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[LitF] 25. Victory on the Horizon
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next ChapterArthur stayed in Fate's dark space for a long time, but not even a second passed in the dungeon. When he returned, the green dragon's corpse was still turning into mana and getting absorbed.He thought Fate was done with him but was quickly proven wrong.「 Ascension SuccessfulYou have ascended.Rewards: +100 points to all stats; domains 」Just like that, his strength and agility doubled.Arthur felt his stats improve like never before. He...
[MA] 251. Halved
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/3Next release: Saturday]Shen materialized in a desert beside another white teleportation light. Whoever had been in that rift had also chosen to leave.| Your points have been halved| Previous points: 0| Current points: 0That was weird. He had expected to also lose half the points he could win from surviving. The system hadn't lied, but it had used wordplay to make teleporting look worse than it actually was.It felt...
[MA] 250. Demonstration #2
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next ChapterChapters this week: 3/3Next chapter: SaturdayShen cultivated, and his existence changed.He didn't grow stronger, faster, or smarter. His current cultivation was a qualitative change, a course correction, not about increasing his power. He would remain the same until, suddenly, everything would align and turn him into a peak Fate Origin cultivation.Well, he supposed his core was growing capable of holding more qi, though he was still limi...
[LitF] 24. Special Achievement
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next ChapterArthur wouldn't have gotten the achievement if there were any monsters in the room. Knowing it was safe, he finally sat down to rest.He took his head cover off and breathed deeply. Meanwhile, he prehended the bits of metal he had pushed into his flesh to move faster, pulled them out with a grunt, and activated the Self-Healing Surge skill.It wasn't just his body that needed caring for. His mana had almost bottomed out. He closed his eyes...
[MA] 249. Time to Evolve
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: In a few minutes (Yup! Three chapters today! Surprise!)]How long had it been since Shen last cultivated without worry? There was no crisis to manage, no mission to accomplish. Whatever was going to happen didn't depend on him. He was in a unique lull in his existence and found tranquility there.Shen breathed.Qi from the world entered his body and filled his dantian, where it was compr...
[MA] 248. The Best for Everyone
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[[A/N: Sorry I'm late again. I was drained.Chapters this week: 1/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: In a few minutes]Instead of replying, the System Administrator exclaimed in surprise. "This is not your power! But your master in High Command! How is that possible?!"'Propriety mentally sighs with pity and says we have forgotten too much. Infinity-edgers are called so because that's what they are. They exist at the edge of inf...
[MA] 247. Synonym to Chaos
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 3/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: Tuesday]Nothing happened for a few seconds, and Shen looked around as he knelt on the cushion beside Liya. Five of the seven talents who had banded together with him had teleported beside someone of the same race. The two who hadn't were the moon butterfly and the treant.The moon butterfly rested on the shoulder of its guardian. It was a handsome pale man with long dark hair in a pony...
[LitF] 23. Imagine Dragons
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: This chapter is almost two times the length of the average one. Enjoy!]Nine dragons flew at Arthur while casting spells at him.The two firemancers threw fifty fireballs at him that looked and felt like miniature suns. They released so much heat that Arthur's flying weapons would've melted even hundreds of yards away if he hadn't immediately increased their melting points. He would also have died if his robe didn't protect h...
[MA] 246. Did They Lie To Me?
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: Saturday]The giant moon and her butterfly companion found nothing. The asaan water elemental scoured the oceans without success. Shen and everyone else were just as unlucky.That planet was empty and lifeless except for other talents, who refused to join the group.There was no monster attack. No fights. Time passed, and the deadline approached.A few talents got anxious, but most could see ...
[MA] 245. Curtain of Lies
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Sorry for the delay. I got better, then got worse, then had trouble picking up from where I started.We're back on schedule (minus last week's chapter. I'll consider last week a sick leave because I was really, really ill).Chapters this week: 1/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: In a few minutes]Liya was absolutely, completely, overwhelmingly astonished by the notification.Even A-ranks seldom interfered with other races' business...
[MA] 244. Dusk Horizon
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry I'm late. I got sick (fever, sore throat, coughing, weakness), but the medicine (antibiotics and stuff) is helping me greatly.Chapters this week: 1/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: Thursday]Arrogance, not blood, ran in high elves' veins. Therefore, Liya wasn't surprised when Tathdel Elafir didn't even glance at her as she approached. The male had long golden hair held in what humans would call a samurai bun, his gol...
[LitF] 22. Exciting News
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next ChapterThe following conversation went as well as one might expect. The crown prince should only kneel to the king. The crown prince should never prostrate himself, much less to his future subjects.After many embarrassing and awkward exchanges—Arthur repeated thousands of times that he regretted it, it wouldn't happen again, and he was thankful for the three people's care—they all sat on armchairs. Somehow, Arthur went from prostrating on t...
[MA] 243. Discontinuity
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[[A/N: We did it! No delayed chapters despite my trip! \o/Chapters this week: 3/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: Tuesday]Instead of a system window appearing before Shen, a gigantic one appeared in the skies. An overly excited male high-pitched voice came from everywhere, reading the window's contents.=Demonstration #1 of 5: PathfindersWelcome, talents, to the First-Class Talent Summit!You are all first-class talents. That means you can do...
[MA] 242. In Person
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: Saturday]Shen's previous teleportations between worlds—or maybe even galaxies or universes—had taken a while. This time, however, he was out of the teleportation's endless white space in less than three seconds.When it ended, Shen stood on a white stone platform in the middle of an infinite sea. The platform was fifty-by-fifty yards, and a golden teleportation circle filled it...
[MA] 241. QI Structures
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: I'll be traveling for my father-in-law's wedding until Sunday.I'm confident I can write the next chapters there, but if things get out of hand—I'm almost sure they won't—I promise any missing chapter will be released next week.Chapters this week: 1/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: Thursday]Liya and Shen reviewed many techniques in the antidron.Connecting one's mind with the antidron let one receive information...
[LitF] 21. We Three Do
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next ChapterArthur and Sophie eventually came back to themselves and realized they were making out in front of two old people.They felt very awkward, untangled themselves, and stood side-by-side, holding each other's hands.Tamara was still kneeling, and Graham had appeared and stood a few yards behind the head maid. The former still had her head lowered, and the latter was looking sideways.Arthur opened his mouth to speak, but Graham beat him to it."...
[MA] 240. Don't Lose Your Path
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Another long chapter so as not to drag things too much. I like how it turned out.Chapters this week: 3/3Late chapters: 2Next release: Tuesday]"I do feel different," Shen replied. "And I like the gains. But the name is a little misleading. A Realization Impartation... Shouldn't I learn something about their Realization instead of receiving generic gains like an improved mind?"Liya smiled kindly. "You haven't ...
[MA] 239. Blooming Heart Terrace
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapter this week: 2/3Delayed chapters: 1Next chapter: Saturday]Liya brought Shen to what spring fairies had taken to call the Blooming Heart Terrace.It was a wondrous spot in outer space surrounded by nebulae. The view was breathtaking even for her, much less for an inexperienced D-rank like Shen.Liya looked at her date's wide mouth fondly as she felt the warmth from his hand.This was her first time holding hands with anyone in such a ...
[MA] 238. Are You Willing?
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapter this week: 1/3Delayed chapters: 1Next chapter: In a few minutes]When the Maiden—Well, not the Maiden anymore. She lost her Racial Title when she reached B-rank. Shen had never called her by name out of respect, but calling her teacher or master would be weirder than by name, so he gave up.When Liya was a dozen yards away, she uncrossed her arms, cupped her hands before her, and bowed. It wasn't a deep bow, but not just a nod e...
[LitF] 20. No Mercy
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next ChapterSophie giggled. "No! No, no, no! You didn't!"Arthur had removed his helmet and head cover and was smiling at her. They sat by a fire pit side by side, on the same trunk that Graham had once produced. The grand knight and head maid were talking in the other corner of the cavernous room."I certainly did," the prince replied. "I'm a mage, a pursuer of the arcane, a seeker of all truths of the universe," he said digni...
[MA] 237. Too Drastic
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Happy Easter! God bless!Chapter this week: 3/3Delayed chapters: 1Next chapter: Tuesday]Shen was looking at the ground, feeling pressure in his soul despite not staring at the cthulhus anymore. Then, out of nowhere, a whisper sounded in his mind."Little one, I already hate to touch a C-rank, and you're only D-rank..." It sighed. "I'm sorry to inform you that you got caught in an investigation by the Primordial Bridge...
[MA] 236. Justice
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapter this week: 2/3Delayed chapters: 1Next chapter: Saturday]Like everyone on that side of the world, Shen saw a red blur leave the planet and return faster than he could blink. Then, a black blur attacked. They exchanged one—or was it two?—blows, and suddenly, the darkness disappeared from the world.A spear of pure darkness materialized on the skies just long enough for him to identify it, then also became a blur as it fell on ...
[MA] 235. Balance
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/3Late chapters: 3Next release: In a few minutes!]Liya laughed alone at the irony: the things she had beaten out of Shen for almost one year were similar to what a Realization was—at least at first sight.Shen had lost himself in his Path. He had been close to becoming a puppet of his Concepts, just as C and B-ranks might become puppets of their Laws. If that happened, he would die, his individuality consumed by Realit...
[MA] 234. Liya
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 3/3Delayed chapters: 1Next release: Tuesday]At high levels, fights didn't take forever to finish, especially one-on-ones.Liya's extra preparations happened in the instants between getting her spear bent and grabbing a new one. Fast as she was, that wasn't the only thing happening. Two Paths were fighting for supremacy in the overlapped domain.Non-overlapped domains let the controller do just about anything th...
[MA] 233. Death or Glory
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Surprise release!One less delayed chapter. Only one remaining, and I feel confident about releasing it next week!Delayed chapters: 1Next release: Saturday]"Found you," the Drow Maiden whispered, revealing to Uk'Gaar who his foe was just an instant before her domain covered everything.He instantly released his domain at full power, too.All his emotions, anger at the mockery foremost among them, poured into Carnage and Destru...
[LitF] 19. Final Stretch
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next ChapterArthur's five prehended metal disks were reinforced enough and spun fast enough to cut through anything. He moved them freely around him, easily slicing the fleshy tentacles in the room.Every room on floor 29 was like that, a complex mess of thick purple tentacles limiting the way anywhere. They moved quickly and in patterns which Arthur could only understand thanks to his 1,000 points of wisdom.When the Quick Mind trait reached 2-1, he foun...
[MA] 232. A Scary Thing, Indeed
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[ [Chapters this week: 2/3Delayed chapters: 2Next release: Saturday]While Liya waited in the endless whiteness for her teleportation to complete, she thought about what awaited her at her destination.Especially the orc she was going to fight.In the Alliance, some things said to be exclusive to B-ranks power-wise were actually a matter of mastering Laws or having domains. Liya could thus ignore anyone's innate soul defense and protect an ...
[MA] 230. No Matter Who It Hurt
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: After feedback and some consideration, I realized I messed up. I wanted to leave things a bit confusing for the big reveal later, but it didn't work. It only made you guys frustrated.So, I decided to write this chapter and place it before the last one I previously released. Sunday's chapter, which was once chapter 230, is now chapter 231 instead. It happens after this one.It'll hopefully help give context to that chapter an...
[LitF] 18. Trolls & Bonfire
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter「 Achievement: Dungeon VisitorTier: DReward: +12 stat pointsYou stayed inside a dungeon for 3 local years without leaving!Your hatred for the enemies of all existence knows only one bound: your cold heart. You breathe the corrupted air of your foe, dungeons, but it's for a greater cause. By staying inside, you train your body and mind, preparing yourself for the day you'll sweep through the world with unopposed glory to clear it of all...
[LitF] 17. A Mage's Life
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: This is yesterday's chapter. Sorry it's late.]As he moved further into the first floor, the number of goblins significantly increased, and so did the quality of their equipment.He thrust his longsword. It pierced a globin's heart. The fiftieth monster in the room died miserably in a single strike. It had been the last one.| Progress to Level 2: +0.05% → 1.177%Leveling up was painfully slow.Killing a monster of the awakener...
