Moving between the bone trees, Sofia found a hole in the dense canopy, affording her a look at the ‘sky’, which looked like a swirling vortex of gray clouds.
“Not some kind of weird sky-sea this time. The complete silence feels strange.”
Looking around, it was hard to see far in any direction, the bone trees and their dense gray foliage obscured the way no matter where she looked.
“Seeking death is taking on an entire new meaning…” Sofia commented for herself a...
2024-08-19 16:00:22 +0000 UTC
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Sofia and Cinthia were surprised to find the door to Leverle’s office already open. The demon was covered in his usual long white robes, but he was sitting on the carpet, laying three cards face down on the floor.
“The troublemaker,” he said, turning a card face up, revealing a drawing of a sun. He then turned another card over, which had an image of a shadowy figure holding a tall scythe, “the messenger…”
Leverle’s neck moved, his blank mask of a face turning in Sof...
2024-08-16 16:00:49 +0000 UTC
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“And after that I started work here again, with the amnesia hitting a bit later. It was more than a bit strange, but since Senior Agran and Cardinal were also affected, they investigated the happening, and were told to let the matter rest and that it would fix itself in a bit,” Shaily explained, happy to be done with her story and standing up from the couch to grab a glass of water.
“Told by who?” Saria asked, munching on some dried fish provided by Zerei.
“The Vasperian...
2024-08-15 16:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Camilla was quick to draw a ritual circle in the air, tracing the runes with her finger leaving a trail of mana behind, and the group was freed from the Sirens’ hypnotic screeches.
“This’ll last awhile, but you need to stay within fifty meters so don’t leave the ship,” she explained as the sirens surrounded the mountain they were stranded on. She analyzed the situation for a second before spewing out orders, “My mana is still low so I’ll need you to buy me some time. I see...
2024-08-14 16:05:21 +0000 UTC
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Author's note:
This should be the second to last chapter of this side story, eleven chapters isn't too shabby of a side story. I don't know if Shaily's full trial recap will be included, maybe I'll at least quickly go over the class change and specialization. Hope you liked this, and hope you're excited to be returning to Sofia's shenanigans in two days :)
Most dwarven hunter ships...
2024-08-13 15:11:35 +0000 UTC
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Knowing exactly what kind of person Agran was, It was not too hard for Shaily to answer his questions well and get accepted into Vasperia, at which point she was in known territory. There she enrolled as a mercenary, helping the Vampires with population control on the lower-level pests in their territory which very few Vampires saw any interest in dealing with themselves. This gave Shaily plenty of time to get more information on the Sirens, help Pareth level up, work on her skill levels and ...
2024-08-12 15:55:07 +0000 UTC
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Navigating through the Holy-See’s ground floor was quite easy for Shaily, as she knew the layout well, and had the Shadow sprites to scout ahead and make sure no one could surprise her.
She made it to the cloistered garden without too much effort.
The sun should be rising soon, I need to go fast if I don’t want to be seen…
Another [Summon Self] cast and she found herself landing on her bed. She looked at the door, hearing no movement...
2024-08-09 15:58:51 +0000 UTC
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Inevitably, Shaily ran out of mana, and the sprite disappeared, leaving her in almost complete darkness, under piles of bones. Only the magical dagger she held in her hand still emitted a faint magical glow.
It could have been much worse… If I had never learned to free-cast the sprites and the angel bolt…
Shaily did not move, not even trying to extract herself from the bones and rubble, for a few minutes, she focused on calming her erratic breathing and recovering.
2024-08-08 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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[You have re-entered the dungeon : Abyss of the damned]
Shaily followed the magisterium into the dungeon.
Name : Sofia (Shaily Ormoncleth)
Age : 19
Class : [Saintomancer] ♢
Level : 48
Health : 240 / 240
Stamina : 238 / 240
Mana : 28344 / 28500
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2024-08-07 16:00:17 +0000 UTC
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The rest of the dungeoneering was spent in silence, the magisterium maimed zombies and Shaily finished them off with the dagger. The leveling was quite slow, but it was enough to push her to level 30 before they left.
Shaily received a warm meal and a fluffy carpet to decorate her prison room as a reward for her efforts, and she spent her meal time eating in front of the room’s large magically-strengthened windows, just observing the view of the human city below. It was quite si...
2024-08-06 16:20:55 +0000 UTC
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Shaily managed to reach level 27 before she had to stop her sprite from completely killing all the slimes, with quite a bit of time left until nightfall, she decided to stay in that room where she had relative peace and quiet.
They even provided some food.
Sitting on the cold stone floor, she stared at her skill acquisition panel.
Available Active Skills :
Shaily blinked after picking the skill, and just like that, she found herself somewhere else.
She was standing on top of tall ramparts made of some cold dark stone. What seemed to be an infinite castle, amalgam of ramparts, walls and spires, extended as far as the eye could see in all directions under a cloudless crimson sky.
Thick red mist hid the bottom of the ‘castle’ so any notion of ‘the ground’ was completely lost. There were windows everywhere but it was impos...
2024-08-02 16:04:22 +0000 UTC
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Shaily’s eyelids were growing heavier by the minute. Her skeleton had spent the last three hours hunting by itself in the forest, yet neither of them had leveled up a single time despite long meeting the experience requirement. Her arm’s bleeding had greatly slowed thanks to the tight bandages, but she was pale and weak from the blood loss. Despite the situation, she had managed to do what she set out to do: learn the necromancy ritual circle down to its finer details. Although Shaily lik...
2024-08-01 15:58:05 +0000 UTC
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Shaily stepped down from the teleportation platform, her nose assaulted by the strong smell of the salty sea-breeze.
“And that should be the last teleport for today,” a bespectacled Vampire sat at a desk with a notepad said to himself as he scribbled something. “What would your name be, young lady?”
“Shaily. I work for royal mage Cardinal.”
The Vampire adjusted his glasses and flipped through a few pages in his notebook. “Shaily… Shaily… There you are...
2024-07-31 16:05:14 +0000 UTC
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Although Zerei’s school was going to be an important stop, Astelia first led everyone to the Vasperian administration, where she had people call for Agran, Cardinal and Shaily, so that Sofia could fix their memory. Surprisingly, none of them were available, but Astelia learned that she had received a summon from the Vampire Queen, so she had to bid farewell to the group for now, though they promised to go all have a meal together before Sofia decided to leave again.
Somehow, the rest ...
2024-07-30 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Quick Author note: Place I live's going through a violent heat wave right now, I'm still gonna be writing but I can't promise that it won't be late as long as the heat stays, it makes it really hard to focus, not gonna lie. Today I managed to be in time, but yeah...
Happy reading!
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“Sir Morlak of the Mantle, alive and well,” Ihuarah answered the young man, opening his arms wide, “It pleases me also to find you in good health after all this time. My countenanc...
2024-07-29 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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“I was lost in my thoughts after Dopple translated the thing on a temple… Did I miss anything?” Sofia asked after sitting down in the air.
“Aside from your dragon grandma threatening my talking bra into revealing that the language it and the fairy are talking is named Eddarinian? Not much,” Alith recounted.
“Eddarinian? That’s a familiar name…” Saying so, a number of skeletal hands appeared out of the ground and grabbed Sofia’s ankles. In the spirit realm, the ...
2024-07-26 16:00:20 +0000 UTC
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Erredis thought the idea was funny so Bookie got himself a free meal after erasing a page with skeleton boars to make space, but he looked strangely disappointed when it was time to show Sofia his new page.
“I’m guessing we are not getting a lich summon anytime soon, are we?” Sofia asked the little skeleton as she grabbed the book he was presenting.
“We aren’t…” he confirmed, dejected.
“Well, let’s see what kind of skeletons Richard usually walks around in,...
2024-07-25 16:00:53 +0000 UTC
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The reactions to Sofia’s signature skill were underwhelming.
“Well, that’s Sofia alright…” Cinthia was the first to comment.
“Yep, definitely Sof. The skill even requires dying multiple times,” Alith added with a snarky smile.
“It’s not… I’ve only died like… Maybe fifty to a hundred times so far? It really doesn’t happen that often…”
Saria eyed her sister disapprovingly, “Ah, yes, only fifty to a hundred. Lil’ sis, I think necromancy i...
2024-07-24 16:00:31 +0000 UTC
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Sofia gave the Midenicite catalyst to Cinthia. “I insist, please take it. Not only did you help in finding me even when you had lost your memories, but you also performed worse than the rest of us in the last trial, so we have to help you keep up the pace!”
“H- hey! I did not perform that badly… But I’ll take it, then. Thank you,” Cinthia finally conceded after refusing the catalyst two times.
“You did well,” Saria consoled the orc girl, “we’re just all c...
2024-07-23 16:29:36 +0000 UTC
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“... and after that you both know what happened with the black hole thing and the Deep,” Sofia finished explaining.
Erredis looked at Sun, seeming a bit confused, “Any idea? For us to get frozen like that… Time magic?”
Sun shook her head, “No time magic. It feels strange to say that with what just happened to Sofia here but time magic is not a thing anyone is allowed to use. Believe me, I tried… If you stray too far into that path… The universe itself will stop you...
2024-07-22 16:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Sun grabbed a handful of black dust and clenched her fist, then she lightly threw the contents of her hand in the air, revealing a bunch of tiny transparent rocks, which Sun kept airborn on tiny cushions of mana. Tadaaaa!
These turned out pretty well, you will need to polish them if you want good-looking gemstones.
Erredis nodded from the side, “You can make larger ones by going slower but that’s a bit more effort. I do have quite a few back h...
2024-07-19 16:00:16 +0000 UTC
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“Wait, how many did you say are watching?” Saria whispered to Cinthia while Sofia paused for a second to sip on her drink.
“Twenty-eight…” the orc streamer answered after giving her chat a quick glance.
“Damn.”
“Twenty-eight?!” Sofia repeated from the end of the table, “Hey I am not about to ask you for a donation to keep watching, but I need a lot of divine essence for my racial skills, just saying.”
The three gods in the room were left speechles...
2024-07-18 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Sofia transformed to take her measurements in demon form, considering that she could no longer get level debt and that her mana regeneration could no longer be stopped; the only downside left was the half hour of weakened physical state she was left in when the transformation ended.
Except the demon transformation this time was not the same as it used to.
The strange eye within her skull was now half exposed at the top of her head, somewhat hidden between her two light horns that ...
2024-07-17 16:00:13 +0000 UTC
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[Class Quest: Find the missing skills!
You picked an experimental sub-class not meant for use, three out of four skills could not be retrieved, but there are traces of their recorded locations.
Warning: This class’s skills cannot be learned.
Hints:
“Gah! Almost there!” Sofia cried out as the skeleton she was working on fell back to its original state as a pile of golden bones. “What is it that failed this time?” she asked the Engineer skeleton. He was honestly doing more than half of the work while Sofia mostly supplied the materials, ideas and mana.
Climbing on the vertical ladder sticking out of the ground near the ritual site, the Engineer pointed at the twelfth bone-drawn ritual circle held up above the lifeless pile o...
2024-07-15 16:00:13 +0000 UTC
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Sofia and her skeletons stood in a ‘clearing’ surrounded by bone trees, this was their attempt to create a somewhat decent living environment for the dryad. Despite the black void above them, the atmosphere felt calm in Zangdar, especially because ever since Sofia had unlocked the [Sixth melody], they were constantly listening to ‘A Graceful dream of Spring’, and not getting tired of it.
“Alright, here comes the seed,...
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[Sixth symphony’s movements]
10% Maximum mana : A Graceful dream of Spring :
Temporarily increase natural health and stamina regeneration by 20%.
Prevents disease and illness.
Prevents food from spoiling.
Makes it easier to fall asleep.
May affect the weather.
20% Maximum mana : A Tense mystery of Autumn :
Greatly sharpens the senses.
Makes it eas...
2024-07-11 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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In the main hall of the castle, Bookie summoned a single Kidjikkik Guardian. “Do we need to shackle him, Sofia?” Bookie asked, looking up at the tall worm skeleton he had just summoned.
“No need, this one is quite weak, you should know.”
“I know, but curses are a bit scary…”
“Don’t worry about it, just let him do whatever, don’t give any orders, alright? Let's proceed with the test, Pareth, light!”
Pareth summoned a bright shield of light and held...
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Available Passive Skills :
[Body of ] : Covers your skin with a layer of effulgent ber
[Sixth ] : You gain the ability to spread your mana around y
[Sigil of ] : Some of your excess mana automatically creates sigils of
[Torch ] : Light is amplified in a
[No game ] : Staying close to your siblin...
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