Looking at the message, I did a full-body shimmy. It deserved more than a butt wiggle, but it wasn’t quite enough for a full Gangnam Style celebration. That I reserved for the plete Loot Spell—when it would be ready. And now, I was stu the name. Loot Monster? Harvest Monster? vert Monster?

  What the hell should I call this thing?

  Create Mana Crystal was a strong tender, but it felt wrong—I didn’t create it; I harvested it. So, finally, I settled on Harvest Mana Crystal—the initial he system assigo it. The s disappeared after filling in the name, but the red light was still blinking. Before cheg the rest of the messages, I checked my profile, and under Wizard Spells, I had Harvest Mana Crystal without the [In Progress] tag.

  Yes!

  I tapped the red light ahe new message:

  Level Up+3 to All StatsWizard Battle Master Level 8

  That was always he red light was still blinking, so I tapped it again.

  Milestone Reached

  Creativity 20 or Above

  Reag a Creativity level of 20 or above marks a signifit milestone in your journey. At this level, you ow actively engage your Creativity to find the most inspiring dire for innovative solutions. This means more than just ing up with ideas; it means sensing the dire in which your creative energy will be most fruitful, leading you to breakthroughs and iive outes.

  Creativity over 20 gives you an intuitive sense of where to direct your efforts for the most creative results. Whether seeking the perfect materials, disc eiques, or finding the ideal enviroo foster yenuity, this heightened sense guides you through the paths of possibility, ensuring your creative projects reach their fullest potential.

  Engaging your Creativity in this way transforms it from a passive trait to an active tool in your arsenal. It enhances your journey and helps you navigate challenges with innovation and inality. This direal sense ehat you are always in the right pce to draw upon your creative strengths, making your journey successful and truly extraordinary.

  Woo Hoo!

  The part about finding a dire for solutions was amazing. I was stu so many things, and this would help solve some of them, or at least I hoped so. That was the st message.

  I opehe Archive to share my achievement with Lis, and saw Mahya’s message about the dungeon core—she used my idea. Yay me! He hadn’t responded yet, but there were quite a few ents from Travelers with some wild ideas about what they would feed the house in such circumstances or telli was a fantasy story and not a good one si ’t happen in real life. I snickered to myself—keep thinking that, boys and girls, keep thinking that.

  Lis had respoo the lo I sent him while we were on our way to ada.

  Tr. LM

  “Ior, Versailles, Hungry, Clueless.”

  My dearest friend,

  It fills me with joy to hear that you’re enjoying yourself, and I’m gd the extra went off without a hitch. I have to say, that mana wave you created—truly remarkable. I’m not sure I would have thought of such a solution myself.

  Your stories had me ughing out loud, so much so that I couldn’t resist sharing them with a few dragons. They particurly loved hearing about the time you parked a house on the o during your cruise, and Mahya was i-air balloon. Shimeramix, one of my new friends, was quite impressed by your jouro Vegas on the balloon and sends his gratutions on bonding with your first element. He assured me it’s no small feat. And your clever handling of the soldiers after Sonak’s injury? Absolute genius—a true dispy of your Creativity trait. The dragons also found your o escapades hirious, especially how you milked it for a rge sum, and the tale of you emptying out that enormous warehouse had them r with ughter. I must say, I agree—Sonak really does sound like quite the fool.

  As you head into a new world, let me offer heartfelt advice, my friend. A world on the verge of iion is not just a fleeting opportunity—it’s araordinary rarity in the multiverse. These moments are like precious gems, hidden away, waiting for those who are truly prepared to seize them. You could travel across tless worlds and not enter another like this. So, stay a while. Don’t rush through it. Take the time to immerse yourself in what it has to offer—enough time to fill your ability points and css slots properly. There’s o hurry through this; in fact, it would be a mistake to do so. Squandering such a rare gift would be a regret that lingers, a missed ce that few are ever granted.

  And when you’re filling those slots, I urge you: don’t settle for anything that doesn’t stir something inside you. Don’t let practicality alone dictate your choices, because these abilities and csses will shape the person you are for years to e. Choose things that resoh you—truly resonate. You want to look bad know that every decision you made was ohat spoke to your heart and intellect, ohat will keep you engaged aed far down the road. Your skills, your csses—they’re not just tools for today, they’re iments in your future, in who you’re being. So pick the ohat will still fasate and challenge you years from now, not just the ohat seem ve now.

  Believe me when I say this is a ce to define your path in ways few . Don’t let it pass by without making the most of it. You’ve e so far already—don’t stop short of reag for what’s truly meaningful.

  As for me, I’m doing well here. The dragons have made signifit progress in their English, thanks to the diaries I brought along. They’re now able to work through most of the books on their own, which has givehe freedom to travel and explore this incredible world. I haven’t learned anything new just yet, but for now, I’m tent being a tourist.

  I’ve made three dragon friends, and they’ve been showing me some of the most fasating pces. Everything here is enormous—bushes, mountains, you . Imagine everything twice the size, or sometimes five or ten times rger than anywhere else. It’s taken some getting used to, but once you do, the beauty of this pce is unmatched. Mana shapes every aspect of their world, and they’ve takeo some of the most striking examples of this phenomenon.

  The first pce we visited was an a forest. I felt like an ant in a world of giants. The trees reached so high their branches seemed to brush the sky, their trunks like t sentinels. The air was thick with the st of life, and unseeures filled the air with their calls. Even the flowers were impossibly rge, each bloom as big as a wagon wheel, bursting with vibrant color. Walkih the opy, I felt a sense of wohat I hadn’t experienced ihen, as if guided by mana itself, the forest abruptly gave way ted mountain range. Peaks tall enough to pierce the clouds surrounded us, their snoed summits lost betweehe air was crisp, filled with the st of stone and ice. Each vista we entered was breathtaking, almost divine.

  I ’t personally distinguish mana types, but Silerioux assured me you will ma with ease.

  From the mountains, we desded into a vast desert. One moment, we were surrounded by t cliffs covered in ice, and the , we stood on golden sands stretg as far as the eye could see, with the bzing sun overhead. Despite the harshness, the desert holds a quiet, timeless beauty. My dragon friends were unfazed by the heat, their scales providing natural prote from the sun’s relentless gre, but I had more difficulty adjusting. Even my high stitution, which has served me well in other worlds, ut to the test here. Everything in this world is bigger, stronger, harsher. At one point, I even flew above the dunes on one of the dragons—an exhirating experieo say the least.

  Our final destination was a frozen tundra. The ge was immediate and striking, as if we had crossed an invisible lio another realm. The temperature plummeted, the wind grew biting, and the grouh us turned into a b of snow and ice. Everything sparkled with ahereal glow, the air crisp, and the horizon stretched endlessly. It was a fittio our journey, a pce of stark, pure beauty.

  Every step through this world has deepened my appreciation for its unique magic. The high mana here doesn’t just enhahe enviro—it transforms it, bending the very ws of nature to create these awe-inspiring ndscapes. It’s a realm of wonders, where I’m gathering memories that will st a lifetime.

  I’ll tinue writing as my travels unfold, but in the meantime, keep learning, keep growing—both as a wizard and as a person. And do share more of your adventures. Your stories brighten my days and fill me with joy. Oh, and don’t fet to write to me about all the loot you’ve acquired—legally or not. My dragon friends enjoy those stories the most.

  With deep affe and unwavering friendship,Lis, AKA Ior

  It was amazing to read his descriptions. I could almost imagine walking through those pces and seeing the sudden enviroal ge. It sounded like he was having fun, and I was gd. While I read, a new monster formed, and instead of stomping it, I cast my new spell.

  Nothing happened. Annoying.

  I stomped on it, cast my new spell, and ihan a minute, I had a crystal lying on the ground. Unfortunately, I still had to kill the monster first.

  Oh, well. That will be a future project—a spell to eliminate and harvest the monster.

  I checked the Spell list, and the spell wasn’t there. That was odd. I opened my Profile, poked the Gate Traveler css, and opehe abilities list. Looking down, I found the description of the ability. It stated, “A Traveler learn any Spell or Skill in the ected worlds.” So how y spell wasn’t there? I directed the question to the “rebukiy but didn’t get a rea.

  What else is new?

  I wrote to Lis and told him about the spell I created, asking if he knew why it wasn’t on the spell list. After pleting this task, I went looking for Mahya. I found her on the enormous deck of the house with the motorcycle blueprint, fiddling with some parts.

  “Hey, Mahya, I cracked the loot spell!”

  Her eyes lit up, and she cpped her hands together. “That’s fantastic! gratutions!”

  “Thanks. But do you know why the spell wasn’t added to the spell list of our css?”

  She tilted her head, a puzzled expression crossing her face. “I have no idea,” she said. We both shrugged in unison.

  Mahya’s face brightened with enthusiasm. “You should join me in w on the bike!”

  I shook my head, ughing. “I appreciate the offer but want some time off to enjoy my achievement.”

  She pouted, but nodded. “Alright, but you owe me tomorrow.”

  “Deal,” I said, smiling. “I’ll help you tomorrow.”

  With that settled, I set off to find Rue. Walking away, I realized how much I had ed him while busy with the spell. It was time to make up for that.

  Rue and I raced on our E-foils on the big ke, pissing off some big fish in the process. Suddenly, a massive fish appeared below me, flicked my E-foil with its tail, a me flying. Falling into the water was not an option—I didn’t want to swim with that giant fish. Instinctively, I ected to the wind, hovered, stored my E-foil with my mana sense field, and took out my crossbow.

  “You’re tonight’s dinner,” I informed the fish, then shouted to Rue, “Stay away from here, or it will throw you off too.”

  I aimed at the fish and shot it, but my hit wasn’t fatal. The fish dove, f me to desd toward the water. I stood bay E-foil and zoomed on the ke with my mana sense spread as wide as possible. The moment I felt the fish approag again, I stored the E-foil, hovered, and shot it again. This sequence repeated several times until I finally hit the fish in the eye, ending the struggle.

  Approag the fish on my E-foil, I grabbed its tail and dragged it to the water’s surface. It was even bigger than I thought initially—easily the size of two, maybe three, dolphins.

  “You’re not just tonight’s dinner. You’re this week’s meals,” I said to the fish with a smirk.

  Rue and I tinued rag on our E-foils for a few more hours before heading back to cook a feast. The following week, this fish would be the basis for many iing dishes.