“Alright, let’s get down to business.”
After a nice meal and a hot shower, we are all aware that the nightmare of captivity and torture is over. Our new mission is to piece together every bit of information we have to save our friend.
After my initial statement breaking our food...
2023-10-10 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“It’s not urgent, but we have some work to do. We’ll save Lydia in 3 days.”
The meeting at sunrise in 3 days is supposed to take place at an observatory by the Abyss. This is where I’ll be able to find this mysterious Boss, as well as a new hidden variable. A craftsman capable of ...
2023-10-09 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
She triggered a death switch…
That red button activated a security precaution to destroy evidence and trap any intruders inside if their room is compromised.
I’ve got to give this woman credit, she caught onto the situation pretty quickly and reacted in a professional and timely m...
2023-10-08 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The silver doors slowly open and I walk through as the woman’s voice from the black box stops.
The buzzing sound of ambient mana surrounding me is very loud. It only gets more violent the deeper I walk through. A glowing white light distorted the air in front of me, but using my perceptio...
2023-10-07 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I do another quick scan to find that including the floor we stand on, there are only 3 more to the surface.
Just as Chester said, there’s only one hunter of any power level even close to ours in the immediate vicinity.
Considering this… another issue comes to mind.
The numbe...
2023-10-06 23:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Chester makes a quick glance at each of us. I’m fully on board with following him for my own selfish reasons, but I’m unsure exactly what my teammates think of him.
“I’ll accept your help, but I will have a few questions for you once we make it out of here.”
I give him a nod...
2023-10-05 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Despite the happy sounds of my teammates unlocking their cuffs and slicing through the metal bars of the cell behind me, there’s still a major issue to still be solved.
Lydia is missing.
The other presence on this floor that was masked by the cuffs happened to be this bald and beard...
2023-10-04 22:30:46 +0000 UTC View Post
My footsteps echo in the hallway and the flickering yellow lights above mask the grime that covers the grey walls, ceiling, and floor.
There are metal doors every 10 to 15 meters that lead into similar-sized rooms, but the long curved hallway seems to go on forever as I make my way forward....
2023-10-03 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It all happens in an instant.
I shoot a thin black blade of refined energy from the tips of my fingers out of my bloodied right hand. It flies up in the air, heading straight for her left shoulder.
The woman's expression changes to disbelief, and she activates her mana shielding befor...
2023-10-02 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“Rise and Shine. Today’s the day you spill it.”
The woman comes in with her usual food, water, and torture weapons wanting to know more about the Demon and the Dragon I fought. She’s much more straight-faced today and doesn't fold under any of my initial questions or tauntings.
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As my eyes adjust to the dim yellow light again after a long night of rest the metal door at the back of the room swings open.
The short-haired blond walks in with two new silver daggers on her thighs and a leather pouch over her shoulder that seems to be some variation of an item box. She ...
2023-09-30 23:00:45 +0000 UTC View Post
My eyes dart around the small room looking for any possible ways to break free, or even narrow down where I’ve been taken.
Nothing appears after minutes of searching. I’m really just stuck in a bland empty room.
One thing I know for sure, once I get out here I’m not going back t...
2023-09-29 22:30:28 +0000 UTC View Post
A tall woman in dark clothing walks out from the shadows in the back of the room. Her voice echos as she gets closer and my eyes slowly adjust to the dim yellow-tinted lighting coming from a single flickering bulb.
Short blond hair hardly reaches her shoulders but covers her face enough so ...
2023-09-28 22:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a very odd feeling… Looking at my own body lying asleep on the rocky floor.
I peer down at my wrists and see that the sparks have completely stopped for this body too. However, I feel completely normal.
I open my item storage, and all of my items are there. Including the exac...
2023-09-27 22:30:50 +0000 UTC View Post
After what feels like a hot sword thrust through my chest and an electric shock rippling through my body, I hit the ground struggling to breathe.
Shock and confusion fill my mind as the room’s colors fade to black and white again.
“W-What’s going on…?”
The last few sec...
2023-09-26 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My Demonic Energy Manipulation skill activates and I feel all the tension and mana fatigue soreness in my body completely disappear.
Actually, all feeling in my body dissipates completely. My perception of reality shifts, making the world around me move much slower than the thoughts in my b...
2023-09-25 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
After our blades collide, we’re both sent flying back as energy is expelled. A series of attacks follow at blindingly fast speeds.
Air-stepping through the sky, all that can be seen from a distance are flashes of red, black, and white light colliding as pulses of energy come out from the ...
2023-09-24 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“It’s time to Rank Up.”
A glowing blue text floats in front of my eyes after 3 level-up notifications bring me well past the level 500 threshold.
__________________________
[Rank Up]
[YES][NO]
__________________________
I choose [YES].
Time feels as...
2023-09-23 22:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
My blades summoned from fire and wind explode into magnificent balls of man-imbued flames. The white and black blades intertwine with Ember’s magic and cover the Silver Dragon, outer shell completely.
It stays silent, unharmed by the blast and waiting for us my make another move. My best ...
2023-09-22 22:30:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The attacks of fire and mana-imbued Ice collide, shaking the entire Boss Room. Shockwaves of pure mana pulse from the collision as a wall of ice is summoned many times larger than the dragon I shot at.
An adjacent wall of flames is produced as Embers fire spreads over the blast radius.
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There isn't a single snowflake out of place in this vast whiteness.
It’s a pure solid white.
I’m not even sure If I could make out that the structures in the distance as mountains unless portions of their cliff edges showed dark stone pointing up into the sky.
The sizzle of ...
2023-09-20 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My vision begins to fill with the familiar white light of transfer magic bringing me to the next floor.
So many questions fill my mind as a black hallway comes into view and my feet fall onto the hard rocky ground.
I defeated that Knight with ease, but it’s only because my mana cont...
2023-09-20 22:25:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I leave Lydia behind as she battles the jet-black suit of armor that spawned in moments ago.
It dives for her directly, ignoring me as I air-step away in the direction of the dungeon’s far side.
Oddly enough, over the next half an hour there isn’t a single monster that comes onto ...
2023-09-18 22:30:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Something feels very wrong.
The jet-black magic circling the Knight’s equally dark armor sends shivers down my spine for a fraction of a second.
The more I try to use my perception skills and figure out what it is, the more it evades my All-Seeing Eye.
This energy feels like i...
2023-09-17 22:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We island hop above the massive crab creatures that explode from the sand below devouring every bit of sandy beach one after another. The string of islands slowly sinks into the ocean floor as we move forward.
The orange and red culprits all range from level 495 to 505.
I send an occa...
2023-09-16 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I choose [YES].
As the fragments of white dungeon mass collapse in on themselves, being dragged into the core and a very fast rate. I activate my Temporary Minion Perk, attempting to take control of the deceased Boss.
It takes a moment to activate as I enter a lower level. Just 20% un...
2023-09-15 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Shimmering fragments that make up the white Ranked-UP Metal Warrior’s body reflect off each other as the ground beneath my feet gets sucked away.
A black void surrounds the entire Boss Room, and a dreadful monster’s metallic screeches ring through my ears. I try to concentrate and look ...
2023-09-14 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A level 495 Metal Warrior stands over 5 meters tall, made completely out of the shards that cover the dungeon’s floor.
Its only active item is a bonded core, so my first assumption is that this monster is similar to the rock golems we faced not too long ago.
If that core is destroye...
2023-09-13 22:30:40 +0000 UTC View Post
An enormous brown-skinned lizard wearing thick shining silver armor approaches in a cloud of dust from the back side of the dungeon.
On all fours, the mindless beast charges forward, waving a red tongue back and forth while letting out grunts and hisses.
Thick mana shielding surrounds...
2023-09-12 22:30:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The attack I sent out a moment ago was a bit too strong for this delicate dungeon to handle.
The white marble pillars of stone come crashing down towards us, breaking into massive pieces and filling the green sky with an incoming barrage of white-colored stone.
I create a layer of pin...
2023-09-11 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post