Writing prompts from me to you. I personally cant write well, might aswell share ideas.

Guys I made this story to join from contest I previous Writing Prompts Contest 123: Female Lead - Werewolf Sighted on Campus! But now it's already end and I think I don't make make it. So if someone reading this story of mine cause I'm planning to not update it every day since I have another 3 story and it's my priority cause I join it as well in the contest. But if someone will opposed at my decision please do tell me I will change my mine immediately cause for all of my story so far this is what I really like... Hehe so please... Tell if anybody want to an update every day just tell me!!

A girl who hate by her whole clan because of her late parents sin.
She's indeed a traitor for all eyes but still she care and submitted to them.

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She is standing in front of her parents little by little eating by the fire burning in the middle of their surrounding clan. She can't do anything other than crying. Beside there are punish because of her.

Because she's born into the world.

Her father is half vampire and half wolf who happen to get fall in love with her wolf mother.

They hide their relationship to everyone since a wolf can't be fall to there enemy's. 

A vampire...

But her mother got pregnant and there relationship revealed to there clan they parents got away and hide. Until in her 10th birthday came and there clan find them and now she's staring at her parents getting burned...


She instantly wake up from her bad nightmare when her auntie shake her to wake up.

Lyca wake up your getting late at school.

She open her eyes wider when she heard that.

No it can't be! I don't want people focus there attention toward me.

I smiled widely at my aunt she's my mother sister who adapt her since her parents died. She love her aunt she is the only one accept her as she is there's no one care about her other than her aunt.

Her clan? Well she's like a trash to them and useless.

I stand up and take a bath and move fast as I can since it's already ten minutes before her class starts.

As she got out of there house she run fast so she can't be late.

I really hope that my power comes out already like the other teenagers at her age but maybe because her father is half only her changing form comes delay.
That was her aunt say. She well maybe she's lying and I don't have power at all.

But it doesn't matter as long as I live I won't lost my hope.

As I cross the street I suddenly jumped in surprised when someone car appears inforn of me. I good thing is I avoid it from running fast.

I sigh... That was close.

Hey if you want to die go on but don't take anyone with you!

The driver said.

I just stoop my head and run again.


I was entering at the school when someone bump in to me.

Hey stupid are you blind! 

I stoop and say sorry. 
But the someone grabbed me and hold my chin up. 

Wohh look who's who! 

I stare at the guy in front of me with silence cause I know I'm pretty doomed. 

Cause I bump into the most notorious guy in the campos together with his allied..

What am I going to do? 
Mom... Dad... 
I think I'm going to be with you anytime soon...

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If she were smarter, it wouldn't have taken a life threatening encounter to trigger the idea of using her self-created skill. She would have integrated it (as well as her footwork and own unique style of movements) days ago, since she had used it to penetrate Stefan's highly resistant armour.

If it worked against the divine armour (albeit weakened by several orders of magnitude), it should definitely have been effective against others as well...

Though her Unique Skill: Handshake wouldn't have been useful against Reeve; since she couldn't land a clean hit anyway. And she realised she couldn't have used it either... Humans would pop like watermelons from the intense tremors...

That's what she called her skill - Handshake. Forcefully vibrating her muscles and transmitting it through her hands to shake up the target. Hence, Handshake. It was a pretty good name... Or at least she thought so. Simple and clear. Little did she know that every historian and warrior would outright reject that ridiculous name, and call it the First Palm: Disruption instead.

The stalker backed away for the first time so far, allowing Sam some much needed respite. Despite not using mana, Handshake placed immense stress on her entire body; as the vibrations were generated from her footing up through her waist and to her hands.

It released a low growl. Then it crouched down low. Sam felt uneasy, her danger senses tingling.

Then it roared aggressively and pounced at her.

?

But why did it seem to not be moving any closer...?

To Sam's horror, the creature was facing her, but running backwards - towards Reeve.

"No!" Already half a second slow, she could only repeat her earlier move of extreme compression of her leg bones and muscles to intercept the creature.

She shot forth, quickly closing the distance and collided with the creature, sticking to its chest as they rolled on the ground, tangled up together.

To her horror, the stalkers maw widened in a smile, as if a tasty fly had fallen into its trap. Then it chomped down on her shoulder.

Pierced by the inch long razor teeth with her flesh and blood corroded by the acid spit, Sam screamed in pain and rained blows on the stalkers neck.

Again and again she smashed her fists, palms and chops into its head and neck, while the creature shook its head to widen and deepen the wound. She managed to breach its armour and mash up the inner flesh and muscles with her attacks - but she was running out of breath and dizzy from blood loss.

(Is this as far as I can go...?) She thought, even as her hands did not rest.

Then she realised that their tangled up bodies rolling around on the dirt ground were moving closer and closer to Reeve.

(Reeve... Well, even if I die, I'll make sure you're safe...)

She gasped as she saw him stirring and raise his head. Then raise his hand and prepare to throw his sword over.

"No!!!" She cried out in anguish, as the stalker decisively released her mangled shoulder from its jaws and pointed its claws at Reeve. The longest middle claw began to rotate, and with a disgusting slushing sound, the glossy claw fired at Reeve and embedded itself into the centre of his chest.

Reeve collapsed at a sickly angle, sword clattering down at his side and began to dissipate - a bad sign.

"!!!" Sam opened her mouth in silent anguish. Her body released eerie cracking sounds as she began to shrink - back down to her former 150cm size. Then in the blink of an eye, she vanished - then burst through the stalkers chest and out of its back. Her body seemed to blur as she induced intense vibrations throughout her whole body, causing her skin and blood vessels to rupture.

Now covered entirely in her own blood and the creatures acidic blood, the inhuman pain nearly knocked her out - it was only the rage and adrenaline that kept her from passing out. She landed behind the now kneeling monster and pivoted to release a powerful chop that cleaved through the base of its neck until her palm exited near its tailbone.

Where her chop split it in half, the muscles, blood vessels and armour at the edge of the wound began to hemmorhage and disintegrate, and the monster fell, this time for good.

Her body reverted to her normal tall form with sickening cracks and pops, and she watched it for a second or two, then, satisfied that it would not be able to regenerate, she collapsed with one thought in mind.

(Reeve... Live.)

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Near the temple area, at the very edge of the commercial district stood a plain 3 story building. It was made of red-brown bricks and was solid and well built, despite being simple and unadorned.

The lower floor had an entrance wide enough for a small wagon to pass through, where a set of plain double hardwood doors stood. Right now, the door was open, and one could see 2 men standing just inside the doors, ready to help carry the injured, or to deny entry to troublemakers.

Further in, 3 people were seated behind a long wooden counter, above which a sign with the words "registration" hung.

On the 2nd floor, there were 2 long passageways with numerous rooms on either side. One of the rooms had the door open, where a short, balding old man stood beside a big bed. The bed looked very big, especially because the room was cramped despite having nothing else but one more chair inside.

On the bed lay a person wrapped from neck to toe in bandages, which from the pungent smell were seeped into low to lower mid-grade ointments and herbs. The person was beginning to stir for the first time since the disaster last Monday which left 1 student dead, 4 injured and 1 teacher unaccounted for.

The physicians and priests had done all they could, and sighed, regretting that they could not do anything more - not without top-grade healing materials. And even if they had the resources, they would need someone who knew how to utilise them for healing.

With all those conditions met, it was still only enough to salvage the person's life, with no hope of advancing any further in cultivation.

Sam had awoken earlier in the morning, startling the nurse who nearly dropped her medicinal pastes. Sam could only weakly croak for water, before her consciousness drifted away again. She did feel wetness on her lips and in her throat though, so the nurse remembered her water.

Now Principal Snow was here to wait for her to wake up - as he felt responsible for calling Mikael away during the critical moments of the spar. The remains of the enhanced nightmare stalker were cleaned up - though they could not find traces of how the level 8 bio-undead managed to materialise in the middle of the defence formations.

Mikael had insisted to investigate Nadal's background, and even volunteered to lead the inquiry himself. But Principal Snow could only stay silent - Nadal's backing wasn't something their little town and academy could take on. Even if the victims were great talents, and even if the mayor's son was among the fallen...

The balding man sighed, adjusting his brown overcoat over his voluminous white tunic. He twirled his monocle in his right hand between his index and middle fingers. He rubbed his temples, wondering what to do with the Baron's proposition... Without Reeve and Sam, there was only Joe's son, Bob. But he doubted the Baron would choose the boy.

Coughing, Sam Sat up slightly in her bed and opened her eyes a crack. She craned her stiff neck to look for water and grunted at the pain landing through her shoulder. She forgot - she was still wrapped up in the physician's offices.

"Here, have a drink." Principal Snow held the cup to her lips, then was surprised as she downed the entire cup in quick gulps. Then she continued coughing, calming down only after a good 10 seconds.

"Feeling better...? It's a miracle you survived. And a miracle you be recovered so well."

She looked at him without expression, then gasped when she remembered the most important question.

"Reeve... He..." Sam didn't know how to continue, as she choked up and the words couldn't leave her mouth - because she saw Principal Snow's face fall and grief mar his face.

He opened his mouth, then closed it again. Then he looked down at the floor, as if the words were too heavy to be spoken. He took a deep breath, looked up and said to her, "I'm sorry... He - he didn't make it..."

Two streams of tears flowed down Sam's cheeks as she lay her head back onto the pillow and closed her eyes.

Taken aback at the girl's grief, Principal Snow tried to speak when a nurse burst into the room.

"Principal, you'll want to come upstairs. Reeve woke up."

The Principal gave Sam an embarrassed smile; sheepish that his prank/ joke was seen through so quickly.

If Sam weren't wrapped up and crippled, Principal or not, she was angry enough to punch his teeth out. She settled for throwing her cup at his shiny head, smiling when she saw the water dripping down his face and a red bump rising.

Systems? Transmigrators? Gods?
No problem! All will crumble under my fists!
Smashing dragons, devils and heros into meat patties!
Still, she has a dream - "When will I have a boyfriend...?"

"If the wretched heavens are against me..."
"...Then I shall BREAK the heavens!"

Sam is an orphan with a dream: a simple life and happy family. Nearly talent-less (and ahem, a little slow witted...), she has only her two (overpowered) fists to rely on in a world that seems determined to make her forever-alone.

Follow her story as she falls in love and learns what it means to experience loss;
Shares thick and thin with the most unexpected companions;
Faces betrayal by the ones she thought were the closest;
And learns to open her heart again to trust.

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...but major slow down as I am focusing on Desolate Mage.

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Ding!
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[Omnipresence (Rare)]
Grade: Transcendent (C)
Birthed from the harmonious yet complex fusion of indifferent sentience, exuberant vitality, and unyielding willpower, this rare skill allows the user to do things that seem impossible for those that are not endowed with the same level of sentience.
>Deal 200% increased damage to enemies within a certain radius
>All short-ranged attacks become long-ranged
>Reduce the enemies' stats by 20%
Time limit: 5 minutes
FP Cost: 2500 FP 
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"This skill is so powerful that it's incredibly disgusting." This was the only statement Aurus could let out after reading up on the description of the newly fused skill. Nonetheless, on the inside, he was looking at the skill in awe, wondering as to what the limits of skill fusion could be. Not only that, he was also pondering as to how he could make this newly fused skill a trump card of his in the upcoming battle.
After fusing the three skills that he thought were all useless into one skill that was actually incredibly powerful, Aurus could not help but have expectations for the skill fusions he was about to do next. Indeed, with the realization that he could create intrepidly strong skills, Aurus was now hooked on fusing skills together.
Whoosh!
Opening up the Skill Fusion screen once more, Aurus commanded the system to change the list of skills he was looking at to compose of all of his skills, not just limiting himself to active and hybrid skills. If active and hybrid skills could be fused, then why not passive skills as well?
To be honest, after his first successful skill fusion, he started throwing skills into the Skill Fusion screen at random, only obtaining prompts from the system that informed him that the skill combinations he threw in would not work. It also informed him that the skills that were going to be fused together should have some relation, or else fusion would not even happen. Surprisingly, there was no downside to fusing skills randomly, just wasted time.
After that, he also tried fusing skills with the Ruler skills he obtained from the inheritance. Of course, a prompt appeared in front of his field of vision once again, informing him that Ruler skills could not be fused as they were tied to a title of his. To be on the safe side, the system also informed him that he could not fuse two Ruler skills together. Obtaining a prompt like that, Aurus could not help but think that the system had some level of awareness.
After obtaining those prompts which told him about the limitations of skill fusion, Aurus decided to look at the list of skills once more, taking those words of advice into consideration as he made wiser choices this time, instead of just fusing random skills together willy-nilly, hoping that the fusion would succeed.
And so, a few minutes later, after being bombarded with prompts, Aurus used the Skill Fusion screen once more. This time, with the skills he chose having some relation to them.
"System, fuse [Flux Chiliocosm], [Chiliocosm of Spirit], and [Stick-Flux Unification] together," he commanded the system, slightly trembling as there was a chance that the fusion wouldn't go through. Nonetheless, he was pretty confident that this skill fusion would work as all of them were related to his energy source. To be more exact, the vessels where he holds the energy.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Not long after, three skill names appeared on the Skill Fusion screen, each and every one being the skills Aurus mentioned for the system to fuse. A few seconds later, these skill names started to faintly glow as a prompt appeared in front of Aurus' field of vision not long after. Reading through the prompt, Aurus could not help but radiate an aura of happiness as he muttered to himself in glee, "It finally worked!"
Ding!
'Would you like to fuse the three skills together? As all three of them are of the same grade, 5 of your levels shall be consumed.'
"Of course, I do," Aurus replied without hesitation, with three motes of light appearing inside his mind once more not long after. They collided once more with one another as usual, eventually melding into a giant ball of vibrant light. A few seconds later, a notification appeared in front of Aurus' field of vision, informing him of the newly fused skill that had just been created, as well as the fact that his level had dropped down to 9.
Ding!
'Skill Fusion is successful. The passive Species skill [Supreme Spirit-Flux Chiliocosm (Special)] has been created.'
Of course, since this was a new skill he had obtained, he could not help but read through the skill description, muttering praises in awe as to how amazing the effects were on the newly fused skill.
Ding!
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[Supreme Spirit-Flux Fabrication (Special)]
Grade: Transcendent (C)
Birthed from the fusion of three skills which served the purpose of containing a strong yet plentiful energy, this skill expands the limit of how much energy, energy being Flux Points, this skill could hold. As a resonance has formed between the three skills, a superbly great amount of FP can be held at once, as well as the fact that a great amount of energy can be regenerated at once. Not only that, the effect of the energy is also enhanced, allowing the user to exert more power into their abilities.
>Increases efficacy of FP-based skills by 30%
>Reduces cost of FP-based skills by 30%
>All that come close to the user gain a 15% increased energy regeneration rate buff
FP Capacity: 20000
FP Regeneration Rate: 500 FP per 10 seconds
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"Tssss…" Aurus could not help but imitate the sound of sucking air between the teeth, aghast from the effect of the skill when comparing it to the effects of the three separate skills from before. "Although the amount of FP I can utilize is halved thanks to the Spirit Energy Core, that's still 10000 FP I can use at once! If I had that amount while I was making the Spirit Clone, I would've been able to create a Rank 1 Animate clone instead of Rank 0!"
As he continued to think about the possibilities of having a lot of SP, he could not help but say, "Then again, starting out as a Rank 1 Animate by relying through the system would probably be a worse choice than starting out from Rank 0 in the long run."
"Anyways, moving on." Placing these thoughts in the back of his head, he then continued to look at the list of skills that weren't fused yet, trying to formulate a skill fusion that would use up more than 3 skills as that would definitely result in an incredibly powerful skill.
A few seconds later in his attempt of formulating such a recipe of skills, he could not help but notice four Class Skills that were around the same line of thought, being around the manipulation of Flux for greater power. Well…at the very least, that's how Aurus interpreted it.
Looking at the Skill Fusion screen once more, Aurus commanded the system, "Fuse all of the active skills regarding Flux."
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
At that moment, four intangible threads of light, that came out of Aurus' body, made their way towards the Skill Fusion screen, filling up four spaces as the four of them glowed with vibrant light not long after, a decent contrast to that from the skill fusion before.
Aurus could not help but notice it as well, asking himself, "Is the amount of light emitted by the skills in the resonance proportional to the possible power of the skill?"
He tried to recall the amount of light that was released by the first skill fusion he did, slightly surprised that it emitted a bit more light compared to the fusion of energy storage skills.
Ding!
'Would you like to fuse [Unworldly Flux Weapon Fabrication], [Unworldly Flux Armor Fabrication], [Third Heaven Flux Enhancement], and [Grand Flux Samsara] together? As all of these skills are of the same grade, 8 of your levels shall be consumed.'
"Hoh? 8 of my levels shall be consumed? Since a fusion of 3 skills cost 5 of my levels, then a fusion of only 2 skills would cost around 2 or 3 levels? I'll have to find that out later," Aurus muttered for a bit after reading up on the cost of the fusion. Nonetheless, he accepted the prompt, dropping his level down to 2 afterwards. Of course, he used up a portion of his unused experience once more, getting back to max level in an instant as four motes of light appeared in his mind.
Unexpectedly, while the four motes of light collided with one another in an elegant yet vibrant dance of sorts, Aurus could not help but hear a dragon's roar resound from the collisions, with it becoming more frequent the closer the four were going to fuse as one. Eventually, the four had fused into one entity of light, illuminating Aurus' mind in a vibrant light as multiple dragon roars resounded not long after.
Ding!
Which was followed up by a notification sound.
'Skill Fusion is successful. The active Species skill [Ancient Modular Flux Equipment Fabrication (Epic)] has been created.'
As Aurus read up on the notification he had received, he could not help but gasp in surprise, forcing himself to stay silent as he did not want to startle Fenrir and Charisa, shouting inwardly in extreme glee instead.
"An Epic skill! I can't believe it…I actually obtained an Epic skill!"
As Special skills were stronger variants of normal skills, Rare skills being stronger variants of Special skills, Epic skills were on a higher level compared to them. Once a skill had reached the Epic level, even if it was a Mortal skill, it would still output power equivalent to that of a Transcendent level skill, or better yet, a Divine level skill!
Although Aurus had obtained a lot of Epic skills back in ISE, Legendary skills even, this was the first time Aurus had obtained an Epic skill in his current life, which was based on ISE. Of course, since it was his first Epic skill, he was quite excited to read the skill's description, bringing it up not long after.
Ding!
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[Ancient Modular Flux Equipment Fabrication (Epic)]
Grade: Transcendent (C)
Birthed from the fusion of four skills that specialized in the usage of Flux for greater power, a skill that could surpass the power of a lot of skills had been made, allowing the user to forge equipment out of the user's Flux. Not only that, the skill also allows the user to create modifications to the equipments made in terms of effects, even allowing the equipment to be given out to other users.
>Grade Range of Crafted Equipment: Grand to Mythic
>Attachable Effects to Crafted Equipment: Enchantment, Party Resonance
>Attachable Set Effects to Crafted Equipment: Rejuvenation, Arcana, Damnation, Fortress, Vitality
>Types of Craftable Equipment: Physical, Magic, Ignition
FP Cost: 500 FP
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If Aurus had eyes, those eyes of his would definitely twinkle like a million shooting stars due to the sheer amount of awe and reverence he had for this skill. Not only that, multiple ideas for trump cards started to pop out of Aurus' mind due to the great amount of modularity Aurus could do to the equipment.
At the very end of his thinking session, Aurus could not help but mutter, "If this is what skill fusion can give me…why don't I fuse up even more skills?"
And so…that's what he did.
…
While Aurus was basking in the feeling of obtaining a lot of ideas, as well as greater combat power due to the fusions he was doing, something different was happening within a certain portion of the Celestial Plane.
Celestial Plane, Kurohana's plane.
"Success." Kurohana could not help but lightly chuckle as she looked through the white orb in front of her, looking at Aurus, who was currently fusing up his skills together.
While looking at Aurus, she raised both of her hands into the air, manifesting a few threads of green light that went towards the orb not long after. These threads were infused with the Law of Natural Flow, which Kurohana had asked for permission to manipulate as she did not want to be berated by Phatia again.
As she looked at the green threads slowly meld with the orb, displaying Aurus' surroundings, a light smile appeared on her face as she said in a slightly proud manner, "Finally, I removed that invincibility skill from his skillset. With him not having that skill, there would be greater chance for him to lose in the upcoming war that's going to happen, forcing him to recuperate. While he's recuperating, with the help of the threads I infused, that will make someone find him and use him as a weapon!"
"I'm a genius, a true genius." Kurohana could not help but laugh after going over through her plans. Not long after though, she continued to look at her orb, letting out a sigh as she muttered, "To be honest, I would have definitely waited for a year since that would allow Aurus to mature even more, increasing the nurturing speed of the weapon. But due to the plane's current circumstances, I have no choices but to do this."
As she said this, she could not help but recall the war that happened back then in the Celestial Plane, which killed off a lot of Lesser Gods, but allowed a decent number of Lesser Gods to become Greater Gods in the process. Nonetheless, the memories of the Divine Demon War to Kurohana was something she did not want for others to experience, which forced her to hasten Aurus' fate of becoming a weapon.
"Unfortunately, I wasn't able to stop him from forming a Spirit Clone." Kurohana sighed as she panned towards another section of Erudinia, the orb displaying an old yet wise-looking man drinking a bit of tea. She could not help but slightly frown as she continued to talk. "If he did not craft a Spirit Clone, then the strength of his soul would boost the nurturing speed of the weapon even further. Unfortunately, it seems that someone in my world has become aware of my actions…"
She let out a sigh not long after, muttering, "If I had the time to do so, I would definitely eliminate this fellow, but I have to focus all of my efforts to getting Aurus crafted into a weapon as fast as possible. The weapons I've crafted, although having a high grade, don't have enough power and affinity to fight against the demons."
"Only with a soul like Aurus' soul would I be able to create my true masterwork weapon, a weapon that can cut through anything and everything."
"By then…I would also be able to fight against those that plotted against me. Just you wait."

If you're not a fan of fourth wall breaking (which I'm also not a fan of), please try and get past Chapter 5 because that's when the novel truly starts to shine. This note will be removed once I edit out the fourth wall breaking.
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Under a planned twist of fate, Aurus was struck by a bolt of lightning, forcing him into the reality that he was never going to be able to play his favorite game ever again.

Fortunately, as if luck was on his side, a goddess took pity on him and gave him the choice to reincarnate as a stick? As to why she gave him that choice, I don't know but he still picked it anyway!

Witness the adventures of Aurus and his path to becoming a tree or probably something else. I don't know, I haven't planned much.

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Latest edited chapter: C1

Cover by: yueyi

[Natta Blades (Grade 2)]

Damage: 17-23

Effect 1: [Bleed]- Applies the bleed effect when hitting the target's skin. Deal 1 damage every 5 seconds for 1 minute.
Effect 2: [Pairing] - Natta Blades exist as a pair, without their twin blade, reduced the weapons stats and effects by 50%

Li Wei crouched next to Ranger Oleg's body and picked the two daggers. They were unexpectedly Grade 2 equipment! The Natta Blades were an excellent pair of weapons but they paled in comparison to Li Wei's Dark Runic Swords. He swiftly placed them in his inventory and continued to search Ranger Oleg's body.

To his disappointment, there were no more valuables aside from the ring at his finger and the keys to open the graveyard. Having been playing the role of the gravekeeper, Ranger Oleg did not wear any rare equipment. 

"Just too bad... But I hope your brother won't disappoint me."

Li Wei picked the ring and the keys and made his way to Mage Oleg. 

[Skull wand (Grade 2)]
Intelligence +1
Wisdom +1

Skill: [Summon Skeleton]

[Summon Skeleton (level 1)]
Summons a skeleton to fight for the user for 3 minutes. All the stats of the skeleton are equal to the caster's wisdom.
Mana cost: 60
Cooldown: 2 hours.

"What a powerful wand! I was so lucky he did not use this skill!" exclaimed Li Wei. In the hand of a priest who invested a lot in Wisdom, even at this stage, they could summon a skeleton with all stats set at 25. The skeleton would be much stronger than any players or even NPCs at that level.

[Magic Silk Robe (Grade 2)]
Armor +3
Magic resist +7

Skill: [Mana absorption]

[Mana absorption (level 1)]
A passive skill that increases the user's mana regeneration rate.
Mana Regeneration +1/second

"No wonder he was able to cast so many skills. He could regenerate so much mana... It is even better than my [Tear of Fairies]."

Li Wei sent the two pieces of equipment in his inventory and continued to loot.

[Boots of Gelor]
Armor: +6

Skill: [Blink]

[Blink (level 1)]
Instantly teleports the user a short distance away.
Teleportation distance: 3m
Mana cost: 40
Cooldown: 10 minutes

[Aquamarine Trousers]
Magic resist +10

Skill: [Refresh]

[Refresh (level 1)]
Instantly refreshes the cooldown of a skill whose cooldown time is less than two minutes, including itself.
Mana cost: 30
Cooldown: 2 minutes.

Li Wei's eyes widened. What a deadly combo. The Aquamarine Trousers combined with the Magic Silk Robe formed the ideal set of equipment of a mage. "D*mn, I could have been in so much more trouble. Fortunately, he did not blatantly attack me when I was close to his brother."

"Such a pity I am not a mage... These items are so good," exclaimed Li Wei. He looked at the pieces of equipment in his inventory with envy. They were all tailored for mages, however, Li Wei still decided to change his pants for the [Aquamarine Trousers] and his boots for the [Boots of Gelor].

Both items outclassed his previous equipment. He continued to search for more loot but unfortunately, Mage Oleg only had two more rings. He did not have any leg guards, gloves, armguards or hat.

Li Wei briefly looked at the rings but quickly lost interest. He could not take off his [Ring of Chaos] and the ring with [Earth Wall] was still very useful to Li Wei. Unfortunately, the Mage's pendant also exploded after activating its skill earlier.

These were all the equipment Mage Oleg had but aside from that, Li Wei also found an old yellow book in the mage's robe. It was already clearly damaged by time. However, when Li Wei grabbed it, he obtained the following system prompt:

[System prompt: You have found a tome containing the knowledge of the skill: [Roots of Magic]. Do you want to learn this skill? Once used, the tome will be destroyed.]

[Roots of Magic (level 0)]
Mana cost: 0
Cooldown: 5 minutes
Effects: Decrease the mana cost of all skills by 30% and decrease the cooldown of all other skills by 20%
Note: Roots of Magic will be automatically canceled if the user tries to move his legs or is affected by a strong crowd control effect

"D*mn... Another item useful for mages..." complained Li Wei. He thought he struck gold but in truth, all these items were not suitable for him. However, they would still be valuable and would bring him a large sum of money when sold.

"This should be it."

Li Wei stood up. The quest had been completed. He did not need to spend the night here since he now had the keys to the gate of the graveyard. However, as he was about to walk out of the house, Li Wei's gaze briefly landed on the small opening next to the hobs from which Mage Oleg came out.

"Now that I think about it. Since they have been robbing graves, they should have a few good things in there."

He hesitantly went through the small opening which led to a small cache. As soon as he entered, Li Wei was momentarily blinded by the glistening sight. The cache was filled with gold coins and jewels.

After plundering the graveyard for weeks, the twin brother accumulated quite a bit of gold and items. They did not hesitate to sell the items to the black market and had accumulated a small fortune by doing so. They were planning to run away very soon to enjoy their gold in a different town but unfortunately, the sole beneficiary of their shady business would be Li Wei.

[System prompt: You have found a hidden cache. Do you want to automatically add the following items to your inventory: 592 gold, 20 Grade 0 Jewels and 20 Condensed Crystals. Note that non-craftable jewels have already been converted to gold.]

[System prompt: You have found the Quest item: Chalice of Harmony. Do you want to accept the quest: The long lost Chalice.]

[Quest: The long lost Chalice]
Return the chalice to the church at the capital of an empire.
Reward: 10000 exp and a follow-up quest.

"This... This is too great! I knew the rewards for completing the quest would be huge but I did not expect so much!" exclaimed Li Wei. Without hesitation, he agreed to both system prompts. The cache was emptied in an instant as Li Wei's inventory became full.

He looked at his inventory with interest. He now had 619 gold, much more than any player could hope to obtain through normal means. The Grade 0 jewels were materials that could be embedded into weapons. They were not very useful to Li Wei as only Jewellers could use them and this profession could only be unlocked at the capital. As for the Condensed Crystal, they immediately attracted Li Wei's attention.

[Condensed Crystal]
Consume to obtain 1000 exp

Li Wei was delighted. The harvest this time was huge! He was about to use the Condensed Crystal when a thought suddenly crossed his mind.

'Since all these items were essentially robbed from the graves, will I get into trouble if I do not return them all? They should all belong to rich NPCs and their families might come after me... The Condensed Crystals coincidentally give me the exact amount of exp I would have obtained if I submitted the quest.'

He was in a dilemma. The harvest looked too good to be true and after thinking for a while, Li Wei came up with a potential scenario. In the end, he chose to not touch the Condensed Crystals yet. He would first go to the Warrior Association and see whether they would ask for the items. 

'If it was a subjugation quest, it would have been fine to just take everything but this quest is a bit different. It is better to be safe. Using them now won't have much effect anyway. I need more than 40 thousand exp to level up again.'

Li Wei was about to leave the house when suddenly, two system prompts sounded:

[System prompt: An emergency quest has been issued: Save the warehouses!]

[Quest: Save the warehouses(Unique)]

[Information]

The warehouses of Verdan Town have all mysteriously caught fire. Help the guards put out the fire and save the food stored in the warehouses

Task 1: Go to the well near the warehouses and help the guard put out the fire by carrying buckets of water from the well to the warehouses.
Task 2: Save the items still in the warehouses.

Reward: 100 exp per item saved or 100 exp per bucket of water carried

Note: This is an emergency quest. Players do not have to participate. Not participating in any emergency quest will worsen their relationship with the citizens of the town.

[System prompt: An emergency quest has been issued: Find the arsonists!]

[Quest: Find the arsonists(Unique)]

[Information]

The warehouses of Verdan Town have all mysteriously caught fire. The guards have identified that the incident was man-made due to the fire's abnormal resistance to magic. Help the guards find clues about the arsonists.

Task: Find clues about the arsonists and report to the barracks

Reward 1: 20000 exp for each clue given if the arsonists are caught.
Reward 2: Alternatively, players would receive a mysterious reward for arresting the arsonists by themselves.

Note: This is an emergency quest. Players do not have to participate. Not participating in any emergency quest will worsen their relationship with the citizens of the town.

"What? What on earth is happening outside?" exclaimed Li Wei. Having received the system prompts, Li Wei was certain that all the players have also received it and considering the negative effects of refusing, everyone would definitely participate. 

"This is bad." Li Wei briefly looked at his character window. His fatigue was already at 54. It was quite high and after passing 60, his stats would be affected. He was reluctant to take part in the quests but he knew all the other players also had high fatigue levels. Some might even be in worse shape than him.

He quickly left Oleg's house and went to the entrance of the graveyard. In the distance, he could already see part of the town brightly emitting an orange light. He took out the keys and opened the gates but at that moment, two more system prompts sounded:

[System prompt: An emergency quest has been issued: Defend Verdan Town!]

[Quest: Defend Verdan Town(Unique)]

[Information]

The scouts caught sight of a wave of flying demons. They should arrive at Verdan Town in the next ten minutes. Help the town defend against the demons

Task: Go to the barracks and enroll yourself for the night. Assist the guards in killing the flying demons

Reward: 10000 exp 

Note: This is an emergency quest. Players do not have to participate. Not participating in any emergency quest will worsen their relationship with the citizens of the town.

[System prompt: An emergency quest has been issued: Escort the Royals!]

[Quest: Escort the Royals(Unique)]

[Information]

The aim of the flying demons is the Earl's castle. The Earl has ordered for his two sons, the 6th prince and the 7th princess to be evacuated.

Task: Go to the barracks and volunteer to escort one of the four characters during their escape to the next town.

Reward: 10000 exp 

Note: This is an emergency quest. Players do not have to participate. Not participating in any emergency quest will worsen their relationship with the citizens of the town.

"What is this? Two more emergency quests? This cannot be a coincidence. Is it an event? Did somebody trigger it?" 

...

In the middle of the night, Skywalker rushed across the streets, wearing his trusty cloak. "Are you sure we made the right decision? There is a quest that has been released to hunt us!"

Dark King bit his lips. "We knew something like that would happen but as soon as we leave the town, everything will be fine. Nobody will know that we were behind this."

Followed by a group of players, the two players went into a dark alley where a cloaked figure was waiting for them.

"Sir, we have done our part of the plan. As you requested, we swapped some of the fruits for the explosives and put them in the warehouses. At the same time, my men have set the other warehouses on fire. They should be on their way here," solemnly said Dark King.

"Hmmm." The cloaked figure took out his cloak and nodded. If Li Wei was here, he would immediately recognize the cloaked figure as the old identifier!

"You did well. This should have caused enough chaos to split the guards." The old identifier nonchalantly pressed onto one of the bricks behind him. It activated a secret mechanism; with a muffled cranking noise, the wall behind the old man slid open.

"Follow me. Everything you asked for has been prepared. We also prepared an escape path as you requested. However, it is also being used by our men to infiltrate the town." The old identifier guided the players to a secret warehouse where countless boxes full of potions were waiting for them.

Dark King grinned as he saw the glistening potions. At the same time, he received a system prompt:

[System prompt: You have completed the quest "Cause chaos", 100000 exp awarded.]

In an instant, Dark King leveled up to level 18. He received an absurd amount of exp just for completing one quest, allowing him to completely skip level 17. Furthermore, he was not the only one, all the members of Exodia, currently in Verdan Town, received the exact same notification.

The rewards were bountiful. He also got all these boxes of potions that would further increase the stats of his guildmates. However, this quest had a huge risk. If they were caught, not only were they guaranteed to die, they would also suffer in the future as they would be labeled as criminals. This quest was a high-risk high reward quest!

"Dark King. Will our guildmates be fine? They are still running away from the guards. They might get caught," murmured Skywalker.

"Since when did you start to worry about your guildmates? A few losses are inevitable but the majority should be able to make it here. Send them a message and tell them about the brick that opens the wall."

Dark King swiftly commanded the players who transferred all the potions to their inventory. He was delighted. With the massive boost of power they have just received, Exodia should not have any trouble settling in a nearby town. At worst, if they were caught, they would be able to make a name for themselves at the Dark Cities.

The old identifier nodded as he noticed all the potions were gone. He pointed at one of the dark tunnels. "This is the exit. It leads directly outside the town."

However, at that moment, a dark figure emerged from the tunnel, followed by several other men.

The old identifier's eyes lit up. "Gogius! It has been a while. You are still as ugly as the last time I saw you."

"Old man. Time was not very kind to you either. Who are these guys?" asked Gogius as he took off his hood.

"They are the little helpers I found to cause some chaos. Some of the guards of the castle should have left to deal with the fire and with the incoming wave of demons, the castle would be even more defenseless," said the identifier.

"Good. Let's move quickly then. Our goal this time is the Eye of Mydas. It is one of the jewels found in the treasury of the Earl. According to the Messenger, it is a very powerful item that would be useful for the Heir of Darkness to release his third seal. He has already dispatched the flying demon corps to help us with this task."

"Got it. Looks like the faction is sparing no efforts in getting the best materials for the heir. Any regular jewels would have been alright but they are going for the best of the best," commented the old identifier.

"Do not question the orders of the Messenger." Gogius took the lead as several cloaked figures emerged out of the tunnel.

Dark King and the other players froze as they observed the long line of powerful NPCs making their way out of the secret tunnel. 'Looks like it was the right decision to not oppose these lunatics'

At that moment, a voice sounded next to Dark King. "By the way, Dark King. I have a proposition to make. Since you have already helped us cause chaos, why don't you help us in our next task?"

In 2050, an unprecedented nuclear disaster forced all human beings to find shelter in undergrounds refuge. Not knowing when the level of radiation will reach acceptable levels, the world leaders decided to bet everything on the next generation. They reallocated all their resources into a single project. A new VRMMORPG about to be released is redesigned to accommodate the world population. It will not only provide people with a goal and leisure but also serve as a test to find the future leaders that will rebuild Earth.


Follow the adventures of an orphan as he climbs from nothing to the very top. He will face many difficulties, venture into a boundless world and finally build up his own kingdom. Caught in the storm of the struggles for power, he has no choice but to grow stronger. This is the story of the man to be known as the Emperor of Chaos.

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TMS is now well and truly ended.
Thank you Islinda for giving this story a chance for a contract. I hope it proves well for Webnovel.
To all TMS regular readers and supporters. I won't name you individually to respect your anonymity.  With my deepest respect, thank you for your time, interaction and support.  A story can be written.  It's only when it's read that it becomes a tale. 
And I won't forget those from Tapread and Wattpad who gave Hinata and Eiji's drama a chance when it was there.  I've been blessed.
Here is an omake about its own small journey to close the curtains. 
---WPC #46 - To My Sunflower's Journey---
A moment of nostalgia as I look back to the contest that helped me form the concept for this story. Otherwise, I would've never written it.
---[[Writing Prompts Contest #46:Fall in Love with a Soldier
"Believe it or not, the only way we kept in touch was through letters. We would write to each other about our days, about our lives. They were all innocent letters, but they were amazing because it gave me an insight into how simple a person he was."
What it feels like loving a soldier?
"When you fall in love with a soldier, you fall in love with your country; when you fall in love with a soldier, nothing is set in stone on your end. Plans can and will change at the drop of a hat and planning ahead is impossible.
Though all that is true, so is when you fall in love with a soldier, you've found the best there is.
When you fall in love with a soldier, you've found someone who not only loves you more than his own life but loves his country more than his own life as well.
When you fall in love with a soldier, a kiss is worth a million dollars, and no expensive gift can compare.
When you fall in love with a soldier, you've fallen in love with someone who appreciates having a bed, running water and warm food.
When you fall in love with a soldier, you've fallen in love with not who you've prayed for, but someone so much more.
Thank you, God, for letting me fall in love with my soldier."
(Emily Richeson)https://forum.webnovel.com/d/18335-writing-prompts-contests-45-46]]---
The winner of my prompt was a book that is now on hiatus. No other entries qualified. At the time I didn't realize that having votes was the rank qualifier. So my book was instantly disqualified.
Despite not making it past the car park, so to speak, I kept this story going. I had moved it to Wattpad and continued to post chapters there.
I entered it into a Wattpad community award, and had eventually won the award for Historical Fiction, but never received the prize for it. 😆
That's okay. Knowing that my writing was enough to be a winner in a judge's eyes was cool. It won over some quality stories as well. That was a prize enough for me.
After some time, I started posting the story to Tapread where it picked up read interest there. Then I got a ping from Islinda who liked the lone chapter I had left on the book page.  
This story has been a blast to write. I'm proud of what I've been able to achieve with it. I have no regrets of what I leave behind, as I have given my best shot.
♥♥
Arigatōgozaimashita.  
Until next time. Take care.♥


Hinata longed for his Eiji to return from war. Alone in the idyllic countryside whilst other areas of Japan were torn asunder. One day, he receives a letter from his lover filled with the scent of sunflowers and his undying love for him. Followed by official news of his presumed death at Iwo Jima. Heartbroken. Yet determined to honor his promise to Eiji; to live the life they were unable to live together.

Eiji fought honorably for Japan at Iwo Jima. He fell injured in a banzai charge to be classified as dead. He recovered with the aid of an American lieutenant, who escorted him back into the mainland for espionage work. His one chance and hope of return to Hinata's side.

A compelling risk of a war story set at the end of the Pacific War, 1945. Two sides of the war, on Japanese soil, are shown from the individual perspectives of same-sex lovers Hinata and Eiji. 

More than a boys love. This story is an emotional drama, revealing heart and souls of people surviving America's assault on Japan. The consequences suffered at war's end.

Five: "Just letting you know. I just signed a contract with the Hurricane Alliance. I have the [Void Contract] with me in case something happens though. I'll look into what they are doing to deal with the E26. They have so many dungeons in the empire; they have most probably already found the dungeon."

Iris: "The Hurricane Alliance? They wanted to recruit me earlier but I turned down their offer. They were quite persistent and sent a few threats but became silent all of a sudden after your battle with Farsight. They probably asked you to meet the other players there. You should be careful with who you interact with at alliance."

Five: "I was not aware of this. What do you mean by that?"

Iris: "From your answer, I can tell you never accepted the friend request of any other player."

Iris: "In every alliance, there is a group called 'Anarchy'. They are a group of players who used to be members of an international criminal group in reality before the game. They still maintained contact with each other and although they were forced to sign contracts with the alliances to develop quickly, the members of that group are all actively seeking to break free from their contract and reform their group."

Iris: "Actually, they have a few members who refused to join any alliance and these people have already formed a group. They invited all the dungeon masters not affiliated with any alliance, including me. To be honest, I am considering joining them. It would be more accurate to describe them as a community; they have no actual obligations. They are more like a mercenary group and if the reward you offer is high enough, they will lend you a hand."

Five: "Never heard of it. But I will keep an eye open for this. Thanks for the info."

Iris: "No problem. Look for any information about the owner of the E26. The problem is intensifying at my dungeon; my monsters are catching at least one title holder per day."

Five: "Build a quarantine at the gates and deny them entry. You cannot continue killing them or the inhabitants of your town will start worrying about their own security."

"Cough Cough."

At that moment, Dreidus lightly coughed, bringing Five back to reality.

The latter embarrassedly glanced at the lich. 'D*mn! I got engrossed in the conversation. I said I would keep my distance and only send one message per day. She just had to reply so quickly and hit an important point at that...'

"Master, look at the screen. The monsters are coming," said Dreidus as he pointed at the screen. With the Eye Extender having fused with the dungeon core, they were now able to see the forest outside the dungeon.

On the screen, several black dots in the sky were making their way toward the dungeon. Five nodded and quickly typed on his chat log.

Five: "I got to go. Something to do with the alliance."

Iris: "Gotcha. Remember to keep your [Void Contract] in your inventory in case something happens."

Five closed his interface and focused his attention on the screen. On a second screen, he saw Harriet, Ignis, and Ishan waiting at the entrance. The monsters had rather gloomy expressions.

Harriet had been in this mood since her defeat against Ivan. She blamed herself for the death of so many monsters and wanted to get stronger. She wanted to prove herself and show to everyone that she was strong enough to be the guardian of the dungeon. This wave of monsters was a huge opportunity for her. She would get to level up a lot and once she reached her level cap, the rest of the monsters would be given to Ishan and Ignis.

"Don't you think that Ishan is in a bad mood? I said nothing yesterday but he looks like he wants to murder someone," commented Five.

"Yeah. If we mentioned it yesterday, it would be like rubbing salt on his wounds. He failed his evolution." Dreidus explained.

"So that's why. No wonder he wanted Ignis to come with him. His level cap is only level 45. He should be able to quickly reach that level. When you see him, tell him not to worry, he will have other opportunities to evolve. By the way, are you sure you do not want to join them, Dreidus?" 

The lich shook his head. "No. After our defeat, I fell down to level 39. This is perfect for me if I want to become a high-quality Lich Journeyman. If I was at level 40 and went through the ritual, I would just become a low-quality Lich Evoker. Because going through the ranks using the system only increases levels by ten, it is better for me to be at high quality."

"I see. This way, the last digit of your level will always be a '9' rather than a '0'."

On the screen, Five saw his monsters retreat into the dungeon, allowing the enemy monsters to enter the dungeon. If they were killed inside the dungeon, he would obtain the full amount of DP. 

The monsters were a large group of birds. There were level 20 Black Ravens, level 25 Flying Rainbow Pheasants, level 30 Dark Hawks, and so on. The birds entered the dungeon and obediently landed in front of Harriet, waiting to be killed.

Five watched the scene with interest. The old dungeon masters were not allowed to directly send their monsters to younger ones and among the players, no one could afford such a large army of birds. It could only mean that all these birds were wild animals, just like the Black Raven who agreed to join the dungeon a few days ago when delivering the letter. 

'So many birds... Just like Entomology, someone has a core of Ornithology? I would not be surprised if that was the case.' 

The massacre started. With the birds not resisting, they all perished after a few hits but there were so many of them that Harriet's attacks seemed to be ineffective. Outside, a massive flock of birds was circling around the dungeon.

Five briefly glanced at his DP count and saw it increasing rapidly. There was no point in watching his monsters dealing with the birds. instead, he took out a few items from his inventory.

[Demonic Shackles]

Activate to bind the prisoner of a dungeon core. Once bound, the prisoner will be forcefully weakened and require more resources to break free from his prison.

Max upgrades of Dungeon Core before the prisoner can break free +1

The Core of Madness reacted as soon as the Demonic Shackles appeared. It flashed emitting a dim light. It was scared; Lavenus instinctively knew the effects of the Demonic Shackles.

Five was amused by the Core of Madness' terrified reaction. "What? You are scared now? You say you were wrong and want to apologize?"

He smiled evilly. "It is too late."

The Demonic Shackles shone and like two snakes, they rushed toward the Dungeon Core and disappeared inside. Five received the notification that the Demonic Shackles were in effect, but there were no signs showing it. 

"Good. Now, let's feed you the Cores and see what we'll get from you," said Five. He took out the two Phantom Cores and the Core of Wilderness.

Starting with a Phantom Core, Five fed the core to the Core of Madness.

[System prompt: Your Core of Madness has successfully consumed a Phantom Core.]

[System prompt: You are awarded 400000 DP.]

Five disappointedly looked at the system prompts. "That's it? Nothing else? Quite disappointing."

He grabbed the second Phantom Core and again pushed it into the Core of Madness. The Phantom Core disappeared and the same system prompts appeared but that was it.

"What? Where is the upgrade? You already had three cores if we count the Core of Flames from before. Still no upgrade? You are going to cost me a lot to upgrade!"

Five narrowed his eyes as he grabbed the Core of Wilderness. "There better be some results this time." He brought the two cores together and to his delight, he received the following system prompts:

[System prompt: Your Core of Madness has successfully consumed the Core of Wilderness.]

[System prompt: You are awarded 400000 DP.]

[System prompt: Congratulations Player Five. The Core of Madness has been upgraded to Grade 3]

[System prompt: The Core of Madness can now display an additional effect. Please choose from the following:
1. Entomology - Increase the breeding rate of all insect type monster by 150% and increase all their stats by 3
2. Flame Birth - Unlocks the ability to Build Flame Nests. Each Flame Nest can give birth to one societal Fire-type Monster per day.
3. Wilderness - Increase all the stats of non-societal monsters by 10%
4. ??? - ??? (Currently locked due to low level)] 

"Finally!" exclaimed Five as his eyes lit up. The dungeon core finally upgraded itself after consuming four cores! 

'Looks like the number of cores required doubles each time... It is going to be hard to upgrade it again.'

He turned his attention to the new options available to him. He was familiar with Entomology; it was one of the bonus he was offered last time but its buff was improved. It now increased all stats by three instead of two. The breeding rate was higher too.

However, Five was more interested in the other two buffs. Both were extremely useful; Flame Birth would allow him to save a lot of DP while Wilderness would greatly boost the power of his monsters. Non-societal monsters represented the majority of a dungeon's monsters.

'Only two new buffs and they seem to be associated with the Core of Flames and the Core of Wilderness. I suppose Phantom Cores are just bad quality cores that do not offer any bonus,' thought Five. He turned toward Dreidus and explained the different buffs to him.

After a few minutes, they came up to a conclusion and another system prompt sounded:

[System prompt: You have chosen Flame Birth. Updating the Core of Madness]

[Information]

[Core of Madness](Grade 3)(Upgradable)
Controls the overall operations of the dungeon. Once taken out of the dungeon or destroyed, the dungeon and dungeon master will be destroyed

Effect 1: DP gained +8%
Effect 2: Dwarfism - Increase the crafting success rate of all monsters shorter than 1.5m and increase all their stats by 1. 
Effect 3: Flame Birth - Automatically builds two Flame Nests. Each Flame Nest can give birth to one societal Fire-type Monster per day.
Effect 4: The Dungeon Master and all the dungeon's Boss Monsters will also learn the skills provided by the Core of Madness.

Skill: [Frenzy], [Hysteria], [Berserk], [Surrender to Madness]

[Frenzy(level 2)]
User temporarily sacrifices part of his Intelligence and Wisdom in exchange for an increase in Strength and Dexterity:

Intelligence and Wisdom -5
Strength and Dexterity +8
Duration: 4 minutes

Can be used thrice per day.

[Hysteria(level 1)]
User sacrifices HP and MP in exchange for an increase in Strength, Dexterity, and Wisdom.
HP & MP - 8/second
Strength and Dexterity +4
Wisdom +4

The skill automatically comes to a stop if the user's HP or MP is insufficient.
Can be used twice per day

[Surrender to Madness]
Exchange one-third of your soul and obtain the power of the Mad King Lavenus for one hour.
Cost: One-third of your soul
Duration: One hour

[Berserk(level 0)]
User becomes unable to distinguish between allies and foes in exchange for an increase in all stats.
All stats +2
Duration: 2 minutes
Can only be used once per day and in the presence of an ally.

Five wore a satisfied smile. All the skills given by the dungeon core improved. As for the new skill, [Berserk], Five did not know how to react to it. Its effects were definitely powerful but so were the drawbacks! Furthermore, it could only be used if an ally was present; it was like the dungeon core was saying that it wanted the user to harm his allies.

Five did not need to explain the detail to Dreidus. Due to one of the effects of the core, he automatically learned about the properties of the new skill.

The dungeon core flashed as two bright orange spheres emerged from the galaxy inside the orb. They landed on the wooden table and roll toward Five.

The latter briefly glanced at the orange spheres and an information window appeared.

[Flame Nest]
Sacrifice one monster to the nest. Every day, the Flame Nest will give birth to a new monster from the species of the sacrifice.

Note: Boss Monsters cannot be sacrificed.

After being betrayed, framed and kicked down to the ground, our protagonist was sentenced to life imprisonment. But a few days later, a global disaster occurred, people from all nations migrated to underground refuges.

As a prisoner, he thought his life was over, abandoned by everyone. However, he wakes up, greeted by Gaia, the person responsible for New Earth.

New Earth was a second chance for him, watch as he builds up his own dungeon and become known by all as the Emperor of Madness

Note that this is a slow novel and dungeon building only takes place after 40 chapters

[Note: I am also posting this novel on RoyalRoadLegends: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/18115/new-earth--the-dungeon-of-madness]

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While Sukehime was stalling for time outside the Nether flame array, Inside it unlike the rest of the team James did not go back to practicing, Instead he was in a deep thought, this thought has been bugging him from the very beginning the team had entered the Terror world but rest of the team seem to have forgotten about this. With a frown on his face he was intently staring at the prompt logs of his status screen.

The prompt at which James was looking at was the one which appeared informing him about the scenario and main taskline. 

This prompt not only informed them about the Scenario and its Main taskline but it also Alerted them about Leon using the scenario search prop ' Nether Flame Fiends Bone fragment '. not only it alreated them about his betrayal but also about the consequence of using the Scenario search prop. 

The team is now facing two penalties for the usage of the Scenario Search prop. 

Penalty 1 : Scenario reward decreased by 10%

Penalty 2 : Explore by oneself

The first penalty is not that serious but still causes a huge loss to the team as the scenario clearing rewards are decreased by 10%. a 10% reduction may sound less but it is enough to decrease the grade of the reward by one level but at least it did not bring any risk or threat for the survival of the team or affect their main task. Even though James was not rich enough to ignore this penalty, he valued his life more. Therefore this penalty did not trouble James very much. 

The Second Penalty was tricky, Explore by oneself ? What do you even make of it? This penalty raised red flags in James's head. It was like the system was telling the team that it had hidden a landmine in the scenario and they had to be 20 times more careful than they are to avoid stepping on it.

Fortunately, this type of penalty was mentioned in one of the books of the school library. According to the predecessor's memories this kind of penalty is not new, previously Terror walker teams have faced this penalty for using different scenario props, but the success rate of clearing a main task with this penalty could not be calculated because of insufficient data. as only two teams ever made it out to report such a penalty. Even though these two teams made it out alive they had faced heavy casualties and deaths. The surviving members had to disband their team and join other teams.

Even though both teams faced the same penalty 'explore by oneself' they faced totally different enemies.  

The first team found out that one the character of the main task in their scenario was not who he claimed to be and he would kill one team member every night. unable to find out the culprit their team slowly fell apart with internal dispute. But fortunately they were able to finish the main task on the 4 day after the 3rd night, but by then they had already lost 3 team members. The remaining 2 team members after the completion of the Main task did not dare to spend an extra second in the Scenario and return to the earth. After submitting their completed task to World Terror they came to know how their comrade's died in the scenario summary prompt shown in their Status screen. 

The second Team faced a different type of an situation, their scenario main task was to join the main lead and stop a group of cult people from summoning the demon but when they were about to stop the cult people their penalty kicked in and their main task suddenly changed from joining the main lead and stopping a group of cult people from summoning the demon to Joining the cult people to successfully summoning the Demon and then slay the demon. Clearly the world terror wanted them to face the Demon as penalty. Inprocess of slaying the demon their team once again joined the Main Lead shamelessly and finally managed to kill the demon. But in this process they lost the strongest member and the medic of their team. Once they got back to earth they had to disband and join other teams because their team could not find a trustworthy Medic and damage dealer.

Either case would be a disaster for the team as they are very weak, anyone one of Sukehime or Hito or Masako could easily massacre the entire team without breaking a sweat. Clearly, the 2 penalty is a serious threat but the team could not do anything about it except be more alert. 

James wanted to tell the team about the 2 penalty at the beginning but then he decided against it because at that time the team was already at the brink of breaking apart under the pressure of the terror world and the fact that one of them betrayed them all. At that time telling them how serious the 2 penalty is, would be like dropping a bomb on an already demolished building.

With passing time even James had put this issue on the back of his head, but James noticed an unusuality a few moments ago which made him think of the 2nd penalty again. 

Fortunately this unusuality was also recorded in the prompt log of the status screen, proving that James' doubts were not unfounded. James scrolled through the prompts in the Status screen, the more he looked at these prompts the more confused he became. 

[ Ding! Host has received a 9 star occupation prop ' Animal Totem ']
[ Ding! Host has received a 9 star occupation prop ' Elemental Totem ']
[ Ding! Host has received a 9 star occupation prop ' Teacher Totem ' ]
[ Ding! Host has received a 9 star occupation prop ' Healer Totem '  ]

These were the prompts James read when he got the 4 totems from Sukehime, then James scrolled down again and saw the prompts he received after taking the Vitality core from Masako.

[ Ding! Host received a 7 star Scenario Item 'Vitality Stone' from Npc Masako. ]
[ Ding! Check status for further information on 'Vitality Stone'. ]

Looking at both the prompts in the log James easily spotted where the unusuality was.

When he received the totems from Sukehime there was no mention of Sukehime in the prompt, this did not look suspicious it looked like a normal prompt but when you compare this to the Masako's prompt, it raises flags.

In the prompt received after taking vitality stone from Masako it clearly mentions that the vitality stone was given by NPC Masako. 

The system seemed to clearly identify Masako and her NPC status but for some reason it does not seem to identify Sukehime. Clearly it is a clue left by the prompt for them to explore the 2nd penalty. 

Though the clue did not clearly mention the penalty, it was clear that it had something to do with Sukehime and her Identity. 

Then James compared his current dilemma with what his predecessor had read in the school's library and came to a conclusion that what he was facing right now was somewhat similar to what team One from the book faced. 

According to Team one Survivors one of the Characters of the main task line was not who claimed to be and killed one team member from their team every night in their sleep, which they knew from the Scenario Summary in the Status screen. So, the Identity of one of the characters was false and he seemed to want to kill one member every night in their sleep. 

The Identity problem with one of the characters in the main task was similar to James's problem with Sukehime and her identity. As for the killing part, James thought Sukehime would not do such things as she can kill the entire team with a wave of her hand, but he still can't be sure because still 20 hours has not passed since the team has entered the Terror world therefore they never slept not giving the chance to Sukehime to kill them in their sleep.

After all the brainstorming even though James could not solve the mystery to why Sukehime's name did not appear in prompt but one thing was clear that Sukehime was not who she claimed to be and the team was in grave danger.

James wanted to alert the rest of the team but then thinking about their acting skills he decided not to do so because Sukehime knows that they are on to her will only hasten their demise. And also because even if the team knew about this they could nothing but panic adding to James' currency problems.

So James decided to improve his strength for now and see what sukehime as planned for them. Thick of increasing strength James thought of learning the four totems given dy Sukehime. 

James chose Elemental totem as he had attained a wind elemental Natural rune 'boundless wide' so it would be easier for him to master this totem first. Thinking that James used his Soul organ to connect with totem and make a copy of it. 

[ Ding! Host used Moneta's Fork on 'Elemental Totem' ]

[ Ding! Moneta's Fork connected with ' Elemental Totem']

[ Alert! A harmful Inscription detected ' Charm slave Inscription ' ]

[ Warning! Requesting host not to use spiritual strength to scan Elemental Totem, Using spiritual strength on Elemental totem will lead to Host being attacked by ' Charm slave Inscription ']

Reading these Prompts on his status James cursed inwardly 'WTF!'

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In short, by sending out all this kind of stuff that is not useful at all, Zhou Xuan can not only save a lot of time, but also be appreciated by the uncles and granddaughters in the village.

Kill two birds with one stone

"I'm definitely a cleaning genius"

Zhou Xuan quickly acted according to the plan, clearing out all the worthless things in the Zongmen.

Then, greet the uncles and uncles in the village to come over and make a point.

"Ding"

"Total score of the current Zongmen environment 3 points"

I have to say that Zhou Xuan's plan has made great progress in stages.

After the worthless stuff was sent out, although the carefrees became much more empty, the spacious environment was undoubtedly more comfortable.

The overall score also jumped from 1 point to 3 points.

"Next, it's all on my own."

Folding up his sleeves, he took brooms, wooden buckets, rags, etc. Zhou Xuan didn't waste a little time, and devoted himself directly to the cleaning.

Night is already deep.

There are countless clear glows on the moon.

At this moment, five hours have passed since Zhou Xuan began cleaning.

Although tired enough, his whole body is sore and numb, but Zhou Xuan's "war result" is undoubtedly extremely brilliant.

The floors and walls of several halls were polished by him.

Numerous furnishings have also become orderly.

The worry-free faction is completely ruined and renewed.

"Ding"

"The total score of the current Zongmen environment is 5 points."

"Congratulations to the host, complete the difficult task, and get a counterattack of the lower grade."

"Within 10 minutes after the use of the Xiapin Anti-Wound Charm, monks below the fifth level of true vigor, all forms of killing punches, kicks, knives, sword stabs, poisoning, etc. on the host will remain intact Ground to hurt him. "

After a series of system prompts sounded in his mind, Zhou Xuan felt that a red spell appeared in his space ring.

This spell is very simple, small and similar in style to the previous one.

It's just that the light spot it shines on is the word "anti-injury".

"That is to say, as long as I use the anti-trauma, others will hit me, and it will become his own hit."

Zhou Xuan's eyes brightened and she was pleasantly surprised. "The effect of this stuff is absolutely amazing."

Obviously, Zhou Xuan was very satisfied with the rewards for the ordinary and difficult tasks.

The successful completion of two consecutive times also boosted Zhou Xuan's confidence and thought that hell-level difficult tasks could be challenged.

So, after shaking his spirits, he began to urge in his heart.

"System, show me, hell-level missions"

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Xuan's eyes appeared with a golden text.

Currently groundable missions

It 's ridiculous that there is n't even a decent disciple, so please ask the host to recruit a suitable disciple as soon as possible

It is required that the qualifications of the disciples recruited shall not be lower than the top grade.

Time limit of three days

Mission Reward Extreme Temple of Heaven Junior School Construction

"This hell-level difficulty is too exaggerated."

After reading the mission description, Zhou Xuan's smile instantly freezes, and her face is irreplaceable.

The reason is very simple. After Zhou Kong, the patriarch of the creative school, was deceived by heavy begging sons, the worry-free school was reduced to the laughingstock of major gates within dozens of miles.

I don't know how many people sneered at the carefrees.

I'm just afraid that no one wants to join.

It is conceivable how difficult the carefrees are now

During this time, despite Zhou Xuan's best efforts, he even cheated, and even promised to send a rock candy gourd every day, he still could not recruit one of the most ordinary disciples.

As for recruiting a disciple who is not inferior to top grade

Ha ha.

This is basically the same as saying that dreams are not much different

Qualification and quality, what is the concept

To put it simply,

Possessing top-quality qualifications is definitely a genius who is one of the best

The worry-free ancestral ancestor and prestigious Zhou Kong, who are so famous for more than ten years, are just Chinese-style qualifications.

And well known.

As long as a qualified genius grows up smoothly, he will definitely be able to dominate a town in the future and become the object of admiration by countless people.

Therefore, once the qualified genius appears, it will cause a lot of madmen to compete.

Under such circumstances, I would like to ask, where can Zhou Xuan have the opportunity to recruit a talented disciple who is not inferior to top grade?

"This, system, are you making a typo? It should be that the qualification is not lower than the lower grade," Zhou Xuan asked with a bit of hope.

In front of Zhou Xuan, a paragraph of text appeared again

Task description is not wrong

Please bear in mind that not everyone can join our carefree

In addition, given that our worry-free faction is the most compelling sect of the Yanhuang continent, the current worship fee for this sect is Xiapin Lingshi, which changes at any time according to the status of the sect.

According to this rule, the system has set up a wooden sign in front of the mountain gate for notification, and the host must not change or void it without authorization.

"Bai Zong Fei, 1 Xing Pin Ling Stone"

Taking a sigh of relief, Zhou Xuan was already shocked and his entire face was stiff. "This, this is a bit exaggerated."

No wonder Zhou Xuan would have this reaction.

You know, a good spirit stone can be worth two hundred gold.

In the area around Qingyang Town, the most powerful 3-star Zongmen Boxing faction, Baizong fee is only a small amount of gold.

The one-star worry-free worship fee is 100 times higher than the three-star worship

If such an outrageous thing is known to outsiders, I am afraid that on the spot, I will doubt whether the head of Zhou Xuan is crazy.

"In three days, I want to find a person with a qualification above the top grade, but also willing to pay a lower grade spirit stone as a disciple of worship."

Shrugging his shoulders, Zhou Xuan's face was filled with helplessness, "Even if I have the ability to perceive qualifications, I'm afraid there is no hope."

Thinking of this, Zhou Xuanwei only secretly began to pray. He has helped the grandmother to cross the road and accumulated the character that can erupt once.

Otherwise, his first hell-level mission can only end in failure.

"Anyway, sleep peacefully before talking"

The next day.

The gentle sun shines on the earth.

Tete, Tete, Tete.

An elegant carriage is now on the road to Qingyang Town.

"Hundred flowers are blooming, birds singing and dancing, the scenery here is really good"

On the carriage, a teenager who was a little closer to his sister-in-law in temperament was looking through the curtains and was too lazy to admire the beauty of the outside world.

"Master, it's Yingge Yanwu, not a bird song." An old white-browed man in the carriage couldn't help but correct it.

The strongest invincible Zongmen system. There is a mysterious and strange Zongmen. This sect is very small, but its rules are amazing. Even heavenly pride of God's quality comes to worship, and he is rejected. Someday. The overwhelming suzerain suddenly announced to the public that "there is a lack of miscellaneous people, who would like to come to me, me, and me" For this miscellaneous

Draco's lips twitched vigorously. He felt like his horizons had been broadened. 
As a Legendary Tradeskill, how could he have been so naive as to expect any other outcome? Even Magical Engineering swallowed Aether Crystals like they were water, much less Scrivening. 
Draco suddenly understood why the lore for Boundless had been structured in the way it was. If players were to play in a world like the old era, there would be little room for growth, because the NPCs would own everything. 
Epic and Legendary Tradeskills required truckloads of Aether Crystals to function, so by establishing the lore as every single Dragon getting slaughtered, it put the world into an Aether Crystal deficiency. 
With this, it didn't even matter if a player was so outstanding that they received an Epic or Legendary Tradeskill as a fair reward, because it would severely limit how much they could benefit from it and thus a proper balance could be kept in this section of the game. 
But how could the AI have predicted that a beast like Draco would exist? Even if it somehow could have accounted for bloodlines before this, what were the chances of a Serpent God Inheritance member possessing the affinity of a genuine dragon? And a Black Dragon, at that?! 
Even that would have been fine because without bloodline compatibility, they couldn't learn Draconic skills or spells before Update 5. However, Draco had gone to spray his DNA over the AI wickedly. 
Not only that, but he had also abused his future knowledge with Eva's help to discover the only remaining White Dragon on the material world, who had an entire global story event revolve around her once players reached the higher Ranks and began to encounter True Gods. 
All of that went down the drain once Hikari was 'captured' by this vile beast, who proceeded to lay his monstrous claws on her fair skin. 
If it was just that, the AI could have swallowed the bitter pill and re-organized the events of the quest. However, the fellow had then built his bloody settlement over the Aether Mine and used it to form his current City-State. 
His claiming of Hikari led her to grant him the Aether Production passive skill, paving the way for Draco's ensuing evil. 
Afterwards through the fellow foolishly underestimating the immensity of the heavens and earth by playing with the Aether Conversion Orb in the Anomaly Realm beneath the Aether Hall, his Aether Production had been upgraded to the Aether Conversion, which was even stronger than what Hikari possessed. 
He had become a factory for Aether Crystals, and just selling a batch he had spawned over the course of slightly more than a week had made instantly turned him into the world's richest man. 
However, there always had to be balance in life. He had gained the Magical Engineering and Scrivener Tradeskills which were huge Aether Crystal sinks... 
This had been designed to act as a limiter on the Tradeskill's productivity in order to prevent the crafters under this category from becoming far too potent, especially on the NPC's side. 
At the end of the day, Boundless was a game for players, so they would be given better treatment and a higher priority. 
Draco sighed and let it go. He had come here to test the validity of the Tradeskill in order to craft some items and get a hand for its procedures. Once he raised its level with his accumulated Tradeskill experience, everything would become better. 
As such, he paid with 1 medium-grade Aether Crystal to have both Sword Skill 1: Inclined Slash and Sword Skill 2: Parry converted. 
A progress bar appeared beneath both Tradeskills, signaling that it would take 3 hours for the conversion of each of them. 
Draco frowned at the long duration, but attributed it to his low Tradeskill Rank. If he went higher, it was likely that he would be able to shorten this process to mere seconds. 
At least for the basic Tradeskills, higher level meant less time and resources, so it should be no different here. 
In the meantime, he rested his tired mind by mediating in the silent library. He felt his lapsing concentration solidify and his headache begin to diminish slowly. 
The other Tradeskill masters occasionally glanced at their lord who had been silent ever since he entered, with his eyes dazing into the air. They wondered what was going on with the fellow. 
Not only that, but he suddenly began rubbing his temples and whispering expletives under his breath. Such a thing would be inaudible usually, but in this silent atmosphere, he might as well have been yelling. 
Many of them felt their faces redden, because some of the combos Draco used were truly too amazing. They, who were 'intellectuals' who would never reduce themselves to uttering such profanities were naturally exposed to the dark side of the world. 
Many of them were awed. One could actually put such vulgar words together to achieve such a critical hit? Wow! I must try this on that enemy of mine… 
Caff! 
Of course, this was just a passing thought, it wasn't like we would do such things in reality, hahaha! 
After the two techniques were converted, Draco's mind had recovered by 90%. This had taken 6 hours, meaning that the day was almost over. 
However, he wasn't bothered. By spending such a great amount of effort recording his first 100 techniques, he could slowly convert them over time. 
That was another thing, the conversion timer. As Scrivening didn't require one to be at a set location, he could easily pay for the conversion anywhere and have it work in the background. 
So, he could fight, explore or craft while the conversion was going on, maximizing his efficiency. He had chosen to meditate because his splitting headache prevented him from doing anything else. 
However, it had largely recovered now, so he had no problem. As such, he decided to continue the process of Scrivening and learn what its end result was like. 
First, he checked the converted techniques, and saw that they were presented like a skill book in his mind, with their details highlighted. 
 
｢Sword Skill 1: Inclined Slash – Active Skill 
Rank: Common 
Effect: Swing one's sword in a 45° angle to inflict severe lacerations. Deals 20% sword damage on contact. 
Cooldown: 5 seconds.｣ 
 
｢Sword Skill 2: Parry – Active Skill 
Rank: Common 
Effect: Enter a defensive stance that parries a single attack from an enemy wielding a similar weapon. 
Note: This only negates damage, but not the physical force of the attack. 
Cooldown: 10 seconds.｣ 
 
Draco was extremely impressed with his sword skills. They were the first ones he had created, a basic offensive slash and a defensive posture to resist one attack, but they had been further amplified by the conversion. 
20% sword damage on the first one was almost on the level of an Uncommon skill. Not only that, but the cooldown was great, only 5 seconds! 
An average swordsman with this skill would really be crucial in a raid. He could deal 20% of his sword damage every 5 seconds. This was almost as good as the Common Rank Fireball spell which dealt 15% fire damage every 7 seconds. 
If it wasn't for the Sword Skill requiring one to be within arm's length from the enemy, it would be even better than a similarly ranked magic spell! 
As for the second one, it was even better than the previous one because it negated physical damage from one attack every 10 seconds. 
Of course, the attack had to originate from a sword, and even then, it only negated the damage, but did not removed the physical force of the attack. 
Still though, it was an extremely good skill for PvP fights between swordsmen. The one who had this skill would easily wipe the floor with another. 
Draco nodded with satisfaction. Both skills could be used by many players and NPCs of the world, meaning that it would have a great selling value. 
Paying 50 Low-Grade Aether Crystals was equivalent to 50,000 platinum, but if this skill was mass produced and sold, one should easily be able to recoup costs... eventually. 
After all, the AI would have to be very foolish to create a Tradeskill where unless one had many cheats like Draco, it was impossible to profit off it. 
If that was the case, why not just slap "for Draco's use only" on the Tradeskills and let matters rest? 
Draco went to the third screen, which was to pen the skillbook itself. Here, the options were to prepare the ink, prepare the paper and then Scriven. 
Draco selected to prepare the ink, and found that a new pop-up appeared, asking him the Rank of the skill he was choosing to pen. 
He chose the Common Rank, and then a list of materials was shown to him. Aside from that was a detailed process of how to prepare the ink itself. 
When Draco saw the materials, he slapped his forehead. Most of them were Common Rank materials that could easily be acquired. In fact, many of them were already present in the Rank 7 Castle. 
He understood everything now. To make a skillbook at a certain Rank obviously required materials of a similar Rank. How could he use Legendary materials to make a Common product? 
Of course, this logic only applied to writing Tradeskills. Engineering was a Tradeskill were one could make even a Common Rank war weapon with Epic materials, much less Magical Engineering. 
However, it was the end result that mattered. A creation from something like Magical Engineering could warp reality itself, and also could be used by multiple parties. 
Skillbooks could only be consumed once and then they were gone for good. Basically, it was like comparing a printing press and a car manufacturer. Which one cost more to make, a newspaper or a car? At the same time, which one sold for more, a newspaper or a car? 
Draco nodded and called over Darnia again. The pretty, yet young Head Maid entered the room of solemnity, attracting the various gazes of the fellows working here. 
After a long day of work, getting to gaze upon a beautiful woman was truly a pleasing sight, so they took this chance to take a break. 
Naturally, the old woman who managed the library harrumphed unhappily and looked away. When she had been at that age, she was 'naturally' an empire toppling beauty herself, but time was merciless. 
After receiving Draco's orders, Darnia went to collect the necessary items posthaste. In almost no time, she went down to the storerooms and collected some lamp black, honey, some gum arabic as well as supporting materials. 
Draco thanked Darnia and selected to begin crafting the ink. The process was not too complex at all. Since he was making simple black permanent ink, it was simple for the early stage. 
First, he mixed together the egg yolk, gum arabic, and honey. The end result was a strange smelling and yellowish-brown liquid that was extremely viscous. 
Honestly, it looked like someone's diseased phlegm, but Draco didn't want to think about it too much. He made sure to slowly stir in the lamp black, adding it to the yellowish-brown mix. 
Suddenly, the color became pitch-black and the funny smell changed. Now, it stank like good old ink, a very familiar smell that anyone who had gone to school would know with ease. 
The final product was a thick paste that could be stored in a sealed container. However, it wasn't usable yet, because there were some extra steps that needed to be taken. 
Draco took the shavings of a low-grade Aether Crystal and mixed it with the paste, which made its black color glow with a certain magical shine. 
Now, he had the necessary ink to write skills and spells! 
He quickly stored it in a metallic container. Since he planned to make a single book, he had only made two servings of the ink, meaning he would have to make more later. 
Draco inspected his creation. 
 
｢Special Ink – Material 
Rank: Common 
Use: Scrivening｣ 
 
He nodded his head with satisfaction. He would work on the paper next, as he would need to bind it into a book form in order to function properly. 
As for the paper, the process was even simpler than the ink. All he needed was some common rolls of papyrus that hadn't been treated yet. 
He then unrolled and cut rectangular segments to form sheets. Draco used his subjective magic to form a miniscule wind blade that vibrated at a high frequency, so it acted like a razor. 
It was attached to the tip of his index finger and was about the length of his fingernail. With his mechanical accuracy from Control's Body of Godliness, as well as his Void of Perfection's ability to perfectly measure everything within its domain, his incisions were no different from modern day machines. 
He cut out 20 pages of paper, since that was the limit for Common Rank skillbooks. It didn't matter whether it was word or picture heavy, 20 pages was the maximum one could have. 
Draco then used some more Aether Crystal shavings to treat the pages, though he melted these shavings into a syrupy form before applying them. 
After that, the paper glowed with a healthy color, like it had been infused with the breath of life. He then bound them together using some string made from a Rank 3 monster called the Ferrous Spinner, which was a spider that made metallic webs with high tensile strength. 
Next, he used some sturdy, yet soft cardboard to form the cover, sticking the pages to its spine with a supporting material called Gerald's Glue, which seemed to be a material created by a fellow called… Gerald. 
Anyway, it was quite useful as it had the best adhesion available in this world for a simple product, and Draco was able to tie off the process with its help. 
He then painted the cover and spine with a light brown color, adding in some aesthetic designs he liked. Naturally, he repeated this process for the second book, right down to the very same colors and ridges. 
After both were done, he then moved onto the Scrivening process. Funny enough, this one wasn't as hard as he thought. 
He just had to follow some "on-screen" prompts. Basically, just like with the Personal Workstation, he entered an Augmented Reality situation where he was given a 3D guide to follow in writing the book. 
With his very same mechanical accuracy, this was a cinch. Within no time, he had filled the book with all the necessary details of the skill, it even needed some diagrams to be drawn in it, amusing Draco to no end. 
After this, the ambient Worldly Energy was dragged into the book in torrents, creating a small tornado in the room. All the other Tradeskill masters were stunned out of their minds when they encountered this. 
Just now everything had been peaceful, how did things become so chaotic in just a few seconds?! 
Many could only scream or cry when their hard work over the day was pulled into the whirlwind and destroyed. The fortunate ones had just started today while others had been working on this for a month. 
When the torrent subsided, Draco gazed at the book with a smile. It looked no different from a typical skillbook, and his inspection proved that. 
 
｢Sword Skill 1: Inclined Slash – Active Skill 
Rank: Common 
Effect: Swing one's sword in a 45° angle to inflict severe lacerations. Deals 22% sword damage on contact. 
Cooldown: 4 seconds.｣ 
 
Draco looked at the other Tradeskill masters and shook his hands. "Report your losses to Darnia and I shall reimburse you all. I also apologize for any damages or losses incurred." 
His words mollified them greatly. Most would ignore them and leave them to sort themselves out heartlessly, but at least he had apologized and promised to reimburse them. 
While it couldn't recover the precious time and effort that had gone to waste, it was better than being ignored completely. 
"I'd advise you leave the area, as I have one more product to make." Draco warned with a light smile. 
Hearing this, his audience fled the library as if there was a fire on their bottoms. Once bitten, twice shy! After being victims of their Lord's "work", they were now fearful of his presence. 
Draco only smiled before Scrivening the details for the second sword skill in his repertoire. After he was done, another mini-tornado spawned in the library, which made the old woman pound her chest in pain. 
Many of the books here had been ravaged by this beast who called himself 'Lord', yet he didn't even have the guts to look her in the eye so that she could glare at him with hate! 
Of course, Draco wouldn't dare to look at her. After almost destroying the library, how could he have the face to gaze at the librarian? Even Qiong Qi would quietly leave with his tail tucked in. 
 
｢Sword Skill 2: Parry – Active Skill 
Rank: Common 
Effect: Enter a defensive stance that parries a single attack from an enemy wielding a similar weapon. 
Note: This only negates damage, but not the physical force of the attack. 
Cooldown: 8 seconds.｣ 
 
Thanks to the Legendary tools he used in penning the skillbooks, both of them were slightly stronger than they were assessed to be, and he hadn't even activated the enhancement feature yet! 
Draco sighed and took both books into his inventory before blinking away to his personal room. He dared not walk around too much in case the old woman attacked him with her slipper. 
It was a good thing too, as a hate filled scream echoed out in the library as soon as he left. 
Draco returned to his room to see that both Eva and Hikari were waiting for him. After going through their usual routine, they returned to share updates on the progress of the city as well as Roma and Zaine's pregnancies. 
After that, Hikari stated that she was ready for yet another egg, but Draco gave some excuses about having a headache and pretended to quickly fall asleep. 


Draco had risen to the top of the world through his exploits in the legendary FIVR game, Boundless. 

After years of intense conflicts between his guild, Hellscape and the guild of his former infidel lover, Darkrow, things came to a head when Draco conquered all. 

Now, nothing stood in his way of total conquest within the highly acclaimed second world of mankind, as he intended to fortify his new empire.
 
Unfortunately, a timely assassination sent him back into the wheel of time for reincarnation, but not even the Gods gave him peace of death. 

Thrust into the past, Draco realized he'd been given a second chance at life to start from scratch, with all the knowledge of over fifteen years of almost absolute power in Boundless.

Now, his path to glory will be far shorter and filled with more bloodshed than Hades could handle.
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grade 3 writing prompts

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I Reincarnated As A Stick

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To My Sunflower

New Earth- The Dungeon of Madness

World Terror

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