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Mana System In The Apocalypse The isle of mist
No other dangers jumped out to attack as I closed in on my destination. I was now close enough to see what it was.Massive chunks of stone and dirt floated above the ocean. At first, it was just off the ocean surface but as I got closer I could see it rose up higher, with huge chunks of land just floating in the air with no apparent means to keep them there.It wasn’t uniform either but more like rocky outcroppings and small islands leading to a massive island near the center. I call it an island but it was enormous. I had once seen the smaller Hawaiian islands from above and this one island matched that in size. But I could see more off in the distance. Some were far higher in the sky than even this island.One thing was certain though, the island was lush and inhabited.A veritable jungle of connected vines – turned into bridges – clung to smaller outcropping islands. Each one sported small clusters of homes and what appeared to be… docks. But they weren’t normal docks, seeing as th
Mana System In The Apocalypse Dishonored
I watched closely as the Jerboa made his way through the bar and over to my table. Other Jerboa near his path got up and moved away but it didn’t seem like the same respect I saw out in the street. This looked more like disgust or pity.When he finally stood on the opposite side of the table from me, he spoke. “May I sit?” he asked quietly through a raspy voice that sounded like he had smoked three packs a day for his entire life.I glanced around the bar, seeing it had filled up since I had first entered. That didn’t mean there weren’t other open seats, but I felt like this wasn’t a random guy down on his luck, just looking for a place to sit where someone didn’t hate him. No this felt like someone who wanted something. I had considered taking on crew after spotting this port town, but I wasn’t about to make a yes or no decision without learning more.I grumbled internally at being a nexus of events and replied. “I guess.”The Jerboa nodded once and hopped into the chair, sitting cro
Mana System In The Apocalypse Captain Paul
“So, Captain, what are your plans?” Khikall asked as he walked beside me through the city.I shrugged, “not sure. I originally came to this part of the world to simply explore. But as you know I was attacked. I’m not the kind of person to forgive and forget. First, I need to make some repairs to my ship, then decide what to do. Although, I would still like to explore the Isles of Fog,” I stated, letting him know in no uncertain terms what might happen if he turns on me.He grunted, “that may be difficult and not just because of the pirates.”“Oh?”“If you aren’t planning on running trade, most ports will deny you entry at the least, the rest will simply fire on you as a precaution if you have an armed ship. Even pirate hunters may turn their guns on you if they can’t identify your vessel. Safer to apologize to the survivors than let a pirate escape.”“Well, that’s discouraging to hear. I certainly don’t want to run supplies between ports. How can we avoid this?” I asked, not disclosin
Mana System In The Apocalypse Learning the ropes
I let Khikall take control of the ship and slowly ease us into the pea soup fog that was quickly rolling into the harbor. It was hard trusting someone I had just met but he seemed like a straight sort of guy. Besides, I couldn’t do this alone, despite my capabilities.“This is normal?” I asked.“The mist? Yes, this is actually quite thin yet. The mists roll in and stick around for a few days before they dissipate again. Something to do with the mana fluctuations that keep the islands afloat or so I heard,” Khikall replied, reaching into his vest and producing what looked like the bottom of a glass bottle and holding it up to his eye.“What’s that do?”“Here, see for yourself,” he said, tossing me the item.I snatched it out of the air and looked it over. It was obviously enchanted as could be seen by the visible magic circle around the edges. I held the item up and looked through it like I had seen Khikall just do. What I saw was the blank metal walls inside the ship. I frowned in con
Mana System In The Apocalypse Little fish
“That could have gone better,” Khikall said as I reentered the command room.“Yeah, but I got the captain so it all worked out. Any idea why only three pirates tried to board the Retribution, I can’t imagine we incapacitated the rest of crew,” I said, running my hand through my sweaty hair after I put my helmet away.“The rest were probably slaves,” Khikall replied offhandedly.I froze, the bile rising in my throat as I realized I just damned a ship full of slaves to a watery grave. I had to grip the edge of my chair to remain standing. Khikall didn’t seem to notice my distress as his seat was farther ahead in the room.I didn’t know these slaves but just the thought of people being in a similar position as I had been not more than a year ago was sickening.“Khikall, how many of these pirates use slave crews?”I don’t know if it was the tone of my voice or something else, but Khikall turned to look at me, I could feel an underlying tenseness to his actions.“I take it you do not appro
Mana System In The Apocalypse Port Of broken soul
We slowly coasted into the small port that Khikall had told me about. He wasn’t lying when he said small. There was one dock with three slips for ships and that was it. Even the island wasn’t much more than a small rocky mass, floating adrift in the sky.There were a dozen buildings, all crammed together with tight walkways between them to maximize the usable space.“Gods, what is this shit hole?” I asked.“The port is called Hylatty. It's where people go when they have nowhere else.”“I can guess why. You sure there is going to be a portmaster here to even declare the bounties with?”“Every port is required to have one in the Avuilian Protectorate,” Khikall answered.I grunted, “what about selling the other items?”“Depends, they may buy those cannons to help ward off pirate attacks, or they may not. Sometimes it is safer to just give the pirates what they want so they leave you alive.”“Fine, let's get this over with and find someplace less depressing,” I replied.There were no ship
Mana System In The Apocalypse Quest
I waited on the deck, enjoying the sun as I watched him approach.It turned out Khikall was overly optimistic in his estimation on how long it would take to return. And when he finally did return, I noticed he was returning alone.Khikall stumbled his way down the rickety pier. The Jerboa was plastered by the looks of him but he still managed to jump from the dock to the deck, although, his landing wasn’t graceful and I saw him choke back some vomit before he stood on unsteady legs.“Want me to fix that for you?”He shook his head very slowly, “A cost of doing business,” he said with a burp. “Barcos agreed to join the crew on one condition.”“Oh, and what’s that?” I asked, curious as to what a man like Barcos would want for his cooperation.“You need to bring in his replacement.”“… That’s all? Why can’t he just contact his government and have them send one over?” I asked in confusion.“He did. But the man refused to come to the island and is hiding out at another, more prosperous por
Mana System In The Apocalypse Sha'Stis
Doniger’s place looked like nothing more than a run-down warehouse from the outside. If it wasn’t for the animated illusion of a woman spreading her legs above the door, we may have walked right past it. I would probably still walk past it if we weren’t here to find someone.There were two burly-looking guards outside, both level seventeen. They gave us the once-over but didn’t move from their posts. Khikall walked up to one slipping a cred stick into his palm. “Is Sha’Stis here tonight?”The man looked over to his buddy, who was looking put out for not getting the bribe and Khikall tossed a stick his way as well.“Yeah, he’s here, been with Minisa most of the night. If you got beef with him, don’t start it inside.”“No beef, just wish to talk.”The other guard snorted, “sure.”As we entered, the noise and smells of the place assaulted my nose. There was some rubber-armed creature with four limbs banging away what would generously be considered a song at one end of the bottom floor. I
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Fight For Affection
Was the person in the mirror really Henry and not an international supermodel?Henry could not help but wonder.However, Mia's reaction told Henry that it was not an illusion.Mia's mouth was wide open as she walked to Henry's side in shock. She looked at him in the mirror and was amazed."Oh my God, Henry, I never realized that you're so handsome! Gosh, you look so good."As Mia spoke, she couldn't help but touch Henry's firm chest."Oh my God, these firm pecs are worth dying for…"Henry looked at Mia, who was acting like a pervert. He shook his head helplessly and slapped her hand away."Alright, now that I've changed my clothes, let's hurry to the banquet before we go late. I'm not known for attending any events late." Hearing this, Mia finally came back to her senses. "Ah, yes. We have to hurry over. With such a handsome companion by my side, I'd like to see if those little b*tches will still show off in front of me," Mia proudly said as she pulled Henry's arm.After that, they q
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Epilogue
Martin strode down the hall of the capitol building with a worried smile on his face. He was a bit greyer now but he still oozed charm and confidence. Time had been kind to him.The city had become a booming metropolis in the ten years since Paul returned, after his year and a half of being missing. Martin knew something had happened because one day a bunch of massive flying ships had come from nowhere and obliterated the ships that had been harassing the city non-stop for over six months. They had quickly taken care of Lord Vik’t and his remaining forces, the man managing to flee back to his homeworld before the Guild caught him.When Paul had returned, he had returned a quiet man. You could see the loss in his eyes. But the man pushed on and his businesses flourished, producing the Earth’s mightiest warships and most advanced runic items. Then five years after Paul returned, he took a fleet of ten of his capital ships and vanished for another year.When he returned again, the ships
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The devil you know
As soon as the pirates realized the Guild ships were approaching the island, they broke off the fighting and retreated toward the edge of town to dig in. They weren’t stupid enough to attack the Guild but it seemed they wanted to ensure there wasn’t an accidental incident.One of the Guild ships docked and the Captain stepped off to greet the three of us. I had been carried over by Barcos and Em’ah on the same chair she plopped me in the night before. My legs were looking less like mashed potatoes now and instead looked like mushed putty. It was hard to ignore the sensation of the bones moving around within my shattered legs but I was managing.“Captain Paul, I hope this wasn’t a last-ditch attempt to hold off your enemy. I can assure you, we will leave for safer shores immediately if it was.”I ignored the man’s condescending snark before replying. “You have the agreement from the Director?”“I do,” he smiled. “Do you wish to review it?”I nodded and he produced a stack of documents
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A Valuable Lesson
Groaning, I opened my eyes. All I saw was darkness. I tried turning my head or moving but it seemed like I was pinned in place.I fought down the urge to panic as I evaluated my condition. My arms were still broken, the sharp stabbing pain when I tried to move them told me as much. I could breathe though so my organs had healed after the beating I had taken. That was something at least.Seeing as I was in no immediate danger of dying, I checked my skills. My blood ran cold as I saw what remained of my abilities.[Rejuvenate][Multicast][Eye of the Storm][Aura of Rage][Calcifying Strike]Frostwave][Orb of Darkness][Energy Lance][Overcharge][Tempest Ball]That was the sum total of all the skills I now had. They had stripped me of every ability I had stolen from them along with every ability my second class gave me by default, making it impossible to recover skills by stealing them from others.I let out a morbid little chuckle as I lay there. Tears of frustration leaked from the
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Unexpected arrival
Those two words seemed to freeze everyone in place, but it wasn’t magic that caused it, it was fear. My body was frozen along with everyone else but my eyes rose into the air, tracking two creatures as they forced the magical fog away from the entire area with some ability.It was hard to tell by their alien physiology but I got the distinct impression they were looking directly at me. The initial fear was subsiding and people were starting to move again until the larger of the two squid-like creatures cast a spell. I managed to get off an Identify before the spell hit.[Ulq | Void Hunter/Maw of the Void | 47/41][Xiph | Psy Commando/Maw of the Void | 45/42]My body shook as I realized they were here for me but not a single person or even the entire pirate armada currently assembled here would be able to kill these two creatures.I felt the spell wash over the area and everyone was frozen again but a halo of golden light burst into existence above my head, washing away the spell’s eff
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Beachhead
The meager fleet of ships I was now in charge of, rose from the dock and slowly spiraled into the air to get above the mist. The chaotic coloration of the mana storm was visible in the distance even through the mist. That meant the enemy was almost upon the island.The Retribution was the first ship to breach the thick covering and it was no surprise to see the enemy ships had spread out in a crescent shape to surround the island. Enemy fast attack craft zipped toward our location and I double-checked that everything was working as it should. I had also turned the mana accumulator back on.I sometimes wished I had been able to fit multiple layers of shielding on the ship. But my experiments in that regard had not gotten anywhere. Shields that close together acted like soap bubbles. Either they popped completely or merged together, but it didn’t increase the strength of the shield when they did. The only way to prevent this was to have separate bubble shields that only covered a certai
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The Storm
After weeks of sitting around, the Retribution finally got to fly again.Knowing we were leaving, the harbor was a beehive of activity. Cobbled together crews were drilling aboard the other captured pirate ships. The people knew it wasn’t a matter of if, but a matter of when another enemy would appear.As soon as Khikall got us away from the docks and any possible collision, I engaged the cloak. It was far more effective now that I could enable and disable the automatic recharging system. The massive disruption of mana we used to leave in our wake was now a tiny trail.I hadn’t had time to figure out a way to smooth our passing completely but this would have to do. I also had Em’ah watching for trails from a crudely assembled periscope. Now she didn’t need to be on the deck to use her Mana Sense skill.Speaking of skills… I had picked up a few from the last fight. I also managed to finally hit level twenty in my Maw of the Void class. I stuck two of my stats in Strength, one in Endura
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Troubled water
I watched as the workers placed the last armor panel in position and began to weld it into place. It had taken a few weeks to repair the damages from our fight but the Retribution was looking almost new.The replaced sections were clearly visible by the heat transfer in the titanium. I could easily fix that when I turned the thermal defenses on. It should make everything a uniform color. Paint would work too, I suppose, but why cover up the beauty of the metal.It was a good thing the ship was complete, over the last few days, we had been getting reports from the Guild merchant ships that were stopping to trade, and they weren’t good.Large fleets of pirate ships spotted raiding islands. The Capital of the Avulian Protectorate was sacked and all of the leadership missing. The remaining fleets of the Protectorate were attacking any ship that wasn’t theirs or the Guild's. Cities burning due to the slaves I helped free, it was madness and it was spreading.Already I could hear concerned
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Turncoat
Captain Grulaine hissed in annoyance as his second in command handed him his “orders”. His second flinched back and hurried out of the room. If he hadn’t, Grulaine may have cut him down in a fit of pique. It galled Grulaine to be under the thumb of another. He had gotten rid of his father for that very same reason. And now thanks to a series of unfortunate events, he found himself beholden to the damn pirate king Black Gar’s lap dog.How was he to know the repair yard where he went was controlled by that snake. If he had he certainly wouldn’t have agreed to the loan to effect repairs to his cannons and ship. Repairs that had taken far longer than necessary, and left Grulaine on the sidelines as the entire protectorate seemed to be crumbling around him. An opportunity-rich environment he wasn’t able to take advantage of.But that wasn’t the most galling part. He found that his repairs were delayed on purpose so Gar could tighten his stranglehold on the local pirates. By the time Grulai
