David convened another meeting this week, to put band aid over the wildfire lit by Peter kootz. “ We will not cancel the subsidized prices given to the newcomers. Instead, we will stop servicing shopping points within the territory of voyage - 2238 denizens. “ David detailed his first step. His subordinates are looking at him blankly, yet, David could feel their disdain. To report and cut off prices at the Royal company level means they will be levied fees. At the same time, David’s mismanagement would be known to the world. What david is doing right now is no different from an incompetent boss failing to wipe his arse and then blaming it on intern. “Transferee 1011 will be left alone. However, we will issue a special quest line to him alone, to our Nightmare-grade leveling map. “ he continued. The disdain of the employees turned into pity. Yet, not so much that they wanted to lose their performance review points over it, by speaking up for the poor transferee. Infact, th
Neil and Adele returned to check on their shopping points. Sure, they have much in their inventories, and they most definitely would not starve to death, but some of the things could only ever be obtained through barrels. Especially goods like bandages, medicine, etc. all of which needed a certain amount of civilization and industry. Those who lived by the coast have all sorts of witchcraft solutions to jellyfish poison, stingray bites, however, they lack the basic antibiotics like penicillin. Neil and Adele’s first stop had been searching if their shopping points were working. As expected, the very first shopping point they built, which only bought items from Royal company, but never sold anything, is just fine. The second shopping point, which belonged to the wild seeds chamber of commerce which belonged to them, was working fine. The third shopping point which they built to buy items from drow nation, which has been changed to be able buy and sell items just a while ago, was
[ BestQuarterBack ] : Come now ! I promise not to come by to whack your mug. [ EvilWitchQueen ] : ChadWarden ! That's enough from you. [ EvilSwordKing ] : don’t be a chicken! Come by ! I promise not to break your ugly mug. Adele sighed from beside Neil. “ Oh! Can’t you stop being so childish “ she grumbled as she looked at Neil. “ He started it.” Neil answered out of reflex. It only struck him how childish that sounded afterwards. All the same, Chad Warden just rubbed him the wrong way. Moreover, Neil is not worried about sending coordinates of his boat. Let’s see who could come and catch him. [ EvilSwordKing ] : *my coordinates * [ EvilWitchQueen ] : we are traveling on channel 0, so come join us if you want to. We do have access to the shops from the wild seeds company, we also have extra shopping point blueprints for any who need it. Three direct messages came immediately. [ PriyaFromNowhere ] : I think I am nearby. [ NickBetterthanJonas ] : So am I. [ LittleRoyal ] :
Merlin and Morgana were awakened to the fun activity that is fishing. As long as they throw their lines out, they could catch a fish. They did not even bother to look at the kind of fish they caught. They just threw it straight in inventory, and started a new round. After watching a few minutes, Neil decided they could handle it on their own. He walked to Adele, who was standing at the helm. It’s probably about time he solves the inventory mess of his. There had always been a task more important than sorting his inventory. Now that he’s got time, he may as well get to sorting the inventory, planning new buildings for the raft. First of all, he still has the gigantic life raft they retrieved. Now that they have built a house on a raft, they are not using it any more. However, recent disasters with the space transport and the resource points reminded him. They better be prepared for all sorts of problems. So, first, they need to prepare for maintaining basic health. Onc
A gigantic wave rose in the ocean, looking like a blue water monster headed straight for their raft. ‘This girl is going to get spanked. ‘ Neil thought, as he retrieved his spear in a moment, and changed it into its original form of poseidon’s trident. He stabbed at the base of the wave, and the wave dissipated into a harmless high wave. The high waves tide them over the atolls into the pool that everyone is talking about. There are blue messages, orange messages and strange green messages, but Neil ignored them all. His eyes were full of coldness. “ Morgana Young. You will not use magic or your powers in a fight with family. “ Neil chided. Merlin looked at him with near godly worship. His eyes are opened wide, his mouth formed a small ‘o’ and stars are falling out of his eyes as he looks at Neil. “ You will stand in the corner, facing the wall for ten minutes to reflect on your behavior. “ Neil informed Morgana. “ The same applies to you, Merlin. You will not use powers in
Most messages could be acted upon after sometime. Thus, Neil paid more attention to the meal than the task list. Morgana slowly stopped crying, then she ate her food, checking upon Neil and Adele time after time. Adele only looked sympathetic, while Neil held his expressionless face. After they were done with the meal, he brought out the desserts. This is a peace offering, but looking at Morgana’s smartly glinting eyes, he thought he probably shouldn’t give it out so easily. Thus, he hardened his heart, and did something he vowed to never do ~ educate children like his parents educated him. “ Merlin, Morgana ! Do you understand why Morgana is punished today ? “ he asked the children. Fortunately, both the children are precocious. Even if they could not understand the complete situation like adults, they at least understand most of the language. “ Because daddy is not my daddy ? “ Morgana answered, her eyes absolutely sure. Adele, who was sitting beside Neil, shook her head.
Neil smiled at her. It’s visible that the smile and the light hearted banter is a bit forced. Adele is trying to stall this conversation. Neil is all too used to such a thing, for he has done it more than once or twice after his parent’s death. He deflected the help from his friends, he deflected care from his uncle… he deflected concern from his teachers. But .. suddenly a light bulb went off in Neil’s head. ‘ This kind of dialogue … aren’t they specialties of teen romances ? doesn’t this mean Adele likes him too ? ‘ for a moment, his mind went blank with strange anticipation. His mouth moved before his brain could kick start and stop him. “ Adele ! Do you like me ? “ he asked, in the exact same tone as Adele. Adele’s expression froze at his words. She became solemn. ...…The silence stretched for so long, Neil’s all senses have become overactive. He could even hear the slight sloshing of the waves brush by the raft’s sides. Neil was about to open his mouth to say ‘ Just
Adele looked surprised at Neil’s confession. After a moment of thought, she realized why he never went for her directly. He was probably grieving too badly. Just like her right after the surgery, he probably did not want to have people around. However, she still remembered the day after very clearly. She arrived at the school. Neil was already in the classroom. The light from the window fell right on his face, lighting up his chestnut hair, pale skin and the red lips. He looked a bit ethereal, like a dark angel. In that moment, her heart felt like it’s being squeezed, for a moment, Adele was frozen dumb. She did not realize how long she stayed standing there, like a dumb little girl. She was too embarrassed to face him after such a display, so she deliberately kept her distance. God knows, Neil belonged to the type of introverted guys that take forever to take initiative. Even if she did not want to, her eyes are always drawn to him. So much so, Chad Warden, who was conside
While Adele and Neil were discussing these details, Orion and his subjects were busy as bees. The flame crystals brought back by Neil had been handed over to the Drow king. At the time, the most vibrant flame crystal was placed in a cradle, in the center of an altar. Five Drows surrounded the altar, looking at the circle pointedly. Orion stood in the head position, the five Drows started chanting. After a time, the Drows stopped chanting and looked at the center, where a flame crystal was placed. Their eyes are full of expectation. Nothing happened. The light of hope in their eyes dimmed at the result. Their gazes turned to Orion, as if asking if they should continue. “ Continue. “ Orion ordered. The king looked on emotionlessly, despite the turmoil going on inside his head. Orion’s newly acquired ‘King’ title is not steady yet. Most of the old leaders did not agree to support Neil, but Orion just pushed it through, by the virtue of providing food and a safe place for Drows.
Sasha woke up quite late. she was lying on the furs in front of fireplace, like a kitten. She hadn't slept this well for a long while. It’s almost like a dream. Perhaps it was, given Adele was standing in the corner, staring straight at Sasha. Sasha wondered why she was able to sleep this well in the middle of a battle field. The answer was surprisingly simple. Because she was surrounded by family, and friends. Valerie fought with her life on line to protect Sasha, despite being a Snorc. Dan … he smelt like home. There are no other words for it. He was her only family, until Rudy arrived here, and probably would be her only light, when the world becomes cold and dark. Dan and Valerie's predictions about Snorc peace treaty being a ruse came true. Even so, the Snorc attack came far too fast. So much so, the defense could not even gather compleetely. Dan’s arm is still holding hers as woke. He held her hand on one side, and the hilt of the sword on the other side. W
Neil’s heart filled with unspeakable dread when he looked at the invisible shield membrane slowly covering up the temple. Every cell of his body rejected that shield with all of its being. Neil acted involuntarily. “ Retreat ! “ he screamed at the top of his lungs. His desire to take every last one of the elves with him powered his next spell. ‘ Collect ‘ Neil commanded with all of his being. His magic exploded, pulling all the nearby flame crystals, every last one of the flames whooshed out, becoming a red crystal as they rushed towards Neil. Neil, with Merlin on his back, rushed as fast as he could towards the portal that’s becoming unclear by the second. The space has become destabilized, and the time space continuum broke as the shield continued to cover the flame temple. The black flame in front of the priest is still burning, the remaining four Tomoe of the flames are still alit, but all the other flames are gone. It’s only then Neil understood the scale of
Neil retrieved his spear, changed it into a chinese slaughterer broadsword, with about three foot pole and one and half foot blade. He twirled the blade slightly, the necks of three priests were cut off. [ Experience + 5 ] [ Experience + 5 ] [ Experience + 5 ] At the same time, Merlin was not silent. He stabbed a priest, then twirled and beheaded another. [ Experience + 10 ] The message popped up. Like that, Neil and Merlin danced in the courtyard. After their decimation of fifty priests, the priests ran away, and grouped together among them. They went for the necklaces of the fire priests, coalescing the necklaces with their own. “ Merlin ! Collect the red necklaces. “ Neil commanded. The next moment, the mana blade in Merlin’s hands vanished. He stuck to Neil’s back, while Neil cut off the head, Merlin collected the necklace. They worked tirelessly, decimating the priests. However, there was no end to them. “ Blluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooo
While setting up camp meat just retrieving their modular home for Neil and Adele, it meant something far more complex for Drows. All the space mancers came together with their latest catch of space crystals. Then, they set up a hexagonal space barrier around a gigantic field, isolating the space from the time worm. Cosmos gave an unnecessarily long explanation, which could be summarized into ‘ this way, we don’t get sucked into the time worm’s belly accidentally ‘. The memories are cut off when Caspian and Xena enter the temple - however, at this point, Neil has come to a conclusion about one thing. They never entered the time worm’s inside. They only fought in an ephemeral space that reflected the fire temple, they did not go inside the fire temple exactly. However, the things he had in his hands are real. In Particular, land tokens have come up with real land. That means only one thing. That the real land tokens are still out there for him to grab. On top of that, he has s
Xena did not explain her intention. Obviously Caspian spent the entirety of the next hour in confused anticipation, while everyone around him laughed at him knowingly. Xena finished her selection of fabrics. She ordered another set for Caspian himself, this time, in yellow and black, with a symbol of a bull. The next announcement came after an hour. All the participants of the spring fair contest are called to a venue. There are multitudes of fabrics, clay, metal pieces, even silver, gold and gems on various tables. On the other side, there are various tools, for making pottery, for making jewelry and various other items. “ Valkyrie had long been known as the city of the craftsmen. Our women have the best of clothes, best of jewelry and best of men when it comes to that. It is your job to prove that valkians have the most dedication when it comes to love as well. You are tasked to make a token of love for your beloved. Men and women both are free to choose what they want to m
“ Ladies and Gentlemen of Valkrie ! Welcome andddddddddd… .Welcome to the sixteenth sprint fair of lover’s paradise. As always, your response has been more than hot ! This time, for the first time in the history of lover’s paradise, we meet the numbers needed for the seven trials of the couples. Without further ado, let us start the treasure hunt of the lovers. The first challenge in the game is to know how much your lover knows you. On my right side, there are cabins. Our lovely ladies will stand in the pink chair, our handsome men will sit in the blue chairs. “ The host went on to explain they would be answering three questions. As long as answers sync, the couple passes. “ What’s your man’s name ? “ they asked. “ Caspian Hart “ Xena answered, so did Caspian. What’s your girl’s name ? “ was the next question. They obviously are doing this to filter off the random game breakers from entering the game. “ Xena winter child “ Both of them answered at the same time. “ Where did
“ Hey! Stop laughing at me, you moron. “ Xena ordered Caspian bossily. “ I am not laughing at you. I am just happy we both lived till today. “ Caspian said, chortling with laughter. The words brought a hard stop to the amusement of Nadia and Tara, while Xena shared his happiness. “ Indeed ! We still have today.” Xena said, sitting down at the edge of Caspian’s bed. To be truthful, it is quite amazing. They were thrown out of the capital city in a time of strife, walked through five battles, and countless skirmishes. They crossed the sea ! Then they went to institutions which require one to be beholden to them until death, yet, they both are sitting here, free!It is nothing short of a miracle. They have dodged death by a hair’s breadth a thousand times. They have overcome insurmountable odds. “ Oh ! Stop laughing, you idiot ! She's not joking. “ Xena said, referring to Nadia. “I am not sleeping with anyone save my wife. “ Caspian answered Nadia after he got control on his ow
“ Caspian Hart ! You moron ! You stupid imbecilic idiotic jarhead ! “ Xena exclaimed, as she threw her hands on his neck. “ Hey! What’s with the over reaction ! I did not die ! “ Caspian mumbled, a hand rubbing soothingly on Xena’s back. Xena stopped crying after some time. Caspian held her lightly, enjoying the rare instances where Xena actually shows some emotion. “ What day is it ? “ he asked, after Xena pulled back from him. “ You still have the gall to ask for the day ! It's the thirtieth day after the valhallan new year. “ Xena told him. “ it’s .. My god ! Was I asleep for ten days ? “ Caspian asked in shock. “ How many days did you think it was ? “ Xena asked him angrily. “ Just .. Right after the woman in red left. She was so scary. “ Caspian exclaimed. “ Woman in red ? Madea ? “ Xena asked, an ominous feeling rising in her heart. Caspian shook his head. “ The other one. The whining fire spirits wanted her to submit to them. She ate them all ! I hid because I was a