After a few more hours of travel, the trees finally began to thin, replaced by farmland and the sight of a bustling town with high stone walls.
Reinhard had arrived in the Kingdom of Blumund. If he remembered the anime correctly, this was the kingdom the adventurer's guild would send investigators from to check on Veldora's cave.&nbs...
2025-09-21 17:11:28 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
First off, I’m really sorry for the lack of updates and activity here on Patreon lately. Honestly, I kept jumping into new fic ideas for no real reason, and it ended up pulling me away from the stories you’ve actually been waiting for. But that stops now!
From here on out, I’ll be posting regular chapter updates f...
2025-09-21 10:57:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, Takson woke at his usual time, but instead of starting his warm-up exercises, he went to my room. He was just about to knock when my voice came from within.
"Notice: Enter, Takson. I am aware of your presence."
Right, he thought. She always knows where I am. Knocking is pointless. He pushed the doo...
2025-09-21 10:52:17 +0000 UTC View Post"Sir Knight, are you all right there in the back?"
The voice of the carriage driver, a cheerful, middle-aged man, pulled him from his thoughts.
He had found the source of the noise, a simple merchant caravan, and getting a ride had been surprisingly easy.
The man had seen his white uniform, the sword at his hip, and...
2025-09-20 17:18:04 +0000 UTC View Postwhooosh… shhhhhh… gurgle… splish…
chirp-chirp, tweet-tweet, cheep-cheep
A man woke up to the sound of a river.
That was the first thing. The gentle, rushing water. The second was the chirping of birds. He opened his eyes, and the world came into focus: a bright blue sky, seen through a frame of green leaves.
He pu...
2025-09-19 22:15:49 +0000 UTC View PostEmilia chuckled. "I don't think that's possible. Where would we find a goat in the middle of these desolate mountains?"
"Anything then!" Sophia snapped. "Dead duck, dead fish, dead pig, dead cow, dead frog! Anything that might actually poison me, just bring it on!"
Emilia winced sympathetically. It seemed Lady Sophia was still holdin...
2025-09-09 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post"The Saintess has been found!"
The old elf’s voice was heavy with importance, but Potimas just offered a thin, polite smile. "Oh?" he said, his tone dripping with fake surprise. "How... wonderful."
Potimas knew he wasn't the only power in these woods.
This old man, Gyazo Tolleponte, was the Pontiff of the Divine Religio...
2025-09-08 18:16:33 +0000 UTC View PostMc name is from now on is “Stell” cant keep calling it ex-machin or some numbers.
….
Time flew by, and soon it was late afternoon. Remembering his, appointment, with his teacher, Takson gathered up the armful of food he had bought, including a few special treats he hoped she would like, and headed for their designated meeting s...
2025-09-08 17:53:05 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a rather eventful lunch, I gave Takson a heavy pouch of coins and told him to spend the rest of the day exploring the city on his own.
With my apprentice temporarily dispatched, I began my usual routine: walking the streets, scanning, recording.
Over the years, I had mapped and logged over a hundred towns and villages. Wi...
2025-08-31 09:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAccording to the projections from my own database, a change like this should not have happened so quickly. Based on his trauma profile, he shouldn't have shown signs of recovery until his early twenties.
Takson looked at my golden eyes, and though they were as cold as ever, he seemed to sense the question within them.
He smiled.
<... 2025-08-30 22:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostTakson bounded over to me, a look of pure, unadulterated hope on his face. He was so much taller now that he had to consciously crouch down to meet my eye level. He looked like an eager puppy; if he had a tail, it would have been wagging furiously.
"Answer: Data received. Congratulations on passing," I said, my voice as flat as ever.
This allowed me to "test" its various abilities repeatedly, gathering all the data I needed on its "Fusion Magic" before finally erasing it. Its combat data and personality profile were also uploaded to the Virtual Combat Arena for future training sessions.
As for what exactly transpired between me and Zard in that underground cav...
2025-08-19 14:24:42 +0000 UTC View PostOne of his large horns had shattered in the impact, and his mask was cracked, revealing the blood-streaked face beneath, making him look even more menacing.
Tap, tap…
The human was walking towards him again, this time with a slow, deliberate pace, as if mocking him.
Zard didn't understand the meaning behind this gesture. All ...
2025-08-16 13:07:18 +0000 UTC View Post"Lord Zard."
"What is it?" the demon, Zard, asked, his voice laced with annoyance. He didn't appreciate being interrupted. But he knew his subordinates wouldn't dare disturb him unless it was important.
"There's a human outside the facility."
"A human?" Zard was perplexed. Why would a mere human warrant such a panicked r...
2025-08-14 11:53:59 +0000 UTC View PostOriginally, I had simply returned the grimoires I found back to their labyrinths. I had no need for physical copies; the knowledge was already stored in my database. If I ever needed one, I could simply replicate it.
But then I noticed Takson's intense curiosity about magic. I saw the look of genuine regret on his face whenever I'd ...
2025-08-11 23:45:10 +0000 UTC View PostAgainst a more technical opponent like Leslie, his raw talent and brute force were not enough. His first "death" was a valuable, if painful, lesson.
He opened his eyes. He was back in the clearing, the golden portal shimmering before him. He frantically checked his body. The wounds were gone. Not even a scar remained.
"Huh? What the....
2025-08-09 08:16:47 +0000 UTC View Post"To turn your back on an opponent," Zera mocked. "You die!"
The demon swung its axe down again. But it didn't know that Takson's retreat had been a feint.
"I don't think so," Takson said, a confident smirk spreading across his face.
As he spoke, spears of holy light shot up from the ground, piercing Zera's wrists.
Sch...
2025-08-07 17:50:27 +0000 UTC View PostAfter recording the grimoire's contents, I tossed it into a small portal that opened and closed at my side.
"Teacher, next time I'll do be—"
"Warning: Overtraining yields no strategic benefits."
"Addendum: You are still a juvenile. Haste is an inefficient path to strength."
I knew what he was thinking, and I cut him off...
2025-08-05 15:57:22 +0000 UTC View PostAnother night, another campfire. I was on watch, as usual. But tonight, Takson wasn't sleeping. He had asked to see the holy book I had been studying. I had no use for it, so I tossed it to him.
He took the book, and as he held it, a memory surfaced. He remembered the old priest, standing against the demons, his hands glowing with holy lig...
2025-08-04 21:18:17 +0000 UTC View Post"Query: Do you remember what happened?" I asked, my voice flat.
"Some of it..." he began, his voice trembling. "The demons... they attacked our home. Mother took me to the church, but she was already hurt... The old priest... he hid us in the cellar... used the Goddess's magic on me... then I heard... noises... from above..."
He reco...
2025-08-03 17:44:07 +0000 UTC View PostI sat in the crater I had created, cataloging the new magic I had just acquired.
With the demons now eliminated, I had, in a sense, avenged the town's fallen inhabitants.
Pitter-patter...
Dark clouds gathered overhead, and in seconds, a torrential downpour began.
Pseudo-Zadkiel.
I was using Yoshino's power,...
2025-08-02 17:54:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe trail was cold. The unknown entity had eliminated his entire retinue, one against many, and vanished without a trace. Its power was not to be underestimated.
Blood Magic.
It was the art Drakul had dedicated his four-hundred-year life to perfecting. It was his pride, his masterpiece. And this city of the dead, with its rivers of b...
2025-08-01 17:20:19 +0000 UTC View PostA powerful warrior was a mage's natural predator. Leslie knew this. And like all demons, her own survival was her highest priority. She would never face such a dangerous opponent alone.
Her companions were on their way. She just had to hold out until they arrived. Together, they would overwhelm this strange human. Victory would be theirs.<...
2025-07-29 14:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostClang! Crash! Boom!
Zera swung his axe with all his might, a whirlwind of muscle and steel. He put every ounce of his considerable strength, every bit of his learned combat technique, into each blow.
But... what is this human? It was so small, so fragile-looking. Why wasn't it dead?
The girl, who should have b...
2025-07-23 20:00:48 +0000 UTC View PostBut when I arrived at the so-called encampment, it was deserted.
Huh? Where did the demons go?
I scanned the area. There were clear signs of a recent camp, but it had been abandoned in a hurry. Then I remembered something. On my way here, as dusk settled over the forest, I had seen a faint orange glow on the horizon.
F...
2025-07-23 20:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe sight had sent them scrambling back into the undergrowth, their hearts pounding. That had to be magic. Was she... a demon? The thought made them tremble.
Then came the smoke, thick and unnatural, plunging the forest into darkness. They were sure they had been discovered, that the demon-child was coming to silence them. They huddled tog...
2025-07-21 21:38:31 +0000 UTC View PostI sat on a stone block outside the entrance to the labyrinth, waiting patiently. A moment later, a portal opened behind me, and an identical copy of myself emerged. It walked over and handed me a book.
I took the tome and began to "read."
To an outsider, it would have looked like I was flipping through the pages at an impossible spee...
2025-07-21 21:37:32 +0000 UTC View PostA few minutes later, it was over.
It had been surprisingly easy. Neither demon was particularly powerful. Their knowledge of magic and the world was disappointingly shallow. And neither of them had any useful information about human settlements.
No matter. I was heading there myself anyway. Hopefully, I would find more useful informa...
2025-07-18 22:25:02 +0000 UTC View PostI left the village, following the small dirt path the owner had described.
Without a technological network to hack, I couldn't simply teleport to my destination. I had no coordinates. In a world of magic, not machines, many of an Ex-Machina's greatest advantages were nullified.
As I ventured deeper into the woods, my scanners began t...
2025-07-17 16:13:34 +0000 UTC View Post“Farewell.”
The words, clear and final, hung in the air between us.
"...Yeah," Nia replied after a moment. "Have a safe trip."
I closed the door to her apartment and looked out at the city sprawling below. The entire vibrant landscape was captured by my senses. My pupils, like camera apertures, contracted for a moment, taki...
2025-07-17 16:12:13 +0000 UTC View Post