“The real reason for this meeting?” Alice asked, trying not to show her surprise on her face.
When she had learned the [King] wanted to see her, she had thought it was related to the coll...
2024-03-23 08:38:49 +0000 UTC View PostTwenty minutes after we began to rest, Anise’s {Phoenix's Last Stand} ended. Immediately afterward, her stats dropped two grades. Her ability to control flames and conjure fire dropped to almost ...
2024-03-23 06:27:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs we stepped into the room, I had a very strange feeling. It was very faint - only a little change, but it was something I was so used to that any change stood out. I frowned, and spent a few mome...
2024-03-22 04:51:55 +0000 UTC View PostI focused my vision on Anise’s voice, trying to figure out what she had discovered. Anise pointed at one of the pillars, and I felt confused. I didn’t see anything there. It was a solid column ...
2024-03-21 06:50:07 +0000 UTC View PostAlice spent the next three days verifying a few things.
Now that she was aware of the small little gem-like clump of mana inside of her and Ethan’s brain, Alice started to check other peopl...
2024-03-16 08:43:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Why did the bloody Zelyrians trap this room?” asked Felix, frowning. I scanned the area around us as best I could with my spatial eyesight to see if I could figure out the answer.
The ro...
2024-03-16 07:01:13 +0000 UTC View Post<Is Sallia really dead?> asked Felix, still caught in the same shock as me. The worldstriders raged outside, but for the three of us, the world seemed to have narrowed to a single fact. Salli...
2024-03-15 06:55:11 +0000 UTC View PostI turned back towards Felix and our parents as they drifted further away. The knowledge that this situation was impossible settled in my bones as I continued to search for a way out.
Anise an...
2024-03-14 05:35:18 +0000 UTC View PostAlice very nervous when the [Messenger] asked her to appear in front of the [King].
She had only met one other member of the royal family so far, and she had been an unfavored [Princess] desp...
2024-03-09 09:42:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe void burned as the three of us stood on Sallia’s metal platform. A moment later, Sallia leapt forward.
There were dozens of times more worldstriders in this area than there had been in ...
2024-03-09 06:41:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs we drew closer to the wall of worldstriders, I quickly explained my plan to Sallia, Anise, and Felix via the friendship bracelets.
I couldn’t communicate very efficiently with the parent...
2024-03-08 07:18:55 +0000 UTC View PostWe ran through endless darkness. The horde pursued us like an unrelenting river, hounding our footsteps as we ran for our lives.
I constantly used alteration essence to activate renewal, keep...
2024-03-07 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAfter some hesitation, Alice decided to ask Ethan what to do about the potentially unstable laws of physics. In some ways, telling anyone was a terrible idea, because it would help destabilize the ...
2024-03-02 09:04:32 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I saw the horde of shadow creatures flying towards us, I immediately realized something.
There were way too many of them to handle.
Worse, Felix’s regular attacks had pa...
2024-03-02 05:59:09 +0000 UTC View PostMy tarot deck activated, and I saw three cards pull themselves out of the deck and reveal themselves.
The Priestess. Death. Cups.
I had no idea what Cups or the Priestess would...
2024-03-01 06:16:44 +0000 UTC View PostAs I watched the pile of rocks animate itself, my hands flicked to the items I usually ignored.
In this world, I hadn’t fought against any major single threat. Humans were only threatening ...
2024-02-29 06:24:05 +0000 UTC View PostFor a moment, Alice wondered if she had made a horrible mistake. Perhaps the System breaking down had caused Perks above level 75 to malfunction? Was her brain about to melt down or something? Alic...
2024-02-24 09:38:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs we walked, I constantly shifted from one type of vision to another, trying to keep an eye out for any dangers in our surroundings. To my surprise, when I tried to activate my spatial sight, I re...
2024-02-24 06:18:09 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a moment of pure darkness, we were somewhere else. I couldn’t see anything.
I opened my mouth, but no sound came, even when I desperately tried to speak. I frowned, and a shiver of te...
2024-02-23 05:43:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe essence in our surroundings quaked and shuddered, like a leviathan emerging from the depths of the ocean. Space started to crackle and pop, and. I could feel adistortion in the world around me ...
2024-02-22 06:57:16 +0000 UTC View PostAlice found Cecilia first. Checking up on her friend came before a potentially long, in-depth discussion of her Perks and future choices. Alice wanted to make sure that Cecilia was all right.
The group was less than pleased to discover that we had somehow managed to run into a battle between the Vernese and coalition armies. Somehow, we had ended up right next to the very armies we had ...
2024-02-17 06:06:38 +0000 UTC View PostAfter my conversation with Old Mo, to my relief, he seemed considerably more comfortable with me than before. He stopped awkwardly eyeing me from the corner of his eyes, and he seemed less on edge ...
2024-02-16 08:47:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Have you ever heard of other dimensions?” I asked Old Mo.
Old Mo frowned, and looked at me in confusion. “Other… dimensions?” he asked. “Like in some of the fantasy stories that ...
2024-02-15 07:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the battle finished, Alice took one look at the people who were still alive on the boat, and grimaced to herself.
Less people had survived than she had thought.
Maybe a third of t...
2024-02-10 08:35:28 +0000 UTC View PostWith Anise’s orb and ability potion sorted out, the group continued traveling. Sallia’s father seemed a bit upset over the ‘loss’ of the ability potion, but he seemed to be willing to put i...
2024-02-10 05:51:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, we set out on our journey, as usual. We still had quite a bit of territory to cover before we even left Verne, and we wanted to be away from the coalition army and the Vernese arm...
2024-02-09 06:53:52 +0000 UTC View PostWith Old Mo on board with helping us set up Anise’s ‘ability potion,’ the four of us went to bed for the night. Anise quietly crawled back into the tent with her parents, Sallia did the same,...
2024-02-08 06:35:57 +0000 UTC View PostAlice felt her heartbeat accelerate again as she stared at the rainbow colored blob of mana that stood upon the ship.
Emilia.
The woman who had come to kidnap or kill her, and hurt the ...
2024-02-03 09:57:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 202: Anise Awakens - Markets and Multiverses
It took nearly an hour for Anise’s surgery to finish. I spent most of that time worriedly hovering over her shoulder, but I didn...
2024-02-03 06:26:35 +0000 UTC View Post