Yae marvels at the pristine city; there are so many people, so many different races. The white stone is immaculate, and the craftsmanship is really good. Wagons pulled by strange beasts, ones with horns on its head, ones covered in scales with a large beak, ones with four ears and no eyes.
It’s too much to take in. The hustle and bustle of the hundreds of people going about their day. People are shouting out their wares; it’s all too overwhelming.
Small green-skinned people in...
2021-12-30 04:26:03 +0000 UTC
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I breathe a sigh of relief. The Treant couldn’t take Vitality faster from the forest than it lost, and now the forest s free from it. A path of destruction is clearly visible; large swaths of the forest have been deforested turned into mulch. Even the ground has been churned up, at least it will make regrowth easy. The wooden spears knocked down many trees in pretty much all directions in the attempt to kill my clones.
Now, what did Kayafe say about Treant being useful in making e...
2021-12-29 22:22:05 +0000 UTC
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I wake up on the eve of my treant fight. I put on my clothes, sighing as my chest feels a little constricted; I’ll have to adjust it again. Going through growth spurts is annoying, and so is needing to adjust all of my clothes.
I have gone through the desert with Esofy and others, but it wasn’t very eventful. The group is very well organized, and they quickly adapted to the new enemies. We haven’t fought any of the stronger enemies yet but will soon.
I have gotten f...
2021-12-27 21:22:50 +0000 UTC
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“Keep the pressure up,” Esofy says as she jumps backward to dodge a swipe from the Felin Boss. Tana rushes forward with a blazing sword and cuts along the beast’s arm. It roars and tries to bite down on Tana, but she jams the shield in the large monster’s mouth; the sharp point on the bottom of the shield pierces the Boss’s tongue, making it reel back and expose itself to Jowaru and Irela’s combination attack that slices off its hind leg making the Felin fall to the ground.
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2021-12-22 20:09:35 +0000 UTC
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Ting! Your Bond has obtained level 589!
Ting! Your Class, Fairy Summoner, has obtained level 246! 15 status points awarded.
I quickly check my growth from my efforts in the dungeon for the last two months. My level has been getting harder to increase, monsters are getting predictable, and the challenges and handicaps I need to impose on myself to get more experience is becoming unreasonable. A change of scenery is a must at this point.
Part ...
2021-12-20 22:51:22 +0000 UTC
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Archmage Ruluna takes a dagger out of her belt and walks to the side of the tent. Normally she would go through the tent entrance, but it’s covered by ash, so she has to cut the side.
“Attack?!” Archmage Lyran asks. She tries to listen for any sounds, but any noise will be drowned out by the ashstorm.
However, despite her questioning look, everyone else is readying their weapons.
“Something is attacking our men,” Ice Paladin Gana explains. She must have some sensin...
2021-12-17 22:35:12 +0000 UTC
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Class levels aren’t just a number; they are the limit on how much divinity a magic framework can hold. Or maybe it’s the opposite? Classes are limited by the skills, so maybe magic is limited by how much divinity there is? It’s all really confusing; I just don’t know, so I’m left trying to just guess which one comes first.
Let’s start at the root of the limit, skills. Skills start with a cap of ten levels. Why? Is it because there’s not enough divinity for more, or is it b...
2021-12-15 21:14:25 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Seven: ...The relationship of elements and essences is that of parent and child, respectively. The child is different, but similar. Rage essence is much like fire; it is a destructive essence that leaves one emotionally exhausted. However, this relationship doesn't stop there; rage essence has siblings, very similar, so similar that they can be described as the same essence, but are subtly different if examined closely. Just like how there is rag...
2021-12-13 21:11:31 +0000 UTC
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A couple of days after my first successful attempt at bridging the dungeon entrance, I finally have a clone on the other side.
Because Bond skills don't have magic frameworks, I had to use Bond spell crystals in the end; if the link stones worked, then why not spell crystals?
Esofy and the others are in the Slime Ruins, so I send my clone to the Felin Glade. Normally it'd be easy to deal with them, so I decide to challenge myself. My Bond can now imitate basic skills such as [Beau...
2021-12-10 22:44:15 +0000 UTC
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I scratch a copy of the magic circle that is my [Summoner's Beacon] skill into a copper plate.
Now what? I ask myself.
Simply making the image isn't going to do anything. There needs to be mana involved. Last time I simply ran mana through it.
I take control of the mana in the air using [Mana Manipulation] and make it flow through the etched pattern. Once the circle is formed, the mana is burned away, and it continues to draw mana from the air. Each mana particle dr...
2021-12-08 22:32:06 +0000 UTC
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The new land is large, but it’s not a full continent. Rather, it's just a very large island, many, many times the size of the Nexus. I can see most of it, but my perception range can’t quite reach the whole thing, so there might be a lot more to it. I doubt that, though.
I can fully see the island's main mass, but it seems like land bridges connect three smaller masses, only one of which looks natural. Cities are built on the land bridges, with docks on either side and canals to all...
2021-12-06 23:54:20 +0000 UTC
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I finally found land, and what's more, I've found people! They are Runalymo, but they look different; probably a subspecies, too related to us to actually qualify as a different race despite their physical traits diverging over time. But how did they end up there? Are they descendants of exiles? Or were they part of Kayafe's group that broke off at first sight of land?
I notice my scapegoat growing warm, telling me that it is absorbing mana. The culprit is an item that the gold-Bonded p...
2021-12-03 23:34:56 +0000 UTC
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A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: The beginning of this chapter does not follow, chronologically, directly from the end of Ch122. Rather, this begins after Ch121, runs for several months in the background between Ch121 and Ch122, and meets up with the end of Ch122 at a point that should be fairly obvious once you get to it. Non-congruent timelines are a pain in first-person present-tense narration.
It is the morning after the Lojyo Band meeting, and today I am going to e...
2021-12-01 23:21:32 +0000 UTC
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With a mind searching the ocean for land, I can't go into the dungeon and train my [Sense Soul] for the last few general skill levels I need for getting a second Class. However, that doesn't mean I'm not doing anything about it.
Chyzu also has [Twin Minds]; however, because a lot of breakthroughs rely on mind mage stuff, we both have been unable to really train it. Fortunately, [Mana Manipulation] is a general casting skill and can cast spells with mind essence. In other words, I can tr...
2021-11-29 22:23:32 +0000 UTC
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Ting! Alysara, the Runalymo, has reached unparalleled knowledge and mastery in the Sense Mana skill!
Emperor Alexander looks up from his desk; the pen in his hand stops as the Emperor takes in a deep breath. They are still alive, somewhere in the world. He was beginning to fear that their only living relatives are the Fylox, the ones descended from the Runalymo that didn't follow Kayafe to the east, into the leviathan ocean.
The Fylox can still be identified as Ru...
2021-11-29 22:23:27 +0000 UTC
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Jonathan walks out to the cheering crowd. The sun high above blinds him, and he raises his hand to shield his eyes until they can adjust to the light.
Why do they have to have the waiting room so dark? Jonathan complains to himself.
“Ladies and Gentleman! The first match of the Oathbound tournament trial is about to start!” the announcer calls out.
Jonathan can feel his heart racing, pounding in his chest. There's no turning back now; he has to win this! Growing...
2021-11-29 00:04:36 +0000 UTC
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Yafe soars through the sky, the wings on her back giving her the power of flight! The thrill of the wind rushing past her, of seeing the village from so high up, all of it makes her yell out in pure joy.
Alysara chases after her, having already tagged Yafel, whose punishment for being caught is having her wings turn black from their previous wonderful display of vibrant colors. Even when turned black, though, the wings still have a sheen that makes them incredibly beautiful!
Yafe ...
2021-11-26 23:03:19 +0000 UTC
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AN: This chapter takes place during the months that Aly is training. I hope that it expands the world a little bit.
Nyam wakes up and gets dressed. She walks over to her personal bank and takes out several coins, counting each one of the cut Domr pearls. Fire and water pearls are the cheapest form of money, since they are the most common types of Domrs, both are about equal in value. Next are earth and ice pearls, being worth five fire or water pearls. W...
2021-11-24 22:04:03 +0000 UTC
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The operating range of my Bond spells is about ten meters per level, so about five kilometers. This means that if I fire a laser, it will continue moving until it either hits something or until it has traveled five kilometers, then it will start dissipating. However, the range for my summons is a lot higher now than it was before the evolution. With [Beacon's Core] my range is seventeen kilometers, and with [Fairy Heart] I can increase my fairies’ range further, to twenty-one kilometers wit...
2021-11-22 23:35:15 +0000 UTC
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Alluring Summoner:
(Adept)
Achievements: Fairy Summoner at level 200, Have Bond at level 500, Have evolved Bond skills 24 times, Have the Acting skill, Have ten Class skills level capped, Have the evolved Bond skill: Bestow Wings, Have the evolved Bond skill: Bestow Beauty, Have ten or more people infatuated with you, Be well known to the Runalymo.
Whether it be the summons of fantastical creatures to entertain children or illusory clones to seduce adults,...
2021-11-20 00:24:19 +0000 UTC
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As soon as I use [Summon Arms], bursts of mana zoom toward my [Fairy Soldiers], much like how [Fairy Empowerment] works. Each of my ‘soldiers’ form weapons – swords, spears, halberds, and more – as they receive the mana. This should allow their attacks to inject damaging mana into the enemy rather than just splashing the mana onto them, which will more efficiently damage vital internal organs. In turn, that will make the enemy spend more vitality Animating its body while not in a norm...
2021-11-17 23:48:37 +0000 UTC
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I stare at my magic frameworks, thinking about the nature of the system’s ‘points’. A tangential thought catches my attention: I can’t see any indication of tier for either Race or Class. It could just be that I don't have the right breakthrough, but it's also possible that the tier is more akin to a divine rank than something magical. If that is the case, it explains why the tier gives power to the entire Class and Race: it is the power of authority.
Ting! Sense Magic h...
2021-11-15 21:45:37 +0000 UTC
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Everything seems to shift slightly; the beauty mana around me wavers for a split second, as if doing a double-take. Next, I can feel my presence flow throughout the mana around me, carrying with it a feeling I can only describe as ‘authority’. Almost instinctively, I raise my arm, and the mana follows suit; I point to the wall in front of me and the mana shoots off, slightly burning the surface of the wall as if I had used [Beauty Beam].
What else can I do with this?
I focus o...
2021-11-12 21:14:12 +0000 UTC
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Even after defeating the Dream Eater Arachnoid, my vision still doesn't return to normal, which makes asking Kayafe about it a priority. [Inquisitive Perfection] isn't worried; it seems to think that it is only a temporary effect. A skill like [Mana Manipulation] can affect other skills – mostly spells, and skill-spells – but it definitely shows that skills can affect other skills in some ways. So it's possible that the Arachnoid simply inflicted a vision loss effect with a certain durati...
2021-11-10 22:10:50 +0000 UTC
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"You could have timed your attack a little better, Alysara," Esofy criticizes during our after-action analysis.
"Don't blame her, Esofy; you didn't call for her when you called for Irela and Uloru!" Chyzu defends me.
"Er, fair enough. I'm just not used to including her; she hasn't attended our practice after all." Esofy says, giving an excuse.
"Perhaps you should attend our monster-fighting practice, Alysara," Chyzu suggests. "We focus on teamwork, mostly, as that was our bi...
2021-11-08 23:55:43 +0000 UTC
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Two years of oppressive loneliness floods back, making me sniff as tears spill forth like two dams opening their floodgates. [Clear Mind] works quickly to settle my mental state, but that doesn't stop my body from feeling these emotions. With my minds calm, my clones don't react, which somehow makes everything worse and highlights the crux of the problem. My real body is alone, hidden near the waystone for safety. Even if they want to, no one can comfort me.
Ting! Your par...
2021-11-05 21:19:39 +0000 UTC
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To use a clairvoyant skill, one must feel out for what they are trying to sense; in my case it's mana, magic, and things related to magic, such as miasma. This means that I am imparting some sort of observational force, which might be what is being detected to trigger retaliation or trace back to me. The webs that the Arachnoid used probably caught me through my 'touch' like a Chinese finger trap; I hypothesize that if I remove my 'touch' I can get away. The only issue with that theory is tha...
2021-11-03 21:48:52 +0000 UTC
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I let out a sigh of relief when I don't feel the Mind Eater intruding upon my soul. I am safe. Now I need to return to the Rodent Den and check on the others.
Memories begin to resurface as I take out the waystone key, memories of my past life. I was introverted, and talking to people always filled me with anxiety. I would tell myself, 'It's fine, they wouldn't like me anyway' or 'we probably don't share the same interests', and I would always walk away.
The fact that I didn't wal...
2021-11-01 20:07:42 +0000 UTC
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Entering the Gargoyle Ruins, I start hearing the familiar siren song of mind essence through my [Mana Senses] and see the mana building up around my head. I see faint traces flowing from a monster on the tenth and final floor. My retaliation scapegoat is absorbing the mana and my mind resistance hood is helping resist control, but despite that, judging from the intensity of the mana, I don't have long to identify the culprit.
Despite the tenth floor being the largest, there is only a si...
2021-10-25 22:13:09 +0000 UTC
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I step through the dungeon gate, and the vast area comes into view. With over twenty kilometers of radius for [Sense Magic], I can see all of the camps we made and all of the dens that we discovered: a reminder of what we need to reclaim.
Each camp is overrun with vegetation, the walls are torn down and the buildings are falling apart. The Treant seems to think that we won't return; it is wandering around the forest near the Glade. To the west is an open plain, but I can't see too far i...
2021-10-22 23:05:58 +0000 UTC
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