Rosemary, it's a city I'll tell you that much, once you come here you won't want to leave, because when you first arrive you think your a normal person, but then getting here, and learning what you do as a citizen, it'd be amazing if your sanity survived, but if you left, you wouldn't feel normal, you'd want to stay, because out there you'd be considered a crazy person, out in the world, someone has tried to come where to find "werewolves", but it's impossible, when they are in human, their blood looks 100% human, and in wolf looks 100% wolf, the wolf pack populates about 44% of the city, large population it has grown into I know.
The witches, most people do not believe in magic, but you couldn't prove it and only specific bloodlines could access it anyways, witches and warlocks, they cover about 10% of the population. There aren't just wolves and witches/warlocks, there are mermaids/mermen, sirens, centaurs, fairies, leprechauns, ghosts, ghouls, pixies and Pegasus.
Everyone has tried to identify them, but of course no one has, if you try to film it, the camera will see anything but not the magical creature, those kinds cover 21% of the population, leaving 25% of the population as humans. The city land covers even the beach, docks, forest, lakes and the actual city and houses. 27,000 acres.
Another reason no one would believe them is because as soon as they leave the city, if they are not magical, they would completely forget they existed anyway. If you want exact numbers on how many there are.
Werewolves 7,394 (and growing due to multiple pregnancies, because wolves do have litters, but none of them look alike while growing up).
Witches/Warlocks 1,841 (and decreasing, considering how witches and warlocks are powerful people, don't exactly have time for children, weird how rich people have lesser children while poor people have a lot of children).
Mermaids/Mermen 1,149 (kind of have stayed around those numbers, they are not really eager to expand, their city in the water, they hibernate to once a year for 6 months, their kind have a special neighbourhood with a private entrance onto the beach from their location, no public access).
Sirens 84 (yep, that's it, they don't have a high population, they basically just have 1-3 children if they decide to mate, but no more than that, they are kind of like succubuses, they feed off of sex, they don't eat people, but they do need sex a lot to stay young, the oldest one is dated to be about 7,000 years old).
Centaurs 98 (centaurs keep to themselves, they have private land, near the mountains and some forest land that they own, they are strong creatures who are strictly traditional and strong, do not want to go up against those guys, the females are beautiful, but no one would dare touch a female centaurs considering how territorial they are of keeping to their own).
Fairies 41 (live in the forest, they help look after the forest, some people have tried to catch them, but of course no one could prove they exist, a lot of fairies are captured and sold on the black market by a secret society, their population decreases dramatically because of it, they are also about 6 inches tall).
Leprechauns 32 (other than being killed, luck comes with a price when using their magic, if they are not careful, other than that, it is when breeding, Leprechauns started dying out depending on who they mated with, like if this specific bloodline mated with wolves 4-6 generations in a row, they luck would begin fading in that bloodline, about 100 years ago there would have been just over 200 of them, but now, they are almost extinct).
Ghost 76 (would you believe to become a ghost you have to be born into it, kind of like a boogeyman thing, they help cross dead living people and creatures over, you don't become a ghost because you die, it's another way of being a reaper, but they like to keep to themselves, most likely dress in black clothing).
Ghouls 63 (I will tell you this, they do eat a lot of meat, not as much as a wolf would, a couple centuries ago, a witch was able to make it so they are able to eat animal meat and actually over the years lot an appetite for humans, smart, I know).
Pixies 114 (not like fairies, they do not have wings, but they do have a nasty way of making demonic deals with people, never make a deal with a pixie, but people of course still do it, when making deals their identity is in disguise, they will get glowing red eyes and sharp shark like teeth, they can shrink to be 4 inches tall, by being that size they can get into places, see their dreams and help tempt them with their dreams).
Pegasus 39 (kind of like centaurs these creatures only breed with their own, given they can speak to magical creatures in humans, they remain in horse form, and when their wings come out they go invisible to anyone who is not magical).
Humans 6,940 (don't get me wrong, humans are vicious, but about 60% of their kind don't know about the magical creatures, they just don't notice it, they just go on with their lives, working hard, breeding more of their kind, paying taxes, getting education and maybe sometimes breaking the law and cheating off other people).

Total town population = 17,871.
Also our climate is unlike any other, January to March is Spring, April to June is Summer, July to September Autumn and October to December is Winter.

Welcome to Rosemary.

Winda, who seemed like a normal teenage girl with a lot of responsibility, but she had a much bigger fate, one that no one would ever see coming. Not her brother Hunter, not her father, not her hard working mother, no one and once they do, nothing can be done one it has been released from it's prison cell from hell.

Two day have passed since the Inferior Zombie Drake evolved. The population of the monster in the monsters space have skyrocketed. Monsters especially in the Dark Swamps have multipyed very quickly. The monster in the Dark Swamp is already in the 4 hundreds!

There, were also new monster that have evolved! Such as Fire Ant, Glow Wasp, and Water Walking Spiders. The Fire Ant and Glow wasp were the most numerous of the evolutions. They were both common level monsters. The Water Walking Spider was special one thought. The Water Walking Spider was evolved from one of the Pure Insect Queens. She seems to have also lost the abilities to produce larva from the evolution. 

[Monster Name]: Fire Ant

[Monster Attribute]: Fire

[Monster Weakness]: Water/Electric

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 4

[Monster Rarity]: Common

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[Monster Name]: Glow Wasp

[Monster Attribute]: Wind

[Monster Weakness]: Electric

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 5

[Monster Rarity]: Common

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[Monster Name]: Water Walking Spider

[Monster Attribute]: Water/Poison

[Monster Weakness]: Electric

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 7

[Monster Rarity]: Rare




There were total of 20 Fire Ants and 12 Glow Wasp. The monsters that have evolved, seems to like find it's own territory, leaving it old home. The Fire Ants and Glow Wasps have their own territory. Which seems like that any monster that is evolved into a new species will find a existing territory of the same species. But if there isn't one they will find a territory for it's own species. 

The Water Walking Spider took an entire pond as it's territory. The Water Walking Spider had extraordinary abilities to create beautiful webbing. Even Wang Ying was surprised when seeing it's beautiful artwork. 

Next up was the Great Sea. The monster population in the Great Sea Space was the second highest. The population of monster in the Great Sea was in the 2 hundreds. The monsters that have evolved seems to more 1 dimesional. The monsters were Blue Fin Swordfish, Gray Scaled Bass, And Steel Head Fish. 

[Monster Name]: Bluefin Swordfish

[Monster Attribute]: Water

[Monster Weakness]: Electric/Fire

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 4

[Monster Rarity]: Common

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[Monster Name]: Gray Scaled Bass

[Monster Attribute]: Water

[Monster Weakness]: Electric/Fire

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 4

[Monster Rarity]: Common

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[Monster Name]: Steel Head Fish

[Monster Attribute]: Steel/Water

[Monster Weakness]: Electric

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 6

[Monster Rarity]: Uncommon



Gray Scale Bass and the Bluefin Swordfish states were equal. First this confused Wang Ying, but after looking at the monsters, Wang Ying understood. The Bluefin Swordfish is offensive type monster. While the Gray Scale Bass is a defensive type monster. Last the Steel Head Fish. This monster has a round head covered with iron plating. It's body is, also covered with armor plating, but just not as much as the head. 

The Steel Head Fish look alot like a ancient prehistoric creature on Earth. The, Dunkleosteus. Compare to prehistoric creature back on earth. The Steel Head Fish was much smaller in comparison. 

There is currently only 2 Steel Head Fish. Compare to the other evolved fish. There is about 12 Bluefin Swordfish and 9 Gray Scaled Bass.

Moving on to the Extreme Hills. The Extreme Hills Space had very little changes. There were only a few Pure Lizards that have evolved. The population, also didn't seem to increase much. Well, it might be because, Wang Ying took some of Pure Lizards and putting them in the Underworld, but we talk about that.

The amount of monsters in the space is only about 58. Which was the 2nd lowest in monster population. The monster that evolved were very few, but they were actaully quite strong.

[Monster Name]: Golden Horn Lizard

[Monster Attribute]: Steel/Holy

[Monster Weakness]: Dark/Fire

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 7

[Monster Rarity]: Rare

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[Monster Name]: Crystal Lizard

[Monster Attribute]: Earth/Mystic

[Monster Weakness]: None

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 7

[Monster Rarity]: Rare



The numbers of these lizards are very low. About 3 of each, even though they have small numbers, their power makes up for it. Overall, Wang Ying is happy with the development of the Extreme Hills Space.

The next space up would be the Great Plain. The wolves in the space have multplied in great numbers. The Great Plain also have the most evolved monsters. There is Wind Wolves, Shadow Wolves, and Lightning Wolves. 


[Monster Name]: Wind Wolf

[Monster Attribute]: Wind

[Monster Weakness]: Earth/Steel/Ice

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 4

[Monster Rarity]: Common

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[Monster Name]: Shadow Wolf

[Monster Attribute]: Dark

[Monster Weakness]: Holy

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 5

[Monster Rarity]: Uncommon

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[Monster Name]: Lightning Wolf

[Monster Attribute]: Electric

[Monster Weakness]: Earth

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 5

[Monster Rarity]: Uncommon



The Wind Wolves were the most common. They're about 50 Wind Wolves. The evolved wolves have increase speed. Overall their not really not that strong. The Shadow Wolves have fewer in number, but their stronger. First they have the abilities to covered themselves in shadow. This aloud them to move unnoticed through the darkness. Powerwise their stronger then Wind Wolves, but by much. A single Shadow Wolf can probably only take on 2 Wind Wolf.

Lastly the Lightning Wolves. These wolves are probably the strongest evolved wolves based on strength. Their extremely fast and their equiped with electrical claws, that can paralyze there enemys or prey. 

The Lightning wolves, also seems to look at with fear Bai Qin. It seems monsters have a strict bloodline hierarchy. Looking back on it. The inferior Zombie seems to dominance over the Gray Scale Basilisks.

Next up, the Wind Plateau. The monsters population in the space was only about 130. Which was pretty low. The monsters that have evolved were underwelming. The monsters were Wind Eagles, Fire Hawks, and Golden Beaks

[Monster Name]: Wind Eagles

[Monster Attribute]: Wind

[Monster Weakness]: Electric

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 4

[Monster Rarity]: Common

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[Monster Name]: Fire Hawks

[Monster Attribute]: Fire

[Monster Weakness]: Electric/Water

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 4

[Monster Rarity]: Common

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[Monster Name]: Golden Beaks

[Monster Attribute]: Steel/Holy

[Monster Weakness]: Dark

[Monster Power]: Rank 1 Tier 5

[Monster Rarity]: Uncommon


The Wind Eagles and Fire Hawks were of course the most common evolution path the birds took. The appearance of the Wind Hawk, were that it had a giant talon and was covered black and white feathers. Looking extremely similar to the bald eagle on Earth. The Fire Hawk have a black and red feathers covering it's body. It also have the abilities to shoot tiny fire balls, but at the cost of being slower then the Wing Eagles. Having only a wingspan of 6 feet compared to Wind Eagles 9 feet.

The Golden Beaks population of course is one the lower side. The Golden Beaks have a giant beak that which makes the Golden Beak similiar to a toucan, but the beak is not brittle but actually made of gold. The Golden Beaks, also have a giant body size and having the wingspan of 12 feet. The Golden Beak is the slowest out of the 3, cause of it's giant heavy beak. Even though being the slowest one, it's without doubt that it has the strongest power.

Wang Ying, which is currently in a extremely good mood. Relaxing on his bed and reading the report on the Monster Space. Then there was sudden sound. 

Ding...

Wang Ying died in a car crash he was reincarnated as 5th young master of the Wang family, was ultimatily kicked out cause of his poor talent. He later wanders the world, until one fateful day he discovered a mysterious stone that activated Monster Shop System. Join Wang Ying on his journey of spreading an new profession-Monster Trainers! *********This is my very first time writing a book, and english is my 2nd language, so my grammer will probably be really bad.

Seeing Zhang Tie leaving the camp, Nurdo, the cousin of O'Laura finally found a chance to talk with O'Laura in a quiet place.

O'Laura walked about 2 m ahead of Nurdo. 

O'Laura's attitude towards Nurdo was always cold. Even now, she was still taking precautions against Nurdo. 

"Right here. What do you want to say?" with her arms crossed, O'Laura looked around and said icily. 

It was not far from the camp; additionally, O'Laura was very confident about her fighting strength as a LV 10 strong fighter. Therefore, she didn't fear that if Nurdo, a LV 9 fighter, played any tricks. 

"Do you like Peter?" knowing her personalities, Nurdo put it straightforward. 

"Mind your own business!" O'Laura sneered, "If you are here to talk about such a boring topic with me, I will go back right now!"

"Juventus is on my side. He has already told me everything about Peter in the tribe!" Nurdo said it with a calm look like saying something trivial. 

Although Nurdo could not identify O'Laura's look under the mask in such a dark environment, he found that O'Laura's body quivered. Therefore, Nurdo revealed a wisp of smile at his mouth corners. Nurdo knew that he had to make her restless so as to reach his target.

"So what?" after a short while, O'Laura replied icily, "I don't care on which side is Juventus. As long as he's not on my side, his will in the grey eagle tribe has nothing to do with me. However, if he dares to betray the grey eagle tribe, the tribe won't mind chopping off a senior's head even at the risk of being split."

"I can make him support you so that you can take over the power of the grey eagle tribe as soon as possible. With his support, you can completely suppress Ollier and take over the power of the grey eagle tribe!"

O'Laura thought about Nurdo's words for a while. She knew that Nurdo's words were true. Based on the current situation in the grey eagle tribe, if she and senior Merkel could cooperate with Juventus, they would be able to suppress Ollier completely. The biggest trouble facing the grey eagle tribe was that the party of O'Laura and senior Merkel and the party of Ollier and Juventus were on even. Therefore, she did not dare to act rashly and blindly in the tribe. Additionally, her party was always restricted by the other party. If the alliance of Ollier and Juventus completely collapsed, the problem facing the grey eagle tribe would be solved. This was the perfect solution for the problem facing the grey eagle tribe...

After thinking for a short while, she finally agreed. She glanced at Nurdo. Although Nurdo was smiling, his slightly narrowed eyes were gleaming icily, making her heart race at once.

O'Laura knew that a grand didn't come for free.

"What's your condition?"

"It's very simple, marry me!" Nurdo revealed a wisp of smile at his mouth corners.

"No way!" O'Laura refused him immediately.

"Listen!" Nurdo looked confident, "I know you like that guy. But he cannot help you at all. He's just a high-level fighter. We also have fighters like him in our tribe. Additionally, the conflicts in the grey eagle tribe could not only be solved by fighting strength. I think you understand that!"

Seeing O'Laura becoming silent, Nurdo continued.

"Even if he accepted you, you have to understand that you are only one of his beloved women. Given the hot relationship between him and Sabrina at the present, how much more advantageous do you think you are than Sabrina. Additionally, don't forget who revoked the wanted circular this time. It's said that the enchanting fox in Ewentra Archipelago is also an amorous woman!"

"That's why you bring Elizabeth here!" O'Laura replied with a strong irony in her tone.

However, Nurdo maintained his face unchanged, "I admit that I intended to seduce him with Elizabeth. It would be enough if a woman could let a powerhouse like Peter give me a favor at a critical moment in the future!"

O'Laura instantly recalled something as her eyes turned solemn at once, "Your father has determined to let your elder brother Mirba succeed to the throne of the wind wolf tribe last year..."

"Even if a woman like you wants to rule a tribe, how could I succumb to Mirba, the idiot. Besides having an old bitch mom, who's better than mine, Mirba can never match me!" Nurdo raised his head while his eyes were filled with flames, "My father didn't make the final decision yet. He could at least rule the wind wolf tribe for 10 years. I still have a chance in the decade. I will gain the support of the two seniors of the wind wolf tribe and I could lead the wind wolf tribe to become a leopard tribe..."

O'Laura understood Nurdo instantly. As long as Nurdo married her, he would annex the grey eagle tribe sooner or later. Plus the population and power of the grey eagle tribe, the wind wolf tribe would gradually develop to be a leopard tribe. 

The tribes were divided by Slavs into mouse tribe, eagle tribe, wolf tribe, leopard tribe, fox tribe and bear tribe according to their forces.

It could be said that each Slav tribe's ruler had the mission and honor to develop the population and force of their tribe to the scale of bear tribes. In order to reach this target, the rulers of all the Slav tribe would strive endlessly generation after generation. However, besides the natural growth in population and force of tribes, some powerful tribes also chose to expand their tribes by inter-marriage or wars. 

The population base of the wind wolf tribe had already reached 350,000. If the population base of the grey eagle tribe was included, the whole population of the wind wolf might surpass 400,000, which just reached the minimum standard of leopard tribe. 

"As long as you help me take the throne of the wind wolf tribe, I will let you rule the entire grey eagle tribe. It's a win-win situation!" Nurdo said full of ambition.

"Can a wolf spit out the flesh from his stomach?" O'Laura didn't believe in Nurdo's words at all.

"I don't want to restrict your freedom. I don't even care about whom you love and want to stay with. I only need a nominal marriage and the obedience of the grey eagle tribe. After taking the throne of the wind wolf tribe, I will not interfere with the affairs of the grey eagle tribe. You will still be the ruler of the grey eagle tribe. I feel this method is beneficial to both of us! What you need to pay is just some time and a nominal marriage!"

"Why are you telling me this? If you've long made this plan, I don't believe that you could wait until now!" O'Laura was still rational even Nurdo's words were alluring.

"I admit that this plan was a bit different than that I made before. In my earlier plan, I wanted to force you to marry me, by forcing instead of cooperating with you. Right because of this, you should believe in my sincerity!"

"Because of Peter?"

"A guy who could kill a LV 10 strong fighter with a javelin in a blink of eye is only a powerful guarantee for the grey eagle tribe, nothing else!" Nurdo revealed a wisp of smile——sneer, "Do you know what is the most powerful in this world? It's money. If you accepted the 500,000 gold coins from Bluesea Castle Business Group, we would not stand here. If you did that, you would have taken control of the grey eagle tribe. You're too arrogant, O'Laura, you're beaten by your own arrogance!"

O'Laura replied with a cold harrumph as she raised her face. 

"What's especially hilarious is that Peter also refused the assistance from Bluesea Castle Business Group. Although he knew that you needed money, he still refused the enchanting fox's money. Aren't you clear about your position in his heart? Perhaps he felt that you didn't worth him to do that. No matter what, it's 500,000 gold coins. Don't tell me that he could afford that amount of money himself. I know that his purse had been taken away by you and Setton when he was caught. He's now a poor guy..." Nurdo showed discord. 

"If he gave her money to me, wound't he be taken as a toy boy? At least, Peter came down together with me. I believe that we will have a big harvest!" O'Laura urged.

"Don't comfort yourself anymore. Even if all the population of your tribe came down, how much could you gain in this action, 50,000 or 100,000 gold coins? Actually, you cannot completely depress Juventus and Ollier without at least 350,000 gold coins. Additionally, it's the wild bear tribe which hosts this action, how much do you think you could take away from here? That guy just accompanies Sabrina down here for exploration and travel; perhaps, he even wants to make some money. However, you only have one chance."

"Isn't the attraction of relics featured by the uncertainty of benefits. Why are you so sure that Peter and I cannot find enough wealth down there?" 

"Do you really think that powerful ones are doomed to have good luck and become millionaires. Don't be naive. O'Laura, you've already passed the age of being naive. You'd better consider about my suggestion. Finally, I want to tell you, no matter which way do you choose, it won't influence this cooperation. The former appointment between us still works."

"No need to consider anymore. No way! No matter what, I have to take over the grey eagle tribe. Nobody could take it away from me!" O'Laura replied firmly.

"Good luck to you! I hope that the talk between you and me is not exposed to anyone else!"

"Humph..."

Knowing that he could not persuade O'Laura temporarily, Nurdo didn't continue as he knew that something would sprout sooner or later as long as it was sowed in her mind. 

"A woman who gives up 500,000 gold coins for the illusory love and self-esteem of a toy boy wants to take over a tribe. Does she think it's a playing house?" Nurdo sneered inside. After glancing at O'Laura, he turned around and left.

This talk ended in discord.

Seeing Nurdo disappearing in the distance, O'Laura tightened her fist...

...

When O'Laura was separated from Nurdo, Zhang Tie, Sam and Gerri just came out of the entrance of the ruins.

At this moment, at least hundreds of people were surrounding the entrance. Those greedy pioneers who were curious about the items inside the entrance didn't leave; instead, they were just staying outside the entrance with glittering eyes. But nobody dared to go inside.

Based on the freak's strength, the first guy entering the hole would probably lose his life, not to mention finding something. Therefore, nobody would like to be that idiot.

When Zhang Tie, Sam and Gerri exited, they were stripped to the waists. They only wore pants. All the rest clothes had been tightly packed and carried on their back. Nobody could see what was inside.　

Sam and Gerri both looked pale. Careful pioneers found that their legs were shaky while their hands on the package were trembling. Only the freak man looked unchanged.

"Is that okay?" Sam asked nervously. 

"No problem, you two don't say a thing. Relax yourselves. I will deal with the rest!" Zhang Tie replied.

Hearing Zhang Tie's words, Sam forcefully swallowed his saliva as he nodded with a solemn look. 

When they came out of the hole, those pioneers outside the hole moved one step forward. After being glanced by Zhang Tie's lightning-bolt eyes, everybody else stopped.

"What's inside?" Someone asked.

Zhang Tie only replied with a cold harrumph. After that, he took up that flange beam and walked aside. Under the gazes of everybody else, he immediately moved some 7-10 tons of blocks to the original places and blocked the hole. 

At the sight of this, all the other pioneers started to swear inside. However, many people's eyes also brightened up. According to the rules of pioneers, as long as the discoverer left, the items inside the hole would have nothing to do with the discoverer anymore, irrespective of what it was. However, Zhang Tie's action remarkably reminded many people that something valuable was still buried inside.

Seeing Zhang Tie's movement, those who kept gazing at their package also moved their gleaming eyes on the architectural wastes which were used to block the hole. Even if someone among them wanted to rob their package, after measuring Zhang Tie's strength and those architectural wastes, they changed their decisions. 

The moment the three people left, many pioneers instantly swarmed up. Someone instantly found the flange beam and started to move that block on road with other people. 

The spot became chaotic at once. 

...

Seeing that they were not followed up, Sam and Gerri both let out a sigh, so did Zhang Tie.

"Peter, why did you block the hole once again?"

"Nothing. I just didn't want to kill anyone over there!" Zhang Tie said casually, "It's better to bring them hope than to kill them!"

Sam and Gerri exchanged glances with each other as if they didn't know Zhang Tie before. 

...

As they had to move steadily, their speed was slower compared to when they came here. Even though, they still returned to their camp after about an hour. 

What a coincidence, the moment they came back, they saw O'Laura walking towards here from afar.

Seeing their weird looks, O'Laura became stunned, "Where have you been?"

"We went for wealth!" Zhang Tie replied with a relaxed look while Sam and Gerri both looked very nervous at this moment. If not Zhang Tie who found these items, Sam and Gerri would never dare to return here anymore.

O'Laura glanced at Zhang Tie with a gloomy look. She ignored his joke. 

"Go to the tent, and when you come back to camp. I have something to tell you."

"What a coincidence, I've also got something to tell you!"

"What?"

"Let's talk about it later, it's just a few steps back!"

O'Laura nodded.

When they came back to the tent, they saw Sabrina and Nurdo who were still staying with some guests.

Those guests were dispatched by Golden Roc Bank and some heads of the wild bear tribe. As they came down here consecutively with a time interval of a few hours, it's normal for them to encounter each other here if they intended to.

Hearing Zhang Tie's arrival, they instantly turned around and became curious about Zhang Tie's weird look.

"Ha...ha..." Nurdo burst out into laughter first, "What? Have you already gone to discover relics after coming down here for a few hours? Look at you! You must have a big harvest!"

Although Nurdo's tone was not ironical but it was jeering. Indeed, nobody belived that Zhang Tie and his friends could find anything valuable in only a few hours. 

However, at the sight of the staff from Golden Roc Bank, Zhang Tie let out a sigh as he knew that he didn't need to worry about these items anymore...

Zhang Tie fumbled in his trousers pockets and took out a thumb-sized item. He then flipped it towards a staff from Golden Roc Bank. That staff instantly grabbed it.

"Send your men down, we want to preserve a batch of relics!"

"Mr. Peter, our lowest limit of amount for entrustment service is..." before he finished his words, he seemed being choked by something while he looked around that item carefully with widely opened eyes at once. 

"We have 1674 pieces in total!" Zhang Tie told him a figure. Nobody else understood what did Zhang Tie mean. However, at the sight of Zhang Tie and his friends three package, the staff of Golden Roc Bank instantly took out a metal cylinder and triggered it towards the sky...

With a shrill soar, a huge symbol of Golden Roc Bank appeared in the sky which could be seen clearly by people within dozens of miles. 

In a split second, various battle Qi's shined in the distance while many light spots started to fly towards here...

Nobody knew what was happening!

After the Catastrophe, every rule in the world was rewritten.
In the Age of Black Iron, steel, iron, steam engines and fighting force became the crux in which human beings depended on to survive.
A commoner boy by the name Zhang Tie was selected by the gods of fortune and was gifted a small tree which could constantly produce various marvelous fruits. At the same time, Zhang Tie was thrown into the flames of war, a three-hundred-year war between humans and demons on the vacant continent. Using crystals to tap into the potentials of the human body, one must cultivate to become stronger.
The thrilling legends of mysterious clans, secrets of Oriental fantasies, numerous treasures and legacies in the underground world — All in the Castle of Black Iron!
Written by Drunk Tiger, this novel is a prime example of fantasy steampunk. Let us journey through the world of limitless possibilities and inventions together!
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**Warning: This novel contains mature content**


Van pulled out a hefty wooden structure from his storage ring. He whistled, "Blackie!"

The giant wolf saw the harness in Van's other hand and tried to run away. 

Sha!

Van grabbed Blackie's ruff and dragged him back to the wooden carriage. He strapped the wolf securely into the harness without doing it up too tight and hopped onto the driver's seat. 

 He turned to Ryan and Delphine, "Well? Get on!"

Blackie showed a suffering expression. Van turned to the wolf and scolded him, "Stop acting so pitiful. If this is heavy for you even after I bathed you in body strengthening powder, I will ask some other wolf to come with me!"

Blackie instantly threw away his suffering expression. Instead, he licked Van's palm and acted cute, [You love me the most, Big Boss!].

The other two climbed up and sat in the two seats behind Van and they set off. 

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As soon as they left Dragon City, three shadows flashed by the city gates.

"They are going to the Blizzard Plains. Now that they have left Dragon City, it is prime time to deal the killing blow!" One of the people said urgently.

"The client said to ensure the kill occurred outside of Cloud River  to reduce suspicion. We will wait til they cross the border to Lihnrest."

"Or even further. The more isolated the place, the better!" The third person said, their voice dripping with killing intent.

The trio nodded. Whatever way they ended up going with, one thing was for certain – that kid was going to die!

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Five days later, the three humans and wolf arrived at the border between Cloud River and their neighbouring country Lihnrest. 

Lihnrest was a very large country with a very small population, mostly concentrated at its borders. Due to its large expanse, its northernmost reaches were known for its extremely icy weather and year-long blizzards.

Van realised that they had been on the road for five days already and grew worried.

[If it takes us a week and a half to travel to the Blizzard Plains, it will take us another week and a half to return to Dragon City. That means I only have a month in the Blizzard Plains.]

Van looked around the border town, "It would be best if we could find a faster form of transport to the Blizzard Plains."

Delphine pointed to a giant fluffy white creature in the distance, "I think we've found it!"

The large creature had a pavilion-like structure on it's back. It was being directed by a person sitting on its head.

The trio ended up paying over a hundred silver taels per head for a ride to the biggest town near the Blizzard Plains. It cost slightly more to bring Blackie on board, as the great white beast felt uncomfortable with him on its back.

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They disembarked the back of the great snowy beast three days later.

The town closest to the Blizzard Plains was called 'Pollog." It had a population of less than 3,000 people. 

However, there was a bigger town about two hours away from it which had a larger population of 20,000 people. This town was known as 'Griever's Fort,' and was owned by a distant relative of the previous King of Lihnrest.

Griever's Fort was the last place that the great snowy beast stopped. From here on out, Van, Ryan and Delphine had to make their way to Pollog and then the Blizzard Plains themselves.

"Final stop! All yez passengers should disembark 'ere unless yez wanna go back to the border!"

The trio stood up to descend from the great snowy beast.

As Ryan gripped the soft rope ladder to descend, a strong force pushed him off. He fell the hard earth below.

Van was immediately incensed. He grabbed the offender by the collar and heaved him up, "Apologize, now!"

The young man in his grasp struggled frantically. He managed to free himself and dusted his robes off dramatically, "Who should apologize!? You rabble should be grateful to be stepped on by Cyrus the Great! Move aside, now!" 

Van suddenly felt a strong aura approach. He turned a saw a large, rugged-looking man with a scar down his left eye. He was flanked by a large contingent of people – there were probably 50-60 of them.

Van narrowed his eyes; they were all cultivators. Not only that, the leader of the group, Cyrus, was in the 6th level of Qi Distillation!

Cyrus came forwards.

Van and Cyrus locked eyes. Van felt a heavy spiritual pressure push down on him. He clenched his teeth and held his ground.

Cyrus' face was expressionless.

[This ant in front of me refuses to admit its weakness in front of my magnificent glory… how boring.]

Cyrus floated lightly of the great fluffy beast's back and summoned a large treasure in the form of a ship, "My followers. Come aboard."

Excited chatter burst out in his contingent.

"Cyrus the Great is allowing us to board his legendary Spirit-Walking Ship? What amazing deed did I perform in my previous life to deserve this?"

"Disciples from the Star-Cutting Sword Sect are really different, hey…"

Van's ears narrowed. Star-Cutting Sword Sect? This was one of the sects he might have to compete against in the Monster Mausoleum!

Cyrus' followers directly jumped from the back of the great fluffy beast to the enormous ship-treasure.

Van went down the ladder and helped Ryan up. The other boy's face was blotchy red from shame and humiliation. 

Behind Van, Delphine's was indignant, "By insulting my team, that bastard Cyrus fellow was also insulting me!! No one is allowed to insult me!"

Delphine suddenly recalled her humiliation at Van's hands in the Grand Botanica. She decided to wipe it from her memories.

Van re-strapped Blackie into the giant carriage and the trio set off for Pollog.

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[That night.]

Van stood up from the campfire and stretched. 

"Guys, I'm just going to go to the bathroom," he said as one usually would. With nothing in hand, Van left the relative safety of the camp to pee by a tree.

Abandoned in a village with his dependant younger sister, he has fought to survive his whole life. His fate changes when he stumbles upon a mysterious ring by the mountainside. It promises him limitless power and glory if he can help it find its legendary master - a powerful ancient being who has been missing for thousands of years.

A must-read for those who love Eastern Fantasy with all its butt-kicking, humor, adventure, treasures, pets, romance and etc.
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[Excerpt]

"My master is one of the most powerful ancient gods in existence," the ring said pompously, "Renowned in all the lands! Once we find him, he will reward us handsomely!"

"You don't even remember what he looks like!" Van scoffed, "How exactly am I supposed to find him!?"

The ring pretended not to hear.

"Oh Master, your most faithful servant has failed you - I have been stuck with an idiot!" It wailed.

"Takes one to know one," Van muttered darkly.

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Author's note:

The main character is not a cold-blooded psychopath or anti-hero. He has his own morals and will stick by them.

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Release schedule: 3 ch/week

Release time: 00:05 Beijing (GMT+8) Monday, Wednesday, Saturday.

Bonus chapters accrued during the week are released on Sundays.

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{I didn't book a room in a hotel!}

Jun was in despair. How could he forget?

{Fucking hell…I'll just book a room when I reach there.}

Jun looked around and got his head-pillow and fell asleep because the flight was going to be long.
 
He entered a dream. He was in the wilderness with some leather clothes on with a spear in hand. 

He looked around and saw that there was a black wolf in front of him staring at him on top of a rock. It had yellow eyes that could pierce the sky and shining white fangs. It was staring at Jun not with the hostility most people would expect, instead it looked like it was calling for Jun to follows him.

Jun was first wary of it but then decided to get close to the wolf while also being wary for if the wolf tried to attack him he would stab it.

But the wolf turned its back to Jun and started running. Jun felt a feeling that told him to run with the wolf.

Jun thought it was weird but still did it and started running with the wolf. The wolf led him to numerous places sometimes it stopped to sniff sometimes it ran faster than a cheetah.

But wherever it went he left a mark. Sometimes a claw mark sometimes it pissed or it howled. But suddenly a bear appeared in the front of Jun and the wolf. Jun grabbed his spear and started thinking on how to attack and take it down. But before he could attack the wolf suddenly jumped at the bear and started attacking.

{What is it doing? It should have come up with a plan? It shouldn't be that dumb to go against a bear.}

The wolf bit the bear on its side, but it didn't seem like it did anything.

The bear raised its paw and struck at the wolf.

The wolf jumped back but it was scratched on its rear and blood started coming out. It looked at Jun like it wanted to say something but Jun couldn't understand. The bear started attacking the wolf. It stomped and it looked like the wolf was going to get smashed and be made a pulp, but the wolf dodged last second. Jun looked at the bear and decided to help the wolf out.

Jun grabbed the spear in a throwing position and threw it at the bear with full force. The spear went struck the side of the bear where the wolf had previously attacked and by the looks of it, it had gone in deep.

The bear roared with pain and anger, it was enraged. It started running towards Jun.

"Oh shit!"

It raised it paw and struck at Jun but thankfully Jun had fast reflex and rolled away. Jun got up but before he could even stabilize himself he heard the ground shaking. Jun turned his head around and saw that the bear had already raised its paws above and was going to turn him into meat paste.
Jun couldn't dodge it in time and just accepted his fate and waited for death. But suddenly a black figure came smashed beside the bear and sent the bear flying.

The wolf had come to Jun's rescue, it started growling at the bear. The bear got up and started looking at both of them.

Jun looked at the wolf and stood up beside the wolf. Both parties got ready to attack. Jun started running towards the right side of the bear where the spear was while the wolf on the right side.
The bear swiped with its paw at Jun but Jun rolled and reached the side and pulled out the spear the bear tried to attack Jun again but the wolf bit at its neck. So it had to protect itself from the wolf.

While the wolf was distracting the bear Jun pulled out his spear and started attacking and went for the nape. But the bear noticed it and dodged but not completely, Jun accidentally sliced at the back of the bear. This enraged the bear and it turned it sights back to Jun and bit towards Jun. 
Jun jumped back and the bear started running towards him again but the wolf jumped and got on the back of the bear and dug its fangs on the wound Jun made.

The bear tried to get it off but Jun wouldn't let it. He grabbed his spear and struck at the neck of the bear.

Jun put all his strength in this strike and it connected with the neck , blood started spurting out the wolf jumped down and started attacking the bear while Jun pulled back and watched.
With the wound Jun made and the constant attacks of the wolf, the bear slowly lost its strength and died.

The wolf immediately started biting and eating the bear until there was only half left then it looked at Jun and started walking towards it but slowly started increasing its pace until it was on a full on sprint. Jun thought he was going to get eaten so he was trying to get ready to fight with the wolf but his body didn't respond. 

It was just standing still.

{Come on move dammit!}

But his body didn't listen and was just slowly waiting for its death.

Until suddenly the wolf's body started becoming a golden light, but that didn't mean it was stopping it was still coming towards Jun.

"Pah.."

The golden light hit Jun's forehead but Jun didn't have the time to feel anything because he was already out of his dream.

"…"
{That was a strange dream…}

He heard the voice of a lady through the airplane speakers.

"Please put the seat-belts on, in 1 hour we will start landing in Sabiha Gokcen International Airport."

Jun put the seat-belt on and waited while thinking about the dream he had.

…

"Welcome to Turkey."

These signs were everywhere since Jun arrived.

Jun pulled out his phone and looked for the nearest hotel. He searched for a while and eventually picked a hotel near the beach, he told the taxi driver the address and enjoyed the scene of the city.
40 or so minutes later they arrived. Jun paid the taxi driver and went it he booked a room and got in. He didn't unpack anything since he was going to find a place to rent in a week.

{I wonder how far the village has progressed?}

Jun locked the door and was ready to put his blood ring on until he saw something that got him excited.

The Nerve Control Capsule that he was planning to buy.

Jun immediately called staff and asked if he could get inside and play.

"Yes sir."

"Alright thank you."

Jun was ecstatic, he got in the capsule and started the game.

"New player detected…Will you allow me to get a sample of your DNA so we can log you in your character?"

"Yes!"

"…Player Isık Kuzgunu joining Blood and Swords"

With a white hum he was transported to the Lord's manor. He got out of his antique wooded bed and went outside. The population had grown, There were fences all around the camp, houses everywhere but not too many houses.
 
Jun checked the population of the village

100/100 

Jun decided he was going to upgrade the village.

"System Notification: Player Isık Kuzgunu has upgraded Kül Village has been upgraded from 1-st grade village to 2-nd grade village."

"World Notification: Player Isık Kuzgunu has upgraded Kül Village has been upgraded from 1-st grade village to 2-nd grade village."

Even though it was a world notification nobody paid attention to it since there was already a lot of 2-nd grade villages around the world. 

Jun looked at the requirements to upgrade the village to a 3-rd grade village.

Population 100/1000

Buildings: 

Military Camp

School 

If you become the first to have a 3-rd grade village you shall get a special reward.

{A special reward that sounds, nice}

Jun did his routine and checked if there was any problems in the village. Jun went to find Kudret in the camp for military training.

When Jun arrived there he was 20 men practicing a set of moves with wooden swords and shields.
Jun decided to go and see how they had progressed. Kudret came to greet him.
"…Sir I know this is early but we need a Military Camp so we can officially start recruiting men to fight"
"I know…I'll find a way."
Jun was also worried about the military problem but first he needed to fix his problems outside the game.
Jun went back to the lord's manor and logged out. And started to find an apartment he could rent with somebody since he didn't want to take the whole bill himself…although he couldn't talk Turkish he wasn't someone shy, he would just use Google Translate to get his point across.

Jun looked at all types of building until he found a suitable apartment he could rent.

He called the number of the owner. And told him that he would like to rent the place. The owner happily agreed and told him he could come in tomorrow. Jun agreed and decided to sleep.

…

Jun was walking towards the place of the apartment while also ordering a Brain Nerve Control Capsule (Note: I'll call it BNCC for short) from his phone.

He arrived at the place met the owner and got the keys of the room. The owner also told Jun that the person he was renting with was a beautiful woman. But Jun didn't give it to much thought since he didn't really care about whether it was a woman or not. He just wanted to play the game.

Jun opened the door with his keys and started walking, until suddenly a woman appeared from the kitchen.

Jun was shocked at how beautiful the woman was.

{The owner said the woman was beautiful but he didn't say she was this beautiful!}

The woman looked in her early-twenties with pale white jade skin, the skin was so smooth that it looked like an ice sculpture. 

She had big breasts, silky blonde hair with amber eyes. A small lose and thin lips.
Jun felt as if he had seen the goddess of beauty in real life.

Jun looked at her body to see but that glance was caught by the woman and it looked like she got angry. She said with an angry voice.

"Hello!"

Jun didn't understand since she was speaking in Turkish, but the woman thought that he was still entranced.

"Ugh men."

{Lady I don't understand what you just said, but I'm guessing it wasn't nice.}

Jun smiled at her, but the women took whatever she had cooked and went into her room, she locked it too.

Jun was shocked but then thought.

{Did I do something wrong?}

The Game Blood and Swords was created 6 years ago and it had stayed the biggest game in the whole world since its release.

Li Jun was just an early 30's man who liked to play games and have a simple life...But with an unfortunate accident, he was transported back in time.

"I'm going to be the greatest."

Will Jun be the greatest emperor or will he become a stepping stone for somebody else.
Well, you are going to have to read to find out.
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This novel was inspired by the novel "The World Online" so there will be some resemblance but it will take its course and start beginning to look like a real novel after a while.

You guys should check it out it's a really good novel.
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Also, 70% of this book is fiction, so most of the names and events will be fiction, but I will add events from history so yeah...

Alright, so I want to explain how the story works so nobody gets confused. My story is based on omegaverse. There will be no packs, no ranks other than Alpha, Beta, and Omega. There will also be mentions of other species such as vampires, humans etc.
70% of the world's werewolf population are betas.
20% of the world's werewolf population are alphas.  
10% of the world's werewolf population are omegas.

OMEGA
Omegas are considered the lowest in the hierarchy, mainly due to the fact that they have monthly heat which prevents them from working, providing for their family etc. During an omega's heat, they produce pheromones that causes alphas to go into rut. Male omegas can get pregnant like females. An omega's heat last for around an week. An omega is completely vulnerable during heat, they lose all their senses and replace it with the need to be breed.
BETA
Betas are the 'middle classes', the middle in the hierarchy. Only beta females can get pregnant, beta males can't. Betas usually mate with betas, some mate with alphas/omegas, but the mate bond between an alpha and omega will always be stronger than a bond between betas. Marriages are common between betas as it's a sign that they're taken/mated. Betas don't go into heat, they can be affected and be aroused by an omega's heat but they're able to control themselves and their urges.
ALPHA
Alphas are the highest in the hierarchy. They're born with superior appearance and intelligence. They're the elites, the leaders of the world. Alpha's go into rut when triggered by an omega's heat. Rut is basically the same thing as heat. An alpha will lose complete control of themselves if they smell an omega's pheromones. During rut, an alpha's ejaculation can last for 20-30 minutes, producing lots of semen, they cannot pull out since their knot (dick) will swell up when ejaculating, an ejaculation during rut guarantees almost 100% pregnancy rate.
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Suppressants: These can help an omega to control their pheromones so they don't go into their heat in public.
Mark: To bond with an omega, you have to bite their nape, this does not apply to betas or alphas. Once an omega's is marked, they become very dependent on their mate.
Rejection: You can reject an omega once you've marked and mated with them, rejections are very deadly and painful. Once an omega is rejected, they go into a state of depression due to the loss of mate.
Inner Wolf: Omegaverse doesn't usually have inner wolves or the werewolves can shift into wolves but whatever. Like a typical werewolf story, they have their inner wolves who stay inside their mind but they can also come out to possess the body. The werewolves can shift, a werewolf is bigger than a normal wolf.
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I'm not very good at explaining so if you have any questions feel free to comment in the story.



WARNING: My story includes ****, child abuse, child prostitution, homophobic slurs etc. Please DO NOT proceed to read if you're uncomfortable, or skip chapters marked 'mature'. Please also understand I DO NOT support these acts.

Story will be uploaded on my other account :) cheers

Chapter 72 – Hidden Challenge Part 9, Number Crunching and the Secret Shop
The archer dashed backwards, her hand covering her bleeding breast through her leather armor. She avoided the follow up from my poleaxe combination by creating some distance between us with a quick step ability unique to the archer class. 
"Shadow."
For the first time ever, I used shadow as an instantaneous gap closer. Bursting into a shade, I reappeared less than a second later right in front of her, and smashed down with the flat of the blade of my poleaxe. 
The poleaxe blade slammed into the top of her head.
162 damage, stunning blow! 
The level 81 steel guild archer crumpled forwards, unconscious from a concussion. I stabbed her in the torso several times, depleting her health bar.
[You have slain Erica]
[You have gained 4 tickets.]
She must have already killed two players, so I got double the amount of tickets from her. Interestingly enough, wolves did not drop any tickets for their own body. The only tickets that they dropped were their own claims. So theoretically, a wolf that gained the status by killing a player, but then chose to throw away the two tickets that they received from the kill, would yield zero tickets if they died to another wolf.
That kind of situation was probably most likely to unfold around a player like Steel Slice, who would demand his close underlings to hand over tickets to him. So he would be worth thousands of tickets, but his underlings would have next to nothing. 
Although, I guess that didn't work because of Bubs's culling rule. The mechanics behind a competition like this had so many permutations because of the different personalities and goals of players involved that it was interesting and almost necessary to run through scenarios in my head as I progressed through the competition. In a sense, this was almost like financial modeling. When you want to build a financial model, you generally create a spreadsheet with three categories of outcomes to base your assumptions, otherwise known as guesstimates, on. One category for disaster tier outcome, one category for divinely blessed tier outcomes, and one category for normal outcomes. It was a way to stress test a stock or company and see if they could survive the disaster tier outcome, as well as show what would happen if everything went their way, and compare both situations to a more normal or average outcome. 
Although actual statistics were not that important in Eclipse Online, an event like this was not really regular Eclipse Online. This event had almost board-game like rules, and so number crunching game theory scenarios became a whole lot more valuable. A culling type round like this, where there was such an extreme difference between the positive outcome and negative outcome, only made game theory thinking even more valuable. 
However, this particular board game had too many unknown variables to start with good assumptions. A forecast model was only as good as the information that it was fed. As the saying went, "shit in, shit out." 
The first and most obvious question that would benefit from a forecast calculation was this. How many tickets did I need by sundown to survive? 
Having zero tickets to your name was the worst case scenario. But even in such a poor situation, it was theoretically possible to survive with zero tickets. There were two scenarios where a zero ticket player could survive the culling. If more than half the players in the competition had zero tickets, then you could just get lucky and not be randomly selected by Bubs. Alternatively, if half of the competitors were already killed during the day, Bubs would not act, and so it didn't matter how many tickets you had, you would be safe. 
Having two tickets gave you a moderate chance at survival. It gave you priority over players with zero tickets, as well as dead players. You would only be culled if there were not enough zero ticket players and dead players to make up half the competition, and you also got unlucky and were one of the randomly selected two ticket players. 
Damn it, this would be so easy to calculate and the answer would definitely be "yes you are safe in all situations with two tickets" if it was purely a PvP event, but the addition of the PvE tasks as a source of ticket generation made ticket safety threshold calculations that much harder. If there was no PvE ticket generation, then having two tickets granted you complete invulnerability from the culling. Because if you thought about it, it was numerically impossible to get culled if you had two tickets in a PvP only setting. Just think about it– if half the population became wolves, and a player becomes a wolf by killing another player, then by definition the other half of the population would be dead, so Bubs would not act, and you would be safe. If less than half the population became wolves, then you would be automatically safe as one of the two-ticket holder wolves in a sea of zero ticket innocents. If more than half the population became wolves… my brain hurt to think about it, but that would be logically impossible unless wolves were killing wolves, and if that was the case then you would definitely be safe with two tickets as well. Think about it this way. Every wolf in existence necessitates at least one dead player. Therefore 60% of the original population being wolves meant that at least 60% of the original population was dead, and among the dead were wolves. 
But if the innocents were collecting tons of tickets, then none of this applied with that sweet sweet hundred percent certainty that I missed oh so much. 
To formulate a good strategy in a reality where innocents could collect tickets, I needed to estimate the amount of tickets innocents were generating. I could use the fog demon as an example.
It took four players roughly an hour and a half to bring down a ten ticket monster unmolested. That was roughly 2.5 tickets per person. However, since this was a battle royale and distractions were inevitable, I'd bring the average time to kill a ten ticket monster up to three and a half hours. Meaning that they would only get at most one monster before sundown. 
There were so many more variables including different ticket value monster strength and et cetera, and I was venturing well into "shit in, shit out" territory when it came to the PvE ticket estimates, but I decided to press on with the example just to see what the outcome it would yield. 
Four players, with 2.5 tickets each. Tickets could not be split in half, so some would have two, while others would have three. Suddenly, wolves sitting on two tickets were in danger. The more innocents that successfully completed their monster hunts, the more wolves would get culled. 
But what if there was some fuckery involved during an innocent party's ticket distribution? If the monster slayer backstabbed the group and took all the tickets, that would only benefit the two ticket wolves, since suddenly out of a group of four innocents, three would have zero tickets while one would have ten, instead of all four having 2.5 tickets. 
But me? With my 13 tickets already? Would I ever be in danger from the culling?
…
The answer was definitely not. I could even give Rosalia three tickets so I'd have 10 and she'd have 9, and we would still be far from danger from the culling. Assuming my assumptions weren't shit. But 9 tickets was so far above 2.5 tickets that I could say that we would be very safe. And just like the previous example, the monster slayer ditching his party and running off with the entire ticket stack would only benefit me. 
I could form a solid conclusion off of this fact pattern– I could comfortably split my tickets with Rosalia, and didn't have to scramble to collect tickets this afternoon to survive the culling, because even if I just sat here doing nothing, I'd still be safe. 
But this situation was a bit more complex than just the ticket threshold for the rule VIII culling at sunset. 
Speaking of game theory, there was a classic problem here. 
If half the player base killed the other half of the player base, then Bubs would not need to do anything. His wish for half the player base to be dead would already be fulfilled, without lifting a finger or his murder mallet. 
Therefore, it was in the best interest of the competitors to collectively kill off as many players as possible. With enough carnage, Bubs wouldn't need to act. 
However, it was not in the best interest of an individual competitor to risk fighting to the death. A freeloader would love to have other players kill each other off while he hid in a corner somewhere, and gained safety through the work of others. 
But it didn't just end there. The culling tonight was only a part of the first round. The real objective of the first round was to survive and collect 50 tickets. 
This meant that ticket economy was important. Thank god there were non-PvP forms of ticket gaining, because I could already see that PvP was worse than a zero sum game, it was a negative sum game. 
Every time an innocent killed someone and became a wolf, the net amount of tickets in the system was reduced by two. This was because wolves did not drop their original two tickets anymore, and thus the transformation from an innocent into a wolf was a net negative of two tickets to the entire ticket economy. 
I had no idea if there was a limit to PvE ticket farming, but if there was, then the total number of tickets possible to be collected diminished with each passing hour. Therefore, if I wanted to pass the first round, I couldn't just sit here waiting. I needed to be generating a combined 100 tickets for passage to the second round for both me and Rosalia. And generating excess tickets was preferred as well, so I could use them in the hidden challenge shops. 
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The fighting near the courtyard was beginning to die down. The level 86 orc managed to kill both the warrior and the rogue he was fighting against before, and was heading towards the castle's front door. I silently watched him from a distance, wondering if he could take on that party of four of level 70s that fought the fog demon. 
Thankfully, knowing that I'd be safe from the culling with my current ticket count gave me a lot of tactical flexibility. I didn't need to rush into every fight and try to score a hail mary, and could instead lurk in the background of the battlefield and locate weaknesses. 
Looking at the mob of players fighting on the hill and all the bodies rolling down, and then at the castle, I was stuck in a bit of dilemma. Should I brave the massive battle royale, or stalk the orc and the other four in the castle?
"Hey, Meat Shield," I said to the cat on my shoulder. "Do you still sense those four and the orc in the castle?"
"It's faint, but they are still alive~" 
Good. That meant that at the very least, the castle's treasure was mimic free. Maybe I didn't have to be so scared of the castle interior after all. Was my trauma from the Forgotten King's Tomb making me a bit too anxious?
I walked towards the castle's front door, and then into that red carpeted hall lined with suits of armor. 
"Hmmm, something smells really good upstairs~" Meat Shield said happily. "Can we go up there?"
"If it's not dangerous," I replied. With adamantite poleaxe gripped in my hands, I cautiously walked up the grand staircase and opened the door.
Immediately upon opening the door, I was hit in the face by the sound of vuvuzelas and the sight of tons of balloons hung from a large treasure trove of items and potions and even food, completely the opposite of what I expected. 
"Oh dear, another visitor already," said a cheery old ghost wearing a rice hat, who was no more than three feet tall, with a long white moustache and a cane. He hopped over a giant stack of books with unexpected dexterity, landing right in front of me. I looked down at him. 
"Welcome to my humble shop. You'll find all the supplies you need and more, as long as you have tickets to spend." 
[author] As I said on *******, I had a test today on the 26th so needed to skip the releases for the 20th and 24th to cram. Just finished it a few hours ago and spent three hours to slam out a chapter here, I'll release another tomorrow and another the day after to catch up. Sorry about that and thanks for understanding ;P big workload [/author]

What happens if you stay in character select for too long? This is the story of [Spoon], who discovers a glitch in character select. Why is there a black cat here, and what the hell is this trash unique class it gave me? Story written in the style of KR web novels. Expect a brutal PvP system, dark souls difficulty PvE content, and a story that follows a serious narrative with a dash of comedic relief and adult content.

"Third Uncle, Third Uncle…"
Chen Chaoyan knelt on the stairs while staring at the palace in the sky and quietly tugging at Chen Jiezhi's sleeves.
Chen Jiezhi peeked at Mister Black Cloud in front of him before turning to his niece.
"Even the King of Tang's palace is not so imposing and doesn't hover in the sky," Chen Chaoyan whispered.
Chen Jiezhi nodded silently.
The two Chen clan elders at the side felt the same way.
They sincerely felt it was the best decision they had ever made to come to Chang'an Fortress after being hunted down.
Here, not only would their clan be safe, but they might even be able to make a comeback and reclaim what they had lost from the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
Guo Zi and Hui Tianyu of the Cold Mountain Sect had never seen the palace of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
But they were equally sure that the Cold Mountain Sect would have a bright future here.
The little girl, who was no longer panicked, had calmed down and was now looking around curiously.
Mister Black Cloud revealed a faint smile on his lips and looked to the side at the captured people of the Fortune Celebration Temple and the Mirror Moon Tower.
Zhang Dongyun felt grateful to them from the bottom of his heart for not rushing into the former Impenetrable Fortress with Gu Hechuan, that traitor of the Azure Cloud Temple.
Otherwise, they would not have been able to trigger the guarding quest and would have been overshadowed by Gu Hechuan, who had higher cultivation.
But now…
[Random Guarding Quest 3.1—Kill or capture the Mirror Moon Tower elder He Qian and the Fortune Celebration Temple elder Daoist Shun Ming who have entered the fortress.]
[You have captured He Qian and Daoist Shun Ming and completed Random Guarding Quest 3.1. Rewarded 800 Guarding EXP.]
He had obtained 500 Guarding EXP from dealing with Gu Hechuan and accumulated the 2,000 EXP required for the second upgrade.
The EXP required for the third upgrade and expansion of the fortress increased to 3,000 Guarding EXP and 3,000 Construction EXP.
It was all thanks to the Fortune Celebration Temple and the Mirror Moon Tower.
As soon as the second upgrade and expansion finished, they came here and gave him 800 Guarding EXP.
This way, he was only 2,200 Guarding EXP away from the next upgrade.
However, he was still short of 2,900 Construction EXP.
After refreshing the list of quests, the new construction quest appeared before his eyes.
[Construction Quest 3.1—Primary literacy education. Address the current overall literacy deficit of the population. As the first step, reduce the illiteracy rate to below 50%].
This is still okay. There isn't much change…
Zhang Dongyun had told Hui Tianyu and the others in the fortress to search for and gather people who could read and write earlier.
They don't need to be highly educated. Rather, a basic level of education is sufficient.
A lot of work has gone into preparing for the quest at hand.
But it's a heavy load, and there's still a long way to go…
Most of the people in the fortress are refugees and surrendered Tang Dynasty soldiers.
It's an immense systematic project to increase the literacy rate.
The fortress's basic education is not necessarily sufficient.
It will be difficult to reduce the illiteracy rate to less than half.
Well, if it's the literacy rate I set… Zhang Dongyun rolled his eyes.
He had set the standard of literacy to be 1,500 characters to be able to do basic reading and writing…
If I had known this would happen, I would have made it much easier.
Fortress Lord Zhang felt regretful.
In any case, the fortress had once again upgraded and expanded, making him feel good.
[Fortress Lord: Zhang Dongyun
Current range: 16 kilometers east-west, 24 kilometers north-south, 8 kilometers above, 8 kilometers below ground.
Range of the fortress walls: 4 kilometers east-west, 6 kilometers north-south.]
The Impenetrable Fortress once again expanded by four in every dimension of space from before.
In terms of cross-sectional area, or floor area in the world, it had expanded by sixteen times.
Right now, it had reached 384 square kilometers.
Compared to Qinzhou Prefecture, Longbei County, and Eastern Tang, it was still not very big.
But each time it expanded, its area would increase by sixteen times. And in the long run, it would soon be a place not to be underestimated.
The current scope of the Impenetrable Fortress had exceeded the entire White Cloud Abyss and touched other mountain ridges in Dragon Ridge.
With further expansion, it should be able to reach the bottom of the mountains.
In comparison, within the scope of the entire system, the people in the fortress right now could be considered sparsely populated again.
Zhang Dongyun recalled that there would soon be another quest to increase the population again.
I can make early preparations and plan ahead.
With a larger population, the difficulty of lowering illiteracy will increase.
I'd better finish that primary literacy quest and earn the Construction EXP first.
Fortress Lord Zhang sat in the Great Ming Palace and watched the old bloody shadow demon come up the stairs as he made his plans.
The old demon was apprehensive and arrived outside the palace door.
The palace door automatically opened.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The old bloody shadow demon was respectful as he stepped into the palace.
The palace was empty, with only a faint glow of light and some clouds flowing.
After passing through several halls, the old bloody shadow demon finally paid his respects to Zhang Dongyun, who had transformed into the Evil Emperor, in the main hall.
Zhang Dongyun looked down at the old bloody shadow demon, who was paying its respects, and calmly said, "You may dispense with the pleasantries."
The old demon got up after giving thanks, took out a few secret objects, and presented them to Zhang Dongyun above.
"I am incompetent and have let you down, Your Majesty. I could not bring Heavenly Wolf back." The old bloody shadow demon first confessed before explaining. "In the cave, it was not the traitor Yang Li, nor was it a real heavenly wolf, but… a heavenly wolf demonic soul."
Thanks to the Impenetrable Fortress System, Zhang Dongyun knew that it was telling the truth.
He casually received the items the old bloody shadow demon presented and pondered in his heart.
One of them was a demonic soul and not a cultivator at the eighth realm of the Demon Dao, the Demonic Soul realm.
In other words, for some reason, a Demon Dao cultivator who was at least at the eighth realm and cultivated the Heavenly Wolf Transformation had separated out their own heavenly wolf demonic soul.
The demonic soul had been left in that secret cave, and the whereabouts of that cultivator was unknown.
Considering the relationship between the imprint of the immortal ruins fragment, it should be Yang Li.
But the question is, where is Yang Li himself?
The old bloody shadow demon had presented three items.
A black jewel the size of a grown man's fist.
A piece of fur.
And a stone slab.
The black jewel was the product of the old bloody shadow demon's victory over the heavenly wolf demonic soul.
The demonic soul had caused a headache for the people of the Forgotten Truth Temple. But the old bloody shadow demon could restrain the opponent based on the mystic techniques imparted by Zhang Dongyun. Thus, it could capture it.
Zhang Dongyun carefully studied it and compared it with the memories of Evil Emperor Ming Tonghui. He was sure that the heavenly wolf demonic soul was from Yang Li.
The fur, on the other hand, should be derived from a demonic cultivation technique with a shedding characteristic.
It was the incidental product when Yang Li was separating out his heavenly wolf demonic soul.
The reason the enemy went to such great lengths might be due to the fact that he had been severely injured by Evil Emperor Ming Tonghui during the incident in the immortal ruins.
The injuries caused by the Evil Emperor were like tarsal maggots, making it difficult for him to reincarnate and recultivate.
Severing the heavenly wolf demonic soul was like a lizard with a broken tail seeking survival.
On the surface of the stone slab, a mysterious engraving appeared, which was closely related to the immortal ruins fragment in Yang Li's hand.
Zhang Dongyun raised his eyebrows lightly.
Did Yang Li leave these things in the secret cave because he was out of strength and forced into doing so, or…
Was it intentional?


One day, Zhang Dongyun transmigrates with the Impenetrable Fortress System.
As the Fortress Lord, he is invincible within the boundaries of the fortress, and he controls the fates of everyone inside. Nothing can harm him, and no one can destroy or damage the fortress except him. 
While he searches for the remaining fragments of the immortal ruins to extend the time of his invincibility, he also constantly upgrades and expands his fortress.
Henceforth, the world welcomes its one supreme ruler, father of all, and everlasting God.

Main Characters:
Skylar Finn Morgan Miller
 
Sky is a creative and wise kid. He just turned 17 and found out things considered as extraordinary. Believing that he was just an ordinary kid but turns out he is more than what he thought he is. Turns out, he's an adoptive child of a fairy living on Earth. His real mother, Kadita Miller is the queen of the mermaids and his father, Lucius Magnifico is proclaimed as the greatest wizard of all. Sky was being guided by Gods and Goddesses for he will play a huge part in the prophecy, he will learn magic to enter Magnum Academy, to save his mother, his father, the Adamia Kingdom and the entire Fiore. He is referred as the Gods and Goddess' child.
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Zachary Jade
 
Zach, the vampire prince of Blood Moon Kingdom headed by his father, Vladimir Jade and mother, Kristal Jade. He has the cold personality and you will doubt if he really has fire magic because of how cold he acts towards people. He is a royal prince and is respected, a member of the Magnum Student Council, despite his cold demeanor he still considered some of his fellow student council officer as his friends. Then his life will starts to warm up, and doesn't know what is happening to him. The only thing he knew is that its the new kid's fault.
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Seth Alexander
 
Seth, the alpha prince of White Fang Kingdom, some of the Alpha King Jim Alexander and Luna Queen Heide Alexander. Their kingdom is made up of many wolf packs and they were the ones that guided all of them for they are the royalties of all Alphas, Betas and Omegas. Seth is the Magnum Student Council's Vice President. He loves nature. He is a gentle person towards people he cares and will be much of a dreadful being if someone harms them. He then soon will figure things out and that started when Sky entered the academy.
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Trisha Yggdrai
 
Trisha, a strong willed woman with a powerful magic that matches or overpowers a demon. She is the princess Yggdrai Kingdom and the daughter of Laxus and Mirajane Yggdrai. She was able to inherit her mother's demon soul magic and a slight fraction of her father's lightning manipulation. Despite being compared to a demon, she is a very nice woman and protective of the one's he cherished, her friends.
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Rosanna Neel
 
Rosanna, one of the twins of the Magnum Student Council and she is the secretary. A sweet munchkin that goes by the name Ro. She loves baking and gardening. Despite being short she has the determination higher that a tall tower. She is the princess of the Belamy Kingdom and was raised by their father King Zere Neel, a wizard and Queen Mavi Neel, a fairy.
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Rei Neel
 
Rei, Ro's elder twin by 7 minutes. A fine young wizard and a quarter of him is being a fairy. An intellectual man that took after his father, growing up learning to use his elemental air magic. He is the prince of the Belamy Kingdom and is respected because of his dominating intelligence. He loves flying in the sky.
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Marco Seto
 
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Kingdoms:
Fiore- a world where magic is at home. Where everything is impossible happens to be possible in this world. A world to be saved from the enemy.
It is divided into 6 kingdoms ruled by powerful magical beings:
•Blood Moon Kingdom- a kingdom composed of many vampire clans. It is ruled by King Vladimir Jade and Kristal Jade.
•White Fang Kingdom - a kingdom made up of wolf packs headed by Alphas and Lunas respectively and is being overruled by Jim Alexander and Heidi Alexander.
•Belamy Kingdom - a kingdom for fairies and elves. Hidden in the forest. Ruled by Zere Neel and Maci Neel.
•Weyd Kingdom- the kingdom for nekos. Can be located at a grassland in Fiore and is ruled by Norman Seto and Kira Seto.
•Yggdrai Kingdom - a kingdom for wizards and witches. The kingdom's castle is located at the very top of a mountain. Believing that the higher the altitude the closer to lightning. Ruled by Laxus Yggdrai and Mirajane Yggdrai.
•Adamia Kingdom - a kingdom settled for the merfolks. A powerful kingdom that can either be located under or above the sea, but was remained hidden for the past years for safety precautions. Ruled by the soon to be Queen Kadita Miller.
There is also one last kingdom hidden in Fiore:
•Crauxx Kingdom - a kingdom that manifests black magic. A kingdom that is so powerful for they are guided by a Goddess. Made up of rogue vampires, werewolves, elves, witches, wizards, trolls, golems, goblins and other dark magical creature in Fiore. Ruled by Lizardo Dion, a powerful wizard of black magic and aims to rule Fiore and other worlds.
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Magical Creatures
Fioren- that's what you call a the people in Fiore, to magic manifested beings. But often referred as magicians.
Vampires- are powerful beings depending most of their powers to blood. Their power increases when the day falls and night arrives. They are known for their unusual speed and power. Some believe that vampires have wings, but only if the vampire is powerful enough to do so. They have the so called Blood Magic, they use blood for spells and enchantments. They can also have different types of magic. They have the aura of red and they smell like silvers. They have a high population rate in Fiore.
Werewolves- creatures that shifts into large wolf or a human like a wolf. They base most of their ability on their physical aspect. They can also manifest magic like a wizard. They have the aura of green and smells like trees or the forest. They have a high population rate in Fiore.
Nekos- known for their shifting abilities. Can turn into any animal that they have encountered or to  magical beast they have encountered. They have a high population rate. They have the aura of yellow and scent of mint.
Fairies- creatures that have wings, when transforming they would either be small or on their human size depending on the power they manifest. They always depend on their Healing Magic. They can also possess different types of magic and most of them have to do with nature. They have a high population rate, but not as high as the vampires and the werewolves. They have the aura of pink and they scent of cotton candy or sweets.
Nekos- known for their shifting into different animals. But with proper training and enough power you can turn into a magical beast you have encountered. They have high population rate as well. Their aura is yellow and smells like mints.
Wizards- creatures that depends most on their magic that they manifest. The are the most common creature in Fiore. They can manifest any type of magic as well. They have the aura of white and they are scentless.
Mermaids - they are people that has a lower part of a tail but they can make themselves have legs if they want. They are known for their strategic ways of thinking and is considered as a powerful kingdom. They have the lowest population rate and continued to dropped because of Crauxx Kingdom. They have the aura of blue and has the scent of the ocean breeze. Because mermaids always put most of their time swimming underwater, they manifest Water Magic. They cannot fully manifest other magic, but can only have a small fraction of other magic. For example, they use water and they manifest a slight amount of lightning magic, they can utilize it.
Rogues- in this group of creatures, this is were all those creatures that turned their back against law and joined the dark side. Because of the Crauxx Kingdom manifest black magic, they became so dreadful.
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Magic
Magic - a state of matter that anyone can manifest in Fiore.
•Primary Magic: deals about your main magic, it doesn't need to be elemental or other types of magic. Secondary Magic can be primary magic and vice versa.
•Secondary Magic: deals about a magicians minor magic. It can be bodily magic or others. Your Elemental Attribute Magic can also be secondary and your supposed to be secondary Magic can be primary. You can also hone your elemental magic.
For example: Earth to Metal and Crystals; Water to Ice and Mist; and etc.
•Elemental Attribute Magic:
Fire Magic- the ability to use and control fire.
Earth Magic- the ability to use and control the earth matters.
Air Magic- the ability to use and control air.
Lightning Magic- the ability to use and control lightning.
Water Magic- the ability to use and control water.
•Bodily Magic: a type of magic that Is about body utilization.
Hair Magic- the ability to use your hair in different aspects, like making it longer.
Nail Magic- the ability to make your nails elongate and can even conjure poison or paralyzing matter.
Sweat Magic- an unusual type of magic that utilizes body sweat. You can with weigh down your target by making them sweat or make your own sweat for offense. Making it acidic or poisonous.
•Mind Ability Magic: a type of magic that depends more on a casters mind:
Telekinesis
Mind Reading
Transfigurations
And others.
•Spatial Magic: a magic that deals with the caster's ability on an object.
Terraforming Magic- a magic focusing on how the caster can change  environment to your advantage. This can be a good secondary Magic.
Weather Manipulation Magic- same goes with the terraforming magic. It alters weather. Elemental Magic can also do it for example the air and water magic.
Sizism Magic- magic that alters an objects size and mass. You can do it on either on a thing, your body part or your enemy. This effective in one on one combat.
Solid Script Magic- a very unique magic, by just writing something on an empty space you can do magic. For example, writing fire then you can create fire. It is versatile but gives a toll on the caster's body.
•Viscous Magic: a diversion of magic for certain magicians and creatures. Good example is Blood Magic and Demon Soul Magic, this magic can only be manifested by eating the soul of a demon or it is in the bloodline.
•Ancient Magic: magic from millenniums past that are very rare. They can either be given to you by a God or you can manifest it out of no where but it is deemed to be impossible.
•Godly Magic: magic that can match a God's power or surpass it. Good example is the Fire God Magic.
•Black or Dark Magic: Crauxxians are the only ones that can manifest this kind of magic. Good example of this is Black Curse Magic.
If you want to learn more please continue reading and join Skylar's adventure.

Skylar Finn Morgan Miller, a fine young boy lives normally with his mom. Turns out, the word 'normal' had been just a mere cover, masking the secrets he doesn't know he have.

A prophecy he needs to fulfill.

And magic, a secret he didn't know he had.

Many believes that magic is only but a mere fiction. It is said that it can only be seen in books, dreams and even in your own wildest imaginations. Which was proven wrong.

A world parallel to Earth proves that magic exists. It so happened that magic in this world is very much likely considered as a basic need of the people.

Many lives in cities, capitals and kingdoms in different parts of this world, where magical beings existed. Werewolves, Neko, Fairies, Vampires, Wizards and other magical people lives in this world. Even magical beasts lurks around every corner of this world.

A world referred as Fiore.

Let us witness Sky's prophecy being unfold.

"The water is my friend"-Skylar

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