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Chapter 342

Ajax P.O.V.

I had been prepared to end the match before it began with a well placed Void infused arrow. I have to say I was rather surprised when that didn’t work, the way the snake hissed right after it intercepted my arrow told me she realized the danger even if the princess hadn’t.

I was ready to bite the bullet and rush into the small dense domain the elf created but I was surprised by how well my magma infused shield managed to hold up to an ice lanc...

Chapter 341

Arianwyn P.O.V.

I hadn’t been able to focus all day. Ever since last night I was all over the place, Ajax had gained something different than I had, Prodigal Apprentice. I had managed to push my [Meditation] skill all the way to level fifty before the age of ten and gained the Genius Apprentice trait, but it sounds like he achieved something even better.

I wished that would have been the end of it but his quick thinking following the reveal saved all of us ...

Chapter 340

“Yes, it was sound.” The king heaved a long sigh as he responded to Ajax’s awed remark. “As far as we can work out Sonic mana is a Legendary mana type, a rather devastating one at that.” 

“Legendary?!” Ajax was even more surprised and slightly more ashamed that he had overlooked this for so long. “He doesn’t have the affinity.” Ajax’s follow up statement was very sure of himself. 

“Nobody has managed to get that affinity in a...

Chapter 339

Unlike the previous night Ajax went to sleep alone, something he very much needed as the previous day had drained him both physically and mentally with the fight and the dinner after. While he was physically fully replenished after a good eight hours of sleep the same could not be said about him mental fatigue. 

“Baron Hearthbound, if you have a moment…” 

“Good morning Baron, about…” 

“Baron…” 

...

Chapter 338

Just like that Ajax was once again the center of attention in a room where you could hear a pin drop. Unlike when he first revealed something like this, Ajax was now much stronger than the average soldier but in this room he was still the small fish in the big pond.

“That sounds different from the ‘Genius Apprentice’ trait I got.” Xavier threw in his two cents. 

“It is different.” the crown prince confirmed. “In fact I never heard of a Prod...

Chapter 337

While Ajax hadn’t quite yet made the correlation his training method was a lot more impactful for humans than it was for any of the other races. Unlike humans most other races all had regular access to mana. Since hybrid builds were extremely rare this meant that they all practiced Ajax technique on their non focused stats unintentionally. The extra points in their more valued Stats however were going to be much more valuable.

The sole Empire ambassador in the room looked l...

Chapter 336

Shadow P.O.V

Something was definitely going on with the kid called Ajax. Everyone could see he was talented even just from the Legendary skill that he had unlocked at such a young age. But what was extremely strange was for him to have access to physical based cursed attacks. There was a good reason that history wasn’t filled with hybrid fighters who could curse their opponents then bring them to their knees with a wave of holy mana. Physical generated cursed attacks almost...

Chapter 335

Chapter 335

Arianwyn Sylvian P.O.V

There was a lot I didn’t understand about the human champion called Ajax Hearthbound his Legendary skill was unlike anything I had ever seen, his way of casting was a passing curiosity but even combined it didn’t seem like it would be something I would need to worry about for this tournament.

All of that changed in his last fight, the reveal of an unusual mana type we had little to no knowledge of was al...

Chapter 334

Ajax was tired as he moved to exit the arena. Despite being the more heavily injured of the two fighters the healers weren’t prioritizing him. Ajax didn’t know if this was favoritism because he was one of the Republics champions, because he was the loser of the fight, or just because he experienced excruciating pain tear through his body towards the end of the fight.

It wasn’t long until the healers agreed that there was nothing they could do for the dwarf other than le...

Chapter 333

The reveal of a new mana aspect might not have been that impactful to the dwarf who was now trying to recover from his own blow, the same couldn’t be said of the numerous people who were watching the fight.

“What was that?”Arianwyn asked as she tried to comprehend what happened.

“I don’t know.” Aranor said, surprising the princess. “I’ve never felt a humanoid use that mana type before.” 

“So you’ve seen it somewhere...

Chapter 332

Ajax didn’t know why the mana he was sensing felt so odd. It was clearly an affinity he hadn’t felt before but neither fighter had the time to chant anything, more than that however the mana wasn’t a rigid spell the way enchantments activated either.

“Seriously?” the king’s oldest son sounded a little shocked, he had figured out what was going on, Ajax wouldn’t have the time to put the pieces together before the reveal.

The leather belt that was...

Chapter 331

The fighters left the arena quickly and the change in setting for the next fight began. Xavier was still staring at the arena with a blank gaze as the open gladiator sandpit took the place of the mountain landscape.

“Don’t be disheartened.” the king called out to his grandson as he patted him on the shoulder. “It was an expected outcome. In true combat your uncle would always be able to retreat instead of getting pinned down like that.” 

Xavier...

Chapter 330

Ajax was excited about this match. Unlike the previous four matches this match and the following one would actually show how people at the highest level fought, sure the match would still be one sided but it was not too bad.

As the two fighters took the field the situation seemed to be reversed. The prince was the one with a serious and focused expression while Shadow was sporting a confident smirk. Then the stone was tossed. Both of them had high enough Perception and experi...

Chapter 329

Ajax woke up late the following morning as the sun was already bathing the entire room in sunlight through the window. Despite he had no desire to move Lexi who was still sleeping with her head on his chest. He let her have five extra minutes before he finally gently nudged her awake.

“Is it morning already?” She asked while yawning.

“I think we’re already late.” Ajax answered. 

“You can’t be late today.” Despite the urge...

Chapter 328

Ajax made sure to walk tall and show no weakness as he made his way out of the arena. From an outside perspective the fight would have looked totally dominated by him but Ajax was actively using his Light and Life mana to patch up the massive bruises that were extending on his arm and torso.

Unlike the initial fire mage elf this storm wielder clearly knew what she was doing using the initially released mana to empower her follow up attacks. Despite Ajax draining some of their...

Chapter 327

Arianwyn Sylvian P.O.V

I couldn’t help but feel a little bad as I watched Firandel lose. I knew I was our best chance to win this tournament but even so, him being forced into wasting so much of his mana just for my sake left a bad taste in my mouth.I hadn’t really gotten to know him but he was friendly the few times we did talk. 

As I watched the arena take the form of an open grassland I felt a lot better about Elara’s chances. Unlike Firandel, E...

Chapter 326

The moment the match started both mages began their chanting. Seeing as this was the first chanter vs chanter match of the day it was a little anticlimactic as both fighters simply tensed up as they started their chants for the first few seconds of the match. Ajax could almost feel the excitement drain out of most commoners who were watching. Anyone who could sense the mana that was being focused in those chants was fully engaged. 

Ajax was surprised to see the human was...

Chapter 325

In a shocking surprise for Ajax the spectators cheered a lot louder for Richard and the beastkin as they took their place in the arena than they had for any of the previous matches. He knew the reason for that was that this match wouldn’t be over after thirty seconds of people blurring around and they could actually enjoy it but it pushed the point.

Richard got into his fighting stance and waited for the signal. Unlike the previous matches this tournament and the next would...

Chapter 324

It took almost no time at all for the healers to appear on the field and patch up the mangled shoulder before both of the fighters cleared the ring. Just like last time all of the damage the arena had taken disappeared as the scene was replaced with a large slope that depicted a side of a snowy mountain. Various ice spikes dotted the slope. 

Both fighters took thief positions hallways up the slope staring at each other. While the elf wore the customary caster cloth the d...

Chapter 323

Being one of the participants Ajax got a really good seat to watch as the main tournament got underway. The first match would see the king’s oldest son competing with one of the elven champions. All three elves were mages, as they were naturally inclined towards magic. The Republic was fielding a hybrid in Shadow and a mostly physical fighter in a dwarf. Besides the Prince Gryndor was fielding a mage and a mostly physical fighter in the leader of the first squad.

“What ar...

Chapter 322

While Ajax did his best to keep to himself as much as possible throughout the evening there were members of his little group for whom that was very much not the case. Both the beastkin and Xavier all but made a beeline for the elven princess not long after the presentation was done.

Seeing them approach Arianwyn kept her guard up but was hoping for a pleasant interaction. While she normally would have maintained an air of superiority both of the people approaching her were at her level ...

Chapter 321

Arianwyn Sylvian P.O.V.

The republic is nothing like I had expected. Despite there being ample representation of the other humanoid races in Sylvanthal they aren’t enough to even form a minority, here however all four of the humanoid races live with balanced representation.

The first larger settlement had shocked me with their different districts but nothing could prepare me for the capital. Unlike the other places we had visited the capital had a multitude of districts each spl...

Chapter 320

Ajax took the king's request to heart as he fully focused on combat for the upcoming tournament. More than that however he also focused on gathering as much information as he could about his future opponents.

It came as no surprise to find out that of the eight competitors Richard would be the only physical fight and he was the only hybrid fighter. At this point mages simply had an advantage that was hard to beat in a tournament setting.

As for the mages, Ajax was pretty sure that...

Chapter 319

The more experienced people recovered a lot quicker, Elija, Aurora, the crown prince as well as his wife broke out of their shock almost as quickly as it hit. The four of them had known the seeds weren’t a big enough reason to set up the meeting and the floor guessing hadn’t been focused on enough to be the focus of the evening. Xavier and a few non-politically inclined members of the first hadn’t even picked their jaws up even after a good few seconds.

“I have.” Ajax confirme...

Chapter 318

Despite the parting words impling speed was of the essence Ajax was sure nobody would complain if he spent a good amount of time washing the stink of undeath off himself. His usual bathing routine took only fifteen minutes but Ajax had to go through it five times before he finally felt like the smell was gone.

“You finally came out.” Judy greeted him as he entered their common room after he got dressed. “What were you doing in there?”

“Undeath floor.” was all Ajax said...

Chapter 317

For the next few floors the entire team pretty much took it easy. The prince and Ajax decided that there was no use in going for the more exotic floors when they didn’t have the equipment to take advantage of it so they focused on getting as normal of a floor as possible.

One thing Ajax noticed over time was that on average a floor became more valuable as the number of many types on it decreased. There were of course exceptions to the rule like the garden floor he had found back in th...

Chapter 316

Ajax had a lot to think about as he lay awake in his tent unable to get to sleep. The most painful thing for him was the wasted opportunity when it came to the seeds, if he had another cauldron he could have tried different ways of infusing part of the seeds since it didn’t matter how much waste there was as they would become worthless after the delve anyway.

His next biggest worry was just how useful was this Legendary mana aspect. Unlike his [Mana Syphon] that could passively boost ...

Chapter 315

“If that was the most stable recipe you know how do you explain the cauldron exploding?” the prince asked more than a little annoyed at Ajax’s vacant stare.

Ajax didn’t even hear the prince’s follow up question as his eyes were locked to the change in his status screen. [Sense Mana] grew by four levels, [Expel Mana] grew by three, [Manipulate Mana] Grew by three, [Alchemy] grew by a whopping six levels, [Mana Syphon] grew by two, [Danger sense] grew only by one. But these were...

Chapter 314

“Am I going to be fine using fire here?” Anna asked as they got ready to start exploring the floor.

“You’ll be fine.” The prince said. “This is a healthy tree not some dried out husk, I suggest you get your fire as hot as you can in hopes of making your enemy catch fire, don’t worry about it spreading.”

Ajax couldn’t help but agree, one other thing however was on his mind as he looked down at all the branches. “What happens if we fall out of the tree?” he ask...

Chapter 313

The reveal of Ajax’s ability put all of his former classmates in a much better mood causing them to try and turn the night of rest between delves into one of celebration. This idea was quickly shut down, just because they only had one more floor to clear tomorrow didn’t mean that others had just as little to do. This didn’t stop Lexi from attempting to sneak over to Ajax’s tent once or twice but the difference in stats and skills meant that she couldn’t take two steps outside her te...