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Hearing Aleena’s shriek, her chambermaid, Aya rushed out of the bathroom and immediately turned on the lights. “My Princess! Are you alright?”Her eyes widened as she looked at Ezra. Alarmed by Ezra’s terrifying new appearance, Aya was about to scream for help, but Aleena stopped her.“Dear Goddess! May Ishani protect us from the horrors!” Aya exclaimed, staring at Ezra with wide-eyed disbelief.Though dumbfounded at first, Aleena swept away her fears and approached Ezra. “What happened to you?”Ezra looked away from the mirror, and his gaze swept the floor before narrowing on his wrinkled gray arm. His left arm had turned scaly and gray, and the tips of his fingers were blackened beyond recognition.Strangely enough, the other side of Ezra’s face retained its natural complexion, and his right arm looked perfectly normal.Ezra remembered when he was inside the cottage on the hillock everything was normal except for the darkness cloaking his visage. But now it looked like some terrible
Reincarnated in another world with a Gunsmithing System Murder! Murder!
Within seconds, Queen Guinevere’s lips turned pale blue, and the veins on her forehead started throbbing like bloodworms underneath her cold white skin. Even a blind man could tell she was dying.Ezra looked shell-shocked; the empty glass vial still stuck in his hand like a badge of guilt. He had risked everything to obtain the vampire’s heart, and Tanya had worked tirelessly all night to prepare the potion, yet instead of helping the queen recover, it had only worsened her condition.“What did you do to her, you murderer?” Aleena yelled at the top of her lungs, her voice echoing through the tower and alerting the Royal Guards stationed outside.Soon enough, there was a stomping of boots on the winding stairway outside and a clatter of rifles on the other side of the door. “Princess Aleena! Is that you?” a voice questioned from outside. “What is going on there?”“Your queen has been mur—”Before Aleena could expose Ezra, he rushed and grabbed her mouth, shutting her lips with his rig
Reincarnated in another world with a Gunsmithing System The corruption festers
“Kill them all. Do not leave a single man standing,” a cold, emotionless voice whispered in Ezra’s ear, distorting his perception of reality.The room blurred around Ezra as the Royal Guards warped into shadowy figures with no distinguishable features, their voices muffled into a groggy murmur. Ezra blinked, trying to clear his sight, but the visions only got worse with every passing second. Something hammered inside his head, causing him to groan in pain. A splash of ethereal red flashed before his eyes, tempting him toward the path of bloodshed.“You wield the powers of the Lord of Decay. This is the path that you must walk to appease your God!” the same voice whispered again before breaking out into a maddening cackle. “Kill! Kill! Kill!” the words rang in Ezra’s ears like brass bells, inciting him to violence.The guards around Ezra continued shouting, demanding him to throw his weapons and kneel on the floor, but their commands sounded like incoherent ramblings, and Ezra could b
Reincarnated in another world with a Gunsmithing System Embrace the darkness
The magic rain that had been pelting the capital for hours, drove the people to seek shelter, leaving the streets lightless and deserted. And just like before, the shower had ripped open dimensional portals all across the city, opening the gates for Stalkers and Wraiths to escape from their shadowy realms.As Ezra hurried across the empty streets, he kept his eyes open for anomalies, and his ears alert to the slightest noise. His only respite was that the mobs had dispersed, and most of the guards had sought shelter inside their watch towers and barracks, making it easier for him to move unnoticed.Avoiding the smoky pits swirling with gust, and side-stepping the flaming blue puddles on the cobbled road, Ezra made his way across the city accompanied by nothing but his shadow. The splash of his boots resonated with his pounding heart at every turn as he desperately tried to avoid the Shadow Lurkers who had just started emerging from the portals and were now pouring onto the streets lik
Reincarnated in another world with a Gunsmithing System Embrace the darkness (2)
When Ezra had first arrived in Magaravia, the fear of the unknown had compelled him to avoid the dangers of the night. He still remembered his first encounter with the Shadow Lurkers while returning from Roverdale Park, but things had changed now.Ezra was no longer an inexperienced young Gunner running scared across the deserted streets. The dark energy flowing through his veins had awakened his primal instincts and drowned all his human emotions.Killing the smaller Shadow Lurkers fueled Ezra’s powers, rekindling his bloodlust. Instead of running away or calling for help, he stood there with a sinister grin on his darkening face.The Abyssal Lurker being an apex predator, was quite accustomed to setting up traps and ambushing its prey. But it failed to realize that the rules of the hunt had changed tonight.Ezra snapped his fingers to conjure a dark orb mid-air and gradually transformed it into a gigantic battle axe with a smooth curved blade and a long black handle studded with spik
Reincarnated in another world with a Gunsmithing System An appetite for killing
The dark fog choking the city streets gradually dissipated as the Abyssal Lurker’s mutilated body turned to ashes. Even in death, it emanated an aura of despair that sent the curious rats scurrying for the sewers, where they perished within a few seconds.Not many Gunners in the city could boast of surviving an encounter with an Abyssal Lurker at night, but Ezra had managed to come out on top without using any firearms. He could see how casting low-tier dark spells was convenient in such fights.The only downside was that these basic dark spells were only effective against weaker enemies who had been isolated from the group. But there was no way his tricks would work against a bigger horde or a stronger opponent.Ezra knew his enhanced magic skills were far more powerful than these weak conjuration spells and they provided him a chance to be more versatile in combat. But he had a hunch that learning advanced dark spells could solve this problem.Killing the Abyssal Lurker had reinforce
Reincarnated in another world with a Gunsmithing System A Gunner till the end
The darkness festering inside Ezra oozed out of his inky black palms and leaked out of the soles of his blackened feet. His lips turned pale and a gray numbness discolored his face, giving him the appearance of a corpse drained of all blood.Noticing the drastic change, Tanya realized Ezra’s life force was slowly being sucked away and it made her suspect the dark mage kneeling on the ground.“What are you doing? He is dying!” she shouted, threatening to cast a holy spell and strike him down.Fortunately, Glenn was there to stop her before she could do any harm.“My Lady, Zala is not trying to kill Lord Ezra. My brother is only trying to help him.”“Help him?” Tanya snapped angrily, her eyes narrowing on him. “Just look at Ezra’s face. Can you not see that he is dying? Your brother is draining his life!”Glenn shook his head. “No, my Lady. He is trying to bind himself with the dark energy trapped inside Lord Ezra’s body. It might be the only way to save him. You need to trust Zala.”Tan
Reincarnated in another world with a Gunsmithing System One step closer
The stormy night ended abruptly as the sun’s golden spears pierced the clouds, ushering in a new dawn. The rain had stopped long back, and the wind died down a few minutes later.Despite the day being bright and warm, Ezra felt chilly and feverish. Most of his memories from the previous night were a hazy blur of disjointed images and disconnected thoughts. All he could manage to piece together was his last conversation with the princess before he stepped out of the palace grounds, setting off homeward.Glenn helped Ezra to his feet and gave him a new shirt and a clean pair of pants. He changed into his new clothes and sat down on a little cot in the corner of the room, still dizzy from the ordeal.“Where’s Zala?” Ezra asked as fragments of what had happened last night flashed in his mind.Glenn did not have the heart to repeat the tragedy, so Tanya narrated the whole thing to Ezra.After listening to everything, Ezra’s face fell, and he hung his head in despair. “So…another person sac
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Cruel forgiveness
Lord Lucius heaved a sigh of relief but still kept his sniper trained on Ezra. “You know, the good ones don’t always win. This is a cruel and unfair world. But at least you tried,” Lester scoffed in his arrogant voice as his war axe grated against the wet floor like a long-handed scythe. “Your father was too self-righteous for his own good. He should have just taken the hint and stepped down while he had the chance. It would have certainly saved us all the trouble of killing him.”Those cruel words stung Ezra’s heart. Once again, he was reminded of that fateful day when he had lost everything. But instead of trying to lash out or curse Lester, he remained as calm as a monk.“My father trusted you. We thought you actually cared about the people of Aranor. But you really just care about filling your pockets,” he spoke in a cold, emotionless voice.Lester chuckled and grabbed his war axe with both hands, raising it above his head. Cracking his shoulders, he stretched his arms back to lo
Dark awakening
Ezra’s life flashed before his eyes as he stared down the brass barrel of the enchanted hand cannon. Even with his left lung blown out, he still held onto his dying breath, refusing to yield.“Your family should not have insulted my wife and daughter. Look what you made me do?” Lord Lucius grumbled, his voice laced with the malice bubbling inside his heart as he gripped the trigger. “The Romanov name shall never be heard again.”Crack!Suddenly, the sky lit up with streaks of forked lightning, and a thunderous roar shook the ground. Blinded by the flash, Lord Lucius missed his shot. Boom!As the cannonball exploded behind Ezra, the dark gray clouds rumbled and burst open at their seams, showering the city with magic rain.A misty blue haze swept the streets of Stonewell as the downpour intensified. Drenched in the magic rain, Lord Lucius lost control of his powers, and his enchanted hand cannon exploded in his face.“Damn it! Summon Owlbear!” Lord Lucius exclaimed, grabbing his fros
A fallen warrior
The Primal Demon was a hulking mass of muscle and rage, obedient only to the Lord of Decay. Its sheer size was enough to make any army turn pale and flee in terror, but the Imperial Troops were surrounded by ghouls on all sides and had nowhere left to run.“The demons walk among us now. Ishani has abandoned our world,” Marquis Desmond spoke in a cold voice, his eyes glued to the colossal brute glaring at them.“Run back!”“We can’t kill that thing!”“Move!”Panicked voices rang out across the battlefield as the Imperial Swordsmen ran back, fleeing from what looked like certain death.Swish!The Primal Demon swung its burning meat cleaver, slashing a wide arc through the terror-stricken crowd and slicing the swordsmen in half.Blood and guts splashed out in the air as horrified screams echoed into the night. With each swipe of its flaming cleaver, the demon mowed down dozens of terrified soldiers who tried to run away.“Summon Spectral Companion!” Count Gressil called out to his Spectr
All hell breaks loose
Outside the walls of Stonewell, the Imperial Army was nearly spent from the endless fighting. The ghouls and resurrected skeletons kept coming even as the soldiers killed them in hundreds. “I don’t think we can hold them back much longer,” Marquis Desmond relayed in his hoarse voice, his throat sore from shouting commands and organizing his troops. “These things just keep coming. There is no end to their numbers.”“Don’t give up just yet. Ezra needs us to hold the line and keep them distracted,” Aurelia replied, firing a firebolt from her musket. It burned through five packs of ghouls and cleared a path to the Infernal Gates. “Those Lich Kings are doing all the summoning. If we kill them, there will be no one left to raise the dead again.”“The problem is getting close to them,” Count Gressil said, riding down from the frontlines. “We tried shooting at them, but they are protected by unholy barriers. Not even my enchanted bullets could get through.”While the three of them were busy
Mirror Mirror…
Fighting demons was nothing new for Ezra. He had single-handedly vanquished a Flame Demon barely a few weeks back and then held his own against an even stronger Abyssal Demon. However, the Shadow Demon blocking his path presented a whole different challenge.To make matters worse, Vorus had already enlisted the help of a dozen more cultists to empower his spell and prevent the dark barrier from shrinking further. Now, even with one of the dark towers disabled, the spell’s influence continued growing stronger by the minute.Ezra could feel his muscles turning stiff as the decaying influence of the dark spell slowly sapped his strength, wreaking havoc on his body.The Shadow Demon noticed Ezra’s hands trembling as he leveled Lord Sebastian’s enchanted musket against his shoulder and took aim. A ring of blue light appeared in front of the barrel, and as Ezra pulled the trigger, a bolt of forked lightning erupted from his rifle. It crackled through the air and zapped the Shadow Demon, bu
Rotting away
Destroying the tainted crystal disabled the dark tower, severing its link from Vorus. With just two dark towers empowering his spell, the dark barrier shrunk back to the walls of Stonewell, weakening in intensity.Ezra breathed a sigh of relief as the decay slowed down, giving him just enough time to drink another Rapid Rejuvenation potion.Although it wasn’t a permanent solution, the magic brew helped Ezra buy just a little more time for himself.“One down. Two to go.” As Ezra looked outside, the shrieking of wyverns alerted him. The dark ones had heard the explosion and were now circling the skies around the tower.Flying out of there was only going to land Ezra in more trouble, so instead of taking the quick way out, he jumped down onto a broken ledge and rolled onto the rubble to cushion his fall.It wasn’t the smoothest path, and it tore Ezra’s jacket and bruised his legs, but he managed to get out of the tower before the necro bats swarmed in through the hole in the wall.Ezra’s
Shadow of the saboteur
Vorus’ mastery over dark magic, combined with Stonewell’s advanced technology, allowed him to amplify his spell, increasing not just its area of influence but its power as well.Encased inside a dome of decay, Stonewell remained impervious to all attacking forces. The Imperial Army fighting outside was forced to back away and adopt a more defensive approach as the dark barrier expanded, engulfing a good quarter of the vast plains.Even the elves under Flavius’ command ran back to escape the effects of the spell.Ezra, however, had no choice but to push through the city while struggling with the constant life drain. Every second he spent inside the dark barrier leeched an hour from his life, making him age unnaturally.Although Ezra had only been inside Stonewell for a couple of minutes, he could already feel his limbs growing stiff and his skin turning wrinkly and soft.“Why don’t you just attack and kill Vorus directly? Why go through all the trouble of sabotaging the dark towers and
Rot and Decay
Ezra moved like a shadow, his boots kissing the cobbled road noiselessly as he sneaked up to the walls of Stonewell. A barred iron gate guarded by Elite Gunners obstructed his path while an army of Skeletal Archers kept watch from the battlements above.Even though the night was blindingly dark, the faint light from the spectral lamps hanging from the wall flickered in the soft-dying wind, illuminating the city in an eerie glow.In the past, a traveler could hear the grinding of factory gears and the crackling flames of the blazing furnace even from outside the gate, but now this once bustling city had fallen into a deathly slumber. The only sounds that reached Ezra’s ears were the wailing of banshees and the distant howls of feral ghouls.No living creature could survive within the walls of Stonewell while the dark barrier was active, yet Ezra was puzzled to see two human Gunners guarding the gate.“This doesn’t make any sense. How are they fighting the curse?” he mumbled in confusi
The infiltration plan
The Imperial Army advanced like a well-oiled machine, gradually pushing back the undead and clearing a way to Stonewell. The cavalry units rode down the lowly ghouls while the riflemen continued targeting the Slashers.Even the Skeletal Warriors found it difficult to penetrate the defensive circle as the Imperial Swordsmen hacked and slashed through the undead attackers, covering all sides.Count Gressil and Marquis Desmond acted as commanding officers, organizing the whole offensive and charting a course through the madness. Their strategy of supporting the melee attackers with ranged gunfire worked wonders against the undead. However, the tides of battle turned once again as Vorus sent out his fliers to engage the enemy.Dark Harpies and Tainted Beholders flew out of the clouds, catching the human troops by surprise. The riflemen were too busy dealing with the Slashers and this sudden aerial assault left them defenseless.Flocks of harpies swooped down like eagles and plucked the s
