Firebrand - Chapter 676: Friendly Enemies

[P-CORE BIOS VER 7.3.1 INITIALIZING... 10%][30%][60%][90%][100%][SUBJECT Kael - GENETIC MARKER: PHOENIX PRIME - CONFIRMED][CRYO-STASIS SEQUENCE: ...100%][NEURAL PATHWAY: STABLE][VITAL SIGNS: DETECTED - SUBOPTIMAL][LOADING PHOENIX CORE AI - DESIGNATION: ASHA][ASHA ONLINE - AWAITING SUBJECT CONSCIOUSNESS]Asha: “Kael, your current objective is not to get eaten. My calculations give you a 37.4% chance if you actually follow my advice this time.”Kael: “Right, Asha. 'I'll make sure not to be a snack by these mutated.” He gripped his trusty pipe. “I still haven't met the others who are still sleeping in their pods. How can I think about being eaten?” He glanced towards the cryo-pods, 14 Beautiful girls still on their cold sleep.[Affinity System Sub-Routine... Online. Monitoring Subject Interactions.]Sera (her long silver hair glinting through her waist. Her arms crossed and glaring at Kael who just offered her a slightly squashed ration bar): “I don't need your help or your pitiful food! I can handle myself just perfectly fine..… I know this situation… is temporarily, everything will be fine.”Kael: “Umm.. O-O-Okay. Just… eat this first it's the last one we have.. and you looked really hungry, Sera.”Asha: “[Affinity with Subject Seraphina: -2. Critical Analysis: Subject exhibits classic tsundere defense mechanisms. Probability of her actually wanting the ration bar: 89.7%.]”Kael (to Asha,): “Umm.. Asha?.. What now?”[Humanity's Last Hope: Subject Kael. Current Status: Confused, but trying his best.][Objective: Survive. Protect the 14 Girls. Maybe figure out what 'Affinity' means before someone hits *him* with a pipe.]

In the Wild Westlands, the Sanctuary of Spirits is the base for the elite Celestial Beast Sect. “”Hurry, Huang Yingyan, or we’ll lose our chance at the best Divine Pets!”” Tang Jinghuan urges, pulling his friend in a time-critical dash.Huang Yingyan, who overslept from the thrill of gaining a mysterious system and the Omniscient Eye skill, falsely blames his delay on Tang Jinghuan. This skill lets him see the untapped potential in divine pets, essential for aspiring Beastmasters.In their excitement, they reach the selection, where Huang Yingyan’s skill initially finds no special pets—until a unique, snow-white cub draws his attention, neither tiger nor lion, with a somber air.As they face their choices, anticipation hangs thick. Can Huang Yingyan’s skill reveal the cub’s mystery, changing his destiny as a Beastmaster?

Su Leyun, the legitimate daughter of the Hou family, was replaced by a peasant woman during a plague when she was still in her infancy.

After experiencing hardships in life for more than ten years, she finally returned to her parents, but she was plotted and framed at every turn. She was even looked down upon and treated coldly because she grew up in the countryside.

She originally thought that her sincerity would impress her husband and win him the gift of betrothal, but she didn’t know that he only married her for the sake of pretending to be a match.

After resurrecting her life, she vowed to make those who bullied her pay the price. She knew what it meant to be respected as a legitimate daughter!

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Previous Name of book - Ash Phantom -The Legend Reborn, changed..Auren Ryuki was born powerless in a world where magic defines worth. Forgotten, ridiculed, and overlooked, he is nothing… yet the threads of fate have other plans.Kids below his age, used to bully him, kicks him. Watching his blood dripping is like routine for him.even his father passes by, doing nothing.He wanted to became mage, so people respect him. treat him like, the way they treat his brothers.But one day, he encounter an old man. He gives him of hope of hollows mountain.All hopes on hollow mountain. Where he might became an exception and transformed into mage as he always wanted .As he meets Lee wang the old man who carries will of forgotten.Auren became..Mage ability - Mad Hunter.An special type of ability, which gives hunter techniques but in different way. This rare orb which makes inspire laughter and dance while fighting. which seemed as mad.Instead of rage he acts playfull.Instead of pain he feel pleasure.But in later journey.World of this story will expand like no other.Where new angle of reality came to play.Long ago, during the Grand Era, legends walked the world—warriors, mages, and beings whose names are lost to time. No one knows what happened, only whispers of their power remain. Now, a hunt begins: for the greatest power, one that could reshape destiny, ignite war, or decide the future of all.”Who will claim the power that was lost to the ages?“ the winds whisper.”Who will rise to challenge the fates themselves?“ As armies clash and myths awaken, Auren must step into a storm he never asked for. Powerless, unknown, but marked by destiny, he alone might decide the course of history.