Hey guys, so I have some stuff to talk about with y'all. 

Don't worry, I'm still writing. In fact, I'm 85% done with Volume 3 right now. 

However, I'm sure some of you are wondering why I haven't put up any chapters here (though Patron is actively updated and each full Volume is still sold on Amazon after extensive editing (My Amazon author name is L M Kerr)). 

And that's a discussion I do need to share, so let's jump into it. 

I have yet to make any final decision on this topic. 

Over time, I've noticed something rather disheartening that's happened on the main site where I sell my finished, edited, and restructured novels. 

I've been receiving negative or critical reviews on Amazon, Goodreads, etc. for things that do not exist in the Amazon version of the book.

Instead, those reviews are referring to things present only on the WebNovel versions. 

What I post here on WebNovel is my rough draft, lightly edited. 

What I post on Amazon is heavily edited and more polished. The story plots are the same, but I go over the story several times and edit before I put it up on Amazon. 

Now, some of you may be thinking: Wiz, why does that matter? Don't you take the WebNovel versions down, anyway, once you are done?

That is correct, I don't think any of you, my WN readers, are the ones leaving unrepresentative reviews on Amazon. 

However, there is a second, bigger issue that frustrates me...

Piracy. 

My books are pirated when I post them here. 

There are dozens of piracy sites out that that strip my chapters from WebNovel and host them online. 

When I post something here, it stays up online, forever. 

***A rough draft claiming to be my full story, in all its yet to be heavily edited glory.***

This is incredibly frustrating to me. 

Incredibly. 

I am seriously considering only posting chapter updates to Patron because of issues like this, and sticking to releasing the polished, edited versions on Amazon after, instead. 

I have yet to make a final decision, but this is where I'm at right now, thinking things over. 

I'd love to hear some of your thoughts! Please, feel free to share :)

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If you could turn back the clock and fix all the mistakes you ever made, would you? 

For Micheal Care, a swordsman that could only be considered a middling warrior in Humanity's Last Army, the answer is simple.

Yes. A million times yes. 

Humanity has fallen, killed by stronger races of beings after being warped away to a new reality, the mystical 7 Layers. 

Humanity's goal had been simple. Make it through all 7 Layers and reach Heaven. 

Humanity failed. 

Humanity died.

Micheal Care's memories have been transported back into his past self thanks to a magical Artifact he found by chance. 

He is no chosen savior. He is no divinely picked hero. 

Can he change the future? Can he catch up to the mightiest warriors of humanity and surpass them? 

Read on and find out.

 Welcome back and long time no see! It has certainly been a while since I have written a review for a book, fiction, or nonfiction.
On today's list, we have the most recent book I have read, part of a tetralogy, the first volume of four.
My opinion (Spoiler-free): This book is beautiful, and the prose is astounding. Kate Griffin has done an amazing job, making me fall in love with not only the world but the characters as well. I recommend it with all my heart. So, without further ado, I will jump into a bit more detail, trying not to spoil the whole thing!
Title: "A Madness of Angels"
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Synopsis (taken from Amazon itself, so I will put it in quotes): 
"Two years after his untimely death, Matthew Swift finds himself breathing once again, lying in bed in his London home.
 
Except that it's no longer his bed or his home. And the last time this sorcerer was seen alive, an unknown assailant had gouged a hole so deep in his chest that his death was irrefutable...despite his body never being found.
 
He doesn't have long to mull over his resurrection, though, or the changes that have been wrought upon him. His only concern now is vengeance. Vengeance upon his monstrous killer and vengeance upon the one who brought him back."
 
 
So, as you can see, the book follows a sorcerer who comes back to life in unusual circumstances, a dude-with-a-problem story, mixed with why-dun-it for extra mystery! In the spirit of full transparency, the first few pages were a bit hard for me – elaborate sentences, and a general sense of vagueness – but once you get through them it's a complete joy ride. I have read the whole series – that's how much I have fallen in love with Matthew and his personality.
 
The only annoying thing I found was that there are only four books! I really wished she continues the series, instead of jumping to a new one but I do understand why she wanted to start another project. As a fellow writer, I salute you Kate, and wish you all the best! I have read some reviews about it on Goodreads, stating that she spends too much time detailing unimportant things, but I loved all of them. It painted a complete picture not only of the outside world but also of the inner turmoil Matthew is experiencing, without spoiling the mystery at all.
 
After reading this series, I even have had a hard time finding something equally good, which is a great sign for her and a bad one for me; how can I ever survive without my books?!
 
So, let's rate it, shall we?
 
Plot: 10/10 (Astounding idea)
Characters (development, arc, and all that fun stuff): 10/10
Worldbuilding: 9/10. Still amazing but, after reading the whole series, I do feel like the first book could have portrayed it even better! I should probably take into consideration that she wasn't super into the world herself, being the first volume, so I guess that, as a newbie, it's only natural not to be perfect at everything from the get-go).
Title: 10/10.  I loved the title; it builds the anticipation for the plot perfectly!
Pacing: 10/10, not too fast and not too slow.
Prose: 9/10. While at some moments her descriptions were a bit too elaborate, Kate has done an amazing job nonetheless.
 
I rarely get to gush about a book so much, but this one really gripped me and made me laugh. Matthew is so lovable and yet super relatable at times that it got me thinking about how this world of ours needs more magic! It's exactly what I love about fantasy and until this, I wasn't a big urban fantasy fan. My allegiance was with dark and high fantasy, but Kate proved me wrong so that is why I am fangirling over this so much!
 
Do keep in mind that this is my opinion and I am not a certified reviewer; I am just a bookworm sharing my thoughts on the books I have read so far! If you do decide to give this book a chance, I would be thrilled to hear your thoughts on it. Cheers and have a great reading session.

This is a collection of reviews about the books I've read so far :)

Hello, friends!

The book is ready! At last! It was rather a difficult way. And I am happy, that the first step is done!

The date of release is 22.Mar. So, in three days you will be able to read the end of the 1st book on Amazon.

I failed to gather the required amount of the pre-orders, that's why the Kindle Unlimited will be opened. Here is not the question of the money, but the rating is important. When the book is on the bottom - no one will buy it. Unfortunately, translating and money are inseparable things.

Anyway, additional thanks for those who had bought the book, was giving feedbacks and rating to the book here: "Guys! You are real friends! Thank you very much!" I hope you will find a couple of minutes and leave a short review on Amazon or Goodreads after the reading. It's very very important for me.

For the no-name author, it's rather difficult to start a book on Amazon or somewhere else. However, I am full of enthusiasm and believe, that the sales will cover the translation.

Now there are translated 185 chapters. And the editor has already started to read them out. Hope two-three months and there will be the release of the second book ))

The release is on 22.Mar, so I will start to publish the second book here (it starts from the 74 chapter) a chapter by chapter at the beginning of April. And because of the rules of KU, I will delete these chapters. Hope you will read them fast ))

 

Here are the Links for those who missed:

Dragon heart. Book 1. Amazon. Kindle Unlimited or 3.99$

Facebook

Goodreads

 

 

The book Dark Wizard's Case will be published here as well. There is no Amazon page for it yet.

"Dragon Heart" is one of the top-rated Wuxia LitRPG novels in Russia. The author has been writing the story for only one and a half years, however, it already has 1100 chapters spanning 12 books. The whole story is planned out and will have over 2000 chapters and 20 books. The version in Russian has been read over 10,000,000 times.  This story has made Klevanski the  #1 or #2 author on the 4 biggest self-publishing sites in Russia. Right now, "Dragon Heart" is being translated into English and published chapter by chapter on several American sites. 

HERE ON RR IS PUBLISHING THE THIRD BOOK OF THE SERIES. 

You can buy the 1st books on Amazon or read it for free in Kindle Unlimited.

Arc 1:

BOOK I: STONE WILL

BOOK II: IRON WILL 

BOOK III: BLOOD WILL 

Arc 2:

BOOK IV: SEA OF SAND

BOOK V: SEA OF SORROW

Arc 3:

BOOK VI: LAND OF MAGIC

BOOK VII: LAND OF DEMONS

BOOK VIII: LAND OF THE ENEMY

 

Description

He was born anew in a world where martial arts were indistinguishable from magic. He’d only received a neuronet and meaningless desires from his past life. What lies ahead? He’d dreamed of adventure and freedom, but those dreams were taken away from him. The same way his mother, father, and sister had been taken away. They took his Kingdom, they even took his destiny. But he is willing to wage a war, against the whole world if need be, to bring everything back. Even if a whole army opposes him, his sword won’t waver. Even if the Emperor sends entire legions against him, his step won’t falter. Even if demons and gods, heroes and villains alike, unite against him, he won’t bend to their will. His own will is iron itself, unstoppable. His name is Hadjar and he heeds the call of the dragon heart within him. 

This novel contains uncensored scenes of battle that may or may not include depictions of violence and gore. Read it at your own risk.

'Well, I won't lose anything either way.'

In other words, it was a matter of priority.

Theo could choose to learn one more magic or borrow Gluttony's wisdom. If he selected the wrong thing, he could just wait for tomorrow. As a result, there was no difference. If Gluttony suddenly started fasting, then he would be more worried about the situation.

Therefore, Theo came up with a simple answer.

"Let's do two books this time."

He had something that he wanted to ask Gluttony.

Theo grabbed [Ignition and Ignite are Different] and put it aside. Ignite was a rather useful magic for the 1st Circle, except that the difficulty was too high.

Above all, it consumed less magic power than anything else. Despite Theo only having the magic power of a 2nd Circle, he would be able to use it 100 times.

It was now time to pick the other book.

'I think that all six books I selected earlier are good but… I don't know yet.'

He would leave it to Gluttony's Appraisal rather than his self-judging. Appraisal magic was probably better than his own analysis anyway. Instead of being unreasonably stubborn, Theo extended his palm.

"Appraisal."

The hungry tongue slipped out quickly. It moved over the six books lined up before it and started using Appraisal. As the books became sticky with saliva, the information entered his head.

With calm eyes, Theo looked at the essences of the books Gluttony had discovered.

'[Fire Elemental Summoning]… eliminated. If I don't have an affinity with the elemental, then I can't make a contract with it, which means there wouldn't be much point in summoning the elemental.'

30 years ago, the mystery of making a contract with an elemental had been revealed, showing that it was impossible to make a contract with an elemental without having an inherent affinity.

A magician who adored elementals had finally achieved success. He had opened the door to the elemental world with a magic circle and developed a way to make a simple contract.

The [Fire Elemental Summoning] was a book from that magician, and Theo could summon the elemental with Gluttony's abilities.

However, this book only gave him the magic to summon the elemental. Making a contract with the elemental and using its power was a different story. When Theo entered the academy, he had been told to give up because he had an elemental affinity of close to zero.

"It is regrettable, but it can't be helped."

He had experienced it several times already. Thanks to that, Theo had gotten used to getting rid of any lingering attachments without any fuss.

It had been a week since he first began the strange cohabitation with Gluttony. Theo might be the academy's dunce, but he had grasped this guy's bizarre nature.

One, it was meaningless to feed Gluttony a book if Theo's understanding was low.

Two, no matter how high was Theo's level of comprehension, it was impossible to acquire magic beyond his competence.

Three, there was some magic which was useless even if he learned them.

Four, eating the same book again wouldn't give him anything.

…There might be other habits which Theo didn't know about yet, but he never saw anything apart from these four. [Fire Elemental Summoning] was an example of the third case.

There were other magic with a magician affinity attached as a condition. This was why he didn't acquire white magic, which required 'divine power'.

'There's a magic where 'castration' is the prerequisite… Urgh, just thinking about it gives me goose bumps again.'

Apparently, some lunatic in the east had done it to learn magic. Even Theo didn't have the stomach to read through the pages. What had the person been thinking?

Theo touched his skin before moving his hand to his next prey. It was [Circulation of Water] which would increase his water affinity but was put as pending for now.

His understanding of [Enchant – the Basics] was lower than he'd thought. He would eat it after studying it a bit more, so it was eliminated. The vision enhancing magic [Hawk Eyes] had a side effect of gradually worsening his eyesight—eliminated.

Theo repeated this as he filtered through the books.

By the time 15 minutes passed, there was only one book left in front of Theo. He remembered the title of the final book, so expectation filled his face.

According to Theo's conjecture, the value of the last book in the list was obviously the highest among the seven books he'd gathered today.

"Appraisal."

Finally, the essence of the book popped up.



[Ballistics Magic]

[This book describes the high application of magic missiles. It explains techniques to form compressed magic missiles and modify the shape of the arrowheads. The author, Alfred Bellontes, became a hero of the war with these magic missiles. The depth of the wisdom is superior to that of ordinary magic books.

* Your understanding is very high. (97.2%)

* This magic book is rated 'Rare'.

* Once ingested, the proficiency of 'Magic Missile' will increase greatly.

* This is the original copy which was directly written by the author. There is a low chance to absorb some of Alfred's experience.]



Indeed, its contents didn't betray his expectations.

"No, wait a minute. This book is the original?!"

Theo was shocked to read the final line in the description.

Magic books were usually created by the author and then a copy was made of the original. Everything from the cover to the contents would be copied completely using magic.

Therefore, it was very hard to distinguish between the original and the copies. The originals were hidden by those who hated having a value added to knowledge by collectors.

If it wasn't for Gluttony's abilities, Theo wouldn't have known that the book in front of him was the original.

Alfred Bellontes…

He had been born approximately 30 years ago as the third son of King Bellontes. Magic power didn't accumulate naturally for him, and he only became a master of battle magic after cutting into his bones.

Magic Missile was only a 1st Circle magic. Alfred had killed dozens of knights and hundreds of magicians with this shabby magic. He'd died at the end of a long war, but he then became renowned.

'Alfred Bellontes wrote [Ballistics Magic]! If book collectors know about this copy, it would be worth a few thousand gold, even covered in dust.'

Theo removed the dust carefully. If he were to prove its authenticity, then this book wouldn't be piles of paper but an item more expensive than a gold bullion.

Yes, if it was possible to prove it. Theo's excitement subsided at the thought.

"…No, there is a problem even if I can prove it."

In the first place, this book was owned by Bergen Academy. Although he was feeding the books to Gluttony, he planned to put back some of the books which were eaten one day.

If Gluttony didn't threaten his life, then he wouldn't have taken the books. In some ways, it could be called a struggle for survival.

However, taking Alfred's book was simply stealing. It wasn't seeking knowledge as a magician or saving lives. As a noble, Theodore Miller couldn't throw away his pride.

He would rather feed it to Gluttony than exchange it for money. His worries lasted for a while, but his decision was quick.

"Eat, Gluttony."

The tongue popped out without any hesitation.

Slurp!

Gluttony grabbed [Ignition and Ignite are Different], and it was sucked into Theo's left hand.



['Ignition and Ignite are Different' has been consumed. Your understanding is very high.]

[* After ingesting, 1st Circle magic 'Ignite' will be acquired.]



A familiar wave flowed into his body. It was knowledge about ignition magic. At this point, Theo could create a small fire in the air.

Due to the fact that it was a 1st Circle magic, there wasn't that much information, and the wave soon calmed down. It was similar to eating bread, but Theo was satisfied.

Gluttony's meal wasn't over yet. The unsatisfied tongue snatched its next prey…

The original [Ballistics Magic] written by Alfred Bellontes. It was the moment when a precious book with the same value as a gold bullion would disappear forever.

Gulp!

Then there was a moment of silence.

Theo waited for the change with a more nervous expression than usual. It was the first 'rare' rated book he had fed Gluttony. This was also the original copy of a famous war hero's book. This food would definitely be worth more than ordinary books.

Previously, it wasn't unusual for Theo to feel pain when four books were eaten in one go. Theo closed his eyes and prepared for the aftermath.

'Now, come at any time!'

Shortly after that…



['Ballistics Magic' has been consumed. Your understanding is very high.]

[Your proficiency of the 1st Circle magic 'Magic Missile' has increased significantly.]

[An original copy has been consumed. The synchro rate with Alfred Bellontes is being checked… You are at an appropriate level. You can absorb some of Alfred's experience. The episode will play for 21 minutes and 35 seconds.]

[Synchro is starting.]



"…Synchro?"

What was that? Then at that moment…

Kiiiiing-

There was a sharp ringing sound! The sound cut through his eardrums and made him dizzy. It felt like he was being pulled out of his body. Before that godlike sucking power, the human mind was like a weak blade of grass.

In the end, Theodore's mind was sucked into the palm of his left hand. He fell into the darkness and reached the faint stars.

This was the remnant of the memories contained in Alfred Bellontes—no, in [Ballistics Magic].



* * *

Around 45 years in the past, on the frontlines of the Bellontes Principality…

Theodore Miller opened his eyes.

Unwilling to awoken the kitten that has slept ever since I have first seen him, he was rapidly transported to the manor. After that, I made my way to Borrik's magical trunk. I was unfamiliar with the price so while I climbing the Alley, I retrieve a wad of fifty-pound.
"Bilby, could you make a rapid pop over Gringotts to change those thousand pounds in Galleons? It should leave you with a hundred and ninety Galleons, take that bag with you, and came to Borrik's trunk shop please."

The wad and the rucksack I have transmuted the day before vanish of my hand and I continue my way to the shop. This time rather than looking around lost, I directly go for the exposed trunk, rapidly passing the first, common one. The more I progress, the higher the price and the more the material change. From brut wood to polished one before changing again to what I suspect his dragonhide. Knowing that it would be merged with my item storage and I would be able to update again, I didn't look at the dragon one, I may have money, but that not a reason to throw it away.

Of all of them, I discard the apartment ones, they just expanded and few runes clusters for the water and other waste. The single compartment one is also out, so I was left with three available trunks. The first was a three in one, containing a tiny closet, a regular compartment, and a small bookshelf, for a hundred twenty Galleons. The second was the same but in a larger dimension and a hundred and fifty Galleons, the last was the most expansive but also the largest. With four-room of 5*5 it was the sole with this number of space, for the wooden ones, but what has caught my eyes was the security features available on it to purchase. An animated lock, blood wards, anti-thief curse, warning runes, and few more.

My choice made, I call for the nearest shop clerk.
"I would like one of those, with the animated lock, blood wards, warning, and counter-thieves runes, feather-light and shrinking enchantment."
Nodding at me he tells me to go to the cash register while he retrieves one in the back shop after noting everything I wanted.
"Alright, the trunk is 125 G, the lock 10G, the wards 25G, 5G, 10G, 5G, and 10G so 190G, please."
'Lucky.'

At his word, Bilby appears in his butler uniform, my Clan crest clearly embroidered on the breast pocket. At the apparition of the house-elf, I could see the clerk tense, understanding that I wasn't mundane contrary to what my clothes could tell and that my family was old, after all, not everyone could have house elf and Bilby being old would only signify that was in my house for years.
"Bilby, the bag his for the clerk over there, please confirm but it should have the required sum."
Waving his wand and casting his spell above the appearing coin, the number 190 appears.
"Yes, everything correct."
"Perfect, please take it to the manor, I still have some supplies to fetch."
"Yes, master alexander."

A pop later while I exit the store to a more unpleasant place, Knockturn Alley. Why did I go there? Simple, I need a wand, I will not let some shady bloke take my blood or see my face so I will use my own ability. Looking around for a while after wearing a dark cloak, I enter a second-hand shop, go to the barrel where wands sprout, take twenty-five of them, leave fifty prepared Galleons and exit the store before the owner could even ask me a question.

That right, since I can craft everything, Why should I let someone know or even touch my wand? So I will deconstruct, analyze, and understand how they are made before doing it on my own. This much should be sufficient plus one from Ollivenders, to understand them. Worst case, I will return to the old creep and buy one the day before boarding the train.

Once done, he exits the magical Alley by Tom pub, all the time completely unaware that since his apparition, more that one gaze has shifted to him, all from budding young girls to mature women and even Ladies. CS seeing this cackles madly, unwanting to respond Alex question on the subject of its sudden hysterical breakdown.

Once on the other side is shopping was a little more complicated, with the wizards it was simple for a young child to roam the Alley, even more at this time, but here, the sight of an eleven-twelve-year-old alone entering shops made more than one turn its head. Even so, he rapidly gathers all the culinary books he could found before going for rolls of fabrics and pigments. Each of his bought articles vanishing before he enters another store.

It was a content young boy who finally made his way back to his house and after a good meal, directly go for his room and open a window while retrieving a woodblock and transmuting a sturdy perch for an excited Kione who silently glide in the room and take place. The perch was rapidly followed by a stainless water bowl. Done for his winged companion, he brings is attention on the now awoken kitten who seems to be completely lost, not surprising since the last time it was awake, it was sharing a warm place with it litter, now he was in a closed case. Opening it slowly to allow it to look at his new surroundings, Alex took another oak block and transmute it to a large plate with a partially curved edge. The new basket was soon filled with a slightly thick padded blue blanket he equally transmutes. Taking delicately the kitten he put it carefully in the smooth blanket and partially covering it to keep a little heat.

-Your not gonna name it?-
'Not yet, it still to young, I will wait a week or two and see at the time.'
After feeding the little furball with milk, he starts to work on his different tasks. First, he chose, the easiest text and arithmancy and runes chart.
{[Spellman's Syllabary analyze and absorption time: 6 hours 16 minutes]}
{[Numerology and Grammatica analyze and absorption time: 3 hours 29 minutes]}
'...'
-...-
'It new, I did know that I could see a numerical value.'
-Your ability respond to your wish, it's you who decide in with form it appears that made the more sense for you.-
'Good enough for me.'
After the two books, he does the same for is twenty-six wands, covering a great part of the generic used wood and cores. Having purposefully chose different length for covering the most he could for wands, before finishing with the trunk. After absorbing and processing that much object at the same time, he sees the time value hadn't change for any of them.

'Now that we are done with it, I think it time that you give me a more in-deep explanation about my status.'
-Sure, shout away.-
'Status.'
{[Name: Alexander Daren Evans]
 [Age: 11]
 [Race: Werevan: (25% Homo magicae, 75% Evan)]
 [STR: 12] [END: 16] [VIT: 20] [AGI : 15]

Ability:
[Alchemist: H]+; [Apprentice chief: I]; [Item storage: A]; [Familiar: E]
Racial Attribute:
[Parlsemouth: SSS]; [Shapeshift: C]; [Frost control: I]; [Primogenitor: I]

-I think that I don't need to say anything for the name or age, the race, well, you because a therianthrope due to the magical blood, the magical beast is known as an Evan. After analyze, Evan's blood has been rated as of 1:6. A mature Evan will possess at least 50 of attributes, with 60 plus on AGI and END, being 75% Evan, you have been rated at 1:5 once mature, you will have a base of 40 in each attributes and 50 plus in AGI, END, and VIT, the last cause you're a wizard.

As I have already stated, ability pertains to the soul, and racial Attribute, well you know. If possible, made that you don't have skills, it the easiest thing to lost due to injuries and the like. As long as your soul isn't shattered, you will never lose Abilities.-

-For them, Alchemist you know. The Apprentice chief is similar to a class, first, it's a skill, once the base understands, around rank A, it became an ability. Those types of abilities are divide into apprentice, novice, blank, master, and grandmaster. The blank is the middle man, here it will be Chief, it's what separates the amateur from budding professional. The Item storage you know and familiar is the ability to contract beast who are attenuate to you via your soul. The higher the link, the better the ability became. A high level would be seen your bounded beast develop sentience, telepathy, and at his highest the ability to teleport to its location.

Parslemouth became a racial attribute when your racial change occur, being an acclaimed member of the Slytherin line and its high mastery had made it evolve like the Chief one. SHapeshift comes from your beast blood when trained, the change will become easier and with sufficient mastery, an animal form will be possible. Frost control came from the same origin it is weakest from so train it to, it always good to have a trump card. Lastly, Primogenitor is your ability as a Were to change another. It too low level to know the specificity.-

When power far above you decide that they want to wrench the canon, by bringing you in the game, sometimes the wisest thing to do it just to tag along and just try to make this encounter end the most rapidly possible.

who knows, maybe something great will come out of it? After all, what could be worst than being taken out without your consent out of your world, only to be thrown in the darkness?

Me and dad decided to go on a family hunting trip. Using the core formation I found a pause were lots of monsters gather. I didn't want to use teleportation magic.

Dad's agility was in the uper 80 so running there was even faster then driving.

He explained to me that the existence of monster became public a couple of days ago, it was probably will I was talking to Mr.  Gibson about building a sect.

I didn't know this because it makes no difference to me, supposedly there are riots going one in the center of the city and all small villages have been evacuated. 

I only know there building was around the most important and biggest city's because Alex told me but now that I think about it this makes sense.

The area were going to right now used to be a town but is now occupied by a small goblin army about 500 strong I chose this one because the highest level monster in England is here. 

A level 13 goblin general. 

It makes sense that there would be a higher tier monster leading such a large group of smaller monsters.

I was however surprised to find 28 goblin mages in there. this is obviously good news for me I can get some more books about magic even if they're all gone be about tier 1 and 2, I guess it just my old habit of wanting to have as many books as I can.

"There it is." 

Infront of us stands a 3 to 4 meters tall wooden Wall, on top of it I could see some goblin archers laying around although they don't seem to be very organised there probably prepared for a enemy attack. 

Normal goblins are stupid but a general can understand that other monsters will probably try to take over they're territory.

"Dad use only tier 4 scrolls and below. First step your the attacker so you chose the place try to use the trees for cover but make sure to have multiple defensive scrolls activated. and here wear this."

I took a seemingly normal jacked out of my storage space. It may look normal but in fact it's a legendary tier item, items are rated from low, mid, high, top, legacy, relic, legendary, divine to world tier a divine tier item is make from the corpses of multiple level 100 monsters. So obviously I a have a ton of those but world tier items are different even after killing tens of thousands of level 150+ monsters I only have 12 of them most of which I can't even use like a alchemy set, a staff for summoners, a longbow, the only two useful things are my heavy plate armor and my cursed  sword. 

I also notices that only monsters above level 150 that have mutated 5 times or more times have them.

Back to the jacked it can protect the user from any magic tier 6 and below and most projectiles. It has 120 hidden compartments were scrolls can be placed, all easily accessible.

" You have tier 4 spells that cover a wide area make sure to use them wisely, trow them at a high number of weaker enemies."

After giving a couple more tips the fight started I didn't take any part of it I only watched.

Dad started of strong by stowing a tier 4 fire ball at the enemy camps gate siting it ablaze making it impossible for any of the goblins from to come our.

Then with the tier 3 spell ice spear he started killing of the archers will they were still panicking about the fire.

here the first problem occurred one of the archers saw were the spell came from and gathered all his man to attack only that spot.

Now with moving impossible dad was stuck, he made the right call of summoning a couple of earth walls and retreat further in to the forest other that's what it looked like from the outside he actually went to the left just a couple of dozen meters just to stay out of there field of view. 

Using a tier 3 lightening spell he set the inside of the camp on fire causing the archers to have no way to retreat and the other goblins to climb up the walls trying to escape the fire.

But no move has its down side the goblin general and the mages are now also on pot of the wall.

The smartest thing to do now was use a AOE tier 4 spells and kill as many of the mages as possible but dad didn't know that he desired to use a earth spell to make spices benign the wall and then using another lightening spell set the wall on fire, although the wall was already burning this was some real thigh wood so the extra strike was needed to force them to jump of the wall.

But the goblins obviously saw the spikes and didn't just jujump to there deaths.

The general trow them over the spikes this sort of thing would have killed any normal human but these were goblins that has levels up to 4 minimum, sure some still had broken legs or arms but 120 were thrown over by the general or the mages how used fly magic to fly over. 

But now with no walls to protect them in a open field they were done for.

After a dozen tier 4 AOE spells were fired the goblins all died except the general.

But just 2 single target spells later he to fell.

This may look like a complete victory.

But it isn't, to the winier go the spoils  but there are no spoils maybe only the low tier sword the general was using but in the final fight he used it to deflect a spell causing it to be extremely damages, the camp was burn everything was destroyed.

"Dad you did kill them but we got nothing out of this. Every thing is destroyed. That kind of aggressive fighting still is good for killing you enemy's but try to use some other scrolls to instead of only lightening and fire. Ok"

After that we attacked a couple more camps and villages.

I was traped in a dungeon for a while and now the world is being takeover by monsters.

After Flora logged into the workshop, she dumped the books in a corner and set up the page-turner.
Taking a sip from the Potions Guzzler, she returned to the still running simulation grounds. 
In the morning, she had forgotten to check on the Blade-Rollers. The poor robots were both in bad shape. One showed severe damage through overheating, the other had four ruptured appendages, and both of their sawblades were blunt.
"Mine is the broken one, Milady. I pushed the movement and rammed a few trees. Aitoshuri did several long term tests. I'll transmit her data to you."
A row of stats appeared on Flora's HUD. Running continuously, the sawblades worked up to two minutes on their highest setting before overheating and half an hour in their lowest setting. Not bad, not bad at all. 
"Outstanding job."

Flora returned to her workbench to work on the octopus. Now she had a pretty good picture of the joints and the motors for them. 
She decided to equip two of the tentacles with tools as tips. With a heavy heart, she sacrificed one of her two Doom-Moon multitools and a knife/bender/gripper hybrid for the other arm. 
The octopus should not only help her with crafting but also with fighting. Laser eyes were an absolute classic. She browsed the doom moon laser-turret manuals and the marketplace for ideas and appropriate parts.
Now, she had included all the functions she wanted. 
Next came the fun parts. 
Rationality told Flora to armor the octopus, but thinking about Aitoshuri's needs and real-life octopuses, she had a better idea: Display fabrics!
These fabrics could change their colors to such a degree, that they were used as TV-Screens. The military used them for camouflage and the fashion industry for special effects.
Her drawn picture with notes finished, she started to build the robot.
Mainly, she used the tier-1 materials from Doom Moon. Unfortunately, she couldn't create a whole laser system with them, so she had to substitute with tier-0 materials, that was also the case for the casing with the display-fabric.
With more efficient motors, she solved the worst of her energy problems, but her plans for skin and the laser eyes had thrown her back. She splurged on a high-efficiency mana battery that Aitoshuri could hoard mana while not working and use it for high-load phases.
The octopussy quickly took shape: Eight limbs equally spaced around a roundish head. For the eyes, Flora found some cute heart-shaped laser crystals and immediately bought them.
Comparing her creation to a picture of an actual octopus, she decided to stay more on the cartoonish side of design and forwent the beak and the mouth opening at the bottom. The ability to spew poisonous ink would be awesome, but she had enough on her plate for the first version - maybe in the future.
An easy solution would be using toxic materials for the tentacles. Aitoshuri could hug her opponents to death!
Flora experimented with fusing the toxic waste and the hull material of the Doom Moon and came up with suitable material. It wasn't as strong as the pure material, but she liked the toxic effect.
Suddenly she got another idea. What if she could integrate a kind of inventory space, so Aitoshuri could pick up and store things directly? Flora had disliked stooping down in the sewers and collecting dead creatures like the kingators. 
After a quick research, she found a solution. Unfortunately, robots couldn't have a separate inventory. You either could include ordinary bags, or you could give them an access slot to your own inventory. When Flora thought about it for a bit, she realized that the latter had advantages as well. Flora included the inventory-access under the head.
'We'll see how it works out.'
Finally, she finished the design.
Name: Octopussy-Helper-Bot
Type: Robot
Description: Camouflage capable, crafting-robot with laser eyes.
Regular Mode: 7 OV mana regeneration.
Built-In Feature: Laser. 2 sec CD.
Built-In Feature: Vicious Cut. 2 sec CD.
Built-In Feature: Multitool: Change tools. 2 sec CD.
Built-In Feature: Can use Built-In Skills itself from mana-battery.
Built-In Skill: Camouflage. 2 mana + 1 mana/minute.
Built-In Skill: Rapid Fire. 5 mana. 2 shots per second for 5 seconds.
Capacity: 146 mana.
HP: 45.
Rating: S.
Flora burned to print the robot!  But she refrained from it because it would be a great project to inaugurate her very own printer. 

The next idea came to Flora when she thought about what to do subsequently. Flora whistled. She was on a creative streak! 
In the martial arts classes, the other students had their pets on the walls of the room. She could use the page-turner and let Aitoshuri read.
Envisioning the mountain of books and the page-turner amidst wolves and tigers, she decided to build a library container. She could hide all the bad romance in it, and nobody would see the books! That alone was reason enough!
Another 3x3x3m Container took form. This time, Flora inserted shelves and the page-turner and gave it four extendable legs to save space in the classroom. She connected the page-turner and the container, no need to waste mana and nocks on two devices when one could do the job.
On the outer casing, she air-brushed a shelf with old books and the inside brown and orange grained. She added a light and a long grappler that the AIs could fetch their books themselves from the shelves.
Name: Library-Container
Type: Container
Regular mode: 4 mana regen.
Built-In Feature: Scan Books.
Built-In Feature: Change Height.
Rating: A.
When Flora saw the rating, she reworked the legs. Before, she had rushed that parts of the design too much. After increasing the stability and creating a feature, that it could stay at 0,5m, 1m, 1,5,m and 2m without using energy, she refreshed the description.
Name: Library-Container
Type: Container
Regular mode: 3 mana regen.
Built-In Feature: Scan Books.
Built-In Feature: Change Height.
Effect: +1 Training efficiency modifier for reading
Rating: S.
'Better!'

Flora beamed to the Riverstones HQ to print it. 
While waiting for the printer to complete its job, Svetlana entered the building.
"Hello, Auntie Flora!" Svetlana greeted her. "Thank you for the funding. We used it to upgrade the printer, among other things."
"No problem, dear. Everything that is mine is Robby's anyway." Flora looked at the printer and felt a pang of conscience. "In a few hours, I'll get my own printer. Of course, I want to update it as well. Should I update yours to 'S' first?"
Svetlana coughed. "The update to S is very hard. Don't underestimate it! And to be honest, we have no funds for it at the moment. Of course, we aspire to have an S-rated printer long-term, so your help will be appreciated."
"Sure, and meanwhile, you can use my printer if you want that extra quality. I'm moving to a new lair, and the printer will be in a separate hall from my living quarters, so you can visit anytime without intruding."
"I never heard from someone who upgraded their printer alone. You can hire other crafters to register their blueprints on your printer. The price for an S-rated blueprint is 1000 VirDos."
Now, it was Flora's time to splutter.  "Just for registering? Not the blueprint itself?"
"Right. You didn't know?" Svetlana scratched her head. "Well, we wouldn't pay you money, but you would get lots of contributions points. I already sent you some for the upgrade to A. 
*Bleep*! I forgot to send you the voucher for hiring squats! I'm sorry Auntie, the last week was at the same time hellish with the new employees and heavenly because of all the excitement about my rising synchronization!
I'm now at 69% and hit a ceiling. Do you have any advice?"
"Have you tried using different bodyparts?"
Svetlana stared at her frowning. "What do you mean by body parts?"
The printing of the Library-Container finished. 
Flora signaled Lana to wait a moment while she logged into the workshop and looked through her cloud-drive. 
'Where is the Stehaufmaennchen?'
After she recovered the file, she ordered the printing.
She joined Lana and watched the candy cane alike structure being built.
"I designed this tumbler for training my sync. When you hit it, it will bounce back." Flora pointed at the colorful stripes. "You can aim at the blue band with knee, yellow with your elbow. On the top are some smaller dots to hit with your finger. Try it first when it is standing still after that when it is swaying. Don't forget to train to aim with your butt and bosom, as well. You never know when you need fine control in these areas!" 
"That's handy! I saw the tumbler at the forum a view hours ago!
It's a new item in the Cetviwos-Shop. Guess they directly used the rights they bought from you."
"Oh, well. I don't expect much sales from such a simple gizmo." She looked at it. "I could add a feature that gives you challenges, lighting up some of the rings and a body part, and you get points for hitting it correctly. And you wouldn't have to announce the moves to the System." Flora grinned. Yes, she was on a creative fire! "Would you be interested in such a device, or is it too much pressure?"
"My old job consisted of disarming bombs. I'll be damned if a *bleep*ing tumbler pressured me!"
"Give me 10 minutes!" 
Flora logged back into the workshop and took a sip from a mana potion.
'Cables, L.E.D.s, sensors, a display, a mana-plate, and a control box, and we are ready to go!'
First, she put an L.E.D behind every stripe and dot of the tumbler.  Then she sculpted a human doll that looked a bit like Svetlana, marked the body-parts, put lights behind them, and put it at the top of the pole. 
At the base, she installed the display and a big 'Start'-Button.
Then she wired everything to the box. 
Flora realized that it was the first time she had to program a control box. Until now, she had cheated with using the AIs to control the devices.
Thankfully, the programming was more like putting phrases together than actually writing the code: 
Define zone_x: Where the color of the pole is the same in the region of L.E.D_x.
Define bodypart_y: To the lit doll body part corresponding body part of the player.
At Button press:
Light up one random L.E.D_x of group tumbler-lights. 
Light up one random L.E.D_y of group doll-lights.
Wait 5 seconds or until Hit in L.E.D zone_y with bodypart_y.
When Hit: Counter +1.
Show counter.
Repeat 10 times.
When Flora checked the time, she realized that she had only needed 6 minutes. So she added a menu-button and up and down arrows for adjusting the time for the hit and the number of rounds.
Flora rechecked everything, shrugged, and ordered to print it two times.
It was a bit rough, but that was normal for a prototype for proof of concept.
Name: Stehaufmaennchen Game for Synchronisation Training (Prototyp)
Type: Game
Rating: B (F) 
Notice: Rating gets adjusted by player feedback.

Back in the bamboo hut, Flora found Lana training with the original tumbler and explained to her the game.
When the devices finished printing, they occupied different corners of the hut and started playing.
In the first round, Flora got an easy move: The head of the doll lit up and a stripe near the top. She headbutted the tumbler for her first point.
The next round left her slack-jawed: Left knee to the stripe directly beneath the doll. That was at the height of 1,70m!
Flora to Aidan: "Remind me to make two areas that we can match only the upper body limbs to the high zones of the pole. Maybe implement two game variants, one for gymnasts and one for normal people."
<Power-Jump>!
While Flora hit the pole, she missed the right zone by a hairbreadth. Admittingly a very corse hair, more a dreadlock than natural hair.
The next few rounds went uneventful. Only when the pole wanted from Flora to hit one of the small dots with her elbow, she took another note.
Flora to Aidan: "More mid-sized zones would be helpful as well. Maybe we quarter one of the cylindric stripes at hip-height in rectangles."
After Flora completed the game with a score of 9, she watched Lana finishing her round. Her counter showed 12, but Flora didn't know how many times she had failed. She added it to the improvement list.
Lana's movement looked fluent, and she aggressively attacked the tumbler.  The weird jerkiness was gone, but a bit of skittishness remained.
"So, what do you think? Any suggestions?"
"I *bleep*ing adore it and don't want to stop! But two issues caught my eyes: A finger lit up, and it took me a while to identify which finger because the light spread. The other thing is, I haven't even played five minutes and a quarter of its durability is already gone. My strength isn't that high. If someone with a lot of physical power plays this game, the tumbler will be kaput in no time."
"Good points! The solution for the first one is easy, but I don't know about the second one. Maybe higher-tiered materials?"
"You could try to get it approved as a training-dummy. I know that the requirements are ridiculous because people had exploited it for combat, but you can try."
"Oh, tell me how! I love exploitation!"
"First they made training dummies robots with infinite HP and took them questing as tanks. That got fixed quickly. Then a too clever by a half guild constructed the wall of their compound out of mage dummies. The wall was not only indestructible, but it actually shot spells at the attackers."
Flora laughed. "Great! I want that! Any more feedback?"
"Some of the combinations were a bit challenging, but I liked it. The journey is the reward, right? And without pushing the limits, there is no progress."
"Exactly, but I will implement an easy mode for the beginners. Thank you for testing! I'll send you the finished product as a reward."
Flora to Aidan: "I hope you took notes, she did some excellent testing."
"Oh, yes, no probs! Thanks!" Lana fidgeted. "The topic is hot ATM. I would hurry up the publication. And ... I might stay here for a while, you know." 
Flora smiled and nodded. But first, she went in the corner of the hut and filled up the library container. Although Lana was occupied with the game, Flora still shielded the books from her eyes.
'I'm so childish! I'm sure Lana reads tons of shitty romance novels! And since when do I care what other people think of me?'
The admonishment didn't help. Flora tucked the books away on the last shelf. Not that you could hide 124 books in an otherwise mostly empty library, but she tried.
Flora to Aitoshuri: "Enjoy!"
A fanfare of trumpets sounded, which made Flora smile. She recognized the piece: it was from Bach's 'Jauchzet Frohlocket!' (Shout for joy, exult!).
Back in the workshop, Flora enlargened the hands of the doll. Then she inserted an opaque material on the inside and black contours outside between all the zones. That would help color blind people to distinguish the zones better. 
Methodically, Flora worked through her list until only the dummy issue was left. 
That proved to be simpler than Lana depicted it. Flora just had to draw a rune on the base. The rune made the tumbler indestructible while training, but vulnerable while in combat. 
Flora was intrigued by the concept of runes and immediately bought the book '1000 common Runes and Glyphs'.
Name: Stehaufmaennchen Game for Synchronisation Training
Type: Game/ Training-Dummy
Rating: A (F)
Notice: Rating gets adjusted by player feedback.
After printing one for Lana and herself, she published the design and wrote CentralTank a letter. She offered them to feel free to sell it in their shop as well, for a cut, of course.

After Flora Fluss burns down the kitchen, her son insists she is too old to live alone. She's got two choices. Either move into a retirement home or spend the rest of her life within a virtual reality game governed by society's most advanced artificial intelligence. When you've worked a lifetime as an engineer for home appliances, naturally, you go with the option that has more toasters. 
Soon, Flora finds out that the virtual world is more familiar than she thought. Though, it takes her a while to get used to the idea that tanks don't hold water or oil but the aggro of mobs.  

Auntie toasts the VRMMORPG contains cute crafting, complicated game-mechanics plus how to exploit them, unconventional training methods, and a lot of toasters.

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On their way back to the ship, Pedro took the time to talk to Paul.

"Paul, I want to talk to you about the arrangement of the fleet."

"Arrangement?" Paul asked in a confused tone, "I'm totally fine with you being the Captain, Senior."

Pedro smiled in response and said, "That's good to hear from you. But... What I wanted to talk about is the assignment of tasks. Remember that there should be, at least, one of the highest-ranking officers to remain on board the Head Ship Karakoa?"

"Yeah."

"As of now, there's only the two of us." He said, "I know that this would be a selfish request but... I would like you to be the one in charge of the ships. I mean... You are definitely more knowledgable than me in terms of control and navigation of the ships."

Paul Solares laughed in response and said, "You think too highly of me, Senior. But if you say so, then it would be my honor."

Pedro laughed in response and said, "Great! Great! Now, I am at ease that the ships are in good hands."

"Rest assured, Senior! I'll protect what our mentors handed over to us, even with my life!"

With Paul's assurance, Pedro was relieved.

Truth be told, Pedro had planned to leave the ship under the command of his friend, Aldo, or Talia. Although he trusts the NPC more than players, both in strength and loyalty, he could establish a more decent control over players through real-life contracts.

However, because of the relationship of Paul Solares to their mentors, Pedro was assured that Paul could be reliable and trusted in aspects relating to the ships. At the same time, the hierarchy and respect established by their mentors had given him an almost equivalent control, that he would have had to players, towards Paul Solares.

Hence, Other than Paul and Beatrice, Pedro couldn't think of another NPC that he could trust to command the ships.

As for Mathew, He was like a 'General' to Pedro. If Pedro needed to go to war on land, he needed to be present by his side.

As for Faunia, She was like his 'bodyguard' or a personal Knight whose job was to protect him from harm. Hence, it was only natural for her to be with him most of the time.

While Sabrina... She was the hardest person to predict. Pedro wanted to give not only Sabrina but all of his 'groupmates' freedom to choose whether they want to chill on the ship or not. So, he didn't consider them playing the game full time and just being stuck managing the ships.

Worst comes to worst, He could only rely on Aldo, his closest friend, to 'temporarily' take that role. Well... Fortunately, Paul and Beatrice have rejoined their Fleet and one of his problems was solved.

Days passed and they have returned safely at their ships. Fortunately, all of the Karakoa crew members who went down to the BHO HQ had safely returned to the ship. That said, Pedro and Paul were wary of possible traitors that were 'planted' by those who were targeting their fleet.

Before he entered the Combined Bridge and Control Center, CBCR, of the ship, Pedro changed his overcoat from the 'newbie' overcoat provided for new members to the overcoat that was given to him by Vice Almirante Soledad. Afterward, he went in.

"Everything ready?" He asked. 

Paul Solares nodded in response and said, "Yes, Senior!" 

"Let's go!" He said, "Full speed! To Aquari Continent!" 

Paul nodded and commanded the crew inside the CBCR, "Full speed! South!" 

"Yes, Commander!" Everyone shouted in response. 

As they depart, Pedro sat at the 'Captain's Seat' and glanced towards the room where Sabrina and Loren were supposed to be 'sleeping'. He can't help but wonder how the continental event was progressing. So, he checked the quest information through his interface.

[Quest: Protect the Aquari Continent!
 
Rating: A-rated
 
Mission: Kill the monsters that start to dominate the Aquari Continent! Each monster killed will have an equivalent point that can be exchanged for items after the event.
 
Your Kill count: 0
 
Players with the highest monster kill-count would get special rewards.
 
Top 1 player will get a Gold-rated offensive skill. Top 10 players will get random generated Silver-rated skill. Top 100 players will get random generated Bronze-rated Skill.
 
Quest Player Ranking
 
1. Hey_JoeCorporation [Kill count: 127]
2. Wazzap_JoeCorporation [Kill count: 104]
...
Quest Duration: 1 Month, XX Days, XX Hours
 
Quest participation is optional. Once a player killed a monster, the kill count will automatically start.]

When he saw the top two players, he frowned and said, "Joe Corporation, huh? Pass a hundred kills? Not bad! No wonder they were the number one guild in the whole world. Just wait for me... That number one spot is mine!"

Along their trip back to the Aquari continent, Sabrina and his other groupmates would often go online and tell him about real-life events. Ashley, Elisabeth, and Charlotte would often scold him about the event.

They reported that some of their classmates had more than 10 Kills already. His classmate, Lukas, was the leading scorer for their class that had 27 Kills. Whilst the highest score from their University was 43 Kills which was from Victor, who was from the Computer Engineering Department.

Pedro chuckled that made the three women, even furious. On the other hand, Sabrina remained calm. Somehow, because of her demonic eyes, she was able to remain calm knowing that there was a significant difference in strength between her and the three girls.

"Relax guys!" Aldo said, coldly, "Don't be lured by the hype caused by the quest. One careless mistake and your account would be deleted. Remember that the school didn't place any requirement of some sort relating to the quest. It's better to play safe and achieve our goals first. Which was to level up!" 

Everyone stood in silence. What Aldo had pointed out was the truth. Because of the hype of wanting to become the number one, Players would tend to become aggressive to the point that they might end up dying. 

As students, their main priority was to stay alive and keep leveling up. That was the main basis of their grades. Hence, being reminded of the truth, everyone couldn't help but agree to what Aldo pointed out.

But in the next second, Pedro burst into laughter. This made his 'groupmates' look at him with a frown. 

"Did I say something wrong?" Aldo asked. 

"No! No! You were right." Pedro replied whilst calming himself, "But... We can still become number one!"

Being born from a rich family, Pedro Armaz was often scolded by his family because of playing VR games. 

Years after playing the VR game sensation "Bearth Online", He was “betrayed” by his guild members. This depressed him, which later on caused his death. 

To his surprise, he woke up and learned that he time-traveled 7 years back to the past! 

With his past experiences as an advantage, Pedro is determined to dominate the brutal and unusual game, Bearth Online, and become the strongest player in the world!

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After Several Months of Busy days, I finally got free times once again. And so, I would be asking kindly for your support in my return! 

I would like to give everyone a heads up, this story was made and posted as the raw and first draft. There might be some inconsistencies but rest assured that the author is doing his best in editing/revising these mistakes. 

Regards, RDream. :D
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