Sofia’s guess was that she had to at least kill the guy that had betrayed Aurelia, and maybe the rat that had been crying at his side too. Going so far as to kill them might even be unnecessary, but she had limited time, so straightforward solutions were better. She had other ideas like sitting on the throne, opening the treasury with the seal, or even completing a last revolutionary painting. Since the princess really liked her paints and brushes.
She hoped that it wasn’t actually ...
2023-01-07 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The cold and moldy basement they had been squatting in for the last eight days was terrible, but it was still better than the storm outside. Even so, they would have to walk all the way to the church if they wanted food. And they had to go there late at night, in the dark, under the pouring rain. It was then that the servants gave away the leftovers, and despite the weather, they likely wouldn’t be the only ones going.
Today again, the storm was showing no signs of stopping. It had be...
2023-01-06 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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I figured it was coming but it still hurts.
Fuck!
Ah… No time…
Up above the water, mana was fluctuating wildly, Orvod had not been waiting idly while she prepared her next move. And with the man’s annoying tendency to create deadly constructs out of thin air, it was better not to let him unchecked for too long.
The hollow grief would hide underwater for a bit, Sofia ascended, localizing the very obvious mana shape of the trident, she ju...
2023-01-05 18:45:25 +0000 UTC
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Sofia was fleeing as fast as she could, she had left the mountains in a few long jumps, and was running through the flat wheat fields at breakneck speed. Orvod flew about as fast as she ran, tailing her a hundred or so meters behind, his eight remaining stone lotuses in tow. He had taken two large chunks of mountain with him as he gave chase. The several ton boulders spun around him, losing large chunks of stone every so often, slowly taking the shape of a colossal trident and bell.
2023-01-05 18:30:01 +0000 UTC
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The orange robed man wasn’t as unaware; he glanced at the duke again, narrowed his eyes, and before Sofia could react, the stone platform the hero stood on retracted into the wall, bringing him along. His form sank into the stone wall, magically melding with it. Looks like when I summon the bone armor, but he was the one to be absorbed.
She jumped near the duke, trying her best to take some distance with the pit’s wall. She feared the hero would try a sneak attack by appear...
2023-01-05 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Wait. Wait. Wait. There's 200 of you already?
I haven't even had time to give the level up for 150!
Alright alright. It's coming. Two more chapters today! Just let met edit them first...
'[Advanced Chapters] reached level 18'
'[Advanced Chapters] reached level 19'
This way you will get the whole fight in one day. No cliffhanger at all! How convenient! Now please put the table down ヘ(´° □°)ヘ┳━┳
2023-01-05 16:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Author note : For anyone who might have missed it, an extra chapter is available on Royal Road, didn't want to ping you all about it. Happy reading (｀• ω •´)ｂ
Despite the strange status, Sofia was cautiously optimistic about the result of her madman act. As far as she could tell, she was already not dead, now the question was, what exactly was a Daughter of Sorrow?
The first thing that came to mind was the long limbed atrocity she had blasted back in Skyreach ...
2023-01-04 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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The ritual’s instructions were quite simple. The basics had, after all, already been laid out in the pages before the skeleton summoning ritual.
The 'Sabbath of the hollow heart' had been inscribed in gold in the back cover of the grimoire, and Sofia had very vivid memories of the mad thing. A few diagrams illustrating the ritual circle and the process had accompanied a dozen lines of explanations.
‘The sabbath is to be conducted at night in a place of abundant mana.’
2023-01-03 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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He tried his best not to show it, but the duke had been the most surprised at Aurelia's sudden change of personality. He had known the princess for a long time.
Sofia could tell that him silently approving of her decision to take leadership was in great part why the mercenary group was so cooperative. In the end, he was still the one paying them. And she was grateful that they had actually decided to stay. It was dubious whether the church would come after them at all if they left her h...
2023-01-02 19:31:05 +0000 UTC
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It was easy to dismiss the [Princess] class as just another weak, non combat class, like most civilians' classes. But in the eyes of someone like Sofia, it was all but weak. In essence, [Princess] was a supporting class. A Ruling class.
And it was all thanks to a single skill.
[Commandeering Aura]
The Duke was well informed on what kind of threats ‘King’ Jevvin could send their...
2023-01-02 19:01:17 +0000 UTC
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The carriage was nothing but an empty wooden trailer pulled by two horses. Still better than walking in these robes. To Sofia’s surprise, they had started moving right away, leaving the duke and the woman named Jen behind. They were slowly but surely getting away from the royal palace, visible in the distance beyond the forest.
This wasn’t Einsen, Skyreach Kingdom’s capital in the mountains, in fact there weren’t any mountains nearby. The plants and trees did look like ...
2023-01-02 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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'[Advanced Chapters] reached level 17'
Same ol' story. A hundred patrons is well worth some more of my time, right. Long day ahead for me, it's all worth it though, look at how far SSS climbed on Royal Road, still feels completely unreal. And you're all no small part of it. (｀• ω •´)ｂ
So you'll get three chapters total today! The regular one, the one from this, and one more because I'll release two on RR to celebrate Rising star rank1.
Might take a...
2023-01-02 16:59:01 +0000 UTC
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A full week.
It’s been a full week!
Sofia was dying from boredom and anxiety. She was a powerless captive yet again, and there was nothing she could think of to get out. Nothing happened besides two meals coming in every day. At this rate she could already see herself getting hanged in public three weeks later. And contrary to her stay in the church, she couldn’t even look out the windows.
All she had to pass time was a mountain of Aurelia’s paintings...
2023-01-01 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Sofia didn’t answer. She couldn’t open the door if she wanted anyway.
The door opened for the person with no problem. Guess it doesn't lock from the outside.
A tall and handsome redhead stormed into the room, his disheveled clothes did nothing to hide his lean muscles. He had rushed here on horse, and was still wearing horse riding boots staining the palace with mud. He didn’t look older than twenty, although the many medals on his uniform made his real age ambiguou...
2022-12-31 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, glad to have you here (｀• ω •´)ｂ
Before today's chapter comes out in a few minutes, I wanted to ask your opinion, which will 100% influence how the story goes going forward.
Essentially, I have had some feedback that the story was going too slow, especially the part between Alith's appearance up to the boat trip. Since you are the most involved people, I ask for your honest opinion on the matter.
Hopefully I won't have to ask about such things in the ...
2022-12-31 16:55:30 +0000 UTC
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The thing floating in the center of the hall didn’t make a move for a few more seconds. Sofia tried her best to calm herself down.
*Ding!*
[How bold]
[Wielding a peer’s hand]
[Bearing so many wills]
[A most intriguing ‘Saint’]
[The fate is yet undecided]
[Choose for yourself]
She focused on every word like her life depended on i...
2022-12-30 20:02:00 +0000 UTC
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'[Advanced Chapters] reached level 16'
There's so many of you already! I think 50 people supporting me is well worth a small level up, no? I would give more if I could, but I also like to sleep more than 4 hours a night, so that will have to be it for now, expect a fresh new chapter to make its way here in at most a few hours (｀• ω •´)ｂ
Thank you all! Take care, and happy reading!
2022-12-30 18:05:30 +0000 UTC
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Around noon the next day, the raft reached the so-called ‘Seofen islands’.
But the scenery wasn’t what they had expected it to be.
The Seofen islands were supposed to be three small islands neighboring the towers; they hosted a few villages that lived off of fishing and trading.
Sofia and Alith had noticed for a while that something was very wrong. But seeing it from afar wasn’t the same. There were no islands. Only three large banks of sand turned glass, riddled wit...
2022-12-30 17:00:30 +0000 UTC
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The sun gently caressing my face, the peaceful rumble of the waves, a warm and soft… lap pillow?
Sofia opened her eyes, she was welcomed by a spotless blue sky and the sharp face of a certain black haired banshee “Would you look at that, the slumbering god of thunder is finally awake.” she said, leaning down, bringing her face closer.
“I’m glad you survived too, mighty human form gardening tool.”
Alith pretended to be offended “First thing in the morni...
2022-12-29 16:32:10 +0000 UTC
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The next thing they all heard was a very real screech coming from above.
The Siren Queen revealed herself as she plunged down onto them. Half fish, half bird, she was a four winged abomination with a short curved beak on its fish head and a long trailing eel like tail flailing around. The most disturbing part however was the distorted human looking face, close eyes and unmoving, embedded in its torso.
The monster was large enough that it occupied half the main deck. Its landing ha...
2022-12-29 15:55:33 +0000 UTC
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“Who! Where!” Zarrow’s reaction was immediate. He was already up and ready to fight, his usual jovial smile nowhere to be seen.
“No idea to both. One of my skills notified me that someone nearby had died, happened almost ten minutes ago, time to prepare and come here. We saw nothing on the way.”
The captain frowned at the explanation. “This better not be some kind of prank.” he spat out, “CRANE!” his voice shook the book cabinets’ glass panes. Then he entered a...
2022-12-29 15:20:44 +0000 UTC
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Before Zarrow could reach the passed out Alith, the girl had been covered in a ray of bright divine light falling from the heavens.
That was more than half her health in a single hit! I almost shat myself! Thank god I can watch her health points real time. Fucking pirate gonna hear me out about what a killing blow is!
“You ok, girl? Didn’t mean to hit you that hard.” the big man said to Alith who was struggling with opening her eyes. He seemed ashamed of his perform...
2022-12-29 15:19:43 +0000 UTC
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Zarrow didn’t wait for the girls to react and was already transforming into a man of wood, fusing with the ship’s boards. His skin was turning to bark, his legs and arms grew long roots, plunging into the depths of the Blood Whale. “Girls, this is going to shake a lot, and we could have something or someone waiting for us at the end so be ready.” the captain expressed, as even his face turned wooden.
Alith was already tightly holding onto her chair but Sofia looked more relaxed....
2022-12-29 15:17:44 +0000 UTC
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“This my room, you be sleepin’ here till we reach the Seofen islands” Crane announced “I be somewhere else. Don’t think I need to explain what the bucket’s for, we got you a clean one, ain’t that a nice touch?”
“That’s appreciated.” Sofia agreed, it was easier on her nose, although the ship in general was cleaner than she’d hoped.
“No’n much. Aight, so, few rules, no fire, if we be attacked you come runnin’ on deck, don’t play with the weaponry, you...
2022-12-29 15:16:32 +0000 UTC
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The first few days after meeting with Karlson were still spent in a serious manner. Planning the next trip, buying some useful books, replacing some of the old traveling gear and getting a full set for Alith.
It was after Sofia delivered the filled blood vial to the Vasperian embassy that her memories went a tad blurry…
I need to set rules for myself. For my own good, really. No more drinking with a ghost. You just can’t win.
Drinks, food, useless jewelry, baths...
2022-12-29 15:14:13 +0000 UTC
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Sofia and Alith followed Kuli’s directions through the meandering alleys of Drakron all the way to a rustic looking smithy, built against the city wall. The smoking forge’s chimney had left a black trail of soot on up the wall.
‘Karlson’s blades’
“That’s it?” said Alith.
“Do you doubt Kuli’s advice?”
“No, right, but I expected something else I guess. Can we enter? The door looks unlocked…”
Alith went in, slowly opening the doo...
2022-12-29 15:11:40 +0000 UTC
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[Saint’s indolence] : A Saint’s duty is never ending. Halves the Saint’s need for sleep. Part of a seven piece set. Item level : 60. Grade : Ancient.Restriction : class must be [Saint]. Current set effect (2): Recover 1 health per second when sitting or lying down.
“Wouldn’t it b- be better for the Empire’s Saint to have this?”
“Nyeheheh, Arin? She’s the one who gave it to me!” The guildmaster laughed by herself. She puffed her chest, put her h...
2022-12-29 15:10:28 +0000 UTC
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The adventurers guild was notoriously a place for strange people. A place reserved for those who had reached a high level but didn’t choose to retire and use their hard earned money to live a comfortable life. They instead opted to keep pushing, to keep playing with fire.
The minimum level to become a member was 50. Of course you could become a trainee at any level. Veteran members could either take on mercenary jobs or train the newbies for a fee. As for any other obligations they ma...
2022-12-29 15:05:33 +0000 UTC
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Sofia couldn’t help herself from identifying every person she walked by. About every pedestrian was either an ‘artisan’ or a ‘laborer’ with an average level around five or so. Kids didn’t identify as anything. The only outlier for now was a man in his twenties making a show of playing the flute on a plaza who showed up as [Supporter - Lv.62].
It must be hard hiding when you have a special class… unless… could be that necromancer shows up as mage too?
She w...
2022-12-29 15:04:35 +0000 UTC
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Crossing the border was uneventful. The villages close by had been evacuated, likely due to the growing conflict between the kingdom and the empire. Sofia and Alith didn’t want to loot whatever the villagers might have left behind, not that there would have been much anyway. All they did was rest in empty inns and be on their way. Well, maybe some leftover ale had been nabbed in passing. Ghosts can’t get drunk but that won’t stop them from trying.
I even left some money at the...
2022-12-29 14:58:23 +0000 UTC
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