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Thanks for the reviews, Fobbie! Glad that you've been enjoying these big bumps of the plot now that the story really got rolling. I replied to your evals elsewhere, but it's nice to see you getting into the think of it now. And here's the next chapter... Chapter 176 – The Value of Regret...

Chapter 175 – Reflection Charizard let Owen talk as much as he wanted. He babbled on about his friends and family, how none of it was real. Something about it felt so familiar to Charizard—he knew, for sure, that he would be able to help him. A lot of Owen’s struggles felt so familiar to him...

Thanks, all, for your reviews! I responded to you elsewhere, but they're appreciated as always. Chapter 174 – Overseer Evaluation Ho-Oh was a lot bigger in person. And imposing. Compared to Lugia, compared to any other Legend he’d met in Kilo, Ho-Oh radiated an aura of someone who… was far...

Thanks for the reviews, Makuro, Wind! Glad that you can get back into things, Wind, and it wasn't too disorienting after so long. And glad you got to the Grassmander part of the story, Makuro. Lots of awkwardness in those early chapters, but it's nice that they're still passable. Anyway, onto...

Chapter 172 – Memory and Light Something about Orre’s arid desert appealed to Owen a lot more than it did to Zena. The two of them flew over the skies after they’d made their landing from before. By now, he and Zena had become accustomed to using phones and computers to contact others, and...

Chapter 171 – Lord of Nightmares North Null Village was in pandemonium. From the distant horizon, dark meteors arced through the red skies and demolished entire buildings, shattering light crystals and leaving corrosive craters in their place. Civilians fled into a Dungeon portal meant for...

Yeah so full disclosure, if I had a character for every Legend I'd somehow have even more. Too many, even for me. My Lugia bias got the better of me; Ho-Oh does not exist in Kilo at the moment. Nobody ever "ascended" into the position. (It was going to die anyway, why have Ho-Oh for it?) And it...

Chapter 170 – Accidental Connection In less than a second, a bolt of black lightning zig-zagged across the sky and splashed onto the soil on Owen’s side of the bridge. Motes of white light drifted around where Tapu Koko landed, his intense eyes focused entirely on Owen. Electricity—its natural...

This was actually somewhat intentional. It's awkward back in those days, but there's an allusion to it early on when Owen first gets the Grass Orb, Klent has a conversation with Star where he states "this is the last time I'll be able to say this -- I'll never forgive him." Suggesting that...

Thanks to everyone reviewing HoC so far! I've responded to you guys privately for everything, and maybe I'll give more of a response to it here later. Unfortunately, irl has been too hectic for me to reply formally here, but I'll try to get to it when I can! <><><> Chapter 169 – Spreading...

Chapter 168 – Rally and Recover Claws of Shadow and Radiance slammed into Owen’s ethereal shields. The shockwaves left craters in the field. Sparks trailed through the dirt and singed the grass, darkening them with a strange blight or leaving them glowing with energy. The flame of Hardscale’s...

Chapter 167 - Being a Hero Anam took a seat at the base of Heart HQ’s stairs. His legs were tired from all the walking and his feet ached. He wanted to slide into a pool and fall asleep for a whole day. But a burning urge in his guts told him he had to keep the Village safe. Keep everyone safe...

Chapter 166 – Other Guardians Dungeons were supposed to be a Kiloan problem. What was it doing in another reality?! Owen was far more alarmed than any of the humans. When they caught his gaze, some of their worries mirrored his, but he and Zena were the only ones who understood the magnitude...

Chapter 165 – Leak Owen had never felt such intense fire from a mortal in his life. White-hot flames snapped wood in half, superheating the sap within and exploding the whole tree into splinters. “Zena!” Owen called. “I’m fine!” Zena popped out of the soil as a puddle of water. She aimed a...

Thanks for the review, Kiba! Looks like you're getting closer to when things really get rolling. Hope to see you get there soon! I replied to more specifics elsewhere. And now... Chapter 164 – Defying Destiny Nearly at the top, now. Ten floors of Destiny Tower remained, and despite Diyem’s...

Chapter 163 – The Pressure of Independence The panic in the village had been too much for Anam. Seeing what Diyem had done to Angelo… He didn’t know how to confront that, and the others took care of it anyway. He’d run off, and he hoped the others noticed and would find him because he’d...

Chapter 162 – Spirits in the Marrow Owen was able to tell his story to Amber over three days and two nights. The doctor visited every afternoon and every evening, only for Amber to stubbornly say that she would endure, even as her condition worsened and worsened until her episodes happened...

Chapter 161 – Time Has Passed “This information,” Granbull Jin said, “was the synthesis of spirits from the one you call ‘Nate,’ and other observations we’ve been able to gather from spirit fragments. Augmented by your accounts, Mhynt, I think we have a much clearer picture of what happened...

Special Episode 12 – The Dark War Sometimes, when nothing is left, all I can do is smile and cheer. That’s why I kept smiling, even as the world fell apart around me. Maybe that’s what made me so resistant to those Shadows. Maybe it was just survival. Maybe I just didn’t want to admit defeat...

The fun thing about HoC is that sometimes you're overthinking it, and other times these little lines explained so casually have a very deep meaning. I'll give you a freebie here and say that Star preferring Manny has much more meaning than simple Type. I'm glad! Word of warning, admittedly...