It didn't work. Trying to sneak past the more intelligent Skeleton Archon was doomed from the start. While the massing skeletons and zombies didn't notice a thing, the Archon's attention shot to Lu...
2025-11-25 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDressed in dark gray, almost black robes that didn't flutter in the wind, a monster stepped out from behind a burning building. Like with Darius, it was like Luke's attention drifted away from it, ...
2025-11-24 19:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThat one threat was enough to make Luis spill the beans. The name of his organization was not one Luke recognized, but he didn't pay much attention to that sort of stuff. From Luis's rambling, they...
2025-11-21 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIt took some convincing, but Viola gave in and contacted her superiors, who, despite her predictions on how the call would go, allowed Luke to see the would-be kidnapper. Back in the elevator, head...
2025-11-20 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostNoise. So much noise. Why couldn’t everyone just shut up? All day, every day, wherever you went, people just talked and talked and talked. In a smaller setting, it might be bearable for a while, ...
2025-11-20 09:54:47 +0000 UTC View PostNash and Tom came lugging Perienka just as Greta's voice rose over the houses. She watched the sky and sang a melody in an unknown language, languid and with more than a fair dose of melancholy. A ...
2025-11-19 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostNash, now shirtless for some reason, fought against Henry, matching the other man's blade with nothing more than his fists and arms. He looked away for a brief second to shout at Luke. "Something i...
2025-11-18 19:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostNash and Tom rushed forward in a charge, with Luke and the others trailing after. Not wanting to shout, Luke attempted to message Nash through the interface, but that didn't work. Their party leade...
2025-11-17 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostOnce all of them were fitted with armbands and the little light on them turned green, their opponents made their appearance. One by one, they came running from farther into the big room, Trevor, th...
2025-11-15 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a quick shower, a breakfast consisting of a few pieces of bread with nothing on them, and water, Luke raced down the stairs, the worst of his soreness washed away by healing. Anticipating phy...
2025-11-14 13:47:57 +0000 UTC View PostStaring at the little blob that had become his pet, Luke could swear it had increased in size since he last saw it.
"Did eating that monster core make you bigger?"
Smudge didn't answer,...
2025-11-14 13:47:24 +0000 UTC View Post"This?" Luke asked, holding out one of the early monster cores he'd collected.
Smudge rose from the ground, and a small part of it reached up and forward, like an eager dog waiting for a trea...
2025-11-14 13:47:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter holding up his fist for a little while, waiting for the cult twins to join in, Nash let his hand drop and shrugged. "Classes then? I mean, that has to be on the list, yeah?"
"It is," Pr...
2025-11-14 13:46:43 +0000 UTC View Post"Are the monsters scary?"
"Is it dangerous in dungeons?"
"What's a credit?"
"When do I get to kill stuff?"
The questions were telling of just how fresh off the Tutorial Dung...
2025-11-14 13:46:18 +0000 UTC View PostI'm too far ahead again. Just finished chapter 69. Another 5 chapters for you!
2025-11-14 13:45:55 +0000 UTC View PostTakanawa let out a low gasp, then a murmur as Luke got started. Destroying the dysfunctional marrow was the first step, and that was easy enough, more so now that he was able to utilize Weaver's Ru...
2025-11-13 19:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostIt seemed to Luke that every car he got into these days was driven by some crazy person with a death wish. Speeding, rounding sharp corners without slowing down, and disregarding everyone around th...
2025-11-12 19:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Luke asked what would happen to him going forward, having swallowed his frustration over them blaming him for their own mistake of sending a damn nuke to wipe Relian out, every eye turned to A...
2025-11-11 19:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostAbout an hour after saying goodbye to Curtis, Luke found himself smushed in the backseat of a dark car with tinted windows, driving to some undisclosed location. On either side of him, agents in da...
2025-11-10 19:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostWell, at first it looked like the little void had disappeared, but squatting down with arms resting over his knees, Luke stared at a small patch of it that had remained when the rest of the opening...
2025-11-08 14:22:24 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a slim chance that Luke would've been able to take Relian unaware, one that, it turned out, was damn near zero. As soon as he approached, Luke lost an arm, and would have lost more if not fo...
2025-11-08 14:21:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe two Lifeweavers reached into each other's mana channels as they clashed. Rather than run up against each other and battle it out in some epic struggle of willpower and strength, they both gaine...
2025-11-08 14:21:29 +0000 UTC View PostIgnoring Johanson's frantic questions about what happened to the weapon of mass destruction and what was going on with The Fallen Shepherd, Luke pointed to the field where sparks of light and the s...
2025-11-08 14:21:04 +0000 UTC View PostMartin vaulted over the barrier and was among the monster bulls, twirling with his swords, both of them glowing, one yellow and one light blue. Whenever Luke thought a monster would strike him with...
2025-11-08 14:20:32 +0000 UTC View Post... so I'm dropping a couple of extra chapters. Enjoy! // Oskar
2025-11-08 14:20:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe being that had stared out at Luke from beyond the weave of The Greater System drifted closer through the opening that cut straight up into the air. Right in front of it, a man approached, gestu...
2025-11-07 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMartin waved his finger about in a circle and then squeezing his hand into a fist, shouting. "DIA have engaged the target! Prepare for drop!"
"Drop? Shit! What do I do?" Luke asked, looking a...
2025-11-06 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs they flew, Toledo disappearing behind them, Martin put considerable effort into making his team explain their classes and power-sets to Luke and Curtis, so there wouldn't be any surprises. Linda...
2025-11-05 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNot sure what else to do, he held out a hand to her. "I'll be back soon. At least I hope I will."
"A handshake?" She said, raising an eyebrow as she pushed his hand to the side, stepped in an...
2025-11-04 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHe left the other two at the table to search for hotel rooms and made his way into the park. It wasn’t large or well-kept, but the grass and trees had a calming effect as he pondered Relian’s l...
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