Ch 69 (Side story continued)
The next morning. Cassie woke up to a cold chill.
She reached out and stretched her arms wide in a yawn.
Andrew and Cassie had stayed up most the night talking. She loved th...
2025-03-14 00:27:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The next morning. Cassie woke up to a cold chill.
She reached out and stretched her arms wide in a yawn.
Andrew and Cassie had stayed up most the night talking. She loved th...
2025-03-14 00:27:07 +0000 UTC View PostCassie barely registered her own footsteps as she walked back home.
The air felt too heavy. The world too empty.
She had just given up everything. Hadn’t she?
Maybe it was for t...
2025-03-14 00:15:32 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the others looted, I ran straight to Elise.
I grabbed her shoulders. “Tell me we didn’t lose anyone.”
She looked up at me with a sheepish smile. “We didn’t lose anyone....
2025-03-13 23:07:10 +0000 UTC View PostAs the timer wound down, I stepped closer to the frontline. This fight had the potential to push some of the wolves over the threshold for their class evolution, and I knew that Sadie and Xander we...
2025-03-13 22:44:13 +0000 UTC View PostEllison believed raid portals would open in the nearest controlled territory, meaning the first wave would hit our village’s starting point—the clearing where it all began.
I don’t love...
2025-03-13 01:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostAfter leaving Jessica’s shop Jared continues his tour of the faction.
The village had grown far beyond what I’d expected. Infrastructure was developing, enchantments were making lif...
2025-03-13 00:35:23 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a week of grinding levels, faction LM’s village had transformed again. Even from a distance, the changes were impossible to ignore. More houses stretched toward the mountain slopes, their l...
2025-03-13 00:34:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe next anomaly teaches us a few important lessons. Most importantly? Durkil was an absolute monster.
With his new armor, he tears through enemy ranks with reckless abandon, a walking force ...
2025-03-13 00:32:35 +0000 UTC View PostAt our speed, it only takes an hour to reach the next anomaly.
Ellison is already there waiting.
He spots us immediately and waves us over.
“Layton! You made it.”
I jog ...
2025-03-12 06:26:28 +0000 UTC View PostIt caught me off guard when the last three slavers turned and bolted.
But in the end, it only made things easier for Durkil, Daevon, Nick, and Alex.
I’d been careful throughout ...
2025-03-12 05:43:52 +0000 UTC View PostSadie had been driving when it happened.
One second, she was gripping the wheel, rehearsing how she’d break up with her boyfriend.
The next—poof. The tutorial had ripped her a...
2025-03-12 04:43:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe plan per the usual–is simple. Nick, Daevon, Durkil, and Alex would engage while I provide support with barriers, buffs and heals if necessary.
Meanwhile, Mischief would stay hidden, ens...
2025-03-12 03:42:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe march toward power doesn’t slow. If anything, it accelerates.
The next anomaly? Disappointing.
A lake. Massive mutated fish with stumpy disgusting legs. That was weird.
At f...
2025-03-12 01:18:06 +0000 UTC View PostPlowing through the crowd I join the rest of Faction LM and take my spot in a support role. Elise already has things well in hand before I even arrive.
At level 15 she chose the exact s...
2025-03-12 00:47:53 +0000 UTC View PostI step through the portal and Everything changes. Like with dungeons, I can see the evidence we’re in the same place—but it’s not the same.
The once green trees full of life are dead ro...
2025-03-11 04:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostNo one hesitates. Everyone can sense the urgency of preparing for six raids hitting our territory.
The fighters gather–together we total well over 100. I empty my storage. First I sta...
2025-03-11 02:54:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere is work to be done. But before we get to it there are still some questions that don’t make sense to me.
“Okay, I’m with you so far,” I say, leaning forward, “but couldn...
2025-03-11 00:17:51 +0000 UTC View PostYou have killed Level 29 Bandit Leader.
level up. level up.
Congratulations you have reached Level 25 in Healer and can choose a class evolution.
Congratulations! You have ...
2025-03-08 18:57:04 +0000 UTC View Post(Mischief)
For the past three days, Mischief had been gradually honing his new skills while Layton let him practice.
Could he have killed the bandits faster? Easily.
But that wasn...
2025-03-07 03:46:15 +0000 UTC View Post(The bandit camp)
"How many did we lose?" Maridus asks, his voice rough, drained.
His hands press against his temples, his skull throbbing with frustration. He hadn’t slept in three d...
2025-03-06 21:50:17 +0000 UTC View Post(Mischief)
Mischief slithers through the tall grass, each step a whisper against the earth.
The dark elves have no idea.
He could feel their presence beyond the wall, the vibratio...
2025-03-06 04:52:54 +0000 UTC View PostTwo level-ups. Not bad.
I pull up my status screen, assigning my points to Wisdom, hoping to snag a title for breaking 100 in another stat.
Nothing.
Damn. Guess I wasn’t the fir...
2025-03-06 04:08:49 +0000 UTC View Post(Back to Laytons Perspective)
I rip my sword from the bandits chest and turn to take in the chaos.
Mischief is doing his work too well. The camp is in total disarray—screams, blood, a...
2025-03-05 06:09:39 +0000 UTC View Post(This chapter is STILL Layton and Mischief from the perspective of their Victims)
Dantu stands on the palisade, gripping the worn hilt of his sword. The night stretches before him. Peering in...
2025-03-04 19:09:21 +0000 UTC View PostYou have entered a Level 24 Dungeon.
Objectives: Defeat the murderous bandits in each of their camps and checkpoints and defeat the faction leader.
Camps cleared...
I arrive just as Ellison and Jared are wrapping up their conversation.
“Ellison, I have to admit,” Jared said, extending a hand, “I had my reservations about this. But after our t...
2025-03-03 05:28:10 +0000 UTC View PostFive minutes and 2,000 UBCs later, we stepped into our newly acquired territory—through our very first portal.
It was seamless. Like walking from one room to another.
The portal itsel...
2025-03-03 04:44:44 +0000 UTC View PostJared sat in his small log cabin.the crackling fire casting flickering shadows across the log cabin’s rough-hewn walls. It wasn’t cold, but the scent of burning pine and the rhythmic pop of sap...
2025-02-28 15:57:24 +0000 UTC View Post