PathOfPen

Chapter 325 – Sol

Sol didn’t pay Percy much attention, nodding absentmindedly. Her eyes were glued to her opponents – the horrific beasts now coming after her.

The Yellows were a touch smarter than their weaker brethren though. They waited for them to toss themselves in the line of fire, so that they could reap the fruit of their work afterwards.

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Chapter 267 – Not a bad place to live

The next few weeks passed by in a flash.

True to his word, Percy didn’t miss a single class since he cleared the air with Dugris. Even better, he made great progress in his studies, learning all sorts of valuable things every single day.

Cosmic Studies, in particular, was the highlight of Percy’s week. Not that he didn’t enjoy ...

Chapter 324 – What do you think a soul is?

Percy pondered over Rei’s question. At first, he thought it was a simple one – that she was just patronizing him. But the more he considered it, the more he realized he couldn’t come up with a good answer.

‘A soul… it’s who we are, isn’t it? Deep down. Beneath the flesh, and even robbed of our memories…’

Th...

Chapter 266 – Valuable reward

As expected, the Pre-casting class was a downright humiliating experience for Percy. Even worse, unlike the hard time he’d suffered unjustly in Alchemy 10 thanks to Dugris’s pettiness, he knew he fully deserved Mr. Lonan’s cold treatment.

Against the man’s advice, he had insisted on staying in a course he was entirely unqualified f...

Chapter 323 – Treatment

‘Rei has absorbed a fiend called Synthetis. It has granted her the Composing trait, which boosts her musical talent far beyond a regular person’s. You’ll be amazed by what she can dig out of your soul with that, combined with Soul Vision.’ Sol explained after sensing Percy’s shock.

Maybe he shouldn’t have been so surpr...

Chapter 265 – Dugris

“I’ve thought hard about it over the past few days, and it is very clear that Leo is a talented and hardworking student who is more than qualified to attend the class. I shouldn’t have pushed things so far, and I most certainly shouldn’t have involved the rest of you in it either.” the man elaborated, sounding genuinely sorry for his a...

Chapter 322 – Expedition

The girl – who had reintroduced herself as Sol – opened her eyes, allowing Percy to examine their surroundings. They were alone, in an enclosed space. Smaller than any room he’d ever seen – barely large enough for a single person. In fact, it wasn’t even a room. There wasn’t a ceiling. The walls were made of fabric, stitched together...

Chapter 264 – Proudheart

The library didn’t have any windows, so Percy had to rely on the students coming in every afternoon to keep track of time. Over the past few days, he’d skimmed through the books with very few breaks, only stopping when he estimated it was the morning before the class. Granted, he should still have a couple hours left, but he didn’t want to...

Chapter 321 – Signal from an old friend?

Clone #270, maybe – Percy had lost count years ago – was about to look for a random body to possess, when he caught something he hadn’t expected to see by the edge of his ‘vision’.

It was a soul. A damaged soul, much like the overwhelming majority of his hosts. But this one was different. It was actively calling out to him, and f...

Chapter 263 – Alchemy 10

“What are you supposed to do if lumps start forming in the concoction?” the teacher asked.

“Generally, you break them either by increasing the cauldron’s temperature or by stirring.” Percy replied, before elaborating. “Usually, heating the mixture up is preferable, as it impacts the yield less. That said, novices are advised to...

Chapter 320 – A bit of a situation

It had been around eleven months since they entered the Valley when Nesha finally managed to activate Circulation. Her version involved lots of black circles of various sizes decorating her body, many of them seemingly disconnected from one another.

The visuals aside, the boosting art bumped her fighting strength noticeably. Between that, ...

Chapter 262 – Greater spring

“But, if that’s the case, shouldn’t these beast gods have dominated the universe already? How can the rest of us compete with creatures that advance so fast?” the same boy from before jumped in again.

The teacher shook her head this time.

“I can see why you’d think that, but it’s not as simple. Despite the relative abun...

Chapter 319 – Ambient mana

Several months had passed inside the Valley.

Everyone was making good progress towards the next grade, having never missed a single cleansing session. None of Acton’s guards had advanced either, which was great news.

Other than that, Elaine and Nesha were both growing stronger by the day, constantly fighting against the beasts and ...

Chapter 261 – Sixiang

Percy did his best to tune out the incessant chatter, trying to squeeze in a couple more minutes of practice with the pre-casting exercises as they waited for the teacher to arrive. Unfortunately, his efforts were doomed from the start – the gossiping students making it impossible to focus on his mana.

It was a larger room than usual too...

Chapter 318 – Cores and channels

Elaine and Nesha were fighting against a pack of Yellow hyenas led by a Green matriarch. They could have made quick work of them, of course, but they held back many of their tricks, focused on honing others.

As for Percy, he didn’t participate. Relying on his companions to keep him safe, he concentrated on something else. Semi-hidden at ...

Chapter 260 – Probationary student

The next six days went by in a flash. Percy skipped both the Geography and Affinities classes, deciding his time was better spent preparing for the next term.

Technically, it might have been a good idea to prioritize Pre-casting, as he knew nothing about the topic. However, he chose to invest more than 80% of his waking hours into Alchemy ...

Chapter 317 – Execution

The gorilla swung its fist down, about to flatten Nesha like a pancake. Percy and Elaine were too far to save her, currently locked up with the creature’s packmates. But she didn’t need help.

Right when the attack was about to hit, something strange happened.

Nesha took a step back. Just a single, quick step. But her foot landed ...

Chapter 259 – Mana Flow

The next few hours were quite a slog. The lesson itself had been illuminating, cementing the idea in Percy’s mind that pre-casting was a valuable technique to master. Even though it wasn’t immediately applicable to his spells, he knew it was only a matter of time until he found a use for it.

Sadly, he’d also made a complete fool of h...

Chapter 316 – Sharpness

‘Still Refined, huh?’

Percy wasn’t too surprised by the lower tier, since the runework on his new scythes wasn’t as extensive as his cauldron’s, and even that hadn’t reached Masterful yet. But there was no doubt in his mind that both spells were getting closer.

It wasn’t just the self-repair enchantments he’d...

Chapter 258 – Pre-casting

Aided by the map and his eagerness to begin his studies, Percy made it to the classroom early. By now, the first of the twin suns had fully emerged from its slumber, the other still bathing the sky in all sorts of vibrant hues as it slowly rose through the horizon.

The room itself wasn’t very large. It only contained twelve wooden desks,...

Chapter 315 – Rhino

It had barely been twenty minutes since Elaine fell asleep. A few Yellow beasts had invaded the stone formation in that time, searching for food. Nesha had made quick work of them at first, buying Percy time to don his armour.

Not that it was necessary for these weaklings, but he might need it if a stronger one showed up. Perhaps, it would...

Chapter 257 – Restructuring

It wasn’t until most other students had left the library that Percy registered how late it was. Getting used to Felmara’s short days would take a while. Normally, his body’s internal clock would have helped a little, but his host was the kind of guy who’d literally overdosed on sleeping pills, so… no luck there.

‘I’m not ...