《Jack at World of Syntaria》Chapter 21 : Taking Custody of the Four Heroes
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Today is the Day of Heroes Arrival
Around 4 am I start my journey to the Kingdom Castle.
After using my [ Teleportation ] Many times toward the direction of Kingdom Castle.
I reach the capital which is outside the Castle.
"So this is the capital, there's a lot of guards if I'm only invisible.." I said
Then I got a good idea.
"Yea why I never heard about illusionist, invisible or even darkness element assassin should be dark. How can I learn their skill... cloak here.." I think
Then I let the light around me redirect, then I’m starting to fade
"Yea, it’s more illusion than cloak but this will do the job " I started to enter the Castle, since I have a good Mana Control, Mana leak from my body is minimal, and I can easy suppress it, which avoid these many Mages while walking
"I know, I heard they all became potential Sages in our time,..." Guard1
"Yea I heard all rank 9 in the kingdom is invited, there's even 3 protector level will arrive, " Guard2
"The pope of church will welcome them even princess Mira will join the summoners team" Guard3
"They said it needs a big ritual because there might be, accident to summon a demon"... Guard 4
While I'm walking here in the Castle, I heard many talks about summoning, and I got many information with them, like where's the summoning tower in books, 20000 rank 6 elite forces, 7000 rank 7 royal guard, 1200 rank 8 captain in command, 13 rank 9 from military general to the king, Headmaster, Guildmaster, Bounty Hunter Leader, Dwarves and Elves representative, Lyzarda Representative and 3 rank 10 protector of the Kingdom,
Protectors are those who achieve rank 10.
Because today the topic of the meeting is about the calamities incoming which will become a threat to all Races in the world.
The tower is closed and there are 4 guards at the door, so I fly to the window of the tower ...
'Just like I thought, the summoning circle is created by elves rune' I whisper to myself
I copy it and to a paper piece, after studying it, I leave
Well destroying this will be easy for interrupting the heroes arrival, but it may have bad effect if it's not gonna happen, I will not be summoned, will not meet my little goddess.. so I simply set teleportation rune around the Castle and Capital, because according to the information I get, I still have more than 2 hours it's only around 6 AM, and summoning around 8:30AM.
After setting up teleportation runes in and out the Castle.
I teleported back to academy to cook breakfast
While setting the food on table
"Good morning Dina, here I made a breakfast" I
Then one by one, they wake up and sit at the Dining table.
"I thought you’re going to summoning today?" Era
"Well I still have an hour so, I already set up a teleportation rune there, since I have nothing to do, I go back to cook, well it’s not that I'm there to stop the arrival right?' I said
"You already go to the capital? What time did you leave?" Nina
"4 AM or so..." I said
"The Castle what it looks like?" Kara
"Nothing just common old design big palace, do you want to see?" I said
"Um... Can I go with you.?" Kara
"So long as you followed me and never run everywhere understand?" I said
"Um... and Nina too, where I go Nina will go right Nina?" Kara
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"C..can I go too?" Nina
"And sister Mirna.." Kara
"I like to but... I plan to ask Kimiru to help me a bit... so..." Mirna
"of course it's okay, don't worry, so Kara and Nina will go with me..." I said
"HURRAY*! We're going to the castle, what should I wear Jack" Kara
"Well, it will be best if you both use your dungeon equipment, it will produce a good impression ..." I said
"I already set a teleportation in and out the capital, you all should go there to see the once in a ten thousand event, they say it’s a light trying to pierce e heaven right? You might not want to miss it then after that you can wait for us here" I said
After preparing we teleport to the Capital,
While we more walking the street
"So this is the capital, look there's a castle its look really big" Kara
"Yea its surrounds by wall, then outside became the capital" Nina
"And do you know that there’s more than 20k to 30k rank6~7 in uniform inside the wall, "
"No, according to what I read before in the academy, 30k is only a minimum numbers, its only here in the capital, almost every noble have their own troops, in 30k inside that's only their representative, because if every soldier will come to the castle will overflow by soldier now, remember this is only here in the capital, maybe some aristocrat send 3~4 of their most elite soldier to come here for showing off " Nina explain
"Well now that I think about, a city have 50 thousand people at the least, its good there's only one kingdom in this world, even dwarves can't say that they have their kingdom, because they already change royalty leaders long ago they more like a republic, and they don't have King they choose leader base on the 'competency' which I really like to them, well elves simply leave the coordinate in the kingdom, because for all I know they didn't have a plan to dominate others so long that Elfinalde Kingdom is in their control they will not have a problem.."
"Hey jack look what's that swirl thing... everyone’s eating it, buy me and Nina too.." Kara is pulling my hand.
'Everyone? Should it be every kid... swirl lollipop? It exists here? Well maybe there’s a lot of things here I didn't know because I don't have time to explore' talking to myself
While walking again.
"WANG*!!!"
A straight light line, upward appear then all cloud dispersed and round beam of light
"Just like in the book, a light, like trying to pierce the heaven" Nina
Everyone looking upward,
Even Era, Dina, Kimiru, Gin, Mirna outside the capital watching the scene.
"Are we going now? " Kara
"No, walking there from the tower to the Kings Hall will take 10 minutes, plus some welcome greeting, after 15 minutes we will teleport to the front door of Kings Hall entrance"
"Kara how about we buy more of this, to give other" Nina
"um, Sister Mirna will like this, come jack we line up again..." Kara
After a while
"sigh*! It’s been 20 minutes and still eating it" I said
"um.. It tastes good, why don't you eat some.." Kara
"Ok let's go, come you just eat while watching me ok?" I said to the both
"um... We will behave right Kara." Nina
"What is that look.. Everyone's eating it too..." Kara planning to run again, seeing another kind of food again.
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"Come, we don't have for that" I hold the hand of Nina and grab the waist of Kara then teleport to the entrance of the Kings Hall,
"whissh*!!"
"Put me down jack... I want that..!!" Kara trying to protest
""Who are you!? What are you doing here!?" two guards, both rank 8
"Well, we're here to visit the heroes?" I said
"You cannot enter!!.. All of the highest officials is here, you cannot enter. " They both not finish speaking
"thump*! thump*!"
I simply give them a light punch, enough to lost consciousness
"So here's the Kings Hall entrance, the door is really big" Nina
"I know how to open it, like this..." I kick the door and it open wide
"BANG*!!
I see a lot of people there standing on the side of the hall the four heroes I see 16 years ago is also there...
I saw the king standing there raising his hand ...
'Maybe the kings giving them a speech when I interrupt him' I whisper to my heart
"silence ~~~~"
"yo!?....." I said
I walk near the heroes while Nina and Kara followed me
When I stop 5 meters away from the heroes
Kara is looking still sad because she still thinking about the food stall before then she said
"Jackkk, you bullying me...Why didn't you buy me that ... sob*! " Kara acting like someone taken her favorite candy.
"Chopped*!!"
I chopped her head
"Do you forget why are we here?... Sigh*!" I said then pat her head
"Later, I'll make something delicious ok?" I said
"Um, you must not be lying or I will bite you ok? " Kara then she looks around
Many people draw their weapon and the General of the Kingdom which is rank 9 speak
"Who are you, what are you doing here? " Trying to suppressed with his aura
"I'm jack, just here for this four heroes, " I said
"Do you think this place is for child play?" General
"No!. I know this place, this place for kidnappers don't you think it too?" I said
He starts drawing his sword
"Remember attack, and I will kill you... I will not show mercy to my enemy.." I said and activate my Aura and Gravity Magic
"Thump*!! *
He kneels down to ground and can't move,
Everyone shocked because they know how powerful their General, in rank 9 even mage is not his match
"Stop! This is Jack, Jack the reaper we should talk here not fight, so why are here." The School Headmaster, the old foggy is here too I can sense his aura so I guess he is one of the 3 rank 10 here
"I'm here to take custody of this four, from now on the heroes is under my protection!! No one allowed them to force to fight and face the calamity!" I said
"What are saying, they are the summon hero, they are our only hope" One of the Leaders in the Hall
"And they are just innocent children, you kidnap from their peaceful life, to fight for this Kingdom right?" I said
I said everyone look at me with guilt mostly the King
Then I see the princess
"Look the princess here living a peaceful life.. if I send her to the top of a dungeon what will you feel?" I ask the King
"You try and I will kill you whoever you are, even you hide to the edge of this Kingdom" the King become angry
"Ha ha ha" I laugh and everyone stun
"Perfect .. your answer is. too perfect." I said
"What do you mean!?." the King said
"Don't you think that their parents think the same?" I said
Everyone turn quite because they realize something simple...
"Well since most of the high ups of your group are here why don't we talk,.. are you saying that the summoned hero is the only hope for what you’re saying calamity?'
"Right! Heroes will be our salvation, they are our hope to pass this calamity " The Pope speaks
"So what are your uses? being in the high position enjoying your life with high prestige in this World... when there’s a calamity you ask for a group of children? Laughable!!!.." I said full of disdain
"Let say, the calamities end... do you plan or have a way to make them return home?" I ask
No one speaks because there's no record that heroes summoned returns back to their World.
"Don't speak your righteousness here, we don't have a choice..." Lyzarda representative
"You don’t have? Funny to say, when someone reaches rank 8 or 9 what are they doing? Will they still train to breakthrough, will you still see them conquering dungeon? NO! they look for a higher position for a higher salary and prestige, it’s not you can't do anything about it, it's you all not doing anything about it!!, 9 rank King, 9 rank commander, 9rank representative of your Race,.. When did the last time you even enter a dungeon? " I said
"You old foggy Pope?.." I ask
"you... This is clearly a treason" Pope
"huh*? Am I talking to your King with same tone its ok? I called you old foggy is a treason? You really think highly of you.... tsk.. tsk, when did you last time join a party? Because you think highly of you, there's no one have the qualification to party with you right??..." I said sarcastically
"Did you're goddess tell you that heroes are only the only hope for survival? Didn't she just tell you calamity will come? Did she told you, that you are useless against the calamity coming?" I ask
"I'll ask you once I don't care if you don't accept, do you want to be in my custody? I can teach you about your capabilities, teach you how to be strong, I can be your walkthrough to your status build up, which no one here can, I even can help you to live a normal life here, without forcing you to fight at most I can make return your home but will take time," I said
""""'"”""Return Home????""""""""
"You.. you can return us home?" Diane
"Um, in this world only I can…" I said
"You .. you cannot return them... " The Guildmaster
"Is..when the calamities is finished we can allow you to return them " Headmaster
The next question I have made everyone, alert because this one is what they really want to know
"Do you know, why the heroes become strong?" I ask everyone
"Why.. why heroes become strong? " The Bounty Hunter Leader ask
"It’s simple... don't you think is easy to guess? It's because of the sin of this kingdom..." I said
"Sin of the Kingdom??" everyone asks
"This Kingdom makes them strong, it’s not that they want to be... it’s because this Kingdom forced them to be, do they have a choice? If they didn't become strong? will they have a place? Even the kingdom might hunt them down if they didn't participate, do you have a record that the heroes returned to their homeland? What will you do if one of these four heroes doesn't want to participate in calamity? Do you even think about that? NO! because all of you already have the plan to make them strong fight front line without a chance back out, I know you even prepare for their training schedule, but does any of you have the idea to ask them if they want?" said with my loud and clear voice
"So you four, Diane, Sheryl, Tom, and Mike, in front of the representative of highest people in this world, here I will tell you, I am the strongest, no one can stop me even the 3 rank-10 old foggy hiding there... I can give you a foothold in this World, where you can call it home, I can be your greatest backer against the calamity, you can be stronger than me or return if you give me a time or you can forget everything I say, because my purpose of coming here is not to give you choice, to be strong or have a peaceful life, my purpose here is to give you a place you can call home, give you a sense of security where you can forget the responsibility they called calamity they put on your shoulder involuntary!" I ask and look
"How can you prove it?" Tom
"What? Am I the strongest? I can tell you here no one is my match, the twenty thousand armies outside… if I produce Apocalypse do you think Mike?? Will they survive? pfft*!" I said answering Tom while joking with mike
"You... " Mike
"No, ...how can ....you prove, you can .....Return us home? " Sheryl
"Sigh*! You know in this world there's only this Human kingdom, after this, I might be, became criminal, criminal of the world, don't you at least give credit to believe me a little?" I said
"It’s not that... were actually thankful for voicing out our side, it’s just.." Diane
"Fine.. actually it should be my secret... In this world I'm only the only rune master here, maximum attainment of rune user here I guess is Lvl3, I already attain Lvl10 and dying once because of it last year. " I said
"Rune? the magic circle in summoning tower?" The Princess
"So? Would you accept my proposal?, or should I leave? I still going to cook for lunch you know?" I ask Diane
"Can you guarantee our safety?" Mike
"Of course, except if you're going to enter dungeon don't expect me to protect you from goblin if you're into becoming strong right?" I said half-jokingly
"How did you know all of this and our name?" Diane
"Don't you have Identify skill? I learn it too... not only that," I said then show them lightning, body enhancement to my arm a light sphere,
"And of course I got here using space.."
"You... " Mike
"Hey don’t you forget one of your skills can do this?"I
"One of my skill....? The class restrictions off" Mike
"Yea you're right, because of it, don't you think, you can also learn the 3 skill they choose?" I said
"Right, if I think of it, it’s true I can learn it too..." Mike said
"Hahaha you're really different from the three" I said to Mike
"Huh*!!!??" the look at me wondering
"Because in your four, he is kind of Otaku!!! hahaha " I said laughing.
"What's you. you.... who are you, " Mike
"haha don't you recognize me?? Really?," I ask then I realize I already change my appearance before
"Well how many of you summoned hero?" I ask Diane
"Well.... that is...something I forget... I remember now there is still someone else besides us four" Diane
"Yeah, there's a blurry image when I thinking of it, teaching something.." Sheryl
"Yea, at first you choose teleport right? But he tells you to choose space magic? Diane choose to heal, he let you choose light magic, tom want earth shield, but because he is not going to focus on magic, he didn't say you choose earth magic but body enhancement, then mike because failed to get Apocalypse, he want cloak, but he said lightning will be good right? The ordinary civilian? " I Said
""""" RIGHT!!!! """"" The four shouts
"We should not be four... the heroes should be five !!" Diane said while everyone looking at us watching
"Wait! Are you saying there still one more hero?" The King asked Diane
"Yes, your majesty there should be another one, I'm not sure but... Someone erase him in our mind" Diane
'So the memory of them tampered' I think
"No.. there's no 'someone', it’s because he has mishap," I said
"What do you mean?" The King
"He died!" I said
"What!!!!!" everyone shock
"The arrival of heroes already have a casualty, have you ever think, that there might be some accident while summoning?" I said playfully
"For saving this world, he was killed in an instant because of his weak constitution, his body can't hold transmigration... do you think the beforehand summoning the same? they just simply forgotten?" I said
"You... you're trying to slander us" Pope
"I don't care about you... So shut up old foggy.." I said
"He comes here in this world 16 years ago..." I said
“”"16years??" ""
Everyone shock
"Where is he now? " The King
"He come here without a body... only consciousness, because when you summoned him, his body already weak, he might live for 20more years because their world is more advanced which can treat even serious injury, can even change a heart, but he died not because of a weak constitution, he died because he was forced summoned..." I said disdainfully
"His consciousness already disappeared 14 years ago, he became my master, he teaches me many things..." I said
"Many things?" I the King
"umm, example how to turn this castle or, whole capital into ashes within 10 minutes pfft*! , right Mike? the one destroy dragon valley in Death March he says" I laugh and patted mike
Everyone look at mike
"Um, if that skill, everything will turn really to ashes, not 10 just 5minutes," Mike said
Everyone shivered
"Well, you decide so we can talk next thing..." I said
"We go with you..." Diane then the four nods to each other
"Then it decided... " I said
I look at the headmaster
"Well Headmaster, can you call your old foggy? To clear things here, he's over there hiding right?" I said
"um.." He left to call him
Everyone is whispering but I didn’t mind them and talk with the four heroes.
"Well, first of all, I'm Jack, this is Kara and Nina, look they're adorable right?" I ask Diane and Sheryl
"Um. I feel like I want to hug them" Diane
"Kara, Nina this is Diane, Sheryl, Tom, and Mike, you must be careful to Mike, he will get your food if you became close friend understand, pfft*!" I said
"Um.." They both nod
"Huh*! Why I'm the bad guy?" Mike
"Because... its fun that way right Tom?" I said
"um. " Tom said while agreeing with me...
"Tom has a good build for knight, he can be a good crusader fight for justice it does not look good if he's the bad guy.... remember you like cloak, that's is the master skill of this who want to peek right Tom"
"Hahahhah" Tom and I laugh
"Sheryl is timid, why don’t you wear maid clothes to increase you confident, right Mike?" I ask
"Um, that will help you build up a good confidence" Mike agree holding his chin imagining Sheryl in maid clothes.
"Maid clothes? ... me. no... don't.. want.." Sheryl
"Maid clothes is cool, Sister Dina and Nina wear it too if you want we can join them..." Kara
"And Diane.. why don't you have a glass you look perfect for student council President, don't you think Sheryl?"
"Well, she ..look like student council President" Sheryl
"Diane, I have a question to you because you're always serious?" I ask
"What so long as.." Diane while speaking I interrupt her
"Are you tsundere?" I ask
"Wh..what.. tu.. tsundere.." Diana shock because of unexpected question
Then I laugh...
"Hahaha, just kidding you're just too tense don't worry.." I said
"thump*! "
We all turn around
"yo! old foggy how's life?" I said
"So why did you call me?" Academy old foggy
"Just want you to know you're restriction already gone you can say what you know now, so we can leave or you can explain to them while I'm here?" I ask
"Well, it better if you're here....you're majesty, let him take the heroes"! Academy old foggy
"What!.. what are you saying" the Pope
"It’s better if we let these children play, this is not their World they don't have a reason to participate our war..." Academy old foggy
"Why are you saying this..." The King
"Because we don't have a choice..." Academy old foggy
"What do you mean?" Guildmaster
"Well, can you defeat him?" academy old foggy pointing at me.
"I... I'm not sure but if we all fight him..." Guildmaster
"We are all going to die...if we fight him... I was defeated by him, in one move in an instant which doesn’t have a chance to defend myself... he already reach heroes domain" Academy old foggy
"""""" Heroes Domain? """"""""
Because Heroes Domain is they can only hear in Legend
"It’s a boundary which normal people can access, look he is a Mage I was defeated by sword" Academy old foggy
""""""What""""'"'
"Oh, this sword... " I said
"Bang**!!!"
a giant sword appear out of nothing, makes the whole Hall shake a little
"Who wants to try I will cut his head for testing? " I ask while smiling then
"swishhh*!" an air piercing sound because of the speed of swing
"How heavy is that..."
"That is drake heavy sword created by our leader... he can swing it like nothing... it’s 3600kg!!!" Dwarven representative
"Yeah it was created by Orechulum, mithril from elves and Dragon Fang of above rank 10 Monster Beasts," I said
"So to finalized this discussion, the heroes are in my custody if you want you can declare war to me, make sure you can defend when attack, it will be boring if I teleport on Kings or Leader bedroom then kill him right?"
Everyone scared, right who can sleep peacefully if you have a powerful enemy who can pinch you anytime.
"So anybody has to say? You know to avoid your internal conflict, pointing who's fault ..." I ask
Everybody just looking for me
"So what your plan after getting the heroes here? " The Princess
"The princess is Beautiful right, Nina?." Kara
"Um... her hair is like jack.." Nina
I patted their head
"Don't worry you're adorable too. You don't lose to anyone right, Diane?" I ask Diane she nod
"See?.." I said then look at the Princess
"Well, my plan to let them at my home, in the academy I make my own house there," I said
"And how about the calamity?" Princess
"Well to be honest, no one understand their skill, stat build up except for me, so I from the start I can guide them if they want to be strong, the calamity... you can make team and go conquered dungeoun so you increase your strength, here is Kara and this is Nina they are rank 7 but 10 months ago they are just rank 1 and early rank 2, were just playing to a dungeon for 10 months so you can do the same, that will help a little once calamity comes, then you can send a message if there's a monster invasion or something like that, killing a group of monster... that is the only way I can vent my anger you know?.... I'm planning to conquered 3 dungeons within1-2 years I guess. So I might be busy, what else.... well if you want you can join heroes party going to the academy? So you can check them yourself? , it’s annoying explaining many things" I said
"No!! she can't go with you.. you can take the heroes but don't think you can take my daughter" The Queen speaks
"Well it’s not that I'm taking her, seeing thing than explaining it would be easy, don't you think 80% of our talking came from me explaining?. it’s not that I'm forcing her if she doesn't want then its good, so can we leave now?." I said
"Wait!..., I'm going go with you....." The Princess decided
""Mira!!"" King and Queen
"I decided, besides its only in the academy, you can visit me,.." Princess
"Why I feel like I’m taking you as a prisoner? .. you can go visit here every day if you want??" I said
""" Everyday? “"" Queen King and Princess shock
"Do you know it takes 2 months using fastest carriage to visit Academy?" someone speaks in the crowd
"Well do you know we are just eating our breakfast one hour ago at the academy?" I said half-jokingly
"Lost magic...?" Headmaster.
"Lost magic? It’s a space magic... do you know where this sword came from?" I ask then I open a small space open then I put the sword and direct to my storage
"See? so can we leave now or the princess will go with us?"
"I'm going ... wait I'm gonna get some clothes" Princess
"No, don't mind it, make them prepare for you, and you can come back here later so come on!," I said
Then the princess walks with us
"So see you later Mr. King ... and Ms. Beautiful Queen I think your husband really lucky to have you.." I smile then opened portal then Kara and Nina jump over followed by the four heroes and the princess then I.
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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.
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Ephemeral
After being stolen from his world and deposited on a strange new one Tim is forced to use his strange new abilities to survive. Will constantly shifting powers be enough to overcome the insanity of locusinte?
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Magus Zero
Announcement(s): A sudden family emergency happened...so the next chapters may take some time. I'll try my best to release a chapter tomorrow, but I'm not too sure I can. I'll try my best to make up for it. Sorry for the delay and thanks for understanding. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey! The light novel reached more than 100 views! Thank you for the support! It means a lot to me who's just starting out! Special thanks to my girlfriend who supports me right now (she's gonna be my illustrator soon too!)Special thanks as well to Deathkiddoom, who made the first ever comments on my works! You guys may not know how much these things mean. They might be little in your sight but for us authors it encourages us to keep going! Once again you have my thanks! :D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis: Five magic nations have been created out of the land of Rasec. Gloseren, Loche, Veile, Lieza, Meharea. Each nation with their own unique setting, and thus have their own unique understanding of magic. One thing was common though: they rank their magi according to their capabilities, and the one with the highest capabilities become the ruler of the nation. This story is about a boy from one of the nations. He stood out more than his peers not because he has something unique, but because he has nothing. He has zero. Watch the story unfold as the boy who has zero becomes the Magus Zero. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author's blab:Hello everyone! This is my second light novel project! This particular project will be updated daily except Saturdays PST until further notice.Anyways, I hope you guys have fun! Here are my other work(s): Strife Howl of the Deities (Discontinued)Title TBD, Either a romance or another adventure (Novel to be published)Title TBD, A romance or a smut (Short story to be published) Cheers! -Halcyon.Bahamut ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: This author's works are officially available only here at Royal Road. Announcements will be made on this site regarding any changes.
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Stealing Is An Art Form | ✓
Solace Laurent and Sage Reyes never got along. They fought and competed over everything, whether it was grades or afterschool clubs. She hated his arrogant, I-don't-care-about-the-rules behaviour and he loved to annoy her. Not one day went by in high school when an argument didn't break out until he disappeared without a trace. Solace, along with Sage's family and the entire school, thought he was dead. After months of criminal investigations, search parties, and missing persons posters, he was nowhere to be found. But what happens when Sage shows up at her doorsteps in the middle of the night, bruised and bloody?***"Sage?" whispered Solace in utter shock. He smirked at her as he leaned against the doorframe, looking her up and down from her blue penguin pajamas to her oversized t-shirt until he met her eyes. She felt a rush of emotions when she heard his voice after six months. It was the same: deep, unbothered, and familiar. "Solace Laurent, I need your help."
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Lost Pup
They live in packs keeping their lifestyle and identities concealed. They are beings only acknowledged in works of fantasy yet they exist. A society veiled from the standard populace for their protection. A patriarchal society ruled by a corrupt elite were those with power gain riches and those without are abused. This hidden world of wolves is where Leila's story begins. Her pack mistreated and abused her, life with her pack held no joy as she was driven out by those responsible for her. She was forced to suffer as she refused to show her weakness that would only satisfy her oppressors. As her charisma and power grow along with her age so does her ability to gather the unfortunate, unexpectedly acknowledging her as their leader. The first female to rule in a world of wolves dominated by men. The unravelling of hidden secrets leads Leila on a journey of self-discovery and into an unknown battle for power. What she did not expect was the existence of a lost child to change her. Will this lost pup be able to guide her to a life of happiness and will she be able to protect the haven she has created?
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