Levi ended up leaving Elmire with Ward, since the two gremlins liked working together anyway, but since Peter was going to stay with their group Cassandra argued that they didn't need two ogres.
Levi readily agreed to take Drok with him and Gordon. That left the recruitment team with Greg a...
2022-05-19 15:37:40 +0000 UTC View Post[Edited May 27th: adjusted the calculations on leveling dungeons to better match actual projections.]
Levi initiated almost two hundred people over the course of the convention, not all of whom were even attendees. Once word started to spread, it snowballed fast. He succeeded...
2022-05-18 15:41:01 +0000 UTC View PostLaurence was in a bit of a tight spot.
Not officially, not technically. Everything had been going off without a hitch. He’d negotiated with a dozen players across the country, collected ludicrous amounts of crafting supplies from Levi’s list - and a few that were...
2022-05-17 15:26:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Irene! Hey, heeeey, Medic lady! Over here!”
Irene turned, her eyes landing immediately on the nametag hovering above the head of a young man rushing toward her.
Drakonias: Level 6
(Fighter/Ranger)
She hesitated a moment, smiled and started toward him. ...
2022-05-16 15:51:00 +0000 UTC View Post[Edited 5/14: changed Leana to Riana; just realized I have way too many L named characters already.]
Riana was unreasonably excited to finally be back to an anime con again. After three years of circumstances conspiring against her, she'd accumulated four full sets of carefully cra...
2022-05-13 15:56:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn’t take long to reach their destination the next morning, leaving most of the minions behind at the first dungeon they reached that was close to the venue with instructions to hold the entry room but not advance further. Levi hoped to have some new recruits to Awaken before the day was o...
2022-05-12 17:29:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs they continued south, Levi split off some of their minions into two side groups to clear dungeons on their own, with orders to catch back up with the main group as soon as they were done. Since their days-long trip on their own had been largely unproductive, he was sure to only send them to du...
2022-05-11 17:36:32 +0000 UTC View PostLevi stood a bit straighter, watching tensely as Peter ran forward, closing in on the slime. Henry sprinted back into the fight ahead of him. Peter swapped weapons as he ran, switching out his crossbow for his scythe. He charged into melee range, screaming wordlessly, scythe raised to strike, the...
2022-05-10 15:41:00 +0000 UTC View PostAt first, Levi thought the boss was a Nature Essence, but it was far too small for that. Only about as big as Becca, if she were curled up in a ball. Not that he’d ever seen her do something like that; she always sat square, with her feet tucked under her, shoulders hunched, head tilted to one ...
2022-05-09 18:19:23 +0000 UTC View PostNature Dungeon: Level 2
This one was located in a parking lot, which had been blocked off with caution cones and hazard signs.
The blocked off area was quite large, and not centered around the barely-visible dungeon, but it was obvious that the locals had at least not...
2022-05-08 02:17:35 +0000 UTC View PostLevi pinged the area, receiving a number of faint signals, none strong enough to be a dungeon. Probably other Awakened in the city. He was momentarily impressed that so many had managed to gain access to the system and level enough to show up, but considering the population density of the place i...
2022-05-07 19:37:49 +0000 UTC View PostThey had a website.
Cassandra showed him her custom-printed shirts for all of them, with the URL printed across the back in bold silver lettering, then showed him the site itself when he asked.
It… looked good. Professional. Utterly unlike the Doom Raiders’ amateur...
2022-05-07 14:36:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe time passed surprisingly quickly, with Levi splitting his time between training Gordon or Peter, talking with Irene, and answering Cassandra’s occasional questions for her efforts online. Mostly on camera.
She insisted he introduce each of his minions, talk about their stats, the pros...
2022-05-06 12:34:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Since we’re going to travel on foot, we all need to be able to stamina drag if we don’t want anyone left behind. We can’t rely on cars any more.”
Gordon shook his head and sighed. “You don’t need to be so dramatic about it. I know, you want me to learn to use stamina and mana...
2022-05-04 17:17:01 +0000 UTC View PostLaurence Haynes wasn’t good at lying. He would consider himself very good at deceiving - by omission, by selective truths, by insinuation and implication - but straight out stating a falsehood made him twitchy and anxious. He worked hard to conceal his tells, but when directly confronted he cou...
2022-05-01 01:53:14 +0000 UTC View PostLevi again looked over the lists Laurence had given him. They were a tangible reassurance against his nebulous concerns of how much would be impossible to accomplish, the overwhelmed feeling that had followed him from the start beginning to fade.
The quantity of crafting supplies Laurence h...
2022-04-29 11:26:00 +0000 UTC View Post[Aster here, with a quick note: I have performed a minor retcon on Conduit - after comparing the posted text with my original story notes, I realized I'd accidentally broken the universe, so it has been adjusted to better align with what it was originally intended to be. '10% of Tamer’s exp...
2022-04-28 17:27:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Gordon… how many weapons do you have stashed in your trunk?”
Despite Cassandra's rushing, they still had two days before they needed to worry about reaching the convention, so they were taking their time with packing. And, in Gordon's case, clearing out his car.
Gordon shrugged...
2022-04-28 01:33:35 +0000 UTC View Post[Aster here, with a slightly delayed but fresh and shiny chapter for y'all. :) One quick personal note before we get on with things:
As a result of the power outage last week, some of the madness scheduled for last week has been rescheduled, so it looks like this week is going to be... ano...
"Get up, you're going to stain your clothing and goodness knows you’re not going to be able to buy replacements forever as long as you’re out of work." Gayle stood on the front porch, hands on her hips as she glared down at Levi. “They’ve been waiting for an hour.”
Levi was too we...
2022-04-22 16:25:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Everyone in this timeline and their guns,” Levi grumbled. “Is it so much to ask that they practice using the weapons that will be effective against the invasion that’s coming in just a few months? It’s not like we have unlimited time to train, here. Every encounter they solve ...
2022-04-22 13:42:01 +0000 UTC View Post[Quick note, in case you didn't see the update on last chapter, power has been restored and all is well with the world! I do still have some irl obligations over the remainder of the week, and losing two days to the power outage doesn't help, but I'm fully confident in my ability to resume st...
2022-04-21 16:09:00 +0000 UTC View Post[Heya! Aster here, with an even better excuse for being late this time. xD While I did know that I had a lot of things scheduled IRL this week, what I did not have scheduled was the massive snowstorm and resulting regional blackout which is still underway.
I'm sneakily posting this chapter...
Levi’s stamina was out, mana was out, and health was at eight.
Another few seconds in the corrosive and he’d have been dead. If the kalvex hadn’t abandoned the chase, he’d be dead. If he’d had even a fraction less stamina and been unable to heave the kalvex off him, he’d be dead...
2022-04-18 15:26:59 +0000 UTC View PostLevi stared down into the dimness. Faint light glinted off something he couldn't make out, but it was far below. Easily fifteen to twenty feet. Once he jumped down, he wouldn't be climbing out easily, and there was no ladder or stair. It would have to be a blind jump.
Even worse, the openin...
2022-04-16 18:11:52 +0000 UTC View Post“How about we call you… Maggie.”
Gordon groaned.
Levi ignored him and brought up the magma snake’s stats, then a comparison against Crimson.
Maggie: Level 1 Magma Serpent +
Strength: 0
Health: 150/150
(+2/min)
Psyche: 1
Mana: 90/90
(+4/min)<...
Of course, taming a giant snake with magma dripping from its fangs was easier said than done. Even as only a level 1 boss, the snake wasn't something to be taken lightly. While the little Crimson-sized snakes moved fairly quickly, this boss made them look slow.
Level 1+
...
"There's going to be lava around," Levi warned as they neared the entrance. "It's usually in pretty obvious crevices, but you have to stay alert. Do not fall into it, it's very dangerous."
Peter nodded seriously, relaying the instructions to his dilo, Henry, who also nodded. Greg the ogre w...
2022-04-12 23:10:58 +0000 UTC View PostLevi charged in, moving faster than the ogre could track, Destruction sword leveled at its chest. The ogre bellowed a challenge and stabbed its sword out at Levi, the two blades clashing in a screech of metal, but Levi's was enhanced with all his second-threshold mana while the ogre's was as mund...
2022-04-12 12:57:06 +0000 UTC View Post