Multiverse: by Nick Venomz (best books to read for beginners .txt) 📕

“B-Baron,” He wasn’t used to dealing with women, which was now apparent. 

Ashlie nodded her head, looking over his shoulder. “I would like to employ you as a guard?” She declared to everybody’s shock, especially Baron. 

Is she crazy, Baron thought.

This happened to me when I helped kill the Bloodhounds that were attacking them. I think she’s just very straightforward. Gage added.

Baron nodded, glancing at Rock, who was just as stunned as he was. “W-Well… why do you want me? I didn’t kill Bloodhounds for you.”

“Bloodhounds?” Ashlie questioned, squinting her eyes. “What do you mean?”

Baron’s eyes widened. I messed up.

Yeah, I definitely see that. Gage remarked.

Baron swallowed a large gulp of saliva. “Sorry, forget about that… Why do you want me as your guard?”

Ashlie pointed at the forest behind him. “That is the Black Demon Forest, a dangerous forest that only ranks B’s and higher. That means you are Rank B or higher or plain stupid. I’ll take either.” 

Baron jerked his head back, surprised. “Well… why not?” He said, shrugging his shoulders. He had already gone past his scheduled day, so why wouldn’t he enjoy his stolen time. 

Ashlie nodded, turning around and heading into the carriage. Rock motioned for Baron to follow her, stuffing him into the carriage. The carriage started a minute later, rolling slowly before picking up speed.

Baron, now inside the carriage, looked around at Catie, Ashlie, and Rock. They were all beautiful and handsome people. “Where… W-Where are you guys headed.” He directed his question to Ashlie, but couldn’t look at her.

“We’re headed to the Demon Plain. There are rumors an important treasure is buried there. However, some rumors say that there is a T-Savage there.”

“T-Savages?” Baron questioned.

“T-Savages are a new threat. They are said to be ten people from different races that prayed to an evil god and received almost god-like powers. They are crazy and terrifying threats, but they’re supposed to be in another kingdom, so I’m not sure why they would be here.”

Immediately, Baron thought, Another Piece of Eden. These T-Savages must be guarding this piece. “I’ll help you take down the T-Savages if we encounter them.” He told Ashlie, who nodded and smiled.

“Thanks, I’ll hold you to your world.”

Baron nodded. “I don’t break my promises.”

Ain’t that a funny joke, Blade snickered. Baron ignored him, looking out of the window of the carriage, He passed by the length of the Black Demon Forest, watching as the sea of trees passed by him.

Let’s hope we don’t encounter the T-Savages. I want to get the second Piece of Eden without resistance. He thought.

Unfortunately, his hope was dashed.

TBC…

“Come on!” Beelzebub shouted. She threw fireballs and explosions, nicking the dodging Ajax. He jumped out of the way of one explosion before being hit by another explosion. He was nearly charred by the explosion, but his skill---Heal III---saved him. However, the ability to heal almost any wound provoked Beelzebub into giving him more intense training. 

She threw more and more fireballs and explosions at him. He dodged them by jumping behind a tree, which exploded instantly. He moved from cover to cover, but he wasn’t doing it mindlessly. Aside from Heal III, he had gotten the skill---Darkness Spear---which allowed him to throw and wield spears made of darkness, a substance that has no physical form unless it is mixed with mana, which then creates the physical form the element takes. In this case, being a spear.

He created a Darkness Spear, hurling it with weak force. It flew a few feet in front of him before limping to the ground. He didn’t have strength or stamina to his advantage. 

“Come on!” She shouted, hurling more and more towards Ajax, who was running on fumes. Using his skills constantly improved their limits and his ability to control them, but he was being drained of mana and would soon suffer Mana Deficiency, collapsing after his mana pool was used up. It would take some time for him to regain his mana.

“Aren’t you being a little too hard on him?” Fellow subordinate Molly, a fox beastkin, asked. She had reddish-brown fur, small charcoal eyes, and a medium-sized nose. Her hands and feet were black while the rest of her body was the reddish-black color. She wielded a broadsword that she laid over her shoulder. “You’re going to kill him.”

Beelzebub shook her head. “Ha! He’ll be fine. If he dies, I’ll resurrect him using Dark Arts and let him continue training.” She half-joked and half-threatened him. Ajax saw it as a threat, however, his energy rushing back to him. He sprinted from tree to tree, preparing another Darkness Spear. Once it materialized, he turned towards Beelzebub, holding the spear tightly in his grip. He charged towards him, putting all of his energy, mana, and hopes into the spear in his hand. 

He sprinted towards Beelzebub, now only five feet from her. He couldn’t see her face through her helmet, but he could tell that it wasn’t a smile or any expression of happiness. It was most likely a glare.

Molly smiled as Ajax was now four feet from her, thrusting the spear forward. Ajax wore an expression of delight as he neared his teacher, somebody who pushed him through Spartan-like training and thousands of wounds over the last two weeks he had been in the world of Astriocal. 

The spear touched the armor of Beelzebub but didn’t go farther than a single scratch on it. All of his remaining power went into the attack for it to show no results. It couldn’t dent her armor, leaving a single faint scratch on the thick black armor. I’ve spent two long weeks training with this psycho and put everything I had into this attack for what? So I could be easily defeated. Well… Isn’t she a Goddess or something? Oh, yeah, that’s why. How can a mortal injure a Goddess? Ajax thought the seconds before an explosion went off in front of him, starting at the tip of the spear and consuming everything downward, going over him. He flew from the force of the explosion, landing some distance away from a disappointed Beelzebub. She watched as he hit his head harshly on the grass, sprawled out across it. 

“That’s the limit of your training. It appears that I have to be stricter in my future lessons.” She said, turning away from him.

“He’s not healing, Beezlebub. He’s out of mana.” Molly chimed in. Beelzebub turned around, noticing that he hadn’t healed himself yet.

“Ah… Molly, go and fix him before he dies.”

“Didn’t you say that you’ll resurrect him and let him continue his training? Who knows? Maybe he’ll do better as an undead.” Molly remarked.

Beelzebub glared at Molly. “Stop teasing your Goddess, follow my command or else,” Molly smirked, raising her eyebrows. “Okay, please go and save him. I need him to remain as a human.”

Molly nodded, rushing to Ajax’s side. She used her skill, Heal II, to erase the wounds from his body. Her skill was a level below Ajax’s skill, but it did well against superficial and larger diseases with the exceptions of cancer and a few others. 

Within seconds, Ajax rose, his mana at a dangerously low point. However, his energy was returning to him, rejuvenated by Molly’s Heal II skill. “Thanks,” He muttered, slightly dazed by his near-death state. “Where am I?”

“In my dungeon,” Beelzebub answered, putting back her usual serious facade. “Get up, we’ll continue the training later.”

Ajax nodded, standing up with the help of Molly. He was assisted to the exit of the floor they were in. Beelzebub’s dungeon was seventy-two floors, seventy-one of them being underground. The floor that they were on, the fifty-six floor, was an underground forest. 

Before they could leave, another fellow subordinate, Kenan, barged in. “We got adventurers near the entrance. They are dangerously close to it.” He shouted. He was a demon that Beelzebub summoned to assist in protecting floors one to twenty-five. A dark-red-skinned demon with a head shaped ovally and with two large horns protruding from his forehead, both shaped like pitchforks. He wielded a sharp chain that he wrapped around his waist - which cut into his thick and sturdy skin. He wasn’t affected by the spikes on the chain, though. 

“We need to deal with them.” He insisted.

Beelzebub nodded. “Let’s go and deal with them. I’ve been needing to make my first real appearance in some time to the outside world. Let’s go and deal with the adventurers. After that, our eyes will linger at Mistress Hell and her devilish subordinates. Let’s kill them all.” She declared. Her subordinates nodded, following her up to floor one, which was above ground. Ajax would get his first sight of the outside world… and blood.

TBC…

“The third round will be between Chase and Mikael’s Elemental Feline,” Ejak announced. “Will the conditions remain the same for this round or will there be any changes?” He asked.

“I have a suggestion,” Mikael remarked. “Whoever wins gets the other person’s house.” She confidently stated. 

Ejak furrowed his brows. “Are you sure you want to bet your house on this round? You can’t get your house back if you lose. You do realize this?” He asked.

She nodded her head. “Start it already!” She demanded. 

Ejak glanced at Ashanti and Chase, who both nodded their heads, before shrugging his shoulders. “The final match of the third round will now commence.” He declared shortly before an alarm blared, the summoners rising out of the danger zone. The alarm lingered for a few seconds, the silence after it signaling both competitors to move. Chase, who was at an immediate disadvantage, attacked first. He threw a few of his throwing knives towards the Elemental Feline, but, as he guessed, they bounced off and dealt no damage. 

“That’s the best you got?” Mikael asked, chuckling to herself. “Destroy him! Kill him!” She ordered. Her Elemental Feline understood her, opening its mouth and charging something within it. Chase noticed the upcoming attack, creating distance between the beast and him. He knew that he wouldn’t be able to escape the attack if he closed the gap between them.

As he suspected, the Elemental Feline fired off a beam of ice towards him. However, because of the distance between the beast’s expulsion of the element and Chase, the attack missed him entirely. It was as if trying to shoot a lagging person - who had gotten out of the range of your attacks long before you attacked.

 Chase, now seeing