《That Time I Got Reborn In Another World With My Black Friend》Chapter 43: Vietnam But Worse
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As we made our way through the swamp I realized two things. One, this place smells awful. I didn’t expect this place to smell like rainbows but god damn. This is what I get for never going to a swamp before, all the smells just hit you at once. My body isn’t adjusted. Now if I was from Florida I would have been right at home but that’s not the case.
The second thing I realized is that everything is freaking wet. We’re all trying our hardest to stay on the paths that aren’t submerged by swamp water but even still the ground is all mushy.
“Aw man my socks are wet” Adam whines behind me.
I think the ground he was walking on submerged in the water due to his weight.
“FUCK ALL THIS SHIT! LET ME BURN THIS WHOLE BITCH DOWN!” Nerva yells.
I look back and see that she’s in the same situation Adam’s in, but since she’s so short the water goes up to her hips while the water only goes up to Adam’s lower thighs.
“My friends, we must remain quiet. We are the hunt for dastardly villains. My fair maiden let me carry you.” Luther offers Adam.
“For the 20th time, I’m a man” Adam states.
I look at Luther to see if he comprehends what Adam just said. I don’t think it worked. He just goes over to Adam and picks him up princess style. Luther, I hope you never change.
“Ughghghghgh Warren can I propel myself with my fire so I can avoid this swamp shit?” Nerva asks.
I look towards Warren who was looking ahead of us this whole time, ignoring all the stupidity that was happening behind him.
“You already know the answer to that” he answers without even turning around to look at us.
I can tell that Warren is in serious mode right now, well, more serious than usual.
“Yeah yeah don’t wanna give our position away and shit” Nerva grumbles.
“By the way, Luther can you please put the fair maiden down? I got an idea” Warren says turning around to look at Luther.
“Hmm I am not comfortable with a fair maiden being in discomfort, but very well” Luther relents, putting Adam down.
I’ve been wondering why Luther hasn’t been treating Nerva the same as Adam. Maybe his instincts tell him that if he tries anything Nerva would just burn down the entire surrounding area.
“Ok Adam, put Nerva on your shoulders. We can’t have Nerva struggling to keep up due to the swamp water. These paths aren’t very solid, she might sink into the water again. You’re tall enough so that it won’t be as much of an issue” Warren orders.
“B-but why do I have to do it. Why can’t Luther or Quincy do it?” Adam questions.
“My fair maiden, my helmet is simply too large. The young lady’s body wouldn’t fit on my shoulders. Besides, women should help each other out, to form a sense of sisterhood.” Luther explains.
“Don’t even act like I’m an option” I angrily point out.
Adam should know how things work by now, he does all the back breaking labor, and I don’t. This boy, I swear. He's going to have to get with the program. Nerva is now next to Adam and he reluctantly bends down so that Nerva can get on. She does so and it’s a hilarious image. It looks like Adam is a father who has put his daughter on his shoulders so she can see what’s happening onstage at a concert.
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“Alright now don’t you think of any perverted shit now.” Nerva orders.
“T-that’s the last thing on my mind,” Adam says.
Nerva smacks him on the head.
“Ow! Hey! I just said I wouldn’t!” Adam complains.
“You fucking lied, I can tell! Now I’m gonna give you five seconds to get that shit outta your head” Nerva declares.
An awkward silent five seconds pass. Then she just starts smacking both sides of his head making him wobble left and right.
“OW STOP IT NERVA. I’M NOT DOING ANYTHING! WARREN SAVE ME!” Adam begs.
I start laughing uncontrollably. This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day. As I laugh Warren decides to ruin the fun.
“Shhh! We have to be quiet remember? Nerva stop hitting Adam. Adam, stop having perverted thoughts let’s go” Warren commands.
“But I didn’t--Ow!” Adam attempts to say but is interrupted by another smack to the head by Nerva.
With all that out of the way we are back to walking our way through the swamp. The more I look at this place the more I don’t like it. The trees are extremely skinny as if they’re starving to death. The leaves are also thin, like this place has been poisoned. But the strangest part is that I haven’t seen any animals. I’ve seen a whole bunch of flies but not gators, birds or anything I thought I’d see in a swamp. The worst part is that we haven’t seen any people. We came here to ambush Bartrem before he gets to the meeting and that plan is failing horribly since we can’t find him. But as soon as I think about that we see a weird outpost. It’s a small hut where about four guys armed with swords are huddled around a fireplace that’s no longer lit. I don’t think they are people though. I can tell that their eyes are not human. Instead of their scleras (you know the white part of the eye) being white they’re black. Their pupils are also red which is strange. I’m pretty sure they’re ghouls. We all hide behind some nearby trees to overhear what they’re talking about.
“Eh that human meat last night wasn’t very good was it?” one of the ghouls asks the others.
“I heard it was slave meat. That stuff always tastes bad. The humans are always malnourished so that makes them sick. Makes the meat go bad. If Bartrem wanted to get into our good graces he should have given us some good shit. Like some noble meat since they’re trying to take over the government or whatever it is they’re doing.” another ghoul answers.
Oh no they just referenced slaves. I look at the tree Warren was hiding behind and yep he’s gone. I look back at the ghouls and Warren is in the middle of all of them.
“What the f-” one of them attempts to say but Warren cuts him off literally by cutting his head off.
The others try to equip their weapons but Warren quickly slices each of their heads off with his machete in quick succession.
“Hey what’s all the hubbub out here I’m tryna-” a ghouls says coming out the hut but is immediately kicked by Warren back into it. Warren slowly walks into the hut and I hear the ghoul scream.
“Well I guess we can stop hiding now” I comment as I walk my way towards the hut.
“Your friend is quite skilled. But I believe there is pain in his heart. I could tell by the way he fights.” Luther says walking next to me.
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“Yeah ever since you saved us from those slavers he’s been like this. He’s on a mission to save his friends who were also held by the slavers but were sold to the rebels before you arrived. That’s why he wants to find Bartrem so badly, he thinks he has to know something about where they are.” I explain.
“What a sad tale. Surely he must know that the chances of them being alive are small. These rascals use slaves for a number of things. I heard they use them as target practice for their soldiers, and other horrible things I dare not name.”
“I’m not surprised. I’m also sure Warren knows all of that. But there’s a chance, and as long as that chance exists he’s going to do whatever it takes. I hope the knights weren’t hoping to interrogate Bartrem without hurting him. Because Warren is going to, I’ll tell you right now. He’ll probably do it as soon as we defeat him.” I predict.
“Hmm a gentleman has limits about what is allowable and what is not. But for your friend I may be more lenient than I am with Elisa or Ricon. Just remember my friend, your ally is in pain. A true gentleman is always there for his friends when they are going through rough times.” Luther lectures as we arrive in front of the hut.
Luther can be quite philosophical when he wants to be. Beneath all of his perversion of women, his inability to hear things for some reason, and his tendency to jump out windows, lies a smart man. The ghoul has been screaming this whole time which is making me hesitant to enter the hut out of fear of what I’d see. Nerva and Adam arrived just after Luther and I did. It probably took them longer because Adam is weighed down by Nerva in addition to being hit in the head the entire time by her. I could tell because Adam kept saying “ow”. The screaming stops and Warren comes out with blood spots all over his outfit.
“Turns out Bartem left earlier than we expected. He’s about to reach the meeting site. Let’s go.” Warren reveals as he walks past us.
“Ugh Warren what exactly did you do to that ghoul in there?” Adam asks, about to head inside.
Warren turns around and says “Don’t go inside there Adam. I just used persuasion. Ghouls can regenerate their body parts quickly, so I just kept persuading a certain part of his body. Then I cut his head off since that’s the only way to kill a ghoul. Now let’s go.”
“I-is that what we call torture now?” Adam questions reluctantly, following with Nerva still on his shoulders.
“Adam you can’t complain. You only made him promise not to torture Bartrem, everyone else is fair game.” I argue.
I expected Luther to add something to the conversation but I turned around and he’s not there. I was about to call out to him but I then saw Luther come out of the hut. I guess he went in after Warren came out.
“My word! That ghoul had his greatest asset removed over and over! Warren, my friend that was quite brutal. If that were not a ghoul I would be upset. I even made Elisa promise not to do that to any man back when we were planning this mission.” Luther admonishes.
“Wait what he’d do?” Adam asks, all confused.
Nerva breaks out into a fit of laughter. It's not hard to realize what a man’s greatest asset is.
“OH WARREN THAT’S FUCKING HILARIOUS! YOU KEPT CUTTING HIS DICK OFF OVER AND OVER AGAIN! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH” Nerva announces.
Warren, ignoring Nerva’s fit of laughter says “Don’t worry Luther, I’m not going to do that with Bartrem. I have different plans for him”
Wow so he’s going to treat Bartrem even worse. Warren is ruthless that’s for sure.
“Warren that’s... that’s pretty extreme.” Adam expresses.
“I didn’t have time to play games Adam. Had to get straight to the point. Now everyone be quiet we’re almost there”.
After walking for a few more minutes we were at the meeting area but we didn’t enter it. Warren told us to stay back a few hundred feet to lay a trap. He told us the plan was for him to throw a flashback during the meeting and that would make Bartrem want to chase down who threw it. Bartrem and his goons would come right to us and there we would all throw our flashbangs at once. Hopefully it’ll blind everyone and we can take them all out quickly. As Warren left to flashbang everything, everyone else stayed behind some trees that were on both sides of a path so that we’ll have them flanked on two sides. Nerva and Adam are across from me and she’s no longer on his shoulders. Luther is hiding behind a tree next to me with his gut sticking out. We all start to take out our flashbangs and put them next to us on the ground. I have about five and I’m definitely throwing all of them in rapid succession. It’s going to be the most painful ambush ever. They’re going to get hit with about 15 flashbangs in all. This is going to be great. Plus, since we’re trying to use Bartrem’s PTSD against him I’m going to shout out traumatizing things in addition to the flashbangs. What should I do? Confederate rebel yell which freaked the hell out of Union soldiers during the civil war? Nah. Native American war calls used during the Indian wars? Nah too racially insensitive. Oh I got it, I’m going full Viet Cong on their asses. After I’ve made up my mind I see Warren running down the path and quickly hides behind a nearby tree taking out more flashbangs. I hear the sounds of a bunch of footsteps quickly coming down the path.
“Alright men it seems we got ourselves guerillas. Stay in Vanguard formation! Watch the trees!” says the guy in the front.
He has black thief armor on and only has one arm. If I had to guess I’d say that’s Bartrem unless this rebellion has more than one armless thief. From our positions we can all see Warren waiting to give the signal. He doesn’t so I suppose he’s waiting until they’re in the perfect spot. As Bartrem and his people come closer, I see that there’s eight men with him. They all have black ponchos and swords drawn. These guys definitely aren’t some peasants that Bartrem gave weapons to, these guys are trained soldiers. These guys might be harder to fight than the mafia or hillbilly slavers. Suddenly all of them look ahead instead of looking at the trees.
“Bartrem you fiend I have found you at last!” Luther exclaims now on the path.
Oh no this wasn’t part of the plan. Luther why? I should have known Luther wouldn’t be the type of guy to ambush people. Well at least it’s just him exposed, the rest of us are still hidden.
“You the one who attacked us fat knight? You trying to charlie my foxtrot?” Bartrem asks.
Wait huh? That second part literally made no sense in either normal english or military speak.
“It is true! I am the one who has foxtroted your charlie! Now fiend, I shall give you one chance, surrender or face the consequences!” Luther threatens while posing dramatically and sparkling
How does he keep sparkling like that? Can he teach me?
Bartrem and all of his men laugh in response.
“Ha! You think we’ll surrender to a fat knight like you?” one of Bartrem’s men asks.
“Hmm it seems none of you know who I am. I AM IMPERIAL KNIGHT LUTHER! I HAVE 10 GIRLFRIENDS! ALL LIKE SEX!” Luther boasts.
How does he keep getting girlfriends!? He was with us the whole time like how? No time to think about that now though.
“NOW MY FRIENDS! ATTACK!” Luther orders.
“TAKE THIS YOU BITCHES!” Nerva yells, throwing one flashbang after the other.
“I’M SORRY ABOUT THIS!” Adam apologizes, doing the same thing.
Warren doesn’t say anything when he throws his. He’s behind Bartrem’s group so I’m guessing he doesn’t want to reveal his position. That and it’s not really in his character to say anything. I, on the other hand, am channeling my inner Viet Cong.
“TAKE THIS GI! GI GO HOME. ME LOVE YOU LONG TIME!” I scream throwing my flashbangs in a stereotypical Vietnamese accent. It’s ok I'm half Vietnamese so I’m sure it’s not racist, I think. I’m pretty sure half of those things I said were from a movie so that wasn’t as threatening as I hoped.
The whole path becomes enveloped in flashbangs going off and screaming.
“AHHHHHH” Bartrem’s soldiers scream.
Since a bunch of flashbangs were going off I didn’t exactly want to be looking at Bartrem’s men, otherwise I’d get blinded too so I just looked down at the ground as I kept throwing flashbangs. By the sound of the screaming I can tell it’s working. After we threw all the flashbangs and I made sure I didn’t hear anymore go off I leaped onto the path from my hiding spot. Bartrem’s men are all walking about like they’re zombies. They have their arms ahead of them trying to find something to grab onto and are calling out to each other. Nerva, Adam, and Warren leap onto the path as well and we start our attack. I ran to two of them and punched one in the stomach making him fly down the path. I give a jab to one to my left followed by a right hook to the face making him go down. I turned around to see how Nerva and Adam are fairing and it turns out they’re fine. Nerva became a human flamethrower again, shooting a stream of fire out of each hand at two more goons. They scream in pain and jump into some nearby water. They emerge only for Nerva to shoot even more fire at them. So much fire that the water dissipates.
“HAHHAHAA THAT WATER AIN’T GONNA DO SHIT WITH THIS MUCH FIRE. WOOOOOOO IM BAD! WHO’S A BAD BITCH? I'M A BAD BITCH” Nerva cheers.
I keep forgetting that Nerva is a straight up pyromaniac. Adam is behind her and he looks horrified. I turned around again to see how Warren’s doing. He has his machete impaled through one goon while another charges at him but you can tell the second goon doesn’t have all of his bearings as he looks sluggish. Warren quickly lets go of his machete, unsheathes one of his knives and throws it right at the charging goon. Surprisingly the goon ducks under it and continues to charge at Warren. Warren takes the goon who he’s impaled and uses him as a human shield as the other goon attacks with his sword. The goon’s sword is now stuck in his friend’s body and using that moment to his advantage, Warren takes his machete out of the first goon and quickly cuts off the head of the second. Ok that was easier than I expected. I took out two guys easily, Nerva burned two to a crisp, and Warren just killed two more. Wait a minute, that’s only six of them. I’m sure I counted eight. Also where’s Bartrem? Where’s Luther for that matter? As soon as I think about it I feel a kick to the side of my head making me smash into a nearby tree. I quickly got up and I saw two goons attacking the rest of my party. I try to rush in to help but I feel a sharp pain in my left thigh making me kneel on the ground. Oh no I just got stabbed. God damn it hurts. I look to my left and see Bartrem looking down at me.
“You guerillas planned a decent ambush. I was only able to prevent two of my men from being blinded. But I saw it coming. Elves did the same thing to my company back in the war. I survived back then and I’ll survive now. Already took out the big tango.You will join him shortly though. I don’t take P.O.Ws” Bartem tells me.
“What did you do to Luther you asshole?” I question trying to get up. The pain is too great and I fall again.
“He’s been neutralized. And you will be too”
Anger swells within me and I quickly get up, ignoring the pain in my leg. I attempt to punch Bartrem but he just sinks into the ground as if it were water. I look back at my party and they've been having a tough time dealing with the two goons. They’re a lot harder to fight when they aren’t blinded by flashbangs. One of them is taking on Nerva and Adam while one is taking on Warren.
I try to rush over there but the pain in my leg is making me limp. I see a goon dodging all of Nerva’s fire blasts, trying to strike her with his sword but Adam prevents him by putting up shields. The goon turns his attention to Adam.
“Wait stop! We can talk this out!” Adam begs.
The goon ignores Adam’s pleas and is about to strike him. That’s it I gotta do something. I pick up a nearby rock (which is becoming a common strategy for me at this point) and hurl it at the guy’s head. But he catches it and quickly throws it right back at me. It hits me in the head. GOD DAMN IT! Ok that stings, that stings a lot. I feel my forehead and there’s a little bit of blood coming down. Good thing my aura prevented any serious damage. At least it served as a good distraction as Nerva shoots a fireball at the guy. He’s on fire but quickly rolls on the ground extinguishing the flame.
“GOD DAMN IT JUST BURN!” Nerva curses.
The guy runs up to her and slices her with his sword. Nerva puts her arms up in defense preventing the sword from cutting her body but now her forearms are dripping blood.
“AH FUCK!” she says in pain as she shoots another fireball at the goon. He leaps back, dodging it.
That’s it I gotta get back in the fight. Me throwing rocks isn’t going to be of much help.
“Adam get your ass over here and heal me! Nerva just hold out!” I order.
“Ugh r-right” Adam says, running to me.
As he was about to reach me though he starts to slow down dramatically like he’s been caught in quicksand.
“Oh no the ground’s melting! It’s really hard to move!” Adam states.
That’s not what’s happening but he’s close. I remember now. Elisa said Bartrem can manipulate the Earth. Well this is awful.
“Just throw me a potion!” I yell.
He takes one out of his pocket and throws it to me. Well he tried. It fell about 2 feet ahead of me. Dang it Adam. I limp forward, pick it up, and consume it. The wound is still there but it’s a lot smaller now and I can at least move. I run to Nerva who’s been trying to hit her target but he’s been dancing around her and slicing her repeatedly. Adam had put up a few shields but the guy just went around them. As he was about to strike Nerva again I sneak up behind him and put him in a full nelson hold.
“Nerva now!” I order.
Smiling, Nerva runs up to us and puts her hand on the goon’s chest. Her hand erupts in flames, burning the man’s chest
“AHHHHHHHH!” he screams.
Nerva keeps driving her hand further and further into the goon until he stops screaming. She stopped short of going through his whole body and burning me. I release the man from the hold and he falls to the ground. Nerva, Adam, and I immediately turn to see how Warren’s been faring. He’s been in a sword fight with the other goon and has quite a few scratches on him. Adam sees this and puts a shield in front of Warren. The goon’s sword hits it and the shield coming out of nowhere must have surprised him as he hesitates. Warren uses the opening to spin around the shield and slice him across the stomach. The goon holds onto his stomach in an attempt to prevent his insides from falling out. Warren then slices down vertically with his machete onto the goon’s head killing him instantly.
“Thanks for the help Adam,” Warren says.
“Ugh yeah no problem. Now can everyone help me? I still can’t move.” Adam points out.
We regroup near Adam and make a circle around him to be on the lookout for Bartrem. He hasn’t attacked us for a while which is concerning. I highly doubt he killed Luther but he made him disappear and stabbed me in the leg so this guy is no push over. Surprisingly, only Adam is stuck so maybe this guy can’t manipulate the Earth as much as I thought. Must be just a very small area. Otherwise none of us should be able to move right now.
“Adam can you not move at all?” Warren asks.
“No not really.” Adam says.
“Alright let me burn the fucking ground that’ll loosen you up” Nerva proposes.
“N-No that’ll burn my feet” Adam mentions.
“Ugh you’re such a fucking baby sometimes.” Nerva grumbles.
“Quincy, pull him out” Warren orders.
“Yeah ok” I say as I attempt to get near Adam.
But as soon as I was about to touch him, Adam was pulled into the Earth like he fell into a hole.
“Whelp we lost Adam” I announce.
“Everyone get in a tree!” Warren quickly commands.
The three of us dash off in different directions and each climb up a different tree.
After we did so Bartrem comes up from the ground as if he was raised from the dead.
“Two tangos down. Three to go. You all thought you could attack me in Lima but the thing is, I’m always in Alpha. I live for this shit! I live for the battlefield! We’re all a bunch of fucking animals and I’m in my habitat!” Bartrem exclaims.
“What the fuck are you saying!?” Nerva questions from her tree.
“I’m saying I don’t need reinforcements. I don’t care if you took out my men, I’ll take you all on!” Bartrem brags.
As Bartrem gives his speech Warren unsheathes another one of his knives and throws it at Bartrem. But he quickly turns around and catches it with his arm. Nerva shoots a fireball and Batrem throws the knife at it. It goes through the fireball making it disappear and flies into Nerva’s shoulder. She screams in pain and falls out of the tree, hitting the ground. Seeing all this I jump out of the tree and rush towards Bartrem. I throw a jab but he quickly sidesteps and disappears into the ground. He then comes up again from behind and I quickly turn around and give him a hook to the body. Ok I’m faster. That’s good. Warren jumps down and starts swinging his machete at Bartrem while he was recovering from the punch. However Bartrem dodges each swing easily and gives Warren an elbow to the face. I dash in and grab Bartrem’s arm. I squeeze as hard as I can and hear some bones crack. Bartrem doesn’t scream in pain but headbutts me, making me stagger backwards. He sinks into the ground again.
“Ugh that hurt. You ok Warren?” I ask as Warren gets up.
“Don’t worry about me, where's Bartrem?” Warren inquires.
Wait if he’s not near us, then that means he’s going after Nerva. Warren and I quickly run to Nerva’s position and see that he’s about to thrust his short sword into her. She attempts to shoot fire at him but he drops his sword, grabs her hand, and squeezes so hard that it breaks.
“AH FUCK YOU MOTHER FUCKING PIECE OF DAMN FUCKING SHIT ASSHOLE” Nerva curses.
“Don’t worry guerilla. I’m giving you a warrior’s death so you won’t die in Echo” Bartrem assures.
Warren and I are trying to get to them but the ground starts to shake making us fall over and makes Bartrem stagger.
“What? You guerillas got a W.M.D you’ve been hiding until now?” Bartrem asks.
Suddenly the ground in front of Warren and I erupts and a black shape flies out of it.
“HIYAAAAA” the voice screams.
The shape lands in front of us and HOORAY IT’S LUTHER! He has Adam in his arms.
“My fair maiden, let me finish this fight. You must rest” Luther says to Adam as he gently puts him down on the ground.
“Ughhhhhhhh” is all Adam says.
“What!? I put you 20 feet in the ground! You should have been squashed by the Earth!” Bartrem yells in disbelief.
“You fool. No mere ground can stop me! Getting myself free and saving this fair maiden was as easy as swimming through the entire ocean! Now fiend, you shall face the power of a true gentleman!” Luther explains, unsheathing his sword.
“Demon blade! Third configuration!” Luther yells as his sword becomes enveloped by flames.
He dashes so quickly that Bartrem could barely react. Luther slices him diagonally across the chest. It wasn’t a fatal blow however as Bartrem leaped back making the slice only cut the surface of his skin. Bartrem attempts to sink into the ground again but Luther grabs his head and yanks him out of the ground making him fly about 15 feet into the air. Luther jumps up and chops him down on the head making Bartrem fly straight down into the earth with a loud thud. Bartrem gets up only for Luther to body slam him with an elbow drop. Luther is now atop of an unconscious Bartrem looking triumphant as he does another kawaii anime pose and sparkles some more. Luther is my favorite thing to ever exist.
Warren, Adam, and I slowly get up. My body hurts. A lot. I was about to tell Adam to heal me but he just runs over to Nerva upon seeing the condition she’s in. She’s in more pain than I am so I’ll let it slide.
“Nerva! Are you ok! What happened?” Adam asks as he kneels over her and uses his healing magic on her.
“I got fucked up what you think happened!” Nerva yells.
“Ugh yeah you’re right ok sorry. Just don’t die”
“I wasn’t planning on it. Ah fuck!” she says as she yanks the knife out of her shoulder.
While that was going on Warren and I walked up to Luther.
“My friends I’m sorry I was not around for the fight. This fiend here dragged me into the Earth and I had to punch my way out. On my way out I found the fair maiden. You all did very well though, you should be proud.” Luther explains.
“It’s fine. I’m going to interrogate Bartrem right now so everyone else should get healed up. Also Quincy, can you do that thing? I need to set up the interrogation.” Warren orders.
...What’s he talking about? What thing? Wait ohhh I know what he’s talking about. I hope Luther won’t lose his mind for what I’m about to do. I walk over to Adam and Nerva and after making sure he finished healing Nerva, I give Adam a quick jab to the head knocking him out.
“QUINCY! WHY WOULD YOU HURT A FAIR MAIDEN!” Luther calls out angrily.
Oh no Luther please don’t hate me. I had to do this.
“Sorry Luther but I told him to do it. Adam wouldn’t appreciate what I’m about to do to Bartrem. What’s about to happen is not what a fair maiden should see” Warren says in the distance as he ties up Bartrem to a nearby tree.
“Hmmm you plan on being quite violent. I do not like what’s happened but I understand.” Luther acquiesces.
“I’m sorry Luther! I promise I’ll do whatever you want to make it up to you” I say to him.
“Hmm you might have to fulfill that promise sooner rather than later” Luther hints.
Oh no, why do I have a feeling I won’t like what he has in mind? Oh well I don’t want Luther to be mad at me so I guess I’ll just have to do it. After a few minutes Warren has Bartrem tied up to a tree and has all of his knives back. I guess it’s torture time.
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"Cook like your life depends on it, kid. Because it does." Charles had an enviable future lined up for him. Training from the age of five by some of the finest chefs in the world. Schooling at a top culinary academy in the capital. An honorable position as heir to House Boulier, a line of merchant-lords who have charmed the rich and powerful with their cooking for centuries. And in a single night, it all burned to ash. When the outbreak of war destroys his hometown, Charles is charged with escorting his family’s sacred treasure—a recipe book passed down for untold generations—out of harm's way. But his simple mission grows complicated when he’s captured by one of the most feared battalions in the world: the Spears of Mercy. Life as a prisoner in their war camp is brutal and uncertain. Charles has few allies and even fewer strengths to rely on. Only his skills in the culinary arts, honed over a lifetime in the kitchen, are deemed useful enough to keep him alive another day. But he’s not out of hope just yet. With a dash of wit, a pinch of luck, and some very creative cooking, he might just find a way to recover his family’s legacy and take back his freedom. This project is a food-themed fantasy that centers on cooking and chefs. The setting spans a wide world featuring ingredients/recipes both real and inspired by traditional fantasy. I'll eventually be publishing it as a full-length novel (or series of novels depending on length). These are the first draft chapters. I'll likely be re-writing more than once, then editing before publishing, so impressions and feedback are quite welcome. If you like the story so far and you're interested in being an early reviewer for the final product, feel free to message me. I'm looking for an artist to make some concept art and a cover (the cover shown here is just a temporary placeholder). A stand-alone novel for now, but it may turn into a series down the road.
8 185The Juveniles - Segment 1 (Completed)
In the year 2019, Joshua Alo, a college drop-out, has been living the depressing dream, going from place to place around Greece, looking for booze, money, women, and most especially, trouble. However within this seemingly never-ending cycle, a strange man appeared in his life and gives him a second chance to regain back his good life, not knowing the consequences that may happen later on.
8 93Piece By Piece
Y/n Maximoff- One of the triplets. Experimented on by Hydra along with her brother and sister, she gained incredible and dangerous powers. Pietro's death in the battle against Ultron crushed Y/n and her sister, but while everyone comforted Wanda, Y/n was blamed for his death. She had watched, as a her big brother by 31 minutes ran to save Clint and a child, knowing he would be filled with bullets. As her brother was being a hero and sacrificing himself, Y/n watched, frozen in fear, as he died. It didn't even cross her mind to use her powers to protect him. Now, six months later, Bucky joins the group, and to Y/n's surprise, actually speaks to her. Against the Avenger's advice and warnings of Y/n being a traitor and coward, Bucky grows close to her. They grow to comfort each other and slowly, heal each other. However, as Y/n's mental state slowly unravels itself, it begins to look like not even Bucky can save her from herself.
8 130Awesamponk fluff shots
Pls quit reading this 😭Started: 3/14/21Ended: 8/10/21
8 157Magi x Fairy Tail Crossover
Magi and Fairy Tail crossover. While Natsu's twin sister, Sora, is fighting an enemy, she gets transported to the world of Magi. Along the road, she meets Aladdin and company, and shows what it means to have a family. I suck at summaries so bear with me. Magi and Fairy Tail belong to the rightful owners.
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