Chapter 1

Mash Vandead and the Body of the Gods is the first chapter of the Mashle series.

Summary
Deep in the forest, Mash Vandead finishes his training and eats a cream puff. Mash forgets if he had to push or pull the door, so he breaks it to enter their house, which only makes his father mad. Mash tries to fix the door and ends up breaking it fully, but as he apologizes, his father calms down. Mash tells him that he finished his training routine and Regro heads out while again reminding Mash to never go to the city. But being hungry for cream puffs, Mash decides to go to the city.

Walking in the city, he sees people using magic to cook or serve beer and wonders if they can't just do it with their hands. He orders some cream puffs, but had accidentally crushed his coins, so he bends them back to normal shape, shocking the cream puff seller and those around him, making them wonder if he had a mark.

At the Police Station, Brad Coleman reads news on Rayne Ames becoming Easton Magic Academy's Divine Visionary, commenting it must be good to be talented, while he has a dull life. The phone rings and he is told that a boy without mark had appeared in the city. Meanwhile, Mash bumps into a Magic Policeman Terry. Trying to calm him, Mash offers a cream puff, but the policeman pushes it away to the ground, mentioning he dirtied his uniform. Mash rips his uniform and tells him he will wash and return it. Brad comes and realizes Mash is the unmarked kid from the report, but Regro comes and swoops Mash away.

At their house, Regro is angry that Mash went into the city, but as Mash apologizes, Regro softens up. As punishment, he sends Mash to repeat his training routine from the morning. Moments later, Brad arrives at their house. Brad reminds Regro their the magic worlds policy of expelling those without magic and tells Regro to hand over the unmarked kid, but Regro refuses. Regro then recalls his past when he was labelled as failure for being weak and thrown out of his family, loosing his job, until one day he finds an unmarked baby. He felt the baby was like him and for the first time in his life, someone needed him, so he decided to be the father of that baby. Regro was getting beaten by Brad, but instead of revealing where Mash was, he yells telling Mash to run. Mash then enters knocking one of the policemen and rips Terry's uniform again and then starts slapping him. Regro wonders why Mash hasn't run and Mash explains its because they are family. Mash decides to take down Brad, which both Terry and Brad think that it is a joke. Brad unleashes a magic spell he used to defeat a dragon, but Mash just deflects it. Unable to believe, he shoots the magic again, but mash again deflects it. Brad then releases multiple attacks, but this time Mash starts to play with the magic. Mash then borrows Terry's magic wand and Brad puts a magic spell defense. Mash then throws the wand at such speed that it cuts Brad's cheek and passes through the barrier, leaving him speechless. Brad then starts laughting and offers Mash a deal to leave them be. He explains that their country is very religious and once a year a student is called, "Divine Visionary". Brad wants Mash to enter Eastern Magic Academy and be selected as the chosen one, giving the reward money to him. Becoming the Divine Visionary would also mean they have to accept Mash. Mash accepts, stating that he wants to live in peace and if the world doesn't allow it, he will crush it with his fist.

Characters in order of Appearance

 * Mash Vandead
 * Regro Vandead
 * Rayne Ames (report)
 * Terry
 * Brad Coleman