Sofia straightened her back and crossed her arms under her chest. She ordered the skeleton Paladins to stay down unless she was attacked, but Pareth and the High-Priest got up after her, turning to face the nobles behind on each side.
Sofia said nothing as she looked at the emperor and he looked at her, she decided to trust Karin’s advice. Emperor Xeros opened his mouth once again, his tone was cold, asserting dominance. A heavy golden scepter appeared in his right hand.
“None...
2023-03-28 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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In a dimly lit but grandiose palace corridor, Sofia and Karin stood before an imposing double door. This was the door to the throne room, where the Emperor would receive her. They were waiting for the signal to enter.
“You know, Sofia… Maybe… This might be a bit too much,” Karin said as she looked behind Sofia.
“Is it? If I am going to make a strong entrance, I might as well go all-out, don’t you think? Besides, I still don’t understand why I need to get a public aud...
2023-03-27 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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[Special Self-Service Scribe Shop]
Welcome to the Special contingency shop, you have been awarded one (1) order credit due to ‘ERR-0682 : major SDS malfunction’.
Please keep in mind that you will need to contribute the mana necessary to the item’s creation yourself, this can be done in multiple payments.
Contingency Items :
- [Class Skill level up point (Lv.100)] * 3 - 1 lot in stock - Mana cost : 3 0...
2023-03-26 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Sofia’s first reaction to Karlson’s two raised fingers was to frown.
“Only two thousand?” What is this?! I’m getting robbed!
“Dear god, no! Twenty!” Karlson answered, indignant. Then he explained, “ The daggers are rather mediocre, thin coating; I can do a thousand each. Thrombber eyes usually go for around a hundred a piece, so that’s eighteen hundred. The sphere is mass-produced and worth around a thousand. And a Sepulcher bead hot from the hands of th...
2023-03-25 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Sofia inadvertently flew near the region where the Church’s jungle temple was, she didn’t see it but she knew it was near. She opened her murder history again.
Ah.
This still feels terrible.
And just like that she had ruined her own mood.
I need company right now…
Do I take the risk? Oh fuck it I’ll put on the fake immortal rune and go.
And so she flew south, trying to find the road to Drakron, she couldn’t say ...
2023-03-24 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Sofia was flying over the lazy volcanoes in the jungle north of Skyreach.
This one looks about right, I think?
It was a very small active volcano and currently its lava flows were unimpressive semi solid black sludge trails running down its sides. Oh, right, the poison gas ring, that was a thing that volcanoes do. I’m rather lucky I didn’t have any trouble with that last time. The book did say it could be very dangerous.
Well well. Time to summon th...
2023-03-23 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“I will keep this.” Sofia said as calmly as she could muster, pocketing the bead. The man reflexively raised his hand a bit to stop her, but in the end, decided to not object. “And he told you about the orphanage?” She kept pressing for answers.
“He did… Was his task… Refused to do it… Left… But when he reached his temple… Everyone was gone… The traces… in the direction of Verenha… Four weeks ago… Then found us.”
“Why would your God… order that? T...
2023-03-22 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“Oh! That was the new Magisterium and the previous one’s daughter wasn’t it? It’s been a long time coming. I wonder how they like the gift I left them.”
Leaving Pareth as a surprise present in case of an unannounced teleportation was something she had thought of ever since she had bought the spatial anchor bracelet, though he didn’t have any real order on what to do next.
Let’s see what’s going on.
Sofia switched to Pareth’s view. I never reall...
2023-03-21 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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[Venerable physique of the primeval void] ♢ - First step of the Shadow gathering realm :
The primeval void was born of the universe’s first shadow.
Shadow gathering realm :
Starting step : A single hit cannot take away more than 99% of your maximum health.
First step : Become more resilient to explosions (0/50%)
Second step : See in the dark
Third step : ???
Current step training method : Damage body through pressure and heat
<...
2023-03-20 22:17:50 +0000 UTC
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[False Immortality] : Carves an un-life rune on your own body.
While under the rune’s effect :
Your soul is concealed.
You no longer emit mana.
You no longer emit heat.
You no longer emit light.
You cannot regain mana.
You cannot regain stamina.
You cannot regain health.
If you were to die, a rune is consumed, granting three seconds of invulnerability, and completely restoring your physical body, health and stamina inclu...
2023-03-20 19:33:01 +0000 UTC
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Of course there is no specialization alteration, since I got one so recently…
I have one free slot for each, let’s have a look at the Actives first.
Available Active Skills :
- [Dispel ] : Dispels
- [Prophecy of ] : Gain divine enlightenment for a short time to
- [ command] : soul that none can resist.
- [Restore ] : Infuse the ...
2023-03-20 17:01:34 +0000 UTC
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Sofia had no more birds, and Pareth was also out. I still have the light-stones, I knew they would be useful at some point... A round white stone appeared in Sofia’s hand, starting to emit a soft white glow as she charged it with mana. This wasn’t even an enchanted item, and quite literally just a stone that was reactive to mana, unlike the water-stones that she had bought at the same time in Hooasow, which were hand-crafted enchanted items. That being said, they were still quite...
2023-03-19 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Zerilda, hurried, raised her scepter to slam its pointy and sharp or lower end on Sofia’s left foot. Her offensive skills aside from the fireball that was on cooldown were all too dangerous to use in such an enclosed space, and she had no time, the Thrombbers were rushing, closing in. She could have retreated and her target’s fate was sealed, yet she still felt compelled to end by her own hands the wretched Saintess who had reduced her whole party to ashes.
She not only wanted the s...
2023-03-18 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Sofia could still sometimes hear the echoes of the group talking, but they weren’t as loud as the first time. The winding path she had taken through the tunnels only muted the sound more and more after each turn.
Every way forward has a Thrombber, bad luck… What now? Can I kill one silently, if they scream like the other two it’ll probably attract not only the headhunters but also the other monsters nearby.
Right then, the bird that she had left near the entry point...
2023-03-17 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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The book didn’t want the dead worm thing, so she stored the burned corpse and moved on.
Maybe they’re worth something? I could collect the corrosive fluid, there’s got to be some interesting uses for that.
Sofia didn’t even understand how such high level monsters could sustain themselves here, this was a calm region with few inhabitants and creatures alike. Would the Church not take care of things like these? What if they created other hives and spread out?
...
2023-03-16 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Sofia sent some mana in the ring and she could see inside without trouble. It actually contained nothing but a big wooden barrel.
“Ugh this fucking stinks!”
What in th-
Her gaze stopped on the three words stamped on the barrel’s top: ‘Feral Death Row’.
Feral? No way, is this…
Holding her nose, Sofia opened the barrel. Inside was a mess of mangled, rotting and withered corpses.
I see. No wonder she didn’t want Agr...
2023-03-15 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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It was a bit shameful to admit, but Sofia could only accept that the fourteen year old knew much more about the world, and she was very eager to share her knowledge. As such, despite spending all night and morning on their respective beds there wasn’t much sleeping going on in the room. At their level, they only really felt the need to sleep once every few days already, less than that for Sofia thanks to the Saint set. Which happened to be their latest subject of conversation.
“So I...
2023-03-14 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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[Blood Curse] (Ice) : The curse of vampiric blood runs through your veins.
You are easily distracted by the smell of blood.
Drinking blood has body strengthening and hallucinogenic effects.
Consuming another Vampire’s blood is highly poisonous.
Your blood is Ice. You have a very low body temperature and your blood will turn to Ice if outside your body.
You take double damage from fire and heat.
You take halved damage from ice and cold.
2023-03-13 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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What’s going on with her left hand? Lightning? Is that the angel bolt?
With a name like that, it’s too dangerous to let her use it.
[Weight of the Moon]
Oh! Here’s the Ogre one! I need to get rid of the small ones first.
[Celestial Pull]
[Repulsion]
That’s one… Wait, it survived?! And the light… That’s her healing skill? How many is she using at once?! What is th...
2023-03-12 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“You still follow? Then, Gods are in their respective planes, and are an indirect byproduct of people’s emotions. The things that are loved become Gods…”
“And things that are hated become the Recessed!” Sofia completed. “That’s something I had been thinking about, it’s nice to know I was right.”
“It’s not that hard to find out when you get to know a lot of Gods’ names. Since it works like this, their power is also directly related to how loved or hated th...
2023-03-11 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Name : Astelia Glacier
Age : 14
Class : [Moonlit Oracle] ♢
Level : 199
Health : 199 000 / 199 000
Stamina : 19 / 19
Mana : 58 553 / 199 000
Active Skills (7 / 7)
&nbs...
2023-03-10 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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There wasn’t much that could make Sofia visibly sweat anymore, but the vampire’s trade offer had been enough. She had gone on to explain more, a status trade was an actual function of the system, allowing two parties to simultaneously share their full unedited status screen. The full description of skills and such were hidden but the names and other information weren’t. Not only that, but the system would prevent both participants from sharing what they learned to others afterwards.
...
2023-03-09 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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With the book reduced to ash by Sofia’s ‘Angelic authority’, she didn’t know what to do next.
She had no idea where exactly the other two temples were and she didn’t want a repeat of what happened. If she started to kill anyone even remotely related to the Church how was she any better than those she sought vengeance against.
She would make sure all those involved would pay, that would be enough. Of course, if the others stood in her way, that was another matter entirely...
2023-03-08 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Sofia’s goal in seeking power had always been very straightforward. Skeletal ambitions aside, she wanted to be free.
Free, and strong enough to venture into Sovuln. To seek Saria’s remains, on a dreaded floating island, in a probably long destroyed slaver camp.
That was it.
She had no plans to slay Gods, make friends with the continent’s powerhouses, deal with alien invasions or inadvertently become a member of some unfathomable entity the system itself failed to under...
2023-03-07 17:00:36 +0000 UTC
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Sofia dived down to avoid the attack. The blade of light barely missed her.
That’s a Templar’s [Light severance], she identified the attack, looking back, she saw the person chasing her. He wore white full plate armor and had four bird-like wings of white feathers sprouting from his back.
[Fighter - Lv. 200+]
Not fourth filter. I can still deal with this for a while.
Health : 5422 / 5655<...
2023-03-06 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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[Izuka’s helper n°8] : Handcrafted bauble meant to be a good luck charm that attracts wealth. They’re enchanted to crumble if handled by those not meant to have them. Don’t let anyone touch it!
That’s a different description than the usual kind. I guess the [Identify] function has been relegated to my Scribe because of the disconnection. I kind of like it like that, it’s a lot less cold.
It’s a cute stat...
2023-03-05 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The skeleton paladins marched out from under the large trees’ canopy. As the sun hit them, their entire body changed from the pure white of bones to a gilded yellow. What followed was a one sided massacre.
The full squad of Skeleton Paladins spread out around the five horse-sized salamanders lazing in the slow lava current. They waltzed right through the melting rock, not taking any damage. When they had all the beasts surrounded, they slowly tightened the encirclement until they laun...
2023-03-04 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The next morning, Sofia left Mountain hall and walked north, regrew her wings with [Heal Undead], and flew in the mountains far enough to be out of sight. The mountains were still green and the weather warm near the volcano despite being in the middle of winter. Sitting on a boulder, she called the book. It felt quite natural contrary to an usual system provided skill. She felt like it used her natural vein structure as a mana conduit rather than having it be forced into shap...
2023-03-03 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Available Active Skills :
- [Dispel ] : Dispels
- [ mist] : in a thick mist.
- [Scroll of ] : random effect to the target ranging from [Cold] to [Instant Death].
- [ skeletons] : group depending on your maximum mana.
I knew I’d get [Scroll of infinite prayers], too bad it cut off before the infinite. And skele...
2023-03-02 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Author Notes :
Hey hey hey!
There were some interesting results to yesterday's poll, thanks for voting!
Looking at the votes, for most of them I thought: yep, as expected. But there were two surprising outliers popular beyond my expectations, namely Scribe-kun and Astelia. Well do I have good news for you, they will both get some screen time during this arc ( o˘◡˘o) And of course Pareth gets much of the spotlight.
For my fellow Deep enjoyers, there i...
2023-03-01 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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