For just a heartbeat Eric wondered if Doom Flurry would allow him to do the unthinkable, and cleave through even mithril mail links. Before immediately reigning in that mad impulse, recalling how close he had come to pushing himself too far with Cleaving Blow such a short while ago.
Maybe a...
2022-09-27 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs if in a trance, Eric continued to embrace the dance of steel, flowing effortlessly into the farmost training chamber he and Sam had made such frequent use of, before allowing himself to cut loose and move like he had never dared before.
Racing forward with a roar, swinging his blade with...
2022-09-26 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Eric, Eric! Get the hell up, please!”
Eric shivered at the distant sound of panic in his young friend’s voice. That, more than anything else, forced him to lurch up and open his eyes… before crashing over with dizziness, feeling as if an added weight was now burdening his soul.
... 2022-09-23 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostEric’s heart burned with the desire to purge the entire world of those sneering goblinoid bastards so gleefully doing all they could to enslave all of humanity in their carefully connived debt traps.
Just thinking of them filled him with fire.
It was only when Sam whistled nervously...
2022-09-22 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEric couldn’t help but flash a grin as Pavel gave him the strangest look, before his happy demeanor turned to an angry frown.
“Eric?”
“Damn.”
“What’s wrong?” The near legless Pavel winced. “Seeing as my life is literally in your hands...”
Eric sighed. ...
2022-09-21 03:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostEric lurched up with a gasp, his soul screaming with such horror that he thought he’d go mad with terror as dark fingers scrabbled within his very soul…
Before his head bumped against the necromantic bone cage covered in spiky ribs and tusks he must have summoned while hovering between ...
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Eric spent long moments trembling with awe and wonder in the highest tree branches within the grove by his cultivation cave, still a good mile from the cultivators, doing all he could to steady himself as he spent a few minutes in careful cultivation, truly feeling the flow of fiery Qi surging th...
2022-09-19 03:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostLevel 30 cultivators. Fuck!
Eric could think of only one reason why a level 30 anyone would be entering this realm, especially if they were knowledgeable enough to have clearly found a backdoor way around the level 10 Class limit for any adventurer.
They were here for the sam...
2022-09-16 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post“You ready, Sam?”
Eric’s young friend grinned, gearing fully up in a patchwork affair of mercenary armor they had adjusted to fit Samuel’s steadily blossoming frame. Thanks to sparring with saber, pilum, and cultivation, his strength was increasing at a phenomenal rate compared to a...
2022-09-15 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“So it seems my unexpected student has ascended beyond all expectation,” said the smiling white-robed elder, radiating such benevolence with his smile when Eric found himself in a lotus position, surrounded by young cultivators with exotic tints to their skin, nearly all of them with upswept ...
2022-09-14 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostSam gazed at a bemused-looking Eric for long moments. “You now have stats in the 70s.”
Eric slowly nodded. “A couple of them, yes.”
“And 67 Quickness. Just how fast can you...” Sam blinked then froze, feeling the blunt flat of Eric’s blade now resting on his shoulder. 2022-09-13 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Congratulations! You have fully cleansed your 11th Meridian Gateway! Rank 11 Basic Fire Cultivation achieved!
Eric couldn’t help flashing a pleased grin when he finally got the message he had feared never seeing, just a few panicked weeks ago.
Now, he delighted in the feel ...
2022-09-12 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostA yawning Samuel favored Eric with a puzzled frown when he saw him striking a summoned carcass with fists and spear.
“Eric, it’s the middle of the night! What are you doing?” Sam's eyes widened at the sound of Eric’s fists pounding in to the monstrous rib cage of the beast before hi...
2022-09-09 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFor long moments Eric, still perfectly aware of the rustling branches heavy with magical fruit all around him, and the massive boar glaring at him from a safe distance away, just stared at his Interface sheet, surprised despite himself by just how far he had come.
It wasn’t that long ago ...
2022-09-08 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Eric, what happened? Wow, you look… intense, my friend.”
A smiling Sam measured him with a concerned gaze as Eric wordlessly handed the now full storage pouch, brimming with the choicest cuts from their kills and plenty of organ meat for his friend’s super nutritious sauces. Eric k...
2022-09-07 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Eric, thank god, you’re alive!” Sam gushed with a heartfelt smile. “Jeezus, whatever the hell you did, don’t do that again!”
Eric smirked. “Yeah, trust me, I don’t plan on repeating that anytime soon.”
His friend’s gentle grin was filled with unmistakable concern ...
2022-09-06 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFor the following week Eric continued to train by forging himself in the crucible of battle for quick skill-ups and plenty of potency to use clearing ever more meridian channels. He regularly alternated saber for javelin, eager to bring that skill and all its potential to journeyman status and be...
2022-09-05 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostYou have critically struck Spirit Boar.
Spirit Boar is crippled!
Apprentice Iado has leveled up!
Eric flashed a fierce smile as he switched saber for fists once more, getting ever closer to that sweet, sweet breakthrough, before pushing all such though...
2022-09-02 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Eric! Jeezus, bro! That fucker sent you flying I don’t know how many yards! I’m surprised you’re even alive!” Sam said, looking up from the massive corps blocking the front entrance, his face absolutely lighting up when Eric casually saluted upon catching Sam’s gaze.
Eric’s world narrowed to just himself, and the titanic beast with tusks of blue flame, charging his way.
Realizing that the creature had been holding back, in more ways than one.
Then again, so had he.
You have critically struck you foe!
The porker sq...
2022-08-31 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Eric! I sensed it! Shit, Eric, I...for a second there, I felt the sludge in my veins move!”
Eric silently dipped his head. “Take slow, steady breaths, and focus on your cycling. Try to stay with me, no matter how much your channels itch and tingle. Only pull away if you st...
2022-08-30 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEric woke up with a gasp, heart pounding, the echo of his sister’s terrified cry shivering across his soul.
Congratulations! You have successfully forged a Blood Pact against targets one realm distant!
You are now Oathbound to destroy your target. Glitz:...
2022-08-29 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEric flashed a pleased smile as he felt a fresh surge of spiritual heat blaze away at a particularly stubborn blockage until it finally burst, spending long moments visualizing those thick chunks of waste being immolated by white hot flame and breaking down to finer and finer particles...
2022-08-26 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“No shit, talk about Flesh Sculpting! You really are a natural. You know that, Eric?” Sam declared, gazing with genuine admiration at the massive wall of toughened flesh they could now use for their training.
Eric grinned. “It helps if you have an Extra Storage Space tied t...
2022-08-25 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostEric raised a cautionary finger at the sudden look of unbridled hope in his young friend’s gaze. “I can’t make any promises, Sam. I’ll do my best to help you, but I have absolutely no idea what your configuration looks like. I’m hoping that when we party up, maybe I can get a...
2022-08-24 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"So, you’re not going to teach me how to use your wand?”
Eric peered thoughtfully at the young man gazing so intently at him from the other side of the crackling fire, gnawing anxiously on a well-cooked rib. Sam looked surprisingly comfortable wearing perhaps crudely made but...
2022-08-23 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEric did his best to quell the anxious, desperate hope welling in his soul as he darted back inside the cavern, pausing only long enough to assure that the wards would hold. And maybe there was a wild look in his eyes, Eric would concede that, but the look Samuel gave him, an odd mixtu...
2022-08-22 04:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostFor all the confidence he had projected the night before, Eric had to fight back the wave of anxiety threatening to drown him as he glared at the wand in his hand by dawn’s early light.
He took deep breaths, seeking calmness, doing his best to center himself as he put into prac...
2022-08-19 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Wait, are you serious? You spent half a million credits on a wand? That would have been 2 million bucks in 2020 dollars! And you don’t even now how to use it? Why? I mean, just...why?”
Eric sighed. “Care to guess how many opportunities I had to actually train with anyone? ...
2022-08-18 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post