I spent a few minutes resting in the sand, letting the piercing pain in my brain slowly fade away. Then, as the effects of the Call of the Ocean faded into the back of my mind, I made my way toward...
2023-01-21 04:50:16 +0000 UTC View PostI froze, staring at the giant eye that lay deep in the ocean, before I saw it disappear just as suddenly as it had appeared.
I stopped moving as I looked around, but I couldn’t see the rest...
2023-01-18 23:30:56 +0000 UTC View PostI spent the next few days with my friends and family. I did all that I could to prepare – which wasn’t much, considering how little we knew about what lay under the surface of the ocean. I want...
2023-01-17 05:40:55 +0000 UTC View PostWhen they arrived at Boris’s house, Natasha warmly greeted Alice, giving her an enthusiastic smile. She also gave Professor Feliza and Immortal Ethan a respectful nod when she saw their Mage embl...
2023-01-14 08:53:34 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the presence of the outsiders was confirmed by the scout boats, I spent a few hours thinking while the islanders did their best to observe the outsiders without being seen. In total, the Outs...
2023-01-14 02:23:40 +0000 UTC View PostTwo more years passed. Felix and I turned fifteen, and Sallia turned fourteen. Perhaps due to how hard it was to keep improving my weapon mastery, I didn’t get any improvements to my Swordsmanshi...
2023-01-13 02:28:38 +0000 UTC View PostIt took me a few months of practice before I finally learned how to teleport properly. It was very difficult to get used to seeing the ‘ripples’ in space out of the corners of my eyes and manip...
2023-01-12 00:04:08 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the hunt of the glowing fish, months passed. Life returned to normal within the village. Two months later, I stabilized my fourth rune, something that made me extremely excited. I had waited ...
2023-01-10 23:59:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe celebration lasted for several hours, with villagers wildly celebrating the success of the hunt. During that time, several boats also flew back to their villages, carrying word of the end of th...
2023-01-09 23:22:11 +0000 UTC View PostI have been debating whether I want to do this for a while now. I have hesitated SO many times. But I think it COULD be fun, so I’ma give it a whirl and see how it goes.
If you feel like it...
2022-12-24 06:56:28 +0000 UTC View PostImmortal Ethan already had a manaless room set up in his mansion, so the experiment only took a few minutes to set up. After Immortal Ethan finished his preparations, he stepped into the manaless r...
2022-12-24 06:45:38 +0000 UTC View PostNote - I released two chapters for Markets and multiverses today. If you're confused by the fact that the story suddenly seems to have skipped ahead, look for the previous chapter first.&nb...
2022-12-24 00:02:30 +0000 UTC View PostAs the fish glared at our boat, I scanned our surroundings, desperate to find a way to survive. I wasn’t done with this world yet - I wasn’t ready to die.
The fish teleported closer to ou...
2022-12-23 23:56:11 +0000 UTC View PostHuh?
I stared at the fish, dumbfounded, as I realized that I had already lost one of my two jobs in this fight. I had expected the glowing fish wouldn’t be tricked by my illusory b...
2022-12-22 19:17:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe morning of the hunt came. Before I could leave for the meeting spot, my mother stopped me by stepping in front of the door. She stared at me for a moment, as if memorizing every detail of my fa...
2022-12-22 00:45:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, I found Sallia and Felix, and discussed what I had learned about keyword abilities and glut penalty. When I mentioned the ability to take magic systems from world to world, Sallia...
2022-12-21 03:35:43 +0000 UTC View PostNight came, and as most people expected, the village chief called for a village meeting. Many villagers had already heard bits and pieces of the whole story, so people flocked towards the center of...
2022-12-20 02:43:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the day passed quickly. After treating herself to a nice meal and then enchanting for a few hours, Alice returned to Ethan’s mansion for the night and slept. The following day was a n...
2022-12-17 06:12:57 +0000 UTC View PostOur brief respite didn’t last for long. My broken wrist throbbed with pain, and Claus’s missing leg was still dripping blood into the bandage wrapped around it. My father, along with Olav and E...
2022-12-17 03:41:30 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn’t take long the find the village chief and lead him back to the shore. We returned to the spot where we had seen the glowing fish, before gazing at the ocean again. The glowing fish was s...
2022-12-15 21:44:43 +0000 UTC View PostI spent a few weeks learning to maneuver the boat with the rest of the fishermen. Flying using floatwood had a heavy demand on group coordination and teamwork, so it took me a while to reach a poin...
2022-12-15 01:17:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, I visited the village chief and requested permission to end my apprenticeship under master Arne, and instead start learning to fish. In addition, I asked for permission to heal people...
2022-12-14 00:33:56 +0000 UTC View PostAfter I finished my initial experiments with my first rune ability, I went to find my friends. After retrieving them from their houses, we gathered near the ocean, far enough away from the village ...
2022-12-13 00:44:27 +0000 UTC View PostIn total, Alice spent another hour trying to untangle what types of mana actually went into System mana. Since the idea of a ‘compound’ mana was so new to her, she felt that breaking down Syste...
2022-12-10 06:31:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe difficulty of condensing a fourth rune was much higher than the previous runes. This was due to the fundamental change in nature runes had every third rune. The fourth through sixth runes could...
2022-12-10 06:28:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter we finished healing up survivors, dealing with funerals, and thanking the other village chiefs for coming, our village began to focus on rebuilding. The other villages didn’t stand idly by ...
2022-12-09 03:21:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe villagers we saw in the distance made their way towards us, one after another. Many people were injured, and after seeing them, two of the people in our group quickly began setting up a small h...
2022-12-08 00:52:22 +0000 UTC View PostI looked in the direction of the village, feeling horror as I realized what the last-ditch plan of the outsiders looked like. I hadn’t thought about it before, since nobody in the village had a r...
2022-12-06 23:28:32 +0000 UTC View PostRecently someone messaged me and stated that they were having some issues with Patreon's payment information, and could not update it on their end. They state that they have attempted all troublesh...
2022-12-06 00:44:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe next two days were a flurry of activity, as the villagers prepared for the chieftains to meet with the outsiders. In that time, people engaged in all sorts of odd activities. Some ordered weapo...
2022-12-06 00:20:18 +0000 UTC View Post