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Chapter 133: Moving On

Chapter 133: Moving On

/Welcome back motherfuckers, to this installment of wow I hate this planet. Today, I'll be getting upset about mana and affinities. Because what the actual fuck is up with that shit, huh?

Seriously. Everyone has mana, no affinity, nothing. That mana can be liquid, solid, or gaseous, and in transitioning from one state to another, releases energy, which can be used for spells. Simple shit, right? WRONG!

This affinity-less magical energy can t...

Chapter 132: Companionship

Chapter 132: Companionship

/Illuhm, the light, was the first of the gods. The overlord of all that glows, of all that is radiant, and good, and well. Of the beautiful and the rich, of opulence, of desire, and of good food. He is the patron of arts, and an enjoyer of games. That is what he says, at least.

In truth, many believe Illuhm to be a rather lazy god. He came, saw, and declared all that the light touched as his. Nothing he saw was earned. Life was given by Logeba...

Chapter 131: Surviving

Chapter 131: Surviving

/The demon rulers.

For many a chapter have they been in constant conflict. Some say their battles stretch over acts, sagas even, whole songs written about their battles and repeated by the bards that roam Arterus, the land of Demons.

Their wars, to a large degree, are absolutely legendary, not simple duels, but a ritualistic form of conflict, in which temporary contracts are specially established. Undying minions, tearing each other apart ov...

Chapter 130: Consequences

Chapter 130: Consequences

The last section of this chapter contains themes of depression that may not be suitable for all readers. Viewer discretion is advised.

/The Thing had felt terror.

That emotion was new to it, and yet it already never wanted to feel it again. Not as much as hunger, it wasn't quite there, but close enough to at least warrant caution.

After its encounter with the Hunter, the Thing became more vigilant towards its surroundings...

Chapter 129: In the Distance

Chapter 129: In the Distance

/When the Hunter met a good challenge, it was always a joy. They found countless creatures to hunt. They gave chase, set up traps, drove things to exhaustion and delivered the final blow, rarely savouring their victories for very long.

Of course, they used all that they could from the creatures. Harvesting ingredients and meat, furs and scales, whatever they could. But after a day or two, when preparations were finished, they went off again,...

Chapter 128: Guiding Self

Chapter 128: Guiding Self

"Oh come the fuck on," Mercury cursed, taking a couple steps back from the water. In that time alone the small ripples on the pond's surface had begun to increase, growing larger and more solid, reaching out and seeping into the ash, before returning to their stone housing.

It felt as though the water was reaching out, grasping for some kind of support. For a few, calm moments, which Mercury used to get some more distance, the water simply swel...

Chapter 127: Pest Control

Chapter 127: Pest Control

Traversing the ash-filled wasteland was not as bad as the dream to Mercury. sure, there were more monsters, but they were the kind he could see and harm. All made from flesh and blood. And teeth and claws, but those were really just side notes.

The biggest difference, though, was that he could see them. He wasn't constantly enveloped in fog, or dragged down by the muddy ground. While there was danger everywhere, it was easy to be aware of it, and just avo...

Chapter 126: On the Horizon

Chapter 126: On the Horizon

Mercury's legs moved as fast as they could carry him, leaping through the mud in hopes of losing whatever that thing was. His mind was still shaken by what he read when he looked at that thing.

Its thoughts were so alien to him, different and twisted. There was a mix of them, of echoing screams and harrowing fear. Mercury felt the disconnect between all of them, and he knew that they'd been stolen. Whatever that thing was, it would take the t...

Chapter 125: Nightmare

Chapter 125: Nightmare

/When the young Hunter came back to themselves, they had many messages from the system to get through. After the battle was over, they'd eaten and drank a little, before passing out in their last hideout. They'd stashed away the pursuer's body in their inventory after stopping the decomposition of it, to take a closer look at once they'd recharged.

Now, after barely having woken up, there was quite a bit for them to get through. They'd received a ...

Chapter 124: Ashen Monsters

Chapter 124: Ashen Monsters

/The chase was long and brutal on the young Hunter. They'd been living in the wilderness for a while now, certainly, and they had hunted creatures superior to them one way or another. Critters were fast, large animals were strong, and so on. Yet they had never once been so thoroughly outmatched.

Whenever they ran, they could not shake pursuit. When they stopped to rest, they were ruthlessly attacked from any direction. There was no space for ...

Chapter 123: Barren Landscape

Chapter 123: Barren Landscape

The first thing Mercury saw when he woke back up was pitch black darkness. He found that every bone in his body still ached, and he couldn't currently move at all, but he was still alive. Barely.

[The individual has been recognized as conscious.]

<Appraisal>'s familiar sound shook Mercury out of his stupor slightly. Where was he? His mouth tasted dry, his tongue feeling fuzzy and thick. He couldn't quite tell where up or down wa...

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Chapter 122: Day of Reckoning: Dusk

Chapter 122: Day of Reckoning: Dusk

5 minutes is a very strange timeframe. Of course, we all know that it's not very long, you can't exactly get a whole lot done in 5 minutes, and yet, sometimes they really do feel like forever. Listening to a boring teacher at the end of a lesson, waiting on the next city bus after having missed one, even meeting a family member again you would rather not have seen for another year.

Having to do smalltalk with someone you barely know, ...

Chapter 121: Day of Reckoning: Noon

Chapter 121: Day of Reckoning: Noon

/Stalking was fun to the young Hunter. Tracking good prey down, then watching its habits and movements, finding the right time to pounce, was thrilling. The danger of being discovered was sometimes more challenging and fun to them than simply having a match of speed and endurance.

As the days ticked by, the young one continued to grow their proficiency in it and every other aspect of living in the wild. The call was still there, drawi...

Chapter 120: Day of Reckoning: Dawn III

Chapter 120: Day of Reckoning: Dawn III

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There was no prelude to the attack. Avery had simply been on the ground, fighting his heart out, when he heard shattering glass, and his world was enveloped by fire.

When the barriers broke, Esmeya was sent vomiting on the walls, the shoc...

Chapter 119: Day of Reckoning: Dawn II

Chapter 119: Day of Reckoning: Dawn II

/The Hunter was born ordinary, back in the day. A beastkin child with six eyes, related to a rare kind of spider, but nothing that was beyond reason. They grew up quickly, as most kin do, learning to walk and speak at an earlier age than most humans. Soon, they began to go out with their parents to travel, and provide for the village.

They learned to till soil and farm crops, to stitch travelling clothes back up, and even to fletch...

Chapter 118: Day of Reckoning: Dawn I

Chapter 118: Day of Reckoning: Dawn I

/What the Thing did to that village is something beyond words on a page. It is something one would need to have seen in order to imagine it, and even then, it would be a nightmarish description. The Thing back then was hungry and brutal, a display of wild ferocity only possible to beasts or monsters.

There was no flash, no explosion or anything like that, in fact, most of the buildings remained intact, yet the carnage was incomparab...

Chapter 117: Final Day: Prelude to Bloodshed

Chapter 117: Final Day: Prelude to Bloodshed

/After its change, the Thing was faster, more nimble, and able to catch most things of the mountain more easily. It was big as an ox, strong as a bear, fast as an eagle, and ravenous like a starving wolf. In other words, it was almost as though it was made for hunting.

During that phase of its life, after the first metamorphosis, as spite drove it, the Thing was almost always hungry. It could hunt and kill, then feast as much as it want...

Chapter 116: One Day: Hope Stirs.

Chapter 116: One Day: Hope Stirs.

/The Thing's first hunt was most likely what truly ended up defining its character. Well, perhaps not the very first, but rather the first few. For you see, it failed in those hunts. It chased after its prey, running as fast as its legs would take it, its maw dripping and hungry, and yet the prey escaped. It ran too fast.

Truly, on the first day, the Thing did not mind so much. It was frustrated, of course, and hungry as well, but the h...

Chapter 115: Three Days: Rain

Chapter 115: Three Days: Rain

/There is a story yet to be told. Of a thing with many legs that hunted a young boy. But that thing, of course, had a life before that too. In fact, before it hunted the boy, it was entirely different from now.

And that is where its story begins. Like most other stories, though certainly not all, it begins at the beginning. With the first signs of life of the little being that would eventually be the thing.

After all, nothing starts a...

Chapter 114: Four days: Reconciliation; Greed, Mind, Blood.

Chapter 114: Four days: Reconciliation; Greed, Mind, Blood.

/Today is a good day, friends! The time has finally come. After so much convincing, and a rather long process of getting my honor approved, which included wrestling with an orc on a sandy surface, while both of us were covered in oil, I have done it. I have been accepted as one of theirs, and am finally permitted to hear their war drums, without being a target of the rhythm.

Now, let me add some additional info...

Chapter 113: Six Days: Siege

Chapter 113: Six Days: Siege

On Weddan, there wasn't very much that happened. By the time they arrived at Yasashiku's residence, it was already evening, and the sun hung low in the sky. There were few clouds, and they didn't expect any rain at night, but decided to have a meal in the house anyway, since it was something they missed after camping for almost a page.

Since it was the first day with Mercury and him now truly living together, he decided not to push his stude...

Chapter 112: One Page

Chapter 112: One Page

/All of you still alive? Good. You better be ready for some exercise, because we're talking about Moves today. No, not those kinds of moves, but Moves!

Yeah, that's fucking right. The stamina-equivalent of Spells. A very clear series of actions that is given enhanced power by some system shenanigans because it has been practiced endlessly. A goddamn Move. Maybe I'll mention Spells too, but we'll see about that.

Now, are Moves capitalized? I d...

Chapter 111: The third Truth

Chapter 111: The third Truth

Zyl sat down in his room to meditate. For this procedure he didn't need any complicated apparatuses or devices, just himself and a good amount of time. Berthorn would probably start suspecting things weren't right if he dragged it out too long, so at most he could buy maybe a page and a half. Fifteen days.

With a little bit of luck, that would be enough for Ragnarok to get in touch with Mercury. He had given them a crystal ball that would li...

Chapter 110: Ticking Clock

Chapter 110: Ticking Clock

/Not all gods fall on the simple ends of kind or cruel. In fact, most are somewhere in between. Light can warm or scorch, anvils may make shields or swords, and webs may catch food or trap prey.

Yet, no god delves in this duality as much as Jeringr of shadow. After all, shadows, by nature, are everchanging. A sick mirror of reality, projected and reduced to the very base of one's character. Shadows always follow, stand below and unnoticed, and...

Chapter 109: Schemers scheme, Teachers teach

Chapter 109: Schemers scheme, Teachers teach

Zagan was beyond excited. Her hall of extravagant art was growing more and more, especially since the invention of the whinyl machine, and now there was an opportunity unlike any before. She might be able to add the spark of a dragon to her collection!

It had been quite a while since the last time that group had given her an update on the situation. They worked slowly, since forcing someone to hand over part of themselves was...

Chapter 108: Mind Invasion

Chapter 108: Mind Invasion

/The dead boy woke up once again. Not always on the same day, sometimes even months apart, but he would eventually wake up and make his way back to the city. He saw the people there had moved since his last visit, and he was happy for them, but he knew the thing was still coming, and he had to move them all over time.

Thus, the boy set to work. He once again picked people up and brought them to the faraway place. There, the others were still w...

Chapter 107: Shopping Spree

Chapter 107: Shopping Spree

/After the dead boy escaped, the story was to follow two people. The thing that chased, and the running boy. But as the story is named after the boy, that which happens to him shall be told first.

The boy ran further, that much is perhaps unsurprising. What else would he be doing when he was busy fleeing from the thing? Of course, if the boy was alive, he may have thought his escape was done, but that much he was not. Thus, the boy ran furthe...

Chapter 106: Recovered

Chapter 106: Recovered

Perhaps, while Mercury is resting, there is time to indulge another story. There once was a boy who ran away. A boy who ran, until he could run no more.

Now, why would a boy be running? From his responsibilities? Certainly, yes, but not too exhaustion most of the time, only to the point they caught up. Perhaps for sport? No, that made little sense, he would not need to have been told, then. Maybe there was something chasing him?

That seemed ...

Chapter 105: Lazy Days

Chapter 105: Lazy Days

/The first school of magic to give me trouble was force. I had blasted through other disciplines at record speed before that, learning water and ice spells in the blink of an eye, mastering wind soon after, and again only some short time later I had become more than proficient with barrier magic. I not only understood the spells, but could wholly complete them without system assistance, displaying comprehension far beyond my peers.

But when it cam...