The sun was low in the sky by the time Lukas and El-One reached the manor. Lukas suspected the raptors saw better in the dark and wasn’t too keen to find out whether he was right or wrong. He hur...
2025-05-22 13:20:54 +0000 UTC
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The storeroom’s temperature felt near or below freezing. If the creatures didn’t break in and get him, the cold would. The mass grave was wet and sloshy and had left him soaked. Hypothermia was...
2025-05-22 13:05:05 +0000 UTC
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Lukas woke in a wet tangle of cold limbs. A much-too-familiar metallic taste filled his mouth. He knew it intimately. The clones' memories almost always ended with heavy coppery notes.
...
2025-05-22 12:58:44 +0000 UTC
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How many more times do I have to die today?
Twenty-foot-tall doors of solid gold towered over Lukas. Scenes from great battles and wars decorated their surface. The artisan had unnec...
2025-05-22 12:56:30 +0000 UTC
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Regardless to say the last 1 year has been rough on the Pal clan.
ROugh pregnancy. Baby. Rough postpartum recovery. Rough move. Rough settling.
Then, Apocalypse Arena launched on Amazon...
2025-05-22 12:51:26 +0000 UTC
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“I’m sorry for your loss,” Shawn said. His face and expression suggested sincerity, but Nil felt so numb that he didn’t care enough to scrutinize. It all felt meaningless. “Udit w...
2025-04-08 15:26:00 +0000 UTC
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“Did you get the feeling that they don’t trust Shawn either?” Nil asked, walking through Nexus Market, arm in arm with Selia. He carried a grapefruit-sized sphere in his free hand. The wood a...
2025-04-03 04:59:27 +0000 UTC
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“Digital attacks on the Forge’s computer system have multiplied over the past six of your months,” Layla said. “A couple have made it through, forcing us to adopt a technology from another ...
2025-04-01 05:16:20 +0000 UTC
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The following morning started early for Nil. He started his day in the garden attached to his suite. It contained the same plants as in the recreational area around the world tree. However, they we...
2025-02-04 11:48:16 +0000 UTC
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Udit’s shoulders visibly relaxed when Emily returned from the teleportation area that connected to the arena backrooms. Lily followed close behind her. The oldest member of the Roy family pulled ...
2025-01-27 21:39:00 +0000 UTC
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“Come in! Come in!” Udit ushered the couple into his apartment. They had washed quickly and changed before rushing to his apartment in the staff building. “Are you hungry?”
“Always,...
2025-01-27 21:38:22 +0000 UTC
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“That quick enough for you?” Selia asked once the arena construct teleported them to the backrooms. Dirt stained her pale skin and clothes, but she appeared unscathed. It seemed her chains had ...
2025-01-15 12:56:14 +0000 UTC
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Five days passed in Ruipur without Nox being able to confirm or prepone his meeting. The city’s councilwoman who had initially agreed to meet with him postponed her meeting again, leaving him to ...
2025-01-14 22:23:54 +0000 UTC
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“Quick in and out,” Nil said, straightening out his newest arena outfit. The sleeveless jacket was snug around his shoulder muscles, almost too tight. However, he had already used the sponsor...
2025-01-14 21:51:14 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys. I was going to start posting book 4 today. But I'm pretty burned out from baby keeping us up 3 nights in a row and super dissatisfied with the story plan I made. I've started it from scra...
2025-01-07 16:43:50 +0000 UTC
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Book 3 epilogue
“Are you sure Baba is okay?” Selia asked, adjusting her strapless top covering. It was in no danger of falling off as she rose from the hot spring. Howeve...
2025-01-03 17:13:46 +0000 UTC
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Nil didn’t have much confidence in his skating skills. He had always been a clumsy man except for when practicing martial arts. The discipline, calm, and focus made him more sure-footed and preci...
2025-01-02 08:21:09 +0000 UTC
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It came as no surprise when the revelations surrounding Shina and the connection to Wilson Luduses came to life. At first, he questioned the validity of Katherine’s lead, but then CIT and Layla s...
2025-01-01 10:05:28 +0000 UTC
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[[Patreon butchered the system stuff last time and I can't figure out why.]]
As expected, Nil received several options for a new feat when he used the Gold Ascension Token.
2024-12-31 19:41:33 +0000 UTC
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The couple wanted nothing more than to return to the ludus and rest. Unfortunately, a surprise awaited them when they exited the rewards room. They walked in on Shawn locked in a heated conversatio...
2024-12-27 10:26:14 +0000 UTC
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You have earned 1 Silver Ascension Token, 10 Schema Tokens, and 5000 Schema Credits! More rewards await you and your world as the saviors and Cleansers of Eternum!
Yo...
2024-12-26 07:54:17 +0000 UTC
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Just before the cataclysm, Udit had planned a family trip to his ancestral home in India. Elizabeth wanted a few cultural and beach trips, too. So, they intended to do both in one by taking a train...
2024-12-25 10:29:21 +0000 UTC
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Team Forge is the first and only team to have completed the fifth sector and maintained its lead throughout the Cleansing. You have earned 1 Silver Ascension Token, 10 Schema Tokens, and 10...
2024-12-20 19:27:30 +0000 UTC
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“Any powerful sanity or Mind Magic-reliant Void Lord would have a much higher Danger Level,” Iris explained once they all settled in the rest area.
It was a palatial space with a lounge, ...
2024-12-19 10:36:34 +0000 UTC
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Only three Scourge Champions remained. Five had pursued Team Forge to the beacon. Selia took out one, and another fell, trying to cover their companion from Zora’s army-killing spell. The spell h...
2024-12-18 20:00:07 +0000 UTC
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It was as Iris had said. On their way to the beacon, the team assaulted scuttler hives and a few ritual sites and received no points. They had no choice but to fight the Scourge team. Apparently, w...
2024-12-17 20:41:23 +0000 UTC
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Team Forge and Iris made a beeline for the beacon instead of trying to evade or hide. They needed to put as much distance between themselves and the team of five Scourge Champions that still stood....
2024-12-14 10:05:17 +0000 UTC
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“Why the fuck is the intelligence so stingy?” Selia demanded.
Team Forge covered half the sector, taking out hives and Cursed Ones and exploring over and underground areas. Yet they...
2024-12-13 17:32:48 +0000 UTC
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The fifth and final sector of the Cleansing brought Team Forge back to civilization. The architecture looked more European than Indian and carried Arabic influences. The buildings also carried scor...
2024-12-12 17:30:53 +0000 UTC
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The rest of the sector blurred by. After finding no suitable sources on their way to the beacon, Team Forge settled for a hive of biomechanics. It was far larger and more densely populated than the...
2024-12-12 09:44:09 +0000 UTC
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