MY *** IS ON FIRE!"

"MY BUTT-HOLE IS BURNING!!!"

"F*CK, MAKE IT STOP PLEASE!!"

With an unsightly face filled with tears and snot, Felix clutched his *** cheeks tightly while rolling on the floor, leaving behind him a trail of blood that was coming out of his anus.

His shrieks kept echoing none stop inside a colossal hall that was floored using tiles embedded with colorful gems and walls dyed with amber color.

Their bright light illuminated not just the walls but everything that was inside the hall with vivid details.

Starting with the soldiers' statues, which were standing uprightly at the corners of the hall, each holding a different type of weapon with one arm.

Meanwhile, their other arm had a purplish chain rolled up their forearms, appearing like they were trying to clasp it with their own dear life.

Those four purplish chains were connected to a small platform that was in the very center of the hall.

They shackled it so tight that it was affixed mid-air without any support!

At the surface of the platform, a fist-sized flame that had no color just like water was floating and flickering gently above it. While underneath it, two corpses were lying unmoving.

Well, it was actually just one corpse, as the other was merely a blackened skeleton.

Slam!

Felix's unrestrained rolling was finally stopped as he collided with the corpse. If his eyes weren't hazy from crying his heart out, he would have seen that he just slammed into Kathy.

His clan mate joined the ruins exploration party just like him, seeking natural treasures and resources to enhance her bloodline path further. Alas, here she was lying cold with one of her eyeballs dug out from its roots.

Previously, her eye was assaulted by a needle made of colorless flame sent by that entity on the top of the platform.

She dug her own eye out, trying her best to remove that needle and stop the hellish agony it was causing her. Sadly, her present form was enough to entail that her attempt failed miserably.

Well, look at the bright side. At least she was not dealt with the same fate as Felix, who was still shrieking like a little girl who just had her lollipop stolen.

Although his pained screams were a bit too b*tchy, Felix could totally be excused since his butt-hole had just got penetrated by the same flame needle!

Finally unable to take anymore, he let one last scream and fainted with eyes rolled at the back of his head.

To understand why he was even in this f*cked up situation, one must first understand the events that led to this point in time.

...

Seven days earlier, Felix's clan exploration crew picked up signals of a massive amount of energy coming from a destroyed planet nearby.

They were on their way to the clan after successfully finishing their mission. But, after they noticed those signals, there was nowhere in hell they would have ignored them and move on.

Hence, they changed their course and went directly towards that said planet.

After landing, they immediately noticed that the signals were coming from underneath a destroyed magnificent city that had half of its structures buried deep underground.

Just like any exploration team, their senses tingled that it was their lucky day. After all, they just found a deserted city that probably belonged to one of the universe's superior races. The city's magnificence even while destroyed, made them reach such a conclusion.

Instead of reporting what they found to their clan as they were taught to, greed took the best of them and made them vote to explore the ruins by themselves.

However, the city was humongous, and it would take them years to explore half of it. Thus, the captain proposed to split up into teams made of three each.

Felix, Kathy, and Jayden, who sadly turned into a burned skeleton, formed one team and went to explore the western side of the city.

Obviously, during the first day, Felix's party didn't come across anything worthy of their attention. Nonetheless, they didn't give up, as they kept on searching for a path that led to the underground, hoping to be the first to reach the place where the signal was emitting from.

Yet, they still came out empty on the 2nd day as well.

Then came the 3rd day, and still the same disappointing result. On the 4th day, nothing changed. On the 5th day, exhaustion started to wear them out. On the 6th day, when they were losing hope, Jaydan spotted a two-meter hole hidden underneath the bricks of a destroyed building while he was taking a piss.

However, instead of telling his teammates, he decided to explore the tunnel solo. First come, first serve, right?

Unfortunately, what he found deep underground weren't long lost legacies, inheritance, treasures, or such as they expected, but a long, very long semi-dark path led to an unknown destination. Without further ado, he climbed up and went to inform Felix and Kathy.

The gloomy semi-dark path scared the shit out of him. He didn't have the guts to tread it alone.

After hearing the news, Felix decided not to report the situation to the rest but keep it to themselves.

Who could blame him, though? The exploration crew had at least 54 bloodliner, aiming to be the first to find the treasures.

Felix, who was part of the weakest bunch in the crew, wasn't a retard to give up such an advantage for a pat in the head. Jaydan thought exactly like him. As for Kathy? She wasn't too eager to go with just the three of them alone.

However, few enticing words from Felix did the trick, making her drop her worry down and explore the path with them.

They walked, walked, and continued to walk for a straight 12 hours before they finally spotted a sparkle of golden light at the end of the path. If their bodies weren't enhanced from their bloodline integration, they would have honestly dropped dead tired in the middle of the trail.

They ran towards it with eager expressions. However, the moment they reached the end of the path and saw what was giving off that golden light, they couldn't help but stare wide-eyed, not daring to believe their eyes.

A gigantic broken gate made completely out of Heron Amber Stones. One of the rarest luxurious material in the known universe could only be extracted from the outer core of a planet if the harsh conditions of its creation were met.

Yet this precious stone that could only be chanced upon by luck was being used for a humongous gate that reached 50 meters in height. Not to mention its width and depth.

They honestly were beyond speechless and on the verge of questioning their own reasoning.

Still, this gate just made their previous conclusion that the city belonged to an ancient superior race more solid.

They knew that those races were a league apart from the human race. Whether in strength, culture, wealth, and even technological advancement. There was just no fair comparison between the two.

This news didn't make them feel indignant but actually excited! Excited that whatever was behind that gate was definitely what they came for.

They rushed in the direction of a slight opening at the bottom of the broken gate, resembling a rat hole in a wall.

Felix lay down and crawled on his stomach, eating dirt and dust, yet his eyes never stopped shimmering with delight for even a second. After he passed through, Kathy and Jaydan followed one by one.

Immediately after dusting their outfits, they raised their heads and stared in shock at the hall that had the small platform shackled mid-air by those four purplish chains and the soldiers' statues who were clasping those chains tightly.

Yet, what truly shocked them was actually the colorless flame that appeared more like a sphere of water. If it wasn't flickering from time to time, they would have honestly assumed so. Still, they never saw or heard about such an uncanny flame in their entire life.

They knew that they just hit the jackpot! There was no way such a strange-looking flame wasn't a natural treasure. In their eyes, the flame must be a natural treasure for fire elemental users.

Although neither of them had a fire element, they still could sell it for a shit load of Supremacy Coins in the Universal Virtual Reality (UVR).

They traded glances between each other, not knowing how to carry on. There was only one flame, but three of them.

It was clear that trusting each other on holding the flame in their spatial card was not an option. They might be clan mates, but it didn't mean they were close tight friends.

Abruptly! Felix bolted towards the platform, uncaring about his teammates' ugly expression. He didn't give them a single second to think things through before forcing them to race after him, trying their best to catch up.

Yet, he sneakily slowed down his speed, allowing those two to surpass him quickly. They didn't see anything odd about his lackluster pace, as they knew that he was probably still tired from their long walk in the path.

Felix kept slowing down his speed until he stopped all at once and retreated next to the hole, which they came from.

If those two didn't have their entire focus captured by the colorless flame, they would have noticed that he bailed out.

"Oh, Fresh souls to possess? Not bad."

Suddenly, Felix, Kathy, and Jayden all froze in shock after hearing an angelic voice in their minds, sweet and enticing that might let even the devil himself drop his guard down.

Kathy and Jayden, who were the nearest to the flame spirit, immediately turned around, planning to sprint towards Felix. They didn't know who spoke, and they weren't about to stay still in their position to find out. Their gut feeling told them to back off as far as possible.

Unfortunately, the moment they entered the flame spirit territory and woke her up, their lives were pretty much doomed.

Phew! Phew!

Two colorless flame needles were thrown with the speed of light at their heads. One penetrated Jayden's ear, and the other penetrated Kathy's eye.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!!"

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!"

Before Felix's brain could even comprehend what had just happened, he heard two agonizing screams, far surpassing whatever he had heard in his entire life.

His eyes landed on his two clanmates, who were currently thrashing around like fish caught in a net.

His legs stiffened, not letting him take a single step back. He just kept watching, scared shitless, Kathy uses two fingers to dig deep within her eyeball, trying to get out that needle. Alas, she dug nothing but her eyeball out with her pale hand covered in blood.

Yet she didn't seem to mind, as she only kept screaming and begging for the pain to be over. Sadly, neither her wish was fulfilled, nor anyone came to her rescue. She only left two last whimpers before going silent once and for all.

"Tsk, she couldn't even handle the first stage of possession."

Confused as ever from how things escalated so fast, Felix switched his vision from Kathy's corpse into unexpectedly Jayden, who just spoke!

Dumbfounded, His eyes made direct contact with Jaydan and instantly knew that it was definitely someone else. However, just as Jayden opened up his mouth, trying to speak again, his body started to burn, turning his hands and legs first into ash, followed by his torso and head.

The only thing left from him were his blackened bones.

"Sh*t! Another failure. I had enough of this shitty place. It's been already 20 million years of Imprisonment. If*cking had enough!" The flame spirit cursed in Felix's mind, waking him up from his stupor.

"Boy, you better not disappoint me as well." She said coldly.

Without a second delay, Felix turned around and lay on the floor, trying to crawl back inside the hole and leave this damned place.

The thought of fighting didn't even cross his mind as he saw the speed those needles traveled with. He knew that all of his bloodline abilities didn't have a single way to defend against them. Not to mention, if he entered through the hole, his head would be completely protected from those needles that were obviously targeting his weak vitals to reach his brain and enter his consciousness.

"Do you think the ones before you didn't use the same strategy as yours?" She laughed like a deranged person and said, "I may not succeed in syncing our souls together, but at least I will add another butt-hole virginity to my collection."

"Thank you for that." She said sincerely.

Scared out of his wits by what he just heard, Felix reflexively tried to turn around and protect his ***. Yet, the hole was too tight to let him make such a large movement.

"Hold on a second!! Let's talk things through!!" He requested a cracking voice, hoping to buy a couple of seconds to pass through the other side.

Unfortunately, the moment his torso was inside the hole, leaving his lower body outside in the open, he heard the spirit flame say in satisfaction, "Perfection. As all things should be."

"Noooooo!!!" He screamed subconsciously, as he felt that his *** was being targeted by a rapist.

Phew!

The needle flew straight to his anus, resembling a dart hitting the bullseye. The flame spirit must have practiced thousands of times to have such precise accuracy.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"

"MY *** IS MELTING!!"

"I AM SORRY FOR RUINING YOUR SLEEP! PLEASE LET ME GO!!"

Henceforth, a symphony of shrieks and beggings resounded in the hall and the semi-dark path. Felix kept trying to move, wanting to ease up the pain by a little bit, yet the hole he was in made it almost impossible.

Thus, he crawled back with his face planted on the dirt and hands clasped tightly on his *** cheeks.

After getting his entire body outside, he immediately started rolling from the hole to where Kathy's corpse was, leaving behind him a long trail of blood. The distance between the two wasn't a joke.

He really rolled himself out cold.

....

Inside Felix's sea of consciousness...

A colorless flame slowly started to take the shape of a woman with shoulder-length wavy crimson hair that shone with crystal luster.

Citrine yellowish eyes that radiate beams of light and heat just like stars. Above them, implausibly artistic black eyebrows, while beneath them, an elegantly straight nose, and broad and sensual bright rouge lips.

All of those ravishing characteristics were contained within a flawless, elegant pale face that's on an hourglass curvy body with a perfect sized chest and rear.

Anyone who saw this otherworldly beauty would agree that only the universe's beauty could be compared to her. No matter their race or gender.

Unfortunately, this stunning image was ruined instantly when she started to touch all of her assets while laughing hysterically.

"FINALLY! After 20 million years of imprisonment, and millions of souls that I failed to sync with. Finally! I found the perfect soul that matches mine without backlash!"

"I Asna Origin of Law, finally going to be free!"

Suddenly she calmed down her joy and thought, 'No matter what, I have to take control of this soul, even if I sacrifice part of my laws. I cannot let this chance slip by!'

Her form soon started to disintegrate into a mist that spread to cover the entire sea of consciousness.

However, just as she tried to ignite the mist so it would burn this consciousness and replace it, a shout filled with anger and humiliation resonated sonorously around the place, "Over my dead body, you old hag!"

The sea of consciousness that was just calm seconds ago began to rise with waves hitting the walls surrendering it.

Roars of the sea covered the entire area as the waves kept smashing the soul barrier, trying to demolish it.

Asna quickly figured what Felix was doing and yelled with a horrified voice, "Stop it, you idiot! Are you trying to kill yourself for eternity?!"

She quickly started to coax him logically, "Please stop, even If I destroyed your sea of consciousness, you could still be revived later, or at least be reborn in another form. And even if you detonated your soul, I would not die with you!"

Felix, who just woke up for the most traumatizing experience in his life, was having none of her bullshit anymore, "I would rather be reborn as a void creature in the universe than let you have what you want."

"THIS IS FOR MY BUTT-HOLE VIRGINITY!" He shouted one last time as his soul barrier began to collapse on the sea of consciousness.

Crash Crash!

"You Lunatic!!" Asna screamed in despair. Then suddenly, her expression turned crazed as well.

'I can't let this chance go by, I will start the merging process with his soul, and if it got destroyed, my existence would be erased with it as well since our souls will be connected. Even though it's not the freedom that I seek, but I would rather be erased than spent another second in this prison.'

A few moments later, she finished the process of merging successfully. She sighed in relief and waited for the explosion to happen with a peaceful mild smile.

Within the hall…

An Explosion that had the same power as of earthling's old age nuclear bomb went off abruptly, destroying... well, just Jayden's bones and Kathy's corpse. The rest? Remained absolutely unscratched.

...

At the moment of the explosion. Near the core of the same galaxy that Felix was currently at.

An Eye with an astronomical size unsealed itself silently. Its pupil was as dark as a black hole. Not a single light particle was being reflected on it.

It glanced at the direction of the explosion and pondered, 'Did something happen to the place I was imprisoned in?'

He kept looking at the same spot and instantly created a mirror that showcased everything that happened since the spaceship arrived at the ruins.

'Interesting, so that witch finally found a soul compatible enough to hold her shameless spirit without backlash.'

He then started to laugh out loud after seeing Felix detonating himself due to humiliation.

"Hahahaha, you deserve it, you wench. If those old fogies saw what you did, they will probably denounce you for ruining the image of the Unigin Race."

"But since you seek the freedom that much, to the point of trying even to erase your existence, I will break the rules of our race and give you a hand."

He then gazed at the explosion, and time was suddenly stopped in that place. Everything was suspended in the same position.

The eye looked deep within the explosion and saw a wisp of a soul in the process of being extinguished. Then, it sent two fingers that traveled through space-time and grabbed it swiftly towards its place.

…

2 minutes later...

The eye kept scanning the soul wisp with intrigue. He realized that both of their souls had merged to form one. But Felix's soul had total control of it. So, if he wanted to give Asna a second chance at life, Felix would benefit from it more than her since she would only be viewing for his eyes with zero control.

"Hehe, that's for her to solve, not me.' Amused, he chuckled at the wisp one last time and then threw it at its humongous pupil.

The Eye Being sealed its eye slowly in exhaustion after overusing space-time laws to send them into another timeline. A time-line that was the same as this one.

"Safe journey." He murmured one last time.

On an Island in the middle of the northern Pacific Ocean, a neglected resort hotel was built near a beach.

Inside a dimly lighted suite, a young man suddenly woke up with sweat on his forehead while taking deep breaths each time.

He clutched his head tightly with his fingers, trying to dig deep within his brain to stop the agony that assaulted him during his nap.

'Aruugh!!!!"

However, he soon gave up his futile attempts and let out a long shriek, passing out on his bed with rolled eyes.

His scream managed to alert the guards who were standing in front of the suite door. One of them rushed inside, heading towards the bedroom while holding a handgun.

"Young master Felix, Are you alright?" He yelled. Yet, he received no response, so he kicked the bedroom door open when he reached it.

He took a quick peek inside the room with one eye. Sure enough, he saw Felix lying on his bed unmoving above a puddle of sweat covering the bedsheets like someone just urinated on them.

If Felix's cousins saw the current situation, they would make sure to shame him to death.

The bodyguard dashed forward and touched Felix's neck to check if he was alive. As he confirmed that Felix was not dead and probably just unconscious, he sighed in relief.

He knew that the family would definitely get him executed if any harm befallen Felix under his watch.

He called for the room service and ordered sternly, "You have 5 minutes to make a tonic that can help someone in regaining conscious, go make haste."

6 minutes later...

Felix, whose nose was assaulted by the nasty tonic, regained his consciousness and groggily opened his eyes.

'Who am I? Where am I? Who is this man looking at me like I'm his son, is he my father? But he is ugly! Am I ugly as well?!!'

Before his thoughts jumbled more, a vast amount of memories flooded his brain with great momentum.

Unfortunately, his already weak brain after the soul possession couldn't handle the load of them all at once. Thus, he fainted again.

His head hit the bed sheet with a 'plop' sound and rolled eyes.

The bodyguard's soul instantly escaped his body after hearing that sound. He kept repeating in his mind, 'I am so dead, so dead, so dead...'

He realized that Felix was probably poisoned. After all, no one faints for no reason, not once but twice in a row.

He looked at the tonic in his hands like it was a divine artifact and placed it under Felix's nose while praying sincerely for Felix to wake up and not faint again.

Felix smelled that nasty tonic again and woke up, but this time with clarity in his eyes. Memories of his past life started to rearrange themselves with an order in his mind.

'I actually returned to my own body in the past? Is this another timeline or was I sent back to the past in the same timeline?' His eyes widened in shock after understanding somewhat what happened.

Based on his merged memories, he realized that he had either possessed his own version in a different timeline since their past memories, childhood, family members...etc were exactly the same. Or, only his memories of the future were sent back.

Whatever it was, Felix had died at an age of 40, which was considered still young since the life of bloodliners could reach up to ten thousand years.

Now that he was sent to his 17 years old version, he had 23 years of future knowledge to take advantage of...Only, if everything was going to stick to the same timeline that he experienced.

'How can someone like me die such uneventful life? My courage of detonating my soul due to humiliation and wounded pride must have moved some entity into giving me a second chance in life.' He smiled in triumph, believing in the bullshit he just thought.

A second voice suddenly interjected itself while he was bragging, 'Bastard, your shame truly knows no bounds. To even justify that your rebirth was part of your plan, you really need some serious help.'

Felix's grin instantly stiffened after recognizing this hateful voice.

How could he not recognize the voice of the witch who caused him to undergo the most traumatic experience in his previous life?

He soon shook his head in denial, 'I must be tripping due to a mental shock I received when those memories flooded my brain.'

His eyes brightened up after remembering a condition he saw online before, 'It must be that mental condition PTSD. I definitely got it after all the traumatic things I went through.'

He just kept convincing himself. 'Definitely, must, it can only be this.'

Asna sighed hopelessly. 'Am I going to be stuck for eternity with this idiot?'

Felix reflexively cursed her back out loud, "You are the idiot, you evil witch, butt-hole virginity harvester!"

The bodyguard, who stood silently through the whole process of Felix having a mental breakdown, heard him say this and felt the soul that just returned in his body escape yet again.

The only thought that coursed through his mind was, 'I am finished. The poison penetrated his brain and turned him into a moron.'

He could already envision tomorrow's biggest news in media. One of the Maxwell family heirs turned into a retard, and in some hidden corner of the internet, the disappearance of a hard-working man.

Tears flooded his cheeks as he saw that image.

Felix immediately realized that he was dealing with the real deal after reading her thoughts. Now there was no escaping from her, as she was probably sealed in his consciousness.

Asna was pleased with his conclusion. 'Felix, we have all the time to chat with each other, but now you must fix the situation outside. That poor guy is crying for some reason.'

Felix knew that she was right, so he focused on the bodyguard who was sobbing like his life was over.

He got up for his bed and whispered in the bodyguard ear, "Jack, don't mention what happened here to anyone, as I tried some new drugs on the market that affected my mental state."

He then walked to his closest and opened a drawer where he put his cash and grabbed 500$. He returned to Jack's side and put it in the side pocket of his suit.

"Go outside and tell them I was watching a horror movie. That's why I screamed." He patted his shoulder and added, "Before you go, take the bedsheets with you and get rid of them."

Jack nodded his head absent-mindedly and did as instructed. Just as he tried to leave the bedroom with the sheets, he heard Felix's voice, "And send someone to fix the door that you broke."

"Don't worry, young master; the door will be changed in 10 minutes."

Asna saw that Jack had left, "Now that the third wheel is not here, let's carry on our conversation."

"What's there to talk about, you witch?! No matter what you say, I will never submit or cooperate with you."

"My dear Felix, don't you already see what happened to us?"

She explained with an unhappy voice. "Our souls were merged, forming one. And for some unfair reason, you have control of the main body; meanwhile, I can only view what is happening from your eyes and not interfere. But I don't want for myself to be like this forever, and I guess you also want me to be gone as fast as possible. Right?"

Felix stood in silence for a while and said, "First of all, you fucking deserve what you got, and secondly, you are wrong. after all, why would I want to do you a favor and free you?"

"We will be forever together, so just relax and enjoy watching me live my life." He chuckled wickedly.

Asna did not get mad after hearing his claim since she already expected this answer based on what she had read from his memories.

She replied while yawning, "alright, as you wish. Do you want to play the long game? I will make sure to accompany you step by step. So don't worry and enjoy your life."

"If you could, that is." She murmured under her breath.

After Felix heard the last part, his face became troubled with an uneasy expression.

But shortly after, he relaxed his facial muscles and thought, ' bring it, you witch, let's see who is going to last.'

….

15 minutes later...

He was standing still in front of the mirror, as it reflected his above-average visage.

Short curly electric blond hair, blueberry eyes with dark eyelashes and thin eyebrows, meanwhile his nose was standing defiantly with red thin lips underneath it.

On the other hand, his body was meh, average in every way, with a height of 177 cm and a weight of 60 kg or 132 pounds.

As he examined his youthful image, he rubbed his chin in wonder, "Such a fine noble face. Yet why was I single my entire life?"

"It must be because females feel inferior and undeserving when next to me, and that forces them not to have any feelings about me. That must be the reason." He praised himself shamelessly.

Asna rolled her eyes and ignored this narcissistic moron.

After he was done admiring his young image in front of the mirror, Felix began to wear his clothes while thinking of the present era he was in right now.

From his current memories, he believed that he was sent back to the Modern Era. An era where earthlings were still living in peace and harmony in their little blue planet.

But that would soon change after The Supremacy Games Invitation that turned the world upside down before makes an appearance shortly again.

This was even better for his plans. By relying on the memories of his past life, he could without a doubt ace the games and climb the ranking ladder even higher than before.

This would reward him with treasures he couldn't even dream of.

His expression soon turned serious and solemn real quick as he said firmly, "This time, I will not fool around and waste my time idling away!"

If he was dedicated and hardworking in his bloodline integration, he wouldn't have been sent by the clan to do such a difficult mission but remain in the headquarter being protected and well-taken care of like the prodigies.

Sadly, he could only clutch his *** with a pained expression in regret after learning this lesson by having his asshole blasted to flames by Asna.

His anguish expression was soon replaced by a determined one that would move anyone who sees it. "For me not to feel that kind of agonizing pain ever again, I will work harder than everyone, I will make sure to reach the peak. No one will f*ck with me again!"

"NO ONE!"

Crack!

He punched the mirror until it shattered, sending small pieces of glass everywhere. Soon enough, he dropped to the ground while holding his bloodied fist.

"F*ck me!" He wailed in anguish.

He already forgot that he was now merely 17 years old with a weak body that couldn't even harm a common tier 1 beast!

…

Jack and the other bodyguard near the door heard Felix's roar and the mirror's shattering sound.

Just as the other bodyguard tried to rush to check Felix's well-being, Jack stopped him with his arm.

"Don't worry. It's not serious. Young master is probably watching a hot-blooded movie, and it moved him to his current state."

While his actual thoughts were, 'Young master Felix is probably on different types of drugs again.'

In his mind, he already accepted it as a fact since it was quite believable. After all, there was nothing much to do on this forsaken island besides going to the beach.

If it was not for the star-link internet, that uses satellites instead of cables. Felix probably would have gone nuts already.

…

Inside the bedroom, Felix was picking up the mirror glass pieces from the floor with a bandaged hand.

'Based on my phone, the current year is 2024/06/01. If I recall correctly, The Invitation will arrive 15 days later, which is quite an ideal period for me to make plans for later.'

After a while, he finished cleaning the floor and wore his sports shoes, preparing to head outside. He wanted to scout the hotel and the island's current condition.

"I am leaving the hotel to take a long walk, no need to follow me, and don't you dare send someone behind my back secretly, Understood?" He instructed Jack after exiting his suite.

"Yes, young master, just enjoy your walk; no one will bother you."

Felix smiled while patting his shoulder. "Good, keep following my orders like this, and I will promote you to my personal chief of bodyguards when I receive my shares from the family."

Jack grinned widely, "your wish is my command, young master."

Felix then walked toward the elevator while examining the horrendous condition of the hotel in detail.

'Was my brain full of shit when I chose this business to revive as part of my coming of age test or what?'

He kept walking for a couple of minutes until he saw the rusty elevator that had a sign glued on the door, >closed for maintenance.<

"Figured so." Felix sighed in disappointment.

He turned to his left and headed towards the stairs. The moment he arrived and saw those stairs leading to an abyss, he frowned his eyebrows.

"Fixing the elevator once and for all is a priority. I can't use those stairs each day. My knees would snap."

He braced himself and descended the staircase while trying to organize his 17 years old memories.

If he recalled correctly, he chose this resort hotel in the middle of nowhere as his adulthood test reached 16 years old. That's because he wanted to spend the 5 years of the test Idling and to sunbathe.

He soon berated his young self laziness that costed them dearly later on.

After all, while others were trying their best to revive the companies, hotels, and restaurants, which they chose as their mission. On the other hand, he was sunbathing here like a salted fish.

This negligence towards his test costed him heavily later on when the Supremacy Games Invitation arrived.

The other juniors who tried their best even if their project didn't do well were still chosen to be nurtured by the family, so they would clutch slots in the upcoming National Team battles that would be held a year or so from now.

Meanwhile, the lazy ones like him who took the family coming of age tradition as a joke were punished heavily by the elders' board.

Since his parents and other close relatives had died one way or another, he had no one to vouch for him anymore within the family.

Just as he wanted to keep on his nagging, he remembered his parents.

One of the few ones who loved him in that wolf den, where competition to obtain benefits for oneself was but the norm, and every method to do so was allowed, as long as no one gets harmed.

His parents were quite popular in the Maxwell Family with their business handling skills.

As his father managed 5 Wall Street investment funds with high efficiency, making profits in all of his desired investments without a single failure.

This guarantee of success caused everyone in the business circle to refer to him as the Spider since his investment senses were sharp.

Meanwhile, his mother managed tens of 5 stars hotels and a few 3 stars Michelin restaurants worldwide.

Their reputation reached a peak in her hands, as every customer or critic who visited or ate in them left only good remarks behind.

Unfortunately, they passed away in a helicopter incident when they headed to the family headquarter to surprise Felix on his 11 years birthday.

Well, they did manage to surprise him when he heard the news of their death while he was cutting his birthday cake alone in his room.

One could only imagine the trauma this event might have caused to young Felix.

Since that moment, he changed into a different person. He became shameless, playful, making pranks on his cousins, bullying them daily until they feared his existence.

They complained to the adults to punish him. But the elders knew that his playful personality emerged only to hide his pain and fear of loneliness deep within his heart.

So they closed one eye and allowed him to bully them to the point they created an Anti Felix Alliance, grouping and beating him up whenever he tried to prank one of them.

2 years quickly passed by.

Felix matured a tiny bit since then. He stopped harassing his cousins after realizing that it was not worth getting beaten up just for a prank.

He then became lazy and unproductive; his school marks were below average, while his friends were the typical 2nd generation nouveau rich kids who think with their penises and not their brains.

If they had one that is.

The years went by until he reached the most important year in his life, which was 16.

The reason was that the entire life of every junior within the family depends on the coming-of-age tradition and was needed to pass a test that spans 5 years duration.

This test entailed that one must revive a dead business, such as a company on the verge of bankruptcy, a restaurant with negative reviews, hotels that had a bad reputation from their customers or were not performing well in general.

Suppose the junior managed to revive his business in a period of 5 years successfully. The family board would reward him with 49% shares of that project!

This meant, the bigger the company or Hotel you revived, the bigger your reward. 49% of the restaurant shares were not the same as owning 49% in Car Manufacturer Company.

But if they failed the test, they would have only two options left to choose from.

The first one was to live their life freely without family control or resources. In contrast, the second one was to pick any business that fits their talents and manage it with only 10% profit shares.

This tradition was the reason why the family kept growing successfully while at the same time keeping their resources at bay, without risks of losing them to outsiders.

Meanwhile, Felix could not have cared less about the test or his future. He only chose this resort hotel as his project was to idle away from everyone else.

...

Felix woke up from his reminisce as he chuckled at his younger self tantrum, which caused them to get left behind in bloodline integration.

He smirked evilly, "Since I am back my dear cousins, you can forget about getting resources from the family, as I will make this resort hotel the best in the world! Where only elites can step on this Island."

He then laughed out loud with spaghetti legs, wobbling continuously, unable to support his weight after descending those hellish stairs.

"And I know just how to do so!"