Considering the curated nature of the rift, I doubted I’d get another opportunity to easily kill one of the bosses. Killing the avemon boss had been a fluke, or maybe just a really lucky matchup....
2025-01-03 22:05:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Fu—”
My curse of surprise and pain caught in my throat as my body was swiftly restored, and I was teleported back to the safe room.
I’d linked my implanted E3 talisman to a new...
2024-12-31 02:24:48 +0000 UTC View PostKai, the former Patriarch of the Epikairos Sect, exchanged a glance with Lian’Aenigma, his Mind Mage companion, before focusing on the trio of elves sitting at the table next to them.
His s...
2024-12-27 02:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: It's a bit of a long chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
I looked down at the gobole’s underground village from my perch halfway up the cavern wall. I’d marked the spot a ...
2024-12-24 04:20:47 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m not seeing anything different from before,” I informed Lisa. Speaking aloud wasn’t strictly necessary, but I’d found it helped keep me sane after spending so long alone.
Lisa...
2024-12-20 03:50:43 +0000 UTC View PostAfter crafting a few items and enhancing what I could from my inventory, I spent the next couple of months carefully scouting the rift. I occasionally got lucky enough to scavenge from the fights b...
2024-12-17 00:22:18 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t rush the grieving process. Instead, I leaned into it, taking advantage of the first real sense of privacy I’d felt in decades to work through all of my feelings.
Eventually, I fe...
2024-12-13 01:05:58 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I almost added another Interlude from Master Kairos's perspective, but I wanted to get on with the story. Expect to see his reaction in the future.
Lunch with Za...
2024-12-10 19:25:58 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Back-to-back interludes. I hope you like the change in perspective. Updated 19 Dec 24.
Anya Oracle’s body shivered as hints of a dark premonition teased her senses. On...
2024-12-05 21:03:05 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I hope the shift isn't too abrupt. This chapter was a lot of fun to write, and I look forward to sharing Emie's newest challenge with you all...
Cin’Specter was...
2024-12-03 04:22:52 +0000 UTC View PostMars.
I’m not sure what I expected to see upon our arrival since I knew that efforts to terraform the red planet were well underway, but a thick carpet of vibrant teal certainly wasn’t it...
2024-11-29 05:01:34 +0000 UTC View Post“How is your vacation going so far?” Master Kairos asked with a knowing smile.
Now that the culling was over, we had standing plans to meet nightly while my family was sleeping. Neither o...
2024-11-26 04:19:15 +0000 UTC View Post“What was that?” Mom exclaimed from the shore.
I quickly stored the bulk of the carcass before answering, not bothering with the small pieces nearby.
“Some kind of shark or someth...
2024-11-21 23:30:40 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, that’s good news!” Mom exclaimed when I told everyone the news about the inquiry at the end of the evening.
As the one in charge of keeping hunters safe, I’d called a halt to t...
2024-11-19 17:38:10 +0000 UTC View PostFrom atop the modified pod I’d set to float above the forest, I observed the various parties as they engaged their respective targets.
Far more residents had heeded the call to arms than I ...
2024-11-15 14:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostMy body slowly relaxed as the milky, mana-infused water seeped into my skin. The addition of mana had turned the international attraction into one of the newest world wonders, and the obvious benef...
2024-11-12 01:02:36 +0000 UTC View Post‘You are not allowed to arm locals with weapons and gear above the planet’s threshold,’ Lisa informed me as I sketched out a few simple enchantment designs after breakfast.
<... 2024-11-07 23:20:31 +0000 UTC View Post“You should be able to drop the disguise now, right?” Dad asked me as we stepped away from the small teleportation room attached to the Knoxville portal hub.
A glance at Master Kairos rev...
2024-11-05 06:05:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe waiting room outside the Council chambers was nicer than what I expected. It almost looked like the sitting area of a fancy hotel lobby instead of a quasi-governmental space.
A few minute...
2024-11-01 01:31:12 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Updated 5 Dec 24.
The gathered Councilors showed a mix of expressions as they settled in place. The meeting was not a scheduled one, and several of the Pinnacles and nea...
2024-10-29 01:58:05 +0000 UTC View PostI’d forgotten how much I enjoyed reading in the years since Atlas Online was first introduced. Before then, I’d spent a lot of my free time reading stories – mostly fantasy, though other genr...
2024-10-24 21:32:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Ah, that reminds me,” Master Kairos said as he shifted in the pool. A vial appeared in his hand. “Here, I finished this earlier. It took longer than I would have liked, but that’s how ...
2024-10-22 19:46:08 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the experience was neat enough, exploring a real underwater city wasn’t all that different from my memories of doing the same thing in the game.
Sure, this time, I was wearing a rebre...
2024-10-18 03:03:31 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: It's a little short. I'll probably add another section at the end. I'm not sure when that will happen, though.
On that note, please keep in mind th...
2024-10-15 04:55:57 +0000 UTC View PostI released the Arcane mana I’d been controlling as I Meditated with a sigh. I had no idea if my efforts were actually improving the strength of my affinity, but it seemed l...
2024-10-11 02:34:50 +0000 UTC View Post“So, all of the safe zone cities got regularly attacked by beast waves until the seventh floor?” Justin asked after reviewing the floor summary I’d sent to him.
“Basically,” I agree...
2024-10-08 05:40:47 +0000 UTC View Post“I expected to see the Oracle during my visit after you told me she basically sent you to find me,” I said to Master Kairos as we waited for our portal to the capital. He’d decided to accompa...
2024-10-04 03:37:41 +0000 UTC View Post“They will have observed you and Zavira while you fought in the dungeon,” Master Kairos said from the other side of the manatech vehicle as we rode together to the reception.
“How much ...
2024-10-01 19:48:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you still going with ‘Momentia’ as your chosen name?” Zavira asked through the interface later that night.
After dinner, Mom, Dad, and Justin had set up a joint video call with B...
2024-09-27 02:03:47 +0000 UTC View Post“It truly was merely an oversight,” Master Kairos assured me as we entered the floating vehicle waiting outside.
I nodded, though I wasn’t fully sold on his innocence. While he’d seem...
2024-09-24 01:00:53 +0000 UTC View Post