Thomas enjoyed the feeling of increasing his attributes while waiting for the doors to the boss room to open again. It wasn't all that long of a wait. When the doors opened the next group in line entered the room while Thomas's group moved closer to the door to wait for their turn. Since they were next it would only be a few minutes. The group waited in silence while munching on some food. They...
2019-02-24 23:14:05 +0000 UTC View PostWith the group of kobolds defeated the group of four began splitting up the loot. Thomas gave four of the mana crystals to Victoria and Janice while keeping three for himself and Selena. The next time they came across an odd-numbered group Thomas would get the extra mana crystal. Like that they would just go back and forth with who got the extra crystal. They also had a better understanding of ...
2019-02-24 20:02:10 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn't take long for them to register both groups as a single party and exit the guild building. As a group, they made their way to the dungeon. As they walked they talked about strategies. Thomas explained how he and Selena had used area of effect magic to deal with the regular kobolds, but that it was much less effective on the elites. Thomas also explained how they had been dealing with t...
2019-02-23 22:06:45 +0000 UTC View PostAfter spending such a large amount of experience to increase his attributes, Thomas felt a stream of warm and comforting energy flow through his body. He let out a soft sigh and relaxed his whole body, even his wings drooped a bit. Oddly, the warm flow of energy even extended to them. After reveling in the comfortable feeling for a while, he realized that his Magic attribute was getting closer ...
2019-02-23 18:06:24 +0000 UTC View Post
It's not perfect but it's a starting point. I'll be using this image as a base reference for making a better and higher quality image of him. This piece was custom made and not just pulled from a google search. ^_^
2019-02-23 00:20:08 +0000 UTC View PostSelena and Thomas both summoned there mana and began converting it into spikes of stone that floated above their palms. When both of them were ready they stepped into the open and launched their stone spikes at the same time. As the stones flew through the air they both prepared their second spells. Selena started making another earth spike while Thomas did something different.
The two st...
2019-02-22 03:09:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Thomas didn't even have to think about Selena's question. He turned and made his way down one of the paths leading deeper into the dungeon. He picked a different path from the group they'd seen passing through their room previously. There was no point in following a different groups path, that group would fight and defeat the kobolds on that path. For now, finding their way to the ...
2019-02-21 21:57:51 +0000 UTC View Post
With his kukri stuck in a cat-headed kobolds chest, Thomas found himself without completely without a melee weapon for the first time since he made it. There was no need to panic though. Fists, feet, magic, and other options were still available for him to use to fight. Remembering the fight with Jeko he grinned and balled both of his hands into fists as he surrounded them with man...
2019-02-20 22:59:36 +0000 UTC View PostAs he walked into the city and looked for something delicious to eat for dinner, Thomas opened his character sheet. He hadn't gained a large amount of experience like earlier, but there was currently enough for him to gain two more ranks in his Magic attribute. Without hesitation, the experience was spent and his Magic attribute finally rose to seventy-five. That left him with just 467 experien...
2019-02-20 19:38:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs the two made their way through the dungeon they continued to talk while slaughtering groups of five, six, and even one group of seven, kobolds. Working together to cast their spells actually made the work a lot simpler and much easier. They did need to stop for a bit for both of them to recover their mana at one point. Selena still had more than he did, but since he needed to recharge she ju...
2019-02-18 23:16:53 +0000 UTC View PostWhen their combined spell ended, all that was left of the kobolds were crispy corpses that were slowly disintegrating into dust leaving nothing but their mana crystals behind. Thomas looked over at Selena and gave her a crooked grin, "That worked even better than I thought it would."
Selena glanced at Thomas before she replied, "It's common knowledge that two mages are better than one, th...
2019-02-18 18:18:50 +0000 UTC View PostAfter they looked around the room for a bit they picked the path furthest to the left that led to the next section. Thomas looked over to Selena and asked, "You've been here before right? Do you know the correct path to take?"
Selena looked over at Thomas as she answered, "I have been here before, but the pathways change every couple of weeks so I don't know the proper path to take to get...
2019-02-17 00:12:02 +0000 UTC View PostThomas followed Selena as she led the way to the guild building. Reykhoten was her home city so she knew where just about everything was. When the arrived at the building, Thomas was surprised to see it filled with some many people. The air was filled with the buzz of many conversations happening at once as players and NPC's came together to pick up quests for the day. Looking around at all the...
2019-02-16 21:22:21 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a little more chatting Thomas and Selena decided to get to work on their training for Fulin. First, they would head to the adventurers guild to pick up some quests, mostly for himself. After that, they would head to the dungeon and get some experience. Selena didn't think they would be able to get past the fifth floor alone so that would be their goal, to begin with. For today, Thomas nee...
2019-02-15 23:36:44 +0000 UTC View PostThomas made his way towards his dorm room after leaving the infirmary. He had a lot to think about as he walked. He didn't mind games with organic race change systems like AoG where it was usually random circumstance that led to the first people changing their races. Later in the games life, people would be able to pick their race by engineering specific circumstances. The problem he had was th...
2019-02-14 17:35:41 +0000 UTC View PostZorzic watched Thomas as he left the infirmary and let out a deep sigh. If anything had happened to a student under his watch he would have had some serious backlash to deal with. The dueling rings were one of the foundations of the academy and if they had stopped working it would have been disastrous. The students needed a place to let out their frustrations without consequence and practice th...
2019-02-14 04:01:41 +0000 UTC View PostThomas watched with anticipation as the last few seconds on the timer finally ticked down to nothing. The sudden return of sensation caused his whole body to involuntarily jerk. He took a deep breath and slowly let it out. He was finally back! He slowly opened his eyes and was instantly barraged with a huge number of system notices! The first few were pretty similar to each other.
Thomas let out a mental sigh since he didn't have access to a physical body right now. He looked at the countdown timer to his resurrection and sighed again. This was just depressing. He'd hoped he could have at least put up a better fight but he felt like he'd just been a puppet dancing for the audience the entire time. It was very clear that Jeko had been much stronger than he was a...
2019-02-12 19:49:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, Thomas awoke a bit earlier than he usually did to get ready to his duel. He took his shower and enjoyed using the soap he'd bought previously to get himself nice and clean. After he dried off he started getting dressed. He wore one of his older outfits, expecting that his clothing would take some damage and not wanting to ruin one of his brand new outfits. After that, he wore ...
2019-02-12 18:16:21 +0000 UTC View PostThomas spent the next hour just practicing casting the featherweight spell to get to activate as fast as possible. He wanted it to be a good surprise attack during his duel tomorrow morning. Once the hour of training was up he could almost instantly cast the featherweight spell. There was still a small delay between when he willed it and when the spell actually activated, but it was nearly negl...
2019-02-11 22:43:49 +0000 UTC View PostThomas spent the time until Fulin called for their lunch break just activating and deactivating the featherweight spell over and over again. His only goal was doing it as fast as possible. His practice still consumed a fair amount of mana so he was forced to use 'Serenity' every now and then to recover his mana. His hard work paid off though, now he could activate the spell in less than a secon...
2019-02-11 20:01:10 +0000 UTC View PostThomas stopped thinking about what Fulin's goal for the students might be and used 'Serenity' to recover his mana for a bit. The wind bolt spell took less mana than some of the others, but after firing off a few of them he still found himself in need of a short break to recover. He was really looking forward to getting out of the academy and into the dungeon since he really needed to get some e...
2019-02-11 17:36:28 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing the system notice, Thomas let out a deep sigh and looked at the completed formation plate. He was very tempted to give it a try right away, but his aching muscles and budding headache discouraged him from experimenting with it tonight. It was also a little later than he normally went to sleep so he was feeling extra tired from all his exertions. He cleaned up the mess he'd made, tossing ...
2019-02-10 21:11:51 +0000 UTC View PostAfter reading the directions for prepping the ingredients, Thomas very carefully began. The first ingredient needed to be carefully skinned, so he used his kukri to get the process started then used his fingers to finish it. He carefully peeled the thin fibrous bark off of the root until it was stripped completely bare. With that done he dropped the root into the boiling water. According to the...
2019-02-10 01:02:48 +0000 UTC View PostThomas made his way through the city until he spotted a guard. After getting directions to the nearest alchemy supply store, he made his way there. His first goal was to make sure he got everything he needed for his formation plate, it was important for him to make one so he could see it in action and emulate it with his 'Transmutation' innate ability. Just reading about it hadn't given him any...
2019-02-09 18:30:52 +0000 UTC View PostOver the next few hours of practice, Thomas would blast out swaths of flames towards is target dummy. It didn't take very long for him to reduce the dummy to nothing but ashes. It didn't really matter though since the training grounds was just a dirt field. There was nothing nearby he could set on fire and cause damage to the surroundings with. He rotated between unleashing bursts of flames and...
2019-02-09 16:03:11 +0000 UTC View PostShortly after everyone was in the classroom, Fulin entered and looked around before asking, "Does anyone have any questions about the water magic we've practiced so far?"
Almost everyone shook their heads, though Brao asked, "What's the best way to improve accuracy with the water bomb?"
Fulin looked at Brao and answered, "Mostly it just comes down to practice and judgment. If you're...
2019-02-07 21:23:55 +0000 UTC View PostAt the practice ground, Fulin turned to the six students and started to speak, "The first spell you will practice is the Water Spray spell. To cast this spell you need to form your mana into a long thin shape and picture it becoming tight at one end while the mana flows towards it. Think of it like trying to pass the water element through the eye of a needle. Do it properly and you should produ...
2019-02-06 17:21:47 +0000 UTC View PostThomas and Serena separated and made their way to their chosen seats to wait for the class to resume. Over the course of the next few minutes, the other students arrived and took their seats. The class was silent until Fulin cam in last and looked around. He noted everyone was there and sighed in disappointment, "Alright. Same as yesterday we'll do a little question and answer session. We'll st...
2019-02-06 11:31:46 +0000 UTC View PostThomas clenched his fists and slowly walked over to Serena with a smile on his face. He wanted to see if he could punch through her wall. He didn't consider himself to be much of a musclehead but he was definitely the curious sort and once he had an idea it was hard for him to ignore it. Serena glanced up from her work on practicing the spell and seeing Thomas approaching her she gave him a smi...
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