In a world where many knew as a game, a place full of magical creatures, demons, gods and any more humanoid races, a place where magic arts and martial arts coexist. Follow Klause on his journey as he unlock the mysteries of these world, as to understand the reason why is he here in a world where power rules. Accompanied by his previous job avatars watch Klause as he breaks free from the shackles of these world and unlock jobs to conquer the universe.

*RING*

"Hello?"

"Soo! Have you seen the views of our videos yet?"

"Nope. Why?"

"Check it now! It has gone crazy! The number is so unbelievable."

Soo who just woke up quickly took his laptop and opened the MyTube website. He looked at the video he uploaded last night and saw the number of views

"WTF! How come there are so many views?"

"Right. Why are there so many views? Did you buy them?"

"You know how much money I have. How can I pay for the views."

Soo looked at the numbers again and again. He refreshed the website, and the numbers have increased. The video he uploaded last night has about a hundred thousand. It was unusual for his first video. Usually, for a new broadcaster, their views would not reach this number on their first videos even after a few days. Soo looked at the comments and was quite pleased by the pleasant comments about his songs. Some of the commenters also requested them to do a live broadcast.

"Sae Ah, do you want to do live broadcast? There are quite many people requesting for live broadcast, what do you think?"

"Of course! I will do it!"

"Then let's do the live broadcast this Saturday, are you fine with it?. We also need to prepare a few more songs to be released. When are you free?"

"I'm always free. I can record anytime."

"Then, let's meet tomorrow to record a few more songs."

"Alright, see you tomorrow."

"See you."

Soo, who saw that his project was doing well fall into deep thought.
He was thinking about whether he should resign from his day job. Even though he was often bullied, the treatment from the company was not bad. He received numbers of bonuses, and the pay was not bad. But, he has long hours of work time. After thinking for some time, he resolved himself to resign from the company. He opened the writing program on his laptop and started typing his letter of resignation. He printed it out and put it in an envelope and wrote resignation letter on top. He prepared himself up and went to the company, but this time he did not go to his station. He directly went to the Human Resources department and handed in his resignation letter. The resignation was processed quickly.
After he was done, he quickly went outside and walked away without looking back. It was the place that he had suffered the most for more than a year. He did not feel a slight regret after resigning. He decided to walk for a while and went to a nearby convenience store. He wanted to get a free booklet where lots of part-time jobs were listed. He took it and bought several foods and drinks while he was at the store, then he walked home. At home, there was nobody except for him. Ran was in school until noon. Soo decided to look at the booklet and looked for a part-time job as he has nothing to do. He wanted to look for a job that he could do while Ran was at school and did not take much of his time as he wanted to use most of his time to study and create music. He looked for it and finally found the job he wanted. A bicycle store close to his house was hiring. The criteria matched, and the pay was not bad. He immediately called the listed number, without any interview, he quickly got appointed. It seemed that the store needed some helping hand.

After looking for a job, Soo went to the music room to do some writing and recording. He wanted to write some songs while he was free. While he was writing, a particular idea popped in his head. He has a thought of creating songs for duet or group. He thought of contacting the four girls that he founded with Sae Ah. He felt that they were talented and to be left unused was a waste. He wrote a note, to contact them someday.
In the afternoon, Ran has come home. She was surprised when she saw her brother was already home. She ran to him after taking off her shoes and gave him a bear hug. Soo picked her up, then carried her to the living room and sat on the sofa.

"Oppa! Why are you home?"
She asked while looking up.

"I came home early today because I wanted to see your face."

"Hehehe. Don't lie!"

"Really! I wanted to see you so much that I came home earlier."

"Really?"

"Yup! Also, I resigned from my job so I can stay at home more with you."

"Huh? Bad Oppa! How are we gonna pay the debt if you don't work? What are we gonna eat?"
Tears appeared on Ran's eyes as if she gonna cry in seconds.

"No-no, Oppa still working. You know the songs that Sae Ah and I recorded right? The song has become famous, so Oppa gonna write more songs to have more income. Oppa also will work part-time while you are at school. So don't worry about debt and food, okay?"

"Really?"

"Yeah! Don't worry. What do you want to eat for dinner?"

"Hmm.. barbecue!"
Ran wipe her tears and said it cutely with a bright smile.

"You sure? We just ate barbecue yesterday with Sae Ah right. You want to eat barbecue again?"

"Sure! I love barbecue!"

"Alright-alright. Let's go to eat barbecue later."

"Yeah!"

The two of them joked around for a while before Ran got tired and have her noon nap. While her sister took the afternoon nap, Soo went to the music room to continue working on the songs. The songs that he wrote this time has multiple genres from rock to pop music. Soo also has been learning about music arrangement and knew a bit of it.

Time goes by; soon, the time for dinner came.
Ran woke up and went to the music room to remind her brother. 
Soo was almost done with his works when Ran came inside. He immediately ended his actions and went to have dinner with his sister. It's been a long time since they have dinner together just the two of them. They spent the great precious time together for some time before they finally went home. When Ran went to sleep, Soo went back to his room and opened his laptop.
He was searching for singers to collaborate on the internet. Some caught his attention, but most of them were average singers. Soo decided to give up on searching and ended the day.

...
...
...

On the very next day, Soo woke up early because of habit. Soo woke his sister up and went to prepare breakfast. After they finished eating breakfast, Soo would bring her sister to school. It would be the first time he brought her to school. Soo took the bike, put his sister at the back seat and went to her school. It was still early in the morning. There were not many cars on the road but, there were quite lots of people on the side walking either going to work or home. On the way to his sister school, Soo suddenly heard someone singing. The voice was not bad, comparable to Sae Ah's. Soo went to take a look and saw a woman on the side of the street, performing. She was holding her guitar, seated near the entrance of the subway station as she was covering a famous jazz song from the 90s.

"Oppa, what are you looking at? we should hurry, if not I'm gonna be late."
Ran who sat behind him, suddenly spoke.

"Right! We should hurry."

The school was already nearby, so it only took a few minutes for them to reach the school from the place Soo saw the female singer.

"Alright, see you later. I will pick you up after school at 3."

"What!? It's at 2 pm Oppa! My school finished at 2. Don't forget okay."

"My mistake. See you later."

After dropping Ran at school, Soo went back to the place he saw the singer. This time, he was quite surprised. The singer was covering his song, Moon on the Water. Soo took a good look at her, and he could see four red stars floating above her head which was the same with Sae Ah stars. 

*Status*
Name: Kang Shin Ji
Job: Student
Singing: A
Dancing: D
Acting: F
Entertaining: F

After looking at her status, he finally could deduce the meaning of the colours of the stars means. The colours mean the ability they are best at. For example, Sae Ah and Shin Ji both have their stars in red, so they were best at singing. The stars probably mean the ability level. Both of them has A as their ability level for singing, so the stars should correspond to the best ability level people had, Soo thought.

After the singer finished singing, Soo approached her.

"Hello, you are good at singing."

"Thank you."

"You brought a different expression of the songs. I never thought that someone would sing the song that I created."

"Huh? Did you create the song? Are you Soo?"

"Yeah, let me introduce myself. My name is Kim Soo."

"Soo! Your song is perfect. I heard it multiple time until I could remember the lyrics."

"Really?"

"Yeah! Oh! I haven't introduced myself. My name is Kang Shin Ji, and you can call me Shin Ji."

"Nice to meet you. So, I approached because of a reason, do you have some time?"

"Ah? Do you want to talk to me? Alright, how about at the cafe over there? I worked there."

"Okay, Let's go."

The two of them walked towards the cafe. It was close by, so it only took a few minutes. After arriving, Soo ordered some drinks and brought it to the table where Shin Ji already sat at.

"Here. It's on me."

"Thank you, but you don't have to though."

"So, do you know about my MyTube channel?"

"Yeah, of course. I listen to your song through your channel."

"Good, I wanted you to become a singer on my channel. Currently, I have one singer, but I would like to have another one so that I could make different ranges and types of songs."

"Heh? Me? Singer?"

"Yeah, I can discuss the contract with you now. Are you a student?"

"Yes... I would like to, but I don't have any free time."

"I see, I can give you my number first. If you have time, you can contact me."

"Okay, I have a question, is it alright?"

"It's okay, what is it?"

"What kind of songs will you let me sing if I sign with you?"

"Rock ballad and ballad. Your voice is great for that genre. I got inspired after listening to your rough voice while singing my song it creates a different feeling than the original. It was good."

"I see, I will contact you as soon as possible."

"Alright, then I will leave for now. Bye."

"Bye."

Soo leaves the cafe and returns home to rest before going again later to pick up his sister.

Evan thought he was finally making progress with Rylee. They laughed, joked, she even agreed to go on a date sometime. On all accounts, he should be elated. 

But one wrong word and she withdrew, climbing back into her shell. 

Evan took her to the doctors, she got cleared to have her stitches removed, and when she was free of the chair, she politely asked to go home. 

No board game, no staying longer. Game over.

After dropping her off, Evan drove home, feeling bewildered. He tugged at his brace and wanted to blame something for messing things up. Maybe she only said she would go out to spare his feelings? What if he misread her actions all along? What if she secretly hated his cooking? He sat on the couch, staring at an empty TV screen until Zane arrived.

"Who died?" His friend remarked, dropping into a seat and handing him a bottle of cola.

"Girls are confusing," Evan admitted. 

Zane burst into laughter. "I should have known. What happened?"

"I asked her out, she said okay. We talked, she got depressed and left," Evan summarized. 

Zane leaned back and rolled his eyes. "What did you mention that set her off?" He dug.

"We were talking about careers—"

"And there's your mistake."

Evan was stunned. Zane elaborated, "She works two jobs. She barley makes enough to pay her bills. Her family is all out of state, and she's been on her own since her looser X dumped her. She meets you, and you are absolutely killing it with your artwork. That's a lot for her to handle."

"But she was fine before," Evan groaned, hitting his head against the couch. "So, talking about careers intimidates her?"

"I wouldn't say intimidates, more like, depresses her," Zane decided. "But that's still not a great sign. 

"I think if you're interested in romance, avoid some of the time bombs in the mean time. Don't ask about the X, don't ask about the art, focus on things that make her happy. She likes you enough to go out sometime! Isn't that a win?"

"You weren't here when she left," Evan felt he was too old for this type of heart to heart, but he needed some reassurance. He had a few flings in high school, but nothing super serious. He was not ready for this level of relationship. 

Rylee felt, fragile. Like a bird that would fly away if you moved too soon. He just wanted to get closer without scaring her. Unfortunately, he was already screwing it up.

"Okay, we can do damage control. There is movie coming out she's been dying to see. You know, dogs at home when their owners are away, cute cartoon. We drag Tara and her out, get back to basics. Minimize the chances for you to put your foot in your mouth."

Evan glared, "Thanks."

"You're welcome. You will come to appreciate my direct approach. Oh and you're paying, by the way, since I've seen your PatronPower and I KNOW you have more spare change than I do." 

Evan didn't argue. He pulled out his phone and opened his favorite forum, desperate to relax. As he navigated to the thread with FallenSparrow, he had a new understanding for the romance they were creating. At first he felt a little embarrassed writing something sappy like this, but it felt nice now digging into those intense emotions. Seeing Rylee hurt helped him understand his characters motives. He found it easy to use those emotions to progress their role play.

Zane noticed his attention shifting, and stood up to hunt for food. While Evan typed, he scrutinized the mess left from the hamburgers. At least Evan had the forethought to put the leftovers away... "Don't mind if I do," Zane smirked, and started heating a patty for himself. 

———***———-

When he returned, Zane watched his friend writing in silence. After talking with Anna, he felt confident in his choice to play matchmaker. So why did it now seem so difficult? Honestly, he should have known. In college, Evan was always bad with girls. He laughed easy, used his good looks to charm them, but lacked the EQ to realize they were attracted to him. The breakthrough with his comic hadn't helped. Evan wouldn't say it, but he was cautious with relationships now, as if expecting someone to like him for the wrong reasons. 

Despite the fact that Evan's name was listed in the creator section, few people paid attention to that. It had given Evan freedom to be normal. He would always say that the comic was famous, not him. But each convention threatened to change that. Recently, management companies started contacting him. The emails had their own folder, and Zane would catch him comparing fees and reviews. Drawing a comic was one thing, but planning a future was becoming a different struggle. There were other things to consider like branding and merchandising. 

On the one hand, he needed to plan his career.

On the other, he was just a young adult trying to figure out how to work things out with a girl he liked. 

Zane finished his hamburger, formulating a plan. It would involve being a third wheel on a number of occasions, but really, could they manage without him at this point? Evan could handle the business side of things. 

Romance? That was where he needed a wing man.

Rylee was a college student with her dreams spread out before her. She was engaged to her best friend, pursuing her passion for art, and couldn’t wait for the future. But everything came crashing down when he departed, leaving her heart and her wallet empty. 

Despite the pain of betrayal, she tried not to loose hope. Putting her plans on hold, she was forced to focus on a 9-5 work cycle, secretly wondering about the ambitions she shelved in the process. The occasional artist alley table was not enough to fulfill her longing to do what she loved, and importantly, to find REAL love.

Everything changes as she grows closer to an online friend. Late night role playing adventures turn into long conversations, and his encouragement spurs her to return to forgotten projects. Meanwhile, she meets a famous artist, who makes her want to give love another chance.

Could it be, this love story, would be hers this time?

Authors notes: Bi-weekly updates, original story, thank you for reading!

She woke up feeling dizzy and confused. Her eyes blurred from the bright light. Slowly regaining her sight, she saw the cieling, old wood with cobwebs on the corner. She turned her head to the left and saw a table, two wooden chairs beside a window with white curtains. Outside the window was a vase of red roses that were almost dried up, obviously neglected for a while. She tried to sit down, holding her head from pain and confusion. Then she freezed....Oh my God!!! She's breathing fresh air!!!
When the apocalypse started, the air was mixed with foul odor from burned things and blood splattered everywhere. One of the things she missed was fresh air with faint grassy odor. When she was young, her mother had a house in a village. Until she was five years old, she grew up surrounded by fresh grass and trees from the mountain.
She sat down slowly and noticed a small cabinet with lamp and an old cellphone. Wait a second, this looks like her cellphone in the past, when she was still working as a cashier in a supermarket near her apartment in Allegra City.
Trembling, she grabbed the phone and saw the screen, June 22, 20xx! One year before the meteor fell down and caused the first chaos. She cried hard holding her chest, happy, sad, grateful, she's back!!! God pitied her. With tears still falling on her face, she noticed the silver necklace with a pendant holding a blue round crystal. She got this from her mother. 'Thank God it's still here.'
The last thing she remembered, she was pushed by her step-sister Diara Chen when they were trying to escape the group of undead. Falling down the stairs, shocked and desperately shaking her and arms that were being eaten. Blood was everywhere and little by little she was losing consciousness. She saw Adelle Wu's crying face, her best friend, shouting her name while being held by her ex-fiance' Aquan Feng. She was trying to reach her but her bas**** ex was holding her hands, keeping her from using her power to save her.
When the meteorites scattered across the globe, some people developed powers almost the same time the undead appeared. The sky was bright red, explosions, screams in every direction. She felt chills on her back remembering what would happen a year from now. She wants revenge, for every suffering she experienced. But before that happens, she needs to prepare.
In the future, food and water will be scarce. Guns will be more valuable than gold and jades. There will be safe millitary and clan bases emerging but still needed some points from working and trading for food.
If she remembers it right, she has a fever last night. She also rembered calling her supervisor and asked for a leave. She returned home with some groceries that were left on the kitchen counter and she dragged her heavy body on the bed. Then she fell asleep. 'I still feel blessed even if I died. I won't waste this opportunity.'
Ring-Ring-Ring...
Isabella Chen almost threw her phone when she heard the voice she doesn't want to hear anymore.
"Isabella, daddy ask you to come home tonight. Grandma will be here and big brother has two days break from work so we'll have a family dinner tonight. I miss you so  much sister, i hope to see you later." 'F*** this b****y step-sister.' If she didn't remember her death, she would have felt touched.
"Diara, can you tell them i can't go because I'm on night duty this week."  Her hands almost squashed her phone trying to control her emotions. 'Ha! This fake family.'
"Sister don't you miss me? Why don't you ask for a leave so that Grandma won't  be mad."
"Sorry I can't." 'You wish'
"It's alright sister i'll take care of it. But please come home soon, we miss you." Her voice escaped from the nose so it sounds like false.
'Goosebumps.' "Sure sis, bye."
I don't feel guilty lying. I thought  I changed because after the chaos, everybody strived to survive. There were no laws outside the bases. Kill or be killed. This is not the time to take revenge so i'll just ignore them for now...
She lied on the bed and recalled what happened int he past. Just like ordinary days, she would continue to work. Then a month later, Diara and Aquan's engagement will be announced. She felt sad for moment then it passed like it's nothing. She stood up, took a notepad that was on the table and tried writing what she needed to do.
If her memory is right, she saved a lot of money during these five years. 50,000$ in the bank. The apartment doesn't cost much, she doesn't go out, only when her bestfriend invites her. When shopping, she asks herself if she really need to buy those things. She's not stingy but practical. Her apartment is small so she can clean it well and is not time consuming. Since she's always at work, she only needed a place to sleep.
 Even though she had a full scholarship and monthly allowance from her sponsor Isabella Apparel, she did all kinds of jobs. She was one of the students who where selected for the scholarship. She did well in highschool so she was chosen when she applied. She also did part time jobs proofreading novels and articles during weekends and when she's free. She majored in English so it was a piece of cake for her.
But this is not enough. She wants to have a secure base to live in and invite her bestfriend, the only family she has aside from her mother. It will take a lot of effort to convince ber but she will never give up. This time she will choose who she wants to be with. So she needs to prepare food for at least five people. Preparing more makes her feel secure.
She opens her computer and reads the news, trying to recall anything that will bring her money. She was so concentrated she forgot to eat. Her stomach grumbles, looks at her clock, 6:00 pm. She went to the kitchen and started to cook the noodles she was planning to eat at lunch.
Ring-Ring-Ring
"Hello?"
"Hello Ms. Isabella Chen?" a male voice on the other line.
"Yes, who's speaking?"
"Good evening, I'm Belden Huang, Mrs. Liu's friend."
"Huh, mom's friend?" 'She never mentioned anybody in the past.'
"Yes, if you could spare some time tomorrow, i would like to speak with you about your mother's will."
"!!!!!!!!" Still feeling confused and shocked. "Yes, let's meet tomorrow at 9:00 am at Anya's Cafe'?"
"Sure, see you tomorrow Ms. Chen."
Her mouth was still open when the call dropped. She coudn't believe it. How was this life different from the past? She thinks hard and was sure that she didn't meet him in her last life. What changed?
Then her eyes lit. Tonight, she was supposed to be back having dinner with her so-called family. When she arrived, she was not permitted to sit on the couch and was asked to help in the kitchen like all the family 'fake ehem' dinners in the past. She left her bag on the couch...Maybe...Her eyes wide open, realized something...Her hands formed a fist digging her skin with her nails...
"Oh God don't tell me...they robbed me????!!!!" She's not sure how much her mom left her, or if there was even money. She recalled that her father's company was able to open a branch in Galvin Country. It will be two months from now. She thought maybe they were supported by her ex-fiance's family so she didn't question it.

Sky turned red, meteors fell. Screams and explosions everywhere. For unknown reason, people started having magics. Most were happy but it didn't last long. Soon came the undead. To survive, kill or be killed. 

She has a complicated background. Her mom disappeared. She was betrayed by her ex-fiance' and killed by her step-sister. 
Now she rebirth a year before the chaos, this time will it be the same?


cover pic: https://pixabay.com/photos/moon-eclipse-starry-sky-hills-5338374/

Hi readers, I'm a new author. Please be linient with me. This is my first novel so please allow me to grow. Suggestions will be appreciated.Thanks

“THE NEW GATE”, an online game that trapped its players and turned into a death game, was now releasing the thousands of players that had been dragged into it, thanks to the efforts of Shin, one of the most powerful players. But after having defeated the last boss and freed everyone, he was swallowed up by a strange light and found himself inside the game world 500 years in the future and unable to leave.

Sam's physic used to be normal, he wasn't fit but was neither big nor slim too as he carried heavy boxes as a part time job for three years now. He was also pretty tall from his culminating 190 centimeters (6 feet 3 inches), now that his body shape was upgraded he gave off a strong and manly feeling. He looked at himself in the mirror and a big smile appeared on his face, even his facial feature seemed a bit better now as his jawline was not pronounced.

He tried putting on a tee shirt but the bulging muscles made it tight for him to put it in, he would have to buy a size above from now on. Until his next shopping session he would have to put on some oversized shirts. After finally getting tired of looking at his new body he went to do breakfast and next went to wake Em up.

While they were eating breakfast Sam saw that Em seemed a bit down as she didn't eat very much and her mind seemed elsewhere. 
"What'up Em' ? You seem a bit low, did something happen at school ?"

She looked at him with tearing eyes and replied 
"Next week there is that sport contest at school and everyone will be participating with their dads or moms..."
Of course he understood the meaning behind her words, he felt bad for this little girl. He had grown up with his parents until 3 years ago but she probably didn't even remember their faces as they had died when she was 4 years old. He hugged her and whispered "Don't worry baby, big brother will be here with you ! I'll skip university and come with you."

Em finally flashed a big smile
"Big brother is the best ! I love you !!"
 he wiped her tears and kissed her on the cheek. She ended her breakfast in a very happy mood while watching a cartoon on TV and then was sent to school by Sam.

Today Sam didn't have class but he'd have to go to his part time job, he worked as a mover and had to carry heavy boxes and furniture for a living. He had 4 days free of classes in the week so he worked full time on these days instead of working after class, he had proposed the idea to his boss and his boss didn't even think about it and answered yes. The boss was an old friend of his dad and he took care of the siblings as much as he could after their parents had died. 

Sam was greeted by all his coworkers when he went in the local, he had worked with them for 3 years now and all of them were good friends, after changing into his work clothes, a navy blue overall and old brown boots he went with the rest to wait for the boss to dispatch them on their missions. After a few minutes the boss's secretary came over, she was a  chubby cute girl around the age of Sam. She wasn't only a secretary, she was also the boss's daughter and she was an old friend of Sam, Emma. They had went to the same school from the primary school to the high school but she stopped her studies after high school as she already had a work in her dad's company. "Sam, the boss want to talk with you." She said with a cute smile, when she and Sam were on the road to her dad's office she looked curiously at him and asked "You seem different... did you gain weight recently?" This was exactly what he was wary of, would the people around him realize he had changed from a day to the next ? He didn't mind Em as she was still young and wouldn't mind these details but the rest would definitely think it was weird so he answered "Yeah I've been eating healthy and training a lot lately and I'm finally starting to see the results of my hellish training." With a big smile and she didn't think much of it she just looked a bit more at the changes with a bit of blush on her cheeks...

When Sam got into the office he was greeted by his boss and dad's old friend, Oscar. He had called him uncle Oscar since young as he was very close to his father, way more than his real uncle which he had met only once when he came to their home a few years back.

Uncle Oscar looked at him guiltily and said "Sam take a seat, want a drink ?"
Sam saw that look in his eyes and realized that something happened or was going to happen so he just sat down and answered "I'm fine uncle Oscar, what did you call me for ?"
Uncle Oscar seemed to hesitate and finally launched himself
"I.. I'm sorry Sam. I know your situation but mine isn't that good too, it's a hard decision but I had to take it for the benefit of the company... the company is dismissing a few workers because we can't pay them anymore. We're keeping only a few full time workers."
He didn't need to end his sentence, he wouldn't call Sam to tell him this if he wasn't amongst the dismissed workers.

Even though Sam was ready to head a bad news this one was definitely the worse he could hear at the moment. This work was his only source of income, if he lost it he couldn't even pay his rent. He had to do something but uncle Oscar was closed to any negotiation. Sam left the company dejectedly, as the owner of the company was his uncle he would pay him more than any other place for the same amount of work...

After a while Sam was home lying on the couch and thinking of what he could do now. 
Even after thinking for a long while he couldn't think of a job that could pay him enough, the jobs he was the most qualified to do were physical ones like carrying or moving heavy things, even more since he had gotten the +10 strength points that he didn't even have had time to try.

After thinking about a lot of unconvincing alternatives he was about to give up for the moment when a voice resounded in his head, this voice made him happy just hearing it.
[System awakening - Master please make a choice :
- Level 1 singing skill book.
- Level 1 writing skill book.
The system is nearing the required energy to wake up completely, please be patient master.]

This notification came right on time, Sam was thinking where or who did this heaven sent gift came from when a pop up appeared in front of him. Both skills could help him make money, Sam had heard that people on YouTube made good money if they did enough clicks... if his singing skill were up to par he could make a place for himself on that platform and if there was a level 1 book there was obviously next levels books so he could definitely do well in that domain. He could also write a book and sell it but would a rookie's book sell enough ? And even if he sold enough writing a book wasn't a one day story. For the songs it was easier as he didn't have to sing his own songs but could make covers. Sam hesitated for a bit before clicking on the singing skill book.

Now the question was if a Level 1 book was enough to make him famous, a lvl 1 boxing book was around the same as a black belt taekwondo user. He guessed a lvl 1 book was around the level of a very good amateur or a rookie professional, this was only in the case where all the lvl 1 books gave the same amount of experience and technique. 

Now Sam has to find a cheap recording studio to rent for the shortest time it would take him to record his first song. He went in his room and turned on the old computer, it was an old model from Dell. It took around a minute to completly launch, he first went on YouTube to check other people's cover and to inspire himself, he couldn't do a bad job as it would definitely reduce his view count if the video was of a bad quality. Then he went on the internet browser and checked for the studios not to far and called them to check their prices. Finally he found one, now he needed a camera of a good enough quality but when he checked the prices they ranged from 600€ to exorbitant prices like 3000€. And those were only the amateur materials, he preferred not to check the professional ones. The price was too much but he found a site where he could buy it in many times so the price was divided in 4. He went on and ordered his camera, for the next few days he got the rest ready, he chose the song he wanted to cover and started training his singing.

Sam and his little sister live alone but his life is already hard enough trying to end his studies and give her the best life possible while facing bullies and financial issues. This is when he acquires the choice system which from time to time give him the choice between two skills or attributes.

If someone likes my work and can do me a better cover than the one I did myself for free I’ll take it thankfully haha

Staying with Eva certainly wasn't boring. On the first night they were at her house she insisted they were going to burn through as many Disney movies as possible so Hazel would know who all they bothered standing in line to take pictures with. 
She hadn't realized her lack of knowledge had been so apparent. But Eva wasn't unkind about it. It seemed more like she wanted to share something fun that she liked than she thought Hazel was crazy for not knowing before. 
Most of the movies were pretty cute. Exactly the sort of things kids tended to eat up. 
Hazel had enjoyed it too once upon a time. Her parents used to put those types of movies on for her and sometimes even take her to see them in theaters. 
She used to wish they would play movies while she was in the mental hospital. But after meeting Will and hearing all of the amazing things there were to know about the real world, the fictional one hadn't appealed to her as much anymore. 
Besides, once she got out her uncle wasn't the type to allow children's movies in his house. He didn't like the slightest bit of noise indicating she existed most of the time. That was the only reason he supplied her with minimal art supplies. 
Drawing was always an effective way to shut her up. As she went back to school and was able to check out books from its library she tried to draw the things she read about. There were even some guides on how to draw that helped her a lot as she tried to improve. 
Hazel spent the remainder of her elementary school days and most of middle school as well refining her technique. She was so absorbed by all there was to learn that she had no interest in friends so it wasn't like anybody other than her uncle would have taken her to the movies either. 
When they weren't watching movies, Eva wanted to hear more about Hazel's life. There really wasn't much to tell leaving out her juicy past. She was a pretty boring person. 
Talking about her art was a fairly safe topic. She mentioned that she had been interested in it basically her whole life so it was the obvious career choice even though people advised her against it. 
Everything had worked out in the end. She landed this comic job, which looked great on her resume. And after that she ended up married to someone who was willing and able to buy her all the art supplies she could ever want. Will had kept his promise quite well even if it was later than she had hoped. 
Getting here had been a rough road though. Her uncle didn't support her dreams and refused to pay for her to go to art school. He had barely acknowledged her when she got a scholarship by buying her a school sweatshirt. 
All of her high school teachers (except the art teacher) were against it too. They thought she was wasting her brains on a field that wouldn't pay well or offer a consistent job unless she decided to be a graphic designer. 
Hazel didn't want to spend her entire life creating lifeless things for other people. She refused to go down that road, even if it meant picking up a bunch of odd jobs to get by. 
Graphic designers didn't have any sort of creative freedom whatsoever in her mind. She needed to be unrestrained and free in her art or she felt choked. Even working with a finicky author like Eva was far superior to making logos all day. 
The nice thing was that Eva understood how she felt about taking the easy road. She could have gone to grad school to become a social worker like every other psychology major she knew because it was the 'smart choice' with that degree. Social workers, like graphic designers, were in high demand. 
But she was one to take the road less traveled by. If she went back to grad school it would be to specialize in the very specific field she wanted and nothing less. 
She had told Hazel how she ended up where she was now, in what her mother called 'a career dead end.' Yes, she was working two jobs and didn't have the most glamorous lifestyle but she made enough to do fun things every so often like their trip in Florida. 
The point was that she was doing what she wanted and didn't feel a rush to change that. Hazel could respect that. 
What she was less fond of was that Eva's interest in true crime and serial killers was because she was genuinely intrigued by criminology. Her eventual goal was to work for the FBI as a profiler. 
Wanting to catch people like her parents' killer wasn't the part she was upset by. It was how she consumed countless amounts of media about serial killers and other famous criminals and helped perpetuate sales and popularity for those things. 
It was people like her who kept the market for such grotesque things open. Those she truly despised—the people who capitalized on other people's pain by writing books picking apart the sick minds of killers—made money off of people like Eva. It was why they kept doing it. 
She had seen the book on the Bay Area Blade that had largely inspired his inclusion in that docuseries in a stack on the coffee table. It had taken all of her willpower to keep her mouth shut about it.
The series had already started airing and Hazel desperately hoped Eva wouldn't want to watch it while she was stuck here. She wasn't sure she would calmly be able to explain why she couldn't bear to watch that crap. 
Three days passed and there was no sign of the snow letting up back home so she would have to stay here a while longer. That show aired on Sundays and it was Thursday now. More than anything she wanted the airport to be cleared for travel before then.

“I’ll marry anyone who will take me!” Hazel declared loudly. “I don’t need love!”

“Get down!” Will hissed. “You don’t know what kind of people are lurking around in here! Talking like that might get you killed!”

==

Hazel Dixon thought she was putting her troubled past behind her. But when the person she thought she trusted most betrays her, she loses her head and proposes to an entire bar full of strangers. 

Enter Will Sheffield, a charming stranger who decides to take her up on her offer to save her from herself. 

He spoils her rotten without expecting anything in return and Hazel's confusion only grows. She doesn't know why he is acting this way. Or why he reminds her so much of the 'dangerous' childhood friend she thought was gone forever...

So this is the first time I've written something so please mind the mistakes in my writing please and thank you

 Hi my name is Lizzie and I've just started                going to college and I'm moving in my dorm and I will be going to get my stuff from home and go back to my dorm and see who my roommate is.

THIRTY MINUTES LATER...

So I'm back at the dorm and I've just found out that I have to share a room with a BBBBBOYYYY!!!!!!!!

Um hi what's ur name my name is Lizzie what's ur name?
  
Um hi my name is carter and I've just loved here and I've just found out that I will be sharing a room with a giiirl and it's uncomfortable to ask but do u want to be my friend.?

Sure?!!. But we don't even know anything about each other though.

Yeah that's what I've been asking about we don't know each-other so can u tell me a little about yourself and I can tell u a little about myself?.

Well ok? My name is Lizzie and I've just moved here from California and My parents work as doctors and I work a part-time at target or something It's not as good as my parents jobs but it's a steady job.

Ok now my turn I'm carter and I'm 17 years old and I moved here from Kansas and my parents work as chefs and I work at JC Penny  
my jobs not good either but it's steady and I have friends there.

Oh yeah I forgot I'm 17years old to lol well it's about time to get to our classes so... see u when I come back to the dorm. See ya carter replied.



I WILL POST ANOTHER PAGE OF THIS ON .... THURSDAYS 
                    Bye!!

Nathan was lying on his bed and topless.

Without any work today, he decided to check out the messages on his phone.

One of them was from his mother.

The other messages were from Amir's parents, Abbas and Amira, and sister, Aena. 

There were also messages from Amir, Malik, the younger brother of Maaz, and his ex-military uncle Eid.

All of them were about greeting and wishing him well in the celebration of the Holy Week.

He replied to all of them.

A week ago, Amir and his family arrived here in Muwin and were currently in the Latif city.

They came to visit the country not only to celebrate the Holy Week but to also scout a good medical school for Aena.

Although Amir's parents loved the freedom and progressiveness of Womania, they started to fear for their daughter's principles because of all the "freedom" that women have there and the influence of those all-women rights groups.

So to balance out her principles because they didn't want her to go full-feminist, they decided to have her attend college at Latif city which is in the central region of Muwin.

In their eyes, the central region was the best environment because it was a society where the northern and southern cultures were blended together.

Ding!

Ding!

He received two messages. 

There were from his mother and his cousin Aena.

The messages were just about mundane things so he didn't really need to reply back.

And then he received a call…

It was from uncle Abbas.

"Hello, uncle Abbas. How are you?"

"Nathaniel, it's been a while since we've spoken. I'm doing fine. What about you?"

Uncle Abbas likes to call him Nathaniel and he's the only one who calls him that.

"I'm doing fine as well. Thank you."

Almost every family that Nathan knew heard about what happened to him 2 months ago.

Uncle Abbas was so enraged that he wanted to sue Karen and her family, Vincent and the police station. However, Amira and Nadia (his wife and Nathan's mother) talked him out of it, explaining to him that the issue has already been settled.

But despite all that, he still felt that Nathan's current situation was wrong.

"Nathaniel, my boy, why don't you go to Womania with Amir? The country is very welcoming to immigrants, it has a great economy so there's a lot of ways to earn money, and you have all the freedom there. I can help you with the papers and the cost of moving there."

Nathan frowned.

As far as he knows, Womania was a very progressive country.

In fact, he has seen a couple of feminist and SJW videos online of people there in Womania that it just left him mind-blown due to the cultural difference.

And right now, the reason why he was in his current situation was because of a woman.

So why would he go to Womania?

That's like escaping from a tiger's mouth to jump into a dragon's mouth.

"Umm…"

"Nathaniel, I know what you're thinking. Womania isn't a bad place, especially for immigrants that aren't Caucasian. And plus, you're a young man. You shouldn't be wasting your life in some small town on a tiny island at the edge of the country."

"Yeah, uncle… But… Um…"

"Nathaniel, I don't mean to pressure you. It's just that you're my nephew and I treat you as my son so I want the best for you, just like how I would want the best for Amir and Aena. Just think about my offer for a few days."

"Thank you, uncle Abbas. I'll be sure to think about it."

To Nathan, uncle Abbas acted more like a father to him compared to his own father, Nazul. 

However, Nathan was used to being independent since at an early age so he preferred not to ask help from people if possible.

And if he were to go to Womania, he preferred to spend his own money. 

So that in case he didn't like it there, he could leave right away and return here at Liit town without feeling guilty.

"Okay, I have to go now. Your aunt Amira is calling me. Take care."

"Take care as well, uncle. Bye."

"Bye."

The call ended.

"Womania, huh…"

Nathan decided to look for some home-based jobs being offered at Womania.

"Cousin, what are you looking at? Porn?" A male voice suddenly entered his ears.

He put his phone down and looked over who it was.

It was Maaz who just entered the room.

"LOL… Come on," said Nathan.

"I won't judge, you know," Maaz said as he went over to his own bed and lifted the mattress.

Nathan just smiled and resumed checking his phone.

Maaz pulled out a plastic bag from his waist and inserted them inside the mattress.

"Don't tell father and mother about this," said Maaz.

"Yeah, sure," Nathan said without looking.

He heard stories that Maaz was involved in some shady things so he rather not know or be involved in any of it.

And plus, Maaz was 4 years older than him. So who was he to tell someone older what was right and wrong? It's not like he's the smartest person in the world either.

In fact, in his current situation right now, Maaz's life was probably way better than his.

Maaz finished hiding whatever it was that he was hiding and turned to Nathan.

"I thought you have work?"

"No, I received a termination letter from the company I worked for," Nathan said, still looking at his phone.

"Heh~"

Nathan continued looking at his phone.

Maaz continued, "So what are you going to do?"

"Nothing. I'll just read a book or something and then find a new job on Monday."

"So you have two days free, huh."

Nathan was still looking at his phone.

"Why don't you come with me and my crew? We're going to Banya city tonight to party."

"Sorry, I'm going to pass. I had a long day."

Maaz grabbed Nathan's phone to see what he was looking at. 

"'Here's What's Wrong With Toxic Masculinity'? What the fuck are you reading?"

"Hey! Give me back my phone!" Nathan said as he got up from the bed and took back his phone.

It was a sample article linked to one of the writing jobs available in Womania.

Maaz looked at him with pity and said, "You city boys are really messed up."

"It was for a job listing that I was checking," Nathan said as he returned to his bed.

"Cousin, you really should come with me at Banya city tonight rather than spend you time reading some shit like that. Plus, we never had the chance to bond so this is a great chance."

"Yeah, but doesn't it take at least 4 hours to ride a boat going to Banya city?"

"We're going to ride a speedboat."

Nathan put down his phone. "Speedboat?"

He has never ridden a speedboat before.

"Yeah. So you coming? If you are, we should go right now. The guys are waiting for me at the docks right now."

Nathan thought about what Maaz said.

Aside from the fact that he hasn't ridden a speedboat before, they never bonded.

Also, he was pissed from getting fired and he couldn't go back to the gym to release his anger because he already worked out this morning.

He finally decided.

"Okay," Nathan said and got up.

Maaz smiled and shook his head. "Are you this hard to invite?"

Hearing Maaz said that to him, he couldn't help but remember Karen's words about him and going to clubs.

Even Vincent mentioned that to him a few times.

'Am I that boring?'

He always disliked going to crowded places, especially to clubs. 

But hearing it from another person ever since the breakup, he couldn't help but think if he really was that hard to deal with, forcing Karen to cheat on him.

'I guess it --'

Pah!

Maaz slapped Nathan's back, disrupting his train of thought and bringing him back to reality.

"Come on, hurry up. I promise you you won't regret it. I'm going to introduce you to some women there," Maaz said with a lewd smile.

Nathan pondered.

It's been 2 months since he had sex so he felt a little thirsty.

"Okay, let me grab some clothes."

***

5:24 pm.

Maaz and Nathan arrived at the docks.

There, 3 friends of Maaz were waiting as well.

Nathan tied his hair into a ponytail and was wearing a black slim-fit shirt, gray jeans and black shoes.

Maaz and the others were also wearing black but mixed with white or blue.

"About time you came, bro. We've been waiting for so long," one person said who was smoking a cigarette.

"Sorry, bro, I had to ask permission from my father to bring my cousin along." 

"Heh~" the same person said as he looked over at Nathan.

Nathan looked at him as well and couldn't help but sense some animosity coming from him.

He was 5'6" tall, shaved head, about the same age of Maaz, and had a few visible tattoos on his arms and was skinny.

Nathan then looked at the other two…

One was behind the steering wheel of the speedboat. He sported a mohawk and was wearing shades. He was 5'5" tall, the same age as Maaz, skinny and had visible tattoos on his arms as well.

The other one sporting a shoulder-length hair and was sitting on a corner at the dock texting. He was good-looking, 5'7" in height, in his late teens, skinny but had no visible tattoos unlike the others.

"So you guys already know that this my cousin Nathan. He's from Latif," Maaz said. 

He then looked at Nathan and pointed at his friends.

"This is Baar." It was the shaved head.

"That's Omar." It was the one behind the steering wheel.

"And that's Khalid." It was the pretty boy.

"Let's go," Maaz said and boarded the speedboat.

Nathan couldn't help but noticed that it seemed like Maaz was the leader.

Nathan and the other two followed suit.

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Nathan is your average 24-year old man. Just like everyone else, he experienced both pain and happiness in his life which shaped him into the man who he is. 


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