The Void Queen’s shield undulated with energy after the ethereal morning star smashed against the surface a second time. Ripples scattered all the way around the protective layer, blurring the in...
2024-04-29 15:11:05 +0000 UTC
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Coop should have expected more minions. He had zeroed in on the manipulation of experience conducted by the Cult of Chakyum, but after he realized the leader of the Cult, the Lich, was a necromance...
2024-04-26 15:11:00 +0000 UTC
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Coop didn’t just fight for himself. He didn’t seek glory or recognition, though he enjoyed topping the leaderboards. It wasn’t even for experience, as much as he valued his personal progressi...
2024-04-24 15:11:00 +0000 UTC
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Coop blinked as the light of Chakyum’s level gains ultimately faded. The heavenly spotlight had come steadily at first, forming a solid beam of light that made his eyes water while the levels ove...
2024-04-22 15:11:00 +0000 UTC
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The Elite High Priestess clearly believed she had crippled Coop. She looked down on him, as if to say ‘Checkmate,” after dispelling his ethereal weapons and armor. Coop couldn't fault her for t...
2024-04-19 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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“Sister Luc-Hau?” The Elite High Priestess and Champion of the Yucatan settlement calmly addressed the battered Deathstalker, not bothering to wait for her ally to recover. She slowly pointed a...
2024-04-17 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Coop was biding his time, waiting to see how the two unoccupied High Priests would aid the Totemic, while chipping away at the High Priest’s defenses. Both the Deathstalker and the Herald were eq...
2024-04-15 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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A flash of heat and energy burned long strips of Coop’s Fog of War away. For a few moments afterwards, his domain was divided into three individual parts. Wide channels devoid of any mists were c...
2024-04-12 15:11:00 +0000 UTC
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At some point stairs stopped making sense. As a vertical mode of transportation they demanded a lot from the user and when a structure exceeded a certain reasonable size it called for a more effici...
2024-04-10 15:11:00 +0000 UTC
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“Zero levels.” Coop huffed with agitation.
He had lost count of how many of Chakyum’s Cultists he and his phantasms had defeated, but there had been no signs that the enemies...
2024-04-08 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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The Jaguar Sun had no chance of winning against the Cult of Chakyum in a head to head battle. Coop knew it, Juliana knew it, and so did everyone else with any sense. That was why they never had any...
2024-04-05 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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The Yucatan settlement was massive. Coop knew it would be, but he was still caught by surprise at the sheer scale demonstrated by the Cult of Chakyum. The settlement leaderboards had given its larg...
2024-04-03 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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The trek through Central America hadn’t been a complete disappointment. The Jaguar Sun hadn’t been able to liberate as many people as they had hoped, for a variety of reasons, but their unwaver...
2024-04-01 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Coop used the entire palm of his hand to rub Felix’s massive head, right between the ears, to the absolute satisfaction of the black jaguar. No matter how hard he scratched, the cat just pressed ...
2024-03-29 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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After Coop received an eighth rank of the Slayer title while escorting Sierra to Corozal, he reflected on the gains he made during the expedition in the Yucatan. The level 175 threshold had been br...
2024-03-27 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Coop had been treading water for the better part of two entire days. The sea was an unforgiving opponent that Coop would never defeat in a test of endurance. The continual procession of waves firml...
2024-03-25 15:11:00 +0000 UTC
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Tzultacaj jerked his axe in the air in a futile effort to rid the blade of the thick layer of viscous blood that was coating its edge. The shaking did nothing. His gaze darkened at his failure to e...
2024-03-22 15:11:00 +0000 UTC
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Sierra had a bird’s eye view of the arena within the submerged cathedral. She kept as much distance from the developing conflict as she could, sticking to the perimeter as she sought opportunitie...
2024-03-20 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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There wasn’t anything particularly special about Coop’s heavy ethereal spears. When compared to the other weapons in Coop’s arsenal, the primary difference was how unbalanced they were. In fa...
2024-03-18 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Hidden deep beneath the surface of the ocean, a solid glass-like palace contained a vast circular arena. Coop had been swept onto the lower edge by unnatural currents, and he was now standing on wh...
2024-03-15 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Pure luck had Coop returning to Corozal right before a suspicious figure ripped across the bay toward the outpost. If he had been an hour later, he would have arrived to find the town annihilated b...
2024-03-13 15:11:00 +0000 UTC
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Corozal was finally quieting back down after a tumultuous string of days. Juan had been worried that it would never return to normal, but without the ragged army occupying every inch of the town, s...
2024-03-11 15:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Marcus couldn’t hide his amazement at the sudden respectful silence that smothered the aggressive side negotiations that had dominated the basement meeting room.
He was seated among almost ...
2024-03-08 16:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Charlie couldn’t stop her fingers from anxiously pulling at the edges of the protective leather armor on her Ghost Reef Standard Issue equipment. If it wasn’t such a snug fit, she would have fr...
2024-03-06 16:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Coop had successfully defeated yet another High Priest. This time it was the Voice of Kukulkan, a man who was named Kul-Hau by his master. Kul-Hau exploited supreme speed in his fighting style whil...
2024-03-04 16:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Coop had let his guard down for a split second, and the High Priest sought to take advantage immediately; he had been waiting for the opportunity, but he sold his potential victim short.
Coop...
2024-03-01 16:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Coop was 150 miles north of the Corozal Outpost, deep within the relatively dry interior of the Yucatan Peninsula. Knowing that a settlement event was coming had lit a fire beneath him. Windcha...
2024-02-28 16:11:00 +0000 UTC
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As Windchaser closed in on Corozal’s longest concrete pier, Coop was leaning against the bow rail, mouth agape. He was worried that he was losing his mind. When he left the small town be...
2024-02-26 16:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Alpine flowers dotted the rugged volcanic landscape, faintly swaying whenever another frigid gust blew through. They encircled the edge of a vast caldera, leaving a subtle sprinkling of their soft ...
2024-02-23 16:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Coop’s ethereal spear blasted through the mana vortex, tip gleaming with the calm blue glow of scattered bioluminescence. A gentle tornado in the center of the cavern was already in the process o...
2024-02-21 16:11:01 +0000 UTC
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