《Hunter X Hunter Overgeared》Arrival 1
Advertisement
Caid slowly went to the old man , but as much as he tried to hide his frown he couldn't.
"You seem displeased from what you're seeing." said the old man as he cracked his neck a couple of times.
"Not really." answered Caid making the old man smile." It's just that I'm still a little shocked at what just happened. I didn't think that his head would go flying like that."
"Hah, well now that you know I think that you should be moving. I suggest that you clean the clothes in the sea before bringing them to me." said the old man bas he turned back and headed towards the snake's body that was still twitching on the sand . Caid on the other hand nodded towards Mikael and Paikos who were staying a few meters away, and they understood.
"So , it's finally time huh?" said Mikael as he couldn't move his eyes of the old man. His show of prowess had awed him that he was beginning to think if his father was really a pushover in front not this bold man.
Paikos on the other hand finally gave a sigh of relief as everything was over.' I guess that my job is finally finished. It was interesting to say the least , but I'll make sure to stay clear of jobs that include Nen users.'
Caid took the mangled remaining body of the Nen user he didn't even know the name of and headed to the sea, but not before handing his phone to Tank.
"Call the last number I spoke to and tell him the coordinates for the island. You know the coordinates right....." hopefully questioned Caid and Tank nodded his head.
"Yeah I know the coordinates i used to get here. I remembered them just in case , but.....
Advertisement
"It's going to be fine, you just have to know the coordinates. My uncle will take care of it he rest, so you don't have to worry about it." said Caid as he felt the blood of the Nen user seep into his clothes, but tried to ignore it.
"Got it....
Caid then headed towards the sea and started washing away. He scrubbed the bloody clothes on the sea making chunks of flesh and bone coming out , filling the sea with it's bloody color. He scrubbed until he finally noticed that there were no more bug chunks of meat and bone, and what was left was only the Nen users clothes. There was something strange though as under his clothes there was a set of white garment.
"What the hell is this...." said Caid to no one in peculiar, but someone answered.
"It's a defensive garb, very precious and very rare."
"A defensive garb?" questioned Caid as he turned back to see that the old man was on the shore, watching him. He seemed to have finished his business with the snake's body and was watching over Caid.
"It's a type of special armour, something that was presumed lost to the ages .It was supposed to be a dowry to the then king of the Lanana kingdom, but it was surprisingly stolen by a pirate a couple of hundred years ago, by a famous pirate while on its way.
It was such an incident that it managed to cause a war between the surrounding nations of the time." said the he old man.
".......
Caid looked at the white-ish shirt and pants that he was holding and couldn't help but think that this was such a valuable item. ' I guess that it is really that precious.....
Advertisement
"You've washed it enough. Throw the normal clothes out and bring the garb with you , we're leaving right now." said the old man's as he took a deep breath.
"Now, but it will take at least a couple of hours for an airship to arrive to get us" said Caid in a surprised voice, but soon enough he would wish he didn't speak about all.
"We won't need an airship....huuuuuuu....."said the old man as he exhaled an big amount of something that looked like translucent smoke from his mouth, before the smoke took the form of a 2m wide cloud as it floated above the ground.
"Get on.... " said the old man as he jumped on the cloud and stood on it like we was standing on solid ground. " What are you waiting for , get on! I don't have all day to wait for you."
"Ye... yes, but give me a minute" said Caid as he headed back to where Tank , Mikael and Paikos were. He looked at them in the eyes and cold notice that they were more distant that before, especially Paikos.
"It seems that this is going to be our goodbye." said Caid as he stretched out his hand towards that and shook each hand. It was a little akward shaking hands with them after what they had gone through , but it was what it was.
Paikos thanked him for the help, Mikael excitedly gave him his personal bombe, and Tank didn't really say anything as he looked down.
"If you need something, just ask my uncle and the m sure that he will fix it." said Caid to the downtrodden Tank. "Also , when he comes here make sure that he split's the treasure of the the island into four equal pieces."
"I.... don't know what to say. Things have happened so fast that not sure if......"
"I know." said Caid as he smiled at Tank." But you're missing the point. An ending just means a new beginning, and you can choose the way things will go this time. Trust me, everything is going to be fine.....
Tank was left speechless for a second before he loosened his body and fell to the sandy beach. The sun rays blinded him, but he felt so relieved that he felt like a different man. "Heh....I guess you're right. I should have done this a long time ago."
".mGlad you like the idea. Then, I guess this is goodbye.....
"Yeah....
.............
After five minutes Caid and the old man we're flying over the ocean on a translucent cloud while the rest were in waiting on the island for the airship to rescue them.
' I guess that this is real life huh? Nothing goes as you expect it.' thought Caid as he was enjoying the breeze as the flew on the cloud the old man had created and Caid couldn't help but think about it.
'If this is related to his Hatsu that means that he is supposed to be a Transmuter, but not sure yet as I don't have enough information. He could also be a Conjurer, but I can't be sure of it.' thought Caid as he contemplated using Zetsu, but he decided not to.
On the other hand, out of Caid's vision, the old man was giving a big toothy smile as he noticed Caid staring at him.'Kukuku, this is so exciting......
Advertisement
- In Serial10 Chapters
Synchronizing Minds - A first contact story
So what are the intelligent aliens like? The humans didn't know for quite some time, since even though they had ventured out far, they had only found few animal species and those had been as far from sapience as common earthworms. But now they had finally stumbled upon someone and a first contact meeting is happening. Can ambassador Neil, the represantitive of humans, find friendship standing before a vastly different sapient creature that is six times her size and just learned about the concept of language? Or are the humans actually the weird ones?
5 70 - In Serial20 Chapters
Sword System Academia
2/17 NOTICE: I'm putting this on hiatus, possibly permanently. I didn't want to spam with an "update chapter", so hopefully here and in the story blurb will get enough eyeballs. There are a couple reasons for ending SSA for now. 1) I wrote the next chapter but wasn't happy with it. I've been less and less satisfied with SSA's quality the more I thought about it. Part of the reason is... 2) I am seriously thinking about trying to publish some novels to help pay the bills, since I don't have my other source of income anymore. I have never asked for anything from SSA readers, no money, not even a review or rating. SSA is written for fun to amuse myself, primarily, and I would kind of feel bad actually charging someone money for something as unserious as that. I don't think it is good enough to ask anything in return. To use an analogy from music, SSA is more like a jam session with a bunch of friends. You're just chiling and having fun playing some music. I mean, if you are Mozart or even Eminem, your jam session is good enough to sell, but for an amateur beginner like myself, haha, no. If I want to publish something, I feel like I need to go the proper route of practice and rehearsals, which might be more similar to a classical concert performance. With SSA, I work from worldbuilding notes and a loose outline, but what you are essentially getting is the first draft with lots of so-called pantsing. Pushing out a web novel like this also means it is very difficult to go back and improve things without breaking everything else downstream. I wanted to try this "jamming" approach, as it was a good way to teach me about another aspect of writing, but to move forward, I think I need to hone my "classical" techniques, which emphasize rewriting, or at least, revising outlines. 3) While I intend to try to make $$$, my actual current goal is to "get gud". I've spent a lot of time recently trying to understand the self-publishing industry, and I'm pretty sure I can make some money by using short-term strategies with my current amateur skill level. But I've seen too many authors come and go/burnout, and really, the only way that I think I can enjoy writing and still make money on a long-term basis is to become a better writer. And the next step for me, which I haven't done much before, is to spend more time on rewriting and outlines. That is pretty much antithetical to the way SSA is developing. I've always been kind of 20/80 plotting/pantsing, but I want to spend a lot more time outlining before I even start writing. SSA jam sessions don't really fit my goal anymore. If you're curious about what's next, read on... Among other regrets, I regret not finishing SSA. It's the first story I've dropped, but then again, it's the first web novel I've attempted, so I suppose that's not a surprise. I don't think traditional web novel formats suit me that well. The whole SSA story I had loosely planned (beyond a first book or major arc) is way too large as well. Big story = good for neverending webnovel with Patreons, bad for penniless and fickle writer like me. I am currently outlining a complete trilogy to another story in great detail. I want the story to end concisely, and I also want the chance to really spend a lot of time on the full outline to spot pacing problems, character issues, lost themes, and so on. I'll still share this story on RR. What I intend to do is finish book 1, flash-publish the whole thing here for a few weeks, then publish on the big Zon. Repeat for books 2 and 3. The upcoming story will be about crafting heroes. The backdrop is an isekai-like setting, where elves will summon humans to their world as heroes, but the whole hero crafting business is still in its infancy. The elven mage researchers are figuring out how to imbue heroes with power, while the heroes are trying to figure out how to use the powers that they gain. Humans are the best hero templates because they are blank and have no intrinsic magic. Or at least that what the elves thought. The human MC has his own secrets... There will be some similarities with litrpgs, but I would call it more a progression fantasy or gamelit story. For example, the stats are very low, at least initially. Say we have a stat called Str. Going from Str = 1 to Str = 2 is a huge deal. Also, going from Dex = 0 to Dex = 1 is an even bigger deal. I guess you could call it a "low-stat litrpg", haha. Also, the heroes won't be gaining stats simply by killing things or leveling up. You can't increase stats arbitrarily, either. There will be rules to how stats can increase, and how they work with each other. The elven mages will be figuring out these rules in order to craft stronger and stronger heroes. Some inspiration will be from cultivation magic systems, but there won't be overt cultivation, at least for now. A theme I really want to explore is the idea of interactions. That includes things like hero crafter vs hero, tactics vs strategy, skill synergies, racial interactions (dwarves, elves, etc), and son. Yeah, so hero crafting. I'm super excited about this project and venturing into publishing. If you want to check out the upcoming story, you can follow my RR author profile to see when it drops here. Finally... THANK YOU TO EVERYONE! I'm very sorry that SSA is stopping, but I hope at least some of you will find the next story at least as enjoyable, if not more. Thanks to all the readers who gave SSA a shot. Big hug or solid fistbump to all of you, whichever you prefer! I hope this message is not a downer but an upper, because I am psyched!! -purlcray -------------- BLURB: Talen, youngest Master of the Koroi, makes his way to the Empire's capital to salvage his clan's fate. But the bustling city has few opportunities for the traditionalist. For the old sword clans are fading. With the rise of alchemy, gold can purchase strength that ordinarily took years of training to cultivate. Sword artists, once rare and accomplished, are quickly growing in number, especially among the wealthy noble class. Even with such alchemy, though, no one has advanced to the rank of Grandmaster in countless years. Talen's true dream is to walk the path of a sword artist to the very end while fulfilling his clan duties. And then the Swordgeists return, fabled founders of all sword arts, gods who had touched the world long ago and vanished. These myths turned into reality warn of a coming threat. Alongside this warning, they issue an invitation to the Sword System Academy, a path to power beyond the mortal realm. But first, they will hold an entrance exam... Story notes:Sword System Academia blends elements of western and asian fantasy such as xianxia and litrpg. I took parts from different genres I enjoyed and twisted them into my own creation. There will be an explicit system, both of the litrpg kind and the hard(ish) magic kind, but it is embedded within an academic structure that will develop over the course of the story. This is my attempt to design a unique type of system, the System Academia.
8 153 - In Serial15 Chapters
Deep Within
A vampire from a royal family, a close friend of the king, Derek Valtaheim seemingly had the world in the palm of his hand. But when the lies of his past and a murderous scheme came bubbling to the surface, Derek would be swept up in a revenge plot years in the making.
8 844 - In Serial104 Chapters
PERCEPTION (A New Begining)
After a serious head injury, Tom can't help but notice his perception of the world changing. He gains the ability to control his perception of time. What would happen to a normal human if they could see/think at superhuman speeds? What would they be capable of? Follow Tom as he finds out what he is capable of and realizes the consequences of his newfound power. PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE OFFENSIVE AND DARK SUBJECTS. (This isn't a ploy to get more people to read. If you even think you might not be able to handle it just read something else.)
8 152 - In Serial16 Chapters
One Life
With everything in tatters, Jason jumps on the bandwagon of One Life: Virtual Vacations and Adventures. Giving up everything he knows, he logs in to the game, hoping to find a purpose beyond the rut he had found himself in, in the real world. Lucking out early, Jason discovers a questline no one had managed to find, the now Deran finds himself in a sticky situation, relying on his new friends to help him stay alive. Especially since in this game, you only get one life.
8 154 - In Serial20 Chapters
A Broken Promise
Sayhas was a killer. He was a mindless blade. A mercenary, a brigand, an outlaw Thief, Assassin. Murderer. He's done it all. Now, he's had a change of heart; he wants to go home and grow old by a fire with the ones he holds dear. But the past cannot be so easily forgotten, and grievances of long ago haunt him at every step. Instead, he travels the world, waiting for old friends to come and collect their dues, hoping that there will come a day when he can finally go home. Unfortunately, Sayhas' talents have caught the unwanted attention by the gods themselves. And when even the god's nasty plots are intertwined with Sayhas, he has two options: To run and pray it all blows over. Or to fight, and to pick a side.
8 115

