Chapter. 56: Frost, Stasis, Eternity, and a Prophecy
Heya all, sorry for the extremely delayed chapter, it was incredibly hard to write, hope it's great!
Things were calm, almost empty since Arc had left. Ceylon wasn’t used to it, the last time they talked was in the afternoon where her companion and savior explained her situation and why she couldn’t come. It was a hard pill to swallow, certainly, but eventually Ceylon accepted it ...
2023-09-01 09:19:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 55: The Arcane
His name was ancient, long forgotten by everyone alive, only the remnants of it known by a select few. However, all of that was irrelevant, now, he was known as the Dragon of Frost. He was the first Grand Dragon Elder and he had a very simple mission, and that was to ensure the Heroine of Frost came to their side, and for that he needed to make her submit.
The Dragon of Frost narrowed his eyes as a retaliation came, a blast of ice instant...
2023-08-31 03:51:15 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 54: Malz’s Offer
It was a shame. A shame that I hadn’t been able to use my SS Tier skill, even casting it out loud made me happy — well if I was honest I felt like I had to vocalize each and every word or it wouldn’t come. It was… magical. Every syllable triggered my mana to respond in a certain way, and it had all been at the tip of my fingers.
But unfortunately, the Dragon of Frost had interrupted things, and the mana within the air tremb...
2023-08-30 01:28:29 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 53: The Parallel of Insanity
I grinned, feeling the threat. “So a true challenge?”
“That is right, so what do you say?” She asked, meeting my gaze.
Was that even a question?
“Of course I’ll agree.”
The wind blew across the plateau for a few moments, the Dragon of Shadows slowly closed her eyes and then, she chuckled.
“Good, then don’t disappoint me, Arc.”
I blinked, and then she swept— a lo...
2023-08-29 01:53:18 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 52: Meeting at the Maw
If I was honest, I was annoyed, bothered that things had turned out this way. I had tried to enjoy myself this entire month, but I could only enjoy myself so much when I was trying to live life on standby. I wasn’t trying to settle down or anything, so even if I found myself enjoying going to the ice workshop every other day, I couldn’t exactly treat it like a hobby but a distraction instead.
Even if I enjoyed it.
...
2023-08-26 17:17:31 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 51: A Bug
In a far away land the Hero of Shadows smiled with great happiness, his name was Siegfried and after living for centuries in contempt he had his wake up call. The Heroine of Frost— that wench— had attacked him out of insanity and killed him. And now, he wanted revenge, but he also wanted to not be stomped ever again, however more than absolutely anything he wanted his revenge.
He wanted to make sure she di...
2023-08-25 17:16:13 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 50: Rumination
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I didn’t know how long had passed, or what passed through my mind while I was out cold. But when I awoke, I was lying in a forest and a weird sound was ringing in my ears. I bleary eyed, I opened my eyes, my ears muffled, my heart calm yet confused. I saw Ceylon face me only to let out a small squeal of relief, and finally, I managed to hear.
“Arc!” she chirped. “I’m glad you’re good, I was w...
2023-08-24 16:26:28 +0000 UTC
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Retcon to previous chapter:
And before she could react, Arc appeared next to her and kicked.
Gisele felt her ribs break and location change as she fell to the tiled ground. Around her there were shattered buildings, and people taking shelter.
It was the town she attacked.
And then, the crackling...
2023-08-24 16:24:46 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 48: Surpassing the Limits
For some reason, I found the presence of the Immemorial Emera Spider oppressing, but I still braced myself as I raised my sword only for the red spider to immediately hit— I felt my entire being recoil in pain before I was launched through the Black Forest, shattering through trees. I felt my heart rushing and for a moment, I was lost.
I didn’t understand how the Ancient Emera Spider became an Immemorial one ins...
2023-08-22 08:14:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 47: Ancient Emera Spider
Good chapters ahead
Ceylon could barely process what happened after the mysterious woman showed up. It all happened so fast, Regis’karr moved to her side and next thing she knew— the entirety of the room exploded to multitudes of jagged limbs. And next thing she knew, she was outside surrounded by flames; hisses of agony resounding in her ears.
Ceylon blinked as Regis stood by her side, doz...
2023-08-21 13:21:23 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 46: Forgotten Places
I didn’t know what I expected, that was for certain. Somehow, I had faith that Regis wouldn’t just expose his identity like that. Could I have tried to gaslight the Guildmaster? Probably. But I also felt like it would’ve made things a lot more suspicious and weird as a whole. In the end, I just had to have faith that the bizarreness of the circumstances would be enough to come across as a delusion.
Finally, after a few minutes...
2023-08-20 01:50:51 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 45: Confrontation
Yesterday's chapter was late, today's is super early.
I stared at the familiar guildmaster in front of me, and he seemed almost scared as he backed against the door. Which, while not something I intended, I didn’t think was a bad thing. I slowly got off from the chair and walked towards him.
“T-There is an explanation!” he stuttered.
“I’m sure there is, and I want the full explanation,” I said...
2023-08-18 06:58:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 44: The Hero of Frost
Dragons.
Monsters of legend; the peak of beings and strongest of all races. Children of Arlas, blessed beings that were worshiped by certain religions across the world. They were holy, they were ancient and commanding of respect. And amongst them, there existed the Grand Dragons and the Grand Dragon Elders.
The latter were the strongest and rarest of them all, they were known to be legendary creatures that commanded great res...
2023-08-18 06:52:58 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 43: Whims
“Are you serious?” I asked, looking at the S Tier adventurer.
He nodded solemnly, his golden eyes meeting my gaze with resolution. “I cannot accept this, not after being defeated like that. It’s not a weapon I deserve to possess, it’s SS Tier is it not?”
“It is,” I agreed with confusion.
“The only reason I could even injure you in the first place was due to using your own spear against you.” Shaking his head a b...
2023-08-16 23:51:55 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 42: Bias
Thomas was busy, in fact; he was busier than ever. He was re-drafting contracts and desperately trying to make new connections, all in order to keep Arlow’s status as a noble family, all to keep the status of Earl. He couldn’t afford to let all the family suffer, not for the impulsive decisions he had taken.
But, he didn’t blame himself. At first, there was stress, anger at the prospect of losing all of the family’s wealth— the dea...
2023-08-15 23:53:47 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 41: Developments
Arc is now 20 chapters ahead of public.
Contrary to his statement, chaos ensued in the knight barracks as dozens of armored men came screaming with their weapons out. Being honest, I half expected the result but it felt satisfying to do that to the interrogation officer after he was so annoying about whether to stab me or not.
I understand the common logic about not wanting to stab someone, but the thing is,...
2023-08-15 06:54:12 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 40: Mind Breaker
There was a pause before Ceylon blinked, her golden hair moving to the wind as her blue eyes stared at me, and then she responded.
“What are you even talking about?”
“The Grand Duke, someone that was aiming to be the next king turned out to be this pathetic,” I said, shaking my head. “If the only determiner is wealth, then it shouldn’t be too hard. I’m sure Regis should be able to help too.”
“I… I can try...
2023-08-15 06:53:08 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 39: Annoyance & Resolve
Before I could even ask for clarification, Ceylon immediately turned to me.
“Arc, what is he saying?!”
“I don’t—”
Then Ceylon’s father immediately pulled me by the shoulder before letting go from the cold, his face held nothing but surprise as he asked.
“Arc why is the Hermit here, didn’t he leave?”
“I—”
“What is happening?” Ceylon’s mother came and immediate...
2023-08-15 06:52:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 38: Ebb & Flow
Heroes, they were beings created by the System in order to defend it; but now with their purpose long gone, they roamed the lands and acted on their own selfish desires. Some, like me, probably choose to be uninvolved, however, there were those that banded together to create organizations.
As for what they did, or what their endgame was, I didn’t know or care. I just knew that heroes even if rare, were around; those like me that had...
2023-08-15 06:51:42 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 37: Hero of Shadows
The Grand Duke had been saved by the man. He was one of the heroes; existences only known about in legends, the pinnacles of strength in all of Arlas, and the ones that had changed the world. And now, one such hero was saving his life. Filmas breathed a small sigh of relief.
“Thank you—”
“You cannot die, your use has yet to be expended,” The Hero of Shadows said. “However, you don’t belong in this convers...
2023-08-14 17:10:50 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 36: Payback
Gaillard was all smiles, his wage had more than quadrupled in the last week and it was all because the Grand Duke Filmas had apparently been assaulted. Now, fearful of the person seeking further revenge, he had increased the security across all his estates; factories, homes, hotels.
But nothing had happened so far, it was a funny thing to Gaillard really. And he wasn’t the only one around, everyone else was getting paid to do essentially n...
2023-08-13 16:40:40 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 35: Of Dragons
The Grand Duke stared ahead, uncomprehending as the crowd shrieked in a panic. Someone was dying before their eyes after all. And it was none other than Jake the Weapon Master, an S Tier adventurer; one of the strongest ones to boot. It was unbelievable, and Filmas wasn’t the only one.
Soon people began to recognize the man, as others administered first aid by pouring potions on the man. It was a normal thing, even if he was still pierc...
2023-08-12 20:48:49 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 34: Acknowledgement
My homeland, a place of death, a place of suffering. It’s the place that made me. The land of frost. And also, my domain.
Of course, the skill was completely useless in that place, but here, in the world of Arlas.
It was different.
A quarter of my mana had been taken in an instant, a large dome of ice was sprouted, generated as the insides were forcibly shifted to resemble the hellish place, golems of ice were ...
2023-08-11 18:46:41 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 33: Jake, the Weapon Master
I held the staff sword as I looked towards the man that had just tried to kill Ceylon’s father. I was annoyed. A simple annoyance that spiked as the man didn’t even flinch simply looking at me.
“A D Tier Ice Mage, interesting.”
My eyes went wide with surprise hearing him, and taking a quick look I understood why.
[Weapon Master. Tier: S]
An S Tier individual… I knew that f...
2023-08-10 15:56:38 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 32: Saviorship
On our way home, all the way to going to sleep, Ceylon had been behaving a bit weirdly. Which made me question whether it had been… weird to sculpt her. I mean, I wasn’t exactly thinking about it, but in retrospect it was something that I should’ve asked for permission first.
And so, when I rose from bed in the guest room I had been given, I immediately headed to look for Ceylon, I had to at the very least apologize. My quiet steps ...
2023-08-09 14:01:14 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 31: Workshops
Rory didn’t know what to make of the things she saw yesterday, but she had decided to stop one more day in Ranedale out of curiosity, and in hopes to meet Jake, however as soon as he left the guild the man quickly vanished.
In the end, she didn’t have the chance to talk to him. A small sigh left her as she stood near the town gates. It was the early morning now, and she still hoped to get a chance to meet him. Jake was… a man of many...
2023-08-08 13:49:28 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 30: Affinity
He was a Grand Duke, his name was Filmas. For many years he had strived for wealth and power within Draliz, and finally, it was close to coming true. All that was left were the papers to be signed. He had made so many sacrifices, accepted so many shady deals, and even sold himself out a couple of times, but finally, it was going to happen.
He was going to be a King.
Or that’s what was meant to happen.
“No!” he scr...
2023-08-07 13:54:19 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 29: Nobility & Status
There was a moment of silence as I blinked, the atmosphere suddenly turned hostile and then I shook my head.
“I am Ceylon’s friend,” I said simply. “And yes, you are right I’m not the Hermit, the Hermit ran away from Draliz to go elsewhere. I helped Ceylon meet him.”
The man frowned lightly before turning to face Ceylon who seemed somewhat startled.
“Is this true?”
After a moment Ceylon slowly ...
2023-08-06 14:28:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 28: Meeting
Gallus shivered as the woman took a single step forward. He hastily opened his mouth as his men rushed to attack the girl, skills already being aimed at the girl.
“It was a misunderstanding—”
And a blast of ice swept through everything, Gallus blinked as the men turned to ice statues, and a moment later they cracked. They fell in chunks like inanimate objects, collapsing into bloodied ice blocks before his very eyes.<...
2023-08-05 13:35:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 27: Complications
Now officially 15 chapters ahead of public!
“No Commander, I wasn’t present in the vicinity of the explosion, I was in the epicenter of it.”
Rory blinked, Arc’s words resounded in her head. Her eyes grew wide as she digested what Arc had just said. So many thoughts flashed in her mind, but the most prevalent one was.
Why would she lie…?
A cold gust of wind swept through t...
2023-08-04 13:30:34 +0000 UTC
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