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Chapter 777 - The Second General

"This was easy enough," Neria said with a big smile. She looked at Vash, Skyler, and Hera, who turned away quickly, "What?"

"Nothing, don't worry about it. Did we get anything?" Hera moved to the place where the armadillo had dissolved and found one of the plates of its shell. It was golden, but it had a gradient like a piece of minimalist art, "Flint? Can this help you?" 

The dwarf walked closer to her and took a look at the item, "By itself, probably not. If I have a few, m...

Chapter 776 - Dungeon Art

##### Author's Note #####

Hey everyone. Sorry this one came a bit later. It wasn't anything health reletade this time. I just spaced out playing a new game and lost track of time lol. 

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As soon as the team entered the Monarch of the Glen dungeon, a notification popped up for everyone.

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You have discovered a dungeon quest.

Monarch's assault.
The Monarch of the Glen is angry that people keep invading his domain. ...

Chapter 775 - Monahrch of the Glen

"Before we start. Here is the deal. Nimbus, Lurize, Livy, Viper, Crimson, you will be on the backline this time. I want you all thinking about how you would run this dungeon without me," Hera had her titled blades in a line, but she noticed Livy's disappointed look, "I'm not saying you can't fight, but be on the defense. Don't push ahead. We, and by that I mean the team, need to practice our well. Teamwork."

"We are still going to protect you," Nimbus added.

"I sure hope so," Hera...

Chapter 774 - Plans for a dungeon

##### Author's Note #####

Hey everyone! Sorry, this one took longer than I promised. Like people say, when it rains, it pours. And boy, did it pour. Like literally. There was a massive storm here where I live and a blackout that lasted almost a full day. It wasn't fun, but there wasn't anything I could do about it x.x. That's also why I wasn't able to warn anyone. I managed to go on discord for a few minutes to warn them, but that didn't last long. Even the cell phone network was out! &...

Chapter 773 - Beast armor

##### Author's Note #####

Sorry for the delay on this chapter everyone. Like I said, this was a weird weekend. I think/hope tomorrows will come out on time, but there is a chance that it will be posted at a later time than usual. Honestly it's a bit of a toss up for now. Still, Wednesday things will be back to normal. 

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The first day of their travels went out without a hitch. Hera and her team were just along for the ride. They sang road trip ...

Chapter 772 - Getting to know each otherv

In the end, the party decided to ask not to be exclusively hunting wendigos, which was something the Alliance accepted. But, if it were an emergency situation like this, they would still ask for their help. The information about the [Hunter's Catalogue] skill was also shared. A few people already knew about that increased rate for the bonus, and some teams were formed that would mostly be dealing with the wendigos. However, each of those teams had a hunter among them. Since Hera only had the ...

Small warning about some bad news

Hey everyone! A bit of bad news, Today's chapter(1st of December 2023) will be delayed. I won't go into too much detail since I still want to give a full explanation when it's all over, but I recently stopped taking some continuous medication (with the help of a doctor, not by myself), and I'm having some side effects. It's like a baby version of withdrawal. I don't feel bad or sick or anything, just mildly dizzy and hearing some weird sounds. Because of this, the weekend will be weird. today...

Chapter 771 - Next Shift

After getting Hera out of the wendigo lair, the group also removed the bodies from the cocoons to take them back to the city. Vash and Roan were also able to find the remaining party members. It was a mage who managed to use an ice prison skill on himself. That created an ice tomb with him inside it. That was too strong for the wendigo to break. Another benefit of that skill was that whatever was inside would be in stasis as long as there were no living creatures nearby. However, that was jus...

Chapter 770 - First mission complete

Even with the moment to breathe, the rest of the court didn't stop watching the body of the wendigo. Hera could have used her [Observe] and confirmed that the monster was now a corpse, but they still had their suspicions that it could be a trick. After all, the monster had used a beak to make a trap. Maybe it was able to play dead as well. Just for good measure, Livy and Crimson cut the creature up into several pieces. Taking the body back to the Alliance Center was an optional part of their ...

Chapter 769 - Underground Wendigo

The moment Hera felt her body sinking into the rocks, she yelled in her mind, 'Pluto!' This was a 'safe word' she had set up with her court. A word that told them to drop whatever they were doing and return to the legacy. During the time she was playing with different ways to call everyone at once, she also added this as an emergency button for the exact opposite. However, she never had to use it, not until now. In the split second it took for the wendigo to start pushing her through the eart...

Chapter 768 - Priorities

Since the tunnel had collapsed, Skyler and Vash used their echolocation spell one more time to see if they still had a way to go deeper through this entrance or not. Luckily, despite the cave-in, there was a new path to the side from where a group of Behemoth Bunnies appeared. Another benefit was the lack of any response from the monsters inside. Maybe after that initial fight, they had cleared out every creature in this territory or scared away the ones who lived here.

This time, Hera ...

Chapter 767 - Inside the tunnel

Before walking in, Skyler and Vash pulled their instruments, a harmonica and a pair of maracas, respectively. They tested their sound for a moment before harmonizing and playing a quick song right at the mouth of the tunnel. It wasn't a tune that Hera or the other party members knew, but it had a somewhat familiar rhythm that one would expect from a nursery rhyme. Suddenly, both of them created a loud high note that echoed inside the cavern.

Skyler had left her tablet with Neria, who wa...

Chapter 766 - Krashak Guide

Hera and her party left the Alliance Center just after they talked with Merrik. He showed them the places on the map where he found the wendigo, but unfortunately, that didn't match with what the Empress was discovering through her relic. Because of those incongruencies, they decided to go for the big guns and have the Ophidianite use her skill to get better answers. To do that, she went back to the hotel, asking the other party members to wait for her outside.

She quickly entered the r...

Chapter 765 - Hunting supplies

As soon as they arrived in the  Krashak Plains, Hera asked Yarnball another question about the location of the Wendigo. Trying to figure out its skills was a waste of time since the monster wouldn't have a logical reason for what abilities it would get after eating. She was still following her battleship idea, asking if it was in, above, or below a certain row. But they wouldn't be going there right away. Instead, their first stop would be in the city.  The building that was once th...

Chapter 764 -Krashak Plains

"You know. I thought this was going to taste awful, but it's kind of growing on me," Vash said with a smile, and he slowly glided beside the rest of the group to stretch his wings a bit.

"Me too. I'm still trying to figure out what that taste is," Neria looked over the small vial of essence that was now empty.

"A few friends and I talked about this. We figured out it tasted like tap water. Like clean tap water, with that hint of metal coming from the pipes," Hera replied as she st...

Chapter 763 - First assingment

Everyone was looking at Hera, waiting for her introduction.  She had thought about it before meeting them and replied with her rehearsed answer, "I can go now, but you will probably have many questions. So we can come back to all that after everyone introduces themselves. There are a few things I want to show you and people I want to introduce" the last line raised a few eyebrows, but she just shrugged them aside, "I'm Hera. Level 39, and an explorer. I'm also an Ophidianite, but I was h...

Chapter 762 - Meeting the party

Hera arrived in the Arie on the first flight at around 2 P.M. Typhera told her the meeting with her new party was supposed to start at 4, and they would spend the day there before starting to travel for their missions. The Queen didn't greet the Ophidianite, but she sent one of her assistants for that. Apparently, she was busy dealing with some issues related to the movement of troops. Ever since the beginning of the war, there have been no large battles. Both sides were still moving their pi...

Chapter 761 - Crimson and Viper

"I got to say. I'm a bit disappointed," Shane whispered to Hera. They were all gathered in their house. Thankfully, they had moved to a bigger place on the second floor of the city a few days ago, which stopped them from being so crowded that Hera's titled blades couldn't be in their bipedal forms. 

Eridan had asked for some help, and now he had set up flags and strings all around their living room for a proper party. But despite it being for Hera, Viper and Crimson had stolen the ...

Chapter 760 - One more party member

Before starting the process, Hera looked at her status windows to ensure she knew what was going on.

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Hera Quetzaveth -- Role: Explorer Level: 39
Legacy: Court of Blades [Blades]
Title: Mana Touched, Wardbearer, Ophidianite Progenitor
Total Stats:  660
Strength:  110 Endurance: 110
Agility:  110 Charisma:  110
Intelligence: 110  Luck:  110
Mana:   4 356 942/4 356 942
Passive Mana Regeneration: 5 882/s...

Chapter 759 - Scryotra's Tomb

It was the last day before the Empress had to meet her new team. In the evening, she would have a farewell party of sorts with her friends and family, but now, she was on top of the mountain to the side of the city. The architects had already come here to build the layout of the mausoleum. It was just the foundation, the 'skeleton' of the building that would be constructed in the future. Naka liked the idea of that being also a fortification for times of war, which meant the walls had to be p...

Chapter 758 - A shot in the dark

After killing all the Naga outside, there was a moment of silence where nothing happened. Hera just watched the giant monster moving and looked around to confirm there were no more threats in the area. One odd thing the Empress noticed was that the Naga it killed were still there. Or at least, their bodies were. Before she had a chance to check why that was going on, Scryotra started moving again. This time, it used its claws to dig large holes in the ground before pushing the dead inside it....

Chapter 757 - Stampede

##### Author's Note #####

Sorry for the small delay everyone. I struggled a bit to finish this chapter. Don't know why

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The Naga with keen hearing were the first who noticed something had happened. Yet, none of them batted an eye at the sound. It was a strange cacophony of too many noises overlaying. The kind of thing that could be the fault of children causing a small accident. Among those who heard it, only a couple noticed the eerie tones behind...

Chapter 756 - Inside old Zaxalam

Hera started walking towards the entrance of Zaxalam while carrying a jar with a small golden beetle inside. Lurize wasn't saying anything, and despite not being able to see his face, the Empress knew the Royal Tutor was pouting.

'For what's worth. You are really cute in that form,' she said in his mind.

'I'm always cute,' Lurize huffed, making Hera force herself not to smile at the comment. 

She approached the entrance, where a set of 8 guards were spread out. Two at t...

Chapter 755 - Hunting Party

Hera was overlooking the city of Zaxalam, in the same spot that she saw it for the first time in her vision. However, there was no tiger chasing after her this time and no Scryotra to come to help and then try to kill her. The city itself was no longer empty. Various Naga were walking around, no children this time, but a large number of guards patrolled the outside. As she arrived, she also saw a hunting party coming back. Each carrying a different cage with something moving inside. There wer...

Chapter 754 - Understandable Rage

##### Author's Note #####

Hey everyone! Sorry this chapter took a while to come out. I had a power outage this morning, and it wasn't fixed until half an hour ago. Ever since the beginning of the month, I've been trying to have some chapters scheduled ahead of time, but I'm struggling to get that. I hope to be able to give a full explanation on discord soon, but anyway, here you go! 

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As Hera was moving back to Zaxalam, the Empre...

Chapter 753 - Repetition

Hera was sitting cross-legged on the grassy floor of the dungeon, staring at the tiny version of Scryotra that she was able to save from the Nagas. Her entire court was out around her, all watching the monster as well. It was just moving around like an actual insect. All that intelligence that the monster had before was nowhere to be seen. The Empress was trying to think of ways to make it grow faster. The entire dungeon seemed to span a few hundred years, or however long the Naga took to age...

Chapter 752 - On a deadline

After the meeting, Hera went home to talk with her friends and family. A lot of things would happen right now, and she had to make sure everyone here would be okay. Everyone watched the guild's announcement. So they already knew part of what she had to say. Everyone was already aware of the deal she made with the other species. The deal was to be a part of a team to help out the inner parts of the MAZE during the war. In exchange, when the Ophidianites became a larger civilization, they would...

Chapter 751 - It begins

##### Author's Note #####

Hey everyone, this is a trigger warning. From the name of the chapter, you might guess what is going to happen, and considering current events, I feel it's appropriate to warn about it.
This chapter talks about war and the loss of innocent lives. 

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Hera was walking back to the central part of the city, where the other dwarves were. She had just finished her conversation with Veridallion and was now thinking about ...

Chapter 750 - Zaxalam's Guide

To call the guide, Hera walked deeper into the city, towards the area that was still off-limits. Shane had already taught a few of the dwarfs how to properly store and identify things that could be important. However, the odds of anything truly unique being in that area were very small. It was just a place filled with houses. Rotting furniture and broken down walls were all that they expected to find here. Hera only went about two roads deep when she found the house Shane mentioned when talki...

Chapter 749 - Resentment

With Scryotra in the ground, Hera and the others gathered in front of the mantis head. The [Blade Graveyard] skill had run out just as the monster fell, and the old court members fell to the ground, becoming gravestones before disappearing into mist. The monster didn't have two sets of eyes, but it did have two mouths, and the lower one was capable of spitting acid. Looking at the guardian beast, everyone could see the scars and injuries it had sustained not just during the fight but across i...