A/N: Sorry for being so late. Got side tracked by a couple of things. I also wrote a different scene that is now being used for the next chapter at first before deciding to write this one, which was a bit annoying but hey, next chapter is already half done as a result! :D
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"Really? An Acid Slime almost killed you and that awakened your mana organs?" Lone asked, unsure if he should be worried or amused by such a silly yet deadly story.
Hazel ...
2024-02-22 12:21:02 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Get surprised by an early and longer than usual chapter! Mwahaha, my evil knows no bounds! >:D
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Lone, Soph, and Breena, were having a distinctly normal set of drinks in a café they had found in the residential district near Hazel and her friends' home.
Lone was drinking his grape-flavoured milkshake, finding the taste to be not as awful as he had expected, though ultimately bland when compared the meal they had shared less than an hour ago, ...
2024-02-10 11:21:33 +0000 UTC
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Lone reached over the table and stored Breena's pitcher of Salient Night Infusion. "You're not allowed to drink this until you tell me you're ready to do so. I'll hold onto it until then, 'kay?"
A sense of relief at having the decision, while not taken from her, but complicated with an extra step, filled Breena entirely. She nodded appreciatively. "T-Thank you."
Lone smiled at her. He then reactivated his obvious disguise before storing his refilled bubbling shot glass of distille...
2024-02-04 12:16:11 +0000 UTC
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"All of our private rooms are currently occupied, as they often are. I'm sure you don't mind having to use a communal dining room considering this is a walk-in, yes, Master Mezro'nan?" the gnome asked.
"Of courssse. But if a private room becomesss available...?" the lizard alluded.
The gnomish employee shook her head as their group came upon an open archway that lead into a magnificent dining hall. "Sadly, they are fully booked for the next 16 years. On the event of a guest not at...
2024-01-30 00:29:12 +0000 UTC
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"Can you distort sound? Make it so no one can hear us? I trust the guild, but I don't exactly trust all of its members, y'know?" Lone suggested.
Yulia's clouded figure nodded. "It will be a drain on my MP, but of course."
She waved her hand slightly then said, "It's done. I cast Audial Disturbance. Any who try to overhear us talking will only hear gibberish instead. It's rather costly given my low mastery of the spell but I doubt we'll be here for too long, yes?"
"Just until...
2024-01-22 02:48:05 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Sorry for no chapter last week. Just had no motivation to write and while I can force it, I don't like to. I do think this chapter is a banger though, so enjoy! :D
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Lone kept Sophie close to him, his arms still wrapped around her slender waist as he regarded Princessling Yulia. His girlfriend's firm but loving hug gave him the warmth he currently needed. Basic Regeneration could heal a lot, both physically and mentally, but almost dying in such a guar...
2024-01-14 19:21:27 +0000 UTC
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AN: Have a Happy New Year, everyone! :D
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"Push me," Lone said as he dusted himself off and cracked his neck just as the last of his face had returned to normal.
"Hideous sound, that healin' of yours makes," Guildmaster Brux commented. He silently watched as Soph returned to the side of the room where Breena was before returning all of his attention to Lone. "What'dya mean?"
"You want a fun fight. I can't keep up with you even when you're not ap...
2023-12-31 08:27:03 +0000 UTC
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
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'Huh. The fairy's skin is orange, and the lizard is purple. I guess I shouldn't have assumed Cuardaigh of the Tower would be white as snow and that Master Mezro'nan would be green. I've been biased by Swamp. Let's not assume he will stretch his 's's too then. Also, remember, he's a Restodian Iglaform, not a lizard,' Lone thought, standing at the side of Guildmaster Brux.
Big as he was, Master Mezro'nan didn't disturb any furni...
2023-12-25 03:46:20 +0000 UTC
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[The host has developed the passive skill: Haggling Mastery.]
[Passive Skill: Haggling Mastery
A skill popular among street vendors and conglomerate employees alike.
When haggling, the host is 5% more likely to leave paying a price or being paid a price that they feel satisfied with.
Cost: N/A
Mastery: Beginner Level 1]
2023-12-17 12:14:26 +0000 UTC
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Tayson nodded, much more professionalism in his decorum than a moment ago. He then stood up, pulled a plate out from his ring which Lone now knew was a storage device, and then pressed that plate up against the magical door at the back left of the room.
"I'll be right back, Lord Immortus. I can't imagine I'll take any longer than ten minutes. Would you like some refreshments while you wait?" he asked.
Lone shook his head. "Nah, we're good. Thank you though."
Tayson smiled. "...
2023-12-12 12:42:07 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Sorry for no chapter last week. I was caught in a procrastination loop. I almost missed this week's chapter too since I came down with the flu yesterday. Once I'm better, I'll try to make up for last week's missed chapter.
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[Congratulations! The host's passive skill [Intoxication Resistance] has levelled up! It is now Beginner Level 3.]
[Congratulations! The host's passive skill [Intoxication Resistance] has levelled up! It is now Beginner ...
2023-12-03 23:07:56 +0000 UTC
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"Oh, it definitely grew. By maybe a millimetre?" Lone said to Soph who was sitting on his lap trying her hardest to elongate her pinkie finger. "Question is, can you ungrow it?"
Soph creased her brow in concentration. "I-I think so? Ungrow for me, pinkie finger!"
Lone watched in anticipation, his arms wrapped around the waist of the love of his life as his Enhanced Vision barely just caught the moment her finger returned to its normal length.
[Congratulati...
2023-11-21 16:34:27 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Another one on time. Go me. Enjoy! :D
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"Welcome back!" Soph greeted Lone.
She was sitting on a bench in the centre of their pavilion's lake while cuddling Kyuubi. She was also experimenting with her barriers, namely, small ones no bigger than an inch that she was spinning on the top of her index finger. Lone smiled at her, thinking the sight was adorable.
"Thanks. Anything interesting happen while I was out?" he asked as he carefully picke...
2023-11-12 11:27:10 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Finally a chapter on time. Yay!
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"Can you summon Kyuubi?" Soph asked as she and Lone appeared in the lounge of their Spirit Pavilion's central pagoda.
Lone nodded. "Summon Kyuubi Immortus. How's Breena?"
Soph scooped up the big wolf-sized fox who'd appeared at her feet all curled up with some effort and replied, "She's fine. She's still unconscious but her mana organs are working normally. I think she'll wake up tomorrow."
"That's go...
2023-11-06 00:57:41 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Sorry for lateness but happy Halloween!
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Two hours had passed and during that time, Lone and the matriarch hadn't deviated from their path to War Leader Clari's Spirit Pavilion even once. There was simply that many rolling hills, flower fields, and other Spirit Pavilions, between Lone's new home and the home of his attacker.
"Man, the clan is huge. No wonder though I suppose when you have a council full of X-ranked elders and an even more ...
2023-11-01 00:02:02 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Little late as is usual, but anyway, I've been meaning to say, if you've noticed italics aren't working, that isn't me. That's shitty Patreon's recent update. Among just being a bad update, it also broke italics entirely. No clue when it will get fixed. Can't wait for Royal Road to make its own Patreon system. No matter how painful the move from here to there will be, it'll be smoother in the long run.
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"A-Are you sure?" Breena asked Mistress Soph.
2023-10-24 07:35:16 +0000 UTC
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Every remaining skills level up was a resistance, much to Lone's pleasure. He happily took his time savouring each and every level. He didn't know why exactly, but he simply enjoyed getting and improving resistance skills over all other skill type. Perhaps it was because doing so made him less killable.
Regardless, he mentally ordered the skills to, as usual, appear by skill groupings in order of first acquired to last. The initial resistance to level was, unsurprisingly, Water Magic Re...
2023-10-17 01:24:19 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Removed the [R] from the title. Will work on the tag another time since I have to make over a hundred edits for that.
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"We can't possibly admit fault in this case. How many times do I have to say it? I understand your position, Guildmaster Elksworth, and I more than respect it, but it would be a huge blow to our public image to be known as the barbarous clan that allowed our war leader to attack a guest sanctioned by The Elders themselves," Second Eld...
2023-10-09 04:58:06 +0000 UTC
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A/N: I have edited the first 50 chapters of book 1 to include the whole Sofia thing plus some general cleaning up and consistency fixes, with more chapter edits on the way as I work on the epub version of book 1. I'm also considering removing the [R] from the title. The story isn't really a rewrite anymore. All of book 2 was entirely new and so will all of book 3 be, so, thoughts?
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"Nope, not that. Nope, I made that so I won't learn anything new. Nope. Nop...
2023-10-02 13:33:54 +0000 UTC
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A/N: The Sophie/Sophia poll was super close on RR with Sophia barely winning. Since it's so evenly split, I think I'll do something different from outright replacing Sophie with Sophia. Sofia would the accurate spelling given the timeframe, and I've decided this will be their joint, true name, so to speak. Soph will still be Soph, Sophie will still be Sophie, but when referred to as a whole, they will be Sofia. This will reflect on the adventurer's plate and perhaps formal introductions, but ...
2023-09-28 10:51:38 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Late as always, but it's a big one, so enjoy! As a side note, I've been considering changing Sophie's name to Sophia to be more historically accurate given her Novgorod origins. Thoughts? I'll be making a poll on RR alongside the chapter that will go live shortly but wanted to ask for your thoughts too.
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Lone, Sophie, and Breena approached an employee desk. There were no expedited desks for higher strengths like in Golden Pass City but this place was ...
2023-09-23 04:48:38 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Sorry for lateness! Y'all know what I'm like. Will try to get another done by Sun, but it's very unlikely given it's already Fri.
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[The host has developed the active fire magic skill [Inferno Armaments].]
[Active Fire Magic Skill: Inferno Armaments
An expert application of the fire magic school where the caster creates an armament of amplified freeform fire magic, whether generic or a true magic copy o...
2023-09-15 17:13:01 +0000 UTC
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"That and that need to be dealt with," Gilbert stated, pointing to the magical fire that still surrounded Lone's armoured form and then to Soph's Barrier Maelstrom. "I can't so much as detect a hint of magic like a true expert might be able to but even I can feel that thing will kill all of us if it's let loose."
The guildmaster gave the still-buring Lone a measured look and sighed, "Kill most of us," before turning to Soph. "Can you dismiss it in any way? Magic is fun in that ...
2023-09-04 17:18:03 +0000 UTC
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A/N: It's still Sunday in some places in the world, so yay! A chapter on time. Enjoy! :D
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Lone didn't have time to think about why he was being attacked. Hell, he didn't even know what his attacker looked like, only that they could evade Sophie's Mana Sensing somehow and that they were strong enough to ignore his Oaken Flesh and even cut through his spinal bones with their now-destroyed sword.
'Hopefully, it was the sword that was capable of that...
2023-08-28 08:20:55 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Sorry for being late. It is what it is. I did finish my co-op Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough though so I should be good now. Or at least back to regular kinda lateness, haha. Will try to post another one come Sunday, no promises though. Hope ya enjoy.
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"Sure," Lone nodded before he sat down on the bed with Soph's assistance.
"Very good," Doctor Shulma responded. "First, what was it that caused you to attack yourself with your own aura? While not li...
2023-08-23 19:49:33 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Sorry for no chapter last week. Baldur's Gate 3 came out when the chapter was already a bit late and then I unwillingly dedicated my life to that game (I'm still dedicated). I'm just a hopeless gamin' addict, please have mercy on me. Hope ya enjoy the chapter!
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"Wow, if you're that eager to learn a new skill... Why don'tcha tell me your magical affinities, hmm?" Lone teased as his aura manifested fox grinned, which was very disturbing.
Soph pout...
2023-08-13 07:56:33 +0000 UTC
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The day had ended in success. Breena levelled her Needle Mastery twice and her Fireball once. She sadly wasn't able to level up her racial skill, Flickering Identity, but still, progress was progress.
Lone's training methods hadn't changed from when he had taught the teens. He fought her with the intent to kill her, giving her just enough room to use her skills and hitting just lightly enough to not actually kill her. It was a testament to her willpower and determination that no matter ...
2023-08-02 08:22:40 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Little late as usual. Small word of forewarning, I'm going camping for three days on Friday with some friends, so it's likely this week's chap will be more delayed than usual.
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"Hello, Lone," Sophie greeted without stopping her sword routine. Clearly, Soph had chosen to give up control to her other self for training purposes.
Breena nodded her head lightly, a tiny wisp of freeform fire magic in her palm. "H-Hi, Master Lone."
"Hi, girls," L...
2023-07-24 21:38:37 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Sorry for the lateness. Y'all know the story by now. Will try to get another one done by Sun but no promises.
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"Darkness," a chilling tone emerged from Death though it appeared that was just the being's natural way of talking. "Why do you bar my entry into his body?"
"Because he asked me to. I'm going to ignore you now, okay? Loney-boy is the one you have business with, not me. I'm just the bouncer and u...
2023-07-19 00:11:02 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Early instead of late. Bet you didn't see that one coming c:
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First came all of the weapon mastery gains.
[Congratulations! The host's passive skill [Warhammer Mastery] has levelled up! It is now Beginner Level 9.]
[Congratulations! The host's passive skill [Warhammer Mastery] has levelled up! It is now Beginner Level 10.]
[Congratulations! The host's passive skill [Warhammer Mastery] has levelled up! It is now Intermedi...
2023-07-08 15:11:59 +0000 UTC
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