Chapter 196: Days going By
Daryel and Mercury were forced to watch three more hunts, two of which ended in blood, and one in the granting of a boon. It was a young adult, maybe in his mid twenties, who won, bloodied and bruised. H...
2024-05-11 01:20:49 +0000 UTC View PostShe smiled, faintly, then gave a small bow towards me, though as she did so, her eyes flitted over the rest of our party. “Your guild, Dawn of Ambition, may listen as well, of course. It may be a bit rude of me not to greet you all individually,...
2024-05-06 19:36:01 +0000 UTC View Post“One way to break the news, eh?” Matt joked when we were outside later.
I snorted. “Seriously?”
He sighed, giving half a shake of his head. “Nah. I’m not the one who broke anything.”
“Pff...
2024-05-03 18:26:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 195: Bloodsports
Mercury would have preferred a third day of challenges over what was happening.
There was no breakfast on his fourth day in the fae realm. Instead, they headed downstairs to find the main hall had sh...
2024-05-03 18:22:05 +0000 UTC View Post“There’s an eclipse coming.”
It was starting to feel like that sentence was one of the heaviest strings of words I’d had to say in my life. On par with “I can’t come to school, I’m attending my brother’s funeral.” and...
2024-04-29 15:09:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 194: A Statement
Mercury met Orvyn again in one of the domes meant for challenges. Ethereal light enveloped the world around them, cutting them off from the other fae.
The heir of Blossom smiled, a ferocious, w...
2024-04-27 23:32:13 +0000 UTC View PostI stood in front of the door to mine and Ann’s room for too long before I finally worked up the courage to knock. My knuckles tapped against the wood exactly once, then the door swung open before I could tap it again.
Ann stood in front of...
2024-04-22 22:48:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 193: Bonds
The dinner went about as well as he expected. Multiple of the heirs came up to him again, though this time more pensively. The snake didn’t show its face this time, too embarrassed to do so. Asher, however, di...
2024-04-20 01:38:25 +0000 UTC View Post‘What do you mean there is an eclipse?!’
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Rage. ‘J...
2024-04-16 00:19:36 +0000 UTC View PostLuckily, Mercury’s mind was built to withstand blows far harder than those. Having a whole new way to perceive the world, alongside the memories on how to interpret those signals certainly was unusual, but it had happened to him be...
2024-04-14 01:49:45 +0000 UTC View PostMy next swing, with my halfway ruined body would not have cut as deeply as my last one. To make up for the difference, I charged enormous amounts of mirror Qi through my body, blasting through another quarter of my resources.
The gold ...
2024-04-08 15:39:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 191: Systematic Dealing and Duels
Status:
Mercury Rainfall Starlight
Level: 7 -> 15
Species: Srytfyel
Titles: <Successor>, <Star Usurper>, <Trialist>, <Patient Learner>, &...
2024-04-06 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 190: Political Maneuvering
Sadly, Arber didn’t have much more information on the seats of the empty thrones. They didn’t know how many there were, or their names. They had been scrubbed off any record, including the me...
2024-04-02 02:52:32 +0000 UTC View PostFighting on unfamiliar terrain, generally, was a poor idea. In this case, however, most of the terrain was flat. The forest around the city had been cut away in order to see enemies when approaching, and not give monsters breeding grounds.
T...
2024-04-01 15:17:55 +0000 UTC View PostThat day certainly wasn’t coming anytime soon, though. For now, I was busy trying to keep myself from dying. I used my Qi to copy some healing patterns from the twins as well, when they used it on the other refugees, though the Divinity did a la...
2024-03-25 20:11:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 189: A more close than near death experience
Mercury awoke on a soft bed that was entirely torn up. He had moved and thrashed in his dream, even manifesting the Dream of Starvation. The Blanket of Dreams was still entirely...
2024-03-22 21:38:26 +0000 UTC View PostI was woken up by a tap on my nose from Ann. My meditation had most certainly ended up with me drifting into sleep. Which… wasn’t the point, but at the end of the day, circulating Qi was mentally exhausting, so it was only really a matter of t...
2024-03-18 17:04:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 188: Unwelcome Guest
Mercury dreamt. He’d known it would happen the moment he fell asleep. The connection to the realm within his mind was there, and he reached out for it purposefully, wanting to go there. It felt close...
2024-03-17 01:56:50 +0000 UTC View PostMy Qi was empty. The snake woman was still alive, though she was currently held down by all members of our party. Then, though, she suddenly sunk into the floor, vanishing into the shadows.
A moment later, as my vision turned red and my worl...
2024-03-11 18:23:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 187: A Glimpse of Quiet
What Mercury found out during his first day in the fae realm, was that fae liked to party. The gathering, which originally looked more like a ball, turned more and more towards poor behaviour.
An attack from a raindrop and the shadows. The first used water to fight, probably. Maybe even rain. The other was shadow or mud, it was almost impossible to tell the difference in that split second, and both would allow them to step through the m...
2024-03-04 19:21:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe fish were a bit dark by the time we took them off the fire. Liam devoured one of them, all on his own, while everyone else shared the second. I refused any bite of it, though I did eat quite a few of Marie’s roots.
My body could sustai...
2024-03-04 19:20:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 186: Mellow’s Desperation
The effect of his name was almost immediate. It resonated with the fae realm differently than other things had. Hospitality itself was deeply ingrained in the fae, a concept each of them abided ...
2024-03-03 00:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostEach and every step through the damned forest along the damned stream was agony.
I desperately clung to my spear with both hands, barely keeping upright, only by expending almost as much Qi as my wellspring made. The wound the icicle had tor...
2024-02-26 16:44:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 185: Careful Conversing
Celash was difficult to read, honestly. Mainly due to the shifting features. Still, Mercury felt like he could at least somewhat understand the fae’s intentions by monitoring their aura. The panth...
2024-02-24 23:41:13 +0000 UTC View PostFor a single moment, time remained frozen. The heat in my chest bloomed, my two cores suddenly growing searing hot, sending waves of agony through my broken body, until, with a pop in my ears, they suddenly changed.
The searing heat collapse...
2024-02-23 00:24:18 +0000 UTC View PostOlivia grinned, pushing her sword just a little closer to my face. “Seems like it, spear-bitch.” Her teeth seemed almost sharp.
Briefly, I wondered how she was standing in front of me. I broke her leg. And her sword. Yet, there she was. ...
2024-02-19 20:13:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 184: Strange Shapes
Mercury stepped through the doorway, keeping his face neutral. As soon as he and his guide were through, the opening snapped shut behind them.
In the fae realm, the atmosphere was different. The a...
2024-02-17 19:21:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe damage was done.
Despite the fact that there was a huge attack on the city, there were still monsters in the trees. Bornins hassled us, and I could barely supply the effort to lift my spear and kill them. Matt still held onto his sword. ...
2024-02-12 19:08:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 183: A Shift in Perspective
Mercury started at Alice after she brokered the news to him. He blinked a few times, then took a deep breath.
“What, exactly, does this mean?” he asked after a few moments of considera...
2024-02-10 03:19:56 +0000 UTC View Post