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Chapter 147

The days began to run together for Randidly, except for one time period; The afternoon, where he read the diary of the man who would become the Spear Phantom. It was slow going, because the words seemed to flicker and burn. Before his clash with Dian, Randidly would have been rather confused about it, but now it was clear to him that there was an extremely powerful Battle Intent suffusing the entire book. And it was an intent thick with death. The first page described the Phantom Thrust...

Chapter 146

Afterwards, Randidly reached inward, and activated his new skill, the Weeping Cloud. For several seconds, nothing happened, but as Randidly looked up he saw that a cloud was slowly forming above him. His eyebrows rose continuously for the next minute, as his mana continued to tick downward, syphoned off to form this cloud above him. Only after it had taken 1000 mana did it cease, leaving him with barely any mana remaining.

As he produced a mana potion and raised it to his lips, Ra...

Chapter 145

Randidly stirred, then sat bolt upright. What…?

“So you finally wake. Hmph, well it is good you didn’t perish, but you also did not make things any easier for us. The formation… will be of no more use. It will take more time to repair.”

Randidly opened his mouth, then hesitated, paling. He had damaged the formation…? That was honestly terrible, because although the feeling of Aether that he experienced in there was painful, it had been oddly invigorating.

T...

Chapter 144

Shal opened his eyes, putting his thoughts to the side. It was nearly time. It was impossible to see what was happening through the thick formations that choked off all outward sources of Aether, so it was possible that the disciple had foolishly spent his Aether early on, and had since died. 

It would be a disappointment now, as Shal had spent this time gathering his thoughts for how they could manage to pull this off. And how he could convince Divveltian to lend them his ai...

Chapter 143

Shal did not tell his disciple this, but he had lied to him: he we not be within the formation for a single hour, but for 6 hours. For his disciple, this would be 12 hours of hell. Well, if he chose that path. If he was cautious, 12 hours was about the amount of time it took to deplete the ambient mana in your body if you were not exerting yourself.

The point of this 12 hour period was 2 fold. First was to force the boy to confront his own Aether, and push him beyond the point his...

Chapter 142

“Holy bitch, that was cool,” Helen muttered, and the male spear attendant was inclined to agree. The bodies of the challengers slipped silently below the waves, mostly in pieces. The Tassle sank into the sea, drifting out of sight. The opposing side’s boat had been split in half, and now was naught but kindling as they continued to drift forward.

Divvit hadn’t even stood. From his sitting position, 3 attacks with his spear, with the backing of a powerful Battle Intent to h...

Chapter 141

“This fucking asshole cunt… the whole reason I ran away from home was to fucking avoid the smell of leather. Now he makes me act like a common merchant…?”

The former star disciple of the Iron Spear Style sat still, his face studiously blank as he listened to Helen’s relentless tirade. Although she had been extremely well spoken around their master, for whatever reason, Helen continued her constant stream of mutters and hateful whispers around him.

“I hate its fuc...

Chapter 140

Claptrap spent most of the morning using the money he had received from Artisan Dwei to purchase leather bracers, steel boots, and iron breastplates. He was able to cash in some of his other armors, and use the rest of his savings, and got 200 of each, which would be a solid start to satisfying the Crashing Wave Style.

Then he returned to his boat, only to be flummoxed by a simple truth; Claptrap had no idea how to contact the Ghosthound. He opened his friends list and began to sc...

Chapter 139

Randidly frowned, but said nothing. He had the strange impression that Shal’s skill level was closer to his current skill level, but perhaps he was mistaken. He didn’t like what he was hearing, but if Shal was correct…. If all of their skill levels were over 100… It was a sobering thought. And considering how difficult Randidly had at overcoming those vibrating spears of Tartet, even though he used Haste, Empower, and Mana Strengthening, in addition to the actual skill.

If...

Chapter 138

Randidly could still sense how this was somewhat similar to Engraving. But they were so far apart from each other… It was like comparing the act of writing a novel to a child learning to write letters. There were flows and twists, eddys and splits. The most important difference was that it felt whole and organic, in a strange way. The thing that these mysterious hands were creating inside of Randidly was something that was living, and could change.

It was, he assumed, a path. An...

Chapter 137

A voice boomed out above him, drawing his attention upwards. “The Tassles will now be updated to display the winners of the respective stages. To those who have made it… congratulations. You have earned your way to the Northern Regional Tournament for the Spearman School. Bring us honor.”

Once again, seemingly expanded to an even larger size, their Tassles unfurled: Randidly’s Emerald and Gold, Tartet’s Piss yellow and Black, and Dian’s Red-Violet and White. They were ...

Chapter 136

Randidly could only focus forward. If he would allow his mind to waiver, his focus to slide to his numerous pains, concerns about the result of this, Tartet’s presence, what he would do after this, when him mana was lost to him, he would lose his edge, and the bugs would collapse into a swarm that would devour everything, probably even him. These bugs seemed to be about double the size of the normal bugs, and quite a lot meaner, with sharp pincers.

So Randidly did not let his fo...

Chapter 135

Tartet and Dian glanced at each other warily. Although both didn’t want the other’s help, both knew that Randidly’s spells gave him an edge that was hard to overcome with pure spear work. As such, if they didn’t work together, it was highly possible that Randidly could overwhelm them from attacks from too many directions, and eliminate them. But they also didn’t want to take any concerted actions to stop it.

Randidly casually walked forward, waving his spear, unwilling t...

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I'm a little hesitant over whether I can really do the 11 chapters a week on a consistent basis. So my plan right now is to keep track of the difference in chapters that I owe, and do a mass release at the end of the month.

So right now we have 2 accrued, and since we are now up to 11, next week will put us at 5, and then 8. So an 8 chapter release day to start July off. God I hope I don't have 4th of July plans.

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Chapter 134

The grinning man was no longer grinning. His face was still, as the ran his fingers over the bracer. Almost reverently, he set it back down, and picked up the next one. Here too, he took its time, his fingers deftly tracing the engraved lines that the Ghosthound had left in the leather. 

Claptrap felt it, growing in him like a noxious weed, abating his anger. It was hope, spreading wildly. He wouldn’t possibly be taking so much time, if it was just for a joke, now could he�...

Chapter 133

Claptrap had been able to sell his ornate helmet for a decent profit, and that would sustain him for a while longer, but otherwise.. It had been a very disappointing market. Although plenty of customers had walked past, they simply didn’t even notice that he was a separate stand than the two lavish set ups on either side of him.

Honestly, immediately after he had sold the helmet, Claptrap experienced intense regret, for he realized just how much of a draw that ornate helmet had ...

Chapter 132

Tertet slowed his walk, and glanced over his shoulder, clearly shocked. And Randidly noticed the second that Agony’s range extended to the man, because his face immediately tightened.

“You… you are a mage?!?!” Tertet whispered, crossing his spears defensively in front of him.

Randidly didn’t bother to answer, instead just walked forward, his spear spinning slowly. With the addition of spells… Randidly had no doubt that he would be able to handle this challenger, ...

Chapter 131

Several seconds passed. What was most annoying was that in that same time, the crowd appeared to regain some of its confidence, perhaps boosted by the rather strange turn of events on stage. Several spear user’s edged towards the stage, perhaps preparing to ascend, joining the increasing number of people on stage.

But Dian flicked her hand, and fresh, wet, and red wounds sprouted from two nearby individual’s necks. The nearby spear users once more scrambled backwards, shocked ...

Chapter 130

The grand melee was an event that almost all of Qtal came out for, and Claptrap was no exception. The administrators of the event opened up the general challenge cells and cleared them out, so those without the money or status to make it to the central viewing tower could view by running around through the cells.

As per the usual, the merchants moved as a band, heading towards the highest, and largest of the cells, creating a tightly packed “Special Market” where each of the m...

Chapter 129

Randidly arrived back at Devvit’s boat, now satisfied with the amount of potion materials that he had managed to obtain from the strange merchant.

He had honestly had no idea what the currency was worth, and asked increasingly direct questions of the merchant called Claptrap, but the merchant seemed too proud to answer, but felt sorry for Randidly anyway, and would offer him more, as if as a substitute.

Honestly, it would have been more useful to just know how much they we...

Chapter 128

Claptrap looked broodingly at the short, choppy waves of orange water between his boat and the next. The past several months had not gone as he had planned.

He originally worked as a simple clerk in one of the larger merchant associations in the capital of the Northern Province, Deardun, content to stand in the sunlight filtering through the window, daydreaming about the day that he would become an Adept level Spearman.

In his heart, Claptrap always new that was an almost im...

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Chapter 127

The next morning, Randidly walked out onto the deck, raising his hand to shield the sun. Above him, his emerald tassle flapped in the wind, the golden letters of his name catching the light and flashing in an eye catching manner.

Randidly was chilled slightly when he noticed that all of the surrounding boats had detached the lines they had to their boat. They had several feet of berth all around them, where the strangely orange colored water splashed.

“What’s…. Going o...

Chapter 126

Randidly wasn’t sure exactly what to do yet with this news, but he filed it away. Image was becoming increasingly important, and without a strong image of what this would mean for his soul skill, he didn’t want to push forward to far. Instead, he set those thoughts aside and turned to other topics.

Namely his new skill, Plantomancy. In a way, it reminded Randidly of his Soul Seed, or at least a less versatile version. Whereas Soul Seed would imitate any skill he used, and grow...

Chapter 125

Randidly hadn’t used this move in quite some time, purposefully, so as to take advantage of the notification free period to refine his image for this move. Even now, he could feel the icy hot violet Aether flowing through him, making a strange symbol, the symbol that was the skill that he had created.

And as he thought, and believed, it changed slightly, evolving, shifting. It was hard to tell whether this change had been a good one, but it had been one he had been working on fo...

Chapter 124

“You have chosen the tournament? Excellent. Let’s depart immediately.” Shal said with a wide smile.

“Eh?” Randidly said, blinking. “I thought we had two months…?”

“Hmph, can any trash who desires it walk in off the street for such a tournament? No, they must prove their worth. Come, come, it will be but a small thing for a student of mine.”

And so Randidly was whisked off back to the deck level, where that strange old man still sat peacefully, ignor...

Chapter 123

But that wasn’t the end of it. Randidly still had 170 PP remaining, and two very viable paths remaining open to him.

Between the two of them, Fighting Proficiency had a slight edge because Randidly suspected that it would provide another active skill. Meanwhile, he suspected Advanced Physical Fitness would provide a passive skill, but it would also likely be more generally useful.

In his mind, these two draws weighed rather evenly against each other, making it difficult fo...

Chapter 122

Randidly sat in a small sidewood, slightly nauseous from the constant bobbing of the boat, thinking very carefully about how he wanted to proceed. 

As a man, Randidly was someone who always carefully returned favors to whom he owed debts. He owed Shal a very large debt. Shal had protected Randidly, trained him, taught him to use the spear, helped him learn how to distribute stats, and much, much more. He was the reason that he wasn’t still struggling in that small room in t...

Chapter 121

Randidly fell to his knees, coughing. That was… profoundly uncomfortable. Before the system came to the world, Randidly had considered himself a person with an iron stomach and rock solid inner ear; he never had experienced motion sickness. With the benefits afforded to him by his Vitality and Endurance, he figured it was physically impossible.

With the strange, shaking feeling over, Randidly finally gave into the nausea, and vomited.

“That’s going to cost you extra.�...