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    • by Cristae — 572 (Extra Story 39) Summoning_3 Among the agents dressed all in black, Kim Chaemin, in her bright dress, was impossible to miss. And it was Kim Chaemin, after all. Even the agents who had been glaring at Han Taekyung and Alex Hope, pressuring them to hurry up and talk, bowed their heads as soon as Kim Chaemin pushed them aside and sat down next to them. That was the power of a great mage. The youngest great mage alive. With the other one still missing, Kim Chaemin’s status would only…
    • by Cristae — 379 Girl of Dreams (2) “…A school, you said?” The reporter in front of me barely managed to swallow her confusion, though she couldn’t hide the tremor in her voice or the uncertainty in her eyes. Honestly, at this point, it wasn’t so much that she was hiding her surprise as simply wearing it openly. Still, the fact that she kept the interview going was something. “Yes. A school. So that young Awakened can learn about dungeons and monsters.” “Uh, um… so that’s why it’s a…
    • by Cristae — 324 Guardian (4) “Uh… um. Yes… that is, no…” “You look just like your brother!” “Why are you so skinny? Did you eat? Should Grandma give you a snack?” “I heard you awakened? Then you need to eat well. Your uncle awakened at your age too, and he ate so much—he rolled around on the floor like he was turning into a pig…” Uirok’s eyes spun round and round. I understood Uirok’s state better than anyone. How lucky I was not to have been in that situation at his…
    • by Cristae — The faux-human stared blankly at Si Zhiyan, chewing mechanically. Pop! His teeth grazed the ultra-thin grilled sausage casing, and at that touch, the sausage burst in his mouth. This was something Si Zhiyan had just assembled from the Frosthorn Rabbit’s pack. His favorite sausages weren't strictly orthodox hot dog frankfurters, but a special all-meat sausage unique to the farm. Select wild boar and beef, combine in the right ratio of lean to fat, whip into a fine paste, then mix in generous…
    • by Cristae — Shi He gently pushed aside the icicles at the cave entrance. It was a mountain cave. Deep within the ice fields, beneath layers of frost, inside the abyss, on the jagged ice-clad cliffs and in an extremely hidden spot, there was a small opening. The coordinates pointed here. Thick snow blanketed the abyss above. Moonlight filtered through the ice, casting multicolored, distorted refractions that danced across the boy’s shoulders, outlining his taut form. This was not a place humans could…
    • by Cristae — 332 Mud-Covered (3) A dungeon deep in the mountains of Jirisan. No matter how much the government claims to manage such places, dungeons like this are unmanageable from the start. The Agency’s guideline is simply to close them off. Resources… might be found, but nothing particularly valuable, and they can always be replaced. Even if it’s S-rank, it’s not especially hard to clear—so why bother leaving it open? It’s easier to just seal it and forget about it. Look, even this Jirisan…
    • by Cristae — 312 Method (2) “Absolutely not!!” Han Taekyung protested fiercely. “Never! I won’t allow it!!” “I’m not even asking you to give it to me, though?” Gamble had always been good at Korean, but lately, his skills had improved so much it was hard to believe. He didn’t seem to be studying the language any more than before… Maybe it was because he’d grown closer to the kids recently. Kim Chaemin, perhaps thinking the same thing as I was, sipped her coffee and marveled at…
    • by Cristae — Chapter 180: An Unexpected Turn, Resource Zone Opens IAmVeryBossy received a friend request. He had already deleted everyone from the former Pantheon, and LittleOldMe was no exception. Normally, he would have ignored such a request without hesitation, maybe even blocked the sender. But tonight was different. He guessed that LittleOldMe was adding him for much the same reason. He accepted the friend request. They both knew the score. After all, with his early-game…
    • by Cristae — Chapter 104: The Elven Teacher (80,000 Nutrient Solution Bonus Chapter) It was that familiar sensation of his consciousness being drawn away. By now, Qi Yu understood: this was a spiritual space constructed by the other’s formidable mental power, pulling his own awareness inside. Teacher Karen’s classroom had worked on the same principle. Even knowing the theory, when Qi Yu came to himself and took in the scene before his eyes, he still looked every bit the bumpkin. Unlike the scene…
    • by Cristae — Chapter 66: Each Day Happier Than the Last Though he thought so inwardly, Qi Yu still cradled the little flowerpot and brought it outside. He carefully controlled his strength, making sure not to harm the roots as he removed the Seven-Colored Flower from its pot. Then he prepared to transplant it into a vacant plot of farmland. Qi Yu: … He changed direction and chose an intermediate farmland instead. This time, the talkative flower didn’t show any obvious resistance. Still, as…
    • by Cristae — 277 Betting (1) Noah Michel had posted exactly twenty-four runes. Fortunately, none of the runes I’d set aside for future release were among them. At the very least, that meant those runes had nothing to do with Noah Michel—or so I wanted to believe. I checked to see who had originally revealed Noah Michel’s runes. There were some mages I’d already marked as his followers from the start, and others who weren’t, though most were European mages, so there might have been some connection to…
    • by Cristae — 528 The Human’s Child (2) The city was in turmoil. The news kept blaring on about how the greatest disasters of the century had struck one after another, how the paralysis of the American West had plunged the world economy into recession, how at last the end of humanity was upon us. Every time I watched, it just gave me a headache, so I gave up checking. In the end, people always manage to survive somehow. At least, right now, the end of humanity feels like the most distant possibility of…
    • by Cristae — 380 Girl of Dreams (3) Once upon a time, there lived a kind and gentle mage who loved tending gardens. “Isn’t ‘kind’ and ‘gentle’ the same thing?” “Be quiet.” “Yes.” The kind and talented mage cultivated a beautiful garden of her own. Her favorite flower was the rose she’d inherited from her grandfather, but her garden wasn’t filled with roses alone. The mage wanted to help others with the flowers she grew... “Wasn’t she already grown up?” “Don’t…
    • by Cristae — 283 Retaliation (3) “In the dramas Sandra watches, everyone does this.” Alex mimicked taking out a wallet as he spoke. No matter how much he tried to lower his voice, it just sounded like a child pretending to be an adult. “FBI. We request your cooperation… Was that it?” The three hunters, all wearing identical FBI jackets, let out a sigh in unison. “We’ll handle that, so please… just behave yourself, okay?” “Can’t I do something fun too?” “This isn’t…
    • by Cristae — Si Zhiyan smiled as he watched them. He flipped through the account book casually, didn’t look closely at anything, then set it aside. He fixed his gaze on the sycophantic, bald-headed boss and directly quoted a number. Six digits, neat and precise, accurate down to two decimal points. Si Zhiyan’s voice was calm, always speaking softly, understated in everything he said. But the instant the number left his lips, the bald boss’s expression changed dramatically. “You must have spent…
    • by Cristae — 527 The Human’s Child (1) “Uuuuuugh…” Gamble sprawled across the conference room table, making a strange noise. The way he scratched at his short-cropped hair looked genuinely painful. I watched him with a rather cheerful heart. I thought I was hiding it, but unfortunately, Gamble quickly caught on to the mocking glint in my eyes. “Ugh…” His bloodshot eyes, red from lack of sleep, were plenty intimidating. I cleared my throat and looked away, then decided to meet Gamble’s…
    • by Cristae — "......"Si Zhiyan sipped his coffee, gazing intently at the Divine Vein Maiden."Before anything else, there’s something I must ask you first, Miss Wako.”“What is your view of your sister above—of Aiko? Do you still wish to believe in her, to fight for her?” Wako replied. , and grant her the release she was destined for, I would be eternally grateful.]"Very well," Si Zhiyan nodded. "In that case, we are not enemies."Yet he did not touch on “becoming the ”, but instead asked, “Miss Wako, how…
    • by Cristae — Chapter 108: A Mage Never Fights an Unprepared Battle One bottle, two bottles, three bottles… The Vela warrior woman, who had never uttered a sound even as her flesh was torn from her bones, had never imagined that one day she would feel guilty from drinking too many potions. Tessa’s mind was filled with nothing but the thought of how many gold coins each gulp cost, and how many she had consumed so far. Healing potions were often priceless, especially in a desolate place like the Winter…
    • by Cristae — 555 (Hunter Academy Side Story 22) Lemon Candy_1 Kang Tae-woo was nineteen years old. If he had to pick the most surprising thing in his nineteen years of life, it was the fact that he was still alive at this age. And not just alive, but doing well. He went to a real school, had a home instead of an orphanage, and had a family. He could make plans for what he wanted to do, what he wanted to become. Tae-woo still found it all amazing—in a good way. Honestly, he’d thought he’d never…
    • by Cristae — 365 Invitation (1) Europe is home to many ancient and storied magical families and societies. There are hundreds officially registered, and if you count the secretive mages who carry on their traditions in the mountains as if they’re something special, the number easily climbs into the thousands. Whether all of them have the skill to confidently introduce themselves as mages is another matter entirely. In any case, to have history and tradition means to have stubbornness. And stubbornness means…
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