Rubbing his hands, Percy summoned his Status, eager to read all the recent changes.
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Percival Avalon
Mana cores:
· [Mana core 1 – Orange – Soul]
· [Mana core 2 – Orange – Pure]
Bloodline: 2025-04-08 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“Start by splitting them up.” Elaine said.
Following her instructions, Micky spread his wings wide, channelling mana through them. Percy watched as two streams flowed from the crow’s abdomen, each following a distinct set of channels. With a single flap, Micky sent a harmless spray of water over Percy and Nesha, the droplets dancing playfully in the soft breeze.
“He still needs a lot of practice if he wants to use magic the traditional way.” Elaine remarked.
Micky ...
2025-04-08 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostPercy was currently laying on his bed, his bedsheets soaked with sweat. Suffice to say, he wasn’t doing so great. His heart raced like crazy, his brain throbbing painfully against his skull.
‘I guess I should be happy about this… The more it hurts, the more useful stuff the clone has brought back…’
He sighed. Technically, his latest clone hadn’t been gone for too long. Even if he included the extra week in the Vault, some of his previous adventures had lasted ...
2025-04-07 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPercy quietly watched the scene unfold. His stomach churned as the boy practically tortured the poor guy, but he knew he couldn’t get involved. Even if he banded together with all his companions, he’d never get past the Holy Child’s guards. Let alone the little monster himself.
‘So, is this what a Green-born looks like?’ he struggled to keep his nose from wrinkling.
The overwhelming majority of people on Remior were born in the bottom three grades.
Ar...
2025-04-07 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostPercy was still struggling to fit the third control rune into the heating enchantment. And he needed to stack four of them, to craft a cauldron on par with his own. Even worse, he wasn’t satisfied with merely matching it – ideally, he wanted to upgrade it – otherwise there wouldn’t be much of a point.
‘I guess it’s gonna be tougher than I thought.’ Percy grimaced, staring at the fried enchantment on his training slab.
Upon successfully...
2025-04-06 06:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAn overwhelming rush of memories flooded Percy’s mind, bringing him to his knees. Noticing his soul wisp on the way back, he’d just about managed to put his brewing equipment away in time, to avoid breaking or spilling anything by accident.
A good shout, considering how troublesome this clone was to assimilate. He wasn’t necessarily the longest-lived one he’d ever sent out, but he’d spent months training non-stop, bringing a mountain of runecrafting knowledge back. Advance...
2025-04-06 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostA few days had passed since Percy’s group entered Twilight City, and everyone was beginning to adjust to their new life.
Luckily, the 115th district hadn’t changed that much since Nesha’s previous visit, so the trio had found the inns right where she’d said they’d be. The accommodation was rather cheap too, the conditions more than liveable.
Percy’s room wasn’t exactly the largest, nor the most luxurious he’d seen on Remior. Not by a long shot. But it was more than...
2025-04-05 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostOverall, Percy and Noland’s setup was quite simple. That didn’t make it any less effective, however. Using the pure mana to defend themselves, and the gravity mana solely to quickly deliver the explosive crystals to their opponents, they relied exclusively on the bombstones to take out the golems.
Naturally, the constructs grew stronger with each wave. Getting slightly larger and sporting an extra pair of detachable legs each time, there was no doubt in Percy’s mind that they woul...
2025-04-05 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as they entered the 126th district, Percy and Elaine couldn’t help but gawk in awe at the drastic change in their surroundings. The black paint had been replaced by white, while materials like obsidian, basalt and slate that made up the dark part of the city now gave way to alabaster and limestone. Hell, even the trees planted by the sidewalks were of a different variety, the ironwoods and ebonies replaced by aspens and birches.
“I know what you’re thinking. The answer is ...
2025-04-04 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“…100.” Percy muttered as he finished drawing the last instance of the self-repair enchantment.
The growth rune was made of an inner circle, with multiple tendril-like features extending outwards in specific patterns, making it resemble a caricature of the sun. At any rate, this inner circle was rather easy to pair with the outermost circle of the memory rune, which was filled with a grid-like pattern in turn.
Suffice to say, Percy began all his challenge attempts with the s...
2025-04-04 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostNot every settlement on Remior took the same approach to security.
Some of the smallest, most decrepit places – like Bogside Town – didn’t even have a fence, let alone guards or a wall. As for the richer towns, like the ones Percy’s group had recently travelled through, they could at least afford the bare minimum. They were enclosed in simple walls, making it a little harder for wandering beasts and criminals to sneak in unnoticed.
Then, there were the locations of strateg...
2025-04-03 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPercy’s top priority during this trip was the self-repair enchantment. While his reinforced mana had proven an excellent material for his constructs, its greatest drawback was that it didn’t last nearly as long as he would like. Even when he used his preservation runes to extend the lifetime of his spells, the sheer amount of time he had to spend maintaining them made many of his projects untenable.
Of course, this applied just as much to his scythes, as well as anything else he mig...
2025-04-03 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Finally! It’s working!” Percy exclaimed, flickering the enchantment between states.
Technically, it wasn’t the first time he’d managed to heat the slab up, nor even the first time he’d gotten it to switch on and off at will. But it was his first time getting everything to work as intended, allowing him to cycle between all four states without fail. The slab was a bit hot to the touch at the highest setting, though he’d prepared for that, coating his hand in a thi...
2025-04-02 06:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe last thing Percy wanted was to mislead Noland into ruining his life. Suffice to say, he’d made it abundantly clear that the Vault of Magic was a veritable dystopia, full of callous gods who treated their own children as trash. He emphasized that he didn’t even have a clue what Metatron did to the test subjects. For all he knew, they all ended up dissected on an operating table somewhere.
‘Well, not really. I’m confident he keeps them around, at least. But you might just ...
2025-04-02 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostEvery step sent a jolt of pain up his legs, his shoes already soaking in blood. Over the past couple of weeks, Percy’s group had averaged over 20 hours a day on the road. Not to mention, he had it the worst among the three due to his grade.
His only relief was the gentle breeze softly caressing his tired features, mercifully brushing away the acrid scent of sweat surrounding him. Though more seeped through his forehead, his eyebrows failing to prevent it from trickling into his eyes.<...
2025-04-01 06:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post‘Gods, I missed sending out clones so damn much!’
By now, Percy’s bloodline was more than just a fancy ability or a means of growing stronger. It was a way of life. A source of endless adventures. A window into the wider cosmos. Part of who he was. Sadly, his circumstances had robbed him of this joy over the past few months.
Atlantis had been a wakeup call. His intention at the time had been to keep the trips short and infrequent, to leave the connecti...
2025-04-01 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“You still won’t eat?!” Acton hissed, his voice laced with frustration.
With a single vicious kick, he sent both the bird and the man’s corpse tumbling through a shattered wall like discarded dolls.
The veins on his forehead throbbed, the blood inside his veins boiling at the beast’s defiance. Not necessarily because he cared that much about it refusing to eat a few peasants. Even having to take a detour for a couple of days to hunt a different meal for it wasn’t that ...
2025-03-31 06:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post‘Ice, huh?’
Interesting, but not that surprising. All the composite affinities were widely known, so Percy had a pretty good idea what they were getting ahead of time. He still had no clue what Micky could use the new affinity for, though he certainly hoped the bird would get another mutation or two the next time his beast core advanced.
“Percy, we need to get out of here.” Nesha reminded him.
He nodded. It would be a while until Deimos figured out what had ...
2025-03-31 06:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe stone fingers loosened slightly, exposing the woman’s sternum. Unable to resist, Micky pounced toward the opening.
He was about to rip the core from her chest when another hand – a much smaller one – suddenly emerged from his own body, grabbing his beak. It was cold, made entirely of mana, not unlike Acton’s spells. Its grip wasn’t very strong, but it didn’t need to be. His own hesitation did the rest, allowing the hand to slam his beak shut.
“What the hell?” t...
2025-03-30 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe lotus… a priceless treasure Percy had wanted since before he’d even learned of its existence. The only object he’d ever heard of capable of changing one’s affinity. And he’d gone through so much trouble to earn a petal from his family too, only for the opportunity to be ripped out of his hands at the very last moment.
‘It’s lucky I had a backup plan…’
Of course, this so-called ‘backup plan’ had only really become available over the past month. Be...
2025-03-30 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ve been clearing new channels all week, but I still can’t figure out how this thing works.” Acton clicked his tongue in frustration.
Micky barely spared him a glance as he landed beside him in a flurry of feathers and residual mana. He had long learned to keep his expressions neutral, his emotions locked behind the pretence of obedience. There was no point in antagonizing his captor – it would only make his life harder.
Originally, he’d wanted to keep Circulation hi...
2025-03-29 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“For a second there, I wasn’t sure you’d help us.” Percy said.
“What choice did I even have?” Rambert shrugged as he walked closer.
The only reason he was alive was because Percy had turned him into a clone. Of course, Percy had been pretty banged up after their battle, but Micky had made things easier for him by eating Grian’s soul.
“I’ve upheld my end of the bargain. Betrayed my House for you. Even rushed here to save you from the fucking Divine Root. It...
2025-03-29 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMetatron pushed the seal into Leo’s body, aiming at the section in his torso housing the largest piece of Percy’s soul.
The mana ignored the boy’s flesh entirely, entering Percy’s wisp unobstructed. The latter tensed a little as the foreign object burrowed into him, but he didn’t resist, having already scrutinized Metatron’s enchantment to the best of his ability. There was some mild discomfort for a couple of seconds, but it soon faded into the background.
Examining h...
2025-03-28 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m Rambert of House Tantalus.” the newcomer replied in a hoarse, raspy voice. Pushing each word out of his lungs appeared like quite the challenge.
“Tantalus?” Jason tilted his head. “Ah! Your families have been fighting over this province, right? But what the hell happened to you? Did you skip your vegetables as a child or something?”
Rambert’s expression soured upon hearing the ill-concealed ridicule, though he didn’t refute Jason, fully cognisant of his poor...
2025-03-28 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post‘A storage seal?’
Percy already had several questions, but he placed them aside for a moment to do some calculations in his head. Assuming that one portion of sizian meat was equivalent to one dose of elixir back on Remior, the spatial amulets that cost over a million contribution points each would be worth around 2500 credits here.
Metatron was charging him double that, though Percy didn’t doubt the titan’s creation was several times better than the crude product...
2025-03-27 07:01:20 +0000 UTC View PostWith a wave of his hand, Jason released a colossal amount of mana in front of him, covering all of Percy’s projectiles like a blanket. At first, both the scythe and the throwing stars continued to stab at him, though they slowed down rapidly. Mere inches before tearing into his pupil, the Soul Harvester came to a complete halt, the rest of the constructs following.
‘The hell?!’
The weirdest thing was that Percy’s mana had been in its incorporeal state the whole ti...
2025-03-27 07:00:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yellow golem was nothing like the bouncing balls of the Red level, or the spider-like constructs of the Orange level. It resembled a person, much like the Green golems, yet it was far smaller than the hulking monstrosities Percy had fought alongside Gabe. Its lean frame was covered in yellow runes, its most threatening feature being the pair of long, curved blades replacing its forearms.
‘Let’s see what you’re made of, then!’
Not waiting for the golem to move,...
2025-03-26 07:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostThree orbs of mana rapidly flew towards Percy, each a separate colour.
‘Do they all do different things, or is that just how this weird mana type looks?’
Suffice to say, he hadn’t the slightest idea what would happen if he got hit, but it didn’t really matter. Whatever it was, he couldn’t afford to let a Green’s spell touch him. Certainly not without his armour. Somehow, he’d have to dodge every single attack.
Leaping out of the way, he evaded...
2025-03-26 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Glad to hear it.” Metatron said before sending him flying out of a freshly opened exit in the cube with a wave of his tentacle, leaving only Gabe and Tlaloc behind.
“Oh, and I noticed you amassed quite a few credits last time you were here… Tell you what… If you can get to 5000, I’ll give you something you can’t find elsewhere.” the titan added right as the door closed.
Leo’s body only came to a halt after tumbling over a dozen metres. Percy winced as he pulled ...
2025-03-25 07:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post“To start with, I need your word that nobody will harm me or Nesha.”
“That’s not really up to me, is it?” the man asked back. “I can promise you the Divine Root won’t mistreat you as long as you cooperate, but I can’t speak for the Divine Order. The gods do as they please. And you’ve kept them waiting for way too long.”
Truth be told, Percy had expected a response along those lines. Still, that didn’t mean he would accept it.
“Not good enough. If you ...
2025-03-25 07:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post