All Chapters of The Mistreated Heir Is An Urban God: Chapter 121
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Okay, I knew one day I'd have to pay for my excessive reliance on mana and ignoring physical stats as much as possible.I jump from the roof and barely absorb the energy of my fall, trying to use it to propel myself. The skill fails, and I continue to run on my two legs, hearing the monster crash on the ground behind me.I grab hold of my mana and focus more, finally able to boost my body for half of a second before losing control over mana.But even that is something, and I create some distance between me and the monster.I feel another wave targeting me and roll to the side, collecting a few more bruises but partially dodging the skill. This propels me further ahead, again avoiding the monster.The entire time I continue to try to enter [Focus] as deeply as I can. The skill at least partially ignores the monster's skill, and my [Mana Manipulation] keeps on running.Thankfully, my Constructs are still up and running unaffected by the monster and keeping 30% of my mana used for Reinfo
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It's been already a few hours, and while running and avoiding the revenants' attacks, I was able to level up once by burning a group of Rottenfang vermin. I invested the gained stat points into constitution.Hey, it's something, isn't it? But at the state I'm in, it feels like pouring a glass of water and hoping to save your house from burning down.I'll die if this continues much longer. That's something I can say with certainty.If I don't find Lily or if there won't be a healing aura, I'll die even if I get rid of the Templar Revenant that blocks me from strengthening my body.My body is just that ruined.Broken bones, bloodied left arm, a few stab and slash wounds from the Rogue Revenant. Pathways, muscles, and insides ruined by my creation of constructs and by my careless use of Kinetic Mana heart.The state I'm in won't disappear after I rest for few hours. Strengthening my body to ignore it won't heal it either. So what is the solution?Obviously, it's more abuse.More mana flo
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This time all my attention is on the Rogue Revenant and oscillating mana appears around my hand as I let the monster reach me.I'm slow, my body barely boosted, as I only focus on enduring the disruptive skill of the Templar and it does come. With the help of [Focus] and [Mana Manipulation], I'm able to endure it and barely dodge a stab against me. At the same time I too, attack, my hand aiming right at the monster's body.Four seconds until the Templar disrupts my mana again.The Rogue dodges by tilting but I send a short burst of mana through my body, taking a small step back and barely avoiding another stab at me. I twist my upper body and dodge a kick aimed at my chest. The monster is faster than me, but I continue to look through its attacks while the Templar, who is much slower, is getting closer.Three seconds remaining.The oscillation flares up more and I kick at the monster, to which it dodges slightly to the side, stabbing towards my face. I tilt my body, letting the dagger
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[Manipulation]? Get away from me with that crap! I want [Mana Infusion]!As we awkwardly sit there with Sophie touching my hand and infusing my body with mana, I continue to observe it, and the more I watch, the more I like her [Mana Infusion].She is directly infusing my muscles and organs with mana and then, with the help of her [Manipulation], makes them stronger. Can something like that even be seen as manipulating something? I don't know.I just know she can infuse my muscles and organs with mana. When I'm strengthening my body, it's more like I'm coating muscles with mana, some kind of power suit or layer if you will.BUT!If I learn her skill, I'll be able to infuse them directly with mana, and as more time passes, I should be able to learn to permanently infuse, and change them instead of just temporarily quasi-strengthening them.Wait a moment, does that mean I can remake my body to be mostly made from mana sometime far in the future?Oh boy, let's rather not think about it,
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She then doesn't say anything and only stares at me. The others are already gone and now there is only this girl, a head and something shorter than me. Her small face is framed by black hair and a tiny nose rests in the middle of it.Ehm? Please say something.She does not. Her eyes are piercing me as she grabs my left hand, the one she sacrificed her own left arm to restore. It's still pale, hairless, and both wounded all over.Without uttering a word, she sends her mana inside it. That warm mana of hers, feeling like a nice breeze in the hot summer. My arm starts itching immediately and I can feel it healing bit by bit along with my body.Finally, she lowers her gaze and focuses a bit more on what she does, and I breathe out in relief.It takes 10 more minutes and Lily stops only when she is totally out of mana, even I can feel that. There is barely any mana left in her body. The mana she could use to continue to restore her left arm.When she looks up at me her bangs are sticking t
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First, I make sure Lily gets some water and food; she seems really thin. Well, all of us have lost some weight. The interesting thing is that if we went through this back on Earth, most of us would be done by now. It shows that even without the usage of skills and just by having mana and increased stats, our bodies started to change.At what point do we stop being able to call ourselves humans? I do not know, but to be honest, I don't care that much.I am me, and I'll stay me. If I decide to change, it will be my decision, and I do not care much about what others will call me.Another thing is Biscuit. I like him, I really do. The doggo might be silly, but he is surprisingly smart and gentle with all of us. Maybe not everything is lost when animal archmages take over. Biscuit might protect us, remembering the bits of food we gave him back on the first floor.Still, does he really have to use eight massive mana arms to move, using them instead of his legs that hang in the air? He looks
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old of the wind around us, and for a split second, silence ensues, only for me to release all the energy and blast away the mist, and then a short blaze of flame, lights up the surroundings. Before the wind and mist come back, we spot the monster.It's twice my height, tall and slim, with a body covered in dark black fur. Even under the fur, I can see dexterous and dangerous muscles. It stands on its two legs with arms long enough to nearly touch the floor.Its head is elongated into a massive maw filled with long, sharp teeth, and above it are two eyes that glow in the surrounding darkness with a green light.The monster is partially rotted, with missing pieces of body and fur, revealing sickly grayish skin and terrible wounds all over its body.[Undead Werewolf - lvl ?]The monster charges right after the mist fills out the surroundings and its target is Tess. Chunks of the roof are torn apart, and nearly the entire roof flies at the monster, only for it to bulldoze through and reac
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I stand up and quickly throw the weapon I created with all the force I can muster, even boosting it with kinetic energy.The javelin flies, shining in beautiful light blue, light purple, and dark blue colors, leaving a trail of mana behind it. It pierces through three houses before it untangles, releasing all the mana it held in one massive explosion.Threads of mana wave from the javelin, slashing and cutting apart the surrounding area. Tendrils of three different colors and even a shockwave can be felt as the densely squeezed mana expands.As a result, a massive area around the javelin ends up destroyed, breaking apart, and debris of stone and wood falls down with loud noises, releasing dust and small pieces of debris that immediately get blown away by the wind.The best part is that it wasn't even meant to be an attack. All of this was only densely squeezed mana untangling as I released my hold over it and stopped forcing it to move.Yes, I said that, the best part!The heck, how g
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"150 to 300. I think that's the range for two question marks," I say and explain a bit more when she asks me."Interesting. I think I agree with you and I also have a few theories.""That makes me curious. Do tell," I say as we walk back to our hideout, side by side. The tension is slowly disappearing now that there is a light."First, the wind is here either created by the field around the city or used to cancel out any flames that could burn the city. It's probably also partially working during the day, but it's much stronger at night for some reason.""Oh, that's quite a good theory," did she get that from seeing my flames die out quickly in the wind?"The second theory is that the mist somehow confuses the monsters and blocks their ability to sense mana, helping people hide during the night. Only really strong pulses of mana allow the monster to detect the source.""Are you maybe really smart, Tess?"She laughs shortly as she jumps over the debris, softly landing on her feet. I ca
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not going to lie. I think I am amazing, like really, really amazing. And I think that's even underselling it a bit.The reason?The spear made of my mana that I just gave Lily. It's dark blue with wisps of light blue mana inside of it. I didn't push that much while creating it, so there isn't a chance that it would untangle and hurt Lily.Instead, the weapon is just slowly dissipating. If I'm right, it should be able to hold strong for 15 minutes, and after that, it will become much weaker. Then, in five more minutes, it will disappear.I used a lot of my mana to create it, yet it will only last that long. I could probably increase the duration by infusing more mana, but hey, I don't want to kill off our healer. That would be dumb.Yet, I think I can say with confidence that for these 15 minutes, it is at least as strong as the common weapons I saw here on the third floor and through the rewards for the side quest.Oh, and I am also dumb. Like really dumb.I realize it only after I ga