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Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-Six

"This is the city hall! You can't just act how you please in here!" their leader boldly declared, eliciting the same reaction as the governor's stammering, namely another sigh and eyeroll. 

Tera was clearly not playing games and took back control of the situation with one word. "Kneel." 

It wasn't a command so much as an unassailable order, though the word alone wasn't enough. Tera exerted a pressure far greater than in the lobby, th...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-Five

"Well? Are we going to stand around out here?" she said in a gruff voice. 

"No, no, p-please," Rell stammered, hopping up and gesturing for them to follow him. He led them back to their table at the back of the seating area behind the hotel, where Itharion had been waiting.  

"Now, what's this business about today?" Altera asked. 

"Ancestor," Vallenna said in a pleading tone. 

  ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-Four

"And after all that grumbling about staying up all night," Alex said, grinning at her partner with a clear look of adoration in her eyes. 

"Yes, well, didn't you shoot that full of holes earlier?" Selene teased before giving Alex a peck on the cheek. 

Beth grinned watching the two of them, able to genuinely feel how much they cared for each other. She then redirected the conversation, asking," I have a question about so...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-Three

They did a whole lot of nothing that night, Beth and Blood both hanging out on the couch and watching the wallscreen, happy to be out of the underground finally. The only work Beth did was a bit of studying on the gems she had turned over to the trading firm, just so she had some idea of what they were and their rough, very rough, values so she wouldn't entirely have the wool pulled over her eyes. The two eventually fell asleep on the couch, Beth always impressed how even the couches in a CRA...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-Two

Beth and Blood returned to the city, finding their way out of the mountains quite quickly thanks to their improved skills. Blood had achieved Gold in Swift shortly after the fight with Veren, and that boost to her speed let her more than keep up with Beth. Even though Beastly Tyrant was a platinum skill, much of its utility was focused on STR and defense boosts. STR still turned into greater speed, but lacked the finesse and control that DEX or a sp...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-One

Val watched the interview go on for a few minutes before intervening, calling over her press manager and having them distract the press pool. They moved on to interview the fighters that were part of the Young Scion contingent, giving Val and Tyrael another chance to speak with Beth and Blood uninterrupted. Beth at this point looked a bit harried, but she had handled herself with remarkable equanimity, impressing even Val with how she responded to the reporters. 

"I'm ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Ninety

"What's all this about?" the human asked. 

"Sorry, let me handle this," Val immediately said, signaling to her team to back off. A signal that was seen and promptly ignored, or rather, ignored by the usual suspects. She resisted frowning even slightly, but internally was yelling curses at the hotheads she was stuck with for the length of this PR nightmare. 

"Ya look proper strong, like," Andryn started. "Ya care for a spar?"  2024-09-10 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-Nine

Vallenna Ameriah Sanguinia, or rather, Val, as she privately preferred, was not having a very good day.  

It had all started with a far too early morning, being hounded by their press relations team lead, before having to paste over another incident from D, or Diram Wrathsbane. The huge, bawdy demon just couldn't seem to keep it together, which was actually rather unusual for his clan, even if a few members of demon-kind did behave in a rather crude manner. ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-Eight

"Satisfied," she spat at him, frustrated as she had to blow some hair out of her face. 

"Immensely," he chuckled. "Much as I would like to stabilize my breakthrough, I will leave you to heal." 

"Fuck. You," Beth snarled, already running Lordly Reconstruction. She also pulled out two potions, snapping the cap off each with her thumb and downing them. One was a powerful healing potion from her small stock, while one wa...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-Seven

"You can come down now," he said in a deep, gravelly voice, somewhat surprising from such a youthful and handsome man. 

The two exchanged a brief glance, not needing words to communicate the question and response passing back and forth, both then shrugging and hopping down into the cavern. They walked over to the young man, Blood eyeing the cooling corpses with a slight frown, likely thinking about the precious materials, including higher-end beast cores, sitting there...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-Six

Despite the presence of a top predator like the Devourer nearby, the tunnels in the area were not empty, quite the opposite. The main opponents they faced were more troglodytes, but they also encountered a healthy mixture of cave trolls in amongst the horde of beasts they had to fight through. The cave trolls didn't give a damn about anyone or anything around them, often doing more damage to the troglodytes that they were amidst than Beth and Blood wound up doing before a group was wiped out....

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-Five

"Looks like that's it," Beth said, sticking her head in the cleft they had made and shining her lightstone around. 

"I'll go back to scouting," Blood said with a nod. 

"You seem to be getting a bit better at it," Beth said, straightening up and making the lightstone disappear.  

"I got Stealth," Blood replied with a shrug before trotting off. 

"Hmm, int...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-Four

Blood proved invaluable here, though not directly for hunting minerals, as it was her nose that was extremely helpful, and she couldn't really smell minerals from very far away. What she could smell, however, was the scent of new and different beasts, a scent that led them to a cave opening around the side of the mountain they were currently roaming over. The rough opening was a jagged gash ripped into the side of the mountain, a scar filled in with boulders and scrap, hidden under a long led...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-Three

Her next stop was one she had been thinking about off and on for a while, though she still likely wouldn't be making a ton of purchases. At least, not until she got a better portable accommodation than the tents she and Blood both had stashed in their necklaces. She did, however, want to at very least see what furniture a nice place would have available for purchase. She wanted something that was quite solid and could withstand some abuse; not that she intended to use an armchair in battle, m...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-Two

It was early afternoon before Beth roused herself and dragged Blood away from her little smoke session with Rell, the wolf complaining doggedly about the disturbance. She was happy to have Blood sit around and do nothing if the lupine woman desired, but she wanted her there for the meeting with the Hall Master before she was set to her own devices. Beth also knew that Blood would keep up with things; despite how it always looked and seemed, she knew the wolf was often working even when sprawl...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-One

Beth woke early the next morning, before dawn, and found she had a face-full of mane, snorting a little at the fur. She shifted Blood up and to the side, having her only partly sprawled over Beth, the wolf waking and grumbling at the movement but settling back down after a moment. Beth sighed, glad that they had quite some time before they needed to meet Rell and Itharion as she was still pretty damn tired. Maybe not enough to fall back asleep, but she could definitely use some more rest, and...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eighty

Beth exchanged a bow with the woman, who surprisingly walked up to Beth afterwards, exiting the field with her at a glare from the ref. She clearly wanted to talk, so Beth moved to a space at the edge of the arena floor and gestured for her to go ahead. The woman paused for a moment, clearly chewing on her words for a second before deciding on exactly what she wanted to say. 

"Good fight," she started with. "Gotta say, I'm rarely surprised like that. Guess that'll teac...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-Nine

The ref had quickly shooed them from the field, and Beth was tempted to immediately sign up for yet another match, but her stomach had turned into a supermassive singularity at that point. She left the floor of the arena and moved back into the main building from under the stands, making her way to the cafeteria. She went up and put in an order on a small screen at the front, noting that this cafeteria, likely based on its booming demand, had a group of full-time staff working in the back to ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-Eight

It was about a minute before the duel on field four wrapped up, Beth having observed for a handful of seconds before dismissing both of the fighters. It wasn't really arrogance, but they were both little better than the last opponent she had faced on this field, someone with few if any skills at Silver or Journeyman rank. She was more interested in the ref, the piece of cloth she wore wrapped around her chest barely containing her large breasts while what she wore around her waist could be ca...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-Seven

The opponent gave a barely passable bow before he hurried away, the near-nude ref also chasing Beth from the ring immediately as there were more fights already lined up. She left the arena floor, but instead of returning to the lobby or elsewhere, she first decided to check her rankings on her communicator. She was able to find her stats after a minute of searching, seeing that she had a grand total of two fights, two wins on the Individual Ladder. She also found while navigating the menu, th...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-Six

The woman Beth finally talked to was very polite, asking, "What can I help you with today?" 

"I'd like to schedule my first ranked fight. I don't really know exactly how the scheduling works…" Beth explained. 

"May I see your emblem?" she asked. 

"Oh, right, sorry," Beth said, pulling out her emblem and handing it to the woman. 

"I see you have several official matches, bu...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-Five

"Ready?" Rell asked them once they were re-adjusted. "We're gonna move faster." 

"Lead on," Beth replied simply. 

Rell gave a grunt of acknowledgement, starting to jog down the road, slowly accelerating until he was running. Beth and Blood followed behind him, both activating Swift to keep up, though they were only spending a mild amount of mana to run it. Itharion didn't have any trouble keeping up either, and ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-Four

They found the compound the same as they left it the day before, other than Rell sitting outside and smoking from a pipe, clearly not wanting to smoke up the inside of the building. He was shirtless, though his long beard and hair covered most of his torso, but he had armored chausses and greaves on, presenting a bit of a weird sight. He saluted them with his pipe when he saw who it was that had opened the outer doors to the compound, motioning them to walk over and join him.  

&nb...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-Three

The room she had rented was still only a handful of silver per night, but it was far nicer than the room she had been renting at home. There was a small entryway where someone could hang their gear, leading into a living room that was even larger than the one they were used to. The bathroom was just as luxuriant and even more massive, while the bedroom was very similar, though Beth was certain the bed was even larger and more comfortable. The kitchen wasn't a small kitchenette anymore either,...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-Two

Beth led them down the street, finding it paved in some kind of material she was unfamiliar with in the center with plenty of trees and greenery along the edges. The lane they walked down was meant for pedestrian traffic, though that didn't necessarily mean slow traffic, as they found when someone sprinted by them in a blur. Well, what would have been a blur to most, but Beth and Blood were pretty clearly able to see the young woman even at the crazy speed she was moving. It wasn't that commo...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-One

"Just like that?" Beth asked, glancing around one last time before looking at him. 

"Just like that," he smiled broadly. "This small courtyard belongs to my company, and there should be two young men staying here right now. Take these two small chits; they'll give you access to the building. You may stay here if you want, or you may run over to the CRA and use that Silver-level discount to rent a room." 

As he finished speaking, two ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seventy

"Not bad, my dear," he said in a very rich, deep voice. "It normally takes people longer to notice I've appeared." 

"Sorry, but are you the Lord of Traversal?" Beth asked. "I feel dumb asking everyone I see here that." 

"Well, you've guessed correctly this time," he replied with a chuckle. "I am indeed the Lord of Traversal, though I must say I prefer people simply call me Mortaine or Mort." 

"Isn't your...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Sixty-Nine

They arrived at the Hall incredibly quickly, still chuckling as they entered through the lobby. Both Tazeen and Lyrissa were behind the front counter, and there was a small group gathered around Lyrissa discussing something with her. She was apparently enjoying being the center of attention, seeing the way she gestured and leaned forward, thrusting her chest out somewhat suggestively. Beth just shook her head, giving Tazeen a nod as they passed, the two heading further back into the building....

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Sixty-Eight

Their next stop was the lounge again, which was somewhat bustling with people, to Beth's slight surprise. Then again, she and Blood spent most of their time in the middle of nowhere, and the little they didn't they spent sequestered in their room. It was good to see more people in the Hall, as it meant more people able to deal with even the moderate threats like the two dungeons by Beth's family's house. 

They plonked back down at Baelvyr's table, though it wasn'...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Sixty-Seven

Beth proceeded to put word to deed, heading up to the cafeteria to grab a lot of high potency alcohol. She also picked up a lot of a soft drink that was pretty similar to root beer, intending to mix the two and get quite drunk. The alcohol was specially produced with a high mana concentration, meant to be useful for people with high END and even poison resistances to still be able to get drunk. 

To say she had a good time would be more than a bit of an exaggeration; sh...