Chapter 16 - Talks
"It's just a little blood... Don't worry so much, Lily," Rose reassured her. "I did far worse when I accidentally stabbed my palms with my newly grown-out nails."
"I still don't like it..." Lily muttered. Although despite her protest, she had to admit that she was hopeful this would work.
The blood dripped, and time almost stood still for Lily as she held her breath; the red drop splattered against the page. A bright light shone...
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Chapter 225: Siren
We were casually strolling around Dhoggurum, minding our own business, when suddenly, a strange high-pitched noise began echoing throughout the city. All the non-dwarves looked around in panic, but the stout dwarves all abruptly stood at attention as if they'd been prepared their entire lives for this moment.
Some of the humans were eventually calmed down, but everyone seemed to be on edge, waiting for the blaring siren to cease and answer the...
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Chapter 15 - Reunion
Lily continued to stare at Rose, waiting for her to answer. Her arms also appeared to have a few more scales than she could recall, and she could've sworn they looked a slightly more vibrant red.
"Umm... Yes," Rose answered hesitantly. "I had a bit of a growth spurt..."
"That's so unfair... I don't think I've grown at all," Lily whined.
Rose gave Lily a studying glance over before asking a question. "Did nothing change at all...
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Chapter 14 - Lessons
With classes in the mornings, working at the apothecary shop in the afternoons, and learning sigils in the evenings, Lily's days were jam-packed with activities. Her dedication to her studies was phenomenal, making her a shining example of commitment. Compared to the other children, she was doing enough for two or three combined at minimum.
Her sedentary nature proved an unexpected boon, as she had little excitement or recreational activitie...
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Chapter 224: Routine Progress
After our successful espionage mission, we sort of fell into a routine. We would spend most of the day heading to the managed dungeon to do some magic practice, and then we'd spend the evenings doing some rather lavish meals as a reward.
Occasionally, we would meet up with Thern, although he still seemed much more hesitant around Trixie than Vee. It was a pretty humorous discovery that the dwarf was fine with the monster spider more...
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Chapter 13 - Glyphs
Lily stared at the page in silence. She had thought her question innocent enough, but now Arakil was taking quite a long time to answer.
The extra two glyphs sounded useful, but if she only needed a shield to protect her, the other two features appeared slightly excessive. It also explained why the dire hawk had become such a tragedy; not only did it impact the shield at such a high speed, but it also received a reflection of the impact.
<...
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Chapter 12 - Second Apprenticeship
Lily found herself buckling under the pressure and wishing she was anywhere but here right now. She needed a good excuse that wouldn't reveal Arakil, but she felt she was grasping at straws.
"I want to use it to make ink!" Lily eventually blurted out. It was a shot in the dark, a little truth to hide the full answer.
"Oh?" Camilla replied, her eyes widening in genuine surprise. Rather than further questioning, she p...
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Chapter 223: Smelting
Glancing down below, it looked like the dwarves were finishing their task. The metal bars were melted, and the channels for the two vats were opened.
The two liquids merged in the central vat with a satisfying sizzling noise. That wasn't the end, as they used an enchanted tool to mix the solution while making small talk.
"Wow... Those dwarves are braver than me; I don't think I'd be willing to be that close to molten metal," Trixie sa...
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Chapter 11 - Potion Seller
Now that Arakil was back, Lily's nightmares faded over time, bringing her a sense of relief and comfort. Once Rose returned, they would likely be gone for good. She only wished the staff would be honest with her and explain why Rose was gone. They made it sound like it was some big secret, and even though they promised she was fine, it still caused doubt to fester.
The teachers were also grateful that Lily had started participating in ...
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Chapter 10 - Alone
Arakil stirred and finally began regaining consciousness from his induced meditative slumber. As his mental faculties began recovering, he realized that much longer had passed than he had intended. Either he had miscalculated his recovery time, or something prevented it.
Did something happen to Lily? He fretted.
For the first time, Arakil had woken up alone. It starkly contrasted with the usual awakenings when Lily wo...
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Chapter 9 - Danger
"Kee-eeeee-arr!"
Both girls flinched, their hearts pounding in their chests, their fear palpable as they looked around in panic at the sudden screeching.
Something large swooped down and clutched at Lily's head, lifting her a few feet off the ground before she abruptly fell, tumbling to the ground. The winged creature had grasped her hat with its talons, causing Lily to slip out to relative safety.
"Lily!" Rose screamed in...
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Chapter 222: Infiltration
With only two cores to worry about, I had a much smaller repertoire of forms available. However, I couldn't help but feel like I was partially naked, which was highly disconcerting because I hadn't felt like that ever before.
I mean, technically, I run around naked all the time; I don't think you can count my slime as clothes. I'll return my other cores to their proper place once we return to our room.
Vee shrunk down to ...
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Chapter 7 - Herbs
"You want to go and... Pick flowers?" Rose asked, unable to hide her suspicion.
"Not just flowers. Like... Magic herbs and stuff!" Lily answered, trying to sound more reasonable.
"Herbs aren't magical; they're medicinal. I know they sort of sound similar, but..." Rose began answering until she saw Lily putting on an extremely pouty face.
"How do you explain healing potions then?" Lily asked, drawing Arakil's earlier reasoning like a...
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Chapter 4 - Bunny
Lily sighed somberly as she watched the other children play. She was carefully seated in the shade of a tree to protect her extremely fair skin. Nowadays, they didn't even try to persuade her to join them anymore; they had long given up after numerous attempts that either had her collapse when she tried to keep up, or they had to slow their pace far too much for their liking. Her long bunny ears drooped in disappointment.
As if her frail consti...
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Blurb
"Books contain countless wonders."
Arakil, once a god of magic, found himself at odds with other deities. Imprisoned within his grimoire, he had to wait until the perfect person came along.
That person was a bunny girl named Lily. An orphan with a frail body that ruined her chances of being an adventurer. But, she had a talent for penmanship and a thirst for knowledge - the perfect foundation for a mage apprentice.
Seeing the o...
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Chapter 221: Sneaky Slime
Before our outing, we first returned to the inn to prepare. While I kept most of my supplies and such on hand, I potentially had ten problems I would need to handle for optimal sneaking. And so, I needed to make a dropoff if we were going to do this, one that I was incredibly reluctant to do. When we reached the safe confines of my room, I sighed and began slowly extracting my [Sub-Cores].
Vee looked curiously at me, while Trixie looked...
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So, first thing, I got the fancy cover for Syl 3 to show off! I absolutely love it, especially the glowing mushrooms! Big thanks to Tsuu and Mango Media for this. It really captures the "underground" feel I was hoping for.
Going for a "slime world tour" sort of vibe, with book 1 being the forest, book 2 being floating islands, and now book 3 being the underground. Book 3 should be wrapping up around chapter 240, depending on how much I yap, and I'm super excited fo...
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Chapter 220: Looking for Trouble
"Ugh... I think I'm so close..." Vee whined. "I just hate that absolute feeling of dread right at the end. It's like multiple alarm bells all going off at once."
I nodded sympathetically, "It was pretty bad. I absolutely hated it."
"Come on, it's not that bad... At least from what I can remember," Trixie shrugged.
"I wouldn't trust your memory. You're, how old exactly?" Vee questioned.
"Old. From what I could te...
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Chapter 219: Tea Slime
"What you doing?" Trixie asked me curiously. "I thought you'd be playing with new toys, but you seem to be rehashing some old ones."
"I fused [Soul Sight]... I'm having some issues differentiating the components that made it up," I explained.
"Oh... Yeesh, that's not good," Trixie looked concerned.
"That bad?"
Trixie shrugged, "It depends; knowing you, you'll figure it out in no time or cheat and find another way around i...
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Chapter 218: Essence Sludge
"I'd avoid using any magic that made them..." Trixie suggested.
"That's... All my magic!" I complained.
"Well, not Light!" Vee corrected.
"Great, I'll flashlight them to death!" I complained.
"You know what a flashlight is, yet look at me like I'm talking crazy half the time!" Vee whined.
"What? Flashlights exist... They're pretty common adventuring tools," I answered.
Vee grumbled very loud...
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Chapter 217: Luminous
"Poor little guy... He watched you eat the corpses of his cousins in front of him, and now you're going to eat him, too!" Trixie teased.
"I don't think slimes have any kinship; right when I was first reborn, I watched one blue slime eat another," I pointed out.
"And now you are going to perpetuate the cycle! How tragic!" Trixie continued her overly dramatic theatrics.
"Oh please... After both of you have so routinely teased me a...
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Chapter 216: Three Gluttons
We chatted longer and discussed what we should do in the coming days. My biggest concern was talking with Flintheart to see what slime cores he had wrangled up for me.
Vee only had food on her mind but was otherwise willing to go along for anything. I wondered if Trixie would have better luck teaching her the rock method than me.
Will I still get my discount if I tag in Trixie to help? I hope so...
Trixie wanted t...
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Chapter 215: Pixie Chaos
"Is there something wrong with that hat?" I asked Trixie.
"Other than taking up my favorite sitting spot?" Trixie replied with a sigh.
"I did get it from a Cat Sith..." I admitted. "The dungeon spawned it, and the hat, or crown, has been attached to me ever since..."
"Oh!" Trixie gasped with surprise.
Trixie left her favorite seat, fluttered down, and repeatedly poked the hat rather aggressively.
"Nope. Looks fine...
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Chapter 214: Pocket Magic
Despite my expert guidance, Vee still failed to become the rock. On the positive side, she was making headway with her [Dimension Magic], and we began experimenting with finding a reliable way to use her portals.
Since we were inside the city, we kept the experiments to a minimum, such as not throwing explosive spell orbs through them, for example. Speaking of spell orbs, I made a massive discovery: now that I had my next level...
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Chapter 213: Ring Shopping
"Woah! There are so many rings!" Vee said excitedly as she peered around from her position, sitting on my shoulder. Her enthusiasm was infectious, and I couldn't help but smile at her excitement.
We were currently exploring the adventurer's section of one of the market districts, a place that never failed to ignite a sense of wonder. The various equipment on display-weapons, armor, trinkets, tools, and all sorts of enchanted jewelry-we...
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Chapter 212: Report
I also remembered I needed to decipher the new poison I had acquired; it must have been potent as it caused my trait to level up. Lost in the thought of being attacked, my new traits and level-ups had almost been a footnote in the day's activities.
Sanguine Dream... It certainly sounds ominous.
Rather than naturally occurring like Bloodrot, this appeared to be a manufactured poison. But that was the limited extent of my attempt...
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Chapter 211: Tangled Web
I quickly checked my notifications to ensure he was actually dead and that it wasn't some trick.
<Elf LV 48; Umbral Wraithblade LV 54; Baker LV 33 defeated. Experience gained.>
Did we just get attacked by a baker?
"Well, everyone has to have hobbies... Or maybe it was his cover story? Baker by day, assassin by night," Vee replied wi...
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Chapter 210: Shadowy Elf Assassin
"Nothing personal girl… It's just business…" The dark, broody voice muttered as he pulled back his blade. A spray of red came out with it.
I clutched at the "wound" and turned to see my assailant. He had a shadowy form clinging to him that obscured almost all of his features. None of my senses could see him; it was as if he had no life, mana, or even presence.
<Blocked.>
While I was frustra...
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Chapter 209: Self-Destructing Worm
"Uh... How big is this going to be?" Vee asked nervously.
"Big!" I responded gleefully. "Make sure you're at a safe distance."
"That's... Ugh... Great..." Vee mumbled, and I sensed her teleporting and putting greater distance between herself and my worm body.
The kobolds kept attacking my body, with great aid from a full contingency of geomancers. Together, they were pulling out large spires of rock and trying to fo...
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Chapter 208: Kobold Outpost
The kobolds' cacophony was immediately drowned out by an all-encompassing explosion that echoed throughout the cavern. Following the blast were powerful discharges of lightning, gouts of flame, a deluge of water, a gust of air, and rocky shrapnel.
Concerned about Vee's safety, I threw up a rocky wall using [Rampart] between us and the point of the explosion.
Notifications soared through my head, and Vee must have been experienci...
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