"Little princess has been looking for you for weeks already, but so far, I was able to hide you from her. Also, feral one, why does she call you her underling?" Myrra asks.
"Stuff happened," I say simply and then watch Myrra's tail twitch in annoyance.
"Anyway, I finally secured the metals you were asking for and some mana stones. They will be delivered to your house tomorrow, nya."
"Took a while." I decide to ignore the last word of her sentence.
"Obviously. They were...
2023-11-19 09:14:37 +0000 UTC
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You only live once as someone smart said, so taking care of yourself is the best you could do. So making sure your body is healthy is a must.
And how better to do that here in Hell difficulty than by obliterating your enemies before they can hurt you?
I pick Arcane Resilience (Epic): The user's body has adapted to resist the side effects of powerful spells, significantly reducing the physical toll of casting.
I will fuck up anyone before they get cl...
2023-11-16 08:18:58 +0000 UTC
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"Are you sure?" I move back to the living room and sit on the couch opposite Sophie, who still holds the mana stone in her hand.
"Yes!" Sophie is still smiling brightly and says it without any hesitation. She seems confident.
"Okay, let's do it then," I tell her and open the system window, "I want to sell…" I start when Sophie interrupts me.
"Wait! Wait, wait, wait!" she nearly screams and stands up, putting her hand on me, "What are you doing?" her voice is urgent, nearly...
2023-11-15 08:43:36 +0000 UTC
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Almost two months passed, and during that time, I went hunting a few times, but not too much, so my level increased by a little bit. It could be even less, but at some point, I got into a big fight.
Who wouldn't get angry, having to fight against a big group of invisible snakes somewhere in a jungle-like forest? Well, I kind of burned it, so it's not that much of a forest anymore.
Less than five days remain until I can enter Beyond once again.
My status also looks nice as he...
2023-11-14 09:16:21 +0000 UTC
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Obelia continues, "The reason is simple," our guild has no use for it, and we hope selling one of the epic-graded items we got will reduce the attention that we might be getting now because of it. We also hope people will turn their attention to the auction and will try to get the item that way instead of starting useless fights."
She explains it in her typical calm and logical manner.
"What kind of item is it?" Isola asks first.
"Spear," is the simple answer Obelia gives.
2023-11-13 09:39:17 +0000 UTC
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All of them turn towards us, and I quickly examine the people in the room.
Obelia from Storm Brigade. Pale brown hair, silver eyes with circuits.
[Stormshaper - lvl ??]
Lorven from Veilwalkers. His face is hidden under the cape, yet his eyes glare at me hatefully.
[Veilstriker - lvl ??]
Thalen from Luminous Order. Older, friendly-looking red-haired man. His figure is thin, and there is a slight smile on his lips as he nods to gre...
2023-11-12 09:10:17 +0000 UTC
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A few more days pass, and I'm slowly getting used to it all.
I wake up after four hours of sleep. I practice while most of group 4 sleep, and then I practice a bit more while they have breakfast and make plans for hunts.
Then I go downstairs just before they leave, getting some important info and eating as well, and then I spend more hours in the big mana-shielded room under the house or in my room. If Biscuit is there, I tease him a bit while training, and if he's not, I fully fo...
2023-11-09 08:25:54 +0000 UTC
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Obelia enters the house, and in the room, only Tess and I remain. Everyone else who is currently in the house is shooed away.
I enter the living room and, after gesturing to her, she sits on the couch. Both Tess and I sit opposite her.
Obelia looks around curiously, and somehow, she doesn't seem to fit in here. She's the guild master of one of the biggest 5, now 4, and maybe 5 again when I think about it.
“I could help you find a better place now that you will become one o...
2023-11-08 09:27:39 +0000 UTC
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“Oh, you are back,” Lily says the moment I enter the house, holding her hands behind her back.
It's almost amazing how shameless she is acting.
“Lily, I saw…” I start.
“Oh, I didn't see you coming. Welcome back.” she interrupts, and we both fall silent.
I open my mouth to say something.
“Healing,” Lily says, quietly coughing, as if trying to mask saying that, and I stop.
“Hehe, it's nice to see you, Lily, for the first time in a few days...
2023-11-07 09:13:13 +0000 UTC
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Virelia during the morning is different from the night. The colorful lights turn off and people return to the streets, filling them with life. Humans are everywhere, going about their lives, merchants open their shops, and couples walk around holding hands.
And there are those annoying lynthari once again.
“Oh my, look at him. His expression!” A group of lynthari surrounds me and one of the women starts gushing.
“Isn't he annoyed? I would swear he was about to roll his...
2023-11-06 08:34:02 +0000 UTC
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“You can't be serious, feral one. This is not something that's simple to do, nor is it something to joke about.” Myrra waves her hand, gesturing at something.
I stay silent.
“The Calamity can't be killed, and it doesn't matter if it's The Colony, The Living Tree, or The Fallen Hero. None of them can be killed by us, not anymore.”
I continue to listen.
“Do you even have any idea how many times we have tried? Even before I was born, there were hundreds of attem...
2023-11-05 08:38:38 +0000 UTC
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Only a few minutes pass since I left Myrra when I realize that something is not right. There's that weird feeling that keeps bothering me. Something has changed, and it takes me a few moments to realize what it is.
The sword I held in the sheath in my hand is gone.
Huh?
I open and close my hands, but it's really gone; my hand is empty.
Did I get robbed?
Immediately, I send a strong pulse into my area, detecting all the signatures around me, looking for something ...
2023-11-02 08:36:14 +0000 UTC
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For a moment, I try to determine if Myrra is joking, but it doesn't seem like it. Even her tail seems to confirm what she said. It's not moving nervously, just gently swaying from side to side, showing her interest.
Her fluffy tail wouldn't lie to me, right?
“That sounds unreasonable?” I say to her.
“I agree,” she moves and sits on a chair nearby, ignoring the craters around, burned walls, and holes in the ceiling. Her ears perk up slightly, and the light that falls ...
2023-11-01 09:12:57 +0000 UTC
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The Chapter looks terrible on Patreon, especially the pictures. You can read it on RR where it looks much better: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/64916/hell-difficulty-tutorial/chapter/1391375/halloween-special-nibble-to-remember-part-2
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2023-10-31 13:33:24 +0000 UTC
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Two days have passed during which life has become quite peaceful. No one leaves for hunting, and they enter the city only in larger groups as we wait for the consequences of destroying the leadership of one of the 5 big guilds of Virelia.
Yup, Myrra did promise to deal with the consequences, but I'll believe that when I see it.
Meanwhile, I spend some time trying to get into the chest, yet unsuccessfully. I use the underground area that the house has, which is shielded. It's quite...
2023-10-31 08:41:04 +0000 UTC
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Tess's gaze burns on the back of my head the entire time we are moving towards the city, and I don't know why she does that. I did nothing wrong.
Everyone would have done the same. Everyone SHOULD do the same and throw a few fire orbs into the tunnels.
As we enter the city, Obelia gives me a small mana stone that contains the address of her guild and different ways to contact her. It can also be given to the guards who should let her know that it's me looking for her in case it ha...
2023-10-30 08:39:53 +0000 UTC
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Everyone from Group 4 seems to be fine; there are some wounds, but nothing terrible. Unsurprisingly, they were able to deal with a few enemies even though most of them were at higher levels than our group.
I would be surprised if it didn't end up the way it did. They totally decimated poor Blackrock and a few members of Serpent's Eye that were nearby.
“Lily, would you mind? I might need a bit of healing,” I say, leaning against the wall and sliding to the ground.
Immedia...
2023-10-29 08:09:29 +0000 UTC
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POV Sophie Martinez
Tess runs in front of me and hits the man who is about to attack Hadwin from behind, while lightning crackles around her body, burning the attacking man. Her javelins spin around her, moving as if they have minds of their own, stabbing at anyone who attacks us.
Maya's armor darkens, and she is thrown back by an explosion of mana nearby. Her face is bleeding and her eye seems hurt, but her armor darkens even more, and I can see the wound healing...
2023-10-25 07:44:19 +0000 UTC
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For a few minutes, I watch a man screaming and flailing on the ground. It's one of the ones that came with Elydor to our house. A man with long black hair, pale skin, and an annoying laugh.
After a while, I get bored, and since they stopped trying to get through the barrier, I go back to working on inscribing coordinates instead.
That's nearly all I've done in the past two weeks; I carefully observe them trying to get through the barrier, and I'm learning a lot. I'm not sure I wou...
2023-10-25 07:43:00 +0000 UTC
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I check the side quest and its reward.
Side quest: Survive
Reward: 500 shards
Seeing how high the reward is, this is dangerous, really dangerous.
“No, no, no, no,” Elydor mumbles under his breath while he examines the barrier. With his class, Mana Harbinger, he probably already realized how strong the barrier is.
“Varrik, go and keep watch. Take Samuel and Otto,” he quickly calms down and orders his men,...
2023-10-24 08:00:30 +0000 UTC
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I take Biscuit to Lily, who carefully heals him with a glimmer of mana, so others won't notice it. The process takes much longer than it could but thankfully, the wound isn't that serious.
(Nat, how can you just let them do this? Let's just fight them! We can do it easily!) Min-Jae says through the twins' link.
A few people from two big guilds notice the link in between us, but they don't seem to care enough to stop us.
(Kim, use your head, okay? There are fifty...
2023-10-23 07:32:39 +0000 UTC
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It takes a few more hours for Elydor and Obelia to hash things out. It seems like Elydor used Obelia and her guild to get there, offering them support and promising her a percentage while withholding a lot of information from her, sharing them only now.
He most likely did this out of fear that the information would fall into the wrong ears.
So, Obelia and her guild examine the star-shaped mana stone under the watchful eye of a member from Serpent's Eye, and then they discuss.
<...
2023-10-22 07:54:20 +0000 UTC
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“We came to bring you to join the expedition,” one of the men says as all of us meet in our garden.
There are five guild members from Serpent's Eyes, all a bit under 150. Even though it's considered rude, they send their mana to check out our strength.
I use my Mantle and Mana Cycling to hide most of my mana, as before, so they just glance over it in a similar way as their guild master did. Just like him, they think I'm at a similar level to the rest of group 4 and am just try...
2023-10-19 06:53:37 +0000 UTC
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Brainiac (Hell, WhiteWing) - Is Savant here as well?
Noname (Hell, group 4) - That loser? Savant arrived a week after us.
Mari (Hell, WhiteWing) - You guys should compete during the tournament.
Mari is one of the members of WhiteWing. She barely speaks, usually letting Lootenant and Brainiac take the lead, but she sometimes chimes in to poke fun at people. Other members of WhiteWing don't seem too ...
2023-10-18 06:37:23 +0000 UTC
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“Expedition will start in three days,” Tess taps on the paper in the middle of the table.
It's morning the next day after we got unexpected visitors, and no one has gone out to the city or hunt. Everyone is staying inside the house. They laugh less; they talk less.
As always, the system knows how to deliver the best wake-up calls.
“As that jerk said, the target is the house and valuables of the Champion. The house is located in the territory of the Living Tree, one of ...
2023-10-17 07:42:03 +0000 UTC
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Turns out the Serpent's Eye guild master is a normal-looking man. Average height, has a plain face, and even the clothes he wears aren't eye-catching. The man doesn't seem strong, dangerous, or authoritative. Yet, his level...
[Mana Harbinger - lvl ??]
Somewhere deep inside, I feel my competitive spirit rise.
So, how did we find the man?
Well, we didn't. He found us.
It was late afternoon and on arriving back at our base, my luxurious house at th...
2023-10-16 06:45:34 +0000 UTC
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Wow, Tess seems really down, seeing how she keeps avoiding my eyes. What now, you silly tall blonde? You keep bullying me by reading me like a book and then saying how you will take care of everything. So, will you do now?
"Tess, just let me. I'll take care of everything," the moment I say that, I can see she realizes what I'm poking at and how much fun I'm having.
Right now, Tess really seems like an angry kitten.
“Feral one, you truly are ruthless,” Myrra, the first ly...
2023-10-15 08:33:43 +0000 UTC
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It seems that the passive I got with my Primary Class isn't as bad as I thought it would be. My mana is currently at 609 stat points. Then the 1st Stage of Attribute upgrade adds another 609 to that, making it 1218. That makes the Mana Reservoir 2436 points big, and it's still filling up.
Like, heck. Isn't that maybe too strong? I mean, I won't complain, obviously, but what the heck?
The reservoir is filling slowly, and getting it to this point took multiple days, as every time I ...
2023-10-12 07:43:37 +0000 UTC
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I will take down anyone who ever tries to mess with Biscuit.
Must protect!
The little doggo is too precious for this darn world, and I don't care if he might become Earth's Absolute or some eldritch abomination that will end the world. Even those creepy mana arms, I can deal with.
Biscuit can do whatever he wants and must be protected at all costs.
Damn, if I were a more emotional man, I might have started crying back then, seeing the affection of the little doggo.
...
2023-10-11 07:44:05 +0000 UTC
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Behold, my new house! It has two floors and a sizable garden that seems to be a rarity in the surrounding area. In the garden, there is well-taken care of trees, grass, and flowers. The house itself is made from wood and big grayish bricks and it's on a hill that overlooks the city, so the view is amazing, and the person who designed the house took that into consideration.
There are multiple large balconies and terraces that offer a comfortable view of the city while still allowing some...
2023-10-10 06:47:31 +0000 UTC
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