Long Live The Emperor! - Chapter 27

Hadica was built around one of five Towers, an infinite structure filled with floors of monsters, magic, and treasures that the city plunders like clockwork. Most of the city, at least. Growing up in Westhill, Micah's family abstained from all of their Tower's bounties. He became an [Alchemist] at an age younger than most and just wanted to level in peace, but soon ran out of mundane ingredients to brew into potions. Ryan is a budding [Fighter] with the strange ability to mimic beasts, including monsters, but he doesn't understand it or even himself. After a Tower climb goes horribly wrong, their lives and the world around them begin to change as they try to figure out who they want to be.The Salamanders is a slow-paced story about characters growing up in and exploring a fantasy setting. It updates sporadically. Please mind the tags.

[Ding! The host is about to die socially, the Goddess Conquering System is activated! ][Binding successful! ][Rebirth begins! ]----What Happened wasn't i caught masturbating, how could i rebirth?“System, Introduce Yourself”----[Goddess Conquering System Activated!][Main Strategy Mission Unlocked!][Target – Clara Mackerel][If Clara violently resists or if you experience social death after being intimate with her, it will be deemed a failure, and you will restart.][Upon completing the mission, system rewards will be given]----“System, do you have any other functions? Is there a beginner's gift package?” Harry asked expectantly.[This system only issues Goddess Conquering missions and rewards for completing those missions.][In the event of failure, the system will select a time period for the host to rebirth.][Other functions must be discovered by the host.]

Buried alive. Forgotten by the world. Cursed to refine death itself.Rin Xie clawed his way out of his own grave with nothing but broken nails, shattered bones, and a core pulsing with rot. In a world where the heavens punish the wicked with celestial fire, where death cultivators are hunted like beasts, Rin awakens with a forbidden path—one that feeds on pain, suffering, and the ashes of the dead.He cannot heal. He cannot forget. But every wound, every betrayal, every death he witnesses becomes fuel for his ascension.Under a crimson eclipse, he walks through battlefields where spirits still scream. In deserts of bone, he consumes lotus flowers blooming from despair. He learns techniques the heavens sealed away in fear—Soul Wither Pulse, Requiem Bloom, Grief Reclamation.But the deeper he dives into death, the less human he becomes.He no longer cries for the fallen.He no longer prays for peace.He begins to wonder—what kind of death should he become?In a world where power devours morality, Rin Xie will either become the end of all things...Or something worse.

Upon stepping onto the court, he had only one goal—to get the ball into the basket!