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Serum: C88

When the whipping started, Dirk was instantly jolted awake.

He hadn't been asleep. But for the entire month prior, he had been in a state of limbo. Not even the fights or the beatings could shake his mind. He just idly went through the days, not having any particular purpose as if he were a wandering zombie. His mind never seemed to think of anything. He was merely existing.

But now, his dull eyes sharpened. As soon as that whip streaked down his back, his mind was jostled. He let...

OS - Chapter 278

"What the hell just happened?!"

As Dream and Tersa hung around outside the planet, there was a ship that suddenly sped toward them. Out came a panicking Melody. Behind her in the ship was their mother.

"Hi mom!"

Dream waved like a child when he saw his mother, ignoring Melody's shock. She waved back, although a bit absentmindedly.

Seeing Dream's mother, Tersa became a bit curious, looking at Shannon with wide eyes. At the same time, Melody poked at Dream.

"What d...

Serum: C87

The three 'messengers' were terrified as they were dropped in Fingers' medical room. Dirk was right. Going to Fingers truly was dreadful for everyone.

Upon arrival, Fingers was actually a bit wary of Dirk who had previously made a vow to come for him. He was surprised though when Dirk brought three customers.

"Here you go, Fingers. Maybe I'll have some more for you later. Who knows..."

With those words, Dirk walked out under the vigilant gazes of the guards. Fingers rubbed h...

OS - Chapter 277

Dream's focus returned from his concepts. In front of him was the portal. The sudden changes from his enlightenment and the subsequent conversations only lasted a few minutes.

[Universal War huh...]

Sophia was a bit fearful of the information she got from Dream. His tiny action of taking control of a concept had actually set off such huge waves. It seemed unreasonable. Couldn't they just glance over it and leave it as an anomaly?

But instead, they immediately laid out the co...

Serum: C86

Dirk was taken to Fingers for the second time in a day's time. Of course, the mad doctor was thrilled to see this.

"Here, here, let's get potions inside you. Can't have that wonderful skin of yours remain destroyed."

Fingers grabbed a bag and a needle as he spoke with a jittery voice. It looked like he administered potions through something similar to an IV drip. After all, unconscious people couldn't drink potions.

Dirk wasn't unconscious though. Although it was sooner than...

OS - Chapter 276

After Dream made the deal with Cavra, he decided that there wasn't much of a reason to stick around and waste time. He had the word of the most powerful man on this planet. That was enough.

So he needed to make preparations. Dream reappeared in the flagship while Cavra disappeared.

Melody looked at Dream weirdly.

"What was that?"

"I made a deal with Cavra."

"That old man?"

"Yea. Once I show him some soldiers, he'll bring us to the primary world. Then I'll b...

Early update...

Hello all. Because I'm going to be going on a trip and may not have the time to post, I've decided to just post early. As for the public updates, I'm going to be testing out the automatic release functions, so we'll see how that goes. 

Also, I'm planning on getting rid of my lowest Tier for Patreon next month. This will affect a single person, to whom I apologize. 

Instead, I'm making plans to open another Tier. If I do open another one anytime soon, then only Serum will...

Serum: C85

After Dirk was brought through the portal, he reappeared in a dark space. He had been smiling at his mother as he was brought through, but as soon as they disappeared, the smile was wiped off his face.

Now, he looked around with a ruthless gaze. The room they were in held a portal, but they quickly walked out of this room into another area.

At first glance, it looked like a massive cave. The ceiling was nearly 100 meters high and the walls had tunnels that led to other areas simil...

OS - Chapter 275

Dream stood there as the System did a one over on his Profile. When it was done, he opened it.

|Profile|

Name: Sylus Dreamer

Species: [Metacosmic Psykhe]

Class: [Emperor]

Level: 404

Title: [Origin Seeker], [Husband]

Concepts: {Physical Reality - Lesser Dominion}, {Ethereal Force - Lesser Dominion}

Skills: [Sophia - Queen of Logic], [Adeptus Physikas], [Sovereign Force]

"A queen huh?"

Dream smiled a bit as he saw the skill names.

Serum: C84

Disclaimer: There is a good amount of cursing in this chapter.

After Cecilia in her monstrous form, she void walked to any place she could think of that Dirk would be taken.

In fact, although she hated it, she had prepared for this eventuality. The entire month that Dirk had been living peacefully, she had been working herself to the bone. She made all kinds of preparations, one of which included killing any suspicious people who lingered around the academy.

Of course, she d...

OS - Chapter 274

After forming his body, Dream dove into a frenzy of work.

First of all, even though he had just dove into his concepts, he was able to immediately begin comprehending them. Thus, he gained knowledge that essentially solidified all theories about physics and magic. Especially for physics where he had effectively formed a theory of everything.

As for Ethereal Force, he was able to glimpse deeper into the nature of every energy, and knowledge on Arcane Transmutation grew by the momen...

Serum: C83

For a while, Dirk and Ava decided to let Garel sing his heart out. At some point, Dirk pulled out a book and read it on the side, tuning the man out.

When he was finally done though, he let out a big sigh. Dirk perked up when the guitar disappeared from his hands.

At the same time, Ava walked out of the kitchen holding a large pot of soup. In the time Garel was singing, she had made an early dinner.

"Here you go, Mister Garel."

"For me? Well aren't you the sweetest you...

OS - Chapter 273

Six people stood around Dream. Winds blew around this group, the grass underneath their feet swaying with it. Dream still stood atop the large boulder, and he gazed between each person.

There was the woman and little boy, plus Asmodeus. The fourth was a man who carried a large axe, muscles bulging without any shirt to cover. The fifth was a woman with various gadgets strewn across her brown leather trench coat, an aesthetic of steampunk infused into each little gizmo. The sixth was a ma...

Whoops...

I posted chapter 272 of OS before 271. Just posted 271, so go ahead and read both. I guess today is a double release.

OS - Chapter 271

After separating his intelligence, mind, and wisdom, it was as if he died. There was no thinking, no awareness of any kind. After separating everything, it was like his person just vanished. And his body actually did disperse into nothing. With no mind or consciousness, there was no image, no spiritual body.

The Keeper watched though as the three aspects of his self drifted to the Divine Seas. His mind was implanted into one, while his Intelligence was written into another. Then, his Di...

OS - Chapter 272

Dream pondered the issue that plague Luna and Iris, their conflict of opposite energies.

There was only one possibility, and that was that the two girls occupied a single soul while maintaining two independent egos. Only, Dream was curious about how they could also attain two different sets of skills. They also had their own profiles. Everything pointed to them having two separate souls, but their collision of Dust and Ash refuted this theory.

So what was their deal? Eventually,...

Serum: C82

Dirk's schedule was gradually consumed by two things: Tobasden's forging lessons and runic tracing.

Every morning after a breakfast with Ava, Dirk would head to Forge 8 and undergo a strenuous but productive forging session with the dwarf. These sessions lasted around 6 hours and covered all kinds of topics that stressed Dirk's magical and even physical skills, teaching him myriads of techniques that not only helped his forging ability, but his overall magical comprehension.

On to...

OS - Chapter 270

2 and a half years.

Dream was surprised at how long he had spent in the legacy space. He had thought that he had a pretty good grasp on everything he was faced with. Sure he took a while studying the script behind Dust, Ash, skills, and Gray Mist, but he didn't think it was that long. Time really flew by.

The Keeper smirked at Dream's surprise.

{The knowledge and inheritances of the Emperors are not so simple as to be completely grasped in a short amount of time. Wh...

OS - Chapter 269

*Crack!*

As Dream read one of the monoliths, his mind space suddenly cracked again. He was still on a clock, and if he took too long, his mind space would shatter.

Yet, the Keeper was baffled as he saw Dream casually read the monoliths, completely disregarding his very psyche that was breaking down every moment. It was like it had nothing to do with him.

Across the span of a few minutes, Dream bounced between each of the 14 monoliths, merely reading their introductions. When...

Serum: C81

When Dirk heard an overly enthusiastic shout from behind him, he was startled into a fighting stance, flipping around with a drawn knife.

Now in front of him, Garel recoiled at Dirk's pointed knife. After a second though, Dirk drooped as he put away the weapon. It was just his teacher.

Seeing Dirk calm down, Garel smiled and straightened his back. He was currently dressed in bright green jester clothes, a large top hat on his head with a giant feather sticking out the top, not the...

Happy post valentines day

Because I absolutely love my readers (and had a massive burst of writing inspiration) I have decided to release three chapters for Serum today. I was thinking about releasing yesterday, but I was too busy distracting myself with the romance in my novel instead of wallowing about my lack of romance in real life. 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy. I have some seriously awesome plans lined up for Serum. I've expanded on the world more than I thought I could, making it so much more interesting...

Serum: C80

Dirk carved stone for several hours. The process of going through 8 blocks of stone wasn't quick. Thankfully, Sir Tobasden at least took care of Dirk's tongs at some point, ensuring they were finished properly.

Other than that, the dwarf went through all his classes, and when he came back, Dirk was still carving. Now, his entire front side was coated in white dust, streaks going down his abs from drops of sweat that revealed his pale skin.

When the dwarf walked back in, he peered ...

Serum: C79

The next day, Dirk woke up a bit later than usual. He needed more time for his mind to recover from all the tracing the day before.

But when he did wake up, he was refreshed. His mind was sharp, and he was eager to take on the challenges of the day.

After having a nice morning and breakfast with Ava, the two left for their classes. Dirk didn't bother stopping by his enchanting class. Instead, he headed straight for the Hall of Artisans, specifically Forge 8.

After a bit of s...

Serum: C78

The next day, Dirk and Ava resumed their school schedule.

Because Dirk didn't have any issues with his spells, he didn't go to his classes for help. The only spells he hadn't gotten a hang of were his darkness ones, but that was due to him not having his dark mana heart yet. Only Curse of Darkness could even be studied, let alone the other ones that had higher prerequisites. Plus, Dirk didn't know if he wanted to see Garel in order to get help.

So he decided to go back to his forg...

OS - Chapter 268

Dream entered another round of isolated research. As far as he was concerned, nothing at this point was more important than his own advancement, so he wouldn't emerge until it was finished.

The first thing he did was study a soul. He wanted to try and understand how a class 6 soul worked. According to the things he's read, only a class 6 soul could make contact with and draw power from concepts. Thus, becoming a class 6 was like having the gates of the universe open to you. Nobody with ...

Serum: C77

Dirk's body went stiff as his mother embraced him.

"I'm so sorry, my baby. Everything's going to be okay. You have nothing to worry about. You're not in the wrong here."

Cecilia's voice was emotional as she tightened her grip on Dirk. Feeling her warm hug and reassuring words, Dirk felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders. He found himself smiling with a bit of emotion as he hugged her back. To him, this was one of his happiest moments in a while. Despite the things he had done...

OS - Chapter 267

After Dream left the battlefield, he shuttled all the way back to Tersa's planet with Melody.

He hadn't sustained much in the way of wounds, but he had actually expended most of his energy. Pulling out class 6 souls wasn't easy even when the enemy was near dead. So while the attacks didn't consume his energy, everything else did.

Dream was more than okay with this though. He had taken a single sword to the chest and was able to keep his soul from being injured. In the end, he came...

Serum: C76

After the system prompts appeared, Dirk and Ava saw an altar rise from the ground.

It was just like last time, the same white marble altar with exquisite engravings and two golden bowls. Dirk and Ava walked over to the bowls, their steps labored and each one taking significant effort.

"Another ring would be nice, one for you. Then we can both carry things."

Dirk mumbled as they walked, his body working in overdrive to heal him. Ava let out a small smile through the horrible ...

Serum: C75

After the first exchange of attacks, Dirk and Ava were bombarded by many more blades and balls of pressurized water. The elemental king bore down on them, not giving them a moment of rest.

Neither of them launched any more attacks either. The duo kept moving in their own separate ways, dodging all the attacks they could. Since the elemental had no face and such, it had no problem attacking them even when they were on opposite sides of it. The two gave up on trying to sneak attack it lik...

Small update

Hello everyone, Author here.

Just wanted to let you know why I disappeared on Tuesday. At the beginning of the week, I very suddenly came down with a nasty flu. I'll spare you the unappetizing details and just say that I was unable to even get out of bed for a few days, resulting in my absence. Even now I haven't gotten over it, and it's taking an embarrassing amount of energy in order to post chapters. But I wanted you to have something and let you know that I didn't fall off the map.&...