Note: Celebrated my birthday (which was Thursday) yesterday, so apologies for being slow with the chapters today.
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It felt good just roaming the endless forests and seeing its many shades. Alan still had obligations, and a part of him thought tied to the Sanctuary and its people, especially since he had effectively crippled two of its strongest members.
There w...
2024-06-30 17:12:34 +0000 UTC
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NOTE: As announced 2 weeks ago, I'm starting the 3 chapters a week schedule. I'm also considering changing the days I post to Mon-Wed-Fri for both stories since that seems like a much-preferred schedule overall.
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It was quite strange how quickly things turned from being questioned and scrutinized to being buttered up and praised for work well done. Sunday was truly and utterly ...
2024-06-28 20:48:38 +0000 UTC
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It took Alan most of the day and night to heal his leg. For the first time, he felt the drawbacks of his new trait that had both saved his life and made it fragile in a very different way. All the expensive healing elixirs and potions sat worthless in his shadow inventory.
It was not the pain that bothered him, but healing himself with mana was a slow and arduous process that had no place...
2024-06-28 13:41:36 +0000 UTC
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A lawyer, apparently, was not an option. What Sunday was given in return was many, many times worse, and made him regret opening his mouth.
Zihei sat on a chair that had been brought in by some mean-looking people. They were certainly not mages, but they screamed danger despite that. Sunday didn’t remember seeing anyone like that in his time scouring the halls of the Arcanum.
Zihe...
2024-06-26 10:22:24 +0000 UTC
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Level up!
You have reached level 102 in Tier Two [Shepherd of the Broken]
+5 Attribute Points
+5 to Mind, Will, Magic
This is bullshit.
Alan rested his palms on his knees panting in the middle of the forest. He had long left the elven Sanctuary behind, opting to...
2024-06-25 18:42:18 +0000 UTC
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Note: I'm having a pretty annoying technical issue, so the chapters might be late tomorrow, depending on how fast I deal with it. I finished this one on my phone, and let me tell you, I'm not doing this again. My thumbs are too big. I'll edit it tomorrow too, hopefully.
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The tense silence that followed was unlike anything else. Sunday felt the terrified gazes of the gua...
2024-06-24 22:05:46 +0000 UTC
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They hurried their pace, moving toward the Sanctuary at a decent tempo. From time to time the elves used their skills to hide and blend in, but Alan still saw them as bright as lightbulbs. Nothing attacked them despite the paranoia. Whatever danger they were worried about was perhaps too afraid of Alan’s own presence, which he made sure to project all around and deter any incidents.
The...
2024-06-24 11:10:10 +0000 UTC
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Despite the apparent danger of the situation and the pretty clear confirmation that Sunday was, in fact, indirectly responsible for all the trouble befalling the manor, he was in a better mood now.
He was glad that there were reasonable-looking cultists who could form coherent sentences. Of course, the sign of intellect also meant a different type of trouble. It was surely much easier to ...
2024-06-23 21:26:12 +0000 UTC
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NOTE: There will be another TFF chapter either today or tomorrow, before the regular one on Tuesday.
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The fight became nothing more than Alan supplying mana to his Dark Servants and bombarding the great beast with blades made of Will infused shadows and [Void Pierces]. The latter did much less than Alan had assumed it would, even when empowered with [Sacrificial Attack]. The c...
2024-06-23 12:33:11 +0000 UTC
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Sunday felt like a piece on a gaming board. Only he didn’t know the rules, his purpose, or who was playing.
Whoever is doing this is either trying to probe me, play with my head, or force me down a certain path. The danger is increasing along with my strength as if I’m meant to experience these things. It makes no sense why they didn’t just go all out the first time they had the...
2024-06-22 15:54:22 +0000 UTC
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“What was that?” Elora asked, staring at the carnage before them. She had stood unblinking and unreactive for the whole of it. Sunday had to admit that his own surprise wasn’t much less than hers.
The Vision of the Berserk Moon had turned his heal moths into insectoid terminators that stole essence. It was an insignificant amount but… what if he killed stronger e...
2024-06-21 18:30:37 +0000 UTC
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It was not difficult to follow the trail of destruction. The elves were pretty wary of Alan as he passed through their homes, but being led by Derzid was enough deterrent for them to start a fight. Few bared their sharp teeth and stared with a look similar to the one of the large elf Alan had left bound beneath their walls. The mana of the anchors would run out soon, so he was not worrying abou...
2024-06-21 11:38:35 +0000 UTC
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“Have you never ridden a horse before?” Elora asked with curiosity that bordered on being insulting. The innocent tone of the questions was enough to stop Sunday from exploding, but it still annoyed him.
Yet another of the horses similar to the ones he had admired outside of Blumwin that first day was beneath him, waiting for an opportunity to turn a shit day into a very shit day. His...
2024-06-18 22:01:45 +0000 UTC
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NOTE: The SC chapter might be very late or come tomorrow. Sorry. My motivation is in the dumpster today, but that too shall pass. This one might get some edits later too.
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The two squared off below the walls after the elf had dramatically jumped down like some sort of a hero about to make history. Alan had reluctantly followed. If that’s what it took then he had ...
2024-06-18 14:32:47 +0000 UTC
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Sunday played with the oblong pieces of shiny platinum inlaid with gold. They felt cold in his hands and the sensation was not half bad. But there were only twenty of them. No mountains or even buckets of gold were given to him, because ‘it was too much to haul at once’.
That might’ve been true, but was it reason enough to crush a man’s dreams? He sighed and put the piece of plati...
2024-06-17 22:14:10 +0000 UTC
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Sunday was left confused. The name gave him even less than he had hoped for. At least the former one he had tried alluded to things and gave ideas. This one was more similar to the Omen of Duality. What the hell was Vision of the Berserk Moon? It certainly sounded ominous and awesome, but it gave very little information. He hoped it was not another one like Phantasmal Fall.
“Well?” Me...
2024-06-16 17:17:19 +0000 UTC
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Alan managed to gather a few crystals from the tails of the dead creatures before moving along. Now that he had seen more of them, he saw their teeth were also tinted blue. It was simply a different shade. He doubted the crystal at the end of the tail was responsible for that.
The elves had fought weirdly after the initial attack. Perhaps Mr. Muge would be thankful for the additional mate...
2024-06-16 10:16:24 +0000 UTC
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Sunday slowly examined the first spell. It was like a small silvery toothpick that undulated, changing its size by growing as big as a forearm and back. It didn’t strike him as particularly strong and no light was coming out of it. The habitat Mera had made for it consisted mostly of blocks of a strange iron-like material that seemed almost nibbled on. Tiny pieces were missing, perhaps becaus...
2024-06-15 19:31:48 +0000 UTC
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Ahoy. I wanted to make a separate post for those of you who like these sorts of things and to warn you ahead of time so you can freely choose if you're alright with this or not.
I spoke about it once before, but I lasted quite a bit longer at this pace than I anticipated. I plan on doing at the very least two more weeks of 5 chapters weekly for SC, and then I'll be slowing down to 3. It's...
2024-06-14 21:29:38 +0000 UTC
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Sunday once again fell silent, his desire for self-preservation battling against the weight of being given a second chance at life only to be some sort of a grand hero and save the world from actual Gods. It was a preposterous thought. Why him? Thousands died on Earth every day and, while he struggled to accept it, there were good people among them. Better people. Those with the potent...
2024-06-14 21:09:42 +0000 UTC
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The elven body, if it could be called that, was mangled beyond recognition. A single eye peeked from a piece of remnant flesh that remained attached to a bloody skull. It was cold and cloudy, whatever emotions the owner of it had experienced at the time of his death long washed away.
The rest was mostly a broken skeleton with strips of skin, intestines, and squashed organs hanging from ri...
2024-06-14 14:03:39 +0000 UTC
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The woman’s face was human and somewhat beautiful, and adorned with pieces of red steel that seamlessly flowed to her hair. The torso was also normal and mostly bare. There was naked flesh and red steel intertwined into one whole – transitioning from soft pink to metallic red. All below the waist was just a misshapen and jagged undulating mass of the strange material that draped in a circle...
2024-06-11 21:52:39 +0000 UTC
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Alan lost track of time enjoying his new home. The fruit was delicious, the water made all his worries melt away, and the stars above reminded him of things he had forgotten to enjoy for a long while. Enid’s presence was like a refreshing breeze, a touch of something wild and kind and true to itself.
The spirit played as she wished, changing sizes and forms and telling him of strange pl...
2024-06-11 12:37:38 +0000 UTC
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The next few days were somewhat boring but productive. Vyn was off doing errands Sunday had told him to do. There was no need to worry about the man’s safety, unless of course, Sunday had been wrong in his judgment that there was further importance to him, or perhaps his sister. This was all new, especially acting like the big smart boss. In his previous life, Sunday had been a grunt, a nobod...
2024-06-10 21:30:09 +0000 UTC
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Yet another face of Blumwin revealed itself before Sunday, making him wonder how many sides the city still hid from him. It was certainly much larger than his initial estimations, or at least the changes in architecture and roads made him believe so.
He and Vyn were descending down broken cobblestones toward a distant side of the lake on the opposite side of the Wayward Rat, way past the ...
2024-06-09 17:17:00 +0000 UTC
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Your title [Friend of the Spirit World] has become [Dweller of the Spirit World]
Title: Dweller of the Spirit World
To live among the Spirits is an honor few of the living have experienced. Cherish the small corner of their world you’ve been given, and don’t forget where you came from.
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2024-06-09 13:38:28 +0000 UTC
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Riya stared at Sunday with passion he had hoped would be reserved for other activities. However, his previous suggestion had made her lose composure like never before.
“You want to sell me an awakening art? Do you understand what you’re offering? Nobles use them to build personal armies!”
They were back in the basement room, sitting close to each other and sipping yet another ...
2024-06-08 20:27:17 +0000 UTC
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The Spine of Thorad – a mountain range that was just that, and nothing more. It was unlucky to bear the name it did, as it was not a name one would speak lightly of in olden times. One of the fallen. One of the dead. One of the Divine.
To kill a Divine was not a simple task and no mortal or undead could say they were capable of it, be it the Emperor of Mankind commanding armies against ...
2024-06-07 20:27:28 +0000 UTC
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The strange bear continued its charge and Alan kept spamming his skill. Each cast was just a bit different and more stable, but there was still much to be desired. [Mana Zap] was a simple skill, not even a rare one, but advancing it had proven to be difficult. It was probably because of the strange concepts he was trying to put into it each time. Be it his will or his insights, there wer...
2024-06-07 14:47:09 +0000 UTC
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Sunday left the practice room exactly twenty-four hours later when the crystal that seemingly powered his enhanced cognitive abilities grew dim, and the door opened by itself. It was quite fascinating how a society such as this had sliding doors, but some things were a necessity.
Quasi-spells were another hole of headaches though, and Sunday decided that his curiosity could be sated at a ...
2024-06-05 18:32:51 +0000 UTC
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