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Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Ninety-Five

"Yeah, we've got-" Erosh started before stopping, his head snapping to the side. 

"That's a look of something dangerous," Beth said with a frown. "But there shouldn't be anything nearby that's that strong." 

"Not a what," Erosh grunted. "A who." 

"Hmm," Beth replied, crossing her arms and looking in the direction that Erosh was facing. 

All of the other Ascended had keyed to the disturbance at roughly the same time Erosh did, though Beth had some id...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Ninety-Four

The others ignored Beth, other than Sera, who spouted a quick gout of flame over her lover to dry her off, Beth taking the fire and manipulating it to make sure she was dry and had burnt most of the remaining dust away. She put the fire out, Sera still marveling at the amount of control Beth had, being able to snuff dragonfire with just the control from her Mana Physique alone. Beth followed along at the back of the group, stretching out as she fully returned to her regular size and proportio...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Ninety-Three

They descended, again fighting beasts, finding nothing that was a challenge, and again they were beset by a monster. It took slightly longer this time, as the group was on the edge of the ledge of that tier and ready to leap down, Blood tensing her legs right as they heard the howling and ghostly whispers. Beth just rolled her eyes, looking around coldly to find the fade, and coldly was right, as the fades showed up as areas of increased cold in her special vision. They seemed to suck the lif...

A New Star Chapter 38

Alexandra 

I looked at the corpse hanging from the tree and rolled my shoulder. Damn, but it had been a little while since I'd been knifed; I forgot how much it could hurt. My regenerative affinity was still working on the wound, as the healer at Pietr's wasn't all that strong, nor had I given her much time to work before taking off. I turned back to Robert's little disguised whorehouse, because that was what it really was, that and much worse, surprised to see a large gro...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Ninety-Two

"It's just one guy," Blood said, racing back up the side of the cliff before leaping over them and landing on her toes, bouncing around to face the group. "He's fighting the bigger beasts, the ones using those scream attacks. He's winning, too, by the looks of it." 

"Shall we go introduce ourselves?" Beth asked. 

"Careful; we don't want him to think we’re after him or his kills," Val warned. 

"Relax," Beth said, waving a hand. "Is there any group out there t...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Ninety-One

They found something rather interesting in the desert, Beth comparing maps to find that it was in what used to be the country of Chad. Beth wasn't sure if the country still even existed at this point, but there were clearly quite a few people gathered in the desert, including two large camps that, on closer inspection, appeared to be people well-used to living on the road. Perhaps nomads of some kind, used to a traveling lifestyle even before the Path appeared, the two camps were positioned c...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Ninety

Running out of spikes wasn't hard, especially when they were running the golem dungeon on repeat, over and over until the mana was under control. That was a half dozen spikes used, and that wasn't counting the ones they had used before the auction. Beth made a trip to their home Hall, finagling another five spikes out of Jaq for free, who confessed they were expensive but almost went unused. The things had a shelf life measured in decades, but they had a tendency to sit around that long or lo...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Eighty-Nine

The first thing they did was, surprisingly, take a break, though Beth didn't have to be pushed particularly hard on that point. They took a couple days off, Beth leaving the gate open for the others while they all went off and did their own things. She and Sera visited a very familiar place while Blood went off on her own somewhere, though Beth was pretty sure she was focusing on flying, which was a genuine passion of hers. Bjorn and Kris disappeared for a week, together, of course, and Beth ...

A New Star Chapter 37

Emily Sheffield 

Being a captain in the royal guard wasn't easy, and especially one that handled certain investigations. I had been dispatched, along with my squad of six, to the estate of the grand duke, and we were currently on the train. I still wasn't sold on this rather ominous method of travel, but others constantly assured me it was safe, despite the terrible racket the thing made. It was late afternoon and we were getting close to Umberton and we had a dest...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Eighty-Eight

One other, quite pleasant, surprise popped up right at the very end, one Beth hadn't been expecting because they had been flying radio silent for a bit to make it a surprise. That was the other girls showing up, that being her sisters and Sabs and Neph, when they were only about two weeks out from finishing their referee duties. The others were all leaner, meaner, and more experienced than the last time they had seen them, especially Neph, who had bloomed greatly in her time away. Beth and Bl...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Eighty-Seven

There were a few items that came up next that weren't of any interest to anyone in their booth, apart from the fact that they went for fairly exorbitant prices, until another big ticket item came up that Blood was very interested in. It was a one-two whammy for her, as it was a claw skill that was also blood-related, something that would do extremely nicely for her current skill set and inclinations. Adding another attack-type skill wasn't exactly necessary for Blood right now, but the skill ...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Eighty-Six

The duels and the work dragged on, but their free time flew by, and Val disappeared after a week without even a goodbye, at least to Beth and Sera and the rest. Beth was sure she had said a rather nice goodbye to Blood, at the least, but that didn't include the rest of them. Well, Val was sometimes like that, so Beth just dismissed it as she looked towards their next goal. They had to get back to the leveling grind in a major way, though she didn't think they'd quite be ready to do ...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Eighty-Five

"What's the plan going forward?" Sera asked once everyone was settled in. 

"Rebirths, leveling, spiked dungeons, yearly auction, finishing ref duty, all roughly in that order," Beth replied, ticking things off on her fingers. 

"And what about you?" Sera asked, turning to Val. 

"What about me?" asked Val in response. 

"What are you up to? How's the whole Scions thing working out?" Sera asked. 

"Well, it's going," Val said with a sigh, gett...

A New Star Chapter 36

Alexandra 

The next day was, thankfully, an uneventful experience that felt like things were getting back to some semblance of what normal was. The day after, however, was not, and that was mainly because both the count and the Silver Lady were at the training ground that morning. More specifically, they were waiting for me at the lane I usually used at the very far end of the grounds, clearly ready for me. I gave them both a nonplussed look as I walked over and st...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Eighty-Four

Like Beth had said, the other two items weren't nearly as worthwhile as the cube, one of them being a rare chest armor and the other being an epic dagger (and what was with all the daggers?). The cube was the real prize, after all, and Beth was sure she could pawn the chestplate and the dagger off for at least a handful of diamond coins at some point. That run had taken them only a part of the weekend, but it was still exhausting, so profession work was the next thing on the docket for them. ...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Eighty-Three

It was a month before Beth got them permission to take a slightly long weekend, which she would have felt bad about, but she knew the other Gold Emblems that were new to the Hall were taking plenty of time off themselves. That made her feel far less bad about one to two days extra to go tackle an extremely difficult dungeon. They were still mainly focused on the golem dungeon, as Beth was pretty sure that was the most dangerous of the ones they had found. The one that had started at level two...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Eighty-Two

The first of the big rewards they got wasn't even from the boss, but from the sub-bosses. There were really two rewards there, as all the sub-bosses had very valuable beast cores that were worth quite a bit. They would likely keep all of them, however, adding to their growing beast core collection, both an extra monetary fund as well as resources for crafting and rebirths. The other thing they got from several of the bosses was highly valuable ore and minerals, everything of high mana purity ...

Limitless Path Chapter Four Hundred Eighty-One

"Oh, before we get to any of the good stuff, I did have one more thing," Beth said, shaking her head before pulling an item out of her necklace. 

"And this is…?" Selene asked before examining it. 

{This shield is designed to prevent any damage from ever cracking it. The weight and density mean it takes a substantial amount of Strength to wield. 

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