143: Putting in a Word Upstairs
“Dear Almighty,” Ashtoreth said, hands clasped before her. “Please make sure I get a [Sacred] aspect in my upcoming advancements so that I can destroy infernals and protect m...
2025-06-19 03:05:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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142: Fortunately For Me, Dragons Happen to be Made of MEAT
It was over.
Ashtoreth had done the math.
For one thing, Hunter was on standby to rescue her if anything went wrong.
For another, Morax Tol, who had clearly not done the ...
2025-06-19 03:03:43 +0000 UTC View Post141: With Friends Like These, It’s a Shock I’ve Still Got Living Enemies!
Ashtoreth filled the air in front of them with hellfire, her own flames negating those of the dragon and giving them a small pocket of space within which they could stand unharmed.
Frost’s ...
2025-06-17 07:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post140: My Boom is Bigger
Morax Tol hissed, then lunged toward her to unleash a flurry of incredibly fast blows.
Apparently she’d offended him.
Ashtoreth threw herself backward, avoiding the claws that came at...
2025-06-16 06:07:16 +0000 UTC View Post139: Nothing Says ‘Boss’ Like a Dragon Launching Spells From the Top of a Palatial Brutalist Pyramid
Get up here, she said to Dazel. This might be it.
Wind rushed by her as she sped through the air to meet the white comet. She conjured as many hellfire javelins as she could...
2025-06-14 07:19:19 +0000 UTC View Post138: She Protec, She Attac, But Most Importantly She Brought Snacks
The scene flashed before Ashtoreth’s eyes in the half-second that she spent flying through the air: a meteor golem standing before a member
The scene flashed before Ashtoreth’s eyes in th...
2025-06-12 05:44:40 +0000 UTC View Post137: Who Taught this Dragon Overlord how to Play Tower Defenses?
Physically, Wanderschloss wasn’t a compromise between the massive greatsword and the scythe whose advancements it was combining. As much as Ashtoreth liked the idea of exotic, fancy weap...
2025-06-12 05:19:59 +0000 UTC View Post136: I’ve Never Been to a Fireworks Show Before!
Ashtoreth knew that before the invasion, humans had relied on machines to wage war. She’d always loved the raw, industrial look of tanks and planes and gun emplacements.
But she’d underes...
2025-06-10 06:17:32 +0000 UTC View Post135: I Need Bling That Tells Time… and Also Jesus
The forces of Hell had long since been whittled down to the point where Ashtoreth was no longer needed in hunting them out. She simply didn’t do as good a job as the teams of humans using divinat...
2025-06-09 05:19:44 +0000 UTC View Post134: A Bastard and a Hypocrite
“Look, boss…”
Ashtoreth waited, watching. From where he sat atop her knees, Dazel’s eyes almost seemed like two glowing points of light in the dark.
“I’m tired,” he said. ...
2025-06-09 05:17:56 +0000 UTC View Post133: Why Plan One Invasion When You Can Plan Three?
“In the eyes of Hell," Matthews said, "we will be launching an attack against Fallen Harana with the intent of seizing its monarchy, sealing it off, and then liquidating its infernal population f...
2025-06-08 05:37:01 +0000 UTC View Post132: A Hop, Skip, and a Jump
The weeks that followed were filled with training, crafting, questioning, and preparations.
Ashtoreth was publicly acknowledged and supported by the various world leaders and still-functionin...
2025-06-08 05:34:41 +0000 UTC View Post131: Child of Hell
Ashtoreth sat in her chair, practically sprawling, and stared at the ceiling. She wove a claw through the air to conjure the glamour of a long-stemmed wooden pipe packed with a flavorful medley of ...
2025-06-05 05:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post130: The Best Abilities Are the Ones You Make Up
“Okay, I’ve got another one,” Dazel said.
Ashtorteh yawned. “Hit me with it.”
“A buff flare,” he said. “A nice, juicy buff flare. I could probably give you a few seconds...
2025-06-05 05:38:58 +0000 UTC View Post129: You Think You’ve Got it Bad?
Hours later, Ashtoreth appeared in a grassy field with a burst of light, then began to stretch.
“That’s it,” she said, watching as she was awarded an avalanche of low-level cores from t...
2025-06-04 07:05:30 +0000 UTC View Post128: How Do You Do, Fellow Humans?
[Archfiend of Humanity]
+1 DEX, +1 STR, +1 VIT, +1 MAG, +1 PSY, +1 DEF
You become [Human] in addition to your current race. Instead of gaining ...
2025-06-03 04:53:18 +0000 UTC View Post127: In Which Two Forms of Unexpected Combinations Are Themselves Combined Unexpectedly
{Choose a Class Upgrade}
{You will add the listed stat bonuses to your current class. Your current class’s tier will increase one step.}
{You...
2025-06-02 19:26:28 +0000 UTC View Post126: The Unquenchable Joy of Data Entry
The monarchy menu was more complicated than anything else the system had ever put to her, far more so than any readout of her stats or abilities.
It began with a simple statement.
125: Meetings First, Dopamine Later
{You cannot consume any more of your held cores. Their power is too low to advance you.}
{DING! You gain 95 levels. You are now level 447.}
{Yo...
2025-06-01 07:50:54 +0000 UTC View Post124: I Did It!
I did it, Ashtoreth thought.
For a few seconds, she just stared up at the arena around her as the red ether that had once been War drifted through the air around her, fading. Slowly,...
2025-05-29 05:35:41 +0000 UTC View Post123: Absolutely Nothing
Ashtoreth watched the horse screech and burn below her as her elemental darted toward it.
That was the thing about hellfire: it was costly in terms of [Mana], but burns were ...
2025-05-13 05:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post122: What is it Good For?
Dazel leapt into the air and soared away from her as soon as the fight began.
War’s horse bounded into the air at an angle.
Ashtoreth ran perpendicular to war, conjuring her cannon in...
2025-05-07 10:26:48 +0000 UTC View Post121: This Would Be Better if we All Got Theme Music
War’s first duel was about as interesting as Ashtoreth had expected it would be. Pretty much all of the humans were using guns, and in the first few moments of battle it became clear that the hum...
2025-05-07 08:46:32 +0000 UTC View Post120: Lessons on How Better to Manipulate Humanity’s Bossmen
“Well that was kind of embarrassing, if you ask me,” said Ashtoreth. “That poor Russian fellow didn’t even get a chance to show us what he’s got.”
She’d tried to glamour everyon...
2025-05-05 06:38:46 +0000 UTC View Post119: Hopefully We Won’t Get Too Bored Watching Humans Kill Each Other
Ashtoreth rose into the air, scanning the seats that rose around the arena. They were almost completely empty, except for some scattered groups of a few people each.
She tried to find War. Sh...
2025-05-05 06:03:24 +0000 UTC View Post118: After This, I’m Basically Exactly as Moral as UNICEF, and for the Same Reasons
Her [Bloodfire] began to drain immediately as she leapt into the air. Famine’s horse moved away from him at an odd angle, apparently intent on performing the pincer maneuver that...
2025-05-05 05:18:45 +0000 UTC View Post117: The Search for Wholesome Jokes About Starvation and Eating Disorders
“You know what I think would have been more fair?” Ashtoreth said. “If, in consideration of how badly the System robbed us when it cut us off before the demiplane exploded, it made War and Fa...
2025-05-05 04:46:39 +0000 UTC View Post116: I Knew That War Was Supposed to be Hell, But I Never Realized He Was Supposed to be So Rude
{DING! You gain 7 levels. You are now level 352}
{You gain 84 DEX, 84 STR, 126 VIT, 98 MAG, 49 PSY, 49 DEF}
{Reaching level 350 has granted you...
2025-05-01 08:24:13 +0000 UTC View Post115: A Little Innocent Blood Never Hurt Anybody!
“Quiet!” Ashtoreth said suddenly, freezing and spinning toward the large doorway that seemed to lead deeper into the hotel.
“What—”
“Shhh!” she hissed.
She...
2025-05-01 07:48:51 +0000 UTC View Post114: The ‘Back When Al Capone Was Killing People’ Vibe
Ashtoreth stared at the system text, for a moment uncomprehending.
Then, comprehending, she swore.
“Heaven above!” she wailed. “The cores!”
She brought up a list ...
2025-05-01 07:29:14 +0000 UTC View Post