Novels by Ace

Elfie felt like she was submerged in a warm ocean.She tried to move, but she found out she couldn’t feel her arms, nor could she speak.Yet, she wasn’t hurt, nor did she feel any pain; if anything, she felt oddly peaceful.She tried to think about where she could be, but her memories were blurry.She tried to recall what she had been doing, and that memory was still fresh in her mind.She remembered receiving a summons from the High Elves of her world, Yelvera, who came to them with an offer of receiving power directly from the gods.They were recruiting individuals with talent and great potential.She believed them because she didn’t want to stay weak, especially after seeing Ray, a human who became strong enough to fight against gods.His growth scared even the gods.If she was going to stay by his side, she needed to become stronger.But reality wasn’t as simple as she expected.The elves were being manipulated by higher-ranked Norse gods.The gods were using talented elves like h

[Evolution complete…][Your Spiritual Library is being updated…][Your races [Dark Angel] and [Holy Angel] have merged, creating the new race: [Progenitor Angel]][You have developed the Progenitor’s unique ability: [Dark Angel Creation]][You have developed the Progenitor’s unique ability: [Holy Angel Creation]][You have developed the Progenitor’s unique ability: [Angelic Purification]][You have developed the Progenitor’s unique trait: [Axis of Good and Evil]]Ray landed on the white-brick ground, retracting his seven pairs of wings as he turned his attention toward the army of angels.They were kneeling before him, behind the Heavenly Father, who could only watch with a frustrated expression as his most beloved creations had now changed sides, becoming Ray’s servants, ready to please him.The Heavenly Father, once the god-king of one of the strongest pantheons in the Lower Planes, a pantheon even the Upper Plane gods thought twice before crossing, had now lost everything.His grea

The Heavenly Father simply looked at the great king of demons, vampires, humans, and werewolves with a concerned and nervous expression, almost letting his fear show on his face.It was ironic, considering that behind the Heavenly Father stood an army of holy angels ready to do whatever he commanded, while in front of him stood only Ray and a group of women.Even though those women were god-level powerful, they would not interfere in this war.So essentially, it was the entirety of biblical heaven versus Ray.Not to mention, the Heavenly Father and the seven Seraphim had witnessed what Ray did to the Norse pantheon, how he had killed almost all of the major gods, leaving only a few alive, such as the goddesses Freya and Frigga, who now stood by his side.Who knew?Perhaps they had already become his women, part of his harem.The Heavenly Father also had to take into account that the forces of the Upper Plane were not interfering.Since none of them had acted when Ray destroyed the Nor

The Goddesses Freya and Frigga looked at him in shock and bewilderment. “You are him, aren’t you? That overpowered god who once led the High Order, the one who vanished hundreds of thousands of years ago.”“Mmm. I’m surprised you figured it out… No one outside my family should be able to recognize me between my past and present lives,” Ray said with a curious look.“I suppose it must be thanks to that connection of yours.”“It still feels blurry… as if my memories are clouded. Everything is hazy. I can’t clearly place your face with the god in my memories,” Freya admitted.“That’s how it should be. Let’s just say I didn’t want the gods to know about my return, at least not until this lifetime. Most of them would try to kill me before I regained my power. So I made sure no one, not even the mightiest gods, could sense or recognize me. Of course, I ensured my wives would always recognize me, and I them, when we met again,” Ray explained, glancing at Lenora, Amelia, and Lilith.Just then

The four goddesses among the group, Lenora, Amelia, Freya, and Frigga, watched with wide, astonished expressions as they saw Ray use not one, but two laws in succession to instantly heal the annihilated land of Alfheim.“You can use Divine Concepts despite not having achieved godhood, huh? I don’t know if I should be surprised or not,” the goddess Freya said. Still, she couldn’t hide the amazement and admiration on her face.“Laws, not Concepts. Only beings who have achieved godhood can use Divine Concepts. If I were using Divine Concepts, it would have been many times more effective,” Ray replied as the divine glow faded from his eyes.“But how is that possible? To use a Divine Concept, you need Divine Essence, and only gods can wield that energy. Even laws, which are considered a much lower form of Divine Concepts, would still require Divine Essence to activate,” the goddess Frigga questioned.Laws are what mortals comprehend before they achieve godhood.Laws are what eventually evo

“Okay, so how do we cure her?” Arlen asked, his expression tense with unease.“Well, there’s only one way to save her, and that’s through rebirth,” Lilith replied with a casual smile, unconcerned by the gravity of her words.“Rebirth? You want to kill her physical body and force her soul into reincarnation?” Lenora asked, shaking her head in disbelief that Lilith would suggest such a thing.“Relax, I only said that’s the only solution I know of. Master surely has an easier and safer method,” Lilith shrugged.“I do,” Ray said with a faint smile. “Changing her race would instantly rejuvenate her soul. I could turn her into a vampire, werewolf, or demon.” He caressed Elfie’s cheek tenderly.He wasn’t worried about losing her, he was in complete control of the situation.Elfie was no longer in danger.She only needed her soul energy restored, and she would be fine.To Arlen and Maria, it was as if she were simply in an unwakeable sleep.“Please, do it and wake her up,” Arlen said, frustra

“Truly, if they didn’t make the best princesses, there would be nothing to salvage from elves,” Sen agreed. “No matter how many times we dragons put them in their place, at the bottom of the food chain, they never learn.”“We Agarthans delighted when we learned how you cast down one of their outdated feudal states.”“Wait, are you dwarves, or Agarthans?” Manling Kyle asked, confused. “You keep using those words interchangeably.”“We are Agarthans by our nation and Duergars by our species, but we call ourselves dwarves as a political statement, for we are all equally small.” Too many names. Sen subtracted them a point in the potential minion ranking. “Most of the dwarves on the surface are traitors to the revolution or helpless drunks that we expelled.”“Interesting,” Sen replied. If these dwarves expelled their drunks, then he could perhaps eat them safely.“Emperor Sen, let me first congratulate you on your nation’s first step towards achieving Averagism,” Marbré said. “You are among

“I still think Your Majesty should see them,” Manling Kyle insisted. “Also, I finally identified the scammers who took credit for your death.”Sen’s head immediately perked up in interest. “Where?” he asked, gleeful at the idea of settling the score.“Charlene studied the guild’s archives, and identified them as a disbanded Silver-Ranked adventurer company from the merchant republic of Barin, the ‘Blue Rose Legion.’ They were a classic four-person party specialized in big game, monster-hunting work.”“Disbanded? They are dead?” Disappointing. Sen would have Jules raise these criminals from the dead as skeletons, so he could kill them properly.“I’m not sure, the papers said that they separated in Barin twenty years ago, dissolving the group. I think that after claiming the reward for Your Majesty’s head, they earned enough money to retire.” The mere idea infuriated Sen, who had already taken their slander personally. “Thankfully, Charlene found a quest in Barin which could help us inv

Sen Krendrath, First of His Name, Great Calamity of the Age, Emperor of Murmurin, Ishfania, and the Valen Mountains, and Protector of all Hoards, had waited so long for this moment.He hadn’t allowed anything else to distract him; for a whole month, he had waited in his great vault, sitting on his ever-growing hoard. He had counted every single one of these thirty days of patience, meditation, and focus; every hour between him and this golden moment of pure bliss.As the minutes separating him from his greatest pleasure turned into seconds, the pressure became almost unbearable. The echo of his tense breathing filled the underground vault, as his eyes widened in greed.Then, it finally happened.A large pile of gold, as shiny as the sun itself, materialized in front of Sen, perfection made metal.“YES!” Sen roared out in relief, as he hugged the coin pile tenderly like a father with his child. After a whole month of separation, he couldn’t put a word on the joy he felt. “It is fine, e

The Black Rabbit oversaw the slaughter with his cold dark eyes, before raising his horn to the heavens. Electricity surged from it, as he pointed it at the Rangers while the weaker rodents distracted them. “Black!” Pink warned her ally, as the horn pointed at him, firing a thunderbolt. “Watch out!”But even the Black Ranger couldn’t outrun lightning. He barely had the time to look at the monster, before the bolt hit him in the chest and sent him crashing against the fence, defeated.“You beast!” Yellow snarled, breaking the formation and rushing at the Black Rabbit.“Wait!” Red shouted his rapier red with rabbit blood. “This is what he wants!”The last of his dread servants defeated, the Black Rabbit’s horn shone bright, the monster’s size increasing. Within seconds, he had become as big as a cart, walking on his back legs.The mammalian titan let out a roar and impaled Yellow Ranger with his horn, like a bull with a manling. The kobone was propelled to the side, his spine breaking in

“His glorious Majesty, Emperor Sen’s Bragging Day will happen soon!” Red reminded them. “For the sake of the Emperor, we cannot embarrass him. Our dancing and motto must be perfectly executed. And… and...”“And?” Pink frowned, sensing her leader’s troubled mind. “What is stressing you out so much?”“Rolo has a quest for us,” Red continued. “A very dangerous quest. A monster is feasting on the vegetables. If this continues, the livestock will starve, and His Majesty’s Bragging Day Feast will be ruined!”“Who would dare launch such a treacherous attack?” Black spat on the ground. “The elves?”“Worse,” Red replied ominously. “A rabbit.”A rabbit. The ancestral nemesis of koboldkind; they fought those mammal vermin over burrows since the dawn of time. The brave fathers of the Rangers’ warren had managed to fend off one of their invasions before Pink was born.Now, it was her turn to defend the burrow of Murmurin against those hungry monsters.“And not any rabbit,” Red added, turning away

“Your Majesty?” Kyle asked, his body slippery and sultry from the gold shower.“You know what I want, Minion,” After watching him swim in his golden hoard, he could barely restrain himself. “You are the shining jewel of my hoard…”Kyle blushed, his white skin glittering like silver in response. Truth to be told, he had never dared voice his feelings for his great, wealthy master.“Bragging Day is tomorrow, and I need to… treat myself,” Sen’s voice was heavy with desire. “Lay on the gold.”“Pink, what are you writing?”Writing in Nethermart’s cozy drink shop, Pink jumped out of her seat; she accidentally dropped her beer cup on the ground, much to the imp barista's annoyance.The other Rangers looked at her in confusion. “Pink, you’re late for the training, and Red is getting mad,” Black said, frowning at her as she whistled. “Now you’re acting suspiciously.”“She’s hiding the text behind her back!” Yellow said, trying to circle her.“No!” Pink turned to face Yellow, only for Blue to u

Adrian, who was attracted by the warmth of the glow emitting out of Finn’s magic matrix, turned around to look at him with an expression of bewilderment on his face. How is this possible? How the heck did the glow of glory surrounding him double in an instant?! The only thing he did was activate his magic matrix!This is simply inconceivable!While Adrian was losing his calm over the mysteries surrounding his roommate, Finn smiled, feeling a new type of energy forming in his body.A few moments later, once Finn took a few deeps breaths to cool himself down a bit and read the golden words that have popped up in his mind, his eyes narrowed in thoughts. He took a few more breaths, trying to refill his forty-nine units of magic energy to fifty units, but found out that no matter how much he breathes, the magic energy in the surrounding wasn’t entering his body.“Can I only contain a total of fifty units of both magic energy and God’s Qi?” Finn asked in his mind, wondering if the problem l

With this magic matrix on the back of his right hand, Finn could mix magic energy with the essence of life to create God’s Qi!“Most of God’s Qi uses are useless to me right now. They will only come in handy after I advance into the Channel Opening Stage. For now, I believe Super God Mode and God’s Qi’s ability to purify herbs and cleanse the body from poison are three useful things I got from this magic matrix.” Finn thought as his eyes glistened in a profound light and a few important questions popped into his mind.“What’s the benefit of activating Super God Mode?” Finn asked in his mind, wondering what Hope’s reply will be. Hope replied, telling him the wonderful effect of activating Super God Mode by utilizing fifty units of God’s Qi.“That means my strength, speed, and stamina will double in an instant for ten whole minutes. Am I right?” Finn asked just for clarification’s sake.Hearing Hope’s words of surprise, Finn’s eyes brightened in happiness and amazement. His stats doubl

Several minutes later, after they purchased and split the magic crystals among themselves, the four teenagers split up once they reached in front of the boy’s and girl’s dormitories, heading towards their assigned living quarters.Adrian Locke and Finn Sorren entered into their room, breathing calmly to calm their excitement which was resulted from the prospect of being able to create a magic matrix.With the magic crystals in their hand, they could finally engrave magic matrices on their bodies, something they had been dying to do for some time.“Let’s get to it.”The two sat on their respective beds before gripping a magic crystal in one of their hand and pulling out the sheet instructor Maeve Caelum has given them with the other, and then they performed the hand signs mentioned in it in the same order shown in the sheet.A while later, the magic crystal released dim blue lights that floated and danced in the air before rushing straight towards them, seeping into their bodies, enter

The academy had a shop selling stuff such as magical herbs, magical devices, energy resources, materials, and so on, each worth a lot, but for good reasons. A lot of these items were obtained through teenage magicians putting their life at risk, wandering the wilderness, fighting monsters of different evolutionary stages, challenging the trials of the ancients, and on on.Of course, they will sell it at a high price to get repaid for their hard work.The group of four walked past the street illuminated by milky white light emitting out of lamps on both sides of the street, and they entered a rather large building seemingly no different than the buildings of medieval time.“Welcome to the magic shop, dear customer.” Wendy Conner, a young woman with sparkly white teeth, smooth skin, and eyes as beautiful as a sapphire, working as a part-time attendant of the magic shop, said with a pleasant smile on her face.They turned to look at her, and John felt mesmerized by her figure, and althou

After hearing Maeve’s words of surprise, John Crimson felt that he must give it his all to create a magic matrix on his body in as little time as possible, while this also piqued Adrian Locke’s interest and his lips thinned in excitement, an emotion rare to him. At the same time, while all of this was going on, Finn received a notification from his artifact, one that pops up in his head.Finn’s eyes brightened in glee as he was one step closer to start exploring the mystery of God’s tower that haunts every fiber of his curious nature.He just needed to complete this trial, and he would get the last piece of the puzzle, one that would create the key of the challenger, which would allow him to enter the first floor of God’s Tower.“You going to get a magic crystal?” Adrian Locke asked them after they stepped out of the classroom, mixing with the crowd.“Indeed, I am planning to go to the magic shop and get it,” Finn answered with a nod.“Me too,” John said, telling them that he is also

A few moments after the clock hit eight and the unpleasant sounding bell rang throughout the main building, the instructor here to teach magic to the students entered the room with a huge bundle of sheets pressed in between her hands.“Hello, I am Maeve Caelum, and I’ll be your magic teacher for this year. Today, we’ll be talking about magic techniques. I believe a lot of you don’t know about this term as it’s not publicly available. Am I right?” Instructor Maeve said, looking at the students and waiting for their answers.Many students showed blank or confused looks as this was their first time hearing about the term Magic Technique.“This is my first time hearing about this.”“Me too!”Magicians born to magicians’ families somewhat knew about magic techniques but not entirely. Instead, it was magicians born to a common family, with no prior relation to the magician’s communities, that didn’t know what magic techniques meant.“Since many of you don’t have prior knowledge of this, I’l