A while ago.“Why do you live as an escort?” The raven-haired Verella was on a bed, covering her body with a thin blanket that couldn’t quite hide her curves. “If you come with me, I’ll marry you and treat you like a prince.”“Stop joking. I’m already married. I think I told you that multiple times already,” Phil replied. He was sharing the bed with her, and he only had his underpants on him.“You said you live together with her, so that doesn’t make you married, though. And why would you have sex with me if you really love your girlfriend?”“It’s my job as a private escort to provide special services,” Phil said, not sounding all that happy. “Besides, you’re the one who seduced me.”“Hehe, this is the sixth time we did it this week,” she giggled a little. “I think I’m getting addicted to you.”“Then let’s not do it anymore. Habits can easily become a part of us, so it’s best for both of us if we stop here.”“Fine, but let’s do it just one more time, alright? As a farewell of sorts.”
“Star crystals are shiny, glassy stones found in seas after ‘that’ incident that changed the fate of the world, huh…” sitting in the library of this medieval-looking, castle-esque building, Myles was able to read the language just fine.“Some say they are pieces of the firmament broken when the flaming star fell,” Justin said, sounding unsure. “Some say they are from the fountains of the deep. There are many theories, but no one knows what they exactly are. However, they are the reason we humans are able to fight back against the Critters and still exist in this world.”“Then what are the star seals?”“As far as I know, the Elders create them. I think they’re made from the blood and flesh of the Critters.”“Mm…” Myles wasn’t surprised as experiments were common in his past world as well, “the gun that the border guard used was also marked with a seal, wasn’t it?”Justin felt a chill. “O-Of course. They don’t give us low-level guards good weapons. They will have their limitations and d
“Because it’s too dangerous!” Justin yelled.“Oh… so it really smells, huh.”Justin’s veins throbbed all over his body. “This isn’t the time for jokes. This is a serious matter! So, stop joking!" he shouted so loud, a fart escaped from his bottom, making him go silent immediately.While Justin stood embarrassed, Myles looked at the old librarian who seemed to have been overhearing their conversation since they entered the library, which made him realize that he needed to be even more careful when speaking. “The crystal that can help with resuscitation… where is it in the vampire city?”“The Vampire City lord’s trident has three powerful crystals imbued in it. One of those helps him fight against tiredness and sleep, which is why he’s always active and never sleeps,” the old librarian replied. “I’m sure that crystal will help you, though I doubt absorbing it would be easy.”Myles lowered his head. “Thank you for sharing valuable information. If there is anything I can help you with, pl
“So they were looking for such a crystal, huh,” Blue Dog was talking with Shreya, the librarian, in her room. “But why did you tell them the information? You even gave them the maps. Do you want them to go there and die?”“One of them is indeed weak, but the other guy isn’t,” she calmly replied.“Which one?”“Which one do you think?”Blue Dog raised his brows. “So you knew I was following them. Nothing escapes your senses, does it?”“My senses aren’t half as good as they used to be, though,” she sighed. “I wish there was a crystal that can reverse old age, and one that can increase height.”“Well, I don’t care about the height-part,” he hesitantly said because he knew her history, that the man she loved refused to accept her love because she was short, and then she stayed single for the rest of her life, “but for the age-part, you can get bitten by a vampire, or you can turn into one yourself.”“Hahaha,” she laughed rather loudly. “I’d rather die than dwell among those trash that drin
As Myles and Verella prepared to fight in the park, Justin was biting his nails so much he was running out of nails to bite.“Winning against Dark Fang in a melee battle? Has that ever been done before?” Justin’s heart pounded in his ears. “I thought he was a smart guy, but, no! He’s ten times more foolish than Casey!”“Since you’re strong, I’ll use some of my strength,” Myles said.“Haha, I know you are decently strong, but you better squeeze out every ounce of your strength if you want to scratch me, dear,” Verella grinned, and then underwent a great change. Her limbs and chest grew in size. Her arms, legs, the back of her hands, and the top of her feet, hair grew everywhere, and she howled out a mighty cry that shook the trees and lifted dirt everywhere in the park. All the squirrels scurried back into their holes, whereas the birds fled into the sky.Verella was now a twelve feet tall black werewolf, with a drool hanging from her mouth. Her clothes tightly hugged her body now. A l
In the fashion market near the outskirts of the cobra city.Verella was choosing a pair of clothes for Myles. She had already made him wear over a hundred pairs. Even though the shopkeeper grew angry and frustrated, Myles seemed okay with it.“This is the last pair, ma’am,” the shopkeeper stressed his words. “If this doesn’t pick your interest, either, there’s nothing else I can offer. I beg your pardon.”Myles put the new clothes on. They were loose and were of medieval outfit. They seemed to decently fit him, so she barely gave this pair a pass. A blue shirt and cement color pants. He was wearing the same colored-pair when she had first met him, though he was in formal clothing back then. Remembering the past events, she smiled within herself.And then they moved on to the next store.Verella bought deodorant bottles and a bag full of flowers and fruits, making Myles wonder what she was up to. He was the one carrying all the things she kept buying in that busy street market.A seven
Seeing Verella lick Myles’ face shook Rosie to the core. A pulse of aqua energy burst out of her body and destroyed the water ring binding her neck, and hundreds of people in the market fainted; some collapsed to their knees, feeling dizzy. Some vomited. Some peed. Some cried. Some felt water leaving their bodies fast through their pores. Even Justin, who was almost 200ft away, felt vibrations humming through his body, making him feel light-headed and weak at the knees. Even those that were farther than him were affected.“Rosie! Withdraw your Aqua Field!” Maria yelled. “Are you trying to kill everyone in the market?”However, Rosie couldn’t hear her mother’s words right now. Her whole concentration was on Verella. “Impending Aqua Crash,” she uttered, and a humongous pillar of water formed high in the air and crashed down like a waterfall and flooded the whole street. It was as if a raging river had flooded. People and even small stores got washed away by the sheer force of the water.
“You must have run away because you probably heard what the doctor said,” Rosie spoke while carrying Myles and jumping on rooftops fast. “Or maybe your friend revealed the information to you. It’s understandable that you’re depressed, but you don’t have to worry when I’m around. I won’t let you die no matter what.”Myles couldn’t quite put it together as to what she was talking about, but being cared for by a woman so much almost brought tears to his eyes. He definitely felt better to see her again.“You really thought you could run away from me, Rosie Waters?” a figure blurred past her and stopped in front of her. It was a half-transformed werewolf. Verella had only transformed her lower half so she could run faster. “Put him down and leave, or I’ll be forced to tear your body apart.” She brought her claws out.Large flying drones appeared in the sky, with over a dozen mage squads ready to act in those aerial vehicles.“This is the first and final warning,” a loud voice echoed in the
Aero’s attack was deadly enough to easily kill a group of individuals without them even realizing what happened.The table where Myles and others were sitting was utterly destroyed.However, nobody was harmed because Myles had warped them a few meters away at the last moment. The only being he didn’t warp was Dusty.Dusty took the attack head on and was injured just a little. “This is…” he didn’t take more than a second to understand who it was. “Don’t say anything and just run away!” he shouted in ant language.“What nonsense are you talking about!” Aero attacked him with his spear-like limbs. “Her Majesty trusted you and sent you on a mission, but here you are, eating sugary things!”“You idiot! I didn't have any other choice!” Dusty defended himself. “I was forced to work for these humans!”“Shame on you! How can you work for humans?” Aero grew all the more aggressive. “You surely deserve to die!”“Who is that bastard?” Sercy asked angrily because part of the cafe was destroyed by
General Aero of the Battle Ants leaped toward the two old timers and used his jelly-like body to set himself on fire, causing a nasty explosion that covered almost a hundred feet in every direction.It was so hot the ground cracked and the metal melted.Aero used this opportunity to fly away fast. Some automated machine guns recognized this intruder and shot at it, but Aero was able to easily slip past the bullets and flew away into the distance, covering a mile per second.Wise Servant and Sweet Beggar stepped out of the explosion, and Wise Servant sucked in the explosion and contained it in her single hand and squashed it into nothing. The compressed flames no longer existed as a candle light would turn off.“Are you going to go after that thing, or do you want me to go instead?” she asked him.“You’re the wiser one,” Sweet Beggar picked his teeth. “So you should go, since you decided to let that little ant go.”“I thought he might lead us to the one that escaped last time,” she rep
Outside the forever S-rank dungeon where the Battle Ants were present, Wise Servant and Sweet Beggar stopped playing chess and started drinking a strong tea made out of boiling many potent green herbs.And both of them felt energized and relaxed right now as they sat laid back in their chairs.Wise Servant lost in chess once again. She had been trying to win just one game of chess against him for so long. She grew experienced enough to be easily called a grandmaster of chess, but still, she was not able to win against Sweet Beggar just one more time. All she wanted was for him to forgive her and say ‘I love you’ just once more.Both of them had long crossed 100 years of age. So, they weren’t thinking of sex or anything like that. They were purely thinking about each other’s souls.Wise Servant had already beaten him 999,999 times, but she really wanted to win another game; however, Sweet Beggar didn’t make it any easier for her. He remained ruthless all the time so that she couldn’t e
In the dungeon swarming with ants of all kinds numbered in trillions, with more of them joining the ranks as seconds passed by, this dungeon was becoming more and more of a threat to the very existence of not just the Venture city but the very existence of humanity.The queen of all ants, Queen Wiggles, was currently crunching on wafers and looked to be in bliss.“Mm… these are the best things I’ve eaten in a while,” Wiggles looked at the captain ant that brought her a single packet of wafers. “What are these things called?”“Wafter, Your Majesty,” the captain ant kept his head and antennae lowered.“Water… it’s crispy, sweet, and easily melts in your mouth,” Wiggles was drooling. “I think I can eat a mountain of these. Why did you bring only one of these?”“The guy that entered the dungeon had only one of these in his bag,” the captain ant replied.“Oh, I thought you managed to leave the dungeon and then come back inside,” Wiggles said. “But some fool entered the dungeon, huh. Did you
Sercy found an A-rank healer, but he asked for a lot of gold in order to heal Judas and Glint because it wouldn’t be an easy task.“Instead of money, I’ll give you the spoils of an A-rank dungeon we’ll clear,” Sercy told him.“That’s even better,” the healer happily agreed to it.After forming a contract, he came to the Dawn guild to heal Judas and Glint. However, when he approached Judas, Judas attacked him by grabbing his throat and lifting him up.“Who do you think you are…” Judas coldly said. “Did I give you the permission to heal me?”“Judas!” Sercy unleashed a flaming punch and struck his face, sending him flying into the wall right next to him. His head went halfway through the wall. “How drunk are you to attack a guest who came to help you!”Judas pulled his head out of the wall and spat a few pieces of bricks out. “I’m not drunk, Sercy. And I don’t want to get healed because I’m perfectly fine.”“No, you’re not fine. You are mentally disturbed,” Sercy blurted.“Hmph, you thi
In Basil District.Sercy and Ria were heading toward a certain address.“Why did we have to travel so far?” Ria expressed discomfort without hesitation. “Couldn’t you find any healer near our district?”“I could, but I doubt they can fully heal Judas and Master Glint,” Sercy replied. “Judas has been drinking a lot. I’m sure his liver and other organs are not healthy. We need a proper health potion that can improve his health significantly. And Master Glint also needs to drink a health potion because he’s not eating properly.”“His daughter died long ago, so why is he still depressed?” Ria asked.Sercy glanced at her with a bit of a surprised look. “You lack emotional depth. Were you not raised by your parents?”Ria frowned. “Do I have to be raised by my parents to know a father’s love?”“...Not really,” Sercy said. “Some lives can be explained by pen, but some… only by pain. By emotion. If we haven’t experienced the same emotions ourselves, it’ll be hard for us to put ourselves in oth
The glass cube was torn open like it was jelly, which genuinely dropped Sercy’s jaw for a second.Dusty was also not expecting that at all, but he grinned as he unsheathed his sword, ready to attack Myles. However, just when his eyes looked up and his gaze was set on Myles, he suddenly felt invisible pressure crushing him down from every direction.Myles was not even moving his eyelids, but Dusty couldn’t move. In fact, his body was trembling slightly. (What’s this feeling?) He looked very anxious. (This regal aura he’s giving… It’s as if I’m looking at Her Majesty. No, perhaps, dare I say… he’s even greater than Her Majesty Wiggles?)“Myles!” Sercy yelled. “How did you do that? I mean, how could you do that!” She quickly caught Dusty with her hand. “What if this little monster is more dangerous than we think?”“Then why are you holding it in your hand?” Ria asked.“B-Because he’s like a little doll,” Sercy said. “I feel like squeezing him to death.”“Eeek!” Dusty was terrified by her
Myles and Ria came to the canteen while Biskie and Casey were so tired and beaten they had to take rest in the basement training grounds. Myles wasn’t the one who fought them, but they fought each other to the extreme just to test them and so wounded themselves a bit too much.“Our guild has good core fighters now,” Sercy told them while they were eating crunchy leaf burgers. “We only lack a good healer. If we can get someone who can not just heal the wounds but also boost our skills, it’d be wonderful.”“Someone who can do those things will be in high demand,” Ria opined. “Do we have enough money to recruit such a person?”“Money? Screw that,” Sercy snorted. “I want someone who will willingly work with us and share our burdens and not expect too much in return. I don’t want those types that go after money and fame as they cannot fit into anything. They are only going to abandon you when a better opportunity knocks on their door.” She then looked at Myles. “You explored some districts
Dusty stealthily entered the guild building, expecting there to be tight security. However, all he found was an old man mumbling something in his sleep.“What’s this? They have the dragon king’s item, and they’re this relaxed?” Dusty frowned. “Are they that confident in their abilities, or are they just that stupid?”Nevertheless, he kept his guard on and traveled in the hall while using the objects as his cover.He saw Sercy who was loudly talking at her reception desk.“I’m telling you that I will buy those lands!” Sercy was shouting. “Sell me those infested lands, you bastards! If you do that, We’ll become ghost-venerers for you and clear three dungeons of your choice in the next year. How does that sound?”“Five dungeons for three years is okay for me.”“Three years is too long, and five dungeons is too much,” Sercy said. “Three dungeons and one year is final.”When a dungeon breaks, the nearby lands and environment get corrupted. This would cause the value of that land to drop, e