PathOfPen

Chapter 280 – Regret

“I’m listening.”

“I can give you a powerful spell that anyone can use, regardless of their affinity. It takes some effort to meet the requirements, but I promise you it’s worth it.” Percy explained.

“What tier?”

“Refined.”

Some disappointment flashed in the titan’s eyes, yet Percy spoke again.

“I wouldn’t look down on it if I were you. It can be used alongside other spells, and it’s beneficial even for Violets and Whites. In fact, I’...

Chapter 222 – Diplomacy (1)

Percy dragged Nesha through the Whistling Woods, the two sprinting in the darkness. The moonless sky wasn’t doing them any favours as they struggled to avoid crashing into a tree. Plus, they were out of breath already. Still, he ignored the exhaustion, striving to buy as much time as possible as he contemplated their situation. Several scenarios flashed through his tired mind, each worse than the previous one.

Naturally, he was under no delusions that they would escape without a confr...

Chapter 279 – Tlaloc

“You know… saving you would have been a lot easier if you’d tried running towards me instead of standing there, waiting to be rescued like a moron…” Percy said once he was back on his feet.

Then, he helped the prisoner up, as the guy seemed incapable of standing by himself. He opened his beak to speak, but a few runes lit up around his collar, not a sound coming out. Though he didn’t give up. He tried to communicate via gestures, only for more enchantments to g...

Chapter 221 – Jason

Earlier

Jason had grown sick of tasting his own blood, but he couldn’t help it. Biting his cheek was a habit he’d inadvertently picked up over the last couple of months. By now, it had grown a little out of hand.

He’d already chosen to ignore multiple calls from Deimos, afraid his boss might order him to return to the Guild. Of course, not answering was a serious offense in and of itself, but he could still play dumb later. Defying a direct order, on the oth...

Chapter 278 – Rhaziel

The wine glass shattered into sand, the liquid vaporizing instantly as a tremor ran through the mansion.

‘What the hell was that?!’

It made no sense! At first, the kid had merely screamed his lungs out like a lunatic – just like he’d done last year. But he hadn’t seemed capable of doing any more than that. So… how exactly had the rest of this come to pass?

Thinking back, Rhaziel realized the change had occurred while that teacher held the kid against the...

Chapter 220 – Regulation

Percy allowed his thoughts to sink into the ethereal cord in his sternum, watching the live feed provided by Micky with bated breath, as the crow shared his senses with him.

His blood flow had greatly slowed, an oppressive feeling of numbness enveloping his body from beak to talon. Micky didn’t seem deterred in the slightest, however, already used to the weakness brought about by Hibernation. Instead, he focused his attention on fine-tuning the spell to the best of his ability. The be...

Chapter 277 – Mana Flow?

Mana spilled out of the prisoner’s pores, shrouding his body in a cyan mist. Like with Percy’s Synchronization, the influx of mana was simply too much to fit inside one’s channels. The only way to survive the technique was to let this excess out, essentially storing it externally.

But the captive didn’t stop there. The mana formed whirlpools all around him, in specific patterns that seemed to connect with those on his skin. They drew and mixed with the ambient mana, before pushi...

Chapter 219 – Brown potion

Two weeks went by in a flash, as everyone pushed themselves to their very limits.

Percy didn’t actually get to spend much time with Nesha. Even when the two got a few minutes together, they were typically too tired to talk. From what little they did speak, however, he understood she was already well on her way to mastering Circulation.

He knew she had already cleared her remaining channels a long time ago, as merely opening them didn’t require her body to be trained. That said...

Chapter 276 – Guest lecturer

The trio’s hurried steps echoed through the long corridor as they rushed to reach the auditorium on time. And they weren’t alone, several latecomers practically running by their side. Yet, Percy’s thoughts were far removed from the Mana Flow lecture right now.

‘I can’t believe I’m going to miss these guys…’

Klatz and Lyn had helped him hang the painting in his host’s room before leaving with him. Their continued, near-suffocating love had n...

Chapter 218 – A favourable deal

Over the next hour or so, Percy brought Baldy up to speed on the mushrooms. Of course, he’d already briefed him on his plans previously, but it wasn’t until now that he’d come to understand his ingredients better.

At first, he didn’t expect his grandpa to be too interested. They already had a lot of healers at home, so the green mushrooms would only be useful for people heading out on missions – and only if they didn’t have a life user accompanying them. Natura...

Chapter 275 – Bonds

“Are you sure about it?” one of the guards asked.

“Look at it yourself – the runes are blinking!” the other replied. “This only happens when the tanks drop below 25%.”

The first guy raised an eyebrow.

“Is there’s something wrong with the enchantment?” he asked again in disbelief. “The potions are meant to last 15 years. Didn’t we refill them like… 4 years ago?”

But the other one shook his head.

“No way. I’d buy that if it was just ...

Chapter 217 – New recipe

Percy spent the next few hours brewing Aurora Dew and healing potions, though his mind had drifted elsewhere. He was thinking over his idea, fleshing out the details. Alchemic principles were typically quite broad and could be applied in several ways. While pacification, redirection and deattunement were generally considered the pillars of elixir making, there was no reason why he couldn’t use them while brewing potions too.

‘In fact, that’s probably how the Guild’s alchemis...