Everyone around begins to line up and take the rations, then Fin speaks up again, looking through the people that approach him.
"Alright, who was it keeping notes this time? I forget who’s who sometimes, you all look alike to me, it'd be a lot easier if I asked your names before you all w...
2024-03-08 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
As I continue to pace inside the small stone room, I expand my All-Seeing Eye and enemy detection perks to follow the path of the two men that just left.
To my surprise, they head back to the center of the city.
It doesn't take more than a few minutes for the duo to make it all the wa...
2024-03-07 00:00:34 +0000 UTC View Post
My eyes track the odd phenomenon, but the mana reading coming off it is so low I don’t bother trying to dodge.
I just continue walking forward with an innocent look on my face, responding out loud to the duo.
“I’m not sure what you’re talking about. I’m new to town. I just v...
2024-03-06 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
"Body Double."
I create two clones and have them appear on both sides of me. Then, speak up as we all look over the edge of the canyon.
"Alright, I want approximate levels, loot type, and monster names etched in stone using an earth magic skill marked next to every single one of these...
2024-03-05 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The wind speeding by my sides is powerful as we fly above the clouds. Ember slowly flaps his wings, and we get faster and faster with every strong gust, soaring higher into the air and further into the Dark Continent.
Every few minutes, clusters of tiny lights fly by below us, and I try to ...
2024-03-04 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Lith walks over to the elevator with me and agrees to grant my request.
“Sure, I don’t see why not. This is another item specially crafted by the old Sector 2 leader, so there’s a good chance it will be impossible to replicate. You can try to dissect the Isolation Pods all you want, a...
2024-03-03 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The conversation winds down and basically settles on the fact that we have to go out to the Sector 2 region to make any more progress.
Abby and Maria are tired out from their training in the Arena, so they head back down to the Isolation Pods to rest until morning. As they leave, I send a t...
2024-03-02 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
My gaze tightens as I conduct a full body scan with my All-Seeing Eye on the tan-skinned archer who walks through the room and sits down in the last remaining empty seat in front of Lith's desk.
I'm not sure what I was expecting to see, but I'm surprised to find no Demon's Core inside Arie'...
2024-03-01 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The transport crystal breaks in my clenched fist, and I’m teleported back into the main lobby of the Galeheart tower.
I can feel the dense layer of Qi around my body get pulled through the instant transport rift with me, and I stand alone in the center of the white-walled room with both l...
2024-02-29 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Back in Bri's office, the room stays still as we take in the news about dungeons being found in the forest region where the Green Ridge Lookout used to be.
My eyes open wide, and so do Bri’s; we turn to meet each other's gazes. I'm the first to whisper under my breath.
“No way…...
2024-02-28 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
A few hours ago, at the top of the Association’s HQ Tower in Vice City, a blond-haired woman named Samantha picks up her transmission tablet while she looks out the glass window of the top floor of her office suite.
She is the assistant to the Vice Region's Director.
The transmissio...
2024-02-27 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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2024-02-26 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
As far as I can see, the dungeon is split into three different parts. It's like a pie split into triangles, stretching out a few kilometers each.
I seem to be hovering over the rocky region of the dungeon right now. There are massive rock formations, plains of rocky dirt and soil, and large...
2024-02-25 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“So that’s the Void Creeper Lord.”
I turn to Ember, and he responds.
“Oh? You actually met it?”
“Meeting it isn’t exactly what I’d call that… More like it killed me the second I laid eyes on it.”
Ember nods.
“Sounds about right… If you were ki...
2024-02-24 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
[Minutes earlier in The Great Plains.]
I watch from the perspective of one of my body doubles as my main body falls into the Titan’s domain.
My last thoughts before creating these clones were to notify myself at the halfway mark, and another 2-3 minutes before it looks like the Tita...
2024-02-23 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Ember's voice enters my mind using telepathy once I've situated myself within the Titan's domain.
"The technique I call Mana Suppression is really just an advanced form of manipulating visual Qi. You've already shown signs of mastering the beginning stages of this, so by raising your natura...
2024-02-22 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“What do you mean the rift is closing? It's hardly even been a full day. I thought this tear has been closing for weeks, even months. Why is it closing so fast now?”
I do a full scan of the dungeon to locate the excess mana emanating from the rift, then Dungeon Walk us from the sky to d...
2024-02-21 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“Sure, ask me anything. We’re going to be business partners very soon, and if you have a craftsmanship skill of your own, I’m sure I could teach you a few things.”
I nod, thinking about what exactly I’m going to ask her, but she responds before I do.
“And your ranked-up bu...
2024-02-20 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I take a step forward at her request, doing a full analysis of the curved wall of shimmering mana in front of me.
My perception skills and buffs are activated out of instinct at a constant rate just like they were when I was training in the titan's domain for 6 months straight. With this, a...
2024-02-19 00:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Over the next half hour, I point out new monsters in the jungle region on the 25th floor and Bri takes them out in style.
After just four additional mobs, the agile light magic user opens her status over the corpse of a fallen lizardman.
“Level 500… It’s finally time.”
F...
2024-02-18 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
While we walk through the portion of town filled with small shops and street vendors, the tone of commerce is much more scattered, and many hunters and merchants look up to the sky with confused gazes.
There are some whispers that escape from a few mouths as we walk by.
“Did you see...
2024-02-17 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It looks as if a new sun has risen from the horizon as a flash of bright white light makes every rock and leaf in the forest visible as clear as day.
I turn my head back to watch the eruption of power unfold.
From a tiny point on the mountain's top, a sphere of energy expands to envel...
2024-02-16 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
A large white portal of spatial magic opens up below me about 15 meters down. It’s halfway between me and the ground.
Without waiting any longer, I let the Cursed Windstone fall from my storage and plummet toward the sandy floor.
The moment it emerges, the wind picks up and the mana...
2024-02-15 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I ponder the two favors Bri just asked me for, considering their true meaning.
Asking to see the mystery item I have seems like common sense for a legendary craftswoman. She's definitely curious about what kind of item is powerful enough to collapse a dungeon on its own.
Her request t...
2024-02-14 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I lightly activate my Dungeon Walker skill to sift through all the possible warp points I have in mind, but none of them seem like good options.
The ones out in the desert of the Dark Continent are way too far away from civilization, and the ones near dungeon hubs are too close to towns and...
2024-02-13 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I begin holding random items in my storage with my left hand while keeping contact with my right hand on Ember’s scales, attempting to imbue the Mythic Grade Plunderer skill into them, but I’m not getting the results I imagined I would.
Some of my failed crafts sit on my lap as I apprai...
2024-02-12 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I turn to Abby.
“Hey, can I try something… I want to test one of the perks of my craftsmanship skill.”
She nods as I reach into my item storage and pull out an old C-Grade HP potion of my own. I take off my gauntlets, then place a hand on her shoulder.
I scroll through my ...
2024-02-11 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
"Considering we're in the 10-week training season of the year, the monastery allows each individual a maximum of 3 Qi Pills per week. There are over 30 members just working here, helping with cooking, cleaning, and maintenance; consuming an average of 1 pill every 2 weeks. On top of that, roughly...
2024-02-10 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Once I make my way down the steps of the monastery into the main hall, it seems very quiet, and much more empty than usual.
There are a few people dressed in the familiar orange robes walking around, and some eating meals at the tables, but very few.
I make my way toward the usual tra...
2024-02-09 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
After about 30 minutes of soaring through the sky, we finally decide to come to the ground.
I activate my Enemy Detection skill to scope out the dungeon and thankfully pick up on the other Titan’s reading at the far back point of the Great Plains. I think to myself it would probably be be...
2024-02-08 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post