Novels by Mfonemana Uduak

Ed could not close his eyes the entire night. He dared not for fear of never waking up. It seemed sometime around midnight when true darkness descended. Not even trees were in sight. He felt as though the world had turned off a lamp. He wondered if the valley had entered darkness or his sight had been taken from him. Black; that was all that filled his vision. For the first time since Ed had come to this world, he truly panicked.Still, he prided himself a skilled hunter and knew it was times like this when he need to stay quiet. Since he could not see, he did not believe that he could not hear. Trying to still his panicked breath, he listened to the night. Not even a cricket could be heard, but that did not scare him. Since the Old Pervert had left, he had heard not a sound as though nothing lived here.Even though he had been told no human being lived here, he still wondered about other things crawling in the dark. Did this darkness take away all their sight too? That old pervert ne

Ed looked at the old man's piercing eyes for a second and looked away."I only heard of it in passing. Not sure where," Ed said. How could he explain that that was where he was from, that Those places were home?"Fine. I will not ask if you don't want to say," Tie Nse let the matter drop."I want to test how many energies you can perceive before I give you this technique. Do you want it now?" he said slyly. Ed nodded and Tie Nse's smile widened."Good! Then it is time you accept me as your master," he said and Ed stared at him blankly."What? It's simple, you bow to me and say master teach me," Tie Nse instructed as he saw Ed's unmoved face."You really are an old pervert," Ed said."What? You don't want the technique?" Tie Nse said loudly with his palm cupped around his ear, acting as though he could not hear what Ed said. Ed sighed and made a stiff bow while sitting."Old Pervert, teach me," he said and Tie Nse nodded his head proudly before he registered Ed's words and paused."How

The darkness that engulfed Ed only lasted for a second. When Ed blinked, he now stood inside an inn somewhere that looked exactly like the Valley. Disoriented, he looked around trying to figure out where he was."Sit and eat," a familiar voice said and he looked in that direction. It was the old pervert. He sighed as he noticed Lady Jian's way of addressing this man had stuck with him so quickly. He sat as told and the man called for food to be brought. The old man saw Ed still looking around, trying to figure out where they were and sighed."We are just outside the valley. This town is where people wishing to enter the valley stay and wait for an opportunity," the man said. Seeing that Ed no more looked around, but looked outside the window, he paused."Usually, this is where you ask who I am," the man said. Ed stared at him as though waiting for him to continue."You don't talk much, do you?" he asked Ed. When no reply came, he took in a breath and looked as though in thought before

"child, calm down and tell me what my disciple has done wrong," Lu Guan said cautiously. His words did nothing to calm Lady Jian, whose red eyes turned even madder."Then die with him," she said and a stream of power burst from her. Everyone in the arena felt it. It was a terrifying power, yet inside was laced with anger and hatred beyond anything. She pulled from her space, a dark cold sword. The sword seemed to take on some of her madness and rang a blood-thirsty screech through the arena.Lu Guan pulled seventy percent of his strength from his core and readied to tear this little brat apart. He saw her attack him with fury, swinging her deadly sword at him. For someone at this stage of anger, he would have expected that she would lose the ability to make calculated attacks, but he was wrong. He took out a whip from his space and blocked the incoming sword, holding it in place. Even though it was for a second, he saw that she used her other hand and made a slapping motion at his fac

Ed looked at the person who spoke and frowned."Why? Why can't brother Ed go with us?" Lady Jian fumed. She did not like the look on that boy's face."You are too old to be entering the academy. No matter how powerful you may be, you are still not in our generation and you will never meet up no matter how you try," Jia Lin said coldly."Fine," Ed said stepping off the platform. Even though he could not leave the valley now, he did not believe he would not leave one day. He just had to be strong enough. He could feel the smirk of those who hated him. He knew he had a lot of enemies, so this was expected. Lady Jian harrumphed and stepped off the stage too, not forgetting to send Jia Lin a glare."Lady Jian, I presume. You need not follow him. You are admitted," Jia Lin had no intention of letting such a beauty out of his sight. As far as he was concerned, no matter her identity, she grew up not seeing the world. As long as she joins the academy, she would be able to see how powerful he

The outcome was as expected.The power of the commoner's fist tore through Hunten Gi's shields and reached his hands. His elbow was snapped like a twig as the fist met his ribs. Blood filled not only the stage but the air. That fist should have passed right through Hunten Gi, but the commoner had reduced its force after breaking his shield.Those with eyes saw what she did, including chief Gi. Anger could be felt as steam leaving his skin in a slow-burning rage. Hunten Gi had used all his strength to block that punch and had nothing left in him. His core was empty. He struggled to crawl away soaked in his own blood. As long as he left the stage the game should be over, he thought. She watched as he did so with a vicious look in her eyes. When he thought he had escaped, he noticed she came down the stage too."Have you forgotten? This fight is to the death," she crashed all the hope in his mind."Mercy," he begged pitifully. This was a shame upon the noble house, but he did not want to