Elizabeth Smith
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As the group made their way through the streets of Cendaria’s capital city, Alice couldn’t help but notice just how much denser the crowds were. Illvaria’s capital was It was also overwhelmingly obvious that the city wasn’t meant to handle this many people. The streets were crowded to the point where people could barely walk. The buildings weren’t much taller than they were in Illvaria. The city just wasn’t meant to handle this many people. Why were there so many people packed into this…
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Alice spent a great deal of time pondering the relationship between Alice mana and Achievements as the group continued travelling. Every night, Alice diligently worked on her mental map. Alice also took some time to discuss her discoveries, thoughts, and her Perk from with Cecilia, Ethan, and Allira. She wanted second opinions on what she had found and what it all meant. Alice also used {Shared Memories}, to directly show Ethan and Cecilia what she was seeing, in hopes that one of them could provide her…
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The first thing Alice did was look at her Perks. She had been looking forward to this moment for a long time now. Just to make absolutely sure she wasn’t making a mistake, Alice first scanned the new Perks she had unlocked by reaching level 85. One of the Perks looked all right – it would give her an extra five magic tendrils and slightly increase the effect of her magic stat. Alice Without further hesitation, Alice combined the Perks {Expanding Comprehension} and {Intuitive Magic Modelling}. Once…
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With her second test subject dead, Alice turned towards the third glimmerspren. The creature constantly flopped around and wriggled, as though it were a zombie. Even with no wings, it still kept trying to wriggle towards Alice, as though it wanted to take a bite out of her. Alice shuddered. Monsters were downright creepy sometimes. She shook her head and tried to remove the image of the creature inching its way towards her from her mind. Instead, she turned towards Ethan again. “Do you have enough mana…
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The first few monsters were near the edge of the village. Alice took a moment to look at the village itself, and saw the same signs of hasty departure they had come across in other villages they had found. The houses were all abandoned, as if the inhabitants had left in a hurry, and most of the valuables had been taken away. The fields of crops were left untended, despite the fact that spring was approaching and most with decent levels should have been clearing the fields and preparing for planting by…
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Alice was becoming decidedly tired of leaving Metsel. That was the conclusion she came to after her fourth day travelling on a horse. She’d thought it was bad when she and Ethan had ridden to that village, but after four days riding, she was convinced that the smell of horse had seeped into her very bones. At least her Endurance was high enough that she didn’t really suffer from the muscle cramps and soreness she had last time. Ethan had decided that two attempts on Alice’s life were enough. Before…
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During the time she spent in her mental library while asleep, Alice got to thinking. The problems of Illvaria were indeed numerous, and Alice didn’t have a way to interact with many of those problems. After all, she was a researcher, not a or an industrial expert. The bottleneck on production of enchantments, for example, wasn’t one that Alice knew how to fix yet. At least, that was what she thought at first. But while Alice was asleep, she realized that wasn’t entirely true. The biggest…
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After the conversation with Murim ended, Alice and Ethan returned to the manor. Alice started looking over her Status Screen as she took stock of the situation. The Achievement had given her a rough idea where the System might be, but Alice couldn’t take advantage of that information yet. Murim was her only chance to narrow down the physical location of the System, but it was uncertain whether Murim would successfully locate it. He might return empty handed, or duck out if the Sigmusi started hunting…
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Alice and Ethan walked into the building where they were scheduled to meet with Murim, Illvaria’s sixth Immortal. As she stepped into the building, Alice couldn’t help but feel both apprehensive and surprised. When Alice had heard that she was about to meet with another of Illvaria’s Immortals, she had expected that she might meet with him at a fancy dinner or a tea party. She wouldn’t have found it odd if she needed to put on her fancy dress again, instead of being able to wear her comfortable…
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After bestowing Alice her new royal title, the said that Cecilia would be called upon for her own royal title within the next week. Then he shooed Alice and Ethan out of the throne room. Once they got back to Ethan’s manor, Alice told Ethan about the information her new Perk was giving her. Even now, Alice could feel as if “So you think that the mainframe of the System is in the Northwest somewhere?” asked Ethan, after Alice finished explaining her thoughts. Alice nodded. “I suspect it’s…
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