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Chapter 157

Chapter 156

Chapter 155

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The Creator, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea

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Though far more dramatic than I'd ever intended it to be, my transformation into the Spirit stage of my existence was... certainly an experience. One I'd likely have to go through again at least twice, if I wanted to make it to the 'Elemental' level. Beyond that, well, I had no idea.

The sensation itself... That feeling of fullness, being so totally overstuffed with mana without the space to contain it. The...

Chapter 154

AN: Finally! Back to writing. Also, I turn 28 tomorrow, so I feel old as shit again. Anyway, enjoy this fully edited chapter!

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The Creator, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea

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I waited impatiently as Beatram Losat stood away from his staff, having firmly planted it in the sand within the first room of the first floor. It was only us here: Kata, the staff, and Beatram himself. A huge gesture of trust on his part, though I wondered why it was necessary. ...

Chapter 153

AN: Yeah, I know it's a short one. Fully edited, though!

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Throne Room, The Voice's Manse, Atlantis

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"It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, my lady," the old man bowed as I watched from Kata's eyes. At the same time, the guildmaster's family stood clustered behind him. "My name is Beatram Losat, I'm your dear guildmistress's grandfather." The room was empty of all but the six of us, and enchanted against eavesdroppers.

"So you're the man...

Chapter 152

AN: Four years of writing this story... and we finally get back to Beatram. It's been a hot minute! Thanks to everyone who's still supporting me and this story. I know it's not exactly been consistent, but I wouldn't have made it this far without you all!

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The Creator, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea

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The CHI raid group had revealed a few things about the Tenth that needed changing, but they hadn't fully explored it. Therefore, I had to make changes bas...

Chapter 151

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The Tomb of the Damned, The Ninth Floor, The Dungeon

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Huea gently caressed the manacore on the pedestal, staring intently at the soul flittering around within it. An innocent soul. The Creator had grown its body, intending to give it to Cadmus. The soul within that body? Less than an afterthought. Though she'd intended to experiment with it, once Huea was back in her lair, she found she... didn't want to. If she did anything to it, it would be tainted....

Chapter 150

AN: Shorter than normal, but fully edited!

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The Fifth Floor, The Dungeon, Atlantis

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A chittering, skittering noise echoed up the unnaturally dark hole, growing louder and louder. Finally, Bruce emerged, and Akio pulled him out before hurriedly moving the manhole cover back into place. The group collapsed to the ground, lying on the cool stone flagstones as they processed their latest feat.

"Almost as bad as the Skaven," Bruce wheezed out. "N...

Chapter 149

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The Creator, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea

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If I had a nickel for every time I accidentally caused a country to collapse into warring and discordant states, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice. All I'd done was exist, and the Bahrain decided I'd make a good launching point for their invasion. In advance of their fleet, they assassinated the Phenocian royal family, causing the whole kingdom to explode into indivi...

Chapter 148

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The Port Authority, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea

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"HelloooOOOoo? Anybody home?" Captain Eli Hart called into the empty building. He'd noticed, as they came into port, that it was substantially quieter than it'd been the last few times he'd visited. There were only a few ships in the harbor, and no one came out to greet him when they'd moored at the dock. Given the rumors swirling through ports all along the eastern coast, Eli wasn't surprised. Being the t...

Chapter 147

AN: Unedited... But for the very first time, we have FORMATTING ON PATREON!

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Outside the Dungeon, Obsidian Beach, Atlantis

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Tamesou Akio was preparing himself. It was early in the day, and they were the second group in line. The first had entered the dungeon already. Oddly, they weren't familiar to him. Akio thought he'd memorised the faces of all the guilders on the island, especially since so many had left after knowledge of the crusade started ...

Chapter 146

AN: Edited properly! I managed to force my way through writers block to write this, but I don't know If I'll manage the next one on time.

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The Creator, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea

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I only stopped force-growing my Sea Monsters when they'd reached the elder stage. I had other preparations to make in the dungeon since counting on the Leviathan, Kraken and Sea Serpent to head off the crusade entirely was folly. I believed they could put a decent dent in...

Chapter 145

AN: I know it's a little late, but it's still Thursday! And the chapter is fully edited this time!

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The Third Floor, The Dungeon, Atlantis

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Bruce walked quietly, only half-focusing on his surroundings as he circulated his mana. From the heart, out to the tips of his fingers, toes and the top of his head, then back to his core. Once, it had taken all his attention to do this, and a single disruption would have broken his control entirely. He still...

Chapter 144

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The Creator, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea

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The conversation with the teen heroes went incredibly well. As well as it possibly could have gone, I think. Sure, they were leery of the whole necromancy thing and asked to see the subjects themselves at some point, but I had them on-side! They'd explained they were at least months ahead of the adult heroes in the temple's grip, and with my help, further training and investments, they'd become a force to be reck...

Chapter 143

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The Voice's Manse, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea

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Tamesou Akio stood nervously amongst his party members in the mostly empty waiting hall. Beyond those doors, The Voice of The Creator was holding court. Two Children stood stoically at the door, one Minotaur with a great axe and one yellow-carapaced Scorpan with a spear. Likely Guards. Not that The Voice needed guarding, from the stories Akio had heard about the Bahrain invasion. They were acting more as cr...

Chapter 142

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The Creator, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea

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As much fun as watching the CHI guilders is, it was absolutely hilarious to watch the Isekai'd heroes discover my memes. I had no idea what generation they were from, but at least Akio and Bruce were familiar enough with internet culture to identify Loss and references to The Game. It would be interesting to see if they recognised the older stuff I remembered, as well as the memes from just before I'd re...

Chapter 141

Unedited, as always

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The Creator, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea
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If my avatar could've physically bust a rib, in that moment, I'm absolutely sure it would have. I could not laugh, but my avatar sure as hell could. I was absolutely, consumed with laughter. I was rolling on the floor laughing, and getting confused side-eyes from Wave, Taura and Cadmus. The three were sprawled out on a recent experiment of mine; a semi-solid cloud. It were light, fluf...

Chapter 140

AN: Edited!

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The Weary Child, The Ninth Floor, Scorpan Village

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"So there isn't a name for this village?" Haythem asked the sandy-brown-scaled drake-kin waitress as she transferred plates of food to their table. "You just call it 'the Scorpan Village'? Isn't that kind of... reductive?"

"Well, the capriccio on the Sixth have a series of villages, though they call them, like, a polis instead of a village or something," the waitress explained,...

Chapter 139

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The Creator, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea

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The CHI raid group entered the Scorpan Village cautiously, accompanied by guards and a brown-scaled drake-kin who volunteered to act as a translation for the Scorpans. It didn't take long for them to make their way through the broad avenues made to accommodate the large Scorpans in the village. Most of the slowdown came from the large crowd who looked at the guilders like they were loose animals at the zoo.

Chapter 138

Unedited this time. Enjoy!

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The Canyon, The Ninth Floor, The Dungeon

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Lillette didn't have a moment to think, and acted on pure impulse. Mana rushed down her arm at the speed of thought, passing through and amplified by her potentium hand and wrist. The energy swelled, and passed into the staff. There, her mana swelled again and a shield expanded from the gem mounted at the staff's tip. Within a second of that drake-kin and it's huge monster boun...

Chapter 137

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The Creator, Atlantis, The Kalenic Sea

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It took ten days to fill the new expanded sub-space with stone, rock, dirt, and soil; even with the Life manabeings helping. Te Fiti had been filling the Yggdrasil seed with Life mana the whole time I worked. Not in an effort to grow it, but to convert its manacore into a Life Core. She succeeded within the day and focused on concentrating mana within that core for the following nine days.

By the t...

Chapter 136

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The Third Floor, The Dungeon, Atlantis

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Sophie Ravenfield slid through the cooling shadows like a ghost. She once again allowed herself a mental squeal of joy at the sensation. So many of old clique back in Tennesse would've killed to have darkness itself at their beck and call. Died for it, even. She supposed she did, with a mental wince. Damn that Geas. Even know, even thinking of her own death was painful. She didn't even know how<...