“Is that a display? Where did that come from?”“It is a magic display. I heard Grandmaster Xanders saying Jason bought it before he left for Heaven’s Gate.”“Wow! Maybe it is to hold meetings like this.”“Seriously, a magic world has technology like that? I mean… Long distance communication.”“Hey… This is a game!? We are all inside a game; on one server. How is it difficult for the developers to implement this?”“I know it is a game, but isn’t it against the lore?”“Are you worried about the lore right now? This is The Endless. I can’t even believe it is a game.”…Gillian listened to the others in silence, but her eyes darted around the small hut they built for the gathering. The meeting was for the exclusive players, and all the other players had to leave the area. Grandmaster Xanders assigned guards to protect the entire venue to prevent anyone from reaching it. ‘They are going this length to keep this meeting a secret? What is so important?’The key problem they had was the lack
‘I don’t get this.’Jason closed the book he was reading since he failed to concentrate. He looked at Hanna, who was playing with Nyx in the garden. He spent the last two weeks researching various magic patterns of different spheres, and he slowly tried his best to circulate cosmic power through nodes in these patterns to find the magic he could use.Rest of the time he stayed either making magic scrolls and runes or playing with Hanna. Other than that, he took Amelia and Hanna on strolls around the city and wrote things he learned on planet Colmar. He spent time discussing these things with Amelia and chatting with her when they both had nothing to do. Amelia spent time with Hanna in Master Merlin’s house when he was in the wizard tower, and she trained Butch and others in combat. She also started refining some things he wrote, and they both decided to hold off training Hanna for another year. She was still young, and it felt unnecessary to burden her with training when they coul
“Daddy, where is this?”Hanna looked out of the window of the moving carriage with worried eyes. She held Nyx in one hand and latched on to her mother’s neck with the other.Everything looked so beautiful outside the carriage. There were beautiful lights, beautiful fountains, and even beautiful decorations. Even though it was night, she felt everything looked even better than the daytime.The enormous building she saw on the side was colourful and appealing.The only problem she had was the people. There were so many of them walking along the road in the same direction as them. They all wore beautiful clothes, but there were too many of them. The uncles who kept other people away from her, mommy, and daddy didn’t come with them today. She felt nervous, even though she liked everything else about that night.“That is the palace. You know… The place where the king lives.”“Oh… the palace.”It piqued her interest when she thought about the stories her daddy told. She wondered if there w
“Meow!”Nyx forgot all about food when she felt how nervous her master was. She looked at all the humans, feeling the urge to kill them all. Her little master feared them, and she thought of getting rid of them.“Nyx!”“Meow!”She curled in her master’s embrace when she heard the forceful but low voice. It was her master’s mother and her friend’s woman, the scary woman who wanted to kill her before.“She is strong. She can handle this.”“Meow!”Ever since she made a contract with her master, Nyx understood their language. She knew what her master’s mother was talking about and didn’t want to argue with her. She snuggled against her master, trying to comfort her as much as possible.‘Weak humans.’She loathed these weaklings who troubled her master. …“So, that is Jason Hope.”“Yes, Your Majesty. And that is his woman, Grandmaster Amelia, and their adopted child, Hanna. She has cursed pupils.”“He seemed to be out of place. Or is it that he simply doesn’t care? His woman seemed to be
‘Sigh. Is it simply because of the physical contact?’ Amelia kept her eyes on Jason as she nuzzled Hanna’s head. “Excuse me!” “Hm?” She looked at the few women who came to their table. They all looked young and immature, but their clothing look expensive. Amelia felt Hanna putting her little arms around her neck when the strangers came to their table. “Hello, my name is Sally Dilaver. I am the daughter of the Dilaver family. These are my friends….” Amelia reacted little as the young woman who spoke to her first did the introduction. “I am Amelia Irwin.” She rarely used her family name when she did an introduction. Here, her family name might mean nothing, but her family had enough influence to make people tremble in fear. “He… Hello, I am Hanna Irwin Hope. I am mommy and daddy’s daughter.” Hanna shyly whispered, trying to hide her face in her mother’s embrace. She always wanted to remind everyone that she had a family and that her mommy and daddy were there for her. After h
“Your Majesty. This is Novice Wizard Jason.” “Wizard Jason, have a seat.” “Thank you, Your Majesty.” Jason didn’t feel bothered by the unceremonial greetings of the king. He never cared for those things as long as no one got in his way. Jason sat in her seat and looked at the twenty or so nobles sitting in a circle. “Wizard Jason Hope. You are the most famous immortal alien in all of Alexandria.” “I don’t say I am that famous, Your Majesty. There are some idiots who think they can run all over me because I am not from this world. They seem to be interested in making me famous for just no reason. I really hope there are no more fools like that.” He answered back with a carefree attitude and ignored the tense atmosphere that appeared with his words. “Tower Master Celestina.” Jason gave an acknowledging nod to the tower master of Heaven’s Reach. “Thank you for inviting me to the banquet, Your Majesty. I am honoured to be here. Did you invite me for anything special?” He felt
“Mhm… Daddy.”“Meow!”Hanna fell asleep while they were on the way back, and Jason carried her to the bed. The banquet didn’t last any longer after Nyx almost destroyed the hall with her massive body. “They are no longer here.”Jason looked into the dark, failing to feel the people who followed them before. He wondered if they stopped following them after they entered the palace or after his outburst inside the palace.“There is a building, one and a half kilometres to that way. They are all inside that. There are three other suspicious men outside.”Amelia pointed her hand south. She looked calm, and there was no trace of anger or pain in her voice.“Eh… Are you angry?”Jason whispered, looking over Hanna at the woman who lay on the other side of the bed.“Me? I thought you were angry. Aren’t you having trouble keeping your head down?”Amelia raised her head in amusement.“I am not angry. I am just worried about Hanna. We don’t have any reliable guards. I mean….”Jason knew he coul
“I am here to meet the temple master.”Jason walked directly into the Temple of Justice and spoke to the young girl, who wore a white uniform that looked like a priestess’s robe. As the name implies, one could imagine the environment in this place. It was a pleasant place with clean surroundings. The pure-white building had the usual dome-shaped roof of any other Temple of Justice and there was the mark of a scale with two swords crossing over it. Other than the two guards at the entrance, there were no other visible guards, but Jason felt many hidden presences and some powerful spell traps in the hall.This was an organisation that believed in justice and power. An organisation once started by an infamous Grand Wizard centuries ago. They operated similarly to an adventurer guild, but all the missions issued by the Temple of Justice were missions benefiting the people. Also, they issued bounties for criminals. As an organisation situated all over the world, the Temple of Justice ser
"Shit," Amelia cursed under her breath as she deflected blow after blow, desperately trying to protect Jason from the relentless attacks.It wasn’t just her previous enemies; there was another massive threat looming on the horizon. She could feel the presence of a greater demon, its oppressive aura emanating from afar, finally ready to make its move.'I can't take on this thing,' she thought, parrying another strike aimed at her.She didn't have the luxury of time to grab Jason and flee. Besides, with the monstrous force approaching, running seemed pointless. This new threat was undoubtedly stronger than her.'If only he can fight,' she lamented, her grip tightening around her sword. She couldn't even afford a glance at Jason to check if he was still holding on. All she could hear were his painful grunts, each one a stab to her focus.…"Daddy, Daddy, no, I have to go!" Hanna cried out, trying to rush toward the mine entrance.Before she could take another step, Nocturne leapt from her
'This is not going to end well.'Jason barely caught his breath as he hid behind a stone column, narrowly evading the swing of a giant demon's sword. He felt a growing sense of helplessness as his spells failed to inflict any significant damage on these monstrous enemies. Surprisingly, his Arcane Spawns managed to restrain one of the demons temporarily. However, the limitation was clear—he could only summon three Arcane Spawns at a time, and that number was far from enough to take down even a single demon.'I don't think Amelia can hold on much longer.'While Jason was barely managing against a single demon, Amelia was handling all five of the remaining demons on her own. She moved with incredible agility, skillfully evading the swords and other weapons targeting her, striking back whenever she saw an opening. Her blade flashed, leaving shallow cuts on the demons’ thick skin, but it was clear that even with her skill, she was being overwhelmed. Five demons were far more than she cou
"Hanna, you have to be good and stay here, alright?""Alright, Daddy," Hanna responded, her voice tinged with sadness, but she kept her composure.'Hanna is a big girl. I can't cry. Mommy and Daddy promised to come back,' she reminded herself, trying to act brave.Floating behind her, Nocturne extended its tentacles, imitating the action of wiping away tears as if to comfort Hanna in its own eerie way."No, Hanna is not crying, Little Cuttlefish," Hanna tried to argue with Nocturne, waving her tiny fist cutely at the eldritch horror."Make sure everything is okay." Jason gave Hanna a quick peck on the forehead before turning to Samson and Butch."We will handle things while you are gone, Sir Jason," Butch assured him. Despite not being from Earth, he had learned to mimic Samson when addressing Jason. Many of the bodyguards, even those from Yuriel, had learned to act properly under Samson's guidance.Jason's gaze shifted to Dane, who was responsible for maintaining the outer perimete
“Eh….”Hanna turned her head around as she felt a familiar ominous feeling. “What is it, Hanna?”“Little Cuttlefish is here, Mommy.”She didn’t know where it was, but she felt its presence. A moment later, a ripple appeared near them and a small slit expanded in midair. An eerie dark feeling seeped out of it as several small tentacles slipped into their world. “Whee!”Nocturne floated toward Hanna making a cheerful noise. “Hiss.”Ancient Wraith hissed at the foreign creature. “Grr….”Nyx growled at the creature in anger, but it didn’t try to attack it. First, Nocturne was Jason’s pet. Second, her little master had no anger toward this thing. However, Nyx knew that the horrible disease had the same scent as this creature. It was a dangerous and foreign feeling that made them uncomfortable. “Gu! Gu!”Nocturne immediately released a defensive sound and hid behind Amelia, trying to protect itself. “Don’t harm Little Cuttlefish. It is not his fault.”Hanna gently patted Nyx’s head
“No! I will not let you go in.”Brood’s voice was sharp and loud, and Jason felt the surrounding air vibrate with her voice. “It is already spreading. Send out one of your Drones and check the caves to the north. There is a crack.”Jason didn’t care about Brood’s rant at the moment. He was much stronger than before. Even if he failed to defeat Brood, he was confident enough to survive against her and escape. Besides, Amelia should be already on her way here. “But… But… This is the only place I am supposed to protect. I… I didn’t let anything escape.”Brood’s voice broke a little as she tried to suppress the agitation. “Check it out. I can feel the monsters roaming beneath those cracks, and it won’t be long before they escape.”“But….”“There is no time. She is coming, and she is angry. So check it out. We will go in there and finish it, Brood. It doesn’t matter if you like it or not. It is too dangerous and we are going to end whatever is down there.”Jason had no idea what kind o
‘This is bad. This is very very bad.’Jason stared at the crack on the ground with a frown. He thought the corrupted land was beneath the spider mines, Brood’s lair. However, it seemed to be extended beyond his scope of imagination. He felt the pulsating mutated life roaming beneath the ground, and he had to use a lot of willpower to suppress himself from roaring. The mutated monster within him smelled the delicacy. Still, alerting them wouldn't be a good thing for them at the moment. Only two Grandmasters were at Light Shone while the others followed the bandit exterminators in secrecy. Only a Grandmaster could face a hunter, and anything above would be too much for this world.The red mist leaking through the crack corroded the mana in the surroundings.‘Is there a way to stop it from spreading? Should I repair the crack? But we better deal with whatever is inside first.’Jason didn't feel like angering Amelia anymore.‘I better see Brood. She must know what happened here before.’H
“You… You are Jason.”“I am.”Jason smiled at the man as he finally opened his eyes. He felt relieved to slip away from Amelia’s fiery gaze. “My… My arm….”The player panicked as he hurriedly inspected his arm. “The wound….”“It is gone now. Honestly, it wasn’t a wound. It was an infection.”Jason shrugged.“What exactly happened? I don’t think you were in Spider Mine.”The lower level of the Spider Mine was a forbidden place. Even if it weren’t, very few would dare to wander into the swarm of spiders. “No, Jason. I was working in the Northern Mine. We had a small quack at the lowest level, and a new crack popped up in the floor.”“And you were the closest to it?”“Yes.”“How big is this crack, did anyone else come into contact with it?”Jason didn’t want to drag out the discussion.This wasn’t exactly unexpected, but an open crack meant there was a hidden space underneath the mine that was contaminated by radiation. He needed to find out how big the hidden space was. ‘I really h
“Jason! We need to see Jason!”“What is going on?”Amelia came out of the house as she heard the loud voice. No one dared to shout in front of their home, and she wondered why Jason’s loyal guards didn’t act. “Madam…!”“Grandmaster Amelia! We… We need help. He can’t log out, and we don't know what to do.”“Hm?”Amelia frowned as he looked at the people from Jason’s world. She knew these were the selected people of the Crystal Pulse. Even though Samson and the other guards prevented this group of people from entering the house, they also looked worried. She looked at the man they brought in, and her eyes widened for a moment. There was a purplish wound on the man’s arm, and a dark purple smoke came out of it. He was groaning in pain and it looked as if the man was going senile with pain. He was twitching and rolling on the ground as the others held him. More people were gathering near their house, and she knew many wanted to know what happened to the fallen man. “Mommy… That unc
“Is it online?”“Yes, Chief.”“How is the reaction?”“I think it looks very violent, Chief. There is an outburst of responses.”“Good.”Despite his words, Magnus’s face showed no hint of comfort. “And Jason?”“He will stay on Yuriel for the time being, Chief. Amelia said she is keeping him there indefinitely. As long as this problem isn’t solved.”“Do you think she knows something?”Magnus rubbed his temple. Technically, there was no way for Jason to know the gaming cabin could transport him to another world. Even if an NPC told him so, it would be impossible to believe. ‘It isn’t like he could handle that kind of secret with such grace.’He believed it would be too much for even a man like Jason Hope. However, Amelia’s behaviour made him suspicious of her knowledge about their world. She knew how to arrange security and cover blindspots against modern weapons. This shouldn’t have happened if Amelia was from a magical world. Besides, her plan looked almost flawless, and even Magn