. After all, this hotel charged more than 100,000 Japanese Yen per day.
This time of year wasn't the peak tourism season, so the hotel charged 120,000 to 130,000 Yen for this kind of room. If it was the peak season, a smaller room would run to more than 10,000 Chinese yuan.
When it came to peak and off-peak tourism seasons in Japan, there was an interesting theory. For all southeast Asian countries including Japan, the peak and off-peak seasons depended largely on whether the Chinese people had holidays.
In a little while, Meng Fan's meal was delivered. It was a two-people dinner as requested. The food looked beautiful, the kind some girls would take photos of before reluctantly eating. The taste wasn't bad.
Meng Fan wasn't in the habit of checking food for poison. He inhaled the food quickly, then he started pacing in the hotel suite.
Even if Wu Tong didn't give the order, Meng Fan didn't plan to go out. He didn't even want to go to a CV meet and greet in the afternoon.
Why?
He was staying in to draw manga!
By now, he had +12 points in comic book Settings and Scriptwriting attributes. The story in his mind had been plotted over and over. He also had an outline and many sources of pictures, so he wanted to focus and draw today. He planned to have an opening chapter before visiting Shueisha Comics and Kodansha Comics — he wanted to submit his manuscript! 
There were also 10 points in attributes he didn't assign yet.
Meng Fan started thinking of how to assign them.
The 10 points weren't too many, but they weren't too few either.
Wait!
Meng Fan remembered something else. He hadn't completed [100 Champion Honor Points] yet. If he got this title, he'd receive +3 points in Drawing skill, Settings, and Scriptwriting as rewards in attributes.
Currently, in his bank card, in addition to the 500,000 yuan from Bai Zhi, he also got paid for the royalties from 8th Station streaming platform last month. In addition, there were the 100,000 dollars in reward from the airport and Japanese airline, which was given to Meng Fan after a conversion to Chinese yuan, so he definitely had more than a million yuan now.
He made money so he could spend it.
Meng Fan was perfectly happy using the one million yuan to get nine properties. Strictly speaking, it was 500,000 yuan; after all, half of what he rewarded him belonged to himself.
He logged onto his account on Penguin Animation and Comics Online, and in a flash, he added 100 million Penguin Bucks into his account!
He was going to use them all on "There's a Spirit Underground" but thought it was too selfish.
He clicked on "Create New Work" in the publishing platform. After careful consideration, he entered the name of his original comic, "Legend of the Mountains and Seas," and uploaded a book cover he drew earlier. Now the book was ready for review.
Meng Fan called his editor, Yixin, asking him to help review and approve the book.


To reward Meng Fan for his bravery before his heroic death, the cosmos rewarded him with a 'system', sending him back in time to three months ago, alive.

Earlier that day…
"Do you think Ara will be alright?" Rin asked Midori as they entered the elevator taking them to Midori's cousin's office on the twelfth floor.
The two of them were in one of the many tall buildings on Otome Road, a huge area of Ikebukuro in Tokyo that was a major shopping and cultural center for animation and comics. It's located in the immediate West of Sunshine City near Ikebukuro Station.
This area in Tokyo had been a must-g-to place for all anime and comic geeks since the 1980s. A branch of a very popular anime store Animate was there, and most of the comic conventions and manga revolutions were held there.
It was natural for the place to be swarmed by people in costumes at a daily basis. In fact, not to see cosplayers walking around would be strange. It was also natural for the area to be where popular comic publishing companies had their main offices such as where they were now.
After they made Ara go back home, Midori and Rin volunteered to take the finished manuscript to this office. They had asked Miharu if she wanted to join them, but she couldn't because her mother wanted to go out shopping with her.
"I hope so," Midori answered.
The two of them knew that their friend had been through a lot – like totally a lot, and they were worried about her. But they had enough self-awareness that some problems could only be resolved by the people themselves. They could only be there, ready to lend a helping hand when asked or be present when needed, but they couldn't do anything else.
It's not as if Ara was having a normal girl's problem. To say that her concerns were out of this world was not entirely untrue.
Gods and demigods.
Who would have thought that they would meet them in real life? Never in their wildest dream had they ever imagined they'd experience something like this. But they also knew that they were blessed, not just because they encountered heavenly beings but they were able to be friends with them in this lifetime.
"I feel sorry for her and Kou. I know they have so many issues between them, but I want my ship to be alright again," Rin muttered sadly, and Midori reached out and gave her a gentle pat on the back.
"They will be," Midori told her.
She had no idea where her confidence to answer the question came from, but she just believed deep within her heart that it would be the case. Just what her and the others' reactions were when they heard the story of Alencica and Kresnik, she just would like to believe that a love like that could not just fade away.
Ara might be hurt, but they knew that she understood why things happened as they did. Even if Kresnik and the others had faults, they knew that they loved her and never meant to hurt her and she knew that too. It was why the discovery of the truth hurt everyone and not just Ara.
"Things like this take time. But I'm sure, the two of them will be together again in the end," Midori told Rin who cheered up a bit.
The elevator stopped and the two of them stepped out as they continued to chat.
"Anyway, do you think Ara will still want to be a comic artist?" Rin asked again as she scanned their friend's work from the folder. "It would be a pity if she doesn't. Look at these, they're so good."
The real-life drawings in full color popped from the pages, and Rin who's a hardcore geek couldn't help but fangirl over them.
"Well, it's really up to Ara. But of course, it will be awesome if she can," Midori said hopefully, although she knew that it wouldn't be good to think this way also.
Ara was not from their world. Kazehaya Gin had also told them about Ged, and that Ara was a princess there. Also, her father who was the King of Heaven was waiting for Ara on the other side. There's a big possibility that she would choose to go back to her own world. It would be selfish of them to impose their own wishes on her.
It would be sad if Ara chose to return to Ged. But Midori and the others had already discussed this and decided that regardless of what Ara would do and where she would choose to stay, they would never protest and just keep supporting her.
It was what friendship with her meant.
"By the way," Rin began as she frowned at the group sketch that Ara did. "Isn't Ara's name in Ged, Alinea?"
Midori nodded. "Why did you ask?"
"Because…" Rin's voice trailed off as she showed the drawing to Midori who suddenly stopped walking as she took the sketchbook from Rin with a dumbfounded expression.
They both stared at the group picture and then they exchanged looks of wonder as if to say "Could it be?"
They studied each and every person in Ara's sketchbook.
"Oh. My. God."
They reached a page they hadn't seen before at the back, and saw a colored portrait of two people; one of them was someone who looked like the older prince but had different coloration and aura. The man was a true beauty that gave off a very mysterious air about him. The other person next to the silver-haired man was the red-head warrior Ara drew before: Ivan of Kres.
"Is this really a comic book, or real portraits of people from that other world?" Rin asked in awe.
"I think… they're real people – people that she missed and thought she'd never see again from that world," Midori answered quietly, and the both of them felt a bit teary-eyed imagining how Ara must have felt as she drew them.
"If they're real, then I wish she could meet them again," Rin uttered as she placed an arm around Midori's shoulders to comfort her.
They brought the manuscript to Midori's cousin who thanked them a lot. However, since Ara was still unsure about the future, the editor promised not to show anyone the work for now and would wait for Ara's answer patiently.
"No problem. Please tell Ara she can take her time deciding. It's her future after all," Midori's cousin assured them before handing them some coupons.
"What's this?"
"There's a newly opened Cat Café three streets from here. They gave these coupons. You'd get one cake free when you buy a drink," he said before saying goodbye.
Afterwards, the two of them left the building and went straight to the café. Both Rin and Midori didn't have anything else to do and they still didn't want to go home, so they decided to go there.  
"It's a good thing Hiroaki's not here. I don't think we can come here if he is. He'll complain it's not manly," Midori laughed as soon as they were served with their drinks and a free slice of cake.
However, instead of laughing with her, Rin suddenly sat up straight with a shocked expression on her face, alarming her. "What happened?" she asked as she turned around to see what made her freeze like that.
A very tall red-head man with a pair of familiar jade-green eyes, wearing silver armor walked in the café with a bunch of cosplayers. Rin and Midori couldn't help but gasp as the man crossed the room to sit by the table next to them.
It's the man in Ara's sketchbook, in the flesh.
The two girls thought they were dreaming but they were not. They continued to watch the man and listen to his strange conversation with the others. It seemed he was totally confused about this world, and a suspicion formed in their minds.
Unable to take it anymore, Rin stood up and approached. "Are you Ivan of Kres?"
Of course, when they heard the answer, the two of them knew that fate played a trick on them again, introducing another person from that other place.
"Yes, I am the Flame Emperor, Ivan of Kres…"


She was the Princess who had to die…

Alinea, beloved Princess of Ritz, and celebrated heroine of the recently concluded Immortal War was betrayed and killed for political reasons.  However, death did not come. She found herself waking up in modern-day Tokyo, in the body of a girl, named, Suzuki Ara, the most hated antagonist of all.  

He was the Prince who had to live…

Homura Ryuu, heir of the most influential family in Japan was forced to be engaged to Ara since birth, due to a family curse. He could only marry and have children with the woman mentioned in the prophecy, else his bloodline would die out. 

Fated…

The Prince and Princess from different worlds, where revenge, hatred, conspiracy and strive for power prevailed, found each other in the most unexpected turn of events.  Was this a coincidence? Maybe not. For two souls destined for each other meet regardless of time and circumstance. It's called fate...


PLEASE DO NOT SPAM THIS BOOK. I REQUEST FOR EVERYONE TO SHOW RESPECT & AVOID EXP REVIEWS. 
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Ara elbowed Ryuu in the rib. "Darling, you are scaring the people away. Learn how to smile."

"Darling, if I smile, they will totally forget why they exist," Ryuu countered smugly, so Ara had no choice but to sigh in defeat. There's no sense making sense with this stubborn husky anyway.

Well, he kind of had a point anyway…

Ara looked towards the nurse's station where nurses kept bumping into each other or hitting the tables and making things fall because they were busy giving Ryuu demure glances.

"See? They get distracted like that with me not smiling – what more if I do?"Ryuu told her with amusement in his voice. Then again, mischief danced in his blue gaze and he finally sent one bright smile the nurses' way.

CRASH!

BANG!

Ara watched as chaos ensued in the station and she quickly pulled the naughty husky to the side and gave him a glare.

"What? Who told me to smile?" he asked her innocently.

"I did okay? It's my fault," Ara told him as she dragged him away.

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"Strange flora native to Morrowind have sprouted up in the ash that blankets the southern reaches of Solstheim."

Chapter 8: The All-Maker Stones

Gajeel, Levy and Jose made their way out of Nchardak with the second Black Book in tow. A grim look appeared on both Gajeel and Levy's faces as they tried to figure out a way to tell August that the entire fate of all of Tamriel, rested on "The Secrets of the Skaal".

"This is a nightmare." Levy admitted.

"You're telling me." Gajeel gruffed "Fucking hate Daedra."

"Hermaeus Mora sure is making this difficult." she stopped in her tracks and looked at her husband "There has to be another way! Maybe the last Word of Power is in a different area of Solsthiem or another country! Maybe we can ask the Greybeards if they heard a Whisper-"

"By the time we find it, it would be too late." Gajeel pointed out "and I fucking hate saying this, but that tentacle bastard is our best hope. Besides, I doubt the old guys would have the ability to hear the Whisper of a Word Wall in another part of the fucking world." Levy thought for a minute and realized he was right, this wasn't going be easy if they went with the methods they were so used to. As they made their way to the staircase, they heard the flapping of wings in the air "The hell is that noise?" they searched the area and suddenly looked up to see a dragon, flying close by. The pupils in Gajeel's eyes shrunk in fear "Oh shit." the dragon landed in front of the Nord couple, a devilish grin on his lips and a look in his eye that showed he had a killing intent.

"God Serena has commanded your death." the dragon directed to Gajeel "So it shall be."

The dragon took to the skies and took a deep breath, releasing his fire breath and forcing Gajeel to grab his wife and push her out of the way with him.

"Joor...ZAH FRUL!" a blue aura came passed Gajeel's lips and hit the dragon that was in the skies. The dragon crash landed onto the stone floors of the decaying ruins which gave Gajeel the advantage to make this entire fight end quickly. He ran towards the beast and landed on top of it's head, holding on for dear life.

"Take this you over-grown Argonian!" Gajeel insulted. He began to stab maniacally at the dragon's head, stabbing it's brain until the dragon finally died. As he dragon collapsed to the ground, the couple watched as the flesh and dragon hide bursted into flames and soon, the soul was absorbed by Gajeel.

"At least he didn't take the soul this time." Levy smirked at her husband.

"He may not need it at this point." Gajeel gruffed as he jumped off the skeletal remains "Might be too powerful by now. Gods fucking forbid, we gotta speak with the old fart right away."Agreeing with her husband's wishes, Levy and Gajeel left for the Skaal village.

They arrived at the Skaal village an hour before the sun was meant to sink. They eyed the entire village before coming across August, who was sitting outside his home in a medative position.

"Hey! Old man!" Gajeel hollered, the ground shook slightly under the power of his voice "That fucking son of a bitch Hermaeus Mora wants 'The Secrets of the Skaal or whatever the fuck it's called." August looked at the Dragonborn and his wife solemnly before replying.

"Hermaeus Mora..." he sighed "old Herma-Mora himself. So he is the source of God Serena's power, of course. We have many tales of Herma-Mora trying to trick us into giving up our secrets to him; and now he comes again for what we have long kept from him." Levy and Gajeel exchanged glances at his words.

"You knew?" Levy cross examined.

"I was suspicious, but I wasn't sure until you told me just now." August explained.

"So what the fuck are these 'Secrets of the Skaal'?" Gajeel asked with air quotations "And why the hell does that tentacle lovin bastard want it?"

"Ancient lore, handed down from shaman to shaman since the All-Maker first gave Solstheim to the Skaal. How to talk to the wind, how to listen to the earth - these are our secrets. Nothing of power or mastery."

Maybe the elf was right, this does sound like a bargain.Gajeel thought to himself.

"Well I'm in doldrums to tell you that Hermaeus Mora has asked for the Secrets of the Skaal in exchange the last Word of Power for the Bend Will Shout." Levy explained.

"So it falls to me to be the one to give up the secrets to our ancient enemy." August respired "I do not know if I have the strength to face him. With God Serena's corruption of the Stones... the Oneness of the land is disrupted, and our connection to the All-Maker is broken."

Oh Gods, we were supposed to cleanse the stones. Levy remembered "We'll help you with that! In fact, we'll get right on it!"

"Hey Lev, what you getting a-ack!" his wife pulled him by the collar of his armor before dragging him out of the village and taking him to Ravenrock.

"You sure about this?" Gajeel questioned his wife uncertainly.

"It's the only way dear." Levy explained. They were in front of the Earth Stone, watching as the people continued to add to the unusual architecture "Besides, you're doing them a favor by doing this."

"You remember what happened last time right?"

"Yes I do. But as long as God Serena doesn't have control over the Earth Stone, his power will begin to weaken and you'll have a better chance at beating him." liking the sound of that, Gajeel took a deep breath.

"GOL!" he Shouted. A yellowish brown aura came from his lips and hit the Earth stone.

The moment the Shout's powers took effect, the odd structures around the stone cracked and fell under its own weight, destroying the structures and freed the people from God Serena's hold. As the people ran as far as they could from the stone, a lurker appeared out of the waters; ready to fight who dared break the hold he had on the Earth stone. With a swift move of his sword, Gajeel killed the lurker, freeing the stone once and for all.

"Two down, four to go." Levy sighed.

"Aww fuck." Gajeel grumbled. He wiped his sword into the dirt and then placed it back on his back "Let's go."

Hours passed and Gajeel was still clearing the All Maker stones. Each was difficult to it's own extent; but it eventually, every single one except the Tree stone was cleared.

"I guess it's time for that last stone." Gajeel admitted.

"I don't think that's a wise idea." Levy suddenly said.

"Why the hell not?"

"I can feel Hermaeus Mora's influence on all the Stones while we were clearing them. Now that most of the Stones are cleared, all the power have directly moved to the Tree Stone." his eyes widened when he realized what his wife was saying.

"You can feel his aura from here?!"

"It's a lot stronger than it was before. It was already bad enough his influence was on the Temple to begin with; but now that it isn't spreading all over the island and in one spot, it's too powerful to attempt to go near it."

"So, skip the Tree stone?"

"We don't have a choice at this point."

"I guess we better head back to the old man... by the fucking Nine."

They arrived back at the Skaal Village, later into the night and watched as August meditated outside his home, Gajeel and Levy walked over to the old Nord.

"Alright, all the Stones are fixed or whatever." Gajeel explained to August.

"The Tree Stone is still corrupted..." August sighed "the land is still out of balance. But with the other five restored... it may be enough. It will have to be." Levy realized right off the bat what he was saying.

"Y-you're going to give him what he wants?!" Levy squeaked.

"Yes. The Skaal also tell of the day when we must finally give up our secrets. When Herma-Mora finally wins. As shaman, it is my duty to guard these secrets, but also to decide when it is necessary to give them up. I believe that time is now. If I am wrong, may my ancestors forgive me. Give me the book. I will read it, and speak to old Herma-Mora myself. I will make sure he lives up to his part of the bargain."

"Just hope you know what the hell you're doing." Gajeel grumbled while handing him the first Black Book they found to the shaman.

"That is my hope as well."August admitted "I am trusting that you will make this sacrifice worthwhile." the old Shama stood up and carried the book to the center of the village. Brandish, who was sitting on a bench outside the house and watched the whole situation began to catch up with her father.

"Father, you must not do this!" Brandish reasoned "That book is... wrong., evil, against everything that you have taught me my whole life!"

"I must, Brandish." August explained "It is the only way to free Solstheim forever from God Serena's shadow. There comes a time when everything must change, nothing that lives remains the same forever! Do not fear for me, my daughter. This is the destiny that the All-Maker has laid out for me."

She was hesitant to reply at first; but when she realized her father was right, she solemnly nodded.

"I stand beside you, father." Brandish nodded "As always." August made his way to the center of town, stopped in his tracks and held the book out in front of him.

"I am ready for whatever the foul master of this book has in store for me." August determinedly said. The Black book suddenly flew out of his hands into the air, opened itself up and black tentacles appeared out of the book, stabbing the Shaman through every part of his body.

Rips through time and space began to appear before Gajeel, Levy and everyone around them, revealing a black mass with tentacles and multiple eyes: Hermaeus Mora.

"At last," opined the Daedric Prince in a slow tone "the Skaal yield up their secrets TO ME!"

"You... liar... gah!" August squawked "... I won't... not... for you..." the Outlanders watched this scene unfold in horror, Brandish's eyes became flooded with tears as she watched the life begin to drain from her father.

"Father no!" deplored Brandish, she looked to Gajeel with a pleading look in her eyes "What's happening? You must stop it!" Gajeel wasn't sure what to do at this point, if he hit the Daedric Prince with his weapon, it may cause issues with the deal or worse; it could hurt August.

"Dragonborn," Hermaeus Mora called out "you have delivered me the gift I requested. In return, I keep my promise, as befits a Prince of Oblivion: I give you the Word of Power that you need to challenge God Serena. You will be either a worthy opponent or his successor, as the tides of fate decree." Gajeel suddenly felt the power of the final Word enter his mind and the word "Dov" reverberated in his mind; Gajeel now knew all three Words of Power to the Bend Will Shout.

"Nooo!"August howled. At that moment, Hermaeus Mora released his grip on August, the book fell down onto the ground idle, Hermaus Mora returned to his realm and August fell onto the ground, dead. A green light omitted from the man's chest and when the Outlanders looked, they saw the Word Of Power was carved into his chest.

That sick son of a bitch! Gajeel thought to himself.

"Father!" Brandish cried. She ran over to her father's cadaver "What have you done?!" tears poured out of the Skaal woman's eyes as she cried over her father. Everyone surrounded Brandish during this traumatizing moment in her life and mourned over her father's sudden passing. Gajeel and Levy looked at the corpse of the man who helped them in their time of need and felt sadness in their hearts.

"He gave his life to help us..." Levy whispered. Brandish looked up to the Dragonborn and his wife and wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Go." she sniffled in a serious tone to Gajeel "My father sacrificed himself so that you could destroy God Serena and lift his master's shadow from the land. Go, then! Kill God Serena! Do not fail!"

Realizing that now was the time, Gajeel grabbed the book that fell onto the floor and pried it open, a green light omitted from the paged and the black tentacles popped out and wrapped themselves around Gajeel, bringing him back into Hermaeus Mora's world.

Gin and Dullahan are now sitting in the living room joking like meet with old friends. Dullahan ended up telling me why he got here

"So you're here alone to investigate a strange case at this palace?" Gin asked while taking out another wine to they drink.

He chuckled and then said casually,
"Yes, that old man Demon King, asked me to monitor this area, but I was too busy cleaning my area every day that was damaged by Explosion magic. This crazy explosion magician made me not have time to inspect the whole city like an order, hahaha". Dullahan Very satisfied with the wine drinks that Gin brought, he continued to drink releasing his stress.
"Every day for a week he/she blew up this castle. This made me very stressed," Dullahan wanted to cry, remembering the castle he had lived in despite being temporarily damaged by explosions from people who had no manners at all.

On the other hand...

"Haciss, damn someone is talking about me again," Megumin said irritably

So don't bother other people Megumin "Yunyun said shaking her head

"You are the one I often bother. where I have been bothered" Megumin said casually.

"Don't say with relax bothering me with a proud tone Megumin I'm getting sad" Yunyun started to want to cry

'Sorry, I'll show you a stone-like chomusuke,' Megumin said seriously while holding Yunyun's hand to avoid her sad

"Right? Thank you" Yunyun said cheerfully

{She forgets again what the reason she is angry... well... as long as they get along well.} Darkness muttered not knowing whether she should be sad or laugh.

- - -

"Forget it, let's drink again!" Gin consoled, he felt sorry and understood that a house that was in a place was destroyed by someone without knowing how what had happened

Dullahan began to improve seeing as Gin also experienced and understood he was felt.

"You are a good man, oh yes, are you got lost here, what happened? Please don't Just say want to send pizza pasta in here, is there anyone deceiving you?" Dullahan asked curiously

Gin with a tired face and he said as full of suffering.

"Haa ~ this is not the first time someone has ordered food like this, sir... please try this you will understand." Gin gave a pizza that was brought for him to try, Gin knows lich can eat  human dishes means there is no mistake that dullahan can also enjoy food

Dullahan took 1 piece slowly tasted it. With his mouth full of food. he said happily,

"Wow, this pizza is really good! Why he is tricking you when it's delicious?" Dullahan was more curious. There's no reason for a bad pizza to send him came to here.

"Maybe because my food shop has a level of comfort like this, they are jealous of my shop so they try to disrupt my business like this" Gin smiled wryly saying tired of playing ice cubes in beer

"Haha, you humans are really sickening, competing for unclear and cheating like this. Let's forget about this sickening thing, we drink again." Dullahan said shamelessly. He enjoyed drinks and eat pizza pasta.

{You're fed up with humans but you're still eating my dish} Gin muttered sho shake his head

"Oh yeah, I promised to show my sexy woman collection," Gin said, he starts busy looking for something in the dimension bag

"See uncle is not bad right?" Gin smiled mischievously

Gin took out a number of books from a dimension bag and showed him, he gave a comic picture (doujin) of an adventurer who was dressed tight and had an extraordinarily sexy body

"Wow !!!" Dullahan quickly checked the book of art that Gin made.

"Hehe, this is part of what I made for my entertainment reference. I hear that adventurers are now very much stressed, lacking approach to someone, so I sold some of these pictures (doujin) to satisfy them," Gin said proudly in his former world, maybe this was illegal and also he does not want to get caught with the girls who are at home if he can, Gin deliberately spent 20 minutes training to make this comic per day and sold on the black market to reap quite a lot of profit.

{I will keep it a secret from Yunyun and the other girls. My reputation could be destroyed if caught making this, hur hur hur} gin smiling mischievously.

(Note, besides this succubus without any sacrifice it only takes a little more money)

Dullahan was truly amazed at the courage to make such good things openly and courageously. He said excitedly.
"You're really amazing for a human to make this unique book. Um, this collection is really great, oh yeah, how about you share some of those books.?" Dullahan tried to own a portion of this treasure.

"Yes, it's not free uncle !!" Gin folded his hands and said firmly.

"Are you a food seller or a strange bookseller?" Dullahan stared strangely at Gin, he did not know to be sad or laugh at him

"My problem, life is hard uncle, for the sake of dreams a man can even sell his self-esteem for money," gin said blankly at the endless desert plain. Quiet and full of sand.

"This is a sad reality," Dullahan nodded his head, he understood all of Gin's thoughts,  himself needed entertainment like this to release his stress.

"It doesn't matter, as long as I still have my happiness like this," Gin smiled casually enjoying the drink in his glass.

"You are from young already have a burden like this, this one sip is to respect you" dullahan respect for people who are steadfast and have the guts to live as he wants like a real man.

"We are going back to business because you are my first devil customer, so I gave a low price and because I am only sold to you just 35.000 gold/book

Dullahan was surprised just 1 book was almost equivalent to 1 potion mana top class

"Wow, it's quite expensive, how much do you usually sell?"

"100,000 gold /book and it's for regular if you have subscribed, you can become a member of premium buyers and get extra 1 Poster for free. You get daily every month the first update of each of these comics, so... What your choice uncle?" Gin works like a sales pro.

"This is expensive bro "dullahan remains confused and doubtful, he has to spend the money he has now

"Oh yeah, the beautiful mother version with her neighbors and I also have the beautiful knight version who is a great trainer," Gin said casually as he watched the series

"Deal! I ordered 20 copies of each book in this series." Dullahan did not bother. He took out all the money bags to buy every book that Gin currently has.

"Thank you, for buying uncle" Gin is glad there are new customers for this doujin

"Call beldia," he said seriously

"Uncle Beldia, because I have finished my business here I go home first, next time I will visit again, have a nice day, ah I almost forgot, I suggest you move from here because like someone made this place a target of training for her explosive magic." Gin might disrupt the storyline from Konosuba but since he met Yunyun earlier it didn't matter if he hadn't been destroyed earlier.

"Alright, I'll give a warning to those who came to explode my castle"

Gin just shook his head
{It really can't be changed}

"Then I wish you luck uncle beldia, see you later" gin began to disappear from his presence using [quick steps] towards the forest back to the city of Axel

"He is a really interesting man, let's enjoy the story of this unique book. Wow, all these beautiful knights acted gang bang on this little boy is really not respectable. Let's look at the storyline, Huhu 'beldia is busy reading books no think other matters. which he must do for today.

Gin smiled, he managed to get what he wanted in this castle.

- - -
Stardust's house -

At this time the two thieves were caught trap and not released by the other girls with a look of pity they just shake their heads awaiting punishment from gin.

"Gin, aren't you too cruel towards us? Look at the smell and my hair is getting tense and weird" Kazuma protested from the gin trap.

"Huaa ~ Gin, what you did to this goddess? You harassment me." Aqua still did not accept the sticky body and the smell she herself tried several times to get rid of the smell but it had been stuck for a long time and she had to take a long bath later

Gin smiled at the two of them.
"I say one thing, who opened my house without permission, haven't you returned to your home?" Gin

Both their bodies trembled with fear

Gin said again
"And do you shamelessly enter my kitchen like a thief or do you want me to connect with the city security guards so that you feel the occasional taste of prison and hard bread there" Gin smiled mischievously

"Forgive our behavior we wrong for first" they know this is all their fault and can only accept fate

"But, can you tell me how to get rid of the smell of my body" Kazuma also tried to close his nose to cover the body odor of his eyes until he burst out of tears with heavy

"You go home to bathe with Aqua and ask him to use the skill of purification of the water for 10 hours. The smell must disappear" Gin said

"Then we'll go home, Kazuma," Aqua said seriously she wants a bath.

"Bring this food and don't try to enter my house without permission again, see you later!" Gin said relax remain sorry

"Thank you! Let us take a bath together, Aqua" Kazuma said tiredly this was like a bit of strange luck to him.

"Fine, just this time" Aqua resigned to go home but she was still happy to be able to bring delicious food home to her home.

"Gin, we are staying at your house, I don't want to smell the strange smell of the two of them" Megumin really can't stand the smell of Kazuma and aqua right now, even Chomusuke keeps a distance from both of them 10 meters from the door to see Ndari from a distance and surely he doesn't want to go home Kazuma mansion is located.

"I'm coming too," Darkness said seriously

Okay, please use Yun's empty room, let's eat and rest. "Gin started behind the kitchen to prepare the dishes

"Um" Yunyun she follows Gin happily

- - -

The next day an announcement from the adventurer guild rang out.

"Warning the adventurers need gather to attention. an emergency mission! This warning is not an exercise all adventurers go to the main gate of the city of Axel"

"Who is it? For you, all blew up Explosion magic in my castle today? Come out you a damn thing! You ruined my precious collection !!" Beldia let out a ferocious aura of anger

Gin is a simple man. but extraordinary salesman workers. live without family and try to live in peace. after living life as usual and life is almost stable. suddenly died from rescuing a small child who fell from the 5th floor and then turned on by the goddess to live with Satou Kazuma as his younger brother

"Maybe my own life first but now I have a family. Fine !! I'll take care of my older brother" Gin is excited.

A few days later.

"Gin, please ..." Kazuma with a burnt face and crying because forgetting to eat anything in his room.

"Yosh. Now my life just wants to relax. But why is my big brother having trouble with something constantly? Troublesome" gin with a tired face but still trying to help because he saw his brother's troubles

how does the MC's life suddenly have to be Kazuma younger brother and what fate will be accepted after this?


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