“Jason, brother. Can I ask you some questions?” The moment Jason came out of the Inn, Bruce rushed up to him with another group of players. “Question?” Jason had a story to hear. “Yeah, only a couple, man. It won’t take long.” “Alright. “Would you mind if I record, I mean live-stream it? It is like an interview.” Jason gave a shrug as he started walking when Boris came out of the building. “Ah… Envoy Boris.” Players immediately made their way when they saw the NPC who welcomed them into the game. “They are not afraid of you. Interesting!” Boris casually commented. Usually, these weak people should keep some distance from a person like Jason. After all, many of them didn’t look like his friends. He learned to ignore these intrusive people with time. It was too tiring to care for their presence, and he only cared about what he said. As long as there weren't some important details, he decided to ignore them. “Hm… They are still getting used to Yuriel.” “Unlike you.” Boris
“What a cute baby.”Bruce heard a female player whispering in a daze. “She is beautiful.”“Is this girl some kind of princess?”“Princess? Is she the one we saw outside?”He followed Jason back into the building, and he wasn’t the only one who had the same idea. While waiting, he learned a few more important things from Jason, and he didn’t fail to record everything. However, nothing was more attractive than the adorable girl who came down the stairs. The girl had transformed from a poor beggar to a little princess in less than an hour. She had fair skin and long silver hair that shone under the light. Her long white dress reminded him of a princess from fairytales.…Hanna felt afraid with all the eyes on her, but she saw Jason sitting close by. She slowly walked closer to him. He didn’t leave her like everyone else.“Are you feeling okay?”“Uhuh.”She felt nice. Although she was hungry, she felt better than ever.“Sit. Do you like the dress?”“It is pretty.”This was the best dres
“Is this everything you bought?”“Yes.”Jason looked at Amelia in confusion.‘Are they not enough?’He brought almost everything he saw in the shop for Hanna.“And you didn’t buy anything for her to wear at night….”Amelia raised her brow. “Ah….”He didn’t think about that at all.“Sigh.”He had no way to reply to Amelia’s audible sigh.Hanna was looking at him with her widened eyes, holding into Amelia’s pants. She looked incredibly adorable with her cute eyes looking at everything with interest. Just in a couple of hours, Hanna got closer to Amelia. Especially after eating Amelia’s cooking, Hanna seemed to be more interested in her.“Should I… Watch her at night?”He wondered if he should watch over her at night. “She is sleeping with me. Are you trying to ogle me in my sleep?”“No….”Jason felt a chill down his spine. “Good. Because I might pluck your eyes out. So, don’t. Hanna, say goodnight to him. You will sleep in my room tonight.”“Goodnight!”“Goodnight!”Jason smiled at
“Ashley, did you see the forum?”“Forum? No! I am getting ready….”Ashley looked at Freya, raising her brow. “Why are you still like that?”Freya was still in her pyjamas with messy hair.“Listen.”Freya ignored her cousin, playing the video on her phone.“Liste, punk. Run back to your captain and tell him it is Jason Hope who did this. I want to hear what he has to say.”A familiar voice with an unfamiliar tone reached Ashley’s ear. “Is that…?”Her eyes widened in shock. “Yes. It is him.”“You gotta be kidding me.”Ashley dropped her hairbrush and rushed to Freya’s side. “Look.”Freya showed the forum to her cousin.The top trending post was the one with the video she just played.- How to beat up city guards - Jason Hope EditionThe post had a short video attached with a link to the full video. The second post was also about Jason.- How to become strong in The Endless - Jason Hope editionIt had a short video similar to the first one, with a link to the full video.The third t
“This is impressive.”The middle-aged man relaxed into his expensive chair with a satisfied smile.He had short curly hair that had a few silver strands in it. His neatly trimmed beard was the same, but he looked dignified. With his grey three-piece suit, he gave the impression of the man in charge.“What do you think, Michal?”“Master Bruce has done a good job, sir.”Michael flashed a smile, knowing his boss was happy.“That he did.”David looked at the trending video again.He was unhappy about his son’s decision to f
“What….”Jason didn’t even have time to think when he felt the pull. It differed from what he felt when he logged into the game. However, it wasn’t a dream.‘Simulation? I heard this before. But… When?’The next second, he found himself standing. He still had his sword and the other gear he had when he was in Amelia’s house.“Where am I?”He was standing on a desolate land. It was a vast area with nothing. However, the ground under him was solid, and there were puddles of water everywhere. It looked as if it rained here earlier.This wasn’t the major problem. The weirdest thing was the sky.
‘Finally.’Jason moved out of the cave, avoiding any water left on the ground. The cave was deeper than it looked from the outside, but he didn’t want to move in and find out what was there. It was dark, and the only thing he could use to make fire was his clothes. By the looks of it, everything except rocks was melting away in the rain. ‘I should find something to eat.’The rain lasted about half an hour and there were about three more hours before the next rain. Either he should find another place to hide or come back here, again. By the looks, there was nothing left to eat but the meat of these weird abominations, but he was reluctant to eat them. Not because he had no way to cook them, but because he had a bad feeling about that stench.…‘Is that a city?’He was lucky that the shadows he saw earlier weren't far from the cave. In half an hour, he made it to the structure that looked like a city.‘Not Yuriel or Earth.’The styles of the broken and scattered buildings differed fr
‘What happened?’Jason looked around in confusion.‘Where am I? And why was I sleeping?’He stepped down off the table and looked around in confusion. ‘Wait!’The memories of the events that happened until now rushed into his brain.‘I… Ate magic stones? How am I still alive? And how long did I sleep?’He hurriedly reached for the armband, but he stopped halfway.‘My hand….’His left hand looked completely normal, but his right hand didn’t look like it belonged to him. It was covered in red and black scales, and the flesh looked as if they started to rot. It was far bigger than his left hand. Jason looked up in horror to find that things were far worse than he thought. He walked up to the shining screen in a daze. In his reflection, one of his pupils looked blood red while the other was green. The right side of his face had mutated similar to his hand, and it looked nothing like a human. Even half of his teeth had turned sharp like blades. ‘What have I become?’He stared into hi
"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