A stray ray of sunlight licked Percy’s eyelid, causing him to wrinkle his nose in irritation. He didn’t wake up until a couple minutes later, however. The first thing he noticed was the stench of rotting wood and spoilt eggs. Not the most pleasant scent to come to, though it didn’t take him...
2024-12-03 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostPercy had come a long way since joining the Alchemists’ Guild. He’d learned a lot and honed many of his spells over the years, though if there were two things he’d gained the most experience in... well… it would be brewing elixirs and killing wasps.
The latter...
2024-12-03 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing the notification, Percy couldn’t help but crack a smile. This wasn’t what he’d set out to accomplish, but it now meant that even if the operation ended up failing, it wouldn’t have all been for nothing. That said, he wasn’t going to give up so easily either.
‘Let’s ...
2024-12-02 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe crow remained silent, staring at the young man as if he had lost his mind.
“Please buddy… Can you do this for me?”
Micky looked back and forth between Percy and the carcass a few times, seemingly pondering the request. Eventually, he begrudgingly hopped towards the bug, resi...
2024-12-02 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostPercy fought against the pain and exhaustion to keep his eyes open, waiting for the others to return. Doing so proved almost as difficult as the battle itself.
Eventually, he heard the rhythmic flap of Micky’s wings. Tilting his head up, he saw the crow approach rapidly, dropping Nesha in...
2024-12-01 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe knight’s mandibles opened wide, preparing to chomp the pesky human in half. Reading his adversary’s intentions via Soul Vision, the young man was ready to crouch beneath the monster at a moment’s notice, clenching the half-formed sickle tightly in his fist.
Yet just as they were a...
2024-12-01 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostFighting against a Green by himself was arguably reckless, but the man was already two limbs down. If Percy couldn’t even beat him in this state, then it would just mean their plan had been doomed from the start.
“Just who are you people?! Are you members of House Avalon?!”
Perc...
2024-11-30 18:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, three more months passed in relative quiet.
Naturally, Percy hadn’t stopped sending out clones in that time, hoping one of them would stumble upon something interesting. Sadly, that hadn’t happened. He hadn’t bothered to return to the Vault either, as none of his recent ho...
2024-11-30 18:04:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Another one.” Micky said, carrying an oversized rat carcass in his talons.
The distraction caused Percy to mess up the rune he was trying to carve on the snake’s body, prompting him to click his tongue in annoyance. Sighing, he shifted his attention to the new corpse, scanning it via...
2024-11-30 18:03:00 +0000 UTC View PostPercy had decided to look for a mana conversion spell as an alternative solution to his problem.
He needed a lot of soul mana to lure the mysterious entities from much further away, and he only had two possible sources to tap into – his own recovery, and Micky’s ability to devour souls....
2024-11-30 18:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostUnlike the previous times, much less of the black liquid seeped out of the walls. A portion rolled down to the floor, the rest sticking to the cube’s surfaces. Next, the material solidified, coating the room with a thin film of black.
‘That’s a new one…’ Percy frowne...
2024-11-30 18:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Percy prided himself as a relatively fast reader, he was operating under a strict self-imposed time limit during this visit. Naturally, he couldn’t afford to carefully read all seven of the volumes he’d just bought.
Luckily, he didn’t need to either. Obviously, he had no intenti...
2024-11-30 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post‘Draw any three runes 300 times in total, in under 6000 rits, with at least a 95% success rate. Each individual rune has to be drawn at least 50 times.’
‘Shit.’
Percy only knew the concealment and pocket runes, but the latter didn’t even wo...
2024-11-30 17:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Wave begins. May your challenge be successful!”
Percy stared at the cylindrical piece of metal erected in the middle of the room. It was too short to be considered a pillar. A podium maybe?
Shrugging, he approached. In any case, the magiscript challenge ...
2024-11-30 17:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostStrictly speaking, the parrot didn’t need that much healing.
Unlike Gabe, who had been stabbed full of holes before Percy first found him, the bird had merely choked to death. They only needed to make up for the minor deterioration the body had undergone between death and reanimation.
... 2024-11-30 17:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter overcoming the dizziness of the trip – at least it helped he was expecting it this time – Percy stood up, examining his surroundings. Lots of people were looking at him curiously again. Though he seemed to have been transported to a different location.
‘As I thought, it’s ...
2024-11-30 17:56:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Percy had kept an eye out for any sign that could lead him back to the mysterious girl, he had failed to find any clues as he roamed the space between worlds. He wasn’t sure what the problem was, but he figured there wasn’t much he could do about it at the moment.
In the end, he j...
2024-11-30 17:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostPercy allowed his boosting art to fizzle out, as he placed both palms on his knees, breathing heavily.
While the creation of his clones had grown into quite a routine operation by now – a far cry from the dangerous and laborious venture it was during his early days – the act still left ...
2024-11-30 17:54:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe soul mana gushed through Percy’s channels like a torrential river, lighting up a silver maelstrom around his sternum. Tears formed and closed throughout his soul, but he didn’t pay them any attention, having long grown used to this version of his boosting art.
Instead, his attention...
2024-11-30 17:53:00 +0000 UTC View PostNesha picked up the knives from the table, before leaving the hut. Percy was still busy using his new trick to repair his injured soul, so she’d deliver the finished tools to Mr. Dylan for him.
On the way to the shop, she didn’t stop playing around with her mana, however, trying to keep...
2024-11-30 17:52:01 +0000 UTC View PostPercy hammered the flat slab of steel absentmindedly, thinning it further with each strike. It wasn’t until it looked about to break that he remembered he was supposed to fold it again. Only after doing so did he dip it into a trough filled with water to quench it, before applying another layer...
2024-11-30 17:51:01 +0000 UTC View PostOnly once he finished the earth mage too did Percy finally allow his weapon to regain its colour, a scythe of glowing teal appearing in his hand.
Ever since he first mastered Crystallization, he’d naturally tried applying it to other affinities. Sadly, whether it was his own soul mana, or...
2024-11-30 17:50:01 +0000 UTC View PostEarlier
The four remaining nobles of House Tantalus stared at their companion’s lifeless body as it sank into the bog’s stale waters. They struggled to comprehend how their comrade had dropped dead out of the blue.
But the culprit, Percy, didn’t much care about ...
2024-11-30 17:49:00 +0000 UTC View Post“…multiple shallow incisions in your soul, before intentionally leaking soul mana through them to lure the fiends…”
Percy struggled to keep himself awake as he listened to Sol’s explanation for the dozenth time.
“…push it through your channels until it reaches your core ...
2024-11-30 17:48:01 +0000 UTC View PostDelivering his ultimatum, Percy doubted Sol would accept his terms. He’d made a whole lot of demands, promising very little in return. It wasn’t like he could help it though. After all, he couldn’t give her much in his current state. Any favours from his end would have to wait until he reco...
2024-11-30 17:47:01 +0000 UTC View Post‘Holy shit… Whatever she did actually worked…’
Percy struggled to believe it, but the evidence was right there, in his Status. His host had actually obtained a trait from him! Did that mean his clone qualified as a spectral fiend?
...
2024-11-30 17:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostAhem. Now that I’ve got your attention :D
To spare everyone the long-winded intro, I wanted to give you guys better value for supporting me on Patreon, so I’ve been writing all day long, everyday of the week over the past month, to expand the Patreon backlog for everyone 2024-11-30 17:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Percy listened to the girl talk to her father for a while, trying to piece together the situation from her words alone. Sadly, he couldn’t tap into her ears due to their weaker connection, so he couldn’t access the man’s side of the conversation.
Apparently, she was under the impressi...
2024-11-30 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPercy scanned the sea of souls, looking for his next host. Having grown more proficient at drawing the concealment runes, he was ready to return to the Vault for his next lesson.
Initially, he’d thought to look for an Orange or Green body this time. According to Gabe, higher grade challen...
2024-11-29 07:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostArchibald contemplated the latest reports as he radiated dense life mana from his palm, focusing it on his son’s stump. Even for a powerful Violet core, regrowing a Blue’s arm would take several hours. And that was taking into account his more sophisticated approach, chiselled to perfection a...
2024-11-28 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post