Side Job: SSS-Class Necromancer! - Chapter 7: [Elios!]

Shion, the ‘Hero of Darkness’. He was said to be the strongest hero ever. He believed one thing, and that was his current party members.

“I’ll defeat the Demon Lord with this party!”

That is what he swore to do, but a tragedy occurs. He was painfully betrayed by the girls that he trusted.

He barely held onto his life, but the incident left a deep scar in his heart.

He gave up on living, and while he was wandering around in a forest, looking for a way to die, a single monster appeared in front of him.

“Will you kill me, please?”

The monster asked Shion, who was still strong, despite losing his powers.

What Shion, who wanted to die as well, did was―

Growing up in an orphanage and surrounded by poverty, Leo never expected anything good from life. Everyone around him had abandoned him, forcing him to survive as a thief. Yet, fate had other plans.Caught by mysterious figures during a daring theft, Leo is forced into accepting a perilous mission. Transported to a strange, magical world, he confronts terrifying myths he had never believed were real.Suddenly thrust into a brutal, nightmarish battle, Leo hears a feminine voice, filled with authority and danger:“Are you worthy to be my Master?”In that moment, his life changes irrevocably—transformed in ways he'd never dreamed.And the cruellest twist?He's the only human participant in this deadly game. With just one champion at his side, Leo must navigate and survive the merciless battles ahead, relying on his skills to fight, endure, and above all… to steal.But remember, this is just F—

This book is about how a famous web writer who specializes in doting genre falls in love with a Mr. cellophane writer who specializes in angst genre.

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In the third year of the Kaihuang era, as the Great Sui began to unfold between the fall of the Northern Dynasties and the rise of the glorious Tang Dynasty, Emperor Yang Jian created the House of Blades – an intelligence agency for strategies and conspiracies – in preparation to unify the world.

On a snowy night, a convoy of tribute from the Kingdom of Khotan was raided. Not one soul survived the attack. Feng Xiao, Second Commandant of the House of Blades, was ordered by the Emperor to investigate the matter in person.

On the distant border, a storm brewed as major forces gathered from all sides in Liugong Town. The strong rubbed shoulders with the strong; the skilled crossed paths with the skilled.

Here, the ever-successful Second Commandant Feng ran into a wall for the first time – all because of a feeble Taoist priest with ailing health.

Some things would never be known if no fights were ever picked. Only through their skirmishes did Feng Xiao realise that this sick bastard seemed to have way more aliases and personas than he himself ever did.

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