MTL - Cataclysm King - Chapter 239 Insider

“In a land far to the east, there exists a strange store that has rejected a three Michelin star rating multiple times.

The Old Continent sank in a cataclysm, and humanity struggles to survive on the ocean aboard “Drifting Ships,” searching for resources in the Endless Ocean and on scattered islands.But Shi Ming, who transmigrated here, thrives on this azure planet like a fish in water, relying on his “Eye of Intelligence”.[Three hundred nautical miles ahead, there is a resource-rich island where Sea Rice that can increase strength grows.][Pirate Ship No. 107 holds a treasure map to the Land of the Vortex. This is a big surprise!][Don't underestimate this inconspicuous sea fish; it can help you awaken the C-rank ability “Water Breathing”!]

Like every (Isekai) protagonist, I got reincarnated after getting hit by a hyper-speed truck.

That was an empty and dark life anyway, so I was already looking forward to a decent, unknown afterlife.

But... the world had a unique thing in mind.

In this new world, I had parents, amazing ones at that.

My father was a talented mage, and my lovely mother was a sharp and cunning merchant.

Ignoring all of my weirdness, they loved me unconditionally.

This was the life that anyone would love.

Eating and cooking delicious food, practicing archery and magic, and playing with my parents.

Everything was wonderful until... those demons separated us and it left me in a ferocious forbidden forest, just to be eaten alive by beasts.

But dying wasn't even a question.

I will go back… to them.

I once believed life a simple equation: the wealthy thrive, the impoverished endure, the unburdened soar. Yet, even the freest of birds find their wings clipped by unseen cages. In this world, no station offers sanctuary; suffering, an inescapable shadow, finds all. And in its grim embrace, all paths converge upon death.This is not a chronicle of fleeting hope.This is not a legend whispered of redemption.This is the harrowing saga of a man twice shattered by the cruel hand of fate.... crushed, betrayed, mutilated. A soul condemned to an endless cycle of reincarnation, dragged back to a world that refuses to release its grip, only to fall, again and again. Each return a fresh descent into the abyss.But will he forever kneel, a puppet to his torment? Will he remain the naive fool who clung to the illusion of kindness? Or will the fractured remnants of his being coalesce into a force the world has never witnessed? A mastermind forged in the crucible of despair. A monster destined to unravel all, even himself.This is the tale of Veythor: the man who defied the quietude of death.And perhaps… the man who will shatter fate itself.