The Chimeric Ascension of Lyudmila Springfield - Chapter Seventy-Three: An Old Friend – Part One (Illustrations!)

Three years ago, he got into serious trouble for a woman's sake and ended up serving a three-year sentence.Three years later, he returned triumphant, only to find that the woman had sided with their enemies, and his closest friend had been ruined.In life, simplicity reigns: with the sky above, the earth below, brothers in the heart, and the beloved in the embrace, one needs nothing more.Yet, life is not always simple: facing obstacles from gods and buddhas alike, he vows to conquer all challenges across three thousand worlds. Nothing can stand in his way!

Mediocre is a common characteristic of the majority. But when someone outstanding appears beside you, your life will change because of him. That’s the principle of ‘who you mix around with is a reflection of yourself.’ The doctor in charge of the Three Flavour Hall will change everything. You can raise a campus belle, a CEO beauty…

ASSEMBLE, DRAGONS!Meet Daniel, a young man from Earth who, after his death, was summoned by a God called the Devouring Dragon God.The Devouring Dragon God gave him a chance to be reborn in another world—not just an ordinary world, but a fantasy world filled with dragons, phoenixes, magic powers, cultivation, and more. The kind of world no novel, anime, or manga fan would want to miss—and neither would Daniel.But nothing comes for free in this life. In return, the Devouring Dragon God wanted him to avenge the extermination of the Dragon Clan.And the enemy? The one thing everyone fears, the very name that makes all beings tremble—Gods.At first, Daniel refused. But the Devouring Dragon God simply said, “You either sink into oblivion or accept your fate.”With no other choice, Daniel agreed. In exchange, the Devouring Dragon God granted him three wishes.After being reborn, our idiotic MC expected everything to be under his control. However, after facing the harsh reality of this world, he was forged anew.Witness the epic rise of the Devouring Dragon, the last dragon, the one whose name spreads terror among Gods.The one who single-handedly rebuilt the Dragon Clan.The one whose name strikes fear across universes and the cosmos.

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.