“Looks like it was on purpose,” Suri murmured as their footsteps echoed through the narrow tunnels. Her tone was thoughtful, but her eyes were sharp, scanning the dark. “The Great Bees have a weak point on their backs?”
Kana nodded. “Right. The joint where their wings connect—it...
2025-09-19 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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The next stage was the most dangerous—at least for the dungeon scrappers. Everyone knew it, though no one said it aloud. The initial wave of Great Bee Guards always fell upon them first. That initial attack was thought to be special because it was too strong. Probably an exclusive skill of thei...
2025-09-18 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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Wor-en studied the fifteen dungeon scrappers gathered in front of him. Fewer than he’d expected. Fifteen wasn’t nothing, but the budget for this raid had clearly gone elsewhere—thirty-five certified adventurers from the guild would’ve eaten coin faster than fire through paper. Whoever hel...
2025-09-17 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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They weren’t even sure when his name had been mentioned—only that the sound of it, Wor-en, snagged in Boris’s ears.
Boris slipped out of the press of bodies, tiptoeing for a better look.
The torchlight was faint. He squinted, and then his heartbeat quickened. A sudden, raw...
2025-09-16 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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The trio hadn’t expected this.
As their wagon creaked up the frost-bitten road, the dungeon loomed ahead—but not as a lonely cave or half-buried ruin as Kana had pictured. Instead, an entire wall encircled the site, a thick ring of stone that looked like it belonged to a fortress. A hea...
2025-09-15 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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The underground district always smelled of smoke and damp stone. The inn at its heart was supposed to be hospitable—lamps glowing against carved walls, wooden beams polished smooth by years of touch—but everyone knew its real purpose. This wasn’t a place for weary travelers. It was where
2025-09-13 15:31:13 +0000 UTC
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The trio slipped into the dormitory just as the curfew bell tolled, the muffled sound rolling across the campus like the low clang of a distant forge.The halls were quiet, lamps burning with a soft bluish glow. Most students were already in their rooms, whispering or drifting into sleep.
Bo...
2025-09-12 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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It was late afternoon when the trio pushed through the tall oak doors of the Adventurer’s Guild. The winter air clung to their cloaks, cold and heavy, even though the braziers lining the entryway radiated a dull warmth. Behind them, Toby followed at an unhurried pace, while Rin and Yuri trailed...
2025-09-11 10:12:00 +0000 UTC
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It was the first day of the week, and the north training field stirred like a hive long before dawn burned away the frost. Kana and Suri moved together through the swelling crowd, boots crunching against the hard-packed earth. There was something different in the air—different in the way people...
2025-09-10 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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The trio lingered near the newly built watchtower, their shadows long and flickering in the orange glow of the bonfire. The children had finally collapsed into sleep after hours of wearing Boris down with endless games, their soft breathing drifting through the orphanage house like a lullaby. Eve...
2025-09-09 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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The wagon’s wheels creaked as they rolled it back onto the half-frozen dirt road. To their surprise, it was intact—untouched by the chaos of scarecrows. Only faint ruts in the snow and cracked barrels that had just shaken the countryside.
Still, none of them relaxed. Kana’s eyes scann...
2025-09-08 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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Kana’s heartbeat hammered in her chest. Suri was gone—vanished as though ripped from reality. Even with [High Awareness], Kana couldn’t feel the faintest trace of her.
“Where did Suri go?” Boris growled, bracing against the scarecrow’s clawed strike. His spear c...
2025-09-06 16:15:30 +0000 UTC
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Kier stood before the massive stone doors that marked the boss chamber, their surface etched with faint runes pulsing like veins of dim light. He turned, resting a hand on the hilt of his rapier.
“Shall we go inside?”
“What?” Suri blinked at him, her expression caught somewher...
2025-09-05 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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The next few days at the academy blurred together—lectures, killing spawn summons in the training field, sparring, meals in the bustling halls. The tension from the field assignment finally began to decrease, though Suri was a bit annoyed since her patrol duty would begin next week, immediately...
2025-09-04 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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Field training with the help of adventurer’s guild summoners had gone smoother than expected. Their guidance shaved hours off the drills, and the students wrapped the session just in time for the afternoon classes.
When lessons ended, Suri didn’t follow the others to the mess hall. Inst...
2025-09-03 10:12:00 +0000 UTC
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The monthly student council meeting took place in the early evening.
The sun had long since dipped, leaving the sky awash in deep violet. Faint golden light from the lamps powered by magical leaves illuminating the long table, shadows pooling at the corners of the council room.
...
2025-09-02 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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Suri exhaled sharply as they stepped back onto academy grounds, the looming towers and banners catching the weak winter sun. The cold stone walls should have felt safe, but after the scarecrow’s sudden attack, the silence weighed on her chest like a warning.
“That was…”, Boris mutte...
2025-09-01 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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It was Valdis’ first time in such a gathering. Anonymity pressed down on the room like a second set of walls. Two dozen students, maybe more, stood scattered beneath the rotting rafters of the abandoned church. Their hoods and masks made them shapeless, voiceless things—just shadows given hum...
2025-08-30 16:04:10 +0000 UTC
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The basement where the heist had once unfolded had changed. The dust, broken crates, and scattered coins were gone. In their place stood broken shelves lined with ledgers, a long table stacked with scrolls, and a single lamp burning with steady light. This was no longer a crime scene—it was Flo...
2025-08-29 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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Duke Stark walked the length of his garden path, boots crunching softly over frost-hardened gravel. The breath that left him in steady bursts curled white into the air, only to fade into the pale blue of an early winter morning. The hedges were stiff with frost, the last stubborn leaves rimmed wi...
2025-08-28 16:13:22 +0000 UTC
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The slum children splashed in the nearby creek, laughter carrying on the breeze as Suri and Kana’s mother guided them through their first proper bath in who knows how long. On the other side of the clearing, Aldo stalked the perimeter, eyes sharp with his [Eagle Eyes] as he sur...
2025-08-27 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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The winter air bit at Kana’s cheeks, sharper now than it had been a few months ago. She tugged her scarf higher, its wool scratchy against her chin, and tried not to shiver. Beside her, Suri bounced lightly on her heels, red scarf whipping in the wind, while Boris stood solid and unmoving, arms...
2025-08-26 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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“Congratulations on earning your gold badge,” Principal Light said, his tone pleasant, though his eyes studied her too closely.
Suri shifted uncomfortably in her chair, tapping her fingers against her leg. “Uhm… thank you.”
Principal Light adjusted his spectacles and pulled ...
2025-08-25 10:12:00 +0000 UTC
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It was dawn when the work was mostly done, the last of the smoke rising from smoldering hearths and the scent of damp earth still clinging to the air. The chief’s house, normally quiet at this hour, pulsed with murmurs and shuffling boots. Inside, less than two dozen adults had gathered, their ...
2025-08-24 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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Kana and Suri had only just returned to their seats when Elle York raised her voice again, her tone crisp enough to silence the murmurs of the crowd.
“It does not end with them. There are others who faced the enemies with courage. Though none prevailed until the royal knights arrived, the...
2025-08-23 15:48:16 +0000 UTC
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Flowel’s fist slammed into the vault table so hard that the wood splintered, a sharp crack echoing through the chamber. He didn’t care. He wanted it to break. Everything around him felt like it deserved to break.
Failure. The word throbbed in his skull like a curse. A simple ta...
2025-08-22 10:12:00 +0000 UTC
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Principal Light sat at the rectangular long table in his office, the atmosphere was tense with deafening silence despite the number of people packed within. Professors lined both sides of the table, their robes brushing against the carved wood, their expressions grim under the pale glow of the st...
2025-08-21 10:12:00 +0000 UTC
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Balt’s vision swam, the forest twisting in front of him like a fever dream. His legs shook with every step, barely obeying him now. He wanted to run—needed to run—but his body betrayed him, moving at a crawl, like he was dragging chains. Each step sank into the earth as though the ground it...
2025-08-20 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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It was an emergency announcement a few moments ago. By decree of King J himself, the fastest royal knights were dispatched to the different training grounds where the academy’s students were scattered.
Artin, of the horse-insignia royal knight class, was a [Druid]. Unlike...
2025-08-19 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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Wor-en stood at the center of the third-years, their circle tight, faces pale in the sunlight. His own expression had hardened to stone, though his chest churned. The copper-class students were on the other side of that cursed wall. His student with detection confirmed it—bursts of skills were ...
2025-08-18 10:12:00 +0000 UTC
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