The 9th Class Swordmaster: Blade of Truth - Chapter 290: The Imperial War (1)

The protagonist fell asleep while playing an online game. However, he awoke in a strange world with his game character’s appearance. In a state of shock, he noticed that he was equipped with nothing but his strongest weapon and armor. To make matters worse, our hero’s appearance was changed by the special avatar skin『Skeleton』when he entered this new world. The protagonist wanted to live without drawing attention, but he got acquainted with the dark elf Ariana and received her request.

One day, Keith woke up in the middle of the night, only to find himself in the company of a completely naked slave he now owns. It also leads to the discovery that he is now the scum villain in an MMORPG he had played a long time ago where the scum villain gets killed by the main character once he reached adulthood.So the only way to prevent this? To make sure he remains out of the game's content while not affecting the story.But that's hard to do when the scum villain is connected to everything that happened and is the major contributor to what happened.What's more? Keith is a normal human who has no golden finger the 'real' master had in the game. All he has is his knowledge of this world and a history of acting.Will it be enough to make sure Keith lives past his death scene? Watch as Keith tried to stay alive, avoid being found out as a fraud master, and gain a harem all on his own. And maybe, also discover the secrets of why he was brought into this world in the first place.And, what other secrets does this MMO hold for him? And why does all kind of weird situations keep happening to him? How did he end up with a Harem when all he wanted was to protect his identity?What's that? He's being hailed as a master?Watch him and his Loli demon cat goddess (also his jailer) try and survive in this new world

Bubbles…Soft, fragile, and fleeting. They drift without purpose, bursting at the slightest touch.They aren’t weapons. They aren’t threats. Just harmless playthings, forgotten the moment they vanish.But what if bubbles weren’t so innocent?What if, in a world of Hunters—where magic shatters mountains and fists split seas—someone awakened a Skill based entirely on bubbles?A joke. A death sentence.Goblins would laugh.The weak would pity him. The strong wouldn’t even bother to look twice.But powers can hide secrets. And some truths are buried in plain sight.When a nameless F-Rank awakens the “Bubble Skill,” no one expects him to survive.Let alone rise.However, the indomitable spirit of River Faelan refused to die.Step by step, he climbed to the top—shattering every limit placed on a “mere” Bubble Mage.He proved them all wrong.And he’ll do it again,Even if it means starting from the very bottom… for one more time.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

—— Dickens《A Tale of Two Cities》

I made myself a ghost back to life from death, with hatred in my bones and conspiracy brewed for years, sinking into the marsh, into the abyss. All I want is to bury the rotten roots, growing thistles and thorns which can kill like upas, to stab into the hypocritical civilization.

In the bottom of the muck……I found my lucida.

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