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A few times a day, locals would come to sit on the benches along the wall, letting the magic of the Altar in the backyard heal them of whatever illness they had contracted. As the shop was closed, it would be rude for them to simply walk around the back of the house to find the source of the magic, but it was commonly known that if you were unwell and went to sit in the yard, you would be healed. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
On the second afternoon, Lotus went to the market square in the Redwood Sprawl, and spent the afternoon as a Healing Tree, while Tessa cooked a free meal for the needy, and a group of City Guards watched over them.
The guards had learned that anywhere in the Darklight Host property was just as good for the healing effect. So, if they stepped inside the gate and out of sight during the lunch break of their shift, it would eliminate all the sore and stiff muscles that they had accumulated.
Soon, the Guard Commanders would stop them from doing it while on duty. But for now, they could at least get a refreshing break while they were stationed at the gate.
Lotus had even grown a picnic bench out of wood for them to sit at, right in the corner by the gate, where their boss wouldn’t be able to see them, but they would only be two steps from their station.
Warriors at Monarch and Overlord Rank could easily hop the wall, and the wards wouldn’t keep them from leaving, even in the event of an emergency.
Each day, Dana, Tessa and Ophelia went to the dungeon with Rae and Thor, bringing back loot for the smithy.
On the fourth morning, the ache in Dana’s body had subsided enough that she was willing to try the altar again. She could feel the restrained pressure of having hit the bottleneck now, a different sensation than the feeling of being at the peak, which she had mistaken for it before.
The Overlord Rank mana from the altar flooded her body, pushing the Royal Rank energy out, the same as last time.
But this time, when she began trying to integrate it with her body, she felt something change. A subtle shift that made it easier to integrate the energy, and the relief that came with not needing to reduce the density and quality nearly as much as she had to the first time.
Her rank broke through to Monarch, and her mana capacity soared, refilled and refreshed by the healing magic emitted by the totem, even as she depleted its stored mana.
Tessa pulled her into a hug, and Thor gave her an envious look. He still couldn’t feel the bottleneck to the Overlord Rank, but he was hoping to get ahead again and be the first of his siblings to advance.
Well, the second. But Little Butterfly didn’t count. The Butterfly started at Overlord.
That change had immensely improved the quality of life in the spaces, with the higher quality of mana, which was even recharging Thor’s pond. Previously, the Holy Stones were of too low quality to do more than just make the water comfortable.
But now, they were actively glowing with Holy Power again, and the golden stones were beginning to turn to a pure white. Thor liked the colour change, it contrasted well with his scales.
Sister Remi was getting incredibly close to advancing, with her Alchemy work improving her mana quality faster than even escorting the herd through the Dungeon improved Thor’s own power.
It was possible that she might be the next one to advance, but Sister Rae hid her power as easily as she hid her body, so it might not be so easy.
The only one he was sure about was Cara, who spent most of her days playing in the illusionary city. She was still growing larger, but her power wasn’t growing as fast as the others.
Karl wasn’t too concerned. Soon enough, they would either hit the bottleneck or be forced to advance. Simply being on the Dragon Isles was increasing the mana density of his spaces at a rapid rate, and now that both Karl and the Butterfly were Overlords, the quality change was immense.
A new space was beginning to form, but Karl was deliberately keeping it fairly small, as he could force the majority of the energy into the other spaces for now.
Once they advanced, he would have to even them, but a tiny Overlord Space was still considered to be the superior state by the System. So, it was no mental strain to leave it the way that it was. He just hoped that everyone would progress smoothly.
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