Percy limped over to the others as he dragged a corpse with each hand, his expression gloomy. He was glad he and Micky had won the fight without casualties, but it would have been better to avoid it entirely.
‘At some point, House Tantalus is going to notice their people are missing…’ he grimaced.
Of course, if they took good care of the bodies and reached the to...
2024-11-11 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe soldier stabbed repeatedly with its stinger, trying to poke holes into Percy’s brain. Though the latter didn’t have much difficulty dodging.
‘I can’t believe I even missed the scent of their acid…’ he thought, sniffing the acrid odour, unbothered by the slight burning sensation in his nostrils.
Ok… perhaps he needed to get out of the lab more. Brewing...
2024-11-11 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA few minutes earlier
Micky flew in a wide arc around the pale man, trying to figure out how to attack him. Using the annoying trick Percy had taught him, he made his heart beat faster, and his body glow yellow. He was a lot stronger like this!
Micky had really wanted to slap Percy when he first showed him how to do it, as it always made him really hungry afterwards...
2024-11-10 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPercy tried – and failed – to get some more sleep following his clone’s return. His insomnia was largely a symptom of his stress. He couldn’t help but glance around the room every few seconds, fully expecting to see Metatron standing there, smirking at him.
Only when the sun rose did Percy finally shake off his rampant paranoia. Of course, logic had told him hours ago he’d most ...
2024-11-10 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, the people Percy had previously faced weren’t exactly the best the Yellow grade had to offer. Neither the guy he had killed in the hunting grounds, nor the bandits seemed to hold a candle to the nobles from House Tantalus.
One of them had the earth affinity, but he used it much more skilfully than that other guy. Rather than wasting a ton of mana to form long stone jav...
2024-11-09 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment Percy was dragged out of Gabe’s body, and before he had the chance to pick up much speed, something strange happened.
BUMP
‘What the hell was that? Did I hit something, or did something else collide with me?’
It was weird because the only things he had ever interacted with in this disembodied state had been other souls. Plus, it had always been him ru...
2024-11-09 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Percy… seat… all day…” Micky said.
“Sit.” Nesha corrected him.
“Sit.”
Bored as she had been over the last couple of weeks, the girl had volunteered to teach Micky how to speak. By now, the crow’s vocabulary had expanded greatly. Even his ability to vocalize much of it had grown shockingly well. The bird still struggled to form complete sentences, but he wa...
2024-11-08 07:01:08 +0000 UTC View PostGabe’s palms burned as the white sphere expanded between them. The dark blob rapidly took shape right below the duo, putting pressure on them to fuse their mana faster.
Naturally, they’d already abandoned all caution, willingly accepting the painful cost of the technique. Their eyeballs felt like they were melting in their sockets, the entire front side of their body peeling.
Swinging with as much strength as he could muster, Percy cut through the vine. At first, the blade slid right through the black growth, slicing it apart like butter. However, this was the thickest one he’d encountered by far. Consequently, the edge kept slowing down, before ultimately coming to a halt about halfway through its width.
“Shit…” Percy pulled, trying to pry the sword o...
2024-11-07 07:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs it so happened, the two sides weren’t evenly matched at all. Their numerical advantage aside, the villagers seemed to completely outclass the raiders in both skill and the quality of their weapons. Hell, even if their numbers were reversed, Percy was confident ‘his’ people wouldn’t have struggled much.
Within mere minutes, over half of the invaders were dead, gutted like fish b...
2024-11-07 07:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe sickening sound of their skull cracking never came. Gabe thought it might have already happened – too fast for them to register – but Percy had experienced enough deaths to be confident this wasn’t it.
Still, they held their breath, remaining motionless under the surface of the dark swamp, unsure whether the challenge had stopped in time, or whether the golem had simply lost tra...
2024-11-07 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Cube. Start the ‘gauntlet’ challenge. Green level. User ID: 004527945512.”
“Authorization granted. Starting ‘gauntlet’ challenge, Green level. The user has already cleared wave 5. Do you wish to resume at wave 6? WARNING: Wave 6 contains a far more powerful opponent.”
‘Are you ready for this?’ Gabe asked his guest.
Another mo...
2024-11-07 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPercy watched the strange contraption grind the materials into fine powder. They swirled through the long metallic cylinder, its interior filled with steel teeth, rotating thanks to the heat from the furnace. It was actually ingenious how the locals harnessed the movement of the hot air to accomplish tasks otherwise impossible with brute strength alone.
‘I suppose we would have figu...
2024-11-06 07:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post___
Takeo Muramasa (Percival's clone)
Mana cores:
· [Mana core 1 – Red – ???]
· [Mana core 2 – Seed – ???]
‘Any progress with that book?’ Percy asked.
Another week had passed since their narrow victory against the fourth wave, though they had yet to challenge the fifth one. Acknowledging their inadequacy, they hadn’t been in a hurry to move on, taking their time to get stronger, as they fought against the same opponent again and again. Challenging a previously beaten wave d...
2024-11-06 07:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostPercy figured he’d been in the Vault for about a week, though keeping track of time was always difficult outside Remior.
It had only taken him a few days to clear enough mana channels to fill up his host’s second core. Piling onto the good news, the event had also gone down surprisingly smoothly. Sure, an elemental affinity wasn’t the flashiest one to have, but it was definitely mor...
2024-11-06 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPercy was a little bummed out by his latest venture. This was his first clone outside Remior in months, though luck hadn’t been on his side. He’d spent the entire trip looking for a suitable host, but all he’d found were crumbling souls that wouldn’t last a minute once he took over. In the end, he went with the least damaged option, though their grade left much to be desired. It was som...
2024-11-05 07:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Takeo… Don’t leave the village. It’s too dangerous.” Father said sternly.
But he wasn’t having it.
“This is exactly why we have to go! We can’t just wait here like cowards!”
Sengo reached for his son, but the boy shook the hand off his shoulder. Grabbing his father’s latest creation from a table, he bolted out of the room.
“Come back!” Sengo yell...
2024-11-05 07:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Evaluating request…”
‘Are you sure there is no other way?’ Gabe asked.
‘Hey, don’t complain! Tattoos might hide the core from Mana Sense, but people would still be able to see it through your skin. And you obviously can’t wear a shirt either due to your wings.’ Percy replied.
Before they could begin filling up Gab...
2024-11-05 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post‘Experiments? What could gods possibly gain from us mortals?’ Percy raised an eyebrow.
‘Lots of things, actually.’ Gabe shrugged. ‘The most obvious benefit is getting more people to ascend to godhood, expanding their ranks.’
While the chances of any one child reaching divinity were laughably minuscule, it was ultimately a numbers game. Esp...
2024-11-05 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“I look like a bandit…” Percy groaned, glancing down at his mismatched outfit. “You stink like one too.” Nesha said, pinching her nose as sh
“I look like a bandit…” Percy groaned, glancing down at his mismatched outfit.
“You stink like one too.” Nesha said, pinching her nose as she inched further away from him.
“Hey, remind me again… Who was it that too...
2024-11-04 07:03:00 +0000 UTC View PostOversized fireballs and blasts of pressurized water rained upon Percy one after the other, keeping him on his toes. The surrounding patches
Oversized fireballs and blasts of pressurized water rained upon Percy one after the other, keeping him on his toes. The surrounding patches of grass had all been reduced to soggy cinders, his boots leaving dozens of prints as he danced along the soot...
2024-11-04 07:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post‘You mean I get to keep this after you’re gone?!’ Gabe asked.
‘I imagine so, assuming you survive. After all, it’s already taken root inside your body. Though it’s hard to say for sure. I’ve never come this far with one of my hosts.’ Percy replied.
Gabe frowned.
‘But I don’t feel any different.’
‘That’s b...
2024-11-04 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostMultiple green symbols lit up underneath their feet. Together, they formed an intricate circle, woven out of the same script decorating the rest of the cube. Gazing up, Percy noticed a similar shape forming on the ceiling right above them, as a beautiful gem glistened in its centre.
It fell, flying through the air like a verdant droplet, before landing on their forehead. The liquid was co...
2024-11-04 07:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post‘Percy!’
‘What is it?’ the young man asked, sensing the crow’s urgency through their bond.
Getting used to hearing actual words from Micky would take a while.
‘People…’
He sighed. They were bound to run into somebody sooner or later – it was the downside of travelling along a paved road. Especially one leading to a destination...
2024-11-03 07:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Grandpa!! Why are they taking you?” Floria cried as the members of the Divine Root placed Bronn in handcuffs, escorting him out of the building. The man could free himself of course – if he wanted – but he didn’t seem to have any intention of resisting.
The girl just couldn’t understand how things had come to this. Hadn’t her grandpa been the one who came forw...
2024-11-03 07:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe blazing spell made a grating sound as it clashed with the golem’s fist, encountering far more resistance from the Green construct than it had from its lesser brethren. Percy felt a sharp ache in their back, the torque threatening to rip the ethereal wing to shreds. But it held somehow, digging into the material inch by inch, the dark metal slowly parting under the burning blade.
... 2024-11-03 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostA strange gelatinous liquid oozed out of the walls, the black droplets of sludge pooling at their base.
Bulky appendages rose from the tar-like substance, before solidifying, making metallic groans as they pushed against the floor. An army of obsidian golems slowly took shape, pulling themselves out of the swamp, each of them as tall as a man. Their features became increasingly defined ov...
2024-11-03 07:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean you can’t find anything?” Deimos’s voice boomed, the entire room shaking.
The idiot in his grip trembled as he was held by the collar, not even daring to blink as the spittle splashed all over his face.
“S-Sir, we’ve searched the settlement inside out. We’ve already interrogated all the registered alchemists too. Nobody knows anything about this Auror...
2024-11-02 06:36:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe trio ran for hours until they felt safe enough to take a break. And even then, they only gave themselves a few minutes to catch their breath and rub some more dirt on, before resuming their journey until nightfall. Perhaps, the Green or Blue bugs could still track them down, but Percy guessed the queen wouldn’t bother sending her elites that far from the hive.
‘Do you see anyt...
2024-11-02 06:34:48 +0000 UTC View Post