Long ago, about... okay, not really long ago, but just within the century... Some intelligent normal people believing in either Astrology or the Supernaturals made a claim that the world was composed of many layers. They said that the Earth was filled with more wondrous places than those in the acclaimed ever-changing list of The World's Seven Wonders.
Some of the most notable was, the city of Atlantis so advanced and modern than all of the places in the world of its most splendorous time combined, thought to have sunk deep into the ocean together with its high-specie inhabitants.
Ophir, the land of gold, silver, sandalwood, pearls, ivory, apes, and peacocks mentioned as the wealthiest city of old in the core texts of the biggest and most widespread religion in the world.
The phantom Aurora Islands said to be where mermaids were last sighted a couple of centuries ago.
Sodom and Gomorrah, the two widely known cities of the ancient times said to be purged t
There was no bloody confrontation that ensued. The face-off within the unstable and static world made by the clone was so simple that it was not even qualified to be described as dramatic. The reason for it was simple. No matter how vile and immoral the father was, a soft spot was still left for his daughter so he, and his clone, didn't make her situation more complicated than intended. Anyways, like what he said to himself a while ago, the favor was already fulfilled.Whatever would be, would be.'A trigger was just all they needed. And I'm sure the night wouldn't pass without it being uttered.''What a boring mission after years of hibernation.'Before the separate dimension which resembled the inside of a perfectly captured photo collapsed, 'Fred' looked up to the luminous skies and then let out a sigh tinged with mild irritation.Not long after, he could no longer feel the connection to that place. It seemed it had already vanished, and every i
"Finally."A smile finally appeared on the older man's face, watching curiously as the boy took out a high-level barrier that could block a full-blown attack from a Level 8 host."I'm surprised you could already afford something as pricey as that. It's worth at least a million points, right? Wow, taking bombing as immoral route sure is very lucrative. It sure gives points more than fifty percent of the missions that should be available on your level."Sandro snubbed the man's praises, focusing more on his voice and reconfirming his suspicions. The reason he recognized the other as a secondary host was that the first person who contacted him had a slightly different voice than this one. They were wearing the same coat, had the same body built, the first one was masked but if the same mask was used to cover this secondary host's face, he would still look alike with the Original.'Just a secondary host, a thing trying hard to appeal useful to his creator.'
Time flew fast.Not a few people did not notice that it was already close to 9 pm. By this time, the grey flock of clouds were already gone, revealing the dark blue sky seemingly decorated with glittering dots. Despite it being moonless, the scenery above was still very breathtaking and beautiful due to the countless stars twinkling mischievously up there.Eithan was looking up to this beautiful sight from the open window next to his bed. Alright, the glass window was not really opened, only the curtains supposed to cover it had been drawn to the side by Irene per his request. The slightly prideful girl relented and did it personally due to him saying he would point out, this time for real, what she could improve to her so beloved artsy skill. This happened a few minutes ago when he woke up from his six-hour long sleep.Irene was still accompanying him, her female bodyguard whom she introduced as Aura was nearby, standing behind where her boss was sitting. Looki
When Irene recovered from the mild shock, she became very thankful that the other was not looking at her or else, she would have been embarrassed. That time, she didn't want the boy to find out that she did not truly expect him to say anything insightful.'I don't know if he's just bluffing. But his words make sense. Learn my character's story, fit my own personality in... and make it appear like it is really me, know why I say what I say...'With a shake of her head and confusion flashing across her eyes, she asked, "What know why I say what I say?"Eithan gave her a sideways glance, frowning, "What else? Know why you have to say that line within that scene... So that you can analyze... what is the most appropriate expressions... to partner it up with."Once done saying this, he looked at her like how one looked at a slow learner or an idiot. He thought for a moment and then decided to give an extreme example. "Consider the line 'I want you
If there was one thing puzzling about Irene's train of thoughts earlier, it should be when she told herself that one of the golden bachelor of the country, the McArthney' heir, was missing...So why did the second young miss of the Middletons who was currently away from the main family say this? There should be a reason, no? Wait, was that even possible?Paul McArthney was known in the upper society as someone guarded closely by his platoons of super soldiers. Even if the death agents were factored out, the man himself was also a known demon who could plausibly contend against fifty or more armed people by himself. So how and why did he suddenly go missing? Also, how come the news of his disappearance traveled so fast, reaching the ears of even those from outside Alina City?There was also another thing.Eithan knew that a transfer of ownership happened?But what was the reason behind it? There was a story of them appearing side by side one time at
"Miss Agatha!"The stern assistant shouted next to the girl. His voice was laced with a hint of melancholy and pity. To be honest, even he was still at a lost about Paul McArthney' sudden death. But after receiving orders from the main house's head, he forced himself not to wallow on grief as he still had a job to do.He recollected himself and drove to where the young miss of the Silvers was since he received an order to make her sign a stack of documents.The capable former assistant of Paul McArthney stopped in front of the crying girl, a bit confused when he remembered Old Gil, another co-agent formerly working under Paul, saying that this young miss was already brought to the hospital due to fainting. Was the intelligence he received a hoax? That boastful but terrific colleague of his could mistake something basic like this?A second later though, he shrugged off the random thoughts from his mind, unaware that once this night passed, his memories of
Three years later...In a wide, clean yet empty room within a tall apartment building at Western Alina City, two girls, both pretty, young, and full of vitality, were unpacking boxes after boxes of items, pieces of furniture, and clothes.One of them, the girl with long slightly curly blonde hair and baby blue eyes, stood up and with her hands on her waist, stretched her body, bending her back a bit while letting out some groans of frustrations. After pouting her luscious pinkish lips, she glared at the other pretty woman in the place who was busy pushing a cabinet in the nearby bedroom.A feminine voice filled with misgivings and tiredness sharply resounded all over the place."Ivy, tell me the truth, why am I the one you have called here instead of your parents or brother? It's so tiring having to carry your stuff here back and forth! But then, I still have to help you unpack and arrange them? Tell me, do you have any rec
A couple of hours later, as a token of gratitude for her friend's help, Ivy promised to buy her a meal. She changed her comfortable get up into a long forest green dress paired with black strappy stiletto heels and then led Deborah out of her half-tidied house.It was already late afternoon but the two of them didn't remove their shades and long coat until they secured a table at the second floor of Blue Feathers, a luxurious restaurant within Central Alina half an hour drive away from her new place."I want all their dishes priced more than 10,000 credits each! And red wine too! The most expensive one! No, I don't want a single bottle. I want ten! You're not allowed to say no!"However, before the demanding blonde could even finish speaking, Ivy had already said their orders to the waiter. And although all the said courses were indeed above Deborah's quoted price, she only ordered three dishes and a fairly known brand of red wine."Hey, I said all!"
When the troops of the God’s Domain stepped onto the Imperial Capital’s soil, the common folks on both sides of the road sprinkled fragrant petals from within their hands. As for the guardsmen that were standing above the city walls, they set off festive fireworks, and the melodious sound of a trombone resonated throughout the entire horizon.The sky was ravaged with fireworks as they blossomed above in broad daylight. Even if it was still daytime, after undergoing the modification of magicians, the fireworks still blossomed with radiance that was dazzling to the eye.The monarch of the Long Xuan Empire personally brought a troop to welcome the sage, and when everyone prostrated down in worship, the monarch welcomed the sage into the Imperial Palace.The liveliness that was accompanied by the clamor was
When Taka made her move on the Suzaku Clan, due to the theory that ‘one shouldn’t do anything to harm one’s neighbors’, she had only had a little test of her skill and had not been too heartless by exploiting them too much. As for the other three big clans, however, it was an entirely different story. She saw no reason for reservation so she basically went full force on themThe reason for her doing what she’d done was to truly seize an opportunity that had presented itself! Her ferocity had exponentially increased until it was capable of making one’s hair stand up in anger.For example, on a certain young master’s bedside that was from the Azure Dragon Clan, where the 7-star sword was hung, the lavish scabbard of the sword had been entirely cleaned of its dazzling precious stones and its gilded golden ornaments was not
Ryu, on the other hand, figured that he would not be able to afford to have another mishap inside his own household, especially not before they were able to secure the invitation of the sage. Thus, he immediately sent his most trustred people to have the Snow Spiritual Fox delivered to the God’s Domain. Not long afterward, he then received information that the other party had arrived from the God’s Domain.In ten days, the sage of the God’s Domain would personally proceed towards the Long Xuan Empire, to the Suzaku Clan, in order to rouse the Phoenix. This one piece of information had everyone from the Suzaku Clan crying tears of joy. Their hundred years of misery would finally be seen through to an end.Within the next ten days, everyone put out an extreme amount of effort, and it was a rarely seen sight where the elders and the youngst
On the flip side, Taka stood at the entrance of the Qilin Auction House. Upon seeing the rear view of the attendant leaving, Taka’s hand subconsciously reached out to touch that little face of hers that had changed beyond recognition.The result of the low-level face-altering potion was pretty good. Although the effectiveness was shortened by that bit for that given period of time, it was just enough to conform to her requirement for the three hours were enough for her to have those goods delegated. If there was even more effectiveness for a given period of time, she truly would not know how she would carry that kind of face back to the Suzaku clan.The present Taka’s facial appearance was slightly better when compared to her original and she figured it was due to a huge difference in skin care regime. Not only was her skin right now was slightly fa
Since she had already set the Qilin Auction House as the target, Taka then couldn’t help but make the next step of planning. Although there were very less people who had seen the shame of the Suzaku clan, it was hard to say that she would not be recognized by the people of the Qilin clan at other locations sometime later. Therefore, Taka had decided on the spot to go to another auction house in advance and used the money that she had and bought a few bottles of face altering potion.The face-altering potion was a rather common kind of medicine and it can be divided into three grades which were the ‘low’, ‘middle’ and ‘high’. Different subdivisions of the face altering potion, of course, would all have a varying duration depending on its grade. Likewise, the duration of its ability to hold a disguise as well their price would have even more disparity. On that night,
As of now, Taka’s main problem was precisely money!The only sole thing that made Taka rejoice was that she had picked a proper ‘occupation’ for herself at that time, the godly thief, don’t you think so?! With regards to her, this kind of thing called money was like a rock on the floor, that could be seen just about everywhere. If she had not widened her horizons at that time by being a hitman, a spy and so on, it would have been very likely that she could only silently stay at that dim corner and constantly dawdle about there!“Isn’t it just 30000 pieces! You can be at ease for by the means of this young master’s skill, I will definitely make you eat till you feel like throwing up!”With regards to her workmanship, Taka was quite confident in herself. What was more wa
‘Didn’t I say that it would have inhibitions on your strength. Undoing the first layer of seal is only but the beginning. If you want to become stronger, then you have to continue to undo the later seals. In this way, not only you can continue advancing but also, those strength that was previously inhibited would subsequently gush out.’ Linux’s voice was still the same as before where it was tranquil without any ripple and a hint of chilliness was carried together.“Then, what is needed to undo the second layer of seal?” Taka asked.Linux went silent for a moment and then only said one statement, ‘Demonic Beast’Demonic beasts were vicious organisms that were scattered everywhere across the Radiance Continent and resided
“Taka. You have fairly done well!”Agnar distressingly looked at the daughter of his which was still at the bosom. If it was not for the fact that Ryu was here at this moment, it was very likely that he would have already long ago pounced Taka and ripped her apart into fragments.As Abiri had Taka protected behind his back, he looked at Agnar and said,“Second uncle, why do say such a thing? Just what had this matter got to do with Taka?”“How could it be that she is unrelated to this matter? Jesse was injured in her room and it is very clear that it is this vile spawn that has harbour this evil intention wanting to injure Jesse!”No matter how Ryu was to think about it, Agnar had always fr
Just at that moment when Taka was inwardly wiping away her tears, in a rage, Jesse, who had been ignored by Abiri had killed her way into the room.The moment when she entered into the room, she immediately saw that pile of presents on top of the table and that pair of eyes of hers which filled with anger had momentarily became red in jealousy.“You, idiot, on what basis had you made Brother Abiri treat you that well! You are simply just a trash! Idiot! Even the most inferior servant within the mansion is one hundred times stronger than you! You simply do not deserve to have Brother Abiri’s items!”Gripping her fist tightly, Jesse tenaciously glared at Taka who was sitting on top of the bed where within the eyes of hers was the unwillingness that had practically burnt away all of her rational