Viers was contemplating his familiar’s future.
Was Dia a monster or not?
He asked that question to the girls and they answered.
Dia, or rather, dryads, were not monsters therefore they belong to the other race category. Just like beastfolks, lamias, orcs, elves, and so on.
The reason was simple, monsters had monster cores.
Dryads are categorized as monsters in other fictions but it seems not in this world. Okay then.
At any rate, she was not a mo...
2021-03-21 11:52:33 +0000 UTC
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But not all of Viers’ projects were progressing smoothly.
“Aaaahhh!” Clarissa held her head in pain.
“Clarissa, no!”
“Don't force yourself!”
Paina and Farley aided the fallen lamia princess who had lost consciousness.
“...She bit more than she could chew,” Viers examined her worriedly. He then plucked out a few monster souls, mixed them up with his Victa, and created a floating jelly-like substance on his hand. He pressed his hand on Clarissa’...
2021-03-21 11:43:56 +0000 UTC
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“Haup.”
Viers ate the cherry-sized fruit from the mystical dancing plant. A taste of grape spread throughout his mouth and he swallowed it with great relish.
He could feel life, a potent life force was spreading all over his body. From the core of his stomach to the tips of his fingers. His life span had been replenished greatly.
“Incredible...”
Combined with all the monsters he had eaten since he arrived at Pecan Village, Viers now had about 40 years of life s...
2021-03-19 15:29:49 +0000 UTC
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Viers had made progress in his endeavor to find a replacement for Victa fuel.
Gasp! I just remembered a marvelous quote. A certain Dread Empress –don’t remember which one– already told the answer to me!
"You'd be surprised at the breadth of things that can be powered by the souls of the innocent. Fortresses, swords, my favourite chandelier."
Goddamn! It really is a guide of evil practicality. I give it a rating of seven stars out of five.
Al...
2021-03-18 12:50:42 +0000 UTC
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“Kin!”
Dia hugged him with all her might.
“Yes, I suppose that calling is fitting now.”
“Yes!”
Naturally, the trio witnessed the rite between Viers and the newly named Dia.
“A Biome Master as a familiar, ahaha… What has the world turned into?”
Clarissa was in a posture similar to a kneeling human, hands on the ground, as she weakly laughed. Only she understood the absurdity of it. It almost shattered her beliefs.
“Did Lord Viers ta...
2021-03-14 12:48:28 +0000 UTC
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“-and then I met you.”
“Mmm.”
The young dryad finished her story. He felt some parts were a bit off.
“Can I meet this grandpa you talked about?”
“Okay!” The girl always replied to his requests with enthusiasm.
The dryad led the way and gave him a tour of the place. She explained about the trees and plants they came across. The Biome was huge, similar to the size of Madagascar. Thankfully, this grandpa wasn’t far. There was no member of the anima...
2021-03-11 12:07:35 +0000 UTC
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“First things first, let’s close the portal so the outside won't be affected.”
“Okay.”
The dryad extended her hand to the crack in space and the air changed. A tide of power was approaching, as if a pack of solid clouds had descended on the area. The fulcrum was the dryad, Viers who was standing beside her felt it clearly.
Incredible intensity. How much stronger is she now? Level 3? 5? More?
“Clarissa, what is this?” He asked the closest expert h...
2021-03-11 12:06:31 +0000 UTC
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“Kin? As in relatives?” Paina covered her mouth with her hands.
“Lord Viers is a dryad?”
“Impossible. All dryads are female!” The lamia strongly denied.
While the girls inside his head were in the middle of confusion, Viers was no different.
Kin? Did she really mean me? I’m pretty sure I’m 100% human. I don't have mysterious ancestry like those MCs with unknown parents, Viers’ parents were normal humans… could it be ‘that’?
Seeing...
2021-03-08 14:33:18 +0000 UTC
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You know, even in those ‘slow life’ stories, some kind of battle will always happen. Against bandits, monsters, jerk people, demons, shitty government officials, the usual stuff. So the moral of the story is, as long as you’re living, conflict is inevitable.
A few days ago, while being covered by the blood of the monster he just killed, Viers had an epiphany about the truth of the world.
And then this is not a mere slow life situation, I must search for treasure...
2021-03-08 14:31:58 +0000 UTC
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It’s great but there’s one glaring drawback. Victa consumption.
Victa generation was one of the major woes for Pathseekers. The Victa generation rate was too slow.
Pathseekers used Victa as the main fuel for their superhuman capabilities. Without Victa, most Pathseekers would be no different than normal people.
Besides improving their Intio via absorbing mana through various means, Pathseekers grew by refining their skills. The most obvious one was training thei...
2021-03-05 14:57:25 +0000 UTC
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Among that truth, he had hidden one lie. He did not mark Nadiem, he couldn't. But the threat was conveyed clear enough. Would an Idler such as Nadiem dare to test it?
The party ended and the guests returned with a belly full enough to burst and lots of meat as a souvenir. The Irvings were exhausted, they went to sleep very early.
“Thank you for doing this, young Avel. I can see the eyes of the villagers looking at me more positively. We’ll meet again another day, have a good r...
2021-03-02 12:47:21 +0000 UTC
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The feast had ended, in the real world and the unreal. It had been three days since he visited Shlomo and told him his plan. The one-armed youth and his new horse beastfolk Pathseeker friend had hunted many monsters since. Frankly, two Pathseekers wouldn’t be able to clear the many monsters roaming the wide areas all around the village. They focused their efforts on the ‘safe’ blocked road that formerly connected Pecan Village to the outside world.
Apparently Shlomo had tried to k...
2021-02-28 19:12:14 +0000 UTC
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Viers was looking at a dark cave while his eyes were shining green with rainbow hues, his pupils were like snakes. His left arm was covered with cloth and held up by an arm sling while his right was gripping the shaft of a spear.
He went inside, slowly.
The dark environment didn't faze him. His eyes could see just fine despite the darkness. It didn't take him long to find his target.
Wakey wakey.
Zlub!
“GRAAAWL!!?”
The monster’s roar filled t...
2021-02-28 05:37:01 +0000 UTC
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Avel and Luca reached their destination, it was an orchard. The place was not big but there were quite a variety of trees and shrubs in the orchard. Winter had just ended so the greeneries were a bit lacking.
“Wow, what a nice place.”
“Mister Horse!”
Luca ran to the person drinking tea leisurely outside the house near the orchard.
“Hello, little flower. Healthy, yes?”
Avel walked at his own pace, approaching the pair.
So that’s Mister Hors...
2021-02-25 14:38:13 +0000 UTC
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Another great morning and the weather was perfect for a walk outside, which is precisely what Viers did.
He was accompanied by Luca, on the way to the place of ‘Mister Horse’.
“So what do you usually do every day?”
“Umm, playing by myself?”
“Kids around your age were mean to you, right? Because of your purple hair?”
“Nn,” Luca nodded.
I don’t get what the fuss is all about. It's dark purple, almost black. Not so different.
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2021-02-24 16:10:14 +0000 UTC
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Avel and Luca returned home, walking side by side. He held her hand the whole time. After the water performance, Luca didn’t speak.
“There, we have arrived. Ouph?”
Luca suddenly hugged his thigh, burying her face.
“...Big bro, thank you.”
She ran away back home, embarrassed.
Avel smiled, feeling a great sense of accomplishment.
Pheeew. Did I chase away the darkness inside her heart? Avel also went inside the house. Arim and Susan were alr...
2021-02-21 13:47:48 +0000 UTC
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The rest of the dinner was filled with pleasant conversations. The youth said that he wanted to cultivate some crops too. He wouldn't be here for too long so he needed fast-growing vegetables. Turnip was his first choice.
I refuse to leave this place without a true Harvest Moon experience! I must till the soil, plant the seeds, water them every day, and harvest them!
Every experience made him stronger so why not? He liked those games.
Unfortunately, the Irvings didn...
2021-02-20 14:42:28 +0000 UTC
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His first priority was mending his wounded body.
The main problem was Freya’s Victa Stigma.
When Freya wounded Viers, her Victa residue made its mark in Viers’ body when she injured him. Viers likened it to ‘infection’, magical ones.
Pathseekers’ wounds were hard to heal and this was one of the reasons. Victa Stigma hampered their healing effort. That was why some Pathseekers needed months or years to heal from a grievous injury.
Next was repairing his inner ...
2021-02-20 14:40:57 +0000 UTC
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The air of the village was refreshing, even more so for a recovering person like him. He walked slowly and lightly around the village, committing the lay of the land to his memory, until the sky was red because the sun almost set.
Alright, time to head back. I need to make plans about how to live here. The Irvings seem like decent enough folks but they are poor as dirt. Perhaps they don't even have enough to fill their bellies. I mustn't leech off of their kindness like a parasite.<...
2021-02-17 12:25:02 +0000 UTC
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Viers Isuel was a simple guy.
As an insignificant little cog in the great machine of society in modern Earth, he was fed up with the constraints of rules and regulations.
After he reincarnated here, he took up a new name and identity. He wanted to have something he didn't before, freedom, unfettered freedom. And have a prosperous, long, exciting, good life.
He realized he was in a xianxia-esque world where someone could become a superman if they have the will, talent, opport...
2021-02-17 12:24:20 +0000 UTC
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Clarissa felt Viers was interesting.
She was born as Kala’risyah, the sixth daughter of the Lamia Queen. Born at the end of the first millennium. Genesis Advent calendar year 988.
She was born in an age embroiled in war. Gods and devils battle for the right of ruling over creation.
Her race, the lamia was just one insignificant chess piece in that Great War but even a chess piece had a role to play. The lamia fought under the banner of the gods.
Even from a young age...
2021-02-14 08:56:03 +0000 UTC
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Paina Wattle didn’t like Viers.
She felt Viers was full of lies, his intentions were covered with fogs. He’s powerful but dangerous, a volatile combination. She also couldn’t accept Viers’ readiness to murder fellow humans if need be.
She was from a poor fatherless family. Her mother, her sole family in this world was no more. With what little money she had left, Paina enrolled in Luxore town’s adventurer’s Training Center. To receive education, to become an adventurer...
2021-02-14 08:55:22 +0000 UTC
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After using apocalypse as a prop, Viers mended the White Flowers Meadow to its former appearance as if nothing had happened.
“Now listen up, all of those damages and injuries are true. To an ordinary Pathseeker, such a massive setback might cut their future short and drive them to the pits of despair but not me. I have a way to recover from all of that. It was actually just a matter of time before I got wounded to this degree. It happened a lot sooner than I expected but no matter. I...
2021-02-14 08:54:31 +0000 UTC
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The breakfast was terrible.
It was just a chuck of stone-hard black bread with two small potatoes and water. No salt or seasoning was used. Even before becoming a Pathseeker, his family in Peja town was better off than the Irvings. He wasn’t accustomed to eating food of such… sad quality.
However, it was worthy of note that despite their monetary condition, this family offered him kindness. Avel ate the food on his plate with an appreciative heart despite his tongue’s protes...
2021-02-11 15:26:33 +0000 UTC
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The sun gave its rays gently on a small village. It was a common village like any other. Most of the dwellings were modest huts with cone-shaped roofs made of thatch. The folks here were doing their routine just like the day before and the day before that. A bit boring for some of them but most were content.
A peaceful and tranquil place surrounded by nature, giving them bounty and protection from the chaotic world.
The trees that had shed their leaves during autumn had started to...
2021-02-10 17:16:01 +0000 UTC
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Greeting to all of you awesome guys, Avery here. I figured to say hello since I haven't yet and couldn't meet you face to face. I'm glad you all enjoyed my work enough to sent me money. I hope to not disappoint.
Since most of you have different names than the one in RR, I might not know you when you leave comments. Do let me know if you prefer. If you want to stay as hidden masters (readers) then that's fine too ^^
So, how's the story you see here? How much you enjoy the sto...
2021-02-07 15:45:39 +0000 UTC
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Viers’ soul Arte didn’t actually deal much damage to the Rank 4 slug. He was too weak to deal real damage to it. One couldn’t torch a forest to the ground in minutes with a single match. Viers suspected the slug felt the ire of someone who got woken up by a long needle prick on their foot. Not fatal but certainly painful and unpleasant.
Gregory was in the closest village below the mountain, evacuating the villagers when he heard a roar and the mountain quake.
He truly at...
2021-02-07 14:48:44 +0000 UTC
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Viers recalled the information he gathered about this place. In the region known as Ciref Valley, there were not one but two famous Rank 4 monsters here, one in each mountain sandwiching the valley. Earth Starfish and Acid Slug. They had been hibernating for years and sometimes woke for a short while.
When one monster awakened, the other would too. The duo then would battle, destroying the area in the process. They would then mate, breed, lay eggs, then go back to sleep. The spawns of t...
2021-02-07 14:46:57 +0000 UTC
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So, they caught me. From her words, she picked up my trail at Osemore? Sigh...
“Girls, we have a situation here,” Viers called the others with his mind.
Viers didn't answer the girl, he eyed the old man. The black-robed old man seemed more dangerous than the girl. He looked old and decrypt, Viers couldn't sense his Level but the hair on his back stood when he looked at the old man. And yet the old man did nothing, only observing him from behind the girl.
<...
2021-02-07 14:45:22 +0000 UTC
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Jarret was in a strange place. A dark place without any light.
“Where am I?”
“You’re an idiot.”
“Eh?”
He looked behind him and saw Franco. Without arms.
“Look at me! I became a cripple because of you, I am dead because of you!”
“No, no, I-” Jarret took a step back.
“Worthless brother. You can’t even catch a single criminal. Father would be ashamed to even look at you now.”
“Ah!?”
He turned again, this time h...
2021-02-07 14:44:29 +0000 UTC
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