Avery Light

Chapter 466

Border town in the Valentine Duchy, home to 5186 souls, Bartolios.

Sakuya couldn't sleep.

She had crossed the ocean hoping to meet that person. While she had anticipated it would take months or years to find him again, that person found her in the hour she made landfall and sent two messengers to fetch her.

She had reconnected with Tanael, who finally saw fit to tell her his real name, Viers. Tanael and Viers had a different face but it made no difference to Sakuya. S...

Chapter 465 - Vow

“I’d been here before as a kid. Years ago when father had some business in a nearby city, we stopped here for a bit of sightseeing. It was at this time that I saw a moving theatre with him and Mother.

Viers and Ciel were at the lake’s bank, looking at the body of water side by side while sitting on the ground. Their wet clothes had been dried using simple magic. Ciel suddenly talked while hugging both of her knees close to her chest.

“It was then Mother told me about the s...

Chapter 464

“B-but why? This is too sudden. Can we talk to her at least?”

“You may not. Give her time... Do your best in the competition.”

“...Yes, sir. Please convey our best regards to Miss Valentine.”

As the duke left, Viers saw the guilt in the Duke’s eyes as he looked at him and Croix. The duke’s bodyguards followed. The duke spoke to Crown Prince Patrick who seemed to receive good news and the two groups left together.

Among them, only Tinade remained. The ma...

Chapter 463 - Left

A few days ago.
The Shore.

“Thank you for your assistance, Knight Alfred. Many are worried since the Prince no longer lives here but we are grateful his heart is with us still. We are unworthy.”

“Prince Croix is benevolent. He wouldn't want to see you people live in fear,” the white-haired knight said. “I hope there’s no more monster threat for a while.”

Alfred walked on the street of this flourishing small coastal town. Once it was a fishing village ravaged...

Chapter 462 - Awkward Meeting

In anime, when two people had a tense disagreement, a crackling spark was created at a point where their gazes clash. Viers was witnessing a fiction made real, even without Victa.

It wouldn't be appropriate to brazenly discuss a domestic problem in public, so the Duke borrowed a room from the Viscount, who gave it gladly.

On one side, sitting on a couch, was the Duke of Valentine, Sterling Valentine. He looked like a Knight of the Round Table made flesh. The Level 5 was powerful i...

Chapter 461 - Like in the Movie

The prince defeated the big bad evil and managed to become king after overcoming countless hardships. He changed the kingdom into a democracy and created an era of peace and prosperity.

There were some variations but Viers had consumed many fables of this type. Viers wondered why these authors seemed to think democracy was the GOAT among all types of governance in existence.

Was it because of how prominent evil emperors were in the stories?

Granted, the hereditary nature of ...

Chapter 460 - Democracy

Round 3 made Viers think he was being an adventurer again, brief though his actual time as one might be.

A year? Less? I forgot.

It was the fancy word for the magical world’s handyman, more or less.

However, in a power-fantasy setting, most of the problems were power-related, such as a strong monster threatening to eat a village or a strong criminal doing whatever they wanted. Therefore, the problem-solver had to possess some measure of strength or skill to deal w...

Chapter 459 - Style Change

“Here they come!” Croix said to the three standing beside him. “Brace yourselves!”

The four people plus a dragon were ready for the upcoming battle. Before them was an imposing manor gate. It was reverberating as if it couldn't take any more, the wooden gate blasted open on its own, regurgitating a bunch of arms-wielding men.

Croix’s team met them head-on. Croix strengthened Falmerion’s fire breath. Ciel swung a blade of light that cut the enemy down in droves. Boram c...

Chapter 458 - Reading the Signs

A man suddenly appeared on a patch of land. His purple robe looked worse for wear and his long black hair was untied. He looked like he had been through the wringer.

“...It worked,” the man let out a sigh of relief.

The man was Wen Shenhu, one of the three Immortals. Floating above his palm, was a mystical jade token with a tiger engraving. The jade crumbled to dust soon after.

“Teacher’s talisman saved me from the tiger’s mouth,” he looked upwards at the silver ...

Chapter 457 - World on the Move

On a beautiful night, a beautiful woman in a beautiful room looked at a beautiful city.

Beautiful she might be, her face was colored by sadness.

It brings me joy to see you well, Croix. I only hope I can hug you in person.

The Crimson Capital was no longer showing the Grand Prix through massive magical projections throughout the city. As Round 3 brought the 16 teams away, there was no show to be had.

The woman, who had been kept in a gilded cage like a prized ...

Chapter 456 - Growth Boom

Besides the small bump in the road concerning the laser sword, the other gains from the raid were in order. There was so much stuff it was hard to keep track. Carlo in Zetel was still taking inventory. Viers kept sending updates of the latest info from Baharir’s soul search. The Level 4’s soul was -admirably but futilely- resisting Viers’ soul search, withholding important memories from him.

Level 4 Pathseekers instinctively became aware of the trinity of existence: mind, body, an...

Chapter 455 - Before Round 3

A carriage was traveling on the road. It was a four-seater pulled by a pair of horses. There was a coachman driving the vehicle. The horses were a quasi-magical breed equivalent to Level 2 monsters so they had greater endurance and speed compared to regular horses.

Sometimes, a red dragon could be seen flying overhead this carriage, frightening the horses when it got too close, much to the coachman's dismay.

Prince Croix and the other three members of this team were inside the car...

Chapter 454 - Night of Returns

“What the hell was that, Boram!?”

A red-headed prince grabbed Boram’s collar and pushed him to the wall. His emotions clearly were at boiling point.

Boram, no longer ever young like Miquella, stayed silent but his eyes showed no apology. The display from someone three years younger angered Croix more.

In the Latias Grand Prix private waiting room there were three other individuals besides Croix and Boram. The white-haired Level 4 Darkness Pathseeker, loyal knight of th...

Chapter 453 - New Boss in Town

The reinforcements from the Magisterium were greeted by a strategic-class magic warning shot from the Rupa branch Tower. It dampened their intent to storm the Tower and liberate it from the illegal occupiers.

Viers and his party used sabotage and speed to get inside the Tower before the defenders managed to land the Tower’s weapons on top of their heads.

Carlo the Hanged Man’s arrival was timely. The 40-year-old man was a Zetelian former school teacher turned merchant. He was ...

Chapter 452 - The Good, the Bad, and the Takeover

“What the...”

Jessica reached the floor near the top, where the Tower Master resided. It was the rendezvous point hashed out before the raid. Of course, it was only if the Tower Master had been successfully dispatched. Viers gave the signal of success to the other Level 4 in his party, so there shouldn't be a problem.

Yet in front of Jessica was a black sphere around twenty meters in diameter. The sphere could not be entirely seen since it passed through walls and floors but i...

Chapter 451 - Refill

Arte - Proof of Death.

A second wing magical mark took shape on the back of Viers’ left hand.

As expected, the blood of a Level 4 peak is something else. This much gain in Proof of Death.

Each foe resulted in acquiring experience and benefits to become stronger so he could win against an even stronger foe. Rinse and repeat. The Monster Hunter mentality that Viers adapted.

With the deceased Baharir’s soul and body secured, it was time for the sweep. The Tow...

Chapter 450

Everyone in Viers’ domain would feel their lives slipping away like beads of sands in an hourglass. The dripping grains symbolized the time they had lost; the hours, days, weeks, or even years depending on how strongly the subject could resist. What was life to a person? Many would argue it was their most important possession. Viers’ ability to deliver a direct strike at that was as cruel as it was terrifying.

Then the question was how was this possible? How had Viers come to wield ...

Chapter 449 - Domain Rising III

Experimentation on human, beastfolk, and other intelligent races, organ harvesting, child trafficking, monster grafting, chimera making, slavery, drugs, clones, weapons, and all the atrocities Doctor Reseh did, he did so under the consent of Baharir.

In JRPGs, those who defeat people with that kind of setting are called heroes. Therefore Viers was doing some kind of hero-ing in this greed-driven raid of his.

From his soul searches Viers found out that Tower Master Baharir was gree...

Chapter 448 - Domain Rising II

“Imaginary Domain - Night of the Nosferatu!”

“Imaginary Domain - Misty Burial Procession!”

Against Galenn’s Domain Izabella and Alan used theirs in turn. Normally, two Level 4 low Pathseekers versus a Level 4 high would not be called a fight; Level 4 high would be the clear winner based on the sheer difference in might.

This case was one of the exceptions.

Firstly, it was the way their Domain worked. Galenn, an experienced warrior himself, felt the uniqueness...

Chapter 447 - Domain Rising

“WHY THERE ARE RATS IN MY TOWER!?”

Tower Master Baharir looked like a scholarly young man with brown skin, which was typical of Zetelians. The young man looked high-class and very well-off based on his clothes and accessories. The four-colored cape that he wore was especially eye-catching. That person was visibly fuming as he repeatedly stomped a quivering dog beastfolk.

“WHAT ARE MY MEN DOING!?”

His men were fighting the invaders of course, including the Executives....

Chapter 446 - The Rescue

Viers was familiar with the bullet-ridden battlefield, from FPS games such as Call of Duty. What he didn't expect was to encounter one in this magical fantasy world setting. He saw Bone Raven cultists and demons being showered with bullets. Magic-infused metal was being pumped into their bodies, blood splattered and wings torn. The Tower Master had produced enough guns to equip a battalion, apparently.

The guns were a new invention, some cultists were facing guns for the first time and ...

Chapter 445

“This way. We’re close,” Izabella said, holding a crystal ball that pointed the way.

“Yes, Mistress.” Izabella’s subordinate cultists answered.

The dimensions of the Magisterium Tower were gigantic, as was the space inside it. Even though they had used elevator shafts to reach the desired floor, navigating the place was a challenge in itself, especially when the defense mechanisms, like barriers and traps, complicated things further.

Izabella moved with the major...

Chapter 444 - Haunting

In the command room, there was silence. The screens had gone dark but the spectacle of seeing the death of the Executive Peaceful Yulia was shocking, to say the least, for the staff and other Executives alike.

“...Fucking Hell. Hells and Damnations, man! Do we have a Level 5 cultist battering our gate? I'm out of here!”

“Compose yourself, you idiot,” Bissa said to Malm. “He’s not a Level 5. The reading on him is Level 4.”

“That’s not good at all! If he can ...

Chapter 443

“I heard there has been an attack?” An authoritative man entered the command room with dozens of magical screens. Seeing him, the lesser men stood with their backs straight at attention and gave a salute.

“ Affirmative, sir!”

“If this big ass tower had windows, you'd only need to look outside,” said another to the man with a casual tone. “Hard to miss the flying demons and imps. Ah, and the fires. Hic.”

“And in response to this, you have done nothing, Malm?...

Chapter 442 - The Magisterium Raid

The Magisterium is a Pathseeker-business mega company. Zetel was where they sprouted into being centuries ago. Now, they have no competition in the continent. They are so large that their influence and clout rivals or even supersedes the nation of Zetel itself.

The company swallows the resources from nature in the manner of a Behemoth, not heeding the consequences. As long as there is profit to be made, what does it matter if the rivers dried up or the desert killed arable ...