Mila
When Aalam stepped out of the portal to the Steel Swamp Blessed Land to stand in front of Mila and Isaiah, something about him almost immediately changed, the entirety of Earth’s enlightenment zone feeling like it was under his complete control due to the simple fact that it was.
Attempting to merge Sensory Domain (E-Heroic), Heavenly Spark D...
2023-07-05 00:05:07 +0000 UTC View PostKrysta
Krysta was sitting on one of three wooden chairs outside the cabin in her mother’s training cavern, receiving guidance on how to merge her main passive skill with her cultivation technique along with Henrietta, when her mother suddenly stopped talking, looking to the east, toward the main entrance to the cavern Aalam used to use.
“Henrietta, something has jus...
2023-07-05 00:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostMila
“So,” Mila asked her teacher as she sat down in an abandoned mansion in Russia and began drinking heavily from a dead oligarch’s booze collection, “Are you going to tell me the story?”
“Ughhh.” Nana Xara sounded almost as depressed as Mila felt. “I don’t really want to, but it would be extremely wrong of me not to at...
2023-07-05 00:04:27 +0000 UTC View PostMila
Mila made it to Earth, used the local teleportation network to travel to Boston, and then telekinetically flew as quickly as possible to the rooftop where Diana had fallen.
There, thankfully, just as Nana Xara had explained after she’d left Bellessia, Mila didn’t find the dead body of her friend.
Instead, she found the remaining materials needed for creat...
2023-07-05 00:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostDiana
Life, up until her mother appeared, was good. Superhuman vitality and endurance made pregnancy far simpler than pre-integration and, while Isaiah only coming back to Earth a couple times a week wasn’t ideal, she was pretty sure he was planning on proposing on her birthday, and she was going to say yes.
Even with Aalam’s reoccurring nightmares after going super...
2023-07-05 00:03:40 +0000 UTC View PostMila
“So, the daily silent auctions are done and we’re down to the final twelve items.” The Mistress of Gold smiled at everyone, her snake tail moving back and forth in what Joma had explained was a sign of pleasure. “And all of these twelve items are amazing.”
A book appeared hovering over the goddess’s left hand, not looking special at all, a gray cover wi...
2023-07-05 00:03:19 +0000 UTC View PostReginald
Reginald followed Princess Henrietta and Lady Krysta into the conference room, which, like most of the important buildings in the Forest Cauldron, had been grown out of wood, and was surprised by who was inside.
First and foremost, there was Krysta’s mother, the Alchemist of the Deep Woods, one of the twelve A ranks with the highest potential according to the...
2023-07-05 00:02:58 +0000 UTC View PostMila
“Hello, Little Joma.”
When a god wanted to drop into Joma’s virtual box at the Universal Auction, they were able to appear inside with just a thought, not having to knock on the door or anything else to show respect, but this one opened the door to enter, which was better than most of the gods who had come to visit before.
Looking vaguely middle-eastern...
2023-07-05 00:02:35 +0000 UTC View PostReginald
“Rise, Reginald.”
In the throne room of the Vin Clan, a large opulent room covered in precious gemstones and decorated with the severed heads of seven powerful monsters, Reginald Vin rose from the half kneel bow he’d assumed upon entering and looked up at the Emperor.
“Already having a Law Pupa at your age. You remind me of myself.” The Emperor,...
2023-07-05 00:02:11 +0000 UTC View PostMila
“It’s been too long since we’ve done this.” Diana grabbed a piece of fried chicken from the large bucket they’d brought to the beach, and laid back on the sand, looking up at the sky.
She and Mila were on an uninhabited island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and the plan was to just hang out—no other people to manipulate or threaten, no responsi...
2023-07-05 00:01:52 +0000 UTC View PostMila
Other than the Bloodforged Living Armor for Isaiah and some A rank materials for the array formation to temporarily increase Earth to B rank, both of which Nana Xara had bought and Diana had exchanged using completed quests from their force destroying the Violet Mountain Sect, Mila hadn’t seen anything in the main auction which really tempted her.
This is not to ...
2023-07-05 00:01:32 +0000 UTC View PostWolfram
World Guardian initiated combat, but in a way different from what Wolfram had expected. He didn’t charge at Isaiah with his sword. And he didn’t use telekinesis to control the sword to attack. In fact, he didn’t use his sword at all. Instead, he released some kind of domain ability which suppressed Isaiah’s Laws and used telekinesis to fly away.
Isaiah immediately st...
2023-07-05 00:01:13 +0000 UTC View PostWolfram
Wolfram lowered his spear and shield as he looked down at the large gut wound from Isaiah’s weapon. Yet again it seemed he’d have to lessen the soul shackles placed on himself while in the training hall, and this meant he’d practically be fighting as if he was a new D rank instead of an E rank like his apprentice.
And this was with Isaiah not even fully ma...
2023-07-05 00:00:55 +0000 UTC View PostMila
“Alright. It’s time.” Nana Xara’s voice sounded more solemn than usual. “You know what to do, right?”
“Project my soul without any of my bonds attached, yes.” In contrast to Nana Xara, who seemed nervous, Mila felt excited, smiling as a result. “I don’t want to be associated with you either, Ms. Yin Yang Sage....
2023-07-05 00:00:36 +0000 UTC View PostMila
The Universal Auction is about to begin in 24 hours and the United Federation of Planets is qualified to join.
You, Shadow, a weak little E rank, are the leader of your force, and you, despite having no help from anyone stronger than a now dead D rank with minimal contributions, have personally led your force to become 5th Tier...
2023-07-05 00:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostMila
“So this Sea Master Aozen, just by father taking him as his lord, can boost the affinity to water Laws of all cultivators in our Territory by 25%?”
“Yes.” Mila’s doppelgänger, who looked like a humanoid with blue hair, pale skin, and gills on her neck was standing in the middle of the private chambers of the leader of a clan of aquatic cultivators, meeti...
2023-07-04 23:59:57 +0000 UTC View PostKrysta
“Come on.” Henrietta complained. “Your prices are exorbitant, and my allowance is only so much. I’ll do you a favor in the future.”
Krysta and Henrietta had, as usual, come to the new alchemically processed materials store in the main base of the Forest Cauldron, like they had once a month since it was opened two years before. The store, modestly named ...
2023-07-04 23:59:34 +0000 UTC View PostWolfram
“Alright. That’s enough.”
Wolfram Gan was exhausted. Not physically—as a max level C rank warrior, his Vitality was high enough exhaustion was nearly impossible. But spiritually, he was done.
“What? Why?” The apprentice the faction head had assigned him, Isaiah Kent, lowered his spear and shield, the many, many wounds on his body regenerating a...
2023-07-04 23:59:16 +0000 UTC View PostFrancis
“So, if nothing changes, that is the name list for the next War of the Chosen.” Francis Davies, the administrative head of Earth, finished the meeting of Earth’s congress, where the several dozen leaders of Earth’s administrative departments and political factions met to make decisions for the planet. “Are there any questions?”
“Yes.” Javier Garc...
2023-07-04 23:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostAalam
Aalam thought about it for a few seconds, feeling the difference in his soul. There weren’t many specifics concerning B or A rank in any of the information he’d received from either Nana Xara or the inheritance of Steel Swamp Sorin, and now he knew why.
While it wouldn’t be that difficult to create an oath like he’d just done for someone at the peak of C r...
2023-07-04 23:55:30 +0000 UTC View PostAalam
With all his bonds suppressed, Aalam noticed something else. His connection to his Territory wasn’t restrained at all, but it was shrouded, and it had been since he’d arrived on the planet, the woman in front of him covering it with a whole lot of life element energy to the point it was completely obscured. The entire area of the Forest Cauldron’s base, however, w...
2023-07-04 23:55:08 +0000 UTC View PostAalam
Aalam woke up in a room he didn’t recognize, but, seeing as it appeared to be an oversized bedroom designed for someone 4 meters tall, with all the walls and furniture made mostly of crystal and violet metal—as well as the huge monstrous AI hovering in the corner—he was pretty sure he was somewhere in the blessed land.
He only had about half a second to register t...
2023-07-04 23:54:32 +0000 UTC View PostKrysta
“Ah, whatever.” Joma waved her hand dismissively. “It’s a reasonable deal. And I agree to those terms for now. But I do reserve the right to refuse taking in Aalam as my apprentice if something changes my mind after meeting him, and that would inherently alter the contract.
“Going back to Aalam, though, you probably know him best, right?”
Ms. Li nodde...
2023-07-04 23:54:10 +0000 UTC View PostKrysta
Ms. Li burst out laughing. “I won’t lie and say the fact your force produces some of the most time efficient methods for increasing nascent energy wasn’t a consideration.
“But I think you’re underestimating our purchasing power. We’re more after the discount we would receive from Aalam being your apprentice than the direct resources you would provide.”
“...
2023-07-04 23:53:49 +0000 UTC View PostKrysta
“Hmm.” Joma looked at Krysta and then back to Ms. Li, her face showing the same type of expression she’d get whenever she came up with a new epiphany regarding one of the alchemy recipes she was always working on. “And that’s also why the two of you have such stupidly high grade classes. Aalam, from everything I’ve heard, sounds like he’s god touched, so a bers...
2023-07-04 23:53:29 +0000 UTC View PostKrysta
Krysta was confused by the woman she was guiding. Light of skin, with blonde hair and blue eyes, she had neither the same hair, eye, nor skin color as Aalam, at least according to what Krysta had seen in the Trial Tower, and, while she’d learned Aalam had been reborn as an incubus, his skin color at least should have stayed the same, so either Earth had multiple human ethn...
2023-07-04 23:53:09 +0000 UTC View PostMila
“Is it true Aalam tried to commit suicide? Is he okay?”
As soon as Mila stepped out of the portal to the blessed land into a cave on the Greek Island of Zakynthos, Diana rushed up to her with a somewhat frantic expression, and the first question to enter Mila’s mind wasn’t how to make her friend feel better, but how Diana’d learned about Aalam’s intentions in the fi...
2023-07-04 23:52:52 +0000 UTC View PostDiana
“So, where are Crafter and Knight?” Krysta asked as Diana, Nitya, and Irena met her, Henrietta, and the fourteen other elves in the 27th round of the War of the Chosen.
The true answer was that Mila, Aalam, and Isaiah were all traveling back to Earth inside the blessed land, which was closed off to System access while moving, so they couldn’t connect, but that was...
2023-07-04 23:52:31 +0000 UTC View PostMila
Mila didn’t know why Aalam stopped sharing his senses after he finally managed to kill the Violet Mountain Lord, but it probably had something to do with the ridiculous amount of primal energy which started flowing into his body.
She’d been chatting with Nana Xara during the last few days and it seemed the race her and Aalam shared was extremely good at storing exces...
2023-07-04 23:52:10 +0000 UTC View PostZev
Zev Andar, the Violet Mountain Lord, was scared, and there were three main reasons why. First, his simple contract with Lander Haxor had disappeared, almost certainly due to Lander’s death, which didn’t bode well for the rest of his sect. And, if a force could kill Lander, they could possibly kill him as well. Second, his hidden wealth and the natural treasures he needed fo...
2023-07-04 23:51:26 +0000 UTC View Post