Eric’s blade was already out, adrenaline flooding his system as he drew and struck before the other side of the portal had even snapped into focus, refusing to be surprised and swarmed and nearly killed… only to find absolutely nothing waiting for him save the crushing gravity, aci...
2023-03-24 03:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostPERCEPTION PIERCES SHADOW RAPTOR STEALTH!
YOU SENSE DEATH FROM BEHIND!
Eric wasted no time in alarm or dismay as every sense screamed to hyper alertness, time seeming to slow to a crawl as he felt the sudden surge of killing intent, perfectly mirroring the...
2023-03-22 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostEric raced across the flatlands as impermeable obsidian morphed into porous volcanic rock that crunched and crumbled under his reinforced boots.
Before collapsing entirely to reveal a massive sinkhole filled with vines covered in thorns and putrid green ichor now whipping through...
2023-03-20 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostEric had expected a sense of exhilaration, having completely cleared an entire territory of orange tier threats. But what he felt more than anything else was exhaustion, drained to his core.
It had been a long day. A very long day, a dozen individual battles still flashing across...
2023-03-17 03:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe heavy air tingled against the back of Eric’s throat as he savored the sweet sharp tang of wild mana roiling through the air. Yet the shivers Eric felt racing down his spine at the sound of not one but dozens of roars from the toothy maws of actual dinosaurs was not dread at the thought of b...
2023-03-15 03:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostJinni blanched. His mother gave the tiniest of approving smiles. Because however much he played clueless upon first smacking open the door… words he had later let slip had made his secret ace all too clear. Arlen Ort had referred to Jinni’s own comments regarding how much smoother the gears o...
2023-03-13 03:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostHis mother gripped Eric’s arm, slowly shaking her head. “He’s a Blue Corp executive, whatever else he might be. You’d be foolish to risk absolutely everything, were you to let yourself be goaded into assaulting him.” She flashed a hard smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes. “Best l...
2023-03-10 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Lady Aurelia, so good to see you! Will your Contender be joining us today?”
Eric smiled politely at the rather pretty elf with only the shallowest of points to her ears, much like Caliban’s own, dressed in a distinguished looking Blue Corp uniform who greeted them after a ...
2023-03-08 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post“This, my son. This is your masterpiece,” Aurelia declared, her voice hushed with odd reverence as they gloried under golden shafts of sunlight blessed with Picksonville’s Epic tier boon of perfectly balanced Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energies resulting in the most fertile condi...
2023-03-06 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostEric gazed at his mother for long, thoughtful moments. “Okay, let’s cut to the chase. What do you really need from me to keep Elonia and the hundreds of way too attractive elven girls who keep giving me calf-eyed looks when they think I’m not looking, safe?”
He winced und...
2023-03-03 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Why? Why do you have to go back?” Annika asked, a plaintive hitch to her voice that once more masked the anxious desperation that she, and perhaps most everyone else here, now felt every day of their lives.
Eric swallowed the lump in his throat. “Friends I care about were ...
2023-03-01 04:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostEric’s eyes widened as he gazed down at his wand. He couldn’t quite hide his grin of satisfaction when he felt a sudden connection, an understanding regarding the flow of mana through his weapon now every bit as profound as what he experienced when shooting out streams of liquid fl...
2023-02-27 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostEric couldn’t help but wake up with a smile, feeling a weight finally ease off his shoulders.
He had done it. Against overwhelming odds, and what seemed to be enemies around every corner, he had managed to crack the vise that had all but sealed his sister’s fate. And how good...
2023-02-24 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostElonia's POV
(Next chapter will be Eric, as per usual)
Contender Elonia Silver has entered Training Pod X03. Increased epinephrine levels detected. Elevated heart-rate detected. Opioid withdrawal detected. Countermeasures have been initiated.
<... 2023-02-22 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post(Elionia's POV)
“Arcane Training Pod X07, please acknowledge designated Contender Elonia Silver.”
Elonia shivered in the cool breeze as she took in the pearlescent crystalline chamber with its three cushioned sleeping pods that had become like a second home to ...
2023-02-20 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostElonia was gazing at him with tears in her eyes. “Eric! The worth of your gift, I can’t even put into words!”
Eric grinned. “At least you now have a path forward… one that doesn’t require you destroying yourself from within to please Mother. But whether or not you wan...
2023-02-17 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Elonia, hold on, I’m coming!” Eric screamed, suddenly before his sister in the blink of an eye.
Gazing down into lifeless eye sockets gazing at horrors he knew all too well.
No, bullshit! There’s still time, it’s been only seconds!
Eric choked back...
2023-02-15 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Elonia, check this out! I did it! I fucking did it! Now any Runic Chant I infuse with the essence of Wrath, Fire, or Dominion, or the Elements of Fire, Wind, or Wood will work better than ever! And if I infuse it with my own potency…”
Yet before Eric could say another word...
2023-02-13 04:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostEric lurched upright in startled disbelief as his sister roaring with laughter.
“Ooh! I had you going for a quick second there, didn’t I?” Her mischievous green eyes twinkled, before flashing like rainbows to a bemused Eric’s surprise. “Sorry, I’ve got no fancy pills ...
2023-02-10 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostA bemused Eric soon found himself soaping off what felt like lifetime’s worth of blood and grime in a luxurious tub of marble and deep green jade before drying himself with a fluffy white towel as soft and fluffy as a dream, from a towel rack at least alloyed with gold.
“You...
2023-02-08 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Mother!” Elonia hissed, before she too fell to the ground with a soft whimper as the pitiless gaze of Winter judged them both.
Then, as if by some trick of the fading light, it was just their mother, shaking her head with a sigh of disappointment. “May the pair of you neve...
2023-02-06 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostEric couldn’t quite hold back the savage grin lighting up his features as he spun around, prepared to dodge more oncoming death being tossed his way only to find, much to his surprise, that both uninjured stone giants were racing away for all they were worth, ignoring the screaming s...
2023-02-03 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostEndless moments passed in that trance-like state that ate up the miles as the ground seemed to tremble and shake with a full company of 600-pound revenants ripping through the plains in perfect lockstep. All Eric’s growing worry and anxiety was kept in check with the desperate hope that he just...
2023-02-01 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Eric, it’s good to see you!” Said none other than a relieved-looking Lord Drevyn, lips curved in a grateful smile, before he blanched and stepped back, a trace of awe slipping through his mask of geniality.
Eric took advantage of the moment to get a closer look at the elven lord dres...
2023-01-30 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostA panting Eric found himself standing in a final circle of bodies, his blade held in tierce, the tip dripping rivulets of sticky black blood as he glared out at the world.
His lips were twisted in a fierce rictus of a grin, not quite sure whether what he felt was terror, fury, or furious ex...
2023-01-27 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post“There’s the mortal that would dare to defile our glorious race with his very existence. Kill him! Kill him now!”
Words echoing from a roaring shaman’s lips that caused almost 500 troops to turn around and charge right for Eric. And truly it was a sight, seeing the murderous bloodlu...
2023-01-24 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostEric laughed with sheer exhilaration as raced across the fallow fields, delighting in the sharp clean scents of early autumn, pretty sure he was breaking 120 mph while feeling nothing but a gentle burn in his quads like he would have felt with a light jog, just half a year ago.
He frowned, ...
2023-01-23 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Eric? Eric, are you there? For fuck’s sake, please respond!”
“Elonia?”
Eric groaned, rubbing his throbbing head, gazing down at his near-naked torso and shredded pants, only now noting the angry pink scar on his chest just now beginning to fade.
He shuddered as the fi...
2023-01-20 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostYou have successfully dodged musket volley!
Quickness check made!
Eric raced as quick as he could along sprawling corridors that had been instantly uploaded to his interface, now displaying reds along with the passages in the right hand corner of his mind’s eye. 2023-01-17 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Congratulations! You are the third Northeast Sector Contender to ascend past 200 Vitality since System Incorporation! (System titles and boons have already been claimed!)
Congratulations! You are the fifth Northeast Sector Contender to ascend past 200 Quickness since System Inc...
2023-01-15 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post