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Chapter 74: A Place to Meditate

Chapter 74: A Place to Meditate

/1st Book, Chapter 1: Panaan

People were created, and sown over the planet, in a time, when the gods themselves walked among them. The many tribes split up, spreading out over the continents, to wherever it was suitable, and they brought the very earth they stood into their grasp, under their rule. The seeds were sown, and the harvest came. The Chapter was Pan.

1st Book, Chapter 2: Fric

After the first harvest, the people ate,...

Chapter 73: Two doors

Chapter 73: Two doors

/Howdy, it's farmer Billy again. Billy Hill, yup, that's me name. Today I've unlocked a couple new gobbin Skills, and I only felt it right proper to at least write me achievements down fer those future folk ye all oughta be. I'm tellin ya, I'll become famous enuff for these ol' entries to be read by anyone of importance in this wide world of ours!

Where was I? Ah rite, me new Skills! Today, me pa taught me how to repot berry bushes, as we moved our...

Chapter 72: A story

Chapter 72: A story

/Travellers. The people that come from other worlds to ours, sometime through their death, sometimes entirely on accident, sometimes they even step out of cracks, or tears, and even more rarely, they travel here on purpose.

Why do these phenomena occur? Travellers that come here after death, for example, are spectacular in and of themselves. The amount of pain associated with the moment of death is not clear, yet most of the reincarnators refuse to e...

Chapter 71: Good Day

Chapter 71: Good Day

/I am Uunrahzil. Dreamweaver, teacher, thinker, ascended. I have been called master of the lo-pac, and named the piercing gaze of that beyond. My people have cried to me as their guardian protector, and my foes have cursed me from behind the very walls I raised in front of them.

But that is a story which has been told already. The grand achievements are the first to be memorized, and yet, they feel as though they are the least significant. For above...

Chapter 70: An eventful Night

Chapter 70: An eventful Night

/Mind control is perhaps the vilest thing one can do to another. To take away one's will and sense of self is a crime more grave and more terrible than killing, in my eyes. To kill is to eliminate someone's future, to take away their potential, and to make many people grieve, but mind control goes further than that.

It doesn't just take away some's potential future, but instead twists it, perhaps making the afflicted harm those they would c...

Chapter 69: Nice

Chapter 69: Nice

/Nice./

Nice.

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"Mmmmhhh... That was nice..." Mercury murmured as he slowly woke up.

"We're making a stop for the night, mopaaw."

"Mercury, thank you very much," the cat said with a groggy smile. "Wait, what do you mean night?"

"Quite exactly what I said," Lucia replied. "You have slept throughout the entire day. You even slept through the previous break we made for the terrezays' ...

Chapter 68: To rest, and to be

Chapter 68:  To rest, and to be

/Have you ever heard a choir of more than a hundred folk?

It is a sight to see, and a noise to hear, something I had the pleasure of doing today. As of right now, I am far, far to the north of the cradle, high up and out, on the island of snow and ice, covered in high mountains, low valleys, and giant lakes of ice.

Yes, I know, most of you are here for the music, but I will get to it. Please, allow me but a few more moments for...

Chapter 67: Carriage Ride

Chapter 67: Carriage Ride

/The hunt is always exciting. To be on the prowl, to stealth and draw near, and then to chase. The difference between the hunter and its prey, and the raw, animalistic nature of it all combine to make hunting so thrilling.

But it's also complex. The art has many parts to it, first and foremost even gathering equipment. Camouflaging in the middle of a forest, lying in wait with concealed weapons. If you do not prepare for a decently long stay, p...

Chapter 66: Back to more Problems

Chapter 66: Back to more Problems

/Think of rifts like of Australia, literally anything you find in there will try to murder you./

A conversation between the narr- ... me? And my wife? Wait, how the fuck did that get in here?!

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As per the usual, a full night of sleep alleviated a lot of fatigue. And equally as normal, Mercury still woke up tired. This was really part of his daily routine by now. He was so thoroughl...

Chapter 65: The Battle and its Spoils

Chapter 65: The Battle and its Spoils

/Do we have power and the system describes it, or is our power solely granted by the system?

It is a question many have pondered over the time Chronagen has existed in the form it has now. Many say, that our power comes purely from the system, citing their evidence in the drops of items that are clearly still attached to a creature's body, such as claws, skin, and tusks. Where else would these come from? Other say the same, naming t...

Chapter 64: Beasts

Chapter 64: Beasts

/Ever seen a 100 percent honest person? Yeah, me neither./

Source: this is my book and I can write whatever I want.

Narrator here. Well, I mean, today the author just sounds salty. We'll quickly restructure that a little, give me a moment.

Hrm-hr.

/Honesty is quite strange indeed. It is something we always ask for, and yet never truly wish to hear. People always imply things, and leave small social cu...

Chapter 63: New Adventure

Chapter 63: New Adventure

Well, that certainly was an interlude chapter. I hope this keeps Jeff happy for some while. This chapter was supposed to appear a little later, but it would be foreshadowing anyways. No harm, no foul. If it makes sure he'll stop breaking into my office when I'm on toilet breaks, that's good enough for me.

Sorry, back to our scheduled program now. Hope you enjoy the chapter!

/Order, the combination of law, freedom, and justice, ...

Chapter 62: Story of a hero

Chapter 62: Story of a hero

/See a shimmer in the air, it is clear,

You best start running,

Tell an adult now, say it quick,

A rift is coming.

Better hurry up, bolt it shut,

Someone to fill it.

Get the nearest guild to come and shield

your town from it./

A children's rhyme on how to deal with tunnels.

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Mercury certainly could learn a lot from Esmeya, just as she could learn...

Chapter 61: Home again

Chapter 61: Home again

"What is going on here?!" Esmeya yelled, staring Gilah down, her eyes burning with the fury of Tartarus.

"Ah, mornin' boss," Gilah quickly pushed out, only slurring half her words. "I was just... entertaining Mitten until you came up."

"Mitten?"

"It's special privilege," Mercury said, his head held high. "If you think about using it, I'd ask you not to."

Esmeya sat down on one of the stools, leaning her chin into her palm and let...

Chapter 60: A slow morning

Chapter 60: A slow morning

/Howdy y'all! This' Bill, yer friendly neighbourhood farmer. I've decided that from tahday on, I' document my journey and how things go fer me.

So, I guess that means this marks the first entry of ma diary here. Tahday me n ma pops went out n tiled the fields. It's soon ta be sowing season, and we need to get everything prepped n ready before we actually get our crops in.

This year's gonna be a helluva lot a' corn again. That, n some roo...

Chapter 59: Discovering the Truth about Oneself

Chapter 59: Discovering the Truth about Oneself

'Mh.'

Mercury could feel a lot from old Dreamweaver. There was bright happiness and trust, deeply rooted respect and thick understanding.

'Please then, doth not resist.'

And with those words, Mercury felt a slight pressure against his forehead. It wasn't string or painful, more like someone was pressing their thumb into it flatly.

Honestly, he didn't quite know what to do. He was told not to resist, but w...

Chapter 58: Bandaged Up

Chapter 58: Bandaged Up

/The power of belief is a strong one. One's will is sometimes enough to conjure up mana and stamina where there was none, to bring out power no one has ever seen before, to move things that others may have thought immovable. Sometimes, it is even enough to bring something into reality.

This power is very real, and can be observed quite simply. To move one's mana, you must think it. It isn't moving it physically by pushing against it with your han...

Chapter 57: Crazy People

Chapter 57: Crazy People

/Once upon a time there was nothing.

There was no light and no darkness, neither time nor space, good, or evil.

And then, there was a spark.

In a single moment, that flicker grew, spreading out over the infinite vastness of nothing and simply creating.

First, the sparks gathered and made a large circle, an imperfect one for they were ever shifting, but a circle nonetheless.

They filled the circle with many things. They ad...

Chapter 56: Purpose

Chapter 56: Purpose

/Lately, I have talked a lot about arches, rifts, tears and so on, however, I feel as though I have neglected to talk about their big drawbacks and benefits.

See, sometimes countries will establish themselves around arches, some smaller cities even around doors, since these are permanently open paths to places rich in... well, everything! Arches especially are oftentimes filled with precious resources, gems, mana crystals, stamina-regenerating rivers...

Chapter 55: No Mercy

Chapter 55: No Mercy

/Dear readers, today I have come upon something very interesting. I have been visiting various tribal states down south, and observing their practices, as someone such as me may do. I kept a close eye on their music especially, and soon they showed me some of their more peculiar ones.

Metal bowls, with many dents in them, that resonate upon being hit, long wooden tubes with some curves in them, far longer than the blowing instruments we are used to,...

Chapter 54: Pillars of Smoke, Licks of Flame

Chapter 54: Pillars of Smoke, Licks of Flame

/Some people disgust me. Those vile, slimy, spiteful little cretins, hiding in the dark cracks of society and humanity as a whole. The scum of the earth, crawling out of their holes only to ruin others' time.

I hate people who try to control you and me.

Seriously, someone trying to blackmail, oppress, trick, deceive, mind-control, or gaslight any others is the worst. They are as bad as it gets, the bottom of the barrel,...

Chapter 53: Current Happenings

Chapter 53: Current Happenings

/Wasps kinda suck tho./

Some biologist, probably.

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Eventually, Mercury woke up again, when the sunlight tickled his nose through the trees. The forest was waking up, and when the birds started screeching their melodies at him, our boi was forced to finally wake up again as well.

It had been a long night, and he was honestly still feeling killer tired. He was sapped of all streng...

Chapter 52: Whisperkid

Chapter 52: Whisperkid

/Ah yes, the many nations of Chronagen. There are big ones and small ones, warring ones, peaceful ones, neutral ones, scientific, and suspicious ones, but they all have some form of independence.

Many of our nations are ruled by monarchs, kings, queens, and everything in between. A single person at the helm, with many others who follow. A prime example might be the nation of the demons, who occupy essentially half a continent all the way to the we...

Chapter 51: A little like Chess

Chapter 51: A little like Chess

It took Avery no time at all to jump off. He felt a little bad for all the seekers around him who'd have to deal with the cleanup, but overall, this would still be good enough for morale.

When he soared through the air, he always felt free. For a moment, just at the apex, the weight of his armor became nonexistant, and for a moment, he would simply float there. But Avery knew that the ground would soon claim him again, and he was prepared...

Chapter 50: Killing

Chapter 50: Killing

Hey, this is your author here. Yes, I know that a self-insert is usually rare, but I think this is the perfect time. Chapter 50 is a big milestone, after all, so I have decided to introduce myself here.

As you might know, my name is Liam. Liam K. R., to be precise. I'll keep my surname entirely hidden, but do feel free to speculate what the K. R. stands for. I just want to thank you all. Whatever capacity you may find these writings in, I'd be happy ...

Chapter 49: War II

Chapter 49: War II

/Hm, this world sure is intriguing. An intriguing one, to be certain, especially because there is no division between mean and monsters. Be it demons, dragons, angels, humans, mice, eagles, even bacteria or mosquitos, all of them follow the same system.

Especially these evolutionary "tiers". Humans as tier 3 beings then? Interesting, yes. These tiers apparently also go into the negative, as mice seeming tier 0 and even insects share this system, and c...

Chapter 48: War

Chapter 48: War

/War needs no explanation. Perhaps it is best to lead with something like this.

War is cruel, it is heartless, it is cold. War is the worst humanity, or any other race, has ever managed to conjure up of the twisted depths of their mind. War is genocide, it is unfairness, it is long, and arduous, and has a habit of breaking the best of people.

No one can help it, because war, in all of its deep horror, war is absolute.

It is omnipresent. Alway...

Chapter 47: Build Up

Chapter 47: Build Up

/Ah, it is once again so in my old days, is it not? I find myself back here, back in this chair, back at this desk, back at these pens. I sit down once more, and I begin writing again.

It is not a diary that I write, either, no. It is not a story that I'm telling, not necessarily. I simply sit to write down the things that I need to say, that I need to write for those who may need them in the future.

Perhaps, one day, these writings will reach...

Chapter 46: The hot spring episode

Chapter 46: The hot spring episode

/Uxbeyn, the goddess of the forge, is one of the more tangible deities we have. She is flexible, yet tough, as well forged steel. She can be as cold as a sharp blade, or as warmhearted as the coals at the bottom of her godly smithy.

Her residence is found in all volcanoes this land has to offer. When their rocks start rolling, or lava bursts forth from them, it is often caused by one of her victorious screams, when she has yet again su...

Chapter 45: Cat vs Chimera

Chapter 45: Cat vs Chimera

/Oh, the art of brewing. A sprinkle of sulfur and a dash of herbs, just a small bit of salt and then the ground paste of an eagle's liver. It is truly incredible how through boiling, distilling, condensing and reshaping those master alchemists can take seemingly random items and create miraculous medicine from it.

Healing potions, and poisonous pills, from steroids to panacea, they have you absolutely covered. There is nothing these people can...