I continued further into the complex as I pondered, examining the surroundings closely, taking my time as I walked down the halls. All of which, by the way, were perfectly clean and well-kempt now that I was deeper into the complex, despite the pl...
2025-07-25 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostAs they came up in the queue, the place had started to fill up, and Beth made her way to field one at the far end of the floor. She looked around as she walked down to the field, seeing the stands were filling a little more rapidly. Now, obviously...
2025-07-24 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostBai was back on her feet in a moment and waving the healer off, though not unkindly, and she walked over to Beth, both clearing the field at the ref's insistence. Beth walked with the other girl back over to the girl's team, who had been at the ed...
2025-07-23 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostBeth still had hours of refereeing left, but she did have enough free attention that she could keep on eye on her surroundings. She had a feeling a lot of the refs did the same, considering many of them were getting close to rebirth ten or were at...
2025-07-22 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post"Maybe that's enough excitement for one day?" Sera asked with a slightly quirked brow.
"We've got a lot of sites to investigate," Beth replied with a small frown.
"That's true, but we don't have a time limit," Sera replied....
2025-07-21 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAfter resting another day, I was back in the training yard early in the morning, noticing the guards generally didn't react, other than one or two giving me a quick, slightly frightened look. I think that was more to do with my demonstration again...
2025-07-18 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThere were beasts around, so they still did have to pay some attention to where they set the ship down and keep their heads on a swivel once they debarked, but it wasn't anything like around the golem dungeon. After she had packed up the ship, the...
2025-07-17 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostClearing out all the beasts took them quite some time, mainly from the size of the cavern and the strength of the beasts. Beth was pretty sure everything in the surrounding tunnels had been attracted by the sounds of battle, clearing out mo...
2025-07-16 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAll of that to say that whatever it was that was down there, it was something rather important and/or powerful, at the very least. Holy mana
All of that to say that whatever it was that was down there, it was something rather important and/o...
2025-07-15 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostBeth didn't have to wait long, as the Hall Master was able to clear out a little bit of time to meet with them. She came down in person to e
Beth didn't have to wait long, as the Hall Master was able to clear out a little bit of time to meet...
2025-07-14 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI slept again, dozing in the chair for a few hours before waking. I felt…fine, if I could say that. My body was essentially fully recovered,
I slept again, dozing in the chair for a few hours before waking. I felt…fine, if I could say th...
2025-07-11 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe whole time, Blood was using very thin, fine, and precise blades of energy to slice into the rock. It was slow going, as all the rock in the area had already absorbed a massive amount of mana over the last few years, becoming absurdly dense and...
2025-07-10 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostFlying up to the first site that evening, they slowed just as they got within a few miles, Blood very competently piloting them to within less than a mile of the target. Blood put the ship down and Beth folded it and returned it to her necklace, n...
2025-07-09 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe week seemed to crawl by, and Beth mentioned that to Sera on Friday, after they were done with their ref duties. "I can't believe how slow that went. I feel like I know what most people with a nine-to-five go through now. It sucks."
Blood slowed them quite a bit when they got close to that area, a section of the center of the continent that was hundreds of miles wide and over two thousand miles long. The area of the greatest mana density was around the main section of the Mis...
2025-07-07 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt was many, many long hours later that I first awoke, feeling as if a starship had been parked on me for a year. Desperate to hold myself together, I shakily grabbed one potion after another, noting my right arm had been partially restored, thoug...
2025-07-04 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post"So, how'd that first day go?" John ask the three of them once they were off-duty. The rotations were such that they had to work about ten h
"So, how'd that first day go?" John ask the three of them once they were off-duty. The rotations wer...
2025-07-03 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post"He could stop gravity?" her father asked incredulously.
"He had total control. Even with everything I've seen over the last handful of years, it was really crazy. He could just turn gravity off, if he wanted to. Turn it off...
2025-07-02 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe guards didn't seem to know what to do about that, and Beth didn't wait around for them to figure it out, walking back to check the small town hall building first. If her parents weren't there, they could just stop by her childhood home and ver...
2025-07-01 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a glorious time, even for the normally highly active Beth; several weeks spent with nothing better to do than, well, each other. There was plenty of time relaxing in the suite, shopping in the concourse, going to the massage parlors, eating...
2025-06-30 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe other great discovery I had made was something I made very sure to keep secret from everyone, as I simply didn't have enough trust of any of them, whether it was the count or even my parents. That was more because I intended to use it, which I...
2025-06-27 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostIf Beth only had one thing she could say about the Royal Rose, than that thing would definitely be luxury. Luxury in a manner that wasn't ta
If Beth only had one thing she could say about the Royal Rose, than that thing would definitely be l...
2025-06-26 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAfter having been dropped off at their room, they took the opportunity to rest and relax for half a day, still a bit weary from the intense
After having been dropped off at their room, they took the opportunity to rest and relax for half a d...
2025-06-25 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThey set up for more, with Zane still keeping his hands in his pockets, which was certainly infuriating, but Beth did her best to ignore it, as she was sure the other two were. The man didn't really coach them, not anything like what Baelvyr or ot...
2025-06-24 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post"What's with the look?" she asked as she levered herself to her feet.
"Even considering you have a Mana Physique, and your impressive Presence control, you are quite strong for somebody on only rebirth six," he explained calmly. "Your ...
2025-06-23 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostA few months had passed under the count's tutelage, and I had gone down into town to drop off some pills and goods for Pietr, the man practically falling to the ground in relief when I made the delivery. His buyers were clamoring at his door for p...
2025-06-20 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostBlood really did need the whole day to rest, though it wasn't because of being stressed or anything, she just needed that whole time to adjust to her new power. While Sera was just at the point of starting to develop runes on her body in her human...
2025-06-19 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostShe took his little piece of advice this time, making the point and the symbols a bit larger. It was just a bit, too, as if she increased it too much, she would have quite a large bomb hovering over her hand and not just a little party trick. She ...
2025-06-18 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post"So, uh, what is this?" Beth asked with a slight frown as she looked at the portal.
"I made it make a spatial rift that can only move inanimate objects. Why?" he said.
"I guess for training?" Beth replied, still frowning.&n...
2025-06-17 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post"So, when you spoke of other runes…" Beth hinted.
"Exactly. What is contained in this room represents some of the greatest work of legendary crafters from across the universe. The rune-work present in these pieces is on a level that ...
2025-06-16 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post