Chapter 317 - The Dingpocalypse
Added 2022-05-11 18:36:32 +0000 UTCAN: I've been convinced to give you all Friday's chapter early, because the cliff was a bit too steep. Cheers! See you all Monday!
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I stared at the notifications, reading them, not processing the individual words but the implications. The meanings.
A few of them jumped out at me, the absurd cheerfulness of Genie - who I had to imagine was a genuine, real, three-wishes type - contrasting with the utter horror of the combined meanings.
[*whoop whoop!* Allow me to introduce myself! My name is Genie! Couple of you folks have found me over the years, but here’s a wish that’s going to get all of you interested! This historian-ecologist, Hwinthel, wants to know whenever a species is wiped out!]
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[*ding!* The shimagu have gone extinct.]
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[*whoop whoop!* You’re in the mix with DJ Genie tonight! Wang Zhao has got something to mix it all up and bring the house DOWN! You’ve heard of basic elements. Yoooooooou’ve heard of advanced elements. WELL! Let me be the first to introduce you toooooooooooooooooo - THE TIER THREE ELEMENTS! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, crabs and crustaceans of all ages, we are here! Combine any two advanced elements together to create one of the six hundred and sixty six tier three elements! Hope you still have a class up or two left!]
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[*ding!* It has been 10,000 years since Creation]
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[*whoop whoop!* Keepin’ it locked and loaded, we’re back with everyone’s favorite wish-granter, GEEEEEEEEEEENIE! Those pesky tier three elements were too much for this anonymous wish asker, and they’re GONE! Done! I’d say they’ve gone the way of the dino, but you lot still have those around! Great job! Keep them alive. You’ll know why when the moment comes.]
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[*ding!* Dodos have gone extinct.]
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[*whoop whoop!* Eeeeeeeeeeeey y’all, it’s ya boy Genie! This little Felix here wants all [Shepherds] to be able to find their sheep! Well, never fear little bo peep, now you’ll always know where to find em! Mutton’s back on the menu!]
[*whoop whoop!* You all won’t believe who it is! GEEEEEEEEENIE IS BACK IN THE HOUSE. Honestly, I never left, this kid Felix is a riot. He’s got a second wish y’all should know about! Identify and Analyze and shit to stop being in COLOR! Dunno why, but I’m the genie, and his wish is myyyyyyyyyyy COMMAND! Status-checking skills now return numbers, not colors! Colorblind rejoice! Let’s see if Felix gets a grand three for three global messages, or if he’s going to ask one for himself!]
[*ding!* Due to the great efforts of [Mage] Felix, you get a +1 bonus to all stats! You also get a passive 2% increase to all experience gain!]
[*ding!* Due to the great efforts of [Knight] Chloe, you get a +1 bonus to all stats! You also get a passive 2% increase to all experience gain!]
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[*ding!* Allerian Highlander Wasps have gone extinct.]
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[*ding!* Steller's Sea Cow have gone extinct.]
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[*whoop whoop!* GOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING PALLOS! Genie here with some more announcements! Have I got a doozy for you all today! Ready? You think you are but I bet ya ain’t. This little elf Helediron here’s a bit of a prick. He wants all monsters to gain experience faster, and level up quicker! Pssst. I got a secret for you. He didn’t specify what a monster is.]
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[*whoop whoop!* Whoa, you won’t believe this one! Thraximundar the Terrible has wished for true, genuine, Immortality. Nothing can kill him! Nothing can stop him! I can’t wait to see what he does! Good luck everyone!]
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[*ding!* Labrador Ducks have gone extinct.]
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[*whoop whoop!* You should all know who this is by now! Or not, some of you can barely survive 3,000 years without bumping yourselves off. Geeenieeeeee is BACK baby! With a wish from Gertrude The Grumpy for an ever-flowing waterfall! We’ll just stick it right here. Dunno what you’re going to do with all that water, but hey! I don’t make the wishes, I only fulfill them!]
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[*whoop whoop!* Humans lose System access. Someone sure doesn't like them very much! Good luck figuring out who, they asked me not to say!]
[*whoop whoop!* Humans regain System access – That was fast! Goats, take note! This is how it’s done. None of that lazing around for… ah, I forgot how many years it took.]
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[*whoop whoop!* The Erosion element is now Fossil! Dunno why Sentos wanted the switch, but hey! Who am I to object? His wish, my command! You’re all going to want to do some serious updating. A few of your skills got shuffled around.]
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[*whoop whoop!* Damn did y’all get every lawyer around to make this wish!? Longest, most complicated wish I’ve ever seen, ya feel me? Just thinking about it makes my head hurt! There’s now a hole at the bottom of the ocean. Where does it go? Jump in and find out!]
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[*ding!* Great Auks have gone extinct.]
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[*whoop whoop!* Genie is back! Hug yo kids! Kiss yo wife! Hope you’ve lived a long and fulfilling life because Bob has wished for the world to end! Man, if I was that depressed I’d ask to be happy, not take everyone down with me! End of the world in 3…2…1… and poof! Welcome to the world of tomorrow! New world, looks a lot like the old world! Because times marched on, the old world is dead, the new world is now! Welcome to Pallos, everyone! Hope none of you did anything too rash…]
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[*whoop whoop!* Genie is here to drop some sick beats that sound like this! Coral, smoral, shit’s boring! And not like making a tunnel! Some of you peeps may remember good ol’ Slag, and now we’re back for round two! Thanks to my buddy Goshman here, Coral is now Magic Wood, and you have no idea how badly it hurts me inside that it’s called Magic Wood. There is a serious imagination deficit going on here, and be careful with the element first thing in the morning!]
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[*ding!* Dong, the [Witch] is dead!]
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[*whoop whoop!* Genie here, and y’all should listen up! We’ve got an interesting wish today! Tang San here wants a challenge. You all see that arrow? Yeah, that’s pointing to a grand arena! There’ll be a tournament in a year, and the winner? Well, you can’t wish for more wishes, but you can wish for someone else to get your remaining wishes. May the most clever win!]
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[*whoop whoop!* Somebody decided to fix the terrible names! Magic Metal is now Crucible, and Magic Wood is now Sylvan! Rejoice! I let Lancelot get a two for one on this one, because WOW looking at those elements was hurting me deep inside! Not as much as seeing y’all chow down on mutton, but it was a close second.]
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[*ding!* Congratulations! Thanwa Temirak is the first person to leave the grasp of the sun!]
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[*whoop whoop!* Valesteria has politely requested that void mages stop blowing themselves up! Annnnd done! Not sure why she asked for that; they don’t self detonate in the first place, it’s actually because of - whoa I’m learning some new swears, Genie out!]
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[*ding!* Congratulations! [Cosmic Presence] has leveled up! 300 -> 315]
[*ding!* Congratulations! [Celestial Affinity] has leveled up! 474 -> 480]
[*ding!* Congratulations! [Center of the Universe] has leveled up! 450 -> 451]
[*ding!* Congratulations! [Mantle of the Stars] has leveled up! 469 -> 470]
[*ding!* Congratulations! [Sunrise] has leveled up! 347 -> 411]
[*ding!* Congratulations! [Oath of Elaine to Lyra] has leveled up! 376 -> 513]
[*ding!* Congratulations! [Pristine Memories] has leveled up! 221 -> 278]
[*ding!* Would you like to upgrade [Pristine Memories] to [Immortal Recollections]?
[*ding!* Congratulations! [Companion Bond between Elaine and Auri] has leveled up! 44 -> 128]
[*ding!* Congratulations! [Long-Range Identify] has leveled up! 375 -> 376]
[*ding!* Congratulations! [Passionate Learning] has leveled up! 380 -> 381]
I stared stunned at the notifications, wanting to deny it. Wanting to blast it with Radiance and destroy whatever cruel trick some illusionist was playing on me.
Amber was babbling, and Auri was brrpting in the background. Artemis had gone cold and steely-eyed, but I continued to focus on myself, internally.
I wanted to cry, to scream, to kick my feet and flail my fists in denial of what I was seeing. Tears threatened to pour out of my eyes, then I heard the sound of a large spider’s leg landing on our dome.
I shut down my emotions. Bottled them up, tossed them in a chest, locked it, and threw away the key. I’d suffer in the future for this. It wasn’t healthy, but it’s what I needed to do here and now to stay alive and operational.
If I had a meltdown, everyone could die. I had duties. Responsibilities.
Cold analysis, go.
We’d messed with the fae, and they’d messed back. It had been somewhat expected, but the sheer quantity of notifications, no, the mere existence of global notifications, indicated a lot more time had passed than we’d thought could pass in our wildest dreams.
10,000 years since creation. I’d left in 4801, and while the year wasn’t quite aligned with creation - Night had said it had taken a few decades for things to settle enough to start getting the idea of timekeeping, and that was just humans, let alone how everyone else kept time - it implied that we’d been gone at least 5,000 years.
And that notification was near the start. There had only been one grand feat for humans in the first 10,000 years, and there were two more notifications about that after. Given that the name “Felix” appeared in the Genie’s notification twice, and immediately after the Genie’s announcement he’d appeared getting a grand feat along with a second human, I could guess that his last wish was related to that. Sure, it was possible that Chloe had independently achieved a grand feat… but I wasn’t going to put my money on it.
I checked my status, and saw that it said I was 22. I’d left a few weeks after turning 21, so at best I’d spent a little under a year in the land of the fae, and at worst I’d spent almost three. Interesting that it didn’t give me the years since birth - It’d be nice to know exactly how many years had passed.
Given the large, wide-scale changes I saw Genie making, one plan - Plan G at best - was going to be: find the Genie, wish to be brought back to my home. In the correct timeframe. I’d need to work hard on phrasing that wish…
Assuming we weren’t trapped in some horrific fae illusion meant to make us question our sanity. I still had the four leaf clover on me, and it was better to accept the reality in front of me now, and be pleasantly surprised if it was all a lie, than to bury my head in the sand and insist nothing was happening.
For now, I would assume reality was as it appeared to be. I’d do a check with Radiance later, to see if there were illusions around me. Needed all my mana for now just in case we got into a fight.
By the same token, I was going to assume that Genie was as powerful as he claimed to be. I’d need to be clever and specific about making a wish, but I latched onto the small shimmer of hope of getting back home like a drowning woman would grab a floating door.
Ok. Not all hope was lost. I had no idea how viable the plan was, but simply having a plan was enough to alleviate much of my panic.
Things had changed. Some elements had gotten shuffled around, a few renamed. None of them touched my elements, so I didn’t care right now.
[Oath] was next on my list. The skill was famously hard to level, and I’d capped it? It took me a moment to figure out why. Marcus’s apprentice, once upon a time, had taken the same [Oath] I had made, and I'd gotten a notification.
[*ding!* Congratulations! A skill you created has been passed along to others! A tiny amount of experience that other people gain with the skill will go to you as well.]
Well, either being resolved to keep healing after all this time was great experience, or my [Oath] had gotten big, and I was reaping the rewards. Given that nothing else of mine had leveled up anywhere near that much? My guess was on the second one.
Ok, great. People were still around. People still lived. We weren’t in a perpetual never-ending wilderness. Most likely.
I looked around my notifications and stats and spotted another promising item.
[Sentinel’s Superiority] hadn’t changed. Hadn’t evolved. It wasn’t [The Last Sentinel], [Retired Sentinel], [Former Sentinel], or anything of the like. It hadn’t vanished, the same way [Ranger’s Lore] had poofed when I was being promoted. It was an organizational skill, which implied…
“The Sentinels still exist.” I announced, cutting through the chatter. Amber and Artemis looked at me, while Julius maintained discipline, staying on watch. I swear his ear twitched to better hear me.
“Explain.” Artemis demanded.
“I still have [Sentinel’s Superiority], unchanged.” I told her. She chewed her lip for a moment. I handed her one of my jugs of mango juice, and she shot me a grateful look before uncorking it and downing the entire thing.
Maging was hungry work, especially with the amount she’d just blown.
“Brrrpt!” Auri didn’t begrudge Artemis getting a drink, but she did protest the fact that Artemis was draining the ENTIRE THING.
She put it down, and I briefly debated leaving it behind, before reattaching it to my backpack.
“[Ranger’s Lore] had turned into [Retired Ranger] when I stepped down.” She admitted. “Also, my [Wandering Mage] class just got a ton of levels. I’m practically a senior Sentinel!”
I took a look with [Long-Range Identify].
[Mage - 455].
Yikes, she hadn’t been kidding!
“My command skills morphed.” Julius helpfully added in, never dropping his guard.
“I only have class ups ready.” Amber grumbled. Artemis punched her in the arm.
“Well, what are you waiting for? Let’s get a speedy class up going!”
“Let’s make a plan first.” I objected. “Amber, sorry, but there’s a slim chance our ability to get out of here alive will rely on you taking a specific class.”
She muttered darkly under her breath at that, then brightened up.
“Ok! You just tell me what to do! I got some goodies that practically replace my merchant class anyways.”
Good kid. Hang on, I needed to ask about those goodies.
“Brrpt! BRRRPT!” Auri didn’t want to be outdone. She let me know that SHE had her class up available, and was ready and willing to do whatever needed to be done!
“Brrrrpt!”
Two classes. Her first upgrading, and her second unlocking. I gave her a Look.
“You’re crazy lucky my ‘wandering around looking at cool magic’ class gave you all that experience.”
“Brrrrpt.”
Vain bird. She thought her leveling rate was totally natural.
“The situation is as follows.” Artemis took charge. “We’re in an unknown location, hiding in a rock dome from monsters. We need to stay alive, get out, find people, then find home. Agreed?”
“Find people, then figure out what we’re doing.” Julius objected. “I don’t think any of us have a home anymore.”
Artemis grabbed Julius’s leg, and he stopped. They looked at each other.
“Hey. Speedy. Home is where you are, ok?” Artemis’s voice was dead serious. Julius cracked a smile at her.
“Bad time, bad place, marry me, ok?”
Artemis snorted.
“Of course I’m marrying you, and I’m never. EVER. Going to let you live this proposal down.”
I coughed loudly. Really? Now? Here? This was not the time or place. I also prayed to the gods that “Speedy” referred to him being a speedster, and not something else.
“BRRPT BRRRPT BRRRRRRRRRRRPT!” Auri was super excited over the engagement, and I just wanted to hold my face in my hands.
Instead, I clapped, bringing the attention back to me.
“Congratulations. Julius, I’m going to eternally tease you. Amber. You said you had interesting things?”
She nodded, eager to be the center of attention.
“Yes! I traded like the gods themselves had empowered me with the fae. Formed a typical merchant’s pyramid. Complicated stuff. See, first I-”
I gave her a Look, motioning with my hand to get on with it, and that the exact details could wait for another day.
“Ok, long, LONG story short. My eye,” Amber pointed to her swirling, purple eye. “Can see value. I have to always tell the truth, but at the same time, I can tell if someone’s blatantly lying to me. And I got a lucky coin, although I have no idea how lucky it is.”
I thought about Amber’s face having neatly landed on the mossy section of the forest floor, and had to concede that she might have something there.
“I’m going to be blunt here.” Julius said. “None of that sounds particularly useful here and now. Value means nothing. We’re working together, truth is an assumed default. And we can’t rely on luck.”
Amber frowned, but I agreed with Julius.
“Relying on luck gets Rangers killed.” I told her. “What did you have to pay for that?”
Amber looked uncomfortable.
“Spit it out. There’s no room to be shy in here.” Artemis’s words were harsh, but true.
“My eye.” Amber admitted. “Part of my ability to walk with my right leg. And my name.”
I sucked in air through my teeth on the last one. No wonder I hadn’t been able to remember Amber’s name.
Wait.
Had it always been Amber?
I thought about it, straining hard. Recalling memories, but feeling them be “fuzzed”.
[*ding!* Congratulations! [Pristine Memories] has leveled up! 278-> 279]
[*ding!* Congratulations! [Pristine Memories] has leveled up! 279-> 280]
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[*ding!* Congratulations! [Pristine Memories] has leveled up! 299-> 300]
AHHA! I got it! Her name had been Autumn!
[*ding!* Would you like to upgrade [Pristine Memories] to [Fae Remembrance]?
“Your name was Amber.” I said, my mouth twisting the words as I tried to say them.
More fairy nonsense.
I got some weird looks at that, letting them slide off of me like water off a duck’s back. My emotions were still locked away.
I’d fought them and won on the memory issue, but clearly even speaking the name was off-limits, and clearly I was somewhat affected by my short stay. If the worst of it was I couldn’t say Amber’s old name? That I’d gotten 22 levels in a hard to level skill as a result? Sure, I’d take it.
Speaking of, I accepted the upgrade to [Immortal Recollections]. I didn’t want to remember everything that had happened in the land of the fae, and the upgrade seemed solid.
Immortal Recollections: You have made it far past the date of your birth, seeing years that only an Immortal could. Have the perfect memory for such a lifespan, able to recall whatever you need, whenever you need it. Able to organize memories, shade poor ones and highlight important moments. Able to archive memories. -8 mana regeneration.
“We’ve got shelter.” Artemis brought us back on topic. “We’ve got a few days' supply of food. Air’s our biggest problem right now. I don’t see any solution besides making small holes in the dome.”
I chewed over the idea.
“Agreed. I can’t think of any alternative, and Auri, I love you, but I have no idea if your body of flames is making us burn air at a high rate.”
“Brrpt! BRPT BRPT!” Auri assured me that, yes, she remembered the indoor burning rules, and that things would be perfect if she wanted to hurt us.
Lovely. Inarguably true.
“One big hole. Bigger spiders can come through. Lots of small holes. More openings to check, and I think we’d need more of them to make it work.” I said.
“The openings to check are less relevant if we cluster them together.” Artemis pointed out.
“While making a larger area of the dome vulnerable to a hit.” I countered.
“If something’s coming through, it’s coming through anyways.” Julius reasonably observed. “A small, high level poisonous spider sneaking in is our largest reasonable concern that we can afford to mitigate.”
I nodded my agreement. “I’m going to make myself a healing beacon. Anyone touching me will get a full-blast of healing, so even if a spider sneaks in, we’ve got some protection. Should sleep touching me, just to be safe.”
“Let’s do that then. Artemis?”
“I’ll get on it as soon as - oh yeah, my mana regen’s insane now.”
I smiled, remembering the “holy WHAT” of my stats all jumping. At the same time, I remembered Artemis’s build. Her idea of insane mana regeneration wasn’t my idea of insane mana regeneration… although she likely had more power than I did.
“For the spiders. I saw one [Tyrant Tarantula] over level 700. Did anyone else pick up anything strong?”
“You WHAT?!” Amber shrieked. I gave her a look.
“Why did you think I went with holing up instead of burning them all?”
“Brrrpt!” Auri approved of burning them all.
Amber muttered to herself.
“Pair of small nasty 400ish [Black Widows]” Artemis admitted.
“I didn’t see anything worth concerning ourselves over, except the sheer quantity.” Julius added in.
“BRRPT!” Auri had seen a ton of flying hazards, although she was sure they were flammable.
“Dirt.” Amber added in, entirely unhelpful. Artemis did me a favor and gave her a stink-eye.
“Right. Placate, Kill, Drive off, or Tolerate?” I asked, feeling a small thrill run through me. It’d been a lifetime ago I was sitting with Artemis, Julius, and the rest in Virinum, having the exact same discussion about the nothosaurus. Now we were back, with a slightly different group, sitting in our secure area figuring out how to best handle the monster.
“Can we even kill that thing?” Amber asked. I hesitated a moment, thinking about it.
“If I was alone, and I had to, and it didn’t have some particularly tricky or nasty skills, I might be able to.” I said. Flying while dropping [Kaleidoscope], shielding against skills and healing anything that hit me was a stupid good combination. Which is why I had it. “All the webs around here make me concerned, and we’re not only in their home territory, but it's got friends. Also, you’d all be in range of their rampage. It might follow me. It might run away. It might have an Earth element and fling the nearest stone at me. We don’t have enough intel.” I concluded.
“Driving off won’t work. We’re in their home.” Artemis said. “They’ll defend this place to the death before running away.”
“There’s nothing to placate. They’re not mad at us, or attacking us.” Julius said.
“Calling in a Sentinel isn’t an option.” Amber’s cheeky contribution to the discussion was technically valid, and I let it slide.
“We’re in agreement then. Tolerate them?” I asked, seeing slow nods.
“Brrrrrrpt…”
“Yes, that means no burning down their webs.” I told Auri.
“Brrrpt?”
“Not even a little.”
“Holes for air, and we’re tolerating the spiders.” Julius said. “I’ve got some ideas for what we can do next. Elaine, Artemis?”
I thought about our situation and what resources we had.
I hated to say it, but Amber and Auri weren’t going to be super useful. I could still probably find something for them to do – they’d need something to do, or else they’d become bored and cause trouble – but I didn’t see any of their skills making or breaking our situation. I kept them in mind for grabbing a critical class if we needed them to. For example, an air-generating and purifying class if we determined that we needed to stay entirely encased in stone, for whatever reason.
Julius was in the middle. Excessively competent, well trained, seasoned, and with massive amounts of experience, his skills were around being a speedster, leadership, and command. Spiders were almost one of the worst land creatures he could be paired against, their nets causing him issue, and we were too small of a group for his leadership and command skills to truly shine.
Still. His advice was good, and he could be trusted and relied on.
That left Artemis and I. Anything short of a killing blow I could heal anyone from, and I had powerful mobility, and a dozen utility gems. Artemis was lethality incarnate, Lightning and Earth.
We wanted to tolerate the monsters though, and pointing and blasting wasn’t the answer.
“I’m going to suggest what’s usually a cardinal sin.” I said, putting together what resources we had. “Except I’ve been explicitly trained for it. Artemis should let me out, I fly around, and see what things look like. A river if there’s one, civilization, a village, a town or city would be ideal. If they’re close enough, I might be able to ferry everyone out, one at a time. Artemis last, to keep things secure.”
“BRRPT!” Auri wanted to come.
Julius was shaking his head.
“Sentinel. With all due respect, we’re in a team. Don’t split the team. If you get shot down, trapped, lost, anything, the rest of us are likely dead.”
Artemis punched his arm for that, and they traded a look.
“The biggest concern is honestly you finding us again.” Julius reiterated. “A rod says the spiders have entirely covered us, using the rock as an anchor for their webs. How are you going to find one specific spider-covered rock in a forest?”
He had a good point. My wilderness survival was good. My wilderness tracking?
Literally finding one rock in a forest of unknown size?
“Artemis can always make a tall stone pillar, and that should be plenty visible. However. What do you think?” I asked him.
Julius and Artemis wordlessly swapped, Artemis patrolling around the small dome we had while Julius sat down to explain stuff.
“Well…” Julius said, and we all leaned in to better hear him outline the plan.
[Name: Elaine]
[Race: Human]
[Age: 22]
[Mana: 580,170/580,170]
[Mana Regen: 435,986 (+518,703)]
Stats
[Free Stats: 204]
[Strength: 1,004]
[Dexterity: 1,831]
[Vitality: 14,240]
[Speed: 14,272]
[Mana: 58,019]
[Mana Regeneration: 58,120 (+51,872)]
[Magic Power: 22,821 (+585,359)]
[Magic Control: 22,821 (+585,359)]
[Class 1: [The Dawn Sentinel - Celestial: Lv 513]]
[Celestial Affinity: 480]
[Cosmic Presence: 315]
[The Stars Never Fade: 11]
[Center of the Universe: 451]
[Dance with the Heavens: 513]
[Wheel of Sun and Moon: 513]
[Mantle of the Stars: 470]
[Sunrise: 411]
[Class 2: [Butterfly Mystic - Radiance: Lv 357]]
[Radiance Affinity: 357]
[Radiance Resistance: 357]
[Radiance Conjuration: 357]
[Solar Flare: 148]
[Nectar: 357]
[Sun's Heart: 357]
[Scintillating Ascent: 337]
[Kaleidoscope: 357]
[Class 3: [Beloved of the Wind - Wind: Lv 8]]
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General Skills
[Long-Range Identify: 376]
[Immortal Recollections: 300]
[Companion Bond between Elaine and Auri: 128]
[Bullet Time: 513]
[Oath of Elaine to Lyra: 513]
[Sentinel's Superiority: 513]
[Persistent Casting: 315]
[Passionate Learning: 381]
Comments
<i>"[*ding!* Due to the great efforts of [Mage] Felix, you get a +1 bonus to all stats! You also get a passive 2% increase to all experience gain!] [*ding!* Due to the great efforts of [Knight] Chloe, you get a +1 bonus to all stats! You also get a passive 2% increase to all experience gain!]"</i> One time? Retroactively? Per level? (like with the hero of humanity [heruculix or something his face]) Any combination of those 3?
MrMegaPussyPlayer .
2022-09-02 17:43:30 +0000 UTCWhat does Beloved by the Wind 3rd class mean? Did she get that from Librarian? Why doesn’t it have any skills?
2022-07-15 13:12:51 +0000 UTCGlad I'm not the only one. I was like 'Dingos? Really? I guess stranger things have happened in this story...'
Drake_Azathoth
2022-06-29 13:34:18 +0000 UTCHer "Butterfly Mystic" class won't level until Auri catches up to it, at which point they'll split EXP. And her "The Dawn Sentinel" won't level as well, until Auri catches up to that too.
TimeDrawsNigh
2022-06-11 19:38:23 +0000 UTCShe didn't, it was her starter class for the 3rd slot. I think she unlocked it in the Reporting Back arc if you want to reread.
Thorium
2022-06-04 23:13:27 +0000 UTCWhen did she take beloved of the wind? Did we get to see it? If so I completely missed it
Draugluir
2022-06-03 08:22:46 +0000 UTCThe contrast of the bleakness of the last few chapters to genie is so jarring. Not in a bad way, I would have found him ridiculously annoying at any other point in the story, but here it just made me feel as overwhelmed as Elaine probably feels having skipped thousands of years.
Dennis Herzberger
2022-06-01 19:05:40 +0000 UTCI think that was intended. And I don’t mind as long as I don’t have to read it speak for many chapters to come.
Falxie
2022-05-22 12:01:19 +0000 UTCI think that was the point.
usa1ph
2022-05-19 16:32:20 +0000 UTCAm I alone in finding the genie unbearably obnoxious? Like, I had to force myself to read his announcements, good lord
Philipp Zander
2022-05-19 06:34:04 +0000 UTCRIP Robin williams. Best Genie.
Sensitivegore
2022-05-16 12:58:20 +0000 UTCI can raise you a worse concept: Amber teaching the fae how to run a ponzi scheme.
Anna-Jane Rankin
2022-05-16 11:11:34 +0000 UTC@AlexeyGladkich Just go look up "words based on names" sometime. I think you'll be surprised how many fairly common words were derived from the name of someone who was famous at the time but largely unknown now. And most of those are relatively recent additions to the language. If the proto Indo-European root of some modern word was based on the name of someone who died 10,000 years ago there's basically no way even the people who study these things would know about it.
David Johnson
2022-05-15 23:09:44 +0000 UTCI just don't see how Mirage would synergy with her class. Also it lacks [Sound] to produce believeable illusions. So I doubt that easy-to-discern illusions are suitable for her.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-15 03:40:38 +0000 UTC@DavidJohnson yes, it would indeed be just a name of a person that people know nothing about. But it would be a Name. Now it isn't even a name. Surely, it doesn't even sound like "Elaine" by this point in modern languages. This shift from name to healer is not something natural considering how reverred are Healer's Manuscripts.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-15 02:41:36 +0000 UTCI don't think she would do well to go the way of cheaters. She can't lie, but a kind of illusion seems interesting to her. anyway, it would be in the ideal place to level up, it would need little time to have a functional class even if it restarts.
Shoto
2022-05-15 02:34:13 +0000 UTC@AlexeyGladkich Well what exactly constitutes being "aware of the origin of the manuscripts?" They know they were written by someone in ancient Remus named Elaine, and also that "elaine" means "healer" in at least some languages. Even in her time it's not like most people in Remus knew much (or anything really) about Elaine. And sure, Palos has immortals, but only a couple vampires and 3 elves (well, and one dragon) ever even met Elaine. Like, what do we know about Homer? "Someone named Homer is credited with composing some ancient Greek epics." That's it. We don't even know if that was a real name or if there actually even was a single person behind those poems. Hell, there's some controversy over who exactly Shakespeare was, and that's a lot more recent with much less linguistic barrier and many more surviving records. The point is, after 20,000 (or even 1,000) years, it makes perfect sense for "Elaine" to be nothing more than letters on a scroll.
David Johnson
2022-05-15 02:33:38 +0000 UTCThe School of Spellcraft and Sorcery survived as an institution but I have my doubts that it's in the same spot and occupying the original buildings. There's got to have been severe disruptions of their records over the eons, particularly during the Immortal Wars and the fall of Remus. They might not even remember that Artemis founded the school, even though she's remembered in song. As to those who are or become aware of the origin of the manuscripts (Immortal and otherwise): how many of them would care? Or are willing to put in effort to correct the record? Also, given the elves still speak Creation, every last one of *them* might be aware of the truth.
David Brims
2022-05-15 01:44:16 +0000 UTCI don't really see Amber as some powerful mage slinging spells around to kill monsters. She's more of a clever trickster, scamming fairies and finding creative solutions. For a mage class I could see her take a Mirage class and become an illusionist. Her experiences with the fae should give her a decent class quality. It would also be a solution to getting out of the forrest, although she'd need to train a Water mage class to level 32 first. It would also allow her to become a magical thief, use her new eye to spot valuable things, nick them while invisible, get away scot-free thanks to her lucky coin and then sell it with her innate merchant skills. And for someone as greedy as her who can suddenly see the value of everything and has abnormal luck, it's really the logical next step.
Cirvante
2022-05-14 21:30:37 +0000 UTCAs if getting yeeted 24,000 years into the future into a nest of deadly spiders isn't enough.
Cirvante
2022-05-14 20:54:48 +0000 UTC@DavidJohnson that's definitely not explainable by linguistic drift. We still refer to ancient medical Oaths and math theorems by their names, by the names of their authors. And in some cases thousands of years have passed. Here we have countries full of immortal people. How can they forget? If it wasn't curse then some combinations of really dumb and fucked up things must have happened for her name to be forgotten. Say, the manuscripts were always written in the Creation Language - over time it became a privileged language like Latin IRL. Then collapse of Remus and flood happened leading to lots of problems. Still don't know good to answer to why School of Spellcraft and Sorcery and immortals are unaware of origin of the manuscripts.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-14 16:53:52 +0000 UTCWell now that she has the experience of many years as a merchant, and has the eye to catch a good deal, I don't think she needs a merchant class. Is like being a fish and having a swimming skill when swimming is natural. So I do agree that she could change the class and get something useful. The best part of it all is that all healers seem to be alone for some reason and not have allies, thus why the healer from the south got killed so quickly. Shell have her own small force plus an academy and a kingdom to back her up
ManguKing
2022-05-14 13:26:50 +0000 UTCHaven't read the discord, but I'm pretty sure this is all explainable as simple linguistic drift. After a century or two almost no one would have remembered Elaine as a person, just a signature on the healing manuscripts. Night would have remembered, but he's not going to go out of his way to set the record straight - that's not his style. Just like lots of English words have their origins in the names of historical or mythological figures, Elaine's name became synonymous with the concept and ideals of healers over time. And Night thinking of her as "the healer" isn't really suspicious. At that point she's been gone 1000 years, while her manuscripts continue to have a lasting impact - Night may remember her as a person if he takes the time to recall it, but in practical terms she really is just "healer" by that time.
David Johnson
2022-05-14 12:46:03 +0000 UTCThe reason why I believe [Plague Mage] is sensible for Amber - is due to vaccines. It is one of the weakness of standart healers is that their healing doesn't help people develop resistance. Specialized [Plague Mage] on the other hand should be capable of producing and controlling a weaker strand of the disease and effectively vaccinate people. Or create disease that doesn't cause any symptoms but fights against other diseases. All the while providing some tricky offensive magic.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-14 12:12:10 +0000 UTCI highly doubt she will. it will probably get a utility class, the kind I don't know. Maybe Amber has the [Dawn Disciple Mage- Radiance] class option. But I don't know how strong it would be, since Elaine didn't teach her magic. But I think she might be a Spatial mage, a gravity mage would be nice so she could try flying, Gale could solve their air problem, maybe the ever-reliable earth mage to kill the spiders. Anyway, I'm curious what it will be.
Shoto
2022-05-14 11:51:43 +0000 UTCPossibly the fact that she doesn't remember much means she didn't learn much, either.
Benjamin Smith
2022-05-14 07:05:34 +0000 UTCThis is what you should search on the discord: in:#rr-discussion-with-spoilers from:Selkie Myth#0319 . Elaine healer
Avery Aderyn
2022-05-14 03:53:33 +0000 UTCIt will be fun if Amber decides to pick a [Plague Mage] to replace her merchant class. There are legitimate logical reasons to go for it (aside from it being a good method to mass-kill spiders and level up the healer class via dubious methods)... yet I doubt that Selkie would go for that route.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-14 02:35:38 +0000 UTCNo, they had managed not to kill them yet. He said they should keep them alive and that they'd find out why when the moment comes. That's quite an ominous warning.
Cirvante
2022-05-13 17:55:20 +0000 UTCAut... Amber ran a ponzi scheme on the fae. Truly, the most terrifying of capitalists.
Gremlin Jack
2022-05-13 15:49:43 +0000 UTCI'm reluctant to put an actual spoiler here, but Selkie did answer this in Discord in the rr-discussion-with-spoilers thread. If you really want to know, run a search on The Dragoneye Moon Discord as follows - from: Selkie Myth#0319 mentions: elaine mentions: healer
David Brims
2022-05-13 15:15:12 +0000 UTC@DavidBrims all [Butterfly Mystic] skills are capped except for [Solar Flare] and [Scintillating Ascent]... neither of which were used in anyway. Though, due to learning theme I'd expect some level up from the flying skill. However, she didn't get much levels in [Passionate Learning] either... so perhaps Faerie magic was causing some issues in the leveling department.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-13 12:46:52 +0000 UTCMystic Butterfly "Look at cool stuff class" got tons of XP: all of which went to Auri through the companion bond since Auri hasn't yet reached Elaine's level. I am surprised one or two of the Mystic Butterfly skills didn't level more though.
David Brims
2022-05-13 12:22:21 +0000 UTCAbout the reason why people forgotten her name and just refer to her as Healer in the manuscript. Clearly, this has to be the work of the fae - a curse. She was found by a faerie that hates her and he didn't do anything apparent. But he must've done something, right? Also Night couldn't properly recall her name after a while in his interlude - he didn't refer to her by name. And we've seen now that Faeries can do weird thing to names.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-13 10:55:24 +0000 UTC20 chapters ahead of free releases on RR. The amazon book is not free, so not ahead. And they have to wait like 50 chapters for the next book. so soon 40 chapters ahead of amazon.
Yandron
2022-05-13 09:32:48 +0000 UTCSeems like like butterfly "Look at cool stuff class" should have leveled a lot more imo. Also... I was under the impression that patreon would be at least 20 chap ahead of book 7 release. I am new...
Melchisedec Bailey
2022-05-13 07:58:39 +0000 UTCI don't think Selkie needs to put in every *ding!*. It would be very strange for Fae Remembrance to be called Immortal Recollections on her status sheet at the end. Elaine was the one who took the most precautions against Fae shenanigans (i.e. tried to follow the rules), any lingering problems seem more likely to have entangled one of the others, to my mind.
David Brims
2022-05-13 07:47:12 +0000 UTCAnyone else thinking Elaine didn’t get [Immortal Recollections] but actually [Fae Remembrance]? I ask because we didn’t get a *ding!* for [Immortal Recollections], which makes me suspect some Fae shenanigans are afoot.
Skydda Dragontooth
2022-05-13 05:54:56 +0000 UTCJust had a thought: Elaine and co should check the descriptions of all their skills, because even if the name hasn't changed, the description or effect might have. In particular I'm thinking of Sentinel's Superiority. The description in chapter 117 was all about Humanity, but it would likely have changed if all current Sentinels are Vampires or a wide range of species.
David Brims
2022-05-13 05:22:43 +0000 UTCYeah, actually Elaine was tipsy the whole ordeal. Indeed, remembering and analysing the memories should be beneficial for her.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-13 02:10:40 +0000 UTCWell... that's not quite the case. They were already preserving them. He just congratulated them for it.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-13 02:05:38 +0000 UTC@DANTE travelling in a different hostile crazy and wonderous realm for like a year non-stop without powers? That's far more dangerous and long lasting expirience than the Shimagu city... you are really underselling the dangers of the fae.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-13 01:46:53 +0000 UTCI just realized. The northern continent is now a monster preservation zone because Genie said to keep the dinosaurs alive and they'd find out why eventually.
Cirvante
2022-05-13 01:27:54 +0000 UTCShe must be at 4096 by now. Normally leveling at that point would be insanely slow, but she can spar with the guardians whenever she feels like it. That's gotta be worth some crazy exp.
Cirvante
2022-05-13 01:21:30 +0000 UTC@Cirvante it took a very long while before the hole in the ocean fix was added. So it had to be a very slow flood. And it takes a shit ton of water to flood the world. Wouldn't be surprised if it took thousands of years. I don't think we have enough info to tell what exactly happened...
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-13 01:05:31 +0000 UTCYeah, before Herculix, a [Child of Remus] with 16 stat points at level 8 couldn't get mage or healer classes. They need 10 points in two magic stats. That's rough.
Cirvante
2022-05-13 01:02:44 +0000 UTCMust have been one hell of a waterfall. Or a very slow flood. And there were two floods, so how did the first end? Divine intervention?
Cirvante
2022-05-13 00:58:27 +0000 UTCBackwards time travel is impossible. And she's better off not remembering the fae realm, like literally dancing her feet off.
Cirvante
2022-05-13 00:56:11 +0000 UTCAnyone else read the genie as Robin Williams? [Passionate Learning] only gained 1 level? you would think traveling to fea world would count for more. I wonder if thinking about the fae flyers will level up [Scintillating Ascent] later
jackalsclaw
2022-05-13 00:35:37 +0000 UTCTwo words, giant hampterball
Robert Nolan
2022-05-12 23:15:14 +0000 UTCSo glad people told me to return to this story, binging the last couple dozen chapters was lit AF. Can't wait for all the class ups, also wanna see what Lun'Kats been up too
Niko
2022-05-12 21:30:24 +0000 UTCMan if Elain had picked the world traveler class she would jumped up so high it might have helped catch Arie up in levels and uncap Elain
Kain
2022-05-12 20:24:43 +0000 UTCBolt out of where? They’re in an ancient forest of unknown size and lv 700 monsters just chilling in random spots. Just running in a random direction is as near to a suicide plan as I can think of.
Kain
2022-05-12 20:20:59 +0000 UTCIt wasn't actually narrative convenience. I just... set the world, then hit "ACTION!". Artemis has always had [Wandering Mage], and when I went through my notes, after this happened, Artemis should gain a lot of levels. The degree of wandering I judged to be on-par with Elaine healing Lun'Kat, so Artemis got a similar number of levels.
Selkie
2022-05-12 18:55:08 +0000 UTCMy theory about humans getting kicked off the system is still that it was that one high level goat that Elaine attacked, bearing a grudge for 10000 years. Mostly because the Genie says something in the follow-up message about humans responding quickly, unlike goats (and also because it's hilarious).
David Johnson
2022-05-12 18:21:28 +0000 UTCI mean, Elaine got around the same amount of levels for the Shimagu city incident, even if Artemis class is wandering mage they didn't exactly explore the fea realm, 50 lvls would already seem generous, Autumn did a lot and any amount of levelling could be justified, I know its plot armour but still, maybe its my biases against Artemis but it seems pretty random
DANTE
2022-05-12 17:08:00 +0000 UTC@Alexey Gladkich ,Agree, Julius must have leveled very little in the Fae realm compared to Elaine (the whole experience went to Auri) and Artemis. When he first met Elaine, Julius was level 240, apparently he reset his classes once. So he had 2 ranger rounds, and spent like 4 years as a commander. He should be around 260. With the levels of having entered the Fae world, maybe he's around level 310~~330. I don't know what his classes get bonuses from.
Shoto
2022-05-12 16:08:15 +0000 UTCMy brain first wanted to read it as Dingo-pocalypse, a doom caused by Aussie wild dogs.
Alex Rahr
2022-05-12 12:29:42 +0000 UTCGod, I'm an idiot! The entire time I was hella confused, and it took me until I read the chapter and ALL comments to realize that the chapters title is, in fact, NOT "DingOpocalypse"...
Jeanean
2022-05-12 11:58:34 +0000 UTCThat would definitely be hillarious, but I'm not sure they would keep level 700 creatures, even in the biggest petstore of the world. But, in regards to the Fairy Rings, I don't think they reappeared in one, and even then, who says the Fairy ring was there first?
Jeanean
2022-05-12 11:47:52 +0000 UTCPraise the Selkie, indeed!
Jeanean
2022-05-12 11:41:57 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure its gonna be Maxed until the end. Remember, she got almost twentyTHOUSAND years worth of Highlevel healers leveling the Skill. Even if she only gets 0,1% of the experience of other people leveling the Skill, I doubt that there were less than a thousand Oath-healers at any one time after the Oath spread around. If even such circumstances only yield 1000 Levels, then it would be bascially impossible to reach the 2000 level range, and there have been mentions of people like that.
Jeanean
2022-05-12 11:32:43 +0000 UTCOh wow XD
Jeanean
2022-05-12 11:20:00 +0000 UTC@Alexey, @Shoto, good arguments! I'll concede that point. I do still think that Artemis ended up lower level than Selkie wanted at this point, and used the fae excuse to power level Artemis. As a Commander, I think Julius's level is less relevant to his ability to contribute, same with Amber as a negotiater/trader.
David Brims
2022-05-12 10:11:32 +0000 UTCThe obvious solution to me is to have Artemis move the rock, get far enough from the big spider, then just bolt outta there
Jumping Flounder
2022-05-12 10:07:11 +0000 UTC@DANTE as far as I understand Julius didn't have a big level jump. At least not as big as Artemis had. @DavidBrims fairly certain that Selkie planned to have Artemis join Elaine in the future arc right from the start. In pre-planned arcs certain directions can feel contrived and out of place. I don't see anything out of place in either Artemis desicions or her choice of classes.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-12 09:50:11 +0000 UTCdoes that mean Julius had a similar level jump? at that point, if it's just for relevance might as well, I'm not the biggest fan of Elaine jumping to the future with company but if Artemis get 150 lvls to keep her relevan, they might as well all get around lvl 450 or so, Aury included, and not just Artemis, it makes sense for Autumn to get a shit load of levels, Julius same excuse as Artemis and Aury is a phoenix so she can cheat
DANTE
2022-05-12 09:44:27 +0000 UTC@David Brims ,She did not intend to retire and found the school, who came up with the idea for the school was Elaine when she was with the Rangers. At that time Artemis was already at level 300 in both classes. And her classes are [Lightning-Wandering Mage] and [Earth-Mage Ranger]. And it's not like Artemis's 2 classes don't level up after she leaves the Rangers, the gain from traveling and problem solving in both classes is just a bonus. Likewise, it's a bonus that Elaine's healing class gains experience from Sentinel quests, and the mystical butterfly class gains experience when Elaine sees new spells. Artemis still levels up his classes by killing monsters and training.
Shoto
2022-05-12 09:28:37 +0000 UTCYes, but she intended to retire and establish the school, so why didn't she take a more appropriate 256 class-up option for that? And regardless of when she did her class-up, Selkie didn't allocate her class until chapter 211, and then specifically mentioned that the class was handicapped from advancing because she wasn't 'wandering' anymore. If Selkie had intended Artemis to end up finishing the story teaching at her school it would've been more natural to give her a slightly better class for that, I think. Of course, I admit I could be reading too much into it, but I think Selkie by chapter 211 already intended for Artemis to accompany Elaine into the future.
David Brims
2022-05-12 09:12:22 +0000 UTC@DavidBrims Artemis was long past lvl 256 in both classes when she established the school. So it couldn't be the case.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-12 08:56:49 +0000 UTCYes, but Selkie might have been intending Artemis to come with Elaine in the Fae lands for that long. Otherwise she might have had a teaching class. First mention of Artemis' class (first mention of that class for any character) wasn't until book 5 / chapter 211 when she already established the school.
David Brims
2022-05-12 08:44:43 +0000 UTCI think you get full exp for time with the fae. She also quested to get her man back and i feel like a time skip counts as a helluva adventure
Matthew Dennis
2022-05-12 08:39:44 +0000 UTCGenie hadn't yet had the wish for global announcements for extinctions at that point.
David Brims
2022-05-12 08:33:26 +0000 UTCIs it Just me or has the Formorians not had an extinction notification?
enderman
2022-05-12 08:15:10 +0000 UTC@DavidBrims it was mentioned long ago that Artemis had class [Wandering Mage]. And having this class is typical for Rangers as they travel a lot on their routes.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-12 08:06:42 +0000 UTCGiven the name "Wandering Mage", the implication seems to be that the class gains xp for going on journeys. I guess going to the fae realm and ending up in an unknown land counts as a lot of wandering.
Benjamin Smith
2022-05-12 08:01:20 +0000 UTCIt's primarily narrative convenience so she isn't irrelevant. Selkie gave her the class of 'Wandering Mage' to try to explain why she got so many levels, but she needed to have more levels so that's that!
David Brims
2022-05-12 07:59:16 +0000 UTCthanks for the chapter Artemis jumping 150 levels or so seems a bit random tho
DANTE
2022-05-12 06:32:41 +0000 UTCa question in wich capter ellaine take the tird class.
Fili
2022-05-12 06:30:15 +0000 UTCRight, it was hinted at that the Void mage thing involved nuclear forces, an e=mc2 explosion of some sort. And the gods don't want the population to know about nukes (we know this since they wiped it from Elaine's memory), hence the censorship.
11037
2022-05-12 02:47:32 +0000 UTCWorld traveler look like a good start for a time traveler class, if this is even possible
MrGaujail
2022-05-12 02:46:56 +0000 UTCVoid Mages do not blow themselves up. They simply summon a bit of antimatter. That's all.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-12 02:35:22 +0000 UTCI like how the genie went out of his way to misinterpret and nullify some of the nastier wishes. Like Helediron's wish for monsters to get bonus XP (which the Genie either interpreted so narrowly that few monsters got the bonus, or so broadly that everyone got the bonus), the warning he added about the consequences of the everflowing waterfall (which first prompted someone to get Humans kicked off the System, then prompted someone else to come up with that stringently worded wish to fix the flooding problem), his deliberate misinterpretation of the end-the-world wish, the warning about Thraximundar the Terrible (and possibly put a weakness/limitation on him?), and did anyone else note that message about how Void Mages aren't blowing themselves up they are being blown up BY SOMEONE?
David Brims
2022-05-12 02:25:55 +0000 UTCBecause that is the right way to do it.
Endoria
2022-05-12 02:13:26 +0000 UTCIt's more the sort of boost that helps them get started and get better starting classes, from what Selkie said.
David Brims
2022-05-12 01:40:21 +0000 UTC@Andrew ? There is no free stat point gain from great feats. They get +1 to all stats. Not +1 free stat per level.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-12 00:52:50 +0000 UTCThe skill requires her to actively study a creature to gain their flight, doesn't it? I don't think she really had the attention to spare for that.
Benjamin Smith
2022-05-12 00:52:43 +0000 UTCThat would be so funny, crazy of them to build around a fairy ring though.
Dillsimmons
2022-05-11 23:57:31 +0000 UTCI also remember in nights chapter about the great flood, totally related.
Dillsimmons
2022-05-11 23:54:54 +0000 UTCWhy did I hear Robin Williams' voice narrating all the system messages this chapter? 😂🤣😂
Philip Pleiss
2022-05-11 23:54:42 +0000 UTCRelated is the free stat point gain retroactive, looking at Elaine's free stats of 204 it seems not as if she had got the free stats for the levels gained before those extra free points became available it would be a lot higher.
Andrew Moreton
2022-05-11 23:46:44 +0000 UTCI like that after they added an endless waterfall...they had to use another wish to add a hole in the ocean to deal with all the extra water, lol.
11037
2022-05-11 23:39:45 +0000 UTCThe XP boost is 6% for humans. There's also Hercules [Hero] from the earliest ages that achieved a great feat. Auri got XP mainly due to Elaine's class [Mystic Butterfly] that loves all the faerie magic and crazy experiences. Similarly to how Artemis' [Wanderin Mage] got serious boost due to travelling in the Fae Realm.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-11 22:59:47 +0000 UTCThanks for the surprise. There is so much so dissect in the chapter. Do general skills work the same way as classes and class skills? When you hit a class up level, any experience gained gets banked and then doesn't get applied until you class up. Likewise, the class skills cannot go beyond the overall class level. It they do work that way, it would mean that Elaine's Oath will now basically always keep pace with her main class level since it will have accumulated an outrageous amount of XP over the 24,000 years. I'm not clear in what caused Auri to reach level 128. It's possible that whatever caused it gave enough XP that as soon as she classes up, she will be most if the way to 256 immediately. Also, the XP bonuses that the Genie mentioned. Is it 2% of the base XP added on and then another 2% of that total, or is it 4% of the base?
Cormac
2022-05-11 22:40:45 +0000 UTCThat's too damn funny. I'm not sure how I missed that.
Melting Sky
2022-05-11 22:31:13 +0000 UTCThis was amazing oh my god
Emberflux
2022-05-11 22:23:57 +0000 UTCNo. Because we deserve to have cute Auri for at least 200 more chapters!
David Brims
2022-05-11 22:23:50 +0000 UTCThe wish for Everflowing waterfall caused one of the great floods Night mentioned. Then the hole in the ocean was added to fix the issue.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-11 22:22:58 +0000 UTCTipping the one making the wish was Selkie getting annoyed at the colour thing...
David Brims
2022-05-11 22:16:15 +0000 UTCMan this story is good, to me it seems unacceptable that I will have to wait Five Whole Days to get the next one 😂 and five days is nothing... cheers and thanks for the chapter!
Karl
2022-05-11 22:10:36 +0000 UTCI don't think she wants [World Traveller] after getting whisked away for 25k years in another realm.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-11 22:10:20 +0000 UTCThanks!
Daniel Everest
2022-05-11 22:07:02 +0000 UTCSo, I have 10 coins that says they are in the spider exhibit of Flora's Friends. Any takers?
Robert Nolan
2022-05-11 21:51:47 +0000 UTCTake [Fae Remembrance] in third class - skill related to another world should help to get [World Traveler]
Timothy G
2022-05-11 21:51:45 +0000 UTCThank you so much for the early chapter, I’m sorry you got bullied into it though. That’s gotta feel bad
MoonlitShade
2022-05-11 21:48:15 +0000 UTCPlease that’s plan M for mole people
Selkie
2022-05-11 21:35:22 +0000 UTCI hated coral so much lol
Selkie
2022-05-11 21:34:49 +0000 UTCPlan H: They dig down a little bit more, Artemis turns her stone dome into a sphere. Then the party hamster balls it out of there. ='D
Kevinati
2022-05-11 21:30:36 +0000 UTCLovely solution and nice break point! I love the Genie. Nice vibe and looking forward to seeing the problem solving going forwards. Have a great weekend and perhaps even some sleep!
Adurna
2022-05-11 21:29:04 +0000 UTCI really appreciate the extra chapter. Thank you!
Caedmon Fowler
2022-05-11 21:24:18 +0000 UTCThank you so much, for breaking the great cliff of chapter 316. Surely that is an achievement worthy of +1 to All humans
Jeppe Fiig
2022-05-11 21:12:24 +0000 UTCThanks so much for the early chapter! Fantastic!
Shindu
2022-05-11 20:46:47 +0000 UTCJust had a thought, what if Auri's size is related to her level instead of her age? When she does these next class ups and basically jumps up to level 500 all at once is her form going to grow to match?
Robert
2022-05-11 20:32:31 +0000 UTCI think it’s based on the genie from Aladdin which sort of just did whatever it wanted so this genie is probably similar, and let’s be honest If a character was ever going to break the 3rd wall it was always going to be the genie.
coolblue
2022-05-11 20:28:30 +0000 UTCYou didnt have to. but thank you anyway.
Richard Merlin
2022-05-11 20:27:40 +0000 UTCCrucible is definitely an upgrade but I’m gonna miss coral. Love the chapter Selkie, keep up the good work!
Ethan Barber
2022-05-11 20:20:33 +0000 UTCeither "witch" as a species or class take your pick has become extinct.
Michael Otton
2022-05-11 20:15:47 +0000 UTCif your talking about the world ending announcement depending on how literal the genie is he either destroyed and recreated the world immediately (unlikely) or he chose to take it figuratively and "the world of today dies with the coming of tomorrow" made the world of that instant die with the start of a new instant.
Michael Otton
2022-05-11 20:14:23 +0000 UTCHeh. Remember that being an "Oathbound Healer" was a big deal in Iona's world. If that Oath had been tied to Dawn Sentinel instead of a general skill -- I suspect she would have gone over L1000 after thousands of years of Oaths. I sorta wonder if she has the same memory skill as Night's developed into now...
Daniel Sifrit
2022-05-11 20:08:31 +0000 UTCThe genie does break immersion. When inread it i came across as a radio dj voice. Unless there is a reason anyone would speak in such a niche way i find it disruptive to continuity. Still liked the chapter, but i skipped the notifications almost entirely. I dont want this to come across harsh, im just voiceing something that rubbed me the wrong way.
Matthew Dennis
2022-05-11 20:04:08 +0000 UTCMuch better stopping place, thank you!!!!
GuyWhoReadsALot
2022-05-11 19:59:36 +0000 UTCThe revolution was definitely televised
Konner Morris
2022-05-11 19:50:24 +0000 UTCWhat? Elaine & co arrived exactly at the time of middle of Iona last interlude - at summer solstice. Last we've heard of Iona was about a month afterwards.
Alexey Gladkich
2022-05-11 19:49:33 +0000 UTCPraise the Su.. Selkie!
Xaim
2022-05-11 19:48:42 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter.
Joshua Little
2022-05-11 19:43:11 +0000 UTCThank you! It was killing me!
Dap5
2022-05-11 19:42:36 +0000 UTCThank you!
Apiris
2022-05-11 19:41:49 +0000 UTCheh tiny amount got it to [*ding!* Congratulations! [Oath of Elaine to Lyra] has leveled up! 376 -> 513] that would be more than double the previous exp right? i read 315 as 515 for a second there....lol
Akatosh117
2022-05-11 19:38:39 +0000 UTCHmm... so we still have like 5000 years to go until Iona's time? Night also said the Healer was gone for 10000 years at the foundation of his empire, so I guess they don't meet... or Genie measures time differently
Jaggeer
2022-05-11 19:37:10 +0000 UTCthank you very much for the double chapter! Do consider taking an extra week or more off if you're feeling burnt out, gotta make sure to stay in good writing form!
Anna
2022-05-11 19:36:37 +0000 UTCIt was just time marching on. The genie pranked the wisher basically. The only constant is change so the world changed and thus the old world was "destroyed".
elijah pickett
2022-05-11 19:34:58 +0000 UTCNotifications seem reasonable, though I did expect her to get a lot of levels in Scintillating Ascent from the flight of the Fae.
Silerus
2022-05-11 19:33:29 +0000 UTCPallos was destroyed. And replaced with a world that happened to be exactly like pallos in every recognizable way and in exactly the same place such that nobody would notice a difference were it not for genie literally telling people about it.
Robert Mullins
2022-05-11 19:31:13 +0000 UTCClasses gain experience for doing stuff based on the class, so usually they get experience along with skills leveling up. But a skill leveling up does not necessitate experience for classes. Also, I'm pretty sure Auri is soaking up all the EXP until they reach similar levels?
elijah pickett
2022-05-11 19:31:09 +0000 UTCOh no, what happened to Dong the Witch?
Chris_T
2022-05-11 19:29:44 +0000 UTCWhy did her class only stay at level 513? Does she have to class it up or did it not just gain xp or what? Somebody explain plz.
Matt R.
2022-05-11 19:29:14 +0000 UTCAwwww, Selkie is such a softy. (✿◕‿◕)
Melting Sky
2022-05-11 19:23:20 +0000 UTCSo just a couple of random takeaways: 1. ...was that the goat Elaine attacked that one time? 2. Am I reading this wrong or did an entire planet full of people get Isekaied to Palos at some point?
David Johnson
2022-05-11 19:23:20 +0000 UTCThanks
Benjamin wolfe
2022-05-11 19:21:42 +0000 UTCMan I wonder what an insane amount of xp the Oath must have gotten. Probably just gonna be maxed for the next thousand levels easily
Chrisbirdie
2022-05-11 19:17:13 +0000 UTCThanks, Selkie! Think that this is a much more satisfying spot than the end of last chapter. Looking forward to Monday's chapter!
Flying Goat
2022-05-11 19:12:46 +0000 UTCHave a good rest, have a good weekend, thanks for the chapter!
DaisyChains
2022-05-11 19:11:19 +0000 UTCYou totally didn’t have too, thank you very much though! Get some good rest.
Dillsimmons
2022-05-11 19:03:53 +0000 UTCConsidering those notifications were from 10,000 years of time you likely won't see them often.
Sean
2022-05-11 19:02:45 +0000 UTCNgl, I hated having to read the notifications from the genie. Not my cup of tea at all.
Nick O'Roonling
2022-05-11 18:59:20 +0000 UTCShe didn't, it's the base class that was automatically selected when the 3rd class was unlocked, it's why it doesn't have any skills
Diddyz7
2022-05-11 18:58:52 +0000 UTCSelkie is the best! <3 <3 <3
Julie
2022-05-11 18:56:54 +0000 UTCThis was amazing, thank you. Genie sounds like a character!
elijah pickett
2022-05-11 18:56:21 +0000 UTCI love Genie's vibes
Oxykon
2022-05-11 18:56:00 +0000 UTC*far= fae
Linkneo5
2022-05-11 18:54:31 +0000 UTCAwesome so far! Very excited to see what has all changed. Also very glad pristine memories trumps far magic and Amber/Autumn is probably not an evil changling
Linkneo5
2022-05-11 18:54:19 +0000 UTCAw, ty!
Allie
2022-05-11 18:54:03 +0000 UTCWhen did she select her last class?
Turean Allen
2022-05-11 18:53:29 +0000 UTCI'm so glad this came early I just needed to see something happen, looking forward to Monday in a much more relaxed manner XD
MasterEnvi
2022-05-11 18:52:49 +0000 UTCI was wondering why Elaine was seeing level numbers. Nice to know the Genie Did It
Andrew Moreton
2022-05-11 18:52:23 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter
Dont_like_to_Talk
2022-05-11 18:51:04 +0000 UTCThank you, you are the best!
Raistlin
2022-05-11 18:46:34 +0000 UTCSecond and WOW I wish I could jump like 6 months into the future to read this
Titania
2022-05-11 18:45:06 +0000 UTCSushi potato
MrGaujail
2022-05-11 18:44:56 +0000 UTChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grVzHu-_LcU
Selkie
2022-05-11 18:40:46 +0000 UTCThank you!!
Victoria McGuire
2022-05-11 18:38:40 +0000 UTCayyyy, no mr cliffy! :D
BerciTheBeast
2022-05-11 18:37:56 +0000 UTC27s
Captdeth
2022-05-11 18:37:05 +0000 UTC