Wen Zhuliu has always been oddly hungry, from the start of his childhood, and it's honestly unexplained.

It doesn't really bother him much as he grows up, learning how to cease his hunger and needs.
But slowly, the things he used to do to stop his hunger begin to no longer work. He's still hungry.

If I ask you ‘what is love?’
How do you describe it?
Mala : “When I got meat, meat and fruit plus sleep until the world end.”
Author : “Then, what about Mr. K?”
Mala : “ Can I eat that?”
Mr. K : “....."  “Well, it’s okay. Tell her that she is always welcome to eat me. (o^^o)”

       When you only want to life this live as  ordinary as you can be, but fate always go against your dream. What’ll you do?

      Mala is an ordinary girl. If she can sit, she wont stand. If she can sleep she wont sit. 
What happen when she meet Mr. K? The trigger of all her problems and stress?
And, do Mala know Mr. K? Who is Mr. K? Is he a deity? Immortal? how come he is not bleeding?
Mr. K : "Well, baby it should be you that bleed after I eat."
Mala : "I should run, dangerous. He is dangerous!"

The baby dragon was just like the baby phoenix.
There were already nine golden scales, but it didn't stop. Ten! Eleven! Twelve… Ye Xiao quit counting. The baby dragon was lying on the floor eating its eggshell…
It was enjoying the eggshell…
There were more golden scales to come!
Fifteen…
Ye Xiao was shocked. 'That is over the record… How come there are more coming out?'
Twenty…
The baby dragon already had more than twice the recorded number of golden scales… They covered one-third of the baby dragon's body. They weren't just protecting its heart anymore!
They were protecting its entire body!
Ye Xiao had a feeling… Maybe the golden scales would cover every corner of the dragon's body.
Thirty!
Ye Xiao realized that something was wrong.
Something was abnormal!
This was as serious as what happened to the phoenix!
The best phoenix in the phoenix clan in history was known to have five feathers of the crown, who was known as the Netherworld Phoenix at the Infinity Stage. The baby phoenix actually had nine feathers of the crown! Wasn't it abnormal?
The dragon clan had a record of nine golden scales. The baby dragon already had thirty…
Well, in fact, it already had forty-five now. As Ye Xiao was in thoughts, the gold scales kept growing out… There were already forty-five golden scales… It wasn't stopping…
It grew faster and faster.
There was one-third of the eggshell on the floor… The golden scales had covered two-thirds of the dragon's body…
Its belly and tail hadn't had golden scales. It seemed the baby dragon was going to have its body fully covered…
The scales were going to protect its entire body!
Ye Xiao was in shock. Erhuo was staring at the dragon. Bab was astonished. Hawky was jealous…
The baby dragon finally finished the last piece of the cracked eggshell. Its body had grown about five times bigger. It made a hiccup and staggeringly flew up into Ye Xiao's arms…
Well, just like the baby phoenix, the dragon made a bold move that annoyed the cat!
Ye Xiao was confused. The dragon had sixty-nine golden scales!
In fact, the last bit of the tail and a small part of the belly didn't have the golden scales. The rest of the body was all covered!
The baby dragon was a small golden dragon!
The golden dragon!
A tiny golden dragon!
Even the two dragon horns were shiny and elegant!
The baby dragon had reached the top of its world when it was just born to the world!
Wasn't it unbelievable?
…
Ye Xiao was shocked.
'What the hell is this?'
Ye Xiao was holding the phoenix in his left arm, and the phoenix called him dad, which was sweet. The dragon was on his right arm, and the dragon called him mum, which was awkward…
'Urh…'
He should have corrected the baby dragon in the beginning!
Looking at the dragon and the phoenix, Ye Xiao rubbed his head and said, "Well, you… Are you guys or girls? I mean…"
Ye Xiao really couldn't tell their gender…
The phoenix proudly looked at the dragon and said with a smile. "Dad, you are silly. He is my little brother, and I am his older sister. I must be your lover in my past life, dad…"
The dragon looked upset. "I should have come out earlier… I want to be the big brother… She is over me now…"
Ye Xiao almost fell down.
He realized that the phoenix and the dragon were talking in human language… In fact, they even had the accent of the natives in the Qing-Yun Realm…
Ye Xiao was surprised.
"Erhuo!" Ye Xiao shouted and said, "What is this? They can speak human language. Fine. How come they speak the accent of the Qing-Yun Realm? What the hell?"
"Meow…" Erhuo made gestures and talked.
Ye Xiao understood now.
Before the little things hatched, Erhuo had started to teach them talking… After Erhuo pouring spiritual energy into the eggs, the babies could communicate with Erhuo… Apparently, the babies had finally learned how to speak the human language from Erhuo…
The accent was definitely from Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao was born in the Qing-Yun Realm. The dragon and the phoenix learned the language from Erhuo based on Ye Xiao's accent!
Because they could communicate with Erhuo, they weren't frightened by Erhuo's overwhelming prestige, so they dared to got in Ye Xiao's arms directly. In fact, as they didn't fear for Erhuo, they didn't fear anything in the world!
Thinking about that, Erhuo was furious. 'I helped the two little things a great deal! That is why they were so talented! It is fine. I would love to help. But… Why are you taking my territory? Who gives you the courage? Your dad? Your mum? Really?'
'You definitely are good, but you wouldn't be this good if not for my help. You should be grateful for me, little things!'
"Wait a minute. You gave them the knowledge of language speaking, which meant you knew how to speak the human language! Why do you meow and meow all the time?" Ye Xiao was angry.
"I just don't like it!" Erhuo spoke, in the Qing-Yun Realm accent as well.
Ye Xiao grabbed Erhuo and hit it on the head!
"You bloody erhuo! Meow! Meow! Meow! I have been trying so hard to understand your meowing. You fool! You pretentious prick! You…" Ye Xiao burst in anger.
Erhuo was moving away again and again in a flash, trying to escape Ye Xiao's hand. Erhuo had much better control on the Boundless Space than Ye Xiao, but Ye Xiao was the owner, so he controlled the space. Erhuo was fast, but it couldn't always be running. After a while, Ye Xiao had caught Erhuo and grabbed it in the hand.
Erhuo was tortured like hell. It had to submit to it though because Ye Xiao owned everything. All Erhuo could do was to beg for mercy.
Ye Xiao put it down and humphed. As he saw Hawky and the Silver-scaled Golden-caruncled Snakes, they were sniffing the air around where the eggshell used to be. They were trying to absorb the spiritual qi that was left from the eggs.
Those were the spiritual qi of dragon and phoenix…
It benefited the snakes as well as the hawk!
In fact, Erhuo and Bab wouldn't care about it because they were too powerful. The others still would love to get as much as they could!
The baby dragon and baby phoenix watched the snakes and the hawk sniffing the qi in the air. They didn't care.
They were so clever, but didn't know that they were from Erhuo and Bab!
"The eggs were suppressed for a long time. I have poured so much energy onto them after all. They should reach a high level now. I am not surprised."
Erhuo said. It suffered a lot from Ye Xiao. It truly was afraid of him. Ye Xiao gave it a look, and it immediately started to explain automatically. "The energy would keep helping them in their lives. However, the two of them don't really need help… For Hawky and the snakes, that qi is priceless.
"It isn't great for Hawky though. It is just some spiritual energy that will push Hawky ahead in cultivation. After all, Hawky isn't an ordinary species. It isn't so much worse than the dragon or the phoenix… However, the qi means a great deal to the Silver-scaled Golden-caruncled Snakes. They can upgrade as much as they want, but it requires qi. The qi of the dragon and the phoenix benefits the snakes a lot because the snakes are trying to become dragons in the future. If they become Silver-scaled King Dragons, that means they reach the top of their lives. Anyway, they have the opportunity, but they might not reach greatness like that."
Erhuo explained.
Ye Xiao understood now.
Hawky was in a high level. If Hawky upgraded, it became a divine beast.
What Erhuo said about the Silver-scaled Golden-caruncled Snakes surprised Ye Xiao in a good way. He was so glad to know.
When Ye Xiao got the snakes, he thought Erhuo would eat them as food. However, unexpectedly, the snakes were going to be a great support for him in the future!
Things changed!
It was unexpected, but Ye Xiao was glad about it.
"If the qi is so good, why don't you go get some? Bab is shy, so I can understand he doesn't want to do this. What about you? You are avaricious. Why do you just give the qi to them?" Ye Xiao asked.
"Me? Bab?" Erhuo looked pretty proud. Bab looked pretty proud as well.
"It means nothing to Bab and I. We won't get down low to fight the snakes for some useless qi…" Erhuo said.
After that, Ye Xiao kicked Erhuo in the face. He just couldn't stand Erhuo being arrogant like that. "Just keep meowing… I really don't want to hear you speaking human language anymore… Arrogant sh*t!" Ye Xiao said.
Erhuo jumped up high and said, "Damn it! You beat me up just now! Can you be reasonable for once? You are sick!"
"Jump up again and you will be beaten up even worse! I will cripple you! Don't you dare!" Ye Xiao stared at Erhuo!
Erhuo lowered its head… 'He is not in a good mood. I shouldn't mess with him now. I should behave myself… This is a good time!'
'I am not afraid of anything, but I am not stupid either!'
…
Ye Xiao held the dragon and the phoenix in his arms. The two babies stared at him with round small eyes. They were relying on him. Ye Xiao thought that the baby dragon and the baby phoenix should be naked like baby chicken, but he was wrong.
The phoenix wasn't like a naked chicken anymore. It had all the feathers on him and a beautiful crown on the head. Its feathers were in different colors, which made it extremely adorable. It was as small as a pigeon, but it was in the shape of a phoenix!
That was beautiful.
The dragon was covered by many golden scales. It had two good dragon horns too. That was totally not as Ye Xiao had imagined… There was a little purple qi around the golden scales too… It made the dragon looked so elegant and beautiful…
They were a baby Purple Golden Dragon and a baby Phoenix Princess…
"Hmm… Dragon, don't call me mum. Just call me dad, just as your older sister does…" Ye Xiao had to accept being called dad now.
"Okay, mum." Dragon nodded.
Ye Xiao said, "No. I am dad!"
"Dad." The baby dragon said.
"Dad." The phoenix rushed over.
"Erhuo, what you said earlier… the Blood-bond… Do I need it?" Ye Xiao looked at Erhuo and said, "They seem nice and close to me. Is it because of the Blood-bond you said?"
He asked Erhuo, but he knew it was right.
Ye Xiao didn't want to keep the babies as pets.
Erhuo nodded and said, "You got it… Meow…"
'Ignorant master. That is the most unbreakable bonding in the world between you and the little things!'
In fact, when the dragon and the phoenix were eggs, Erhuo had put Ye Xiao's bloodline into the eggs. It just worked.
What Ye Xiao needed was to let the babies see his face when they came to the world, so they were convinced that Ye Xiao was their father…
When the two babies saw Ye Xiao, everything was done. They didn't need to do anything else to build the Blood-bond.
Otherwise, after all that Erhuo had done for the two little things, why would they recognize Ye Xiao as their father instead of Erhuo? Ye Xiao barely did anything after all!
Ye Xiao took a breath of relief and said, "That's good!"
In the Boundless Space, the temperature was automatically adjusted which was suited most comfortably to the dragon and the phoenix, so they got used to the environment soon. After staying in Ye Xiao's arms for a while, they jumped off and found others to play with. One of them went to Bab while the other went to Erhuo… Nothing was strange to them at all.
It wasn't a surprise. The dragon and the phoenix were so talented and noble-born. They must be able to contact with other living forms that were much powerful than themselves. Bab was the Cane of Void, the most powerful form of life in the Human Realm Upon Heavens. Erhuo was an unknown creature, but Ye Xiao knew that it was much more powerful than Bab. Besides, Erhuo and the two babies were connected, so they were familiar with Erhuo since the beginning.
"You two, be careful not to hurt the babies. They are little." Ye Xiao said, and he was ready to leave the Boundless Space.
The Boundless Space was a place outside the real world. If he broke the dragon jade pendant and the phoenix jade pendant, the Purple Dragon King and the Golden Phoenix King wouldn't receive the message.
Other than that, Ye Xiao wanted to take a fresh breath outside. 'This is… I do have a fiancee, and I have several women… I am not married yet. Now I am a father to a dragon son and a phoenix daughter…'
'This is weird… This feels weird…'
Erhuo and Bab obviously liked the baby dragon and the baby phoenix. They were patient when facing the two little things, showing them around in the Boundless Space…
Bab regretted it very soon…
It must have drawn the wolves into its own house!
It regretted that the dragon and the phoenix were shown its residence!
As the two kids got into the Wood Space, they felt like walking into a mountain of treasures!
In fact, they did find treasures. The Wood Space was full of treasures. The kid saw the treasures, and they ran for them…
Bab hadn't watched the kids for a few seconds, and the two little things had already swallowed two strains of the precious plant which Ye Xiao wanted Bab to protect carefully…
"Oh, no!" Bab was frightened, and it exclaimed. It flew over fast and grabbed the two kids. However, as they were grabbed, they still kept stretching their necks forward to eat another two strains…
Bab was shocked…
It was just a few minutes, and six extremely valuable plants were gone…
What was Bab going to tell Ye Xiao?
Bab didn't dare to be careless. It forced the two kids out of the Wood Space. When it was going to scold them, the kids stared at it with their innocent round eyes… That was too adorable…
They were begging to eat more…
Bab gave up. It nearly set them back to the Wood Space… In the end, it decided to give the two kids to Erhuo, and it returned to the Wood Space and locked it up…
'I am not going to let any of the two little ones in!'
'That hurt me in the heart…'
Bab looked at the holes that were left in the field. Its heart was shrinking… It wanted to cry. 'Aren't they with good taste? They only eat the most valuable ones… I should feel lucky they didn't want to eat me… If they ate me… Oh my heavens…'
Compared to Bab, Erhuo was obviously better at dealing with the two naughty beasts. After all, Erhuo was connected to the dragon and the phoenix already. In fact, Erhuo was their second dad, who was always more solemn than Ye Xiao. They didn't fear Erhuo's prestige, but they knew how powerful Erhuo was, so they would dare to mess with Erhuo!
Erhuo saw the two kids behaving well, so he casually showed them around in the Boundless Space. They drank some water of spiritual qi and ate some supreme dan beads. The kids were so happy…
…
Ye Xiao had left the Boundless Space, so he didn't know what was happening.
He had broken the phoenix jade pendant to summon the Golden Phoenix King.


Ye Xiao was a superior cultivator in his previous life. The three factions of the Qing-Yun Realm killed millions of people every time they attempt to seize cultivation resources. Wealthy towns turn to wastelands in just a single night. They covered up their crime with assertion that the towns were suffering from pestilence and disasters.
They forcibly held all the resources for cultivation, monopolized all valuable practice materials, and kept outsiders from cultivating so that only their three factions could cultivate in the realm. Ye Xiao declared war against the three factions in retaliation of their actions. He fought alone and ended up dying in vain. However, he is reborn into the mortal body of a 16 year-old boy. He will use the powers he cultivated in his last life and slaughter his way back into the Qing-Yun Realm. The story begins!
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Release Rate: 14 Chapters/Week; 1 chapter from Monday to Saturday, and 8 chapters every Sunday.

"What do you mean, we have to help it?" asked Vonn, looking at Gia as if she had gone crazy.  "It's a goblin.  Goblin's are evil."
"But it's only a baby, and if we release it, the snakes will eat it," said Gia, sighing in frustration.
They both knew she wanted nothing to do with the little green figure in her hands, but because Mikey was right there, watching with his little innocent eyes, Gia was going to try.
"Fine," sighed Vonn, taking the goblin, who looked up at him with big wide eyes and sniffed.  "I'll see what I can do."
Mikey grinned and went to follow him as Vonn headed out the door, but Gia grabbed his shoulder.
"No, you don't.  Vonn said he would deal with the baby goblin, and make sure it didn't get eaten.  You are not about to go with him.  There are lots of dangerous snakes wandering around, and we're too close to the gate where those sand monsters are waiting, for me to even consider letting you go out there."
Mikey sighed, but nodded and headed back over to his parents, sitting down next to Tom and complaining, "Gia's being mean."
"Gia is looking out for you.  She doesn't want to see you get hurt," consoled Tom, glancing up from his carving.  "What do you think of my tree?  I'm trying to make it look like the great tree we saw back at the lizardman's mountains."
"Its top branches aren't big enough.  That thing blocked out the sky!" exclaimed Mikey.
"But this is a tiny carving.  I can't have it block out the sky, silly," laughed Tom.
Carla came over to talk to Gia as she waited for Vonn to return.  The traders were outside, loading water and food back into the elephants, and trying to patch up any damage the dead creatures had gotten rushing through the sands.
"What do you think Vonn is going to do with the goblin?" asked Carla.
"I don't care," whispered Gia, glancing back at Mikey.  "It was trying to lick my hand, and I was afraid it was going to bite me.  It smelled horrible, too!"
"Goblins are known for being horrible little things, back home at least.  I don't know if these goblins would be the same, but it was so tiny.  Do you think the snakes really eat them?"
"Probably, mom.  What else is there for the snakes to eat?" asked Gia.
"But then, what do you think the goblins eat?"
"If they really live underground, there's no telling.  I just know I'm not going to ask what kind of meat we have to eat when we head back out.  Do you think those worms will still be waiting for us?"
"I imagine the traders will figure out a way to get past them.  They made it before.  Besides, we don't have much a choice," said Carla with a shrug.  "It's not like we could make it by ourselves."
"Yeah," said Gia softly, thinking back to the giant snake that had given her a ride across the sand.  It had moved much faster than the elephants, but she didn't want to experience that again.
"Here's Vonn back, I'll leave you to him," said Carla, heading back to sit with Mikey and Tom.
Vonn glanced over at Carla in confusion, before turning to Gia.  "Sudar said he would help the little guy get back to his people.  I didn't really want to be involved, but it sounded like he was going to use it to trade with the snake people.  Don't tell Mikey."
"No, it's okay.  I kind of want to wash my hands after touching it," she said with a small smile.
"I did wash my hands.  Want me to show you where?" he offered.
"Yes, please," she nodded, following him hesitantly out of the room that was designated as safe by the snake man guard.
Vonn took her past the elephants to a fountain that could be triggered to spill water out of a statue that protruded out of the wall.  The traders had been using it to refill the water bags they had left on the elephants.  Vonn quickly showed her how to trigger it, and Gia washed her hands as quickly as she could, so as to preserve as much water as possible.
As they were finishing and turning to leave, a movement out of the corner of her eye had Gia jerking back.  A tiny snake with arms, was perched on the edge of the fountain, eyeing her and the water in the basin.  Vonn took Gia's arm and they slowly moved away from the fountain, so as not to spook it.  It watched them carefully, then went to move, but fell into the fountain with a splash.  There was a small strangled cry as it thrashed in the water, and the snake man who was helping Sudar turned immediately to see what was going on.
"It fell!" exclaimed Gia, covering her mouth in shock, watching as the guard snatched the baby snake out of the water and give them a suspicious look.
"Return to your room," he almost hissed, anger evident in his voice as he turned back to the baby who was struggling in his hands.
"I can't wait to get out of this desert," gasped Gia as they reached the room once again.
"Of all the places we have been, I believe this is probably the worst," agreed Vonn, still holding her arm from before.
"What happened?" asked Carla.
"I was washing my hands when a baby snake appeared and fell into the water.  The snake man thought we had pushed it in," said Gia.
"That's horrible.  Was it alright?" asked Mikey.
"Judging from the way it was struggling in the hands of the snake guy, I would say it was just fine," said Vonn dryly.  "I'm going to check with Sudar to see how much longer it will be before we can leave."
"Not soon enough," grumbled Gia as Vonn left.
"I don't know why you're so grumpy," said Mikey. "I don't like traveling in that stinky elephant.  It's so crowded and hot inside!  And there's nothing to do!"
"You could try carving some of the wood I have left," offered Tom.
"No, thank you," said Mikey, laying back on the floor.  "When will we be home?"
"Hopefully we can find a good spot to build a house when we get to the other side of these plains," said Gia.  She moved over to the wall next to her family and leaned against it.  The stone was cool against her back.  She couldn't stand the thought of sitting just yet.  "I don't want to get back in the elephant either, but I don't want to stay here where everything is dangerous.  I hate the sand getting in my clothes and all of the monsters wanting to eat us."
"Someday soon we will find a place and stop traveling," said Tom, turning back to his carving.
"Vonn was going to build us a house that was big enough for all of us, and for any kids we have in the future," said Gia with a small smile, thinking of the family she would have with him in the future.  Would there be lots of kids?  Would there be more boys than girls?
"Oh, yeah!  I remember him saying that," said Mikey, sitting up.  "He said I could help him build it!"
"That's right," said Carla, wiping the hair out of Mikey's face.
"Will there be other kids for me to play with?" he asked, turning to look at Gia, as if she knew the answer.
"I hope so," she said.  "We probably won't stop to build the house until we find a village with other people in it."
"I hope so, too.  I want there to be some other boys, that I can run and play with.  Do you think I'll have to hunt rats again?"
"No, we won't be living in a big city like before, ever again," said Tom.
"Vonn will probably teach you how to hunt big animals," said Gia.
"I would like that.  I hope there's girls, too.  I want to find someone to be my wife," said Mikey.  "That way, when I get older, I can build a house for her and me to have some kids, too."
"That's going to be a while," laughed Carla.
"Well, we're not there yet," sighed Mikey.
Vonn came back in just then, with a weird look on his face.
"What's wrong?" asked Gia, standing up from the wall.
"Sudar just said they were calling the lions to help us get out of the desert, and hoped that none of us were afraid of heights," he said, glancing at Carla.
"Don't worry about me," Carla sighed.  "I know how to close my eyes by this time.  Oh, sorry, eye."
"Oh, you," said Tom with a laugh.
"What does that mean?" asked Gia, referring to the lions.
"I'm not sure, but Sudar said they would be here within the hour, and that we needed to be ready to leave as soon as they arrived.  The snake men were not happy with us being here, and were talking about chasing us back out into the desert for the worms to eat."
"Oh dear," said Carla, with a frown.

Everything Gia knew was gone.  At least she had her family, and Vonn.  They needed to reach somewhere safe to start all over again, away from the army that had destroyed their home.  Will they be able to survive?  Will her heart?  The journey would be hard, over fantastical landscapes, meeting weird creatures along the way; not all of who will be friendly.  And through it all, she has Vonn by her side, helping her keep her blind father, sick mother, and kid brother safe.

The gradual brightening of the sky and the thin fog in the air made the ice-covered world appear even more like a black-and-white ink wash painting. The ground was covered in a layer of snow and crunched when it was stepped on.
Bai Qingqing stood at the doorway and stretched. The fresh air she breathed into her lungs made the fatigue from the nightmare she experienced the night before go away.
The wooden pillar that Curtis had crushed last night had been set up again. It had clearly been replaced as the wood was very fresh. Parker and Curtis hadn't paid any attention, so it must have been Winston who replaced the pillar.
Bai Qingqing looked at Winston and said, "Thank you, Winston."
"It's my pleasure." Winston glanced at her. He grabbed the stone basin and walked to the side of the house, then picked out clean pieces of ice from the mountain of ice and put them in the basin.
Boiling water for the day before Bai Qingqing woke up was something he had to do every day. He hadn't had the time to do it today since she woke up from her nightmare with a start. 
Bai Qingqing walked to the bird's shelter and panicked upon seeing the blood on the floor. "One, two, three… thirteen. Half of them have died." 
The remaining thirteen short-winged birds were extremely frightened. The moment they heard a noise, they stuck their heads in their nest. With their feathered butts in the air, they looked like bunches of yellowing wild grass in autumn. 
Bai Qingqing looked up at Curtis and frowned. "Thank goodness you ate the dead birds. Otherwise, they'd feel distressed looking at them." 
Curtis urgently needed to eat after waking up from hibernation, and ten-odd birds and four wolf pups were just enough food for him to feel full. Upon hearing this, Curtis smiled slightly and replied, "I'll go catch some more short-winged birds later."
Bai Qingqing shook her head. "It's okay. The cold season's about to end. The eggs laid by the birds are enough. If we have too many birds around, it'll be a waste of food. They'd be noisy too."
Feeling sorry for the short-winged birds, Bai Qingqing said to Parker as he went to take out their eggs, "Let's not scare them today. We'll give them something nice to eat and take out their eggs the day after tomorrow." 
"Okay." Parker left the yard and closed the door.
The short-winged birds continued pretending to be plants and didn't move.
Although the thorny fruit plant at the doorway was an evergreen plant, it had hardened during the cold season. Since Bai Qingqing couldn't find a better substitute for a toothbrush, she picked one of the thorny fruits and rubbed it against some animal skin before using it to gently brush her teeth.
It was really amazing that Bai Qingqing's teeth hadn't yellowed and even became whiter despite only using thorny fruits to brush her teeth these past few months. The thorny fruits were like the special teeth cleaners of the plant kingdom.
The main door was closed when the fire was made as the baby snakes liked to crawl about.
The baby snakes feared Curtis the most and didn't dare to go near him. Hence, Bai Qingqing followed him closely, thinking that it was safest to remain by his side.
The baby snakes crawled about on the ground and licked and rubbed their bodies against various things they came across. The curious look in their eyes was no different from that of human babies. Bai Qingqing suddenly found them really adorable. 
"Be good, baby. You'll have food to eat soon," Bai Qingqing smiled and said to a baby snake. She removed the lid of the pot and glanced inside. The steamed egg had just solidified.
Bai Qingqing said excitedly, "Winston, help me take out the steamed egg. Parker, bring the babies' nest over and place them inside so I can feed them."
Curtis's tail swayed agitatedly as he asked with a cold look on his handsome face, "What about me?"
Wasn't the steamed egg for him? This was his favorite dish. He'd just woken up from hibernation—didn't she cook this just for him?
Bai Qingqing was stunned for a moment. She then replied smoothly and with the inherent politeness of a Chinese, "You'll get to eat the steamed egg too. Everyone will. No one ate it a few days ago, so there's a lot left over."


After finding herself in a beastmen world, a leopard rescues her and later abducts her. Bai Qingqing suffers quite a mental breakdown because the males in this world are as gorgeous and handsome as strutting peacocks. On the other hand, the females are ridiculously ugly, but still highly cherished by the males. 
As a beautiful high-school student, she has somehow become the most mesmerizing beauty in this world.
Worst of all, this world is a matriarchal society. She doesn’t want three four husbands waiting on her! Her life becomes about teasing a leopard, tickling a tiger, seducing a poisonous snake, and capturing an eagle. Bai Qingqing, with a full harem, is too deep for tears. She really didn't want any of this.
"Hey, hey, Brother Leopard, Brother Tiger, Brother Snake, Brother Eagle, what are you doing? Stay back!" 
There are four male leads: The young and strong leopard, the emo and silent snake, the powerful tiger, and the aloof and loner eagle.

She was monstrously huge!
Even I cannot fathom how tall my mother will become if she stands up on the surface. She could at least reach the sky at this point—I can't even see the end of her body.
Is she gonna eat me like her kids?
She suddenly moved like how normal snakes do when she rotated and stood upwards as she looked straight at me. Her green-tainted eyes glowed in the darkness of the cave as it got bigger the closer she gets to me.
She looks scary, but what is this feeling entering me?
Her head was bigger than an entire elephant as she gently touched her forehead with my body. She suddenly rubbed it little by little as her eyes closed, what is this? It felt like I was caressed by my mother when I was just a little boy. Why am I feeling this way?
She's supposed to be horrifying but why do I feel the need to be comforted this much? Why is she radiating that motherly feel? I was just panicking a second ago, so why?
"Mom, hug me more." I actually muttered unconsciously as I felt my tears leaving my eyes.
She opened her eyes as her head pulled back and looked at the other snakes that were leaving the room. Where are they going anyway? I looked back at my mother as she nodded her head, probably saying to follow them.
Wait, why? Will they eat me or something?
I felt a push on my back as I saw her tail trying to push shove me to the hole the others are going. There were a lot of holes, if I can count, maybe six? Three at each side.
Well, since mom wants to. I really can't deny it, right? Maybe she'll eat me for being a bad boy or something. I'm not taking the chance!
I was still on my egg poking out at that point when I tried to land on the ground. I was conscious of the whole thing about me messing me. A snake that doesn't know how to slither, my mother may see me as a defect and eat me, but if I don't move now it will all be the same.
It's now or never!
I jumped out of my egg as I hit my chin on the ground. It didn't hurt or anything, it was just like falling off your bed while sleeping. A sudden shock if you will. I just laid there on the ground as my mother observed me. I need to move!
Huh?
I don't know what is occurring but I seem to be able to move my body just fine. Is it because it was already placed in our genes on how to our spine? Now that you think about it, I was able to puncture the egg when I tried to move straight.
A miracle of life, per se! Haha!
Now, I should go with the others since I can move normally. I thought it would be hard but I just imagined myself going forward and the body did it instinctively, like how you don't need to focus on your feet every time you walk, but like any other newborns, I was still having a hard time.
It took me a couple of minutes until I finally saw the other snakes gathering. They seem to be eating as the others had a bulge on their body, clearly depicting something went inside them.
I've been hungry since I arrived here, I think I should join them—
What are those! Are those baby rodents?! Hell no, I'm not eating any of those, that's disgusting.
Mom, cook me something! Oh yeah, snakes aren't talented in the culinary arts—that means I'm dead. I'm dead if I don't eat those rodents, I feel like my stomach has a hole in it. I don't even know if this is my stomach or my anus. My body is just a straight line of flesh! Although this does feel like hunger.
I need to eat them, or I may be eaten when I'm dead. I don't wanna but the animal instinct to survive at any cost is stronger than my denial to eat.
I slipped by the gathering snakes, pushing them aside for me to slide into. I saw as piles of rodents where there as I gulped and looked at it, disgusted as—Oh my God it flinched! That's still alive!?
I don't wanna eat that, I don't wanna drink blood out of it either, but I can't resist the instincts. It's either this or die in a ditch!
I gulped as my inner thought screamed like it just looked at a ghost, closed my eyes, and opened my mouth as I struck at an unknown rodent. I can feel it in my mouth, tears came down as I forcefully gulp it down my stomach. I can feel it twitching inside of me as it went deeper inside my being.
I felt it! I tasted how bitter it is and I tried vomiting it down but my body loved it! Am I a rawist—a guy that enjoys raw food? Please, God of the heavens, I don't deserve any of this—now that you think about it, it does taste a little goo...
No, it doesn't!
My body and mind are fighting over this little ordeal! I don't know what's gonna happen anymore, I need to eat!!
I jumped down the pit of snake siblings as I joined in on the feast. If you look closely at me, I ate as tears came down my eyes one more time. I never felt this tortured and blessed before.
I was eating when I saw my siblings come back. I don't know how I know this but it feels like someone was calling me to come back—a pheromone? I don't smell it or anything, I just sense it.
I returned back to the room where my mother rested as I saw six snakes that were bigger than us. Maybe twice our size and had the same color as my mother. Mother stood still at what looks like our older siblings as she hissed.
The other snakes from the other holes came back as they gathered on the older siblings. I looked at my mother as she closed her eyes as she nodded, saying to follow which one I liked.
Further, as I talk with mother, the more I sense this tingling sensation in which I was able to understand her more. My first time, I wasn't able to sense it and mother needed to push me a little and after our "meal", I sensed it more. Now, this?
Telepathy? No, I don't think those exist here. Anyways, I just need to follow them, right?

An overworked man decided to take a little nap.

However, when he woke up...

I'M A SNAKE??

He has a mother that seemed like the size of the Empire State Building. Siblings that count to thousands and dangers that create fear.

Follow him as he overcomes adversities and become stronger than others. Welcome to Ecdysis!

Anna, Aaqil and Baibars and some of Baibars advisors were within the throne room discussing various things.
" Sire. We have luckily recovered from the time of that great storm hit the kingdom " said one of the advisors.
" Our corpses have also recovered and thankfully winter is finally over and the people can finally enjoy summer that is soon to come " said another advisor.
" I am thankful that the people can finally enjoy some time of peace and I shall personally make an offering to God to show our gratitude " said Baibars.
" Very well sire and now we can finally discuss the matter of the cru….. but before Aaqil could finish a woman ran into the throne room screaming and yelling.
" MY SULTAN! MY SULTAN! "
Anna's heart started to beat really fast.
The guards held the woman by the shoulders while they were trying to calm her down.
" MY SULTAN! MY SULTAN! " 
Baibars walked over to the woman.
" What is it? Why is your heart filled with so much sorrow.. " said Baibars.
" It is my baby! " said the woman.
Baibars looked at the woman and even Baibars started to hear his own heart in his ears.
" My baby has become a monster! " said the woman.
Everyone within the throne room were completely silent.
Later at the infirmary within the inner castle.
The baby the woman talked about was brought in to be examined and just as the woman had said.
The baby in front of everyone did not look like a baby.
The baby had a disproportionate body with a large head and small body. 
The body had a huge abdomen, unusually small feet and large arms.
The baby also had a hairy body, claws and fangs.
" What in the world is that… " said one of the advisors.
" It is like an offspring of the devil " said another.
Baibars looked at the "baby" and then said to Aaqil
" What of the mother " 
" She is resting within one of the chambers. I had two guards stand outside of her room, ready to notify us when she is awake " said Aaqill.
Baibars then looked at the baby again.
" Poor mother. How do you think this happened? " said Azi.
" I have no idea " said Anna.
" Well. I could tell you how it happened " said Ana.
Anna's eyes widen.
Anna then walked out of the informery.
" Please Ana tell me everything you know " said Anna.
" The baby is obviously not a baby. It is an changeling and it was brought here by an Al Ana " said Ana.
Anna's heart started to race again.
" If that is true….. then where is the real baby " said Anna (dreading what Ana was about to say)
" The real baby is properly with the Al Ana… " said Ana.
" Oh no…. " said Azi.
Anna had only one thing to say 
" Where is this Al Ana? " 
" They are usually by lakes, river and streams " said Ana.
Anna ran out of the castle with all her might and after awhile Anna ran out of the city gates.
Anna was running to a nearby lake and while Anna was running towards that lake.
Bears, wolves, panthers and hawks as well as other animals within the forest ran alongside Anna.
After a couple of minutes.
Anna and the animals with her had finally reached the lake and what Anna saw sent chills down her spine.
Anna saw an ugly old woman with a hairy body and long straight hair. 
The old woman was wearing a red hat with fern twig attached to it and the old woman was holding the real baby in her hands.
" My, my. Took you long enough " said the old woman.
Anna's eyes glowed which made all the animals with her growl.
Anna looked straight at the old woman and then said " Unhand the baby "
The old woman thought about it for a second and then said " No. I would rather eat the baby " 
Anna's eyes glowed even brighter.
The old woman smiled and then said " How does it feel. Not being able to do anything, other then watch " 
Anna was silent.
The old woman smiled again. 
The old woman then opened her big mouth ready to eat the baby but that was when she felt something crawl up her legs.
The old woman lifted up her cloths and what she saw filled her with horror.
Spiders and snakes were crawling up the old woman's legs.
The old woman dropped the baby in her hands while she was trying to get the spiders and snakes off herself but before the baby could hit the ground an eagle came and grabbed the cloths the baby was wrapped in.
The eagle flew over to Anna and dropped the baby into Anna's hands.
The old woman looked at Anna.
Anna looked at the baby and then at the old woman.
Then all the animals by Anna's side charged straight at the old woman and tore her to pieces.
Later.
Anna returned the baby back to its mother. 
The monster baby vanished into thin air and all was normal for a while within the kingdom.
Anna was walking to her chamber within the inner castle.
" Well done Anna. Not only did you help that poor mother but you also saved that baby " said Azi.
" You should take a nice long nap after all this " said Ana.
" That is what I intend to do " said Anna.
Anna opened the door to her chamber but something was off.
Anna looked at her bed and saw that a woman was sitting on the bed but this woman was no ordinary woman.
The woman sitting on Anna's bed was Anna's mother Archangel Ariel herself.
Ariel looked at her daughter and said with a warm smile
" Welcome home Anna and thank you for all your hard work " 
Anna was just standing by the door completely silent.
Tears then started to run down Anna's cheeks.
Anna slammed the door behind behind her and ran into her mother's embrace.
Ariel was gently running her left hand down Anna's hair while saying " It is okay to cry. You have had a long day. Now rest and know that I will stay with you for the night and watch over you while you sleep "
All Azi had to say was 
" Anna's mother is so pretty!!! "
And all Ana had to say was " Indeed "


This story is about Anna, the daughter of Archangel Ariel. Anna becomes the assistance of Sultan Baibars.

(Author: LordFinn, Discord: LordFinn#6418)

-Am I an apple tree?

Finally, spring had come. The flowers bloomed and the warm colours of the forest were back. Migratory birds were preparing their new home. The animals in caves woke up from hibernation. Almost all of the snow was melted. The trees greeted each other with their bright green leaves which different shapes.

There are various trees in the forest, there were sycamore trees, beech trees, pine trees and the only apple tree all by itself.

This apple tree was examining its surroundings with astonishment. It was possible to observe that some of its leaves flicker at regular intervals.

Marwa didn't remember his past. He was just making some movements with his instincts. But he realized that it was impossible for him to move as he was accustomed.

He couldn't remember his name. He didn't remember what he was doing before. He didn't remember where he was. Despite this, his memories could recover as he saw similar and familiar objects that he knew before. When he realized the woody features of his body, he remembered the information about a tree, in particular, an apple tree and he was able to establish what he is now.

When he tried to move, he was able to remember information about human's shape. He understood that he had changed. Maybe he was a human before.

Marwa could see the surroundings, and what he was most curious about was the existence of his eyes. Because the plants in his memories had no eyes. He wanted to pull his branches to himself and feel. But every move was very tiring and the feeling of senses was insufficient. The feeling of losing his leaves are the same feelings of human beings when they are losing their hairs.

Even the smallest movement was taking all of his energy and leaving him exhausted. That's why Marwa didn't try to move any further. He was only watching and feeling this new and colourful world he had encountered with his red apples.

Tree trunk, branches, roots and leaves... He could perceive different feelings from all over his body. He could see the maggots, who were bothering him, in the tree. The red ants were working hard on his branches. At a place close to the trunk of the tree, a white big owl was asleep with its eyes closed. There was a pigeon's nest at the end of one of its branches. Two yellow and ugly baby birds were looking at their surroundings. Their mothers perhaps told them to stay quiet. They were never making any sounds. They were pretty cute.

When Marwa observed these animals, he was able to remember some information about them. If his woody body had a mouth, it could be seen that he is smiling.

Marwa noticed another animal that he had not noticed before. A scarlet scorpion was clinging to his tree trunk and standing there for hours without moving. The scorpion was just the size of a human finger and was not that interesting. Marwa watched this scorpion for hours in wonder. He didn't have anything else to do, though. The scorpion had only moved once a day. He came back after wandering over many apples. Marwa found his movements meaningless.

The days of the apple tree were spent watching the surroundings. Spring has passed and summer started. Nature was not as green as before. Animals were spending their time in the shadows of the trees to protect themselves from this hot weather.

The mother of the little pigeons came back and was taking care of them. The owl is a type of bird that only leaves and hunt at night. Tiny scorpion continued its boring life at the same tempo. The only difference was that the real owners of this forest were awakened.

Many holes were drilled in the soil and hundreds of winged white snakes emerged from the ground. Marwa was amazed at first, but he could remember that these were 'Laddon' creatures. The wings coming from behind their heads of the Laddons resembled those of the bats. Although these snakes lived in groups, they were rarely encountered by humans. The reason for that was, they preferred the most deserted areas in order not to be disturbed during long winters. They wouldn't look for a certain food. They could eat everything, meat or grass.

The Laddons were the creatures that no one wanted to approach due to the electric current in their bodies. A bite could even paralyze the biggest creatures.

But since the Laddons increased the energy value of the land they are sheltered during the winter sleep, many people tried to be close to them.

Although there were hundreds of snakes around the apple tree, luckily the Laddons were not voracious animals. After swallowing an apple from the tree, they returned to their small caves or continued their mating dances. An apple was enough to keep them satiated for weeks.

***

One day, while the apple tree was watching the sunset, a gigantic stone lion appeared in the woods. As this gigantic grey lion walked, the trees in contact had to bend. This stone creature was very heavy and was leaving deep pits in the places where it pressed the paws.

While the lion was aimlessly moving through the woods, the apple tree with bright red fruits attracted the attention. Marwa observed the lion curiously. Some trees could not stand the weight of the lion and were torn. Although he saw what happened, he could not feel fear. This was perhaps the only advantage of the plant body. He couldn't feel pain.

The Gray Stone Lion stood in front of the apple tree and soon looked at the apples that drew his attention. He brought his nose close to apples and tried to sniff. But he wasn't able to breathe or sniff.

At that time, Marwa remembered the lion.

"Kiklope Guard Lion!" Marwa was glad he remembered something new. This lion was a semi-living, half-puppet creature belonging to the one-eyed Kiklope race. They were able to produce only one each year and transform them into the guards of the temple. This lion was a very strong and unstoppable creature. The only bad thing was that, it was uncontrollable during the first week after it was produced. The spirit in the stone statue would slowly calm down in a week.

"It's actually the same as me," Marwa said, carefully observing the lion.

When the stone lion could not smell anything, it began to eat apples. It ate all the apples and even some branches in a barbaric way. The apple tree looked like it was attacked. When Stone Lion couldn't find any more apples, he looked around him. There was no other apple tree. And he never had a taste from the apples he ate. He couldn't feel anything. He opened his mouth and roared angrily in a way that awakened the whole forest.

*ROARRRRRR*

Marwa watched the frustrated lion disappearing in the forest. He didn't hear that the stone lions could eat. He was surprised, and also glad to see someone similar to him. But he was also upset when he saw the similarity of his situation.

***

It was the end of summer. The apple tree was sunbathing as usual. He had no apples on it and some of his branches were broken.

When there were no more apples, the Owl had left the tree. When the little red scorpion couldn't find the apples it patrolled every morning, he chose to wait like a sculpture. Maybe it was already dead…

The two chicks in the pigeon nest grew quite a bit and they would be able to fly soon. They were calling to their mothers in joy. On the other hand, the mother pigeon was cleaning the maggots on the tree and feeding her children.

These creatures that accompany Marwa every day were like his family. All he could do was watch their life. When he tried to talk to them once, the sound and the wind he created only frightened the animals. Maybe that's why the owl left...

Even if Marwa couldn't control his body as he wanted to, he found that living like a plant strengthened him. Sunbathing, breathing and sleeping was renewing its energy.

The weather was beginning to cool, and Laddon Snakes were living their last busy days before hibernating.

These snakes could eat everything, but so far, the apples met all their needs. When they saw there were no more apples, most Laddon snakes returned to their nests. Only a few of them were trying their luck in other trees.

A bulky and lazy Laddon snake returned to the apple tree when he couldn't find anything that intrigued him in other trees. It was unreasonable to stay awake if there was no food. He looked at the apple tree one last time. There were really no more apples left. He gulped. But as he was returning to his nest, two pigeons on a branch caught his attention.

*Tssss*

White snake opened its wings and rose. His black eyes were studying two tiny white pigeons.

Marwa was used to the snakes that wandered around and ate his apples. Even after the apples were over, they often visited. But in the last days, the snakes had begun to sleep and it was hard to meet them.

When he saw the snake floating in the air, he didn't care. Then he heard the chirping of pigeons in panic and fear. The pigeons sound was different from what he heard every day. From these birds' chirping, he was able to predict the wishes of them due to his long observations. The baby pigeons were calling their mother.

Marwa was not able to see the mother pigeon in his surroundings. The snake was quite confident and comfortable with the idea of being the strongest. He slipped into their nests, ignoring the screams of the pigeons. These adorable creatures, who didn't know how to fly, were in fear, flapping wings.

Marwa couldn't wait for the mother pigeon to come anymore. He had to do something. He tried to move his branches, but he couldn't. He didn't have enough energy. He could sense his soul falling tired even before he could move. Even so, he wouldn't stop trying!

The snake dropped one of the pigeons out of the nest with its wings. The small bird fell quickly to the ground even though it stopped for a short time in the air. The snake did not examine the other pigeon and directly opened his mouth.

-Nooooo!

Marwa couldn't watch any more and shouted with all his might. The result was just a small breeze. This breeze caused a few leaves of the apple tree to fall.

Marwa did his best, but he couldn't help it. But the fallen leaves from the tree flew slowly and stood on the snake's head. Marwa didn't want to watch any more. All he wanted was to sleep forever.

*Pat*

At that time, he heard a sound. When he opened his eyes, the white snake wasn't around. He could only see the end of its tail while it entered into one of the holes in the ground. The baby pigeon is still alive! Its sibling was trying to fly back under the tree. They were both alive!

When Marwa looked at the branch where the leaves fell, he saw a little red scorpion standing there. Its tail swung up and down. Was the little scorpion always there? Or did it fell with the leaves?

That was not important. The important thing is that the pigeons were alive. The tiny red scorpion fought with the snake for them.

Marwa felt a great relief. He was very happy. He could feel the energy in his veins was depleting, but his strength was strangely increasing.

He looked at the pigeons one last time. He didn't want any more hungry animals to bother them. He took a deep breath and gently closed his eyes.

Marwa fell into a deep and long sleep again.

The pigeons called out to their mothers in joy. While they were greeting each other, the broken branches, the fallen leaves and the red apples of the apple tree were rapidly regenerating.

If the apple tree had a mouth, it would be possible to see Marwa's smiling face in the deep sleep.

In a fantastic world, 
A group of shamans reached the limits of the human body and found a way to immortality.

However this experiment didn't work as planned for all of them and Marwa opened his eyes later as an apple tree.


(Cover created by Homeless_Dancer)
(LordFinn@6418)

"Didn't it lose all its head? Is it regenerating already? Damn, should I run? I might have enough time to run if it hasn't finished its healing," Sol's mind went into overdrive as he looked at the hydra.
The hydra headless body was lying on the bottom of the lake, he could barely see it as it was covered in red water.
If Sol had not frozen the water around him then he would be swimming in the hydra's blood, "I can't see anything," he lamented.
Half an hour had passed since their fight that the whole lake was already polluted by the hydra's poisonous blood.
Rather than using his eye to see, Sol conjured uncountable small ice crystals in the lake, he made them just like the ice fog he used for detection but more compact so it can function underwater.
The crystal was not as accurate as the fog but it was enough for him to sense movement from the hydra.
"It's moving!" He finally could sense a movement from the hydra, it was so faint that he thought it was how the creature tried to revive itself but to his surprise, he could sense something different from the source of this movement.
"There are nine heat sources inside the hydra!" he bemused as the hydra's body had grown cold from being submerged underwater but these nine heat sources were not getting colder.
On the other hand, they seem to be growing hotter, "one of the heat sources is moving!" he found the source of the movement.
"What is that?" he wondered as he was sure it was not the hydra.
"There is no use in wondering, let's check it out," he thought as he conjured an ice platform below him and the hydra.
It pushed him and the hydra out of the water as he increased the size of the ice platform, once on the surface he broke the ice barrier that was keeping the red water from touching him.
Sol walked to the hydra's body but he stopped himself as he could feel a profound danger, "The blood is evaporating!" he hurriedly froze the hydra's blood with his ability so they would not be mixed with the air.
"If I inhale the vapor it will most likely kill me," Sol cautiously held his breath as some of it already mixed with the air.
"This area will turn into a death zone, it is probably one of the hydra's survival tactics," he analyzed as the hydra would be defenseless when it tried to revive itself.
After waiting a bit and observing the situation, Sol went toward the hydra's headless body, he was a few meters away from it when a part of its body burst from the inside.
He staggered back to dodge flesh and blood that flew everywhere toward him, luckily he was wary and could react in time by conjuring a shield of ice.
Sol's eyes were opened wide when he found a snake was coming out of the hydra's body, but to his relief, it was only a lesser demi-titan, he could kill it with ease.
The snake raised its head at him as if observing him, Sol was ready to kill it when it suddenly turned to look at the hydra's body.
"The other source is moving too!" Sol could sense the other heat source inside the hydra was moving.
The snake suddenly zapped toward the nearest source, "Is it trying to help its friend?" Sol wondered.
Seeing that it would not be a threat he decided to observe the snake, he started speculating about the snake.
"Is that the hydra's baby? But it only has one head, will it grow more heads over time?" he mused.
Just like he guessed, the other heat source burst out of the hydra's body, another eight snakes were born out of it.
To his surprise, the snakes started to fight among themselves, the first snake bite of another snake's head before swallowing them.
To his surprise, the snake's power increased overtime once it ate its sibling, the fight continued and within five minutes only three snakes were left, each of them had eaten two other snakes.
"Is this nature? Survival to the fittest?" Sol had read about snakes eating their young to replenish their energy from giving birth but this was the first time he saw the baby also eat each other.
The last three snakes' fight was really fierce, no one was losing, they did not even bother about Sol who was observing them.
It was then that the snakes started to grow more heads, it started like they were growing tumors on their neck but they soon became snakeheads.
"That's how a hydra was born! It gave birth to nine children who will fight to be the real hydra!" he realized.
"Wait, should I let them? What if it suddenly becomes as strong as its mother once it grows eight heads?" Sol contemplates his options.
Currently, they were infinitely close to being a minor demi-titan, just another head and they would be a minor demi-titan.
"For now let's stop them," he thought as he conjured three balls of ice that trapped each snake, the three tri-headed hydras were trying to go at each other even inside the crystal but they could not break it as Sol was stronger.
The first solution he thought was to kill the hydra's baby but it would not give him any profit, "I could use them as a weapon" he thought as he could let them eat each other at the right time and throw a nine-headed hydra at his enemy.
Thinking of the value of such a trick, he decided to keep them alive, he did not know when he would meet another major demigod, having something that could fight them would make him safer.
"Of course that if they become a major demigod after eating each other," he thought, as there is always a chance that they would need to grow before becoming as strong as their mother, an undying hydra.
"For now let's just put them to sleep," Sol used the Sun ice ability to induce a cryosleep for the snakes, they grew colder and colder before they stopped moving.
He made the crystal ball fly behind him, it made him look like some kind of god in mythology, "Well it's not myth since everything is real," he thought.
Sol turned to look at the island, he could not take a clear look at the statue on the altar yet, now that he had the chance to take it home, he was not shy to do so.
He froze the lake's surface to make a path toward the island since his fight had put some distance between them.
Once he got closer to the altar, he found the small statue standing there, it exudes an ancient aura, but he had expected that, what he did not expect was he found the statue familiar.
"Tyx?! What the fuck?" he found the statue to look very familiar with his former teammate in the trial ground, the girl that had betrayed him and helped Atlas to free himself.
"How is there a statue that looks just like her? It also has such a power it's unbelievable!" he looked aghast.
The girl he knew was not even a minor demigod, how could he believe there was a statue on her image that could turn a lesser demigod into a minor demigod just by looking at it?
"I'm not mistaken, they are not only similar, but this looks exactly like her!" Suddenly a foreboding feeling came to him.
"There is more to her than it appears!" he could sense it but he did not know what she really was.
"Either way I won't forgive her for what she had done, I will get back at her when there is a chance," Sol promised.
He reached out to the statue, the moment he pulled it off from the altar, he did not even feel any resistance.
"I will take this with me then," he smiled. His hate for the real person did not stop him from taking the statue; it was too useful for him to throw away.
With all that taken care of, Sol needs to decide his next course of action, "Should I catch up with Hilda and the other?" he wondered.
He still held some grudge because they left him even though he himself would have done the same to survive.
"I have the key with me so I could just go by myself but it would be dangerous to go by myself," Sol contemplated.
He had kept the key given to each group from Tea when they reunite, he was stronger than her at that point so he had every right to keep the key.
Sol might not have any map as he let the other keep it but he was only a week away from their destination and he could just move in a straight line if he decided to go by himself.
"I will go by myself, If I found them then so be it if I don't meet them then so be it," he decided to just let fate choose for him.

The story revolve around Sol Vestitor, a high school teacher in a world where survival depends on power and God's whim.

The world that we had known is gone, God Apollo was hunted for breaking the pact of God.

Before any other God capture him, Pluto, God of the underworld killed him, resulting in an apocalypse.

Ice age has come to earth, sun is no more, disease is no more, dead is not the end, and peace has left us.

With Apollo's death, it opened the chance for people to ascend into Godhood, but with chance come danger.

Follow Sol's adventure in this new world, fighting against the impossible and unknown

Thank for Reading!!!
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