Jade and Chryselle are half-sisters, who have a estranged relationship due to their parents' complicated past. When their zoologist father disappeared, Chryselle, a geologist studying the sleeping volcano, Mt. Aria, used her connection to have Jade in their research team, hoping that she could provide clues about the map she found in their father's belongings, the map of a legendary kingdom, where animals could talk like humans. 

But does the legendary place really exist or it is just an imaginary place invented by a mad man? Jade knew that Mt. Aria and the native boy, Theo have the answer to their question. 

An answer that brought her to another world, where she found herself in the body of a noble lady, set to marry the cold-hearted, future king of Reino dela Tierra. 

Two parallel worlds, a mysterious volcano and discovering what's beyond the horizons.



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Even though Libertas knew his talent was horrible, he didn't expect that he didn't have any talent at all. He sighed. The short evaluation written on the paper said it too clearly to misunderstood:
[Imaginary World Report
Flexibility: None
Resistance: None
Resilience: None
Result: Good for Nothing
The Imaginary World showed no sign of Flexibility as no distortion was seen, its rigidity is of no worth. As a high rigidity requires a high value of Resistance which it doesn't have. It could be seen on the instant forming of cracks in the Imaginary World. The Resilience isn't worth mentioning, the cracks didn't show a single sign of recovery.
The Imaginary World has no potential.]
Libertas sighed again before he starred at Igor, "Will you leave everything behind for me?"
There was no hesitation in his reply, "Don't forget, Your Highness, you saved my life and I will repay with my life!"
A light smile surfaced on Libertas, "Then go pack and do what you must! We will leave soon!"
"Your Highness, as the Crown Prince you can't leave like this."
"Follow me!"
"Your Highness, you should eat first, wasting food isn't a good habit."
"Haha"
As he started to eat, he slowly lost himself in thought. What does he want to do? What does want to accomplish? He thought back in his life, it was full of ups and downs, although there were more downs than ups. He sighed as he placed a spoonful in his mouth. Instead of going through all the hassle, why can't he just lay on the labour of others? With this, his plan for the future slowly formed. He as a lazy Lord who ruled over his subject, while enjoying life to his fullest. He decided to throw his past suffering away and embraced his new life.
Together they walked out of the door, along the corridor, then into another until they reached the Study-Room of His Majesty. With a mischievous smile directed at Igor, Libertas knocked at the door. After a while, the door was opened and the same butler with the monocle peeked out of the door. He snorted, visibly displeased at seeing him.
"His Majesty is busy, if it isn't urgent, please leave."
"It is urgent! I request an audience as the Crown Prince and not as his Son. I should have the right to see his Majesty!"
"..."
"Let him in!"
His Majesty commanded from the inside. The butler let the Crown Prince in but closed the door fast enough that Igor remained outside. His Majesty stood with his back to Libertas with a table between them. He didn't turn around and gazed out of a window, as he spoke, "Why did you come seeing me?"
With his word, an unknown force spread out which forced Libertas on his knees. As soon as he spotted a fiery red pearl on the table the temperature around Libertas increased. Slowly but surely to the burning point until the table ignited. The fire spread like a demon trying to devour him. It seemed to laugh diabolical and with a quick 'step' it turning the 'walked' path into ash. It was in front of Libertas, sweeping its claws, attempting to burn him into a part of its glorious path of ashes.
"Meow~"
The moment the claw touched a single hair of Libertas an angry but tired mew sounded. The flames flooded, the ashes whirled and everything returned before the fire broke out. It was all just an Illusion… or maybe not. There was single hair, showing marks of a slight scorching. Furthermore sweats has wetted his back.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, Your Majesty."
Libertas swallowed. If he didn't hear wrong, there seemed to be glee and relieve in his Majesty's voice. He rigidly closed his eyes, while he faced the rug, fearing the 'Illusion' which was likely released by the red pearl. In his fear, he didn't even question the mew, at least for now. After he took a deep breath to calm himself, he addressed the reason for his coming.
"Your Majesty, as you know my Talent for Cultivation is next to none. I am not someone fitting to be the future ruler of this Kingdom. I would like to resign my position as the Crown Prince, I believe my little brother would be more fitting as the Crown Prince. His gift for Cultivation is peerless, not like mine. All I would like to request from your Majesty is a fief. Then, perhaps, I can assist my brother in his future ruling."
His Majesty turned around surprised. His mouth agape, before turning into a slight smile and his eyes squinted. He picked up the fiery red pearl, then he played with it for a while. Thereafter, he threw it in the air, it scattered into fine particle. Though he didn't notice the crack on the pearl, he saw the swear on Libertas bent back. He muttered softly, "Useless." after he turned around again.
"So be it. From today onward, you shall no longer be the Crown Prince. Hereby, I grant you a marquessate and appoint you as Marquess! Go now, I will prepare everything for your journey. Tomorrow morning, wait at the East Gate!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty"
After Libertas walked out, His Majesty moved to sit on his chair, as he rubbed his stiff neck. He looked at the pile of paper he still needed to sign, he sighed. Shaking his head, he pulled a map out of a shelf under the table and spread it out. After glancing at the map, he picked a document out of another shelf. His mouth curled diabolically.
"Why do you think he wanted a fief?"
The Butler moved closer to view the document and the map. As he remedied the position of his monocle, he replied, "Your Majesty, his Highness was since young smarter than his peer. He is someone stubborn who isn't easily willing to give up, as long as he saw a single possible way. Though he isn't someone great at ruling over others, he may think he was great. Due to his nature of helping others, the others started to help him. Moreover, he is known as someone who likes to repay his favour, even though he forgets them swiftly, but others didn't care much about that. For now, I believe he mistook this, as his talent for governing."
His Majesty sat back on his chair, stretching relaxed. In contrast, his mind worked furiously to create a plan, while taking another view in.
"So, what will he do with his fief?"
"It may be unlikely, but he may become a hassle in the future. Slowly, in the dark, he can build a force to usurp his brother once Your Majesty passes away. It can be described as a problem in the bud. I recommend killing the bud early before it can cause trouble, Your Majesty."
"Haha, do you truly believe a child could think this scheming? At least I don't believe it. At the end he is my flesh and blood, I can't just kill him in cold blood as I have done with others. Besides that, he may be a Bastard, but he hasn't lost his use yet. The church…"
At the marketplace was grand Statue of a Hero piercing with his sword a Demon King. He held with both hands a sword, one stabbed the Demon King and the other a Bat. The one which stabbed the Demon King was a plain sword with a crack. It was unknown if the crack was intended or not. The one which killed the bat had, in contrast, an extravagant flair.
Libertas starred at the Portrayal of a Hero killing a Demon King. Somehow both, the Hero and the Demon King were eerily familiar. Where could he have possibly seen a Sword-wielder and a Vampire? Though he dismissed this feeling of familiarity when he saw Igor running to him.
"Your Highness, everything was sold."
"Good! Did you prepare everything I told you?"
"No, I couldn't find someone willing to secretly trail behind us, or Mercenaries ready to take up the task to protect us. It may because the coming journey is to an unknown destination."
"Sigh, take a step back in our demands. They at least need to be prepared to follow us until we reach the next city."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Libertas gazed at the crowd in the bustling marketplace. The seller shouted, advertising their products to attract the buyers, vying against their neighbouring stall. Kids laughed at the clowns and were awed by the street magicians. Reluctant beauties were dragged away from lovely accessories, as they were too poor. Rich young masters flaunted their wealth bestowed by their parents. Vigorous, but drunk men were in their delusion saving a young minstrel, and would be living with her happily ever after.
Life could be this easy, but why was it always troublesome and full of hassle? Friends, Families, Interaction. All of this can had one lead to happiness, but at the same time, they brought in all the hassle. Without sadness, there won't be happiness. Without trouble, there won't be cosiness. Could happiness lay in how he coped with his trouble? Should he enjoy it as part of his life?
Libertas chuckled, while he shook his head. Mockingly he thought if he enjoyed pain, wouldn't he be crazy? Who would enjoy trouble and sadness? He moved on with a little more confident steps toward his future, burying his old self as 'XXX' and fully embracing his self as 'Libertas'. He stretched his hand out and greeted the fellows following behind Igor.
"Good day, Gentlemen. I am Libertas, nice to meet you!"

A young man, who lived a horrible life, died, killed by the man he once admired. But life didn't forsake him and granted him a second chance on life.
Plagued by his past, living with low self-esteem, can he succeed like this? Will he change to fight his inner demons, or will he fall at their hands?
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Every Journey will begin with a single step into the unknown. We walk our path to reveal the darkness covering our Journey.
At the end of our path, we will see a crown, the crown we created with our own hands. We shall crown ourself as Kings. Now is the time to decide if it will be a shabby crown full of regrets, or a glorious one! Choose, how will your's be?
We can be proud we have walked our path in a way we desired.
There shall be no fear of death, only the fear of the regrets we have at the end of our path.
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This story will soon be posted on 'RoyalRoad.com' too.

Hhmmmmm..... whooooo... 

The CPU cooler and the room cooler were in the background humming in rhythm and timing as if they both were soulmates. 

It was hot and humid outside, so I was I my room studying on my computer. not really as I was like all time on my compute-- I mean life support device. I am diseased with a 'cant step more than 5 meters without a computer or something interesting' disease.so my computer is a life support device I mean like the ones in hospitals. 

Double click..login...game start ...select charecter....continue game ....*ping*...loding complete...

I spawned at the town of bandits. It was a red player town and due to me being a good person I wasn't allowed in the green areas. although it is called a town it's actually the biggest map among cities towns etc. In this game, towns and the like could grow big by increasing the population and as there were a lot of red good guys and NPC available. So it grew to be very big but yet it kept the same name.

Now going along the mini-map, I reached the travelers portal, you know the thing that is used so that time is saved or the one used other travel long distances in the game world. 

Anyway I used the travelers portal to head to the dark goblin's forest and some warrior guy sent me a party request, and I couldn't believe it. Its been a long while since someone had sent me a party request. I think the last few guys died cuz my hand stabbed them, mind it wasn't me it was my hand alright. But I noticed he was one of those evil green players who play just for fun. And as a self-righteous red player, I must do my job properly and get some tip. So I accepted his request.

The poor guy with no friends or knowledge about the game then followed me to my location. the dark goblins forest was a level 100-120 area and players with less skill could also quest here but the place I'm going to is a secret area discovered by me that place is meant for level 220-250 players. Above level 150 is a class of its own I being the best player in the game was only level 242 while the second and third place were 183 and 175 respectively. one could get to lvl 100 in a month 150 in three months but 200! not even in a year. If it wasn't for the bonus content and minigame no one would even play this game because of the slow growth.

I reached the secret area in the dark goblin's forest in quite a short while meanwhile, he was following my avatar, I led him to the goblin spawning grounds. There we started defeating goblins and picking their drops like items and gold, Once in a while whenever the warriors HP fell low I would help him so that he could drink his hp potion. Once he finished his stock of HP potions I told him to follow me deep into the secret area. Hey, don't get me wrong it was just a coincidence that his potion finished just as I was about really getting into it.

"Hehehe" Oops my bad.

Then I led him through a secret pass that I discovered not long ago.

When we reached the midpoint of the map, just as excepted goblin warriors <lvl 200> ambushed us along with some goblin daggermen <lvl 230> at their backs. Although the goblin warriors were strong they were pretty slow, so that chicken of a party member got a chance and left running but fortunately, I mean unfortunately the goblin dagger men were both fast and long ranged and they did what they had to and finished him off.

"Oh no another party member has fallen ."

"Hmm... He might have dropped something. Don't worry my fallen comrade I shall avenge you and keep what you left behind as a souvenir."

I quickly used [swirl bash] that caused the goblins to be stunned for a moment and instantly finished them with a [lightning chain] combo". 

"Whew.." 

I got up and reached for his corpse and looted his bag. 

'You might be thinking that I am a liar and narcissist and heartless and merciless, but actually, I am very much a good and kind guy-- I mean heaven-defying lifeform.

Anyways the year in the current calendar is 2019 pretty much the same as it is in your world.' 

"How do I know? I guessed."

"The world has improved gaming to the next level, and just like games where lvl 1 is easier than lvl 100 the new next level gaming is too overwhelmingly hard."

"I mean they combined platform games with arcade and console and PC and virtual reality in one. And it isn't all in one but buy it all."

"And now when I want to play or anyone wants to play they got to buy everything from console to PC to VR gear to arcade thingies. And you think you got it tough just because you got to build a PERSONAL GAMING COMPUTER. We here have to build a PERSONAL GAMING HIDEOUT. And don't you think that we can do with just one and that the company will suffer, as they will have a lot of dissatisfied customers and complaints."

"Nope, the government pays the company according to the ratings of the games and the one that gives the ratings is an AI. That very much doesn't even need the gear to play. And if you're thinking why in the world did the govt lose common sense. I don't know. That's just the way it is."

"Are you thinking how I'm it breaking out of the fourth wall? Duh I'm not, I'm just talking to my imaginary friends like you. Arent you just an imaginary friend."

"Eeeeh...Ahh..you...a boss battle‚ you got me distracted now I ain't talking with you anymore bye!" 

'Uhh... the arcade... yes take that yes... huh!! 18 sec to change to PC, Oh!' 

I turned my chair to the computer and hit some keys w....q...e...s...f...g...y ...s... r... m,  combo magic spell [lighting blast] activated.

 "Oh no !!!! MP low.. MP potion ...yes!  whew !!!!" 

"Oh no !!!!! change to VR " 

  I hurriedly wore my visor, my gloves, etc and the game started. Bang I immediately shot a "fireball" as soon as the game unpaused, then approached the boss and jumped on his back, faster than one can say 'I'm broke'. Then what happened next went like: 

[sword break]... BOOM... [world of swords]!!!!.. [sword rain]!!!!.....The boss roared and went into a frenzy. when it was enraged I caught its neck than with a twist and pull its head came 'pop' and the spine along with intestine and blood came spurting out from the neck. That part was most probably PG.

"Whew... oh it dropped something." 

I picked it up and kept it in my inventory, then to check what it was I had to turn to the PC. And presto it was.....

it was...

It was.....a 4-star rare equipment named Ragnarok's dagger. It was pretty much lame as compared to other 4-star or even some 3-star equipment had better stats and ability than it. But it had the ability to ignore defense in some special condition and remove an extremely rare [sleep] debuff on the user. 

"I think, this might have been enough for this chapter, right? oh.. no., I'm not talking with you!" 

*ping*

 "Huh, a message must be from that loser I PK'ed earlier. Oops, I let out my real; thoughts."

*system notification from the messenger of God:
             please shut down devices to update the game. First, four to upgrade will be rewarded with bonus* 

"Message from God is this supposed to be some kind of prank from the Game Maker, whatever I gotta quickly switch off my devic-i mean seal my divine artifacts."

*ping*

*game update....patch downloading*

*0% completed*

"Whew, I hope I become first or at least 3rd not 4 or less. Oh I had forgotten about my soda"

'slurrrrp... hah.....'

I gotta rest when I can, later on, I will have to make up for it with a 18X7 marathon gaming.' 

I don't know when but with that thought I ended up in my bed so I just tucked myself under the soft comfy blanket and grabbed my hug pillow and fell into a deep slumber. 

"Zzzzzz…...zzzz..." 

"ping"

*100% downloaded*

*game installing*

*you are fourth to update delivering bonnuuusszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-----------------------------

Yuuki who went by an in-game alias 'Yukkifox' finds herself in a strange place after the night her game's new update came. Later she finds that the world was like a game and as a gamer unconcerned about life she plays the new game of life.

'Shit! How are there so many of them here,' Rick regretted not getting the Golem Mask. He counted the Celestial Devotees around him. There were seven of them around, 'How the hell did so many of you end up here?'

As the seven gathered before him, he immediately recognized two faces amongst the crowd, Eira and Azer.

Two groups were forming up with the Celestial Devotees on one side and Rick, Samira, Dale and Jay on the other. The other two dozen people in the hall slowly backed away and kept to themselves, avoiding the impending fight.

"You seem to have made a name for yourself," Samira spoke walking up to him.

"Not the good kind," Rick chuckled.

"Good job soldier," Dale said, walking up to Rick.

"Dale, I am so sorry to get you into all that trouble," Rick said. "Did Mr. Kir get you out?"

"Yes don't worry, I got out fine thanks to Kir," Dale replied.

"Hey Rick, guys," Jay replied. "Nice to see you, but it seems like a long story. We need to deal with those guys first. What's the deal with them?"

"Oh them" Rick replied, "Ya they want to kill me."

"What did you do?" Samira chided. "Why don't you try talking it out with-"

"Rick," Eira's voice echoed from across the hall. He roared "I will peel the skin off you for what you did."

Swoop

Before anyone could react, Samira tossed her javelin off aimed towards the Celestial Devotee.

"You will be dead before that," Samira bellowed.

The javelin flew across the camp in unbelievable speed, aimed straight at Eira.

"Fuck!" Eira panicked, quickly casting layers of ice before him.

Even then, the javelin did not stop easily. It pierced halfway through the ice-sheet before finally coming to a stop.

"Devotees, wipe them off," an icy voice rang through the ranks of the Devotees making them stir into action.

The Devotees broke into a stride rushing towards them.

"Samira not again," Jay shook his head walking up, his swords drawn. Dale too drew his gun off from his shoulder. Everyone prepared for the sudden fight.

The two sides rushed at each other, preparing their attacks.

"Agh!" Rick felt a strong force push him back forcing him off his feet. He landed more than two feet back.

He looked around and noticed that it wasn't just him, even Samira and the other Devotees had been knocked back.

Slowly everyone slowly stood back up, looking around, not understanding what was happening around him.

"Sorry, but I can't let God's best Hero's kill each other here," a voice spoke from above.

Rick looked up and noticed an about eighteen-year-old girl wearing a black jumpsuit with short blue hair floating nearly nine feet in the sky.

"Oh sorry," the girl spoke in an excited voice. "I am Maya, the manager of this Blessed Exchange."

"And there will be no fighting in here," Maya spoke in a chirpy voice.

She had everyone's full attention with the thought of fighting put on the back burner for now.

"God has created some special items which will be auctioned by yours truly," she continued, tipping her head with an imaginary hat. "And of course the currency is the Blessed Stones."

"Do we get to check the items first," someone asked.

"Oh we have a curious one here," Maya said turning around. "Of course you will get the chance"

She clapped her hands and everyone simultaneously received a notification.

Rick touched his temple.

 

[Auction List]

[World Map (Starting Price: Two Blessed Stones)]

[Divine Enchantment Stone (Starting Price: Three Blessed Stones)]

[Random Teleportation Portal (Starting Price: Seven Blessed Stones)]

[Fixed Entrance Portal (Starting Price: Five Blessed Stones)]

[…]

 

Rick looked at the list of things auctioned. There were dozens of things being auctioned. He took the time and went through each item one by one.

"Rick, it is nice to see you," Jay walked up and tapped his shoulder.

"Hey, nice to see you too," he replied politely.

Rick and Jay talked for a few minutes about their journey since separating.

"So, what do you want to buy?" Jay asked.

"Frankly, I would get everything if it was up to me," Rick replied with a smile.

"We should all plan out a strategy," Jay said.

"That's a good plan. Oh wait, first let me introduce you to someone," Rick said. He walked Jay and Samira up towards Dale to make introductions.

"Ahem!" Maya cleared her throat. "Time for the auction has started. Please take your seats."

Everyone looked around shocked. Nobody noticed when the teenager had prepared a stage and seats for the auction. Maya prepared a complete auction house and stood behind a podium.

"This is my first auction, so there may be more features in the Blessed Exchange," Maya said as the seats filled in.

Soon after everyone settled into their seats and the auction began.

"The first item is the World Map," Maya started. "Let's start the bid."

Nobody said anything.

"Come on! It is a good product," Maya urged. When no one said anything, she urged "Two Blessed Stones, it's a good price."

"Two Blessed Stones," Rick finally raised his hand to bid.

"Rick, don't waste your Stones?" Samira, sitting beside prodded

Everyone looked at him with smiles on their faces, but Rick paid no attention.

"Okay finally," Maya broke into a wide grin and after a moment brought down the paddle. "Sold!"

Maya raised her hand and a map appeared in his hand. The map floated over to Rick before dropping in Rick's lap.

"It's worth it," Rick assured his sister.

He needed the World Map for one purpose, he needed to find the Forest Salvus and recover the final volume of the Lemegeton!



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Rick made new rules for himself every few days. But there was only one rule that he truly always followed- Don’t stretch your legs more than the size of your blanket. The way to success was by not drawing unwanted attention. 

But when the Inter-planar wars began,  Rick had no other choice than to survive, and for that, he had to give up his laid-back lifestyle.

"Still not gonna be a hero!” Rick vowed.

Superhuman strength, agility, ability to use magic, telepathy, all sorts of talents emerged. 

As heroes began to emerge among the population, Rick decided to take up the mantle of being the man in the shadows.


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At the University of Arts and Sciences.
Lin Jie was very depressed. After he sped back, even the school gate was closed, let alone the dorms. The security guard was an automated machine and only made exceptions to school leaders. He sighed and gave up.
There were only two options for him now: Internet cafe or hotel.
"Lin Jie… is the gate closed?" Bu Yi asked softly. "I'm sorry that you were late."
Bu Yi lived in the Academy of Arts that only closed at 03:00 a.m. That was totally different from the University of Arts and Sciences, which closed the gate at 23:30 sharp. That was the reason why she was accompanying Lin Jie here. Jiang City had a 24-hour subway, which made transport very easy.
"It's okay. I'll get a hotel. I will send you back first," said Lin Jie.
"I can go back by myself." Bu Yi declined the offer.
"It's too dangerous," insisted Lin Jie. How could he allow a girl he liked to go on the subway at night after watching some adult shows with impure content?
"Okay fine." Bu Yi nodded.
Lin Jie started driving and sent Bu Yi back to her dorms.
"Bye!"
"Bye…"
After Bu Yi left, Lin Jie found a hotel and settled down. It was just beside the school and relatively cheap.
The owner of the hotel was surprised that Lin Jie was alone.
However, it was not soundproof at all! People at the Academy of Arts were very open, and it was not rare for them to have some romance blooming.
Lin Jie was in agony. He could feel the vibration hitting his bed and shaking his ceiling. If he opened the window, he could even hear the moaning like they were having a competition on it—the environment was just terrible!
Lin Jie had a hard time falling asleep, and it was morning before he knew it. The owner was shocked to see Lin Jie's heavy eyebags.
"What a lousy place!" Lin Jie scolded softly. He bought some breakfast and went back to school. He did his morning routine exercise and quickly went back to sleep.
Zheng Ziliang gave an evil smile when he saw Lin Jie's face. Lin Jie knew what Zheng Ziliang was thinking, but he was too tired to argue with him!
He had a terrible dream.
Lin Jie dreamt that he was sleeping in a hotel, and people were making weird noises all around him! He woke up with frustration and logged into the game. He decided to sleep in the game instead.
…
—"Welcome back to the City of Light!"
Ding~
—'System announcement: Fifth Main Plot Dungeon [Hell Gate] is now available! Warriors, go and defend the land of Light!'
At last, the final Main Plot Dungeon!
Other maps involved in the Dungeon-group and War of Light were all available now. Players could choose any maps they liked for rewards. They could even encounter Rare Elites and random treasure chests.
Lin Jie looked at the map. All he was concerned about was the location of his Broken Blade's blade!
The blade was located behind a door after the final Boss!
Hell Gate's final Boss was the Demon of Destruction—a Hero Boss that was comparable to the NPC Wind Rider Sword Saint! With Hell Gate's release, the game was full of people again. Very Fat, Dark Earl, and Dumb Fox all invited Lin Jie to clear the dungeon together.
This dungeon belonged to Savage Blade! It would be their sole honor!
The team was soon assembled, and they gathered at the Hell Gate's entrance.
It was a gigantic gate surrounded by the smell of death. Tyrese's army and other NPCs were there too. These were the NPCs summoned by players. If they did not use them before, they could ask them for help in the Hell Gate.
"Do we need to summon NPCs?"
"No need, let's go." Lin Jie led the team into the Hell Gate.
Ding~
—'You have entered [Hell Gate]. There are 395 teams right now.'
—'You have arrived at the Demon of Destruction."
Demon of Destruction sat on the throne and asked, "Human, are you here for your death?" This was the final Boss!
"Leave the dungeon, now!" yelled Lin Jie.
Although they had no idea what happened, they listened to Lin Jie anyway.
There were a total of five maps for Hell Gate. They would be teleported to a random map when entering the dungeon. It was not reasonable to face the final Boss before clearing the other maps as they needed some essential items from those maps.
"Wow, so fast?" Dumb Fox was about to lead the Steel Allies into the dungeon and saw Lin Jie coming out from the portal 3 seconds after he entered.
"Yeah, got first clear," said Lin Jie with a straight face.
"Really?"
"Of course not, duh," replied Lin Jie with a tone that was mocking Dumb Fox.
Dumb Fox had an impulse to scold him.
"Bye. I'm busy." Lin Jie entered the map again.
—'You have entered [Hell Gate]. There are 457 teams right now.'
—'You have arrived at Ice Castle."
It was an iced world with an iced castle.
Ice Castle was the land of Ice Half-Centaur. These centaurs were captured by the Demon of Destruction and sacrificed their power and souls to the Abyss Totem.
Ice Castle, Lightning Swamp, Fire Summit, and Gale Region were the Hell Gate's four maps. If a player did not have Divine equipment yet, it was not advisable to bypass those maps and fight with Demon of Destruction.
"What? The map changed?" Zheng Ziliang was surprised.
Netherblue said, "Seems like Hell Gate has multiple maps. It is just one of them. Game's official website does not have any information. We have to play by ear."
Qiu Yuan said smilingly, "I think the system purposely put the Demon of Destruction's map as the first one so that many guilds would straight away start with the Boss. Needless to say, the Boss would get very overpower after some time and wipe out the entire team."
Lin Jie raised his eyebrow and praised her. "Wow, you understand the game so well now?"
"The system tricked me too many times!" replied Qiu Yuan.
Qiu Yuan had returned to Savage Blade with her Book of the Undead Age. Her damage output was sufficient now and barely used any mana. She held an important role in the team now.
Dark Priest was the only job in The New Age that could use the skill Magic Transfer, which could channel her mana to a target ally. That was why many teams would need a Dark Priest as a portable mana potion. They would ignore the low Attack of the Dark Priest in such cases.
However, Qiu Yuan had an incredible damage output!
"You are right. There is a lot of scolding on the game's official website now. There are many teams that got wiped out more than 10 times in less than an hour," said Netherblue.
"Okay, let's do work while the rest are still being dumb," said Lin Jie.
Ice Castle's internal structure was simple. The main road led to the center of the castle, and there were many branch routes around it. There were chances of spawning Rare Elites, Rare Bosses with low combat power, treasure chests, and other items. It also contained many clues in the Ice Castle. The more clues collected, the more the Boss could be weakened.
The main idea of Ice Castle was to find clues and weaken the Boss! That was the idea of Hell Gate too.
It was not difficult to come up with that conclusion by extending the clearing method of Ice Castle to other maps.
"Get buffs, drink potions. Star Kill, we go pull them," said Lin Jie. Everyone started drinking Ice-Resistance Potions and used other scrolls.
Hardworking Pants started forging runes on the ground. After five minutes, a 6 yards by 6 yards rune was formed.
[Life Blessing Rune]: When you are near it, MaxHP increases by 300.
Scrolls, potions, runes, and enchanted materials were very rare and usually not used for normal maps. But it was essential in clearing the dungeon as a slight difference in the stats could have a different outcome.
Lin Jie and Star Kill left the group and walked towards the group of Half-Centaurs.
[Ice Half-Centaur]: Level 65 Elite. Health Points: 180,000
12 Half-Centaurs formed a group. The Half-Centaur had cold blood running in their veins, and thus their bodies appeared to be blue. They used Ice Javelin, which could be reformed by magic after it was thrown.
Pitter-patter… Pitter-patter…
Star Kill walked towards one of the Half-Centaurs on the outside. The Half-Centaur seemed to sense movement around it and started to become uneasy.
"I'm ready," said Star Kill.
"Wait!" Lin Jie stared at Star Kill with his eye turning red. Star Kill was taken aback.
"Imaginary Eye!"
Under the effect of Imaginary Eye, a small black-robed Half-Centaur appeared.


Battle Emperor Fu Sheng is the most popular player in the game, The New Age. Everyone believes that only he will become the champion in the final battle! His real name—Lin Jie. The reason for his participation in the battle is to win the Capsule of Revitalization for his injured mother and sister. With the Broken Blade, a Heritage weapon, in hand, he finally makes it to the final battle! Only then does he realize that his best friend had betrayed him! After his devastating defeat, Lin Jie is shocked to realize that he had time-travelled all the way back to a few years ago when the beta version of The New Age was just about to launch! 

With all my knowledge of the game...
Pros on the leaderboard? All of them my underlings!
First kill of a BOSS? Mine!
First clear of the exclusive dungeon? Still mine!

Whatever I lost in the past, I’ll get them all back!
Whoever brought me trouble, you’re as good as dead!
When I have the chance to do it all over again, I WILL BE EMPEROR!

I am Fu Sheng, the STRONGEST warrior in The New Age. No one, absolutely no one, can stand before me!

While Richard and Adrian were sweating so much as they face the final boss called Daisy, Ron right now was amazed at the sight in front of him.

After all, there were a lot of species in front of him! There was a human, elf, dwarf, beast man, human with a tiger head. A walking squid. A frog that looks weird with its big teary eyes running around with its mouth wide open. It was running around with its two legs and not jumping while shouting. 

" REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! "

The voice of the frog was so loud Ron had to cover his ears.

" Ohhh, that was Fefe the frog. First time seeing him! So it was true that his shout was so loud. " Anna exclaimed as she saw Fefe the frog that was disappearing from their sight.

" Fefe the frog? Who is that Anna? " Ron tilted his head as he asked Anna. 

" Fefe the Frog is an SSS-Rank mana user, he is a very strong guy with a weird fighting style. He uses his speed and voice to destroy his enemies. Even if your block your ears or if you are deaf, you can still hear his attacks. He can make your other senses HEAR things. So your nose instead of smelling will be able to hear things. It's an unblockable attack and that is why he is really strong even on the ranks of the SSS-Rank people. Its just that he a weird frog that he runs around shouting ' REEEEEEEE '. " Anna explained to Ron calmly. 

" Speaking of frog, be careful of a bipedal frog with a googles on his head. He is the Mad Frog, another SSS-Rank mana users. All of his imaginations will come true, whether it is a motorcycle, bomb or even an airplane. As long as it is not a living being, and as long as he can imagine it then he can use it. Its just that to him it is visible but to us it is totally invisible with no way to see what his imagination is. What made him be called as Mad Frog is that, well... He starts doing everything he wants from time to time whether destroying a city, stealing a treasure, whatever it is that he wants to do he will do even if someone will die. So be careful of a bipedal frog with googles on his head OK? " Anna warned Ron about another frog. Then Ron and Anna heard a commotion in front of them. 

" Ahhhhhh!!! "

" Noooooo! Don't go here! Don't go here!!! "

" Mad Frog is chasing after Fefe the Frog! Run for your life! "

" Ahhhhhh Run! Help me! Help me! "

Ron and Anna saw a frog with a googles on his head floating in the sky moving very fast. It looked like the frog was surfing on a wave, which explains what is happening below the frog as the people and other things were being swept away as though a tidal wave passed by. That frog was the Mad Frog that Anna warned Ron about. Mad Frog was imagining that he was surfing on a large wave! He thought that he was in the ocean just surfing on waves as he chased after Fefe the frog. 

There were many police flying around Mad Frog as they rescued the people that was being affected by Mad Frog's Madness. They had no choice but to do this because they can't stop Mad Frog! He was SSS-Rank after all! He was also an asset to protecting this world. Even though he goes mad from time to time. He was still important as he helps all the living creatures in this world to survive a world ending calamity since ancient times. 

Those who guards the world since ancient times are called The Guardian of the World. There were many of them spread all around the world, some active while others in hibernation. Mad Frog was an example of those who are active. Those in hibernation will only wake up when a calamity that endangers the world comes out. An example would be Gojira, A colossal dinosaur like creature that has dorsal fins on its back which lights up when it uses its atomic breathe from its mouth. 

These Guardian of the World were immortals and has been protecting the world since ancient times. And they also cannot be contained as the world will always help them escape. 

This was why there were no living creatures trying to profit by destroying nature, as these guardians will lock on to those who are related to the destruction and annihilate them. 

So, wars in these world became smaller in scale because of this guardians. Because, after all if a country destroy the nature too much. It will be gone from the world map the next day. 

Ron and Anna paled at the words spoken by the running person in front of them. 

' Didn't Fefe just went pass us? RUN!!! ' Anna instantly grabbed Ron as she used his ability to make her movements faster. 

" Quickly! Take the young master out of Mas Frog's way! " One of the guards following Ron quickly said to his fellow guards. He was the one with a foresight ability.

The fighter guard reacted quickly as he ran to Ron and Anna. He grabbed both of them and quickly jumped off to the side. He looked at Mad Frog and saw that the imaginary wave was gonna hit them.

' We're not going to make it! ' The fighter closed his eyes as he changed his position to block the imaginary wave with his body to protect Ron and Anna. Suddenly, he felt that he is moving faster.

Booom! Crash! Dadadada!

Ron, Anna and the fighter safely got out Mad Frog's path. The fighter was shocked that they were able to get out. He was sure that they would be hit.

" It is my ability, I can manipulate movements all around me. " The fighter finally realised the reason why they got out. It turned out that Anna had such ability! He never knew about it.

" Phew, he's finally gone. Good work for rescuing our client! " The sharpshooter commended the fighter, the fighter just nodded and didn't explain how they survive.

They finally looked at the place where Mad Frog just passed by. It was absolute chaos, many people were injured and everything in the way of the Mad Frog was destroyed. It was a scene that looked like a tsunami just went by. It was a good thing no one died as the police quickly sent barrier to those people who got swept by Mad Frog.

This was the power of SSS-Rank mana user! 

" Now you see Young Master? That was Mad Frog, you should run away whenever you see him. Or else you might get yourself hurt. " Anna once again warned Ron, Ron just nodded at Anna's words as he was able to experience it first-hand.

Ron, who is one of the world's most powerful Mana User regrets his whole life. He wanted to be a professional gamer but because of his parents he was forced to become a very well known mana user and succeeded in doing it. But after he reached his goal, he suddenly lost his motivation to become better at something and remembered his dream when he was young. To become a professional gamer. Ron realized that if he followed his dreams then he will be able to enjoy his life until he grows old because games are getting better and better every year but Mana Users will get weaker and weaker as they get old. Even if he gets weaker at playing games when getting old, at least the games are getting better and better. Ron decided to be reborn and wiping all his memories except for some reminders that he will continue to remember as he starts his new life. [ If you don't like weird, disgusting and perverted stuff. Just don't read this please and criticize my novel. You're not my target audience! ] To those who don't read the TAGS. This is R-18! Meaning there would be gore's and sexual content. If you don't like it those then don't bother to read this. Don't you dare question the Cover! It is my masterpiece!

This very first Chapter is a introduction to learning me. I grew up in a town call Robersonville NC, Martin County. Church going family, my mom and dad where high school sweethearts when I came into this thing call world/life. My grandma was a single after her divorce from my grandpa and she didn't have no regrets from it. she worked 35 years of her life. Hard working woman,strong independent,self motivated woman. Then my other grandmother  was single to after her divorce. she started a church which I grew up in call Tabernacle Of Faith Holiness Church,Yes the little red and white church on RailRoad St in Robersonville. where souls we're saved,tears was shed at the altar,where we as young children served every Sunday doing something. sings, ushering,playing the drum,piano,etc. I was always a happy child always wore a smile on my face. didn't take much to get me mad. I loved writing and reading bc it express my thoughts and feelings inside. People would say in quite as child bc I held alot in. I would sometimes talk to myself or an imaginary friend just to express my inner thoughts. life for me was not bad at as a child while I was in the little town. I got everything I could ever wanted for birthdays and Christmas and just because gifts as well. But suddenly life took a big twist at the age 11 years old. I had to move, that was the worse day of my life I felt. Because I had everything all map out I was going to stay in Robersonville the rest of my life. but God and my parents had other decisions..As I prepare you for the next chapter I don't want no one jumping to conclusions or saying anything negative. I may of left somethings out and didn't go deep into details because of some privacy issues.. but I shall continue to the next chapter only because this book is coming from me,about me only...

The journey to the Secluded Mountain Prefecture over the new year ended on a bad note.
Fang Yuan returned to Qinghe County completely unaffected by the sudden rise in tensions in the country.
To Fang Yuan, to be able to enter the dream world to practise martial arts, grow and cultivate his spiritual plants and to impart his teachings to his two disciples on a daily basis was a joyful way to live his life.
Furthermore, he had several precious treasures waiting for him to master and control. He did not have the time to bother about what was going on around him.
…
Within the dream world.
"Bang!"
The corpse of the Sect Master of the Five Ghosts Sect fell to the floor.
Ling Yin chuckled dryly and said, "Congratulations on defeating such a great enemy senior. You need not live your life in worry in the future anymore!"
"This person is scheming and had inserted for a spy within my county. His objectives and intentions were not to be underestimated… Thankfully we made him expose them during this operation to hide the treasure map…"
Shi Yutong oozed with confidence. This was so unlike the pathetic state of her future self.
This scene was from the war over the treasure map in Lieyang County!
Furthermore, Fang Yuan was watching from a third person's perspective. Even though he was standing next to the two ladies and observing them, they were completely oblivious to his presence.
"I have a stronger control over Ling Yin's dream world now and I can already retrieve her memories…"
Even though this was in an imaginary realm, it was in fact Ling Yin's memories of what happened before.
To a dream master, nothing was a secret!
"The works of a dream master are simply so…"
As Fang Yuan immersed himself in the scene, he was equally awestruck. As long as a dream master was determined, nobody could hide their thoughts or secrets from him.
Even a person's life experiences, memories, wealth could be taken away in the dream world.
"How is this called a dream-building master? It should be called a dream-stealing master… even a pig could become a Grandmaster pig if it trained for many years in a Grandmaster's dream world!"
Fang Yuan guessed that as long as any dream master had the heart, he could become the top grandmaster anywhere he went!
"Of course, I also have to consider the issue of natural talent and amount of effort put in… a dream master must focus on his cultivating path and spend less time on other useless aspects. To invest this way over the long term, might also bring about some negative impacts… but it is also too unfathomable!"
Whatever Fang Yuan was doing to Ling Yin was of another kind. He was not extracting her experience in alchemy. Instead, he was looking through her other secrets.
The bright moon illuminated the dark starless sky as a crow flew south.
The violent commotion from afar died down slowly.
It was obvious that those martial artists realised which side had already won and did not dare to take a second look before escaping swiftly.
As long as Shi Yutong and the head of the Five Ghosts Sect were not both seriously injured, there was no way for any of them to take action at all. It was the best time for them to get away while they still could.
Fang Yuan stood aside and watched silently.
"Treasure map?"
A spark flickered in Ling Yin's eyes.
As Fang Yuan was in control of her dream world, he could also sense the curiosity that popped up in Ling Yin.
"Why? Junior Ling Yin, you are from a rich family and have an alchemy master, why would you be interested in my little treasure?"
Shi Yutong forced a closed lip smile.
A spark flickered again in Ling Yin's eyes as she pressed further, "Senior, you are making fun of me again. Tell me more about it…"
"I only just learnt about this!"
Shi Yutong continued, "Do you know that the ancestors of the head of the Five Ghosts Sect were not from this country?"
"Hmm?" Ling Yin was taken aback and she continued to ask, "Could it be they were immigrants? But there is nothing inappropriate about this!"
"It does not just end there!"
Shi Yutong shook her head, "The ancestors of this person were from the Da Qian Empire!"
"What?"
Ling Yin shuddered.
"Now do you also find that something is wrong? Da Qian is situated so far away from here and the road here is incredibly perilous. His ancestors defied all odds to reach here. They had to be incredibly strong to pass through the many mountains and rivers to reach this place… Furthermore, these people picked a poor rural area like ours to settle down in. It is extremely suspicious!"
Shi Yutong spoke on slowly.
Ling Yin thought about it quickly and then replied, "But… How do you know all this? Did you also plant spies within their sect?"
"I just returned the favour…"
Shi Yutong waved her hand. It was common for big powers to plant spies in each other's sects.
Even if the head of the Five Ghosts Sect did not plant the Guo family as spies in their county, she would have done the same. This was nothing to do with favours, it was most basic thing to do to a potential rival sect.
"The ancestors of the head of the Five Ghosts Sect were from Da Qian, could it be that the treasure map was his?"
Ling Yin's eyes lit up.
"Indeed!"
Shi Yutong nodded her head in admission and replied, "It was rumoured that the particular ancestor was incredible power and unpredictable. However, he did not live a long life and died soon after he reached here. Apparently, he sustained a serious injury and before he died, he left a set of treasure maps split into three sets to be looked after by three of his disciples!"
"Three sets?"
Ling Yin asked curiously, "Why? If he had such a precious treasure, wouldn't it be better to just hand it over to his heir?"
"I am not sure about this, maybe he had a deeper intention!"
Shi Yutong continued saying, "After he died, the three disciples fell out with each other which made it impossible to piece back the full treasure map. It stayed that way until now. Now, the three of them are already dead and they do not have surviving family members. However, it is the descendants of the particular ancestor himself who are now trying to reclaim the treasure map!"
"Based on what know, he has already gotten one set. But, it was stolen away by Han Shou's disciple. The set that just has emerged is the second set! In order to find out the exact location of the treasure, we need all three sets together!"
"The treasure left by the expert from Da Qian?"
Ling Yin's eyes lit up and remarked, "My master might also be interested in this!"
"If Master Lu could help us, it would be great!"
Shi Yutong then said in a serious tone, "If that person had such a valuable treasure hidden, why didn't he leave it to his heir? There must be some complication going on that even he found difficult, how could I work alone? Please ask Master Lu…
"There are no doubts that this was Shi Yutong. She was clear about her actions and knew the risks and benefits of them. Furthermore, she was not blinded by greed of the treasure…."
Fang Yuan stood aside and watched on. Suddenly, he snapped his fingers.
"Snap!"
He snapped out of the dream world.
After all, this was all the memories Ling Yin had about the treasure map.
He could now know every thought that went through Ling Yin's mind. Ling Yin could not hide even the smallest idea that she had from him. However, he was powerless against Shi Yutong.
This was also after all just Ling Yin's dream, not Shi Yutong's!
"To do this on a Grandmaster like Shi Yutong is a bit too risky based on my current skill level!"
Even though Shi Yutong was held captive by him and definitely knew and experienced a lot more than Ling Yin, Fang Yuan was cautious about entering her dreams.
To use such a technique was almost similar to gambling.
If Fang Yuan were to be injured or killed in her dream world, his magical energy would also be damaged. Furthermore, Fang Yuan was not confident of suppressing the malicious intent in a Grandmaster's subconsciousness.
"When I've reached the peak of the Elemental Gathering Realm, after perfecting my dream-building skills, I might try it out on Shi Yutong…"
Fang Yuan scratched his chin as he thought of what he just saw.
The treasure map was extremely precious, and he already had two out of the three sets. What he did not expect was that the treasure belonged to an expert from Da Qian, which excited him slightly.
"What a pity the head of the Five Ghosts Sect is already dead. If not, I would definitely be able to obtain the most detailed information from his dream world. Now that the sect is destroyed, their archives have probably been completely looted… At least there is still hope in retrieving the archives, I just have to get Zhou Wenwu and my other disciples to carry out this mission for me!"
This was the benefit of being a major power. He could activate the people under him to carry out these tedious and troublesome tasks for him. He could afford to appear after they have found the relevant items.
"Carry on then!"
After considering his options, he stretched out his arms.
"Whoo whoo!"
The entire dream world changed before him.
The sun rose from the east and set in the west quickly. People moved at an incredibly fast-forwarded pace and it was difficult to properly see them.
Of course, this entire world was from the lens of Ling Yin.
Her entire dream world was now under the complete control of Fang Yuan.
"This is the terrifying part of being a dream master… I just have to work a bit harder and soon I can be in full control of her soul. Almost like Red-eyed White Bird, I can even alter her memories and swear allegiance to me…"
Fang Yuan was clear about his potential abilities, yet he was grounded at the same time.
"If this sort of powers were not controlled won't the world be in utter chaos?"
"I wonder if there are any laws or restrictions regarding the advancements of dream masters in Da Qian…"
Fang Yuan was aware of the sinister side of humans. If this sort of powerful ability developed without any form of control, Da Qian would have become a hellish abyss a long time ago.
Of course, laws and regulations were merely just words written on pieces of paper. What could law enforcement officials possibly do to deal with dream masters?
"Master!"
Fang Yuan got out of his thoughts and observed the next scene.
Within the Secluded Mountain Prefecture, Ling Yin came to the front of Lu Renjia and respectfully bowed and reported, "The preparations have already been made. I successfully convinced Shi Yutong to support your claim to the throne!"
"We have to adapt to the changing times!"
Lu Renjia kept his hands behind his back as he sighed.
As Fang Yuan watched from the side, he realised something was amiss and he thought, "This time should be the birthday celebration of the head of the Secluded Mountain Prefecture. It is also before Lu Renjia's rebellion so why isn't he all pumped up and ready to fight? Instead he looks so solemn here. Could the rumours of external intervention be true? Such that Lu Renjia was not in control of the situation?"
Ling Yin also sensed that something was not right as the expression on her master's face was one she had rarely seen.
"Ling Yin!"
Lu Renjia raised his head suddenly and pulled out a secret diagram and ordered, "Memorize this diagram and then destroy it once you are done!"
"This is…"
Looking at the map on her hand, Ling Yin was slightly puzzled.
"This is the location of one of my secret mansions. It is within Lieyang County, and this secret is only between the two of us…"
Lu Renjia dryly said, "If all goes well this time, everything will be alright. If things go south, and if… something bad happens to me, go to this cave abode. Focus your energy on training, do not be involved in the affairs around you, do not look for Spiritual Knights and do not come out again. Most importantly, do not try to seek revenge for me!"
"Master…"
A strong premonition grew as Ling Yin fell to her knees crying.


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