Wandering Mercenary in an Open World - Chapter 54

Damien reveals an ugly truth.His sister and only family, Ahara, leaves the house every midnight whilst he's asleep—a time that he soon discovers is when man-eating beasts named Rouges start hunting for prey.Unable to question her directly, he decides to investigate her and quickly figures that Ahara isn't human but rather, a vampire hero who saves them from beings like herself coming from a world she calls Gibbous—a place where entities like vampires, wizards, and beast shifters alike reside. What’s more, he also learns that the real reason behind his parents' death was the leader of the Rogues, who's rumored to have escaped after Damien’s father almost killed him.A series of fateful events lead to Damien’s long-lost power reawakening in him, and he finds himself with no choice but to return to Gibbous, a strange world where power means survival, and weakness leads to death. As such, Damien enrolls in an academy to train his newfound abilities with one thing in mind...Becoming more powerful.However, he soon discovers that the path to power is one filled with troubles and pain, and he isn’t alone in this lust for more at the academy. It’s a bloody competition against time and formidable opponents, and only those willing to sacrifice their comfort are the ones who can attain it.With a deadly foe lurking in the shadows somewhere and a strong desire to protect his sister, Damein has no choice but to fight.The only way is up, and he is going to be standing at the top of them all, ready to counter any enemy.

Forty years ago, demons invaded the eastern continent. Coming from another realm, they hunted the humans, and people soon began to wage war with them. Before long, there were those among the humans who inherited the demons' abilities.Demon hunters are currently the most in-demand profession. Although the chance of dying during a raid was high, the hunters were mostly popular among the common people. If you have some demon blood in your body, then the path to the Hunter's Association is open to you.Year 2066, Seoul. The territory of the former city is divided into three parts. Green Zone, Orange Zone and Red Dangerous Zone. Although mostly ordinary people and workers lived in the green zone, there was a chance for demons to get into it. That's why demon hunters patrol the whole area, sacrificing themselves for the lives of people.The main character, Lee Ki-hyun, inherited 50% demon blood and became the world's first SSS-ranked demon hunter. He will have to go through the path of a demon and learn the truth about his parents to save humanity.

This is a story about the protagonist gradually uncovering the truths of various cultivation realms through a simulator, continuously improving himself in the pursuit of survival.Jiang Yifeng transmigrates into the eldest son of the Jiang family’s trading company in the Great You Kingdom. Initially, he believes he has entered an ancient society where he can spend his life idly enjoying entertainment. However, five years after his transmigration, the simulator activates.Each simulation allows him to randomly draw different talents.Three-Minute Enthusiasm: Every day, you will have three minutes of extraordinary heat and hard down below.Fitness Expert: Your physical training results are beyond the ordinary.Eye of Insight: You can see partial information about everyone.Extreme One-for-One: The person who kills you will die simultaneously with you.During his first simulation, Jiang Yifeng discovers that this world is not what he thought—it has cultivators. Moreover, in just over a decade, these cultivators will come to destroy his family. After this revelation, Jiang Yifeng begins to simulate continuously for self-preservation!Through simulations, he keeps exploring the truths of this world and striving to improve his strength. In reality, he continues his carefree lifestyle.After numerous simulations, he discovers that the place he inhabits is nothing more than a sealed-off area, akin to a prison.In this place, people are forbidden from cultivating or seeking immortality. Otherwise, they will be hunted by an organization called “Immortal Arrival Gate.”This discovery makes Jiang Yifeng feel even less secure, so he works harder at simulating to exchange talents and cultivation...As he simulates repeatedly, Jiang Yifeng finds that the truths of this world are far more complex than he imagined. Even he, along with those around him, seem to have extraordinary origins. And all of this gradually unfolds within the simulations.When Jiang Yifeng finally becomes invincible, the truth he uncovers is...

Waking up from a nightmare several hours before dawn, Belle fetched a drink of water.

She paused in front of her kitchen’s window when she noticed a lit lantern in front of her mansion’s garden. Her butler stood there, shovel in hand. This was no hour to be gardening.

Curious, she made her way outside, but when she had gotten close enough to see a large and hollow pit next to her eternally-stoic and polite butler, she saw him pick up a rotten body.

A DEAD BODY!

Her eyes widened fearfully when she saw her handsome butler drop the rotting body into the fresh hole. She asked in horror, ”What are you doing?!“

Surprised to see his young miss awake at this hour, he stared at her with the same expression he had been keeping up for all these years. He had made sure she was asleep before coming here.

“Gardening.”

“And the body?!”she looked at him in disbelief.

“Fertilizer,” he answered her before picking up the shovel that was on the ground. Belle was now certain something had possessed her butler. Who gardened dead bodies?!

She then heard him ask her, “Want to help me in planting it, Miss Adams?” he gave her a sweet smile.

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