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Chapter 372

The situation was tense, thankfully the attack had been launched by an academy student whose level was in the early thirties and could be ignored as a reflexive attack since he had his bow in hand. 

“What are humans doing in the dungeon?” One of the more racist students directed his question towards Lioriel, that she had also just commanded him also didn’t sit well with the young noble.

“Their party has been given permission to delve the dungeon ...

Chapter 371

As the group approached the dungeon they started running into a fair number of different types of monsters. They were all fairly weak for the most part around the low fifties but every now and then a stronger one around level seventy would show up.

“Why are there so many of them?” Ajax asked, confused, no kingdom should have a section filled with monsters of this level just out in the open.

“It’s because of the level jump between floors.” the prince...

Chapter 370

The delve team had enough time to get cleaned up and get a good night’s sleep before Aranor and the prince returned and they started their journey towards the Deepwood border. On the way there they were met by another two carriages that were coming from the capital all filled with retainers from the royal family. 

“Why did they send them?” Ajax asked, confused. 

“Since I am with you it is a good enough excuse that I have my own staff that wi...

Chapter 369

Happy July 4th! For those of you in the US, for those not celebrating July 4th happy Thursday. I will be going to visit family this weekend so this is Friday's chapter coming a little early, Mondays chapter will come out as usual.

It took Ajax multiple attempts before he was finally able to create a herbicide he was happy with, thankful none of his other failures ended in an explosive manner, despite this Ajax couldn’t help but feel that he was lacking. No matter wh...

Chapter 368

Ajax’s initial reaction to the floor was negative but that quickly changed as he looked towards the look on the elves' faces.

“What’s going on?” he asked as he saw the princess and Elara look gleefully towards the floor. 

“Nothing.” Aranor said as they all put on a neutral expression.

“So this is how you do it.” Harold said as he let out a low whistle he quickly regretted because it caused him to take a deep breath. ...

Chapter 367

“Was it really that bad?” Ajax asked Anna as they made their way through the next floor. 

Anna had proven her mastery over the element of fire as she not only lit the mountain of coal but also followed it up with a spell to make them burn faster releasing a heat wave that would have done quite a bit of damage had it not been for his [Mana Skin].

You don’t understand how wasteful it would be to make a bar that size.” Anna defended herself...

Chapter 366

The team had no issues entering the dungeon the following morning, the guards at the entrance in fact insisted that the Viscount responsible for the land surrounding the dungeon had been sent a message about what happened and there was every chance a gift would be waiting for them as they exited.

Ajax had started playing around with his newest skill as they were walking through the first floor of the dungeon. There wasn’t enough time for him to place any proper restrictions...

Chapter 365

Gaining the skill Ajax could intrinsically feel a lot of what the ability could do, he knew that he could put a restriction, and he could set a time, he could even influence what the buff provided. That is where the innate information stopped however.

“First thing we need to talk about is how the restriction works.” The prince said. “One thing people mistake about this is that the restriction works as a limit placed on your system as a whole, that’s not correct.”&nb...

Chapter 364

The massive wave of frost pulled the attention of all the reptiles. Unlike inside the dungeon where they would be attracted to anything foreign there was nothing on the outside to suppress that lizard brain reaction of getting away from something that dangerous.

“So it begins.” The prince said as he felt the mana bomb go off  as he decapitated another lizard. 

With that the prince started to pick up speed as he pumped the runes on his armor look...

Chapter 363

It took Ajax two whole weeks, basically the entire way to their second dungeon before he was finally able to go three days while following the touch restriction he had imposed on his [Inspector’s Eye Lvl 21]. 

“It’s not as easy as you think, is it?” the prince asked as Ajax notified him of his success. 

“I didn’t expect it to be that hard.” Ajax admitted, he had almost always found himself failing towards the end of the third day just ...

Chapter 362

Without a large caravan the group's travel speed increased considerably, not only that but with them not making stops at every city and taking a much more direct route it also meant that their usual training time was cut down and adapted to be practiced inside the carriage as much as possible.

While Ajax wasn’t glad about the loss of his physical training he had no issues dumping his mana into his Alchemy ingredients twice a day. Lexi was also in the same boat as she had no...

Chapter 361

Silvia Hearthbound P.O.V.

Even after all these years, whenever I find myself a free moment I always end up looking out the window over the courtyard trying to convince myself it’s all real. It’s been more than six years now since we moved to the capital and since our family was officially declared nobles but to me it still feels like I’m behind and just catching up with my own life. 

This was brought into sharp focus just recently as the crown prin...

Chapter 360

As soon as the meeting between the elven king, Aranor and the prince was over the convoy started to move. Both Aranor and the prince joined the rest of the delve group but both went straight to sleep after the long hours they spent awake.

Having nothing better to do after he finished draining his mana into his Alchemy ingredients yet again Ajax quickly got to work on making a checkers board. He planned on introducing chess as well but for starters checkers was much more relax...

Chapter 359

A/N : So I derped with the math a little last chapter, Ajax should have gotten one more floor in. I went back and edited that so you might want to reread that part as it has changed a little.

Ajax, Harold, Darkclaw and Arianwyn quickly made their way away from the dungeon. Unlike the rest of his companions Ajax took his time walking up to all the different potion stalls that were dotted around the small outpost.

As he walked around Ajax was being...

Chapter 358

It didn’t take long for everyone to find a boss and finish this floor. Unlike the previous floor they weren’t so picky about the specific nature of the next floor and they just went with whatever arch was closest. 

“This is where we part ways.” Aranor said as he turned towards the low leveled members of the group.

Lexi, Anna, Benedict and Xavier already knew that they were exiting this floor as soon as they set foot on it. They had no chance agai...

Chapter 357

As the group made their way to the arch Ajax recommended the prince was quick to come to his side. “Try draining my mana.” the prince said as he offered his hand. 

Ajax attempted to do the same thing he had done with Xavier and Arianwyn but to no avail. The prince felt exactly the same as everyone else did before Ajax’s latest training in draining Domains. “It’s not working.” 

“Okay,” the prince nodded in satisfaction. “Now try aga...

Chapter 356

The first thing Ajax noticed as they passed by the town on their way to the dungeon the next morning was that this Town was a lot bigger than Lessis. This was strange as outside of the capitals almost all towns near dungeons were specifically smaller so that there wouldn’t be that big a loss should a higher floor be released, by mistake or deliberately.

Ajax didn’t give this much thought as it was but a passing curiosity, what captured most of his focus was Elara’s fath...

Chapter 355

“I can feel it…, it’s so close.” Elara heaved out as she took a seat to catch her breath after emptying out her mana pool. 

“Are you sure it works and that it’s not your imagination?” her father asked her. 

“No, it does work.” Arianwyn answered as she took Elara spot standing in the open space to release her own domain.

This was the second evening in a row that this training was happening. After the prince’s sugg...

Chapter 354

As the journey continued Ajax started spending more and more time in Gryndor’s carriage as he worked on his alchemy. While he wasn’t yet brave enough to try brewing mixtures in a wobbly carriage he had started infusing his available ingredients with as much life mana as he could manage every day.

The first thing he found out was the limit of how much mana his more plentiful ingredients could hold before they started to deteriorate, he had spent a good few days worth of ma...

Chapter 353

As he was preparing for his journey Ajax had learnt from his mistakes, despite having a rather large spacial ring Ajax was also carrying a pack that had a very similar enchantment. Ajax wasn’t going to let a chance similar to the one that slipped through his fingers before go, besides a wide variety of alchemical ingredients that he could use for different experiments Ajax had packed no less than four cauldrons, two of them however were of a much lower quality and just in case he was going ...

Chapter 352

The spar between Darkclaw and Ajax had no stakes, despite this by the end of the match most of the notable figures that had shown up to watch left with one less worry on their mind. If the tournament finals had shown just how powerful Void mana was this spar had shown that it was also situational. 

“What is the name of this mana type?” Shadow asked Ajax. 

“Void.” Ajax answered. 

“Curious,” Shadow pondered. “It see...

Chapter 351

Ajax focused on his training until his spar with Darkclaw. He had no issues getting the shockwave spell to cast after getting it right the first time but getting used to the vibration mana in order to learn how to use it without an incantation was taking a while. 

While that was happening Elija and Judy finished the sale on all of the remaining delve slots for decent profits. Of the two slots he had for Sylvanthal’s dungeons one was sold to Lexi for a fair price and th...

Chapter 350

Ajax was very happy with the deal he had made, not as happy as his grandfather and Judy were however as they had made some great gains in their skills after their hard work.

“I got an Epic skill.” Judy tried to keep her excited whisper as quiet as possible as they were making their way through the hall. 

“What did you get?” Elija asked, interested.

“[Firm Price].” Judy said with excitement. “That’s one of the best seller ...

Chapter 349

Ajax entered the negotiation room joined by his grandfather, Judy and both of Gryndor’s princes. The room was empty at the moment but the elves were expected to join them momentarily. The crown prince was there as both advisor and as a representative of the royal family, his older brother however was there as protection. 

The door to the opposite side of the room opened and four elves stepped inside. The elven king, Arianwyn and Aranor were all known to Ajax; he suspec...

Chapter 348

Ajax spent the next two days enjoying the festival and recuperating. That isn’t to say that there weren’t a lot of people looking for a moment of his time but Ajax skillfully directed all of them towards his grandfather and sister. Darkclaw had done his best to restrain himself and give Ajax time to recover but the dam finally burst and a spar was scheduled to take place at the end of the week. It was on the evening of the second day that a small conference formed to discuss his options f...

Chapter 347

As they entered the party room Ajax could see that everything looked very different from how it was when they left. All of the tables had been moved against a wall as the remaining members of the first squad had formed a protective circle around the king and the nobles that remained in the room, Judy and Elija were not exempt as everyone looked very worried.

“Everything is… well it's not fine but under control.” the king’s oldest son told his father as they entered th...

Chapter 346

“So what did you mean when you said that all sounds are vibrations?” Lexi asked once she finally had Ajax alone in his room, both of them were on his bed with Ajax laying his head in her lap as he relaxed from a stressful day. 

“Just as I said, I think all sounds are actually vibrations, each different sound is slightly different just the same as we see different colors.” Ajax was thinking as he tried to piece together how this discovery wasn’t already made. �...

Chapter 345

Elija Hearthbound P.O.V.

In the past seven years since I first met the boy named Ajax I have been more nervous and stressed than I had been in all the decades as a merchant before that. Not only that but the amount of work I put in rivaled some of my busiest seasons. The profits I made however were bigger than I ever expected I could make in my lifetime. I had apologized to Silvia and Sam the day I met after their return to the capital but I still didn’t think I did enough ...

Chapter 344

Ajax was more than happy to discuss most of the match with the princess. A fighter on her level would be an ideal person to bounce ideas off of. 

“You left yourself too open when you attacked Regalia.” the princess said. “It would have been well worth it to bring up even a very thin earth wall that would block my vision so I couldn’t drop that avalanche on you. Quite a lot of mages rely on direct line of sight for their spells until they get better and have a lot...

Chapter 343

The whole situation turned into a powder keg soaked in kerosene. Aranor’s magic and rage washed over the entire arena as his mana churned while Shadow and the captain of the first both stood protectively over the bubble Ajax was encased in. None of them moved or spoke but the arena was garbled by noise anyway.

The air was filled with shouts of joy and dismay from the spectators who had started cheering as soon as the match ended and didn’t notice the reaction of the power...