The swamp reeked of decay as Percy and Nesha dragged their feet through the murky waters. Each step sucked their boots deeper into the mud, almost like the bog itself was trying to pull them under.
Had this been a year ago, they might have been attacked by an oversized crocodile or python b...
2024-12-18 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostA few minutes earlier
Micky flew in a wide arc around the pale man, trying to figure out how to attack him. Using the annoying trick Percy had taught him, he made his heart beat faster, and his body glow yellow. He was a lot stronger like this!
Micky had really wanted...
2024-12-18 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing the guard’s explanation, the next couple of weeks passed by in a blur.
Luckily, the man didn’t dwell much on the totem’s strange state. As it turned out, it was a lot more reasonable to assume there was something wrong with the relays supplying the structure with mana, than ...
2024-12-17 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, the people Percy had previously faced weren’t exactly the best the Yellow grade had to offer. Neither the guy he had killed in the hunting grounds, nor the bandits seemed to hold a candle to the nobles from House Tantalus.
One of them had the earth affinity, but he used ...
2024-12-17 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostA soothing feeling massaged Percy’s mind as the totem’s gentle radiance seeped into his host’s head.
Over the next few minutes, he sensed something sprout, almost like a new window opening in his mind, waiting to be peered through. This would have probably felt bizarre if he hadn’t ...
2024-12-16 07:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Percy… seat… all day…” Micky said.
“Sit.” Nesha corrected him.
“Sit.”
Bored as she had been over the last couple of weeks, the girl had volunteered to teach Micky how to speak. By now, the crow’s vocabulary had expanded greatly. Even his ability to vocalize ...
2024-12-16 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAnother month passed since the activation of Enki’s second core, and Percy hadn’t stopped working on the regeneration pills in that time.
Now that the boy was free from the arduous task of clearing his channels, Percy had asked him to pay attention to what he was doing. After all, obser...
2024-12-15 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSwinging with as much strength as he could muster, Percy cut through the vine. At first, the blade slid right through the black growth, slicing it apart like butter. However, this was the thickest one he’d encountered by far. Consequently, the edge kept slowing down, before ultimately coming to...
2024-12-15 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostCrafting a bandage for Enki hadn’t been too difficult. The concealment rune didn’t have any special requirement – it worked with pretty much any material that contained some mana.
Visiting the town’s marketplace, they only had to beg a few hunters and gatherers for some scraps of ma...
2024-12-14 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs it so happened, the two sides weren’t evenly matched at all. Their numerical advantage aside, the villagers seemed to completely outclass the raiders in both skill and the quality of their weapons. Hell, even if their numbers were reversed, Percy was confident ‘his’ people wouldn’t hav...
2024-12-14 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostPercy felt the temperature go up rapidly, as the red glow in the distance intensified, the very water around him vibrating.
Apparently, that light he’d seen the other day was an underwater volcano – and an active one at that! From what Enki explained, his people tended to ...
2024-12-13 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPercy watched the strange contraption grind the materials into fine powder. They swirled through the long metallic cylinder, its interior filled with steel teeth, rotating thanks to the heat from the furnace. It was actually ingenious how the locals harnessed the movement of the hot air to accomp...
2024-12-13 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post‘Ea’s Gift? What’s that?’ Percy asked.
‘Are you kidding me? The thing you just made pop up right in front of our eyes!’
Thinking of something, Percy’s heart skipped a beat. But he didn’t show it. He wanted to pry some more information from his host fi...
2024-12-12 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post___
Takeo Muramasa (Percival's clone)
Mana cores:
· [Mana core 1 – Red – ???]
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‘Spectral Art, huh?’
Evidently, involving one’s trait in their magic resulted in yet another flavour of spell. In any case, Percy was glad Weaving had more to offer than just the long-term project he was working on.
‘What did you do? I can feel my body again!’ 2024-12-11 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Percy was a little bummed out by his latest venture. This was his first clone outside Remior in months, though luck hadn’t been on his side. He’d spent the entire trip looking for a suitable host, but all he’d found were crumbling souls that wouldn’t last a minute once he took over. In th...
2024-12-11 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostPercy had chosen a Red host this time. The lower grade might be a little annoying, but this was the first soul he found today that was both sentient and in a relatively decent condition – right past the threshold where it could be possessed.
Naturally, he wasn’t planning to return to th...
2024-12-10 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Takeo… Don’t leave the village. It’s too dangerous.” Father said sternly.
But he wasn’t having it.
“This is exactly why we have to go! We can’t just wait here like cowards!”
Sengo reached for his son, but the boy shook the hand off his shoulder. Grabbing his f...
2024-12-10 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Wow, that looks like quite the spell.” Nesha pitched in.
“You haven’t seen anything yet.” Percy grinned.
Reaching into the mana around his arm, he willed one of its properties to shift. Without warning, the entire gauntlet vanished into thin air, causing Nesha’s eyes to w...
2024-12-09 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“I look like a bandit…” Percy groaned, glancing down at his mismatched outfit.
“You stink like one too.” Nesha said, pinching her nose as she inched further away from him.
“Hey, remind me again… Who was it that took all my spare clothes?” Percy asked in a faux-offended...
2024-12-09 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostPercy’s efforts to use his mana defensively dated as far back as his first month in the Alchemists’ Guild, when he developed his Glove spell.
That said, the flimsy layer of cyan mana had never been particularly impressive. Back then, he hadn’t even known about Reinforcement. Not to me...
2024-12-08 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostOversized fireballs and blasts of pressurized water rained upon Percy one after the other, keeping him on his toes. The surrounding patches of grass had all been reduced to soggy cinders, his boots leaving dozens of prints as he danced along the soot and mud, dodging the apocalyptic storm of magi...
2024-12-08 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe clone’s memories settled in place, the events of the past few weeks rapidly flashing through Percy’s mind.
This time, he’d ended up in the body of a semi-sentient for a change! It was a weird, gnoll-like creature – some kind of ugly humanoid racoon. Not his finest moment, but th...
2024-12-07 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post‘Percy!’
‘What is it?’ the young man asked, sensing the crow’s urgency through their bond.
Getting used to hearing actual words from Micky would take a while.
‘People…’
He sighed. They were bound to run into somebody sooner or lat...
2024-12-07 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostPercy was dying to explore the strange feeling, but he had to finish all his chores first. He spent a couple days brewing ahead for himself and his companions. He also sent a new clone out – hopefully to the Vault, but he wouldn’t know that until he was back.
Only then did he finally al...
2024-12-06 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Grandpa!! Why are they taking you?” Floria cried as the members of the Divine Root placed Bronn in handcuffs, escorting him out of the building. The man could free himself of course – if he wanted – but he didn’t seem to have any intention of resisting.
The girl jus...
2024-12-06 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostPercy wanted nothing more than to dive back into his work, having lots of urgent tasks to tend to. The looming threat of House Tantalus aside, there were only 9 more months until the lotus bloomed, and he wanted to return to his family by then.
Sadly for him, his injured channels forced him...
2024-12-05 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean you can’t find anything?” Deimos’s voice boomed, the entire room shaking.
The idiot in his grip trembled as he was held by the collar, not even daring to blink as the spittle splashed all over his face.
“S-Sir, we’ve searched the settlement inside out. We...
2024-12-05 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAt first, the townsfolk stared at the ill-begotten tatters of silk in stunned silence. Over the next two minutes, Percy watched the colour drain from their faces, their eyes widening with panic. But still, nobody dared to utter a sound. It wasn’t until another minute later that somebody finally...
2024-12-04 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe trio ran for hours until they felt safe enough to take a break. And even then, they only gave themselves a few minutes to catch their breath and rub some more dirt on, before resuming their journey until nightfall. Perhaps, the Green or Blue bugs could still track them down, but Percy guessed...
2024-12-04 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post