The following battles became harder on the team as more of these beasts appeared. Nonetheless, after having experienced the perfectly orchestrated teamplay, they became a lot better overall which took a lot of pressure off of Seth’s throat.
What stayed true was that the beast gave disprop...
2022-03-19 16:13:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Shit, I didn’t think one would still be left this close to the city!” Ahmed cursed and the party hurried to get into formation, to stop the giant beast's rush.
Seth glared at the knight. So he was right that their guide had kept a secret from them. Unfortunately, there was no time to...
2022-03-18 14:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostTravel in the night was no problem for the group as most, like Seth, had a way to see in the dark.
On the journey talked a little more about the dangers of exposition to the sun. He was even provided the hero and Rich with a talisman each to resist the sun.
He told them the horror sto...
2022-03-17 21:17:53 +0000 UTC View PostIt was the middle of the night. The group was on the go wandering through the dark wasteland, following Ahmed’s lead. Seth was walking in the rear together with Ellie. The bard opened his hand and unnoticed by the rest of the group, a recorder rose back into the sky.
"Are you done?” the...
2022-03-15 16:41:25 +0000 UTC View PostLord Bar brought them around all the city and all 30 populated floors to speak with a myriad of people. The outcome was easy, to sum up: They had to go to Akhaz.
The picture the different sailors and merchants painted was more or less clear. Although none of them knew of ruins at the coast,...
2022-03-14 15:51:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Errm, I might need some help?” the hero had a sudden change of heart, facing five boss mobs at once.
Typically, a hero would strengthen, the greater his adversary was, but that had its limits. Especially if he did not have the power of friendship on his side. The people that were curre...
2022-03-12 15:55:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe cold of the mountains became almost unbearable. Delta sitting atop a volcano was experiencing a sudden winter, but the Chimeras traveling in the mountain were hit by an ice age.
One could still not tell whether this was a good or a bad thing. While the troops of Minas Mar wore thick coa...
2022-03-11 15:30:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt really was a city within a dungeon. A city like an anthill. Narrow hallways and former burial chambers turned into humble abodes, only separated from the bustling corridors by flimsy curtains.
It reminded Seth a lot of the undercity of Ora, though it was arguably still more orderly than ...
2022-03-10 16:05:38 +0000 UTC View PostAhmed had opened the door, but it did not really solve any problems.
“We will have to reach the burial chamber of General Hakor on the 5th floor. He is the only one on the shallow levels that has the awareness to help us.” the knight asserted.
“The shallow levels?” the hero in...
2022-03-09 15:31:48 +0000 UTC View Post-------Chrona-------
In a tiny office filled with stacks of papers, Shawn McLeery looked at the screen in front of him, almost crying in joy. Finally, the group from Urth was doing something!
At his digression as the channel director, they had spent most of their dwindling funds on th...
2022-03-08 16:18:59 +0000 UTC View Post-----Chrona----
Mina, Fin, and the other guests from Minas Mar were all assembled in the living room of their mansion. Wearing casual wear or still in pajamas they were laying on the couches or carpets of the room, fixedly staring at the screen.
Anyone in the Chrona, who had a TV, was...
2022-03-07 15:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe party from Urth stepped out onto a dry plain covered in dead dry grass and crumbly earth. Grim sunlight burned on their skin, the moment they traversed the portal.
It was just like the Princess had told them. Keväti Kuinen was hated by its own sun. The people of this world had angered ...
2022-03-05 15:54:41 +0000 UTC View PostA wave of relief washed over Seth when it seemed that there would be no problem from the empire's side.
Seth had just acted on impulse, carried away by his anger. The moment this power dwindled; his heart fell to his feet. He did his best to speak calmly and confidently when facing the impe...
2022-03-04 16:24:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe clouds of battle and the light of skills could be seen even from the throne podium.
The empress sighed.
“Why does this have to happen every time?”
The emperor on the other hand grinned gleefully.
“What are you even saying? This is bound to happen when people of p...
2022-03-03 16:03:14 +0000 UTC View Post“Seth!” Marcel greeted them when they encountered them at the buffet. Funny enough, Lydia and Mike were together with them. The united friends started their assault on the exotic buffet like true bumpkins.
They had just started, and Seth had only finished two plates when the princ...
2022-03-02 16:15:53 +0000 UTC View PostThey were informed that there were still a few days until the official welcome banquet. Because of the complexity and constraints of teleport magic, they could not bring all participants from the different worlds to the capital at the same time.
The last group would only arrive in the next ...
2022-03-01 16:40:05 +0000 UTC View PostSeth had done his homework before setting off.
Chrona was the capital of the Chrona Empire spreading across many worlds. Covering an island rivaling a small continent on its own, it was even bigger than Urth’s districts in size. Though it was not as densely populated with many forests and...
2022-02-28 15:58:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Jess, did you get what you wanted from the storage?”
“Kukuku, marvel at my new epic wand, peasant!” the woman laughed to herself and swung around the new wand she had gotten from the storage.
“With a staff of <Thaumatic Oak> and a <Mystic Ruby> at the tip, the p...
2022-02-26 15:39:40 +0000 UTC View Post----Subcontinent Theta----
“I don’t want this anymore...” and exasperated merman was slouching over his throne.
“My prince?” the messenger asked worriedly.
He had just gotten news of their advances in Beta. As if it was not bad enough that the ori humas grew with incre...
2022-02-25 15:54:09 +0000 UTC View Post----Mountains Southeast of Delta----
“Once we wiped out the pack of Wind Rippers in the gorge south of here, we will be finally able to pacify that goddamn dungeon that keeps spitting out monsters.” the Orc-headed Chimera explained to a few others while pointing around on a map.
...
2022-02-24 15:55:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Ellie, how is the new room?”
Seth asked the slime rancher while entering the slime compound, which was how they came to call this place. Ellie had joined Minas Mar soon after the meeting and asked for a room to work with her slimes.
The room was filled with many shallow basins of...
2022-02-23 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHe smiled in glee when he realized what had happened and saw his wizard spear in all its glory. The pointy staff had already become legendary, and Seth was not even done with it!
One more Step was missing: The soul.
It had cost him six big souls to repair the massive soul of Chrysopra...
2022-02-22 15:12:50 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean why? I say no, I mean no. Now, go away.”
“You don’t know who you are talking to!”
“Exactly. That's why I ask you to leave.”
“I’m also part of the evaluation team.”
Seth thought for a moment.
“Are you one of the clowns that kept...
2022-02-21 16:04:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Wow, look at him. Did you expect he would accomplish something like that?” the blonde youth asked his uncle.
“Not this quickly. But it was probably inevitable after Seth intervened.” Hades sighed tiredly, looking at his foster champion randomly reviving people.
“I’m glad ...
2022-02-19 16:02:26 +0000 UTC View PostUsing music to manipulate the soul and bring out the desires and instincts, to be used as the blueprint for the body.
Oz was right, Seth would not have come to this conclusion on his own before the party. He had kept looking at it from the perspective of a blacksmith. Music and the skills o...
2022-02-18 16:55:18 +0000 UTC View Post“My Name is Yvette Marlow; I'm coming along as a priestess,” she spoke in a serene voice, after taking a seat.
Sitting at their table she complimented Seth on his earlier performance. As they spoke, he expression almost never changed. It was an almost bored look, with her eyes half-clos...
2022-02-17 16:30:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Does that mean I get equipment for free?”
“Once you signed the contract, you can get a set of oath armor. As for other stuff, you can get a discount, but it’s not free.”
There were only two people in the evaluation team he felt comfortable gifting some stuff. Marcel and Elz...
2022-02-16 16:56:31 +0000 UTC View PostSometime later, Seth and Fin grouped back up with Mina and Ellie. Lydia had Mike were sitting together with Elza and Marcel, absorbed in conversation.
“Did something happen? Did I embarrass you, Mina? I'm sorry.” he laughed it off and begged for mercy.
“How could you embarrass m...
2022-02-15 17:08:50 +0000 UTC View PostA short, awkward silence followed after the pair walked away before Ellie brought out another slime and the girls returned to gushing about golmini and the slimes.
Seth took the chance to finally approach Leana.
“Tower Master! Where’s Fin?” she greeted him and asked disappointed...
2022-02-14 16:07:56 +0000 UTC View Post