Three Gifts from Three Sages
After they had distanced themselves enough, everyone agreed to stop at one of the nearby shelters, which were protected by formations. There, each person withdrew to their own corner and began absorbing the energy from the mushroom meat.
Emilia was quite satisfied with the huge pie...
2025-11-14 16:54:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 69: The Abyssal Frenzy
A brief council followed, but it quickly became clear that everyone wanted to risk collecting pieces of the Abyssal mushrooms. Petra took out a sturdy rope, tied it to a rock, and the group slowly began to approach.
The pulsations soon intensified, and Varis leaned in and whisper...
2025-11-12 18:02:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 68: The Pulse Below
The group continued, and throughout the day, they checked one track after another. Finally, a torrential rain poured down, lasting for hours, and the group was forced to return early, not even reaching one of the huts. Instead, they moved away from the swamp and camped in an artificial ca...
2025-11-12 18:00:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 67: Light in the Swamp
The place was wide enough to accommodate their entire group. It had beds, a fireplace, a large table, and chairs. Against one of the walls, firewood was stacked, and above the fireplace, there was salt and some simple spices. Every time a hunting group used the wood, they had to gather...
2025-11-12 18:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 66: Fireballs and Formations
The days that followed saw Emilia focus on her own development. She used the time to draw a large quantity of talismans. Her success rate and speed had increased significantly, and she could now draw Fireball talismans and other new ones directly with her stylus, a mixture of mon...
2025-11-12 17:59:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 65: Talismans and Trials
Time passed quickly, and an entire month gradually went by. Emilia finally managed to find a working ratio of herbs and blood, allowing her to craft her combat talismans onto the bark of mana-rich trees. This way, she would also be able to participate in battles and develop her comba...
2025-11-12 17:58:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 64: Shadows Among the Trees
Two days later, Emilia made arrangements with Boss Titus, and they met early in the morning near the dark forest. He briefly introduced her to the rest of the group, and after discussing their combat formation and a few tactics, they entered the forest and began searching for trac...
2025-11-12 17:56:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 63: Chasing the Moonlight
Emilia wandered through the city and soon found herself in front of the Griffin Tower. It was nearly complete and rose high above the town. Groups of workers labored around it. Some were clearing the surrounding terrain, others were finishing the storage rooms and servant buildings,...
2025-11-12 17:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 62: A Knight in Shining Armor
The next day, Emilia made the rounds of the trade street, checking the few smaller blacksmith shops. She wanted to inquire about the prices of armor.
"Little girl, I can't make you armor, you are too small. Go play somewhere else."
"But I have money—look," Emilia s...
2025-11-12 17:53:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 61: Homecoming and New Horizons
Three days later, Emilia said goodbye to the mayor and Fjorn, and the family set off on the long journey back toward the city. They stopped for two days in a neighboring village, where Emilia met more children and tried various honey-based sweets. Around noon on the second day...
2025-11-12 17:52:19 +0000 UTC View Post🌟 Emilia's Profile & World Context (Up to Chapter 60)
Name: Emilia
Age: 5
She possesses an unusually advanced physical development for her age.
She looks like a well-cared-for, 8 or 9-year-old (for example like the main cast in South Park TV Series), and...
2025-11-12 17:50:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 60: Emilia’s Choice
Emilia opened her eyes. She was entirely wrapped in bandages, lying on a soft bed. It was dark outside, and sleeping beside her were her mother and one of the village healers. Memories of the battle quickly flooded her consciousness. She remembered the price she had paid and her ruined ...
2025-11-12 17:49:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 59: The Moment Between Worlds
I need to do something, Emilia told herself and scanned the hall. Numerous ruins, partially sunken into the walls, sprang into view. Between them stood several ancient statues with shattered arms and heads, and one enormous sacrificial altar where a strange yellow-blue ...
2025-11-12 17:48:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 58: The Mayor’s Resolve
The mayor looked at the ruined tunnel and let out a deep sigh. That was close, he thought, and gently set Fjorn on the ground. If I keep taking risks like this, I won’t live to see my sons settle down and give me a grandchild.
The mayor had been born the po...
2025-11-10 18:25:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 57: Wrath of the Ruins
Not long after, an enormous hall opened before them, filled with a multitude of ruins in various historical styles. In one place stood a colosseum, in another an amphitheater, and in a third, ancient Roman baths.
On a large hippodrome, the remains of war chariots were visible, and furth...
2025-11-09 15:34:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 56: Bound by Roots and Blood
"Doesn't that seem unnatural to you?" one of the Echidrids gestured. "These are living embryos."
"In our village, we eat both the egg and the chicken. Often fried. And actually, if they're rich in mana—even better," Fjorn replied without blinking an eye.
"Still, it'...
2025-11-08 16:07:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 55: Acid and Fire
Fjorn managed to salvage some of the formation eyes that were draining the sap from the root, as well as the few defensive mini-formations he had created. They had both filled all their bottles with sap, which would last them for several days. If needed, they had the materials to create a n...
2025-11-07 16:02:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 54: Soul Absorption
Emilia spent a long time examining the various plants, playing with the fish, and even sat down to meditate between two large boulders overgrown with moss. In this secluded space, mana was abundant and meditation was productive. For a long time, Emilia had been trying to improve her muscl...
2025-11-06 17:07:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 53: The Mushroom's Hidden Heart
The mushroom cap glowed periodically with mana, but nothing interesting happened. She moved closer, yet the System remained silent. Finally, she reached the mushroom itself and began to slowly circle it. She approached one of the spots that had pulsed with mana earlier. Still ...
2025-11-05 15:50:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 52: Of Sap and Spores
Two meditations later, Emilia finished carving the lines. Now it was Fjorn's turn to instruct her on how to apply the paste into the carved grooves. She had to use her mana in a specific way to "seal" it and bind it to the wood. This was a slow process, as Emilia had to partially tune t...
2025-11-04 20:10:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 51: The Root Drinks First
Hours later, Emilia woke up, her body aching from the uncomfortable position and the hard, uneven ground. Fjorn was still sleeping, propped between two rocks.
Emilia quietly moved away and began drawing talismans. Almost immediately, she noticed something different. The mana i...
2025-11-03 17:32:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 50: The Weight of Inequality
Emilia tried to follow Master Fjorn’s instructions, but he lost consciousness several times, forcing them to start over. Two formation bases were lost this way, and Emilia didn't know what to do.
Finally, she broke down and wept. Fjorn regained consciousness and watched t...
2025-11-02 17:12:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 49: The Root and the Reflection
"Quest updated," the voice of the Great System sounded for Emilia and several others. "Attention! The accursed ruins have been temporarily neutralized but are not definitively destroyed. Quest Goal: Enter Gaia’s private domain, defeat its Guardian, and d...
2025-11-01 18:51:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48: Roots of the Abyss
The ruins were dark, overgrown with black and desiccated plants. Their thorns dug deep into the flesh, and they often smelled of poison and decay. In many places, the ruins were sunken into swamps, and strange creatures watched, hidden beneath the surface. On several occasions, groups ...
2025-10-31 15:34:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47: When Enemies Become Allies
"The evil races are starting to return from their raids on the surrounding villages and fortresses. We don't have much time," the Mayor said, taking a sip of his tea.
Douglas was forced to agree. The attack had resulted in significant casualties for both groups, the wall ...
2025-10-30 16:48:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46: Voices from Normor
The mayor gave a short reprieve to the hunters who had been attacking the formation. Fjorn immediately fell into a deep meditation. Emilia also meditated briefly, as her mana was stable.
Once finished, she started examining the different lines and glyphs. At one point, howeve...
2025-10-29 18:19:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45: The Minotaurs’ Charge
A group of five headed toward the ruins—Fjorn, the Mayor and his son, and three hunters with unlocked mana.
Emilia sat down and began drawing talismans. Before even an hour had passed, the group returned.
The path ahead was guarded by a group of cursed minotaurs. 2025-10-28 22:43:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 44: Acolyte of Hecate
Emilia was ushered into a small, ceremonial chamber. It was lit solely by the soft glow of three candles placed on a rough-hewn altar. The air carried the scents of frankincense and ozone, and the stone floor was inscribed with glyphs and symbols that Emilia could not decipher but felt pulsati...
2025-10-28 22:41:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43: Ashes and Oaths
The following days in the village were silent and somber. Nearly everyone had lost a relative. In this small village, forty lives was a colossal sacrifice from which it wouldn't soon recover.
The pyres burning the dead glowed throughout the entire first night and even early the next day. T...
2025-10-28 22:39:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42: The Cursed Assault
Emilia tried to calm herself by breathing into her cupped hands.
Soon, the satyrs came closer. They also had bows, and both sides began exchanging arrows. The defenders, however, had the advantage, and most of the satyrs simply charged forward under cover of crude wooden shields.
...
2025-10-28 22:39:07 +0000 UTC View Post