He was a man who gave off a sharp impression. Jun-tae continued to point out the loopholes.

"He might be leading you down a path but it might be heading towards a cliff."

At that moment, someone who had been listening quietly sneered at Jun-tae.

"Then are you saying you have a better idea?"

It was the only woman in Group A, Jeon Mina. Mina showed complete trust in Tae-hyuk.

"No, but… I want to see more tangible evidence."

"Is that so? I know people like you. You can't help but feel envious when you see someone doing well. In the end, you will ruin everyone because of your pride."

Jun-tae's face distorted at Mina's acidic tone.

"I saw all of you moving together! Perhaps this is a plan to screw everyone else?"

"I-Isn't he a wolf planted by Choi Sung-yeol?"

In no time, the crowd split into two groups and started fighting. It was clearly an urgent situation. There was an internal conflict in the group when they should be trying to escape.

Tae-hyuk sighed and intervened between those who were fighting.

"Mina. Jun-tae. Both of you calm down. First of all, listen to my plan before you make a decision."

Jun-tae looked at him and shouted.

"So that plan can kill all of us!"

"Why are you so suspicious? You should trust someone for once. Cheol-su used his own money to save those of us who were in a life-threatening situation. Let's see… Omo. Do you have 70 million right now? That is why you are so relaxed. Ah, perhaps…"

Mina eyed Jun-tae suspiciously before walking over to Tae-hyuk and whispering something in his ears.

"Isn't it obvious that there would be a wolf planted by Tiwai here?"

Tae-hyuk nodded quietly.

"Then isn't he the most suspicious? He has a lot of money and he's also planting suspicion. No matter how I look at it, he has to be the wolf. It would be better to get rid of such people before going through with the Exodus.

"Hrmm…"

Tae-hyuk paused for a moment before answering.

"I'm sorry, but I can't do that. While there are definitely wolves among us, if we are suspicious of each other then it is what the wolf wants. First of all, I am thinking of taking everyone with me."

"Oh, then the wolf…"

"I said I would take them all."

Mina's protests died down at Tae-hyuk's strong will.

"Yes… I understand."

Tae-hyuk activated the Voice Modulation skill.

[Voice Modulation has been used.]

-You can imitate the voice of Kim Bum-soo.

Kim Bum-soo was an actor who often appeared in historical dramas. He mainly played the role of the king. It was the charismatic voice that really made him seem like a king of the Joseon Dynasty.

There were two groups in front of Tae-hyuk's eyes. In order to bring them together, he would use Kim Bum-soo's voice.


 

"Please pay attention. Right now, there are those who believe in me. There are also those who feel doubt. The two groups exist, and I can understand both. I was afraid after entering the Death Circus. All of you can't be sure that the path you are walking on is correct. Therefore, I will walk in front. Right now, I am going to challenge the 'Puzzle House.' After that, you can decide whether to follow me and clear it, or to give up. I'm just suggesting a path."

"Y-You will challenge first? We won't be used as sacrifices to identify the winning strategy?"

"Yes. You can also choose the order that you desire. Anyways, I am planning to escape with everyone. "

"Ah…!"

The contents absolutely weren't trivial

This was something that often occurred at military training grounds. A demonstration by a skilled assistant.

However, his voice was overflowing with charisma. The combination of the voice and the words gave them a strange sense of trust. This guy could help them leave with their lives. Such sentiments formed in the minds of the gathered people.

"By the way, Boss! All of a sudden, your voice has changed, making it seem like a god!"

Someone suddenly called Tae-hyuk 'Boss'. Tae-hyuk released the Voice Modulation skill.

"Haha. I took some classes on eloquence in the past, and I tried to use some of it just now."

"I see. At any rate, I believe in Boss. Show us how to escape."

Tae-hyuk slowly nodded. Jun-tae's expression showed that he couldn't understand it as he muttered.

"It's just one speech…"

As the wave of suspicion disappeared, Jun-tae was forced to follow quietly. Mina looked at him with suspicious eyes until the end. The root of the problem still hadn't disappeared.

@

The Puzzle House, one of the most notorious Death Circus attractions.

In a sealed room, there was a structure that kept displaying puzzles on a monitor. The problem was the level of difficulty. One by one, the levels were manageable. However, a person had to challenge a few times in a row. There were also hundreds of patterns.

If any mistakes happened, then a guillotine would fall and one part of the body would be cut off.

First, the fingers. Then, the arms. In the end…

There was no dropping out in the middle.

The most terrible thing was to confirm the right answer with a body part in the guillotine. That body part would be cut off if the answer turned out to be incorrect. Body parts were cut off without any anesthesia. A pronounced shock that led to death would often occur.

The Puzzle House was a large glass box, so it was a structure that completely showed what was happening inside. The Puzzle House's prize was 50 million won. All they needed to do was come out of it alive. The amount was overwhelmingly high compared to other attractions.

At first, there was a man who challenged the Puzzle House. He was a Mensa member with an IQ of higher than 140. He focused and made it to the middle part of the puzzles. However, he made a mistake with one puzzle.

The five fingers that he placed in the guillotine were cut off. The funny thing was that he would remain alive as long as the injuries were treated. Of course, this wasn't because they cared for the participants. It was to make sure that the participant didn't die easily so that the guests could enjoy it for a long time.

The treated man looked stunned. However, if he concentrated, then he could clear the rest of the problems without losing anything other than his fingers.

But that wasn't it. The man knew it. If he made a mistake, then he would die. This thought weighed down on him like heavy shackles on his body. He collapsed in an instant. He was worried that the right answer was too obvious and chose the wrong answer.

Arms… Legs… In the end, his neck…

He was one of the best participants in the Death Circus and he lost his head. After witnessing that, no participants challenged the Puzzle House.

After three hours passed, a second challenger appeared.

Seo Tae-hyuk. As Tae-hyuk entered the Puzzle House, he saw a bearded man sitting in a corner.

"Are you going to challenge?"

"There are many people waiting. Let's start straight away."

"Haha…"

Tae-hyuk sat on the chair in the middle of the Puzzle House and placed one arm in a small guillotine. It was a tool for cutting off the fingers. Guillotines made for cutting off the arms, legs and heads were also inside the room.

As he sat down on the chair, the first problem appeared on the wall-mounted monitor. The first problem had a simple level of difficulty.

Question 1) 2+2*2=

Tae-hyuk put his brain into full operation and came up with the answer. He manipulated the panel and chose the number 6.

The terrible Puzzle House began.

@

"T-The right answer once again!"

"Oh my god!"

"How many problems has it been so far?"

"27…28!"

The crowd outside cheered as they saw Tae-hyuk solving the problems. They were dubious at first but their voices gradually rose as Tae-hyuk solved the problems one by one. The great thing wasn't that he was solving all the problems. He was doing everything at a tremendous speed.

"Uh, how could he solve that problem in one second?"

"B-Boss is a genius! No, it isn't a genius level. It's like he knew all the problems already!"

"A-Amazing!"

They could live. If they followed the Boss then they could get out of here. Hope filled the faces of the participants.

"A-All 30 questions are correct…! The Puzzle House is cleared… He did it without getting hurt at all!"

For the first time, cheers rang out in the Death Circus.

"Waaaaaaaah!"

Tae-hyuk got up and spoke to the bearded man.

"Please prepare for the next guest."

"Huh? Oh, yes!"

The bearded man replied with a stunned expression. He had been responsible for the Puzzle House for two years, yet this was the first time he saw a person clear this place. He was sure that it would never occur again in the future.

Tae-hyuk slowly walked out of the Puzzle House and said,

"How is it? Simple right?"

"Wahhhhh!"

50 million won in 10 minutes.

There were some who shed tears at Tae-hyuk's tremendous achievement. However, Jun-tae still had a sour expression on his face as he spoke.

"This is even more suspicious. It seemed like you knew all the problems. You are in fact a spy planted here by the organizers… hup hup"

The person next to Jun-tae blocked his mouth.

"Boss! Never mind this brat. Then a second person will enter right?"

"That's right."

"Then who…"

"I would like someone to volunteer."

"Cough! Who wants to enter the Puzzle House next?"

"..."

No matter how overwhelming Tae-hyuk's victory was, no one was willing to go. Once another person entered the Puzzle House, Tae-hyuk planned to tell them the right answers. However, if Tae-hyuk was truly a spy, then he would likely reveal his true colours with the next participant. The third was less likely than the second…

While everyone was busy thinking…

Someone walked forward. It was An Eun-jeong who was hiding in the crowd.

"I will be the second person."

"Ohh! This young lady? Fighting!"

Sighs of relief were heard.

An Eun-jeong had infinite trust in Tae-hyuk, just like Mina. She had been quiet, but now it was her turn. Eun-jeong swallowed her saliva as she looked at Tae-hyuk.

"Uh…?"

However, Tae-hyuk had a strange look on his face.

"I want to say something before An Eun-jeong enters."

"Huh? W-what…?"

Tae-hyuk looked at the other participants. There was obviously a wolf in sheepskin among them.

"Tiwai has planted spies in here, famously known as wolves, and I know who the spy is."

"...!"

Eun-jeong's eyes widened.

She couldn't understand why he was saying this. Yoon Jong-hyun then opened his mouth.

"Is there really a spy?"

"Yes. And if the wolf doesn't confess right now… I won't tell the correct answer to the wolf. Then we can handle it simply."

"Ah. Then it doesn't matter if we aren't a wolf."

"Indeed. Of course, if you are one of them then please raise your hand quietly."

Tae-hyuk looked at them with an expression like he knew everything. Of course, the wolf didn't reveal their identity.

"What, no one came out? Then I will tell the wolf this. Surely you don't think that I didn't notice such suspicious behaviour?"

"...!"

"Then I will proceed immediately. Ah, right. I have something to say to Eun-jeong noona. Take a look at this once you are sitting down."

Tae-hyuk handed Eun-jeong a small folded note.

"Y-Yes…"

An Eun-jeong nodded quietly.

The second person entered the Puzzle House. The bearded man greeted her with an interested look. It was the first time a female participant had entered this place.

"Are you going to participate?"

"Yes."

An Eun-jeong looked at the note Tae-hyuk gave her with an uneasy expression. What did it say?

In a flash, five of her fingers were placed in the guillotine. Even if Tae-hyuk told her all of the correct answers, it was natural to feel nervous. Eun-jeong felt cold sweat drip down her back. Before solving the puzzle, she had to check the note Cheol-su gave her..

"I will read this first."

"Do as you like."

"Yes."

Right now, Eun-jeong couldn't move. The only thing she could do was move her left hand to manipulate the panel. Eun-jeong unfolded the note from Tae-hyuk and started to slowly read it.

This was what was written:

–Noona betrayed those who trusted Noona. Noona should know the pain that they experienced. In fact, I'm not sure who the wolf is yet. However, I should give confidence to the others, so I am going to make Noona a wolf. Everyone can live by sacrificing one person. Then I wish you luck.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Eun-jeong was furious.

Betrayal. Tae-hyuk's betrayal.

Now she would die here. Her limbs would be cut off in a gruesome manner.

Eun-jeong shook her body to get out of the chair. However, she was already stuck. She couldn't get away.

The first problem flashed on the screen.

Seo Tae Hyuk, jailed after being falsely accused. He will be executed without being able to prove his innocence. When he opens his eyes, it’s 15 years in the past?

All credits go to the original creator Han Yeoul
and the team who collaborated to make this book


P.S. This book was made so that you can read it offline, so don't start beef with me over trivial things.

Chapter 5 Marooned part 4
     It takes four months for the two working together to build a new house. Barely two months later Ashley give birth two four puppies. The first-born boy is called Han, the second boy Aaron, the first girl Sara, and the last born is Tia. They live in the house in the woods for three years. Ashley teaches the kids how to fish and how to craft clothing and tools. Tatsu teaches them how to hunt, how to read and mathematics. Tatsu tries to teach them the art of arcana, but none of the kids show any aptitude for the mystical arts.
     By the time the kids are four they have the bodies of teenagers. They age both physically and mentally surprisingly fast from Tatsu's point of view. Ashley doesn't seem so surprised, maybe on this planet lives are shorter than on world's Tatsu has been to before.
     In the fall of the fourth year, snow comes earlier than would be excepted. Leaves only started to fall by the time the first freeze comes. Ashley tastes the air. She watches the skies; she knows what is happening. The conditions are perfect for an arctic storm. This winter will be a deadly one. Ashley looks back to her house as she thinks. "our house will not stand through the winter."
     Tatsu watches the kids as they are sawing lumber and cutting firewood. Tatsu looks up to his lover "what are we going to do?"
     "Riverdale. We need to go back to the town I was born in." Ashley looks upset. "I was hoping we could stay out here forever."
     The six of them pack up their bags and move back to town. Ashley knows the owner of an apartment complex and has no trouble getting ahold of efficiency unit. One room, one bed, one bath. It is not ideal, but it is conferrable enough for a group of effectively mountain-men. The winter is just what the lot of them expected, four feet of snow before the fall festival, the temperature hardly ever getting above freezing without invoking the specter of another storm. 
     The kids show interest in seeing what the school looks like. Tatsu talks Ashley into signing the kids up for a semester so long as they are stuck in town anyway, after all, except for Aaron they are all tough kids and can handle whatever primary school can throw at them. Aaron is small and often get sick or injured, but even he wants to take this opportunity to meet some kids his age. 
***
     The kids haven't even been in school for a week before Ashley starts getting calls from the school complaining about disorderly behavior.
Ashley picks up the phone "Fawks residence."
A low tenner voice comes over the line "Ms. Fawks, this is Dean Alania Puzzle."
"Is there a problem Dean?" Ashley asks.
"I have been asked to bring you into the school to discuss an issue." Puzzle explains
     "what sort of issue?" Ashley rubs her neck trying to imagine what this could be about.
     "Tia and Aaron were caught in the locker room engaged in lewd activity with a number of other kids." Puzzle explains a slight stutter as she is apparently being couched by someone else in the room with them.
     Ashley has to bite her tongue to stop herself from laughing "I'm sorry, is that a problem? They are kids, that is just the sort of thing they do."
     Puzzle whispers "normally I would agree with you in that this is a minor infringement and could be handled by a pink slip but one of the other parents involved are threatening litigation if you and your husband do not meet with them."
     Ashley barks aggravated "on what grounds."
     "Tia exposing herself at school has infringed on the religious rights of Mallard family."
     Ashley yells "your writes end at my nose! Everyone excepts that no one has the right to enforces their preferences on another family."
     The Dean explains "clearly you haven't been watching the news over the last three or four months. the Duel Earth Society has talked parliament into hearing them out in writing a new constitution."
     "What!" Ashley shouts "I am on my way, I don't know what you are but us foxes don't care for having our writes infringed on!" she drops the phone and turns to face Hetatsubachi, who is sleeping on the floor of the apartment. "Get up! I have a face I need to stomp on."
     Ashley slaps a leash Tatsu and marches out the door. Halfway to the school Tatsu stops walking and looks at a food stand on the street corner, he points "Mad Jack Burger."
     Ashley shacks her head "it's not meat. You can't buy any meat product in the city limits, part of why my grandpa didn't want to live in the city."
***
     In the dean's office, two ducks wait with the dean for Ashley to arrive. The first duck has green hair with blue stripes. He dresses in a black coat with white blouse and tie, the women with him has on a long black gown, she has a red ribbon tied to one leg, she has tan hair.
     The Dean is a giraffe, she has red hair and a red three-piece suit on, she sits with her head on the desk before her, her hands rested on her horns rubbing them to keep herself calm as the male duck can't seem to stop talking.
     "And that is why my brothers and I will not allow this ungrounded, thoughtless law to go on. In the days of our ancestors perhaps it was fine that all people acted as if it was only themselves that matter. But if one lives only for the moment than how is one to think about the future?" the duck waves his wings around as he is dancing about the room boiling with anger. "just imagine if it had been my daughter that had been in the shower when that fox uncased her holiness. That could have lead to all sorts of mischief. And what if it had been the brother fox, not the sister that had disrobed, can you imagine…"
     Dean Puzzle tries to get a word in "in this progressively more hypothetical discussion I would imagine that they might have done what kids tend to do when left unsupervised. They would have done hands-on research to understand the differences between there races." 
     One of the male's wings snap upwards "my point could not be clearer! A school is no place for such vulgarity. Only under the watchful eye of the commune should a child bare their flesh."
     Dean puzzle cuts in again "to be fair Mr. Mallard; I would like to make it known that when it was voted on to add comprehensive sexual education and healthcare to the school's agenda, I offered an upvote. I think it would be far safer for my instructors to instruct our kids than to let the church do it in these affairs."
     Mallard points with an accusatory wing "you and your godless establishment are the last holdouts. No one else holds to this flowed 'experimental science' nonsense."
     Puzzle groans "logical fallacy, 'argument from popularity.' Not to mention 'at hominid attack.'" Puzzle looks at the female "Ms. Mallard, can you calm your mate?" the female duck shrugs.
     Ashley slams the door open walking in with Hetatsubachi. Mr. Mallard and Ashley stat talking over each other without seemingly even the need to hear what the other is upset about. Puzzle wave side to side introducing everyone to one another mostly fruitlessly "Rick Mallard this is Ashley Fawks, Ashley this is Dina Mallard. I am Dean Puzzle."
     Within moments the argument over who has what constitutional rights dissolve into Rick hissing and Ashley showing her fangs. Puzzle stands up and trumpets at that point to get everyone to look at her. "we are going to do this civilly, or I am getting the constable down here, and we will be having this talk at the city center."
     Rick takes the lead of the conversation "Lady Fawks, your daughter exposed herself in public."
     Ashley answers "that is not a crime in this community. Our district has no 'age of consent' to be seen nude."
     Rick continues "my son has never seen naked flesh, this could have inspired him to go into rut prematurely."
     Ashley jumps back in "never seen naked flesh? Do you have any other kids? A mate? Have you ever walked around your house with your robe lose? It is ridicules to think somehow he would never have seen it."
     As Ashley and Rick fight Dina notices the feral wolf in the room with them. The magic that hovers around Tatsu is in full effect, Dina takes a deep breath enticed by the wolf. Dina unfolds her leg and leans back in her chair slightly. In no unclear way, Dina rocks her hips up trying to get Tatsu to lower his eyes and look at her cloaca. 
Tatsu can't help but notice Dina; his tongue slides out one side of his mouth as he licks his nose.
Rick stomps a foot "if only you heathens would join the Duel Earth Society you would understand why such ideas are immoral."
Tatsu is drawn in by this statement "Hold it right there feathers! What is the Duel Earth Society?"
Puzzle offers to explain "a pro-capitalist, anti-educational, political action comity, with a theistic agenda. If I am not mistaking isn't your convent also the one that believes the world is less than 10,000 years old and believe in geocentrism?"
Rick adds "you forgot about the part of us being sphere deniers and climate deniers."
Tatsu shakes his head violently as he tries to take in the insanity that has just been described "that is wrong, everything you just said is wrong."
Puzzle can see things are about to blow up again and tries to cut things off at the pass "to be fair; he has the constitutional right to hold this position. We have to respect his beliefs."
Tatsu barks "Shut the duck up! We have to acknowledge his point of view not respect it! Beliefs are dangerous when held dogmatically. You have the right to be wrong. And I have the right to tell you, 'you are wrong' every idea you hold should be held tentative. There is no reason to hold onto a demonstrably false notion. You have just failed at logic, and that is pitiful. Epistemology, learn it!" 
There is a gambit of emotion that flashes across the room with Hetatsubachi's outburst: Puzzle grunt triumphantly almost shouting "Bangarang!", Ashley brakes down laughing; Rick jumps back in fear at the white wolf's anger.
Dina stands up "I need to pee."
Puzzle points "out the door, walk past the scrap closet. You know the way."
Rick looks between Puzzle and Tatsu "Is he a feral? Dean, do we have to take a feral seriously?"
Puzzle nods "Ashley, please ask your partner to wait for you outside wall we try to defuse all of this."
Ashley and Tatsu whisper to each other "I told you someone would bring up that you look like a feral."
Tatsu grunts in understanding "I'm not even mad, he is just rude."
Ashley places a hand on Tatsu's head petting him "if you want to head out I can catch up with you soon."
Tatsu turns his head watching as Dina steps out "Do you mind if I fuck the duck? I have never been with a duck, and she was giving me so big-time bedroom eyes."
"if you can do it and not get caught I would say have fun." 
Tatsu jumps down from the chair he had sat in and walks out of the office. 
Dina walks into the storage room down the hall from the office. It is a large room filled with out of date books waiting to be recycled and damaged desk, art supplies, and anatomical sculptors as well as some posters. Dina can see Tatsu is only a few steps behind her, her blood is running hot, her skin feels sticky; she is almost drooling, something about the wolf is getting to her. Dina can't remember the last time she felt such a strong need for attention.   
Dina climes up on a table, she sits on it with her legs held apart, she brings down a wing and tickles her thighs easily getting vaginal cream to coat her feathers making herself glow. Tatsu slips into the dark room; his lips curled slightly he rubs his tongue across his fangs.
Dina waves Tatsu over "I don't know why I want this so bad but come here."
With a growl Tatsu bows approaching. Dina wraps her wings around Tatsu's head forcing him to stick his nose into her cloaca. Tatsu rolls his head up and down muzzling the duck. Dina whimpers, her head turns backward. In spite with of how much smaller Dina is then Tatsu, her distinct body shape allows him to play with her comfortably. The taste of the duck gets Tatsu hard and ready. 
After only a minute of being licked Dina lets go of Tatus's head and rolls over laying on her stomach, Dina fans her feathers beckoning to Hetatsubachi. The wolf doesn't complain; he jumps onto the table setting his paws at her sides. Dina lifts her hips lining the wolf up with her slick slit. Tatsu grips one thigh pulling back on Dina to get into her body. 
Dina excites easily, her and Tatsu move quickly, this is meant to be fast and fun nothing else. The rowdy duck twitches and tugs smoothly at the wolf. The two of them only need to spend a few minutes with each other to be satisfied. Tatsu folds his paws under the duck's chin resting over her. His cream is running out of her hole as the two recover from the quickie.
Tatsu spots one of the posters on the floor partly uncurled. It has a pure white background and spiraling pattern pushing outwards, thousands of names written on it branching out in progressively more complex ways.
Tatsu nudges his nose up pointing "what is that?"
Dina reaches into one of her pockets pulling out a pair of reading glasses "it's a phylogenetic chart. A few years ago I was actually on the team that worked on that graphic." Dina is happy to see this relic from her past life. "it is simplified of course to make it easier for school-aged kids to read. But it is still a great graphic."
Some voices start whispering in Tatsu's mind, pulling at him, dogging him to remember his past lives.
"what are phylogenetics?" Tatsu ask.
"it is the systematic classification of life and adaptations. All life on this planet can be traced back to only a dozen or so animals, planet, and fungi." Dina explains.
Tatsu tips his head trying to read the chart "what is that wavy line near the center?"
"phylogenetics can only track life back as far as there is sexual reproduction. Everything before that line is possible mutations. Animals that would have lived during a time when horizontal gene transfer was possible."
Tatsu nods "what are those spots where the graph tappers?"
Dina smiles, her voice becoming bubbly as she seems to enjoy the conversation "Extinctions events. Every so often the world changes in a way that forces mass and sudden adaptation. Animals that can't change fast enough die out."
Tatsu reads along the chart "I see three extinctions. How long did it take to recover from each of them?"
"the one nearest the center was a thermal shift, this resulted in the mygalomorphs and everything related to them dying off that made room for the rise of the therapsid, and aviamorphs. It took five million years for the world to become repopulated after that. The second was a change in atmospheric conditions. The hydrogen level in the atmosphere suddenly dropped. Suddenly there was a hard cap on how large animals could grow. That took fourteen million years."
At this point, Tatsu can pick up on something strange in the first to event there are huge gaps of time that pass signified by two brake marks, next to the last there is no such thing "how about that one" he points at the previous event.
"that was when the fimiliara appeared on this planet," Dina explains
"what are they?"
"they are us. It is counterintuitive but all the animals you see walking around right now belong to a single species, we are all cross-fertile. There is a good deal of misinformation about this, but It turns out that we maintain our diversity in appearance because when we divide the lions share of our genomes are taken off our x chromosome."
Tatsu looks confused "the female chromosome?"
"right, our kids will always look like their mother. From a genetic standpoint, this makes sense, the female is the basis of the race, embryology tells us that all blastocyst are female until the male mutation takes place."
"how long ago did this mass change take place?" some part of that sounded wrong, Tatsu doesn't understand what part but some part.
Dina speaks up "just over two hundred years ago."
Tatsu wiggles around having fun still resting on the duck's back " were you a teacher at some point?"
  Dina giggles as Tatsu is tickling her "yeah. Worked at the university as a biologist."
"why did you leave?"
"I wanted to spend more time with my kids."
Tatsu lowers his head onto the neck of the motherly duck; he hugs her considering playing with her again. Dina doesn't protest; she pushes her hips up encouragingly.
Tatsu shuts his eyes, the haunting memories shout at him. The voices are becoming clearer all the time. 
"When IT came, we surrendered to it. My world died, this one appeared in its place" the voice of a fish-girl named Keyor fights its way to the top.
"My eyes can see ever farther into the cosmos; the universe is getting smaller every day," Cilverant whispers to him next.
"The Biggest of the Big fish" the man called Devil explains.
Hetatsubachi complains "Stop talking to me, me."
Dina starting to have fun wiggling the wolf around in her again looks over her shoulder "Is something wrong?"
Tatsu tries to block out the nagging voices in his mind "what happened two hundred years ago that triggered this change?"
Dina searches her mind "well, that was around the time that the church of the black moon was dedicated."
The next memory is in the voice of Charlie Belmond "She is a void worshiper!"
The lights flicker as a massive magnetic field seems to drop over the city, the field gets stronger, metal starts to warp. Tatsu looks around; his energy sense kicks in detecting something from another world pushing its way into this one. Tatsu jumps down off the table running back to find Ashley.

Award-winning author Dustin Feyder is back with the fifth book in the Red Twilight saga, where monsters can be beautiful.The Cosmos are in tatters, Heaven has been torn apart, world after world falls to the God of Hunger. The rules of time-space become unbalanced.

Hetatsubachi Una races across the endless ocean of ice, filled with hunger and lust, the Demon of the Flowers ask one simple question “Is the hunt still on?”  Joined by Jessica the Weaver, Hetatsubachi will jump from world to world hunting the servants of Cravixs in hopes to slow his attack on reality as the days before the end of the all things tick down to their final hours.

“this is the point on which history turns. This is the path Loki had set you on. If you decline this honor, I will not hold you to blame, but if you chose to fight I trust you understand what that means for all of us. Irrespective, tonight the war ends for you.”

-Jessica the Weaver-
“you think this is me? You think anything that happens to this body means anything to me? this is just a puppet that I have placed before you to act as a mouthpiece. You cannot hope to bask in my beauty, I speak worlds into being, my breath set time in motion, light burn to the beating of my heart. I am the foragemaster that tempers the fires of the real. I am the living dream that gives shape to life. You are weak, your ideas small, your actions meaningless.”
-Cravixs-

Catherine:So where are we heading Charles?
Charles: I don't know
Catherine: wait you don't have a plan (sigh) I am following a dead man
Charles: we'll don't blame me your the one that insisted coming
Catherine: w- I did say that(embarrassed)...so anyways how about we go to the kingdom of clover to go get some supplies
Charles: I am fine with that
But before they can continue their travel
Eva: souls are available
Charles: huh what do you mean?
Eva: you can convert the monster you have defeated into shadow but their is a limit on how many you can convert 
Charles: so how many can I convert
eva: you have 9 slots available and you can expand your army by leveling up
Charles: so I only have Igris come to think about it how do I summon him? I want to thank him by saving me yesterday
Eva: you can summon you loyal servants by saying the word"ARISE"
Charles:ARISE
suddenly a black figure come out of the shadow of Charles and it kneel down in front of Charles
Igris: why did you call me sire
Charles: I just want to say thank you for saving me
Igris: it is my honor for serving you my lord
Charles: uhh ok thanks again for saving me now go back 
Igris disappear out of thin air and Charles looks at the dead wolf's
Charles: now Eva how do I convert them
Eva: you can convert them by saying the phrase"COME FORTH AND SERVE YOUR KING"
Charles:(takes a big sigh) COME FORTH AND SERVE YOUR KING
and suddenly some dark figure come out of the dead body's of the wolves and they all bow and howl in front of Charles
Eva: you are at you limit please delete some shadow
Charles: oh yeah I only have 9 slots available so I will only take the 7 big wolf
Eva: deleting.... complete you still have 2 more slots available do you wish to convert more
Charles: nah just leave it open I may need it some time in the future
Charles See's the names above the wolves
Charles: elder wolf huh and the biggest one is called alpha wolf. So you are the alpha of the pack so that's why I have difficult time defeating you. Hmm how about changing your name to midnight
Eva: changing name of alpha wolf to midnight.... complete name have been changed
Charles ok go back for now
Charles looks at the Ring Sebastian gave him Charles: Eva what is this Ring
Eva: this Ring is made of a unknown material and it has alot of mana stored in it
Charles: hmm that's strange I am going to keep it for the time being
suddenly Catherine jump out off nowhere
Catherine: what are you doing here?
Charles: nothing just checking if we can sell the fur so help me get there skin we can sell them at the market
so they take as much a they can carry and they continue their adventure to the kingdom of clover
[ three days later]
Catherine: here we are at the kingdom of clover 
Charles: wow it's huge so what now
Catherine: how about we first visit the market to get some supplies
and so they go to the market to buy some supplies. But they are stop by a sream Charles See's a lady being rob
lady: ahh!! a thief help he took my purse
Charles rushes to action following the thief. But the thief is faster than him
thief: haha you can't catch me
Charles: Igris
Igris: yes sire
Charles: go trip the thief Igris
Igris: as you wish sire 
Igris put his hands on the thief feet making him trip and Charles catches to thief and takes the purse and he go back where the lady and Catherine are
lady: thank you young man for retrieving my purse here take this
she give Charles 500 gold coins
Charles: (surprise) you don't ha-
but the lady disappear before he can finish his sentence
Catherine: hurry Charles let's buy some supplies before nightfall 
Charles: coming
[At the market]
Charles: how much is wolf's fur
merchant: 50 gold coins per fur
Charles saw the swords that is displayed
Charles: hmm cutlass or falchion what type of sword should I buy Catherine
Catherine: hmm what about both I have seen you use dual hand technique before. Like yesterday while we are camping in the forest we where attach by a pack of wolves instead of using one club you used two
Charles: hmm fair enough I'll take both of them how much
merchant: that will be 210 gold coins in total
while paying for the sword Catherine called him and he looks around to find Catherine And he find her in a beautiful dress
Charles:(speechless) you look beautiful in that dress (blushes)
Catherine: thanks(blushes)
Charles: do you want to buy it
Catherine: no just trying it is too much expensive
merchant: I will give you that for free
Catherine: thank you but why
merchant: do you not remember me I am the lady you helped so I will give you that for free
Charles & Catherine: thank you so much
merchant: if it wasn't for you I have lost everything I have save for the past ten years
they wave good bye to each other but while searching for a place to spend the night
old man: can you spare a coin?
Charles: wait here sir
Charles runs of to buy some food
old man: thank you young man here take this as my appreciation
he gave him a map
old man: their is a dungeon west of the kingdom
[The next day]
Catherine: so what now Charles
Charles: how about going to the dungeon the old man is saying
they follow the map that the old man gave them and they found a boulder and a puzzle  written on it Charles early solve the puzzle and the boulder split in half and a entrance appeared

[To be continued]

Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don't throw away the best of yourself.

Friedrich Nietzsche

***

This was definitely a suicide. Going against the Infinite was suicide.

But I will make it meaningful if it's the case.

Nagpagulong-gulong ako sa semento para makaiwas sa sunod-sunod na pag-atake ni Mildred.

Naalaa kong halos sabay kaming nakapasok sa Infinite noon at lagi kaming pinagtatapat sa sparring. Lagi niya akong nauungusan sa sword combat. Malakas siya. Maabilidad.

Nag-aral ito ng mixed martial arts at wushu sa isang kilalang assassin institute sa Tokyo. Ang pagiging mahirap nito sa mata ng lipunan ay bahagi lamang ng pagpapanggap niya. It was all for a show.

A wolf must hide in constant under a sheep's clothing by wearing it more convincingly. Mildred was one of Infinite's asset. I was always second best.

Mataas ang naging pagtalon nito sa ere with both her hands holding the mighty blade. Nanlaki ang mga mata ko nang hindi ko halos mabasa ang susunod na galaw ng espada.

Gumulong ako pakaliwa with my samurai's blade consistently covering my back. Dumapo ang espada ni Mildred sa samurai ko. Malakas ang pagkakahampas no'n kaya ramdam na ramdam ko ang pagdampi ng patalim ng sarili kong espada sa kanang braso ko kung saan nakamarka ang infinity symbol.

Napadaing ako sa sakit. I ducked down and rolled my body with my head going first. Pero huli na nang muling matapyasan ng patalim ni Mildred ang likuran ko.

Napasigaw ako sa sobrang kirot. Pakiramdam ko'y binalatan ang buong likod ko.

Pagtayo ko'y dumaloy ang masaganang dugo mula sa balikat at likod ko hanggang sa mga binti ko pababa sa semento.

I was loosing too much blood. Hindi ko pa napupuruhan ang impaktang si Mildred. Kaya ko pa, bulong ko sa sarili.

"You're always behid me, Satana. Hinding-hindi mo ako matatalo." Mayabang na sambit ng babae ba nagsinula na namang humakbang palapit saakin.

Mas bumilis ang takbo ng mga paa nito habang hawak ang parehong kamay nito ang duguang espada. Napaluhod ako na tila susuko na sa kalaban pero hindi iyon naging dahilan para tumigil si Mildred.

I will never be beheaded no matter what.

Ilang metro bago tuluyang makalapit si Mildred ay ipinahid ko ang aking espada sa bumahang dugo sa paanan ko. I gathered as much blood as I can.

Then.

As Mildred ran for a kill, I created a forward slash to splatter the blood on my sword towards her face, specifically her eyes.

It was a chance I was not allowed to miss. I did it. Nabuhusan ng ilang patak ng dugo ang mga mata ng babae dahilan para hindi nito makita kaagad ang ang mga galaw ko.

Sa isang mabilis na iglap, nagpadausdos ako palapit sa hindi makakitang kalaban at buong lakas na itinarak ang espada sa lalamunan nito. Lumabas ang duguang dulo ng samurai sa ulo ni Mildred.

Nakadilat ito. Gulat na gulat sa ginawa ko habang unti-unti siyang binabawian ng buhay.

I made sure that she was able to hear me before she dies. So I said, "Second rates become better when belittled. Hindi araw-araw ginawa para sa'yo. Akin ang araw na 'to, Mildred. Suffer in hell."

Pagkatapos no'n ay hinugot ko ang espada sa lalamunan ng babae saka ako mabilis na tumalikod. Narinig kong bumagsak ang katawan nito sa sementong binaha na ng dugo bago ako tuluyang lumabas ng fire exit pababa sa 11th floor.

Marahil sa mga oras na ito ay naghahanap na sila ng puzzle pieces para mabuksan ang pintuan. I was one of those who set up this floor. Nakakalat ang mga puzzle pieces na bubuo ng isang image na siyang sagot sa pinadalang riddle ng Infinite.

A scorpion.

We're not in Antarctica.
We glow under the moon. Without a bone inside, 
We can kill a warrior in just a single sting.

Basic ang riddle na 'yan sa training ng Infinite. Scorpions are not found in Antarctica, they only have exoskeleton, they glow under the moon due to their skin component, and they can kill with their venom in just a single sting.

Obviously, everyone knew it was a scorpion. Marahil ay may natutunan na sila sa mga nagdaang floors.

All of them thought it was just a simple riddle, but it signifies something. It is a symbol that calls someone's blood. Someone's identity.

The riddle was for Andreas. The reason behind all this.

Isang malawak na library ang kalahating bahagi ng 11th floor. Everyone scavenged for puzzle pieces that could form the image of the scorpion. Nakadikit ang puzzle sheet sa malaking pintuan na siyang magdadala sa kanila sa 10th floor.

I came down not for the riddles. I came down to keep my promise. That is to help Vlad survive this, or contribute to their greater survival.

And to fulfill that, Larryson and Maddie must be killed.

Nagkubli ako sa isang malaking cabinet nang mapansin kong nagkukumahog sa paghanap ng puzzle pieces sina Bella, Ryanne at Mina.

Nasa harap naman ng puzzle sheet sina Andreas at Larryson. Halatang tuliro si Andreas sa puzzle at riddle. Alam nitong sa kanya patungkol ang mga iyon.

My eyes were looking for Maddie.

Tiniis ko ang kirot ng mga hiwang iniwan ni Mildred. Halos maihi ako sa sobrang kirot nang dumikit ang sugat ko sa sinasandalan kong pader.

But I had to go on.

I will kill Maddie to make Larryson feel the pain that I have felt when I lost Kid.

In the first place, he's the reason behind all these.

Siya ang dahilan kung bakit narito kaming lahat. He hired all possible prospects and all those who contributed to Karen's death. Isa ako sa mga nagpadala ng fake email sa mga empleyado ng MOS. Larryson, being the HR manager did all the recruitment process to finally execute one of Infinite's masterpiece.

Maddie must die... Maddie must die. Paulit-ulit na bulong ng utak ko habang dahan-dahang nagpapalipat-lipat ng pagtataguan.

Hanggang sa mahagilap ko si Maddie sa isang maliit na cubicle. May hawak itong cellphone. Marahil ay nagpapadala na naman ito ng text message kay Mina.

Dahan-dahan, lumapit ako sa babae habang pahigpit ng pahigpit ang paghawak ko sa samurai.

Naramdaman ng babae ang pagdating ko. A killer's instinct. Napaatras ito nang mapansin ang hawak kong espada.

"S-Satana... We can talk about this." Kunyari'y madiplomasyang usal ng babae habang umaatras papasok sa mas liblib na sulok ng library.

"I did not ask for any words Maddie. Wala tayong dapat pag-usapan." Matigas kong sambit.

"Hel-"

Hindi nito natapos ang tangkang pagsigaw. Itinapat ko ang dulo ng samurai sa bibig nito. The sharp edge burried on her red lips. Tumulo ang masaganang dugo mula sa nahiwa nitong bibig.

"P-patawarin mo ako Satana..." she gasped for an air mid-sentence. Matindi ang nerbyos nito sa katawan. She won't survive Infinite. Kaya dapat ko na siyang tapusin.

"Humingi ka ba ng tawad sa kina Thrina, Syk at Kyziel?" Inilipat ko ang talim ng samurai sa leeg nito at doon ko idiniin ang dulo hanggang sa dumugo ito. "Syk loved you, but you ignored it. Thrina treated you as a friend, pero hinayaan mo lang siyang mamatay. We'll I should understand that you are trying to impress the Infinite. You're doing very well? I guess?"

"It not that I w-"

"Shhh... Wala kang karapatang magsalita Maddie kung hawak ko na ang buhay mo. Wala kang dapat ihingan ng tawad dahil patay na ang mga taong deserve ang sorry mo. Like Kyziel," I smirked devilishly. "Hindi ba't inutusan ka ni Larry na patayin siya dahil nakita niya sina Larryson at Nyl na nagtatalo the day before Mildred poisoned Nyl?"

"Satana..." muli kong diniinan ang samurai sa leeg nito. Mas masaganang dugo ang tumulo mula sa hiwa.

"Don't you Satana me, Maddie. I know I don't have the right to live as well. Pero may pagkakataon pa ako para makabawi.

Nanlisik ang mga mata ko. Hindi na ako nagsayang ng oras pa. Habang tumatagal kasi na nakikita ko ang mukha ni Maddie ay mas nanggigigil akong gilitan siya sa leeg.

"I will not make it hard for you, Maddie. Kahit papaano'y may natitira pa akong awa sa dulo ng kilay ko."

"Satana, please don't! Please d-"

Mabilis na lumipad ang dulo ng samurai pahalang sa leeg ni Maddie. Bumulwak ang mapulang dugo mula sa leeg nito. Nasapo ni Maddie ang hiwa no'n habang nakamulagat ang takot na takot na mga mata sa mukha ko.

"Magkikita kayo ng animal na si Larry soon. Very soon..." bulong ko sa hangin bago mabilis na umalis sa pinangyarihan ng karumal-dumal na krimen kung saan ako ang suspect.

Narinig ko ang mga yabag ng paa sa paligid. Ilang book shelves ang nalagpasan  ko bago ko namataan ang kinaroroonan ng pintuan kung saan nakatayo sa harap nito ang lahat.

They've completed the puzzle pieces. Nakatitig lang si Andreas sa scorpion picture na binuo nina Vlad at Natas.

Napansin kong kanina pa hinahagilap ni Larryson si Maddie sa bawat sulok ng library. Natuon ang tingin nito sa kinatatayuan ko. Nagulat siya.

Nagtama ang aming paningin. Ngumisi ako. Ngising tagumpay.

Bago pa man tangkaing lumapit ng lalaki ay nagawa ko nang umatras at magtago.

Ilang saglit lang narinig ko ang pagbukas ng pintuan. Kasabay no'n ay isang malakas na sigaw na sinundan ng hagulgol ang mula sa kinaroroonan ng bangkay ni Maddie ang sumakop sa buong 11th floor. It was Larry.

The scream of agony, the cry of pain, his mourning sounded music to my ears.

Pero...

Hindi pa ako tapos.

Kailangang pang mamatay ni Larry...

Kailangan ko siyang patayin.

###

30 Doors


50 people inside a cage;
Many were invited
Few were not.
30 doors to get through;
29 doors to unlock
10 puzzles
8 full of riddles
Seven rooms of death
Four to survive
One that saves life.

50 strangers inside a room
49 to kill
One mastermind
29 unsafe
10 missed the puzzle
Eight failed riddles
Seven fatalities
Four to survive
One that ends life

30 rooms
30 floors
30 doors of survival.

Completely frozen by those words the others went next to her after they realized what she was doing....

KARA : Huh How About We End The Act...

MICA : True It Was Her First Time ... The Sane For Us... 

ALL 5 : Get A Grip Already!!!!!

NESTIA : Haaaa... You Really Haven't You Realize Anything.....

a puzzle THELIA looked at them with teary eyes when THEO spoke...

THEO : PRINCESS.... What She Mean Is That Your Magic Are Not Suited Here As There Are No Plants 
Or Woods....

RAK : Meaning We Have To Level You Up To A Certain Decree...

BAL : So That You Can Fight..... On The Other Hand, You're Not A Burden To Us....

THELIA : Eehhhh!!! (sniff mnn hic)

MERAK : That's Right The First Place You Have Now Issues Order To Those Back In Order To Win....

ELEA : If You Froze On Us All Of Us Are Dead....

THELIA : ........

she couldn't say anything at all after those words because she didn't act fast enough to help them coordinate their skills all of them would have ended up dead even worse than that she froze helplessly.....

NESTIA : Well For Now Why Don't You Guys Check Your Levels...

ALL 8 : <STATUS>

THELIA : Aaah......

when THELIA called her STATUS she starting crying as she saw her level was raised by a lot and knew it was their help that caused that....

THELIA : My Level Is 27..... Waaawwwaaa i'm sorry guys waaaaaaaaa
after realizing her mistake she kept apologizing until she calmed down

NESTIA : Now Then You Guys How Much Did You Gain....

ELEA : I'm Now Level - 28

BAL : The Same Here

KARA : Axaxaxa I'm 29 I've Passed You ELEA....

ELEA : GGrrrrr Not For Long...

RAK : Level - 29 

MERAK : Level - 29 As Well......

MICA : Level - 27.... BooOOooOO

THEO : Level - 28.... Damn.....

NESTIA : Well Now Your Only 1-3 Level In Difference With Each Other So Let's Go.....

ALL 8 : YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

after long explaining and debate, they began advancing again towards the second level to gather ingredients but a surprise awaited them.....

??? - Hmmmm I could have sworn i heard voices...

NESTIA : WHO ARE YOU??????????

NESTIA went in front of the group ready to fight the unknown person in front of her when she heard.....

??? - Oh You Guys Are hmmm The One with that guy

ALL 8 : Oh The Wolf One!!!!!

??? - I'M NOT A WOLF MY NAME IS VILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

while retorting to the nickname they gave him <gramp> <stomp> <gramp> large sounds of heavy footsteps could be heard....

In a world with magic and swords excels and many different races lives, for million years Ruler after Ruler they kept raising wars between them. After many sacrifices, betrayals, disputes, 6 rulers stand at them top of each race creating a peace-treaty relationship thus forming the united flag of the races (U.F.R) that represent's them along with a dark sun in the middle of them that represent's the dark history of them. Due to creating such a treaty they had to find a way so that no one will repeat the past mistakes. They created a tournament which every six years all races participate in a match that determine their ranks from 1 to 6 and their proper treatment and access to resources. Now having passed thousands years the human race have lost countless times and always ranked last having nothing left from resources they are forced to perform a summoning of six individuals from other worlds to help them stand again. After many tries, many rulers they finally succeed in summoning but instead of six people nine appears.

After sending Han Xinyun and her assistant home, the celebrity van turned around and headed back to Shengshi Yujing.
Xu Xiyan returned home and saw that her husband and daughter had yet to sleep. They were absorbed in finishing a jigsaw puzzle together.
"I'm home, dear!"
Xu Xiyan changed her shoes and entered, hanging her coat on the coat rack by the door.
Hearing his wife's voice, Huo Yunshen turned around to glance quickly at the door, then looked back to his daughter and said, "Your mommy is back. Let's continue tomorrow!"
"Okay!" Ying Bao put down the jigsaw puzzle pieces, then immediately jumped up from the carpet and ran over to greet her mother. "Mommyyy!"
"Baby!" Xu Xiyan squatted down and gave a big hug to her daughter, then both mother and daughter exchanged kisses on each other's faces.
After they were done kissing, Xu Xiyan picked up her daughter. Ying Bao turned to look at her father, beckoning him, "Daddy, you still haven't kissed Mommy!"
Huo Yunshen came over and took both mother and daughter into his arms, planting a kiss on his wife's cheek.
Xu Xiyan stifled a giggle, then gave him a look. "Alright, enough fooling around."
The two had agreed before not to display acts of intimacy in front of the child. How could this guy forget?
"It was our daughter's request," Huo Yunshen said innocently.
"So that's your excuse, huh?" Xu Xiyan laughed.
"Uh-huh…" The man raised his eyebrows smugly.
Ying Bao expressed her dissatisfaction with her parent's performance. "Daddy, your kiss just now did not pass. It was not loud enough!"
"See!"
With a helpless look, Huo Yunshen leaned over and planted a big kiss on Xu Xiyan's cheek, making a loud smacking noise.
Then, he asked the little girl, "Is this good enough, Baby?"
"Mmm, not bad." The little girl nodded, then added, "But it was not as loud as the kiss Brother Feimo gave to Baby."
"…"
Huo Yunshen almost fainted when he heard this.
As long he thought of that rascal Tang Feimo, Huo Yunshen simply felt so peeved that he felt like he was going to have an internal hemorrhage.
At night, after taking a shower, Xu Xiyan told a bedtime story to her daughter. When the child had fallen asleep, she returned to the master bedroom.
Huo Yunshen returned from the balcony after making a call. He came to his wife and told her, "It's settled. You don't have to worry about Han Xinyun anymore."
Xu Xiyan got up and knelt on the bed, spread out her arms and hugged Huo Yunshen. She praised him profusely, "My husband is really amazing! I'm so glad to have you!"
Huo Yunshen's male self-esteem was greatly satisfied. He embraced her and they both fell onto the bed together. "There's one more thing I have to tell you. I've found out that Zhong Qingzi is a relative to the show guest named Shen Mengyuan."
"Oh, I see!"
Xu Xiyan suddenly felt enlightened. No wonder Zhong Qingzi had always been picking at her faults—it turned out that she and Shen Mengyuan were relatives.
Of course she would stand up for Shen Mengyuan!
Huo Yunshen gave Xu Xiyan a bite on her nose, then asked lustily, "If you give me a 'full service,' I can help you to exterminate your obstacles. How about it, dear?" 
"No! I don't need your help! I can handle a little miscreant like her."
Xu Xiyan sensed danger from the man, subconsciously wanting to escape from his arms.
But the man would not give her the chance to escape. He grabbed her and said, with fervor in his eyes, "Fine, since you don't want it, then let me serve you."
"H-hey…"
It was too late to say anything. Like a wolf, the man had begun his ferocious attack on her.
…
Meanwhile, Shen Mengyuan and Zhong Qingzi left the TV station together, going separate ways.


"He is the entertainment king who is in charge of everything. Been single for years, he had zero scandal. One day, a woman and a girl turned his life upside down. 
The little cutie held him tight, not letting go. ""Handsome uncle, you look very much like the daddy I have lost for many years!"" Huo Yunshen felt depressed. “Me? Daddy?!” 
The little cutie proudly pulled her mommy over, ""Mommy, I have found a long-term meal ticket for you, handsome and gullible."" 
Xu Xiyan smiled at the elegant man. 
Recalling the accident five years ago, his face sank. ""How dare you steal my DNA?"" 
She laughed. ""Not steal, just borrow!"" The man took her in his arms and warned in a dangerous tone, ""Woman, should I get what’s mine back, with interest?"" 
She stood on her toes. ""Yeah, how about another baby?"""


when the demon disappear ruby ran back to wolf but they all disappear then they appear on the outskirts of vale and sees all the grimm but the screen is still in the sky then changes to see wolf and ruby standing outside with all the grimm 

??? "well ummm I'm going to make sure all the grimm stay out while you two take on the army of grimm and I make sure they pay more attention to you two and sorry that guy broke out" the voice came out of nowhere 

ruby came near team rwby "BOOO!" appear behind all of team rwby and jnpr 

blake who recover and puzzle "how are you at two place at once?" pointing at the screen and looking at the other ruby in front of her 

other members near by was also puzzle then ruby spoke "wolf gave a cloneing technique to me so I can learn faster and once they disappear they gave me the knowledge the clone learn and sometime hurts when there a  physical change to the body but the one on screen is the real me while their 2 others so it 4 in total but I'm the one in school while the other 3 do their training with wolf and study while I been with you guys in school so I or we can be in other place while learning many things and that how I cut short on learning in a short amount time to learn most a huntress need and all the knowledge wolf can give me" sounded with proud and happy 

everyone around were looking like they lost they mind of what the little red hooded just said a cloneing technique was one thing to increase her learning and knowledge on being a hurtress then on thought came to light but one old man said it out loud "what would happen if we use that to study and research everything for our selfs"

ruby "how about no and try to force us but most people here are weaker and you guys didn't even see my boyfriend semblance!" yet but still people wanted to take the technique and started to get closer but the beacon students seem to back away and don't know how to answer to this situation and seeing the madness and the greed in the people that understand what they can do like taking a lot of jobs or girlfriends or other idea so the people grew greedy

understanding these stares and their thoughts she disappear and reappear  far from the people and team rwby and jnpr started to looking around then the people and the teams gave up quickly then back to the screen to see 4 different rubys then they all combined like walking to the one in red and faded away then ruby sat down and waited 

then a different ruby came out but it was pink with the outfit even the hair but she disappear then appear in front of her friends but spoke out "well we going to see some fun thing today and you guys are the only ones to know what they are just stick to your emotions and you be fine" her friends were confused and didn't know what to say cause she acted more like nora but less high pitched and just sounded like a fun person 

but they were about to say something when they felt a force of emotion it felt sad and depressing everyone around was now one the ground crying or stuggling to start crying and some are talking quiet like they gone creazy but ruby look at her friends and sister smiling then point at the screen in the sky to which they did but slowly then saw something like a glyphs like weiss 

weiss "is he apart of my family and what happen to us and the people?" slowly and concerning and looking at pink ruby to get an answer but what came out shock her and the others 

ruby "yes and no do you guys want to know?" to which most of them weakly nod then she contiune "he came from atlas but not as a citizen but as a test subject of the schnee company and he been there for 15 years" sounded sad and getter more sad and depresss remember her friend family and kingdom use her boyfriend as a test subject for there research 

weiss was as denying as her innocent as her mind can tell her family would not do this "stop it my family would never do such a thing just trying to frame my family for something that horrible!" 

ruby look around and her thoughts were 'he right we were innocent and just unbearly act more like kids'  then contiune "well he escape when we got to beacon and went to the forest we took our initiation in but when we all got launch and landed he was really close where I landed he was cover in bullet holes and large and small cuts and slashs and surgery wounds and stichs everywhere now tell me weiss have you seen that servent when you were 7 his name was" got cut off 

weiss started to tear up "that boy I saw was him wasn't it ruby his name was jimmy ironheart" then ruby started laughting weiss was confused by this then 

ruby said "that the name you father made up for him cause his parents never got the chance to name wolf and they gone now it was his him and his older sibings taken care of him and sense they were test subjects they didn't get to name him but they call him triple 07" then looking back in the eyes of weiss 

weiss who started to cry and then resound the name of his number but then it hit all of them there were thousands of them and wolf was the 7th one she started to cry harder cause of the way her family was no her kingdom was to have thousands faunus under her nose and most of the team rwby and jnpr was angry but they look at the screen to see the fight to get they mind off of the ungly reality 

they see the glyphs to change color to blue and an avatar of him self but with a giant sythe with skulls on the blade to the blade (image the death sythe from darksiders 2 death reaper form) then started to walk toward but on the face on this wolf was he human look and his has crack scars from his eye and his eyes are blue and black but the scars from his eyes going down his face and to his neck then stop but the clothes he wearing are robes and combat boots but blake can see something that doesn't look human and very tall that stands behind the blue wolf 

blake in a shaky voice and eys full of fear "ruby what that" point towards the screen and everyone in the teams were confused cause they can't see but most of the faunus also can see it 

ruby "you can see can't you blake well of course you can but most faunus can I don't know why but they can well I guess it the senses of a faunus but that despear and sadness but looks like wolf not useing it which is good" sounded glad and happy like a nora 

but the blue wolf disappear and all of the grimm were cut into pieces but a couple of big grimm and the dragon but they have cuts and big ones on their masks and limbs but they couldn't find the blue wolf but the original wolf take up two big great swords the blades are big like if the were measure on the ground might be the size of someone that 6 feet tall and how wide it is like a 3 feet wide 

yang "how strong is he cause it impossible for anyone to weild those with out like 3 other people or a powerful semblance how is this possible ruby" sounded in fear 

ruby "well he was tested on the most by atlas and the youngest so they did everything big and small to have a strong body and unbrakable bones so after he was found by me he had all the knowledge and ways to execise and control of his emotions and powers and tought me but we plan on going to atlas to get all of the other test subjects and what left of his family" voice in hope and sadness 

but the rest of the grimm died by a sweep with his giant sword and did this to every other grimm and the people who were looking at the screen of all the kingdom atlas were terrified cause the most were work for atlas know of the subjects and their powers if succeful and seeing wolf or triple 07 kill grimm like nothing then he coming for atlas at sometime in the future some of the older people that work on him were scared some much they were begging for a ride to a random kingdom to get out but supriseing the bullheads and other tranportion is out od order or broken with a giant cut in the vehicle or cut in half and the wall are tall and fine but the doors and the gate are broken all this happen before anyone trying to get out 

the screen still show wolf but walking back to ruby then they both hug each other after a while they started to walk towards beacon and the screen was still not moving 

when the people saw the real ruby and wolf walking towards team rwby and jnpr both team are still but looking at wolf he like a really handsome man if without the black blindfold and white shirt and brown pants that are in thatters and showed his muscles which is looking really define up close and looking at his body it really muscular for a 15 year old teenage boy and when the teams teams saw his blindfold barely handing on and about to fall ruby hands came in view and rap around wolf head and retie his blindfold the turn around and walked away 

ruby "so when are we going wolf cause that bus isn't going to sit there forever right?" many were confused and ynag ask "what do you mean where is this bus?" then ruby stood there then understand that they standing in the meddle of people and her friends but wolf finds it funny cause she matured but still a child that she was only thinking of wolf and not paying attention to the other around her which is very funny to watch and to which ruby face look red as her hooded cloak cause she looks like a forgetful child and told her friend she was more mature and now embarrassed so she went close to and hug tightly to wolf for dear life but wolf pick her up and sit her down on his broad shoulder then let go to which ruby sit there happily 

ruby after walking in to beacon but ruby runs ahead yelling saying she getting clothes but what the duo didn't know or care was they were being followed by team wby and jnpr but jnpr is slow cause pryyha was injured so far enought to see and hear but they didn't know they already been discover by wolf but he didn't care cause they were his girlfriend's friends and her sister 

and with wolf thought was why not put on a display when ruby returns and show them a good show of how much wolf care for ruby so after hearing a faint yelling in the distance in beacon halls ruby flying towards wolf with rose behind her when she realize she couldn't stop wolf cought her and they both fell down but wolf poof up in smoke and when the team saw this they were confuse until they saw a wolf that actually look like a teenage boy but looks like a young handsome man but still with the blindfold and the branded numbers of three 0s and a 7 but still add to his handsomeness like a story that he been through a lot but ruby was on top and she tried to get off but wolf holds her down with a hug then kiss her to which both the teams and ruby her self was surprise 

after her she stop for some odd reason to her friends why did she stop them a moment later she also started kissing then they both started to make out ruby had her arms lock around wolf neck and kept kissing while wolf put his arm around her waist and while they were going at it clearly pyrrha and jaune were embarrassed cause they did kiss but not as deeply as these two and yang were fired up and just go and fight him and completely forgoten how power this person is and blake and weiss trying to hold her back while trying not to look at the two going at it but all in all everyone was red mostly embarrassed of watching a couple go at heck nora and ren didn't even look at each other but yang who the older sister got all protective all of sudden

after what seems forever (10 minutes) of kissing and stoping for breathers but stood up then ruby look around then said "you know many people are going to question where we were right?" looking around the ruin beacon halls and destroyed floors by something 

(author IDK if the whole thing fell but it destroyed everywhere in and around vale)

wolf "well who care about a person who came out of nowhere and a lone and powerful huntress but maybe that head master would if he was still alive" looks at ruby and contiune "oh almost forgot did you know we been followed by your friends and sister and now they still there" pointing to where they are hiding which is behind a fallen piller and a couple of broken stones 

ruby who just now heard this look over to where they all were hiding then had red cheeks of what they saw but still step forward to see if it true and when the hiding people heard this they were freaking out cause they were hiding to their fully extent but still found out and now when they heard ruby walking towards them they were relief cause it was a ruby and not a unknow person like wolf then when ruby saw them she had a red face cause they usually did their kissing when or where no one around but having people you didn't see and you are socialy awkward still cause all they did is learning and combat but not thing social but still she know these friends of her whouldn't do any verbal abuse or insult but still embarrassed cause she was being watch while making out with her boyfriend and her friends and sister just watch her for she didn't know how long they were there 

ruby who was blushing and trying to calm her self down and contiune trying to talk and after a few attempts she got it but studdering "hey gu.. guys what you doing at this ti... tiime of day?" trying real hard cause this is still kinda new to her and her friends and sister still didn't know or she didn't know how to explain her self to her family and friends 

yang who was finally calming down sopke before weiss or blake who were about to speck "well little sister umm we were looking for you and we were trying to find umm" looking around to the other team then an idea "we were looking for bandaging for pyrrha yeah pyrrha was hurt and we need a bandage for now cause her aura broke and took a really bad wound so we as a team move and protect pyrrha while we going through the beacon hall and trying to find a first aid kit and appearly pyrrha lost her weapons so we been searching and we were sitting here" voice full of 'I believe my own lie 

ruby who was started to believe it cause it her sister but what wolf said they follow and rethought the lay out of beacon and came to the basic idea of where the health room was and now she knows yang tried to cover up for them to which she starts with "you know the health room is in another direction right and you do more walking then the rest of the team so why would all of you follow me?"

 yang who looks like she thinking but in thought she freaking out cause ruby right cause she sometimes walk with her and they pass many rooms and she knows that ruby read and understand the lay out but now she need to come up with something but couldn't think of a better of an excuse so it more believable but couldn't so she look like she space out 

until weiss spoke "we just wanted to check up on our leader and the stranger she was in love with" starts to look away and the reat of the group and her are blushing remembering what they saw before they got cought and ruby seeing this know now that they saw her with wolf and follow then saw them... ruby started to blushe but she was trying hard to speck but stuttering around with saying random words but wolf came behind her and hug her from behind while hugging her 

the team who just met and seeing the new ruby was still stunning but seeing the way he was so intimate with their leader/friend/sister but still can he see with the blindfold on and having the feeling of being watch now being near him but still he lowered his head to ruby ear who by the way was not in the right of mind now but when she felt his head land on her shoulder but a moment later lefted back up then she felt her ear being bitten then she let out a small moan (you can tell how much he did this to her but not over the line yet) now after her little 'bliss' they were having a hard time talking but now team rwby anf jnpr are now slowly backing away and wolf let them go when they were gone he stoping biting her 

ruby rubbing her ear then look at wolf "why did you do th" wolf started kissing again but she tried to resist but after couple of minutes she was now going at it like she completely forgoten what happen 

after that wolf was looking around "well I need to recreate vale and I guess destroy atlas"

there was a weaponmaster born in the world of remnant but has the power to travel to different worlds and explore but has to bring someone from remnant so he could travel back home watch as he take someone with him as an adventure but something happens everytime he came back  

disclaimer I don't own any of the animes or games worlds or picture 

P.S I don't know many animes most games that are popular

Slam! Sploosh! 

 Falling from a cliff a body slammed into the icy rushing waters below. The body, a woman, squeezed her eyes shut against the icy shock. A feeling of bitterness surrounded her heart as she watched red tendrils of her life's essence float around her. For a brief moment, she considered consigning herself to fate, to let the river's current carry her as it willed and to do with her as it willed.
 
 The thought left as quickly as it had come. 

Limbs working urgently, she forced her head above water to take in a gasping breath of air. Her lungs ached as it filled with the stuff. Though her swimming ability was pretty good, her right shoulder that had been shot ached and refused to work properly. It took everything she had to keep her head afloat! 

'That damnable, two-faced jackal!' She thought as she struggled. 'If I survive this, I'll revenge on him so hard he'll rue the fact that he didn't make sure of my death!'

She, Nastasia Mikhailovna Vasilieva – a jack of all trades – moved from one venture to next once boredom struck. A fatal flaw that prevented her from mastering any one thing. It had been because of this flaw that she suddenly found an interest in hunting down ancient relics. Studying everything that she could get her hands on, she quite easily immersed herself in the needed knowledge. Moving from one excavation site to next, she naturally met many in the field and from among those many... was a wretched snake. 

That man, Klaus Wolf, had approached her like a harmless house pet seeking praise and attention. Whenever he made even the slightest discovery he would come, wagging his metaphorical tail, to show it off and garner her admiration. He always made it a point to force his way into her excavation team, appointing himself as her personal assistant, catering to her every whim. Though his over the top actions rose alarm bells in her mind -especially considering the sensitivity of her work- apparently her cautions against him hadn't been cautious enough. 

He had followed after her an entire year without giving away any hint toward his true intentions... there had also been times when she had considered herself to be overreacting. Therefore, as she struggled against the rough currents for the shore, she was caught between self-loathing and patching her damaged heart in excuses.

Unfortunately, she had never been one to clutch to crutches and thus self-blame won out. It fueled her desire to strive forward and smack that bastard ten times harder! 

As her persistence won out and she crawled up the sandy shore by pure will alone, her heart ached over all that had been lost. The months of research, the efforts of excavating one site after another, and the discoveries made after finally grasping on to what she had been so painstakingly searching for... had been viciously ripped so cruelly from her hands. 

She made fists in the wet dirt as she grit her teeth. 

That tablet -among other items- proved her thoughts toward an unknown civilization that been made upon her first discovery. The scrolls she had found during a spelunking venture in Russia pulled her away from that and into her current fancy.

Deciphering the text had been an exciting puzzle. To continue finding the pieces she had invested much of her saved funds, as well as worked hard at convincing others to invest. All the hard work she put in had been swept away in but a single moment. 

"Oh ho, Klaus Wolf... when I pull myself from this mess I'm coming for you! I should still have some favors left in the underworld, just wait!"

Nastasia Mikhailovna Vasilieva, an Irish-Russian American, a jack of all trades, and now a world slipper...

After having been betrayed by a colleague, Nastasia finds herself slipping into an ancient Chinese-like parallel world. 

Attacked by the people and chased by soldiers for being a Red Demon she happens upon a demonically bewitching man. If it weren't for the fact she couldn't understand a lick of what was being said, she never would have become his pet.

Throwing out a smile that entailed nothing good, he threw out a sultry... "Come, my dear pet, help me warm the bed."

"Ah," she bemoaned, "I know 5 languages, why couldn't one of them have been Chinese!"

Follow along as Nastasia overcomes languages barriers, wretched schemes, and a supernatural demon that can't keep his hands to himself.

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The son of Lupa was tenth at the individual Ranking of Geniuses.



He was from the half-beast race.

He was half-wolf half-human.

He was on the fourth level of the Sage Realm, Green Sage, a level where the accumulated clouds of Sage Realm dictate over the usual control of the Contemplator.






He was considered powerful too, his prowess was above his present level that means he could fight a level above.



He was notorious for his methods.

It was rumored that he killed a number of disciples in the interschool practice fights.




He was proud of his strong backing, he was a headache for the Dean of his School of Contemplation.



He battles insanely and he was not matured yet according to a full-grown beast perspective.



And there were such innumerable reasons that only a few of his cloudy friends would cheer for him in today's battle but hundreds of Legends and hundreds of concerned people would not miss this battle, if he won this battle, he would enter in the top three Individual Ranking and if closes, stop, who would dare to win against him and who have such strength to defeat him??










This was the reason he was called Lone Wolf.


Lupa was preparing to rise again with the help of his genius son.


He was also the eighteenth pillar of Celestial Sphere but the arising strength of his son, he could be considered a direct contender for the seat of Defender of Celestial Sphere. 





One should remember that first five Individual Ranking geniuses were thought to be eligible for the Supreme Trials, it was also called Battles of Supremes.






Battles of Supremes was a way to find out potential contenders who could fight for the seat of Defender of Celestial Sphere. 




Thus after complete procedure and process, the strongest among strongest and geniuses among geniuses were selected for the ultimate battles.





The one who was brought up with the mind of getting this seat and become a respected and feared figure of this Sphere would not back down no matter what.





Newfound grudges were unavoidable but no one would dare to go against the Defender of Celestial Sphere, the symbol of power and honor.




Every Defender was responsible to choose the most suitable among them.



The fear of betrayal was out of the question because present Defender could easily finish that contender even if he was selected for the seat so no one could betray the thoughtful eyes of present Defender. 






"You know the standers of present Defender if he found out your horrible temper and questioning character, he might ban your entry in the Supreme Trials_!!" Lupa was concerned over the careless character of his son, his dream would shatter into smithereens if his son got banned.








"Come on father, you are gotten old that's why you kept fearing this and that, do you think present Defender have enough time to investigate thousand over candidates of Intermediate Contemplation Battles to find out their characters_??" he shook his head carefreely.








"It's not about the character of thousand over candidates, it's about the character of top five Individual Ranking Geniuses_!!" Lupa tried to make him remember the actual concern.






"If you say then I can try but after fighting today's battle_!!" he declared that he would act but not sooner.




"Do you know who you are going to battle today_??" Lupa asked frowning.



"I heard, its a Rapscallion girl_no matter means she used to get into it but she is going to regret soon_!!" it was because random selection paid bad luck sometimes for the candidates, they were selected to face truly powerful monsters. 








"It was because she defeated a genius and gathered unexpected points that made organizers got curious about her real level of Contemplation Study, she defeated her opponent in a single slap_!!" he tried to relate what he saw and witnessed to make his son be careful. 








"What, in a single slap_??" Lone Wolf looked at his father's face which was stern and grave.




"Are you trying to create a new joke_ but let me tell you, you failed in it, I don't believe_!!" he waved his hand not ready to admit it.




"Do you think, I would joke about it_?? I don't need it and you know_!!" he warned his son.




"Do you know who she is_??" he looked at his son meaningfully.


"Who is she_?? and tell me, a mere human girl increased your concerns?? Don't tell me that you stopped to believe at the strength of your son_??" Lone Wolf was getting impatient to know but he was not ready to believe that his father was concerned over his possible victory.







"It's not about believing and I know my son is powerful enough to defeat anyone, but I wanted you to be careful because of her identity_??" 




"Stop puzzle, who is she and I will kill her in the battle, this way your concerns will be killed too_??" 




"Don't kill her, just defeat her, she is the granddaughter of present Defender_??" he instructed his son.



"What, granddaughter?? But I never heard that he has his family if he has, he should have admitted her in the top first Ranking School of Contemplation where I studied_!!" now it was his turn to get curious.






"Whatever, his matters are not my business_I would not simply defeat her, I will severely injure her so that she could never think about to stand in my ever_!!" he smashed his palm on the fist.






"Now you got my point_no one know her identity except few oldies and they would never reveal it to anyone_!!" he patted the shoulder of his son. 




His son smiled mischievously.


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"I don't know whether I should say or not but I don't mean low your morale, he is called Lone Wolf, the most dangerous genius ever, he usually kills his opponents_!!" mentor Shao was sweating concerned over this forthcoming battle. 







Jen sighed.

"I have promised my great grandfather that if I lost Intermediate Contemplation Battles, he could punish and abandon me as he wishes and if he abandoned me I will lose the only person of my family and his affection and I do not wish to lose the only person of my family which I found out after eighteen years of my birth_!!" she deeply bowed that means she would fight this death battle.










Mentor Shao was speechless to hear.

Who was such a stone heart grandfather??

"Then I will support you no matter what_!!" mentor Shao understood today what made this girl impatient to be powerful and what was her strongest drive to move on always??






He wished to see her grandfather not because he was impressed by him but because he wanted to see such a grandfather whose granddaughter was willing to exchange her life to buy his affection.





He did not know whether that old man was lucky to have such granddaughter or this girl was unlucky to have such grandfather.


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It was time to appear in the battle location.


Common spectators were less in numbers yet powerful Legends and grand legends were present there.



It was weird for her.


Her opponent came before her.

He was not human, half-wolf, half-human.

One who said, "I am bad guy!" was speaking a lie.
One who said, "I am a good guy!" was actually hiding the truth. 

Jen Xuan Rong is the center of attention for a few reasons, could she become what her ancestors had decided for her?
and how far she could survive in the world of stronger opponents?


Her husband should not be the one evil willed.
Would she choose one from the two? Or walk on her alone path?

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 Its a cultivation novel with female lead.

Enjoy the development of this story with the author here... 

Author
_Sha


Photo, not mine, credit to the rightful owner.
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"With the opponent sent flying, Jen was left in the middle of the battleground.

The genius tried hard to stand up on his feet but he trembled and fell again.

His appearance got messed with a single slap.

A small line of blood appeared from the corner of his mouth. 

Apparently, it was a small injury but only he himself could elaborate his internal injuries.

He looked at the calm girl one last look and collapsed.

Jen really hates such learners who wanted to take advantage of weaknesses of others but he met with Jen, his bad luck."

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