Border town in the Valentine Duchy, home to 5186 souls, Bartolios.
Sakuya couldn't sleep.
She had crossed the ocean hoping to meet that person. While she had anticipated it would take months or years to find him again, that person found her in the hour she made landfall and sent two messengers to fetch her.
She had reconnected with Tanael, who finally saw fit to tell he...
2024-12-26 07:51:07 +0000 UTC View Post“I’d been here before as a kid. Years ago when father had some business in a nearby city, we stopped here for a bit of sightseeing. It was at this time that I saw a moving theatre with him and Mother.
Viers and Ciel were at the lake’s bank, looking at the body of water side by side while sitting on the ground. Their wet clothes had been dried using simple magic. Ciel suddenly talked...
2024-12-22 13:51:23 +0000 UTC View Post“B-but why? This is too sudden. Can we talk to her at least?”
“You may not. Give her time... Do your best in the competition.”
“...Yes, sir. Please convey our best regards to Miss Valentine.”
As the duke left, Viers saw the guilt in the Duke’s eyes as he looked at him and Croix. The duke’s bodyguards followed. The duke spoke to Crown Prince Patrick who seemed t...
2024-12-18 07:18:51 +0000 UTC View PostA few days ago.
The Shore.
“Thank you for your assistance, Knight Alfred. Many are worried since the Prince no longer lives here but we are grateful his heart is with us still. We are unworthy.”
“Prince Croix is benevolent. He wouldn't want to see you people live in fear,” the white-haired knight said. “I hope there’s no more monster threat for a while.”
Alfre...
2024-12-14 16:19:17 +0000 UTC View PostIn anime, when two people had a tense disagreement, a crackling spark was created at a point where their gazes clash. Viers was witnessing a fiction made real, even without Victa.
It wouldn't be appropriate to brazenly discuss a domestic problem in public, so the Duke borrowed a room from the Viscount, who gave it gladly.
On one side, sitting on a couch, was the Duke of Valentine, S...
2024-12-10 17:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe prince defeated the big bad evil and managed to become king after overcoming countless hardships. He changed the kingdom into a democracy and created an era of peace and prosperity.
There were some variations but Viers had consumed many fables of this type. Viers wondered why these authors seemed to think democracy was the GOAT among all types of governance in existence.
Was it ...
2024-12-06 14:34:59 +0000 UTC View PostRound 3 made Viers think he was being an adventurer again, brief though his actual time as one might be.
A year? Less? I forgot.
It was the fancy word for the magical world’s handyman, more or less.
However, in a power-fantasy setting, most of the problems were power-related, such as a strong monster threatening to eat a village or a strong criminal doing whatever t...
2024-12-02 12:57:37 +0000 UTC View Post“Here they come!” Croix said to the three standing beside him. “Brace yourselves!”
The four people plus a dragon were ready for the upcoming battle. Before them was an imposing manor gate. It was reverberating as if it couldn't take any more, the wooden gate blasted open on its own, regurgitating a bunch of arms-wielding men.
Croix’s team met them head-on. Croix strengthen...
2024-11-28 07:03:06 +0000 UTC View PostA man suddenly appeared on a patch of land. His purple robe looked worse for wear and his long black hair was untied. He looked like he had been through the wringer.
“...It worked,” the man let out a sigh of relief.
The man was Wen Shenhu, one of the three Immortals. Floating above his palm, was a mystical jade token with a tiger engraving. The jade crumbled to dust soon after.<...
2024-11-23 12:32:49 +0000 UTC View PostOn a beautiful night, a beautiful woman in a beautiful room looked at a beautiful city.
Beautiful she might be, her face was colored by sadness.
It brings me joy to see you well, Croix. I only hope I can hug you in person.
The Crimson Capital was no longer showing the Grand Prix through massive magical projections throughout the city. As Round 3 brought the 16 teams a...
2024-11-18 21:56:20 +0000 UTC View PostBesides the small bump in the road concerning the laser sword, the other gains from the raid were in order. There was so much stuff it was hard to keep track. Carlo in Zetel was still taking inventory. Viers kept sending updates of the latest info from Baharir’s soul search. The Level 4’s soul was -admirably but futilely- resisting Viers’ soul search, withholding important memories from h...
2024-11-14 17:19:12 +0000 UTC View PostA carriage was traveling on the road. It was a four-seater pulled by a pair of horses. There was a coachman driving the vehicle. The horses were a quasi-magical breed equivalent to Level 2 monsters so they had greater endurance and speed compared to regular horses.
Sometimes, a red dragon could be seen flying overhead this carriage, frightening the horses when it got too close, much to th...
2024-11-10 12:12:30 +0000 UTC View Post“What the hell was that, Boram!?”
A red-headed prince grabbed Boram’s collar and pushed him to the wall. His emotions clearly were at boiling point.
Boram, no longer ever young like Miquella, stayed silent but his eyes showed no apology. The display from someone three years younger angered Croix more.
In the Latias Grand Prix private waiting room there were three other i...
2024-11-06 06:10:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe reinforcements from the Magisterium were greeted by a strategic-class magic warning shot from the Rupa branch Tower. It dampened their intent to storm the Tower and liberate it from the illegal occupiers.
Viers and his party used sabotage and speed to get inside the Tower before the defenders managed to land the Tower’s weapons on top of their heads.
Carlo the Hanged Man’s a...
2024-11-02 09:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post“What the...”
Jessica reached the floor near the top, where the Tower Master resided. It was the rendezvous point hashed out before the raid. Of course, it was only if the Tower Master had been successfully dispatched. Viers gave the signal of success to the other Level 4 in his party, so there shouldn't be a problem.
Yet in front of Jessica was a black sphere around twenty mete...
2024-10-29 15:40:07 +0000 UTC View PostArte - Proof of Death.
A second wing magical mark took shape on the back of Viers’ left hand.
As expected, the blood of a Level 4 peak is something else. This much gain in Proof of Death.
Each foe resulted in acquiring experience and benefits to become stronger so he could win against an even stronger foe. Rinse and repeat. The Monster Hunter mentality that Viers ad...
2024-10-25 07:35:52 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone in Viers’ domain would feel their lives slipping away like beads of sands in an hourglass. The dripping grains symbolized the time they had lost; the hours, days, weeks, or even years depending on how strongly the subject could resist. What was life to a person? Many would argue it was their most important possession. Viers’ ability to deliver a direct strike at that was as cruel a...
2024-10-21 07:29:58 +0000 UTC View PostExperimentation on human, beastfolk, and other intelligent races, organ harvesting, child trafficking, monster grafting, chimera making, slavery, drugs, clones, weapons, and all the atrocities Doctor Reseh did, he did so under the consent of Baharir.
In JRPGs, those who defeat people with that kind of setting are called heroes. Therefore Viers was doing some kind of hero-ing in this greed...
2024-10-16 12:19:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Imaginary Domain - Night of the Nosferatu!”
“Imaginary Domain - Misty Burial Procession!”
Against Galenn’s Domain Izabella and Alan used theirs in turn. Normally, two Level 4 low Pathseekers versus a Level 4 high would not be called a fight; Level 4 high would be the clear winner based on the sheer difference in might.
This case was one of the exceptions.
Firs...
2024-10-12 08:03:02 +0000 UTC View Post“WHY THERE ARE RATS IN MY TOWER!?”
Tower Master Baharir looked like a scholarly young man with brown skin, which was typical of Zetelians. The young man looked high-class and very well-off based on his clothes and accessories. The four-colored cape that he wore was especially eye-catching. That person was visibly fuming as he repeatedly stomped a quivering dog beastfolk.
“WHAT...
2024-10-07 16:38:07 +0000 UTC View PostViers was familiar with the bullet-ridden battlefield, from FPS games such as Call of Duty. What he didn't expect was to encounter one in this magical fantasy world setting. He saw Bone Raven cultists and demons being showered with bullets. Magic-infused metal was being pumped into their bodies, blood splattered and wings torn. The Tower Master had produced enough guns to equip a battalion, app...
2024-10-04 12:28:50 +0000 UTC View Post“This way. We’re close,” Izabella said, holding a crystal ball that pointed the way.
“Yes, Mistress.” Izabella’s subordinate cultists answered.
The dimensions of the Magisterium Tower were gigantic, as was the space inside it. Even though they had used elevator shafts to reach the desired floor, navigating the place was a challenge in itself, especially when the defense ...
2024-09-29 22:07:42 +0000 UTC View PostIn the command room, there was silence. The screens had gone dark but the spectacle of seeing the death of the Executive Peaceful Yulia was shocking, to say the least, for the staff and other Executives alike.
“...Fucking Hell. Hells and Damnations, man! Do we have a Level 5 cultist battering our gate? I'm out of here!”
“Compose yourself, you idiot,” Bissa said to Malm. “H...
2024-09-26 05:58:08 +0000 UTC View Post“I heard there has been an attack?” An authoritative man entered the command room with dozens of magical screens. Seeing him, the lesser men stood with their backs straight at attention and gave a salute.
“ Affirmative, sir!”
“If this big ass tower had windows, you'd only need to look outside,” said another to the man with a casual tone. “Hard to miss the flying demons...
2024-09-22 14:51:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe Magisterium is a Pathseeker-business mega company. Zetel was where they sprouted into being centuries ago. Now, they have no competition in the continent. They are so large that their influence and clout rivals or even supersedes the nation of Zetel itself.
The company swallows the resources from nature in the manner of a Behemoth, not heeding the consequences. As long as...
2024-09-17 19:25:42 +0000 UTC View PostCiel tackled Viers while he was jumping from rooftop to rooftop, pinning him to a wall. With anger in her eyes, she stared at him wordlessly.
“...You know, I didn't think I would be on the receiving end of a kabedon. Very bold, Miss Valentine.”
Ciel put her hand inside Viers’ shirt.
“Oi, oi, that’s too bold,” Viers chuckled.
Viers got slapped.
...
2024-09-13 06:02:20 +0000 UTC View PostThey are coming.
The boogeyman that stalked at the back of Viers’ mind.
Finally, the day is here... My hunter.
Viers had foreseen this for a long time. Since the day he met a half-dead bull demigod, refused his offer, took his core, and ate his flesh.
It gave him the ability to transform into monster form and other boons. Others desire such invaluable things t...
2024-09-08 16:19:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe development that occurred during the final battle of Round 1 was very predictable to someone as wise as Viers.
The crystal-walled fort created by Prince Lutz became the final bastion of humanity (in Round 1) and the stronghold valiantly resisted the incursion of the black pest monsters.
Some twenty groups were here. Many of them weren't fighting with all of their party members. ...
2024-09-03 11:55:00 +0000 UTC View PostElvina gasped as she awoke. She should be dead. How?
“You can sleep longer if you like. Your body sorely needs it.”
The tent was dark to facilitate Elvina’s rest but she could see Croix’s face beside her bed from the soft illumination of a magic lamp. It seemed morning had not yet arrived.
“You saved me? Why? After all I did to you.”
“I know about your moth...
2024-08-29 11:18:20 +0000 UTC View Post“I don't understand,” Croix said emotionally. “Why are you doing this!?”
Elvina gave no words back. Her face was that of anguish. She was crying but her tears were gray, mixed with ash.
Croix desperately raised his shield and made it just in time, but the hand that was holding his shield suffered slash wounds all the same. Her attack power jumped exponentially. Croix jumped ...
2024-08-24 21:46:20 +0000 UTC View Post