We can know about the Jack-o-Lantern and Stingy Jack

'Where actually am I?' thought Max as he saw a white ceiling greet his sight.He start to look around to the place he felt unfamiliar.

He turned to the side and saw an infant show to him.He a bit stunned but he calmed himself down.He also turn to the other side and found there also a baby caught to his eyes.

Max focus carefully and noticed there not only one or two of them but there about thirty of them in the same place.

'Did I got saved and send to the hospital.But didn't they put me in the wrong room?.Why I in the same room with these baby' think him. 

'Wait a minute,there all in the transparent like box' thought Max.He look to his own and notice he also in the same like box. 

'Are you kidding me!' thought him with shocked.
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'Did I got reincarnated into an infant?' thought him as he already making assumptions based on the situation.He saw his body is been wrapped by a thick towel that usually apply on those newborn child. 

'This thing make my body felt uncomfortable' Max thinks as he try to move his body.

'If those baby can talk they likely scream to their parents to take off this thing' think him.

Creak!

Max heard the sound of a door been opened and footsteps of persons walking inside the room.He try his best to act like a baby to avoid attention of uninvited guest.

He slightly opened his eyes to see who was the person came for.He saw there a person went to his direction with fast pace.

The person arrived and stop in front of him.The person is a lady with a fair skin and long,light,wavy brown hair down to her back,which she tied in knot in the back and bang down to her chin in the front.She wore plain blue light dress and red light lipstick.

Max just stare to her light brown eyes while thought 'I don't know why but somehow I remember her from somewhere'.He saw the lady smiling to him and he can felt she is kind woman from aura she had. 

He saw her hand moving to his box but suddenly another person came and immediately said something to her.The person that talked to her wearing a nurse uniform.Her face suddenly turn red likely embarrassed from her action.She bowed down to Max before walked to another box beside him.He saw her opened the box before take an infant from inside and hold with loving feeling.

'So she got a wrong person.That why she bow to me likely apologize.But I'm pretty sure I recognize her but where actually' think him. 

'I don't know why but I feel jealous saw this sight maybe I remember my past life mother.Remeber her make me felt a pain in heart but I hope she not too sad about my leave.She always a caring person that make me worried all time because she neglect herself for her family' Max in deep thought saw the action of the woman kiss her child forehead.

'Somehow I felt so tired.Maybe this happen because of my current body.Lets take a nap.I hope my new parents will be good one once I meet them.Lets not get too excited and just sleep for now' think him starting to fall asleep.
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"Who child was that?" asked the brown hair woman that come before Max to the nurse.

"I don't know the detail but it said there someone send him to this hospital last week.The sender is a man and it being said he is having serious injuries based on his body.But after that he disappear from that day.The hospital authority already plan to throw the child out as they warn this isn't an orphanage to keep a child" explained the nurse.

"Throw the child!!" shouted her with anger.

"Shhh… miss this place is not allow to shout" hastily the nurse said.

"Uwaaa…" her child start to crying.She saw immediately lullaby her child.After the infant calm down,she stare to the nurse back. 

"Miss let talk about this outside.It better we having the conversation outside the room to avoid the other child awake" carefully the nurse said. 

The lady calmly put her child into the transparent box and start walking to the get out from the room. 
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"Okay.. We already outside.Tell me about it.If the hospital really want to thrown the child out,better let me take care of him" said the lady seriously.

"About that you don't need to worry.Even if you don't take care the child,he will be okay because we actually got inform that the relatives of the child will come for him tomorrow" spoke nurse with assuring tone. 

"Okay if that true but call me if the relative of the child didn't came" replied the lady giving her phone number to the nurse. 

"Alright miss but when did you will take your son home" said nurse. 

"Maybe during the noon because my husband now busy handle his new clinic" replied her.

"Oh.. Okay" said the nurse.

"Miss I advice you to not do work that can burden your body.Although you say you just fine,its better to avoid something happened to your health as you only giving birth a days ago" continued her. 

"If there nothing.May I take a leave" spoke the nurse. 

"Yes.you may go" replied the lady. 

After saw the nurse went further the lady mumbled while staring to Max "That child how come he possess so much spiritual energy.I hope it doesn't endanger himself".
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'Umm… this feeling' thought Max opening his pair of eyes.He saw there were an old lady wearing a traditional clothes of Japanese (A/N:it's up to you to think it as Yukata or Kimono) in front of his box bed.

He saw the old lady looking to him with sad expression before release a tear at the corner of her eyes.'Did something happen?why this old lady crying?Did she know me?' many questions thought in Max mind.

He saw this try to attract the old lady by talking to her.

"Uwaa.. Waa… wa … hi… hu…" spoke him. 'Shit how I can calm her down if I even can't talk properly' cursed him.

But his action managed to attracted the old lady attention because he saw that she start to wiped the tear.He saw the old lady stare to him and let out smile.

The old lady moving her hand and took out Max from the box.She hugging him before he heard hoarse voice murmured "I'm sorry...I'm sorry...if I didn't stop her.This will not happened.I'm sorry...I'm sorry because turn you to this state".He can felt the how deep the feeling of guilty her to him. 

He don't know the true details but from her word,he atlest can assume that the old lady is blaming herself for his condition.He moved his head slightly before kiss her face and let out childish laugh.

The old lady felt shocked by his doing and said "Did you want to cheer me up young one.You face just like your mother and remember her make me felt guilty.But I already promise to take care you if something happen.But-but I never thought this will happen after she only giving birth to you only for a day"

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Max heard this frown slightly while thought 'So this about my new mother.Look like I can't meet her as there something happened to her but from this old lady feeling there a chance that she already died.Although I didn't know her but it a bit sad because this isn't something that I hope in my new life' 

"Murasaki Kai is your name.She always say to me that if she got a boy that was the name she want to call.Murasaki our family name and Kai is your name" is the words Max caught from the old lady mouth. 

(A/N: From this time I will call him Kai) 

"Your... energy.How come you posses this much energy?This is dangerous.I need to take you home quickly" said her with shocked face before turn to serious.

She immediately bit her finger until there blood come out.She immediately put her finger onto Kai forehead and doing some kind of mark. 

Suddenly,Kai felt his body turn slightly weaker as there restrictions is put to his body.

'What happen here.I'm feel weaker.Did this old lady do something to my body.Why did she bit her finger?Did she want to kill me like my new mother?' thought him including dangerous thinking about the old lady try to harm him.
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"Uwaaa…" Kai start to crying loudly until the other infants also awake and crying join his parade.He act like this to ask for help as he too influenced by his thought.

"Shhh...Kai calm down" the old lady panicking saw him crying.She don't know why this sudden of change happen to Kai but she only think because of the seal herself apply to him.

She suddenly heard the sound of something huge running to this place.

"Jack!" shouted her.Suddenly there something coming out from her shadow.

It's head was made from pumpkin.There is sharp pair of eyes and sinister smile that made from cut of knife to the pumpkin.The blue light flickering from the hole of its face.Its wearing a pitch black cloak that cover its whole body and there also lantern with three different colour which is green,yellow and red.The lantern is hang on the stick which look like the traffic light. 

'Jack O Lantern.How there a this thing here.Shouldn't here be Japan based from this old lady clothes.No-no how can even this thing exist should the question' thought Kai until he forgot his crying session.The crying parade turn ruin as their conductor is missing and making the rhythm is deviate from its rail.

"Jack check what that thing.Kill if it if you can but remember if the thing too dangerous retreat yourself" spoke her to the ghost.

The Jack o Lantern nodded its head before flying with fast paced and disappear from the sight.She turn head to Kai before said "Look like you already calm down.We don't have time to stay here cuz likely more soul creatures will coming here.I need to find place to seal completely your energy and the better location is at the shrine"

"Fortunately I already handle the process to take you home" murmured her while brought him out of the room.

Kai at the arms of the old lady's feeling wrong because the further he look the situation,the more he felt this thing is complicate than he imagine.Bases on this he also knew that old lady want to protect him.He felt his actions before is like a child that thrown tantrum without know the reason.

'Goodbye guys.I hope you will have a better life than me.Be sure to be a good person in your life.I don't ask you to be hero but at least appreciate the one loved yourself. Cuz I know how pain to leave someone without saying goodbye face to face' talk him with mind trying to direct to the infants.He noticed the child beside him already disappeared when he spoke those word in mind. 

'Look like the person already take her child back home.Someday I hope I befriend with her child' think him.

His distance between the room and turn further but he saw something making his body tense.Inside the room suddenly emerged a something look like a giant skeleton with is 3 meter tall.Its eyes staring to his direction more precisely to his body. 

"Huarghh…." the sound the skeleton let out. 

The skeleton released a pitch black aura from its body.Its aura making the infant crying even louder until many the hospital staff rushing to the room.

He saw the skeleton brought out a spear from its back and held pointing to his position.The skeleton likely concentrate to its target and there full of its aura accumulated to the spear turn the white bone spear to black pitch.Saw the big and long pitch black spear making even the old lady stopped slightly.

"Skeleton soul.Spear type.This more difficult than I expect.Look like this boy talent is even higher than his mother even attract this powerful soul creatures but I already promise her to not involve him with this kind of thing" mumbled her. 

"Jack where are you?" shouted her. 

'Yow old lady why are you waiting here.Did you want to die or what.Lets get out from here' thought while talking to her.Unfortunately she can understand him. 

He saw the skeleton throw the spear to his direction.

*Huuuuuuuuuu*

The sound of air been tearing by the spear force making him pee slightly. 'Look like I will die another time.But this time I even can't lift a finger to protect myself' think him. 

"Jack!" shouted the old again.

'Just stop old lady we about to die.I don't think the Jack O Lantern can save us.If it really strong how this thing escape from it.I know I wrong about you but at least ran save yourself and leave me here.I know it's target is me' thought him with crying.

Suddenly a pumpkin head pop up from the floor and stand in front of them.The Jack o Lantern really coming but Kai didn't know if this guy can beat the skeleton strike.But the move of it make him remember something.When he saw this he even thought this thing will not even managed to defend and don't even talk about beat it.

The Jack O Lantern actually moving its red flame lantern to it front try to defend from spear that size bigger than its small flame.

The spear getting near and near to their position.

*Huuuuuuuu*

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'Ehhhhh…' the outcome making him stunned because the spear actually stop from the move of Jack O.The spear actually stand still in front the flame look like waiting for something.

He saw the next move of Jack O where it turn to move the yellow lantern to the front of the spear.He saw the spear shake from its action change the colour of the lantern.

The Jack O. turn the direction of the spear back to the skeleton using is smoke like arms came out from its cloak.The green lantern start to moving near the spear and he saw the spear shot back but it target already change to the giant skeleton.

*Pukkk*

The spear penetrate the skeleton body and this action only happened in a few seconds from the red lantern change to the skeleton got hit back by its spear.The giant skeleton stare with despair to this sudden change of advantage.

"How this thing escape from your palm?"asked the old lady with deep frown after the giant skeleton turn to white light and disappeared. 

>There too many of them<

"How much?" asked her again.

>About thousand of them<

"Thousand!!Are you serious!" shouted her slightly.

>Yes.And It's number keep increasing<

Kai saw the interaction of them felt weird because the word using by ghost through the smoke.This not word that he can understand.Although he not a Japanese in the past life but he learned its language because of deep interest to anime but until  that hairy ghost appeared to his life.After that happened his activities about it become less. 

'This must be a secret that this family keep inside' thought him.

"Okay if that true.Let me send your spiritual energy enough to change you to the Ghostly Form state" spoke her.

She started to releasing energy from her body and direct to the Jack O.Kai saw there is sudden change in the body of old lady and shocking because she start to release huge amount of blue energy.

The energy keep transfering to Jack O body.Kai wondering what energy was that until making him felt the Jack O keep getting stronger.

The body of Jack O Lantern turn with massive change and he saw a smoke write with weird words.

>Ghostly Form<

The black cloak turn white colour but there are mark of pumpkin head on the center of it which coloured with black.Its pumpkin head grow up a pair of horn which coloured in green and covered with red and yellow flame each of them.The stick that hang the three lantern also change where the stick didn't have too much change but become more longer.But the three lantern turn to blades making its look like a sickle hold by reaper but this time it's had three blade and with illuminated with original colour of red, green and yellow. 

'Holy shit.What a cool transformation' the words come to Kai thought.

This is fanfiction.I don't own a character that the people recognize from other work.Remember it's fanfiction and which idiot out there want to read an original story you better find it yourself than screaming like an idiot.

I think I wrote dictionary just for the first chapter. Maybe I have talent to become like Harry Potter author. Maybe.... who knows right and this thought making me shudder because even myself didn't read the HP book that look to me like a dictionary.DICTIONARY

Who knew my first account give me a review because someday I will put the work here and maybe continue it.Maybe who knows because  the first account is from tablet and I don't always use that thing. 

A/N : I already give a hint about my first account so it not to find right right. Maybe who knows

He sat on his bed, musing over what to tell grandfather. Withertomb wasn't the culprit. He had lost his family and clients just like them. But was it possible he could be the culprit and had tricked Ben? Ben thought over what the man said and how he acted. No. It wasn't possible. There had to be someone else.

 The boy listened to the house creak with the wind. Not a sound came from any spirit or from Mely's wanderings. Their disappearances made the hill too quiet and less comfortable. He wanted to hear the creaking of the floorboards when Mely wandered from room to room with an ancient duster. He wanted to hear the howls and wails of spirits mixed with the winds.

 The floorboard groaned as Ben got to his feet. He couldn't sleep nor lay and wait for grandfather to tell him who to go to next. Every second that passed was another second the spirits were in danger.
 He walked across his room and put on his suit, pulling the suit jacket over his shoulders. The knife prodded his ribs, reminding him of how he left the hill. Ben wondered if the horse could take him directly to the spirits if he asked. He hadn't known the location of Withertomb, but when he asked for being sent to him, he was sent right to the necromancer.

 Ben stepped out of his room, wincing at the sound of the door's hinges squeaking behind him. His eyes darted down the hall to grandfather's room. Thankfully grandfather was a deep sleeper.
 Down the stairs he went and into grandfather's study. Ben flicked on the lights and watched several lamps flare to light. The golden lights shot long shadows onto the bookshelves and across the cluttered floor.

 A couple scrolls and loose pages crunched beneath Ben's feet as he tiptoed across the study. He came to the desk and picked up the contract for the horse. All he needed to do was summon them and call out a spirit's name. Then he'd be taken right to the ghosts! Grandfather was a fool for not thinking of this earlier.

Ben unsheathed the dirk and gingerly sliced his wrist. He watched his blood drip onto the contract and quickly put the dirk and contract away while darkness surrounded him.
The skeletal horse appeared in the shadows, shaking its long spiny neck and stomping its hooves. Ben mused over what name to give the horse. Perhaps one of his family members would be best. Or one of the hill's residents. Ben was about to say one of the spirit's names when he thought of the creature whose presence he missed the most.

"Take me to Mely Nesir."

The horse jerked its head to the side and stomped its hooves. Ben carefully walked towards the creature, but it kept stomping about, making it impossible to mount.

Stepping back, Ben crossed his arms and asked, "So what? You can't take me to her?"

The horse stopped stomping and looked at him, or at least pointed its skull towards him. The creature's beak moved and teeth chattered, and it released an irritated whinny.

"Alright, another name then," Ben muttered. He weaved his hand through his red hair and looked about the darkness while thinking of another ghost. "Then Penelope Johnson."

The skeletal horse shook its head.

Ben frowned. "You can't take me to either of them?"

The horse stomped its hooves and snorted. It then turned around, and Ben wondered if it would leave him. Suddenly, two hooves smacked him in the chest.

Ben gasped and fell back. He fell out of the darkness, hitting his head against a bookshelf. The shelves rattled and a couple scrolls and books toppled onto Ben. He groaned and pulled out the contract. The blood on the paper had already faded, telling him the summons had ended.
He tossed the scroll aside and rubbed his forehead. So the horse couldn't take him to the ghosts or Mely. Now Ben felt like the fool, knowing his plan had failed. Grandfather had probably already known it wouldn't work.

He stuffed the summoning scroll back in his pocket and began shoving the other scrolls off himself. An image then caught his attention, and Ben picked the scroll up. It was summoning scroll, except it only had a large circle with several rings and symbols inside.

Ben's eyes widened. He moved on his knees and opened up the scroll before dropping the other fallen books on its corners to keep it open. He struggled to read it the words written along the circle, but he knew what the summoning scroll was for. It was risky, but if he could use this, he could find the ghosts or at least discover he stole them.

Ben glanced at the lopsided study door and back at the scroll. If grandfather saw him using this scroll he would get in deeper trouble. He then looked past his leg at the red rug. Grandfather would not come into the crypt. He could go there and be free from disturbances.

Quickly, Ben gathered several candles, the lantern, and a lighter. He shoved the rug aside just enough to get to the silver door and lifted the door up. Ben carefully moved onto the ladder and lowered the trapdoor over him, making sure that the rug would drop back over the trap door in case grandfather came into the study looking for him. Hopefully he would see the missing summoning scroll for the horse and suspect Ben to have gone off somewhere else rather than underground.
The boy slid down the ladder, dropping onto the cold ground. The air still smelled like death, but something was different about it. The air itself felt cold and emptier than usual, losing the comfortable, spooky presence sleeping spirits usually gave off.

He lit the lantern and walked down the crypt until he came to the empty casket. Then Ben rolled out the summoning scroll and placed the candles around it. He stared at the scroll, reading over the words in the circles. It took several attempts before Ben finally figured out the scroll's details.
Feeling ready, the boy lit the candles. Each flame flared a bright orange and cast dancing shadows upon the page, distorting the words and symbols. Inhaling deeply, Ben recited the words along the scroll. His eyes remained on the scroll, but when he finished, they flitted towards the flames. The fires were still golden, waving with the drafts in the crypt, but nothing more.

Several minutes passed before Ben tried again. Yet once again, the summoning failed.
Ben groaned and sank onto his knees. Of course the spirit would not come. Not when he had nothing to offer. The cut on his and was still fresh, and Ben supposed he could tempt it with blood. But, this sort of spirit would want something no necromancer could give.

Ben's eyes then dropped to the lantern. The glass had mended itself, and it looked as good as new. The flame inside was a bright gold and lit up the room. Ben looked back at the scroll and bit his lip. A will O wisp's lantern was no common thing. Possibly as uncommon as a necromancer's soul.
He picked up the lantern and placed it in the center of the ring. Again, Ben chanted the words. When the last syllable came off his tongue, the air in the room dropped.

Frost etched along the stone casket, freezing the scroll to the stone and continuing onwards. Ben watched his breath curl up like a ghost. He shivered once and grabbed his arms before dropping his eyes back to the page.

The flames in the small candles flared away from the contract and turned black, casting a strange light over the casket. The lantern's light turned blue and grew tremendously, licking the lantern's cap.

Ben sucked in a tight breath as a pale fog drifted about the room. A ghastly figure formed above the scroll, slowly twisting into the form of a human. He stopped his transformation at the torso, allowing the remainder of his body to drift about in a fog, contained by the scroll.
The spirit's eyes dropped on Ben. They were dark and heavy. His hair stayed close to his face, and his form remained relatively rigid. "It's been a long time, Earnest," the spirit hissed with a voice that came from everywhere.

Ben grimaced. "I am not Earnest."
"Oh?" the spirit blinked and rubbed his chin. "I suppose not. Is he dead?"
"No."

"A shame," the spirit said. His eyes then dropped to the summoning scroll, and he stooped down to read it. "So he made it for your whole family."

"Yes," Ben said, eyes narrowed. He didn't want to answer the spirit's questions. The spirit needed to answer his questions. "I have questions for you," Ben said.

The spirit's eyes lifted, and he tilted his head. "What sort of questions?"

Ben's eyes narrowed further. "You will answer all of my questions truthfully in exchange for the lantern. I will not negotiate with you."

The spirit looked down at the lantern sitting atop the scroll and tapped it. "A Will O' Wisp's lantern." He then shook his head and folded his arms. "It's not good enough. It won't help me get out of where I'm at. I want your soul."

"The lantern is all I am offering, Jack," Ben growled.

"I see," Jack said. He stretched his arms. "It's been awhile since I've been summoned by the Stones. Allow me to make a deal."

"I'm the one making the deal," Ben said.

To this, the spirit shook his finger. "No can do." He dropped his hand to a line on the scroll. "You have to make an agreement we both find acceptable. So, I want your soul. Nothing else… and that pitiful lantern."

Ben groaned. If only it weren't for his family's stupid rules this wouldn't be a problem. If he were like a Withertomb he could just curse the spirit and force him to answer him. He ignored Jack's ridiculous offer and said, "Tell me where the hill's spirits are."

"The hill's spirits? They should be floating around up there," Jack said, pointing at the crypt's ceiling.
 "They're gone. Bodies and all," Ben muttered sourly.

 "Oh really?" Jack said, smirking. "What a shame."

 "Tell me where they are."

 "No. Give me your soul."

 "No."

 The two glared at each other for several minutes. Jack then drifted about, and after awhile, settled for prodding at the lantern. Ben kept his arms crossed and waited, hoping grandfather would not notice his absence. If the old man came down here and found Ben had summoned Jack, Ben would have more to worry about than losing his soul.

 "Alright alright… If you help me get out of where I'm at, I'll help you," Jack said.
 "What do you mean?" Ben asked.

 "You aren't the only necromancer who can summon me. Destroy my contract with the other guy, and you can have your questions answered."

 Ben mused over Jack's suggestion. He could try and summon another spirit, but Jack was a well known spirit in the necromancing community. Of all spirits other than the ones lost, he'd know what happened and why.

 The boy nodded. "Alright, who else has a contract with you?"

 Jack sneered. "Erwys Ellandor."

As an apprentice necromancer and grave keeper, Benjamin Stone has one job: take care of the hill's graveyard. But after a mistake, both bodies and spirits vanish from their graves. Ben leaves the hill for the first time in his life to retrieve the dead, however he is woefully unprepared.

Just as Mu Zi Xian finished speaking, a mass of bubbles suddenly floated up from the depths of the marsh. Amidst the bubbles, a large head with a putrid rotting smell emerged.
"The game designers really do have a very strong taste for horror… they could have just let the boss spawn normally…"
<Large Jack O Lantern (LV 25) (Boss) (Elite)>
HP: 30000
MP: 5000
Skills: [Fear], [Life Drain], [Soul Transfer], [Dark Entry]
This was an Independent Mode Magician boss. Wang Yu didn't want to take any chances and immediately swung his pole.
The Jack O Lantern was bashed by Wang Yu till it couldn't even float steadily. All of a sudden, it suddenly vanished and reappeared behind Wang Yu with its huge mouth open to bite him.
Wang Yu was instantly able to sense the Jack O Lantern's position. Without even turning around, Wang Yu jumped backwards and landed on its face. He instantly swapped to his gloves and used [Crushing Blow] on its face.
However, at this moment, the Jack O Lantern uttered an ear piercing laugh, causing Wang Yu's body to run backwards.
This was the fabled [Fear]! It didn't matter if the player was actually afraid, as long as the system decided that you were afraid, your character would naturally run away!
The Jack O Lantern seemingly realised how powerful Wang Yu was and immediately used [Fear] on him before charging towards Yang Nuo. Seeing it approach her, Yang Nuo immediately sidestepped as she raised her bow and shot the monster's only eye.
"Shaaaaakaaaaa!"
The Jack O Lantern let out a pained cry and immediately started chasing Yang Nuo around.
Yang Nuo unhurriedly shot an arrow as she retreated. Yang Nuo was currently less than three meters away from the boss as she continued to dodge its attacks and shoot arrow after arrow with pinpoint accuracy! Everytime the Jack O Lantern was about to bite get, Yang Nuo would twist get body slightly and avoid it!
Seeing this, Wang Yu could only coldly laugh.
Although Yang Nuo's actions weren't large, Wang Yu was still able to follow it with his incredible eyesight and could tell that it was the Yang Clan's evasion art, the Seven Star Steps!
Yang Nuo really was using Independent Mode!
If it wasn't for that, what kind of Archer would try to fight a boss in melee range like this?
Since Independent Mode didn't have the assistance of the system, arrows naturally wouldn't be as accurate. Only by fighting in close proximity like this could one ensure that the arrows would land!
What's more, doing something like dodging while shooting was something that even an Olympic medallist wouldn't have been able to accomplish.
The Jack O Lantern had originally thought that Yang Nuo was a weak little archer that would have been easy to deal with. However, it's poor judgment had led it to suffer serious losses. After [Soul Transfer] had ended its cooldown, the Jack O Lantern immediately used [Fear] and then teleported next to Mu Zi Xian.
Mu Zi Xian was a more strategic and theoretical player. When discussing the fight she was still ok, but when it came to an actual fight, she wasn't even comparable to Li Xue and the rest. Seeing that the Jack O Lantern had come to attack her, she immediately covered her face with her shield and squatted down to scream.
Before attacking, the Jack O Lantern shot a green beam from its body and linked itself to Mu Zi Xian.
As Mu Zi Xian's health steadily dropped, the damage that Yang Nuo had previously dealt quickly recovered.
"Boom!"
As Mu Zi Xian was about to be drained to death, a pole flew forward and struck the Jack O Lantern's face, forcibly shifting its body and disrupting the [Life Drain].
Without waiting for the Jack O Lantern to stabilise itself, Wang Yu dashed forward and grabbed the pole. Slamming it onto the ground, Wang Yu flew into the air and landed a vicious stomp on its face!
"Boom!" The Jack O Lantern was knocked into a stunned state by Wang Yu's attacks. Even the creator of [Thunder God's Stomp] wouldn't have thought that the skill could be used like this.
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Lighting damage had always had a suppressive effect on dark affiliated monsters. Wang Yu's high level of perfection had caused his attack to have a stunning effect. The attack caused a small cluster of revolving stars to appear above the Jack O Lantern's head.
After sending the Jack O Lantern flying, Wang Yu didn't let up at all and continued to strike it with the pole. As Wang Yu swung the pole, a flurry of pole afterimages sealed of the Jack O Lantern's escape path. With his high attack and true damage, Wang Yu had beaten the boss to the point where it couldn't resist at all!
When Yang Nuo's fear status had finally worn off, she stood behind Wang Yu and fired arrow after arrow. Within moments, the boss had only 30% of its health left!
"Shaaaa! Shaaaaaa! Shaaaaaaaaa!"
When the Large Jack O Lantern's health fell to 30%, it let out a pained cry and activated [Soul Transfer].
Seeing this, Wang Yu and Yang Nuo immediately jumped back and prepared to defend Mu Zi Xian.
"Gaaaaaaaragggghhhhhh!"
When they raised their heads to look at the source of the sound, the two of them saw the Jack O Lantern's hideous face dissolve into a dark mist and charged towards the three of them.
Yang Nuo quickly notched an arrow and shot it only to discover that physical attacks weren't able to damage it at all!
As the mist approached them, Wang Yu swung the pole and sent Yang Nuo flying out of its range. Meanwhile, he rolled out of the way and used [Void Seizing Palms] to pull Mu Zi Xian to safety.
After being smacked by Wang Yu, Yang Nuo viciously glared at him.
He had been so gentle with his wife and yet just hit her away without any hesitation! Was the bastard still human?
Wang Yu ignored Yang Nuo and shot a [Rippling Wave] at the approaching mist causing it to be knocked back slightly. Seizing the opportunity, Wang Yu immediately used [Thunder God's Stomp] on it.
After being hit by two of Wang Yu's skills, the black mist dissipated slightly before immediately trying to fly past Wang Yu at the two girls.
Just at this moment, Wang Yu's [Void Seizing Palms] just finished its cooldown and he immediately used it on the boss. A white vortex appeared and pulled the black mist black to him.
With the Pugilist's naturally low cooldowns and mana costs, Wang Yu then seamlessly chained the three skills together and beat the boss into a tiny wisp of black smoke before it disappeared altogether and left a pile of items on the ground.
Yang Nuo walked forward and picked up a token out of all the items that the boss dropped. The rest was given to Wang Yu.
<Jack's Wish (Staff) (Silver)>
Physical Attack: 12-19
Magical Attack: 30-45
+ 7 Intelligence
+ 3 Spirit
Effects:
[Life Drain] (Active): Constructs a life draining chain between the user and the target. Deals damage to the target to the target every second and heals the user based on damage dealt. Lasts for 5 seconds.
[Silence] (Active): Silences target for 3 seconds.
Job Requirement: Priest, Magician
Level Requirement: 15
[Fear]: Uncommon Skill, use the power of darkness to terrify a target. Target will flee from the user for 5 seconds.
Class Requirement: Dark Shaman
[Dark Entry]: Uncommon Skill, the user transforms into a dark mist and becomes immune to physical damage while gaining the ability to fly. Enemies in the mist receive 70% of user's magical attack as damage per second.
Class Requirement: Dark Shaman
The staff had average attributes, however, the two skills could deal damage and restrain opponents! These two were extremely valuable!
These two skill books were something that players would definitely yearn for, especially [Dark Entry]. Not only would it give physically damage immunity, it even granted users the ability to fly! Even a noob like Wang Yu could tell how valuable it was.
Mu Zi Xian gently trapped Wang Yu's shoulder and whispered: "This is her quest! She's already contributed so much so how can you just take all the items?"
"I'm preventing any misfortunes from befalling her due to too much wealth! What's more, it's not like she needs these items." Wang Yu replied.
Looking at Mu Zi Xian's awkward expression, Yang Nuo laughed: "Don't take it to heart Sister Xian! All I wanted was to kill the boss and retrieve this token. I don't need any of the other items!"
"See? What did I tell you…" Wang Yu mumbled.
"Urk…" Mu Zi Xian felt very helpless. She knew Wang Yu's temperament very well. He was usually very magnanimous and understanding so she had never seen him pick on anyone like this before.
After another quick sweep of the area, Wang Yu looked at the time and suddenly noticed that there were only a few minutes before the new year event started and hurriedly said: "I need to rush off now."
"En. Go on then." Mu Zi Xian nodded. Since the two of them had just started, they naturally didn't bother with the new year's event.
"Add me as a friend please!" Yang Nuo cheerfully shouted as she sent Wang Yu a friend request.
After receiving the request, Wang Yu privately messaged her: "I don't care what's your agenda against me but you better not touch a hair on Sister Xian's head! I'm not running because I'm scared, it's because I don't want to make things difficult for everyone, understand?"
After looking at Wang Yu's message, Yang Nuo just silently closed the chat.


Catching arrows, running up walls, crushing boulders and bending metal, these are but petty parlour tricks in the eyes of a true martial artist. But where can a martial artist stand in an era of material pursuit?

Join Wang Yu, the greatest martial genius the world has ever seen, as he takes on the gaming world of <<REBIRTH>>, where dragons, demons and immortals are more than just legends.

After all that is done, I went around and explored for a while. During my exploration, I discovered that the cave has an opening in the ceiling, where light comes in. After a while
I discovered that I can be hungry. Which is strange considering that I'm a plant though I can't say what's normal or not considering that I'm a plant that's currently fighting another plant.

The reason for this is I am starving and it was the only thing nearby. The plant monster I'm fighting has a 'bulb' as it's base and has 5 stems leading to what looks like a venus - flytrap's mouth. Except it's the size of a small tree. And I'm a jack o' lantern the size of a person's head with 6 vines attached. 

And thus I shall dub thee "Venus Mantrap".

The fight began with me making claws that have blades that hardened to become this weird wood so my options aren't limited to just burning it. I then lunge at it from where
it's not looking and slash the bulb with all the strength that 4 vines can muster. There was 
a deep cut, about a quarter of the way through.

But in doing so, it noticed me and used the nearest mouths to snap at me. I dodged to the right. But a vine still got caught by a mouth at which point, it promptly lifted me up. In response, I use [Flame leaf] but I direct the energy to the vine that's currently in it's mouth.

It shrieks as it's entire leaf/mouth is set on fire, the other mouths are wide open, releasing a terrible shriek as the mouth is burned away. I manage to escape after the mouth is burned to ash.

The remaining mouths turn towards me, wide open as fluids fly out of it, I dodge. Where they land, is melted away. Holy moly that's some strong acid!

I redirect the energy of [Flame leaf] from an entire vine to just my claws, tipping them in flame. Where I leap at it, while it's charging another acid shot. Using two claws to anchor myself to its bulb, while there's a claw for each stem.

If before, it was like an axe against wood, now it's a flaming axe against plastic.

The stems fall off, the cuts on fire and with a last shriek, it dies.

      [You have slain a lvl 5 Snapper Hydra!]
                            [Level up!]
                            [Level up!]
                   [[Flame leaf] Level up!]
              [[Body manipulation] Level up!]   
     
         [ Name: none
    Race: Jack o' lantern
    Level: 3
       Skills:
    *Fire breath lvl 1
    *Fire manipulation lvl 1
    *Flame leaf lvl 2
    *Body manipulation lvl 2
        Attributes:
    *Flame resistant lvl 1
        Titles:
    *Blessed by flame
         Skill points: 15]        

Ignoring the level ups, I prioritise on making sure my meal isn't reduced to nothing but ash.
So I use [Fire manipulation] to pull away the fire from the corpse and dissipate it to the air.
After that, it was time to eat.

It tasted like grass.

I don't mean it's bad or anything it's just tasteless. Though the bulb tasted like lettuce, I still think the inside of the mouth is the best since it tasted like grapes.    

But there was something weird.

The "teeth" tasted like wood and though there were only a few of them, they were the most filling parts.

[You have consumed living wood!]

This is something I write to pass the time. I also plan to upload this to Royal Road since it seems more stable than here

In the outer reaches of the galaxy, someone had watched the entire battle from above, and was not too pleased about the outcome.

"GRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *gasp* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Solaria shrieked loudly, penetrating and severely damaging all throughout his castle. Maligra, was hiding behind a lone, sturdy column, trying to hide from Solaria, only to be magically thrusted into his presence.

"EXPLAIN YOURSELF!" Solaria commanded, trying to hold back his attempts to utterly destroy her.

"I-I-I-I-I-! Master!!! It was not my fault!! The Reaper was nothing but a shoddy pawn as a-a-a-all…! Bu-but we did gather the soul y-you required!" The skeleton witch fumbles as she attempts to get the black soul from out of her cloak, but she ends up accidentally tossing it due to all of her fear. Solaria immediately catches the black, vile soul, and stares at it deeply. The dark lord then stares down Maligra and speak more sternly, "Your bumbling has earned you your survival…. You disappointing sack of bones and dust. But DON'T let this ever happen again…."

"Yes master…" Maligra pandered as she kissed his tentacles, "Hail master…" Solaria shouted for Maligra to get out his sight before he changes his mind, and Maligra immediately dashed and crashed back into her spell room. The lord of everything eternally evil then headed to his throne room and stared down at Sonia through his spy glass. The black soul that he held in his grasp began to shake a little violently while Solaria watched the ginger. Solaria looked down at the vile soul and tended to it. Solaria whispered gently to the soul and stated, "Shh… do not worry. Your time will come soon enough. And her time… will come to an end." The vile soul took a look at Sonia and immediately knocked down the spy glass, thinking that it was Sonia. Instead of getting furious, Solaria held the soul once again and decided to make a cackling laugh that echoed through the galaxy, knowing that the vile soul will become his best creation yet… which will come someday soon...

Back on the surface world, once the explosion had died down, the souls that were trapped into the orb had finally been released. The flailing souls flew high in the sky and proceeded to zip straight into the bodies of their original owners. Every soul-stricken citizen was now brought back to life, and those who were hypnotized were finally coming to. Sonia, who was still in her magical form, immediately grabbed a long jacket dropped by one of the once-sentient skeletons and put it on to hide her injuries, and she changed back to normal before anyone near her could recognize her. Sonia suddenly felt a body grasp her from behind, and Sonia made a small scream and threw the grappler onto his back. The grappler, however, turned out to be Sonia's dad, who groaned from his sudden body slam.

"Dad?!" Sonia shouted in surprised then proceeded to help him up, "Oh my- dad, I'm sorry… I didn't know it was you."

"Heh heh heh," David chuckled, "It looks like by little butterbean has some strength to her, heheheh-ow ow ow ow ow…." Sonia helps her dad up and fixes his back some, and they both watch as everyone was helping each other out. From parents, to children, to students of the school, to even the town mayor came by to help each other out.

"Has anyone seen my high-tops?" Cindy, the prima-donna teen and Sonia's school rival, complained, "I NEED MY HIGH TOPS or I AM GOING TO CRY!" Mellisa's classmates wake up from their slumber and run into Mellisa's clone. They go and greet her, but the clone doesn't understand what they're talking about when they asked about the Halloween party and just instead goofily agreed and nodded to everything they said. Julianna had also received her soul again, and slowly sat up and rubbed her head. The original Mellisa finally came outside, caught sight of Julianna and tackled her down.

"Bestie! I found you!" Mellisa shouted happily as she gave her bestie a squeezing hug.

"GACK…! Mellisa…! You're CHOKING ME….." Julianna complained due to Mellisa's deep hug. Sonia sighed in relief and sit next to her dad, and her pets came by and comforted them. Aside from Sonia, everyone began to wonder why they were in the graveyard in the first place. Mellisa, the original, then perked up and told the denizens, "Hey everyone! Bestie and I set up a Halloween party in the mansion, would you like to come?" Everyone began to like the idea, but Mellisa's other friend came in and replied, "But wait, we don't have any costumes." However, the ghosts intervened and stated, "Nonsense, young child, for we can overcome your feathering fickle." The elder ghost then snapped his fingers, and with a dose of magic from the mansion itself, everyone suddenly began to wear colorful and creative costumes. Much of the townsfolk wore variations of classic monsters, and some of the students even became characters from fantasy~! Sonia now wore a witch costume with orange and black lining, along with a big broomstick and a luscious 'n' ripe pumpkin to boot! Julianna became a zombie badass with much of her hair covering of her eyes, a dark brown cloak, and covering over her mouth a bandana decorated with sharp monster teeth as its design. Matthew and Scruffles snuck around and put their shadow beast outfit on just for fun and to try and scare any of the other partygoers. Finally, Mellisa wore an illustrious black cat costume, a shiny black outfit with a long, swishy tail, long black knee-high stockings, and ears with a blue hue that matches Mellisa's lovely eyes. Once everyone had their costumes on, Mellisa cheerfully declared, "Ok everyone! It's time for a spooky, scary, Halloween party!!" The rest of the townsfolk cheers happily and Mellisa playfully marches everyone to the mansion. Once inside, one of the ghost children turned on the music and everyone began to jam. All of the students, children, and adults were having a spooky time. Not to mention that Matthew and Scruffles were running around spooking some of the guests before jumping into a dancing frenzy. Sonia danced with her father and was actually having a good time. Sonia now felt that she was worrying for nothing. She looked up at her dad and said, "Hey dad?"

"Yes, my butterbean?" David replied in curiosity.

"Y'know… you were right." Sonia began as she explained herself, "I was being a little bit too worrisome today. I shouldn't let worries of my work get to me like that. I should learn to take a break and have some fun."

"And are you having fun, sweetheart?" David asked as they danced hand-in-hand and Sonia turned to see everyone having a wonderful time. Sonia smiled at the sight, looked back at her father and stated, "Yeah dad. I'm having a wonderful and spooky time~." Sonia and her dad gave each other a loving hug, and Sonia then completes it by saying, "I love you dad."

"I love you too, butterbean," David replied happily.

"Hey everybody! It's time to do the MONSTER MASH!" Mellisa announced gleefully and she changes the CD soundtrack from its current song to that of the Monster Mash, and everyone, including Sonia, her father, both Mellisa and the clone Mellisa, the ghosts that inhabited the mansion, and the "Shadow Beast," got on the dance floor and began to perform the Monster Mash dance. The moonlight shined across the Haberdashery Mansion as everyone enjoyed their Haunted Halloween Bash. As every danced, a jack-o-lantern stood tall and freshly-carved on a table. Because of the magic going around in the house, the jack-o-lantern grew a sinisterly-joyful smile. The jack-o-lantern then cleared its throat and states with a booming voice, "A Jack-of-all-trades, I happen to be, and a Happy Halloween to you from me." The jack-o-lantern then created a booming, yet joyous laughter, making the night spookier for you and for me. Orujinshinaka was now in the spirit of scariness, and Halloween was now in ultimate bliss.

The End

When a ginger-haired teenage girl named Sonia is suddenly destined to fight demons led by a maniacal entity and save the universe from falling into Eternal Darkness, she must endure the challenges such as excessive homework, late night homework, drama queens, sleeping in class, battling giant monsters, overcoming her deepest fears, and the mania of living with a slapstick cat-and-dog duo. 

Man! This girl can't get a break, can she?

After the rugby ball was thrown, Westin chased after it with his cheeks puffed, running with all his might. Before the ball touched the ground, a lithe silhouette leaped in the air and tackled the ball. The cat opened its mouth wide and bit into the skin of the ball, trotting over to hand it over to Elena, who had been standing by the side.
Elena exclaimed in glee, "Wow, I got the ball!"
A boy rushed over and snatched the ball from her. Victoria chased after him and shouted, "Kent, you're going to get in trouble!"
The boy turned to pass the ball to Westin and shouted as he did so, "Don't even think of snatching the ball from me — oh, my god!"
Again, Ah Meow leaped up and intercepted the ball while it was still in the air. It tackled the ball down and carried it with its mouth to hand over to another girl. Westin sped towards Ah Meow to snatch the ball, running with all his might. "Out of the way, I'll do this myself!"
After charging a short distance, a wolf the size of a calf appeared before him. It stared Westin down and bared its teeth at him. Westin was terrified. "D-don't bite me, I'll hand the ball over!"
A boy called out from behind him, "Westin, you coward, that's Ah Ow. I know her, my mom loves her. She doesn't bite, she's a really nice wolfhound!"
Westin hollered back, "I'm the coward? I swear, Bacrot, you're dead. I'll give you a taste of the Westin Iron Fist right now!"
"If you're not a coward, why are you scared of a wolfhound that doesn't bite?"
"Let's see if you say the same thing when you're the one it's staring down. It's too scary!"
Li Du chuckled at the sight of the kids playing with Ah Meow, Ah Ow, and the bunch of the other little animals. He turned to Brother Wolf and said, "I have an idea, pal. I know how to surprise Victoria."
Brother Wolf asked, "How?"
Li Du winked at him. "I won't tell you just yet. Oh, right. Where are the pumpkins Sophie bought? I'm going to carve some."
The pumpkins were in the ranch house, so he headed there with his carving knife to look for some long ones. He gauged the weight of the pumpkin and carried some over to start carving.
Brother Wolf offered, "Is there anything I can help with?"
Li Du heaved a sigh. "What can you help with? This is a promise I made, so I have to be the one to deal with it. Oh, right, could you call President Cole and ask him when he is free next month? I want to talk to him about business."
Li Du spent the entire morning carving pumpkins. He thought about it for a while, then threaded some ropes through the pumpkins, hung a few lights, and installed the batteries. He turned the lights and the pumpkins were glowing in all sorts of colors. It looked pretty nice.
Lunchtime rolled around. Sophie had prepared a feast to entertain the children with. This was a very effective way of making friends, Li Du realized. Victoria and Elena had instantly become more popular in their little circle of classmates. The kids were young but clever — they already knew how important it was to befriend Elena and Victoria.
Of course, they were not far-sighted enough to realize the amount of help the two girls could provide throughout their career and life in the future. What they were thinking about was not that complicated — they were thinking of huge fields where they could run, big houses they could play in, new and novel toys they could amuse themselves with, and an endless supply of delicacies they could feast on. The teachers, too, treated the girls differently after realizing what their family background was like. It was only natural.
Sophie had prepared Halloween gifts for both the teachers and the children. She had both the time and the money, so whatever it was that she had prepared for them would definitely make them happy.
Some of the kids from families who were doing slightly better liked to exercise, so she played to that and sent them signed sneakers and sportswear from athletes like Kobe. Some of the kids liked television and movies, so she sent them posters and group photos signed by Hollywood celebrities like Brad Pitt. For the kids who came from families that were not as well-to-do, she prepared shopping vouchers. These would help their families spend a comfortable Christmas, which was just around the corner.
The majority of the gifts were costly, but neither the teachers nor the children had any qualms about accepting them. They knew full well that a family who lived in such a huge house had more than enough money; the presents, therefore, were not a significant expense for Li Du and Sophie.
They were preparing for the official celebration of Halloween in the evening, so the children went home to start dressing up. They would then head to the school for the party in the evening. After sending the children off, Sophie heaved a sigh of relief. She said, "Hey, do you think we did the right thing? Inviting the kids over when our family is like this?"
Li Du asked, "What do you mean?"
Sophie replied, "From an adult's point of view, don't you find this a little sad? The kids are aware of class differences at such a young age. They learn so early that their own lives are different from the lives other people lead, and the world holds no equality."
Li Du shook his head. "I don't think it's sad at all. I think they're much happier than I am, actually. When I was about their age, I thought I was no different from the kids who were around me. I thought there were no differences at all, from the lives we led to the background we came from, so I just played mindlessly without giving much thought, and look what happened."
Lu Guan listened to his words and chimed in from the side, "You became really rich, that's what. Even in a land of abundance and wonder like Los Angeles, you're a legend in your own right."
"That's right, boss. We're the ones who are sad, okay?" Young Markelov piped up. "You built your empire from scratch with your own hands. You're the Chinese superstar, right? But what about us?"
The sadness was evident on Big Markelov's face. "F*ck, if not for the fact that we met you by chance, we'd probably still be poaching in the forests and mountains. We'd probably just be waiting for the next time we fell gravely ill and tried to go to the hospital for treatment, but we wouldn't make it, so we'd just end up dying in the wild."
Brother Wolf said, "You're going to make me cry with that sad story."
"Isn't Halloween all about crying anyway? Whether you cry because you're scared or sad, it's all the same."
Li Du chuckled bitterly but did not say anything. He had gotten lucky and happened to have found the little bug, that was all. If not for the help of the little bug, he did not dare to imagine what his life today would be like.
Diploma Mill was forced to close down, and all the money he had spent on school fees and day-to-day living was washed down the drain instantly. He then resorted to unreported employment, but his student visa expired and he had to be deported back. Without the help of his studying credentials, he had as good as wasted two years abroad. He was in a plight worse than the university graduates who had opted to stay in the country to work right out of university!
A bunch of grown people here was lamenting about how difficult life was, while children like Victoria and Elena were over the moon. The two of them skipped over and asked, "Where's the surprise?"
The two girls were each dressed up as a vampire and a witch respectively. Li Du brought them over to a ranch house that had been sealed off. He whispered to them, "There's no surprise, but I do have something scary prepared. Climb up to the windows and tell me what you see."
The sun had set, so only a dim light remained. The inside of the ranch house was pitch-black. The girls carefully climbed up to the window and peered in. they saw a few jack-o'-lanterns swinging freely in the dark!
The two girls were still surprised at the sight when a jack-o'-lantern leaped from somewhere and on to the windowsill to stare directly into their eyes. The girls were so scared they promptly burst into tears. "The jack-o'-lantern is alive!""They've turned into demons!"


They love gold, and they love silver. Even more so, they love gems that dazzle, like stars across the skies. 
Firearms, jewelleries, and precious metals; A collector’s world will not be complete without antiques.  
Storage auctions, old goods trade, re-estate sales and gold-digging. But the truth is, if one wants to make money, then the supreme way is through searching for the legendary treasures. 
Holding the fort, there’s an ocelot, a wolf, and an Andes condor. At the side, there’s a loyal hound, an irascible ape, and an African honey badger. Who said that you can only rely on humans when treasure hunting?! 

Surrounded on all sides by shadows, Akira was the first to react. He dashed towards the closest shadow with Arsene following closely behind. Morgana, Axel and Ryuji didn't lag too far behind as they quickly chased after him.

The shadow didn't even get the time to speak as it was met by claws, a sword, a fist and a metal bat.

The boys continued to rush the shadows but no matter how many they defeated, there always seemed to be more. It was as if they were endless.

15 minutes into the fight, Akira and Ryuji were sweating and panting while Morgana appeared better off as his breathing was only slightly sped up. Axel mentally thanked Olivia for training him into what he is today as he was barely tired.

However, even though he was better off than the other 3, the situation started to worsen.

The attacks from Arsene and Zorro started to weaken as the fatigue from constantly fighting started to pile up. Ryuji was aimlessly swinging his bat around while Akira and Morgana staggered as they tried to keep standing.

Axel knew that the boys were reaching their limits and decided to push himself. Axel leapt high into the sky as flames started to appear around him. Everyone stopped and stared at Axel, stunned at the sight of his magic.

Even Kamoshida stalled as his mind couldn't process what was happening.

Everyone knew that Axel was a street magician but they didn't think he could use REAL magic, they thought they were nothing more than tricks and slight of hand.

The fire surrounding Axel slowly started to condense into 5 fiery spear. With a fierce glare, Axel focused on the 5 shadows infront and roared, "FIRE SPEAR!"

The spears launched towards the shadows and exploded in a fiery vortex of flames. Seeing his friends standing still in shock, Axel yelled, "What are you waiting for? Fight!"

His words managed to bring them back as Akira and Arsene glared towards a giant shadow that looked like a knight on a horse. The small flames that burned inside Arsene's helmet roared in wrath as Akira yelled, "Arsene!"

A creepy chuckled leaked from Arsene as he snapped his fingers. The giant shadow suddenly became engulfed in a black and red flame. It slowly collapsed as it twitched in pain before it disipitated in shards of light.

Morgana was stunned seeing Axel and Akira but he didn't stay still for long as he grinned and shouted, "Don't think you can out do me, rookies!"

Taking a deep breath, Morgana swiftly dodged the incoming fist of a Jack-o-lantern as he nimbly landed on the floor and said, "Come! Zorro!"

Blue flames burst out from the floor as the figure of a man appeared from within the flames. Zorro slashed the flames apart with a lightning quick flurry of slashes from his rapier. The slashes sent out a strong gust of wind that slammed into the unsuspecting Jack-o-lantern, sending it flying into a wall.

Ryuji was slightly pale as he panted in exhaustion but he still raised his bat and swung it at the shadow, knocking it backwards.

Axel nodded in surprise at how well they're holding their own in a fight. He honestly didn't expect them to actually fight this well. Grinning widely, Axel laughed happily as he smashed his fist coated in ice magic against the face of a demon, sending it flying a small bit away before it burst into fragments of light and ice.

Even though his mana was low, Axel didn't care as he continued to launch magic-coated attacks. Small explosions of fire and ice trailed behind Axel as he continued forward.

Suddenly, Axel notice that something seemed odd. Just a couple seconds ago, he had his sights locked onto Kamoshida just in case. However, he seems to have just disappeared.

As if on cue, Ryuji let loose a violent scream of pain. The fight came to a complete stop as Akira, Axel and Morgana turned towards Ryuji and froze in horror.

Kamoshida was pressing the heel of his foot down against Ryuji's head as he drove a sword through Ryuji's arm.

Ryuji had tears in his eyes as he tried to struggle but his effort was for nothing as Kamoshida just increased the force he was using to step on him.

Rage built up inside Axel but he didn't let it cloud his judgement as he glared at Kamoshida and kept his distance. He wanted to rush over and help Ryuji but he knew from the look in Kamoshidas eyes that if he moved towards them, the sword in Ryuji's arm might just end up in his chest.

Kamoshida's hand harshly grabbed Ryuji's hair as he dragged his head off the ground. Ryuji tried to struggle but Kamoshida stopped him as his free hand wrapped itself around his neck and started to choke him.

"What's wrong, Sakamoto? Not feeling so well? GOOD!"

A glint of madness shimmered in Kamoshida's eyes as he arrogantly added, "I always hated you and the track team…"

Ryuji's face became distorted, not from pain but from anger as Kamoshida started ranting on about all the things he did to make sure the track and field team would disappeared.

Once Kamoshida finished speaking, Ryuji had veins puffing up around his body as he boiled in anger and hatred. Even Morgana was shaking in anger as he learned how Ryuji lost his ability to run thanks to Kamoshida breaking his leg in the name of 'self-defence'.

Don't even speak about how Akira and Axel were fairing at the moment. It took everything they had to hold themselves back from rushing at Kamoshida.

Kamoshida seemed to derive pleasure from the anger of everyone as his face became flushed as his face adopted an expression of pure ecstasy. His mouth curved into a demonic smirk as said, "Before I kill you, I might as well torture you."

With a wave of his hand, the shadows dropped their defence and dashed towards Axel and his friends. They only managed to destroy a couple before they found themselves pinned to the ground.

Morgana and Akira were being malicious stomped on as they attempted to stand up and fight. Axel, on the other hand, was surrounded as every shadow that tried to get close was met with his fist in their face.

Axel stared over at Ryuji as he noticed something odd. Tears endlessly poured out of his eyes as confusion and sorrow painted his face.

Turning towards Akira, Axel hoped he could help awaken Ryuji's persona but the shadows didn't give him even a second of free time.

Left with no other choice, Axel decided to try and help Ryuji. He dashed towards the shadows and jumped. Using it's face as a platform, Axel put as much strength as he could into his legs and launched himself towards Ryuji.

Sadly, he didn't get close enough to free him from Kamoshida's grasp but this was far enough.

Taking in a deep breath, Axel turned towards Ryuji and roared, "RYUJI!!! ARE YOU JUST GONNA LET THAT SCUMBAG DICTATE YOUR LIFE!!! MAN UP AND RESIST!!! FIGHT UNTIL YOU CAN'T FIGHT ANYMORE!!!"

Axel's roar echoed through the room, causing everyone, shadow or not, to cover their ears to shield them from the sound.

Clearly enraged by Axel's speech, Kamoshida smirked maliciously as he glared at Ryuji and said, "This is why you will always be trash. Because you hang around with MORE TRASH!!!"

Like pouring oil into a fire, Ryuji's eyes burned with anger as he pointed at Kamoshida, stared him dead in the eyes and yelled, "Stop lookin down on me with that stupid smile on your face!"

Suddenly, Ryuji collapsed to the floor while clutching his head. Axel showed a small smile as he noticed the changes happening to Ryuji, or more specifically, his bright yellow eyes.

"You made me wait quite a while. You seek power, correct? Then let us form a pact." Said a rough and roguish voice.

Flames started to manifest around the struggling Ryuji as the roguish voice continued, "Since your name has been disgraced already, why not hoist the flag and wreak havoc...? The "other you" who exists within desires it thus... I am thou, thou art I... There is no turning back... The skull of rebellion is your flag henceforth!"

Once the voice finished speaking, Ryuji slowly stood up from the ground. Then, without the slightest hesitation, Ryuji kept his bloodshot eyes locked onto Kamoshida as he tore the black skull mask from his face.

A pillar of blue flames exploded upwards, accompanied by Ryuji's roars of pain. Kamoshida absent-mindedly gazed at Ryuji, then turned towards Akira. His gaze didn't linger on the two for too long as he maliciously ordered, "Kill them all!"

Before the shadows could even move, bolts of lightning flew out from the vortex of fire and struck them. The shadows collapsed to the floor before shattering into bits of light.

Ryuji slowly walked out from the fire vortex, his clothing completely different from when they entered the palace as he wore a black jacket, matching pants with knee pads, a red ascot, combat boots, a pair of yellow gloves, and a skull mask.

A confident smirk on his face, Ryuji ignored the surprised looks he was getting as he said, "Right on... Wassup, Persona... This effin' rocks! Now that I got this power, it's time for payback... Yo, I'm ready... Bring it! Blast him away... Captain Kidd!"

The tornado of flames burst apart, revealing a skeleton pirate standing on a miniature ship. The flames inside it's eye-socket burn brightly as bolts of lightning flew around its body.

A young man awoke inside another's body. After fusing both their memories, he realises that he's in another world. He was about to begin his adventure when... [The Adapting system would like to bind to host, Accept?]

Please be nice, this is the first novel I've posted on here and while English might be my first language, I'm... not very good at it. Please leave a comment if something is wrong with my writing and I'll try and fix it.

Also, release isn't stable but please don't hate me for it. I'll try to release at least one or more chapters a week.

2 hours of hiking later, Both Jack and Mei Ling were tired. 

 

As soon as they reached the top, they could see magnificent bright little lanterns, they were everywhere, under the stars in the night with those little lanterns. Mei Ling felt warm in her heart even though she was tired she felt that the view was simply breathtaking.  

 

They quickly entered the temple like hotel, Mei Ling directly rushed in her own room and entered to take a bath, there was even a beautiful hot spring with view on both the mountain and the stars in the sky. She quickly washed her body and quickly wore the floral dress that she wore this morning. Ah yes, Her Boss bought a bag and brought them over, he told her that it would a waste to not wear it at the top so. She directly dressed up once again in the bathroom.   

 

As Mei Ling entered the bathroom, she didn't notice anything weird, it was a simple room with light decoration, even though again it was a kind of low-key luxurious. She didn't notice a big thing, the huge bed, the bed simply too big, it was a bed big enough the fit four people side by side.  

 

Jack entered another room, he felt a bit nervous, but he quickly composed himself, Jack had a nice-looking suit inside his luggage, he quickly summoned the hotel manager and workers, who were all are agents. Yes, they were his agent, before going on this trip Jack decided that since it would be difficult to do what he wants if there was troublesome owner trying to change what he wanted to do so he directly bought the whole hotel.  

 

He prepared the actors, they were all present and ready to begin the session, Jack quickly arranged a room for himself and he quickly took a short bath and dolled himself up, a stylish and a bunch of people were at his side and prepared him thoroughly, he didn't want one hair displaced.  

 

"Is everything ready?" the coldness in his voice that was ever-present was simply powered up by one million. The voice brought a chill to every single person in the room. Jack wasn't in bad mood, even though he was disappointed himself multiples time today he was even more fired up by what's coming but Jack was extremely calm, his heartbeats were simply too high but in his exterior, it only made him colder.  

 

The actors who prepared themselves were sweating but the manager quickly waved his hand indicating that they should position themselves. 

  

"Sir, everything is ready, madam should leave the room within the next five minutes, the actors are ready and the pianist who would do the song is also ready, the dinner is already served for the actor so they can begin eating and decorating the room, every single place in this hotel is already ready and already started the operation" the manager had determined face as he announced. Jack couldn't see but under his stare, the manager's palm was sweating.  

 

"Good, no mistake is allowed"  

 

"Yes, Sir" as soon as these words left the manager's mouth he left the room.  

 

In the dining hall, a soft sound of piano could be heard, the sound was simply perfected and every single thing in the room was one the theme classy Romantique.  

 

Waiters were quickly serving dinner for the people in the room and every one of them had a concentrated look on their face, even though it didn't show very much nearly all of them were looking at the stairs that lead to the rooms of the hotel.  

 

The dining hall was filled with soft chatting sound and a nice atmosphere.  

 

Jack appeared by the stairs that led to the rooms above, he had a cold look on his face, his face was expressionless but just him being here radiated an aura of piercing coldness, no one dared to look anymore.  

 

They all returned to their chatting, no one could tell that in reality all of this was scripted, even the dialogue that was ongoing on each table was scripted. 

 

Above each table was a light lantern, and the lantern was tied to a golden string that was bound on the glass ceiling, yes, the ceiling in glass, originally this ceiling wasn't made in glass but in a slightly original styled temple ceiling with carved pattern but Jack found It too stifling so he broke them down and changed them to a ceiling and a wall filled with glass, there was light snow so it added to the atmosphere of the room.  

 

The room was originally giving a strong feeling, and it gave an ancient feel but after the changes were made, it was simply filled with a lot of warmth and it added a certain romantic aspect in the room.  

 

Even though the room was far too expensive and Jack made an extremely bad deal for having it build within four days, you have to admit that for a billionaire like Jack it was entirely worth it, Jack had a few simple thoughts when he was doing all of this. Was it worth it? Was Mei Ling worth so much? In his mind, Jack found that no matter how much money it takes, no matter how much it was worth, it was worth it as long as it's for Mei Ling.  

 

Yes, no matter what it is, as long as it is for Mei Ling it's worth it. He didn't know why but he felt that as long as he could have Mei Ling he was ready to lose everything, and these feelings slowly brewed inside Jack's mind for five years and it finally solidified itself when he asked himself if it was worth it to spend so much on the complete change of this hotel.  

 

If it's for Mei Ling, no matter how much it cost, no matter how must is it, It's worth it.  

 

A simple thought, but it changed Jack so much.

Grandfather to Grandson:" I want great-grandchildren, you have two years" 
Grandson to Grandfather:" Don't worry, I will find someone myself"

Boss to secretary:"Marry Me"
secretary to Boss:"O_O"

Except for the picture, everything else comes from me!

no guaranteed chapter because I can't guarantee anything

when you got ability to summons godlike being.. its would change your mind and body... then break everything...
game element .... Full Boss mode Ren... strong in real life. Hope with this story .. other author will make persona 5 fiction
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