《Fantasia Saga - Book 1: Rise of monsters》 Chapter 0 : Prologue Fantasia, the world of multiple races and cultural, was once veiled in darkness. The wind stops, the sea is wild and the earth begin to rot. War rampage the land and people live in poverty. Until, the gods come bringing the light. They teach each race how to survive on their own and most important, live in harmony with each other. Some gods is worshipped by particular races, while others is worshipped by all races. Aphrodite , the goddess of love, desire and beauty, is worshipped by part of the elves, later know as High Elves. Ares,the god of war, is worshipped by the Orcs. Athena, the goddess of reason, intelligent activity, arts and literature, is worshipped by the Humans. Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths, sculptors, metallurgy, is worshipped by the Dwarves. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Hermes, the god of commerce, is worshipped by the Goblins. Artemis, the goddess of chastity, virginity, the hunt, the moon, and the natural environment is worshipped by other part of the elves, later know as Wood Elves. Helios, the god of sky and sun, is worshipped by the Dragons. The kingdoms were built, people¡¯s lives become prosperous and a new age shine upon the land. Unbeknown to all, the dark forces, lurking in darkness, waiting for a change to overthrow this peace to chaos. Deep inside the dungeon is a clan of Dark Elves known as Soulscar. Lethos is an old scholar who live alone near the edge of the town. One day, he found himself a new born baby before his door with a note. Dear, Please take care of this child. His name is Reus. Arc 1 - Chapter 1:An everyday life ¡° A¡­ke¡­A¡­ke¡± A voice. It¡¯s calling me. But, who? And what¡¯s this indescribable feeling in my chest. ¡°3¡­.2¡­..1¡± Huh? *Splash* Uwahhh. I¡¯m drowning, I¡¯m drowning on land. I hastily open my eyes, before me is a young figure of a girl with quite peculiar long-red hair as her distinctive characteristic. With unhesitating behaviour full of vitality, just looking at her can give you happy. That is , if she doesn¡¯t hold an empty bucket over your head. ¡°Lina..¡± Since I was a kid, I have been with her more than my shitty dad. Every now and then, he goes out and left me in Lina¡¯s parents care. As a result, we were raised as if we were family. ¡°wake up , dummy, wake up. The food is getting cold¡± ¡°Stop tilting my head, Lina. I can¡¯t concentrate with my head being this wet. Beside, is there no gentler way to wake me up¡± ¡°You are 15 years old now Reus.At least become a little independence, don¡¯t make me wake you up everydays¡± Geez, so bossy in the morning. ¡°I get it.Can you wait for me to get change¡± I resigned. Seeing her off the room, I closed the door and took out the clothes ¡°What¡¯s up with her, acting like my mom¡± I murmured while looking out of the windows. It still pitch black outside with some faint light from Naminaas. Well,It can¡¯t be helped when you live deep underground, but this scene does give me the creep sometimes,especially after having that mysterious dream. (Author¡¯s note: Naminaas is a big mushroom that can glow in the dark) I have been having that dream for 2 weeks, ever since my dad,Lethos, went out for some business. He¡¯s an elder of the village, as well as an arch-mage of the mage guild, so he is quite a busy man. Ever since, I was young, he¡¯s been teaching me directly about magic. Magic spew from mana which circulated in your body. Through your imagination, you can control that mana to create spells. The chanting can help you steady your imagination and cast the spell, with lots of training, you can shorten the chanting or even silently cast the spell. You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. My dad¡¯s teaching focus on silent casting. His idea is ¡° a fight is a battle of tricks, the moment you spell your move to the opponent, you already lost it¡±. As a result, my entire childhood consist of continuously casting spells like ¡°magic arrow¡± until I can even see it when go to bed. Finished changing, I head out to the kitchen in the first floor. Don¡¯t want to keep Lina waiting, she¡¯s super scary when she is angry. As I thought, she already in the kitchen with a cranky face while sitting cross-legged. ¡°Slowwww. What took you so long¡± ¡°My bad, my bad Lina¡± I put my hands together as an apology. ¡°Doesn¡¯t matter. Hurry up and eat it before it getting cold¡± On the table was freshly baked bread, dried meat and ash jam soup. With how little our house¡¯s storage is, this is quite an elaborate dishes. (Author¡¯s note: Ash jam is the only fruit they can grow underground, the rest is trade stock from outside). Even the fragrance is stimulated enough, I reach out my hand to the dish. ¡°How is it? ¡± Lina nervously asked ¡°This is sooo delicious Lina. After surviving by dried food for so long, this is the only time I feel truly alive¡± ¡°Heh, I know you can¡¯t live without me taking care of. Here, try this soup. I used special recipe to make this.¡± ¡°Oh man, I wish I can eat food like these everyday¡± I nonchalantly muttered. ¡°We..ll, it was so sudden, but ¡­ if ¡­¡­ you¡¯d ¡­.like¡­.i¡­¡­can¡± her voice getting weaker while blushing. Suddenly, a brute man butt in. ¡°REUS! I challenge you to a duel¡± Chap 2: The rival The one who barged in is someone with short blond unkempt hair ,combined with his sloppy clothes, he gives off the feeling of a neighbourhood brat who never grow up. ¡°Oh,it just you Sera¡± I uninterestedly said while continuing with my breakfast. Sera is my ¡°supposedly¡± rival (or that¡¯s what he like to think) after I beat him 5 years ago. At that time , for some reason my shitty dad insisted me on doing some martial arts, saying something like ¡°a healthy mind can only reside in a healthy body¡±. And well, it turned out that not only I have talent for martial art but I also possess a kind of natural instinct , letting my body react to opponent¡¯s move before I even know it. Thank to that, I attracted unwanted attention like this ¡°brute¡± before my eyes. ¡°What do you mean by ¡° just¡±? Oi oi, don¡¯t ignore me¡± ¡°you¡­it was just me and him, if only¡­. You¡± Lina muttered quietly ¡°Oh,you are here too,Lina. How have you been¡± The idiot just notice Lina who sit next to me all the time. ¡°A fight,is it? Sera, let¡¯s go outside. We will settle this once and for all¡± Lina stand up, brimming with anger. ¡°Pardon?¡± unable to comprehend what just happened, Sera just stand still looking at Lina ¡°Come, I will make it that you will bother us no longer¡± Lina coldly respond while taking out her swords ¡°Fuwa hah ha. I don¡¯t know what happened but a fight between Lina and Sera is a sight to behold. I will definitely watch this¡± ¡°WAIT! Wait a minute! Lina, I don¡¯t know what I did wrong but I apologize¡± finally realize the situation,Sena frantically apology while holding his hands together. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. ¡°Hmph!¡± ignored him,Lina continue to brandish her daggers. ¡°Hey,Reus. Help me over here. Don¡¯t you remember that bet¡± ¡°That bet? By ¡°that¡±, do you mean ¡°that¡± ? ¡° ¡°Yes,that is ¡°that¡±. I come here for ¡°that¡± ¡° ¡°Sera, do you truly prepare for ¡°that¡± ?¡° ¡°Yes, I¡¯m prepared to stake my life on it.You should too,Reus¡± ¡°You know that if we fail, it won¡¯t end with just your life¡± I confirm while looking closely at his eyes. ¡°Heh, you underestimate me,Reus. We only live one, better make it count¡± Sera smile confidently. I can see it, his determination, this is the eyes of someone prepared to travel to Tartarus back and forth. ¡°Spoke like a true Alik. Very well Sera, I accept your challenge¡± (Alik is the name Dark elves call themselves). ¡°mou, I haven¡¯t done with him yet¡± Left out of conversation,Lina sulkily pout out her lip. ¡°I¡¯m sorry,Lina. But this is important. It¡¯s a man¡¯s promise after all¡± feeling sorry,I pat her head to calm her down. ¡°Hmph! You better come with me tomorrow¡± ¡°Of course. I promise tomorrow I¡¯m all yours¡± ¡°I¡­Idiot,don¡¯t say it like that¡± Lina puffed up her cheek and turn her back to me. ¡°Man, I seriously hate this kind of atmosphere¡± murmured quietly in a corner by Sera Chapter 3: The fight of century The training ground that we heading to is a spacious area lay in the eastern corner of village where town people train martial art together. By the time we arrive, there are only few people around. Well, it¡¯s still early in the morning anyways. We walk to a big ground that nobody was around. ¡°This should be good enough¡± Sera stopped. ¡°No complain! However¡­¡± I shoot an energy arrow up, it explode before reaching the underground, display a dazzling light for a second. Before long, a big crowd had gathred around us. ¡°Are those two at it again?¡± (???) ¡°Man,things never get bored with these kids around¡± (???) ¡°Ho ho ho, such is youth¡±(???) ¡°Idiot¡±(Lina) ¡°You really are a show-off,huh¡± Sera sighed ¡°Heh,wouldn¡¯t want anyone to miss this¡± I grinned. Slowly,I brandish my magic sword and start chanting the poem . ¡°My friend, do you fly away now? To a world that abhors you and I? All that awaits you is a somber morrow No matter where the winds may blow¡± in a poetic voice I closed my eyes as if I was in pain. Hehe, pretty cool huh? I practiced this for 3 days you know? Now, applaud me town people,kakakaka. ¡°¡­¡­¡­..¡± (Everyone) No way, no effect? Okay, one more. I change my pose and start chanting again. ¡°My friend, the fates are cruel There are no dreams, no honor remains The arrow has left the bow of the goddess¡± even more poetic voice The deadly silent finally broke. ¡°What is he chanting?¡±(???) ¡°Is that a new spell¡± (???) ¡°No, it must be a curse. No dreams, no honor. He must have learned the voodo art somewhere¡± ( A knowledgeable bystander) ¡°Idiot¡±(Lina) SHIT! I can feel my face hotter by the seconds. This world is too cruel. I just want to die right now. ¡°Are you done yet,Reus¡± Sera look at me with bored gesture. ¡°Yeah¡± Still feeling distraught, I gave a half-hearted reply. In a blink of eye, he has taken out his 2 swords and come charging at me. As expected of the genius swordman whose talent only come every 100 years, not one of his movement is wasted. He can finish the fight before the opponent have the chance to react,that is¡­ *Clank* I effortlessly deflect his sword ,using my magic sword. If his opponent is normal. Ever since the first time I set foot in the training ground, I have discovered it, my gifted power. I can deflect anything,be it projectile attack or melee attack, as long as my sixth sense can perceive it. I call this, Super Reflection. Pretty cool,huh. Anyways, back to the match, knowing him full well, I bet he got plenty of trick awaiting for me. ¡°As expected, this level can¡¯t even faze you¡± Sera backed away after realize the first blow is futile. He¡¯s starting to change his fighting stance and grip his swords backward. ¡°Water flow sword style,Choryuken¡± Dashed at me again, holding his 2 swords on both side. *Clank* *Woosh* I deflected one and avoid the next. Normally, Sera only use 1 sword for attack, the second sword only used to deflect or counter blow. Swinging both swords certainly decrease both his power and speed. He must be desperate to use this. *Clank* *Clank* *Clank* Sera stubbornly continue to use his 2 swords slash at me.Seriously, this is getting dumb. ¡°Yo,Sera. I hope you¡¯re ready for ¡°that¡±after the match¡± *Clank* *Clank* *Clank* *Clank* Ignore my taunt, he keep continue with his slashing.His eyes tell me he doesn¡¯t give up yet. Hmm! What trick he has in his sleeve? As I ponder around, I just realize something. He has been continuously slashing at me all this time without taking break. Normally, attacking take much more power than just deflect it. Even my hand starting to get tired, no way Sera can keep up the same power for his attacks. Wait a minute , it not the same. Isn¡¯t his attack become faster and stronger after each blows? *Clank* *Clank* *Clank* *Clank* *Clank* Yep,no doubt about it, it has become lots more faster. My hand going numb, I¡¯m going to lose at this rate. ¡°You surprised me,Sera. But,you didn¡¯t think that¡¯d be enough to defeat me,did you?¡± as I focus mana in my sword ¡°fire enchant,activate¡±. This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it A new-born flames licked the rain-guard like a hungry kitten,and then spread all over the blade. The table have turned. Not only he has to avoid the heat emitting from my sword, but also every exchange make his swords hotter and harder to grip. Before long, Sera was forced to back away again. It¡¯s a good thing magic doesn¡¯t affect the user , as I breath out a sigh of relief, that was dangerous. ¡°Do you have anymore trick,Sera. If not, I¡¯m going to end this fight¡± I point my sword at him. There is heavy sweats all over his face and his breathing has become rougher. Surely that technique took a lot of stamina out of him. Well, you tried your best buddy, I¡¯ll remember this. As I prepare to finish the fight, suddenly, Sera kick the dust to me. Shit, I lost sight of him. As I looking for his figure, a noise come from the left. *Clank* Huh? Too light, this is a feint, which mean¡­ ¡°There¡± *Crash* A loud, harsh, metallic noise generated from the collision of our swords. With his legs still in mid-air after the jump, there is no way he can avoid my magic. ¡°Heh¡± I put out a cool smile. *Bop* What the *beep* was that? In my disbelief, I was sent flying with a severe pain in my cheek. ¡°Wow, did you see that¡±(???) ¡°Too fast, can¡¯t see a damn thing¡± (???) ¡°First, Sera created a feint by throwing his sword.He then take a leap and attack from above but got blocked by Reus. Not stop at that, Sera focus his strength to create a momentum and did a back flip on Reus¡¯s cheek. That was ¡­. magnificent¡± (A knowledgeable bystander) ¡°Reus¡± (Lina¡¯s worry voice) ¡°I did it, I managed to land a hit on Reus¡± (Sera¡¯s surprised voice). All of this commotion is ¡­ annoying. Still suffer from the shock of being hit, I slowly stand up. Gently touch the throbbing pain on the cheek, a faint trace of blood can be seen in my hand. He KICKED me on my FACE. Even my shitty dad never hit my FACE. This is UNFORGIVEABLE. ¡°kukukukuku¡± (maniac laugh) ¡°umm,are you okay, dude¡±(Sera) ¡°Ohh, I¡¯m okay¡± I slowly sheathing my sword and aim my two hands at him ¡°I¡¯m fucking okay¡± ¡°Oh no. He¡¯s snapped. EVERYONE,RUN¡±(Lina) ¡°Take thissssss¡± I shouted out, countless of magic arrow fly to Sera,like a raining stars. *Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom* Hm, none of those arrows hit Sera, he jumped around evade most of it while deflected the rest. Well, there is still more where it come from though. *Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom* Some of it start hitting the crowd. Well, each arrow only has the power equal to throwing a stone and I don¡¯t give a fuck about it right now. ¡°Stop it, Reus. Innocent people are being hit¡± ¡°Then you stop right here and face your destiny like a true Alik,Sera¡± ¡°Kuk. Who would accept such fate¡± *Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom* ¡°Kuk. This is it,Reus. I¡¯m taking you down¡± Sera dashed through the only path I hadn¡¯t covered with energy arrows. Too na?ve, fool. I¡¯ve prepared that spot just for you. ¡°Take th¡­ eh? ¡° As expected, I had silently casted mud on that spot before firing arrows. That spot caused him to lost balance and fall over. ¡°Good bye, my friend. See you tonight¡± *Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom* Phew, mission accomplished. Huh, no applause. How cold of you, people. As I look around, the surrounding look like a scene from hell. ¡° Hang in there honey. You can make it¡± (???) ¡°Dear, please¡­ bring up our son¡­ strong and¡­¡±(???) ¡°No,listen to me honey. Don¡¯t close your eyes¡±(???) Umm guys, it¡¯s just a scratch you know. Don¡¯t make it sound so life-threatening. ¡°Someone call the special force. We got a nut case in here¡± (???) ¡°No, call the monster extermination team. This is their specialty¡± (???) Why do you guys treat me like that? How cruel. ¡°WHAT with all of these ruckus¡± A loud voice can be heard. Shit, it¡¯s the instructor. Time to bail out. I don¡¯t want to take responsibility for this mess. Chapter 4: The Revelation ¡°Man, what do I do now¡± Having nothing to do, I walk around aimlessly. I can¡¯t return to the training ground after that mess, and it¡¯s still morning, return home to sleep is a bit¡­ Looking around, I find myself before a big tower with a big statue on top. It is a sculpture of a nude woman surrounded by snakes. This is the temple of our goddess,Echidna. Hm, maybe I should ask for a ¡°revelation¡± about my recently strange dreams. I¡¯m free anyways and that voice starting to annoy me. With that kind of thinking, I walk into the temple. ¡°My, it¡¯s unsual for you to come here,Reus. How is your father¡± A priest donning a black suit with a snake mask welcome me. ¡°Her Reverend, my father is all good and he want to send to you his most sincere apology because he can¡¯t attend our ritual last month due to his research.¡± ¡°Oh, don¡¯t worry about it. But I guess you wouldn¡¯t come here just for that. This is not his first time skipping the ritual¡± Old man, you suck. ¡°Umm, about that. Recently I have some problems that I don¡¯t know how to resolve. That¡¯s why I come here, seeking a revelation from our dear Goddess¡± ¡°A revelation, you said? Very well, come with me then¡± The priest take me to a closed room and explain ¡°Write your problems and put into this box. After that, stay in this room and pray to our goddess Echidna. If your pray can reach her, the goddess will give her answer in the box¡± ¡°Thank you very much, her Reverend. May the goddess¡¯s wisdom always follow you¡± ¡°I pray for your succeed,my child¡± After seeing the priest walk out of the room, I breathe a heavy sigh. ¡°Man, talking like this really tire me out. No wonder old man hate these kind of meetings so much¡± I take out a letter and write ¡°Dear goddess, There is some strange voice in my head every time I go to bed. Please tell me what to do with it. Your sincerely follower, Reus.¡± After putting this into the box, I ponder about what to do next. Pray? How do people pray? Can just stay in this room count as praying? Never got a revelation before and asking the priest after coming this far is rather¡­ embarrassing. Oh well, our goddess is quite generous, I hope. I will just use this time for meditating. Okay, clear and serene mind. Imagine the form of¡­. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. ¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡­.. Hm? Crap, did I overslept? I check the magic watch on my wrist. It¡¯s a convenient magic tool that can show you the time of days, you only need to recharge it with your mana once every months. Already past noon. Sigh, no reason for crying over spilled milk, let¡¯s just hope that our goddess doesn¡¯t mind the fact that I slept in her temple. Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. Carefully, I take out the letter inside the box. There is only one word in it. ¡°Hmph¡± ??? Eh? What in blue world is this? A divine message from gods should have ¡­ some meaning right? Or at least, one sentence. Is she ¡­. Angry because I slept? No, I mustn¡¯t think like this. Our goddess is benevolent, she wouldn¡¯t mind something like that. Yeah, that¡¯s right. This word must be written by God¡¯s language. How foolish of me, to think i can understand an immortal¡¯s thinking. I should take this to the priest and ask him the meaning of this. When I come out, the priest is standing at the centre of temple, looking absentmindedly at a mini version of the goddess¡¯s statue outside. What¡¯s he looking so intensify at? Her face, the snakes or.... ¡°Oh Reus, is anything wrong with your Revelation¡± The priest asked, stopped my delusional. ¡°Her Reverend, I had received her guidance. However, the foolish me can¡¯t understand her wise words. Can you help me decipher the Revelation?¡± ¡°That¡¯s strange. Her answers were always straightforward. Can I see the words, please¡± He look closely to the note I handed to him. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. 1 minute. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ 2 minutes. Is God¡¯s words that hard to decipher? Why doesn¡¯t he bring out a dictionary? ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. 5 minutes. The priest is still looking at the note. Seriously? ¡°Umm, Her Reverend?¡± No reaction. ¡°Excuse me¡± I wave my hand before him. ¡°Ahh, Reus. You still here¡± He seems surprised. Strange. ¡°About the Revelation¡± ¡°Oh yeah, about that. Can you tell me your problems¡± ¡°Recently, I have the same nightmare, about a voice keep calling me. That¡¯s why I want to ask Her Highness to give me guidance about that¡± ¡°Hmm, I think the goddess want you not to worry about it. However, you need to pray at this temple frequently to strengthen her blessing¡± ¡°You think so?¡± ¡°The goddess¡¯s power is beyond our imagination. What we can do is believe in her and pray that no harm will come to us. As long as we keep our belief, the goddess will protect us¡± ¡°Thank you, her Reverend. Your wise words has cleared the fog filled in my head. I bid you farewell¡± ¡°Good bye, my child. And remember, the goddess always watching¡± I walk out of the temple with a best feeling, just like a weight lifted off my chest. Look like I can have good long sleep tonight. Chapter 5: Night adventure That night, 2 boys¡¯s silhouette can be seen walking in the dark alley. ¡°Can you move yet, Sera¡± ¡°Barely. Man, you really were ruthless, Reus, firing to the crowd like that. And even worse, you left me to deal with the consequences all by myself.¡± ¡°Eh, hehe. About that, sorry. The blood get over my head when I was being hit.So, how did it go¡± ¡°Terrible, just terrible. I got scolded for 10 minutes and has to clean up all the mess we, no, you created¡± ¡°Again, really sorry about that. As an apology, I will lend you a hand¡± ¡°Like what?¡± ¡°Well, I will distract her, and you go in for the kill¡± ¡°But, you will get involved in this too. I don¡¯t want you die with me,Reus¡± ¡°We are brothers,Sera. Even if we have to die, we die together¡± ¡°Reussss¡± Sera seem pretty touched by my speech as his voice is trembling. Well, part of the reason is I felt guilty for leaving him to deal with the mess this morning. But in truth, I just want to see this event with my own eyes. ¡°Don¡¯t sweat it,bro. Now, let¡¯s do it together.¡± Before long, we found ourselves before target¡¯s house. ¡°Okay, here is the plan. I will call her over the front door and buying time. When you hear the door open, that¡¯s the signal for you to enter. Remember, operation¡¯s time limit is 10 minutes. Got it?¡± ¡°Got¡¯cha,bro. May our goddess watch over us¡± ¡°Umm, I¡¯d prefer she doesn¡¯t watch us doing this¡± After seeing Sera off, I muster all my courage and knock on the door. ¡°Coming¡± Not waiting long, a voice can be heard from other side of the door. Welcoming me is a muscular woman in her thirties .Having a face with well-refined features which make you think twice before approaching her. The most distinct feature from her is her skin, unlike normal Kalik which have gray or dark skin, she has a strong tan skin, the result when she was a gladiator. She is miss Shadya, our martial instructor, the one who is famous with nick name ¡° 30-years old wizard¡±. ¡°Oh,you,the troublemaker. What bring you here¡± Her voice is as cold as ice. Well, it can¡¯t be helped. With me being a problem child which rarely show up in her class and the event this morning. I can¡¯t say I didn¡¯t expect this kind of treatment, however, I can not back down now, at least, not yet. ¡°Instructor Shadya, I¡¯m very sorry for my misbehaviour in the morning. I come here to apologize for that¡± I lowered my head as low as I could. A long pause of silent. Out of curiosity, I look up. She is giving me a strange look, like I¡¯m some kind of monster. ¡°Instructor? You are still angry¡± She shake her head while still giving me that strange look. ¡°It¡¯s not like that. It just ¡­ you coming here to apologize kind of putting me off guard. I had thought that you are the kind to run away when troublesome things happened and return when everyone forget about that¡± She nailed it. That¡¯s what I¡®d do given the normal circumstances. How can she understand me so much? Could it be, she is ¡­ a secret admirer of mine. This is ¡­ bad. Me going here by myself is like a rabbit going to the wolf¡¯s den. Even worse, if Sera found something strange in her room, like a portrait of mine, I could die. No, I will surely die out of embarrassment . I want to get out of here. But I can¡¯t just abandon Sera, especially after that speech. ¡°Okay,I don¡¯t fully understand but I accept your apologize. Do you want to have dinner with me¡± The instructor interrupted my thought. Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. ¡°D..d..di..dinner? With you? ¡° My voice is trembling with anxiety ¡°I¡­I¡¯m so sorry but I just have dinner. Maybe next time. Yeah, next time will be good¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t you have tea with me then? We haven¡¯t chat with each other for a long time¡± She smile while approaching me. Now that I take a closer look, her face doesn¡¯t look half bad, and she has a well-rounded butt with a big ¡­ STOP What the heck am I thinking? She is 30, 30 years old. I don¡¯t have any interest in some old hag who have lived double the life time of mine. And she is taller than me, and has more muscle than me. There is no way I¡¯m doing that with her. I take a step back. ¡°I¡¯m very grateful for your generous offer, however, I ¡­¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be shy. I can¡¯t let you leave like that now that you have come all the way over here, can i? You can even sleep in my house if you want.¡±She gripped my arm. She caught me. Oh shit! Oh shit! OH SHIT. This can¡¯t be happening to me. How did it come from dinner to this? No, I was a fool. There is no ¡°dinner¡± in this house. I¡¯m the ¡°dinner¡±. And she¡¯s going to eat me. I¡¯m done for. While we approaching her house, my leg¡¯s shaking with fear. Is my ¡°first time¡± going to end like this? Sis Tia, I¡¯m sorry. I can¡¯t wait for you anymore. As I resign myself, a familiar voice can be heard. ¡°Reus, what are you doing here?¡± Lina. What¡¯s she doing here? ¡°Hi, Lina. How¡¯s it going?¡± ¡°I¡¯m fine, miss Shadya. Everything proceeding smoothly. Thank for lending me this book¡± Lina hand over a book with a title of ¡° 101 ways of ¡­¡± . I can¡¯t see it. ¡°Fufu, I¡¯m glad I can be of used. You know you can come to me for advice anytime¡± ¡°I¡¯m indebted to you, miss Shadya. By the way, what is this burning smell from your house¡± ¡°Burning? Oh no, my dinner¡± Instructor Shadya quickly release me and dash to her house. Dinner? So she DID have a dinner. No, more importantly, I¡¯m saved. ¡°So, what are you doing here,Reus¡± Lina give me a suspicious look. Overwhelming with relief, I subconsciously hug her with tears in my eye. ¡°Uwahh , Lina , I love you. I love you to death¡± ¡°I..idiot. This is not the place to say that¡± ¡°I don¡¯t care, I love you Lina. I nearly kill myself back then¡± ¡°What are you talking about? Miss Shadya is really gentle and thoughtful. She even helped me with some problems¡± ¡°Problems? Now that you mention it, I think I forget something important¡± Suddenly, a shriek resound in the pitch black night like it come from Tartarus. ¡°YOU! What are you doing here?¡± Oh crap! I forgot Sera. ¡°Lis..listen Instructor. This is a misunderstanding¡± (Sera¡¯s trembling voice) ¡°Misunderstanding? Then, what is it you are holding?¡± ¡°Th..this? I swear, this is all Reus¡¯s idea¡± Damn you Sera, you sold me so fast. ¡°Lina¡± I grab to her hand ¡°Let¡¯s run¡± ¡°Wait, I don¡¯t understand. Is that Sera¡¯s voice¡± ¡°Doesn¡¯t matter. If we are caught, we are dead for sure¡± That night, I run like a horde of ghost is chasing me. Rest in peace Sera, though you betrayed me in the end, may ancestors smile upon you. (Author¡¯s note: No, I¡¯m pretty sure his ancestors will kill him again. The reason will be explained in side story) Chapter 6: A date ¡°A ¡­. Ke¡± That voice again. But it¡¯s weaker than before. Believing in the Goddess really work. But, the voice sound like, it¡¯s losing patience. Oh well, it must be desperate because it can¡¯t be haunting me now. This is nice and Lina doesn¡¯t come to wake me up. Lina? Lina??? Lina??????? Oh shit, the date! I jumped out of bed in a hurry. We were supposed to meet outside the library at 8.00. My clock show 8.15. I hastened to the date like my life depend on this. No, my life is literally depend on this. There, I can see a lonely silhouette near the library. Knowing Lina for a long time, she¡¯s going to be mad. I got to do something. ¡°Reus,you ¡­¡± Here come nothing. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I¡¯m so sorry. Please don¡¯t be angry¡± I apologize with my head to the ground. A moment of silence. *Sigh* ¡°Oh well, it¡¯s not like I didn¡¯t expect you will show up late¡± Lina resigned. Victory! I knew that she is weak to these kind of attack. Being childhood friend really pay off for these kind of situation. ¡°So, what are we going to do today¡± ¡°Just ¡­ come with me¡± She averted the answer and walk off, carrying 2 boxed lunch. Nothing else to do, I follow beside her. Now, that I can take a better look, she is quite different than usual. Today she is wearing a light-green dress with a WAIT! WHAT! A DRESS! Lina and dress are like 2 things that never mix together. I must be dreaming. Wake up,me. I secretly pinching my cheek while walking. Ouch! It hurts! So this is not a dream. Come to think of it, she used to wear dress when she was a kid but give up, stating that it was uncomfortable and hard to move around. A dress is ¡­. good, in a lot of ways. She seem more mature and girly thand usual. Seeing her like this make me realize, she is a girl, and very cute too on top of it. Damn it, I just realize I never viewing her as a girl. Being together for so long, she become just Lina to me. Does she ¡­ have a boyfriend? NO WAY! And today, she want to introduce me to him? NO WAY! STOP IT! Did she ¡­ do that with him? GYARGHH! I¡¯m gonna kill him, then kill myself. Damn, what¡¯s the hell is wrong with my head today? Always thinking about silly things. But, now that I have recognized Lina as a girl, I just suddenly have an urge to ¡­ hold her hands. Like, to tell everyone around that she is mine. I quickly catch up to her, gently clutching her hand in mine. Her hand slightly tremble and she gave me a surprise look. ¡°This is ¡­ for you not getting lost. The street is crowded and it is so dark out here¡± Kyaargh! What am I even saying? Not only I am the one following her but also there are rarely any people walking around. Thank the goddess she doesn¡¯t mind and just let me hold her hand. Eh he he! This is kind of ¡­ embarrassing. We walked for a long time to the end of town. I can see the gate that lead outside, to the wilderness of dungeon. I don¡¯t know where she is heading but ¡­ holding hand like this is nice, so I keep quiet. ¡°Yo, you two, having a date today?¡± A gate keeper welcome us. ¡°Morning,Sir. Ah no, we are doing a secret mission for the mayor¡± I tried my best to keep my face straight. It¡¯s better to keep this date a secret, for my sake. ¡°Secret, is it? Good job, boy¡± He gave me a thumb up with his eyes shifting between our holding hands and the vast place outside ¡°Youth is such a wonderful thing. Don¡¯t overdo it, boy¡± Overdo WHAT? What the heck are you talking about? And what with that nasty smile? We are having a pure relationship, oldman. ¡°Ehem, well, I will try my best to accomplish this mission¡± ¡°That¡¯s the spirit boy. And be careful out there. There was a report come this morning that a manticore has been sighted new the Forest of Illusion ¡° A manticore? What is it doing out here? ¡°Got it¡± Waving goodbye to the pervert oldman, I continue to follow Lina. She¡¯s been pretty much keeping quiet all this time but I can see her face reddened every seconds, however, she still doesn¡¯t let go of my hands. Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. As we keep walking further down, the area around us become darker. I can¡¯t see the town from where we standing. Since we were kids, we were taught to never step out of town as dangers lurking everywhere. But me and Lina can take care of ourselves now. The most dangerous thing that can appear in this area is just a bunch of Trogs, a kind of blind creature that hunt in group. There is a cold breeze in the air, and the smell of water become clearer as we drawn in. Before our eye appear a beautiful lake of tranquil blue water. The silent and serene of lake, combine with illumination from nearby Naminaas make this scene look like something coming out from your dream. I ¡­ know this place. Lake of Silent. I used to travel to this place, one time, together with Lina¡®s family. It was fun but, something happened at the end that leave a bad taste in my mouth. Lina sit down, bending her knees, place the boxed lunch next to her and gazing at the lake. She looks at the lake like she¡¯s remembering something while slight breeze blowing her hair. So, this is our destiny huh? Indeed, Lina and the whole scene would make a beautiful picture. However, that leave me with a big problem. Where do I fit in this picture? Why the hell she drag me here just to stare at this lake? I don¡¯t understand a damn thing and she have been acting strangely since morning. What do I do now? Jump into the lake and swim? I didn¡¯t bring spare clothes. Go home? And leaver her here? I¡¯m not an ass. *Sigh* I sighed deeply and sit next to her. No choice, every other actions just make me a retard. This is checkmate. We gaze at the lake for a while, then suddenly¡­ Lina lay her head on my shoulder. I¡¯m petrified. What¡­ what is this? What is she scheming? ¡°Nee, Reus¡± ¡°Y..yes, Lina¡± Shit, my voice is trembling. Calm down me! Calm down. She¡¯s just Lina. No need to be panic. *Ba-dump* *Ba-dump* Shit, my heart doesn¡¯t listen to me. ¡°Do you remember the last time we come here?¡± Like a bucket of cold water poured into my head. ¡°How could ¡­ I forget¡± I don¡¯t want to remember this. ¡°At that time, I was too absorbed into swimming. I swam to the center of the lake without knowing it. When I tried to get back, I got a cramp on my feet¡­¡± I was panicked. Seeing her struggling between life and death, I just want to get to her as fast as I could. But I forget one thing. I don¡¯t know how to swim. I nearly drag both of us to death. If not for sis Tia, we may not survive. ¡°Your expression when you tried to save me, I can not forget about it¡± Can not forget about how pathetic I am? What does she want with me? That¡¯s it. I¡¯m going back. *Chu* Eh? What happened? There is something soft on my cheek. Confusingly, I look at her. ¡°Listen,Reus. I think.. I ¡­ like¡­ you¡± *Explosion* My face ¡®s hot, like someone is burning it. *Ba-dump* *Ba-dump* *Ba-dump* *Ba-dump* *Ba-dump* *Ba-dump* W¡­Wh¡­WHAT WAS THAT? ¡°I like you,Reus¡± She repeated again. This is ¡­ No, it can¡¯t be ¡­ But, it has to be A confession What do I do in this situation? Push her down ( My son is calling me) No, I¡¯m a gentleman. First I need to confess my feeling, then gently Push her down ( my son roar at me) I should caress her cheek, then lick her ears. That¡¯s her weak spot. PUSH THE *BEEP* OF HER *BEEP* DOWN ¡°Reus?¡± Lina look at me nervously, waiting for my response. ¡°Lina¡± I place both my hands to her shoulders, look deep into her eyes. Our face come closer, our tongues entangle with each others. I gently push her down. ¡°Lina ¡­ may I¡± I hardly said. I can¡¯t think straight anymore. ¡°Mnm, I¡¯m yours, Reus¡± Lina response with a red face while closing her eyes. Shit! She is too cute. Where did you hide this cuteness in all my life, Lina. My face move closer to her while unbuttoning her dress. *Swoash* Countless of water drops pouring to our body. DON¡¯T FUCK WITH ME (Author''s note: Feeling cock blocked huh [th_091_-3.gif] ) Chapter 7: Defeat It¡¯s standing there, in the center of the lake. 5 meters tall, red fur with twin-black wings that can even block the dim light around when it spread. A majestic lion¡¯s head full of pride and confident, with a long scorpion¡¯s tail always ready to strike any unfortunate man it come around. The lord of Dungeon, the bringer of death, a Manticore. A scholar once came up with a theory that each rings in a manticore¡¯s tail equals to 10 years of it¡¯s age. No one can prove that but if it¡¯s true, I¡¯m fucked. ¡°Lina! Run¡± This is an opponent that we can¡¯t run from. I have to buy enough time for her to call reinforcement. No response. I turn to her. Her face is as pale as a ghost and her body trembling like crazy. Damn, she¡¯s been paralyzed by fear. ¡°LINA!! LINA!!!¡± Still no response. Desperate situation calling for desperate method. I push my mouth to her mouth, my tongue try to find hers while my hands pinching her nipples. ¡°mmm¡± *Slap* ¡°Reus, what are you doing¡± Finally. ¡°Lina! Run back to town and call for reinforcement! Quick¡± ¡°But ¡­¡± ¡°There is no time. Just ¡­ trust me¡± She look at me one last time, before turning her back and run. ¡°Well then, sorry to keep you waiting¡± I turn to the manticore. It¡¯s still hasn¡¯t moved an inch since it appeared out of nowhere. His eyes has been following me like a lion looking at a rabbit. Why do I get a funny feeling that it came here just for me? Now, how should I deal with this? Manticore is famous for its ferocious and high speed. It doesn¡¯t have any long-range attack though, maybe I should keep my distance. First of all, My hand reach out to the hip where I keep my magi¡­ Huh? It¡¯s empty? Oh crap. This morning, I forgot to bring it out when hurried to the meeting. Calm down me! Calm down! You don¡¯t need that stupid sword to kill a beast. Maybe this manticore is not that tough. That¡¯s why it¡¯s not attack yet. ¡°Fire ball¡± I threw a ball made of flame that¡¯s even bigger than my head to him. This is an intermediate spell that I can¡¯t silently cast yet and require both my hands to create. Now, let¡¯s see how he deal with this. The ball coming closer. Still,the manticore doesn¡¯t seem interested in it as his eyes still keep aiming at me. Fool, your arrogance will be your downfall. Even my old man had a hard time dealing with this. ¡°Pffft¡± No way! He just snorted out and the fire distinguish? What kind of power is this? Kuh, I mustn¡¯t give up now. ¡°Ice lance! Ice lance! Ice lance! Ice lance!...¡± Countless of arrow-shaped ice raised from the lake, aim at the beast. ¡°Die! Monster!¡± All of them fly straight to the manticore. *Swoach* With just one swing from the tail, all of the arrows were broken, they dropped to the lake like falling leaves. Damn, I can¡¯t even see the movement of the tail. It¡¯s too fast. And the beast didn¡¯t move an inch from the beginning. He didn¡¯t ¡­ Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. Bastard! This monster¡¯s been toying with me the whole time. This thing,it¡¯s not an opponent I can defeat normally. I have to take a risk. ¡°Prepare yourself, foul beast. This is my strongest spell¡± I shouted at him. *Graooooogh* Did he accept the challenge? Good. ¡°O¡¯ searing flame, hear my wish ¡­¡± ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. ¡­¡­¡­. 3 minutes later. ¡°Adabla alakazam bumuletu¡­.¡± *Graooooogh* Losing patience, he roared at me. ¡°Not yet. One more minute¡± *ROARRR* With a face look like he just realize something, he charge at me furiously. Shit! I forgot you can¡¯t be interrupted while chanting. It seem my farce has been exposed. Oh well, I think this should be enough. He is closing distance between us. 20 meters. 10 meters. 5 meters. Now I throw a small fire ember at him. He doesn¡¯t even seem to notice it. *BOOOM* Big explosion burst out right where he stand, followed by a ravenous flame that wrap around everything. Not yet. Still not enough. *Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom* I quickly fire off countless of magic arrows to the ceiling. The explosion already made the top become unstable, with a bit of force, numerous boulders fall off to where the manticore stand. *Huff* *Huff* The entire area is covered by dust from the explosion. My body is worn-out, I never have to push myself this hard before. The whole time that I cast my ¡°most powerful¡± spell, it was not entirely a bluff. It was my dad¡¯s latest invention, an explosion created by compressing air in a space and give it a little fire. It¡¯s power is enormous but it has a big downside too. Compressing air require more time and mana the longer distance between you and the space you want to compress. It¡¯s power is too great, to the point that It can harm the user too. Oh well, at least it played out nicely. Hopefully the skin of that manticore was not damaged badly. I need something to show off to the town. As I let my guard down, a black thing fly to me. *Swoach* In my disbelief eye, my body was sent flying and crash to the shore of lake. The manticore is alive. It just shake off the boulder and standing straight again, unscathed. I¡¯m trying to stand up but ¡­ ¡°Argh!¡± It hurt. Shit! My rib is broken. The manticore move slowly toward me. It¡¯s tail aiming at me, ready to strike any second. He doesn¡¯t say anything but his eyes clearly tell me, he is very angry. Damn. This is it, huh. Sorry, sis Tia. I can¡¯t keep my promise. Lina ¡­. I¡¯m sorry. Dad. Just get your disappointed face out of my mind. I don¡¯t want to get scolded at the last minute of my life. I, lying on the ground, in tatter, awaiting my demise. Chapter 8: This world is a mess (Awaken! My son! Awaken!) Damn, that annoying voice again. Leave me alone. Let me die in peace. Huh? Wait a minute. This is not a dream. How could I can hear this voice clearly? ¡°You, where are you¡± I shouted out loud. The manticore seems surprised. It stopped half way while looking at me curiously. (Just think in your head, my son. I can¡¯t meet you . Only my voice can reach you.) (Who are you?) (Does it matter right now? More importantly, do you want to live?) (Of course I want to live. I¡¯m still a virgin you know.) (Then, close your eye. Think about what make you angry the most.) What make me angry the most? Probably the first time Sera hit me yesterday. Thinking about it still make my blood boiling. Still, it sounded like something happened long ago. Lots of thing took place in just 2 days. (Like this?) (Sigh, you are not even trying. You have a girl friend who just ran away right?) (Leave her out of this.) (Okay. Now, try to imagine her being eaten by that monster.) A horrified scene enter my head. Lina, her whole body covered in blood. The manticore chewing on her legs while she looking at me with white eyes. ¡°ARGHHH¡± (That¡¯s it. One more push, think about your dad kissing your girl friend.) Something inside me snapped. Power surging to every part of my cells. It¡¯s violent, born just to kill, born for destroying. Something¡¯s growing out from my back. No, not just my back, my whole body is changing. I can even feel my internal organs moving around. The pain spread all over my body, feel like every bones is being broken. After the pain, the pleasure come, like after you cracking the knuckles, it only painful at first. Soon, the pain subsidies. I feel ¡­ refresh. Can no longer feel the broken ribs before. Open my eyes, an image reflected from the water surface. An image of a monster. With 2 pair of butterfly wings on the back, a horse-like face with spiral horn on the forehead and a lizard tail which keep wiggling around. Black fur covered my whole body, from head to toe, make me look like something come from a nightmare. If anything, I look even more monstrous than that manticore standing over there, looking at me with curious eyes. I tried waving my hand, the image waved back at me. I gave out a cool smile. Shit! It was creepy. Now I know why horse never smile before. Not just appearance, the mana inside me changed as well. Something was mixed with my mana. (Fire ball) ¡°Hieeeergh¡± A small-size fire ball appeared in my right hand, covered by dark flame. Damn, look like I can¡¯t talk well while in this form, but I can still using my spells. Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. However, what¡¯s with this dark flame? Never heard of it before. The best my father can create is a blue flame, and it took quite a lot of time to concentrate. I don¡¯t know what this is but it¡¯s ¡­ dangerous. I shouldn¡¯t holding this for long. (Take this!) ¡°Hieerg¡± I threw the dark ball to the manticore. Unlike before, it¡¯s eyes is completely focus on the ball. It can still perceive the threat from there. ¡°Pffftt¡± The manticore tried the same move again but to no avail. The ball even keep getting bigger, moving toward its target. ¡°Swoosh¡± Damn. It dodged. You cowards. However, the ball keep flying, till it collide with the ground and created a big hole, where earth melting inside. Just how hot can that ball be? Even my old man¡¯s blue flame can¡¯t melt the earth that easily. ¡°Graoooorgh¡± Huh? The manticore is acting strange. It keep on roaring while emitting a violence pressure. This is bad. I don¡¯t know what it is, but this is bad. Can¡¯t let this continue. I¡®m flying to the manticore. The distance is closing. I can even count how many teeth it has. Preparing my fist, I strike the decisive blow. Damn! Missed again. It so hard to punch while flying. I¡¯m still not used to this body. Before I know it, my body already fly past the manticore, heading toward a wall made of earth. Okay wings, slow down. Stop there! STOP! I SAID STOP! *Thunk* Ouch! It hurt! My horn is stuck inside the wall, took me quite some times to pull it out. Damn! Stupid wings. Never gonna use you again. Huh? Why is it so silent? I turn to the place where the manticore standing. It no longer there but a man instead of it. He has long black hair, his whole body is covered by red fur and a scorpion tail wrap around his waist. He¡¯s looking at me with a fearless smile. Fuck this shit. I became a monster and the monster became a man? When did this world become such a mess? My mind refuse to accept this reality, but ¡°he¡± doesn¡¯t give me time to adapt. ¡°Hello there! Little brother¡± The *beep* you want with me! Oh wait, why is his voice so clos¡­. *Bop* ¡°Gyarrgh¡± ¡°Sleep well, brother¡± Damn, so it can talk. That¡¯s the end of my thought before my mind fade to black. (Author''s note: Next chap will contain info dump about the world. Think of it as the real prologue. I will update prologue after next chap) Chapter 9: History of Titans and Olympians (This is the real Prologue) Where is this? I¡¯m surrounded by eternal darkness. It¡¯s here, it¡¯s there, it¡¯s everywhere and cover everything, no trace of light can be found. Is this ¡­ the neither world? Am I ¡­ dead? ¡°You are not dead, my son¡± A voice suddenly rang after my back, a voice that I recognized. I turned around, there stand a hooded woman whose face can¡¯t be seen clearly. I don¡¯t remember having seen her before. ¡°You! Who are you? Are you the one appeared in my dreams? No, more importantly, where is this¡± ¡°You are impatient, my son. Don¡¯t forget, through patience come the knowledge¡± ¡°Get ¡­ to ¡­ the ¡­ point, please. I had too much surprise in one day for my whole life time already¡± ¡°Very well. I¡¯m a being with different name. Some revered me as ¡°the Goddess of Origin¡±, some cursed me as ¡°the Mother of all monsters¡±. But, you can just call me Echidna, or mother would be more appropriate¡± ¡°The goddess of Origin, Echidna. What¡¯s her Highness doing out here? No, where is this in the first place¡± ¡°This is your inner thought, my son. This is the place where I tried to contact you many times but to no avail, you will is too strong for my current power¡± ¡°Contact me? Why didn¡¯t you communicate with me when I was in the temple? And what is that Revelation?¡± ¡°What I want to say to you can not be expressed by words, my son. That¡¯s why I sent that ¡°Revelation¡± to confuse you, for you to lower your guard and I can talk to you directly. But that priest has misunderstood about my intention and just make your will stronger¡± Damn Priest! So all that talk about believing in the Goddess is just bull shit. ¡°You keep calling me ¡°my son¡±. What do you mean by that? Are you really my mother¡± A moment of silent, before she answered with sadness in her voice. ¡°As expected. You have been sleeping far too long. That painful memories have been sealed deep inside your consciousness without you knowing about it. No other choice, I will show you the history between us, the Titans and the Olympians¡± The scene circling us suddenly changed, darkness slowly disappeared and a scene appeared around us. A foundation in a large forest, where strange monsters which I never seen before keep making appearances. A one hundred-head dragon, bird covered with flame and a big snake that have a wing of bat. ¡°We, the Titans, are sons and daughters of Gaia, the Earth, and Uranus, the Sky. Since birth, we were gifted with great power and immortality. However, we never misuse them, as we are parts of the cycle of nature and living in harmony¡± ¡°However, there are foul creatures that live solely for destruction, the Hecatons and Cyclops. We can not turn a blind eye on them. The battle was fierce but finally, we triumph and locked them deep inside Tartarus , the deepest part of Neither world¡± The scene shifted to 2 creatures, a giant with 1 eye and a giant with 1000 hands. ¡°We enjoy peace for a while, taking that time tend to our next generation. However, one day, we received a prophecy ¡°One of Cronos¡¯s children will overthrow the Titan¡¯s rule¡±. Too scare of the prophecy, Cronos, one of our kin, started swallowing his own children.¡± The scene shifted to a dialogue of 2 man, a long-white hair man and a baldy. ¡°Cronos. This is unacceptable. Our mother, Gaia, won¡¯t stand for this¡± (Baldy) ¡°I understand what you want to say, Python. But I can not let our race extinct because of my bloodline. Let me bear this sin alone¡± ¡°Hope you prepare for consequences, Cronos. I can¡¯t help you anymore, brother¡± The baldy walk away after throwing warning words. The scene shift again, showing a white-hair boy who live alone on a deserted island, with a herd of goats ¡°Unbeknown to all, our mother,Gaia, too angry with Cronos¡¯s action, had hide the youngest child away from him. The child was brought up healthy and strong, and the seed of revenge grow each day with him. Then one day, he left the island, travelled all around the world, even to Tartarus. There, he made friend with the Cyclops and Hecatons, he learned to use his powers and the ability to manipulate lighting from them.¡± ¡°And the destination day had come, Zeus confronted Cronos for his revenge. The battle was last for one year, and finally Zeus emerged victorious. He opened his stomach to rescue his 2 brothers and 3 sisters. After that, he cut Cronos into 5 pieces , throw all over the world and have 5 Great Eagles keep eating those meats daily, to prevent Cronos revive again.¡± ¡°None of us, Titans, would want to help him, as we can¡¯t accept his cruel actions. We had hoped with the defeat of Cronos, Zeus¡¯s vengeance will be satisfied. We were wronged. Zeus¡¯s hostility soon turn toward us. He blamed us for ignoring him in many years and vowed to lock us all in Tartarus¡± ¡°We were ashamed to face him. We felt guilty for turning a blind eye on his situation. However, Zeus¡¯s madness soon consumed him. He freed the Cyclops and Hecatons in Tartarus and waved war again us¡± ¡°The war last for hundred of years, many races perished along it. We were stronger than them, but far outnumbered. Soon, we find ourselves being pushed back and fallen, one by one. At the end, only your father, Python, stand again them¡± The scene shifted again, to a big cave with the baldy from last time. Wait a minute. I know this cave. It never appeared in my memory before, but I have a strange familiar with this cave. ¡°So, You finally come, Zeus. Don¡¯t you think you have destroyed enough already¡±(Baldy) ¡°Quit your blabbering, old man. You know what I come here for. Hand over your children and come quietly to Tartarus¡± ¡°Such ignorant. Don¡¯t forget I¡¯m still your uncle¡± ¡°Uncle? Where were you when Cronos swallow my brothers and sisters? Where were you when Cronos destroyed my island just to kill me? ANSWER ME UNCLE, WHERE WERE YOU?¡± ¡°Kuh. Leave my children alone. They are innocent¡± ¡°Innocent? No one bear the filthy blood of Titans and dare call themselves innocent. I vowed in my name of Zeus I will wipe your blood of this world¡± ¡°You have that blood too,Zeus. Don¡¯t forget your father is a Titan¡± ¡°Oh, believe me, uncle. I have risen far more than you can imagine. I¡¯m no longer have that filthy blood of your kind in my vein¡± ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± ¡°Enough chit chat. Cyclops, welcome my uncle to his new home. Make him as comfortable as you could.¡± ¡°Graorgh. You won¡¯t take me alive,Zeus¡± The baldy transformed into a large hundread-head dragon and took fly. However, he soon stopped by a big thunder coming from sky. The scene changed to darkness once again. This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. ¡°The war between Zeus and Titans end in the victory of Zeus. Your father and other Titans were imprisoned in Tartarus, where they get tortured everyday. Your grandmother,Gaia, too saddened because of her child¡¯s actions had sealed herself in a deep long slumber. With her gone, so as the foundation of youth has completely drained. Without it, our children can¡¯t be blessed with immortality¡± ¡°However, before the final battle begin, I have escaped, together with my children to this world.¡± Hm? ¡°Wait, what do you mean by ¡°this world¡±? This is not the same world where the battle happened?¡± ¡°No, my son. We,Titans, have long discovered the world we live are linked together with other worlds. The world where everything began, Earth, the world where only souls can travel, Neitherworld. Your father have discovered that souls from other worlds, not just from Earth, flow to Neitherworld too. And thus we found this world, Fantasia¡± ¡°Who am i? Why did I have no memory about all of this?¡± ¡°At the conclusion of the war, you were just an egg, my son.We,Titans, stayed in egg form for many years, slowly absorb the essence from the sky, our father, Uranus. After we get strong enough, we will get out from the egg and receive our mother¡¯s blessing, the immortality from foundation of youth¡± ¡°How can I can transform? Is that the power of Titan?¡± ¡°Yes,my son. All of the Titans have 2 forms, a monstrous form and a humanoid form. We were born with the monstrous form from birth. Then after we mature and learn to control our power, we can transform to humanoid form¡± ¡°How come I was always in my humanoid form up till now?¡± ¡°You are an exception, my son. Not only you hadn¡¯t received proper power from your grandfather back in Earth, due to our escape. You also lost your grandmother¡¯s immortality blessing¡± That¡¯s ¡­ suck. ¡°So, that manticore?¡± ¡°He is your elder brother. He was the one who took care of you till you hatched from the egg and was the one who take you to your foster father, Lethos.¡± ¡°Why didn¡¯t he raised me himself? Why appeared now?¡± ¡°Your humanoid body was so weak and delicate, my son. We don¡¯t know what to do with you, so we sent you to this town, which I once helped from the past. When we deemed you have mature enough, he come here to help you awake your power.¡± So, in short, I¡¯m a defective Titan who not only weak but also mortal and can¡¯t take care of myself. Really great! ¡°Don¡¯t be so down, my son. Even though you are mortal, you are still my beloved son. We still think of you as our own family. Beside, you are not weak as all¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± ¡°This world, Fantasia, is different than our home world. They have a miracle system called magic. None of us can understand or use that, only you can, Reus. You are the only Titan that can use magic. Maybe because you were brought here since you were an egg.¡± Oh, I feel a little better now. That explain about that dark flame I created, a mix of Titan¡¯s power and mana. ¡°Is there anything else you want to talk, mom? I¡¯m a little tired with all these information right now¡± ¡°There are 2 things I should warn you, my son. First is,Zeus and his followers has come to this world 200 years ago. They call themselves The Olympians and established rules over the races that lived in this world.You should avoid them at all cost.¡± ¡°Can we fight them? Where is my other brothers and sisters?¡± ¡°Your brothers and sisters have lived scattered around the land. We never thought Zeus¡¯d come here and were unprepared. Furthermore, Zeus¡¯s power has grown vastly. He learned a way to convert people¡¯s worshipping to power for himself. We can¡¯t fight him now.¡± ¡°What about the other thing you want to say?¡± ¡°We, the Titan, especially male, have very high sexual desire.¡± ¡°Excuse me?¡± ¡°We are a race with very few individual, my son. That¡¯s why all the Titans mate a lot with the hope of leaving many off springs. It¡¯s a good thing we do not distinguish races when mate.¡± (Author¡¯s note: Dog is included too.) ¡°That¡¯s not a good thing at all. Why is this Titan sound like a curse to me now? How can this sexual desire disappear?¡± ¡°By leaving lots of off springs, of course. Every sons and daughter you have will reduce your sexual needs. There is one other way though, to temporarily reduce it, is to have sex with a virgin.¡± Shit. Now it really is a curse blood. ¡°Has anyone, from our family, tried to resist this curs¡­ ah no, the blood¡¯s calling?¡± ¡°One of your brother tried. The result was ¡­ undesirable. His partner nearly die from over doing that and in his frenzy craving for sex, he did ¡°that¡± with a bull.¡± The hell was that. I¡¯d kill myself before it happened to me. ¡°Our time run short, my son. Not long ago after Zeus come to this world, he destroyed my body and sealed me in a faraway island.That¡¯s why I can¡¯t meet you face to face. Just talking to you like this drained my limited energy fast. This is our goodbye¡± ¡°Wait! Mom! What happened to that brother after¡­¡± Her figure soon disappeared completely. I soon find myself alone in this void of darkness. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡­¡­ ¡­. ¡°This¡¯s strange. All of his condition just implying he is taking a nap.But it¡¯s been 1 week already¡± (???) ¡°If tomorrow he hasn¡¯t waken up, I will bring him to the mage guild¡± (Father¡¯s voice). I slightly open my eyes and look around. This is my house, and I¡¯m on my bed. Father is discussing something with the town¡¯s herbalist while holding some sort of papers. I tried to use my right hand to stand up, but something is holding it down. It is Lina. She is sleeping on a chair while holding my hand. Her face looks pale and weak, with a dark trim around her eye. Better let her sleep for now. ¡°Dad¡± I meekly called. ¡°Brat¡± He hurried to my bed to check my condition ¡±You finally wake up eh? Took you long time enough¡± ¡°Shut it, old man. Give me a break. Why is Lina here?¡± ¡°She has been nursing you ever since we found you unconsciousness near the lake. Poor girl, keep crying out loud and refuse to leave your side even a second¡± ¡°I¡¯m ¡­ indebted to her. Oh dad, come here for a second¡± ¡°What¡¯s it,brat¡± I used all my strength to hit him on the face with my other hand. I¡¯m still too weak though, as it only created a weak collision sound. ¡°What¡¯s did you do that for?¡± ¡°No reason¡± Damn. I still remember that scene when mom force me to transform.