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Chapter 688 - Fritz's Place

Hera took a moment to gather herself. Being pushed by water out of the blue was not a feeling she wanted to get used to. She carefully stepped forward, trying to make sure the ground wasn't about to just collapse under her. Not that she was afraid of Fritz and this place, but it became a habit when she found herself in a new place.

"Are you ok?" Fritz asked as he got closer. Here he was much bigger than he was outside, being almost as tall as Hera, but he was still not intimidating at a...

Chapter 687 - A walk on the beach

The farewell party was a blast, and they didn't say this would be a goodbye forever kind of thing, especially since Hera and Shane wanted to come back here somewhat soon. Both of them were still very aware that this could be leading them to the capital of the ancient Naga, and they were not about to let go of that possibility. However, they knew their priorities. Shane called Shiretaa since she had yet to do so, and they got some news that was both good and bad at the same time. Since they we...

Chapter 686 - Sammy's session

"So, Hera. How are you doing?" Sammy asked while they were inside yet another room in his 'office.' This was a smaller version of the central area that he only used when there was a number of people being treated. As a matter of fact, this was the first time he needed to use this particular room. These sessions were going on since the beginning of the week, but this still felt very much like a novelty.

"I… I think I'm doing ok. I'm not thinking too much about… what happened," Hera s...

Chapter 685 - Trading Center

When the fight was over, and the quest was completed, the group just walked off. They didn't know if killing or helping the Steamweaver would make any changes in the quest, and no one was willing to take that chance. Outside the nest, they all checked their rewards. Hera left the level up for last and first took a look at the Thirmal Water's treasure. It didn't have a letter grade, but what came out was a simple-looking obsidian dagger, if it could be called that. It had some sort of fiber wr...

Chapter 684 - Steamweaver's Nest

The search was on, but the entire party was painfully aware of how bad things could get. So far, they had no way of going deep inside the valley. All of the caves or entrances they found were too small for a person to pass through, and it wasn't like they had the option of increasing the paths. Or, at least, that wasn't a good option. If they started to dig randomly, there was a real possibility they would end up finding another source of water that could flood the passage. Another issue was ...

Chapter 683 - A lesson to be taught

Going down the steps of the valley only accentuated the stark difference between the past and the present. Despite the appearance of the room being a dream place for anyone who enjoyed hot baths, this place truly felt like paradise. Between the trees, the bushes, and the soft wind hitting them, it felt like they were on a tropical island. The hot pools of water were also considerably colder. They were still warm, but it wasn't the scalding heat that turned their skin red in just a few moments...

Chapter 682 - The old valley

Everyone agreed to enter the dungeon without a second thought. Despite that, they were all extremely aware that the monsters in this place were stronger than they were. However, they now saw some differences between level and actual strength. The Steam Elemental was killed considerably quickly, even if they had the advantage of seeing its weakness right away. This difference was only due to their skills and equipment, which made up for the difference in raw levels. However, Helena made sure t...

Chapter 681 - Steamweaver

The bottom of the valley in the Thirmal Waters was very unique. The place was permanently covered in a thick layer of warm steam that fell from the waters of the room, which caused the entire floor to feel like wet clay. Each of their steps slopped on the ground, and if they stopped, they slowly started to sink. It wasn't like quicksand, but after Hera asked Lurize to come out as a test, the Royal Tutor ended up getting waist-deep in mud before he finally reached solid ground and stopped. Ano...

Chapter 680 - The Valley of Steam

"Soooo… is this it? That's the whole, 'Making things easier to see' thing?" Adriel asked as he peered into what was, essentially, a river of steam flowing at the bottom of the ravine.

"Can you give me a minute? I didn't even start!" Shane huffed before closing her eyes again.

It was the day after Alex woke up from their ordeal. The curse was now gone from all of them, and the party had some time to analyze and test their available skills to the best of their abilities. Some of t...

Chapter 679 - Private Workshop

"Can I just ask one favor, then?" Blue turned to the party.

"Sure," Shane nodded.

"Can we agree on a time frame for this? Like, we will stay here for two weeks before going back?"

"Two weeks seems like a small amount of time for a proper exploration," Adriel replied.

"I know, but I miss my family, and I don't want them to worry even more about me. I'm not saying it has to be a hard deadline. And if we find something we all want to do, that's fine, I just want you all t...

Chapter 678 - What to do next?

Hera walked out of her room and went looking for Shane. Her entire court was out, including the two/one new additions. Fang and Claw took only one slot from her court. It was also a bit different than Scythe, who was a single being split in two. Each of the daggers had a unique name and a unique personality. They were similar, of course, but it was like they were twins. Hera also had to give them new names. According to Daskka, she couldn't keep the same name as the original weapons because t...

Chapter 677 - Siege

"Wait, really?"  Hera asked, surprised by the information. She would be lying if she didn't consider asking something similar of the guides when this was over. After all, they showed her that she had the option of making such a request.

"Really. Now this will be an exception and not something we could do on a different occasion. Unfortunately, even guiding you here was something that only could happen because we had authorization from the system. And guiding you back to civilizatio...

Chapter 676 - Purified

Everyone rushed out to Sammy's therapy room. Alex was sleeping for several hours longer than everyone else, and Hera told them all what she saw happening with the assassin when she got back from the memory only to be told that all of them saw pieces of her pain. Apparently, after Hera passed out, Alex started screaming again, but none of them was strong enough to help her. In fact, no one even knew what to do to help. Having the curse purged out of them was something awful. Even Helena and Bo...

Chapter 675 - Skills all around

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

Hey everyone! I know you might read this chapter and think, 'Hey, isn't that the same as the last?' and yeah, you are absolutely right. I messed up and skipped a chapter when I posted the last one. So, to keep the order of things, I edited the previous chapter so the contents match the number, and this one will be the same as the one you read on Saturday. I'm very sorry about this but luckily, it wasn't the climax of the fight. that would've been baaaaad x.x 2023-06-12 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 674 - To the victor, the spoils

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

Hey everyone! I need to give a quick apology the chapter that you all saw on Saturday was actually supposed to come up today. I set everything up on Thursday because I wasn't going to be able to check things during the weekend, but I got this confused x.x I'm very sorry about that.
That's why I'm sending the update about the change. So everyone can see what Hera and her friends got from everything. 

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When Hera wok...

Chapter 673 - A battle won

Reynara watched the ant queen fight against this group of new people, and she realized that the monster wouldn't be enough to stop them. Suddenly an idea popped into her mind. She and the queen were now linked, they shared her skills, her legacy, and even her will. Why would this have to be only a give? Why wouldn't she be able to also take it? Focusing on the giant ant matriarch, Reynara tapped into the hex that was inside it and started to grab what the ant was. Its powers, its skills, its ...

Chapter 672 - Figthing the curse

Hera saw this new version of Reynara and got into a fighting stance. Every fiber of her body was yelling that this creature was a problem. In a way, it was similar to when she saw the curse inside her memory. She was staring at something that was clearly wrong. Something that was a stain in reality. Something that shouldn't exist, much less be here. Knowing that this thing, or a version of this thing, was inside of her made Hera feel nauseous to the point she had to struggle not to throw up. ...

Chapter 671 - Inside the ant nest

Alex almost flew through the air, with her dagger aiming at Hera's throat. Thankfully, the Empress was already expecting things to go south and blocked with Nimbus, stopping the assassin's arm and making sure the blades didn't hit her friend. The rest of the court was coming, but they were still not there. When they fell inside the anthill, her blades started following right away. However, even if this wouldn't be a fight where she was alone for a good part of it, like the one against Kadhan,...

Chapter 670 - The origin of the curse

As soon as Hera saw Reynara and Alex, she tried to dash up the anthill, but unlike how it was before, the ants here didn't give her passage. There were too many of them moving around, and even if they wanted to, they couldn't change their paths. The only solution was to go back to the bottom of this half mountain and run to the back, where no ants were coming from. While running, she kept Armory, Scythe, and Nimbus in his weapon form out but recalled everyone else. She did that in case she ha...

Chapter 669 - Anthil

Sammy told Hera to head to the tree house in the middle of the village. She gave one last look at the area beyond the wall, just to confirm that there were no ants still coming, and headed out. As she walked, she called Nimbus and Lurize over, "I want the two of you to be close by. Lurize, you stay near me and Nimbus, you didn't complete the Royal Quest, right?"

Nimbus nodded, "Yeah, I didn't kiss your hand  to give the mana back."

"Ok. Daskka, can I give another task in the ...

Chapter 668 - Ant Army

"I'm sorry, say that again," Hera asked.

'The things that are attacking are ants. An actual army of them. They don't seem that big. Each is about the size of an average adult cat,' Armory explained.

"Ants the size of cats?" Hera said out loud, trying to confirm she heard it right.

"Ants?" Blue turned to the Empress.

"It seems like it," Hera nodded.

"The size of cats?" Shane tilted her head.

"Yeah, why are you repeating what I'm saying?" Hera frowned.

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Chapter 667 - A mistake

Hera analyzed the same spells countless times, but eventually, she managed to reach a conclusion that made sense. That didn't mean it was easy or even that it was a logical assumption, but it was the only possible option. The wrapping that was setting up the spell was no wrapping at all. Instead, it was like a blueprint. Something that would explain to the incoming mana how to act and what to do. In essence, it was a spell that made a spell. It was kind of funny how that ended up being the gu...

Chapter 666 - The difference of mana

Hera walked around the nest of the Cherry Mantis as time stood still, trying to analyze the mana that was coming out of her blades. The problem was that she couldn't cast their skills in here to test. Somehow, the curse created this still image of what happened in a way that cut her off from her court. She could still feel them and understand they were doing well, but there was no way to contact them. Which also meant she couldn't compare their skills with this powered-up version. The only on...

Chapter 665 - Code Red

Hera essentially dragged Adriel back to their house. She asked Sammy to call everyone back, worried about Reynara's reaction. The Empress wasn't entirely sure, but she felt like the huntress would do something bad. It was just a voice in the back of her mind telling her that. It was possible that this was the curse messing with her. Ever since the fight with Kadhan, the curse was more present in her mind, even being able to make her feel some things that she wouldn't feel normally. However, i...

Chapter 664 - Inheritance

Hera and Adriel were walking with Reynara through the city. By all effects, they were escorting her to Multrak's home, even if both of them would categorically deny that claim. If anyone asked, they were just walking along with her as emotional support. As they arrived at the town hall/ tree house, the huntress stopped while looking up at the door leading to the current chieftain's house.

"Are you ok?" Hera asked.

"Yeah… just… am I doing the right thing? Accepting this? It doe...

Chapter 663 - New Chieftain

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

Hey everyone. I just want to thank you all again for your understanding. This was a rough weekend, and yesterday I just slept. The next chapters will all come at their regular schedules, including the one for tomorrow. 

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Three days after getting back from the Night River's hunt, Multrak's skill finally deactivated. The old man kept working tirelessly through the night ever since he activated whatever pow...

About next chapter

Hey everyone. Those who are on discord might already know this, but Monday's chapter will be delayed. My grandfather in law passed away this Friday and I'm staying with the family to help out and give some support.  I'll be back home on Monday afternoon, and the chapter will be uploaded either later Monday, or early Tuesday. I'm sorry about that.
But I also want to thank everyone here, not only you guys are super understanding when I have to delay a chapter, but the fact that I write...

Chapter 662 - Licking their wounds

Thankfully, the Vanguard was able to return to the village without any major problems. A few monsters decided to show up, but since the group was moving together, they were quickly dispatched. In total, 40 people joined the Night River hunt. But only 20 were coming back. 15 of them were rebels who decided to attempt a coup but grossly underestimated the strength of those involved in this excursion. Only 5 people who were not part of the religion ended up dying, and two of them were killed by ...

Chapter 661 - A long way back home

The group was walking and not sprinting, which meant they would take more than one hour to reach the outpost. They were walking through a more open area of the forest in hopes that, if someone were trying to ambush a group this big, they wouldn't be able to do so. Reynara was by Grilat's side the entire time; her face would shift between pain and anger when a noise caused her to snap in its direction. No one was talking much at first, trying to be respectful of the fallen fighter, but eventua...

Chapter 660 - Grilat

It didn't take long for Hera to reach the crater, with Bonnie and her being the last members of the party to arrive. Helena was doing fine. She was attacked by Thorne, but she managed to handle him just fine. Unfortunately, he ended up trying to escape and fell into a trap that impaled his neck. Blue also was attacked by someone who they knew, but it was Kaela. Shane and Adriel were in a larger group that was split off before they reached the kill zone behind the crater, and they never actual...