《Greatest Superhero》 1. In Search for Superpower 1: In Search for Superpower I was five years old, I don''t remember the day but I know that was the best day of my life. The day I realized my dream and even declare it to my parents "I want to be the greatest superhero". My mother laughed and said "of course dear" and so my career was decided. Yeah I was inspired by few movies, some comics and maybe 2 or 3 anime series, and my dream is a dream of every other child in the neighborhood but my passion is not something which is short lived, I have big plans for future. I love superheroes. The ones that hide their identity, the ones that work in the mask of the night and even the one that is born super, I love every one of them. The path to becoming a superhero is not simple and I have to face the greatest challenge "SUPERPOWER". Yeah, every superhero has a superpower, some get it by luck, some get it by years of training, some create it themselves and for some it''s hereditary. To become the greatest superhero I need to have the greatest superpower. My luck has never been good, so I know I have to create my superpower myself. I am not naive I know all the Superhero rules (I figure out myself). RULE #1 1. Hide your secret identity. I started my training away from the watchful eyes of my parent and neighbors. I reduce my sleeping hours and train in the night which mostly includes karate, boxing, Ken-do, fencing, mixed martial arts, and many more. RULE #2 2. Be a mob. To create my superpower I read every book that can help me get my greatest superpower. I read quantum physics, biology, chemistry and many more from grade 1 to the higher that I can get. I was able to keep my grades at school above average and make some mob friends. At the start of my adulthood, I was able to have enough knowledge and strength that all I need is just to wear a super tech suit that I created myself and I can claim myself a superhero (I have even done it and even become quite popular and rich) but I realize. "I don''t want to just become a ''superhero'' ", "I want to become ''the greatest superhero'' ". "What if earth gets attacked by aliens, will I able to protect it?" "What if World War 3 starts will I able to stop advance nuclear weapons or even fight an army? Or" "What if a meteor falls on earth will I able to protect humanity from getting extinct?" My search for superpower has not been completed. I once again started flipping the pages of books- history, science, science fiction, fiction, religion etc. Search for any kind of help that I can get to create my greatest superpower. I came to a conclusion to create the greatest superpower I need to search for things that really does not exist. I don''t need human stamina or strength to face a falling meteor. I don''t need a strong body or Martial arts to face an entire army of aliens or soldiers. I need magic, qi, mana, cosmic powers etc. I have made my aim if I want to become the greatest superhero I need to find these things, so what if people believe they do not exist; people believe a lot of things.The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. So I started searching for cosmic power. Well if any normal person knows this they will surely question my sanity, well I sometimes ask this question myself too but to be the greatest superhero I have to take this path. I get myself affixed on the cross every Sunday. I meditate under waterfall every Monday. I recite every Buddhist scripture on Tuesday. I practice yoga on Wednesday. I do devil calling rituals on Thursday. I meditate qi technique on Friday. I take a medicinal bath on Saturday. I tried everything I can do to get magic, qi, any kind of cosmic power or even demonic power but there is no result. I even visited every pilgrimage site I know and even search for divine artifacts in pharaoh''s tomb. So at the end of the day, I decided to go to the Himalayas and meditate there until I got any kind of power that can make me the greatest superhero. Maybe I could even summon a god. I meditate on a lone peak for years. Sometimes I do get the feeling there is a strong force field surrounding me but it is short lived. After a long time, I can feel there is some kind of white cosmic light blinking in my head. I open my eyes and found out that I have a very long white beard like some old wizard in fairy tales, also I am extremely thin and bones are visible from every part of my body, but that''s not important. The Important thing is that white light is surrounding me; I can see white light from every part of the world. They are like threads connection everything forming a giant cosmic net compressing and expanding at the rhythm of nature. I am still confused is this cosmic power, magic or something else. I remove the rags covering me and walk in the snow-covered mountains. There, I suddenly saw many lights are gathering at the particular point not very far away from me. I can feel the lights are calling for me. I then understand ''The whole thing was clear from the start''. "THIS IS MY SUPERPOWER HA HA HA". "THIS IS MY POWER" I sprinted as fast as I can toward the point where the lights are gathering. "SUPERPOWER" "SUPERPOWER" "SUPERPOWER" The light is coming from a canyon whose depth I cannot fathom and something red glowing at the pit, but who cares "I WANT MY POWERS" And so I jump down into the canyon, I can feel the pull of gravity is getting stronger and stronger and the air is getting warmer and warmer like the whole canyon is burning and there I saw the red glowing magma beneath me with white lights entering into it reaching towards a white core. "My SUUPE¡ªRR¡ªPOWE¡ªRR" Finally, Finally, I found my superpowers. When I woke up I found the net of white light that I can see earlier has become thicker and I can see more details like some kind of light balls are floating in it. The net is contracting and expanding every instant and thus supporting the motion of the balls. I can slightly effect this motion and also the movement of balls. I also can even switch on and off this net view by a little bit of concentration. I am still confused about how this thing work and what these light balls are (I somehow feel they are really important don''t know why?). Now I think I can become the greatest superhero but I cannot protect earth well I can if this place is also called earth as I have reincarnated, well who cares for such minor details. At the moment I am just a baby of two or three months old. The interesting fact is that I can understand the language of these people; this is not any language of the earth as lips movement and vocabulary are completely different but I can understand it, weird, minor details may check afterward. Their culture seems to be medieval Europe and ancient China mix adding some complex other stuff. People here seem to be able to use both magic and qi, good enough. I seem to be able to use both magic and qi instantly as a baby. Well, my training is finally bearing fruits. This feeling is same as getting affixed on the cross or sitting buck naked under the waterfall or engraving symbols on my body for devil calling ritual, well let''s just skip the details. The sight of glittering particles and wisp of qi dangling and mixing together is itself just fascinating and beautiful and when played together with my superpower light net it gives oneself feeling beyond enchanted and also me a headache if I kept it for long. Using qi it is possible to strengthen one beyond human capabilities. Now I will pour the entire free time available for a baby into training and become the greatest superhero. As I was thinking about being the greatest superhero, the greatest super villain of my life has come to pick me up, my nanny. "Young master, let me change your cloth, it must be wet" ''YOU!!!'' I don''t wet clothes, I am a superhero why should I wet my clothes and even I do when I give permission to such a loli to change my cloth, ''Can''t someone respect a gentleman here''. "Come young master" No, go away go away¡­I will¡­.I will... "GyaaaahhaaaaGya" And so I ended up adding babies into my protection list. 2. Beginner Village Quest 2: Beginner Village Quest 8 years have been passed. I do sometimes get a feeling, that ''I should stop'', ''This is my limit'' but then dreams of aliens attacking or a meteor fall strengthen my resolve to continue forward. The greatest superhero never compromises the safety of the world. Magic and qi are amazing, with these I can do things that are beyond human capabilities. Take it, breaking a mountain, or running on water, everything is possible. Oh, by the way, I am also a human, not some sort of monster or something else that novels in reincarnation genre sometimes mention (My life is not a novel). My father is a duke of a small kingdom known as Rocria which is a colony of great empire Efrad and is the third general in command. My mother, I don''t know her background but I know she is a powerful wind mage. I also have one elder brother, one elder sister and one younger sister. I even got a personal butler name, Alfred. He is a young man in his twenties not some old hag but his name is Alfred. Yeah! I was totally surprised by his name, is it God''s wish or my own charisma? Well, I am happy that I got rid of that Lolita which is now my younger sister personal maid. I still read a lot to find any chance to increase my greatest superpower. In my previous life I use tech to store and sort all these knowledge but in this life I found out I can use my brain as a filter, I can simply store my memories and knowledge using wisp of magic inside my brain and can have some sort of eidetic memory and use my brain as a computer (they call it some advance memory magic). I am still confused about my superpower, now the light net responds to me more actively and more easily and I can control the compression and expansion to a certain extent but still not to the point where I can see any visible change in my surroundings. This world is far more complicated and vast than I originally thought; it is 100 times larger than earth; There is a human nation which consists of many small kingdoms and 6 large empires. It controls the major fertile planes and some eastern territories. The beast nation which is divided into many tribes controls the vast north, western seas, and plateaus. The spirit nation controls the great forest in the east. The demon nation controls the southern islands and great sea. There are even some damn hidden sects like those on web novels and some higher planes stuff. People do not have a specific name for this world, some call it as Elemental plane, some as forgotten lands of god, some as Azeroth (for once I thought I was in a f***ing rpg), I don''t seriously like any of the names and so decided to call it as earth2, so my dream to protect the earth is as good as it was. Today I am designing my superhero costume and thinking about my superhero name. Magic really makes work easier, I just have to think about the design and use some wild-beast core threads and I can materialize my design in front of me (they call it some advance transfiguration). Every hero needs a cool costume and a nice superhero name. It may look like it is an easy job for one with knowledge of many comics, movies but it is far more difficult. Rule#3 3. A superhero name and costume must match its powers. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. What do you think of a superhero with powers of a spider wearing a costume of a bat and giving himself name of ''Scorpion man'' or A superhero with a bow and arrow wearing a business suit with a Viking hat and calling himself ''Sword man'' These people are not called superheroes but comedians. I can add ''man'' in my last as I am also a human but I can''t use the name that I use in my previous life because I was not able to create my tech suit here. I have researched on this topic and find out that laws of electromagnetism do not work properly in the presence of magic, like magic work on anti-electricity laws which in itself is bizarre as it flips down the basic understanding of the world that I know. Maybe it is something at a quantum level which at earth1 has yet to be discovered or something entirely different. ''Net Man '', it will not work as only I can see my net and even don''t know how to use it. ''Magic Man'', it will sound too overconfident as many people can use magic. ''Magic-qi Man'', isn''t that same as magic warriors I have read about. I look outside the carriage for some time and then start altering the design of my superhero costume. I concentrate hard and let the beast core transfigure into threads and let the threads change into the parts my costume. It''s really a headache but it''s also important. We are traveling to the capital city for the occasion of king''s birthday and I plan to complete costume before we reached there. Sometimes I feel if this type of thing was available on earth1, I don''t have to spend a million dollar to create my tech suit, and few things would be much easier, well I have it now and I can protect earth2 much better than earth1. As I was altering my superhero suit, I heard a loud shout and my carriage suddenly stop. I open the door and jump outside and call for Alfred. "What is happening, why we have stopped now?" I asked. "Young master, it came to our notice that bandits are active around this area and are attacking nearby villages, so your father, Sir Duke, want to inspect the region with the cavalry unit, " Alfred said politely. I looked forward and found out father and elder brother are riding on their respective horses and one old man with few people are kneeling towards them with a deep sense of gratitude. "Thank you for his grace Duke Astrye for listening to our troubles we the villagers of Blue Field will be eternally grateful to you" My father gave the order to cavalry to spread out and inspect the region for bandits. Why do I have a sudden feeling that this is beginner village quest? ''Stop it, I have told myself that this is not an rpg world, this is earth2, bandits are an active threat during the medieval period and these people are just asking for help, not giving any damn quest''. A sudden thought flash in my mind, my superhero costume has been almost completed, why not test it now. I look up at the sky, the night was about to fall. The time has come for me to make an appearance. I quickly move inside my carriage and gave the final touch to my superhero costume. After a lot of introspection, I finally decided to give my costume look of a black amour. They can easily bend in the cover of night and give the wearer a superlative feeling. I decided that I should also keep a cape, they had disadvantages during a proper fight but they look cool with black amour costumes. I also prefer not to wear a mask, they only had disadvantages. What if the mask falls during a fight? What if the enemy attacks the mask? What if someone identifies you using your eye color, nose or chin? So I came to a conclusion that superhero should wear helmets, ''cool helmets'' like power rangers as it comes with many advantages. They protect your head. They do not fall during a fight. They are pretty sturdy and are not like masks. They hide every facial feature, no identity exposure issues. (Some even have the money back guarantee.) So I made myself a cool black helmet with blue glowing slits at the place of eye sockets, directly connected to my brain using magic for fast processing of images. The main problem I face during the creation of my costume was the chest symbol. Rule#4 4. Every superhero needs to create his/her chest symbol. I first thought to use the one I used in my previous life but then I stopped. ''To become the greatest superhero, I need to have the greatest symbol'' I thought ''What is the greatest symbol I need to become the greatest superhero''. I looked around and found ''it was so clear from the start''. ''It was "CIRCLE" '' Yes, a circle is the greatest symbol in the world. What is the shape of zero? "Circle" What is the shape of a wheel? "Circle" What is the shape of sun, moon, and stars? "Circle" ''Yes my symbol will be Circle'' I inscribed a glowing blue circle on the chest of my black amour costume. I even add some special ticks to it. I bypass the security of the camp and under the bright moon disappear into the wilderness. "The time has come". 3. One has to be Dramatic 3: One has to be Dramatic Under the blackness of nighttime, I move into the woods. I close my eyes and concentrate, then open it again. The net of white light is visible in front of me which is compressing and expanding in every moment of time. One thing I found out in the span of 8 years is that everything living or non-living cause some kind distortions in the net but only living has balls of light surrounding them. As ones, strength increases these distortions decreases and the balls of light in their surrounding increases. The type of distortions one produces can even tell the nature or state of its mind. If one is calm and free from any kind emotions their distortion will be in perfect harmonic motion whereas if one is panic, angry, sad, happy or show some kind of emotion the distortions changes and sends some particular kind waves in the surrounding. The distortions produced by each individual is unique and has particular characteristic and properties. I also found that I can track anyone if I record the type of distortions they generally produce and are not very far away from me. It was not very difficult to trace the location of a group of bandits due to emotions of greed and malice they usually have. The torches were lit up. I hid behind the tree and watch as bandits leader distributed their recent loot. Looks like they have successfully assaulted a merchant caravan and are planning to have a feast. There are 15 minions, 1 boss, and 3 prisoners. I recorded the distortions created by each individual and start my master plan. Rule#5 5. Always be dramatic. -Bandits leader POV - Waller Danger is really in good mood. It was not because he and his gang have just now looted a big party and even capture some good ransom stuff but because he finally got his hands on Knight realm cultivation technique. God knows for how many years he was stuck in Silver warrior rank3 and now he can finally break through and become a Knight realm cultivator. He will expand his gang, take control of nearby villages and put pressure on royalty to grant him a noble title. "Today we toast to our bright future....." as he was about to finish his words and raise his drink, he heard a loud noise from behind. He turns around and found that one his man which was guarding the prisoners and the prisoners were missing, only remain was his sword which was lying on the ground and some rope pieces tied to the tree. He quickly unsheathes his sword, suddenly all the torches blew up, the woods darken and moonlight bleach the surrounding with a shade of blue. This alert all the men in the group, they hold their swords close to their chest and take up defense position. Waller saw a black shadow pass beside him, he turns around and found out his right mate was gone. One by one by shouts of his men kept coming to his ears. "AAh" "Noo.." He picks up the nearby torch and lit it up and what he saw shocked him more. He was standing in the middle of an empty ground and all his men are lying on the ground forming a circle around him. Their hands and feet are tied by ropes and mouths are tied by cloths. Everything in the camp was gone, their loot was gone, food was gone and even the chairs and tables on which they were sitting was gone. He can see they all were conscious and were struggling like a fish out of the water. He wanted to reach toward them and free them but suddenly a black face with glowing eyes appears in front of him. He unconsciously took a step back and stumbles on the ground, the torch blew up again and darkness covered his vision. He musters up his courage, stands up and then lit the torch again, but the black face and all his men disappear like it was all an illusion. The camp was still there, the loot was still there, the food and even the forks, in the same position as they were left. The black shadow once again passed by him. He waves his sword with all his might but there was nothing but air. Sweat was rolling down his face. He has never faced something like this. The man or the thing has no aura. He cannot even feel any bit of spiritual energy from him. He was like an ordinary mortal without any cultivation or magic, but how can an ordinary do something like this or create such advance illusion.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. "Who is there, Come out", He shouted with all might of his Silver warrior rank3 cultivation. He had never felt such a fear. A strong wind blew and darkness regained his sense. "Fear, such a prominent thing...." a deep and dark voice eco in the surrounding making him shudder. The light of moon falls on him with a shadow of a man zooming on his face. He saw a figure wearing a full body black armor and a cape is standing in front of him. His eyes are glowing blue and his cape is fluttering in the air giving him a gothic look. The figure has no aura and no spiritual energy but he knew, he can''t underestimate him. He gathers every bit of qi into his sword and uses his skill ''Spirit burst sword slash'' for which he was famous. The figure tilts his head a little and dodges his attack by just a margin of hair. He did not stop and attack again and again but the figure always managed to dodge his attack, for him, it was like seeing a child playing with a sword. The figure raises his hand and holds the oncoming sword between his two fingers and then his glowing eyes blink for a second. Never before in his life, he felt such a spiritual energy. He as a Silver warrior rank3 has met Knight realm cultivators before but this type of type of aura and energy cannot be explained in the ranks of a Knight, it is only possible if a cultivator of King or above realm is standing in front from him. "Those who build their future on the ashes one day ends up in the ashes," the figure said in a deep tone. "Who are you..?". He asks in a trembling voice. "I am ..." the figure bends towards him. "NOO...." A white light covers the whole world. -Mob Soldier POV- I have recently come under Duke Astrye command and was on a mission to escort him to the capital. In the way, we were given the order to search nearby region and find clues on bandits group. I consider myself very lucky to able to get my first assignment with young master Lucian Astrye. My fellows praise him and told me to not get too much exited before meeting him, but how can I not. He is a prodigy, at the age of 13 he was able to cultivate up to Silver warrior rank2 and regarded as future King realm powerhouse. Well, compared to his elder sister Kayla Astrye who at the age of 15 become a Magus and younger sister Eona Astrye who at the age 5 can control both qi and magic, he gets much less attention but for me, he is still my favorite. We were riding our horse towards the route where bandits are last spotted. Young Master Lucian is leading our regiment. As we were moving a beam of white light emerges from the woods and rush towards the sky painting the world white for a moment. I was shocked, I can feel spiritual pressure lingering in the air. The air was trembling itself and shockwaves was spreading like ripples in the water. I know whoever in this world can produce such a spiritual shock was a far bigger threat than bandits We were worried, the spiritual shock has even made the horses scared. Young master took the command and told us that Sir Duke should have felt that shockwave and will be coming in this direction until then it was necessary to secure the location of the incident We move into the woods and found out three people were lying on the ground. One man, woman, and a child. Their clothes were tattered but they don''t have any sign of injury. We came to know that the man is a merchant and is traveling to his home village with his family. On their way, they were attacked by a group of bandits. The leader does not kill them as he was related to village chief and can be used for a ransom. They were tied to a tree but then do not know how they end up here. We move toward the location of the origin of the shockwave. I walk behind the group, holding my spear in attack position, and ready for any uncertainties. We reach toward the location of the shockwave and I can''t believe what I saw. All the bandits were tied to the trees and their mouths were tied with clothes. Their faces tell that they have just fought the biggest battle of their life. Then my vision stopped at a large man who was lying at the center of ground with a blue glowing circle on his forehead. People, many times tell me that I have no General Knowledge and I am not suitable to live in this world but I have enough General Knowledge to identify this bandit when came in front of my vision. "WALLER DANGER" I shouted loudly. -Back to the hero- I sigh. I am seriously not happy with the decision I made today. I should have given myself more time. I should have researched and listened to my brain, not my heart. Tears roll down my cheek as I remember the face of the bandit. I remember his voice was trembling and fear was visible in his blue eyes when he was looking towards me. I started crying by just thinking about what I have done. This is the first time for me in my both lives. "I should have...I should have.." ''I should have told him my superhero name'' How could I forget the warning. Warning#1 1. Using Public opinion to create a superhero name can end up in a disaster What if people consider me evil and give me a villain name. What if people do not understand my costume. What if people do not understand my superpowers. Everything could go wrong with my one choice. This is a bigger threat than a meteor fall or an alien attack. My whole future will be destroyed and I will just become a comedian. Now I think ''Black Armor Super Duper Magic Man'' was better than public opinion. I cried more loudly as I thought about my foolishness. "Don''t worry child everything will be fine" a sweet voice ring into my years. I instantly wipe my tears and got up in defense position. I look around and found my defense shields are still intact and no has breached my parameter. There was a warm feeling around my chest. I check and found out that my necklace was glowing in a green light. 4. The Mummy Returns 4: The Mummy Returns ''How does it feel to live with a prodigy.'' -author Hobert X. Gonyea I once thought that I am the greatest bookworm living in the world but then I remember that I did not read that one book which can explain my current situation very wisely. My elder brother had just defeated the current Crown Prince Charles William Rocria in the arena and claimed the Warriors Championship. It is an annual event that is hosted every year on the king''s birthday. On the other side of the arena above a platform, our birthday boy, King William Rocria III is sitting on a royal chair and clapping loudly, sitting beside him, Queen Amelia Rocria is smiling and clapping lightly but also look a bit concerned for her child. Either side of the king and the queen were occupied by the three Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses, and the champion of Mage tournament which was none other than my elder sister. In my previous life, I was a total mob character. I can say, that I am also a mob character in this life but due to the influence of the three prodigies of Astrye house, I become some kind of mob boss. My elder brother has some kind of rare spiritual veins. My elder sister has a pure yin body and a cool named magic core. My younger sister has both spiritual veins and a magic core also some kind of cool named body. I also have both spiritual veins and a magic core but due to God''s blessing, they were common and ordinary as potatoes. In the eyes of the public, I am just an ordinary human realm cultivator aka a harmless mob. I do not show any talent for magic because they will consider me a magic warrior and give me the badge of low-level prodigy. A magic warrior is an indispensable asset for any country defense and is given utmost respect in society. I have enough capability to defeat everyone participating in the tournament without lifting a finger. My secret of strength is that thing and I must keep it a secret at all cost. As for not being a prodigy, it is a clear rule in my superhero rulebook. Rule#6 6. A Superhero cannot be a prodigy. Superheroes can''t be prodigies. They can be a mob or a spoiled child but cannot be a prodigy. Well, it''s really weird to get three overpowered prodigies from the same house and I believe it''s all fault of our mother. She can hide her strength from others but not from me. In my net view, I can see hundreds of light balls moving around her whereas my father which is a Grand Knight only have ten light balls moving around him. He is not the type of badass father that protagonists usually have. I even recommended him to shave his head and grow a goatee (They all are badass) but sadly he did not like my suggestion and throw me out of the window. Oh! he got the same temper. I order another piece of cake as the last fight of the tournament was about to begin (VIP benefits). My elder brother and sister came into the arena. Some people may think that ''This is another world, fights are a must watch''. These were my first thoughts too but I realize people here only know the concept of punching power. They are no fighting styles or fighting techniques which are the main concepts behind the earth1 martial arts. There are qi techniques, magic spells and something like forbidden arts but the end result is like a turn-based video game. The first person shout loudly and uses his skill -"thunder slash" Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!The second person shout loudly use his skill-"fireball" The first person dodge and again shout loudly-"thunder slash power up" and it goes on and on and on...........mega fireball, super thunderflash, ball fire, slash thunder all came from time to time. It is practically boring but flashy. And the fight between my elder sister and elder brother started. Compare to others they do use some fighting techniques and some extra flashy stuff. My sister uses some kind of super flashy ice magic and it ends... Oh! my elder brother is truly good at blocking, No, he can'' t block the punch and there he flies out of the arena. Congrats sis. The entire crowd burst into cheers. I have to say that this year tournament was really too flashy but all''s well that end well. Last few days were really heavy on me. I somehow was able to overcome my psychological trauma by believing in the general public also I have a much bigger issue in my hands. The Mummy has returned. It''s true. I thought I have killed her but no, she was only sealed. I have to stop her, before mummy''s curse take over the world. I still remembered the day. It was two years ago. To create my superhero costume, I needed beast cores. Using some illusion magic and few tricks, I was able to escape from Rocria and travel toward the great forest in the east. During my travels, I found a very unusual old stone temple. The temple gave a feeling of a mystery, there were no signs of life around 100 Km from the temple. The land was barren and drought lines were visible. I open my net vision and found out that temple or something in the temple was absorbing distortions in the net. This was completely new to me. I made my plan to find out the mystery of the temple and return life to the barren land. Finally, I reached into the core of temple. The journey gave me the feeling that I am exploring the pharaoh''s tomb that I did on earth1. I sometimes stopped in the way thinking about ''What should one do if they wake up any sleeping mummy or bring mummy''s curse upon the world'' (I have watched all the movies) but then continue forward due to the excitement of new traps and puzzles. I do meet a monster who claims to be some Heaven Devouring race patriarch and was sealed by some godly blah blah monarch and few more blah blah. I asked him if he was a mummy or does any mummy live here. He said he doesn''t know if his son was alive or not and he will devour up everything once get out of this place and some gods blah blah. So he was not a mummy but something evil. I gave him a good beating for all his nonstop blah blah blah and started exploring the temple again. I somehow understand why people seal him here. I have to say he was pretty thick skin and strong even when tied by chains for god knows how many years and have injuries all over his body. In the end, he rattles some more blah blah blah, you can''t kill me blah blah blah, I will blah blah blah and then lost consciousness. "So this is the divine artifact or something." On the top of an altar, a pendant was floating in the air emitting a green light. The murals on the wall were also shining. I inspect it carefully and found out that they were some kind of cultivation technique. "Cool! It seems costly". From my knowledge cultivation technique = Money. Yeah! I remember that father has spent thousands of gold coins to buy a suitable Human realm cultivation technique for my elder brother. I came to know that higher is the realm of cultivation technique, higher is the cost of cultivation manual, and this technique seems even above Warrior realm. I don''t need cultivation technique to increase my strength as I have found that thing. I will sell it on the market and become rich. I recorded the murals into my memory and then came to the altar. " So there was a 50% chance that the whole temple would collapse and 50% chance that I will get the curse if any mummy is here." I hold my breath and then jump in the air to grab the pendant, nothing happens. I happily put the pendant on my neck and move out the temple humming, whistling and even jumping. I was at some distance away from the temple when golden light covers the sky for a moment. A thick beam of golden light landed not very far away from me. I run towards the location where the beam of light landed. I saw a young girl of 12 or 13 years old, lying on the patch of a grass. She is very beautiful. I have never seen such a beauty ever in my life, even sister Kayla and mother beauty fade before her. Her face has a perfect golden ratio, crimson hair and her lips, red like roses with some blood seeping from the corner. There was a profound expression of tiredness written over her. As I was about to come closer, her eyes opened, they have a shade of red with a deep sense of pain and anger. She stands up unsteadily and then glared at me. I can feel the killing intent in the air. This type of killing intent should not belong to a young girl, there was far more malice and hatred even compared to the worst I have ever met. She looks at me and then her eyes stop at my pendant. I can sense, that she wants to snatch the pendant away from me. I then understand what she is and why she is here. I added a new rule into my superhero rulebook. New* Rule#7 7. Never trust a monster locked in an ancient temple for God knows how many years. As she was "The Mummy". 5. Star Princess Helena 5: Star Princess Helena - Star Princess POV - I hate them, I hate them all. They killed my elder brother, my mother. Why? Why did he do this, do we meant nothing to him, does that thing is so important. Even her, how could I forget her. My brother loved her, he could give everything to her but she, she betrayed him. She was the reason for his death. She was the reason for all our sufferings. Her sweet talks were nothing but poison. I don''t know for how long I have been running. The blood in my hands was really too thick and they will find me soon. The Heaven''s Soul Poison was acting up and my astral body started to fade up but I finally got the thing which can kill him. I look up at the shiny pearl in my hands. This was the crystallization of spiritual veins and the magic core of the most fearful and powerful being that once almost destroyed the entire God''s plane, ''God of Elements''. I have to find it, Heaven''s Soul Poison has started affecting my soul. They said only that artifact can save me or I go to the one who has poisoned me but that''s impossible. Only God of Elements is said to possess that artifact thus I move toward the plane that he has first created ''The Elemental Plane''. My body is at its limit. I can''t die now. The revenge for my elder brother is still pending and my death is all they want. I use the power of crystallization pearl as I apparate on the Elemental Plane. I was lying on the ground, the apparition has spread the Heavens'' Soul poison into my veins and given me an internal injury. The pain is becoming unbearable. With great difficulty, I opened my eyes and what greeted me is the face of a small child. I have killed children before, it hurts at the start but in the times of war it all becomes obvious. The child is only a mortal but what surprises me is the minuscule plane energy leaking from him. Plane energy can only be cultivated by gods. They do not leak into surrounding and only remain bounded to gods. Then my vision stop at the pendant he was wearing. ''God''s Poison Pendant'' my mind screamed. One of the twelve divine artifacts that can control and detoxify any poison. This was the artifact that I am searching for to detoxify Heaven''s Soul poison. I was happy but then notice that artifact has bounded to the boy and even if I kill him it will disappear with his soul. Only he has the right to give or use it. As I was defining the plan to take the pendant away from the boy, he suddenly shouts loudly "Mummy". I was left blank for a moment. Did I look like her mother, maybe I can use it to get the pendant willingly. "Come here kid," I said in a sweet voice while trying very hard to plaster a smile on my face. The boy showed a determined expression and move towards me. "Can you give me this pendant?" I asked politely and bend towards him. The boy smiled and removed the pendant from his neck but then suddenly shove it at my chest with full force. The green light shines in my eyes and my astral body which was on the verge of breaking starts burning. I screamed with the pain. "AAAh.." I open my eyes and found that I was floating in a space. There were clouds and a sky above me and ground covered with grass beneath me. The Heaven''s Soul poison which was repressing my strength seems to be weakened. I then understand that I was inside God''s Poison Pendant. My astral body was almost destroyed, so thus to save my life the pendant absorb my soul into its world. A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.The Heaven''s Soul Poison is regarded as the most lethal poison which appeared in the time of chaos with the elixir of life. It is the only poison that can kill a god and even destroy their soul. The poison is a taboo among gods and as precious as the elixir of life. The only known cure for it was the drop of chaos river from which it was originated whose last few drops only remained with him. Even after taking the drop it consumes its bearer every bit of spiritual energy and leaves them unconscious for years. The other cure was the God''s Poison Pendant which only appears in myths. It can detoxify Heaven''s Soul Poison without consuming a bit of spiritual energy. For most of the time, I have to remain in deep sleep to increase the strength of my soul but was able to observe outside world from time to time. I found out that the boy was a son of a noble house and his mother do look somewhat like me. His name is Evan Astrye and unlike his brothers and sister, he has trash spiritual veins and a magic core which he and neither of his parents know yet. I sometimes see him doing training in the night and trying his very best in cultivation but due to limitations of his spiritual veins his aura never improve from a human realm cultivator. One day, I wake up due to a sudden change in the environment of the pendant. I saw the clouds have turned dark and the green ground has turned black. It was only possible if its host is in great grief. I look outside and found that the boy was crying. He never cries, I have never seen him crying but today its look like he has seen something bad or something bad happens to him. I sigh, handling a child was a very new experience for me. My soul has strengthened but going outside will make the poison act up. I remember my elder brother always console me when I was sad thus I decided to hold a conservation with the child. "Don''t worry child everything will be fine", I said in a sweet voice. He got up and looked vigilant. I decided to appear in front of him in my soul form. He stumbles back on the ground and look towards me and shouted "Mummy". This was like last time, he still considers me his Mummy. Yeah! I do look somewhat like her mother but I am still very young and so I decided to talk in clear terms with this child. "Listen, I am not mummy. I am the princess of Star God Plane ''Helena'' " He looks somewhat skeptical but at the end decided to believe me. I told him that I was poisoned and the pendant is a divine artifact in which I now reside to detoxify the poison. I even told him that I was impressed by his hard work which I really was and if he takes me as a master and helps me to create a new astral body, I would give him some of my powers. Then he can really have whatever he wants in his life. By expending some time outside the pendant, I can feel the Heavens'' poison started affecting me again. I finally told him that I would not be able to meet him for next two years and he has a magic core, until that time he has to learn some spells and then can make his decision to take her as master. -Hero POV- "Listen, I am not mummy. I am the princess of Star God Plane ''Helena'' " So you are saying that you were a princess before mummification, that''s a common knowledge. I know the pendant was special. The first time the mummy ask me for the pendant, I know it was something very important to her or something which could kill her. I decided to go for choice2 as 2 was my lucky number. To kill the mummy, you have to attack her heart with the artifact that could kill her (I don''t remember where I learned that but its true). I shove the pendant on her chest with full force and she burned into ashes. 2 is really lucky for me. My lucky number failed maybe they change after reincarnation. The mummy was only sealed in the pendant and waiting for the day to return back on earth2. She begins her life story, the usual villain stuff. I got it, you were killed by the poison and then mummified. The pendant is the source of your power and now you want my help to get back your body also you promise me some power buffs that villains usually do, heck no. It was all my fault for keeping the pendant as a mummy defeating trophy. The good thing is that mummy does not consider me as a threat and even gave me a chance to join her mummified legion. I would really praise my act of a perfect low-key life and a perfect low-key aura. Now, I just have two years to find a way to stop the mummy and end her story forever. The mummy''s curse is a great deal of worry. She has awakened and her curse will surely affect me and my surroundings. As a superhero, I cannot throw away the pendant away and let the mummy unleash her wrath on some poor souls. I have decided after the capital city tournament, I will leave my home and walk away to the distant land. I will surely miss my parents and siblings but I can''t let the mummy''s curse harm them. I remember one of the wisest note in my superhero rulebook. Note#1 1. Superhero is the other name of sacrifice. My story until now was just a prologue and now I really have some Superhero stuff to do. SP 1. Superhero Rulebook SP 1: Superhero Rulebook Intro: Superhero Rulebook is the one and the only book in the world which record the ruleset, warnings, and notes that one needs to follow to become a Superhero. The book is written and published by one of the greatest self-made superhero - the creator of Hero''s association. It includes his personal experience and some valuable tips that young aspirants may found essential in the path of becoming a successful superhero. RULES #1 Hide your secret identity #2 Be a mob #3 A superhero name and costume must match its powers #4 Every superhero needs to create his/her chest symbol #5 Always be dramatic #6 A Superhero cannot be a prodigy New* ( earth2) #7 Never trust a monster locked in an ancient temple for God knows how many years .. .. WARNINGS #1 Using Public opinion to create a superhero name can end up in a disaster .. .. NOTES #1 Superhero is the other name of sacrificeStolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. .. .. A word from the author: Hello, my friends If you are reading this book then you have chosen to pursue the most difficult career in the world. Stop reading it, if you want to become a superhero for money or just to save girls/guys. This career does have a lot of money and tons of girls/guys but only for those with passion. To become superhero you need a will of platinum, a heart of silver and body of gold. These things are not available in any jewelry shop but have to be mined using your own body. From my personal experience, 80% of the aspiring heroes leave their path midway. The rest 20% who actually does the first appearance, a survey showed that 10% become comedians and only 10% start their career properly. From that 10%, 5% end up in a mental asylum, 2% get crippled or dies early, 2% spend their life below the poverty line and finally, 1% becomes rich, powerful and famous. I don''t want to blow down your hopes before you actually start training but the truth is deeply embedded in my nature. The path of becoming a superhero is really hard. I still remember the pain, the suffering and those sleepless nights. This book will only describe the rules that I followed to become a superhero. Due to general public popular request, I will soon release another book answering the questions which young aspirants usually have. "How to build strength secretly." "How do you know that you are not being a prodigy." "How to identify mobs and make friends with them" "What are the characteristics and behavior of a villain." "Where and Where not your secret base should be located." and many more. also, I have decided that I will release a series of Do it yourself books in which I will cover from basics to advance superhero key topics. The topics will be decided by a poll that UN will conduct all over the world in near future. The few topics that I have listed are- "The Structure and design of tech suit" "The basic of superhero business" "The concept behind saving a girl/guy" "The advance quantum theory and superpowers" "The biotech and creation of mutants" and many more. Many of these titles would only be available under some verification by UN but I will negotiate with them if they put pressure on some good aspiring superhero and try to break any superhero rule. If you want any kind of help you can write me or call on hero''s association helpline. ''May the superhero be with you'' your friendly neighborhood protector. 6. SideKick 6: SideKick - Duke Astrye POV- I Romand Astrye never felt such helpless in my life. "Can''t you wait till your brother returns?" I asked my eldest daughter who was standing in front of me. "Father, I don''t want my master to wait for me. The faster I go there, the faster I will able to achieve what I want" she said to me while looking straight into my eyes. I look toward the beautiful lady standing behind my daughter. "One Month, after one month we will leave this place," she said in a cold and monotone voice "But master....." my daughter tried to object but the lady stopped her. "I have said Kayla, that after one month we leave this place," the lady said to my daughter in the same cold voice but with a bit of sweetness. "So be it" saying so my daughter gave a bow to the lady and then they both walk out from my office. It all started two years ago. My youngest son disappears after the Capital city tournament. I tried to find him everywhere I can, send the soldiers to towns and cities and even go to the king to pass a national decree but every search was futile. He was not like his siblings and has a little talent but he was my son. I do believe that sometimes I get too strict with him. One time I even have thrown him out of the window. My wife was really depressed and keep saying that it was her fault. My other three children were also very sad, he was not best of them but he was favorite of them. He always able to make everyone around him laugh. I do sometimes laugh at his accent. The matter got worse when after one month my wife disappears. My eldest daughter Kayla keep saying that she was taken away by gods to God''s Plane but it is something very hard to believe. Like the search for my son, her search also does not let any result. My eldest daughter started devoting all her time to cultivation. My youngest daughter, become more lonely when maid Barbara left the job and started spending her most time in the garden. My eldest son joins the army as the youngest commander and I busy myself in my dukedom affairs. Two months ago, my daughter came to me and said that she has found her master. I was surprised and what came next truly shocked me. Her master is a Frozen sea fairy from Frozen sea sect. She introduced herself as Fairy Rowena, one of the twelve Frozen Fairy of Frozen sea sect. She told me that my daughter has pure yin body which appears once in every 1000 years. I know that as my wife told me this before. She said that my daughter was capable of learning Frozen Sea secret arts and can become sect''s master direct disciple. I was overwhelmed by this discovery. Frozen sea sect is one of the top three hidden sect of twelve hidden sects and does not support any great empire or any other force in the world. It only accepts female disciples that are top class beauties. The only drawback is that a disciple of the frozen sea can never marry or visit their families.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. Looking at my daughter, I know that she had made her decision to join the sect. I respect her wishes but still, I don''t want her to become a cold fairy like in tales. A teardrop rolls down from my eyes ''Azhi if you were still here maybe you could stop her''. -Kayala POV- I was really happy that I won the tournament and now we could have a grand feast at home. As I reached home I came to know that Evan was missing. I found out nobody has seen him after the end of the tournament. Eona and Lucian were looking sad with a bit of tear in their eyes, mother was crying desperately and father was giving an order to some soldiers. People say that he ran away because he was jealous. I don''t believe them, he is a kind of person that will even laugh at the face of death. He has a perception that could even beat the three of us combined. I remember that of many of my spells would have failed if he did not have given me some tips. Lucian would never able to reach Silver warrior if he did not change some key concepts inside his cultivation manual. Eona condition could be much worse if he did not give her that gift. Mother even sometimes said that he got a brain that could make god''s jealous. Mother, many times told me the story about Gods plane. I always like her stories, even Lucian and Eona does. Evan always remained somewhat skeptical and even sometimes call gods as ''aliens''. It was a week after when Evan disappear, mother called me in her chamber. She told me that she does not belong to this plane and after few days she had to leave them forever. I cried a lot, and ask her to not leave me and let me go with her. She said only beings with considerable power can enter that plane. She said that there are few people there, which wants her presence and if she does not go they will harm everyone including her family. She even had some doubts that her people are responsible for Evan disappearance. She asked me to take care of my siblings and my father after she leaves this plane. After few weeks mother disappeared overnight. Father was really sad. I told him that mother was taken away by gods but he does not believe me. Lucian joined the army as youngest commander and Eona always spend time in the garden with Evan''s Gift. I decided that if I want to bring happiness back to our family I have to bring the mother back and for this, I have to become strong. I started cultivating day and night to increase my magic strength. One day, when I was cultivating and doing my daily magic practice, a beautiful women with white hair appear in front of me. She told me that she is a frozen fairy of frozen sea sect and want to take me as her as a disciple. I have heard of frozen sea sect and listen about their powers. She told me that as I have pure yin body, I can practice Frozen sea secret arts and can become the sect master direct disciple. I even came to know the cost to become a disciple of Frozen sea sect. I decided to join the sect as they can help me to get power to reach god''s plane. I accept her as my master and move toward my father office to tell him the news. -Hero''s time- "young master, young master wait up" a young man shouted as he ran down the alley. "So Alfred I hope the pedophile in you must have calmed down," a young boy said these words while smirking. "Barbara is not a child, she is a lady," Alfred said objecting the boy words. "Oh yeah, she is a full grown lady, a full grown lady," the boy said in a sarcastic way. Alfred ignored his words and said " Master, he has entered into the Great Wind Academy" "Faster than expected but he still has a long way to go..." the boy said keeping a hand on his chin. The boy disappears and then appears on the top of a building. He joins his hands behind his back and looked toward the horizon as watching someone very carefully. The rays of setting sun fall upon his face giving him an expression of an old and wise. "So let''s see brat that if you have the capability to become this old man sidekick".