Novels by Khay Phynom

The silence that followed was almost as loud as the earlier uproar. "Are you sure of your decision?" the old man asked.She simply nodded in return with zero doubts or hesitation. ---The surprise didn’t just come from the contestants but from the spectators as well."Wait! What?""She actually turned it down.""Unbelievable! I wonder what she’s thinking.""Just who is she? She has blood magic, so she must belong to the Vampir family.""One thing’s for sure—she’s definitely the star of this year’s Grand Magus Test."Murmurs buzzed through the crowd as they tried to process what the young lady had just done.---Back in the atrium of the top guilds—"HA! HA! HA!" Courtis’ voice echoed, shaking the room as he laughed profusely. "The contestants this year are really impressive. Most especially her. I like her spirit. She must be itching for a fight. Someone this hot-blooded is perfect for our guild. Don’t you think so?"The escort behind him nodded in agreement. "Should I prepare an of

"Make sure your ribbons are exposed. The total points grading will be done in half a minute," the man announced.Exactly thirty seconds later, another light flared from the magic circle. This time, it spread outward in a blinding flash before fading just as quickly.When the glow subsided, fresh numbers appeared beside each contestant’s performance ranking."These new numbers are the total amount of points you’ve gathered. As per the rules, only those with over 300 total points will move on to the next test."Murmurs rippled through the crowd. Everyone looked at their scores with a mixture of relief, frustration, or resignation. Most already knew what to expect, but seeing the numbers made it real."I guess this is where I drop out," a girl muttered, her voice tinged with disappointment."To hell with this!" a boy snapped, throwing his yellow ribbon to the dirt. "If I had gotten a red—or even a blue ribbon—I wouldn’t be in this shifty situation!"His score was 260. Such a shame..."Co

'What is that?' the acid mage muttered, slowly retreating. The lady with the axe wore the same expression. Both of them could feel the ominous presence radiating from Art’s body. Art flexed his hands, the black miasma curling around him in heavy waves. This was the first time he had released it in such quantity, and the effects were undeniable. It granted him yet another buff, layered atop his stat increase. Unlike before, the miasma no longer felt suffocating—instead, it was strangely pleasing, almost comforting, as if it were soothing his nerves. At the same time, he realized its other effect—the illusions around him were weakening. The twisting scenery slowed, and the multiplying clones became fewer. Still bothersome, but far more manageable. Art stretched out his arm, mana beginning to quickly and steadily gather around him. It was obvious he was about to unleash something powerful. ‘Since it’s impossible to pinpoint their exact positions, I’ll just hit everywhere I think

The illusions hit like a storm, twisting the world into something unrecognizable. Art’s vision blurred—trees stretched, the ground rippled like water, and shadows crawled, morphing into figures that weren’t there. The illusionist’s single eye flared brighter as he poured far more mana into this than before. Compared to this, the previous illusion was more like a haze. Space. Shape and distance around him all began losing value. ‘Damn it… this is bad.’ Art frowned, nearly tripping despite standing still. This was his first time facing something like this, and he wasn’t sure what to do. ‘GET HIM!’ the illusionist’s voice thundered, echoing from every direction. The woman and the green-armed mage lunged. In the swirl of false images, their bodies multiplied, layered over phantoms until the real ones were nearly impossible to pin down. Art backpedaled, forcing earth to rise. A wall burst up in front of him, but the woman’s axe carved straight through, the blade howling past his mas

'W-When did he get in front of me? Wasn’t it just a rock? Did he use transformation magic to lower my guard?' His mind raced, golden eyes staring into his. But then, out of the corner of his vision, he caught something strange—A rock suspended mid-air where the masked figure had stood.His pupils shrank.'No! He switched places with it. Fuck!'Those were his last thoughts before a fist cloaked in mana aura crashed into the orbital region of his face.The impact was brutal. His body lifted from the ground, hurled like a ragdoll. He slammed through trees, bounced off rocks, and tore through brush, his body breaking everything in his path until he finally stopped—hundreds of meters away.Art lowered his fist, flexing his knuckles with a detached expression. He had only put around sixty percent of his strength into that blow, careful not to kill the opponent outright.Was I too lenient? That won’t be enough to kill him. Contestants here are very tough. Maybe I should’ve punched harder.'

“We’re almost there, just a bit farther,” Rena thought, her fist tightening as they neared the light beam.By some miracle, no one had attacked them yet.Rena felt skeptical about the deal she’d made with him. What use was it if they weren’t going to be ambushed anyway?'Maybe I should’ve been braver and come alone,' she thought. Part of her almost hoped for an attack.Art’s thoughts, meanwhile, were different.Quite a few people are waiting to ambush others. 'The red ribbons aren’t enough,' he mused. He’d sensed several presences since they’d neared the beam, but none had attacked.'It’s probably the mask. Is it really that intimidating?' He barely felt its effects now, forgetting how much it had initially unnerved him.He glanced at Rena, walking close behind. 'She made a smart choice. Her clothing wouldn’t have saved her from them all.'Should I ignore him after this? Rena wondered. He seems dangerous. I’ll wait and s—“Wait!” Art voiced out, startling her.She glanced around urgen

“What’s wrong? Don’t tell me you’ve fallen in love,” his mother teased snapping him out of his thoughts. “Nice meeting you all,” he gazed back and forth at the mother and daughter pair who didn’t have anything in common before looking back at his mother. “I need to rest. I’ll be in my room,” he said walking away but pausing before looking back at her.“You’re welcome home.” They all watched as he walked away and Erin was yet to recover from her shock.“Honey, are you alright?” Her mother asked a bit confused. The only explanation she could come up with was that she must have been surprised by his bright red eyes as not everyone had seen such colour of eyes but even Erin herself didn’t have usual eyes.“I’m fine,” Erin said finally regaining herself.'It's him. It has to be him. To think I would meet him so soon. I’m just glad he’s alright.”She was aware the youngest son of the house was missing but after seeing that he was the same person who saved her, she figured that he must’ve

~Flicker~ ~Flicker~Val’s eyes slowly opened and the first thing that came into his sight was a pair of blue eyes staring into his, with his head rested on her knees. He immediately jumped up and put some distance. “Huh?” He was surprised to see the girl still here.With all that he did, he expected her to have ran away. She didn’t look injured which relived him. He also noticed that he didn’t have his cloak on.Looking sideways he saw it hanging on a branch covered in blood.His hands and eyes subconsciously moved to his shoulder where he was bit, but there was no injury. “Surprising isn’t it,” she said while standing up as he looked at her.“When I came back from soaking this in water to clean you up, all your injuries were gone,” she held a torn part of her cloth in her hands which was wet due to water and blood while staring curiously at him“How long was I out,” he asked glancing around.“Hmmm, I don’t know,” she shrugged. “Like seriously I have to go home,” he muttered the la

'Shit,' Val cursed internally. He didn’t mean to rip off the throat of the wolf but it was as though he had a hormone that takes effect whenever he wants to attack someone and he ends up using his powers even if he doesn’t want to, causing him to get results not wished for. This proves to him how much control he still needs but this wasn’t the main thing that bothered him.Right now his hands which he used to attack the wolf were covered in blood and he was having the same reaction as before. He tried to suppress it, but the wolves who were surprised and threatened after seeing one of them die so easily, saw this as a sign of weakness and an opportunity to attack.The wolf which was yet to attack along with the one who got hit in the head by Ashley dived at Val who was still trying to control himself. He forgot about suppressing the urge in other to defend himself but he wasn’t well prepared enough to handle both wolves simultaneously.So while he kicked one at its face, the other

He decided to leave through a part of the wall with less amount of soldiers and he seemed to have found the perfect one which was at the distant right from where he stood.If he were to escape through this part of the wall, only two men who patrolled at the top would be able to sight him.So he needed to find a way to either distract or get rid of them. He placed his hand on his chin while observing them from a blind spot.After some minutes of this, he came up with a plan, although it was going to be childish.The two men who were clad in full body armor and swords hanging on their waists didn’t even spare to glance at each other and seemed to be in foul moods.This was because of a certain problem which developed some days ago. The one at the left who couldn’t stand the sight of the other man any longer, decided to distance himself some more before he ends up doing something he would regret.But just as he turned around and took a few steps, a rock about the size of an egg hit him at

After he punched the boy, the blood which had flown out from his mouth ended up on Val’s chin.He didn’t have time to feel disgusted by this as he was slowly losing control.He was fully aware of this situation and the fact that he was a vampire or something like that.It wasn’t the first time that he was losing control like this as it had first happened after he murdered the man who wanted to kill his brother.Most of the few people who heard of this weren’t given the full details of what really happened.Back then, the man lunged towards his brother with a poisonous dagger, and at that moment, something inside of him snapped.It was more of a reflex action that he dashed towards the man at an astonishing speed with his hands stretched forward to grab his neck, but his fingers suddenly turned black and grew longer, causing it to go right through, as the man’s head was sent flying upwards.Val stared at his right hand which was covered in blood and at that moment, something began to r

Josh blinked several times to see if his eyes were deceiving him, but truly, Val was no longer there.He quickly looked towards the two men behind who were oblivious to what was going on as their gazes were fixed around the people surrounding them, observing for any suspicious movements.“B-Both of you! Did you see where Val went?” He already expected them not to have an answer for that, and the bewildered expression on their faces confirmed it. He felt dizzy and leaned on the counter of the shop for support. Without being told, the guards separated hastily in search of him.Even the shop owner was surprised how the little boy suddenly disappeared as he stared at Josh who looked obviously distressed.‘How? When? Is it an enemy? It has to be. But to kidnap him right under our noses? They have to be Divines or highly trained humans. Shit! Shit! Shit! I should’ve brought more men! Why did this happen!’He didn’t even want to think of what would happen if he who had sworn to deliver onl

3 days…That’s how long it’s been since his visit to the estate company. His movement has been restricted for his recovery, thanks to Victoria.Turns out that she wasn’t lying about having the power to act on whatever she deemed good for him. At this point, he was wondering who was under who. The most surprising thing was that all his injuries were almost completely healed, including his dislocated hand. So he no longer wore an arm sling. Right now he was seated outside after an early morning jog.He’s been doing this for the past three days. The Charles right now was different from the Charles just three days ago.He looked healthier, more fit, and most especially much more good-looking.The treatment and medication he was being given weren’t normally enough to make him turn out like this as he was recovering 2x faster than he expected.All this was due to his system.“Open status,” he said internally as a blue screen only he could see appeared.[Name: Charles Alistair] [Affluent

Charles was riding back home in a limousine with Walter who was driving it. He decided to save the last condition for later and just head home.Not wanting the attention which came with escorts, he dismissed the rest. But he was sure that certain measures were still put in place for guaranteed safety.The ride has mostly been quiet with Charles's thoughts being on his mother. If she was only alive to see him now.He promised to be very generous when paying back all the pain he passed through. The silence reigned for several more minutes as he realized he walked a lot of distance.Walter was the one who broke the silence. “I have to say, young master. I’m impressed. You surpassed my expectations of you. I’m sure you’re going to accomplish many great things in the future.”After all the insults he has been receiving it felt good to be praised like this but Walter wasn’t done.“But there are some things that I would like to correct.” “Go on,” Charles said wondering if he did anything

At first, many were surprised, but then again, who wouldn’t want a beautiful woman like Miss Stacey for themselves? It pained the other employees, but for the sake of their jobs, they prayed for her to leave.Stacey on the other hand wasn’t too surprised as she expected something like this.But contrary to whatever they believed was his motive for doing this, the true reason behind this condition was right in front of him. Just that only he could see it.[Potential Ally Found]He was surprised and confused seeing this from the system but the information which flooded directly into his brain helped him to understand better.This was a function set in place to help him recognize people who could greatly assist him on his journey.This sounded quite overpowered for a world like this, but it wasn’t as invincible as he initially thought. First of all, it can only detect people who can help him presently.S

Everyone kept staring at this, not yet comprehending what was happening here. “Young master, you should’ve brought some people if you wanted to leave and why did you choose to come to a place like this?” It was the representative who spoke up.“I just wanted to check out something by myself. I didn’t see the need to bring anyone with me. Sorry, if I worried you,” Charles replied as they raised their heads.He recognized three people here.The person being referred to as a representative was of course Walter and the two men who had given him the watch earlier.“There is no need for you to apologize. I hope you aren’t hurt.”Walters' eyes were already scanning to see if there were any injuries besides the one he already had.“You don’t have to worry. I’m fine. But how did you know where I am? I also don’t remember calling you guys.”It was quite confusing to him along with how quickly they arrived, well prepared.“The watch you were given has a special sensor that can detect when your

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The woman was now completely pissed.“Is this a joke to you?! Do you know where you are?!” Her voice was really loud, so a lot of attention was drawn to them.Charles shook his head with a sigh. “Just tell me the price lady. Let’s get this over and done with.”“Is that how you want to play it huh? Then let’s do this. I’ll tell you the price and WHEN you fail to pay. You would be met with severe punishment and believe me, that isn’t something supposed to be on your bucket list.”‘Look at her go!’ Charles stared blankly. How can she be so sure that they couldn’t afford it?“You know what. Let’s just leave. Forget about everything I said,” the man said, regretting that he involved him, but Charles didn’t budge.“That’s no way to make a deal.”The woman was the one now confused. So he went ahead to enlighten her further. “What would happen to you WHEN I pay?”“Huh?” her eyebrows furrowed.“Ah! Yes!” a grin appeared on Charles’s face. “You’ll have to quit your job then.”“Outrageous! Who