Giggadon empireThrone room.*Bang! *The large golden-colored doors shut behind Ralphye, after he enters the throne room. In front of him stood a dozen knights clad in silver armor. They stood beside the pillars, in pairs with their hands on the hilt of their swords.Ralphye could feel that if he made any sudden moves, they would cut him down in the blink of an eye. He started walking down the middle of the hall toward the throne, but as he got closer, he felt the surrounding air change. It felt dry and suffocating. Breathing had become difficult for him, and his heart began beating rapidly.What’s happening to me? I feel like I could die if I continue forward. Maybe I should turn back now before it is too late. Ralphye thought in panic. He tried turning back, but his body wouldn’t listen. His legs continued forward without his control.After arriving at the steps leading to the throne, he regained control. Causing him to fall on his knees. He tried standing up, but there was no resp
Giggadon empire.Valkyrie palace.Outside Helena's room*Knock* *knock*Nora knocks on the door while nervously standing silently, waiting for a reply. She received a sudden summons in the evening after she had finished attending to princess Helena. Nobody told her who summoned her. She was just instructed by a knight to go to the room at the end of the third floor.Valkyrie palace is divided into three floors. The first floor is where the maids, servants, and cooks sleep. The kitchen and storages are also on the first floor. The second floor is where the princesses bed chambers are. And the third floor is where the emperor’s mistresses live.A few minutes passed by, and there was no response. Nora wanted to knock again but stopped. If I knock on the door, for a second time, wouldn’t I come off rude… yeah, I can wait a few minutes. She thought.A few minutes passed by, but there was still no response. Nora gathered her courage and knocked on the door once again.*Knock* *Knock* *Knock
[Next Day]Valkyrie palaceHelena’s room*Knock* *knock* *knock*The knock interrupted Helena’s cultivation. “Come,” she said. While staring at the door.“My apologies, princess, but I cannot.” A male voice said from behind the door.The voice shocked Helena. She had thought it was Nora who was behind the door. She stood up from her cultivation stance, walked to the door, and opened it. “What!” she asked with an annoyed face.As soon as the knight saw Helena, who was still in her nightgown, he turned his gaze away from looking at her. “His- His majesty has invited the princess for breakfast.” He said.What’s wrong with this knight? He’s talking to me while staring at the ceiling. Helena thought in her mind. “Why are you staring at the ceiling…?” she asked.“It’s just… just it’s inappropriate for me to stare at a lady in her undergarments,” he replied.“... huh?” Helena looked down at her clothes and was confused. She wore a long white nightgown covering her body, so why was the man ac
*clomp* *clomp* *clomp* *clomp*Loud rhythmic footsteps resounded through the hall as the emperor walked towards his seat. It was the first time the princesses have seen their father after their naming ceremony, which most of them did not remember except for Helena.Even though they had heard stories about his beauty and accomplishments from their mothers. Their image of him could only pale in comparison to the real person. Even though they were excited and happy to see their father, none of them spoke a word as he walked past them and sat in his seat.The princesses stood up from their seats and greeted the emperor with a curtsy. “We greet father emperor.” They greeted in unison.“Sit.” the emperor commanded. He glanced around the table with a cold gaze and sighed. “Your names… tell me your names.” The emperor said as his gaze shifted to Mera. Maximus could not be bothered to remember the names of his daughters after he named them. It was insignificant to him.“My name is Mera, your
Giggadon empireRoyal palace hallway*clomp* *clomp* *clomp* *clomp*“Good morning, your majesty, lord Chamberlin,” the maids greeted with blushed faces as they walked past the emperor and the lord chamberlain in the palace halls. Though the emperor is known as a tyrant across the lands, it didn’t stop women from almost dropping their draws at the sight of him.Following behind the emperor were the lord chamberlain and two knights. After a few minutes, they arrived at the emperor’s office. The knights stepped forward and pulled onto the door’s handle, opening it. Emperor Maximus and lord chamberlain walked in and the knights closed the door behind them and guarded the door.The emperor’s office was more normal than expected. Contrary to popular belief that the emperor keeps the skull of his slain enemies in a glass jar, and places them in his collection in his office. Which was the rumor going around in the empire. But there was no shelf filled with glass-covered skulls. There was onl
Valkyrie palaceHelena’s room“Ugh…! That was terrible. I can’t believe I said those words. I feel like my twenty-plus years of life as a man just got crushed into dust.” Helena complained out of embarrassment as she lay on her bed with her face in her pillow, hiding out of embarrassment. Even though she said those embarrassing words to complete the system mission, she could not help but feel like crawling into a hole every time she thought about what she said.“Systemmmm…, you are such an ass for giving me that mission, you know that. Right?” Helena asked in a muffled tone. While rolling from the left end of her bed to the right.*Ding! *Host, how would you like to distribute your undistributed attribute points?The system notification sound shocked Helena while she was rolling on the bed, causing her to fall from the left end of the bed, but as she was about to hit the floor, she caught herself with her right index finger, performing a one-finger stand.“Woah…! That was close.” She
*Ding! *[Armor of Altair] has been locked. And will be available at LV15.“YOU MOTHER FUC***!!!!!” Helena yelled angrily.*Ding! *Host does not meet the requirements to equip [Armor of Altair]“Huh…??? What do you mean? I did not see any requirements when I read the item’s information.”The system’s words confused Helena because, while reading the item’s information, she never saw any requirement she had to meet to equip it.*Ding! *The host needs to upgrade the system to level 3 before you can see the requirements for equipping the items.After listening to the system’s words, Helena lowered her head and sighed. She felt disappointed because she was planning to farm EXP with the overpowered gear, but her plan came crashing down because the system gave her an item she cannot use.What is the use of having two systems when one has a bitching fairy attached to it and the other gives me items I cannot use? Helena complained in her mind.“System, what would happen if I equipped a highe
*Ding! *[Sword mastery] LV1Allows the user to freely handle swords. Increase in attack damage with swords, by 2%.“Woah… that’s a good passive skill. I don’t have to start training with a sword from scratch.” Helena smiled happily.After Helena broke through the intermediate stage of Qi, her stats increased by a lot. But even though she had become stronger, she had no fighting experience or skills, which meant she had no way to display her strength in a fight. But it will be different if she gets [Sword mastery] skill.*Ding! *Mission: -1) perform 100 dumbbell floor presses before the end of the day.Reward: +100 experience points+5 Stamina statsFailure: -200 EXP.2) Perform 200 dumbbell push-ups before the end of the day.Reward: +300 experience points10 stamina stats[Sword mastery] LV1 passive skillFailure: -10yrs of QI3) Perform 500 dumbbell push-ups and 500 dumbbell floor presses before the end of the day without a break.Reward: +800 experience points20 Health stat20