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Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Twenty-Three

He reached under the counter and withdrew a small box made of some kind of stone, from the looks of it, before handing it to Blood. The lupine woman was surprised but accepted it before looking at Beth, who just gestured for her to open the container. When Blood did, she was greeted by a pair of eyes starting back at her, giving a surprised bark at the sight, though she had the presence of mind to not drop the container. The eyes were mostly a pure black with a very bright white ring for the ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Twenty-Two

Things just kept getting worse as they had a close encounter with a unit from the Count's guards in the town, nearly getting caught while scouting businesses operated directed by the Count. They were almost caught thanks to Beth's fumbling, even her increasing DEX not able to make her any more stealthy or circumspect. She managed to use her massive STR to counter her fumbling, leaping to the top of a six-story building in a single smooth, near-silent movement that threw the guards off her tra...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Twenty-One

Blood slaughtered her way back and forth across the battlefield for several hours, getting a message from Beth after two hours to burn harder. She started burning through her stamina and mana at a much faster rate, confident that Beth would have her back. After another nearly three hours she was starting to flag, and that's when Beth stepped out to take over, giving Blood time to rest as she started piling the beast bodies up like cordwood. 

The tide this time se...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Twenty

Blood was still on her feet, somewhat surprisingly, clenching at her right side and panting, though she gave Beth a firm nod as the other girl glanced at her. The two were brought out of the stage a moment later, Blood wincing just slightly from the memory of the wound as she straightened, patting at her side. Beth collapsed to her knees, panting heavily as Blood darted over to her, grabbing her companion and lifting her off the ground. Beth had pushed herself beyond her limits and didn't eve...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Nineteen

When they moved on to six statues, Blood was under a little too much pressure, which cause her to burn extra mana. Hitting the enemies with her Silver-level skill was enough to do them fairly significant damage, especially when she burned a lot of mana in empowering the skill. They just had to hope that she wouldn't bottom out on mana before, or even during, a critical fight. Based on how the statue fights had been going so far, that was a distinct possibility, considering every 'tier' of sta...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eighteen

The girls immediately dropped to the floor, going into meditation instantly, understanding that this challenge was going to be about utilizing every single second to the best of their ability while using as little mana and stamina as possible. They used the entire two minutes to meditate and restore as much mana as possible before standing up to face four statues, all leaping into the arena at the same time. This fight was more difficult, but not really by much, as it was just about being car...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seventeen

Similarly, the guards had had scouting units find evidence of the criminal enterprise in the woods. They had also found very faint traces of four of the missing people in that direction, but the city guard simply wasn't equipped to deal with such a situation. The gang they could likely take care of without any kind of external help, but the large, well-armed, well-trained group in the deep woods was another matter entirely. Beth did trust the information that the guards had collected, at leas...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Sixteen

The fight against the other Legendary Beast was the culmination of the stage, and was everything that Beth had hoped for. A massive battle took place with each side having a small air unit flying around and laying down fire while trying to avoid the enemy air unit. The craziest part of the fight was the boarding, however, with both sides having teams ready to leap from the back of one beast to another. Neither Beth nor Blood had a fear of heights and both volunteered to be part of this duty, ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Fifteen

With the scouting review done, there wasn't anything else left for them to go over. The woman spent a small amount of time doing some tallies before thanking the two for their efforts, asking if they needed a ride back from the area. As soon as Beth declined and the woman turned to leave, the scenario ended and they were returned to the array room. Beth noted with some slight dismay that they weren't granted any additional experience, though nothing had said they failed, either.

They ma...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Fourteen

It wasn't just a river in the sense it was some little trickle of water; no, this was a massive torrent of water, over a mile wide at its widest and hundreds, if not close to a thousand feet deep. Not only would crossing it be a nightmare just in consideration of the volume of water itself, but there were certain to be immense dangers lurking deep in the turbulent waters. Not just the depths of the river posed a danger, but the banks as well; as with all such things, it was a source of water ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Thirteen

"Oh. I see," Blood replied, giving herself a shake as Beth stepped into the shower, turning the water on and starting to wash. Beth finished fairly quickly, letting out a quick sigh when dealing with her hair, which was creeping down her shoulder blades. She would have to get Sabs's mom to work it over once they were out of the Trial, which was coming up fairly soon. They had nine more stages total, and Beth wasn't sure if they'd be able to get through all nine, but either way the end was fas...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Twelve

Beth didn't even slow after the third swing, shoulder checking the corpse away from her as she dashed forward after the man. Her killing of the woman had taken only a second, and the man was too tired, too injured, too discombobulated to spring back up quickly and get back into the fight. He had just gotten his feet back under him when Beth slammed into him, smashing his sword out of the way with a powerful horizontal Monstrous Blow, spinning a full three-sixty with the momen...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eleven

One clash in particular left a deep impression on her, as a girl that looked just as young as she was wielded a spear with such skill that Beth had a very difficult time keeping up. It felt like every time the young woman even twitched her hands Beth was in danger of dying, barely deflecting or blocking every strike. The pressure she felt was enormous, and Beth was no longer some fresh recruit with her weapons, both her Swords and Unarmed skills being more than halfway through Journeyman. She...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Ten

They had only gained one level during the whole course of the stage, but the bonus reward for place highly gave them another two levels on top of that. That put the two of them at level one hundred ten, which was far higher than Beth expected them to be at this point. The closest Warder grunted angrily at them as they stood there, causing both girls to jump before they hurried to clear the area. They left the array room and headed back to their temporary quarters, where they rested just for a...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Nine

The two of them left after checking their balance, noting that she was already over nine thousand points in this resource drive. They made their way over to the CRA Hall, heading down to their room on the fourth basement floor where they dropped their packs and started their evening routine. After eating and resting for a minute, they bathed and took care of the rest of their cleanup before heading to bed.

The next six days proceeded the same as the last four, with the girls exploring t...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Eight

"Damn, I really want one of them now," Sabs said, staring at Beth's fully armored form as they walked.  

"Like I said, I'm sure we can get you one," Beth said. 

"What else did you two get, by the way?" Sabs asked.  

"Blood got her new eyes and a special weapon," Beth answered, gesturing to Blood's eyes before the lupine woman made her new claws appear briefly. "I got a new skill that I'm going ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Seven

!!WARNING!!

This chapter is a SEX chapter. If that's not your thing, it bothers you, you don't like that kind of content, etc. then skip to the -----. The end of the chapter isn't super important, but is a bit of non-SEX interaction between the main characters.

!!END WARNING!!

Beth and Sabs continued into the bedroom, Beth shutting the door before turning and lifting Sabs off the ground, saying, "Let me show you how much I missed you." 

S...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Six

"What did we learn?" Baelvyr rumbled the question as they drank. 

"He's a cheater," replied Blood. 

"He's an asshole, picking on us," Beth snorted, rolling her eyes. 

"If you weren't so weak, you might have a chance," Jaq replied coldly. 

"What's your Daggers at, anyway," Beth replied, ignoring the jibe.  

"Grandmaster...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Five

When that recording ended, they jumped right into the next one, which Beth was not looking forward to. And with good reason, as it turned out, if the expressions and body language of the other two were anything to go off. As the playback progressed, Beth could practically feel the annoyance wafting off both Enforcers as they watched her companion solve the puzzles and Beth gleefully dive into combat. By the end, both of the others were glowering at her while ignoring Blood. 

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Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Four

"We need to remember to wash our clothes," she commented as Blood hopped up on the vanity, swinging her legs slightly as she observed Beth.  

"You've never forgotten before," Blood said with a shrug, clearly unbothered by the comment and much more interested in what was about to happen. 

"Ready for this?" Beth asked, taking a deep breath as she picked up the vial. 

"Quit stalling," Blood replied wit...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Three

He reached under the counter and withdrew a small box made of some kind of stone, from the looks of it, before handing it to Blood. The lupine woman was surprised but accepted it before looking at Beth, who just gestured for her to open the container. When Blood did, she was greeted by a pair of eyes starting back at her, giving a surprised bark at the sight, though she had the presence of mind to not drop the container. The eyes were mostly a pure black with a very bright white ring for the ...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred Two

Things just kept getting worse as they had a close encounter with a unit from the Count's guards in the town, nearly getting caught while scouting businesses operated directed by the Count. They were almost caught thanks to Beth's fumbling, even her increasing DEX not able to make her any more stealthy or circumspect. She managed to use her massive STR to counter her fumbling, leaping to the top of a six-story building in a single smooth, near-silent movement that threw the guards off her tra...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred One

Blood slaughtered her way back and forth across the battlefield for several hours, getting a message from Beth after two hours to burn harder. She started burning through her stamina and mana at a much faster rate, confident that Beth would have her back. After another nearly three hours she was starting to flag, and that's when Beth stepped out to take over, giving Blood time to rest as she started piling the beast bodies up like cordwood. 

The tide this time se...

Limitless Path Chapter Two Hundred

Blood was still on her feet, somewhat surprisingly, clenching at her right side and panting, though she gave Beth a firm nod as the other girl glanced at her. The two were brought out of the stage a moment later, Blood wincing just slightly from the memory of the wound as she straightened, patting at her side. Beth collapsed to her knees, panting heavily as Blood darted over to her, grabbing her companion and lifting her off the ground. Beth had pushed herself beyond her limits and didn't eve...

Limitless Path Chapter One Hundred Ninety-Nine

Blood didn't give up, of course, nor did she rely on Beth for help. Despite how much she complained about training, when they were actually in a fight, she always gave it everything she had and more. She used the experience as a touchstone, refining her skills ever further as the statues pushed her to her limit constantly. She was eventually able to critically damage one of the two statues she was fighting, though she wasn't able to kill either of them before Beth had finished both of her opp...

Limitless Path Chapter One Hundred Nintey-Eight

They were given two minutes to rest, which was hardly any time, and then three statues stood up. It was entirely the same as the first fight, just with one more statue, and Blood reverted to a role she was well familiar with, using her incredible speed to kite multiple opponents while slowly damaging them. Beth was able to take care of her opponent without using any mana at all, though it took somewhat long, but her skill with Unarmed had grown to the peak of Journeyman ...

Limitless Path Chapter One Hundred Ninety-Seven

The criminal gang was run rather well, as such things went, and hadn't presented many openings for the guards to dig deeper. There were a number of suspicious circumstances involving a disappearance and gang members being sighted nearby at around the same time, but everything was still circumstantial. The only reason they suspected the gang was a guard scout had tracked a missing person to a bar owned by the gang, but they weren't able to search the building without a warrant. 

&nb...

Limitless Path Chapter One Hundred Ninety-Six

Beth followed along, dropping her tray before they wandered back to the living quarters, which were surprisingly spacious. They secured for themselves a small suite, nothing like what they had at the CRA, but it had a tiny living room, a moderate-sized bedroom, and a modest-sized bathroom. It would be more than enough for their needs for the next one to two months, which is how long the stage wound up taking.  

They found themselves living a life much like w...

Limitless Path Chapter One Hundred Ninety-Five

"So, you are the preparatory force?" the woman asked with an arched brow. 

"I guess that's us," Beth said, glancing at the armored soldiers and then up at the ship. "Though, I'm not really sure why." 

"Ships are expensive and always overbooked; we can't dispatch one everywhere all the time. And mana interferes with scanning and other technologies and techniques. Having a preparatory force scout and start the initial settlement on a n...

Limitless Path Chapter One Hundred Ninety-Four

They followed that program for a total of three days, encompassing days thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen. They were over halfway through the stage, but they had managed to clear the area just around the base, build something of a defense, and clear most of the surrounding area of a large portion of beasts therein. Now, on day sixteen, they were ready to head further out and actually get some exploration done. They managed to make it a pretty decent distant before they encountered any kind of s...