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Chapter 5 - That's not possible
The unexpected sight disturbed the hundreds of men and women around us. I saw parents shielding and averting their children’s eyes from the scene, while they themselves were unable to look away. Gasps and whispers were loud enough to be noises. The city guards were pushing past the crowd to make it to the scene. The man who performed the voluntary murder stood before Devon’s body, trying to hiding the sexual pleasure he received from it.
Amidst that relaxed chaos, Edith and I were the only ones who were in a completely normal state of mind. Although I did have a burning desire to inflict intolerable amounts of pain on that horny mage for decapitating my companion, I had enough self-control to not act on it yet. If we killed him right after this incident, anyone with average IQ can connect the two matters.
Anyway, back to the show, which is not over yet. The interesting detail that most people missed was the blood that was still pouring from Devon’s neck, which means that his heart was still pumping blood. Then again, nobody needed to notice this detail, because just as the city guards reached the stage, Devon’s decapitated head started rolling on the floor unnaturally. It wouldn't be accurate to say that the head was moving towards the body, rather the body and head were being pulled together; the body being more massive, only the head moved.
At this point, there was only silence as the crowd noticed and watched the creepy scene. Blood smeared onto the clothes as the head overcame momentum, air resistance, and not to mention common sense, to park itself where it belonged. Some part of me worried that Devon may not survive a clean decapitation, but the immortality skill was broken beyond acceptability.
The nerves reattached, the bones mended, and the spine connected. The man who was definitely dead in the eyes of over 600 people lifted himself from the floor that was slippery from his own blood. Aside from the head literally rolling on the floor back to his body, his skin repairing itself was also kind of creepy. “Harh...” Devon tried to speak, but he couldn’t effectively use his vocal chords. I was sure it was only temporary, so I didn’t worry. He brought his hand up to his neck and felt it up all the way around. With a smirk on his face and covered in blood, he spread his arms and bowed to the audience.
…
Things went very well, as the plan was executed perfectly so far — we had successfully initiated the greatest scam in the history of Eden. Before we go forward, let me give you a quick walkthrough of what was planned. When I found out about the poor quality enchantments in the market, I was careful about inviting political conflicts while thinking of a way to exploit it. But remember, this was back when I had no intention of provoking the red mages. So as you can guess, my new motivation for becoming rich was the complete opposite. I wanted to take over all the political grounds that were currently in control of the red mages.
With that being said, is this scam purely to make vast sums of money? No. If that was the case, scamming is unnecessary. The first type of enchanted robes that Devon showcased, which is unlimited in terms of usability, was a genuinely revolutionary product. I could effortlessly become the richest merchant in the nation simply by selling those. The scam, which was the enchantment called ‘Another Life,’ was primarily to weaken the red mages.
Imagine from their standpoint. They are a religious underground group with lots of influence within Eden. They basically have all the money they could spend, yet they don’t have the strength to fight the king. Sure, they have his beloved daughter on their side, but she was clearly their last resort, because otherwise they would have exploited her the moment she joined them. So, with the introduction of something like a resurrection enchantment, they are definitely going to put their funds on it to strengthen their army. And since the resurrection enchantment is bullshit, they're basically going to hand me a ship ton of money for practically nothing.
Of course, this scam was stupidly risky. Which is why, I had to include some very important tiny details as a part of it. If you paid attention during Devon’s presentation, you should already be aware of them. Firstly, the enchantment was said to work only once per person and the enchantment itself could only be used once before the item (robe) becomes worthless. This means, the red mages are not going to carelessly test this enchantment on themselves if they plan to use it in an actual battle.
Secondly, the enchantment was said to not work on someone that is already dying. So, there won’t be any complaints like, ‘I put this robe on my grandma in her deathbed, and she still ended up dying.’ Thirdly, absolute faith in the one true God was said to be necessary. This was to further attract the red mages into buying, and it also serves as an excuse if someone unwarrantedly dies; they could be alleged as non-believers. For the same reason, they also won’t be able to test this enchantment on animals.
Anyway, Devon lost his voice for a couple hours, so no pre-orders were taken yet. However, the other enchanted robes were still allowed to be sampled by the public. For an entire hour, people willingly took offensive attacks on themselves one after the other. They had to learn to release mana into the robe for the enchantment to work, as opposed to requiring no action from the user. But that was stupidly simple to do, so there was no problem. Electricity, heat, and cold — the enchantments appropriately resisted them all with the same efficiency each time. People were clearly impressed.
The stage was then dismantled, and in its place, a small shop was assembled with a large sign that read ‘Opening tomorrow - 4:00 PM’. We had already acquired the license for that spot at the marketplace beforehand; part of the procedure to set up a business there. After that, there was nothing left to worry about for the day.
That night, in the spirit of celebration, I bought loads of alcohol and had it delivered to our inn — free drinks for everyone in Devon’s name. You can imagine how popular Devon became after his presentation. The inn soon became packed with people around the city as the word spread. Although me and my companions were incapable of getting drunk, it nevertheless signified euphoria from our success. Being as happy as I was, I stood up and loudly said, “Let us offer a toast!” The room became silent, and I raised up my beer glass. “Here’s to the prosperity of Eden, and an ideal future.”
“Cheers!” everyone, including my companions exclaimed in unison; they were drunk enough to not question what I meant by that. The lanterns that lit the inn burned all night as there was never a moment without people drinking inside. I honestly look forward to the day when such delight becomes a constant in my life. Or am I confusing peace with happiness?
For the next week and a half, all things proceeded smoothly and within my expectations. And yes, that precisely means that something totally unexpected happened after that period. But we’ll get to that. Because, although things were smooth-sailing prior to that, doesn’t mean it’s irrelevant. And as the narrator, I’m obliged to give you the details.
First things first, the corpses of the red mages were finally discovered by the city guards. When the public received this news, I was already prepared to make use of it. Using my followers, I spread rumors that those who died were non-believers and were smitten by the one true God. To some extent, I prioritized this stunt when the bodies would be discovered. Because currently, the red mages clearly have more influence in Eden than me. So, if they were to start a rumor like they died by the hands of those who are against the one true God, it would be impossible to control or alter those rumors with my level of influence. What I’m saying is, I have to always remain one step ahead of the red mages to be in control of certain situations.
Needless to say, a lot of prominent faces in the city were among the victims. Since one of them was the governor of the city, it caused a shift in the political terrain. A temporary replacement, one of the royal ministers, agreed to run the city until an election that will be held in 2 weeks time. And I was not going to let the red mages put another one of their sheep in that position. The sheep that win the election will be mine whatever it takes.
The preparations for that were already in order. In the process of spreading false rumors about the red mages being non-believers, my followers were also secretly expanding in numbers. “If their false God is the one who blessed the powerful, he is also the one who cast aside the powerless. Lord Zenith will establish balance and allow you all to stand tall, for you outnumber the extraordinary,” were Devon’s exact motivating words to my followers. In short, we have the numbers, so an election won’t be difficult to rig.
Next up, our business started off with triumphant success. On the opening day, we hit the monthly limit of orders within the first 2 hours. The way we planned to manufacture the products was in weekly batches. One batch could have at most 15 sets of UU (Unlimited Use) enchanted robes with the buyer’s preferred enchantment. The monthly limit of orders is basically how many weekly batches can be produced within the current month.
However, the production of AL (Another Life) enchantment was not done in the same way. We had to be more careful in selling those, even if it meant compromising huge monetary gain. In the timeframe that we sold 45 UU sets, we only received 2 orders for the AL sets. But this was not only expected, it was also intended.
You see, the price for the UU set was fixed at 30 GCs (Gold Coins), which is already expensive To give you some perspective, our luxury room at the inn was priced at 2 GCs per night; we were living there free, since the innkeeper is a follower of mine, but that’s besides the point. On the other hand, the price for the AL set was fixed at 140 GCs. It may seem like a reasonable price if your perspective is on how valuable life is, but that’s not the case practically.
Eden is a kingdom that has been peaceful for over 24 years. There were no wars to threaten the life of its citizens since then, and as far as they know, such a conflict may never arise. So, it’s no surprise that they would not want to immediately invest a fortune in an enchantment they may never use in their lifetime. If anyone were to invest funds on getting their hands on the AL sets, it would be those who are aware of the civil war that is on the horizon. And the two parties — excluding us — who fall into that category are the king’s army and the red mages.
Based on my motivations, I wanted to create an environment, where it would be easier for the red mages to buy the AL sets in bulk. And the best solution for that was to deliver the AL sets through the Temple of the one true God. So, on the second day of business, we visited the temple for the first time. We made a deal to offer 12% of the profit from the AL sets in return for storing and delivering them to the buyers. Basically, we would send the finished goods to the temple, where they would store it in a seemingly divine room and deliver it to the customers when they come to get it. This gave the impression of those goods being special when they are completely ordinary; exactly how holy water works.
The most important thing however, was that since the temple is 100% under the influence of the red mages, establishing this partnership was a way to attract them into buying the AL sets at discount. Whether it was going to work as well as I intended or not, we were yet to find out.
6 days into business, we received an offer for a contract from the government. It was brought to us by a high ranking official, but the offer probably came from the king himself. The reason for that assumption is that the contract was specifically for the mass-production of UU enchantments, and not the AL units. It would make sense if the king was aware of the temple’s involvement in the AL trade, and doesn’t intend on alerting the red mages while he strengthened his own army. Furthermore, there was a request to make these products separate from the ones sold in the market. In other words, these UU units needed to be military-grade.
You see, the UU units being sold in the market only included one of 3 basic enchantments, as showcased during the demonstration; it is chosen by the buyer when placing the order. Compared to when it was showcased, some minor improvements, such as reducing the bulkiness of the physical mechanisms within the robe, were made for the final consumer product. However, for a military-grade unit, there needed to be more areas of improvement.
If I wanted to, I could spend some time experimenting and come up with an enchantment that would be overpowered enough to take over the world. But, I don’t want the responsibility of keeping that kind of power under check. So, we simply decided to combine the 3 available enchantments and boost the efficiency overall. We accepted and signed the contract in Devon’s name. There was no rush though. As per agreement, we had exactly 1 month to complete the development and deliver the first prototype for testing.
In return for this, we not only received a huge payment of 3200 GCs in advance, we also acquired citizenship in Eden. Originally, it was only offered to Devon, but upon learning that Edith and I were partnered with him, we got the same treatment as well. This was a big step forward for us. Because until then, we were staying in the kingdom with a merchant’s visa, which was required to be extended on a weekly basis at the cost of 1 SC (Silver Coin). Although the cost wasn’t really an issue, being a citizen had other benefits we really needed. For one, we could now buy our own land within the kingdom. And that was the first thing we did. We spent almost all the money we had, but it was worth it.
Let me first provide you with a means to calculate monetary worth, because the currency system in this kingdom is not the greatest. We will use ‘UC’ as the universal currency unit going forward. 1 GC will be 1000 UCs, 1 SC will be 100 UCs, and 1 CC (Copper Coins) will be 10 UCs. Simple, right?
After a week of successful business, we had a little over 5.6 million UCs. We spent 4.2 million UCs and bought a large enough land for a big mansion and an even bigger neighboring factory, fairly close to the academy, by the banks of a river — we would call it the Z estate. Usually, such large scale construction would be a task given to a professional architect. But Devon insisted on doing it by himself. He apparently already had everything, from the floor plans to the interior design, prepared for my mansion; he did tweak it a little after being inspired by the designs and architecture used in Eden. He had been honing his skills in this area — both magic and manual — even before I arrived on earth. All for the prime purpose of pleasing me. So, I happily entrusted this task to him.
During this timeframe, we visited the library 5 times. It was an agreement made with princess Loeya, to have a check-in every other day at noon, until Edith and I enroll into the academy. It was to regularly ensure her safety from the red mages. Although it wouldn’t make any sense for them to actually try and harm her, it’s better safe than sorry.
On the 10th day since we initiated our money making scheme, Edith and I paid our customary visit to the library. Edith didn't call for professor Feiling this time, as we had recently obtained study materials to independently prepare for the entrance exam. So, we didn't have any use for him anymore. Those study materials were actually recommended to us by Martin upon my request; I didn't want my dear companion to go through hour-long tutoring sessions every two days.
When she mentioned this to Feiling, he wasn't thrilled. But he wasn't particularly unhappy about it either. "That's fine. If you get stuck somewhere, or need an explanation for any of the topics, you can always reach out to me," is how he responded.
Anyway, this time, both me and Edith waited for princess Loeya by the same history section; it became my regular spot at some point during my repeated visits. "Master Zenith, I don't appreciate that girl making you wait like this," Edith said, 2 minutes into waiting. "If you give me permission, I will scar her with a burn mark. It will serve her as a reminder."
She was being completely serious by the way. "Denied. Edith, we are supposed to protect her from any and all harm, not cause it," I replied in a calm tone.
Soon, princess Loeya showed up and took her seat before me on the table. It was her first time meeting Edith. "Loeya, I want you to meet Edith," I introduced her. "She is a very valuable companion of mine."
"Pleased to meet you, Edith," she responded respectfully. But there was a slight haste in her voice, as if she had something important to say. She turned to me. "Zenith, I have some news." Our past check-ins were mostly just her keeping me updated on her own safety; if she felt threatened by someone, she would let me know. But this time, there was actual intel on the red mages’ activities. “They are transporting another batch of captives to be sold as slaves tomorrow night. They were keeping this information a tight secret because of what happened in the eastern forest. But fortunately, I was too clever for them and managed to extract it. I want to save them all this time. And I need your help.”
When we formed our little alliance, I told her that I would offer her the strength that she lacked to essentially be a vigilante. I knew she had very straightforward morals and beliefs, in the sense that she would want to fight the injustice and wrongdoings of the red mages. But the thing is, morality is a human concept and I couldn’t care less about it. So, the only reason for me to get involved in matters like fighting illegal slave trading, is if it somehow benefits my overarching goal. Luckily for the princess, it does this time.
Prepared and leaned forwards, I simply asked, “Where and what time?”
…
The next night, at around 11:30 PM, Edith and I left the inn, headed to the location that princess Loeya specified. It was quite far away, so we had to take our carriage; yes, the one that we stole before we arrived in Eden. On our way, we stopped near the academy dorm and picked up princess Loeya. Originally, we didn’t want her to come along, but she insisted a lot. She was wearing an oversized black cloak with a hood, at which we Edith and I stared disapprovingly.
“What?” she frowned. “Why are you two not disguised? If they see you, it won’t be long before they identify you. Wait here, I have spare cloaks in my room. I’ll go get—”
“That won’t be necessary,” I stopped her from going back into her dorm. Honestly, it’s ridiculous how effortlessly the royal princess is able to sneak out of her residence. “There won’t be any survivors to tell the tale.” Assuring her that, I signaled Edith to get going.
With two lanterns hung on the roof of the carriage, the two horses pulled us through the streets lit only by the lanterns and moonlight. The horses were as healthy and fast as ever, thanks to the innkeeper regularly feeding and maintaining them. ETA: 50 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a barren land, privately owned by someone, a shabby but secure warehouse sat in the middle of it. However, surrounding the land, there was nothing as far as eyes can see. At around the same time I started from the inn, a familiar man in an even familiar red robe arrived at this wasteland. I don’t know his name, but he was the one who slashed Devon’s head off on-stage. He approached the warehouse as if he owned the place, and once at the doorstep, he banged on it 3 times with his magic staff. “Open up loonies!”
A woman in her mid 30’s, also wearing a red robe, opened the door. “You were supposed to say the password at the door, not some random rubbish,” she complained. “It’s a direct order from lord Heath.”
“Yet you opened the door for me, love,” he chuckled as he barged in. “Passwords can be stolen. Whatever ‘random rubbish’ I say is much more authentic.”
Shaking her head with a slight smile, she locked the door, and trailed him inside. Over 30 red mages were guarding the place on high alert. Men, women, and children totaling 56 were held captive within that warehouse. They were all locked up in a spacious room with 4 of the red mages guarding them. They were well aware of the fact that they were going to be transported and sold as slaves outside the kingdom.
If you set aside the argument of right or wrong, this business is sort of like a high-risk and high-reward kind of deal. The reason why it’s risky is obvious; slavery and slave trading is abolished in Eden. The reason why it’s tremendously profitable is because of the stupid concept of class system.
Almost all the kingdoms have this system in place, which determines social hierarchy. And what’s especially absurd about this is that those at the higher class are obligated to represent themselves as being at that level. For example, in your timeline, every rich person owns more than 1 expensive car or mansion for no good reason. In this world, it’s even worse. In kingdoms where slavery is a norm, the higher class people are obligated to own expensive slaves. And all exported slaves are expensive, especially when they come from Eden.
Transportation was scheduled to arrive at 1:00 AM for picking up the captives and taking them outside Eden’s borders. The red mages have partnerships with slave traders from outside the kingdom, who will buy the captives at pre-negotiated prices. But with there still an hour left for that, “I’ve hand-picked two items from the shipment and put them in a separate room,” the middle-aged lady said, still trailing the man with questionable kinks. “I think you’ll like it.”
“Siblings?” he asked.
“Even better. Childhood sweethearts.”
Apparently, this guy arrived at the warehouse early, not to guard the place, rather to enjoy himself. He is the one responsible for kidnapping 90% of the captives each year, and he is also the reason for the red mages’ established partnerships with slave traders across the continent. What I’m trying to say is, they let him get away with fooling around every once in a while.
The lady then led this man to a room further into the warehouse, secluded from the room where most of the captives were held. With a disgusting smile, he opened the door and stepped in. A boy and a girl were laying down on the untidy floor with their hands and legs tied up. “I’ll leave you to it then,” the lady left the room, closing the door behind her.
Tears overflowing, those teenagers were definitely terrified. “I heard you two are sweethearts to each other,” the red mage who stood above them didn’t stop smiling. “I want to know who will feel the most pain losing the other. Care to help me find out?” Only the sounds of their crying was returned in response. “Oh, I’m afraid you have no choice.”
“P—Please,” the boy uttered, barely audible with his cries overlapped.
“Please what? What are you asking of me?” he questioned back, seriously expecting an answer he desired. A brief period of muffled cries followed. And slowly but surely, the boy crawled forward and answered.
“Please let her go… I will do what you ask me. I promise.”
Overwhelmed with emotions, the girl immediately cried out, “No! N—”
Slash!
The sicko kept his eyes fixed on the boy, as the girl’s head dropped down to the floor. Absolute silence, as the decapitated head rolled over and stopped at the boy’s right hand pushed against the floor, his friend’s wet cheeks touching his pinky finger. Then the body dropped, breaking the silence with a thud. There is a fatal limit to which a human body can handle fear, and the boy was very close to hitting it. He was too afraid to acknowledge the fact that his friend had died.
A pair of eyes was still staring at him, until the scream inevitably escaped the boy’s lips. The red mage displayed an unnaturally satisfied smirk, as he turned around and left the room. He closed the door behind him and sat on the other side, just listening to the boy’s screams.
“What the hell are you doing?!” That same lady came rushing over. “Why did you leave him alive? What if someone hears him?”
“Shh,” he put his finger on his lips, and whispered, “It’ll be fine, love. Let him release it all, I want to hear it all.”
I think we can all agree that this guy is fucked in the head. But if I were to assume that none of the red mages have an unexpressed problem with his actions, responses, and behavior as a whole, then they are just as messed up. I wouldn’t be surprised if I found out that the leaders of the red mages included alternate timeline versions of Hitler and Ted Bundy.
I suppose I should feel a little guilty for not showing up on time to rescue those two. But I’m not going to lie and say that I did. We arrived at that location at 12:20 PM, parking our carriage as far away as possible; I didn’t want our only mode of transportation to somehow get caught in the crossfire. I activated my pigmentation skill and altered my appearance; same as how I changed it during the eastern forest incident.
"What's our plan?" princess Loeya asked just as we prepared to go into the private property.
“I believe I already told you,” I replied. “No survivors, and that’s it.”
She gave me a confused look, which I didn’t understand until she asked me, “What about… the captives?”
I will admit that I overlooked that minor detail. “Alright, here’s how it’s going to go,” I quickly revised the plan and gave out orders. “Edith, you will launch the first attack at the warehouse and lure out all of the red mages. Keep the fight outside, and focus on your battle alone. Meaning, if anyone slips through and comes for me, you don’t worry about it for a second. Got it?”
Edith acknowledged with a nod. “Understood, master Zenith.”
I turned to princess Loeya. “Loeya, you will use that distraction to go around and infiltrate the warehouse. Rescue all the captives, but not at the risk of your own life. If you can’t save them all, you don’t have to.” I paused for a second to let her take that in. “Please don’t argue, just go with it.” She also acknowledged with a nod, but I had a feeling she was not going to follow that advice when it matters.
Anyway, we moved forward and approached the warehouse. We got close enough to faintly hear that poor boy’s screams of despair.
Arriving here with Edith, I had no intention of helping out in the fight, because I knew Edith alone would be an overkill. However, I did plan to make use of the situation to experiment a new variant for my pre-existing growth spurt skill. I even bought an apple along with me, which was currently in my grip.
The reason why I didn’t just create a new and better offensive skill was because when I was going over the study materials for the academy entrance exam, I learned a few things about efficiency in magic growth. One of those things was that practicing one main skill will help in improving mana control and level far more efficiently than if you were to practice multiple skills parallelly. So, I decided I won’t be inventing a new offensive skill until I find a more reliable way to boost mana control and level, which is what I had been experimenting on for the past 10 days.
I hate to admit that I had no luck with it. Even after consulting Martin, I didn’t get a helpful answer. But I didn’t give up, because I had a strong feeling that such a cheat-like method can truly be worked out. If you want a perspective on just how much time I spent on this, failing, look no further than my current status.
> Level: 56
> Mana Capacity: 54000
> Mana Control: F+
> Skillset: … Seal (Complexity - S , Activated) …
> Character Trait: Logical, Malevolent, Opportunistic, Calculating
> State of Mind: Excited
The level improvement you see was purely a consequence of me experimenting on an idle level boosting method. My mana control naturally dropped because I didn’t perform any magic skills as my level one-sidedly improved. But that’s not an issue, because I can easily raise it while experimenting my new growth spurt variant during this operation.
“Alright Edith, let’s start,” I gave the green signal. And effortlessly, with not even a hand motion, a bright blue ball of flames appeared in front of Edith and shot towards the locked door of the warehouse, creating a small shockwave where it started. The door pretty much disintegrated, and the fire that caused it disappeared into thin air. Now that’s what you call a perfectly controlled magic skill.
“Intruders!” one of the red mages inside the warehouse announced loudly as she witnessed the front door vanish. Tens of red mages came out running, like a disturbed anthill, with a shared death wish. Edith has been holding in her fighting spirit for far too long. This would be the first time I witness her in all her glory. You’re about to see what a mage with S+ mana control, level in the thousands, and mana capacity in the millions, can do.
Calmly stepping towards the enemies, she initiated her first combat phase. Pure yellow flames specifically enveloped her hair, eyes, hands, feet, and formed a pair of wings on her back. Admittedly, constantly releasing mana and making it burn around specific parts of your body is very impractical in terms of combat efficiency. However, as an intimidation tactic, it is effective enough to make your enemies crap their pants.
Imagine a tall Godlike being with fiery wings, and a glowing fire in her eyes, wearing crimson clothes under the night sky, walking towards you. The red mages still suppressed their fears and launched their attacks. And that led to Edith initiating her second combat phase.
> Skillset: Immortality (Complexity - S) ; Fire Magic (Complexity - A+) ; Body Strengthening (Complexity - A) ; Agility (Complexity - A)
She used her agility and body strengthening skills, and with an uncontrollable grin, launched at those poor red mages. Only dust remained in the place she accelerated from. The first person she came into contact, she kneed him right in the middle of his eye brows. The other red mages still had their eyes forward, because their reaction time was so off compared to the speed at which Edith attacked. And so, the first dead red mage already fell to the ground with his skull shattered to the point it was visible with his skin deformed around it.
I should let you know at this point, in case you haven’t already guessed it, her magic skills are mostly only used for enhancing her manual skills. Her fierceness and incredible battle spirit all comes from her proficiency in various martial arts. In this world, or at least in this kingdom, the concept of martial arts don’t exist. Because, the supremacists here think that magic is the most powerful weapon and is all that you need to stand atop others. That’s precisely why they will fall.
> State of Mind: Disbelief
The little princess standing beside me was clearly awestruck by what she was witnessing. “Go, Loeya,” I interrupted her and gave a nod to carry out the infiltration. She got a hold of herself, acknowledged, and left my side.
More red mages started rushing outside, but the numbers made no difference against Edith. It continued to be a one-sided massacre. Ice magic, wind, lightning, sound, whatever they threw at her, it did not matter. Because one, she can endure all attacks because of immortality, and two, she was too fast for them to land an attack on her anyway.
Her fighting style was mainly Taekwondo, which involves a lot of jump and spin kicks, and Muay Thai, which involved a lot of kneeing and elbowing. But situationally, she would switch her combat style to stay on top. When the red mages grew numerous and surrounded her, disallowing her to move freely, she initiated her third combat phase. She used her fire magic to burn them out of her personal space. It wasn’t pretty at all. At her level, fire magic when used as an offensive attack is in the form of a blue flame, which represents its high temperature. So, I’m not exaggerating when I say that some of the red mages got a literal hole burnt through them, with their melted internal organs dripping outside.
Despite all this, she was still significantly handicapped. If you think about it, the literal fire in her eyes is not only impractical, but it also severely obstructs her vision. And since fire is burning all around her, isolating surrounding sounds is also tricky. She was fighting purely on instincts. I don’t know if it’s because of that, but she was not letting anyone through for me to take care of. A little disappointing.
Less than 10 minutes had passed, and there was Edith, standing in all her fiery glory, while 9 red mages crouched before her, helpless. Their comrades, either injured beyond saving or straight up dead, were laying all around them totaling 23. The smell of burnt human flesh overwhelmed the smell of the wasteland. It seemed like all of the red mages within the warehouse was now outside—
“What the hell is going on here?” the loud voice of the sick bastard questioned with a nasty and confused frown.
Seeing him there was a surprise for me, but also a great pleasure. After 10 days, I had forgotten about my desire to make this guy suffer for decapitating my companion. Insignificant as it may be, this frozen timeline was favoring me for once. How wonderful.
Edith turned to look at him, but before she could make a move and end him instantly, I stopped her. “Leave him to me.” My coat tails flapped in the wind as I made my way towards him. My skin and eyes glowed with the light from all the fire to my left.
“Who do you think you are, clown?” he arrogantly used his slash magic against me. I had already seen that skill before and knew its effects, so it was nullified by the virus. “Oh? Are you wearing enchantments to protect you, little bitch? Go run home to your mama, I don’t even want to bother hurting you.”
Let’s take a moment to realize that this guy was inside that warehouse for 10 minutes while his companions were being massacred. That’s how preoccupied he was, satisfying himself over the little boy’s agony. He didn’t even realize something was wrong until now. Add on top of that, poisonous levels of arrogance in my presence. He truly is the most despicable scumbag I’ve met in this world so far.
I gripped the apple in my hand, and proceeded to release my mana into it— “Huh?” I heard a faint sound of bone cracking, a solid attack landing on a body. And in front of my face, for a split second, I saw the wings made of flames, and then gone.
I looked to my right and saw Edith crash-falling on the ground with the momentum still rolling her away in an unsightly manner. The flames that enveloped her extinguished, and blood dripped from her nose and mouth. With a frown, I looked to my left and almost said, what the fuck.
> Level: 2587
> Mana Capacity: 5700000
> Mana Control: S+
> Skillset: Immortality (Complexity - S) ; Cause & Effect (Complexity - S)
> Character Trait: Loyal, Cunning
> State of Mind: Interested
It was not Edith or Devon. It was a blond man whom I had never seen before, wearing a white & gold cloak over a matching set of formal clothing. He approached me with a frown.
“That’s not possible,” I mumbled to myself.

I became the most powerful entity in the universe. What could go wrong? | Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 - Why does my character trait include Malevolent?
Surely, genociding an entire kingdom by burning them to ashes crossed some sort of moral line. But did I feel guilty about it? No. Does that make me a psychopath? Also no… at least it shouldn't. I, who was yet to experience human companionship, was unable to empathize with human bonds being severed via painless deaths. That makes perfect sense in my opinion. If you disagree, that's fine; you're wrong.
Anyway, coming to the more important problem at hand — I was completely and utterly screwed. My accommodation, life goals, retirement plans, and my supposedly two loyal companions were all turned to charcoal. With that being said, I needed to figure out how to proceed, and my options were limited.
Option A: Spend time in solitude. I could wander into a nearby forest, and focus on getting my powers under control through sheer willpower. Once I can control it enough, I can jump to another timeline.
Option B: I live with my actions. I could travel around the globe, find a good place to settle in, and meet all kinds of people; I'll be sure to avoid sociopaths though.
Option C: Give up. I could scream and reset the universe to return to the Omnipotent again.
Option C was easily the worst choice. The Omnipotent only allowed me back into the universe because of my request to live a fulfilling life. If I were to intentionally break everything simply because I suffered a setback, he would not let me come back.
Option A's success heavily relied on me being able to control my powers through 'sheer willpower'. It also meant that I would have to risk going berserk while experimenting with the virus. If the charcoal kingdom before me implied anything, it was that Option A is definitely out of consideration.
So, option B naturally seemed like the most promising direction to take. Before leaving the area however, I decided to pillage the charcoal kingdom in case they had any treasures that were somehow resistant to absurd amounts of heat and radiation.
I walked through the debris, keeping an eye out for anything that was not burnt. "What is this?" I frowned as I picked up a small golden statue that was unaffected by the disaster; it barely had any scratches on it.
"It's a totem, my liege. It is enchanted with heat resistance."
Oh, that makes sense… wait. I turned around to see a man and woman, both covered in fire residues and no clothes, knelt before me. Who the heck are you two, I was about to ask. But I didn't need to.
> Level: 1589
> Mana Capacity: 5700000
> Mana Control: S+
> Skillset: Immortality (Complexity - S) ; Enchantment (Complexity - S) ; Resistance Magic (Complexity - A+) ; Organization (Complexity - A+) ; Crafting (Complexity - A+) ; Aura of Faith (Complexity - A+) ; Transmission (Complexity - A+) ; Penmanship (Complexity - A) …
> Character Trait: Loyal, Emotional
> State of Mind: Overjoyed
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> Level: 1987
> Mana Capacity: 5700000
> Mana Control: S+
> Skillset: Immortality (Complexity - S) ; Fire Magic (Complexity - A+) ; Body Strengthening (Complexity - A) ; Agility (Complexity - A)
> Character Trait: Loyal, Fierce
> State of Mind: Nervous
Seeing those abnormal levels was like looking at a ray of hope that I thought was lost. You could already guess who they were from their skillset. "My—my name is Edith," the immortal woman with the higher level among the two introduced herself. Followed by, "My name is Devon, my liege," the immortal man with too many magic skills to list down said.
“Uh… hello,” I awkwardly greeted them while they were still kneeling before me. “You can stand by the way.” So they stood up, with Edith’s height towering over Devon’s.
There was a short silence before Edith hesitantly asked, “Master, may I… may I ask why you destroyed the kingdom?”
Well, this is awkward. I explained my misfortune of coming across the princess who triggered me. I don’t know if it was because they empathized with me or because they were programmed to support me no matter what, they had no complaints. “Unrelated, but why do you call me ‘master,’ when he calls me ‘liege’?” I wondered whether they perceived their relationships with me differently. Turns out I was just overthinking.
“Apologies. Please tell us how you would like us to address you,” Devon bowed.
I remembered the fact that I didn’t have a name, so I decided to make one up. “You can call me Zenith.” My name basically meant ‘above,’ which was pretty fitting but I picked it randomly so it doesn’t make me egotistical. The immortals changed the way they addressed me, but they didn’t drop the honorifics; it became ‘Master Zenith’.
Anyway, with my recovered companions, option B showed even more promise. You see, initially I was going to make an elaborate plan to travel and infiltrate a nearby kingdom or village to get supplies. But now I didn’t have to do any of those. Supplies could be developed by natural means, nearby kingdoms and villages can be ignored, and I can practically start all over without resetting anything.
Let me explain it the way I explained it to my companions. We left the charcoal kingdom and entered the nearest forest. Firstly, regarding the supplies. The most important supply we needed was not food or water since all three of us were immortals, rather it was clothing. Devon and Edith’s skillset solved this problem easily. Apparently, Devon was programmed to be a butler while Edith was programmed to be a fighter. In practice, Edith fought and killed wild animals while Devon professionally made clothes out of their skin and other natural resources.
Secondly, regarding how I said all the nearby kingdoms and villages can be ignored. Remember when I first met the Omnipotent, he fed me with a lot of data? Most of that data was advanced knowledge about the sciences — mostly physics — which are essential to efficiently develop skills. But with no control over my powers, developing a skill was meaningless. That's where my two companions with S+ rank mana control and mana capacity in the millions came into picture.
I had an idea to travel to the other side of the planet quickly. We all know that the Earth spins, which is why we have the day and night cycle. So theoretically, if you were on Earth and managed to completely defy gravity, air resistance, atmospheric pressure and whatnot, by staying in the same position for 12 hours, you will end up on the other side of the planet. Translating this theory into a skill was a bit tricky because I wasn't the one developing it. I explained all the finer details to Devon, who was apparently more proficient in learning new skills. And sure enough by sundown…
> Skillset: … Gravity Manipulation (Complexity - A) ; Nullify (Complexity - A) ; 3-D Space Manipulation (Complexity - A) …
He used 3-D Space Manipulation magic to create an invisible bubble, within which, he can freely perform environment manipulation without affecting the area outside. Then he used Nullify magic to remove properties like air resistance and pressure within the bubble, creating a perfect vacuum. Finally, he used Gravity Manipulation magic to negate the gravity within the bubble. Naturally, it would have taken us 12 hours to reach the other side of the planet; give or take a few hours to get through obstacles like mountains and trees. However, Devon was also able to control the bubble’s movement in 3D space. Although the speed was slow, we still took advantage of it by increasing our altitude — to avoid running into tall obstacles — and moving in the opposite direction of the earth’s spin. Saving several hours, we finally reached the continent on the other side of the planet.
Now I get to start over without resetting anything. You see, the reason why I wanted to avoid nearby kingdoms and villages was because of the charcoal kingdom incident. News about such a large scale attack will definitely spread around and likely come back to bite my ass later; it was only wise to move as far away as possible. Although my companions had lost their social power there, they were still godlike beings. So, rebuilding social standing in our new civilized destination shouldn’t be difficult.
There was a huge kingdom to the east of the continent where we landed. Unnecessary detail, but on our way there, we robbed a traveling merchant... anyway, moving on. We arrived at the kingdom’s entrance gates on our newly ‘acquired’ carriage. We had all the paperwork required for a merchant to enter the kingdom handy, so we passed through the gates with ease.
If the huge border walls surrounding the kingdom was any evidence, it was that this kingdom was filthy rich. Upon passing the gates, that only became more evident. Obviously I didn’t have anything to compare it to since the last kingdom I visited ended up the way it did before I could sightsee anything. But my companions confirmed that what the charcoal kingdom used to be was nothing compared to this.
But even when all the houses and shops I saw seemed tall and well-built and connected by stone roads, there were three establishments in the kingdom that stood out significantly. The royal palace, the temple, and the academy.
You can probably guess which one of them I was interested in. The Temple? I’ve already met God in person, so no. The Royal Palace? I had no interest in meeting humans in fancy clothes, acting high and mighty, so also no. My eyes were set on the academy — the place where people learned to control and use magic. Because, the number one priority for me currently was to get my power under control to an extent where I won’t cause another charcoal kingdom incident.
My initial worry was about the academy having a scheduled entrance exam, which could be months away. But we investigated and found out that there was an immediate way to get into the academy, albeit it would only be a temporary visit.
You see, the academy was strictly the only place in the entire kingdom with a licensed library. So, every book you would need to learn magic could be found in there. It would surely be unfair if only the academy students and staff had access to it, which is why they had a system where outsiders can pay to spend time in the library. You may think that I'm overexplaining this, because what I described is exactly how a regular library functions. But there's an attribute to the academy's library that sets it apart.
Aside from paying money to enter the library, the staff also tested the entree's mana capacity. The only reason for this is to scout out talented individuals. An efficient society should always have means to identify their high-potential human resources, and this kingdom has it. Naturally, I had a plan to exploit this.
The three of us went further into the kingdom. On our way to the academy, we stopped at a local boutique. We were still wearing the clothes made out of animal skin, which didn’t exactly help us fit in with the locals. So, we bought ourselves some new sets of noble clothes and continued to the academy, where Edith and I parted ways with Devon. I told Devon to head into the city and find an inn for us to stay. "Also, if you can, try to find a business opportunity that will help us settle here. It will be better to prepare in advance."
"As you wish, master Zenith." He handed us a pouch of gold coins — pocket money basically — and left riding the carriage.
I already explained my plan to Edith before we entered the huge building. The main hall was just ridiculously spacious. Unless giants thrice as tall as humans resided in this kingdom, there was no reason for the hall to be as big as it was. Anyway, we went to the reception area and requested access to the library. We paid two gold coins each, and as expected, they measured our mana capacity.
I was up first. To test the mana capacity, I assumed they would use some random object enchanted with analyzing properties. But I was surprised when they pulled out a non-magical tool, fully engineered from scratch. It was a bulky box with a scale and some indicator lights on it, and extending from it was a cable with a wristband attached. The examiner put the wristband on me and pushed a button on the device.
Thanks to the device being mechanical, I understood how it worked and by extension, figured out where mana is stored in the human body. Mana is apparently part of the human nervous system, and the mana capacity is calculated by the mana density. And that's what the device did. It roughly estimated the mana density in my nerves — on my wrist — and performed a simple calculation to output the mana capacity. Or at least it tried to.
The result was as expected. "It would appear, you are mana-impaired," the examiner announced with a scorn look. There was obviously no mana in my body, which I knew. But with my companion, it was an entirely different story.
The examiner was shocked, but not in a bad way. The device didn't exactly output the capacity like my passive skill does, rather it simply indicated it on a scale. The light that glowed for my companion was on the far right of the scale, indicating the highest estimable mana capacity. I safely assumed that that estimate was 15000 or higher, meaning a person with the capacity of 15000 and 5.7 million will be indicated by the same light. I could only imagine their reaction if they knew her mana capacity was actually in the millions.
Anyway, the examiner sent a message to the main office of the academy and respectfully asked Edith to wait in the hall. "You can go ahead into the library," she turned to me and said. But I insisted on waiting with Edith.
Soon enough, two men who I presumed were professors came from within the academy. One was an old man with a long white beard while the other one was a young black haired man with a pair of round spectacles. I hope you didn't picture Dumbledore and Harry Potter based off of that description, because they look nothing alike.
My eyes immediately scanned them and interpreted their capacity. The old man's status was nothing unexpected.
> Level: 115
> Mana Capacity: 7000
> Mana Control: A+
> Skillset: Wind magic (Complexity - A) ; Assessment (Complexity - A) ; Puppeteering (Complexity - A)
> Character Trait: Conceited
> State of Mind: Eager
However, the bespectacled man was different. I was perplexed by what I perceived.
"Miss Edith," the old man interrupted my thoughts. "I am professor Feiling. The academy has recognized you as an exceptionally talented individual. Hence, we request you to enroll. Of course no fee needs to be paid for the enrollment or the entrance exam, which will be held in a month's time. Additionally, I am willing to tutor you for the exams at your convenience. Rest assured, with your cooperation and my guidance, you will join the academy and achieve wonders."
A very self-centered speech, fitting his character trait. Anyway, things were going as planned. Edith firmly responded in agreement. "But I have one condition. I will only enroll if my master gets free lifetime access to the library."
For the foreseeable future, I figured I would be spending a lot of time in the library. So, why not get free access instead of spending a fortune on it? The old man scowled at me in response and said, "Isn't he mana-impaired? What could be possible hope to achieve?"
And here I was, thinking they would accept the deal without a second thought. "Then I will not be enrolling," Edith retorted.
"Miss Edith, I never refused the deal. It is completely acceptable for your companion to receive a lifetime pass," he then nodded at the receptionist, who immediately got started with the paperwork. But he wasn't finished talking. He stepped towards me, "Listen kid, the academy values talent. Which means, magic values talent. Whatever you hope to accomplish by learning magic is not going to work as long as you have no talent. Even if you manage to accomplish it, you won't have deserved it." The corner of his eyes met the bespectacled professor behind him as he ended that sentence.
Sheesh, what's his problem? Nevertheless, I got lifetime free access to the academy's library. There was no time to waste. We entered the colossal library filled with tens of thousands of books. Feiling escorted Edith away to start the tutoring session. Honestly, I could only laugh at the thought of a self-centered old man with A rank mana control tutoring an immortal with S+ rank mana control. But those thoughts didn't linger as I explored the bookshelves alone… at least I was supposed to be alone.
"What do you want?" I asked the bespectacled professor, stalking me in plain sight.
"Apologies for the late introduction. I am professor Martin." I don't remember asking him his name, but whatever. He continued, "I followed you out of intrigue. I didn't think there would be another mana-impaired individual willing to learn magic."
A few things cleared up after he said that. Back when I tried to assess his status, my passive skill did not work on him. I understood why — the passive skill only assessed those with mana in their body. This guy was actually mana-impaired. It also explained Feiling's disapproving look towards him earlier; that old man is definitely opinionated against people with lack of talent.
It wouldn’t be surprising if he was discriminated against by all other professors and students in the academy as well. But despite that, he still continued to be a professor, which also begs the question, how he became one in the first place. I naturally didn’t care about the discrimination against people with lack of talent. Because for one, I’m not really mana-impaired. And two, achieving social equality in the kingdom was not in my to-do list.
What I did find interesting was, “By any chance, are you the one who developed that device to estimate mana capacity?” I asked him.
He was a little surprised that that was my first question to him. “Very intuitive. I am indeed the one who built it.”
I knew it! Martin was probably the only one in the kingdom who studied magic in the context of science. He could be of great help in gaining control over my powers, and so, I came up with an idea. “Can you help me with something?” I got his attention. “I want to learn the fundamentals. Everything from how the human body stores, consumes, and replenishes mana to how the internal organs work together with it.”
Anyone can tell that Martin was a passionate teacher, and me asking that question made him very glad. He helped me pick a bunch of books related to the topic, which was limited since people normally don’t associate magic with science; they associate it with religion instead. The contents of those books definitely helped a bit, but Martin’s explanation and insight was the main reason I got to be able to grasp how the human body is designed with mana incorporated in them.
Honestly, I could have learnt about this from the Omnipotent, but I didn’t because I never thought I would need it. With that being said, how am I going to use this knowledge? I began preparing a program in my head, thorough as it can be, to completely convert my biology to that of the humans here.
It wasn’t really a time consuming process, so I figured I could complete it while I was in the library. The most important thing I had to make sure was not for the conversion to work, rather to prevent energy from leaking from my body in the process. For that, I included several safety measures into the program, which ended up being more complex than the conversion process itself.
4 whole hours later, I initiated the process which I called ‘Biocontrol’ and closed my eyes to concentrate. I was sitting alone in a part of the library where foot traffic was low, and Martin was also away for the time being, so I wasn’t interrupted for the entire duration of 25 minutes. I didn’t really need to be so focused during the process because it was the virus that was executing the program. However, I was concentrating to manually make sure no energy leaked from my body. Turns out the safety measures worked perfectly and I didn’t have to.
Finally done. My biology was now the same as that of the natives on this planet, filled with mana provided by the virus. I brought my hand in front of my face, and as expected, the passive skill activated.
> Level: INFINITE
> Mana Capacity: INFINITE
> Mana Control: NEGATIVE
> Skillset: Analysis (Complexity - S) ; Biocontrol (Complexity - S)
> Character Trait: Logical, Malevolent
> State of Mind: Pleased, Excited
Seeing my own capacity analyzed for the first time felt great. Also, upon learning about human biology and how mana worked, I learned the true meanings of what my brain interpreted as level, mana capacity, mana control, and skillset.
Level: The quality of mana. This is the most important attribute to measure an individual’s strength, because it determines how efficiently a person can use their mana. For example, if two people who can use fire magic — of the same complexity — attack a target by consuming the same amount of mana, the person with the higher level will do more damage to their target. This attribute can be improved by training.
Mana Capacity: The amount of mana inside the individual’s body. The reason why this attribute is used to determine a person’s talent is because mana capacity cannot be improved by any means. Rather, it will fully develop by the age of 13 and will remain the same throughout the individual's lifetime.
Mana Control: The extent to which the user can control their mana. The formula to calculate mana control is too complicated to explain, so just know that it depends on both level and mana capacity. In other words, the higher the level and/or mana capacity, the more difficult it is to improve mana control. This attribute can be improved by training of course.
Skillset: The different types of skills that require mana consumption. This is pretty straightforward, but there are a couple of interesting points to note. One, any skill that doesn’t require mana will not be listed. So, if you’re naturally good at mental arithmetic, there won’t be a skill called ‘Calculation’ listed in your status. Two, it will only include magic that has been performed by the individual. So for example, even if you have the knowledge of how fire magic works, it won’t be shown in the skillset unless you use it at least once. And three, the same skill can have varying complexity. For example, Fire Magic (Complexity - B) and Fire Magic (Complexity - A). Generally, a higher complexity means better efficiency in regards to mana consumption.
Seeing my own capacity — determined by my passive skill which was interpreted as ‘Analysis’ — I realized the limits of this skill. Firstly, regarding my level, mana capacity, and mana control. The meaning of ‘INFINITE’ was straightforward: there’s no determinable limit. My level and mana capacity, both of which was being sourced from the virus, was naturally unlimited. The meaning of ‘NEGATIVE’ was a bit tricky. It’s like the result you get from dividing a number by 0, in other words, incalculable. Since both my level and mana capacity was unlimited, the mana control which is calculated based on those two factors returned an undeterminable value. This was a problem, because it meant that unless I can fully control my powers, my mana control will always be ‘NEGATIVE’ which meant that I won’t be able to use any magic skills that require even the slightest control over mana. However, I already had a plan to solve this, which we will get to later.
Setting all that aside, the most confusing part of my status was my character trait. Malevolent? I tried very hard to remember what evil deed I had committed to get that trait… nothing came to mind. Anyway, this was my first big success after arriving on this planet. I felt like celebrating, so I looked for Edith. I knew she wouldn’t have left my area, and as expected, she was sitting alone in a desk, zoning off with an open book in front of her.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, Edith.”
Alerted with a smile, she closed the book and stood up to greet me. “Master Zenith, you need not apologize to me.”
With almost an entire day spent in the library, I was ready to leave and meet up with Devon. But the book she was reading caught my attention. It was a skill book titled ‘Prodigy’ and I was intrigued. As immortals, neither me nor Edith required sleep, so I figured if I can find a few rare and useful skills while we were at the library, it would be useful in the long run or in a near time of need. Because, even though I had an abundance of scientific knowledge, reading about an already existing idea is faster than coming up with my own.
So, we spent the night at the library. You would think that browsing through the largest library in the kingdom, full of skill books, for an entire night would have led me to find a conveniently overpowered skill that requires minimum mana control. I thought so too… it ended up being a complete waste of time.
I could swear that the few books that Martin picked for me were the only decent books in the entire library. Everything else was just religious propaganda. The ‘Prodigy’ book that Edith held, for example, was a 150 page book with two randomly located paragraphs explaining the functionality of the skill, which was basically just a way to boost your memory power slightly. The rest of the book was filled with prayers and praises to the ‘one true God’. The other skill books in the library were no different.
Moreover, they all had the image of God in the first page, and all I can say is that if these people were to ever meet the Omnipotent in person, they’re in for a big disappointment. Their interpretation of him was that of a being with 10 arms, harnessing all the various powers of the universe. In actuality, had two arms, and he wore a T-shirt and a pair of sweatpants. He shared no similarities with their mutated monstrosity.
That morning, Martin showed up at the library. He was surprised that we stayed up all night, and based on my expression, he assumed that I was tired. “I think this is an unhealthy level of passion for learning magic.” he said.
“I appreciate your concern, Martin, but I’m not tired,” I responded. I was deeply annoyed by the fact that I acquired a lifetime pass to this library and I had already exhausted what I could gain from it. “We will be taking our leave then.”
“One minute,” he stopped us, me specifically. “Have you visited the temple by any chance?”
“No.” I already had my fill of religious propaganda from this library.
What Martin then told me was surprisingly useful information. “I think you’ve already roughly understood the deep connection between magic and religious practices in this kingdom. The truth is it used to be so much more extreme fifteen years ago before the current king came into power. People with lack of talent in magic were at best forced to leave the kingdom, or at worst burned alive. The reason I’m telling you this is because those religious extremists still linger within the kingdom away from notice, and they are extremely powerful. I have reasons to believe a group of them are within this academy. The only reason why they haven’t come out to overthrow the kingdom is probably because they haven’t accumulated enough strength to face the king. My advice for you and your companion is to not join this academy. You being mana-impaired will likely be killed by them, while your exceptional companion will be targeted into joining them.”
I fully heeded his warning, but for some reason, it sounded more like a cry for help. Based on what he said, Martin being mana-impaired himself, should also be a target to these so-called extremists. Unfortunately, I had no interest in going out of my way to save him. It was easy to tell that these extremists are really problematic people, and I should do everything I can to avoid coming into contact with them. I even decided that I would never set foot into the academy again no matter the opportunities I should pass.
“I will consider it,” I simply replied and left the academy with Edith. I originally planned to let Edith go through with the enrollment in order to build a good social status. But it’s not happening anymore, not at the risk of involving myself with religious nutjobs. She of course had no complaint to this change in plans. Rather, she was probably annoyed with all the tutoring she had to go through when she was already the strongest she could be.
…
We reached the city and were headed to the inn which Devon mentioned to Edith via his transmission magic. I have to say, I was feeling grateful for my companions. Given how helpful they were being, I felt like I should reward them occasionally even though it's unneeded because they are programmed to obey me unconditionally.
We reached the huge inn that was overflowing with customers, and opened the door to our luxury suite on the top floor. “Master Zenith!” Devon reacted by tearing up and kneeling down. It almost surprised me to the point where I could have caused another disaster. “I have missed you.”
I wanted to scold him for doing so, but he was still a companion I was grateful for and I didn’t want to do anything that would upset him. Moreover, I should have expected that kind of reaction from him based on his character trait; an emotional person. “You may stand, Devon.”
I looked around the colossal room I was standing in the midst of. I could tell that it cost more than what we could have afforded, which only meant one thing. Devon had successfully established a business with big income. Before I could ask him about it, I noticed a pile of identical books on top of a study table. Recalling one of Devon’s skillset was penmanship, I wondered if he had written a novel that broke all sales records.
But it has only been one day, and for him to be able to write, print, publish, and distribute a book within such a short span told me that the book was very close to his heart that he could write it in mere hours. I got a bad feeling about it.
Knock knock!
Edith opened the door to reveal the middle-aged innkeeper, holding a tray of freshly cooked meals. She behaved very respectfully until her eyes met me. “O’ high and mighty Zenith!” She cried as she kneeled down and worshiped me.
I must point out that I had not met that woman before, I don’t even recall seeing her when I entered the inn. So, how does she know my name and how did she recognize me?
> Level: 13
> Mana Capacity: 600
> Mana Control: E
> Skillset: Cleanliness (Complexity - C) ; Organization (Complexity - D+) ; Calculation (Complexity - D)
> Character Trait: Religious
> State of Mind: Devoted, Admiring
The bad feeling got worse as I approached the pile of books, grabbed a copy, and glanced at its contents. ‘Lord and savior, Zenith’. Just as I had feared, Devon, my companion whom I was grateful for a second ago, had established a new religion around me. My intentions to avoid facing the religious people in this kingdom had been completely screwed over.
It was only two days ago, I had the misfortune of meeting a crazy person and burnt a kingdom to the ground. And now two days later, I was foreseeing all the crazy people in this kingdom coming after me.
What’s a peaceful life like? At this rate, I couldn't imagine ever getting to know.

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>HCMC Announces Publishing of an Independent Report Regarding the Use of Arecoline as a Possible Preventative for Covid19. HCMC Owns U.S. Patent Covering Processes and Methods of Manufacture of Arecoline! https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/04/03/2011503/0/en/HCMC-Announces-Publishing-of-an-Independent-Report-Regarding-the-Use-of-Arecoline-as-a-Possible-Preventative-for-Covid19-HCMC-Owns-U-S-Patent-Covering-Processes-and-Methods-of-Manu.html

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>HCMC Loaned VPR Brands ( OTC:VPRB ) $500,000!

This is from the recent SEC filing of the OTC stock VPRB! On September 6, 2018, the Company issued the Amended and Restated Secured Promissory Note in the principal amount of $582,260 (the “A&R Note”). The principal amount of the A&R Note represents (i) $500,000 which Healthier Choices Management Corp. (HCMC) loaned to the Company on September 6, 2018, and (ii) $82,260, which represents the aggregate amount owed by the Company under the Original Notes as of September 6, 2018. The A&R Note, which has a maturity date of September 6, 2021, had the effect of amending and restating the Note and bears interest at the rate of 7% per annum. Pursuant to the terms of the A&R Note, the Company agreed to pay HCMC 155 weekly payments of $4,141, commencing on September 14, 2018 and #ENDING on September 14, 2021, and a balloon payment for all remaining accrued interest and principal in the 156th week. The Company at its option has the right, by giving 15 business days’ advance notice to HCMC, to prepay a portion or all amounts outstanding under the A&R Note without penalty or premium. The balance of the note as of September 30, 2020 was $314,247.

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>BIG Lawsuit against $PM for patent infringements, and patent 170 The Q-Cup is part of it. [www.TheQCup.com]

$PM has untill the Feb26th to submit their answer. Been researching/ alerting this since Nov.30th & theirs rumors the answer is a settlement!

>Lawyers representing HCMC have been awarded as the #1 lawfirm of the year amongst dozens of other awards. You think they would take on PM A big Pharma company & risk their reputation if they had even the slightest chance of losing? No they wouldn't. [www.cozen.com]

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>Millions in annual revenue from 13Vape stores, 3 Paradise Health & Nutrition stores, 3 Adas Fresh Market, online Vape & CBD retailers, online health & nutrition retailers, and much much more!

Website retailers/ entity's subsidiaries all owned by HCMC:
[www.vaporin.com]
[www.TheQCup.com]
[www.adasmarket.com]
[www.healthiercmc.com]
[www.TheVapeStoreInc.com]
[www.HealthyUWholesale.com]
www.SmokeAnywhere.com
https://twitter.com/BizWrld/status/1356554285656334337?s=19

[www.TheVitaminStore.com] this site has many Health & Nutrition products listed on Amazon!

HCMC owns dozens of brands, 1 is Garden of Life that are rated #1 best sellers w/ 20k+ 4.75/5 star reviews! Look it up!
-https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007S6Y6VS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_03KESEA9XAJAR1RYW3TS?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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>In the lawsuite their is 2 defendants named; Philip Morris USA & Philip Morris International! So technically it'll be a 2 for 1 win! Double the judgement too if look at it that way.

>Jan. 29th update to lawsuite:Judge approved PM request for a extension to submit their answer saying by February 26th now:" So that both defendants can submit their answer at the same time"Court also said no jury trials untill April now. HCMC said in their initial motion that they demand there be a jury trial for settling judgements. So PM better offer a big enough settlement to avoid that.

-Rumors going around about the April deadline date. That is when jury trials can resume. Because courts have suspended all Jury Trials due to COVID-19 until April 18th. People been getting confused and people spreading false information on purpose. So as of right now the only date on the case is the February 28th due date of Philip Morris's answer.

Once that is submitted, wether it be a settlement or accepting what they have done or deny the motion against them of infringing on HCMC's patents, than they will schedule the next court date.
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>All press releases from Globe Newswire: https://www.globenewswire.com/Search?organization=Healthier%20Choices%20Management%20Corp

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THINK ABOUT AFTER HCMC WINS THE LAWSUITE AGAINST PM.

THEY'LL ASK HCMC TO LICENSE OUT THE PATENTS THEY HAVE INFRINGED ON! THEIR IQOS PRODUCT HAS 14MILLION + USERS, SO I DOUB'T THEY WOULD WANT TO ABANDON THAT REVENUE STREAM! THEY HAVE DOZENS OF ACTIVE TRADEMARKS FOR THE IQOS PRODUCT, AND PAYING HCMC TO USE IT IS THEIR BEST CHOICE! YOU THINK HCMC GOING TO GIVE THEM A DEAL, LOL HECK NO. THE MONEY FROM THIS LAWSUITE IS GOING TO MAKE IT THE BIGGEST LAWSUITE IN THE #OTC ! AND I BEEN TRADING SINCE I WAS 15, AND IN 16YRS NEVER SEEN A STOCK SO CHEAP, PINK CURRENT+PENNYSTOCK EXEMPT, 60+ PATENTS AND ALREADY LICENSES OUT MANY OF THEM! I BET LOTS OF #VAPE PRODUCTS IN THE MARKET ARE FROM COMPANYS PAYING LICENSING RIGHTS FROM $HCMC!!!
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PLZ SHARE & UPVOTE! I HAVE SPENT 100S OF HOURS ON RESEARCH FOR THIS STOCK & CONTINUE TO DO SO. SINCE I STARTED TRADING WHEN I WAS 15, NOW 30, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A GREAT STOCK, WITH A BIG LAWSUITE SO CHEAP!
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>I have full access to court records. As documents are submitted for the case etc, I'll update them here accordingly. STAY TUNED!

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>Investors Hub forum + tons of info for HCMC: https://investorshub.advfn.com/Healthier-Choices-Mgmt-Corp-HCMC-15314/ HCMC Ihub ForumLink

Tons more DD on my Twitter:https://twitter.com/BizWrld?s=09

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CEO owns 39billion shares! Now one share has been sold since 2011!
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HCMC owns Vapor corp. HCMC was actuallactuallyactuallactually formerly Vapor Corp. HCMC owns Vaporin.cVaporin.com too!
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A producproduct of HCMC sold on Amazon. See their Vitamin Store.

Full list of HCMC patents:

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Big Mike talks about HCMC and their patent owned Q-Cup Vape.
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>Cozen is the lawfirm representing HCMC. They also recieved lawfirm of the year awardawards too.](https://preview.redd.it/olgsji5g21f61.jpg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27306f61d4a61e7d6871fbc76ee1e1d448dc276b)

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Additional information from a Ihub post:

THE CALL (READ) $HCMC TO TH MOON! The below posts are all timestamped it is a timeline of older $HCMC DD + my thoughts back in 2020 about $HCMC and what was going to happen before all the hype and media frenzy and hubaloo... O_O and now here we are today.
read if you are interested its long just a warning near the end is a monster DD post i did that was reposted on the wall here that many people read
cheshirechocobo Monday, 12/28/20 11:12:53 AM Re: None 0 Post # 20121 of 30551 IMO people in the inner circle of HCMC know a little more about this than they are letting on but the volume and money is talking. Methinks the HCMC Lawyers are working overtime because if the case was falling through so would the volume... IMO
The big Lawsuit people are talking about is between HCMC vs Phillip Morris for those who are new here and are curious.
I think HCMC is on top of this very much because "intellectual property" is a main part of their platform and if someone else infringed on one of their patents that they conceive / design / develop they are in the position to take action against that.
https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/hcmc-announces-formation-of-intellectual-property-holding-subsidiary-2020-12-14)
(Copied - + more there is even more info in the full article - follow the link to read- )
HOLLYWOOD, FL, Dec. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthier Choices Management Corp. (OTC Pink: HCMC) (“HCMC or the “Company”) announces that it has formed a new wholly owned subsidiary to hold, market and expand on its intellectual property assets. This subsidiary, HCMC Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC, will own all of the patents, trademarks and other intellectual property of HCMC.
HCMC currently owns a portfolio of patents related to both vape technology and also manufacturing processes and procedures for an imitation nicotine product. HCMC’s focus with this new subsidiary is to invest in innovation and encourage further development of core intellectual property.
“The creation of a separate intellectual property holding entity allows us to efficiently market, license and otherwise capitalize on our growing intellectual property portfolio,” said Jeff Holman, CEO of HCMC.
Mr. Holman concluded, “We feel that we can use HCMC Intellectual Property Holdings to further implement our strategic plan and better capture opportunities to monetize both technology that HCMC has already developed over the years, as well as technology that we will continue to develop into the future.”
https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/hcmc-announces-formation-of-intellectual-property-holding-subsidiary-2020-12-14
HCMC is BIG on their patents and intellectual property. If someone steals your intellectual property or develops something you already patented then you can then legally sue them...by doing this you can in theory make more money suing someone for copyright infringement on intellectual property than you can on the infringed product in question At that point you don't even have to develop the initial idea to make money.
AND THEN After the settlement from a victorious case...
You can then use the money from the lawsuit to develop your business / product. lololol (that makes me smile)
IMO as always but this is what I see
thoughts?
(THIS BRACKET IS ME REFLECTING FOR A SEC IN 2021...might as well be a time traveler LOL OK KEEP READING THAT WAS A BRAIN BREAK)
cheshirechocobo Monday, 12/28/20 01:06:15 PM Re: BJ-Trader post# 20122 0 Post # 20138 of 30551 This is what I see
110 000 000 x.0001 = 11,000,000$ (seems like alot) BUT!!!!!
HCMC IS SUING Philip Morris OVER THE IQOS System
The IQOS heated tobacco units have become the third biggest tobacco brand behind Philip Morris' industry leading Marlboro and Imperial Brands' Winston. IQOS now has a 5.5% share of the global tobacco market, even though it hasn't been fully rolled out in a number of the 52 markets it's been introduced into.
Smoking alternatives heat up the market There are now 13.6 million users of the IQOS,(at 100$ per unit making 1 360 000 000 $)
that's 4 million more users than a year ago, and Philip Morris estimates 71% of them (around 10 million people) have stopped smoking and permanently switched to the device.
If Philip Morris are found guilty of patent infringement on every single sale of every single IQOS unit...
They have to cough up a massive chunk if not all of a 5.5 % share in the entire global tobacco market...of planet earth... over to HCMC.
A scenario like that would defiantly cover it...
DD for ya
Healthier Choices Management Corp. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Philip Morris
November 30, 2020 17:00 ET | Source: Healthier Choices Management Corp HOLLYWOOD, FL, Nov. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthier Choices Management Corp announced the filing of its patent infringement lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, Inc. and Philip Morris Products S.A. in connection with their product known and marketed as “IQOS®.” The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court For the Northern District Of Georgia.
HCMC vs Phillip Morris Lawsuit filing https://sec.report/Document/0000844856-20-000047/
The international law firm Cozen O’Connor has been engaged to represent HCMC in this matter.
https://www.cozen.com/
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HCMC’s lawsuit includes claims that Phillip Morris is infringing HCMC’s patent rights in connection with IQOS®, an alternative tobacco product marketed and sold by Phillip Morris. Philip Morris claims that it is currently approaching 14 million users of its IQOS® product and has reportedly invested over $3 billion in their smokeless tobacco products. Philip Morris has been very open about their ongoing transition from traditional fully combustible cigarettes to their modified risk tobacco products, including IQOS®.
https://www.pmi.com/faq-section/faq/what-is-iqos
clearly covered http://www.healthiercmc.com/patents
The Philip Morris IQOS® product is currently the subject of two other patent infringement proceedings filed by RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company. One proceeding is before the International Trade Commission and seeks to stop the importation of the IQOS® product into the United States.
(added)THE INTERNATION TRADE COMMISION / FDA proceeding for the sale and distribution of IQOS system in the united states was in fact just recently approved.
https://www.pmi.com/media-centenews/the-fda-authorizes-the-sale-of-iqos-3-in-the-us
; the other is a patent infringement action currently pending in the Eastern District of Virginia. RJ Reynolds’ patents are unrelated and not affiliated with the patents asserted in the HCMC case.
“We are pleased that after a lengthy and careful analysis, a law firm with the patent litigation reputation and strength of Cozen O’Connor will be enforcing our patent rights,” said Jeff Holman, CEO of HCMC.
Mr. Holman concluded, “We look forward to proving our allegations of infringement in this matter and intend to continue to move forward against any and all companies that infringe upon our intellectual property in both the tobacco and cannabis categories.”
HCMC is in the right here...
FYI an IQOS system costs 100$ 13.6 million users all payed 100$ or 99 euros so 13.6 million users x 100S per unit as of feb 2020 (#'s don't reflect all the new users between feb to now either so the number is larger)
There are now 13.6 million users of the IQOS, 4 million more than a year ago, and Philip Morris estimates 71% of them (around 10 million people) have stopped smoking and permanently switched to the device.
As of Feb 10, 2020
At this point almost a year later they have even more users and now FDA approval for sale running around flag shipping the IQOS System that is in fact actually HCMC's patented intellectual property.
If or when PM ends up on the block and are forced to pay up on those kind of numbers to HCMC. The more greedy they get(and you know they are greedy) the more in the end they owe to HCMC and also the IQOS system that is actually HCMC's intellectual property is now FDA approved for sale in the US. (thanks to PM lol )
cheshirechocobo Wednesday, 12/30/20 10:56:17 PM Re: Badge04 post# 20507 0 Post # 20508 of 30551 MY POINT EXACTLY...If everything clicks for HCMC's legal team and the case goes through they will get rid of the float faster than you can spin your head.
I think they already are even?
If it all goes down in HCMC's favor and this will blow up so monster it will become an OTC legend. If you picked up .0001's on HCMC and held out on this it could change your life.
HCMC can buy out the whole floor after the settlement and if the people involved high up / HCMC's legal team already know how it's going to work out in the end they could be getting an early start not waiting for the courts, to begin enacting their plan and as for .0001's / .0002's they wont even exist afterword's if that is the case they will be a thing of legend as well.
No guarantees but man you could almost make a movie out of the story developing around this, at least a documentary.
At .0001 / .0002 tickets to the show are nothing compared to the ROI potential.
cheshirechocobo Monday, 12/28/20 02:26:15 PM Re: None 0 Post # 20155 of 30551 A theory
HCMC would be smart to keep surprising the price until the court case settles and they then buy up their own shares at .0001 with the money from the settlement.
That scenario would explain why so much volume yet no movement.
If HCMC runs up before the court case ends they can't buy their own shares for .0001 . So they keep it as low as possible and load it until they are ready to buy themselves for .0001 with money from the court settlement funds.
Anyone holding when that happens would just jump up along with the massive big block buys that would follow and HCMC has a massive rocket ride.
That's also how they can own a lot of themselves moving ahead into the future
thoughts?
cheshirechocobo Tuesday, 12/29/20 12:40:55 PM Re: RoidBoi44 post# 20268 0 Post # 20276 of 30551 ok Roidboi ... look...
I don't have a chalk board so I cant draw it out for you but..
HCMC will be able buy out their own bottom floor shares with IQOS Patent lawsuit settlement money.
HCMC sues PM and then all of a sudden HCMC has billions and billions in volume everyday...
I believe HCMC are the ones who will end up with the money to move it and that is why there is so much because its not for us to move its for them to get the lowest price possible on their own shares.
In doing so they will own themselves protecting / controlling their own shares from the bottom. They will then drive the price up as much as possible to give those shares maximum potential value in the future.
This is how an OTC company jumps up on to Nasdaq level.
"The Come up" as it is said.
Phillip Morris is under the gun because they used HCMC's technology (q-cup) in their IQOS vape system.
I suspect they had .0001s reserved for themselves in priority somehow hence the cancelation of everyone's orders on multiple trade platforms even though 0.0001 were reading as available...
This is all IMO but the writing is literally on the wall. The Volume here to me is the dead giveaway Someone's moving the cart along...
Unicorn Potential
END TIMELINE The above posts are all timestamped is a timeline of my thoughts back in 2020 about HCMC and what was going to happen before all the hype and media frenzy and hubaloo... O_O and now here we are today
I'll let you decide if you think I called this one ;) <3 I'm not even going to claim it...
This was the big post I mentioned about reposting and as a reward if you make it through all of this I will be reposting New DD and theory
This was the post that I believe opened some eyes. as follows
HCMC Q-Cup Tech Patent = Phillip Morris IQOS System Flagship next gen vape product being heavily pushed and marketed over 16 million + units already sold globally as of 2020 (the year isn't even over)
So HCMC owns the patent for the technology being used and sold in Phillip Morris's "IQOS" - E cigarette technology
The accused action is illegal
The IQOS system is a major money maker for Phillip Morris having sold 16.4 million units globally as of now.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/will-rrps-growth-keep-driving-philip-morris-pm-in-2021-2020-12-28
^Copied from above link (more in article)^
Tobacco companies have long been struggling with declining cigarette sales, thanks to consumers’ rising health consciousness as well as strict marketing and manufacturing policies imposed by regulatory authorities. Amid such a scenario, industry players like Philip Morris International Inc. PM are managing to stay afloat on the back of growth in low-risk tobacco alternatives. Additionally, gains from effective pricing strategies have been an upside. Let’s take a closer look.
RRPs Are a Key Growth Catalyst Philip Morris is committed toward developing a smoke-free future by expanding offerings in the reduced-risk products (RRPs) category. These products, owing to their beneficial claims, are largely being accepted by individuals trying to quit or reduce cigarette consumption. Philip Morris is one of the industry pioneers in driving the shift from cigarettes to RRPs. The company’s IQOS is one of the leading RRPs in the industry. IQOS was launched in the United States in 2019, through a commercial deal with Altria Group, Inc. MO that was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). We note that IQOS is currently the only heat-not-burn product in the U.S. market, which has been approved by the FDA.
Since the onset of the pandemic, the switch from smoking cigarettes to RRPs has been trending positively. Total users of IQOS at the end of third-quarter 2020 were estimated to be about 16.4 million globally. (So 16.4 million units x 100$ per unit = 1640000000$)
In the said quarter, revenues in the RRPs category increased 28.6% and formed a little more than 23% of the company’s top line.
The company expects consistent growth in the heated tobacco category, and therefore has been committed toward expanding these products. Earlier this month, the company’s IQOS 3 received authorization from the FDA for sale in the United States. The new device incorporates a number of technological improvements like enhanced battery life and quicker recharge. In prior efforts, the company started commercializing IQOS VEEV, which is its new product in the vapor category. The company also announced a partnership with South Korea’s KT&G earlier this year to commercialize the latter’s smoke-free products outside the country.
Clearly, such efforts are likely to keep bolstering Philip Morris’ revenues from the RRPs space. Markedly, the company is on track to achieve its 2021 goal of > 90-100 billion < (WOW) shipments of heated tobacco units. (end copy)
So...
HCMC is suing Philip Morris because HCMC developed the patent ("Q-Cup") that is the same technology being used in the IQOS system now being pushed heavily by Phillip Morris and was approved back in 2018.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/healthier-choices-management-corp-issued-three-u-s-patents-in-relation-to-its-q-cup-technology-1027675756
http://www.healthiercmc.com/news/2018/9/24/hcmc-announces-us-patent-for-its-q-cup-technology-will-be-granted-in-60-90-days
http://www.healthiercmc.com/patents https://theqcup.com/pages/patents
So for those who don’t know yet. Healthier Choice Management Corp (HCMC) are suing Philip Morris for copyright infringement on their (HCMC's) patent regarding (Phillip Morris's) IQOS - E cigarettes (now being sold like hotcakes by Phillip Morris.)
According to Phillip Morris they haven’t denied this fact by revealing they invested over 3 billion so far into marketing these new E-Cigarette products including the contested IQOS.
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/11/30/2136949/0/en/Healthier-Choices-Management-Corp-Files-Patent-Infringement-Lawsuit-Against-Philip-Morris.html
HCMC hired the law firm COZEN to pursue these claims. I have attached some links below for further research into the future value of E-cigarettes.
https://www.cozen.com/
If Philip Morris is found guilty and liable of patent infringement it means they illegally sold 16.4 million units of the IQOS system. + the 2021 goal of 100 billion units and any other profits linked to IQOS related profits would be forfeit and owed to HCMC in some form.
That is just mind blowing
Philip Morris is moving forward with their marketing campaign despite the lawsuit even receiving FDA approval for large scale sales of the IQOS system in the United States despite the HCMC lawsuit. If Phillip Morris are found guilty the more profit they make on the IQOS system in the end just digs Phillip Morris a deeper hole as a climbing pay back price tag.
https://www.pmi.com/media-centenews/the-fda-authorizes-the-sale-of-iqos-3-in-the-us
$HCMC = 0.0001$ = David PM =$82+ = Goliath
LOOK AT THE VALUE $_$
David The Shepherd had to defeat the Philistine's and Goliath before becoming David, King of Israel.
All my posts here are pre 2021 and now look what has happened now that we are here
Source of " Additional info from Ihub"

Feb/9/2021: (1) Hemp legalization: what to expect? (2) Armenian drone uses AI to detect target (3) You can ship meds (4) Shipping $ down (5) Tuition subsidy (6) POWs return (7) Azeri opposition & Aliyev's sister complain (8) Rumors & rebuttals (9) Trade unblock (10) Healthcare Min. about vaccines...

Your 15-minute Tuesday report in 3836 words.

re: Armenia will grow "industrial weed" / possible CBD $$$ / industry details

Unless you have been sleeping in a camel's ear, you probably know by now that the government plans to legalize hemp farms on an industrial scale. It is not the marijuana that makes you high. The legalization is meant to bring revenues and encourage the cultivation of lands that are currently gone unused (around half of the arable lands).
Interview with Garegin Miskaryan, an enterpreneuer and the co-founder of political party "Citizen's Decision" (QO).
Question: what is technical hemp and what's your opinion about the govt's decision to legalize it?
So far we only know that it will be legalized. The process of issuing and revoking a license is important. We need to know how the sale of seeds will be done. Overall, I welcome the decision. Approximately 250,000 hectares of land are currently unused.
Growing hemp is beneficial for the soil and is a low-maintenance plant. It can withstand cold and hail. It needs 4x less water than other plants in Armenia. It doesn't need water in altitudes above 1,500m.
It was banned after the 1961 UN convention about narcotics (thanks, boomers). But today everyone talks about it and how it was the oil industry that was behind the ban (sorry boomers, thanks Exxon). Why did they lobby for the ban? Because hemp began substituting the oil-based products. Hemp was competing against oil. A global lobbying campaign was launched against hemp.
This is unrelated to marijuana, although the two are from the same [family]. Hemp has 113 unique types, with some having psychoactive substances while others having none. The industrial hemp has none.
Question: what are some uses for hemp?
To produce things that are currently produced by oil, wood, and cotton. Fuel, bio-plastics, wood, paper, clothes, shoes. Around 50,000 types of products.
Question: there are concerns that marijuana can be secretly grown disguised as industrial hemp.
In areas where industrial hemp is grown, marijuana cannot grow because the hemp flower pollination will "convert" marijuana into hemp. Anti-narcotics teams around the world use this technique to fight against marijuana; they conduct artificial pollination of the region with the use of hemp's flower.
Question: are the investors interested in growing hemp?
We only recently learned that industrial hemp contains CBD which can have a very positive effect on the human body. Israel and the US are currently studying it. A complex tech is used to extract it. Only the technical hemp can provide this. 1 Liter costs $6,000, so you could earn 10s or 100s of thousands of dollars per hectare of land (big if true). It's not an easy task, however. It needs to be placed on the market for cosmetology or pharmacy purposes, as it's done in Israel.
To earn a big revenue, we need the technology to process it. There are hundreds of types of hemp that provide oil, strings, hard string, soft string, etc. Depending on which one is allowed under the law, it can interest investors.
China is producing its army uniforms with technical hemp and cotton at a 40/60 ratio. The string from hemp does not rot, does not make you sweaty, and is immune to moth damage.
Question: what production examples are there in the world?
Donald Trump signed a decree in 2018 to allow the production of industrial hemp across the United States (yuge if true). A big boom is being anticipated. Australia, New Zealand, and many European states allow hemp. Armenia should grow the hemp in abandoned lands instead of replacing food production with it.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/205983

Parliament votes to approve a Cassations Court president

Judge Lilith Tadevosyan was nominated by her fellow judges from the Supreme Court. She went through a grilling Q&A to answer questions about her past before the secret-ballot vote. She was approved with a near-unanimous 102-1 vote.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042794.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042815.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042880.html , https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/206226

court allows Kocharyan to manage confiscated property

But he cannot sell them. He and the co-defendants are going through the March 1st trial. Additionally, he is facing large-scale bribery charges. His known assets were frozen in 2018.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042844.html

big opposition rally on February 20th

The opposition recently rejected Pashinyan's offer to hold new elections ASAP. Instead, the opposition wants their candidate to become the Prime Minister, for now.
In response, the ruling party said "Aight, then. If you don't want it then we don't want it, either. There won't be snap elections."
In response, the former regime said "the cowardly government is afraid of Kocharyan winning elections". They will hold a big rally on February 20th. The demand is the same: Pashinyan's resignation.
Various NGOs still want to see snap elections and criticized both the government and the opposition parties.
Ruling QP MP Alen Simonyan offered the former regime to publicly agree to snap elections and to withdraw Vazgen Manukyan's candidacy (he wants to become PM without elections, via a Parliament vote). "The opposition has low ratings. That's why they rejected the offer for snap elections," said Simonyan.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042836.html , https://factor.am/336537.html , https://youtu.be/9tfx_1HFWCc , https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/206223

bill to raise army contractor age limit and reduce emigration

LHK drafted a bill to raise the age limit to allow citizens up to the age of 63 to serve in the army as contractors. The idea is that when the contractor reaches the current low age limit, they often cannot find another job so they have to emigrate. With the new rules, the authors hope to preserve the experienced soldiers and to reduce emigration.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042821.html

re: soldiers' families receive university tuition subsidy

Education Ministry paid ֏305M to subsidize a smester's tuition for 1303 students who are family members of war participants.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042869.html

5 more POWs return home

A jet brought 5 more Armenian POWs from Azerbaijan, announced the Deputy PM Avinyan. It was a result of mediation by Russia.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042898.html
BHK MP Zohrabyan says the families of several missing soldiers made a trip all the way to Iran after believing fake news which claimed that Armenian soldiers had crossed the border and were located in Iran.
https://www.panarmenian.net/arm/news/290141/

rumors and rebuttals: Lyovik Aronyan's supercomputer fetish

The media wrote that Armenian chess champion Levon Aronyan plans to move to the United States and live there with his American(?) wife, and he will no longer represent Armenia.
Former-regime allied Telegram outlet Mediaport, which mostly circulates misinformation, found a way to spin this story against Pashinyan, too. It claimed that Aronyan is leaving because Pashinyan broke his promise of buying a supercomputer for his chess matches.
The rumor was denied by Aronyan's girlfriend. "Wow, even without a supercomputer Aronyan continues to score victories in Opera Euro Rapid tournament. Do you even hear yourselves? What computer? It's unfortunate that some people beray the devotees of their nation based on misinformation," she wrote.
The supercomputer rumor was likely built around a server story; there is one owned by the chess federation, which Aronyan had access to until 2020.
As for the earlier reports of Aronyan's possible departure to the US, Aronyan has not commented yet. Her mother criticized media outlets for calling him a traitor base on the rumors that he wants to move to the US. "The media never mentions his victories and the charity work. Only the negative stuff," she said.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/206122 , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042845.html

Levon Aronyan advances to quarter finals

Opera Euro Rapid tournament. He has 8.5 out of 15 points. Currently 4th place.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042772.html

rumors & rebuttals: Yerevan mayor has resigned for the 1,000th time

I wasn't kidding when I wrote earlier that Yerevan mayor Marutyan has been "resigned" by the media once a month. Today a BHK city councilman asked Marutyan to comment on the latest media rumors about his alleged resignation.
"I don't plan to resign. I don't plan to become an ambassador to Czechia. Before Czechia, I was supposed to be the US ambassador. I was almost ready to become the ambassador to Japan," responded the drag queen Mayor sarcastically.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042892.html

rumors & rebuttals: Nikol took $211M in bribes to sell Artsakh / non-existent "migrant remittancies"

After criticizing Pashinyan for not giving away Artsakh on the 3rd day of the war, the former regime changed the rhetoric and now accuses him of giving away the lands in exchange for a bribe.
The latest claim is that $211M was transferred from Azerbaijan to Armenia in 2018 (Pashinyan time), but only $7M in 2017 (Serj time). This was used to show that "Pashinyan sold the lands." A fact-checker contacted the Central Bank to learn details about those numbers.
The Central Bank said: there were no bank transfers between Armenian and Azeri subjects. The World Bank routinely publishes financial transfer numbers that aren't based on hard facts, but rather assumptions made by analysts, who come up with such numbers by taking into account the number of migrants and financial details relating to them.
According to that report, there are 87,000 migrants who went from Azerbaijan to Armenia, and 146,000 migrants who went from Armenia to Azerbaijan. They are the relocated people and not the people who make direct transfers. It is being assumed by World Bank analysts that all these migrants transfer money to their home country. In our case, this is a wrong assumption, because the "migrants" in Armenia and Azerbaijan are IDPs.
https://fip.am/14721

AM-RU-AZ officials meet to discuss regional trade unblocking

As agreed upon on January 11th, a Working Group was created between AM-RU-AZ. Today they met to discuss practical ways to resume transportation between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042787.html

foreign citizens need permission before entering Artsakh

Artsakh implemented new security measures. All foreigners need to contact the Artsakh Foreign Ministry before the arrival. The list of applicants will be shared with Russian peacekeepers at the gates. The peacekeepers do not make approve/deny decisions; they are only informed about the list of authorized people.
Upon the authorization, the applicants will be notified so they can contact the Artsakh consulate in Yerevan to receive their entry permit.
This process usually takes 3-4 days but sometimes longer. Some foreigners have already used the new system to enter. Two of them faced issues because the peacekeepers weren't properly informed that they were on the authorized list. "The system is new, sorry."
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/206160 , https://hetq.am/hy/article/127141

DNA analysis and search operations

Healthcare Minister: we purchased and began using the second DNA device to identify bodies on January 11th. It expedited the process by 2.5x, with 30 daily DNA sequencing. It's being done 24/7. We hope the process will complete soon. There are complicated cases when multiple tests are needed.
https://youtu.be/H1gEF1ng7as?t=913

Azeri Lieutenant Colonel and 4 others explode on a landmine in Talish

An incident happened in the occupied Talish/Mataghis region. Lt.Col Qyamil Duniev and another 4 soldiers sustained heavy wounds.
https://factor.am/336648.html

Azeri soldiers hold a protest and complain about being ignored

A group of Azeri soldiers, who received injuries during the war, held a protest about the "government ignoring them and refusing to provide benefits." Social media shares videos about daily protests in the country. "Those who fought in front lines are ignored, while those who stayed in the rear are rewarded."
Azeri media also writes about the high number of missing soldiers and that their families are kept in the dark.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042864.html

Azeri opposition decries oppression after Aliyev begins collecting "fees" for occupied territories / Product price increase / Aliyev's sister makes an appearance

Some Azeri officials, with corruption ties since the 1990s, only recently found themselves at the crosshairs of the authorities. Some of their mansions will be confiscated and placed for auction. The opposition believes Aliyev is collecting money to renovate the newly captured territories.
Unsurprisingly, some of the targeted officials are connected with Ramiz Mehdiyev, who is Aliyev's chief rival and was targeted well before the war.
Azeri media reports that the former Labor Minister Muslimov was told to pay up $1 billion for years, which would be directed not to state coffers but the so-called "black treasury", and only after it became apparent that he couldn't pay the bribe, he was arrested on January.
https://www.civilnet.am/news/2021/02/08/Ալիևը-«ազատագրված-տարածքների»-համար-փող-է-հայթայթում/418730
Aliyev had earlier criticized oligarchs and the rich for "trying to squeeze into Shushi with their businesses." Activity on the Azeri social media indicates that the authorities are having difficulty with finding the funds necessary for the renovation. People report that they were forced to donate funds to various Reconstruction Foundations.
Aliyev's sister Sevil made a rare "appearance" to make a few comments about a new documentary about his father Heydar Aliyev. The documentary talks about Heydar's "weaknesses", and names current president Ilham Aliyev as one of Heydar's weaknesses because of Ilham's past scandalous and extravagant lifestyle.
The documentary says "Heydar gave Karabakh but saved Azerbaijan, while Ilham took Karabakh but gave Azerbaijan."
The sister Sevil is unhappy that the personality cult is shifting from Heydar to Ilham. Under her social media post, people began commenting "force your brother to resign and people will install a monument dedicated to you."
https://www.lragir.am/2021/02/08/619428/
A regional Azeri opposition leader from the National Front party criticized the Azeri regime. "They promised that we will have a new Azerbaijan after the second Karabakh war. They fully kept their word by raising prices for gasoline, water, medicine, food, and practically everything. Funds for repaying foreign debt rose by 21.6%. All the debt will be paid by the Azeri public."
Aliyev plans to spend $1B to renovate the occupied territories. (what happened to the $5B that he offered to Serj and Nikol?)
https://factor.am/336642.html
Tags: #NewAzerbaijan

Dutch MPs urge the govt to recognize the Armenian Genocide

A group of Netherlands MPs, representing various parties, signed under a resolution to call for the official recognition of the Genocide. They emphasized its importance amid the report by Genocide Watch which found a threat of genocide in Artsakh during the war.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042803.html

oy, you got a loicense for that, m8?

Yerevan municipality received unprecedented 27,000 petitions relating to illegally-built structures. The staff is overloaded, sorry for the delay while processing, said Mayor Marutyan.
The authorities are currently drafting a bill to repeal the existing law that allows the legalization of illegal buildings. At the same time, the MPs want to make the legal registration process faster and cheaper. For decades, people have found bribery easier than filing construction paperwork.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042814.html

Yerevan will rebuild 12 and build 3 new kindergartens

The city received a €5M grant from the EU in Jun-2018 to help with kindergartens. As part of the programs, the city will rebuild 12 and built 3 seismic-proof kindergartens. Another 11 were finished in 2020.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042817.html

COVID stats

2269 tested. 123 infected. 293 healed. 3 deaths. 4221 active.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042790.html

Healthcare Minister: COVID vaccine selection process / double-infections / stats

Question: How was AstraZeneca selected as the primary choice for the initial phase of vaccination of the high-risk population?**
Healthcare Minister Anahit Avanesyan: a new committee was formed, tasked with examining the effectiveness, price, and availability timing of each vaccine. The committee found AstraZeneca as a good candidate.
Question: after the war, there was talk that Armenia will be pressured to buy the Russian Sputnik-V.
Minister: Armenia is free to purchase whichever vaccine it wishes but we are in discussions with all our partners. We think multiple options will be available.
Question: are we expecting another big wave?
Minister: it's hard to predict. Oct-Nov saw a big wave due to war. Thankfully, people saw how quickly the virus was spreading and chose to follow safety measures again. Today it's controllable. We have a testing requirement for foreign arrivals and combined with having control over the internal spread, we can reduce the spread by following mask/sanitizedistance rules.
Question: what % of the population had so far caught COVID?
Minister: 168,000 have tested positive. There is a methodology that shows up to twice as many people could become infected and heal without knowing. We are far away from relaxing and returning to a pre-COVID lifestyle.
Question: any double-infections?
Minister: there are some who caught it in June and were infected again recently. It still needs research to understand how the virus affects the body after double-infection, and how common double-infection can be.
Full: https://www.civilnet.am/news/2021/02/08/Հայաստանն-ազատ-է-ձեռք-բերելու-լավագույն-պատվաստանյութը․-զրույց-առողջապահության-նախարարի-հետ/418698

stats: agriculture & fishing industries

Gross output by agriculture and fishing industry +1.5% YoY, reaching ֏850M ($1.738B).
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042775.html

stats: fuel prices YoY

Gasoline -9.5%. Diesel -20.2%.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042776.html

Investment Support Center

Pashinyan and the Economy Ministry discussed ways to recover the economy after the pandemic and to restore the 2019-level economic boost. The "Investment Support Center" is currently in talks with 60 investors about $1.5B worth of projects. Part of it done.
Pashinyan spoke about the need to build water dams because water will become an issue in the region in the coming years.
They discussed the improvements of standards, the atmosphere for business, and the ongoing GSP trade initiative with EU/USA/Canada/Switzerland that provides customs privileges.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042861.html

re: legal reforms to allow purchase & international shipping of drugs via the post office

The law was laxed 6 months ago to allow the international purchase and import of medication to Armenia. No written permission is necessary. To this date, 1500 residents received parcels with drugs.
It used to be prohibited. You had to carry the items on you while visiting Armenia. "The change was done at the right time when there was pandemic, the roads were closed. People can import items that they cannot find in Armenia."
You can import 5 types of medication 3 times a year. Anything more requires permission from Healthcare Ministry. The parcels go through an x-ray by the customs so don't do anything stupid.
https://youtu.be/WQz_5U5h6wQ , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042798.html

land shipping fees reduce 3x between Armenia and Russia

Armenia and Russia had signed an agreement on Sep/24/2020 to reform the post office transfers. As a result, fees dropped by 3x to-from Moscow area.
1.5x reduction between Armenian and Russian Provinces.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042838.html

update: new bridge will be built between Armenia and Georgia

While increasing the repairs done on the roads that connect to Georgia two years ago, the government had announced that a new bridge Sadakhlo-Bagratashen would be built. Now we have more details.
There will be two bridges 1 meter apart. Combined, they will have a 25m width. There will be five 32-meter segments. They'll have a water removal network and lighting.
The existing bridge will be renovated and used as a backup in the event of traffic. The construction begins in a few months.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/206128

High Tech Minister Arshakyan about high-tech industry, jobs, salaries:

Despite the pandemic, the industry turnover grew +20.6% and reached ֏198B (excluding telecom). Employment grew +22%, reaching 18.7K jobs.
There are 1,228 active high-tech companies. 192 companies qualified for the exclusive special benefits that serve as incentives.
Armenian startups are considered those firms that have a research center in Armenia and created their idea in Armenia. Last year they attracted $50M in investments.
14% more taxes were collected from the industry, surpassing ֏41B. The average salary grew from ֏544K to ֏580K. The youth who plans to study in university should consider this route.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042806.html

High Tech Minister about a new retraining program for war participants:

We'll soon launch a pilot program The Path to Soldier's Success to provide career retraining for veterans. It'll help disabled soldiers to get jobs in high tech. Free classes for 18 various paths.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042834.html

High tech Minister about the new Engineering City in Yerevan:

7 companies have already applied to have an office in the City. The City allows the companies to share modern labs and work towards electronics, military industry, and other high tech production.
Politeknik University established an "electronic systems and measuring devices" office in City last year. They will prepare experts with a new education program.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/206208 , https://youtu.be/AQUHF1GlEuA?t=82

High Tech Minister about manufacturing 5 lung ventilators in Armenia:

They are ready, passed the test, and will undergo clinical trials soon. I think this is the first time we're producing such complex healthcare devices in Armenia.
They were built by an Armenian company that received licensing from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. There were 330 applicants from 42 countries. The Armenian company was among the 28 winners.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042816.html

High Tech Minister about Armenian drones with artificial intelligence target detection and artillery made in Armenia:

We don't have "Bayraktars" because it takes hundreds of millions of dollars and decades of research to build one. We have to be honest about it, otherwise, we're waiting for a miracle. Armenia needs institutional changes today.
We funded dozens of drone projects within the framework of research and development of Armenian striker and surveillance drones. Some are being finalized. We are reaching the point of being able to produce them.
The state is currently testing Armenian striker drones. Once finalized, they will undergo a military test, before entering serial production. They use artificial intelligence to select targets.

The radio defense mechanisms used today won't be useful against drones in the future. Drone control systems develop faster than systems that take them down. A time will come when radio-warfare won't take down the drones. We will need other tools, such as high-power electrical wave or laser-optic, or direct fire.
I can reveal some secrets today. Armenian striker drones are using artificial intelligence algorithms to identify target objects. With this, you don't need to be constantly in contact with your drone, because your connection to it can be jammed. The drone can fly and locate the target on its own.

Our surveillance drones, which have parameters that aren't any worse than similar ones, can be produced in Armenia now. They were used by the army during the war.
Our radar technology is being produced in Armenia for air defense. It was successfully utilized during the war and used for defending a strategic object. This field has a high priority for us. We will continue to finance the radio, optics, and laser fields.

Two dozen Armenian products will be presented during IDEX arms expo in Abu Dhabi to find new markets and promote exports. Then we'll host ArmHighTech defense international expo in the enlarged format in Hamalir building. Over 60 international companies will participate. Then ExpoElektronika expo will be held in Moscow.

The local artillery equipment and ammo production can fully satisfy our needs. This is true for artillery, grenade launchers, hand grenades, etc. Serious investments were made here. We already have a production process and a possibility to expand it in 2021. We haven't had such opportunities at least in the past 20 years.
Military industry funding increased by 2.5x since 2017:
2017: ֏1.6B
2018: ֏2.4B
2019: ֏3.8B
2020: ֏3.3B + ֏3.4B during war
2021: ֏4.6B
More: https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1042830.html , https://factor.am/336554.html , https://factor.am/336573.html , unloads https://youtu.be/7tv1l6lIIQg , https://factor.am/336633.html , https://factor.am/336654.html
Tags: #MilitaryIndustry #ArmenianDrones #military

donations to Artsakh & recovering soldiers

www.1000plus.am (recovering soldiers & their families)
www.HimnaDram.org (for Artsakh & Armenia)
www.ArmeniaFund.org (U.S. tax-deductible)

archive of older news

http://www.armeniapedia.org/wiki/Daily_Anti-Corruption_Reports

disclaimer

All the accused are considered innocent unless proven guilty in the court of law, even if they "sound" or "appear" guilty.

I keep getting invited to this church called The Enlightened. They won't leave me alone.

I feel like I’m going crazy. I’m paranoid, I can’t sleep, I can’t stand this anymore. I need to tell someone what’s going on.
It started last month, when I was walking to the bus stop to get to work. I don’t drive, not since my car accident about two summers ago. Car got totaled and getting a new one just wasn’t in the cards. Since there was a bus stop less than a mile from my apartment anyway, what was the big deal?
I wouldn’t have run into them if I did have a car though.
A pair of guys were at the stop. Both were probably around my age, both were clean cut, wearing white button ups and ties, and both wore matching blue disposable face masks. One of them was tall and scrawny, a toothpick of a guy, a bag full of papers slung over his shoulder. The other wore glasses and was about my height, and uh, let’s just say I’m not exactly a tall lady, and he was trying to hand out said papers… which were so clearly religious pamphlets.
I thanked Christ my bus was pulling up right then. Jehovah’s Witnesses are a menace. The shorter guy cleared his throat as I passed and was likely about to start his spiel. I cut him off with ‘I have to get on this bus’ before he could even get started. I was not in the mood, I had things to do and I did not want to get preached at.
I practically forgot about them by the time I got to work anyway. I cracked a few jokes about it to my coworkers, we laughed, then we got our heads down and went to work. Wasn’t worth the second thought. By the time I clocked out and got on the bus to go home, I was thinking about dinner and how to extend my groceries a little longer so I could save up for a new laptop.
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I got off the bus and those two guys were still there. Tall guy with his bag of pamphlets, shorter guy trying to strike up a conversation with less than interested people passing by. Even if they were still the same guys, I could tell they were disheartened. The tall guy was starting to nod off from where he sat on the bench and even the upbeat short guy was losing steam. I got off the bus just in time to hear a passerby tell him to fuck off and the poor short guy looked like a kicked puppy. I’d bet twenty bucks they hadn’t given away a single pamphlet all day.
“Excuse me, miss?”
I felt bad for them, even if I find what they were doing completely obnoxious. So I slowed down.
“Yeah?”
The short guy’s eyes went wide. I thought it was because he was shook someone actually stopped but it was actually for something else.
“Hey, you passed by this morning!” He reached up and tapped his mask. “I recognize the cats on your face mask. I remember thinking how cute they were.”
I laughed weakly before glancing at him and his buddy. “Have you seriously been here all day?” I asked.
“Yeeeaaahhh… keep telling the minister that we’d probably get better success stories if we weren’t in these monkey suits,” The guy pulled at his shirt collar and mock gagged, “Everyone just thinks we’re Mormons or Jehovah’s Witnesses.”
“Wait, you’re not?” I blurted out. I couldn’t help it, but can you blame me?
The guy chuckled, the area by his eyes crinkling as he no doubt was smiling. “Hell no. We’re a bit different. Hey, it’s about time to give up for the day. Peter and I are gonna go grab a coffee, how do you take yours?”
I snorted. “Just because I’m being nice doesn’t mean I’m gonna listen to whatever crap you want to tell me,” I said.
“If you don’t tell me, I’m just gonna get you a caramel macchiato.”
I sputtered for a moment while Peter gathered up his bag of pamphlets. The short guy held out his hand.
“I’m Sam. Do you want a caramel macchiato or not?”
In the end, I accepted the free drink. It was cold, I didn’t want to seem like a jerk, and I enjoyed it outside with the pair of weird street preachers. Now that they were done with their thing, both had immediately relaxed their wardrobe. Both had ditched their ties, Peter had pushed up his sleeves to show off a fantastic flower themed sleeve tattoo on his right arm, and Sam had untucked a necklace from his shirt that had a bunch of little strange silver charms on it.
Sam sipped at his latte while we made polite conversation. Turned out Peter wasn’t really the chatty type, only offering a ‘mmhmm’ and ‘sure’ every now and then to the conversation, but Sam was the one carrying the conversation. He had to take off the mask to enjoy his drink and he was actually kinda cute, completely inoffensive appearing human being. We didn’t talk religion. We just talked about our days, what we do when we’re not at work or preaching to uninterested people on sidewalks, and by the end of it I figured they weren’t so bad. I only took a pamphlet after Peter offered one the second time, turned out Sam wasn’t the only one who could look like a kicked puppy. I left figuring I’d never see them again, that this was just a funny little coincidence and it’d make a great story.
Now I can’t help but wonder if they had stayed at the bus stop waiting just for me to come back.
The next day I was heading back from work when I heard someone call my name.
“Amy! Amy, wait up!”
It was just Sam, now dressed down in a t-shirt and jeans, still wearing that goofy charm necklace but now wearing a neat custom face mask with little skulls dotted all over it. Under his arm he was lugging along a laptop. I stopped and he caught up, a little bounce in his step as he pulled his mask down to reveal his beaming smile.
He raised the laptop up to me. “For you,” He said.
I stammered and immediately went to reject it. “I can’t accept this-”
“Oh, don’t worry about it,” Sam laughed, “When you said yesterday you were trying to be a writer but your laptop wouldn’t stop freezing when you tried to do anything on it, I remembered I had my old laptop just chilling in my closet. So what the hell, better put it to better use, right? If it makes you feel better, consider it a loaner until you get one for yourself.” Once again, he presented it.
I won’t say it was like brand new, but it was clearly bought within the last two years. And man, a free laptop. I chewed the inside of my lip before I slowly reached up to take it. “It’s a loaner, then. It’s yours when I get my own. How often do you get new laptops?” I asked.
“Practically every other year,” Sam grinned sheepishly, “I play a lot of video games, and I always want the best. I can afford it.”
“Didn’t think that giving out Jehovah’s Witness pamphlets paid that much,” I said as I continued to examine the laptop.
“Funny,” Sam scoffed. “You didn’t even read that pamphlet, did you?”
I knew I was blushing, I always do when I’m embarrassed. Sam, thankfully, didn’t seem all that offended. “It’s cool. I know you were trying to be polite. I won’t tell Peter, but if you ever see him again, he’ll totally figure out you didn’t. And he’ll be grumpy. He’s pretty passionate about this sorta thing, you know?”
I sighed. “Fine, I’ll read it once I’m home.”
“Great! I gotta get going,” Sam rolled his eyes, “Pamphlets to give out, people to talk to. Ta for now!” With that, he pulled his mask back up and hurried back the direction he came from.
I took my new treasure home and almost immediately booted it up. It ran like a dream compared to my old computer. I was thrilled to bits and resolved to read that pamphlet while I worked on dinner, as my thank you to these pair of weird street preachers.
The pamphlet itself wasn’t too bad. It was white, with a black clip art oil lamp on the front and Times New Roman font reading ‘The Enlightened’. Inside was more basic clip art of people holding hands and it really just gave off the really basic feeling of community and raising each other up. The first line read ‘The age of enlightenment is upon us. The reason behind everything exists with us.’ Sure, I laughed, that sounded cheesy as hell. But I read the whole thing, and it didn’t seem all that nutty off the bat. The whole message can be summed up as how we’re here to lift each other up in this world and that should be our goal in life.
I had just finished boiling the noodles for my spaghetti when I heard a knock at my door. I didn’t think much of it, wondering if it was just a late package as I headed for the door.
I opened the door and there they were. Sam and Peter, back in their clean white shirts and ties, Sam raising his hand to knock again.
We both froze. Sam’s eyes bugged out before he chuckled. “Huh. Funny coincidence. Hi, Amy!”
I cleared my throat. “Hi… how did you find out where I lived?” Get that question out first.
“We didn’t,” Sam shook his head, “We’re just going door to door to see if we can get more pamphlets out and if anyone that took one has any questions. Did you read it?”
He sounded honest, completely innocent of anything creepy. I glanced around the door to make sure there wasn’t about to be like a mob coming in to murder me and steal my stuff. “Yeah, while I was cooking dinner. It’s… interesting?”
I could tell both guys were smiling. Sam pulled his mask down. “Then can we come in? We’ve been already going door to door for like an hour, and we’re supposed to be out until eight. Love to kill some time just chilling with a friend.”
I don’t know why I didn’t say no. They were near strangers. Maybe I felt obligated because of the coffee and the computer to at least give them some of my spaghetti, let them do their little ‘come to god’ thing before finding a way to shoo them out the door.
Honestly? I would’ve taken Jehovah’s Witnesses over this. This was on the same level as Scientology for me, as in it was completely freaking batshit insane.
The Enlightened aren’t a Christian sect, Sam explained as we ate dinner and I tried to remain as open minded as I physically could. They worshiped the Beings, well, not really worshiped. Peter cut in to say it’s more like they respected the Beings, relied on them for guidance. The Beings were here before humans were, and oh, how did humans get here? They were originally fish swimming through space, finally coming to earth and evolving into life as we know it.
Oh, and apparently, the sun is apparently a portal to hell. No. I’m not shitting you. The sun. Is a portal. To hell. It took literally all of my restraint not to bust out laughing at that point. I would’ve thought they were pulling my leg if Sam hadn’t said it all so calmly and matter-of-factly. By the end of our meal, I almost gave Sam his laptop back. This was absolutely ridiculous and I wanted no part of these crazy people.
But before they left, Peter took my hand. He didn’t even ask.
“The Being I rely on most is called Yehunee,” He said, which was the longest sentence he’d said all night, “She can see the future. I’d like to see your future.”
I tried jerking my hand back but Peter had a firm grip. My heart started to pound a bit and I started thinking of how stupid it was to let two strange men into my place when Sam grabbed Peter’s arm.
“Peter, let her go, you’re freaking her out.”
Peter released me before Sam turned to me. “I’m sorry, he was a raised Enlightened and I swear that broke his brain from common sense. Just let him do the reading, it’ll be like a minute, and then we’ll go. We hope to hit a few more doors tonight.”
I sighed. If this was the best way to get them out of here, so be it. I gave Peter my hand back and he stared at my palm so intently it made me want to squirm. I almost expected him to start speaking in tongues.
“… Don’t be afraid of strangers, they’ll mean well and be there for you when you’re in a bind. You’ll find what you love doing is not only an option but a profitable one as well. Look out for hooligans, they won’t try to hurt you but they won’t know their own strength. And by the end of the week, you’ll need your love to keep you going.”
Peter finally released my hand and I sighed with relief. “Right, so you said you had to be going?” I said, practically jogging to the door to escort them out.
“Yup! Thanks for letting us take a break tonight!” Sam grabbed his face mask and headed out, Peter right behind him. “Hope to see you again sometime!”
When I closed the door behind them, I was already thinking about how to get to work without going to that specific bus stop. Thanks, but no thanks.
It was just too uncanny that the next day Peter’s prophecies began to fulfill themselves.
I was picking up my groceries, since I no longer needed to get a laptop I splurged a little, got a few wants along with all my needs. For me that made it all the more humiliating when I reached for my wallet and it wasn’t there.
My face turned tomato red as I dug through my purse before checking all of my pockets, the girl at the register looking less and less impressed by my insistence that it ‘had to be here somewhere’. I wanted to melt into the floor when I confirmed that somehow, one way or another, I’d lost my wallet. God. Damn. It. I could just feel the judgment from everyone witnessing this.
Then I felt someone tap my shoulder and I turned to see the elderly woman in a nice red coat who had been in the line right behind me. I opened my mouth to apologize and she held up a hand. Then she looked at the cashier.
“May I pay for this girl’s groceries?”
I nearly started crying. I almost told her to not bother, but something stopped me. And that something was Peter’s freaking voice in my head saying ‘Don’t be afraid of strangers, they’ll mean well and be there for you when you’re in a bind.’ So instead I thanked her, again and again, while she laughed and said it was hardly a big deal. In this world we’re here to look out for each other, after all.
I didn’t notice until I was about to walk away that this woman had a few pins in the lapel of her coat. The two that stuck out the most were a small fish and a lamp. An oil lamp.
I just thanked her once more before I excused myself out of there. It was a coincidence, of course. I knew of a few Christians that also used fish as a religious symbol, same with the lamp. It was just bizarre.
It was when I was heading home that I got the sudden impression that I needed to duck. I practically dove to the ground, and it was lucky for me that I did that. A glass bottle flew through the air right where my head had been, shattering on the wall behind me. It had come from a black car whizzing by, and judging by how loud and rowdy they sounded, they were probably drunk and just having a good time. The car sped down the street and rounded the corner with a screech of the tires. Like that, they were gone, off to keep on partying and doing whatever a bunch of drunk morons do on a weekday.
‘Look out for hooligans, they won’t try to hurt you but they won’t know their own strength.’
My skin, I swear it crawled as I remember Peter’s third prophecy. I reminded myself that there was just no way he could tell the future. It was just a bizarre coincidence.
I got home, I made dinner, and I crawled into bed.
The next morning I woke up to several missed calls from my boss. He was so apologetic, but it was an emergency, and he recommended I turn on the local news for the full effect.
I won’t be too specific where I work, because I don’t know who’s reading this, but where I had worked had burnt to the ground. It looked like faulty wiring had just taken the building down, thank god no one had been inside when it ignited. But because the kind of work I typically do isn’t really one you can do from home, I was now out of work.
‘By the end of the week, you’ll need your love to keep you going.’
My head swam as I instinctively headed for my new laptop and started scrolling through my email, looking through all the writing jobs that I had been wanting to apply for but never had the time for. Submissions for magazines or anthologies, things like that. I wanted to test something and that something was Peter’s only unfulfilled prophecy.
‘You’ll find what you love doing is not only an option but a profitable one as well.’
Sure enough, by some miracle or whatever, I got an email back from one of the jobs I threw my name in the hat for. They liked what I had to offer and were going to pay me double the rate if I could it done by the end of the week. Which I could, because I had a lot of sudden free time.
Every single prophecy. Every single freaking one. Just as Peter had told.
But I couldn’t shake this nagging feeling that these prophecies were self fulfilling. I felt like I was being played with, and I wasn’t going to accept this at face value.
So. I started by googling the name of the editor of the magazine that had offered me the job. He was pretty internet absent shockingly enough, but I found his Facebook page. It was practically vacant, except for two things-
He was friends with the old lady from the grocery store and a Samuel Sutton. And the one thing he’d liked was The Enlightened Facebook group.
Samuel Sutton didn’t have a picture on his Facebook profile that was of his face, but I recognized the charm necklace he was putting together in one of the public photos. Sadly, The Enlightened Facebook group was not public, at least it wasn’t now. Maybe it had been in the past. I don’t know. Either way I was definitely spooked. I knew I was right to be suspicious.
Of course this is when my internet started cutting in and out on my laptop, making further research from there damn near impossible. So the rest had to be done from my phone, all while I side eyed the innocuous laptop from where it sat on the table, the webcam now covered with duct tape.
I didn’t have any scotch tape and I was starting to feel rightfully paranoid.
I googled The Enlightened and didn’t come up with much other than a webpage clearly designed in the 90’s. I scrolled through the bad website design and I came up with basically nothing new, other than the Enlightened were founded in the late seventies by a man named Ray White, formerly Ray Bram. He’s now ‘forever with the Beings’, aka he’s food for the worms… or whatever the Enlightened do to their dead. I do not want to know.
I blamed my following dreams that night about all the Enlightened crap floating through my brain. I dreamed about floating through space, followed by thousands of others just like me. Not floating… swimming. We saw the beautiful blue orb that grew bigger with every moment, until I realized that the blue orb was a planet. There was a golden light in the distance that also attracted by attention, and although its warm pulled at me, I knew I had to go to that blue planet. So down I went, through the atmosphere, through the clouds, and into the ocean below.
I woke up before I started turning into a person, because I presume I was one of those stupid fucking fish Sam talked about. I hated it.
What I hated more is that Sam just ‘bumped into me’ while I was out for coffee. Nevermind I’d never seen him at that coffee shop before he got me that stupid macchiato that started all this in the first place, and now suddenly he was there, acting like he’d been getting coffee there his damn life.
He perked up when he saw me and waved. “Hey, Amy, you’re usually at work right now, right? Something happen?” He said, sounding so casual and relaxed.
My stomach twisted. “I’m just here to pick up my coffee and go, I’m busy,” I said, trying to hold back the shakes that came from seeing him here. “When do you want the laptop back?”
“When you don’t need it anymore. But hey, if that one’s not working out, I can see if Peter’s willing to give up any of his old machines,” Sam laughed, “But I doubt it. He still has one of his dad’s laptops, the thing’s practically a blunt weapon with how heavy it is.”
“Yeah, I have to go,” I said, almost dropping my coffee with how fast I grabbed it.
“Same, see you again, Amy.”
Sam left just in front of me, and when I left the coffee shop I swear my heart stopped. I dropped my coffee and didn’t even try to pick it up as its contents spilled out all over the sidewalk.
Sam was getting into his car. A black car. Not unlike the black car I saw that night with all the ‘hooligans’ inside. He noticed me staring real quick and managed to pull off confusion pretty frikken’ well.
“You good, Amy? You need a ride? I just have to make a stop back the church, but I can get you home.”
I swallowed, shaking my head. “I… I’m good,” I murmured before I walked away, using all my restraint not to bolt down the sidewalk and get away from what was no doubt an actual fucking crazy person. Some sort of deranged stalker hiding behind his bizarre religion to freak me out and try to manipulate me.
I threw the laptop away in the dumpster. I locked my door and all of my windows. I drew the shades, I curled up on the couch and dug out my emergency wine stash. I did not want to be sober anymore.
I don’t think I drunk that much. I don’t know anymore. Because I remember pouring myself a glass and the next thing I was waking up in bed, and I could hear someone in the kitchen. Someone was humming.
I was still wearing the clothes I had been the day before, which was a fucking relief, but I still crept out into the kitchen expecting to see a psycho. Instead, it was just Sam, frying up some eggs and bacon, buttering toast and looking perfectly natural.
“What the fuck?!”
Sam looked up and winced. “Ooooh, that’s how bad the hangover is, huh?” He said.
True, my head was killing me, but I wanted to run. Run like hell. “How the hell- why are you-”
“Did you forget?” Sam walked over, his brow knitting in concern. “You called me last night and asked if I could come over.”
“I don’t have your number,” I said.
“I gave it to you yesterday at the coffee shop. You wrote it down on your hand.”
I was trembling as I raised my hand up.
It was a phone number, in blue ink, my handwriting, in my palm. Like where I write everything that I’m scared of forgetting.
“I didn’t call you,” I said, shaking my head.
“You did, and you sounded… really drunk,” Sam exhaled as he went back to the stove to turn over the bacon. “You were crying about losing your job? I’m so sorry about that. I didn’t mean to come off as insensitive or anything yesterday, I didn’t know about the fire until you told me.”
I bolted for the living room, my head throbbing so bad I wanted to vomit. I picked up my phone and unlocked it, checking my outgoing calls. Sure enough, around eleven I’d made not one, not two, but five fucking phone calls to the number scrawled on my hand.
“I was worried, so I came over. You cried all over my t-shirt, you were upset and I didn’t really know what else to do. So I helped you get to bed and I figured I should stay, just in case you got sick or something. I was worried, Amy.”
I shook my head. “I locked my door though, windows too,” I said.
“Did you?” Sam frowned. “I let myself in after you didn’t answer. I didn’t check the windows though-”
I did. I ran around the apartment like a chicken with its head cut off, checking everything. Windows weren’t locked, my emergency wine bottle was empty even though I can only remember that one glass. My makeup was all ran like I had been crying, like Sam said I was. Everything lined up with what he said had happened, except for my own memories.
When I finally returned to the kitchen, Sam had two eggs, two pieces of toast and a stack of bacon ready on a plate and was pouring a glass of orange juice for me. He still looked worried. “You look a little pale, Amy, are you okay? You look messed up.”
I opened my mouth to respond but instead just ended up running for the sink to vomit. Sam held my hair back and just patted my back while I vomited up was I presume was the oh so lovely mixture of stomach bile and wine.
“You know what? How about you go lay back down, I’ll bring you your breakfast in a bit. You got tums or advil for the pain?”
I shoved Sam away, wiping the puke off my mouth best I could. “I don’t remember calling you. I know I locked the door, I know… I know I did. I threw away your laptop. I didn’t drink that much, what the fuck is going on?” I sounded pathetic I’m sure, but you try sounding great during what felt like the worst hangover of my life.
“You what?” Sam left my side and poked his head into my office before he laughed. “What are you talking about, Amy, my laptop’s right there. Christ, how wasted did you get?”
No. No way. Despite the room spinning around like I was on a carnival ride, I ran to the office. The laptop was still there. Not broken. Not even dirty.
Had I thrown it out after all? I can’t even tell you for sure now. I just sunk to the floor, ready to start crying, while Sam squatted down next to me.
“I… I…” I swallowed. “I need to be alone. Or, I need my mom, she’s not far from here…”
Sam handed me my phone, I’d probably dropped it somewhere along the way during my run around the apartment panic. “Go ahead. I gotta go to church anyway. If you need some support while you’re between jobs, I promise, The Enlightened can give you any help you need,” He said, giving my back a final pat before he got up and left the apartment.
I didn’t end up calling my mom. We’re not that close. I’m not really close to many people, if I’m honest. I lost a lot of my friends after high school when they all took off for college and I hung behind to join the work force. It’s not like they dumped me on purpose, we just lost contact. I wasn’t really close to my coworkers either, I’d chat with them but I never really made plans with them. I’m not lonely, or I don’t think I am. Maybe I am. Maybe that’s why I talked with Sam and Peter that day. I was that pathetic and lonely that I talked with two randos I thought were Jehovah’s Witnesses.
This all started a month ago and I keep finding Sam and Peter in my life. Mostly Sam, and never Peter without Sam. I’ve refused all other fortunes from Peter, which clearly upsets him but I don’t know if I care about his feelings. I am getting more writing jobs thanks to that first connection I made with that editor, but I am not using the laptop Sam gave me. That’s currently in a box, that’s in another box, that’s duct taped shut and shoved to the back corner of a closet.
I don’t know how Sam’s wormed his way into my life so efficiently, but now I even find myself calling him on my own. It feels like he’s always been there. Sometimes I even see him in my dreams, laughing or smiling at me, looking at me with fondness and warmth that makes me feel… good about myself. I sometimes wonder how good I felt before I met him, if I felt this good before.
But I don’t know. My brain’s been so turned around. I don’t know how much I can trust myself, if I’m losing my mind. I know I cannot join the Enlightened, even if Sam and Peter are okay at times. It’s nuts, right? It’s all crazy talk. There is no Being in my dreams telling me it’s okay to doubt, but it’s never okay to assume something’s wrong from the get go. His name isn’t Riesis, and I know that those shadows outside my window aren’t people watching me, it’s just trees.
I don’t know anything anymore. I just. Don’t. All I know is that every time Sam asks me to go to the Enlightened Church with him, it’s becoming harder and harder to say no.

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