agoraphobic_dragon

Godfather's System 204

“It looks like everyone’s mood is shiny,” Zolast said as he looked at us. 

“Yes. Precious,” Limenta grumbled with annoyance. 

“It’s not as fun when you’re the one wearing the armor, right?” I said with a chuckle, amused by his frustration. Since Concealment...

Godfather's System 203

I couldn’t help but sigh as I looked at the fateful location that almost cost me dearly with the destruction of a divine avatar, the location of the giant breach. Now, in its place, there was already a half-constructed city that was large enough to rival Oniphia, minus the triple siege wards.&n...

Godfather's System 202 - Interlude Mahruss

Mahruss shuffled in discomfort as he tried to adapt  the unfamiliar weight of his armor. Well, unfamiliar was the wrong statement. He had worn that golden armor multiple times, often to trick others that the boss was still around. But, it was the first time he would have to fight while weari...

Godfather's System 201

As much as I wanted to stop and be surprised at the notification I received about the heart of a flying castle, the events had developed too far for me to slow down. I ignored the risk of integrating with the core. Instead, I wrapped the core up with some of my mana, hoping that it would be enoug...

Godfather's System 200

The wait didn’t last long, but I managed to check enough empty rooms to find a discarded set of armor in one of the rooms. It was damaged and waiting  for  repair, but it was still enough. 

Then, in about a minute,  an alarm started to ring, and the gates leading to th...

Godfather's System 199

Sneaking into the flying castle was no simple task even under normal circumstances, and the alert state of the army at the time didn’t make it any easier. I looked for an opportunity, which I was yet to find even as the sun started dipping down. 

Admittedly, trying to cause some trou...

Godfather's System 198

“How dare you ignore my orders, you commoner dog! I’m ordering you to leave my territory,” a shout reached my ear. 

“Jackpot,” I muttered as the sound reached my ear. It came from my right, a bit over a thousand feet away. I could see about fifty people, split into two groups...

Godfather's System 197

What was my great, awesome plan? 

An artificial hunt. 

It was a simple, incredibly so as a matter of fact. I had no doubt that, if I asked Takis to plan something, he would have come up with an incredible, complicated plan, but I had lived long enough to know that complicate...

Godfather's System 196

As I pulled myself out of the water, looking at the cliff, I couldn’t help but call the System and go over the changes.It was the first break I had since I started my travel to my Somatom. 

By swimming for three days without a break. 

Originally, it would have taken more t...

Godfather's System 195

“I thought that heroes were supposed to be young, boss,” Mahruss said as he looked at me, while Zolast continued to layer several spells on the dungeon entrance, doing his best to remove the pocket dimension that we used to make them join my Heroic Party, collapsing it to remove the evidence....

Godfather's System 194

“… And then, after calling Jertann a Hero, he departed after sending Zolast his regards,” Karak finished explaining. To be fair, it was the third time he had explained, giving every single detail he could remember. He spoke that much without prompting, showing how much he had been affected ...

Godfather's System 193

The priest of Zeus looked at me angrily. For a moment, I thought that he would actually accept my challenge, but then, his gaze met with the other priest. A subtle shake of  his head was enough to make  the priest of Zeus swallow his disagreement. 

“Of course not,” he man...

Godfather's System 192

For them to set the tent barely took a minute, in an area that could be classified as neutral ground. Their speed was a surprise, but not in a good way. Under the current circumstances, it made sense to play slowly, and maybe even waste more time to try their luck with more assassination attempts...

Godfather's System 191

We managed to arrive at Town Maell before the flying castle, but it had been a close call. When we stepped into one of the tunnels that led directly to the inner town, the castle was just a couple miles away, and approaching rapidly. 

I sent a signal to Limenta, asking him to take Taki...

Godfather's System 190

Unsurprisingly, Baron Maell wasn’t thrilled with the idea of meeting up with his ‘loving’ uncle. He was antsy even with my presence. He walked back and forth at the cart’s rear, his steps hard enough to shake the vehicle. “How dare that traitor show his face… I will kill him,” he mu...

Godfather's System 189

My initial plan was to deliver the mana bomb against the army that was planning to attack us, but, once I caught up with the attacking army, I began having second thoughts about it. 

The offensive regiment was barely two thousand troops strong.More importantly, they were rushing forwar...

Godfather's System 188 - Interlude Karak

Karak watched the city guard as his left hand tightened around the heft of his spear. They moved to arrest the people he had pointed out earlier, each of them having already passed the line they could approach without authorization. 

They listened to him, because at this point, almost ...

Godfather's System 187

“Are you ready, boys?” I asked as I looked at the shrouded figure of Limenta, standing next to Takis wearing gold armor, putting the last touches to escort the huge caravan that contained our promised weapon delivery.

Well, fake delivery. I had actually handled the real delivery with Te...

Godfather's System 186

The week that followed my short yet memorable trip to Oniphia was surprisingly idle. Other than a few hidden trips to Oniphia where I smuggled several more crates of weapons in order to further fuel the fears about the unchecked smuggling that triggered a witch hunt in the city. It was surprising...

Godfather's System 185

“Do you have anything to drink?” I asked even as I sat down, while Zolast let the flying cart start floating. He threw a bottle at me. “Just what I needed,” I said as I chugged. “So, have you been attacked?” I asked. 

“Twice,” Zolast said. “Once by a team of archers h...

Godfather's System 184

Once I was convinced that the flames wouldn’t suddenly turn into a portal, it was easy to ignore the spread of the cursed flames. After my Charisma-backed order, people ran away faster than the flames could spread. The property damage to the city was for the city lord to worry about.  

Godfather's System 183

As I returned to the inn arranged for me by the city, I was tempted to leave the city instead. Other than finding someone to frame for the fake-smuggling, I had accomplished all that was  necessary for the fake operation. At this point, I could leave the city to proceed with the operation, a...

Godfather's System 182

My decision to meet with the city lord immediately had led me to a waiting room. It was stocked well with food and drinks, and there were two servants ready to serve for any need that might have been prepared already. 

But, I was kept waiting for hours. 

It wasn’t a surpri...

Godfather's System 181

As I stood in front of the gates of Oniphia, I was having conflicting feelings. I was in awe as I looked at the giant walls, even the outermost layer tall enough to create a claustrophobic feeling. It was hard to argue against the impressiveness of the city. 

Yet, I was still disappoin...

Godfather's System 180 - Interlude Takis

“Third group. Pattern red-twelve. Attack! Fourth group. Pattern green-four. Suppressive fire! Spearman, set up a wall,” Takis shouted, and twenty ballista attacked at once, cutting his path of approach successfully, but his opponent still retreated easily, leaving the magic bolts to explode u...

Godfather's System 179

“No, I do not know what a domain is,” Zolast said as he poured himself another drink. I looked at the bottle, but he shook his head. “No drinks for you. It’s your punishment for killing Tarug. Do you have any idea how much work I have to do to smooth things over?” he said. 

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Godfather's System 178

The silence that filled the plains following my declaration was beautiful. It was a daring declaration, but the shift from blue glow to golden seemed to imprint the desired message. 

Naturally, fighting against a thousand soldiers just by myself was dangerous, no matter how overwhelmin...

Godfather's System 177

It was fun to see the sudden wave of uncertainty spread through the soldiers, and that was with no kind of emotional influence from me. I didn’t blame them. From their perspective, I belonged to a mysterious church with many incredible achievements.  

From their perspective, I might ...

Godfather's System 176

“What’s the situation?” I asked Takis once our forces started walking, two of us at the rear of the army, ignoring the risk of the forces behind us. They were busy dismantling the wards around the construction, checking for traps.

However, even as they did so, two mounted wings separa...

Godfather's System 175

 Jertann’s prediction about increasing hostilities turned out to be accurate. Barely an hour after our combined training and reporting session, I received an alert, saying that one of the new mines that was under construction near the border between Town Tarug and Town Maell was about to b...