I fired out a couple of small but powerful Ether blasts with a rapid spin at a pair of Goblins charging towards me, my attacks too fast for them to evade. They began to halt and try to scramble away, but my attacks struck them before they could even begin to move, loud crunches echoing out as my blasts caved in their chests, shattering their ribs as they let out agonized screeches of pain, bleeding out rapidly as they collapsed onto the ground, unable to move as blood gushed out of their mouths. I then spotted Lilac evading a Goblin leaping towards her with a dagger clutched in its hand, she stepped out across to its left to dodge the wild slash of its blade, before swiftly plunging her dagger into its throat while it was still airborne. She then yanked her arm back to pull the blade out, and as the Goblin fell onto the ground and skidded away lifelessly, she drew out a throwing knife and flung it at another Goblin racing towards her from her right, the blade striking and getting e

"If you're going to sit here, stop eating so loud," Muttered Sapphire with a frown, as I munched on some chips. "Can't help it, these chips are super crunchy, I don't think it's possible to eat these quietly," I shrugged in response. "Then sit somewhere else.""The Cold Vitrea in the hall broke, so it's too hot to sit anywhere else...but it's nice and cool near you," I pointed out. "Yeah, because I'm cooling the air around me so that it's more comfortable, I didn't give you permission to reap the rewards of my hard work. Why are you even here? You look like you don't want to be. Well, I know that feeling," She yawned sleepily. "Ifeus told me to take at least two Quests every week until Iris gets back," I sighed wearily, before adding, "My plan is to complete that quota as early in the week as possible, so that I can relax for the rest of the week. What about you? You don't ever take any Quests, not that I've seen anyway, you usually go sleep down in the basement arena. So why are

As I opened the door to the carriage and stepped out... "A girl?""A really flat-chested girl. Not that I'm complaining.""Uh, I think that's a guy...""Huh? Oh, yeah, looks like it is...well, that's disappointing."...yeah, imma kill all of them. I then shot forward with a burst of Ether channeled into my feet, channeling more into my right fist as I closed in on one of the bandits in an instant, his eyes widening in alarm as I drove my fist forward and slammed it square onto the middle of his face, sending him flying back as I broke his teeth and several teeth. Streaks of blood and teeth fragments flew out of his mouth as he let out a sharp cry of pain, his back hitting the ground and skidding back a few meters. He let out a dazed groan before losing consciousness and passing out. "T-take him down, quickly!" Exclaimed one of the other bandits in alarm, as they began to take aim at me with their guns. I swiftly raised my right foot, already channeling Ether into it, before rapid

"I know we've restrained them with Ether-blocking shackles, but I'm still a bit uneasy about leaving them in here unsupervised," Frowned Rex, as we made our way off the path with the carriage. We'd finished interrogating that guy a few minutes ago, before knocking him out again. I then conked the other captured bandits on the head to make sure they wouldn't be waking up anytime soon, and now we're on our way to the bandit's hideout. There's a small cove of trees a couple of kilometers to the left of the path, the bandits had set up camp there just under a week ago. They snuck into Sapio from the border between this nation and the other human nation of Anthro, where they'd been pulling similar heists.They'd camp out near a road with low traffic and target any travellers who looked like they might be carrying valuable goods. They pose as a traveling circus as a cover, and there's a total of twenty-five people in their group. The ones we took our are almost all Basic Mages, with two

I felt a sharp rise in the temperature around me as the vines restraining me burst ablaze with flames, turning to ash and freeing me, a few small burns on my skin as I backed away in a hurry, getting some distance away from the woman. "You know, it's only been a few months since I became an Apex Mage, but even so...this is the first time I've ever bled since then. Well, not counting the monthly, you know...period of time! Hahaha, see what I did there?" She laughed in amusement, as she wiped away the blood trickling down the corner of her mouth. "Save it for after you're behind bars!" Snapped Rex, racing forward and unleashing a massive burst of flames at her. "Nice, you can both use chantless casting, what a promising, talented pair," She remarked, as the branches of the trees around her extended out in front of her, blocking the flames. She then sent the flaming branches zipping out towards us rapidly, before I unleashed an Ether-enhanced punch at the branches shooting towards me