The next thing I tried was manipulating time, as that seemed like the thing least likely of all to cause some kind of damage. Even the dark would likely have the capacity to destroy, and I had already grabbed someone with it and slammed them about, so time was next. I tried to make the time I experienced accelerate without effecting anything els...
2025-02-07 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostBlood looked like she was in communication with Neph, likely just exchanging feelings through their bond at this point. Beth sat beside Sera and looked through some material for a little bit while they rested a bit and gave Neph time to adjust to, well, being alive. Luckily, the Path changed so much stuff, and Neph didn't need any time before sh...
2025-02-06 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post"Care to share with the rest of the class now?" Beth asked the wolf with a disgruntled look on her face.
"Yeah, we got it," Blood said, turning and walking down the tunnel.
"We got what, Blood?" Beth asked icily.
"What Laselle wanted," the wolf ...
2025-02-05 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBeth woke a few hours later, still technically late in the middle of the night, feeling Sera's hands grasping her tightly. They had plenty of time to get up and moving, so she didn't do more than give Sera's shoulders and neck a squeeze and nuzzle against her. She could both hear and feel Sera snoring while she could only hear Blood snoring next...
2025-02-04 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"So, plan?" asked Sera when they were in the room.
"We should go use a training room," Beth said. "We'll do our rebirths, get ourselves sorted, and then grind some levels. We can rest for part of the day, but we should start this evening at latest. We'll grind levels for a week, objective time, that is, and then se...
2025-02-03 18:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostI had both sets of swords with me, and I set the training blades down before equipping the real swords. I needed to get used to wearing blades again, and I also wanted the extra bit of weight, though that much wouldn't make a huge difference. Satisfied, I started to jog around the perimeter of the training yard, noting the captain taking a seat ...
2025-01-31 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostShe needed to make an inquiry sometime about some better books for studying some of this, runes in particular. She did remember that Lyrissa had recommended some things, and sent her a book that she had said would be useful. She had worked through most of Lyrissa's book already, but now it was time to look through her recommendation list. That l...
2025-01-30 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostShe entered the room to find Sera and Blood both still on the couch, Blood facedown and snoring while Sera scratched her back with her talons. And Sera's talons were back, as well as the rest of her usual look, Beth found, once she made sure the door was shut and walked over. Sera had her full-length horns back, scales over multiple parts of her...
2025-01-29 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostShe made sure the door was shut firmly behind her before heading down through the main building and into the underworks under the arena. Her first stop was the commissary, where she purchased a ton, almost literally, of rations and supplies, as well as a handful of sets of clothes as the last two hundred and fifty days had not been kind to the o...
2025-01-28 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe entombed heart drew upon the surrounding mana, generating energy in preparation to do...whatever it was about to. Instead of glowing, it then started to absorb the light in the room, but Beth supposed that was to be expected, considering it was void-based. The heartbeat sound continued, growing slightly louder, but mainly growing slowly quic...
2025-01-27 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI took my time looking through the training equipment, noting that there wasn't any armor small enough to fit me. I would have to have a set custom-made for me, so I dismissed it for the moment. I looked through the training swords before I found two blades that were nearly perfect; at least, they were perfect for me right now. They were too sho...
2025-01-24 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing Sera's advice, they got done all the housekeeping they needed over the next few hours before stocking up on food. They didn't really need to grab too much, as they still had an absolute ton from Lori, even considering Sera's new eating habits. When they were ready, had fully stocked up, had taken an hour to relax and plan, Beth opened ...
2025-01-23 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostShe gave another big push, moving herself straight towards the orchid, and felt a palpable resistance, as the flower itself seemed to push back. That return push came, of course, with enough lightning to power a small nation, maybe one about the size of one of the bigger US states. That thought went out the window as Beth pushed forward and enou...
2025-01-22 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe air didn't get any better as they descended, but it didn't really smell any worse, at least, not to Beth's rather insensitive nose. That was the thing about fire mana, unless something like an active volcano was causing it, it didn't usually lead to a buildup of sulfur or other noxious elements in the air. As they leapt down, she did see Ser...
2025-01-21 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time ever, I have been hit by a content warning by Patreon. Apparently, according to the current rules, if a post has any kind of sexual materials within it, it cannot be available to any kind of free viewer, even free members. Therefore, you will likely be seeing multiple chapters containing sex be moved back behind the paywall. I...
2025-01-20 23:55:01 +0000 UTC View Post"Just curiosity, really," Beth said with a shrug. "We saw you down here, and I know you noticed us, so I figured we'd stop and see what was going on."
"Well, I quite enjoy getting away from time to time and fishing," the woman said with a huge grin. "But, where are my manners? I'm Lori, so nice to meet you." <...
2025-01-20 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHaving gotten a good grasp of the history and some of the current politics, I moved on to a slightly deeper, though still fairly basic, study of mana and the many affinities that sprang from it. I was particularly interested to see the differences between how the people of this world understood mana and how I understood qi in my previous life. I...
2025-01-17 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThey cleaned the three hundred orcs up in half an hour or so, killing them all before having Blood register the kills. They didn't need to loot anything from the corpses, so Blood dashed and darted around rather quickly, tagging all the corpses, or what was left of them, in just a minute or less. Beth called the ship down as Blood finished up an...
2025-01-16 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThey spent that one day resting and were out in the airship again right away, having enjoyed the suite and the use of the cafeteria, but finding it a bit dull. Besides, the airship had quite nice accommodations, so they weren't really living the rough life if they were using that as their mobile base. The flight to the mountains was a bit longer...
2025-01-15 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, they got some food quick, Sera's new eating habits not slowing her down at all despite the new volume she consumed. They tidied up and got ready to head out, making sure the room was secure behind them. Beth led them out of the CRA Hall and through the city, a rough and rugged place constructed from a mana-reinforced concrete a...
2025-01-14 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post"I think next is some more leveling, then we do these two gold-level missions," Beth said.
"You're fine with going back in after a couple hour break?" Sera asked, jumping into Beth's lap and snuggling up to her.
"If you need a break, we can certainly take a break," Beth said, making a face ...
2025-01-13 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMy mother marched with me in her arms out of the residence wing and across the first floor to the area where several offices and a large study were located. Father stepped forward and opened the doors for everyone before turning to the guardsman as my oldest brother and the secretary filed in.
"Go fetch the other c...
2025-01-10 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"This is unbelievable," Sera said, looking around.
"It's pretty great, but it's not really that mind-blowing," Beth said with a chuckle.
"You don't really get it," Sera said. "And, I'm not trying to insult you here, and I sound like a rich bitch, but knowing how rare and expensive act...
2025-01-09 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis planet was a bit similar to one they had been on before, at least in a simulation at the Trial of Celestial Awakening. It was more developed than the planet they had been asked to pioneer themselves, but not as developed as many of the places they had been recently. It was more similar to the planet where they had spent time in the swamp an...
2025-01-08 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post"Water?" Beth asked, holding a bottle down against Sera's forehead.
"Hmm, yes," Sera said, opening her mouth wide. Beth laughed and tipped the bottle carefully, letting water slowly pour into her girlfriend's mouth and down her throat.
"Say when," Beth said with a laugh, grinnin...
2025-01-07 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post"That bad, huh?" Sera asked, kissing at Beth's stomach as she floated in the water.
"It's not bad, I'm just being a baby about it," Beth replied with another sigh. "My family's fine, other than my mom, and even she's okay. I just…don't connect well with them. That, and I don't feel the same kind of super deep con...
2025-01-06 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostOf course, as soon as that crisis was resolved, a far greater crisis sprinted into my office in near hysterics. Well, it could be a greater crisis, depending on what had actually happened, I soon understood. Apparently, the fourth daughter had been kidnapped, in broad daylight, out from under everyone’s noses with nobody able to ...
2025-01-03 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe two girls took their time, and Beth lost all track of it, as they worked over Beth and Sera's bodies. Lacey definitely had more to do, considering Sera's size and the addition of her huge tail, but Beth certainly wasn't going to complain about Casey going over her more times. The ogre woman paid particular attention to Beth's lower back and ...
2025-01-02 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"How did you do that?" Sera murmured. "You changed your height without any additional human features. And you did it so fast. That was crazy."
Blood had been a bit faster than Sera, though Beth hadn't really paid that close attention. She said, "I hate to shatter your hopes and dreams, my love, but Blood wasn't ful...
2025-01-01 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post"What was that?" Sera hissed at her as she dragged her down the hallway.
"What?" Beth asked, genuinely confused.
"I thought you might negotiate for me to stop working early or something, not throw a hundred fucking mithril on the desk like it's nothing. And how do you have that much?"...
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