A jade-skinned brunette with the beauty akin to a fresh flower in full bloom stood before a door. She had the air of a professional businesswoman combined with a noblewoman’s presence despite how young she was from the way she carried herself, her clothes, to her high-class glasses. Despite the familiar sounds that entered her ears from beyond the door, she knocked thrice as usual and then en...
2023-08-14 03:17:05 +0000 UTC View PostIn a dojo on top of the mystical mountain where mists blanketed the world below, Viers and Izabella were exchanging pointers. She waved her staff and fire swords were flying at Viers. He defended by encasing himself in a water sphere but her further action made the fire swords overcome Viers’ defense. He jumped back before getting hit.
“You can now enchant your own Arte, significantly...
2023-08-10 15:48:11 +0000 UTC View PostA magic circle flashed with bright light and two people appeared after breaking the laws of physics.
“I almost forgot,” Viers asked while hearing the rain outside the building. “How’s Alan?”
“He’s well. Already a Level 3 again. He’s been helping me a lot,” Iz replied.
Alan was Iz’s friend that Viers killed. To gain Iz’s corporation, he sold the mist user...
2023-08-06 15:32:56 +0000 UTC View Post“Come! Hurry up!” Izabella grabbed Viers’ arm and dragged him to a room with a bed. From the look of the furniture and clothes, it was hers.
“To directly do this as soon as we meet again. Should I be flattered?” Viers sneered.
“Be silent! We’re almost late.”
Iz took off her trademark witch hat and gave the floor a sweep with it. A magic circle appeared that was...
2023-08-02 12:56:12 +0000 UTC View PostTo his aunt’s accusation, Croix felt his blood turn to ice.
“Ashamedly, I admit it is so, Countess,” Croix said.
“P-please wait, Countess! The Young Lord is-”
“I’m talking to my newphew,” the countess glared at Alfred. “I’ll have no other interruption.”
Alfred shut his mouth and lowered his head.
“Do you know why you’re hunted by your own ...
2023-07-30 22:04:07 +0000 UTC View PostI’m being underestimated.
Viers broke cover to shoot. Out of three bullets, one missed and two hits. He pulled back his head before the countershot came.
“You’re quite good at this. Almost looks like you’ve experienced gun fights. Hahaha! I like it!”
Tsk. As expected, normal bullets don't do a thing to him.
The gun-using assassin treated their...
2023-07-26 16:05:54 +0000 UTC View PostViers thought it was the knights in black that were bad.
I mean, just look at them. Their armor design and style just fall into the villain category. I guessed wrong?
After Croix almost got stabbed by one of the whites, seeing how the Thunder Wing leader lady knocked out the attacker and defended the prince, Viers was more open to the possibility of a planted knife. A plot ...
2023-07-22 12:32:48 +0000 UTC View PostAlfred’s heartbeat was up. He felt the cold sweat under his clothes as Prince Croix and Avel were having a disagreement.
“It is one thing to kill enemies who face you in battle but it is another to execute helpless prisoners in cold blood. It's too much. They are beaten and have no will left to fight. Let this matter be the end without further bloodshed,” Prince Croix said splendidl...
2023-07-18 09:57:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe previous night, two people got a message almost at the same time.
A man behind a desk got handed a letter by his subordinates.
At another place, a woman saw a writing that appeared on her mirror.
Their expressions darkened upon seeing the news.
“Send forth the knights,” they both said. “He’s bound to Stormberg. Find him!”
***
Prince Croix Ash La...
2023-07-14 13:30:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe party of two had become four. Alfred was injured but he still exerted himself to protect the four of them through the worst part of the storm. After the wind had significantly died down some distance later, the Level 4 still refused to rest.
“Boram, look.”
“Is that a body? Ah, it’s one of them assassins, Master.”
Boram approached the fallen body beside the road. ...
2023-07-11 09:10:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe battle was on. Viers and his apprentice threw their hat into the ring.
As soon as it began, a Level 3 Pathseeker had his head charred black by lightning. His brain was fried and he was dead.
Or so Viers expected to happen.
“Ho, you’re still alive.”
According to circumstances, it should be safe to say that the gang was from the Assassin Guild, also known as Bone...
2023-07-07 15:25:29 +0000 UTC View Post“That’s one hell of a weather,” Viers said with resignation.
“Whoa! A cow monster got swept up by the wind! Master, look!” Boram pointed with amazement.
“Guess we have to stay here for a while.”
Viers and Boram were traveling to places that were rumored to have soul-healing properties to awaken Clarissa’s comatose soul. The destination was mostly Power Spots in...
2023-07-04 02:31:22 +0000 UTC View PostA boar monster lay dead at Farley’s feet, her spear dripping red blood.
My body… feels so light.
In the past, without Viers’ mysterious strengthening, she would not stand a chance against a monster of this caliber but now, she killed it without much effort.
“I’m done here. Paina?”
“Here. I’m done too.”
The lesser versions of the boar she...
2023-06-29 14:25:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe Latias Kingdom began as an eastern province of the Herkelan Empire.
Under orders from the emperor, armies were sent to annex the region and grow the Empire’s borders in the time known as the Great Expansion. After decades of fighting, the bloody conquest of the indigenous people came to an end. The Empire’s territory grew by a fourth.
The land was rich ...
2023-06-25 10:26:55 +0000 UTC View PostViers and Arsène had been spreading Dia’s Gate Plant seeds during their travels at suitable locations. Many of them were unable to fully grow because of various reasons such as discovery by other humans or getting flooded by heavy rain.
Still, there were teleportation points that the people of Viridis could use.
In this sort of base-building, Viers wanted his place to be self-suf...
2023-06-21 13:43:51 +0000 UTC View PostViers’ day started early. At 5 AM, he got up, just as the giant sunflowers were starting to shine. He worked out lightly such as push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and so on. He also liked having a jog. The abundance of greenery made the air he inhaled taste fresh and delicious.
6 AM, the Pukupukus, an artificial lifeform that Viers created, the second one after the Tyra Xerg race, had prepared...
2023-06-17 15:24:00 +0000 UTC View Post“We’re doomed,” a skinny man said while looking at the sea.
“You’re not helping. Move your arms to row,” a handsome youth tiredly said.
“We’re hungry, we’re thirsty, we’re nowhere near land, we’re unable to use Victa, ergo, we’re dooooomed,” the skinny man complained again on their predicament, accentuating each reason.
Three men and two women in the ...
2023-06-13 18:31:43 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s above my expectations.
Viers happily thought despite the piercing pain in his hand. His bloodline seemed to have successfully awakened. He didn't know what kind of adventure his disciple went through but the result was very satisfactory.
The way he saw it, Boram’s base stats had been greatly improved and there was that apparition from before. Was it Boram’s ances...
2023-06-09 16:46:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh dear, the kids are dirty from playing in the riverbanks. Can you bring them to the bath? There’s also a hot spring Power Spot. It’s a must-try,” Viers said.
“Uhh, shouldn't you hurry? Isn't Boram in danger?” Paina asked the unworried Viers.
“The teleportation portal is priming. Can't go to where Boram is before it’s ready. Besides, I believe he can hold on.” 2023-06-05 09:21:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Viers’ understanding of karma was very basic: do good and you will receive good in turn, do bad and something bad will happen to you eventually. On Earth, it wasn't entirely an entirely oriental philosophy. The western world had a similar saying: you reap what you sow.
In the Chinese power-fantasy Fables that Viers loved so much, karma was a powerful force that some cultivators used wit...
2023-06-01 02:35:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe festivities were in full swing and Viers wasn't able to resist the artistic urge within him. He made a camera sign gesture with his hands.
“Hm?” Paina caught a glimpse of it in her peripheral vision. “Whoa!” She ducked under the table. “What are you doing!?”
“Taking a picture. Get back into the frame, Paina,” Viers said normally.
“You’ve killed people w...
2023-05-28 09:01:28 +0000 UTC View Post“...She’s clear,” Viers removed his hand from Paina’s forehead. “No sign of hidden possession or the like, as I expected… Why are you two so far away?”
After Farley, Viers naturally gave Paina a thorough medical checkup for soul malware but as he suspected, there were none.
Two people were behind him. Dia was acting like a child after messing up her important school te...
2023-05-24 01:16:31 +0000 UTC View PostViers made sure Farley was the first to awaken and brought her to a specifically created place in the Biome for the exorcism. Faiya and Futon were instructed to stay put far away while Dia wielded her full authority as Biome Master, as contingencies.
He’d watched the fight of Paina, Farley, and Ciel against Mr. X multiple times. He dissected each scene like a surgeon at the operating ta...
2023-05-19 02:27:28 +0000 UTC View PostViers was looking at Farley’s sleeping face. After months of her soul adjusting to her new body, she would soon awaken.
It feels like she has been gone for a long time. Come to think of it, she and I have known each other since Luxore town… The town of beginnings for me.
Viers closed his eyes, reminiscing about the past three years he’d been in this world.
*** 2023-05-15 04:04:15 +0000 UTC View Post
“Apologies, young lord. There’s no change today either.”
“Mm.”
There were two men, hiding among the traveling merchants. They were wearing civilian clothes and hiding their faces.
One was an adult Level 4 male with the appearance of thirty years of age, while the other was a young boy, about 13 to 15 years old. Despite the age difference, the adult was submissive to ...
2023-05-11 01:13:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Hm, hm, hmm~”
Jessica was washing the dishes while humming. Earlier, there was a loud thunder, of sorts. She felt it but the other staff didn't. It felt like a long roar of a beast that made her shiver. After nothing happened afterward, and the two staff did not feel anything unordinary, she continued making preparations for the tavern’s opening schedule.
“Well lookie here....
2023-05-08 01:41:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe elemental reaction that Dia and the other two displayed was not something that ordinary Pathseekers could do, a special formula was embedded within their technique. Unless it was with their reaction, Hydro plus Pyro wouldn't result in a Vaporise.
Considering how often he expected to fight alongside his familiars, the technique would be very useful to maximize their battle str...
2023-05-05 01:12:58 +0000 UTC View Post“The Incursion is over, thanks to the great effort of everyone here.”
The projection of a misshapen baby addressed the people in the command room. Most of them were clearly suffering minor or major wounds from the battle.
Viers was crossing his arms on his seat, nodding in agreement. Dia sometimes peeked out from his pocket to steal a look at the unusual races.
“But the ...
2023-05-02 15:23:10 +0000 UTC View PostAbby watched as one of the three armies that sought to kill her was in the process of being destroyed.
How Tanael could accomplish so much in a very short time was beyond her. Her sight did not extend far enough to the attackers’ camps’ direction to know what exactly her paid muscle did but the result was extraordinary.
Army one was in chaos; the leader, the obscenely fat man, w...
2023-04-29 22:28:59 +0000 UTC View Post“The preparations are in place. We are as ready as we can be,” Abby said.
“Mmm,” Viers hummed in acknowledgment. “So you can't tell what we will be facing.”
“To my regret, no. The System won't give me any info.”
Viers agreed to help Abby, for a handsome fee of course. He would get a lot of Nutra after this. He stood ready with his three familiars. Arsène was a...
2023-04-26 06:29:04 +0000 UTC View Post