All Chapters of Lustbound: The System Of Temptation: Chapter 321
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The deity is an indispensable ally to you, but again, the being's power is not yours. Even your mana capacity, big as it will be, won't translate to much if you don't focus on the fundamentals. Mana weaving and control. These are the two things you should focus most of your attention on while you are still in the first tier. Deepening your knowledge of magic is also another aspect of this. What are its principles, and what laws govern the behavior and distribution of mana? What advantages do your school of magic and your particular element enjoy and how can you maximize those? What weaknesses do you have and how can you minimize them? How deep is your understanding of the Arcane tongue and how well can you use it to come up with personal spells?" She listed out. "In short Roka, just like I started by saying, there are no shortcuts to power. You are going to have to put in every bit of effort that you can into making sure that you have the firmest foundation in magic that you can have
Chapter 321
Greg had expected to find a massive crater as a result of the explosion that had greeted the abyssal creature as soon as it crossed over to this side. But while there seemed to indeed be a crater, what Greg hadn't expected was to find it filled almost to the brim with a black, tar-like, oily liquid. Greg looked at his own reflection in the mirror-black surface of the lake. Given how high up the mountain they were and the absence of trees around them, Greg could feel a cold breeze blowing. Yet somehow, there was zero disturbance on the surface of the lake which remained flat and smooth as a mirror. In fact, the only reason they even knew that the black substance was liquid, was because his teacher had tossed a pebble in and they'd watched as it sunk into the lake without producing so much as a ripple on the surface. Some curious part of Greg wanted to reach out and touch the liquid, just to see how it would feel. He, however, didn't need telling to know that it was probably a colossall
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An amused chuckle sounded in Greg's head. 'Yes, trust me, you are no match for this creature. If either you are your teacher directly attack it, it'll be the last thing you do in this life,' Morpheus informed him. 'Like I said, make sure the containment seal is very strong,' he added.Greg took the time to explain to his teacher how the creature came into being and just how prodigious its growth was. Smart as she was, the healer didn't need much urging before she understood why they needed to place strong containment measures around it. "A seal of the size and strength we need will take several weeks if we wish to get it right. I'll need to set up a teleportation point close by," she informed him. "That, however, can wait. If this creature is dealing with the abyssal mana in the mountain and doesn't plan on going anywhere soon, then we should head back to town. I'm not in any condition to start on such a large project and even more than myself, you need to rest as well," she asserted.
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The first attack came at night. As it turns out, Olivia's guess had been right on the money. Whether it was some instinct that drew them or simple bad luck, most of the corrupted beasts had found their way to the town. The fight was bloody. There weren't the usual normal animals that these hunters were used to. Strange forms and abilities that had been enhanced by abyssal mana twice over left most of the townspeople at a serious disadvantage. The three families stepped up to hold the line against this never-before-seen threat to the town. However, even with them doing their best, it was almost certain that they too would have eventually been overwhelmed. The town never would have seen the light of morning if not for the emergence of an unexpected warrior... Roka! Wearing his face, Olivia had spent the night in one battle after another doing her best to keep the town from being overwhelmed. With the town being attacked from all sides, she couldn't stay in one position. She kept moving
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On The Night Of The Attack On The TownShalia pressed the paste-filled cloth against the man's abdomen close to his liver. Her face was a firm mask even as she forced herself not to look away from the nasty wound that had been inflicted on the man's stomach. She needed to see if the paste was effective or not. A foul stench was coming from the wound, and given that the man's intestines hadn't been punctured, Shalia knew that it was coming from the black gunk left on the wound by the monster that had caused the injury. Whether it was poisonous or not, she didn't know, but she needed to clean it out quickly. The only problem is the man was fast bleeding out through the wound and this mixture she had concocted to help in clotting wasn't doing a thing. Shalia's heart dropped when the man started to shake violently, froth coming from his mouth and nose. The two guards that had stayed by her side even during this terrible night, were forced to hold the man down. In essence, it should have
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A part of her wanted to blame Roka for not being here. He was, after all, her fellow student under the healer. He should have been here to help save the lives that she had been unable to. However, even she who was here, away from the fighting, had heard of his valiance in battle through the patients and the men who brought them in. They spoke among themselves, and to her on rare occasions, about the incredible warrior that had taken to the front line of battle to defend the warriors of the town whenever they were being overwhelmed by the unrelenting wave of monsters that kept coming at them without reprieve. If he had chosen not to fight and instead come over to play the role of healer, then chances are that ten times the number would have died. He had saved countless more lives out there than she had in here. Another target that she reflexively wanted to blame was her teacher. With her, however, it wasn't because she wasn't here. No, Shalia wanted to blame her for how easy she had
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These were the words that almost made it past Greg's lips in a burst of anger. It took every bit of self-control that Greg could muster at that moment to keep from just saying them outright. He, however, was uncertain what reaction this would garner from his familiar. Would she admit to it? Would she summon her true self instead? Would her true self modify the system in some way Greg couldn't detect? Or would she just take it away altogether? In his presently weakened state, Greg didn't think he would survive another takeover by Morpheus so close to the last one. If Olivia's true self came down, he would be completely at her mercy. No, provoking Olivia or her true self by revealing that he was aware of the charade, wasn't a smart thing to do currently. But while the words never made it past his lips, both the statement and the emotions attached to it provided him a moment of clarity. In truth, this was Greg's greatest issue with Olivia. Ever since Greg learned of Olivia's true natur
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The first of the three families to show up at the gathering was the one that had failed the challenge to kill as many of the attacking monsters as possible, the Ember household. After securing his protection, the Town-head's wife had no problems telling him about the history of the three families and why they held the regard and esteem that they did. Greg had been surprised to learn that the town wasn't as bereft of magic as he'd initially thought. None of the three families had proper mages to them. That, however, didn't mean that they had lost all the knowledge related to their heritage. True, in the mage world, they didn't amount to much, but in the mundane world, they were a cut above the normal people. This family of mind mages, for example, had slain a lot more of the attacking monsters than the town's mundane warriors. To think of them as weak simply because they couldn't keep up with the other two families would be a grave mistake. Their affinity for mind magic meant that the
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Greg didn't miss the pain that showed in the eyes of some in the crowd. Greg even noticed a tear flow from some of them. A boy a few years younger than he was turned away from his two younger brothers and his mother, not willing to have them see his tears. By all indications, he was the eldest, and with their father gone, he probably felt that he needed to be strong on behalf of the rest of his family. "They smile upon us from the beyond knowing that their sacrifice will not be forgotten," Greg continued after half a minute of silence. "Their memories shall be honored, and their families taken care of." "Also, as we come together to usher in a new Town-head, I'd like to take a moment to recognize and honor the bravery of the former Town-head, who even now is slowly recovering from the injuries he sustained while fighting the monsters that sought to decimate this town. We are not disposing of him because he is hurt. We are not replacing him because he has been weakened by this event.
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Alena sat on the edge of the pool in her cave, her right hand pressing a white pearl to the side of her head. It had been ten days since her return to the town. For those ten days, all she'd been doing was focusing on recovery from the fight with the abyssal creature that had crossed over through the convergence. The physical injuries that she'd suffered in the fight had been all too easy to deal with. What was far harder to be rid of was the remnant energies from the creature's foul mana. Had she still been equal to a seventh-tier mage, it would have been child's play to do this. In her compromised state, however, it was an arduous process that required her full attention for several hours at a time. She had just finished a five-hour-long session of trying to cleanse herself and was now taking the time to relax. To most others, this would have perhaps meant laying back in the hot pool and doing nothing else. To her, however, that would just be boring. Having something to stimulate h