Sofia peacefully fell down, her legs crossed, lightly opening her wings every so often to keep her falling speed in check.
“How many times have I jumped down dark holes like this one now? The abyss under the holy-see, the Veik secret passage on Fenrir, the ladder down to the center of Cer...
2024-11-18 17:00:14 +0000 UTC
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The scarred woman was unconscious but she still breathed.
“As I thought, this girl has some serious issues…” Everelle said with a sigh, “At least it looks like she survived. It’s crazy that she could block that…”
“What… What even was that?” Sofia asked as ...
2024-11-15 17:00:20 +0000 UTC
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A thick wave of cursed mana spread out from the orb, it was unavoidable.
[You have been affected by : Instant death. But your skills negated the status]
“That’s it?” Sofia asked, looking at Everelle then Velania, who both seemed equally unaffected.
“It...
2024-11-14 17:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Velania walked among the falling petals.
Her hand on the orb, she continued the game, “Sanctuary of Peace.”
‘Sanctuary of Peace; 1 959 862’
This one doesn’t sound too bad. If it’s Peace like the god, though… Should I worry about my face getting s...
2024-11-13 17:00:17 +0000 UTC
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“W- What are these?” Velania asked, turning the tablet in her hands, observing all sides.
“I used to be a system employee,” Everelle answered, “this is one of the tools we had access to. Good chance I could still have access because my contract was cut short before the account exp...
2024-11-12 17:00:14 +0000 UTC
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“The energy to mass conversion is really completely screwed…” Everelle commented while Velania thought about her next word.
“From what I know my angel bolts are basically one of the most efficient mana to energy conversion,” Sofia remarqued, “so not all magic is made equal, I gu...
2024-11-11 17:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Cursive illusory letters appeared above the orb.
Hydrogen.
After a short silence, a clear ‘ding’ echoed as if someone had flicked a bell, and a series of numbers appeared.
0.1
That must be the mana cost…
“Is it not working?” she a...
2024-11-08 17:00:18 +0000 UTC
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Sofia didn't even realize that she let herself fall asleep.
She woke up to sounds of melodious humming and splashing water. The source of which was of course the only other person here, Velania, sitting next to her on the border of the lake, her feet rhythmically going in and out of the wat...
2024-11-07 17:00:12 +0000 UTC
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“Death game?” Sofia repeated, not very enthusiastic at the idea, “One of us has to die here? I would rather not participate, then.”
“No, I mean, yes, it’s, uh…” Velania said, flustered by Sofia’s sudden tone change, she took a step back, clumsily stumbling back onto the co...
2024-11-06 17:00:13 +0000 UTC
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“So this is how Cinthia feels all day.”
Sofia stared at the scroll then at the sleeping woman in front of her.
“Velania… If Ihuarah is named after her… How long has she been stuck here? By the sounds of it she’s a hermit rivaling even grandma’s moon isolation…”
2024-11-05 17:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Quick poll, nothing too deep.
As the current arc is slowly drawing to a close, I'm starting to prepare what's next, and I thought it wouldn't hurt to know what you personally hope to see in there in terms of general content.
Can't promise I'll take any of it into account, but I would ...
2024-11-04 21:54:01 +0000 UTC
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There were many things Sofia had expected might be behind the doors, but she had to admit, a giant room with an indoors forest, a large mansion, a small lake and a fake blue sky were really not it.
Yet here they were. Birds were chirping, wind was howling, the sky was blue and the sun shone...
2024-11-01 17:00:17 +0000 UTC
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The crusader sidestepped, narrowly avoiding Pareth’s mace. Mana coursed through the ground as enchantments built into the room’s floor and walls absorbed the strength of the blow, preventing the place from collapsing.
The fight continued at that pace for a good minute, Sofia and Pareth ...
2024-10-31 17:00:15 +0000 UTC
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[Humanoid Ghost and Skeleton QOL patch v2.06 (placeholder name)] ♢ : Spread your mana weave to more closely match your spirit body. Allows clothes, belts and jewelry to more easily stay on, gives a better grip on weapons and better footing on the ground, enhances smell, vision,...
2024-10-30 17:02:26 +0000 UTC
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The stairs took Sofia deeper than ever before, she had gone down what felt like at least a hundred thousand steps, and was easily several kilometers deep.
The darkness did not extend that far down, so at some point she had stored the candle and let the light trails of her demon form light t...
2024-10-29 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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‘You have defeated [Unison of the candles - lv. 299]’
Sofia’s hand dug inside of the tall zombie’s entrails, it had collapsed by itself when the last of the candle zombies had died. She soon found what she was searching for.
“Would you look at that,...
2024-10-28 17:00:15 +0000 UTC
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I need to keep the damage to a minimum, we wouldn’t want to destroy the next heart of velania by accident.
Quickly coming up with a plan in her head, Sofia spent a good ten seconds reverting the flow in her demonic mana circuits to use the melee form. She didn’t plan on using t...
2024-10-25 16:00:19 +0000 UTC
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The Kidjikkik skeletons got into formation, forming a semicircle along the back of the underground cathedral to surround the zombies as much as possible. The Kidjikkik formed orderly lines under Bookie’s control, with the guardians in front and the soldier brandishing their spears from behind, ...
2024-10-24 16:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Sofia effortlessly made her way back to the main room with the giant statue of Sorrow, and once again snuck up to the corridor on the far side where chanting voices came from.
The darkness there seemed even darker, but the candle let Sofia cut her way through it, and she carefully entered t...
2024-10-23 16:00:47 +0000 UTC
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“Yes? Yes! My bodyguard” Bookie answered with a nod, “Can I look at the rocks?” he asked. He was ready to potentially trade the vampire book or his mithril dagger for one of the rocks, being able to help Sofia with the rest of her trial was more important than his physical possessions. He...
2024-10-22 16:00:18 +0000 UTC
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Crowie actually led Bookie to the paladins first, because they were closer.
The paladins came with a report of three skeletons wearing potentially valuable things.
First was a large and tall skeleton wearing fancy red clothes, there were multiple rings on his fingers and several large...
2024-10-21 16:00:17 +0000 UTC
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A door opened in front of a short skeleton in fancy clothes.
“Oh! She won again!” the skeleton rejoiced, jumping in place, the skeletal crow on his head also jumping up and down on his skull.
Bookie’s joyous outburst did not last long, however. He clutched his book form against ...
2024-10-18 15:50:08 +0000 UTC
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“I defend, you attack!” Sofia commanded. She grabbed a large handful of vision tokens from her storage and threw them all in the air, spreading them throughout the flaming library, then she called upon the skull choir, summoning as many destroyer skulls as she could.
The fiery hands sho...
2024-10-17 16:00:17 +0000 UTC
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“I think we can only pick books we actually want to read,” Cinthia guessed, the candles around her immediately blowing out.
“Oh… That does explain what was going on. I can’t believe I didn’t realize that faster…”
“We should get on to the next section… But yeah, eve...
2024-10-16 16:00:16 +0000 UTC
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“This must be the actual time limit…” Cinthia said, watching her fingers progressively becoming shadows.
“At least it only looks different, doesn’t feel like much else is happening. Still, at the speed it’s going… Ten minutes to reach our chest, five more to reach the head, ma...
2024-10-15 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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Silence engulfed the library as the echo of the void faded. The mana in the air started to curl, under some unseen influence, it formed long chains, curses aplenty. There were multiple ways to avoid one’s mana being encroached onto by such a passive curse, be it burning the mana to do something...
2024-10-14 16:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Sofia internally rolled her eyes at the rhetorical question. “What do you think?”
“I mean… A divine item is on the line,” Cinthia said, “And your survival, if I’m being honest, the things down there are not going to pull any punches.”
“Yeah I noticed that already, bu...
2024-10-11 16:00:16 +0000 UTC
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BOOK 3 IS OUT!!! ヾ( ˃ᴗ˂ )◞ • *✰
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJT6P7X8

Sofia found the previous stairca...
2024-10-10 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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Some time before leaving for Sorrow’s Palace, Sofia, Cinthia and Astelia are having a relaxed chat at the Silent Haven bar. Pareth and Bookie are well-dressed and reading a book together in a corner while the women sit at the bar. The air is heavy with the smell of Dwarven alcohol and the metal...
2024-10-09 16:00:15 +0000 UTC
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While Sofia briefly considered the dwarf’s ceasefire, she still kept channeling her bolt.
Can I trust this guy?
Obviously not. Also how is he going to survive the next bolt without his Asterite chest? I still have two runes up too, so I’m doing fine on that front.
2024-10-08 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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