Aukhemya - Gods and Alchemy

God(s).

Angels.

Demons.

Monsters.

They can be more real than you’d like…

And more humane too…

Maybe way too much…

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In a world with supernatural races secretly living among humans, this is the story of Lúcio Arabrantes, a lad from Minas Gerais, Brazil.

If you expected an unlucky, jobless protagonist…

NOT HERE, FOLKS!

Owner of a jewelry shop in one of the best shopping centers of Belo Horizonte, he certainly is a successful lad!

Regarding his luck… WEEEEEELL…

To start, our lad has a weird syndrome and a frail body (oh dear, someone could mistake his condition as a curse…), without mentioning the disappearance of his parents after an accident.

Yeah, very original and nothing strange…

But this isn't everything. The shop is nothing more than a facade for Lúcio's real business: the store Buriti de Ouro, specialized in artifacts, magical scrolls and talismans, seals, magic forge, formations, matrices and other magical miscellaneous; located in the Brazil Street, Latin America Zone, Heavenly Commercial District.

Yes, our jeweler works in Heaven. Literally.

But what is Lúcio’s cheat power? Is he the descendant of some god, dragon, spirit or devil? No, he is just a normal human with a… Not that normal job…

Skills above everyone else? Despite being a magical inscriptionist and artificer, to surpass the gods and other races is complicated…

Could it be the learnings of a past life? Well, Lúcio studied a lot, he works hard, but he never had an ancient great Grandmaster of a supreme sect or a primordial creation god to teach him secret techniques.

For now…

However, for the ruin of his peaceful lifestyle (if that's even possible in such a world) and rejoice of our readers, his “normal” life changes when a random box appears on his doorstep.

Inside the box lies the first and last help left by his parents (spoiler: it won't be the last one). An artifact, the Aurum Nucleus, that could supposedly cure his weird body condition.

But the artifact has a special bonus: it hosts the spirit of a… Certain woman…

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You already know that a lot of shit is gonna happen, right?

Mercenaries and mobsters appearing to screw the party? Yes.

Two dudes on a motorcycle trying to rob him? We are in Brazil, what did you expected?

Old bully from school trying to make a fuss in the shop? Check.

Aztec sect kidnap and try to offer him to a fallen Aztec god? Yep-

Uhhh...

The girlfriend is also kidnapped, but by a group of giants with colorful hairs and eyes living on a lost island in the Atlantic Ocean? Certainly-

Hold up…

Trouble with the island’s church from which the first angels (aka Celestials) and demons (Abyssals btw) come from? Of course-

Wait, wait…

The lost past of forgotten primordial gods, involving secrets about the origin of everything, schemes and plans of ancient entities, prophecies about the Apocalypse, wars between pantheons, clans and even different dimensions, machinations that could change the world order…

Uhhhh… I think you folks got the idea…

Fortunately, Lúcio has family and friends to support him in these troubles. From the cheese broas teached by his grandmother, the cheats, tricks and quirks of his family, a little help from adventurer friends, the love of his yander- cahem- protective girlfriend, and the strength of… Golden allies…

This is an ordinary and chaotic story, unique and common, boring and funny, unexpected and predictable, pleasant and *censored*, and many other adjectives. So expect lots of jokes and memes (good or not, idc, my humor sense is wild), lovely or bland moments, references and mysteries, obvious or not.

And as the novel’s name says, this is a story about gods and alchemy, with a certain island in the middle of the chaos…

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