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I wasn’t itching to check them.
It was hard to celebrate when Hellion was seriously broken.
I shut off all of my powers and examined my half rippe...
2025-05-17 02:53:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Don’t eat all of it, Sabretooth!” I shouted as I dimmed Hellion’s power without the half ripper going inactive just yet. “I need to check his body!”
To my relief, Sabretooth list...
2025-05-16 23:42:52 +0000 UTC View PostA blast of lightning and thunder escaped my body as my blood ran even hotter and my heart beat harder. If you took me out of those four participants, there were enough for one or all three to be pa...
2025-05-16 23:41:13 +0000 UTC View PostMy battle with Elric Auraguard became one of attrition while learning each other’s patterns, which mostly involved him learning me. The situation flipped when he predicted my maneuvers and applie...
2025-04-25 19:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostI made it rain all the remaining oil canisters from my storage ring, which forced Elric and Taver to hesitate. The anger and hate I saw through their open visors should’ve bothered me. Instead, i...
2025-04-25 19:19:28 +0000 UTC View PostI teleported into an adjacent room close to the wreckage area that held the imperial Portal. From here, I wouldn’t know what they were doing or who they were.
I didn’t want to spy on them...
2025-04-25 19:18:35 +0000 UTC View PostBy the fifth hour, the stress of the unknown got to me.
I made a compromise that I didn’t think I would. Even though I knew I had to use everything that was available to me to survive, it h...
2025-04-25 19:17:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe javelin went awry after taking a magnetic push from behind. Instead of flying straight and true as I’d imagined, it flipped end-over-end and smacked the Mole Lord broadly in the face.
T...
2025-04-25 19:16:33 +0000 UTC View PostA lone mole worker sniffed and scratched around for something tasty to eat. It was in one of the old tunnels that had been long explored for years.
Still, the lone mole worker returned to thi...
2025-04-25 19:15:30 +0000 UTC View PostThere was no such thing as an independent adventurer in the Supreme Sovereign Empire. Not among humans, nor the other Ranker folks.
The empire regulated everything from the top down, and the ...
2025-04-25 19:14:25 +0000 UTC View PostThere it was.
I could see her going all out this time, like a wintery wraith aiming to bury me cold under the ice.
Ruthless. Harsh. Beautiful.
Thankfully, my visor hid my face in ...
2025-04-18 23:08:52 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Seraphina reached Rank 1, and I was still stuck at Rank 0 three months after hitting 99% Epiphany, the problems cropped up more fiercely. The ones who’d rubbed elbows with me as much as poss...
2025-04-18 23:06:26 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up with a gasp. Rainbow oil covered the rooftop edge around me, the spot under me remaining dry. Dozens of imps perched to my left and right, some of them squawking in surprise at my sudden ...
2025-04-18 23:04:10 +0000 UTC View PostBy round fifty, I was grasping what made Path Energy trickier to manage than Vitality or Aether, even if Path Energy was stronger overall.
Because Path Energy could do a lot of things, it was...
2025-04-18 23:02:32 +0000 UTC View PostInstincts kicked in, and I lunged to my left while pivoting slightly, my right arm raising to meet the Primordial’s training sword. The maneuver should force the bookish senior’s attack to glan...
2025-04-18 22:59:40 +0000 UTC View PostI felt my pounding heart in my throat, my blood rushing fast throughout my body, my muscles tensed for action. Path Energy crackled violently over my armored form, my left hand reaching behind me t...
2025-04-18 22:57:21 +0000 UTC View PostBack in the Steel Blitz Adventurer Guild, adventurers of all sorts filled the chow hall during its busiest hours. Kel, a Rank 1 bronze adventurer, was occupying a table by himself while waiting for...
2025-04-18 22:55:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe System was both cruel and gracious. How was I supposed to pick anything?
Growling a little, I rubbed my left hand over my face. I looked beyond the list of options I could scroll through ...
2025-04-11 18:39:23 +0000 UTC View Post“Am I not going to get the kill?” I asked with a wheeze once one side of my lungs had rebuilt themselves into working order.
The hulking and headless body of the Fallen Slayer tilted from...
2025-04-11 18:20:49 +0000 UTC View PostI made my choice while walking out of my rest spot and straight into some bad weather, which was relative in this hellish Realm.
[Congrats! You’ve chosen Apex Fervor: Level...
2025-04-11 17:53:59 +0000 UTC View Post“That was insane. Why did I do that?” I found a place inside one of the towering structures to get out of the acid drizzle.
With the autosaw and my surprisingly intact adventurer pack in ...
2025-04-11 17:20:26 +0000 UTC View PostPath Magic activated: Relentless Surge.
Path Energy: 84% to 44%.
The sudden drop in Path Energy didn’t take away from the sudden burst of power that went off inside of me like a bomb....
2025-04-11 17:02:07 +0000 UTC View Post6: Go Wild
To be honest, I only had one hard choice.
Every power was interesting, and I could fantasize about ways to use them – especially Bullish Knock Up, Stampeding Run, and Giant...
2025-04-11 14:04:56 +0000 UTC View PostEpiphanies were more mystical than the System made it seem sometimes.
Everyone’s Epiphany, especially at Rank 0, would rise at different paces, for different reasons, and for different even...
2025-04-04 22:24:26 +0000 UTC View PostI remembered the days after I lost my hand from a bronze quest two years ago and still went to the guild, not missing a day off. I remembered how the same people who I started with as tin adventure...
2025-04-04 21:16:26 +0000 UTC View PostFour years ago, I was a Rank 0 copper adventurer with the honor to teach a class that would normally have a bronze instructor teaching. I ensured my stance was cool and confident, my smile open and...
2025-04-04 17:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostSix years ago, when I still had a right hand, I was raising it eagerly to answer the question of a male bronze instructor. We were in a clean and sunny classroom setting, and the question was this:...
2025-04-04 14:59:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I woke up, the hour was darkest before dawn, and I was due for my daily training. The only thing that slowed me was a small tightness in my chest that I’d never felt before.
Other issu...
2025-04-04 12:33:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the new project:
They laughed when he got stuck at Rank 0. Then he discovered the hidden path monsters and rankers fear ...
2025-04-04 12:25:26 +0000 UTC View PostHey, everyone, I'm back from break!
And what a break it was. I really needed it during a time I was moving into a new apartment and getting a lot of stuff in order.
Also, during that ti...
2025-04-04 12:17:58 +0000 UTC View Post