All Chapters of Lustbound: The System Of Temptation: Chapter 221
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"Most beasts have the physical layer, and I've seen necromancers make use of beast souls enough times that there is no question about whether they have souls or not. Most creatures, however, are not that intelligent, and I suspect that this is the reason they lack the second layer, the spirit body," She explained. "And how do I know they lack a spirit body, you may ask. Well..." The healer indicated the cores before her. "Because unlike mages who have their core and mana pathways entirely in their second layer, magical beasts that advance far enough, develop a physical locus of control for their mana," She stated "Why is all this important, you might be wondering. Well, for the beast-core to allow the beast access to and control over their mana, it would have to be not only in contact with their physical layer but also with their soul. A thing to keep in mind is that beast-cores don't form that quickly. They may take anywhere between tens to hundreds of cycles to fully form. All that
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Good morning, Roka," Shalia greeted him with a smile as he walked into the room where their workstations were. "I was hoping to get something from your room, do you mind helping me?" she went on to add. It had taken some practice on her part before she could finally get the words out without her face going completely red. The girl knew perfectly well that she would only find one thing inside that room, and that is her legs in the air and Greg's thick cock plowing her depths. She, however, didn't mind. If anything, she seemed to be craving their dalliances with increasing frequency. Greg wasn't sure if this was the result of the ADDICTIVE title or her natural desire increasing the more she indulged in it. He didn't mind either way. Her innocuous-seeming request was a secret code between the two of them for whenever she was in the mood to have her more carnal needs met. On previous days, Greg would have just smiled and led her to his 'office'. Despite being sorely tempted to do just th
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The last of Greg's interest in the formation went up in smoke even as the healer sat cross-legged before him. The robe she had on seemed to flow around her like water allowing her free motion without exposing anything that she didn't want seen. "Let's begin," She prompted reaching forward and placing her hand on the sigil. Given the fact that she'd already pushed herself past her limits the previous day, Greg was worried that the process would only exacerbate her situation. She, however, didn't seem any worse for wear even after the mana began to flow. "I strained my mana pathways by using more mana than they can handle in a short span of time. So long as I don't repeat that mistake, I should be okay within a week or so," She spoke, then looked up at him. "So you can stop looking at me like I'll fall over in the next second," She said calmly. Despite the bluntness of her words, Greg could tell that she was giving an honest assessment of her situation and not just putting on a brave fa
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ALENA HEISEN THURSIUS SHALL NOT THROUGH FORCE, MANIPULATION, COERCION, COMPULSION, MIND CONTROL OR ANY OTHER MEANS THAT WOULD COMPROMISE HIS EXERCISE OF FREE WILL, TAKE ANY ITEM, MAGICAL OR OTHERWISE, FROM THE ROKA THAT SIGNS THIS MANA CONTRACT. ALENA HEISEN THURSIUS MAY REQUEST ITEMS FROM THE ROKA THAT SIGNS THIS MANA CONTRACT, MAGICAL OR OTHERWISE, ONLY IF SHE HAS AN ITEM OR ITEMS OF COMPARABLE VALUE TO OFFER IN EXCHANGE. FOLLOWING THIS, ALENA HEISEN THURSIUS SHALL ONLY TAKE ANY ITEM REQUESTED FROM THE ROKA THAT SIGNS THIS MANA CONTRACT AFTER GIVING THE ITEM OR ITEMS OF COMPARABLE VALUE OVER TO THE ROKA THAT SIGNS THIS MANA CONTRACT. With only two clauses to the document, it wasn't that long. Still, Greg read the thing three times over, each time, his frown deepening. It wasn't the way he was referred to in the contract that confused him. Greg knew from his experience inside the dungeons that Mana contracts had to be very specific about its targets. If the healer didn't go throu
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The words were delivered in a neutral tone. Greg could tell that the healer wasn't trying to scare him. She wasn't even trying to paint a worse picture of herself than was true. Instead, she was trying to be as honest with him as she could possibly be. In a way, she was reminding him not to be naïve. Just because someone was being nice to you today, didn't mean they couldn't turn nasty tomorrow. Just because they were friend today didn't mean they couldn't be foe tomorrow. Rather than leaving it up to chance and hoping that she would be a good person, the healer was ensuring that she'd have a powerful incentive to make the right decision if she was ever faced with the temptation.Unable to mount any argument against her, Greg took back the contract and asked. "What shall I sign it with?"A golden feather quill materialized in the healer's hand, which she held out to him. "It'll draw on your mana and add it to the contract marking you specifically as the other party in the contract," S
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A single drop of the weeping flower tincture had been enough to take Greg from almost losing consciousness from fatigue to bursting with energy in the span of a few seconds. All his aches, pains, and injuries had also been made short work of by that single drop. He, however, was only a half-step first-tier mage whereas his teacher was currently at the power level of a third-tier mage. Given this, Greg wasn't expecting as dramatic a result with her as there had been with him. Still, he knew that it would help her and that is all that mattered. The healer gave up her objection with a sigh as she took the vial from him. Pulling off the stopper, Greg had to fight the urge to object when she emptied the whole thing into her mouth. He could still remember how potent it had been and feared that the healer would suffer some adverse reaction from it. But other than the sickly pallor on her face being replaced by a rosy hue, all the fatigue that seemed to weigh her down vanishing, and her brea
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Elemental awareness doesn't just end at spell casting, I once knew an air mage with elemental awareness that could get the wind to replay in his ear sounds from far away. They could be across the city from where you are but so long as air could get in and out, then they could listen in on a conversation you are having in your most secret chamber. I once came across a fire mage who could immediately tell how many living beings were in a certain place based on body heat alone. I even once heard of a blood mage who could tell what was wrong with a person from a single drop of their blood. According to her, the drop of blood would just tell her what's wrong with it," The healer laid out. "As you can see, elemental awareness expresses itself in a myriad ways. So much so that it's almost impossible to pin it down with an exact definition. You say that your 'earth connection' just gives you an awareness of the ground below you. However, I suspect that it does a lot more than that, you just
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The first clue from your discovery of the sigil means that everyone capable of using magic has certain channels in their body that if left alone, the mana would find easiest to flow through. I suspect, however, that these patterns don't allow all types of mana to flow through them at the same rate. With one individual, say me, for example, the layout of my mana pathways might make it so that mana of the earth element flows through my channels better than all other types of mana. With someone else, like you, life mana flows easier through their channels than all other mana types based on their layout. That's where affinity with a certain school emerges from." "However, it would be a mistake to think that a certain layout of mana pathways can only be good at conducting one specific type of mana. The fact that you were able to shift from being a light mage to a healer proves that this isn't the case. Some layouts, I would propose, can conduct several different types of mana easily. The
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Like a small drop in the ocean or a single flame in the middle of an inferno, Greg couldn't shake the feeling that if he wasn't careful, he would lose himself in the far larger soul that he was now exposed to. "Ta... Take it down a few notches," He struggled to keep his voice steady as he asked. With a nod of acknowledgment from the healer, the feeling faded gradually and Greg went from feeling like he was a hair's breadth away from being subsumed by something much bigger than himself to feeling like he was standing on the firmest possible ground. It felt as if no matter what came at him Greg would never be moved. With increasing confidence, Greg nodded to the healer to let her know that he was ready.Extending her hand towards him, the earth-brown beast core from the obsidian earthmover appeared on the healer's open palm. Greg didn't know if it was the healer's soul boosting his willpower or something else, but despite the deep longing he still felt for the core, he didn't swipe it o
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Greg was sure that in the next moment, he would either be gored or stomped to death! Which was why it came as such a shock to him when the colossal beast did nothing and just allowed him to run into its leg. Covered in sharp obsidian armor, even just running into the thing's leg should have badly injured him. He, however, was perfectly fine with barely a scratch. It was the shock of this turn of events that finally broke Greg out of his panicked state of mind and allowed him to notice all the details that he'd so far failed to pick up on. The first was the small tusk sprouting from a snout a few inches away from his face. The second was the sound of stone grinding against stone every time he rubbed against the bigger beast's leg. The third, if the sensations coming from his body were to be trusted, was the fact that he was moving on all fours as opposed to the two legs he was used to. The most jarring of his discoveries, however, was the fact that, rather than panicking, he was actual