Dawn of a New Rome - Chapter 26: The Edifice and the Serpent

Qi Ping traverses to the Immortal Cultivation Realm but acquire the Druid profession from the fantasy world!Then...[Wilderness Transformation] Transform into a Flood Dragon, a Chaos Demon Ape, a Golden Crow...wield the power of Divine Beasts![Animal Companion] Make a pact with the Nine-colored Deer to share the talent “Nine-Colored Holy Spirit”![Summon Treants] Have you ever seen treant warriors stronger than Divine Beasts? Fusang Tree Warrior, Bodhi Tree Warrior...transform and get into action!

Astrid dedicated her life to Leon, believing in their love, their pack, their future. But the devastating return of her sister, Clara, as Leon's destined mate, shatters Astrid's carefully constructed world. Betrayal cuts deep, leaving Astrid stripped bare and forced to confront a horrifying truth: her loyalty was misplaced, her sacrifices meaningless.Just as despair threatens to consume her, Kaeleen, a magnetic and rebellious Alpha from a rival pack, storms into her life, igniting a forbidden passion that challenges everything she thought she knew. He offers her a chance to escape the suffocating control of her past, to claim a life of her own, a life where she is the priority.But Leon won't relinquish his prize so easily. Obsessed and dangerously possessive, he unleashes a storm of violence and manipulation, determined to drag Astrid back into the darkness. Now, Astrid must make a desperate choice: succumb to the chains of her past, or embrace the dangerous allure of a love that could save her... or ignite a war that will consume them all.

In a cultivation capital where Beast Tamers command tigers to swallow the sky.There exists a tiny and usually empty shop, yet it contains secrets that would drive the entire Grand Xia Empire into a frenzy.Here, you will find a bouncing Hydro Slime sold for one hundred Spirit Stones!Here, you will see a Magma Core variant priced at ten True Essence Crystals!Here, while others chant ancient mantras, the owner uses high-tech bio-labs, gene-splicing, and molecular incubators to breed god-tier monsters.He is a sarcastic gamer from Earth who just wants to sleep in the sun, but he accidentally became the only supplier of dimensional beasts in the multiverse!“Holy shit! A Basic Slime costs a hundred Spirit Stones?!”The shopkeeper’s eyes light up. Finally, the first victim has arrived.

I seem to have reincarnated in the world of an r-rated romance fantasy novel. And not just as an ordinary character, but as the witch who loses her life to the crazy male lead!

Luckily there is a long 200 years until the main characters are born and grow into their roles.

Now that my life is not in imminent danger, shall we leisurely think of ways to avoid death?

However, I had not taken notice of a very important detail about the time I’d be spending ‘safe from imminent danger’. 200 years was by no means a short waiting period and by the time the younger version of the male lead appeared in front of me , I had completely forgotten the original novel’s plot!

Oh, whatever, now that it’s come to this, the only way to survive is to raise the male lead into a sane and stable adult! The first step to avoiding death by the hands of the tyrant male lead is changing this extremely frightened child’s life.

“It must be very inconvenient for you to have me suddenly show up on your doorstep, I’m sorry. You can tell me to go away, I’ll be fine.”

“Nonsense. Do I look like someone who could be inconvenienced by a little boy like you? Also, what do you mean by you’ll be fine even if told to go away? It’s not like you have anywhere to go back to, kid.”

The little boy burst into tears.

‘Oh, this is so not it.’ Was what the witch thought to herself as the little boy sobbed