Mary Jones
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The smell of freshly cut wood permeated the newly built Falken sect premises. The ‘council chamber,’ one that wasn’t guaranteed to ever have an actual council take place, was currently populated by the only members of the sect, bar one. They all sat silently, shuffling, squirming, groaning, and contemplating. Marven stared at the neatly arranged monster cores on the ground. It hadn’t been long since Neave handed them over, and so far, nobody had decided to take a single one. They didn’t hold…-
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Droplets of sweat struck the ground repeatedly. In the dark room, far in the corner of the Emperium sect, a young boy gasped for breath and shook profusely. Yet, he grinned. Dukean had just finished acquiring the last of the five powers. He felt like shit. Although, his spirit was almost entirely intact. The spirit trials weren’t easy, but they were far from a real challenge for him. Not to mention how difficult they would have been had Neave not rounded the core. This was nothing. He was willing…
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The smell of books, dried parchment, tanned leather, and old paper filled the air. Pages shuffled, disciples whispered, clatters and murmurs filled the cramped areas between the shelves of the grand library. In a small corner dedicated to herbology books, several meek disciples struggled to focus on their studies. A young brunette girl whispered to the disciple beside her, “What do you think happened to him?” Her friend replied, “I don’t know… He had a conversation with “Hmmm, I doubt it.…
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SHAPESHIFTING: Neave is capable of shapeshifting his body. This includes growing appendages like horns and claws, extending limbs, or changing his physical form. All alterations of his physical size are slightly weaker than his basic, unaltered form. CRYSTAL CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: Neave’s entire cardiovascular system is crystalline. This makes his veins considerably harder to pierce and his heart extremely difficult to destroy/harm. SUPERIOR TROLL PHYSIQUE: Neave’s physique resembles a troll's. His…
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Neave stared at the little golem, mouth agape. After thinking it through a bit, he quickly caught on to what was happening. Neave turned to the plant and pointed at the golem. “Are you doing this?” The golem nodded its head. Neave couldn’t believe it. “You can understand what I’m saying?” The golem nodded again. “Oh my… What!? This is insane.” This was indeed insane. Not only was this plant seemingly sapient at merely the foundation realm, but it was also clearly intelligent.…
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Neave stood before the glass shrub, mouth agape. “Ok, now I can see why Astrador reacted like that.” Something still clawed at the back of Neave’s mind. Why would this destroy his entire realm? He thought back to the way the god phrased that question. What did he mean by Was that another trick? Perhaps he was referring to the nightmare realm and not the outer realm? If that was the case, Neave believed him. Yet, he didn’t think he was being tricked. After all, even the manipulator agreed with…
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Neave stood before Astrador, unsure how to react. The god looked distraught by something Neave had done, likely related to his experiment. Astrador yelled at Neave. “You’re a moron. I do not know what you’ve done or how, but I promise you, you will regret it if you don’t stop immediately.” “Alright, alright, old man, you know the drill, soul oath time. If you tell me under soul oath that ‘I will regret’ doing what I’m doing, I will take your word for it.” Astrador looked miffed at…
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Neave wanted to, if only a single time, experience what it was like to get an idea, try the idea, and have it work without any complications. Yet another plan had come and gone, and that experience slipped through his fingers once more. Neave had read a bit about giving plants spirit powers. It wasn’t entirely accurate to say that plants could be ‘granted spirit powers,’ but rather, plants could be granted a quasi-spirit. Plants possessed a quasi-soul, which was to say, a meek soul that had no…
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Dukean and Neave returned to the library after several months of being stuck inside the realm. Once Dukean finally starved, Neave ejected all his blood to widen the pool in the underground chamber and left. They found themselves face-to-face in the outside world again. Dukean looked quite distraught. He bowed to Neave. “Thank you, that was a valuable experience. I never thought I would experience death and live to tell the tale.” He shook slightly as he said those words. Neave didn’t rush him too…
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Dukean was initially full of questions and curiosities, but when Neave started talking about the loop, he grew silent. They spent the next few hours with Neave recapping everything that had happened to him since he touched the hell tome. Once he finally caught up with what he was doing, Dukean pinched his forehead, fighting off a massive headache. Rather than pressure him to respond, Neave just sat there and waited. Eventually, Dukean spoke. “Why wouldn’t you want to become the disciple of a…
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