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Uncharted Waters (Case 2, Chapter 16)

Case files were, by definition, never complete. For the most, they had just enough info to convey the general feeling of the case, along with a few specialist notes. There wasn’t a soul that didn’t know about the Midnight Ten massacre. Details had leaked to all the media, some more accurate than others. When it came to the local police, though, there was nothing.

All the reports, as few as they were, had been sent directly to Central Metropolis Police, who had run it up the chain to...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 889)

Chunks of water flew in all directions, twisting, tearing, then merging again without reason. None of them could hold any form for long, controlled by two forces stronger than gravity. Harp’s natural ability allowed her full control of the magic threads that composed the liquid, while Dallion’s awakening powers granted him control of everything within his domain.

It wouldn’t be the first time he’d make use of his surroundings, raising mountains or hurling chunks of rock about. O...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 888)

Music, magic, attack, art! Dallion flew through the air, constantly waving his aura sword as he did.

There were no additional instances of him—he was too afraid that any use of combat splitting would reveal his location. And since any direct attacks would also have easily given him away, he resorted to a combination he had rarely tried before.

Normally, music attacks combined with magic were his trump card when dealing with waves of enemies. This time, the method was co...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 887)

COMBAT INITIATED

Both rushed into the sea at speeds that could be followed by none of the fathered observers. Adzorg’s spell proved completely useless, for while it managed to see at vast distances, it was incapable of slowing down the blurs that were Dallion and Harp.

“Is here good?” Dallion asked, holding his aura sword in one hand and the thread cutter in the other.

It was a strange combination, but there was a reason for this other than ...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 886)

It was outright shocking how little the initial strike affected the rest of the battle. Dallion would have thought that the near devastation of the flagship—along with an allied copyette emperor—would have quickly caused the enemy forces to retreat. He couldn’t have been further from the truth. By the time that Euryale’s forces poured in into the center of the battlefield, the enemy shock was largely over. All survivors who found themselves on the newly formed patch of land quickly ch...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 885)

The memory ended abruptly. It was longer than all the ones Dallion had experienced in the past and still fell too short. Near the end, he had seen glimpses of his grandmother. If only it had continued for a little bit longer, there was a chance he’d learn more about her: what she was like, how she met his grandfather, possibly who had betrayed them both.

“I’m not going back!” Harp’s terror quickly brought him back to reality.

For some reason, the deck seemed a lot smalle...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 884)

MEMORY FRAGMENT

Tamin Capital, Age of Humans

A harpsisword? Giaccia looked at the blue rectangle.

That was something new. Not a weapon she particularly appreciated. Artistic weapons required more than perfect mastery in two skills. In most cases she had seen, their owners didn’t have them, resulting in a quick death for the person or the item.

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Leveling up the World (Chapter 883)

MEMORY FRAGMENT

Nymph Capital Sorgente, Nymph’s Era

The archbishop’s prophecy came to pass. One of the insignificant human kingdoms had sent a messenger to the nymphs’ land cities, requesting that they be spared destruction. They were willing to face any consequences and had made a Moon vow to that effect.

Concerned by the coincidence, Giaccia had personally gone to question the bishop, but found that he was no longer there....

Leveling up the World (Chapter 882)

MEMORY FRAGMENT

Nymph Capital Sorgente, Nymph’s Era

Three more kingdoms requested to join the empire. One of them even went so far as to sink their own capital. It had become standard for every conquered territory to go through this—an unequivocal sign that there was only one power to rule all cities.

Standing in the empty throne room, Giaccia sighed. With the era of the empire close at hand, her days as a warrior were numbere...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 881)

MEMORY FRAGMENT

Nymph Capital Sorgente, Nymph’s Era

The death of Prince Astrea came as no surprise. His condition had been deteriorating steadily for the last few years, most of which he hadn’t been seen in public. As was tradition, the news was announced in every corner of the kingdom. However, it was another event that gathered a lot more attention—the decifida of princess Tiallia. The miraculous awakening that had taken place f...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 880)

MEMORY FRAGMENT

Nymph Capital Sorgente, Nymph’s Era

Clouds floated gently above the ocean, colored bright orange in the sunset. Most would find them calming, some might even call them beautiful, but Giaccia knew all too well that they were neither.

“Now!” she whispered, swimming up to the surface.

Dozens of nymph soldiers followed, combat splitting as they did. Hundreds of water tendrils shot up towards the sky. Moment...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 879)

MEMORY FRAGMENT

Nymph Capital Sorgente, Nymph’s Era

Water slashed through water as merciless as ice. Two more water golems lost their cores, splashing formlessly to the floor.

That makes seven, Giaccia thought as she twisted in the air.

Three more and she would have been done. Given what she had gone through so far, that didn’t seem much of a challenge, but she wanted to manage in under three minutes. If she did...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 878)

Thick layers of water covered the hulls of the ships as they approached. Dallion had used one of his aether echoes to fly ahead and cast a ray of destruction before they came into view, but to little effect. Walls of water had risen up the moment the beam had emerged, decreasing its strength to such a degree that by the time it hit the flagship, or barely caused a mark.

In turn, the flagship had launched a wave of water projectiles at the echo. Defending against them proved simple, but ...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 877)

ALLIANCE Level not increased due to lack of inhabitants

5000000 inhabitants required for ALLIANCE to improve further

The CAPITAL CITY remains Level 13

So, that’s the limit, Dallion thought. All the remnants of the alliance that had seemed so large a day ago now were insignificant in the terms of the world. With all resources currently at his disposal, Dallion had only managed to create a city the size o...

Announcement

Hello, all!

Sorry for the rocky start of the year :(

I'll be taking a short trip, so there won't be any updates until Monday.
Once I'm back Leveling up the World and Uncharted Waters should continue.

Take care, be well, and hope to see you Monday :)

Lise

Leveling up the World (Chapter 876)

A cluster of darts flew at Dallion, emitting a slight whistle as they did. Most would find them easy to evade, and they would be wrong. it wasn’t the tips of the darts that presented a danger, but the sound they emitted—a high-pitched noise spread terror to everyone who could hear. Dallion had no trouble spotting it, although it was very different from any music combination he had heard. His family of the imperial capital had perfected the art of using music to manipulate. This was an out...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 875)

Veil’s assessment was rather harsh, but that didn’t make it false. Constant training and daily leveling ups—driven by Hannah—had given Dallion’s forces an initial boost, but not enough. In half a week, both the training stopped having an effect, and the trickle of new inhabitants was far from what the town needed to advance.

Fearing sneak attacks, Dallion would spend most of his days patrolling the area surrounding his territory. Even with the dozens of watcher groups Hannah h...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 874)

Children, Dallion thought.

Gloria had agreed to the deal because of her children. As far as deals went this was the definition of perfect negotiation: both sides agreed to a compromise beyond what they were willing to accept and in return achieved everything they wanted.

You haven’t lost your touch. He looked at the overseer. For a single moment, a picture formed in front of him: that of the girl that had asked him to help her secretly increase her level. She, ...

Leveling up the World (Chapter 873)

Black tendrils split the air, filling the sky with void droplets.

Spark, Dallion thought, slashing through them with a line attack. Spark filled his entire body to the point that any void that came less than a foot near would be instantly vaporized.

A glowing line of destruction flew down until it slammed into the ground, creating a large fissure. Unfortunately, the real target he was aiming at had managed to evade the attack.

Maybe exert a bit of restraint, dea...