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Chapter 155: Freeing the Slaves

[Mission Accomplished!]

[Congratulations on passing the mission. You have successfully led your acolytes to uphold justice and punish the slavers.

[The reward (1,000 academy points) has been issued.]

Victor ignored the mission prompt an...

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Chapter 154: Punish the Evil

“Well, well, look what we’ve got here,” Auralise smirked at the scene. It wasn’t clear whether she was sarcastically addressing Butterfly or just amused by the sight of the so-called boss, who looked less like a feared criminal mastermind and more like a pathetic, over-dressed morbidly obese worm.

“You brute! ...

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Chapter 153: Prominence Skyfall Squad

Watching all this unfold, Victor was beyond amused. The sight of players plummeting from the sky with a mix of excitement and terror was quite the spectacle. They’d all volunteered for this, and yet some looked as if they were regretting their choice mid-fall.

Naturally, he would be going down too, but unlike the play...

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Chapter 152: Let’s Go Skydiving!

“That’s…” Even with the keen eyesight of an Elemental Adept Magus, Victor found it quite hard to see so far away. About two kilometers away, a cluster of people huddled together, with faint trails of smoke rising from the forest below.

“Eleanor, bring us closer to that area,” Victor instructed, pointing towa...

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Chapter 151: On the Way There

The players on board were scattered throughout the cabin, curiosity filled their every being. Some huddled around the windows, marveling at the vast landscapes passing below, while others wandered through the interior, marveling at its design. The dirigible was roughly the length of a commercial airplane but several times wid...

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Chapter 150: Expedition to Brightmoon City

More than one hundred players gathered on a clear plot of land outside the academy’s walls, filling the air with excited chatter. Prominence, Zero, Storm, Chicken, Patrick, Scarlet, Butterfly, Thunder, Locktekei, Aphrodite, CookieMons, Auralise, Dominique, MsMelody, and Sean, aka KuroUsagi, stood in a loose circle, surround...

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Interlude: Repairing the Airship

After Victor left the workshop, Eleanor found herself standing in silence. She still couldn’t believe it. It was hard to believe that her patron actually had a broken dirigible, a mode of transportation that only a proper Magus force would have, in his possession. There were so many mysteries that he hadn’t shown to her y...

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Chapter 149: Preparation for the Grand Expedition

Four days elapsed as Victor was busy preparing for the expedition. He wasn’t wrong; in order to transport the nearly destroyed dirigible back to the academy’s vicinity required more than five trips, even with three interspatial rings at his disposal. To be fair, the dirigible was on the smaller side, quite different from ...

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Chapter 148: Outrageous Idea

“Lastly, I’ve got some good news that I’m sure everyone will appreciate. Our esteemed headmaster is feeling particularly generous these days. The academy has finally started turning a profit, and he wants to give back to his acolytes — you, the players. From now on, there will be a subsidy provided to every player bas...

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Chapter 147: An Intermittent Alpha Version 0.5.1 Update

“Master,” Lizbeth chimed in, “some of the players on the forum are complaining that tasks and missions are a bit too rigid. They think there should be special missions that could be generated randomly, depending on the situation they find themselves in.”

Victor recalled that KuroUsagi had also mentioned somethin...

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Chapter 146: An Inheritance with Strings Attached

By the time Victor arrived back in the vicinity of the academy, the stars had scattered across the night sky.

After taking as many treasures as he could with him, he went to the library in the citadel. To his surprise, even though the citadel was a weapon of war, the library contained tens of thousands of books, rivalin...

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Chapter 145: Hidden Treasure Trove

It was exactly as they said. It appeared that KuroUsagi’s group, after entering the pocket dimension ten days ago, had been trapped here all this time. But once he heard the full story, Victor could understand the reasoning behind the story.

“Well, I suppose they brought this on themselves by ignoring the warnings....

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Chapter 144: To Tell the Tale

[Mission Accomplished!]

[Congratulations on passing the mission. You have successfully cleared the twin overseers’ trial and become their master.]

[The reward (Interspatial ring (10 m3)) has been issued.]

Amidst of enjoying the thrill...

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Chapter 143: Battle with the Twin Overseers Part II

Victor’s mind raced as he assessed the situation. They said, “Offense is the best defense,” but when it came to facing the twin overseers, it wasn’t the case. Their perfect synchronization was an insurmountable mountain that he couldn’t overcome.

Every time he cast a spell, they countered immediately — Garry...

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Chapter 142: Battle with the Twin Overseers Part I

Facing the mechanical tower before him, Victor gulped down a mouthful of saliva. Its imposing structure loomed as ominously as it had a month ago. But what had changed was Victor’s purpose and determination to go here.

Not one of vengeance, but one of survival.

Actually, on his way to the chasm, he had stopped t...

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Chapter 141: Facing the Looming Fate

Victor sat cross-legged on the floor of his dimly lit bedroom, his breaths coming slow and deep. With each inhalation, a strange energy was drawn from the room and coursed through his body, and each exhalation pushed it out in a controlled stream. The technique he was practicing was one he had recently created, and unlike the...

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Side Chapter: Wolfing Resolve

Author Note:

This happens before chapter 141

With a big chunk of bite, a large piece of red meat was torn from a carcass. The silvery wolf chewed the creature that lay beneath her claws, absorbing its essence and power. Her silver fur shimmered under the sunlight, mixed with blood...

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Chapter 140: Rejected!

The first group of five players in line presented their applications to Victor.

“Esteemed Headmaster, me and my friends want to open a tabletop gaming troupe! We only need about one hundred square meters. I think it will be a hit for rolepl—”

“A tabletop gaming troupe?” If you want to play a tabletop...

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Interlude: Dungeon Diving Part II

We shouldn’t have gone close to the mechanical tower.

Sean’s party was in complete disarray. Their merry band of ten players was shattered under the relentless pursuit of countless shadowy creatures. They should have heeded the warning that the game had given them — not to approach the mechanical tower ev...

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Chapter 139: Industrial Zone Regulations

Before him stood a long, slim plane resembling a powered glider with a pair of propellers at its rear, which seemed to be powered by a steam machine? Victor wasn’t entirely sure.

“Is this some kind of aircraft?” He couldn’t help but ask.

In this world, Seraphia, although not comparable to modern-day Earth,...

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Chapter 138: The Way Ahead

Paying no more mind to that, Victor turned his attention back to the state of the academy and opened the main tab.

Academy Name: Sanctum of Interdimensional Magi
Headmaster: Victor Asteriscus
Academy Points: 610
Academy Grade: Level 3
Total Acolytes: 491/500
Total Professors: 3/5
Progression Va...

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Interlude: Dungeon Diving Part I

Trekking under the thick canopy of the forest was a group of ten players, dressed in acolyte robes and wielding all sorts of weapons. At first glance, it was clear that these players were challenging something big, something that none had ever done before.

Among them was Sean — a well-known game critic and veteran pla...

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Chapter 137: Victor’s New Power

Victor took a deep breath, steadying himself as he prepared to test his new power and abilities. With a swift motion, he extended his hand and chanted, “{Gap Hole},” summoning a small rift in space that began to swallow the creature.

“GRAA!” The Abyssal Bear roared in agony as the rift slowly consumed it from it...

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Chapter 136: First Sigil Formed

Victor didn’t know how much time had passed since he started his meditation as he sat cross-legged in the center of the stone-walled basement. The faint mana being emitted by the mana crystals surrounding him was being absorbed at an alarming rate.

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Side Chapter: Finding Love

Author Note:

This happens between chapters 135 and 136

It was a day with a pleasant, breezy wind.

Mike, after a long day of guiding his employees through the basics of the game, finally made his way to the village. He strolled through the village streets, taking in the vibra...

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Chapter 135: The Village’s Festivity

Out of the blue, one of the party members could no longer contain his curiosity and asked, “Say, where has Mike gone off to again?” It was SuperNova who broke the silence.

“He said his employees finally qualified to join the game, so he went to show them the ropes before heading to the village,” explained Alfred...

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Chapter 134: Fair Headmaster

Facing the headmaster, William almost couldn’t believe his eyes.

When he arrived at the Headmaster’s Office, he found the headmaster standing behind a grand desk, with a beautifully crafted crimson staff resting atop it. It had a shimmering sapphire gem at its head and a surface etched with intricate runes, catching...

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Chapter 133: Someone Achieves a Breakthrough

—— [Headmaster’s Journal] ——

Mission: The Ticking Time Bomb

With the village taken care of, it is now time to focus on the pressing matter at hand. A mark given by the pocket dimension’s overseers has become a ticking time bomb where you must face them in a con...

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Chapter 132: The Appearance of “Questionable” Spells

Right when it was 6 P.M. on Earth, the time flow on Seraphia accelerated to a 2:1 ratio, making time pass twice as fast. The players were also beginning to log back into the game in droves, like excited dogs heading out for a walk.

One player, in particular, was seemingly more excited than the rest: William, also known ...

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Chapter 131: Players’ Overreactions

“Next on the list, we have the in-game workshop availability. Players can now co-own land and buildings within the industrial zone to establish their own workshops. However, owning a workshop comes with responsibilities. It requires an innovative concept approved by the headmaster, followed by a deposit of two thousand meri...

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