PathOfPen

Chapter 306 – Rapid improvement

Batch after batch, hour after hour, day after day, Percy continued to brew inside his room, rapidly consuming his enormous stash of green mushrooms. By now, a rich herbal aroma permeated the inn – maybe the entire neighbourhood – all day long.

Luckily, nobody had bothered him about it. It wasn’t an unpleasant scent – mostly the minty odour of the life mana, since that was the ingredient he used in the bulk of his brews. On top of that, he’d made sure the innkeeper was the kind...

Chapter 363 – Cords and traits

A great thing that had come with Elaine’s advancement a few months back, was the same privilege Acton and his men had enjoyed for so long. T

A great thing that had come with Elaine’s advancement a few months back, was the same privilege Acton and his men had enjoyed for so long. The girl’s Blue core served as quite the deterrent, ensuring that no beasts ever attacked the group of their own volition. Of course, it wouldn’t have been hard for them to deal with even the strongest c...

Chapter 305 – Trouble?

Percy walked into the warehouse for the third time in the past couple of weeks, his steps hurried and his breath short. Once again, there was nobody here besides Nesha and Elaine.

“Why did you bring me here? Did something go wrong?” he asked, fearing the worst.

His last two visits had been to grant his companions their new cores. This time, he had no idea what to expect. Nesha had met him the night before, saying they needed his help with something, but she’d refused to elab...

[B4 START] Chapter 362 – [Redacted]

Air and ambient mana rushed toward Percy, a teal hurricane of playful wisps dancing around his body, leaving blazing trails behind them. Man

Air and ambient mana rushed toward Percy, a teal hurricane of playful wisps dancing around his body, leaving blazing trails behind them. Many of the drifting globules approached him too, only to be knocked away by the violent torrents.

He sat cross-legged, his unkempt hair flaring erratically as beads of blood and sweat evaporated off his swo...

Chapter 304 – Intent

Checking up on his familiar, Percy waited fifteen minutes – or around five hours from the crow’s perspective – for him to start hunting again with Acton.

Strictly speaking, Micky’s help would only be indispensable when it was Elaine’s turn to receive her core. Percy was confident he could heal Nesha on his own. Still, it wouldn’t hurt to have some extra mana on the side, just in case.

Rolling up a strip of cloth, he handed it over to her, asking her to bite down on it....

[POLL] Getting some feedback - Which are your favourite arcs so far?

It's been a while since I last did one of these, and the previous times were pretty early on, so there wasn't as much content in the series yet anyway. Now that Book 3 is already over in the Yellow-born tier, I figured it's as good a time as any to do another.

Keep in mind that I've already outlined Book 4 and written a huge chunk of it. I also have some pretty complete plans for the next couple of books after that. So don't expect the results of the po...

[B3 END] Chapter 361 – A meeting of gods (2)

“So, what are we waiting for?!” Poseidon asked. “Bring him in already! Lock him in a room and have him send clones and impregnate women! We

“So, what are we waiting for?!” Poseidon asked. “Bring him in already! Lock him in a room and have him send clones and impregnate women! We don’t have that long! He’s just a Red-born – he’ll die of old age in the blink of an eye!”

Many of the gods nodded, though a few looked at him in disdain. Everyone in the hall – bo...

Chapter 303 – Intimate moment

‘Only Refined? What a scam…’

Percy would be lying if he said he wasn’t a little surprised. His Status had registered the Phantomscale Regalia as a Masterful spell, and the runework that had gone into his new cauldron was more than a couple steps beyond that.

Then again, it wasn’t completely unreasonable. His armour involved a few additional things, outside of its enchantments.

In any case, Percy wasn’t an expert in spell classification, but he was confid...

Chapter 360 – A meeting of gods (1)

A magnificent temple stood at the very peak of the tallest mountain on Remior. The thick marble pillars were adorned with the most intricate

A magnificent temple stood at the very peak of the tallest mountain on Remior. The thick marble pillars were adorned with the most intricate runes, humming like coiled songbirds ready to burst into chorus – another of Hephaestus’s masterpieces.

Admittedly, their local branch of runecrafting wasn’t as developed as that on other worlds, b...

Chapter 302 – Checkpoints

Carving the final stroke into the enchantment, Percy scanned the whole thing once more, verifying he hadn’t made a mistake. Well… not a visible one, at least…

‘It’s good, I think.’

The heat rune he’d just drawn was affixed with a whopping five control runes. That was more than the enchantments on his old cauldron had, allowing him to adjust the temperature of his brews with even greater precision. That was the plan, anyway.

But he still had to check th...

Chapter 359 – New mutations

The size increase was the single most predictable thing about Micky’s evolution – it was standard for Green beasts to grow about as large as

The size increase was the single most predictable thing about Micky’s evolution – it was standard for Green beasts to grow about as large as elephants, so Percy should have obviously expected it.

Perhaps he shouldn’t have been this shocked then, as he craned his neck up to gaze at the colossus standing in front of him. In his defenc...

Chapter 301 – Accelerated plans

“Good news first?” Nesha tentatively asked, her voice tinged with uncertainty.

“It seems to be the off-season.”

Percy had been able to tell due to the size of the floating globules. Their very existence was unique to the Valley, brought about by the different flow of time on either side of the Decree’s boundaries.

The rainwater falling into the Valley from above was tens of times slower, relatively speaking. Meanwhile, any pools of water inside the Valley tended to...

Chapter 358 – Bonus loot

[Congratulations! Your spells have merged: Synchronization – Refined + Dance of the Savage Gods – Masterful + Wild Art: Grim Battlefield – Masterful + Infinite Harvest of Souls – Masterful -> …]

[…Wild Art: Carnival of the Savage Gods – Masterful!]

Percy drew a sharp breath upon reading the notification. His decades-long efforts had finally born fruit, granting him a spell to truly be proud of.

That was when he remembered th...

Chapter 300 – Flawed Decree

Percy listened to Nesha as she briefed him in on her progress. It was great that they’d managed to get the Radiant Lord on board without a hitch, though that wasn’t enough to wipe the frown off his face.

“What’s wrong? You don’t look very happy.” Nesha asked, noticing something.

“Micky contacted me a couple hours ago. They’ve entered the Valley…”

Her eyes widened.

“Immediately? Without even stopping to rest?”

He sighed.

“Micky was ...

Chapter 357 – Fireworks

Panicking, Acton allowed his domain and his mana to expand outward. Grabbing thousands of drifting globules, along with several colossal chunks of dirt and rock from his surroundings, he forced them into the maelstrom of mud. If his mana wasn’t enough, he’d have to supplement it with mundane matter from outside!

The walls of sludge rose even higher than before, spinning with renewed fury. More constructs formed, piling toward his opponent one after the other.

But it was futile...

Chapter 299 – Alexander

‘Another failure.’ Nesha grimaced.

Emptying the excess mana from her channels, she plopped back onto the floor, her chest heaving up and down.

On top of spending her nights to establish the supply lines they needed for their plan, she made sure to carve a few hours per day for Circulation. Yet, no matter how much effort she poured into it, the pattern for the space affinity remained a mystery.

The mana channels she’d cleared as a child were alright. They began...

Chapter 356 – Pieces and links

If Percy’s body had felt like a furnace before, it was now closer to a volcano’s magma chamber.

Every inch of his flesh convulsed with each violent heartbeat, small rivulets of blood streaming out of tiny holes in his vessels. His higher grade and the life mana muted the side-effects to an extent. That said, he’d injected himself with a lot of ink, and his body had already been on the verge before. Some of his bones cracked under the strain, his skin painted crimson from head to t...

Chapter 298 – Changing district

Percy felt much better come morning, even though he didn’t get as much sleep as he would’ve liked. His headache hadn’t subsided completely just yet – he’d likely have to put everything he’d learned on Felmara into practice before he could knock the last kinks off. That said, he’d improved enough to resume working.

Before diving back into alchemy, he did spend some time sending out a new clone though. Taking advantage of his bloodline was always among his highest priorities...