Two domains landed on Percy with crushing force, causing him to sink deeper into the snow, his feet stepping on the bedrock beneath. Rather than panic, he merely grinned, however.
‘As expected, one of them is much weaker than the other… Micky, do you think you can take him down by y...
2025-09-20 06:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“I’m listening,” Kassorith said, the curiosity in his soul matching Percy’s.
“Do you still have any of my sect’s ingredients that you haven’t used?” the woman asked. “I’ll bet mine against yours. Anything you have, as many as you have – both the primary and the seconda...
2025-09-19 06:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Percy raised an eyebrow as he examined the footprints a little more closely through Micky’s eyes.
‘Only two sets?’
They should have sent more, shouldn’t they? Hadn’t they heard about the dead Blues from Femel’s House?
Then again, Percy expected the people hu...
2025-09-19 06:00:03 +0000 UTC
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To nobody’s surprise, the gravity user had prevailed against his previous opponent, earning his place in Kassorith’s sixth match.
He was one of the strangest mages they’d faced in the tournament. His attacks weren’t lethal – or even that dangerous, however. He simply fired the occ...
2025-09-18 06:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Percy’s heart skipped a beat upon reading the notification. Any new spell was cause for celebration – even the Crude ones. Due to the way Phoebe’s Decree worked, registering anything in his Status meant that it was sufficiently different from his other spells to open up new doors f...
2025-09-18 06:00:06 +0000 UTC
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‘So what, do we just empty the vials into the water?’ Percy asked.
‘I guess. That’s all the instructions say,’ Kassorith replied, retrieving the three ingredients from his spatial pin.
The organizers had spaced out the matches in the second phase of the tou...
2025-09-17 06:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Percy was sitting against the boulder, using it as cover from the howling winds. It was slanted, shielding him from the snow, though a few flakes still made their way to him every now and then. They formed three small mounds – one on his head, and another on each shoulder.
The cold itself...
2025-09-17 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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‘Just how lucky do you have to be to end up with both a composite affinity and the right blessing for it?!’
In theory, it was possible to acquire both with the right treasures and a matching Ring of Sacrilege, but Laathsalath’s background was already known. It was clear he’...
2025-09-16 06:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Holding his ground inside a hostile body wasn’t the only ability Percy wanted to master before looking for a Blue host. Ideally, he also wanted to learn how to hide his blessing, to avoid having to answer any difficult questions about its origin.
Of course, soul affinities were rare to be...
2025-09-16 06:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Kassorith – and, by extension, Percy – stood at the side of the arena, waiting for the battles to begin. The pillar they were on looked identical to the other seven, both inside and out. The stadium had the same number of seats, all of them filled with cheering spectators. The air trembled wi...
2025-09-15 06:01:04 +0000 UTC
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Percy found himself inside the body of a Green armadillo-esque creature. His vessel was large, round, and covered in lots of hard, chitinous plates. That said, he didn’t much care about the beast’s physical appearance right now. He was far more interested in his host’s soul, as well as the ...
2025-09-15 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Percy double and triple checked his math, to make sure he hadn’t missed anything. No matter how he reasoned about it, the result was clear as day, however. Even after eating the leaf, he’d fall short of reaching Violet by over three thousand years.
And the worst thing was the k...
2025-09-14 06:01:02 +0000 UTC
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As soon as the object entered Percy’s soul, ideas had started sprouting in his mind one after the other. The effect had initially been weaker than the Wiseman’s Dust, but this was rapidly changing as the pyramid rose closer and closer to his head.
By the time it reached his brain –
2025-09-14 06:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Percy gasped upon listening to Kassorith’s question.
As a matter of fact, he had heard of the World Tree during one of Mrs. Lia’s classes on Felmara. It was one of the examples she had given her students while teaching them about Elemental Sources, since it was one of the most ...
2025-09-13 06:01:01 +0000 UTC
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In the end, the most recent clone hadn’t brought anything particularly interesting back. Having spent most of his time looking for – and failing to find – a sapient Green host, he’d possessed a beast instead.
Percy had found himself in the body of an avian creature that had...
2025-09-13 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Percy watched with curiosity as Kassorith’s new pin projected a glowing, circular screen, hovering a few metres in front of them. It was taller than a person, countless flashing colours swirling chaotically within it. They only lasted for a moment, before settling into the familiar image of Syr...
2025-09-12 06:01:03 +0000 UTC
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“There. Looks like a decent spot.”
Micky descended to the tundra below them, landing behind a small hill. They could have probably hidden themselves better in the forest, but it would have made it harder for them to detect a potential ambush too. Besides, they’d wanted to put some dis...
2025-09-12 06:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Percy couldn’t – for the life of him – understand how reading Kassorith’s shadows helped the plasma mage in this situation – especially since his host was constantly enveloped in a steel barrier that obscured his body’s movements. Were the rigid shadows of the metallic shield and the ...
2025-09-11 06:01:03 +0000 UTC
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The metallic bars bent and groaned, as Deimos violently slammed the door behind him. He’d just about managed to restrain himself too, otherwise it would have easily come off its hinges, and he didn’t feel like having it replaced again.
‘Stubborn old fool…’
Even afte...
2025-09-11 06:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Focusing on defence had been the right call.
The plasma mage had barely given Percy and Kassorith a chance to get off the ground and wrap themselves in a thick roll of steel before he began firing devastating projectiles by the dozens. Each purple orb hovered beside them for the briefest of...
2025-09-10 06:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Percy was about to attack the water mage when the latter retracted the azure serpents of his own volition. The constructs fused into the ring coiling around his body, soon expanding to form a large bubble a dozen metres wide, the man floating inside.
Next, seven serpentine heads sprouted fr...
2025-09-10 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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‘Like I said, if you want me to go through the ritual early, you’d better lend me the moss you claimed,’ Kassorith said with a smirk.
Percy suppressed the urge to curse the greedy Thess’kalan.
In theory, his host’s demand wasn’t all that unreasonable. Per...
2025-09-09 06:01:02 +0000 UTC
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So far, Percy hadn’t varied the distance between his platforms much. It was more convenient to keep the gaps constant, as it allowed him to get used to the timing. He now realized that wouldn’t cut it, however – it only made him more predictable. Another thing he could do, was to shift the ...
2025-09-09 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Percy and Kassorith didn’t spend too long in the treasury after their second victory. In fact, they didn’t even bother to check the new additions in the “Equipment” and “Property” chambers, heading straight to the small room labelled “Person...
2025-09-08 06:01:03 +0000 UTC
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A wave of annoyance seeped through the connection, but the clone didn’t say anything, tacitly agreeing to let him do his thing.
Not wasting a moment, Percy focused on his developing technique once more, fully aware that he was operating on a strict timer. None of this would be worth it if...
2025-09-08 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Percy and Kassorith found the guide waiting for them by the cave’s entrance – right where he’d said he’d be. The Violet looked mildly displeased, probably because they’d taken their sweet time in the treasury. In their defence, he had told them to stay as long as they wanted ...
2025-09-07 06:01:03 +0000 UTC
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The speed of the azure serpents alone wasn’t enough to corner Percy, but that wasn’t the only issue. The man’s domain didn’t just slow him down – It also made it much harder for him to multiply his scythes, which served not only as his sole means of attack, but also as the footholds he ...
2025-09-07 06:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The third and final room was by far the smallest, but also the most interesting. It was labelled “Personal Improvement” and it contained precisely the kinds of rewards Percy had come here for. There were only two shelves, the first one lined up with orbs of five different col...
2025-09-06 06:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Mages could use their mana to fly as early as Green. The ease by which they did that often depended on their affinity and whatever else they had going for them, but it was generally possible for them to manoeuvre for at least a limited time in the air.
It wasn’t until Blue that this skill...
2025-09-06 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Kassorith nodded. ‘“Demigod” and “ancestor” are unofficial terms. Once a mage reaches the Clear grade, their mana becomes pure enough that it’s almost transparent to a mortal’s Mana Sense. Only gods and demigods have senses sharp enough to spot it with ease. It’s also dense li...
2025-09-05 06:01:02 +0000 UTC
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