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

[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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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!'

World Terror is about a male lead who reincarnates in a parallel world which is facing Apocalypse under the threat of World Terror, the ruler of Terror multiverse. Terror Multiverse is a dark sandy cloud above the Original Multiverse, Terror Multiverse is formed of every Dreams, Imaginations, fears, fantasy's, wishes and regrets ever thought or created in the original multiverse. Terror Walkers, the heros and the last hope of this parallel world's Humankind walk the various Terror World's while gaining strength and continuously evolving themselves in order to save the Human Kind from World Terror and other foreign Invaders. The Male lead having reincarnated into a fantasy world decides to climb the top of the new world's food chain with the help of his powerful and unique soul to ensure his and his loved ones safety.
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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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Feng Yu Chen leads Komuro Takashi and they move on. After killing a Zombie, the system prompts:

    [Basic Quest is done. There are already strikes to kill Zombie in number 100. Can you return to Real World and stay in the "Highschool of the Dead" space?]

    [Basic Quest is completed, Unlimited Grade System is opened, and the Black Iron lower-grade segment is currently promoted. Unlimited Grade is divided into seven segments of Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Dark Gold, Diamond, and Rainbow (God). It is divided into upper, middle and lower products]

    [ advance to the Black Iron lower-grade segment, Attribute is currently:

    Strength : 10 {single-handed Strength 100 kg, double-handed Strength 100 kg}

    Physical Strength : 10 {100,000 meters of physical fitness without deceleration}

    Energy : 100 {status: not open}

    Speed: 10 m / sec. ]

    [ No.007 original Strength Attribute exceeds Black Iron lower-grade segment, recalculate 007 Attribute, calculate style as original Attribute plus 1/2Black Iron lower-grade segment Attribute, current Attribute is:

    Strength : 17 {Original Strength 12}

    Physical Strength : 10 {Original Physical Strength 7, does not exceed Black Iron lower-grade Attribute, does not increase}

    Energy : 100 {status, not open}

    Speed: 10 m / s {original Speed ​​9 m / s, does not exceed Black Iron lower-grade Attribute, no increase}.]

    Feng Yu Chen chose to continue to stay in the "Highschool of the Dead", a joke, but he wants to win the Championship and bring Busujima Saeko out. After all, she has chosen to be his girlfriend.

    But what surprised Feng Yu Chen was that he could advance after completing the Basic Quest. Presumably those guys who were weak before Strong, after completing the Basic Quest, can be physically stronger.

    However, Unlimited System is also fair. If your Strength is exceeded, the exception will be calculated, and Attribute will be added.

    From this time on, I must have graded it. If the average person has promoted Strength, there are 10, but there is an unusual existence. Look at Feng Yu Chen, and Strength reaches 17 and 7 more. This is definitely not the same.

    However, Attribute is Attribute, not all. Feng Yu Chen is also a technology of Sanda. This is not the same, so Attribute data is just an explanation.

    On the one side, Busujima Saeko looks at Feng Yu Chen, and he couldn't help but walk to him. He asked with concern: "What is it, Yu Chen?"

    Feng Yu Chen shook his head and said, "Nothing, let's go."

.......

    When Feng Yu Chen came to the Yubei Bridge, the entire bridge was blocked by the police, and everyone was forbidden to leave. Once someone dared to be hard, they taught them hard.

    "What to do now?"Asked Komuro Takashi.

    "What can I do? Wait, now even if the police will release, you should carefully check whether there is a Zombie in the crowd. After all, Zombie is mixed into the safe place, which will bring huge hidden dangers and make the disease outbreak in another place, so it is very advanced. Slow, people all over the city are crowded here, who knows when we have to wait"Feng Yu Chen said helplessly.

    Takagi Saya pushed off his glasses and said, "Well, that's the situation, it's the right thing to leave, to be in a relatively safe area, or in an area with a lot of troops, and people who don't leave know that the city is the most dangerous area, so everyone wants to get out of here, But the police must strictly verify all personnel to ensure that pathogens do not flow into safe areas. "

    "Look, there!!"Komuro Takashi pointed to several forced breakouts on the bridge and was rushed into the river with a water gun.

    "It is normal. This is called killing chickens and monkeys. It means the absolute power of the police. Otherwise, there will be the first one. There will be the second and third. So it is necessary to obey all the commanders. This is order!"Feng Yu Chen said.

    "There seems to be someone calling for help"Marikawa Shizuka pointed to the road of behind, a dark-haired girl was chased by a group of Zombie, and she was about to be caught up.

    "Ring"

    At this time, Feng Yu Chen's mobile phone vibrated. He took out the iPhone 5 and looked at it. He was prompted to see that there is a 005 Infinator nearby, which looks like Zi Yueling.

    Feng Yu Chen looked at the brunette girl, isn't the 95 semi-automatic rifle in her hand? No wonder that just killing three Zombies just after playing, I am afraid it is the role of this gun.

    "Save her"Komuro Takashi is ridiculous, and when he comes up with a baseball bat, Miyamoto Rei follows.

    What can Feng Yu Chen say at this time? Can only fight with them, Busujima Saeko Subsequently, after establishing a relationship with Feng Yu Chen, she has always been Feng Yu Chen.

    Komuro Takashi, a jump, knocked down a Zombie with a baseball bat, his signature moves, and some over-the-top movements.

    Miyamoto Rei double-handed pierced the head of a Zombie with irons and smashed.

    The attacks by Feng Yu Chen and Busujima Saeko were simpler and more handsome. After a few snipers, Zombie fell to the ground.

    "thank you all"Zi Yueling is grateful to Feng Yu Chen for saying.

    "Well, no, it is inevitable that I will help each other at this time. My name is Feng Yu Chen. I am Chinese. This is Komuro Takashi, Miyamoto Rei, Busujima Saeko. The people behind are Marikawa Shizuka, Hirano Kohta, Takagi Saya. They are all from Japan, we are all school people"Feng Yu Chen said that Komuro Takashi was introduced to her at the same time.

    "Well, it's called Zi Yueling, it's a Chinese"Zi Yueling said, she deliberately looked at Feng Yu Chen, she seems to have seen the name, where? By the way, on the Ranking Scoreboard, the first place is him, and I am like Infinator. I didn't expect to meet the infinite first person here.

    "What's the matter, do you have any opinions?"Busujima Saeko stood in the middle of Feng Yu Chen and Zi Yueling. She is Feng Yu Chen's girlfriend. The woman who just wanted to play her boyfriend's idea, of course she minds.

    Zi Yueling quickly said: "Nothing, just seeing my compatriots, some feelings, I work at a company in Japan here, suddenly my colleague Gao became Zombie, I ran out and accidentally found an automatic rifle. This has only survived. Now that the guns have no ammunition, they can only be chased and run. Thanks to your help"

    Busujima Saeko looked at the automatic rifle in the hands of Zi Yueling, Chinese goods, hey, obviously not a simple guy, can get Chinese guns in Japan, certainly not as simple as she said, but it doesn't matter, because now The world can solve all problems without a rifle.

    "Would you like us?"Komuro Takashi directly invited.

    Zi Yueling nodded and said, "Can you? I can't do anything now"

    "I don't want to learn. If you want us to protect you, then it's a pity that we don't have that energy. You have to learn the minimum self-protection. Although you are my compatriot, you have to follow the rules of the game"Feng Yu Chen said faintly.

    "Well, just follow them, don't take special care of me. After all, you can't protect the extra people in this situation"Zi Yueling nodded, she understands that she can follow Feng Yu Chen. They are already lucky. In this chaotic zombie world of collapse into disorder, no one will be willing to save her and drag on her life.

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After picking up a phone on the streets, Feng Yuchen was sent to the world of High School of the Death.He,along with 100 people, have to travel through various worlds, fight and solve quests in order to survive. Whoever dies in that world, would be teleported back to the real world without memories of what happened before and die in an accident one year later.


This is not my own novel, I just translate this novel!!!!!!!

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.

Not only did Leylin have a lot of information on methods to increase elemental  affinity, he’d also attempted some of these methods himself. 

There were ancient records detailing this field in the central continent, and  the A.I. Chip had recorded the information down and used it well. 

However, even the central continent that was touted as the cradle of the  revival of the glory of Magi had very little information on soul aptitude. 

It had been extremely unlikely for Leylin to find a physique from an ancient  dead clan, and it might have been useful to him. However, Joanna had ended up  self-destructing, something Leylin found a huge pity. 

With what he understood, Leylin found that the power of laws could alter his  soul aptitude. How could he not go crazy in excitement? 

‘The power of laws is boundless and inexhaustible, and can even modify a  Magus’ soul aptitude!’ Leylin’s eyes brightened. While he was a bloodline  Warlock, he still paid much attention to his soul aptitude. 

‘But…’ At the thought of what he had comprehended, a look of hesitation rose  on his expression. 

The Blazing Flame Monarch did not have complete authority over the law of  fire, else she would long since have advanced to rank 7. 

Her comprehension of laws was incomplete, and what Leylin had found from her  memories was pieces of a fragmented version. He’d comprehended less than a  tenth of the power of the laws of fire, and it was impossible for him to fully  understand them and become a rank 7 Magus with this. 

With the A.I. Chip’s lack of research and information on laws, it was  impractical to rely on it to simulate the complete version of the law of fire. 

“Hah… There’s no way around it…” Leylin sighed, “Profiting through that risk  was already extremely lucky. Do I have to sneak attack another Magus that has  comprehended laws and steal their comprehension?” He was unwilling to go up  against someone who had completely grasped the power of a law and obtained  control of it. 

The World of Gods had a special title for existences at rank 7 and above; they  were called True Gods. This was because once one completely understood the  power of laws, even a regular human would step into the domain of divinity! The  gap between the two was even wider than the gaps between ranks 1 and 6. 

Hence, while Leylin and Melinda dared to grievously harm a Breaking Dawn  Monarch, they definitely wouldn’t set their sights on a rank 7. 

He wanted to live for a long time, hopefully peeking at and transcending to a  state of immortality. Why would he intentionally seek death? 

“Those things don’t matter yet. For now, I need to break the bloodline  shackles as quickly as possible and break through to Breaking Dawn. After all,  only peaking the power of my soul force will give me the foundations to begin  to comprehend the power of laws…” 

At the thought of what had happened during the comprehension process, Leylin’s  expression turned grim. With his current soul force, analysing and  comprehending the power of laws was much too difficult. Even though he had  compiled all of the information, he had only felt a bit of the aura of the law  of fire, and had not even understood 0.00001% of it. 

Only Breaking Dawns could comprehend laws. Even being able to achieve what he  had was because Leylin was talented and had the great help of the A.I. Chip. 

“Whatever it is, I need to obtain the power of laws as soon as possible.  Breaking the bloodline shackles will depend on it…” Recalling the meeting with  the Wisdom Tree as well as its ‘gift’, Leylin’s eyes blazed as he immersed  himself in understanding the law of fire. 

…… 

Crimson light fluctuated around Leylin under a tree in the darkness. 

His eyes were closed tightly, as if he was in contact with a world full of  mysteries. Large amounts of this light surged around his body, the endless  information forming a strange code as they hovered before his eyes. 

He tried to stretch out and grab those flaming words, but the action was in  vain. He could sense some flaming words continuously dig into his body like  earthworms, causing him to tremble slightly. The comprehension of laws had  begun. 

*Bzzt bzzt!* Just as Leylin’s comprehension of the law of fire was about to  begin, a massive amount of crimson light interrupted him. 

“No! What’s going on?” Leylin almost roared. The state he’d been in was  clearly one that was hard to come by, and it had been interrupted just like  that. It filled him with a near-insane bloodlust. 

“Wah! Wah!” Both his bloodline and the innate controlling ability of the  Kemoyin Emperor laid a scene out before his eyes. 

In an extravagant bedroom the dark subterranean world, a bed sheet had blood  stains on it. A woman who was sweating profusely trembled as she held onto a  wrinkled baby. 

“Goo Gaa!” The baby with jet-black eyes still had amniotic fluid on its body.  The umbilical cord had just been cut, and as if noticing Leylin peeping, the  crying baby beamed up at him, causing the woman to be shocked. 

“My blood! My blood has been born in Twilight Zone!” Leylin opened his eyes  wide. All Magi had a strange sensitivity to their own blood, and given that the  Kemoyin Emperor was the ruler of a race, Leylin’s sensitivity was even greater. 

“Has the child I left to Celine been born?” His gaze penetrated through the  ground and arrived at Twilight Zone. He hadn’t let the A.I. Chip control his  interactions with Celine, intentionally leaving behind his bloodline with her.  It was about time for the child to have been born. 

Because these children were Warlocks, they would be different from regular  humans. They would have some inborn talent, and could cause elemental storms or  leak radiation at birth. Celine was a Magus herself and had defences against  these situations. Most regular women would be done for. 

The younger generation would mature quickly with Leylin’s rank 5 Kemoyin  Emperor bloodline, and they would definitely be terrifying beyond belief. 

With Celine’s influence, what kind of changes would be brought to Twilight  Zone? Leylin’s eyes showed he was deep in thought. 

And yet he was the same detached Magus after all, and he waited for a long  time after observing the law of fire. With a slight sigh, Leylin placed his  attention on himself, and the A.I. Chip’s prompts popped up.  [Beep! Host beginning to grasp unknown force, determined to be power of the  law of fire. Fire elemental affinity increased by 50%.] [Host’s soul aptitude  has been strengthened. Recalculating… Determined to be upgraded to grade 4.] ‘My elemental affinity and soul aptitude have been upgraded after crossing the  threshold of comprehending laws?’ Leylin was surprised by this. From his days  as an acolyte to the current day, he’d only been able to raise his soul  aptitude to the peak of his initial grade of 3. This one step he took into  comprehending laws had pushed it up a grade, something with a terrifying  meaning. 

However, that would be it for Leylin’s current soul in terms of comprehension  of the power of laws. He was only a Radiant Moon Magus after all, and his  truesoul was still at Half Moon and hadn’t even reached peak Full Moon. It  couldn’t support the study of laws. 

In other words, Leylin himself wasn’t good enough to accommodate a greater  understanding. He had to upgrade himself to break through, and that had to be  accomplished by reaching rank 6, Breaking Dawn. 

This discovery rendered Leylin speechless. Though he had stolen about 10% of  the Blazing Flame Monarch’s comprehension of the laws of fire, he had only  understood about 1%. The rest would have to be shelved due to him not meeting  the prerequisites. 

“My injuries have completely recovered, and I’ve gone through pretty much all  of my profits. It’s time to return…” Leylin suddenly sighed, figure turning  into black flames and disappearing from the area. 

…… 

In an astral river, countless light-years away from the Magus World. 

A starlike coiled up snake in the Purgatory World revealed the figure of the  Snake Dowager. Every strand of her hair was a different serpent, emitting  different kinds of energy. Her face was extremely exquisite, and her eyes held  within them the life and death of worlds themselves. 

Every inch of her body seemed to embody the law of darkness, and it was full  of perfection and harmony. 

Currently, there was a rare grimness in the Dowager’s eyes. “The Emperor of  the Kemoyin has already begun to make contact with the power of laws? Its  bloodline has begun to spread as well…” 

The Snake Dowager could see the events in the faraway Magus World from across  the astral river, causing her to sink deep into thought. Though the Kemoyins  were only a small branch of her bloodline, they still represented a portion of  her abilities and authority! 

The imperial bloodline had left her on guard. This uncontrollable variable  could one day become a power that would tear apart her divinity. 

“Through the shore of clouds and stars, my bloodline shall all return to my  embrace…” The Dowager’s voice was faint and tender, giving one the urge to lose  themselves within it. 

With what sounded like a prophecy, a tremendous illusory world slowly emanated  from behind the Snake Dowager, and as if she was stepping through time and  space, she entered the Magus World. 



Leylin is transported from an advanced technological era into a medieval world— except there’s magic. Equipped with only his quick wits and an A.I. chip fused to his soul, he sets out to become the most powerful magus the world has ever known. In a land divided into the Light and Dark Magi, the weak can either be cattle or disposable slaves. Only the strong can determine their lives, and only they have the luxury for virtue. Yet strength is only a tool for Leylin, like any other. His goal, in the end, is his own.

Translator’s desc:
What happens when a scientist from a futuristic world reincarnates in a World of Magic and Knights?

An awesome MC — that’s what happens!

A scientist’s goal is to explore the secrets of the universe, and this is exactly what Leylin sets out to do when he is reincarnated. Dark, cold and calculating, he makes use of all his resources as he sets off on his adventures to meet his goal.

Face? Who needs that… Hmmm… that guy seems too powerful for me to take on now… I better keep a low profile for now.

You want me to help you? Sure… but what benefit can I get out of it? Nothing? Bye. 

Hmmm… that guy looks like he might cause me problems in the future. Should I let him off for now and let him grow into someone that can threaten me….. Nahhh. *kill*

At the sudden barrage of questions, Lily calmly says, "Calm down, calm down… I'll answer all your questions as of right now. Earlier, you had cleared the Startup Quest, which prompts more information to be released to you. First of all, in this world, other than different professions, there are also cultivators. Cultivation is essential in this world, even if you were to become something like an artist. There are just some things that you can't accomplish if you are lacking in True Energy! Think of it kind of like electricity! It powers things."
"The Mind Tempering Sub-realm is as its name states. It's a sub-realm within the Body Tempering Realm. The Body Tempering Realm is one of the 3 major realms. Within it are 5 different sub-realms, the Skin Tempering Sub-realm, the Bone Tempering Sub-realm, the Eye Tempering Sub-realm, the Mind Tempering Sub-realm and finally, the Heart Tempering Sub-realm. This realm is to build up the foundation of the body in preparation for the second Realm.���
As LIly spoke, Lin Ke had started wandering through the city. There were only a few parts of the city that were densely populated with many people walking through the streets, some other areas of the city were less packed, but only had houses upon houses. 
Lily continues, "There are 2 other Major realms, the Soul Cultivation Realm as well as the Mortal Ascension Realm, but the information for those realms is beyond your reach right now."
Lin Ke thinks back to Master Sal. He had been giving off the vibe that he was some kind of master. "So what Realm is Master Sal in?"
Lily thinks for a moment. "Err. I didn't pay attention to him…" She says sheepishly.
Lin Ke is speechless. "How can you not pay attention in that situation? How…"
Lily tries to defend herself. "Hey! It's not my fault! You were the one who threw me to that stupid little girl who doesn't know how to treat a cute little creature like me! I knew she would be rough! I could see it in her eyes!"
Lin Ke, trying to gain back the advantage in the conversation, switches the topic. "Alright, then what's my prize for completing the mission?"
"Ehem." Lily clears her throat and from out of nowhere pulls out a pair of glasses and puts in on. Then she pulls out a sheet of paper and begins to read. "Congratulations Host, for finishing the Startup Mission: Embark on the Road to Glory. Mission Rewards are the following: 500 Low-grade Chaos Stones, 1 Mid-grade Chaos Stone, granting of a Bone Tempering Sub-realm cultivation level, along with the opening of your personal spatial storage space. The level 1 spatial storage space offers 4 cubic feet of space. Extra features for the space are purchasable at a price. Would you like the rewards deposited now?"
Lin Ke's eyes brighten. 'Those are some good rewards! I get cultivation levels for free? That's amazing! That means I don't have to waste time cultivating myself! Plus I get so many Chaos Stones too! I was downright broke a few moments ago! Not to mention the spatial storage space thing. Sounds pretty neat.'
"Yes, give me them now."
Lily crumbles up the paper and says, "You have claimed the reward for the Startup mission. Your Chaos Stones have been deposited in the spatial storage space. Apply cultivation level now." She gives him an odd smile. "Good luck! Hang on, it'll only take a moment!"
Lin Ke's vision darkens for a moment, everything fading away, the street he was walking on and faded out of his sight.The only thing he could see was pitch darkness. Suddenly, a few words appeared in front of his eyes. It said, "Startup Process Beginning…"

Preparations Complete… Will Host please prepare himself.

Starting Countdown. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5…

Lin Ke gets a very bad feeling. 'What did Lily mean when she said to hang on? Why is this telling me to prepare myself?'

3, 2, 1… Beginning Process.

Suddenly, he felt sharp stabbing pain all over his body. It was also if lightning had zapped him from the heavens. His skin felt all tingly and itchy. However, he couldn't move his body at all. This lasted for only 5 seconds, but already caused Lin Ke to feel very uncomfortable. 

The Sign changes. "Skin Tempering Sub-realm Cultivation Applied. Applying next realm.'

Lin Ke screams at himself. 'There's more? Why didn't it apply it all at once? What is this torture? How is this a reward? Before he could think anymore, the pain came again. This time, it was a bone deep pain. It felt like his bones were breaking apart at their very seams. Lin Ke could barely think straight.
After what felt like 10 years, his vision finally clears. Lin Ke looks down at his hands. They are perfectly fine, his clothes were also fine. However, Lin Ke realizes something vastly different. He felt a type of strength he had never felt before in his body. He felt a mysterious form of energy flowing through his body, one he had never experienced. It was quite a magical sensation. His skin felt smoother and looked as if it glowed, and his muscles felt full of strength. 
"Hey! Move it kid! Why are you standing in the middle of the street looking up into space? Get out of the way!" An impatient voice yells from behind Lin Ke. This was when Lin Ke realized he was still in the middle of the street.
"Sorry, sorry." Lin Ke quickly apologizes and moves to the side. "Lily, why didn't you warn me about the pain?" He looks at Lily, who was on his shoulder… Not on his shoulder. Lin Ke was bewildered. "Lily? Where'd you go?"

Lin Ke, a famous online artist, suddenly died one day from a rock that flew out of the sky. Turns out, it was a unlucky accident by "God", so as "compensation, decides to give him another chance at life. Together with an obnoxious white cat, he trudges along his own path, to become the best artist possible!

Wassup everyone, yoursexypotato here!

I just want to remind you all that I really appreciate your support, especially those who have added this novel to their library. It really motivates me to write when the numbers go up(yes, I can see the number of people who added this novel to their library).

Just a news for everyone!

I will be entering Writing Prompts Contest #50: Mage. Yay! Not a pro, but why not?

I won't be adding any more chapters to this specific page because I will be transferring it to the other one -- the one I'm entering the contest with. You can all remove THIS specific book, Runes of Hecate (MIGRATED), and add the other one.

Same chapters, same story. 

It's just that, in order to enter the contest, the novel should be newly added to Webnovel. That means at the moment of the novel's creation, you specify the writing contest you are joining. Mine is already out there so the only way to get around it is to create a "new" novel and update that one. It's not against the rules, so that's what I did.

Here is the new link for the novel (which would also be available in THIS novel's synopsis):

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As a compensation for bothering all of you, I'll throw in a couple more chapters in advance! I hope that would be enough :D

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[System prompt: Your Core of Madness has successfully consumed the Core of Flames.]

[System prompt: You are awarded 300000 DP.]

[System prompt: You have unlocked: Level 7 Fire Serpent, Level 15 Flame Horse, Level 20 Fire Golem, Level 25 Blaze, Ember Spirit, Level 28 Draconic Salamander and Level 31 Fire Plume. One monster from each Species is available for summoning]

[System prompt: Due to failing to protect their dungeon core, the following monsters are forcefully recruited: two hundred Flame sisters, the Flame Belle, Slut and the unnamed Mongalla Gazelle. These monsters are now unlocked in the Dungeon Shop.]

[System prompt: You have plundered the following items from the dungeon master: Heart of Fire, Flames of Destruction, Molten Embryo and Puzzle Box.]

All the important monsters and Five were gathered in the meeting room, watching the absorption process of the Core of Madness. It was the first thing they did when the monsters returned; Five was impatient to see his rewards, but he was bound to be disappointed.

Five looked at the list of monsters unlocked and internally sighed. 'No high-level monsters and only the Ember Spirits are societal monsters. There's no Boss Monster either. I suppose I cannot always be lucky.' 

He was hoping to obtain the powerful monsters of the Fire Pit, like the Flame Commander. While he did obtain many monsters that could be implemented in the volcanic biome, none of them were stronger than the Flame Scarab Warrior. It was depressing to think that the volcanic biome would be ruled by a monster coming from a dungeon specializing in insects rather than the monsters coming for a dungeon specializing in Fire Attribute Monsters.

'At least I've got the Flame Belle and the Flame Sisters. They are the equivalent of Harriet and the harpies but are of Fire attribute.' As the thought crossed his mind, Five glanced at the Flame Belle.

Without a word, he opened his dungeon interface and purchased a Renaming Table. When used, they could rename a character. Five had already noticed the name of the Flame Belle. He did not know how she ended up with this name but he could not allow one of his monsters to be called like that.

"Change your name," flatly said Five.

The Flame Belle's lit up. She hurriedly grabbed the Renaming Table and then froze. She hesitantly asked, "What should I call myself?"

"Can't you pick a name yourself?" asked Five.

"No. It is customary for the dungeon master to name their monsters. I held several names during my life; it changed every time I was summoned to a new dungeon," answered the Flame Belle with a pleading expression.

"Alright. Then, your name shall be Ignis. It means Fire! I hope that you live up to your new name."

"Thank you." The Flame Belle silently retreated. She knew she had already disturbed the meeting enough. She would use the Renamine Table later to avoid wasting more time.

Five nodded approvingly and looked at the system prompts again. Things were different this time; he obtained 300 thousand DP for conquering the dungeon. 100 thousand more than he did last time. 

The dungeon core glowed after its meal but soon returned to its usual dull appearance. Nothing happened, it did not upgrade, nor did it provide additional functions. Five had been hoping for something to happen. The stronger its core became, the stronger the dungeon would be.

'It seems that it is just like for everyone else; it will progressively become harder to upgrade the dungeon core. I will need to absorb more dungeon cores...' thought Five.

Not letting this worsen his mood, Five turned his attention to the most interesting part of his loot. This time, he managed to plunder four artifacts from the dungeon master. He took them one after another, starting with the Heart of Fire.

[Heart of Fire(Grade 3)(Upgradable)]
Active effect: Increases all the stats of Fire Attribute Monsters by 3
Passive effect: Increases the reproduction rate of Fire Attribute Monsters by 9%

Conditions for Upgrade: Having 20 floors controlled by Fire Attribute Monsters, Unlocking 60 species of Fire Attribute Monsters.

Cost of Upgrade: 10 million DP

Five looked at interest at the Heart of Fire. It was a rather common item; even he could purchase it with the dungeon shop but the conditions to obtain it were harsh. It could cost him 100 thousand DP to obtain one at Grade 1 and the conditions were to have ten floors controlled by Fire Attribute Monsters with thirty species of Fire Attribute Monsters unlocked.

In fact, there was a similar item for each attribute but he could not even purchase one yet. Even the Heart of Darkness was out of reach. The Nosferatu's floor was the ninth floor with the tenth floor being the crafting department and Tinyland. He still needed to have two more floors dedicated to the Darkness Attribute monsters since the first floor did not count because it did not house any monsters.

Five was impressed that a dungeon had already managed to unlock such an item but again, he expected no less from it since it specialized in only one attribute. The effects of the Heart of Fire were also quite impressive; when active, it would increase the monsters' stats by fifteen.

The Heart of Fire went to Ishan who would take care of it. The artifact would be placed at the highest floor of the Volcanic Biome. 

The second artifact was the Flames of Destruction:

[Flames of Destruction]
When used for forging, increases the chances of success by 10% and have a 10% chance of adding additional effects to weapons in exchange for a decrease in maximum durability of 10%

When used for alchemy, lowers the chances of success by 10% but increases the potency of the products by 20%

When used for cooking, lowers the chances of success by 10% but have a 10% chance of adding additional effects to the dish. The dish might even become poisonous.

'A crafting artifact? And it can be used for different professions,' thought Five. He paused for a moment before nodding to the Elder Dwarf. The dwarves would make the best use out of the artifact.

The third artifact was the Molten Embryo

[Molten Embryo]
Activate at any time to stop the Embryo's development and trigger its growth. The Embryo will turn into a random Fire Attribute Monster. The monster's strength will be proportional to the days of development the embryo had.

Days of development: 32 days
Note: The maximum days of development is 365 days

'Interesting. The longer I let it be, the better the results would be. I guess I will just throw it in my inventory and wait...' Five sent the Molten Embryo back in his inventory. It would not have an impact on the dungeon until much later into the game. Unless he was in danger, Five did not want to lose the opportunity to obtain a powerful monster.

Finally, the Puzzle Box was the last artifact.

[Puzzle Box]
Solve it to obtain the entry rights to the Tomb of Kanzanlak

'Another peculiar artifact,' thought Five. The Puzzle Box looked clean and polished; it did not seem very intimidating but Five knew how treacherous these puzzles could be. People could spend years without successfully opening one; most of the time, opening one would be all due to luck.

"Dreidus. Have you heard of the Tomb of Kanzanlak?" asked Five. Dreidus was an ex-member of Necro Valley. He might have heard of it which would make it easier for Five to estimate the value of the artifact.

"Never. However, I do believe that I heard of Kanzanlak. I think it is a town somewhere in the desert of the Domogo Empire," answered Dreidus after thinking for a moment.

'Hmmm, that does not help me at all.'

Five sent back the Puzzle Box in his inventory. He would give it a try later or ask the other monsters if they were interested in attempting to solve it. For now, the monsters all deserved some rest!

"Let's call it a day. You all worked well. I think you all need some time to recover. Ishan and Dreidus should arrange a floor for Ignis and the Flame Sisters. Harriet and Angela, go and make sure the Mongolla Gazelle has a place to sleep. We won't have any activities for now."

The monsters were delighted but Harriet asked, "Five, will it not be better for us to attack another entity. The more Destruction Points you have the better. There are still a few days before the end of the trial. We can push a little harder."

Five glanced at the harpy queen but shook his head. "Not for now. We can talk about it tomorrow. We cannot attack any random tribe. The situation with the Vicious Rhino Tribe was special. If we target any tribe, we might cause another conflict between them. We don't want another alliance to appear and target the Musclewood Tribe."

"Trust me and just rest. We have more than seven million DP now. Everything is going well, nothing can target us. Even if our reward for the trial is mediocre, we have cleared the region of all competitors."

Harriet paused for a moment with a thoughtful expression and eventually nodded. The monsters were relieved. They left the meeting room one after the other.

Five smiled. Everything was going well but he never expected the situation to change so suddenly. As Five was about to leave the meeting room, a series of system prompts sounded:

[System prompt: You have been selected as the target of the Challenger Gauntlet.]

[System prompt: The player, Farsight has officially challenged you to a duel]

[System prompt: You do not have any items that can counter the Challenger Gauntlet, the challenge has been automatically accepted.]

[System prompt: All the functions of the dungeon core will be temporarily locked. All the entities not belonging to the dungeon will be teleported to the entrance. All entities connected to the dungeon will be teleported back to the dungeon and will have their HP/MP/Durability fully restored.]

[System prompt: Prepare for teleportation, all entities connected to the dungeon will be teleported to a separate realm in one minute.]

Five froze. 'Did I speak too soon?'

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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