Two domains landed on Percy with crushing force, causing him to sink deeper into the snow, his feet stepping on the bedrock beneath. Rather than panic, he merely grinned, however.
‘As expected, one of them is much weaker than the other… Micky, do you think you can take him down by yourself?’
Between the man’s pure affinity, his relative inexperience and weaker domai...
2025-09-20 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m listening,” Kassorith said, the curiosity in his soul matching Percy’s.
“Do you still have any of my sect’s ingredients that you haven’t used?” the woman asked. “I’ll bet mine against yours. Anything you have, as many as you have – both the primary and the secondaries. One for one, winner takes all.”
Kassorith creased his brow, though he didn’t rush to...
2025-09-19 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPercy raised an eyebrow as he examined the footprints a little more closely through Micky’s eyes.
‘Only two sets?’
They should have sent more, shouldn’t they? Hadn’t they heard about the dead Blues from Femel’s House?
Then again, Percy expected the people hunting them to be somewhat disjointed. There was the Divine Root which was looking to punish him for ...
2025-09-19 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTo nobody’s surprise, the gravity user had prevailed against his previous opponent, earning his place in Kassorith’s sixth match.
He was one of the strangest mages they’d faced in the tournament. His attacks weren’t lethal – or even that dangerous, however. He simply fired the occasional blast of concentrated force, mostly to keep Kassorith under pressure while conserving his ow...
2025-09-18 06:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostPercy’s heart skipped a beat upon reading the notification. Any new spell was cause for celebration – even the Crude ones. Due to the way Phoebe’s Decree worked, registering anything in his Status meant that it was sufficiently different from his other spells to open up new doors for him. Even if the spell in question wasn’t that powerful at first, it could always be upgraded o...
2025-09-18 06:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post‘So what, do we just empty the vials into the water?’ Percy asked.
‘I guess. That’s all the instructions say,’ Kassorith replied, retrieving the three ingredients from his spatial pin.
The organizers had spaced out the matches in the second phase of the tournament more – partly to give the participants a chance to rest, and partly to milk the audience a...
2025-09-17 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPercy was sitting against the boulder, using it as cover from the howling winds. It was slanted, shielding him from the snow, though a few flakes still made their way to him every now and then. They formed three small mounds – one on his head, and another on each shoulder.
The cold itself didn’t bother him much – it would have been strange if it did, with two Yellow cores filling hi...
2025-09-17 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post‘Just how lucky do you have to be to end up with both a composite affinity and the right blessing for it?!’
In theory, it was possible to acquire both with the right treasures and a matching Ring of Sacrilege, but Laathsalath’s background was already known. It was clear he’d been born like this, having inherited everything from his mother who was a goddess. Of course, Per...
2025-09-16 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHolding his ground inside a hostile body wasn’t the only ability Percy wanted to master before looking for a Blue host. Ideally, he also wanted to learn how to hide his blessing, to avoid having to answer any difficult questions about its origin.
Of course, soul affinities were rare to begin with. Even on a greater spring, most of the younger and weaker mortals might have never seen one...
2025-09-16 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostKassorith – and, by extension, Percy – stood at the side of the arena, waiting for the battles to begin. The pillar they were on looked identical to the other seven, both inside and out. The stadium had the same number of seats, all of them filled with cheering spectators. The air trembled with the collective hum of thousands of voices, a living tide that ebbed and swelled with every moveme...
2025-09-15 06:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostPercy found himself inside the body of a Green armadillo-esque creature. His vessel was large, round, and covered in lots of hard, chitinous plates. That said, he didn’t much care about the beast’s physical appearance right now. He was far more interested in his host’s soul, as well as the very process of possessing it.
Convincing the creature to let him in hadn’t been difficult. ...
2025-09-15 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPercy double and triple checked his math, to make sure he hadn’t missed anything. No matter how he reasoned about it, the result was clear as day, however. Even after eating the leaf, he’d fall short of reaching Violet by over three thousand years.
And the worst thing was the knowledge that this could have been avoided, if only he hadn’t lost so much time during his childho...
2025-09-14 06:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as the object entered Percy’s soul, ideas had started sprouting in his mind one after the other. The effect had initially been weaker than the Wiseman’s Dust, but this was rapidly changing as the pyramid rose closer and closer to his head.
By the time it reached his brain – or at least the part of his soul resting inside it – and once he resumed working on his spe...
2025-09-14 06:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostPercy gasped upon listening to Kassorith’s question.
As a matter of fact, he had heard of the World Tree during one of Mrs. Lia’s classes on Felmara. It was one of the examples she had given her students while teaching them about Elemental Sources, since it was one of the most famous.
It was a special case even among the others of its kind, as it manifested as a living ...
2025-09-13 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, the most recent clone hadn’t brought anything particularly interesting back. Having spent most of his time looking for – and failing to find – a sapient Green host, he’d possessed a beast instead.
Percy had found himself in the body of an avian creature that had looked a bit like a four-winged bat. He had searched for signs of civilization or rare her...
2025-09-13 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostPercy watched with curiosity as Kassorith’s new pin projected a glowing, circular screen, hovering a few metres in front of them. It was taller than a person, countless flashing colours swirling chaotically within it. They only lasted for a moment, before settling into the familiar image of Syrreneth’s chamber, still thick with mist like the last time Percy saw it.
The process reminde...
2025-09-12 06:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post“There. Looks like a decent spot.”
Micky descended to the tundra below them, landing behind a small hill. They could have probably hidden themselves better in the forest, but it would have made it harder for them to detect a potential ambush too. Besides, they’d wanted to put some distance from the location where they’d killed the Blues, in case their opponents had informed others...
2025-09-12 06:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostPercy couldn’t – for the life of him – understand how reading Kassorith’s shadows helped the plasma mage in this situation – especially since his host was constantly enveloped in a steel barrier that obscured his body’s movements. Were the rigid shadows of the metallic shield and the flying greatsword enough to improve the man’s predictions?
‘Well, it’s not just the ...
2025-09-11 06:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe metallic bars bent and groaned, as Deimos violently slammed the door behind him. He’d just about managed to restrain himself too, otherwise it would have easily come off its hinges, and he didn’t feel like having it replaced again.
‘Stubborn old fool…’
Even after spending years inside the dark cell, Orin still refused to reveal the missing ingredient. Despite ...
2025-09-11 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFocusing on defence had been the right call.
The plasma mage had barely given Percy and Kassorith a chance to get off the ground and wrap themselves in a thick roll of steel before he began firing devastating projectiles by the dozens. Each purple orb hovered beside them for the briefest of instants – for reasons that Percy had yet to figure out – before slamming violently into their ...
2025-09-10 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPercy was about to attack the water mage when the latter retracted the azure serpents of his own volition. The constructs fused into the ring coiling around his body, soon expanding to form a large bubble a dozen metres wide, the man floating inside.
Next, seven serpentine heads sprouted from the sphere. They looked similar to before, but they were much shorter, and they were attached to ...
2025-09-10 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post‘Like I said, if you want me to go through the ritual early, you’d better lend me the moss you claimed,’ Kassorith said with a smirk.
Percy suppressed the urge to curse the greedy Thess’kalan.
In theory, his host’s demand wasn’t all that unreasonable. Percy’s reward would be useless until they won the fourth round and earned his own portion of the pri...
2025-09-09 06:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostSo far, Percy hadn’t varied the distance between his platforms much. It was more convenient to keep the gaps constant, as it allowed him to get used to the timing. He now realized that wouldn’t cut it, however – it only made him more predictable. Another thing he could do, was to shift the angles of his scythes at the last second, altering his trajectory. It would make it harder to stick ...
2025-09-09 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostPercy and Kassorith didn’t spend too long in the treasury after their second victory. In fact, they didn’t even bother to check the new additions in the “Equipment” and “Property” chambers, heading straight to the small room labelled “Personal Improvement”.
A few new affinity-changing treasures with longer durations and hi...
2025-09-08 06:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostA wave of annoyance seeped through the connection, but the clone didn’t say anything, tacitly agreeing to let him do his thing.
Not wasting a moment, Percy focused on his developing technique once more, fully aware that he was operating on a strict timer. None of this would be worth it if his familiar was seriously injured by the time he was done. Regardless, he understood this was thei...
2025-09-08 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPercy and Kassorith found the guide waiting for them by the cave’s entrance – right where he’d said he’d be. The Violet looked mildly displeased, probably because they’d taken their sweet time in the treasury. In their defence, he had told them to stay as long as they wanted – though he probably hadn’t expected them to examine nearly every orb on the shelves.
...
2025-09-07 06:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe speed of the azure serpents alone wasn’t enough to corner Percy, but that wasn’t the only issue. The man’s domain didn’t just slow him down – It also made it much harder for him to multiply his scythes, which served not only as his sole means of attack, but also as the footholds he relied on to remain airborne.
Worse still, the water mage was clearly experienced enough to se...
2025-09-07 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe third and final room was by far the smallest, but also the most interesting. It was labelled “Personal Improvement” and it contained precisely the kinds of rewards Percy had come here for. There were only two shelves, the first one lined up with orbs of five different colours – treasures corresponding to the common affinities, no doubt. Their function was obvious, but...
2025-09-06 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostMages could use their mana to fly as early as Green. The ease by which they did that often depended on their affinity and whatever else they had going for them, but it was generally possible for them to manoeuvre for at least a limited time in the air.
It wasn’t until Blue that this skill became effortless for everyone though – enough to fight for an extended period of time while airb...
2025-09-06 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostKassorith nodded. ‘“Demigod” and “ancestor” are unofficial terms. Once a mage reaches the Clear grade, their mana becomes pure enough that it’s almost transparent to a mortal’s Mana Sense. Only gods and demigods have senses sharp enough to spot it with ease. It’s also dense like a liquid even in its unmanifested state and can be stored for an extended period of time outside ...
2025-09-05 06:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post