All Chapters of The Mistreated Heir Is An Urban God: Chapter 151
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The pressure on my body intensifies even more as multiple Cinderbears attack. I slip into [Focus], and [Resonance] activates at the same time. The air, the space around me resonates according to my will, and I change its frequency multiple times until the effects of the attack disappear and I'm freed.Just in time, I redirect as much kinetic energy as I can towards the ground under me, making it explode as I push myself high in the air. I quickly move to the side as a dozen or so sparks barely miss me.The ones that are about to touch me, I dissipate with [Resonance] and push myself far in the distance, away from dozens of Cinderbears. The forest behind me immediately explodes under the heat and flames, and I can feel them following me.The heck!I don't even have time to complain as another wave of pressure hits me, pulling me down to the ground. I track its source and immediately create two javelins that I fill with kinetic energy and shoot towards the source.The bear there just us
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The dagger was poisoned because, of course, it was, and I already feel it affecting my mana. Just barely over 3 minutes in. But that much is fine; it's nothing unexpected.The problem is that I can't perceive the little green monster that. I don't feel its movement, I don't feel its position or mana no matter how much I try.So, I do the smart thing.I let the small green jerk stab me again.As the dagger pierces my side, I clench my muscles to hold the dagger inside the wound and boost my body to the point where I feel I'm about to tear my muscles.The small hand lets go of the dagger, jumps backwards, and disappears, even though the [Resonance] covers the entire area and [Redistribution] tries to slow his movement.To calm myself, I enter a deeper [Focus] and pull out the dagger from my wound.Venomstrike Mana Dagger (rare) - a short obsidian dagger with a sharp edge. Upon injury, the target experiences mana drain due to a poison effect. Use with caution - dangerous to magic users.
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els as if time has slowed down as both warriors dash at me, and the shamans start mumbling something. I see mana collecting in their hands.The warriors reach me, and the first shaman finishes his casting. The area around me changes. It's as if I was thrown into the deep mud, and the harder I try to move, the more difficult it becomes. It's the same field the Goblin shaman on the first floor used.But not this time.My mana resonates against the field around me. I take a step to the side to dodge a stab and block the attack from the second goblin.The field changes slightly, and [Resonance] fails.Interesting.I create armor around my body, filling it with as much mana as possible and it deflects the next few attacks from the goblin warrior.Meanwhile, I reach towards the field around me with [Resonance], but it fails again. So I observe it deeper and then realize something. The shaman changed the frequency his mana works on to activate the field. It wasn't a significant change that w
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"Some kids broke it, again. It's happening like every two years at this point," the boy in front of me says. He is slim, yet his body is athletic. He is around 2 years older than me and he is showing me his right arm in a cast, "The weird thing is that it's the right one, not the left one again."The fun part is that while saying this, he is smiling, not bothered at all by the broken arm that is now in a cast.He looks at me and for a moment, he smiles. His smile is so cheeky, so cheerful, all while he looks as if he is doing something he shouldn't. After smiling, he quickly looks around, making sure no one saw it.Boy moves a bit closer, a small smile still on his face while his two differently colored eyes shine brightly.They are pretty."I'll tell you a secret if you want," he says.It almost makes me want to sigh; I've already gotten used to boys coming up with all kinds of stories to try to impress me. Mom keeps saying that I'm pretty, but I don't agree with her. I'm too tall to
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erything slows to a crawl. In the black-and-white world of focus, only mana continues to hold its vibrant color.The raindrops in a massive area stop in the air as if someone paused time.The heat disappears from the air.The giant bear in front of me stops moving.In just a split second, a massive chunk of my mana disappears.Then I take a step towards the monster, and the ground under my feet cracks as I transfer all the energy I hold into kinetic, infuse it all into a mana projectile, and shoot it all at the Cinderbear.The air reverberates in front of me, vibrations I'm able to see with my eyes. The air flickers under the immense concentrated energy that covers the distance in a blink. The chest of the monster explodes into a geyser of blood and flesh, the attack revealing its beating heart and cutting off its front left paw, sending it flying until it falls on the ground, destroying multiple trees.After the attack, pain surges through my head and body, making me lose control ove
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king. Once I pick my path, I won't be able to change it and will have to walk this way up until the end. The good thing is that I can pick the attribute upgrade that I like and then complement it with my future Traits or even Skills, creating the best possible combination.I love it; I like theorizing. And yes, a bit more info would be nice so I can make the best possible decision, but that's not how the system works.Just wait until I get to the original Lissandra and unleash her on you, you will be so screwed. And then, while you two fight, I'll get in some hits and have my revenge and rewards.Sounds good?Good!As for the rewards, I have gained 9 levels, like what the heck. Nine entire levels, meaning 27 points into mana. All in less than one hour. Then plenty of skill level-ups. The best reward will surely be the attribute upgrade, but a rare piece of gear could be nice, and what the heck are shards? I've already checked them, and they do nothing. Maybe they will work when we ent
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, for my next class upgrade, I'm pretty sure I will be offered a class called "Advanced Body Pillow."Also, what the heck, am I making a friends? Sure, I knew Tess from before, but our relationship is quite... well, complicated.But here, I've noticed that I've started looking after Lily already, and it's not only because she's a healer. There's no love or anything; it's just that I'm weak against people who are nice to me without expecting anything in return.Maybe Lily is doing it on purpose?I squint my eyes and look at her. We're still alone, sitting in the hideout, and she continues to sniff and tries to dry her wet, red eyes. She's even blushing more so when I look at her."This is so awkward..." she complains, "I don't know why..." She then shakes her head.I guess not. She's too silly to trick me like that, but I'll have to be careful! I already know how devious little Isabella is, even though she looks so cute.Lily could be the next one.Other than her, I also somehow take c
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s such a nice day, even this fleshy abomination on the floor won't ruin my mood. My mana doubled. The weather is as nice as it can be here on the third floor, and that improves my mood slightly. My mana doubled. I survived the first phase, floor, sorting test, or whatever of Beyond. My mana doubled. Thanks to that, my stats went up quite nicely.I also improved my skills a lot, dealt with a few people, and gave Tess a gift. My mana doubled.Did I forget something?Oh yeah, my mana doubled!Like, what the heck? It feels illegal. I am a measly level 123, and I know for sure that Lissandra, the person able to destroy an entire planet, was well over level 450, maybe closer to thousand? Who knows! It just feels super illegal to have an attribute upgrade that doubles my stat.I love it, obviously, even though it threatens to tear apart my body. The system just wants me to put stat points into inferior stats such as constitution. Pff, what bullshit.Anyways, send help.This is dangerous, isn
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So, a person would think that my passive would fully take care of my mana, right? Its description goes like this: Mana-Fortified Resilience (Rare) - The user's resilience strengthens with their current mana reserves, boosting resistance to physical strain, and also enhancing resistance to various energies.What a bunch of crap!The passive most likely doesn't negate the effect of too high mana fully, it might be because it's of too low rarity. Sure, it helps a lot, and when I cycle my mana as Lissthaniel showed me, I don't even have to waste [Focus] on holding it back.As always, I blame the system and send a rude message to BenDover in the Community. He seems to be getting used to it and answers just as rudely. The guy doesn't know how petty I am.I'm able to wait years for the right chance so it doesn't matter if the Community Tournament happens only every 4 years like the Olympic games or once per year. I will wait and then... huhu.But dealing with my increased mana also reminds m
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That's quite a rude thing to say, Haddy. I just introduced you to the mighty Absolute – a woman with the ability to mess with the system and thousands of years of experience. Yet, you're talking about burning her and asking me a question with such a rude tone?When I met her in her new form, I showed her the utmost respect, and.... hey, Izzy, what are you doing? Are you seriously going to burn her?I quickly stand up and disrupt Isabella's mana which has already started turning into flames.That was close."It's creepy!" the little girl complains.“You can't burn stuff only because they are slightly creepy.” I look at now-silent Lissthaniel – an oval brooch made out of meat, skin, veins, and some hair – the thing is living and slightly pulsating.Damn, maybe we really should burn... no no! I have to hold myself back."There is no need to be so creeped out. Say hello to Lissandra. Some of you have met her on the second floor. An older gray-haired lady who did collect so many of us."Ju