A short story about the Foxes' Wedding folklore in Japan

Hyakuonogatari Kaidankai was a game where people lit 100 candles and took turns talking about strange or terrifying stories. Each time they finished telling a story, they would blow out one of the candles. After all of the candles were extinguished, it was said that everyone would be brought to hell.
There was dignified-looking woman who had snow-white hair and snow-white eyes. She wore a white kimono and gave a gentle smile as she looked at Zhao Fu. She was called Yuki-onna.
She was a traditional Japanese Devil everyone knew about. She lived in mountains and looked quite beautiful. She would often attract men to places where there was no one else and kiss them. At the same time, the men's bodies would freeze, and she would devour their souls.
The Yuki-onna's children were called Yukinbo, and Japanese folklore believed that the Yukinbo were the Devils who brought the first snow of winter. The Yuki-onna was a world-class beauty and had a cold personality. She was a subordinate of the mountain god and controlled the snow of winter.
Juvenile Yuki-onna were harmless, but mature Yuki-onna liked to freeze men and take them back to where they lived to look at.
There was a pure-looking and slim woman who wore a lace kimono and looked at Zhao Fu while smiling; she was called Hashihime.
Hashihime was called 'the maiden of the bridge' and was a divine type of Devil. It was both a Water Devil and a Water God.
Because she could not be with her beloved person, she drowned herself. If men crossed the bridge at night, she would appear and cause the water to drown them. If women crossed, she would pull them into the water.
Hashihime first appeared in the poem Kokinshu, and there were many stories about her.
There was another woman wearing a palace dress who had fluffy, long hair. She was quite pretty, but her teeth were black and held a mirror. She did not look at Zhao Fu for some reason; she was called Ao-nyobo.
Ao-nyobo was forty-fifth out of the Hyakki Yagyo. She ate humans and was incredibly dangerous.
They were mainly in Kyoto and often appeared in dark and old houses, holding a mirror. She was actually quite pitiful due to her story.
A beautiful woman with an enchanting figure wearing a bathrobe coldly smiled as she looked at Zhao Fu. She was called the Drowned Woman.
She often appeared in onsens, and people would often see a beautiful woman bathing. However, if she stood up, they would see skeletons in the water around her.
She was similar to Kappas, which were Devils that lured people to commit suicide.
There were two types of Drowned Women. One type had the upper half of a beautiful woman but had the lower half of a skeleton; these were called Skeleton Drowned Women. The other type had the upper half of a beautiful woman but had the lower body of a snake; these were called Snake Drowned Women.
A woman who wore exquisite clothes, had a voluptuous figure, and looked like she put extreme detail into her looks looked at Zhao Fu with a gaze full of desire. She was called Futakuchi-onna.
The Hyakki Yagyo recorded that she was a lascivious woman who stole husbands, and she was extremely gluttonous and quite dangerous.
There was also a woman who looked drenched and wore thin white clothes. She had a graceful demeanor, and her looks were quite good. She was called Nure-onna.
Nure-onna were also called 'sea women' or 'sea concubines,' and they lived near the sea.
She was the spirit of a woman drowned in the sea, and usually her lower half was a dragon tail or snake tail. She was always drenched, and from behind, she looked like a rock.
A middle-aged woman with an elegant figure, delicate looks, and a pale face looked at Zhao Fu expectantly. She wore a simple kimono, and she was called Ubume.
Ubume actually came from ancient Chinese legends and sometimes appeared with nine heads. It was said that she was formed from the obsessions of a woman who had died in childbirth. She held a child as she walked in the night, and the cry of the child became the cry of Ubume.
Sometimes Ubume would steal children and sometimes they would adopt them.
Another woman, who looked quite lazy, leaned against the wall. She was quite tall and slim and had an aura that stood out. She looked at Zhao Fu with interest in her beautiful eyes. She was Tenjo-kudari, a Devil from legends that often appeared on the top of houses.
There was another woman wearing a red dress who had a fiery figure. Her hair was long to the point that it fell to the ground; she was Harionago.
Legends had it that if someone in Shikoku saw a beautiful woman smiling at them from the side of the road, they should not be too happy.
It was quite likely that the beautiful woman would suddenly use her long hair to drag them in when they got too close. They would then find out that there were sharp barbs on the end of her hair, bringing extreme pain.
There was another beautiful middle-aged woman wearing a gorgeous dress and looking at Zhao Fu with a lustful look while hiding a smile behind her hand – she was a Smiling Woman.
It was said that Smiling Women came from dead prostitutes, and they had frivolous personalities and liked to laugh. Those who heard their laugh were often in dire straits.
Finally, there was a woman wearing a black kimono with her hair coiled up. She was devilishly beautiful but also contained a trace of maliciousness. Her figure was quite mature, and she held a black cat – she was Nekomata.
Nekomata was a cat devil, and it was said that she was a black cat with nine tails. Her ears were pointed and her teeth were quite sharp, and legends said she had nine lives.
Seeing so many female Devils, Zhao Fu felt quite startled. When he had attacked Japan, he had only talked with Masanori Hano, and he had not gone into the Devil City. After going in, he was quite surprised.
He did not know why they were here, but some of them were evidently tempting him. Masanori Hano was a friend to Zhao Fu, and since he treated her as a friend, he would not let her down.
Zhao Fu thought about it and decided that they had some kind of goal, so he turned around and planned to take another route in order to not make trouble.


“Ding! Soulbinding has been successfully completed; you will now head to the Heaven Awaken World.” After hearing this, Zhao Fu’s vision darkened as he fell to the ground.

With bleak prospects in the real world, Zhao Fu’s life is turned around when countless crystals fell from the sky one night, which people could use to enter an alternate, game-like world. After obtaining an ancient Chinese empire’s legacy, Zhao Fu uses his intellect and resourcefulness to develop his own empire from a tiny village. However, with enemies both in the real world and in the Heaven Awaken World, he must make brilliant decisions and use creative schemes to survive.

After scaling nine sets of 108 stone steps, Vahn, Artoria, and their tagalong, Musashi, reached what appeared to be a large Shinto Shrine Temple. Much of the structure was formed from wood that had been painted in reddish-orange, accented with pale gold, deep blacks, and a variety of vibrant colors to contrast the base white of the walls. As for the floor, it was all highly polished marble, embossed with the image of a serpentine dragon possessing eight heads.

It didn't take a comprehensive understanding of Japanese folklore to understand that the carving depicted the legendary Yamata-no-Orochi. This, combined with the various statues depicting other legendary monsters, made the Temple appear to be a place where monsters were worshipped, or, more accurately, enshrined. Even the murals adorning the walls appeared to depict various fables, strung together similar to a 'Parade of One-Hundred Demons'...

Taking Vahn's silent observation as an opportunity, Musashi, owing to her Japanese origin, decided to speak up, explaining, "This is the 'Friendly Demon Shrine'. Don't let the name fool you though, as, while they may appear to be friendly on the surface, the 'demons' within are more troublesome than anything else."

Hearing Musashi's remark, Vahn issued a light 'mmm' before looking over his shoulder, a deadpan expression his face as he muttered, "An interesting thing to hear from someone who has caused me quite a bit of trouble..."

As she couldn't exactly refute Vahn's words, Musashi's mouth hung open for a few seconds, closing only when the duo began moving forward again. She had wanted to warn him not to underestimate the Oni within, but, seeing how he was acting, Musashi decided to just let him dig his own grave. So long as it didn't turn into a full-blown conflict, she wouldn't mind seeing Vahn suffer a few setbacks, even if it was just wishful thinking on her part.

After entering the Temple proper, Vahn had a small smile on his face as, waiting for them, Benienma and a host of chubby, sparrow-like, yokai were flittering about. Perhaps as a result of her inability to greet them properly last time, Benienma had her hands neatly folded in her lap, sitting in a proper seiza that allowed her to bow steeply toward them as she said, "Welcome, Ten'nō-sama, Kōgō-sama. We are honored by your visit-dechi..."

Hearing Benienma address Artoria as 'Kōgō-sama', Vahn gave an approving nod while, at his side, the person in question, raised her chin somewhat pridefully. She had been a little bothered by the fact that her introduction had been overlooked, but, as she was currently fulfilling her duty as an Imperial Knight, she tried not to let it bother. It was still nice to hear, however, so she couldn't help but adopt a smile of her own, all while Musashi stood silently in the background...

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Following Benienma's flock of sparrow-yokai, Vahn, Artoria, and Musashi found themselves in a large meditation hall that had been modified to suit a banquet. There, a buxom woman with hazy-purple eyes sat surrounded by three decidedly 'youthful' looking figures. This included a scantily clad Yokai with short purple hair, fair skin that was tinged with a slight purple hue, and two horns protruding from her head, possessing a slightly fleshy quality that transitioned from the color of her skin to dark red.

Much like her scantily-clad counterpart, there was another Yokai sitting close enough to the former that they could touch shoulders if either moved to the left or right. She also had horns protruding from her head, but, instead of possessing a fleshy quality, they seemed to pierce through her scalp, possessing a metallic sheen that transitioned from the color of wrought iron to rust-red. This wasn't her most prominent feature, however, as she possessed intricate tribal tattoos, extending from her blood-red hands to form complex bands around her body. Even this paled in comparison to the fact that the youthful-looking Yokai was attired in a loose yellow kimono, matching the color of her hair.

Due to the Yokai's pale complexion and the way she allowed her kimono to drape off her shoulders, Vahn briefly overlapped the image of a banana with the rather feral-looking woman. This brought a smile to his face, but, as if she had sensed what he was thinking, the yellow-haired girl furrowed her brows slightly while, at the center of her head, a third eye squinted accusingly toward him...

While the horned duo stood out quite a bit, Vahn was more unnerved by the young woman who sat on the left side of the buxom, purple-clad, host. Though he got a 'dangerous' feeling from all four of them, this rather demure-looking woman, possessing light-green hair triggered a very different kind of reaction. She appeared to be nothing more than a delicate maiden at a glance, but, going by the set of ivory-white horns at the side of her head, branching into three distinct points, it was clear she was anything but 'normal'...

Almost immediately after gazing into the woman's glimmering golden eyes, Vahn noticed her pupils contract into thin lines, her smile growing to almost unnatural proportions behind the fan she used to conceal the lower half of her face. This all but confirmed his earlier suspicions, this being that each of the Yokai present before him, excluding Raikou and Benienma, were descended from Dragons...

As soon as this thought crossed his mind, the Yokai with short purple hair, her expression affixed in a perpetually seductive grin, mused, "My, my, this is rather unexpected...I had heard you were called the Sage Dragon Emperor, but I never expected someone so...tantalizing to appear..."

Toward the end of her words, the scantily-clad Yokai traced her wine-red tongue across her lips, all while allowing her kimono, which was left open at the front, to slide further down her shoulders. This allowed the functionally naked figure to be seen, covered by little more than a few black bands that left absolutely nothing to the imagination.

In response to the woman's blatant attempt at seduction, the banana-like Yokai showed a distressed expression on her face, exclaiming, "You! Don't think I'll let you take Shuten away from me!" with fire blazing around her. 

For a brief moment, it appeared as though the yellow-haired Yokai was about to attack, indicated by the fangs of her lower jaw growing to the point they protruded from her mouth. Fortunately, Raikou and Shuten seemed against the idea of a direct engagement, the former adopting a smile that made the temperature in the surroundings drop several degrees while the latter openly stated, "My body is mine to give freely. Though I must admit, the thought of being 'taken' is quite exciting~"

Following Shuten's words, an aromatic fragrance of fruit spread throughout the room, heavy with the scent of alcohol and pheromones. It was to such an extent that Vahn could feel a slight tickle in his nose, but, immediately after feeling his body heat up a bit, his natural resistances filtered out the effects. This caused Shuten to stare mischievously back at him, her own face appearing to be deeply intoxicated, even as Raikou rather unceremoniously smacked the back of her head with an iron fan...

With Shuten nursing a large bump on the back of her head, Raikou adopted an admonishing look as she plainly stated, "I told you two to be on your best behavior. Ibaraki-chan, I'm still thinking about your punishment for damaging the tatami in my room. Do you really want to make things worse...?"

Hearing Raikou's words, Ibaraki paled slightly, something that seemed impossible due to her already fair complexion. At the same time, the flames emanating from behind her back faded away, sizzling out of existence as a cold sweat seemed to cover her body. As for Shuten, she didn't seem bothered by Raikou's threats, giggling drunkenly as she propped herself up, leaning against the table with her elbows on the surface as she alternated between staring at Vahn, Artoria, and Musashi.

As he had seen similar scenes play out in his mind, Vahn wasn't surprised by how everyone at the table was reacting to his presence. He was now in a state where the aura of a True Dragon naturally mixed with his original, the result of his previous evolution. Fortunately, while Shuten and Ibaraki both had dragon's blood flowing through their veins, it seemed to be suppressed in a similar nature to Artoria's. 

The real problem was the girl with pale-green hair as, from the time her pupils had contracted, he had been receiving notifications within his mind. At the same time, though it was almost inaudible, he could hear the girl murmuring something along the likes of, 'mine, mine, mine, mine, mine' as if it were a mantra. This, combined with how her aura coiled around him like a serpent, made it clear she was both unhinged, and controlled by her draconic instincts.

Fortunately, at least for the moment, the girl seemed to prioritize appearing as a gentle and demure woman, 'shyly' hiding behind her fan as she periodically stole glances at both him and Artoria. This hadn't gone unnoticed by the latter, but, considering the 'killing intent' that would radiate off of the woman whenever their gazes met, it would be stranger if Artoria hadn't noticed.

Before things could get further out of hand, Vahn, maintaining a calm and confident demeanor, said, "I have come here for one specific reason, to ascertain whether or not you would abide by the terms I had previously set forth. I understand the nature of Yokai makes it difficult for you to easily mesh in a structured group. The Common Law, however, is written so that it doesn't conflict with the nature of most Spirits. It may be marginally more difficult for Heroic Spirits with legends pertaining to great tragedies, but, that is something we can deal with on a case by case basis..."

Immediately following Vahn's words, Shuten rose to a seated position, boldly stating, "I'm not going to fight. I refuse. My nose is pretty sharp so I can tell you aren't an evil person. I'd rather join the side that is trying to create a better world for Spirits than fight against it. Even if I did intend to battle you, it would be in the dead of night, preferably within the confines of your chambers, ufufufu~"

Rather than refute Shuten's words outright, Vahn actually nodded his head slightly, not in affirmation of her words but due to the fact she was, more or less, following the script he had mapped out in his mind. This was one of the benefits of being able to see the Flow of Fate, as, using context clues from the scenes he had witnessed, combined with the information provided by Sis, he could easily control the flow of a conversation.

Before Shuten could take advantage of his 'acquiescence', Vahn interrupted her, stating, "I do intend to make a safe haven for Yokai, but, I'm content enough with the host of amazing women already at my side. If you could convince them to accept you, that would be one thing, but, based on your behavior, I can't see that happening. I'm not going to invite chaotic elements into my home, no matter what form you take."

For the first time since Vahn's arrival, Shuten's smile vanished from her, replaced by a serious yet pouting expression. This caused Ibaraki to glare daggers at him, but, before the fiery-tempered Yokai could lash out, Vahn added, "If you do not wish to fight, you are free to live your lives in peace. I can provide a sanctuary, not just for you, but for all Yokai. You would still be bound by the Common Law, but, so long as you don't kill, maim, or traumatize others, expanding your population and providing you with adequate resources is well within the means of the Empire."

Though Vahn still intended to establish a 'Heroes Faction', he also understood that some of their current members weren't exactly suited to the role of guiding humanity. Shuten's and Ibaraki's true names were undoubtedly Shuten-douji and Ibaraki-douji, two Oni who had devastated Japan during their respective eras. Shuten was even considered one of Japan's 'Three Great Monsters', so, while he wouldn't kill her for simply doing as her nature dictated, she was simply too dangerous to be left on her own. The pheromone attack from earlier would have been enough to functionally lobotomize a normal human being, so, if she were ever let loose in a crowd, there would be absolute chaos...

(A/N: Alternate Titles: 'Poor Musashi, relegated to a background character...','Hereabouts, there be dragons!','Vahn's about to cripple the Heroes Faction before they even get a chance to act xD...')

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Vahn was an atypical youth. Due to a rare mutation, his blood had the potential to target and attack ailments within the human body. Touted as a universal cure, people had elevated his status above the norm and given him the classification "Panacea". In the media, he was hailed as a great hero who would usher in a new era or human wellness. However, behind the scenes things weren't so bright. Being a unique individual, Vahn spent his entire youth locked up in a lab with various scientists and research teams using his body and blood to perform endless amounts of experiments. The only solace in his suffering was the various anime and manga made available to him between experiments. He often imagined himself as the protagonist in a world of his own, finally in control of his own destiny. For years he nurtured this desire, until at the age of 14 he died when an organization had tried to kidnap him from the lab...

"Finally, I don't have to suffer anymore..."

This was Vahn's last thought as he faded into the endless black abyss...

"You poor soul."

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Chapter 6:
I Managed To Grasp







I lost all concept of time in that place, the light spell I had first cast was still going strong without the need for renewal. There were no real signs of any passage of time outside of my need to sleep and eat. The next several 'days' consisted of me waking, eating, and practicing magic until I was exhausted and then sleeping until I woke again. Most of the time I simply fell asleep as soon as I stopped moving. Other times Master talked with me about various ways to clean up my mana usage, giving pointers an how to be more efficient.

It was about the eleventh 'day' that I was able to nearly drain my entire mana pool without feeling like I was going to collapse from exhaustion. Master was quite happy with my rapid development.

"Good good. Now we can start focusing on the really important matters."

I sat down in the chair, I wasn't breathing hard but I certainly felt like I had been running a marathon through the whole Kyoto prefecture. I released my staff, letting it fade away and summoned a glass, using my power to fill it with water and drinking deeply as I listened.

"The Fourth Magic that a Pagemaster must know is Story Magic. This is the magic that brings the stories to life. Unfortunately, there is little we can do to affect it. It is fickle and yet unmovable. It cannot be changed, though it can be diverted or even subverted with the right situation. It is a contradiction and yet it isn't.

The power of Story Magic is that it seeks out things and people that have certain situations happen that allows for events to unfold a certain way, and then it begins to pressure such things to begin the stories it knows to happen. Particularly when those stories feature characters whose names are mere nicknames instead of real ones."

"So like Prince Charming, and Sleeping Beauty, or the Old Witch in the castle?"

"Exactly! They are not actual names but generalizations that the Story Magic can then apply to anyone who fits the description and circumstances. In good news, this means that as long as one knows how to find the story one can be prepared to seal it away.
But in bad news, it means that the story must progress to a certain point so that the story Magic is fully invested in these actors of its tale that it cannot pull away and find a different set of similar circumstances to start over with telling the story."

"Can't we just seal away everything at once?"

Master shook his head. "It's impossible. Each story must be sealed separately, and there is a chance that people in this world are also from the real one as well. Ye overwrote the real world with this one, it doesn't mean that all the people from our world were erased. That and it doesn't help that some stories are based on real-life people. We can't seal them away just because there are stories of them involved with magic."

I sighed and leaned my head back. "This feels really complicated."

"Well, it wouldn't have been this bad if ye hadn't picked the largest genre in creation. Couldn't have chosen medieval or harem fantasy or some subgenre... Had to pick them all."

I lowered my head again in apology, I suppose I really should have thought a little more about that when I had started this huge mess. But it was too late to think about could've and should've.

"So how do we start with all of this then, Master?"

"We'll start with easy ones. Grimm and Aesop have fairly simple tales to work with and should be easy to gather them up quickly."

I made a slight face. Western Fairy tales were not my forte by any means. Most of them I only recall watching D**ney films when I was little and even then I didn't pay attention. "Couldn't we start with Japanese legends?"

"And how many Legends and Tales in Japanese folklore don't involve spirits or gods? Ye don't have the strength or ability to go facing down beings that can wipe the floor with ye without even batting an eye."

I could name a couple that might be simple, but his point was made and I had to acquiesce to it, albeit grudgingly. There were too many that dealt with beings of high power or spirits that might be too hard to seal on the first try. Though there was something we first needed to do.

"So Master… How do we get out of here?"

"That's the easy part.|{SYSTEM OVERRIDE}| |{RELEASE EXIT}|"

I stood there dumbfounded as an opening suddenly appeared, looking between master and the open gateway, doing a double take and then a triple. "I thought you couldn't use magic?"

"It's not really magic. It's the power of The Word, and I didn't say I couldn't I just can't interfere with yer story. We can freely travel between time and locations to a small extent to ensure we can be where we need to be. But once we are in a timeline we can't cross back over a timeframe we're already in."

"So no being in two places at the same time."

"Exactly."

Well, I guess it would be too much of a cheat if that was possible. It might have been useful, but on the other hand probably way too confusing to use and remember being in too many places at once. I was kind of getting a headache thinking about it so I quickly stopped.

"Master, what is going to be our first stop?"

"I can feel the Story Magic starting to move out there, Phintibluis Kingdom. The Gingerbread Man is getting ready to come to life here. It's an easy story to seal and give ye some advanced powers to help make things go easier. We can also work on teaching ye how to sense and get a feel for the power of Story Magic."

I nodded looking out at the across the fantasy landscape before my eyes, trees, and hill spanning across the horizon. Though we were surrounded by trees we managed to be settled on top of a fairly large hill that you could make out some of the surroundings near us. Master seemed to know his directions pretty well.

To the north was a long flowing river that divided the kingdom in half stretching out even beyond the kingdoms that bordered either side of this one.,To the south lay the deep forests home of the ancient battlegrounds of Demons and werewolves. east was more forests and the tips of a castle that was likely the capital of this region. And right behind us and further west lay the village and the Dragon Mountains even further beyond that. Far enough away that you could barely make out the peaks of the highest mountains of the range.

"I don't think we're in Kyoto anymore…" I mutter to myself quietly stepping through the gateway and into the open land before us.

The portal closed as soon as Master landed on my shoulder revealing a small village behind us, fortunately, the time of day seemed to be right in the middle of lunchtime. "First thing we need to do is use the spell of rewrite."

I nodded holding out my hand as I had been taught, instead of grasping for my staff or other items I had crafted for use I gripped into the sheen of reality itself. I wondered why this spell was listed as an ability for me, maybe it was just to be a reminder or some special scripting

"|{Riraito shite}|" There was a freeze around us for a brief moment. Bending reality around myself and Master so that we would be considered normal within this part of the world. The villagers would consider me as a traveling magician with his familiar. Vague memories of seeing us before and knowing we were not hostiles to them. This spell wasn't completely infallible according to Master but it was good enough as long as people didn't start to scrutinize why or how they know us too closely.

A useful safeguard and one that seemed could be cast as many times even if the cover was blown to become someone else. Though there were a few exceptions to this rule, I've been warned. "The main characters of the story will recognize you if you aren't careful enough. Especially ones that have true names. Trying to use Rewrite near any of them after you are exposed will only cause more trouble."

I guess another good point about this kind of magic was that I could also blend in more because even if I was a stranger I was also very clearly a foreigner, walking into the village I could see that everyone else was quite plainly European. I was worried for a moment but I could understand everyone fairly well, to my surprise.

"It's the power of The Word. To understand all languages and written words. Especially when you realize how varied each language can be, it just makes it easier for our job to understand." I could certainly get behind. Never having to worry about my broken English ever again? Yes, please! Even for a cheat, I will gladly accept this kind of power. Now if only I could just go back to high school and ace that exam…

"Guten tag, Herr Blue. So nice to see you again." A rather busty woman called to me as I walked past her garden. She was tall, maybe sixteen years old. But she is full of curves for days.Was Europe always this big on having such endowed women? Her hair was soft and curled, even though I didn't recall much in the way of cleanliness in medieval history. I guess this was probably from a poor authorial study, or fantasy magic keeping people clean and healthy...

I half understood she was speaking in German, I guess it made sense if this was Grimm fairy tales we were hunting. It took me a moment longer, staring at her to realize she wasn't calling someone else.

"Errmm Guten tag, Fraulein. You caught me in deep thought just there."

Wow, I even manage to use correct phrases and greetings too?

"Oh, My apologies, what was Herr Blue thinking of?" She smiled at me and shifted herself a little. Certainly giving me a show for my eyes as her body jiggled in the right places. This is so much better than anime… Just what kind of Fairy tale fantasy world did I step into? And do I have to stop it? I am not ashamed to admit I was getting a bit too distracted by her.

A sharp pain cracked the side of my head reflexively making me duck in pain. "We have a job to do first, Herr Blue…" Master growled into my ear. I guess playing My familiar he couldn't be too abusive, but he has a good point.

Right. Work first, play later. But just let me look a little more... Smack. Ow!... Alright, alright….

"Perhaps we can talk about such thoughts I've been having later tonight?" I asked her, trying to put a block between my head and Master's beak. He nipped my hand, insistently while I tried to ignore him just a moment longer.

She giggled slightly and bent down to pull out a weed, though the motions of her hand and body were certainly suggesting something else entirely. "Don't make me wait for too long, Herr Blue."

I'm very very grateful for my wizard robes in this very moment. Trying to not walk away to awkward as I made a promise to do my best to be back later.

"Was that real?" I asked myself quietly.

"Yes and No… It seems this land might be connected to a few ... ehem, other tales. Apparently, one of them involves the feminine gender being quite forward. You didn't rewrite yourself as the Main Character did you?"

I shook my head, trying to not keep glancing back behind me. "No, I did as you said, I just made myself known as a good wizard who travels around the kingdom. I didn't add anything else. Really.."

"No perverted thoughts or being overly heroic?"

"Of course not. At least not consciously… I'm pretty sure I didn't let anything that perverted come out."

"The other option is that the Hero in this tale she belongs looks Japanese."

Thinking on several stories I know this wouldn't be that far fetched a scenario, big breasted girl falling over a hero she just met. And I'm also not ashamed to admit that I wouldn't be upset about taking advantage of such things. Though I'm half curious if such a thing would be NTR if I stole her away from the real hero.

"Enough about this for now. This way, I can sense the Magic starting to gather up. We could be too late if we dawdle too much longer. Mush!"

"Yes, Master," I responded asking one last glance behind me before setting off into a jog into the forest. Starting to realize that the animals and plants were being rather harmonious, a little too much like music to be real. Damn you, fantasy!

All Shikiro Momotarou, aka Blue, wanted was to have an adventure in his own Isekai fantasy world. To be a famous hero, save the day and score fame, wealth and girls. But instead of being summoned into such a world, he’s summoned all the fantasy worlds into his. All. Of. Them. Every story ever written. With a world thrown into mayhem and chaos, the quest begins to return everything to normal before the universe collapses into itself. Familiar and unfamiliar faces and stories abound as mixups and twists on classic and not so classic tales around the world bring you on a wild ride across time, space and genre. Hopefully, Shikiro can find some help.

~ Victor, elen and Alan's point of view ~

Victor standing in the hall still awaited an answer. He tried to follow his mate bond but something was holding him back and that made Victor angry. He knew that yuri was in the room, felt it, but could not talk to him (mentally) or find his exact location. Then he decided to take a few steps and get close to the black cocoon, something attracted him to it and with each step towards it the black mist that covered the ground was clearing (the mist deviated from Victor where he stepped).

Elen, who herself was trying to purify part of the mist so that it would not spread  to far away with her powers and some talisman she had, was impressed to see that Victor was not struck and he was already closer than she or Alan had ever gotten. <Maybe there is hope.> she thought looking at the silver-haired boy and asked:

"Who is your mate?" Elen asked calmly.

"Yuri Katsuki," Victor replied, and seeing the woman's eyes startle in recognition, "Do you know him? Where is he?"

Before Elen could actually answer the question they were interrupted by a projectile flying past towards Victor. The mist moved quickly and protected Victor from the projectile. Meanwhile Aurus screamed.

"Don't let the silver person get too close," he told his guards. "I knew marrying you was a mistake," he said angrily, looking at Elen. "Look at the problem your son caused me."

"ENOUGH !!!" Elen shouted as blue and purple flames wrapped around her "you are the one who is responsible for most part of this" said as her transformation ended and through the fire all saw a 5-tailed kitsune (is those foxes that have human forms of Japanese folklore) with Japanese traditional clothes appear. Elen moved her hands and a firewall emerged protecting Victor and her boy from aurus "I've endured you for too long" Elen continued angry "You never minded your family, never minded my son unless if it were to isolate him from others. You made me walk away from him when he needed me the most, and I walked away not because you told me, but because I was afraid you would sent him away from me. Not that it worth it, after all he went away and I could never tell him about his lineages, about his possible power as a receptacle for the wheel of fate. And now that, because of your stupidity, the wheel has been activated do you want to kill the only person who can prevent the world from ending ???"

Aurus was a little surprised aboutt what he had just heard, but insisting on not accepting his mistakes, had opened his mouth to argue again but no sound came out. Victor had taken his voice off at the moment.

"So yuri is inside that black thing? And this clock marks the time for the wheel to start spinning?" asked victor to Elen processing the information she had just given.

"Yes," she said, "I come from a clan not only blessed by the fox god but also cursed with the wheel of fate. In some generations the wheel takes as a receptacle a child and it is up to us kitsunes to watch over it so that something like today does not happen. Like I said, with yuri it was different, because of this crap (their marriage was forced) I couldn't take care of yuri as it should. I should have taken him and run away but I was prevented by a magical contract to cancel the marriage until Alan was 18 years old. I don't blame Alan for that, because if I ran away I would have taken him with me too. The only culprit in all this was this snake, who only saw his reputation and responsibility towards citizens as important and forgot about his family. For him we are just pieces in his game" Elen said bitterly, she had never really loved Aurus, but afraid of what he might do to her family, she held on quietly for all these years as she carefully planned her departure. She had already gotten the contract to annul her marriage and the full custody of her boys (Alan and yuri) without aurus knowing.

"Is yuri alright?" Victor asked worried about his companion "I need to save him." he said as he walked toward the cocoon.

"Nooooo," Alan said for the first time holding Victor, "wait."

Throughout the confusion Alan had tried desperately to wake up yuri or mentally talk to him with his telekinetic powers. He could only pick up fragments of what Yuri thought, and while the stranger who seemed to be his brother's companion was walking towards the cocoon, he had taken a few words. "Victor ... weak ... enough ..... no .... close .... help". Concentrating on the phrase that sounded like a warning, he spent most of his magic reserve to get the message across. When ALan understood, he grabbed Victor's arm so he wouldn't get too close.

"What's it?" Victor asked irritably, he needed to save his mate after all.

"Don't go, I could hear my brother texting," he said as Victor stopped pulling his arm and listened to what Alan was saying " he said, 'Victor you are weak on your own, don't have enough power to break it, don't get too close, you need to get help.'"

"Whose help?"asked Victor, already desperate.

"Mine," said a voice behind them, and as they turned they saw a kind of ghost that looked very much like Victor.

"Who are you?" Victor asked, his heart tightening as he saw the stranger who give him a very familiar feeling.

"I am your father," answered Arslam's projection, "and I came to help you save your mate."

this story have YAOI content]

Yuuri Katsuki lives in a world where mythological beings are real and live with each other daily. In this world your family occupies a position of power as they are descended from the god of creation Heverest. Because of this, yuuri's father has high expectations in his son, which are not achieved due to the yuuri's personality and his birth as a beta. For his father, the only chance for Yuuri to make any contribution to the family would be through marriage to another powerful family, but fate seems to have other plans for its future.

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Souma, "Hahaha come on you maggot! taste my fist you subaru twigs!"
Subaru Random, "You stupid dog, you think you are immortal!, guys what are you waiting for? he is just alone for fuck sake"
Crowd "Orraaaaa!"
Barbed wire bat swinging toward him but he evade it easily with slightly sway his body and punch the random guy in the gut, another strike targeting his back but stopped midway with back kick. Another random guy come from the side, and swapping his leg toward souma ribs, but ended catched by his left arms. Waiting for no one he push guys leg and throw his balance out of field and jumped toward poor guy "Take this gatling punch, orrraaoraoraoraora!".
The sequence not waste more than 8 second + 2 second of bashing some random guys into pigface. This scene wavering crowd to assault him more.
`Clap clap clap` "What magnificent skill you have straydog" Someone clapping with indefference face.
"Shut you trap subaru, you think I will let you go after what happened with Joe".
Jouichiro, joe. Souma only friend and an otaku with brilliant mind, teach him to do strategy and set tactic to survive in the street. 
Subaru "Joe, you mean brat that trap me and ruin my drug business? so he's alive. Hmmmm its no good to have witness better I kill him next time"
"You dare?"
"Yes, I am, and with you the witness increased, means you need to die now" Subaru throwing the dagger toward souma, who barely evade dagger by instinct
"You have nice reflex brats, unfortunately that was coated daggers with neurotoxic venom from infamous victoria snake. You can feel your breath shortened right?"

"Shishishishishi.. huff huff" souma laughed grinningly
"What are you laughing at brat?"
"You say coated?" souma pick the dagger, "Taste your own shit you dumbshit" souma pointing toward subaru
"Shit, I am dead" 'with this no one targetting you anymore my friend' `thrust` sfx dagger pierced his heart. "Damn you brat, ugghh" `plop` with toxic contact directly toward his heart, he collapse instantly.

"Huff huff hufff.... now its your turn, Today subaru's gang will perish from this land. I will bash every ounce of you maggot" souma pick the bat on the floor jumping towards the crow. "Orrrra" swinging the bat left and right no matter what happened toward his back such like blinded mad ox. "He is dying, fight for our fallen leader men!" "orrrraaaa".
Not backing off, souma panting and run toward the crowd just like certain student in bird movie, punch, elbowing, kneeing, bashing bat sound reverbrated in the chaos. One, two breaking skull and bone cracking into the air. Pushing his limit souma charge for almost 15 minutes till almost drop his knee. "Like hell I will kneeling for... Ugghh" souma roared but stopped in midway. A word stabbed his back penetrate his chest, but he still swing his bat with remaining power in his arm `swish... bang` "You monster!" mob shouted while holding his head with light concussion, pulling his sword "Die die die you monster!" he pull and stab souma back countless time till bat in souma's hand fall on the floor. "Finally you die monster!" "I.. a...m no....ttt do... ne with yo....u.." finally souma blowing his last breath after toxic working completely,this scene is familiar like japanese folklore 'Standing Dead' of Benkei. 

"He's dead.... Hahahaha, its time for my 'Benimaru' rise in the ranks 'Monster Slayer'" benimaru laughed maniacally after push himself almost pissing his pants. But he is unaware of his doom after doing unforgivable deed and awaken devil from the lair. Later after souma departion, his only friend joe, will mopping the floor with blood of subaru's gang remain and earn title 'Black bellied Ghost of Saitama' in the name of revenge his friend death [but its on another book ;)].

(Meanwhile in another universe)
"Uggh my belly's hurt" groaned a boy with whisker

Read Novel Title Readers, only fool doesn't know who's the boy

It's me ended in body of young naruto, my friend's favorite anime character that have stupid dream to become fu*k*ng Hokage.

What silly youth, got blinded after being alone, however he got guts and will to become man, but no king

Come you maggot, beat me? look after you sorry ass, slander me? wait for your doomsday. Villager? Shinobi? Hokage? Stupid Fox? wait for my baton!

Come, shout my amazing name, your only future emperor of the land (and sea you pirates!) Hahahaha!

Liluim, a young Crafters who used to live in the Savage Lands of Southern Africa had died one night and was reincarnated into a world where myths and legends is an every day occurrence. 

Now she's tasked with protecting obnoxious teenagers and pretty boys to naïve to think right.

What will happen on her journey and who will come into her life?

With haunting dreams and magical abilities in her way what will she do?

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Looking at Rir's new title made me grimace. The poor wolf had been through so much that the world itself had deemed him worthy of being labelled as worn out.

"Sorry, Rir." I gently pat the pitiable canine on the back as I spoke. "I didn't know you had it that hard."

My actions prompted him to whine in confusion and give me a bewildered look. Sorry man, I'll try to treat you better from now on. I'm sorry for being such a shitty owner.

I continued to lament his suffering for a while but stopped as I heard a pair of footsteps approach me from the rear. Turning around, I saw Illuna and Lefi strolling over, hand in hand. What a sight for sore eyes.

"There you are!" The vampire let go of the dragon's hand and dashed right at me, so I scooped her up in a hug.
"What's up, girls?"
"Illuna wished to visit the outdoors and interact with our new pets," said Lefi. "My purpose is that of an escort. I am accompanying her to ensure her safety."

The terms outdoors and outside, when used by members of our household, typically meant anything that lay beyond the cave. One of the house's rules was that the kids weren't allowed to go outside unsupervised. It was too dangerous. Illuna had been kidnapped once already and we didn't need a repeat. Any kid that wanted to play outside would have to be accompanied by an adult.

Though it may have seemed like it, the supervision requirement didn't prove to be much of an issue. The grasslands were vast. As far as the kids were concerned, playing in the plains was functionally equivalent to playing outdoors already, so chaperoned excursions were rare.

"Thanks for bringing her, Lefi," I said. "Looks like you've become quite the respectable guardian, huh?"
"I see not how my capacity as a guardian is indicative of change," she replied. "Have I have not always watched over you and your childish antics?"
"Childish antics? That's real rich coming from you." I rolled my eyes.

As far as I was concerned, I was the one looking after her. But with that said, Lefi had proven that she was actually a decent caretaker. She was great at looking after the kids, and they all seemed fairly attached to her. And as of late, she had even started doing housework.

"Lefi sure does make for a pretty great wife."
"W-What is this all of a sudden!?"
"Huh?" I paused for a second. "Oh, whoops. I didn't mean to say that out loud."
"I fail to follow! I understand not how you could have possibly derived that thought from the topic at hand!" shouted Lefi with her face red as a tomato. Ermahgerd. This woman be adorable.
"Don't worry too much about it," I said. "Anyway, how about you take a look at our new pets?"

Lefi sensed my desire to change the topic and hopped all aboard. She "cleared her throat" by faking a cough before beginning to speak.

"I assume they are of the species we discussed?"
"Pretty much, yeah. I grabbed a bunch of pre-evolutions based on the stuff you told me you had trouble with," I said. "Er, kinda. There's one that doesn't fit into that category, but I'm pretty confident it'll end up just as strong."

Byakku was a demonic cat, a creature that stemmed from Japanese folklore. I was pretty sure that Lefi didn't know about it, and that I was only able to summon it because my memories had carried over. The dungeon's catalogue had mentioned that it had excellent potential for growth, and its final evolution was a master of illusion. It was going to be extremely powerful. I just knew it. I can totally imagine it saying "Amaterasu," and creating a bunch of black flames that can't be put out.

"I expected you to procure yet another young maiden," said Lefi. "I am relieved to see that you have proven me wrong."
"Yeaaaah… I was pretty worried that'd happen too," I said with a grimace. As far as I'm concerned, I've already hit the cap on the little girl count. There's already way too many for me to handle. Adding to their number just sounds like a recipe for disaster. Let's not.

Illuna approached the group of four monsters with her eyes sparkling as Lefi and I talked.

"Wow! They're all so big!" Her voice was filled with naught but energy. There wasn't a speck of fear to be found no matter how hard I listened. "Nice to meet you everyone! I'm Illuna!"

The monsters' reactions could be categorized into two groups. The first group consisted of the guys, Orochi and Yata. Both the snake and the crow seemed somewhat unsettled. They had no idea what they were supposed to do with the child that had suddenly popped up in front of them. Byakku and Wsprit, on the other hand, reacted more amicably. The cat approached Illuna and rubbed her face against the young vampire's affectionately. Likewise, the water spirit also approached while happily bobbing around in the air.

Though I quite literally only just summoned them, I was already starting to get a grasp on their individual personalities. The guys seemed straight-laced. The girls, on the other hand, were much more friendly and open. Er, wait. Right. Wsprit is genderless, isn't it? There goes that hypothesis. Well, either way, sorry Orochi, Yata, but as members of this household, you guys are going to have to learn a thing or two about dealing with kids. You're probably going to find yourselves swarmed by them sooner or later. Just calling it out ahead of time.

Sooner appeared to be the word of the day, as Illuna's interest immediately shifted to Orochi the moment she was done playing with Byakku and her fur. She approached the massive serpent and started running her hands across the bright red scales that covered the surface of his body.

"Wow! Your scales are so sleek and shiny!"

Orochi had no idea what to do. He desperately looked around at everyone present as if to beg for advice. Noticing his plight, Byakku heaved a bit of a sigh before turning towards him and meowing in a catlike manner. The only difference between the noise she made and a regular meow was that hers was a bit deeper and more elongated. After acknowledging his coworker's advice with a nod, Orochi dropped his head to ground level and put it right in front of Illuna.

"Are you… letting me on?"

The snake hissed in affirmation.

"Yay! Thanks!" Illuna's eyes sparkled all the more as she happily climbed on his head. The Giant Blood Serpent slowly craned his head back up and raised her into the sky. "Wow! It's so high up here! I can see everything!"

The newfound view had her almost screaming in joy and excitement.

"You know, I've been thinking this for some time now, but Illuna's pretty damn brave, isn't she?" I said. "She really doesn't seem to be afraid of much of anything at all."

Normal kids would be terrified of being that high up. And that's completely disregarding the giant ass, mean-looking snake. I'm pretty sure most people would start running the moment they saw him. Dude's terrifying. Is this just a kid thing? Like, is she just not scared because she doesn't really understand what he can do to her? Or is it more of an Illuna thing?

"I believe that there are two contributors to her lack of fear," said Lefi. "The first is that you have labelled the creatures as pets. And the second is she takes after none other than yourself."
"What's that supposed to mean?" I turned towards the girl I'd put a ring on just in time to see her shrug.
"She bears your stupidity, Yuki. I suppose that you may also label it bravery if that is what you wish," said Lefi. "For few have the gall to challenge a member of this world's most powerful race to single combat."
"Oh, stop it, you. You're making me blush."
"Offering praise was not by any means my intention," said Lefi. "But whatever the case, her audacity bears a striking resemblance to your own."
"Huh…" I couldn't help but smile. "I guess you're right. She really did get that from me, didn't she?"
"Tell me, Yuki. Why is it that you have reacted with a display of satisfaction?" said Lefi, exasperated.
"Y-you would too if you were in my shoes," I stuttered. "It just feels good to know that she's so comfortable around me that she's started picking up my habits. Really makes me feel like I've done a good job as her guardian."
"I suppose I would…" said Lefi. "The argument that you have made is one I cannot deny."
"See? I knew you'd get it."
"Yuki! Lefi! Look! I'm flying!"

I would have continued looking at and speaking to the dragon, but Illuna called for the two of us, so I turned my head back in her direction instead. And as I did, I discovered that she was no longer on Orochi's head. She had moved over to Yata's back instead. The two were flying around the nearby skies.

"Uhhh… I-I'm not so sure that's okay…" I struggled a bit to put my words together as I watched the two go. "I don't even want to imagine what'd happen if she fell."
"Take to the skies, Yuki. Spread your wings and accompany that bird of yours. I shall remain beneath them should the worst occur," said Lefi. "I shall have you grill that bird and make it tonight's dinner should he dare drop her."
"Yeah uh… so I think I'm going to pass on the grilling part," I said. I did just get him after all. Can't be that strict with my new hires. R-right?

And so, Lefi and I spent the rest of the day drowned in worry as Illuna found all sorts of ways to play with our new pets.

Before I realized, I had become the guardian of a dungeon, a Demon Lord. I was suddenly in a dangerous world with giant monsters loitering around, fighting for their existence, so I thought to go about developing the dungeon in order to not die but —- for some reason I was having quite the good time…. How did it turn out like this?

The protagonist, Yuki, having to live in that world now, uses his bold and sharp senses and spends time with a supreme dragon girl and a vampire girl; Sometimes laughing, sometimes being angry, passing days doing what he likes.

In addition to its anime, comics and games culture, Japan was also world-renowned for the paranormal; haunted cities, creepy forests, all sorts of urban legends and incredible stories. The Japanese were a society that worshipped ghosts.
Holding an annual National Ghost Summit, groups from all over the country would put on live performances under the theme of "local ghost stories" in a nationally-ranked competition. Such activities preserved Japan's ghost culture throughout the years.
Even for an island that regarded the hills and seas as being ruled by other-worldly beings, the survival of the paranormal culture to this day is nothing short of intriguing.
Although rational scientific thought would advocate for doing away with supernatural belief, in the eyes of the Japanese, ghosts, and spirits were just as tangible and real as the Earth and stars themselves.
Japan's reputation for its horror culture peaked as the movie, Ring, terrified audiences across the globe. However, the paranormal was not bound to merely a movie category. As long as ghosts and spirits remained close to humans, hearsay and folklore would keep the notion of the dead, alive.
Kimura Kazuki believed that many paranormal stories were created from the figment of human imagination and experience, seemingly ghostly, but not. Yet, not all accounts were made up blindly. Some of them were real. So then the question was, how can the existence of the paranormal be proven?
Kazuki did not know.
Naturally, he turned to the most straightforward answer- the internet.
However, Kazuki quickly realized that there was too much information on ghosts online. Most were fake; written to create an air of suspenseful horror. Other than that, the supposed "truth" was only fabricated as promotional gimmicks by those with influence.
Kazuki skimmed past and ignored the locations of Japan's sacred suicide grounds. As those who commit suicide had no intention to cling onto life, they are assumed to have no fixation.
Without fixation, there could not be any triggering of Worldly Reiki- leading to no formation of ghosts. As such, the common belief of suicide supposedly leading to the creation of ghosts is false.
Before the recuperation of Reiki, there are two types of ghosts.
Evil ghosts and benign or good ghosts.
Evil ghosts are said to be culminations of large amounts of hatred toward certain people or things before their death. While good spirits were characterized by their unwillingness to leave this world due to a deep fixation on certain people or things.
It was no secret that Kazuki was more willing to meet the latter. Even if good ghosts were not necessarily 'good,' they were, at the very least, able to communicate with humans clearly, allowing him to understand their requests fully.
However, what bothered Kazuki was the fact that good ghosts were not easy to find, as very few stories are known about them. On the other hand, evil spirits are less hidden.
The search for a good ghost would have to be limited to cases of accidents. This evil ghosts less rare to come by, as long as an eye was kept on criminal investigation cases.
Cases involving murder, domestic abuse, bullying, or debt collection would result in large amounts of hatred, leading to evil ghosts. Luckily, these cases were commonly reported on by news anchors and the media because of the attention they could grab.
Throughout the night, Kazuki filtered through the internet for news on criminal investigation cases. He didn't restrict his search to within Tokyo.
Though only a sophomore, his status, and good grades in Sakura Kyu wouldn't make it difficult for him to apply for a couple of weeks leave. As long as he maintained his grades, the Principal could not care less about where he went.
Not even the Dean of Sakura Kyu could discipline him, let alone the students. After all, the student council president was a member of the Sword Believers' Club.
At midnight, Kazuki concluded his research as his phone ran out of battery. Just after a few hours of sourcing from the internet, he already had a plan.
Akichi High School in the Herian District would be the first site of investigation since it's the closest. The Herian District was next to the district of Jinwen, roughly 10 minutes of travel by tram.
After a moment of contemplation, Kazuki charged his phone and went to sleep. From what he discovered earlier in the day, he needed a good night's rest.
The next day, Kazuki got up, took a shower, and gave his teacher a call to take the day off. He left the house soon after but didn't go directly to Akichi High School.
Instead, he went to the store to buy some brushes and ink, the pharmacy to buy some cinnabar and a shroud shop to get some yellow talisman paper.
Kazuki was going to draw talismans.
The Enchanted Talisman Skill was an ordinary skill that was used during the era of the recuperation of reiki.
Enchanted Talisman Skill, Alchemy, Weapon Refinery and Tactical Formations were the four main sideline occupations after the recuperation of reiki.
Previously, the recuperation of reiki was met with the spread of media, and the rapid progression of humanity.
Many scientists have also immersed themselves in these four sideline occupations, using modern science and technology to study these sideline occupations. Many talented professors would find something new every day.
Before Kazuki's time-travel, the Midea Group had come up with the Reiki Gathering Formation and had engraved mini formations inside of rice cookers, allowing electricity to trigger the formation. Thus, the rice produced would be filled with reiki and were also delicious to taste, causing even practitioners in isolation to crave for it.
It only took half a year for the Midea Rice Cooker to become the Midea Group's signature product.
Royalties had to be paid to the Midea Group every time the Reiki Gathering Formation was drawn. The Midea Group, the creator of the formation, was the copyright owner of the formation.
Even though the royalties were of a small sum, but the Reiki Gathering Formation was used by almost all of the practitioners of the world.
Drawing up a Reiki Gathering Formation at home would function, but large-scale formations would require the direct assistance of professionals from the Midea Group.
Just like that, the Midea Group were placed top 20 in the world with the creation of the Reiki Gathering Formation.
Kazuki knew how to draw up a miniature Reiki Gathering Formation, but there wasn't enough reiki in the air, so the formation was virtually useless.
Furthermore, to sustain the formation, energy rocks were required, and all energy rock mines were government-controlled regardless of size, making it hard to obtain. His wallet would run dry in less than an hour.
However, he figured that he could try to re-create a DIY Midea Rice Cooker himself, that would avoid copyright issues. Soon enough, Kazuki arrived home.
He took a quick shower, washing away the heat of the Summer, cleansing his body, face, hands, and heart.
Once everything was in order, Kazuki sat down at his study table, arranged the talisman paper, prepared for was to come and focused his attention to drawing.


Time travelling from the majestic era after the Recuperation of Reiki, he became Kimura Kazuki, a 16-year-old high school student in Japan, one year before the Reiki Recuperation.

Tentatively, he set out to hone himself to the bone, burning candles at both ends to stockpile resources in preparation for the imminent Recuperation of Reiki. His goal was to be many steps ahead of all humanity when the time comes.

However, it seemed like fate had decided to play a cruel trick on him.

One year later, the Recuperation of Reiki... did not happen as expected.

[Glorious Cremation]: It can only be used when the Sun Possession skill is activated. You will end the Sun Possession state and cause 270% damage to all enemies within the area of 60 meters. Your enemies will also suffer Burn effects. If your target is already burnt, there will be double Burn effects stacked upon him or her. The Glorious Cremation Skill can result in eight consecutive Damage Dealt per time.
Glorious Cremation was a skill with effects akin to Restricted Curses, and it could deal out eight Damage Dealt each time! Even if it did not have the Burn effects, it could still cause a horrific damage volume 21 times as much as other skills! With the stacked Burn effects, the damage caused to the opponents would just be more. Coupled with the Corporal's powerful attributes, this skill alone would be able to kill several Lin Jies at the same time.
The burning flames were like a blood-red lily in full bloom, and it blasted out towards the surroundings! Laney, who was hovering in mid-air, couldn't resist the attack and let out a suffocated cough. Heat rushed towards his innards from all his limbs, and he felt as if he was being burnt alive!
-2,837!
-2,947!
-5,837!
-5,829!
A long chain of terrifying Damage Dealt popped up from the Sea Mage's head! Meanwhile, Mohamed stood on the plains, wearing a savage expression and scanning around the place for Lin Jie's whereabouts. Although he had acted impulsively due to fury, he had not forgotten his main motive for this trip—which was to kill the darned human being from the alternate realms! Since that supposedly 'Sea Mage' was already attacked by his Glorious Cremation, he would be dead, if not crippled. There was no need to care about him anymore.
Lin Jie's figure was revealed to him slowly. He was standing somewhere not far apart.
"You, die!" Mohamed jumped up high in the air, and raising his sword, he slashed it down upon Lin Jie, determined to instakill him! 
Although Lin Jie had moved out of the Glorious Cremation's AOE just now, remember that Mohamed's Sun Swordsmanship was able to manipulate flames. It wasn't difficult for him to attach some of the Glorious Cremation's powers on his sword and hence kill Lin Jie at a go.
Lin Jie revealed a smile, but his eyes were fixed on another area—the Sea Mage was now being tortured by the Glorious Cremation skill, and there was pale blue vapor rising up from his body. He was gnashing his teeth in hatred, as if too furious to believe that he would be defeated by a mere human being. Meanwhile, he made up a series of complicated hand gestures, and one could see the word 'Escape' appearing faintly.
'This loser, he's thinking of escaping again?'
"How can I let you have your wish! Death Grip, bring him here!" Lin Jie stuck out his right arm, and a pale purplish line condensed from his arm to form a pair of gigantic hands. This pair of hands looked as if it was being combined from thousands of rotting corpses' arms, and they gave off cold, decaying vibes that sent shivers down people's backs! One of the hands gripped tightly onto Laney's collar, and with a great tug, it dragged him to the spot before Lin Jie!
Dragon's Roar!
A loud Dragon's roar was heard from the hilt of Broken Blade. The Sea Mage was stunned and fainted straightaway—his body was now Lin Jie's best human shield! At the same time, Mohamed had arrived with the remnant prowess of the Glorious Cremation skill. His greatsword slashed down, but it hit Laney instead!
-5,736!
-5,517!
Laney already had the 'Burn' effect on his body, and now the doubling Burn effects of the Glorious Cremation skill was activated too. His health bar dipped, and it was about to be emptied! At this moment, he spat out a mouthful of blood. It was dark-bluish in color, and instead of being sticky, it seemed quite clear like the seawater.
This was his Blood Essence! This mouthful of blood spatted out by Laney would be equivalent to ten plus years of his efforts at leveling up—in other words, he was throwing away his hard-earned Stats!
"Rise of Poseidon!" the Sea Mage let out a desperate cry. His Blood Essence exploded as if being struck by thunder, forming a thick mist. Amidst the mist, one could see a gigantic Poseidon the size of a mountain appear! He had a human torso, fish's tail, and dragon's claws. Wielding a trident, he stared down coldly at Lin Jie, and struck out at him!
—Battle prompt message: Sea Mage Laney used the skill [Rise of Poseidon], and is Invincible for the next two seconds. He will cause 400% Armor Ignore damage to his target, and any skills below the Sub-Legendary level will be judged as ineffective.
'It's the Rise of Poseidon skill!'
This skill was at the same level as Lin Jie's Clomaros' Kill and was an almighty skill that surpassed all ordinary skills. Its greatest strength lay in its overriding of all Judgment!
Under normal circumstances, it was very hard for lower-leveled skills to override higher-leveled skills. For example, one would find it difficult to eliminate the effects of higher-leveled Control-type skills with a lower-level Clearance-type skill. It was all the more for the Rise of Poseidon skill—in fact, this skill was even more oppressive. If one used any skills below the Sub-Legendary level, they could only die!
The Sea Mage was indeed scheming—after all, how long had human beings from the alternate realms been introduced to The New Age? How could any of them ever possess such advanced level skills?
However, he had underestimated Lin Jie. Lin Jie now also had a skill on par with him!
A gold helmet, gold armor, and gold sword appeared and condensed upon Lin Jie! He looked extremely mighty, and gave off chilling vibes just like a god who's all out to kill!
The God of War's eyes were fixed upon Laney, and one could just feel his terrible wrath! Lin Jie's Broken Blade seemed to sense the presence of the God of War, and it cheered for him. Its blade became even sharper, and aiming at the trident, both weapons smashed into each other!
Undefeated Anger!
Lin Jie suddenly felt danger, and he activated the Undefeated Anger skill just in case.
Kaboom—
One could just imagine the clash between two highly advanced skills, the Clomaros' Kill and the Rise of Poseidon. The devastating effects were absolutely horrendous! Lin Jie was stunned, and he nearly blacked out. It was lucky that he had the Holy Light Rejuvenation Potion with him, and after gulping it down, he was elated to discover that his Clomaros' Kill skill had overridden the Rise of Poseidon skill. Laney's body was now blasted to pieces.
Despite this, the Sea Mage still managed to complete his Water Escape skill in the nick of time, and his body faded away gradually. The thick blood he left behind condensed into several blood droplets, which emanated refreshing ocean's vibes.
[Deep Sea Blood Pearl]: This is a rare material. It can be engraved onto swords, guns, wands, and shields, and it will increase 50 points Resistance for Aqua Attack. All your attacks will have an additional 35 points of Aqua Elemental damage, and you will have a 60% chance of reducing 10% of your target's Movement Speed. This effect can be stacked for at most five times.
All items the Sea Mage Laney spawned were great treasures! He had spawned a total of eight Deep Sea Blood Pearls, and if they were put up for sale at the Auction House, each of them would fetch at least hundreds of gold coins!
'Hmm… how about the Mermaid Princess?' Lin Jie had an inspiration and sent the pearls into the Follower Space. Indeed, the Mermaid Princess let out a small cry of enjoyment and engulfed all the pearls.
—"The Favorability of Herya the Mermaid Princess towards you has grown by 200 points."
'I wonder how much Favorability points I can get if I give Herya the Sea Mage himself?' pondered Lin Jie, as he played with the last of the Deep Sea Blood Pearls in his hands. He had kept this item for Qiu Yuan specially. Ever since this girl had been resolute to become a melee Dark Priest, it meant that she would not have an easy leveling-up process. Such special items might provide more help for Qiu Yuan.
—"Sea Mage Laney has been driven away by you. You received 100 Reputation points from the Poseidon Shrine. Please note that the Sea Mage will continue to hunt you down, and his attacks will become even more violent."
The Sea Mage would pursue players for a total of three times, and each attack would be stronger than the previous one. However, the interval between his pursuits was quite long, at least around one month. This meant that Lin Jie would not need to worry about being hunted down by Laney for at least one month.
"That's… a skill from Clomaros?" uttered the Corporal numbly. He had finally recovered some of his intellect after sensing the vibes from Clomaros' Kill. "You, a mere human being, actually inherited the God of War's skills? No, it must be just a reward—you are not fit to inherit any skills from Clomaros!"
Lin Jie drank a Health Potion in silence and did not answer Mohamed's question. He planned to recover as much of his health bar as fast as possible when the Corporal was still dazed by what he had witnessed.
After all, the best way to maintain his success was to regain his health to prepare for whatever battle that came next.
"I see that you have seen the God of War. No wonder you are so arrogant. But—so what? You still can never beat me! Sun Demonic Sword!" Mohamed let out a loud cry, and a scorching hot, gigantic sword appeared in the air out of nowhere! One could feel its blazing vibes just by looking at it!
After one had mastered Level 5 Sun Swordsmanship, they would be able to make up a 'Heart Sword', which was akin to the 'elixir field' of experts in Chinese martial arts novels. One could then input all of their powers into the sword, and continue training it. Once they reached Level 10 of the Sun Swordsmanship, they could then use the sword against their enemy. This Sun Demonic Sword would be on par with even a Sub-Legendary Fragment and would interact with the Sun Swordsmanship skills accordingly to cause the highest damage.
However, the Corporal's Sun Swordsmanship was only at Level 7. By using this Sun Demonic Sword forcefully now, he would just be courting death.
Lin Jie scrutinized the Sun Demonic Sword's basic attributes carefully. Other than allowing Mohamed to have a boost in all of his Stats, it had an additional effect of 500 Fire Damage for every one of its attacks. Coupled with Mohamed's own skills, there's a high possibility that he might be instakilled!
Luckily… Mohamed's health bar was now only left with 40,000 points!
"Death Rage!" shouted Lin Jie, and his muscles bulged out, making his body swollen. He looked like a giant! 
Lin Jie's Death Rage skill was now at Level 5 and had additional 300% damage effects. This was one of his strongest killing skills.
Mohamed did not cower at this sight. Even though the Sun Demonic Sword had pierced through his mouth cavity the instant it appeared, he continued bawling and used the last of his strength to charge at Lin Jie!
The Sun Demonic Sword raved around and left behind a multitude of shadows. Lin Jie was about to be engulfed by those strokes, just like an ordinary person who met hyakki yagyō[1]! Meanwhile, the burning flames materialized into the Sun Armor on Mohamed's body and helped him to parry Lin Jie's attacks.
"My high Defense of up to 3,000 points can't be broken through by a mere human being from the alternate realms the likes of you. After killing you, I will get your God of War's skill, and hence discover the hidden Secret Technique of Clomaros and regain my losses!" Mohamed was in hysteria as he rushed towards Lin Jie, giving his all!
Ang—
A Dragon's growl was heard!
Amidst Lin Jie's palms, currents of air transformed into dragon shapes as he activated the Dragon Armor Removal skill. In the next moment, he tore up Mohamed's Sun Armor! Following next, Lin Jie stabbed out and made four bloody holes on Mohamed's body, using his Army Obliteration skill!
-6,372!
-6,837!
-6,241!
-6,555!
Lin Jie had just used one set of skills to cause near to almost 25,000 points of damage! Such was the terrible prowess of the Death Rage skill!
At this moment, the Corporal had already reached in front of Lin Jie. Staring with hatred at him, he moved his throat and let out several insane bawls. With the last of his 10,000+ health points, Mohamed stabbed out fervently at Lin Jie!
"Sword Marionettes, come out!"
A gleam of despair flashed past Mohamed's eyes as he heard Lin Jie's shout. 13 sharp swords materialized around him, and they slashed down upon his head!
[1] 百鬼夜行 (hanyu pinyin: bǎi guǐ yè xíng) is an idiom in Japanese folklore, referring to a procession of an uncontrolled horde of countless supernatural creatures. In legend, anyone who comes across the procession would perish.


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!

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