"Are you sure you don't want to buy anything?" Father asked as we left the shop.
After learning how artifacts were made and my mother's sacrifices to craft them for me, I was in no mood to look at any more...
2025-03-31 19:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostI had missed how the Waygate operated during my first visit to Klearon, but this time, the Waygate Plaza was our first stop. Regrettably, we weren’t here to travel through the magical gate but to wait for another ...
2025-03-31 12:24:18 +0000 UTC View PostJinn was mildly surprised when Ashlyn said she was going to come along with him on scouting duty today. Among the few duties of the newly formed militia, scouting the Candor Mountains was one of the more necessary ones. ...
2025-03-30 19:53:23 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note: It is not complete, but it gives you the basic information. If you can't find something, let me know in the comments, and it will be added.
Gdoc Link: 2025-03-30 19:02:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I haven't gotten much done this month for one reason or another, managed only 16 or 17 chapters, which is a bit less than 40k words. Thankfully, the month is not over. I outright struggled with writing a chapter for a couple of days, and there was...
2025-03-26 20:28:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 52: Compress
The decree of conscription was put into effect almost immediately. The very next day, legionaries rounded up all the young boys and girls who had completed at least a year of basic training at the instit...
2025-03-24 19:50:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 51: Feast
After wasting a couple of hours, I realised it was impractical to practise Arcane Resistance using my own essence. I'd hoped to do so in a safe environment, just what I employ for training Eran, but it turned out to be nea...
At once, everyone's eyes flashed upwards as more light flared, igniting the whole channel in glaring illumination. That wasn’t all. Immediately, Jinn became aware of the contrasting aura and the weight of essence permeating the stale air.
...
2025-03-18 22:36:45 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude III
Jinn
With the guild and the Legionaries' help, it didn't take them long to locate the rift and prepare for a final expedition to clear it once and for all. Jinn had enlisted his name in t...
2025-03-14 20:51:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 50: Charm of Foretelling
The advancement on this occasion was almost instantaneous, though that didn’t mean it was painless.
A new green aether root pierced through my essence seed and split into eight thin s...
2025-03-13 22:04:16 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Sorry for the delay. This one got a bit overboard, and I had no other choice but to divide them since I would have missed today's update if I had to do a 6k word chapter... This one is close to 3k...
Chapter 49: Collabora...
2025-03-12 23:56:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48: Legionaries
The moment I finished molding the runes on the shield, I dashed out of the workshop to find Eran. The sun was at the horizon, painting the sky a pale golden red. It was late, yet still early enough fo...
2025-03-10 23:18:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47: Charm
The two conditions I gave Mum were easy to follow, so she readily agreed.
The first was about the help she was allowed to give me. She promised her help would be limited to mere hints.
The other one involv...
2025-03-08 19:25:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46: Band of Protection
My eyes immediately darted around the workshop, searching for the gift. It shouldn't be anything large—if it was, I would have noticed it already.
While I was busy looking, Mum shot a t...
2025-03-06 23:07:35 +0000 UTC View PostRosalyn departed that very day with my grandmother, without managing to show me all the things she had promised to teach. The only consolation was that the books she had given me contained all ...
2025-03-04 22:56:55 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary Report
As February came to an end, I have something to share—so I figured, why not do a monthly report?
Anyway, this February, I launched Mythshaper in RR and published approximately 105,000 words, counting...
2025-03-03 23:05:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44: Scars
We watched from the foothills as Father’s figure disappeared into the mountains along with the others in the company. The guild had worked hard to organise everything in just one day for the expedition.&n...
2025-03-03 22:52:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35: Advance
Arcane Affinity was already an Advanced attribute, so it didn’t evolve as I slowly raised it to 50 points. Still, I could intuitively feel what those extra thirty odd points did. I conjured a small flam...
2025-03-01 21:18:06 +0000 UTC View Post“So, how was your first day at the institution?” Mum asked as soon as I stepped into the house. She immediately followed up with, “Why the long face? Was it not as you hoped?”
Perhaps it was my ex...
2025-02-28 22:43:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33: The Institution
My first day at the institution was mildly disappointing. I knew everything would be elementary to borderline intermediate grade, but I had expected to learn at least something new about essence, ...
2025-02-28 19:19:15 +0000 UTC View PostEverything seemed to fall into normalcy once night fell. Father returned within a couple of hours after scouting the area. He found no corpse flies or signs of a rift breaking nearby. Of course, he hadn’t ventu...
2025-02-27 21:27:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe monsters weren’t huge, though they were arguably the most hideous things I had ever seen. Their sinewy forms were supported by two pairs of dark, dragonfly-like wings that beat furiously as they shot towards ...
2025-02-25 21:18:27 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude II
Eran
Eran awoke with a start, his chest heaving as he sat upright. He immediately became aware of the changes within him.
Unwittingly, his palm moved over his abdomen, where he could...
2025-02-25 18:59:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41: Fight
The girls didn’t waste any time posing after they agreed to a fight. Well, Aleya certainly didn’t. Her legs sprang as she thrust towards Rosalyn, her sword poised for a high swing.
My aunt, howeve...
2025-02-24 21:28:48 +0000 UTC View PostSince Rosalyn came to visit us, it had completely fallen upon me to entertain her.
The institution was closed today, but at Rosalyn's insistence, I brought her along for sights...
2025-02-23 21:42:06 +0000 UTC View Post"I hate how backwater this place is," Rosalyn complained after pouring a mouthful of water down her throat. "If it was even Klearon, I wouldn’t have to waste half my time on the journey, forgetting that I practical...
2025-02-22 21:05:49 +0000 UTC View PostFor my second project, Mum gave me complete freedom to create whatever I liked. She even encouraged me to use all my engraving skills and knowledge to design something great. I didn’t hold back.
Instead of ma...
2025-02-21 22:13:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37: First Creation
"Why a flask?" I asked.
"Why not a flask?" Mum cocked an eyebrow.
"But a flask is simple," I said. "It only needs a couple of elementary runes, and that’s it."
"Which makes it p...
2025-02-21 19:31:58 +0000 UTC View PostWith everyone awakening different types of Gifts, it was almost a pain to keep the rules of the practice duel fair. To maintain even a semblance of equality, different rules were invoked for different t...
2025-02-20 22:40:17 +0000 UTC View Post