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Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Twenty-Six

Beth stood and immediately found herself confronted by the Young Scions, or rather, D and Andryn tried to move towards her before both being tripped backwards by Tera. The old woman walked by the two boys as they tried to disentangle themselves from the chairs they had fallen over while she approached Beth and Mortaine. 

"You finally remembered there's a normal universe out there, you daft codger," Tera said, swinging her cane in Mortaine's vague direction as she...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Twenty-Five

"You alright?" Blood asked Beth. 

"Yeah. Just called the parents and talked to them," Beth said with a sigh.  

"Everyone alright?" Blood asked. 

"Everyone's still alive and kicking," Beth said.  

"Any other updates?" Blood asked. 

"On the people? No, they're fine. Didn't really sound like there was too much happening," Beth said. 

&nb...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Twenty-Four

Beth left the training room a strange combination of peeved and overawed. Jaine had spent the last minute 'killing' her dozens of times, Beth unable to keep up with the woman's movements or attacks. It was even more impressive to consider that Jaine hadn't used any other skills or her very high stats to achieve that effect; it was simply her unbelievable skill with the sword that so totally outclassed Beth. She shook her head as Blood trailed her down to the front desk, where she paid a singl...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Twenty-Three

"Firstly, the use of Beastly Tyrant should be precisely regulated," Jaine began her quick lecture. "Understanding how to use a platinum skill to its fullest takes many months, months I would surmise you do not yet have. Managing its mana consumption is but the least of the requirements.  

"Next, that skill combines well with many other skills, and, as I've said before, you should be looking to upgrade Monstrous Blow&nbs...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Twenty-Two

"I notice he left without actually explaining anything again," Blood grumbled as they sat in the lounge area. 

"I mean, he said it's a world dedicated to fighting, there's really skilled trainers here, there's arena fights, and you need a pass to participate, which he gave us. Seems simple enough to me. Is there supposed to be more?" Beth said, raising a brow at the end. 

"What exactly is there to do, what he wants us to do, and how ...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Twenty-One

"Well, that was something," Andrea breathed. 

"You can say that again, lassie," Rell muttered quietly. 

"Alright, let me get our winnings and split everything out," Beth said, standing as she made to leave the booth. She didn't get to the door before it opened and Alex entered, closing it quietly behind her.  

"Alex," Beth greeted, accepting the handshake from the woman. 

"Congrat...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Twenty

The first part of the auction mirrored the last auction Beth had participated in, with much of it being weapons and armor. Beth didn't find anything that she particularly wanted, but she enjoyed seeing the reactions of much of the rest of the team. Even Adam and Kris were moved by some of the pieces, expressing interest until they saw the asking prices and bids. Bjorn was the only one who remained outwardly unaffected, having deployed his own chair in the private booth so as not to shatter th...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Nineteen

The two then returned to the CRA Hall, Beth remembering at that moment that they no longer had a room. She had to say, the convenience in having a spatial storage item was even greater as they didn't have to worry about leaving things in their room and having to try to retrieve them later. She approached the main counter, noting the Hall, while not empty, wasn't as busy as it was the last time they were in the capital. She had to wait just a minute before getting to speak to an elf who was on...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Eighteen

"Alright, hit me with it," Beth said. 

"No need to rush, dear girl," Mortaine said with a grin. 

"I'd rather get bad news early than late," Beth said, giving him a dubious frown. 

"First, let us see to this fascinating artifact," he continued, ignoring her entirely. "What have you figured out about this item?" 

"I read the basic description my eye power gives me. That's abou...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Seventeen

Beth knew she had ensured their victory when she saw the message for completion of the special challenge pop up in her vision. She signaled for the team to rest for a minute, though they would want to get out of the remaining area quickly to not have to keep dealing with the cold. Beth looked around after checking the message to find the rest of their rewards on a single pedestal the size of a small table formed of a single block of stone a couple yards from where she was standing. 

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Sixteen

The team put their collective heads down and plowed on, following Bjorn as he moved through the horde. They kept mobile most of the time as stopping would give the enemies too much of a chance to bunch up and overwhelm them. The devils cared nothing for their fellows, the blue-skinned and red-eyed beasts swarming over each other to the point of tearing each other apart to get at the eight team members. Their strength was quite high, even for their level, and demonstrated that Beth and Blood w...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Fifteen

It took a while for them to get to the area where they were encountering level two hundred enemies, though only a dozen minutes or less had passed outside the gate. It also took a while for Bjorn to slow down, the huge hulk digging deep divots into the ground as he slowly bled off his speed and got back to a normal level of movement. As soon as he was back to a reasonable jog, he turned to the nearest group of enemies and plowed into them, using the last of his momentum to smash several of th...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Fourteen

Blood expertly piloted them north, or as expertly as someone with a handful of hours of flight-time and supernatural reflexes and senses could perform. It was roughly an hour of flight, the bridge home to several idle conversations covering mainly the situation on Luttraine recently as well as the political upheaval, when they got to the areas Rell had been discussing. Blood didn't even need to discuss anything with any of them, as the very first thing they found was a massive swarm of ape-li...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Thirteen

Rell, it turned out, was a fellow connoisseur when it came to arena matches, though he was not himself a frequent participant. He was able to quickly and easily navigate to a section of the best of the most recent fights, pulling up something from a team match. The rules for the five-versus-five format were quite similar to the singles duels, other than a person considered 'dead' getting teleported out of the ring immediately. The match he brought up was between two well-known teams, and Rell...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Twelve

The group eventually arrived at a large room, the ceiling supported by a score of thick pillars carved with reliefs at the top and base. The carving was meaningless to Beth, as she didn't recognize any of it as the runes that she knew, nor did she recognize the pictures for what they were. They looked like some kind of strange and twisted people carrying things and making stacks of things, but the objects were too strange and distorted for her to easily identify. She dismissed the pillars qui...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Eleven

"That's it?" Blood asked, looking around the room. 

"A very strong, very durable boss. It would have been a struggle for many to bring it down," Adam commented. 

"Come on," Andrea said, punching Adam on the shoulder. "Just admit we're crazy powerful." 

"Don't get a big head," was all Adam replied before moving forward to inspect the dungeon reward. 

The reward for the dungeon was ...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Ten

After making sure everyone was alright and ready, Beth gave Blood a nod, the lupine woman leading the way down the tunnel. She rather quickly vanished from their perceptions, though Beth could detect her the longest thanks to her Silver-level mana detection skill. The rest of the group walked for a few minutes before Blood reappeared, reporting that there were beasts in a room just ahead.  

"What do we have?" Beth asked. 

"Troll...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Nine

"What's the plan?" Andrea asked during a lull.  

"Keep the area clear for one minute; I've got to make a call," Beth answered. 

"OK," Andrea replied, a bit nonplussed at that answer. 

Beth stepped away from the formation so she wouldn't be interrupted mid-call before sending a request to Rell. "Lassie," he answered almost immediately. 

"Hey, Rell, how are you or Ithario...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Eight

Beth took over then, leading the way down to the basement and where their room was, letting the three in. She had sent a thought to Blood as they were on the way down, making sure the wolf wasn't entirely naked in human form when they walked in. She was still sprawled out on the couch and wearing little, but at least she was decent. Andrea and Adam both were rather surprised that the room had another occupant, and Beth quickly introduced them to her companion. 

"...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Seven

Zane slowly stood up and walked around the table, stopping by the manager, who was struggling just to remain kneeling. He peered down at the man for a few moments, as if deciding what he was going to do with him, before stepping beyond him and up to the five men who had started the incident. With another single finger-flick, he dealt a heavy blow to each of the five men, seriously injuring them, drawing some murmurs from the other patrons, as those five were the relatives of some bi...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Six

Beth examined the core for a moment before shrugging and throwing it in her necklace. Her new senses proved to be rather fine, as she was just barely able to detect a slight ripple when she used the necklace, showing that there was some property of space or spatial mana being affected. She put that aside for later, making sure nothing changed in the room after she had taken the core, before turning and heading back out down the hallway, bumping into Blood partway down. 

  ...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Five

"So, we didn't blow up," Blood said after nothing happened for a minute. 

"You're really on a tear today," Beth muttered back, making sure the cube was really in her necklace before moving to the other hallway. 

Blood caught up to her and took the lead, walking down the new hallway just slightly ahead of Beth. They continued on again for close to twenty minutes with nothing changing or happening; the hallway dark, empty, and dead to ...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Four

Despite Blood's great reluctance, the hallway really was an amazing training opportunity. The way that the arrowheads attacked at certain intervals, from varying directions and angles, forcing the person facing them to dodge, deflect, and block in certain ways. The system really was a great combination of both test and training, as the deeper sections of the hallway proved difficult, though not impossible, for someone at Expert-rank weaponskill to push through. That, combined with the fact th...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Three

Moving through the airlock, with Blood close on her heels, she exited into a long hallway that looked like it ran the beam of the ship. It was a more utilitarian section, with a tile floor and metal walls that were polished to a mirror sheen. The lighting was comprised of strips along the ceiling, embedded in the corners where the ceiling and walls met. Beth followed the hallway towards the rear of the ship where she found a lift that connected the different floors. With the height of the shi...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred Two

Once the room was locked and they were ready, they hopped up on the training field and activated its barrier before pulling all the items out of storage. They got everything arranged before getting ready to begin, Beth flicking Blood some mithril coins to even their reserves out a little while they were fidgeting with items and storage space. Once they were ready, they both had a seat across from each other and got ready for the rebirth, dropping into meditation and preparing. Beth wasn't exp...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred One

Val took them to a building at the edge of the city center, but one that was likely the most luxuriously appointed in the city. It was also much shorter than the other buildings, though it took up quite a sizeable footprint. It was apparently a branch of a very well-known luxury hotel business, something that Val proudly explained when they entered the lobby, though Beth had never heard of it. The hotel spoke for itself, however, as the interior was something out of a movie or a real rich per...

Limitless Path Chapter Three Hundred

The auction was not done, however, far from it, as Beth's lot of rubies, despite their value and the obvious, over-inflated demand, were not the real stars of the show. That had simply been the final warm-up before the auction went all-out, and the next item not only elicited stunned cries, but had people on their feet on the floor and balconies. Beth was a bit confused by all the hubbub, as the item on the black cloth on the stage was a gem about the size of one of her fists and a deep blue ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-Nine

The eye watering price that dissuaded Beth was a minimum bid of one mithril coin, with increments required to be at least five diamond coins. Of course, the minimum was nothing compared to the frenzy that happened for such a piece of high-level equipment, as even several VIPs on the fourth floor got involved in the bidding from the start, not to mention the other third-floor boxes. After a ton of rapid back-and-forth, the sword eventually went to a third-floor guest for eleven mithril coins, ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-Eight

"Gems are always popular," Val said with a very slight sigh, watching them wheel the table off after the auctioneer had closed on the final bid. 

"I guess that's not a surprise, since they can be used to make useful gear," Beth said. 

"More than that," Val said with a shake of her head. "Gems like that can be used by smiths to make armor and weapons, by alchemists to craft valuable tools and even single-use items, by enchanters for h...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-Seven

Eventually, it was time, Beth knowing this because she received a message from Vallenna that the woman was on her way over. The two left the room and headed up to the lobby, Beth once again impressed by just how busy an established Hall could be. That was also taking into account that the capital city's Hall didn't currently have any special events or tournaments taking place; the large volume of traffic in and out of the lobby every hour of the day was a combination of membership application...