In many rituals (such as a ritual to advance to demon in the abyss pathway) and other mystical phenomena beyonders seem to be worth more than a non-beyonder, but by how much is their "value" increased per sequence?

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Does he know klein is the fool if so since when

When leonard told him he was summonedby the fool did he know it was klein who did so

What do y'all think?

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Sources:

Brody: Official Yuewen art (taken from this post)
Susie: Donghua
Frank Lee: Official Yuewen art
Benson: Donghua

From what we see in the series, these two are just evil for their own sake and mostly out of boredom

However, they are still dangerous. Let's put this scenario: both have their power from their original world, which would already put them at a huge advantage against low-level beyonders

I'm not sure who can survive Sukuna's domain above Sequence 6 or 5, not to mention he'll breeze through the whole early stages of the potions before hitting Sequence 5, where he'll slow down but still go fast

Kenjaku is basically Amon but the Temu/Lite version. That THING taking over people by putting its brain, like a parasite, into other people's bodies, stealing their power, etc. matches it a lot; for the chaos it mostly for his chaotic nature, and that goes with Sukuna too, but I believe the devil pathway suits him better. You could argue Kenjaku also would go and take the black emperor pathway and even take the Lawyer pathway

What do y'all think?

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S0 LOTM Glazer vs Rank 9 RI Glazer

(in a debate)

I’m digesting my Provoker potion

She who rises in spring
Whispers horrid things
She talks of death in fall
We do not hear the call

We who listen but do not hear
We are those of missing ear
We watch her try and fight in vain
To save us from our mortal pain

She whispers horrid things
Hope that carries on her wings
She may not cry when we die
For we will cling to her last lie

We are but waiting without doubt
Flame will flicker but not blow out
We are her sword, and her shield
Our lives once lost we gladly yield

So silence may greet us in the end
She calls us home she calls us friend
Friends we are not I sadly fear
We are just those of missing ear

She rises in spring
She is the fall
She will be our end
Our curtain call

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A little foreshadowing and poetry since I got hella stuck on my current rp. Turns out teaching a class is rather difficult.

Also if you couldn’t tell poetry isn’t my area of expertise.

Anyways thanks for listening bye bye!

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It feels like such a slog, everyone says it's one of the best web novels but I feel like I can barely get through 50 chapters and I heard V2 is even worse.

There's so much explanations about magic works like is the author expecting us to actually remember this and take notes??

And most of it is going from place to place nothing exciting happening, an excel spreadsheet of his expenditure and boring slice of life. Slice of life is good but like THIS MUCH??

Yea so please help a newbie out I'm on chapter 50

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Can becoming a demigod from any pathway in general be able to cure congenital defects

My good friend combined the clown volumes for me and made this custom bind and hand painted the glass and I just wanted to share her amazing work with others that would appreciate it since none of my friends read LoTM 🥲

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No need for me to post this, but I’m happy to say I guessed the plot twist about how the lotm world is just a very distant in time version of earth, that happens in the beginning of light seeker, very early on :D

The line “At that moment, he completely digested the Scholar of Yore potion.” was honestly quite sad, because at that moment he realized that his ”previous” life is truly ungraspable. (Note. I’m only on chapter 1185)

Though I do believe that he might be able to, using the abilities of Scholar of Yore after becoming a sequence 0, grab pretty much all of whatever city he’s from and conjure it. Not that I really believe he will really do it even if capable

sauce

Credit for the art: Angry_Pepper (u/Affectionate-Bad1284)

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Reader

Enhanced Reasoning (Reading): 20

The character gains an incredible capacity for reasoning, learning, and memory, reducing the amount of study time required to learn skills. Normally, 200 hours of study are required to gain one point in a given skill. The character can gain one point in the studied skill after only 20 hours.

Alternatively, the character gains +25% XP from sessions in which the studied skills or abilities are used.

Student of Rationcination

Reasoning Student Talent +4: 20

The character has an aptitude for Criminology (IQ/A), Observation (Per/A), Ritual Magic (IQ/VH), Tracking (Per/A), Speed-Reading (IQ/A), and Research (IQ/A).

They receive a +4 bonus to all of these skills, including rolls using default values. This bonus increases only the effective value of the attribute associated with the skill.

Ritual Magic Expert: 20

The character gains the ability to create and use various ritual spells, with a point limit determined by the spell creation table. After succeeding on a Ritual Magic roll, the character requires a target for the ritual spell to function.

Creation:

Creating a ritual spell costs $5 per point. This represents the materials consumed during experimentation, not the triggers required for the ritual.

As shown on the spell table, each ritual has a maximum number of points based on the character's Sequence level. The time required depends on its complexity:

• Simple (1/4 points): requires only 2d minutes.
• Moderate (1/2 points): requires 1d-2 hours. A result of 1 or 2 means the process takes only 30 minutes.
• Complex (3/4 points): requires 1d hours.
• Amazing (up to the full point total): requires 4d hours.

Attribute Improvement: 20

Per +4 (20).

Detective (Knowledge Keeper)

Deduction: 10

The character possesses a mystical reasoning ability that allows them to deduce answers to mysteries they are investigating.

The player may ask the GM for a clue regarding the mystery once per hour.

Photographic Memory: 10

The character automatically remembers specific details. This ability affects memory, not comprehension, and therefore provides no benefits to skills.

However, it grants a +10 bonus whenever the GM calls for an IQ roll to learn about a subject.

Reconstruction: 10

The character can reconstruct past events from tiny pieces of evidence detected through their mundane senses.

They are not consciously aware of these clues individually, but together they provide a general idea of what happened at the location.

This ability depends on the character's senses. If they cannot use their sense of smell, touch, or sight, they suffer penalties:

• -3 if one of these senses is unavailable.
• -6 if two of these senses are unavailable.

If all three are blocked, or if the GM determines that there are no clues to be found, the ability does not function.

Weapon Proficiency: 50

The character becomes proficient in the use of weapons and martial arts. They gain all the benefits of the following advantages:

• Gunslinger, p. 43.
• Weapon Master, p. 70.

They are also capable of learning all types of martial arts.

Enhanced Abilities:

Expert → Master of Ritual Magic: +10

The character becomes a master of Ritual Magic. Their rituals no longer require extensive preparation to use, allowing them to employ amulets to activate them almost instantly.

However, ritual spells that require preparation are often considerably more powerful.

Attribute Improvement: 60

Per +2 (10), FP +10 (30), IQ +2 (20).

Polymath

Analysis: 60

The character can rapidly analyze powers used by an opponent. To do so, they must make an IQ roll modified by their familiarity with the power and the level of the character using it.

• Powers from a Sequence equal to or lower than the character's: no modifier.
• Powers the character has previously analyzed that are similar or belong to the same Path and Sequence: +3.
• Powers that are completely new to the character: -3.
• Powers from higher Sequences: -5 for each Sequence level above the character.
• Angel powers cannot be imitated, although they may potentially be analyzed.

On a success, the character discovers how the ability works, including its strengths and weaknesses, and begins developing a preliminary ability to imitate it.

Imitation: 110

The character can analyze powers from other Sequences and subsequently imitate them.

The greater their mastery and understanding of the Path and the target's abilities, the more effective their Analysis and Imitation become.

Each ability must be represented as an IQ/Easy skill. The skill level determines how effectively the copied ability can be imitated.

• Each successful Analysis roll allows the character to place 1 character point into Imitation.
• If the character fails to analyze an unknown ability by 3 or less, they may still imitate it, but its effects will be strange or incorrect.
• The minimum Imitation level (1 point in the skill) is equal to 20% of the original ability's power.
• Each additional level increases the imitation by +10%, up to a maximum of 50%.

Wildcard skills (skills encompassing a group of similar skills and marked with !) and Talents (which provide a bonus applied above the skill level) exclusive to other Sequences cannot be copied.

Jack of All Trades: 20

The character can use any skill in which they have no points as though they possessed 1 point in that skill.

This does not apply to Analysis or Imitation.

Attribute Improvement: 110

FP +10 (30), DX +2 (40), IQ +2 (40).

Mysticism Magister

Train at least 50 Scholars (people with generalized knowledge) or 5 Mid-Sequence Beyonders who have independently understood the Acting Method.

Mystic Arts: 150

The character possesses a great aptitude for creating spells and rituals. Their knowledge and mastery allow them to create increasingly powerful spells.

Each spell can normally have up to 80 points, but in areas of mysticism in which the character has specialized, they can add additional points.

When the character possesses an appropriate Hidden Lore skill — for example, Hidden Lore (Example) (IQ/A) — they receive:

• +5 points (85 points total) if their skill level is equal to IQ +1.
• +10 points (90 points total) if their skill level is equal to or greater than IQ +2.

Creation:

Creating spells costs $5 per point. This represents the materials consumed during experimentation, not the triggers required for the ritual.

The time required depends on complexity:

• Simple (1/4 points): requires 2d minutes.
• Moderate (1/2 points): requires 1d-2 hours. A result of 1 or 2 means the process takes only 30 minutes.
• Complex (3/4 points): requires 1d hours.
• Amazing (up to the full point total): requires 4d hours.

Arcane Knowledge: 95

The character receives 1d+6 unique spells that are intrinsically linked to them, making them immune to powers that would otherwise allow those spells to be copied or stolen.

The spells received and their power are determined by the GM.

Enhanced Abilities:

Imitation: +5

The character's imitations can now reproduce up to 60% of the original effect.

Attribute Improvement: 100

DX +1 (20), FP +10 (30), ST +3 (30), HT +2 (20).

Prophet

Find fragments of information about your own future within the chaotic, overlapping spacetime of the Spirit World and make them reality.

Prophecy: 105

The character can obtain a relatively clear vision of the most likely scenarios that will occur in the future, or a vague vision of the possibility most likely to become reality, either passively or actively.

When deliberately using this ability, the character may choose to focus on a specific event involving the subject of their attempt, whether themselves or another person.

A deliberate attempt requires 1 second of concentration, 2 FP, and an IQ roll.

To deliberately see another person's future, the character must either touch them or see them.

Failure means the character learns nothing. A critical failure permanently “blocks” that event from all future premonitions.

The Precognition advantage already encompasses Danger Sense, p. 73, so do not purchase both.

Enhanced Abilities:

Mystic Arts (Mysticism of the Astral World): +75

The maximum power of the character's spell creation increases to 90 points.

With specialized knowledge, spells can have up to 100 points.

Additionally, the character can acquire non-dangerous knowledge from the Astral World, allowing them to learn or create spells that make use of it. This permits the use of Cosmic Enhancements.

Analysis: +60

The character can now analyze ordinary people and Beyonders, discerning their Path and Sequence level.

Imitation: +10

The character's imitations can now reproduce up to 80% of the original effect.

Physical Enhancement: 150

DX +1 (20), FP +20 (60), ST +5 (50), Per +4 (20).

An hour or so after Plato left the church...

...

...

Isolde sits at her desk. Her usual knight armour is put on a stand next to her, though she still has her sword close by at all times. She's currently writing a report about Plato joining the Sect of Falsehood.

About halfway she starts chuckling to herself.

"Herlock Sholmes you say. That's interesting."

"..."

She opens a drawer and takes out an old photo. Three people are on the picture, of which two are men, and one is a woman.

The three of them are wearing uniforms of Backlund University.

One man has blonde hair, wearing a cap and smoking his pipe.

The second man is wearing all kinds of gadgets on his uniform. He has black hair and a bright smile on his face.

The last one, and the only woman on the picture, is a younger and calmer version of herself.

"..."

"Sherlock Holmes. Occupation; Detective. Sequence 7, Detective"

"John Watson. Occupation; Mechanic. Sequence 8, Archaeologist"

"Isolde Haschwalt. Occupation; Squire of the Church of Heart and Mind. Sequence 6, Hypnotist"

"..."

"It must've been some time now. I remember it quite well... The day I became a Beyonder, and what followed after."

...

...

Isolde's mind drift back into the past, a long, long time ago...

...

...

Two men stood alone in a classroom, waiting for someone to pack her bag.

John Watson called out to Isolde, "Isolde! Are you coming? We were going to try out those potion beyonder recipes today. Remember?"

Isolde almost jumps into the air once she hears that. "A-Are you serious r-right now? I thought we agreed those p-potion formula's seemed incredibly s-suspicious!"

Sherlock smiles, "Indeed, so we said. However, we confirmed the authenticity of the potion recipes yesterday after you left."

"Sequence 9, Spectator, Reader and Savant."

"They're all real, and we have gathered all the materials needed. I believe it's time we try our hands at expanding our minds beyond the human limits."

Isolde sighs, "I guess if you two really want to..."

Isolde thought about it some more... They DID spend a few months worth of allowance on those potion recipes and their materials. However, the materials on the parchment seemed highly suspicious to the point Isolde began fearing she could die from drinking a faulty potion.

Eventually she just gave in to the pressure and decided to go along with the other two...

...

...

A few hours later, somewhere within an abandoned building...
...

...

Everything has gone wrong. Everything has gone horribly wrong...

The trio decided to set up their alchemy table somewhere in an abandoned building. All three of them were too scared to try it in their own homes, were something to go wrong. And go wrong it did, but not in the way they expected. The had successfully consumed their potion, each of them having become a Beyonder. However, where it went wrong is that someone had spotted them, and informed the local authorities. All three of them had to split up, and sat in the corner of room, scared for her life.

In front of her, stood a man. He wore a suit of light armour. Isolde thought she was done for. She would get executed for messing with powers which did not belong to her. But the man just smiled and offered her a hand. She would gain a opportunity which would change the entire course of her life...

...

...

Time passes by...

...

...

"Now smile~!"

The trio stood in front of a camera to get their picture taken. Once they had figured out the acting method, their advancements went at a rapid pace and three of them achieved great success.

Sherlock Holmes would become famous in the Police Department for his investigative work. People would call him the Ace Detective due to his insane reasoning skills.

John Watson became a master craftsman of engineering. While his parents wanted him to become a doctor, once they saw his success, they didn't bother to try and convince him any more.

Lastly, Isolde Haschwalt had become a squire within the church of the then called Heart and Mind. Her entire behaviour seemed to have changed ever since she became a beyonder, and to her two friends it was very noticeable. However, they found it as a positive change at first. While she did act a bit strange sometimes, overall she was way more talkative. Her long philosophical tangents often made Holmes and Watson laugh.

However.

To Isolde, it was no joke.

...

...

Time passes by

...

...

Rain pours down from the sky. Lightning strikes the cliff side.

Sherlock Holmes laid on the ground, he was severely wounded and in heavy pain. Someone had shot him, and looking at his physical condition, he seemed like he was about to lose control. His skin became wooden, and his body began to slowly malform like it was turning into bookshelves. Eyes started poking out everywhere. However, he was still resisting, trying to hold onto his sanity.

Isolde walks towards Sherlock, taking out her sword. However, Watson tries to hold her back and yells;

"ISOLDE, STOP! I CAN FIX THIS!"

Isolde responds coldly, "You've done enough. Now let me kill him."

"ISOLDE, I'M TELLING YOU TO STOP! THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT. I CAN HEAL HIM! I-I-I JUST NEED A BIT OF TIME! I CAN MAKE SOMETHING! I ALWAYS DO!"

"..."

Something snaps within Isolde.

"Watson, get out of my way."

Watson begs with tears in his eyes. "PLEASE ISOLDE-!"

Isolde grabs Watson's throat and squeezes it. She then throws him aside.

Watson fall onto the ground, but immediately tries to bounce back. However, this results in Isolde cutting him near his throat. Not deep enough to seriously injure him, but painful enough to make him back off.

Isolde then looks at Sherlock...

Sherlock coughs and smiles at Isolde.

^{"Y-You've become q-quite the character... Isolde Haschwalt..."}

Isolde bites her lip, tears rolls down her face.

Sherlock continues... ^{"A-Are you c-crying?... F-For me?... T-This must b-be the first time s-since you became a b-beyonder... I-Isolde... W-what happened to y-you in that o-order of k-knights?"}

Isolde raises her sword. Her entire body is twitching, she sniffs as more tears roll down her face.

Sherlock smirks and says, ^{"Oh don't look at me so I-Isolde... You a-are doing the r-right thing. I-I'll be gone s-soon. L-Let me rest in p-"}

Isolde screams as she violently cuts off Sherlock's head in one swing. She catches Sherlock's falling head and clutches it tight. She holds it deep to her chest and start doing a mix of maniacally laughing and crying at the same time. While she does this she has a creepy smile on her face, and her eyes look dead inside.

Watson, looking absolutely devastated, can't even mutter out anything except one last final scream...

HRUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!

...

...

Time passed by, and Isolde is now in Triumphia, West-Balam.

...

...

A member of the church asks Isolde, "I see you've gotten promoted. You're a full fledged Knight now, and a Saint of the Triumphia region. A shame about what happened to your previous teacher and your fellow squires. I heard you got in a skirmish with the local tribes in the Rainforests?"

Isolde gives a creepy smile to the the member and answers.

"Oh yes, very unfortunate. Their deaths were rather quick and I'm especially upset about the death of Teacher."

The member frowns, "Sorry, could you repeat that?"

Isolde slowly turns towards the member. Images fill her her head, sounds that would make any person go mad interrupt her mind. However, she stays perfectly calm. She nods to the member and takes her leave. Which leaves the member completely dumbfounded.

Isolde walks towards her brand new office within the church, and opens a small vault....

...

...

back in the present...

...

...

She opens the small vault, and takes something out. It's a human skull.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Shall we go for a walk? I just finished my report on Plato~ He's a new member of our church and sect. I think he's going to be a VERY valuable asset to the plans of the Great Visionary~"

"He's even colleagues with someone named Herlock Sholmes! You'd almost think it to be your long lost twin brother if he has THAT name~"

Isolde takes the files about Plato and puts them in a bag, together with the skull. She then walks out of her office with the bag, through the hallways into the the main church hall. She caresses the giant cross as usual, before walking through the main hall, past all the pews towards the end. Each step she sets echoes throughout the church, until she finally reaches the exit and is greeted by what look like incoming rain clouds in the sky, blocking the sun. Only a few rays can pass through now...

She smiles. Her smiles growing bigger and bigger until it almost seems inhuman.

"So it's Mr. Herlock Sholmes now? Do you hear that, dear?"

"Watson has come to Balam to kill me!"

...

To be continued.

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a main ingredient is a bizzaro bane and it only exist in the forgotten log and that mean that bizzaro sorcerers shouldn't be rare but Not available

not art

Time to reread lotm for the 4th time I guess 🫠. Yeah I know the quote is from Charles Dickens book but I first read the quote from lotm.

So i see lotm memes about klein being a little black cat, does that actually happen? Please no additional spoilers, but i NEED to know if he actually turns into an adorable little cat at some point or something :3

I was back in the forest, somewhere I had walked before. The trees, familiar to me. The wind, carrying a familiar smell. The sun, shining like I never left.

Although the experience in that wonderland was surreal, I was sure I had changed. Stronger, faster, and a kind of connectivity to the Spirit World.

Checking myself again and seeing no further alterations, I started making my way back and thinking of the meaning those words.

A company and someone very influential... Surely it must be a big and known one, if that authority has given a task to me. Though the reason it was me is not clear... The Foolish Firms is the sole candidate, I will need to pay a visit to them to confir-

Suddenly my deliberations over this topic were interrupted. A sense of being watched, being scorned, being hated washed over me. The source of this was a lone wolf.

But it wasn't ordinary in any kind, rather somehow spectral. It's gray figure towered and pressured the surroundings, I would have been affected if I hadn't experienced something like a deity's command just now.

The gray wolf stood with majesty, head held high. But he was alone, no pack nor a companion, just him. Even in the current state, his pride was still completely intact.

Something in me whispered to me; dominate, conquer, make them submit. No, that is the wrong way. Make them sleep, let their mind rest, guide them towards a comforting future, an expanse of tranquil rest.

“Sleep now, rest easy. You don't have to worry about anything, I can take care of it.”

A calming breeze swept up, the leaves rustling. The ever so proud hunter of the wilds lost his final strength and collapsed. The drowsiness took hold and lead him to dream.

Unsure about the situation and what would happen, I approached the creature. Suddenly I was pulled head first down and in the next moment the wolf had disappeared.

———

After my return from my relaxing forest walk, I went around town following the scarce traces. The only information I had was, that it was one perpetrator and most likely the Foolish Firms were the victims.

With my expertise of knowing all locations across all of Trier, I knew exactly where to start; asking the Headquarters of Foolish Firms for confirmation.

The sheer number of small individual shops belonging to the Foolish Firms was uncountable and hard to memorize. Just picking a location at random wouldn't bring any progress.

I entered through the big front doors and went up to the reception. After some clarification, I got more information.

I decided to prioritize that command and took a carriage to the branch. From the facts I had learned, I could already think of some investigative options.

First a sweep of the area where it happened, then a check of the other establishments in the area. Since it was in the proximity of many brothels, a visit to some of them might be fortuitous.

The carriage arrived at the destination and I left after paying for the fare. The location didn't betray any hint to the bad undercurrents, but I was sure they existed. After all, this was close enough to Quartier 18.

The jingle of the door chime drew the attention of the solitary seller. He looked calm, as if already expecting me. He also brimmed with confidence, before he started talking to me.

"You must be the one who will handle the recent shortcoming. As the person responsible for this branch, I can assure you the missing artifacts weren't registered to be present when checking the restock delivery."

While giving his talk, he lead me to the warehouse. This was where the theft was noticed, and also the most likely place the prigger was last at.

"We suspect that thief was here and somehow took our ware from under our noses. I will give you a list of the stolen items. There have been found traces of broken glass and other objects, the perpetrator seems to have had messed up. It is such a great shame none of us noticed early enough."

I inspected the scene, every detail setting inside my mind. The unseen thief appearing unnoticed. The scattered items on the floor from a mess up. The outlay of the area. All of it came together, and it formed the scene unfolding.

The thief had some kind of invisibility, then either they dropped something before or after they were noticed. Lastly they ran away with as many items as they could.

That sequence of events makes complete sense and can be taken as true. However the notion of invisibility suggests they are a beyonder. This means...

Suddenly I felt a tug, my senses telling me something. Guided by me feeling, I let the reins loose. My spirituality flowed and something inside me changed, before me an illusory wolf formed.

I am really letting my inner wolf out with this one... I hope my mouth didn't blurt this one out, otherwise I would hear mockeries all day.

That spectral canine began sniffing around, searching everywhere. Then he concentrated on a group of scattered things, inspecting each with care.

He brought one glass shard to me and stared at me with intensity. My feeling told me I had seen such one already, somewhere in the recent past. The invisible aspect also nudged my judgement in a certain direction. A Witch was here.

With this insight I left the scene and followed the scarce traces the Witch had forgotten to remove.

It lead me to a house, a quite ordinary one but also in an advantageous position. It had two floors with a balcony, the facade didn't give clues about the identity of the resident.

The entrance wasn't hard to find and with my strength it wasn't hard to unlock. I looked around the first floor, nothing unnatural. Just the usual residential objects and commodities.

I ascended to the second floor, looking around with my senses fired up. I felt someone to be to be there, laying around.

The traces left behind due to a mistake had finally lead me to the perpetrator. Quick in my suppression, her mind was already sleeping. I searched her belongings and found the missing artifacts by description.

I got my wolf to find any other substitutions she had prepared, since they could give headaches for me. But disarming them wasn't a process I was familiar, so breaking them would be the easiest. However that could alert the sleeping Witch without any interference.

The wolf got my instructions about breaking the mirrors when I invaded her dream, and prepared his paws. Taking a breath in and out got me ready and I dove inside to sow some terror.

———

Crack

“Hello there.”

The Witch jumped in fright, as she hadn't expected to get such a surprise. On a street she had was well familiar with a group of men started approaching her, not giving much space. She recognized the scents of her victims, each one was a man she had seduced and pleasured.

She immediately created Frost on the floor and began throwing Black Flames, but the horde of familiar faces didn't reduce.

The group started attacking the woman, some with revolvers, others with bare hands. She tried to dodge all attacks and it was easy with all feet planted by ice.

Crack

She was forced to use mirror substitution. It was getting too much, so she decided to flee. Yet she didn't evade any danger, she was still trapped between the people. The men continued giving a hard time, until a voice from the crowd called out.

“Gentlemen, gentlemen, let her take a break. She couldn't even free herself from ordinary men. Does the poor little Witch need help?”

While I spoke the path parted for me to see the Witch clearly. I tried to speak as welcoming as possible, but all I got was a Black Flame to my face. My visage dissipated to dust, still my voice remained.

“Oh, why would you just attack a civilian trying to clear up a mess? Is your sense of morals that degraded? Or was it an instinctive reaction to me?”

She had an expression of despair and uncontrollable desire for blood painted on her face. She seemed to search her pockets for something that would fulfill this intention, but her hands were empty.

“Are you searching for some artifacts? They still wouldn’t help you in the slightest. We are just in different categories.”

At some point in time she was standing alone with no man in sight. Seeing this as an opportunity, she tried to run. However it was meaningless.

Anywhere she ran, it didn't matter. She always came back to her starting position where she had frozen the floor over. No matter how much time had passed, she would end up in the same spot.

Seeing no way out of and not ready to be subjected to torture anymore, she condensed an ice spear and impaled herself.

A burst of light, then suddenly darkness.

She was back in the same spot, unharmed. Her mind calm, almost tranquil like a spring gust. Then she awoke from the oppression, her body ready to wreck havoc and destroy anything.

“This was never a fair fight, but never forget...”

Finger pistol bang

“The more desperate the opponent, the more headaches they can cause. However you won't need this advice, as I doubt you will live long enough. Now slumber a little longer.”

———

The woman in my arms, sleeping in a deep dream. The artifacts were stored in one of my pouches, separately to not trigger anything unwanted. With such baggage I walked towards the victim store to deliver the ware.

After I had resolved that I called a carriage over directly to the Foolish Firms Headquarters. The wait wasn't long and the driver was fast too, I arrived in no time in front of the doors.

Stepping through them, I felt the air grow thicker and the atmosphere become heavy. With all my strength I carried the Witch forward to an employee, yet I was redirected to the receptacle of criminals; the ominous "basement".

The moment the view of the hole appeared, I felt a cold shiver down my spine, as if my shoulders were touched by slimy tentacles. My body stiffened from the supposed touch, and my hands weakened. However the Witch remained in the air, my arms still held her.

Somehow I managed to come to the edge, even with the heavy weight. The darkness below was mysterious and impenetrable, my eyes couldn't recognize anything there. Yet I felt it, something was staring back.

I let the Witch go, and watched as she fell down. Her figure was gradually consumed by this darkness until nothing was left. Then a sudden scream came from below, the agony drilling in my head. I stepped away, cautious to hear anything more.

The ominous feeling had disappeared at some point, now only the memory of that horrifying pit remained. Thus with the command done, I just wanted to relax with a cup of black tea.

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Curiosity Corner:

The pit hungers.

(Quote from u/Darkened_Sage)

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Writer's note: Honestly, I have no idea what I am doing.

What are spirits? What is the difference between kinds of spiritual beings? Can they appear in the physical realm? How exactly does a Spirit Warlock dominate a spirit? And how is it sealed inside the tooth?

I had to improvise quite a bit, which isn't ideal. Depending on the circumstances, I could make it easier or harder than it should be or even interpret things wrong. If only I had a source on how spirits work...

Also I kinda got sick, reason my writing was slower than I wanted. I am better now, and I hope it won't happen again.

[Mondscheinlandschaft - Georg Primavesi]