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Mana System Chapter 195: Polishing off the rust

Barcos sighed and stored the bottle of alcohol away as he heard the Captain announce there were boarders on the deck. He unstrapped himself and loosened his shoulders as he opened the hatch and ste...

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Mana System Chapter 194: The next target

My concern over being singled out and bullied didn’t come to pass. It seemed the fight had been left at just that and nobody came to harass us after. That gave me time to restock all the food and...

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Mana System Chapter 193: New crew

Despite Barcos’s desire to leave the island, we didn’t leave right away. Well, we left the island but stayed close. I wanted to get a measure of the man’s abilities before I accepted him as c...

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For December

First off I just want to thank all my patrons for this month. It was a crazy month. That being said, the Writathon goes until December 5th and I plan on continuing my daily release until then.

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Mana System Chapter 192: Sha’Stis

Doniger’s place looked like nothing more than a run-down warehouse from the outside. If it wasn’t for the animated illusion of a woman spreading her legs above the door, we may have walked righ...

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Mana System Chapter 191: Quest

It turned out Khikall was overly optimistic in his estimation on how long it would take to return. And when he finally did return, I noticed he was returning alone.

I waited on the deck, enjo...

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Mana System Chapter 190: Port of broken souls

We slowly coasted into the small port that Khikall had told me about. He wasn’t lying when he said small. There was one dock with three slips for ships and that was it. Even the island wasn’t m...

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Mana System Chapter 189: Little fish

“That could have gone better,” Khikall said as I reentered the command room.

“Yeah, but I got the captain so it all worked out. Any idea why only three pirates tried to board the Retrib...

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Mana System Chapter 188: Learning the ropes

I let Khikall take control of the ship and slowly ease us into the pea soup fog that was quickly rolling into the harbor. It was hard trusting someone I had just met but he seemed like a straight s...

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Mana System Chapter 187: What to do

“So, Captain, what are your plans?” Khikall asked as he walked beside me through the city.

I shrugged, “not sure. I originally came to this part of the world to simply explore. But as y...

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Mana System Chapter 186: The dishonored

I watched closely as the Jerboa made his way through the bar and over to my table. Other Jerboa near his path got up and moved away but it didn’t seem like the same respect I saw out in the stree...

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Mana System Chapter 185: The floating lands

No other dangers jumped out to attack as I closed in on my destination. I was now close enough to see what it was.

Massive chunks of stone and dirt floated above the ocean. At first, it was j...

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Mana System Chapter 184: Discovering new lands

It had been two weeks since I departed Saint June, in search of what, I wasn’t quite sure yet. Action and adventure I guess. Or maybe just the ability to see something new was what I needed.

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Mana System Chapter 183: Burning out the vermin

I stared with fascination and maybe a touch of horror at the destruction my weapons had wrought. My estimate had been thirty seconds to a minute to burn through the shield based on what I knew of t...

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Mana System Chapter 182: An eye for an eye

I realized I screwed up and scheduled this chapter out of order. My bad.

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“You’re certain!” Lord Vik’t hissed in annoyance.

“Ye...

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Mana System Chapter 181: Working the bugs out

The party lasted way too long and by the end, my nerves were fried but Fiona thanked me for sticking it out. I knew it was more about Martin than it was about me but still, I hated politics.

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Mana System Chapter 180: What drives me

After my conversation with Martin, which left me feeling like a stray dog kicked to the street, even though I knew Martin meant well, I thought long and hard about what he said.

He was right ...

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Mana System Chapter 179: Cold war

It took a week but the enemy eventually pulled back all of their forces from within the forest. They couldn’t afford to leave even spotters inside the draining field. At least not if they wanted ...

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Paul Fuller Character Sheet

Paul Fuller | Mantra Enchanter/Maw of the Void | Level 21/18

Strength:20(+2) modifier x22

Endurance:20 modifier x40

Agil...

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Mana System Chapter 178: Drained

“You sure this will work?” Martin asked worriedly.

“No,” I responded while I positioned the large cube full of runes into place below the teleportation scrambler.

“You could h...

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Mana System Chapter 177: City under siege

“Hey, Fiona, I think we may have a problem,” I said as I looked at the remote viewing orb.

It wasn’t quite clear as we were still a ways off from the coast and the orb wasn’t designed...

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Mana System Chapter 176: The hunt is on

Ska walked back through the city gate. He was going to relay what he found to Martin when a familiar scent crossed his nose.

He paused, inhaling deeply. Unlike the old scent trails located ou...

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Mana System Chapter 175: Overdue return

“Any idea who or what it was?” Martin asked as he stared at the mangled corpse on the coroner's table.

Martin was thankful the city had power again, otherwise, the smell would have been u...

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Mana System Chapter 174: Infiltration

As soon as the portal vanished and Lord Vik’t was secure, Ashlam went to gather his forces.

The Lord wanted an all-out assault but Ashlam knew there were better ways to secure a city than a...

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Mana System Chapter 173: Trouble brewing at home

A white ring of swirling energy opened outside of Saint June and three men stepped out.

One of the men looked around in disdain with a cloth over his mouth to block out the dust that was kick...

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Mana System Chapter 172: Elusive catch

After Fiona woke up, we spread out and deployed the spirit repellers around the last reported location of someone going missing. It wasn’t close to one of the working enchantment circles but it w...

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Mana System Chapter 171: The Hunt

“I didn’t expect them to have hundreds of weak mana hearts they were willing to trade for our assistance,” I said as we walked behind another of the Silent Ones.

My first assumption tha...

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Mana System Chapter 170: The lies beneath


I had to stop myself from leaping across the table and throttling the older man on the far side. It was a close thing, my rage barely kept in check by an almost imperceptible shake of Fi...

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Mana System Chapter 169: Vetting process

The three of us followed the silent woman as she led us to the Chief’s residence. It was easy to tell how opulent the place was, even more so than Fiona’s description. I noticed pillars carved ...

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Mana System Chapter 168: A town on the edge

It soon became clear to Fiona that something was hunting the citizens of the town. It's why they avoided dark alleys, looked about in trepidation, and jumped at noises. It seemed like the Chief was...

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