'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
[The servant Ulva has lost 500HP]'Ah!'Kawaii, completely enraged was covered in a faint red aura and jumped at the death knight as well. The undead tried to swing at her, but she avoided the attack easily and activated [Sword Skill: Blossoming Petals], but was met with a frozen wall. Still, the slime wasted no time in activating her new [Twin Fold Corrosion Slash] on it. She just managed to scratch its armor though. The naginata came rushing for her neck quickly. She tried to parry the attack away, but the skeleton dug her into the ground with one strike.[Kawaii has lost 100HP]"[Battle God Fighting Technique: Wicked Front]!"Aeri came in from above, delivering a monstrous punch that shook the entire ice cave. Spider web cracks formed at the site of her attack, but her arm began to shake. I noticed her sweating and struggling, then the gears in her gloves began to rotate and sent a second, more disastrous attack to the skeleton.Aeri backed up, but the monster was still standing th
"Lady Hinotori?"I turned to Kara. She seemed alright, so I offered my hand to her, then helped her up."Ah! Y-you have a-""Yes, I have a johnny. Now get up and let's go.""S-sorry.""Before we go though, I'm really hungry right now."I grabbed the litch and the two-skulled knight's bones and began eating.[You have acquired 200XP][You have acquired the skill [Ice Magic: Ice Soldiers]][You have acquired the skill [Ice Magic: Ice Shards]][You have acquired the skill [Ice Magic: Ice Berg][You have acquired the skill [Dark Magic: Black Mass]][You have acquired the skill [Ice Magic: Ice Field]][You have acquired the skill [Soul Orb]][You have acquired the skill [Intimidating Aura]][You have acquired the skill [Aura Absorption]][You have acquired the skill [Unfazed]]'OI! Where is the gender bender skill!?'[You have completed the [Forbidden Dungeon]][You have received the title: [Dungeon Conqueror]][You have received one loot box]'A loot box? Let's see.'I opened it and took
New Empire, Taira Clan MansionA man with silky blonde hair and a robust physique covered up by loose robes sat on a lap, being fanned by women all in night gowns. There were easily over ten women surrounding him, attending to him in some way. Some fed him the grapes he loved more than anything, some were giving him massages all around, others played harps in perfect harmony, some danced around for his pleasure and one of them just kept on whispering into his ears. However there was one woman who sat at the far end, looking at the man with a bored expression.The woman… teenager wore a very soft linen cloth, and was covered in all sorts of jewelries around her neck and with a tiny tiara on her head."Don't you ever get bored of this, father?"The silver haired girl asked with a bored glare."Bored of what?"He asked right before taking a grape from one of the women."Making me sit here and watching you play around with your concubines?""Eh? T-this is father-daughter bonding time.""M
"Sotomura Clan! You have been invited for the Eld-""Shut it, would ya?""Eek!" "Tch. Why are we being asked this!? It's not like we have a choice. Is she not attending this event?""Maybe it's their way of showing mercy?""Hmmm, this emperor of ours… so useless.""So, we are attending then?""Yes, yes. Now tell them to shut up and never come here again. I'm about to revolutionize this world with my ancestors knowledge and my godly foresight!""Ye-yes Grand Sage."***The little black dragon shot off a ball of fire at a dummy, burning the strawman."How was that, Mr. Sotomura?"Shiro asked after picking up Karma. She carried the creature by hugging it from the back, considering it had grown bigger than it was a month ago. So much so that she couldn't even put it on her shoulders anymore.The big scientist walked over, checking Karma out."Karma is growing at a splendid rate."Sotomura said while jotting down some notes."Hmm, I gue
I ran away from the room and ended up teleporting into the bee hive. When I got there, I got a nasty reminder why I didn't like that place. Stupid spiders threw their mana threads at me. They got blocked by the fire shields I constantly had up, then I stepped in some random acid. It was a horrible experience I didn't want to go through again. But I had caused enough disturbance in the bee hive to grab the spider's attention."Oi! Chicken! Some of us are very busy most of the time, you know?"I heard Yokino scream from behind me. I turned around to see her in a different Yukata other than the one she made earlier on. And her hair had started to turn blue, her skin was a bit paler than before. She had tied her hair into one bun and chocked it with… an ant leg? Her spider legs looked smaller, but were slumped and she all round looked drained.'I see you are still as grumpy as ever.’“Grumpy? Me? Never."I looked at her and she seemed tuckered out. She even had eye bags under all eight ey
(Ulva's Perspective)"Hey Ulva-chan! Aren't you tired of doing that?"A bored Kawaii asked as she melted an icicle in her hands."What? No way!"Ulva responded."Um, but this is getting boring.""Really? Sorry, but I wanted to see how much better I could get with my magic. Just look at this. [Ice Magic: Ice Bunny]."She opened her hands and a tiny crystalline bunny was formed. It jumped off her hand and hopped close to the chair in the room. Once it nibbled on the chair a bit, it exploded, encasing the foot of the chair in ice."See? I want to make something cute, but every time I try this they always explode.""Ne ne, Ulva-chan, don't you think it's better to weaponise these guys instead?""Weaponise them?""Yeah, you know? Like to make it an attack spell or something. Like imagine. [Ice Magic: Ice Bunny]! Then you let out a huge bunny that freezes a bunch of your enemies! Imagine Hinotori-sama in dire straits and you sweep down and do that for her. What do you think would happen? Hi
‘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