"Hiyo!"The thirty feet tall Aeri threw the motionless armored skeleton some distance away, then picked up the unconscious bird. Kara, Amethyst and Ulva ran towards the battle god."How is lady Hinotori?"Kara asked, prompting Aeri to bring her down."She seems to be breathing.""That's good news.”"You guys. Kawaii is also not moving."They looked at the worried Ulva who held the colourless slime in her arms."Hmm, wait. The screen said that they were undergoing an evolution, didn't it? So then they are fine."Aeri suggested as she sat down, flexing her arms.‘I really do feel stronger. And any bruise I might have gotten is completely gone. Just what the hell kind of power does the chicken have?’She glanced at the sleeping bird. At this point, being extremely cautious with it would be the most advisable option. Many other thoughts came flooding into her mind and as they came, she found that she really had no say in the matter. For the best possible outcome, she needed Hinotori. And
“I thought you said you knew this place like the back of your hand!”Jasmine’s voice echoed in the empty tomb. Both she and Seiko sat across each other, a camp fire separating them as Seiko drank water from his can.“Obviously something weird happened.”He said and grabbed a plate from his sac. The metal plate vibrated, creating a sort of relaxing hum. This managed to catch Jasmine’s eye.“And what’s that? You’ve been playing around with it all this time.”“It’s a [Teleport Identifier]. It can tell when there’s some sort of spatial distortion in the surrounding.”Jasmine closed the distance between herself and him and gazed at the metal with excitement.“A paladin’s magical tool? That’s so, like, lit!”She said as she tried to snatch it out of Seiko’s grasp. The latter was faster, managing to easily move it out of the way.“Lit? What does that mean?”“Hmm, like, cool, dope, awesome, excellent, badass, fun, amazing, totally lit! You understand?”She said so many words at a time Seiko f
"Oooohhh!"Kara sat up, taking in large sacks of oxygen. She thought she had actually died after the domain exploded.'I really need to come up with a better spell than [Radio Wave].'"How are you?"Ulva said, with her hand extended to the ogress. Kara took her hand with a grin. The girl now looked like how she did originally, only that her hair was black with stripes of white in a horizontal on her head, and her body had grown a bit taller."No problem. You good?"The girl's hands were cold. Not very cold, but they were colder than usual. Kara was able to sense the mana flowing to her hands."Yep. Thanks for the help. Now I can do something useful.""Something useful?"The little girl ran off at the spectre, covering her blood red claws with ice from [Basic Ice Magic].She unleashed a barrage of attacks on the spectre, so fast she was a blur. Both she and the spectre clashed and their attacks sent powerful winds out. The spectre threw her away, but she curved her body in a way that s
"Aaagh! That actually hurt you stupid monster!" She complained. The battle god kicked the minotaur off her body then stumbled as she got up. Her wound from earlier still hadn’t healed up in time. She clicked her tongue, then channeled power into her right fist. "A-are you ok?" Kara asked. "Yeah, but this monster isn't normal. My techniques bounced off its head like nothing." "I-I'm not sure, but maybe it is because of the metal it is made off?" "What? There is no metal we battle gods cannot destroy." "Y-yes. Although that is true, it isn't the same as fighting an automaton." "Eh?" "I've read up on automatons before. There are various kinds of them, all under different categories and classes. I've also read up on this particular minotaur. This is Kaleb Zen's Mecha Minotaurus." "So?" "You don't get it. Kaleb Zen was an insane alchemist and inventor in his time. He was called the 'Prince of Alchemy'. Famous for many inventions and he claims to have boosted civilization by about
"L-let's take a little break."Aeri suggested, and the others agreed, collapsing on the ground. As they were slowly succumbing to sleep from exhaustion, Kara remembered something that put her on alert."WAIT!""Huh? What is it!? What's happening!?"Aeri snapped."Where is lady Hinotori!?""Huh? Is that why you were screaming? She's right over ther- HUH!?"Aeri responded with an annoyed tone, pointing to a black case at the wall across them."Eh? That is not Lady Hinotori! It is a dark object!""B-but. I put the little bird there!""Oh, Aeri, you lost Lady Hinotori!?""I-I…"Ulva's nose started to act. She kept on sniffing the air and walked towards the case, then touched it. When she looked in it, it was actually crystalline and by just a bit, she managed to see through it."I can smell big sis' blood coming from that thing."She said, then fell over the case sleepily."EH!?"Both of them screamed"Are you saying that thing is the bird!?"She nodded to Aeri's question, while sleepily
It didn't take long for them to reach the next area, but the place was empty. There was nothing around them. Just a tree root dropping from the dark ceiling. A few glowing orbs floating around and a flowing river, surrounding a tiny Island with nothing but rocks on it."Hmm… is there something special about this floor?""I don't really see anything special about it though.""Euk!" Aeri yelped. Everyone turned to look at her, a bit surprised. She put her hand to her shoulder and grabbed something."Tch! I really hate cowards who can't face me up front!"She backhanded the invisible presence and the monster let out a wail with some teeth flying. It then faded into reality, revealing a beast nearly as big as Aeri. It was hiding itself behind its massive bat-like wings."Oi! Aren't you even going to reveal yourself?"Aeri snarled at the creature. It responded by extending its wings and revealing itse
'Oh ok… I just evolved. I'm guessing it means this isn't one of those time loops. Thank goodness. Hmm, which means I should have no problem if I just break free right now.'I tried to use my inhumane strength, but my case wasn't budging, so I used [Feather Ignition] then,BOOM!!The shell broke and I was shot out like a rocket. Although, feeling a bit distorted, I spread my wings then flapped hard to get some balance. With [Mana Perception], I checked out my body from a bird's eye view. Yes, I am still going with that joke!I had grown a bit bigger now and had some horns growing out of my head. My feathers were now a mix of golden with dark patches and light purple feather tips. There was a tiny orb on my breast area and on my head two vermillion red antennae rested. I would explore my body later. At the moment, I was surprised by the sight before me.The girls were facing some lion-goat-lizard-bat-hybrid."A chimera!?"The beast was about to slash Aeri's arm, however a black monster
[You have received 50 Status points] [Current unused status points... 450 Status Points] This may have looked like bad choice, but I shoved 150 points into magic power and 300 into mana. It wouldn’t be bad to major in magic instead of physical stuff like sword techniques or what-not. I looked at the girls then sat up. We couldn't spend the entire time doing nothing. It had already been a day since we entered and I wanted to leave and explore Larm. I still hadn't explored the West and doing so would take some days apparently. I wondered what the others were doing. [You have received 1x Loot Chest for Killing the >] 'Oouu, a loot chest? Let's see.' I opened it. [You have received 1x Chimera Hard Claw] 'Huh? A chimera claw? What am I using this for though? I'll just put this here for later when I find some use for it.' I shoved it into my item box. ‘Ok, guys. Let's go.’ "Already?" Aeri complained. ‘Of course already! It's already been an hour since we killed t
‘It’s so booooorriiiiiiiiiingggg!’I was bored out of my mind surveying the edge of the dome for enemies. It was practically a ghost town at this point. And the only thing that used to be interesting was the notifications I kept receiving from my shadows about catching bombers. So far, we found three dozen pairs of people planting the bombs.It was shocking how many people had been coerced into doing this. And I still hadn’t tracked down an actual member from the invaders. What if the invaders actually weren’t coming? What if the princess was lying about this entire thing for a completely different reason?‘This princess is giving me a headache.’‘I know right? It’s like talking to a brick wall.’‘A-An overly in-intelligent one.’‘Hey guys!’‘Ah!?’‘New guy?’‘I-I have a j-junior now?’‘What will we call him?’‘Call me Hyakkiyago.’He told us out of nowhere. We were all stunned, since everyone who came so far didn’t even know that they were now sharing a mind with someone. Yet, this g
NANEK POVThe prince looked at the meal set before him. Skewered tentacles, seaweed wraps, jagged oyster shells, lunaris and so on, all in bountiful amounts. He felt like gagging from the mere scent of the food. Nanek never liked such food, and as such this was strictly removed from the meals his siblings served him regularly.This event was different. It was before the entire city and it was a meal that the goddess had chosen for this year’s feast. Him not eating it was an insult to the goddess and would make the people think less of him.He looked at his mother, the priestess, sitting blindly next to the king and being fed her meal by some of her personal assistants. She had no concern whatsoever when it came to this and he found it terrifying, since he had been told by the older generation that she hated these kinds of meals.Several years in service to the goddess must have changed her. Maybe if he spent several years trying to overcome his distaste for the meal, he would overcome
SUNALLA POVThe storm spirit had left off towards a chamber in the palace to enact the final plans of the princess. To be honest, she wasn’t expecting the princess to tell her what her final plans were, but after hearing them, she was completely stunned. For the princess to have planned all of this for just that, it was beyond her imagination.However, for something like that, she knew her father would give up his life in a heartbeat. At least, she could rest easy knowing that he died for a cause he had been fighting for all his life. Still, it hurt that she couldn’t even see his corpse even though it was delivered to them. Did they think she was so weak that she’d break down from seeing the body?She had definitely seen worse, so why wouldn’t they let her? Was this the royalty’s way of showing consideration to the Captain of the Royal Guard’s kin? If so, the royals really had no idea what people actually wanted in such situation.While swimming, a stray guppy came in front of her. Sh
King Zigruk ElrIek Sox Anon Den Yorul II waved at the people who were gazing at him admirably from outside the hall. After a considerable amount of praise appreciation and greeting, he sat down on his seat and dropped his trident.The trident floated by itself at his side. Strange enough, this weird sight was ignored by most of the onlookers. All of them except the candidates for the throne that knew the true value of the trident, all of them shocked by how carelessly their father handled it. Then again, if you were built just like the Zigruk Elriek Sox Anon Den Yorull II, you wouldn’t think too much of the trident.Once again, trumpets sounded thunderously, drawing the attention of everyone to the overly massive ship that was approaching them. Dubbed the Neptune, the largest piece of magical machinery ever made in the history of all the three kingdoms.One mermaid, much bigger than the rest emerged from the Neptune. She was dressed in a simple peplos, wearing a golden crown of leaves
OSVETA POVThe feast hall, the biggest part of the royal palace that went unused for many years till there was an important ceremony taking place. It was so large it could take in half the number of royal family members that lived. And that was saying much given the fact that there were over a thousand of them with each being at least three times as big as the average merman.The hall was a space next to the palace grounds shrouded in hardened Atlantean styled glass to prevent any peaking or breaking. Due to the occasion, the styled glass had been removed, revealing a large beautiful platform with a marble table in a U-shape set down. The table was big enough to occupy at the very least 20 members of the Royal family.However, today, only four members sat on opposite ends, with two extra, grander seats, being reserved for the most important guests. The King of Atlantis and the Chief Priestess of the Sea Goddess Temple.The current members were Rondel, the eldest son of the King, repre
Inside of Hinotori’s mind, somewhere deep in her subconscious where she would never notice anything happening, there was an announcement.[The Exclusive Skill [Legend of Pandemonium] Chapter 1, Act 1, Part 1: Army Drafting has been completed]-Hidden Events> Fight Against the Apostles of the Sea Goddess Temple (Completed)> Kill over a dozen members of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)> Enslave the members of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)> Establish friendly ties with the members of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)> Become an official member of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)---- Insufficient events completed to receive any rewards+[The Exclusive Skill [Legend of Pandemonium] has unlocked a new section]Chapter 1 - #@$^&!Act 1 – Battle For AtlantisPart 2 – Preparations--- Preparations for the incoming invasion have been set up. Hopefully they will be enough for the coming storm. ---*Rewards for creating this scenario will be delivered at the end of this Chapt
On the day of the Royal Feast, in the princess’ quarters, several mermaids about her size were attending to her. Brushing her hair, applying make-up, and carefully fixing ornaments in her hair. She was dressed in the most elegant lilac-coloured chiton that had silver lacings on it and a triangular pattern over at the bottom over her tail. Over her left hand, her peplos that was a whitish-blue with a similar design, but more transparent. The peplos also managed to serve as a sort of hood for her head.As the princess observed her features in the mirror, she couldn’t help but think along the likes of,‘Would Hiro like this appearance?’‘Maybe it’s too much make up for his taste?’‘Is this even enough to cover my blemishes?’Of course, Hiro was not going to be partaking in this event. In fact, he wouldn’t even know that it was happening and neither would he know about it. Still, a maiden in love could only dream, right?“You are looking absolutely stunning, your highness.”The one attend
The hell did I just hear? Did she just confirm that she was the mastermind? No way, right? There was definitely no way that she did it, right? No.I couldn’t doubt the possibility of her having done that. Knowing her, it was highly likely. And from what Sunalla said, the princess didn’t like it when things happened out of her control. A surprise invasion from an enemy nation definitely doesn’t sound like having everything under her control.Still, for her to go this far just for the throne. She was the worst kind of person. They’d do anything to achieve their goal, even if it negatively affected those looking up to her for support. She was worse than scum.I had several things to tell the princess, but no one else in the room heard our conversation. The princess simply said vague things in their eyes and ears. Maybe Sunalla and Osveta would believe that princess did something like that.The problem was if they gave a shit. They’d known her for sometime now so it was possible that they
That was completely sudden and out of nowhere for me. I never imagined to hear such a thing, least of all from an old man in a city that was thousands of feet underwater. Of course, after hearing such a thing I was intrigued in finding out more, but he kicked me out with the promise of trying to find a way to Minerva for me. He stole more strands of my hair though. Turns out he didn’t need the first strand for anything. He simply wanted it for his private reasons… creepy pervert.On the way back, I could tell that the princess was beaming with excitement. I asked why, but she told me not to think too much about it. In times like this, it was really annoying not being able to read her mind. The only solution was to keep pressuring her till she spoke, but she was tight lipped. In the end, I decided to ask if she knew about Vermillion.According to her, there wasn’t any concrete text about Vermillion, but her father had once told her that there was an individual named Vermillion who came