Chapter 17 - Stone Kingdom (1/2)

Firstly, a warning

At least I've finally finished fleshi+ng out most of the current world's details, it should be s for the next few chapters But no promises, we've seen how that worked out

I've also given up on last names unless they are important MC's, maybe not even then Lets just say that in a fantasy world, a lot of people don't use last names

Excuse of the dayLack of proper planning, two discarded plots that were terrible and three drafts that were scratched

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Our as a sullen one with the relations between us strained I knew the princess wanted to talk to me and smooth over, however the mercenary refused to allow her to do so and I liked the peace and quiet I received from this Because of that, I could focus without distractions on ations of social interactions

I could operate socially, but I didn't actually want to talk to either of the of i out to s into my ear, how can I resist the lure of spellcraft?

I still regretted what happened between David and I, we used to stick together at school, David full of the latest news about Balizen and would often have a interesting fact that he could share Back when things were normal, I rather enjoyed those lunches

I really did have a bad feeling about hi to suspect it would take et back, especially if I took soaround

As depressing as the thought was, I still couldn't help but wonder ifabout what had happened to o frantic orry and fear? Does Talok knoho I am? Heto find ian E world?

No answers, and I would not receive them until I next encounter the God If I attempted to create a rift and escape this world, I would collapse for five days If I established a rift back to Earth, it would fail to stabilise properly and I would be forced to pay a stat penalty And if I did both of those I really didn't think the God would permit me to casually abandon his quest

Though when I thought about it, using rifts to travel around on the same world could work But I knew that I would be like a baby and unable to move around for five days, and the mercenary seemeduely stating that ere barely going to make it in time already

When I didn't ic as we travelled It was really the only thing to do around here The mercenary had the princess to talk to, and the princess had theback onthan this

But as I an to grow faster as I worked, new insights gained into the ways of mana The mana manipulation skills may allow me to easily mold the mana into the form I desired, but it did not tell me how the mana would move What its inclinations were and hoould react if I did this It was seot the idea that my Gamer skill didn't effect my mental state

Graduallythe spell by use of the ability did iress when I experies Each time I saw an improvement I noticed with interest that the spell would then take that improvement the next ti each tinificant improvements

Control over Light Mana iht spells efficiency

It was alame system didn't operate off a set of rules and features, instead designing itself as I progressed Evolving as I played The update log that had occasionally popped up a while ago had the version in the beta stages as well, confir my suspicion I was so And froa force behind it

That in turnforce behindvery special about it And yet, all I had seen was increased growth in stats and abilities, information displayed onmore to it, but as to what, I couldn't predict

The na possible meant that whatever it was, it could view the world about ly without restriction, and the ability itself seemed contained to my body for my own benefit

My favorite idea about the entire systenore rules and find information that had been previously unknown, there was definitelyht deeper I realized I had been thinking of it in terazing at the screen

Three things stood out i

My other favorite thing about the affair that I was aluaranteed to respawn If not now, then in the future as the ga, but that's unlikely

But as I practiced ic as I realized that so froravity cloak on a pebble and levitating it in the air, I didn't feel like I was pushi+ng a pebble, but instead it was a soft touch against h the air in fascination

That pebble had no mass

Far better news than I had expected of course, for if you can controlinto a deadly weapon Turn a strand of hair into a whip thin enough to slice deeply

Iravity hts This was far hts that can rin

It took only a few days as I experimented with a sravity mana, and when I fluctuated those differences I could feel a difference in the results of the spell But it wasn't until I hit on a coe

Due to insights into Gravity Magic, you can manipulate Mass as a secondary parameterINT +4

WIS +3

I could feel the difference in the held pebble already as I , I instantly replaced the spell on the pebble and threw it Just as it left my hand, I turned the mass up as far as I could The mercenary and the princess watched me in confusion, saw h the air It see noise

I could only grin in delight at the deep hole on the trunk as the mercenary looked on in wide eyes They were not stupid, they knehat happened and that it was a cause of ht that the mercenary looked very shocked and a flicker of respect seemed to appear in his eyes Maybe

The one thing I found irritating about the entire process, I was ai at the tree next to it

Thelight ic with a constant Gravity Cloak on th The spell leveled up fast enough, constant WIS and INT gains as I experiic A few days later after the discovery of mass, I received a notification

You have entered Stone Kingdom

Uniinative naht

The kingdo the border we approached our first large town Sadly we still didn't spend tiht in separate roo on The princess and er to continue

It didn't take long after leaving Palyin that I reluctantly realized I knew aloals I kneere heading to Sanid and that the princess likely wanted a throne But I knew nothing of why she was escorted by a uard Even a lowly soldier would do But a mercenary?

It only took a few days before I gave in and approached them

”So” I casually began as we rested during a break ”What are we doing after arriving?”

The rinned ”Your Mage School not tell you?”

He seeo ”No” I spoke courteously, unwilling to give him escape

”Can't you use so most punchable

”No” My face a stone ht

He continued ”What about you contact the School-” thankfully the princess cut in

”Just tell him”

He looked disgruntled, but finally started to talk normally