The Young Master in the Shadows - Chapter 404: The Ashflint Auction(1)

I am currently re-writing the first chapters of this story. They are quite rough and bounce around a lot and I can do better. At some point, I will replace these with the better chapters.Sometime in 2024 Aethon Books will publish the first volume of this story on Amazon, KU, and audible. This will mean the story will be stubbed. I will notify people far in advance of that.In the dystopian world of the future, life is rough when you live at the bottom. Jobs are non-existent. Far too many people live in poverty, crammed into huge buildings called Habitats. With no jobs in the real world, many people can only find work online in VR worlds as servants to the very rich. And it's getting worse. The old internet is unusable and hacked to pieces. The new system needs AI to run things, but all but one of them were destroyed. The last sentient AI is ordered to create a new game world so the rich can have a playground, and the corporations that rule the world can have a new global market place. Everyone wants a piece of the new game. The guilds are competing to be the first to find the dungeons and kill the biggest monster. The corporations are claiming land and putting in their online market places. Ozzy and his friends just want a paycheck.Four friends sign five year contracts as virtual serfs in a small village, and can't go adventuring at all to gain money. They don't have many choices. They can work as a blacksmith, barmaid and shepherd for all those years....or they can cheat and find ways to take advantage of the system and carve out a section of the game world for themselves, and earn a fortune in the real world.When they give you a mop and not a sword, you have to find the loopholes and change the rules.

Ling Chen, the number one prodigy in the Martial World, lost all his cultivation and martial arts when his sect encountered a major disaster.On the brink of death, Ling Chen accidentally obtained the divine martial arts text, ‘’Ling Tian Sword Scripture‘’, and was able to repair his meridians.From then on, he began to understand the Sword Way, condense the Sword Heart, comprehend the Sword Intent, and ultimately became a Sword God of his generation!

“Transmigrate as the Final Villain of the novel...” Ark stared at his reflection in the mirror he held. It was Theos Von Fallen, the final villain of his favorite novel.Although he was the final villain and the strongest in the novel, he was killed by the protagonist and his harem in the finale.[Ding. The Heroine Snatching System has started] Ark gave a crooked smile when he read the system message in front of him... “Exchange!” he shouted, unwilling to accept the fate they had in store for him.Trapped in the world of his favorite novel as the most “evil” and powerful villain, Ark, now Theos, will use his knowledge as a fan obsessed with the novel to take away all the protagonist's opportunities.Whether he can become the focus of the whole show or whether a script will dictate his fate, he will decide! He will live as a true villain who doesn't care about anything but his life and his loved ones.

Ordinary high school students get a god-level selection system, and their choices can become stronger!

Huh? Is there a big beauty ahead and need help? ??

Option 1: Step forward and help Fang Xue. Reward Charisma +5 and Fang Xue’s favorability +30.

Option 2: Give Fang Xue a cup of hot drink. Reward Charisma +5 and Fang Xue’s favorability score 20.

Option 3: Children make choices, I want them all!

“Reward charisma value +15, Fang Xue’s favorability score 60, extra bonus skill: tricks for making girls.”

The top genius of the big family is arrogant and arrogant?

Option 1: Beat the opponent brutally and reward the god-level martial arts ‘Dragon Elephant Magic Art’;

Option 2: If the opponent is convinced, reward a golden treasure chest;

Option 3: I am just passing by, and I will be rewarded with a random gift.

Rich second generation bullying men and women?

Option 1: Go with the opponent and reward the evil value of 10,000.

Option 2: Reprimand loudly and reward 100,000 experience points;

Option 3: teach the other party righteously, reward god-level random skills and 10 million money.

In my life, there are choices everywhere, and I can get stronger everywhere!