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Quod Olim Erat: Fractal Contact (Chapter 24)

Sefisu System, Cassandrian Front, 619.9 A.E. (Age of Expansion)

“Thirty-eight shuttles lost, captain,” I said on the bridge.

Warning messages were all over the halls and quarters, but that did little to help us right now. The system we had flown into contained over five hundred ships compared to our seventy-eight. Yet, they weren’t the problem. The enemy’...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 802)

I have no idea what this wasn't sent :(((
NOTE! It's supposed to happen before the previous chapter (803)

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“Two more ground groups found,” the communication fury announced in the war room.

The role had been established by Dallion, who decided that it would be more efficient for one fury to make the announcements rather than everyone. The notion seemed logical, yet as...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 803)

“Scatter and attack,” Dallion said to a row of white-haired furies behind him.

Without delay, each conveyed the orders to the thousands that filled the skies. The area they covered was massive. There were countries that weren’t as large. Yet, it wasn’t them that would perform the attack. Their real task had been to protect the cloud forts from any surprise attacks.

Hundreds ...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 801)

Vihrogon was the first to predict it. While enemy battle movements had been slow since the last major encounter, they quickly picked up at an alarming pace. The closer everyone got to the vortexes’ appearance, the bolder the Azures became, targeting empyreal cloud forts hourly. The attacks followed a hit-and-run tactic, aimed at testing strength and disrupting positions more than anything els...

Quod Olim Erat: Fractal Contact (Chapter 22)

Planet Alpha-Three-Nineteen, 705.6 A.E. (Age of Expansion)

“I’m not getting anything on the feeds,” Aquila Lux said, sounding tense. “Do you need to abort?”

“It’s like that upon entry.” The exact same had happened last time. Upon activating the dome, it had opened up and swallowed me, taking me through a pool of liquid cobalt. At least this time t...

Quod Olim Erat: Fractal Contact (Chapter 23)

Three of the remaining domes had cube artifacts with a fractal pyramid drawn on them. Examining their surfaces as far as the helmet would allow me, I could see no differences, as if they were perfectly identical. When I got back aboard Sof, I’d ask him to do a comparative analysis, but I strongly suspected that his findings wouldn’t differ from mine.

Four domes—four artifacts. All t...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 800)

“Majesty,” whispers filled the war room as all white-haired furies stood to attention at Diroh’s arrival.

The crimson furies weren’t enthusiastic, although they also acknowledged her presence. That made things somewhat awkward for the mages. Technically, the ice fury remained a novice. A special exception had to be made in order for her to leave the Learning Hall. At the same time...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 799)

Sitting in a corner of the war room, Dallion read through the recent reports, while several of his instances observed the massive war map of the contested area. White-haired furies floated about, using air currents to move army pieces according to the latest developments in the actual war zone. The information was dutifully gathered by awakened spies—furies or mages—observing it in person a...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 798)

The space Dallion went into was a hall. The entire floor was covered with miniature structures, as if he had suddenly found himself in Legoland. The difference was that the structures were realistic, representing villages, towns and cities. People the size of Dallion, whose features were unrecognizable, moved about, placing or removing structures to various settlements. One could almost think t...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 797)

It was the last person Dallion expected to see, especially here. Adzorg—while posing as Nil—had told him that the gorgon had joined the Alliance of Stone and Steel, though never explicitly in what capacity.

One look enough was enough to see she had become a full noble, still leading him by a few levels. Her empathy trait had increased by a fair amount, reaching the mid-twenties. Yet, ...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 796)

A pair of sun gold metalins opened the massive door leading to the imperial gardens. The entire arch was adored with finely crafted sculptures depicting a hunting scene. From what one could tell, the emperor—recognizable by his tall frame and massive crown—was hunting bores while riding a dragon. Any attempt at morality was long gone, but even so it instilled a sense of awe in anyone who lo...

Quod Olim Erat: Fractal Contact (Chapter 21)

Major finds tended to make people nervous. Both my first and second captains had a tendency to hold their breaths, metaphorically speaking, when they were on the verge of a major discovery. I still remember how devastated Wilco felt once we’d found an old abandoned Cassandrian ship. There had been a realistic chance that the vessel held a race creating an artifact, and for a while it seemed t...

Quod Olim Erat: Fractal Contact (Chapter 22)

Planet Alpha-Three-Nineteen, 705.6 A.E. (Age of Expansion)

“I’m not getting anything on the feeds,” Aquila Lux said, sounding tense. “Do you need to abort?”

“It’s like that upon entry.” The exact same had happened last time. Upon activating the dome, it had opened up and swallowed me, taking me through a pool of liquid cobalt. At least this time t...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 795)

“This way, battle apprentice,” the lead fury said, inviting Dallion further inside of the cloud ford.

As they walked, the walls of the structure constantly shifted, forming large windows before closing again. It was a nice touch, making Dallion almost feel nobility. One might say that he had earned it with his current level boost, not to mention fulfilling his goal. And yet, something...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 794)

The next gate… Once Dallion went through it, he would join the ranks of nobility—not the hereditary farce reserved for family members, but the real thing. There was no telling what would change once he did. No one past a gate spoke about it except to those who had done so as well. There was a time when Dallion yearned to find himself in such a position. Even before joining the Academy, the ...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 793)

It could be said that technology was based on weakness. With awakened looking over the population, there never was a need for complex and intricate devices. Binoculars, magnifying lenses, even glasses were vastly unnecessary. Everyone with a high perception could see hundreds of times better than a pair of Earth binoculars; meanwhile, everyone with low perception had no reason to put in the eff...

Quod Olim Erat: Fractal Contact (Chapter 20)

There were artifacts, and then there were artifacts. My authority as an arbiter’s assistant granted me access to a nearly complete list of alien tech and items, ranging from the microscopic to the vast. The biggest that I had seen myself was a complex of five domes buried beneath the surface of a planet abundant with life. What awaited us in this system put everything I’d seen before to sha...

Quod Olim Erat: Fractal Contact (Chapter 21)

Major finds tended to make people nervous. Both my first and second captains had a tendency to hold their breaths, metaphorically speaking, when they were on the verge of a major discovery. I still remember how devastated Wilco felt once we’d found an old abandoned Cassandrian ship. There had been a realistic chance that the vessel held a race creating an artifact, and for a while it seemed t...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 792)

Dozens of Dallion’s instances charged at the dryad. The hammer swung, destroying wave after wave of void vines, to no avail. There was no telling what the values of Virhogon’s traits were, but there was no doubt that he had been a high-ranking noble. At present, a large part of his focus was on keeping Harp and the other guardians in check, yet still he was proving to be a difficult opponen...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 791)

Damn it, old man! Dallion moved his fingers, summoning his armadil shield.

The piece of gear instantly emerged next to Dallion, pushing the air currents away from his body. Without wasting a moment, he took advantage of the modicum of freedom to draw his thread splitter and Nox dagger, then slash his constraints in one action. The air threads vanished, destroyed by the lethal edg...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 790)

It took a full day for the city to return to a near state of normalcy. Early the next morning, a member of the local Order of the Seven Moons announced that the bishop had been called to the archbishop in relation to the extraordinary events that had occurred. The excuse was completely false, but managed to convey enough calm so as to let the inhabitants worry about other matters. After all, if...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 789)

The memory fragment faded away just as quickly as it had appeared. Parts Dallion had already seen within the memory of someone else—the rogue mage he had fought back while pursuing the poison plague sword. That was only the tip of the iceberg, though.

During the single moment his body surged with new magical power, Dallion had done something that was supposed to be impossible: experienc...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 788)

MEMORY FRAGMENT

Mage Academy Research Cloister, 17 years ago

“Is anything wrong, dear boy?” the Adzorg asked. “You’ve been somewhat distracted lately.”

“Just unsure about this,” Gassil replied. “Star schematics… not sure what to expect.”

There was a time when Adzorg thought the boy to be brilliant. Unfortun...

Unexpected absence

Hello, all

Unfortunately after the recent good news my health has taken a turn. I'm be going to doctors starting tomorrow. As of yet I have no idea when I'll be able to post.
I'll do my best to finish Adzorg's story this week (1-2 chapters), but can't guarantee even that.

My apologies :(

Lise

Leveling up The World (Book 4) Available :)

Book 4 is out :D in English!

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTMX7BW6

The German version of Book 3 is also out (split into two, so that would make it book 4 and 5 :))

Once again, than you for making this possible! :D Hopefully won't be long before more stuff is out here, as well as on Ki...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 787)

MEMORY FRAGMENT

Mage Academy Learning Hall, 72 years ago

Being head of the Learning Hall wasn’t at all as fun as it was supposed to be. It was claimed to be a power position within the Academy with countless benefits. Nobles tended to send gifts to make sure their children did well, mages tended to offer favors for having their pick of ...

Time Looped (Chapter 11)

“What happened yesterday?” Helen asked as they were opening the windows again.

“Didn’t you see them?” Will asked.

Given the commotion, he’d think it was impossible not to. At the very least, rumors would have filled the school, the town, and the entire online space within minutes. Even if one were to consider that he had managed to kill off the last wolf as he died, the ...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 786)

MEMORY FRAGMENT

Mage Academy Learning Hall, 83 years ago

There was an inexplicable fascination that came with otherworldly items. They were far better crafted than anything Adzorg had seen, even compared to artifacts from previous ages of the world. The materials were foreign, as was the function, and above all. There was a deep aura of c...

Time Looped (Chapter 10)

Screams filled the room, as two of the wolves ripped a person in the back row apart. Many more people were wounded by the flying shards. And amidst it all, everyone remained frozen, as if someone had taken out their batteries.

What are you doing? Don’t freeze up! Will grabbed the nearest object he could reach—someone’s backpack—and threw it at the nearest wolf’s head. 2023-07-20 01:25:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Leveling up the World (Chapter 785)

The darkness felt different. Rather, it wasn’t darkness, but a sense of absence. There were no magic threads, no void, no anything… and within this entire endlessness of nothing stood Dallion.

I’m dreaming? He wondered.

It wouldn’t be the first time, especially after something so traumatic. He could still feel the vast amount of magic threads he had absorbed circula...