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Chapter 282

Oliver P.O.V.

Do these people have no eyes? How oblivious can he be? Just how special is he? All these questions go through my mind all night throughout the party. Ajax Hearthbound, newly elevated Baron, and a genius of combat yet besides all that there isn’t much there at all.

The half a day we spent together in the carriage on the way here was more than enough for me to take his measure. He is without a doubt a peasant born brute who at best belongs as a head knight to a true ...

Chapter 281

It took only until the first stop before Oliver made a quick change of carriage. Not only that but Theron also decided to borrow a horse for a part of the travel as sitting inside a carriage did not suit his massive size. Everyone was more than happy to accommodate the beastkin, especially considering that all of them had some expectation of how he would be treated inside the Empire for his race alone.

Left with only Anna, Lexi and their guard Ajax found himself picking Anna’s brain a...

Chapter 280

The days started to blend together for Ajax following that meeting. He was very busy all day every day from there forward as he attended the Academy. After most school days ended he would be spirited away by the headmaster as he started his experimenting with Magnetic mana.

Oddly enough for him Ajax found that the king had put almost no pressure on the headmaster in terms of how quickly he was to make headway, the only thing the king was adamant on was the secrecy of the project.

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Chapter 279

Activating the obelisk didn’t do much more than draw in the last few stragglers, fortunately enough for Ajax those last few stragglers were enough to give him the last push he needed to get to level thirty five.

“Besides the one big group following your first attempt at burning the forest you weren’t in any serious danger.” the prince said. “Are you looking to try the next floor to see if you can solo that?”

“No, this is enough for now.” Ajax said. “This whole tr...

Chapter 278

Watching how quickly the prince wiped out all the incoming packs, Ajax knew he still had a long way to go before he got close to his level. That said, the prince would actually be a very good match-up for Ajax if they were even close in power level.

While the prince clearly had more power in the small spells he used compared to Ajax’s, [Mana Syphon] would work wonders on messing up the precise outputs all those small spells the runes were constantly putting out.

“Not bad for y...

Chapter 277

“That was pretty good” Ajax jumped as he didn’t sense the prince at all despite hearing the voice coming from within three feet of him. “Freezing up after you took out the first one was pretty bad but you recovered well.”

“I knew they were cannibals,” Ajax said as he looked at the two half eaten corpses “ I just didn’t know they would eat a fallen before dealing with a threat.”

“Despite the lacking power compared to most other curses the wendigo is one of the...

Chapter 276

“They won’t be approaching us.” the prince said as he and Ajax stood around the fire. “You can keep cooking that would more likely turn them away since they only eat raw meat.”

After the fight with the big foots they finally decided it was time to make camp. Unlike the previous floors that all passed in a couple hours at best this floor would be one Ajax was going to fully clear out all by himself so they were going to be spending at least two or three days here.

“How ...

Chapter 275

While all of the strong people in the room had a very good poker face, the same thing could not be said for the royal family's younger generation. Besides Xavier’s jealous glance towards Ajax the king’s granddaughter was also looking shocked at the statement.

“Why you?” Duke Manashaper asked.

“You’re going to be busy looking into this new potential discovery, not to mention that so long as he wears a little bit of a disguise before he enters the dungeon nobody will que...

Chapter 274

A/N : Starting next chapter we will be moving away from the political side and back towards Ajax solo progressing and fighting.
Following Ajax’s revelation and with a clear example in front of them about the truth of his allegations both the headmaster and the librarian quickly started walking the three students away from the secure training grounds and towards the royal castle.

Neither of the older men were acting in their capacity as faculty; however, both had t...

Chapter 273

Manashaper P.O.V

What sort of monster is this kid? I can’t help but ask myself as I look at him sitting on the side lines drawing in deep breaths. Balthazar is helping Lexi and Anna with the safety precautions before they try their hand at the new mana type so I can focus on Ajax.

I knew that he had an odd and possibly new mana type at his disposal. I couldn’t do much with the knowledge since my silence on the matter was part of the favor that I owed to house Silvertongue and ...

Chapter 272

A/N : Happy turkey day to you all for tomorrow!

“What is going on here?” Balthazar had made his way into the room before Ajax had a chance to answer the headmaster’s question. “I felt some weird mana coming out of here, I thought you knew better than to experiment on the premises, Manashaper, let alone with students nearby.”

“That wasn’t me.” Manashaper waved the former headmaster of the academy off without taking his eyes off Ajax. “More importa...

Chapter 271

Jones’s suggestion was something Ajax hadn’t thought about, not because he forgot but because of the financial impracticality of the idea. Sure monster parts were known to have an extreme value when it came to crafting, their high mana density was renowned, the only issues with the idea was that they were only useful as a partial ingredient. With extreme mana affinities they made for a great addition to potions, alloy mixes and especially mana conduits.

Using only monster parts howe...

Chapter 270

Ajax started working with Magnetic mana the next day, the only reason he didn’t start sooner was because he had run his mana dry getting it. That night he had gotten some very much needed rest after how tired he had been that morning.

In the following days Ajax started to get a very clear understanding of why Magnetic mana was only Rare, not only that but he was glad that this was only a stepping stone as he tried to approach Gravity, and in the future Attraction and Repulsion. He had...

Chapter 269

Ajax wakes up the following morning almost as tired as he was when he went to sleep, despite going to bed relatively early and sleeping in; he still feels like his body is moving underwater as he gets out of bed. A quick look at his mana and the 1780/2510 tells him everything he needs to know.

Taking a small amount of mana Ajax quickly brings up a small flame on the top of his fingers, he sighs in relief as he feels the mana smoothly pass through his channels without causing any pain or...

Chapter 268

Goldmancer P.O.V.

The news of the altercation that happened earlier today is being suppressed from all sides, the royals don’t want to risk an incident that will gain them nothing, Ajax is being his usual reclusive self despite the fact that he could use attack to gain some concessions and the Empire is trying to get as far away from the whole thing as possible. It’s a good thing I had one of our own people follow the kid and just report on what happens.

“A pleasure to see y...

Birthday Chapter / Chapter 267

A/N: It's my birthday, in the hopes of having you all celebrate it with me there is a bonus chapter!

Ajax’s first success was short lived, the moment he could feel the new type of mana being produced he quickly disconnected the circuit. A quick reorganizational break followed where he secured that nothing will actually be drawn in by the magnet this time around he reconnected the circuit and started to focus heavily on his [Sense Mana].

The first thing Ajax noti...

Chapter 266

Ajax P.O.V.

I spent a few more minutes talking to the three guardian assassins to find out as much as I can about this incident and anything I can about future incidents that may happen.

“We are actually expecting them to happen a few more times in the next month or two now that the first attempt has been made.” the assassin says.

“Even with them being captured?” I asked, surprised.

“It's because of this quick reaction.” the assassin says as he shakes his h...

Chapter 265

Ajax P.O.V.

I could barely pay any attention to the last few announcements the professor made before he dismissed us, something about us being allowed to bring our companions on school delves going forward along with a long speech about how the school takes no responsibility should something happen to them inside the dungeon if we do decide to bring them. It didn’t really matter or apply to me as I didn’t have a bonded companion and I was too excited about finally getting to try out...

Chapter 264

Ajax didn’t have to wait too long before somebody got poisoned, that isn’t to say that they weren’t trying but without Ajax giving them a heads up about where the enemies were it would always be just a matter of time before one of the snakes managed to land an opening ambush bite.

Much to Ajax’s surprise however it was the prince that got bit. Ajax had put prince Xavier as one of the least likely to be poisoned simply because of how much more useful physical stats were when reac...

Chapter 263

That request had brought not only Ajax up short but also the rest of their party, all four of them sported frowns on their faces but Lexi and Rick had theirs trained on the prince while Anna and Benedict were looking at Ajax.

“You expect him to leave at least a floor’s worth of stats if not two?” Rick sounded offended on Ajax’s behalf. “That’s all some people get when they get a chance to delve in another kingdom’s dungeon.”

“Doing it that way is actually the sma...

Chapter 262

Ajax’s remedial lessons turned out to be a lot more concentrated than he had thought. He had only been to two of them so far and already they had covered one third of the previous year's curriculum. All of this was built on the back of Ajax’s previous knowledge but he now found that he could identify important names.

All of that was nothing compared to everything else he had picked up in the previous days. His new combat training focused a lot more on learning how to lead, unlike th...

Chapter 261

“Today’s lesson will focus on trade regulations, specifically on trades with other kingdoms.” professor Silvertongue said as class started. “Now while our kingdom tries to stay out of it and respect the autonomy of its noble houses when not at war, there are a few regulations that are kept quiet from the public.”

Ajax could see that almost half the class had been just as clueless as him when it came to these unpublished laws. There were also those who already knew the informat...

Chapter 260

Ajax was dripping with sweat as he returned home. Hours of training and yet he had almost nothing to show for it. For the first time since he came to this new world Ajax had finally hit a wall. He had previous experience with lack of talent, even after three weeks of apprenticeship he hadn’t unlocked the [Farming] skill, in fact he didn’t have it even after all the farming he’d done with mana all this time.

The difference this time however was that Ajax very much wanted to learn h...

Chapter 259

Ajax was shocked by the request. It was at once both something rather basic as well as something annoying. The idea that he would be hounded for duels from people looking to prove they had improved sounded tiring, at the same time having a few well placed noble houses owe him a favor or two wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.

“Don’t look all that pleased.” Stonewall said when he examined Ajax’s face. “While most noble houses wouldn’t bother with it or would just acce...

Chapter 258

While Ajax and both of his classmates were given the exact same opening exam he could see that all of the other students were given exams that were completely different, with there being more than a dozen people there had to be at least two from the same class so it confused him as to why nobody was taking the same exam as their classmates like he was.

The exam had been very easy for Ajax, he had pushed his Alchemy both inside a dungeon and outside on top of his experiments throughout t...

Chapter 257

Despite it being the first day back the Academy didn’t have the small introductory period that it started with last year and got right to work in teaching its students. The basic homeroom and general knowledge classes still fell to Abbot Silvertongue to teach.

“Moving forward this class will also start to delve into some of the secrets that the kingdom of Gryndor is keeping from the general public.” Professor Silvertogue said as the lesson approached the end. “The first one bein...

Chapter 256

It had taken the entire Academy break for House Hearthbound to have their mansion finally ready but with two days before the Academy’s first day back Ajax and his family had started moving over.

That wasn’t to say that they were the first to move in as priority had been given to one of their small barracks buildings and their few retainers had already moved in a week prior. This move was also very different from their arrival in the capital as they weren’t the ones to do any of th...

Chapter 255

A/N: Small intermission chapter before the start of the second year at the academy for a bit of worldbuilding and foreshadowing.

Council of the Republic

“What is old Gryndor up to now?” one of the beastkin high councilors asked. “What does he stand to gain by putting on a show for us?”

“Are we sure this is a show, what if the boy’s skills are true?” an elven high councilor responded.

“ ’Course it be a show.”  the dwarven high c...

Chapter 254

Recruiting the Collectors as retainers didn’t take that much more after the delve had finished. Unlike their other retainers they did get to have a sit down with Ajax’s grandparents to ensure that they would have some exclusive access to a few of the more exclusive things the established merchants had access to, but after they were reassured none of them had any real reservations about joining.

The Collectors also knew that they needed to join a House if they wanted to keep progress...

Chapter 253

Ajax’s constant work and experimentation with Alchemy took most of a week before it finally paid off. His obsession with floor bosses led him to mixing all different sorts of plants in absolutely asinine combinations, most leading to nothing more than a horrible tasting sludge. His success came in one of the most unexpected forms however. Since their finances weren’t yet all that solid Ajax was left to experiment with only plain plants, none of them having an ounce of mana.

Ajax’s...