“Well then, try it. Let’s see. You might as well give it a test run in here while I start the collapse and get us out.”
I look down at my sword, then back up to Ember.
“How?”<...
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Even with this powerful attack, in a matter of minutes, the massive tear in the shielded walls heals back to as good as new.
I try using the same attack a few more times, tearing massive crac...
2024-02-06 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I don’t get hungry or tired for another full day. Not doing overly strenuous activity along with my increased mana control base has made it much easier to go long stretches without these necessit...
2024-02-05 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Activating my enemy detection skill, I scan the entire dungeon in search of the odd readings Titans give off.
With my more recent mana control and skill upgrades, my skills nearly spread acro...
2024-02-04 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
After a long rest, my eyes finally open.
The white void of the isolation pod that surrounds me fills my vision, and I take in a deep breath of mana-infused air.
I’m unsure how much ti...
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Slowly but surely, my vision begins to become clear again, and my legs stop trying to give way under me.
I begin to focus on my heart beating and heavy breathing slow back down to normal.
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I pull my hand out of the darkness right through the path it entered, and tight within my grasp is the orange beating heart.
It’s hot to the touch, and the skin on my hand and arms is conti...
2024-02-01 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
“It has a heart…”
My eyes lock onto the bright orange energy source beneath its layers of black energy manifested cloak. It avoided being hit there on purpose, so I know this is exactly...
2024-01-31 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
With nowhere to run but up. I use two massive air-steps full of wind magic to boost myself upward, nearing the upper limits of the mana-shielded dome.
The orbs follow, but I swing my flaming ...
2024-01-30 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I start to step back, grab the handle of my sword, and activate all of my stat-boosting skills at once.
However, the other three guards blip over to me faster than I can even react.
Two...
2024-01-29 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The pillars of ice summoned from Maria’s feet and sword nearly fill the entire arena’s dome. However, the unyielding orange aura and ferocious speed of the ghoul tear down her mana and Qi-imbue...
2024-01-28 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“The 8th stage?”
Monk looks back at Maria as he leads us out.
“I’m not sure, I’ve never seen anyone face it. It's probably better that way.”
Each of us nods and doesn'...
2024-01-27 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
When I make it back to the dungeon hub in full stealth mode, I look at all the available dungeon entrances for a moment, and my eye catches the B Class gate.
I never really thought twice abou...
2024-01-26 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“Well, let's say I provided all the raw material necessary to make these items, could you and your team get it done?”
She looks down at the papers again, flipping through and making notes...
2024-01-25 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I think quickly, reacting to her words and decide to go along with what she thinks this intruder may be. If she thinks I’m from the Association without me having to lead her to believe it, that...
2024-01-24 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The clean and shiny inner city is left behind as I walk into the much more dangerous and less regulated side of town.
Wearing my ring of concealment from Sector 1, the high quality black suit...
2024-01-23 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
“Sounds good to me.”
While Maria and Abby come to their senses, I square up with Monk and we both pick up our sparring session where we left off.
With Qi powering every step I take,...
2024-01-22 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The two orange-robed figures stand in front of the same opening in the pyramid-shaped structure.
My initial plan was to walk in myself, and notify Monk that I’d be bringing company, but bef...
2024-01-21 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We board the elevator, and it brings us up a dozen floors in what feels like no more than half a second.
After a light ding and the door quickly opening, all three of us walk out following Ab...
2024-01-20 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I make sure to reactivate my Rising Emperor’s domain buff and give Abby Absorption to aid her in farming MCP and more temporary skills as we travel higher up the Labyrinth.
The level 623 Ic...
2024-01-19 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The floor below my feet is glossy and clear with the faintest blue tint, as if I’m standing on a frozen lake.
Maria and Abby stand on a raised ice sculpture, a creation of the blond-haired ...
2024-01-18 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
“It is Qi.”
I peer up at my partner in the sky and do a full-body scan, expecting to see a monstrous wave of Qi flowing through Ember as well.
Every time I get a new power-up, he se...
2024-01-17 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[+1 PP]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[+1 PP]
I think about my Rising Emperor’s domain buff and look at Maria to watch the blue text stats notification pop up the moment I summon them into my consciousness.
“Let’s see what happens ...
2024-01-15 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I continue to stare down at the floor, pondering what to say back to Lith's offer.
Then, I turn to Maria, and she speaks in a soft tone while still holding onto my left arm from earlier in th...
2024-01-14 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Lith repeats most of what Maria already told me back in the hotel suite, just in case anything was missed, recapping where Arie, Chester, Lydia, and Fisher have been. Then, he gets to the point. 2024-01-13 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The men on the ground begin foaming at the mouth, while the two Royal Guards freeze in place as my wave of buff-enhanced legendary Intimidation hits them.
They don’t move a muscle as I run ...
2024-01-12 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I stare at the shimmering crystal in Maria's hand, with a million questions still on my mind after the hour-long conversation we just had catching up on everything my teammates have been through wh...
2024-01-11 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We sit in the middle of the living room of the premium suite, and Maria recounts the events of the past week in full detail.
The fact that my ranked-up buff worked on her without any resistan...
2024-01-10 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
A woman with long flowing blond hair, fair skin, and piercing blue eyes approaches our table. The status readings I’m getting from the woman say without a shadow of a doubt, it's the same person ...
2024-01-09 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post