Mark of the Crijik 2: Koshima Academy: A LitRPG Adventure

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If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please contact [email protected]. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. Aethon Books www.aethonbooks.com Print and eBook formatting by Josh Hayes. Artwork provided by Francell Garrote. Published by Aethon Books LLC. Aethon Books is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead is coincidental. All rights reserved. CONTENTS Also in Series 1. Real teenage boys smell and say dumb things. Wait…that’s me. (Part 1) 2. Real teenage boys smell and say dumb things. Wait…that’s me. (Part 2) 3. You can drag my body to school, but my spirit refuses to go. 4. The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. 5. I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. 6. There’s nothing better than a friend, unless it’s a friend with chocolate. 7. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn’t a pro. His knife had butter on it. 8. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. 9. I like a failure because it’s so easy to achieve! 10. Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. 11. Lazy? I prefer to call it selective participation. 12. Your password must contain a symbol, an inspiring message, and the blood of a virgin. 13. It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. 14. Life is a series of obstacles preventing me from sleeping. 15. This will pass like a kidney stone, but it will still pass. 16. Come join us. Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Life is endlessly delicious. 17. I cook with wine. Sometimes, I even add it to the food. 18. You can tell a lot about a person’s character by his way of eating jellybeans. 19. A journey is best measured in friends than miles. 20. “Are you sleeping?” “No, I’m training to die.” 21. Friendship. 22. I don’t want to be a genius. I have enough problems just trying to be alive. 23. The last time everyone liked each other was when the world had a population of four. 24. Opportunity is a locked toilet door, and you’ve had bad seafood. 25. Leave the situation, change the situation, or accept it. All else is madness. 26. When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. 27. You’re telling me I need a job for experience, and experience for a job? 28. It takes real skills to choke on air and trip over nothing. I have those skills. 29. True self-control is waiting until the movie starts to eat your popcorn. 30. Have you ever been hit in the head by a wrench? It really hurts. 31. Hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance? 32. It doesn’t break three legs of a duck. 33. I welcome change, as long as nothing is altered or different. 34. Whatever you do, always give 100%, unless you’re donating blood. 35. Life is worth living as long as there’s a laugh in it. 36. Peer pressure is hearing everyone turn to page 2 of the exam when you’re on page 1. 37. Teach your children about crystals, and they won’t have money for drugs. 38. He shoots fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse. 39. If cats could talk, they wouldn’t. 40. Libraries were made so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid. 41. Once you've gone first class, everything else is coach. 42. The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. 43. When life gives you lemons, chuck them right back. 44. I wish my metabolism worked as fast as my anxiety. 45. A diamond is just a lump of coal that did well under pressure. 46. ‘I Smacked a Marked One in the Face’ Coming to bookstores near you! 47. If you’re not disappointing them, it’s because you’re dead. 48. Every now and then, I like to do what I’m told, just to confuse people. 49. My situation doesn’t define who I am. I define who I am. 50. Not being at your own party is good manners. 51. You can wrestle a puppy, but don’t mess with big momma. 52. Minimum wage? My job paid me in experience. 53. I'm gonna make you an offer you can refuse. 54. Don't think about the invisible pink elephant in the room. 55. Even Marked ones like junk food and books. 56. There's never a good time to be on fire. But I am. 57. You've finished your work? Here's more work as a reward! 58. With earth every fight is