The Immortal's Wine Store Chapter 78
Advertisement
"Sister, we've really offended our second brother right now. With the current state of our Silver Wing Empire, there is a chance that he might get rid of us to prevent future troubles for himself. Although we're not among those selected to fight for the throne, we are still of imperial bloodline after all. And our second brother... He is not as kind as he seemed to be." Prince Dante frowned as he spoke with a serious look.
Princess Sylvia's cheeky expression turned grave when she heard her fourth brother's words. She then glanced at their second brother who was now drinking with his soldiers with a brilliant smile on his handsome face.
She could not pinpoint how her fourth brother came to believe that Prince Arslan is capable of killing them, but some part of her believed Prince Dante's words might be possible.
"I don't think he has the guts to kill us out in the open. And Even if we are in a deserted street, he will still hesitate in taking our lives." Princess Sylvia said while cupping her chin with her palms.
Prince Dante nodded his head in agreement, but he still felt that Prince Arslan would not let them off the hook easily. "With Defender Duanmu protecting us secretly, he shouldn't be that idiotic to kill us for some squabbles, but we still have to be careful about his revenge." Prince Dante said while eyeing their second brother who was laughing joyfully with his men.
Other people might think of the second prince as a kind and caring individual, but Prince Dante thought otherwise. He didn't know why he was so certain about that, but he chose to believe in his instincts.
"Dear guests, here's your Frozen Origin. Please enjoy it." Lu Sulan smiled as she put the bottle of Frozen Origin and two silver cups on the table of the two imperial siblings.
Advertisement
Prince Dante and Princes Sylvia glanced at the bottle of wine that was releasing a dense amount of cold air. They were so surprised that they forgot to thank Lu Sulan.
"Ehem." Lu Sulan let out a cough to gather the attention of the still stunned siblings.
Prince Dante glanced at Lu Sulan apologetically and said with a smile. "I'm sorry about that, Young Miss. We haven't seen wine as fascinating as this yet. I'm now curious about why is it so cold. Do you mind telling us the reason for this?"
Lu Sulan smiled and shook her head. "Unfortunately, the master did not divulge the ingredients and the process of making this wine, so I also don't know anything about this. But if you're that curious, you might want to ask him yourselves. Who knows... Maybe master will tell you guys about it."
Princess Sylvia's eyes twinkled when she heard that, but as she was about to speak, Prince Dante immediately spoke eloquently. "In that case, we'll ask Wine Master Jiu Shen at a later date. Thank you for your suggestion, Young Miss. Also, may I dare ask for your esteemed name?"
Lu Sulan's eyebrows raised in surprise. She didn't think that this naive-looking young prince was actually so quick-witted to speak before his sister did.
"My name is Lu Sulan." She answered while looking at them kindly.
"Lu... Lu Sulan?" Prince Dante's eyes bulged when he learned her identity. He was very familiar with the name 'Lu Sulan' since their father the emperor spoke about her some time ago.
The emperor said that aside from the Alchemy Hall's branch head and himself, there was still someone in the Silver Wing Empire who had the strength of an 8th-rank Divine realm. She was the sect mistress of a hermit sect, the Ice Cloud Sword Sect. Her name... is Lu Sulan!
Advertisement
Lu Sulan ignored Prince Dante's surprise and told them in a serious voice. "Dear guests, please remember that you have to divide the wine evenly in half. Because if you drink more than that amount, your bodies might experience something terrible."
Looking at Lu Sulan's grave expression, Princess Sylvia gulped in dread. "Don't worry, Young Miss Lu Sulan. We won't drink more than the amount you told us." The latter said while forcing out a smile.
"Good." Lu Sulan replied before she left the two of them.
At a random corner in the store, Jiu Shen who was holding Ice in his arms glanced in a certain direction with a curious look on his face. "Oh? Are you also going here for the fruit of the Earth Origin Dragon Tree? Interesting..."
Ice who was lying in Jiu Shen's embrace looked in the same direction and scoffed in disdain. "Meow. I can break their bones for you if you give me one more bowl of milk."
Jiu Shen rubbed her head gently and replied in a calm voice. "No need. Theia will be able to handle them herself."
"Stingy! Meow." Ice swatted Jiu Shen's hand in annoyance.
Jiu Shen ignored the rebellious fat cat and continued rubbing her fur while Ice rolled and kicked Jiu Shen's hand with her paws.
* * *
At the entrance of Beltran City, a group of people riding on high-level savage beasts came. They were wearing a set of light armors but it could hardly cover their bulging muscles.
Leading them was a one-armed man mounting on a 7th-rank Emperor realm Crimson Lightning Tiger.
The tiger was approximately six meters tall and was more than ten meters in length. It was crimson red in color with black stripes all over its humongous body. Its two sword-like fangs can be seen extending out of its mouth!
The man sitting on its back had a dark skin and a rather buff physique. He had a long wavy red hair and there was also a cape made from savage beasts' fur tied to his armor.
Although he only had his right arm remaining, it did not stop the people who were with him to look at the man in reverence.
The one-armed man looked at the bustling Beltran City with an awed look and said. "The capital city of the Silver Wing Empire is truly prosperous. The main district of our Mythos Wildlands could not even be compared to it."
After he spoke those words, he led his men to go inside Beltran City under the scared gazes of the city guards who did not even dare to stop them from going in.
Who could blame them? Those barbarians emitted a strong and malefic aura that made these inexperienced soldiers shiver in trepidation.
Advertisement
- In Serial195 Chapters
Dungeon's Path
The only places I have posted the story and allow it to exist are on RoyalRoad, Scribblehub, and my Patreon. So the world ended. Whoopsie? We didn’t even see it coming. Quite literally as it came at us faster than the speed of light. Don’t worry though, it got better. Also, I am not joking about the world ending. Most people say that and mean humans are inconvenienced for some reason. Nope, all matter disintegrated at the atomic scale there for a few moments. Apparently the local universe wasn’t actually stable? Don’t ask me to go into too much detail. It would require both of us to have a few more college degrees than sense, and I at least lack them (both the degrees and the sense). Anyway, the energy/matter/wibbly wobbly strings were at a local minimum and not the universal minimum. Basically, what we took for sea level was actually a nice little mountain lake and when the dam busted so did, well, everything. Now here is where things go a bit off track with what normal meant before. You see magic is real, qi is real, gods are real. Not on old Earth mind you but souls pay little attention to time and space so we dreamed of it. In fact, the closer the shift in reality got to Earth, the closer our dreams got to the new reality. This is basically me tip toeing around the fact that it was a ‘System Apocalypse’. Reality became a video game, I became a dungeon, and this is my story. Doyle Huxley just wanted a normal life but as the above might clue you in on that just isn’t in the cards. He gets to experience a “Path Based System Apocalypse” and some early paths he takes, both literally and figuratively, lead to him becoming a dungeon. The aim is to release chapters once a week on Friday. Cursing will be avoided and no naughty adult action will take place in the story.
8 404 - In Serial24 Chapters
Archon
Since the late 19th Century, humanity has been pushing itself at a breakneck pace towards a single convergence of technology and development. Estimated to occur in the mid 2020's, this pivotal moment is commonly referred to as the Singularity. After five years of research, college student Adrian Pierce manages to crack the code first and create the world's first robust artificial intelligence in the year 2016. Disgusted by society as it is, especially governing bodies, he decides to use his unique position to alter the tenuous balance that greed and corruption had given birth to. With his extraordinary mind, Adrian plots and plans, designing new technologies with his assistant A.I., becoming secretly embroiled in the world of politics, subterfuge, and research. As his influence increases, governments and the general populace alike scramble to discover just who the man behind Archon Industries really is.
8 184 - In Serial58 Chapters
Of Men and Dragons, Book 1
Book 1 is now available on Kindle, or in paperback/hardcover! You can buy it here! Jack crash-landed on a planet where the natives are seven-foot-tall carnivorous cat-lizards currently somewhere between stone and bronze age. The good news is the natives think the ship that crashed into their mountain is a dragon and are steering clear of it. The bad news is they just left one of their own as a sacrifice to appease the beast. No matter what Jack and his AI co-pilot decide, his life just got a lot more complicated... ATTENTION: This is soft sci-fi rather than hard sci-fi, hence why I chose that tag. For those of you unfamiliar with the distinction, here's what Wikipedia had to say. 1. It explores the "soft" sciences, and especially the social sciences (for example, anthropology, sociology, or psychology), rather than engineering or the "hard" sciences (for example, physics, astronomy, or chemistry). 2. It is not scientifically accurate or plausible; the opposite of hard science fiction. Soft science fiction of either type is often more concerned with character and speculative societies, rather than speculative science or engineering. The term first appeared in the late 1970s and is attributed to Australian literary scholar Peter Nicholls.
8 212 - In Serial16 Chapters
The Guild
The world is broken. The apocalypse came and went, and only a fragment of humanity is left, scrambled into an unrecognizable mess. The remainders of the earth are filled with monsters from imagination and worse. Gates open periodically, leading to alien worlds, while dungeons form from damaged minds, creating nightmares for the unsuspecting. Some might see it as the end times. A hellscape. A story of humans pushed to their breaking points, desperately grasping for the last bits of humanity as the world crumbles around them. But a few might disagree. One man, in particular, sees opportunity. A chance. A path forward, to bring humanity from the depths of despair and turn it into a victory - a luxury. To remake the world even better than it was, dragging earth forward onto the galactic stage. It will require violence, lies, betrayals, magic, more violence, and the occasional genocide. But, hey. Everything worth doing is hard, right?
8 150 - In Serial10 Chapters
Black Rock
In some forgotten part of rural Japan lies secrets. A farm with no animals, a school with people who do not belong, one huge conspiracy to keep the truth hidden. However, when a mysterious girl meets Yuuki for the first time, his life takes a turn for the worst. He must take on the burden of each and every horrible truth placed upon him.
8 521 - In Serial22 Chapters
The Baron
In the time of crazy youth, the one bought a barony. It was inexpensive, and at the time there was a lot of wild money going through his hands. Also, the name of the barony created an amusing pun with the surname. Barony Grave Stone with Baron Grave. The one bought a nice paper and thought its a fun joke. But every action has consequences. And the past will always find a way to bite you in the ass.
8 212

