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Chapter 147

Breakfast was rice porridge topped with salted fish and pickled vegetables. Cubes of watermelon were available as a treat. Hector found himself competing with Sam to eat as much of the fruit as pos...

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Chapter 146

Hector wasn’t even sure he needed to escape. Maybe this was just a tournament of foreign Xian as had been advertised. That just didn’t seem likely to him. Why would they host it on the property...

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Chapter 145

Hector put away the donated resources with steely determination. Swallow a piece of fat the size of a knuckle. Wash it down with a sip of burning liquid. Grimace and blink the tears from his eyes w...

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Chapter 144

He drank a bottle of wine and cultivated chaos even though it was the middle of the night. Though he’d intended the case of wine to power his domain improvements, he much preferred using it to sp...

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Chapter 143

The level six Xian shopkeeper smiled broadly at his entrance, causing Hector a spike of concern. There was something predatory there. “Hello, Master Sirius.”

“Why if it isn’t the Stal...

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Chapter 142

As he got onto the circumnavigating train, Hector found a familiar face. It was at the same height as his own even though he was standing while the other’s body was sitting. “Good to see you ag...

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Chapter 141

Hector focused on increasing his energy levels for three weeks, then after that ran the dungeon once a week. He kept to the easy run through the ravine. Though he didn’t form a team, he no longer...

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Chapter 140

They took everything that remained of Rodrick. Body and personal effects. All of it had to be destroyed to prevent the toxic miasma from polluting anything else.

The two of them held each oth...

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Chapter 139

Hector looked at Rodrick held before him in a princess carry. His friend was gasping for air and coughing up blood and phlegm and miasmic fluid. An anteater of epic proportions stood between them a...

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Chapter 138

They were two weeks out from their next group dungeon run when a universal alert appeared in the System interface.

UNIVERSAL ALERT

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Chapter 137

Their next group dungeon run proved remarkably successful. Conrad took them to a short ridge inside that was both a hotbed of activity and somewhere they could rapidly escape if necessary. Zelda an...

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Chapter 136

The Dream Engine was dead. Its components had worn down until a critical fault caused a cascade of failures. For the first time in over thirty years, no human in the entire multiverse was receiving...

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Chapter 135

Three days after his dungeon runs, Hector discovered fresh bruises on Riley. He avoided speaking of them until they were safely away from the public.

“Who did that?”

Riley shrunk aw...

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Chapter 134

“What are your energy reserves at, Hector?”

“I’m fully topped up.”

“Good,” Conrad said. Zelda was at twenty percent and Rodrick just eighteen.

Rodrick apparently did...

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Chapter 133

Riley would have agreed to absolutely anything to get a regular client who didn’t abuse her, Hector was sure. He felt like he’d taken advantage of her desperation even though he was trying to w...

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Chapter 132

Rodrick had his hand over Hector’s mouth in an instant. “Don’t say that word! Holy Uncle, are you trying to get us kicked out?”

“And what would you call it?”

“It’s a bro...

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Chapter 131

The transition from ‘I feel nothing’ to ‘uh oh’ happened quite abruptly. Hector had been staring at the ceiling of his capsule in boredom when he decided to shift onto his side. The motion ...

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Chapter 130

Hector hit the streets with a sigh. His bed called to him though it was only mid-afternoon, promising it would be just as good to think about humility and charity instead of actin...

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Chapter 129

Zelda crashed to the ground beside him. “It’s time to retreat. We’re just wasting energy.”

“How much do you have left?”

“Maybe five percent,” she answered.

Hector ...

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Chapter 128

Hector dressed, ate breakfast, and drank five expensive teas while waiting for the rest of his group. Rodrick was the first to arrive, wearing his usual armor and with a cheap armband light on each...

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Chapter 127

He drank the first bottle of wine in its entirety that night. It was potent in terms of its alcohol content, its cosmic energy levels, and its harsh flavor. He woke at his usual time and began the ...

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Chapter 126

Hector studied his gains. He had managed to achieve an improvement of point one in mind, point two in aura, and point one in domain.

Survey Results

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Chapter 125

Conrad’s shouted advice proved much wiser than his hasty plan to fly them to safety.

Hector found his boots completely shredded from his brief flight. Xian warriors with a propensity for fl...

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Chapter 124

The subway train was already full when it reached them. They crammed inside like personal space wasn’t a concern. The tight quarters proved beneficial when the train accelerated forward. Instead ...

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Chapter 123

Hector decided to start his day off with a nice tourist activity and booked two spots on an air taxi. Rodrick didn’t hesitate to agree to the outing. Immediately after breakfast, they went to the...

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Chapter 122

Hector didn’t immediately agree to Conrad’s request. The two of them added each other as contacts through the System interface. That would allow them to leave messages for each other – not di...

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Chapter 121

Six weeks passed quickly.

Wake early for an hour of chaos cultivation. Grab a quick breakfast at the cafeteria, usually just some of the cheap Jinn casserole soups. Head to the rooftop garden...

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Chapter 120

Checking into the capsule hotel involved walking through the front doors. The hotel computers were integrated into the System so that they knew when a guest arrived. They didn’t get to choose the...

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Chapter 119

“Yes, it happened,” Hector lied.

“No! I can’t believe I missed your first notification!”

Hector shrugged, trying not to reveal his complete ignorance. “It’s been fun, Mala...

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Chapter 118

“A dungeon is where people go to fight monsters,” Rodrick said. “I’m going to do it some day.”

“Good, then it’s not a torture tower.” He’d been worried about that.

Zel...

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