PSA from author:
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It appears the western countries (besides Italy I guess.) are now having the Covid 19 experience. Welcome to the club. We’ve had it for the last 2 months.
Use a N95 filtering mask (Not just any, use ones distributed by government licenced vendors.) or straight up respirator with a dedicated oxygen tank.
Surgical masks aren’t very effective at preventing the infection but it will limit its spread if you’re infected.
Disposable gloves are recommended for when you’re out in a public area. (be sure to actually dispose of them and not leave them in your pockets.)
Don’t touch your eyes, nostrils(nose) and suck on your fingers if you’re not sure if your hands are clean.
Hand sanitizers are nice but they aren’t as good as plain warm water, soap and thorough washing.
Monitor yourself, be it minor, mild or major, symptoms are symptoms, seek medical advice if you think you’ve contracted the disease and limit your exposure to people as even if you’re not showing symptoms as you might be a carrier (infected but asymptomatic or unaffected but can still spread the disease).
Toilet paper won’t grant you immunity so stop buying it in bulk and killing supply, you’re not helping anyone, not even yourself.
Stay calm, don’t panic, you’re only going to stress yourself and your body and weaken your immune system, don’t compromise it by your own doing.
Now's a great time to start picking up a new hobby like learning a new language or start reading another novel by an author much more competent than I. If you want my personal recommendations check the comments.
Stay safe.
- An Asian cuck, Auratic.
I think the ending might be a bit cliffhangery? No need to worry I'll get another chapter up asap but until then maybe delay your reading of this chapter
High upon treetops, hidden in the leaves Alicia was observing the conversation between the water spirit and the archer girl… Due to the distance though she couldn’t make much out of their exchange though looking at how the archer was kneeling, she knew they had some form of relationship. After a while one of them ran off to the forest leaving her belongings on the ground and the spirit.
As it seemed like she forgot her belonging, thinking of returning it to the archer Alicia followed her snatching the bow along. Getting down from the trees she swiftly tracked her trail. ‘Going alone without your weapon is dangerous…’ However it proved to be quite challenging to keep up with the speedy girl. Sprightly she weaved in and out of the vegetation and when she came out to the open she suddenly jumped on top of a nearby tree branch, lightly hopping from one tree to another with movement like a circus gymnast performing a stunt. Making abrupt sharp turns it as if she was trying to shake Alicia off her trail which informed the latter that she was - if not seen at least seen, her presence was known.
Fortunately for her, Alicia couldn’t hope to match her acrobatic ability and their gap started to widen. Knowing this Alicia decided to change her method. Stopping at once, instead of pursuing the girl in a hopeless race, she used her greatest asset she has. Frantic chasing wouldn’t help her then she would let her think that she managed to lose her. Instead of trying to catch up to her, she obscured her presence and stalked her, tailing her with the help of Pallesthesia and Presence detection.
It worked, the girl stopped to catch her breath for a short time before continuing to go on foot somewhere, giving Alicia the chance to close the distance. Without much difficulty being seen she drew near her. ‘This would’ve earned me a restraining order a few times over…’ Now near enough to see the features of the archer more clearly: Pointed up ears, velvet red ponytail hair around shoulder length, skin hue reminiscent of golden honey…
‘Elf? Like an actual elf and not a cardboard cutout? No wonder she runs like hell. Now how am I supposed to return this to her without being seen… Oh I know, I’ll hang it from somewhere she can see on her path. Just need to get ahead of her… and… done! Now to just wait… oh she saw it… Why are you tearing up? Are you happy? No? What’re you muttering to yourself? Hey where are you going? You’re not gonna take it after all I’ve done? Why’re you screaming with tears in your eyes…?’
‘Well I’ll have the maiden of the lake™ return it… And I think I’m lost… Terrific.’ Taking back the hung bow and letting out a tired sigh Alicia tried to make her way back, but only got stranded without much of a reference point. The trees all looking the same were the cruelest maze…
Sometime later she found herself in a forest clearing, many trees leaning or uprooted and knocked down each with their barks stripped partially seemingly marked by someone. The place was empty of sounds and animals; it was the image of calm serenity, at the surface. Through Pallesthesia Alicia felt low rumbling noise prevalent and a snort like heavy breathing. Deciding to simply to back off after feeling the magnitude of the vibrations increase. Due to it being felt through the ground and air at the same she couldn’t precisely locate the direction of where it was coming from. It was that moment where she heard an ear piercing drawn out squeal.
Looking at where it came from, there stood a huge boar-like creature about 2 or so meters in height. Pinkish white fur, red bloodshot eyes and most outstanding of its features; a pair of tusks long enough to impale her upper body. Pawing the ground with its hoof the rhythmic rumbling disorienting Alicia’s sense of direction reliant on vibrations. It very much knew where she was, and from it’s demeanor it also didn’t appreciate her presence.
‘This ain’t good… Back off slowly… keep looking in its direction...’ For reasons unknown it charged at her full speed. Its tusks threaten to skewer her. Instead of backing off, she decided to side step to the best of her ability to avoid its approach. Still it wasn’t good enough as it’s tusks ripped through her shirt and scratched the side of her waist.
The beast caught up in its inertia, crashed into the forest depths. In that brief exchange she realized; ‘I’m not out running this guy. Can I hide?’ Climbing up a tree in hoping that it leaves her yet she was disturbed by violent shaking, the boar returned from its diversion and started to smash against the tree she was on. ‘Is this why the trees fell down…?’ With each time it bashed its head against the tree she was on, leaves fell and it leaned more and more.
‘Can’t run, can’t hide… then the only option is to stand my ground huh… Fire won’t do good, it’ll probably only enrage it, don’t know what’s going to happen then. Wind nope… water unlikely to do anything helpful right now. Earth is promisi-’ Another hit on the tree stopped her thoughts momentarily. ‘-ng. But I don’t have time to use points right now. I have to make do with what I have. Let’s do it like we always have.’
As the boar hit the tree it stopped in its tracks briefly, timing that window of opportunity, they fell upon it. The fangs only connected temporarily before it’s wild thrashing knocked her off its back, not enough time to inject venom. Quickly getting on her feet, ‘Dry-bite, damn. Back of its neck is full of muscles, even in the best of scenarios, a light bite won’t pierce deep enough… then what about its throat…? Surely it's not as tough… I hope… but that means getting close to those tusks…’
After the two fell off of its back the boar made a quick retreat, to make enough distance to charge again. ‘Well there aren’t any other options… if there is, I’m not seeing it with this huge boar wanting to make a shishkebab out of me.’
Thundering steps resounded alerting her of the coming danger while also conveying the massive power of each step. ‘How do I do this… Ah whatever.’
⟨ Fire Aspect ⟩ ⟨ Air Aspect ⟩
Using her hand in sweeping motion, letting flames lick the tips of her fingers imagining them being fanned out using the winds a roar of flames were brought out. Surprised by the sudden oncoming flames the boar reeled back squealing loudly stopping itself. The flames without fuel quickly died out on the moist forest floor.
‘Well that’s the best I can get for now huh…’ sweat was running down her upper body. She knew she didn’t have many choices left. The swine giant was trotting around her, circling warily. It seemed like it was now cautious of her human half more so than her fangs below. Its eyes glued on her body. Observing this behaviour… ‘Stop staring at me… you’re making me self conscious… but I think I have an idea… If it’s more aware of my human body will it avoid me or… try to attack my human body…?’
Boar with a renewed will it started to charge once more, it’s eyes still trained on her upper body. ‘Thanks for the answer I guess… if I lower myself and then rise up… then maybe…’
- ‘Alice I need to ask you something.’
- ...i’m here… always…
- Thanks, when it tries to hit me, can you attack it’s throat?
- will do...’
‘Is it me or is she getting better at using words…? Ah think about that later!’
⟨ Fire Aspect ⟩
As the boar’s quickly shrank the distance, Alicia created flames letting them run through her hands. The beast saw it and showed no signs of stopping. ‘Expected as much… Now I only have one shot at this…’
Her first two legs raised up… elevating her position somewhat.
‘Keep your eyes on me… just like that.’
It was now only a few steps before she was within reach of the menacing tusks.
‘Oh I’m really doing this aren’t I...?’
Swiftly the boar raised its tusks, bent on spearing her. With confidence she caught both of them with her hands, pushing it upwards away from her body. Using the strength in her back legs helps her efforts.
⟨ Venom Fang ⟩
↳ ⟨ Paralytic Venom ⟩
↳ ⟨ Necrotic Venom ⟩
Without much delay, the hidden fangs tucked in revealed themselves clamping down on the beast’s throat and finally delivering venom, unfortunately due to density of muscle mass the release was slow and belated.
In pain the hog thrashed even more aggressively. “Hold… Still… you stupid…” Strained voice escaped her. Though she could catch tusk it didn’t mean she could hold onto it for long. She was getting tired and in a bid of desperate shake off incited by fear and pain it managed to free its tusks briefly out of her hold. In that short time it managed to land a hit against her side piercing one of her lungs and reaching all the way to her heart before succumbing to the venom and falling limp. From Alicia who received a fatal injury, let loose a mix of pained groan and a growl…
Henlo it is I, dj dong sniffer again.
Here's the recommendations:
I'm sure you'll find way to read them through just their names and google search.
1.A Demon Lord's Tale: Dungeons, Monster Girls, and Heartwarming Bliss
2.Ascendance of a Bookworm
3.Common Sense of a Duke's Daughter
4.Dragon-san Wants a Friend
5.Drop!! ～A Tale of the Fragrance Princess～ (LN)
6.Even Though I'm a Former Noble and a Single Mother, My Daughters Are Too Cute and Working as an Adventurer Isn't Too Much of a Hassle
(Bruh that title length)
7.Heavenly Castle
8.I Said Make My Abilities Average!
9.I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated (WN)
10.I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship, so I Became a Space Mercenary
11.Isekai Nonbiri Nouka
12.I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!
13.Lazy Dungeon Master
14.Ouroboros Record ~Circus of Oubeniel~
15.Overlord (LN)
16.The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero
17.The Undetectable Strongest Job: Rule Breaker
18.Slow Prison Life
19.Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (WN)
Feel free to roast my tastes in novels.
Small update. I decided to turn the Licence to CC, have fun with it.
I've read like half of these, if these are trash, so is my taste. XD
@Nisa5552 id say less trash and more like sweets, lots of sweets, it may be unhealthy and bad for you(r)(brain) but I can't stop and am addicted.
exchange though looking at how the archer was kneeling, she knew -> exchange, ....kneeling she
After a while one of them ran off to the forest leaving her belongings on the ground and the spirit. -> while the archer girl ran off into the forest, leaving her bow on the ground near the spirit.
As it seemed like she forgot her belonging, thinking of returning it to the archer Alicia followed her snatching the bow along. -> maybe “Since it seemed like the archer girl had forgotten her bow, Alicia grabbed it and followed her to try and return it.” ?
that she was - if not seen at least seen, her presence was known. -> maybe “that even if she hadn’t been seen her presence was known.” ?
Frantic chasing wouldn’t help her then she would let her think that she managed to lose her. -> If frantic ...would let the archer girl think she managed to lose her pursuer.
It worked, the girl stopped -> worked;
Without much difficulty being seen she drew near her. -> maybe “Easily avoiding being seen she drew near the girl.” ?
Elf? Like an actual elf -> An elf? Like,
The trees all looking the same were the cruelest maze… -> maybe “all looked the same and formed a cruel maze”?
forest clearing, many trees leaning or uprooted and knocked down each with their barks stripped partially seemingly marked by someone. -> clearing. Many trees were leaning...partially, seemingly
it was the image of calm serenity, at the surface. -> on the surface it....serenity.
Alicia felt low rumbling noise prevalent and a snort like heavy breathing. -> felt a
It was that moment where she -> was at that moment when she
with its hoof the rhythmic rumbling disorienting Alicia’s sense of direction reliant on vibrations. -> hoof, the rhythmic rumbling disoriented Alicia’s sense of direction since it was reliant
from it’s demeanor it also didn’t -> its
Its tusks threaten to skewer her. -> threatened
enough as it’s tusks ripped through -> its tusks (or “one of its tusks”)
The beast caught up in its inertia, crashed in -> beast,
in hoping that it leaves her yet she was disturbed by -> in the hope that it would leave her alone, instead she was
violent shaking, the boar returned -> shaking. The boar had
enrage it, don’t know what’s going to happen -> it; don’t know what would happen then
Wind nope… -> maybe “Wind? Nope...” or “Wind is a nope...” ?
tracks briefly, timing that window of opportunity, they -> briefly. Using that window of opportunity they
The fangs only connected -> Their fangs
temporarily before it’s wild thrashing -> its
neck is full of muscles, even in -> muscles;
there is, I’m not seeing it with -> there are I’m not seeing them with
steps resounded alerting her of the-> resounded,
oncoming flames the boar reeled back squealing loudly stopping itself. -> flames, the boar reeled back to stop itself while squealing loudly.
sweat was running down her upper body. -> Sweat
fangs below. Its eyes glued on her body. -> below since its eyes were glued in her human body
Boar with a renewed will it started to charge once more, it’s eyes still -> With a renewed will the boat started to charge once more, its
As the boar’s quickly shrank -> boar
Using the strength in her back legs helps her efforts. -> She used the strength in her back legs to help her
delivering venom, unfortunately due to density of muscle mass the release was slow and belated. -> venom. Unfortunately, ...release was delayed and slow
Hold… Still… you stupid…” Strained voice escaped her. -> she said in a strained voice.
Though she could catch tusk it didn’t mean she could hold onto it for long. -> catch the tusks didn’t...onto them for
tired and in a bid of desperate shake off incited by fear -> desperation incited
From Alicia who received a fatal injury, let loose a mix of pained groan and a growl… -> maybe “After receiving the fatal injury Alicia let loose
Alicia unintentionally playing the sneaky horror monster is pretty funny. Poor elf is traumatized when she didn’t need to worry about it. I wonder if the water spirit (we really need a name for her. I’m just going to call her Aqua, Blue, or something until we get an actual name) is going to facepalm when Alicia asks why the elf freaked out and ran off crying she she saw her bow being hung from a tree in the middle of the forest
Alicia having to fight her first mini boss...well at least Alice is getting better at communicating
Damn pig ruined Alicia’s clothes though, even if she can make more.
I would be worried about her, but she has the regen skill (more importantly-it’s already unlocked and active) and it doesn’t seem to be an instantly fatal injury to her so she’ll recover soon enough.
Since she killed the war hog though, I wonder how her interaction with the tribal chief that wants to see her will go. “Can you kill the war hog for us, oh great spider spirit?” “That thing? Already killed it. Damn thing ruined my favorite shirt. Also got gored in the chest, but that’s not important. *awkward laugh*”
I vote for Blue, she's not a useless goddess
Now, that's a lotta quacks!
Let's have a bit more.
Thanks for the chapter
Not gonna lie its pretty annoying gthat Alicia has to rely on Alice to fight she had no issues fighting before and she has skills that make it easier for her same with making clothes she shod have no issues because of her skills but randomly after meeting Alice it feels lime she can't do a lot of things with her spider half
But Alicia has never fought anything? At least, from my memory, the only thing Alicia has done is trap things in her fancy webs, poison them, and then eat them. She has never outright "fought" something. Even the Owlbear thing got taken out by Alice using her spidery instinct and skills. As far as the making clothes thing, it's debatable. Her weaving skill should probably help with that, but it might be more of her human mind/original brain and sentiments preventing her from getting a proper grasp on things like making clothes even though she is able to handle making webs very easily, while Alice has no such problems(thus giving a more "organic" and believable reason for the separation of skills and duties between the two of them).
Thank you for the chapter.<3
Oh no!