The commotion inside the palace quickly alerted the guards outside the gate. The captain of the guard immediately led his men inside, and when he saw his comrades lying scattered across the floor and the hall in utter chaos, his first reaction was rage.
However, when his eyes met those of the Marshal lying on the ground, he seemed to understand something.
Though the noise had been l...
2025-08-24 00:29:59 +0000 UTC View Post"You've most likely been exposed."
Garrett turned his head to look at Thengel and shrugged.
"Don't you think the wind really was rather strong?"
Thengel was still being stubborn.
"I left when I had barely come of age. Nearly twenty years have passed since then. With such changes, there's no way they could recognize me."
"Fine, if you say so."
Garrett couldn't...
2025-08-24 00:29:31 +0000 UTC View PostSome people always act with incredible decisiveness, one moment they make up their mind, and the next, they're already on their way.
That very night, two figures galloped out of Minas Tirith on horseback, racing swiftly across the vast grasslands.
Meanwhile, Ecthelion sought out his father and presented him with the golden apple.
"Does it truly possess such power?"
A gol...
2025-08-24 00:29:00 +0000 UTC View PostNami was stunned, but then quickly waved her hands dismissively. "No, I don't need it. Besides, the amount I need is huge."
"Huge? How huge are we talking? Hundreds of millions?"
"Hundreds of millions... you know, the kind of chest that can hold tens of millions..."
Before Nami could even finish explaining, she saw a gold bar materialize in Marcus' hand.
"I don't know ex...
2025-08-24 00:28:16 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, Marcus finally let Luffy start eating the rotten flesh. "Let's be clear, if it tastes wrong or makes you feel sick, spit it out
In the end, Marcus finally let Luffy start eating the rotten flesh.
"Let's be clear, if it tastes wrong or makes you feel sick, spit it out immediately. Got it?"
Luffy nodded, then cheerfully pulled a piece of rotten meat from the box. He ...
2025-08-24 00:27:42 +0000 UTC View PostCarrying unease in his heart, Minato raced at full speed to the Hyūga clan compound.
With his current status, and the fact that he was Hizashi's teammate, the Hyūga clan members didn't try to stop him, they let him through directly.
He went straight to the small house where Hizashi lived and knocked on the door.
Soon, the door opened. Seeing Minato, Hizashi was first startle...
2025-08-24 00:25:53 +0000 UTC View PostFaced with this situation, the Namikaze couple found themselves in a dilemma.
They couldn't quite tell whether these people truly wanted to buy something, or if they were simply trying to build connections.
In the end, it was Shin who stepped in, saying he welcomed everyone to shop normally at his foster parents' supermarket.
However, anyone who tried to get closer to him or h...
2025-08-24 00:25:14 +0000 UTC View PostThat familiar voice made Jiraiya's whole body tremble. He immediately turned around. All he saw was a figure running toward him along the coastline.
It was Shiratori. He waved his hand while running toward them.
[Reminiscence detected]
[Multiple sources: +3000 points each]
[Total accumulated: 12,000 points]
[Energy transferred to Choso]
[Development progress: 58....
[Emotional energy detected: Faith +5000 points]
[Insufficient threshold for cursed spirit activation]
[Energy stored for future use]
Faith energy?
Shiratori thought of the little girl from just now. That old woman seemed to call the girl "Yuki," didn't she?
An unexpected windfall.
He soon spotted Hanzō and his men.
Instead of return...
2025-08-24 00:23:03 +0000 UTC View PostPlacidium lay in the sacred heart of Ionia, the most sacred place on the continent where. Swain had led his legions to lay siege to this ancient city, bringing the iron boot of Noxian conquest to holy ground.
In response to the desperate call from the Navori Brotherhood, Ionia had united its scattered clans into a massive resistance army, launching a coordinated counterattack, determined ...
2025-08-22 23:51:35 +0000 UTC View Post"Kira, try to control those animal forms and fuse them together," Marcus said. "Grow eagle wings, snake eyes, a lion's face, a honey badger'
"Kira, try to control those animal forms and fuse them together," Marcus said. "Grow eagle wings, snake eyes, a lion's face, a honey badger's body, horse legs, gorilla arms, a cat's tail... and if you can manage it, maybe even add some cow hooves?" 2025-08-22 23:50:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Marcus had plenty to complain about regarding the Transmutation Tablet's pricing system, but he quickly stopped caring about the markup. Any
Marcus had plenty to complain about regarding the Transmutation Tablet's pricing system, but he quickly stopped caring about the markup.
Anyone who'd used a transmutation table knew that its real value wasn't about the cost. If there was no los...
2025-08-22 23:50:06 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing Thengel's daughter receive a gift, Denethor also looked over with hopeful eyes, but as soon as he met Garrett's gaze, he quickly turned his head away, pretending to be completely indifferent.
With a slight smile, Garrett temporarily passed over this amusing young man and walked directly to Thengel and Ecthelion.
Then, he pulled out two golden apples.
"What are these?...
"We followed the North-South Road, passed through Tharbad, crossed Dunland, then passed Isengard and the southern roads of Rohan, and finally reached the capital of Gondor."
The two apprentice Rangers from Wayfort left happily, followed by the caravan leader Charlie, who reported to Garrett:
"The first half of the journey was very smooth, until after we had traveled for a while in D...
2025-08-22 23:48:34 +0000 UTC View PostHow does a lord not even know the trade routes used by his own traveling merchants?
"Didn't they come here following you?"
Ecthelion countered with a question.
Garrett thought for a moment, then said, "That's unlikely. I came all the way south from Dale and passed by the Black Gate in northern Mordor to get here."
Only someone like him could have made that journey. Anyon...
2025-08-22 23:47:54 +0000 UTC View Post"This is Thengel."
After the meeting officially ended, Turgon asked Garrett to meet privately again, and took the opportunity to reintroduce one of the commanders from the council.
Thengel...
The name sounded familiar.
"He is not a Gondorian, yet he is respected by all the people of Gondor."
"Oh?"
Garrett looked at the commander before him with interest.
<... 2025-08-22 23:47:09 +0000 UTC View PostThis year would certainly be remembered in Gondor's history, the southern Haradrim forces were utterly defeated, Mordor's troops retreated, the Witch-king was humiliated, and a grievance that had lasted a thousand years was finally avenged.
And all of this was accomplished by a single person.
After the celebrations and gift-giving ceremonies concluded, people were finally able to ea...
2025-08-22 23:46:24 +0000 UTC View PostAlthough he was happy as well, he still felt that his brother's intentions weren't entirely pure, there was something a little underhanded about them.
Noticing Minato's thoughts, Shin shot him an annoyed glare and said, "From now on, you need to take good care of Konan, understand?"
"Oh!" What else could he say?
"Alright, let's go find the other two kids. Konan, do you want to...
2025-08-22 23:44:09 +0000 UTC View PostMinato listened patiently to Konan's story, giving her plenty of emotional support.
Ever since she met Minato, her life trajectory had shifted dramatically.
Especially after Shin, at Minato's request, found her a home, since then, she felt happy every single day.
Her adoptive parents were ordinary farmers, but they were extremely kind-hearted and treated her wonderfully, almos...
2025-08-22 23:43:21 +0000 UTC View PostRat-tat-tat…
The elder contractor grabbed a standard rifle and pulled the trigger in a controlled burst at a trembling subordinate.
With crisp gunfire, bullets erupted from the barrel, striking the man's Noxian armor with sharp metallic impacts.
After the burst was over, the subordinate, sweating all over from terror and adrenaline, frantically patted himself down a...
2025-08-22 01:18:02 +0000 UTC View PostTwo days later. After a long and arduous journey, Shiratori and the others finally arrived at Ame. The village was the same as when they had
Two days later.
After a long and arduous journey, Shiratori and the others finally arrived at Ame.
The village was the same as when they had left it, broken walls and ruins, desolate and empty.
Even so, the Ame ninjas' eyes welled u...
2025-08-22 01:16:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe Steward's invitation was certainly important, but before setting off for Gondor again, Garrett still pulled out a pen and signed his name for that young Ranger.
"If writing my name can provide some kind of protection or good fortune, then I'd gladly write until the ink runs dry."
Patting the young Ranger on the shoulder, he offered encouragement.
"May this cloak serve you ...
2025-08-22 01:15:21 +0000 UTC View PostCrash.
The portal rippled with violet particles, and Garrett's figure vanished from Middle-earth, arriving in the sweltering heat of the Nether.
Another Nether highway project...
"This is going to be a real grind."
To build a Nether highway connecting either one of Gondor, Dale, or Wayfort, even if he focused on nothing else, would take at least a month just to ...
2025-08-22 01:14:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe One Ring, the Ruling Ring.
Sauron, either by his own hand or through others, forged a total of twenty magical rings. Of these, nine were given to the mightiest among Men, some were kings, others mighty warriors, and some renowned sorcerers.
But their exact identities are unknown. Ancient rumors say that three of them were Númenórean nobles, with the Witch-king said to be among...
2025-08-22 01:13:57 +0000 UTC View PostNami was still planning to act cute and use her charm to convince Marcus, but he cut her off before she could really get started. "If I'm no
Nami was still planning to act cute and use her charm to convince Marcus, but he cut her off before she could really get started.
"If I'm not mistaken, this is a Mythical Zoan-type, Model: Chimera. Based on market value, this Devil Fruit would ...
2025-08-22 01:12:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe sudden feeling of freedom hit the strange man. He stood there stunned, looking down at his body in disbelief.
He tried to take a step forward but immediately stumbled, his legs buckling after years of being cramped in the same position.
But before anyone could help him, the smell hit them.
"Oh, what is that?!" Usopp jumped back, covering his nose.
Nami had already ba...
2025-08-22 01:12:05 +0000 UTC View Post"Minato..."
The black-robed figure spat out the name through gritted teeth, eyes locked on Minato and his companions, fists clenched tight, gaze growing even darker and more venomous.
"Shin, I will take away everything from you, little by little, bit by bit, until you wish you were dead. I will make you into something neither man nor ghost."
The black-robed man removed the bla...
2025-08-22 01:10:22 +0000 UTC View PostSomewhere in the Land of Hot Water, in a remote town, Hizashi was activating his Byakugan, peering in a certain direction.
A few seconds later, his eyes returned to normal, and he frowned.
"They have taken the residents of that house hostage. Looks like they want to use them as leverage to negotiate with us."
He then relayed the positions of the enemies and the hostages to Min...
2025-08-22 01:09:41 +0000 UTC View Post---Third POV---
The Land of Whirlpools was a very special country.
Although it was clearly a whole, unbroken island, only the Uzumaki clan had built Uzushio here, where they thrived and multiplied for generations.
One clan, one village, one nation.
It almost carried a certain romantic quality to it.
Ryouma and his group advanced in a straight line from the coastlin...
2025-08-22 01:08:25 +0000 UTC View PostHanzō paused.
His gaze shot out like a flying kunai, stabbing straight toward Chiyo.
She calmly looked at him, the corner of her mouth curling into a smile.
"Ame's resources are scarce. Without the support of a great nation, building a village is nearly impossible. With such a good opportunity, you wouldn't just let it slip, would you?"
Hanzō clenched the scroll in his...
2025-08-21 04:04:35 +0000 UTC View Post