Ascendance of a Bookworm - Chapter 17 - Three Cheers for Mesopotamia!

Allison is an adventure series set in a world containing one continent (extending roughly from the Equator to 60 degrees North latitude) which is divided down the center by a towering mountain range and a huge river. The industry and technology of the world are roughly equivalent to Europe in the 1930s. Due to the geography, two cultures developed on either side of the divide, and at the time the story begins, the cultures have been at war on and off for hundreds of years. The bloodiest conflict yet began thirty-five years before the start of the story; both sides are so exhausted by the conflict that an uneasy armistice is signed after some five years of fighting. Aside from a brief conflict over the jurisdiction of the river, resulting in the formation of a buffer zone on either side, this peace has largely been unbroken. The east side of the world is known as Roxche, though formally the region’s name is the Roxcheanuk Confederation. The entire region comprises sixteen countries which all speak a common language. The west side is known as Sou Beil, though formally the region’s name is the Allied Kingdoms of Bezel Iltoa. The region comprises the two kingdoms of Bezel and Iltoa which both serve to bring together a small number of countries under a common language different than that of the eastern region. There are far more blond-haired people in the West than the East.

At the beginning of the first novel, Allison, a pilot in the Roxche Air Force, has come to visit her childhood friend Wilhelm (“Wil” for short), who has remained at school over his summer break to continue his studies. While traveling in the countryside near the school, the two encounter an old man well-known to Wil’s schoolmates as a teller of tall tales. Nevertheless, he captures their interest with his talk about a “treasure” which, if found, is said to be able to put an end to the war. No one would believe him that the war between the countries could ever end, so no one listened to him. When the old man is abducted and taken over to Sou Beil, Allison and Wil steal an airplane and chase the abductors across the river into the next region. Fortunately, the two were raised as orphans by a woman who came from the West, and thus can speak both languages.

Do you know how long will you live?

Are you sure when you wake up the next morning, you will continue your life just like any other day?

What if the world wanted to flip your life upside down?

What will you do? What can you do?

This is what happened to Shin. who took his life for granted and was taught a lesson when the world flipped upside down.

Many strange phenomena were occurring. People started gaining abilities and evolving. Many different threats to humanity started appearing. The world was changing. So many myths and things became real which was supposed to be fiction.

Shin also had to adapt to this new world. Shin struggled. to survive, to live another day, to have his daily peaceful life back.

Amidst this Apocalypse, Shin Awakened his ability.

[Plunder]

[AWARDED: 10,000x SKILL PROFICIENCY MULTIPLIER.][Action Registered: Cast Basic Spark.][Nexus Glitch Activated: Proficiency x10,000.][WARNING: Concept Threshold Breached. Magic Law Unlocked.][Pyroblast evolves to Conceptual Law: Forbidden Tier - Solar Flare!]Instantly, a tiny, pathetic ember no larger than a match-strike mutates into a miniature sun, incinerating a pack of elite Demon Wolves and leaving behind a smooth crater of glowing, melted glass!————————[Action Registered: Executed Dagger Strike.][Nexus Glitch Activated: Proficiency x10,000.][Dagger Mastery leveled up to 10/10! Max Level Reached!][WARNING: Concept Threshold Breached. Combat Law Unlocked.][Assassin’s Creed evolves to Conceptual Law: God-Slayer’s Edge.]While normal players grind for years just for a 5% damage increase, Sebastian slashes the empty air once and gains a conceptual law that ignores 100% of physical armor, magical shielding, and conceptual invulnerability!While massive guilds try to zerg elite mobs, Sebastian solo-clears a five-hundred-man undead horde with a single snap of his fingers![Action Registered: Cast Basic Slow.][Nexus Glitch Activated: Proficiency x10,000.][WARNING: Concept Threshold Breached. Gravitational Law Unlocked.][Crushing Field evolves to Conceptual Law: Gravity Well.]Congratulations on turning a Tier 0 debuff into 100 Gs of atmospheric pressure! You have violently crushed the arrogant Golden Lions into the toxic sludge!Mocked for his 10-all base stats? He bypasses digestion cooldowns with [Forbidden Alchemy], granting himself an effectively infinite mana pool from literal garbage.Laughed at for his unarmored, Useless [Drifter] class? He evolves a basic wind blade into [Dimensional Sever], cleanly cutting a Level 12 Guardian's heavy armor in half without scratching his skin.Challenged by the pay-to-win guild master? He targets the fifty-meter radius around them and forces them to yield to the cold certainty of mass.But the Drifter’s greatest power is the [Nexus Glitch].He doesn't just learn skills; he evolves them into reality-breaking laws.From turning crushed, wilted weeds into Divine-tier [Potions of Knitting] to fracturing his own timeline to summon an [Army of One].Follow Sebastian as he transforms from a “glitch” into a Sovereign of Laws!He will build an impenetrable real-world Sanctuary, fight alongside the ruthless Arcane Valkyrie Valerie, and slaughter the Void Gods before the apocalypse even begins!

“The world will end...”The foreboding prophecy that was made long time ago....The full immersive game, New Eden, launches and a young man, whose life has been turned upside down after the death of his father, is forced to awaken inside the game with a one of a kind talent.Axton, with his newfound powers, has no choice but the traverse the virtual world.A common sword turns into a World Dividing Blade in his hand.A spark of fire becomes the Flames of Hell once he wields it...While others were still trying to find their way, Axton would already be trading blows with gods....