บททั้งหมดของ Nine Ungrateful Sisters: บทที่ 281 - บทที่ 290

Training speed had always lagged far behind the rate at which vitalis was consumed. That imbalance was why martial training had no known endpoint. No one had ever come close enough to the ceiling to describe it.Now Atlas had dragged that ceiling a little closer with only two sentences: faster accumulation and greater power from each unit of vitalis. Those were tangible improvements, not empty theory.[Mr. Moonveil, don't just tell us the results. How do you actually train it?][Exactly. Why did you succeed when the rest of us nearly tore ourselves apart trying?]Knowing the outcome only sharpened the hunger. It was like watching other people eat while you stood there without even a bowl. The waiting became unbearable.[Mr. Moonveil, is the Archon there with you? Can you ask him to say something?][Please. Just let the Archon explain it.]The entire group pushed in the same direction.Atlas replied with a single emoji: a figure wearing dark glasses, calm and unbothered.Then t

Vitalis became known among practitioners as spiritual energy for precisely that reason. It formed the foundation upon which sacred sites existed.Humans were the chosen of the universe. Plants and animals were the chosen of nature. When those two forms of chosen existence occupied the same space, something awakened between them.An ordinary person who wandered into a sacred site might only feel refreshed, with a clearer mind and renewed energy.For a grandmaster, the effect was entirely different. A sacred site could accelerate the flow of vitalis within the body. If a practitioner's internal energy resonated with the site's spiritual energy, the accumulation rate could increase a hundredfold.At least, that was the ideal. No one in the martial world had ever truly reported a hundredfold increase, but faster training results within a sacred site was accepted as fact.The Moonveils' sacred site was a natural cave. Water flowed through it in soft, steady currents, while moss blanket

"Up this early? What are you doing out here?" Oscar asked."Bro, you're awake!" Rebecca dropped what she was doing and rushed to him. "How do you feel? Is there any chance? Did it work?"Oscar knew exactly what she meant. He wanted to tell her his body was fine, that they could return to Silverton and continue where they had left off. Instead, he shook his head."No. Even with the sacred site, the improvement was barely better than my normal training rate." He raised his hand. "The circuit still hasn't progressed past my hands. If I stay here any longer, I'll just be dying more slowly.""Oh." Rebecca pressed her lips together and fell silent.If he was suffering through this, then she knew he felt the disappointment far more deeply than she did.Oscar took her hand. "Come on. Let's eat."Celeste had been standing nearby, but it took her a moment to speak. "This way."She led them toward the house, repeatedly starting to say something before stopping herself.The Moonveils' sac

What did he mean, everyone understood? No one in that room understood anything.The Centurion Trade Consortium typically gave advance notice before involving itself in a city's affairs. An unannounced arrival like this was unheard of.Several representatives from the smaller companies were already preparing to push back and demand an explanation when the man at the head of the table spoke again. "Silverton's issues are concentrated within the Chamberlain Group. That is why we are here. The rest of you are free to leave."The room fell silent. They had been summoned without warning, forced to sit through two brief statements, and were now being dismissed?Yet beneath the confusion, relief spread through the smaller operators. Since this was not directed at them, they were more than happy to leave.Even so, as they pushed back their chairs and began to stand, more than a few eyes drifted toward Amara, whose company had been singled out directly.What had the Chamberlains done? Thos

Ylena continued, "Whoever holds this token is entitled to the full and unconditional support of all Draconox affiliates until the bearer's enterprise reaches the highest level of commercial standing."Amara caught something in Yelena's tone as she spoke. A faint edge lingered beneath the surface, close enough to mockery to make her wary. Still, the statement itself was accurate. That was the Dracobsidian Token's primary function."You heard that, Mr. Huxley." Amara pressed the advantage. "My family operates under the protection of the Draconox Order. They issued this token to us directly. Do you still believe the Centurion Trade Consortium has grounds to come after us?"She didn't understand what Yelena was trying to do, but she accepted the apparent gesture.The Draconia Group and the Chamberlain Group weren't allies. Still, the consortium had arrived and singled out the Chamberlains by name, and no one could predict who else might be dragged into the fallout.Yelena was probably