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 "I told you to grab it one at a time. It's your own fault for getting hurt." Alka coldly lectured a contrite Magnus. The acidic soldier crabs had put up a tough fight when Magnus had attempted to pick them off in groups.
 BOOM! A group of crabs flew into the air. It was Magnus again. This time he caused a small explosion in the water.
 "Magnus! Stop! You're going to destroy the lungwurts!" Alka was hysterical. He could never trust his friend not to ruin the harvest.
 "I'm aiming for the crabs. Stop worrying so much!"
 "If the lungwurts explode, I won't give you your share of Snowberry pudding." It was the ultimate threat that always broke Magnus.
 "Slow crab capture it is."
 The group spent the morning collecting the ingredients they'd come hunting for. Syryn still hadn't found the bud he needed to heal Lucien's core but it was no matter if they were heading off to Elysium. After two hours of walking out of the forest, they neared Maple Town. Magnus then split away on his own to make a report about the incident in the forest while Alka, Syryn and Lucien made their way to an inn. It had been decided that they would move tomorrow.
 "What do you think attracted those creatures to the forest?" Alka questioned Syryn while they ate a late lunch at the inn.
 "Not sure, but It's suspicious how nobody noticed so many people were going missing inside there," Syryn replied with a frown. "There's either a complete lack of supervision by the officials at the surrounding towns or a matter that involves something even more malicious."
 "Maybe we shouldn't have made a report."
 "No," Syryn replied, "Making a report was the wise thing to do. If the infestation was a result of nature taking its course, notifying the mages would have been the correct decision. And if it not, at least we're bringing attention to the matter. It won't stay under wraps for long."
 "It can't be natural. Those things were put there on purpose." Alka squeezed his fork tight when he thought about how many innocent people had died. Who and why would someone do that?
 "Let it be. They're dead. We've got other things to worry about now." Syryn didn't want to involve himself in the matter anymore.
 Syryn and Lucien were the occupants of a cosy room in an expensive inn called the Sky Lantern. The older boy pushed open the door to their room to find a hot tub near a fireplace. The sight of the tub was a welcome one after their jaunt in the forest.
 "Time for a hot bath Luci!"
 Undressed, the children sat inside the hot tub and enjoyed the steam wafting off the water. Lucien was entertained by the sight of Syryn's dark hair floating on the water.
 "You like it? You too can grow your hair long Luci." Syryn smiled at the kid. "You're going to do that anyway when you grow up, aren't you? I always did love your hair."
 "Brother likes my hair?" Lucien sunk deeper into the tub while peering up at Syryn. The heat of the water had reddened their cheeks.
 "Yes, what's not to like about Luci?" Syryn teased and flicked water in Lucien's face. With a giggle, Lucien smacked the surface of the water and splashed Syryn. A small fight ensued which resulted in a slippery floor covered in water and soap suds.
 Thereafter, the kids spent a while scrubbing themselves and then pouring in a new batch of hot water to soak in. During this peaceful interlude, Syryn leaned back against the tub and thought about their journey for tomorrow. Magnus hadn't yet informed him of their method of travel. While Syryn was lost in his worries, Lucien blinked sleepy red eyes at him and suddenly jerked forward having fallen asleep. Syryn had to catch him before the boy sank into the water.
 Lucien was a small bundle of warmth and soft skin in Syryn's arms. Once again, he visually traced the sight of healing welts and bruises on Lucien's body. Under his careful ministrations, they were disappearing away. Despite everything, how the child slept all limp and trusting in Syryn's arms had the older boy feeling a stab of pain for what they both had to endure.
 A soft knock on the door pulled Syryn out of his thoughts.
 "Come in." He had left the door unlatched and was expecting Magnus. When the fire mage entered the room and found the brothers in the tub, he froze at the door, unsure of what to do.
 "Don't just stand there. Get inside Magnus."
 "I could come back later if you're busy," Magnus replied but he walked in anyway. He gingerly stepped across the floor, avoiding the puddles and soap suds.
 Once seated on a corner of the bed, Magnus placed a heart-shaped confection on the bedside table. "For Luci." He explained and then got to the meat of the matter.
 "So tomorrow, we're leaving early. I need you two to be ready before sunrise. We'll have a rudimentary breakfast together and take a walk through the Lost path."
 "We're taking the path? Who is navigating?" Syryn raised his brows high. The Lost path was a treacherous place that wasn't to be traversed through unless one were to be lead by a professional and experienced navigator.
 "Alka has a map."
 Syryn would have stood up in outrage if he wasn't butt naked under the water. "Are you serious right now??"
 "Dead serious. Alka will be our navigator." Magnus' gaze skirted the edge of the tub and looked away.
 "You trust his abilities to lead us through unscathed then?" Syryn did not get a second chance at life so he could get lost inside the path.
 "We did lose our way once... but we made it out safe." Magnus honestly informed him.
 Syryn turned very slowly and with disbelief, stared at the unconcerned mage on his bed. "Magnus, you're both quite insane. I should just part ways with you two right now."
 "Listen, we've made multiple journeys through the path since that one time. I promise Alka knows what he's doing."
 Syryn pinched the bridge of his nose and asked himself why he wasn't surprised. They'd accepted his demon self with open arms. This was on the same level of insane. No wonder Magnus didn't make it to adulthood! This was natural selection taking place! And Alka? Syryn had thought him the sensible one. But no, Alka was the leader of their daredevil adventures. Even the forest expedition had been for Alka's herbs!
 He thought about it and bitterly replied. "Okay, I hope I don't regret it." In for a silver, in for a crown.
 "Great. I'll see you in the morning then." And Magnus left the room before Syryn could change his mind about their special journey.
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 The next morning, Syryn was a ball of anxiety. The Lost path was a hands-off, no man's zone, and very little literature had been available on the creatures of this dimension. If one followed the rules, the chances of death were less than 5%. It still did not assure him of safety, not with Lucien in tow. It was ridiculous how much danger the kid was being put through because of Syryn dragging him off to places he shouldn't be at.
 "Here we are." Alka stared at the gap between two sturdy trees that looked like they were at least a few thousand years old.
 "Check your knots again," Alka advised. He also studiously examined the knots on the single length of rope that connected their wrists. When he was satisfied, Alka lifted his palm to the air and accessed the rift that existed in that gap.
 A long slit appeared in the air. It parted and sucked in the air around them, causing a strong wind to blow in the direction of the rift. Alka stepped into the widening gap, followed by Magnus, then Syryn and Lucien.
 "Syryn, Lucien, please come closer," Alka instructed politely.
 They were now inside the lost path, an expanse of endless grey fog and dark misshapen silhouettes that travellers had to stay away from. How navigators knew which direction to go towards stumped Syryn. There was no road, no marked path, no signs or even landmarks to give the most basic of directions to the travellers. It terrified him to be surrounded by so much nothingness.
 "This way," A gentle tug at his arm lead Syryn towards the direction that Alka wanted them to move. At times, through the thick fog, Syryn felt he could see the glowing white eyes of a hunchbacked creature, its deformed arms dragging on the ground behind it.
 Syryn definitely wasn't imagining things. It was following them.
 "Don't look," Magnus warned him when Syryn focused on it. He had almost forgotten the first rule of the path, never acknowledge their existence.
 "Why did we decide to come through the path?"
 "Because it would take us more than a month if we went by normal channels. Admissions start soon." Alka whispered to Syryn. The absurdness of it all.
 "Big brother... There's something over there." Lucien gripped Syryn's hand tightly and whispered. The older boy was feeling a sense of deja vu. This was the last time he would follow Alka and Magnus anywhere!
 "Shhh, Luci doesn't look at it," Syryn whispered but his heart wept. How could they pretend it wasn't there when the thing that Lucien had been staring at was the height of a small mountain. The eyes were like giant lamps that scanned the open field of fog. Syryn was thankful for how thick the fog was. It blanketed them in a protective covering that the creature couldn't see through.
 "Stop. We're here.." Alka was so close to Syryn that he could felt the mage's breath on his cheek. "When I count to 3, jump immediately."
 "1," Alka raised his palm to the fog-laden air.
 "2," A rift appeared and the brilliant sunlight that came through it caught the attention of everything in the fog that was near their location.
 "3," The garbled high pitched call of the giant with the lamp like eyes followed their jump through the open rift.
 Syryn felt like he had shed 50 years of his lifespan inside there. As a half-demon, he ought to have more self-respect but it was the unknown that most terrified him.
 The group tumbled out into the sunshine and breathed in sweet relief.
 "Welcome to Elysium." Alka smiled at the siblings. Credit had to be given where it was due, Alka had the courage of a dragon.
 Syryn hadn't been inside Elysium since his imprisonment but he could still recognise where they stood. They were at the outskirts of the city, near the east dock. The salty tang of the ocean brought with it the noises that accompanied a busy shipyard.
 "Is that the ocean?" Lucien's eyes were focused on the horizon where the sky met water. A gust of strong wind blew and it lifted his soft hair, bringing a delighted smile to Lucien's face. "S-Syryn, can we visit the dock later?"
 "Syryn? That's what you want to call me?" The older boy asked with some surprise. Lucien nodded, his expression so earnest that Syryn wanted to pinch his cheeks. It was an interesting development and Syryn was happy about Lucien finally opening up and growing into his confidence.
 "What have we here?" A raspy voice snatched their attentions away from the excitement at hand. They turned as one and found a woman wearing the acolyte robes of Sapho, a minor goddess that was worshipped by those from Northern Sigil. Her sightless eyes were trained on Lucien whose smile had disappeared.
 "Oh... Oh..child, fated to be his bride! Rejoice... Rejoice... You are chosen... " She knelt on the ground and approached the boy.
 Syryn's blood had run cold. He stood protectively in front of Lucien and inquired coldly.
 "Whose bride?"
 The acolyte's white eyes looked through Syryn. "His name I know not. My eyes behold the kingdom of demons. Demons... So strong... He will claim his bride and you cannot stop him!"
 The kingdom of demons, she had said. Traxdart was the undisputed Emperor of demons, the most powerful of them. Traxdart would have to rip Lucien out of Syryn's cold dead hands if he wanted the boy. "I reject your prophecy. I will change his fate." Syryn sneered.
 As if she had heard the funniest of jokes, the woman laughed at Syryn's declaration. "Some fates are set in stone by the gods and cannot be changed by even those gods themselves. This child's beloved has already found him. You should accept it for it is an honour of the highest order!"
 Syryn would have killed her if it wasn't for the presence of the other two mages.
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 When Demon Lord, Syryn Nigh'hart, found that he had gone back in time and turned into his child self, he had assumed to do better with his second life. Commit smaller crimes, keep away from burning villages and inciting other demons, contribute to society, abide by most laws, you know? But then the hero, his old friend, had to fall in love with him and ruin his plans.
 Goddess, I cannot take responsibility for your champion, Rowan Windwalker, getting bent. Please don't strike me down!
 #Gold Tier winner of WPC (forgot the contest number)#y'all this shit gay so don't go walking in expecting it to not have men sucking faces#N̶o̶ ̶h̶a̶r̶e̶m̶(my dumb self thought harem means mc marries many lovers)#Reformed and immature demon lord (but he's nice now okay. He isn't psycho.) #Hero is an extremely patient man for putting up with the demon lord's nonsense # MULTIPLE POTENTIAL LOVE INTERESTS #Slow Romance#Slow like you have to wait for around 40 chapters (smut too) before it starts #Patience is needed #Lots of it#alternate day updates because I have to study#english is neither my first nor second language so bear with me#The cat is not the ML ಥ‿ಥ some of you are getting the wrong idea.
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 You said I only have one blade? No, actually I have two! 
 You said I have two blades? No, actually I have a lot of blades!
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 Su Xiao is a cold-blooded young adult who’s seeking vengeance for the death of his family, yet things ended up badly for him. 
 As he was taking his last breaths, he heard a voice calling him from dimensions, it was a strange system reaching him, asking him if he wanted to be saved, to be Reincarnated. 
 He just needed to accept a contract, Su Xiao didn’t have any choice but to do so, but he didn’t know what he signed up for!! 
 Travelling through worlds, doing extremely dangerous missions, collecting special items, levelling up, and even killing Protagonists… 
 But Su Xiao wasn’t any ordinary Contractor, Su Xiao was a Hunter! 
 The MC crosses over to: One Piece, Tokyo Ghoul, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Attack on Titans… and Author’s Original Worlds… 
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 Traveled through the fantasy version of ancient China and became the eunuch’s eunuch.
 Sitting on the dream system rises against the sky, dominates the eunuch queen.
 Honorable heroes, your end is here!
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 In previous life, I was just a mediocre guy, and accomplished nothing.
 After reincarnation, I seize the opportunity of being a legend of the times. In this life, I am the protagonist in Tianxuan World, a great master of martial arts and a founder of making elixirs. What? You want to compete with me in weapon and equipment refining? Then, you should know the Craft God is my disciple…
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 A teenager finds himself in the Marvel World with the Dragon Balls, and has to find a way to survive! 
 Shenron: “Say your wish! Any wish can be granted, but you only get one…” 
 Teenager: “Any wish could be granted?” 
 Shenron: “Of course!” 
 “Great!” 
 Teenager: “Shenron, please get me out of the Marvel World; return me to my original world!” 
 Shenron: “I’m sorry, I can’t do that…” 
 “….” 
 Teenager: “What? What were you bragging about then, saying you can grant any wish?” 
 Shenron: “Your body is from this world, therefore….” 
 “….” 
 Teenager: “Okay, then give me the power of a Super Saiyan! I want be able to beat Thor and Hulk, surpass Captain America and Iron Man!” 
 Shenron: “I’m sorry, I can’t do that…” 
 Teenager: “Worthless dragon! What can you do?” 
 Shenron: “I can…”
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 Mu Liang traveled to a parallel world of apocalypse, this world has become a wasteland, the cultivation, the rain are sour, and the sky is scattered with dust. 
 Mu Liang was rescued by a mutant rabbit ear i mother, and at the same time bound to the trainer system. 
 Tame a tortoise, and evolve infinitely to the sacred beast Xuanwu, with a back width of more than ten thousand miles, with mountains and flowing water, and black and fertile soil… just to build a home on the back. 
 Tame a small tree sapling and evolve into a world tree, block the gale and acid rain, purify the air, and reappear the blue sky and white clouds. 
 Tame a military ant, who dares to provoke me? Marching ants, like a sandstorm, left a pile of dead bones wherever they swept. 
 Tame a bunny ears mother, and then get entangled? ? ? 
 One year later, give a small rabbit ears.
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 [Hokage + Shuangwen + destroy Danzo + kill the third generation + decisive killing + no harem] 
 After traveling through time, he is still a young version of Sasuke, and the night of genocide is about to begin! A little panicked! what to do? 
 【Ding! The strongest lottery system in the world has been successfully bound! 】 
 【Ding! Get the pinnacle two-pillar template! 】 
 … 
 On the night of the genocide, Sasuke used his perfect Susano to crush the Shimura clan into dregs with his backhand!
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 The debt of love in the ninth world will be repaid in this world.
 The school flower, the royal sister, the loli… all of them are my lover in the previous life. Only by repaying the debt of love can I live!
 In order to survive, Yu Mo worked hard!
 Loving the school flower, loving the royal sister, pampering the loli… It’s a lot of fun.
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 Cthulhu Gonfalon is a story about a man who woke up in another world. After a drink over his loss in a game, Sui Xiong ended up in the middle of the sea. Surprisingly, he now found out he no longer existed in a human shape but in a spirit state without any flesh. In order to survive and find a way to return to Earth, he then searched for a body to accommodate his spirit. After several confrontations with some creatures under the sea, he decided to settle for a jellyfish flesh. This Jellyfish was extraordinarily huge. With its tentacles, it caught others’ spirits to nurture its own power. In this world, Sui Xiong wasn’t only matchlessly powerful but he also had an ability to cast magic. With this gifted ability and combined with his knowledge from the civilized world on Earth, he could help a deceased person resurrect, change a person’s look, and do tons of other crazy things that he didn’t know.
 As his journey to discover this world went on, he encountered many bizarre and mystic creatures along the way, who were Gods, Humans, Devil Beasts, Giant Dragons and lots of other undetermined organisms. Some of them might insanely worship him, while others hated him. Some might become his enemies. Some might end up becoming his teammates in the end. From a gamer on Earth to here, he became a God (even he himself could not verify this yet), had his own religion and even a church with a Holy Land to fight for justice.
 What kind of world is this? What kind of existences might live in this world? What kind of secret this world owns? Can Sui Xiong return to Earth?
 Keep on following the story to find out the answers for those questions.
 Little explanation about Cthulhu: Cthulhu has been described in appearance as resembling an octopus, a dragon and a human caricature, hundreds of meters tall, with webbed human-looking arms and legs and a pair of rudimentary wings on its back. Cthulhu’s head is depicted as similar to the entirety of a gigantic octopus, with an unknown number of tentacles surrounding its supposed mouth.
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 ~She is a waste daughter from the Su family that couldn’t cultivate. On the day before her wedding, the Third Prince breaks off their engagement in the street. Her own sister replaces her in the marriage to the Third Prince. She became the center of gossiping in the city. In her resentment, she hits herself on the Su Family’s gate, only to become the object of other people’s ghost marriage.
 She, Su Zimo, open her eyes to find herself sleeping in a coffin. It’s not to surprising seeing as she put herself here (hit head on gate), but why is there another person lying beside her? And whats more they are wearing red wedding clothes. After taking all this in she almost faints.
 ~He, is a cursed person with an indescribable status. This curse that has been passed down in his family for centuries is now effecting him.
 A mistaken ghost marriage, a battle in business, and a long period of painstaking love, made their fate intertwined.
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 Carry forward the mystery and brilliance of the mysterious power! ! ! !
 There is an infinitely powerful wood element: the power of blossoming, the power of gray and the power of breaking armor and silk!
 A story of an earth kid fighting in the world of the Lord God and bloody battle in all planes!
 This book is not about urban cultivation, and has nothing to do with modern cities.
 There are huge three-headed monsters and extremely powerful thunder beasts.
 The cyan sword flower blooms like lightning
 Flying swords are vertical and horizontal, and Taoism is ruthless.
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 Traveling across other worlds, Jiang Ao’s invincible devouring system, starting a system, all strength depends on devouring, what heaven and earth spirit treasures, divine artifacts, ancient beasts, and ten directions are all Jiang Ao’s rations!
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