Shayna died.
At some point, she tried to use the mana she was sneakily collecting in her body. She used it to create a projectile, the same one she used to kill that fire mage lurker. Extremely durable, yet nearly invisible. A much better version of what Brainiac is using.
I still con...
2024-08-13 08:25:59 +0000 UTC View PostHave our precious group of traitors been trying to reach this palace? Hurrying, desperate to find it. Either scared someone will find it before them or that the corpses will turn into lurkers, which would probably make it impossible for them to deal with? They might be dead, but seeing the equipm...
2024-08-12 08:29:27 +0000 UTC View Post"Calm your heart and do not move," I whisper to Shayna, both of us are in a hole deep underground where I teleported us.
"It's not that easy."
No matter how hard she tries, I can sense it, and if I sense it, there is a chance that presence will sense it as well.
"Shayna, you eit...
2024-08-11 08:17:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe first floor so far shows no other danger than lurkers.
Sure, the gravity here is much stronger than on the other floors in Hell difficulty, requiring constant use of kinetic energy from me. Higher physical stats could probably deal with it easily, but that would mean less mana.
We...
2024-08-08 08:07:18 +0000 UTC View PostUsing my anchor again, I teleport to Shayna, who stands there breathlessly, not flying anymore. She holds her arm that is burned, and her barriers flicker around her.
Constantly sending disrupting waves toward the fire mana, she does it with great timing. The flames explode into the area an...
2024-08-07 08:19:50 +0000 UTC View PostEugan leads me, Shayna, Roculus, and Rat to the side. Currently, most of the expedition is already here, in a small clearing with a few trees near the edge of the outpost. Further away, there is a path heading towards the entrance to the first floor.
“Did you check your contracts?” she ...
2024-08-06 08:13:31 +0000 UTC View PostI use my remaining time here very smartly by annoying every crafter I meet and trying to get as much free information as I can.
My D-rank Obsidian Black identification emblem is nothing impressive here, but having a damaged arcane axe helps. Some crafters seem to be intrigued by it.
I...
2024-08-05 08:15:07 +0000 UTC View PostHow to clear the 1st floor is something I still don't know - the information is considered one of the more valuable ones. That kind of info you can also learn the deeper you get into that floor.
For now, I don't bother myself with it that much. My intention is just to experience the floor, ...
2024-08-04 08:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostI have gained as much as I could from Duncan, and he even pointed me to an area where people often look for expedition members.
Such things usually happen to smaller guilds, as bigger ones mostly form groups of their own members. They also have ways to communicate with each other in case th...
2024-08-01 08:16:50 +0000 UTC View PostDuncan puts away the items I bought for him according to his requirements and turns back to me. We sit opposite each other with a table in between us. It's a small but cozy-looking restaurant-like place owned by one of the locals.
The prices are scarily high, so I just order the cheapest dr...
2024-07-31 08:08:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe Entrance floor of the Beyond is massive and full of people. So far I have seen humans, lynthari, demons, and smaller humans with scaly legs; I don't know the name of their race.
And there are many more, all kinds of races. Some man with wings on his back, another one with hair that keep...
2024-07-30 07:50:10 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, I'm getting more and more curious about what waits in Beyond.
Before I can turn around and level up a bit more, now that the King of the Forest is dead, I get sent away from the trial. Obviously, the system wouldn't let it pass.
Stepping out to the bleak wastes of the Astral Pri...
2024-07-29 08:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostBeyond's 3rd trial is dangerous, very much so. There are powerful monsters constantly attacking me, the king of the forest somewhere around - probably an even more dangerous opponent. Some attacks are a surprise to me even now, and plenty of monsters attack on the ground.
Even so, for me, i...
2024-07-28 08:32:44 +0000 UTC View PostAs always, only more questions come to mind. The Beyond trial rewards were always very generous, so being able to enter Beyond for 3 days as a reward is weird. What kind of place is Beyond?
I let kinetic energy flood my body and boost my movement as I jump on the tree and then higher and hi...
2024-07-25 07:29:55 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Black Tower
Something moves on the edge of our detection web and I quickly send a signal to the headquarters and reposition to another balcony with stronger defenses. Mieru already waits there.
“What did you see?” he asks me quickly.
“I don't know yet,...
2024-07-24 08:41:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Good, so Elydor, will you come with me or do I have to make you?” he asks threateningly.
He even releases a lot of heat close to him. Something like Isabella's blue flames but with a hint of white in the center.
It's not bad at all. Laughable after what I just went through, but n...
2024-07-23 08:20:38 +0000 UTC View PostOn me I don't have that many items, most of them left in the hidey hole deep underground, just the most valuable ones are on me. For example, the stones left by Lissandra. As I fly, I'm studying the improvements to Mana Cycling she left on one of them. At the same time, I also do the mana exercis...
2024-07-22 08:25:43 +0000 UTC View PostI appear on the 6th floor with my arms still missing and a few more unhealed wounds. All of them are slowly taken care of with the help of my passive.
The place I am at is the exact place where I left from, meaning group 4 members are somewhere far away together with that silly healer. It w...
2024-07-21 08:22:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe ax in my hand radiates even more thermal energy as I swing it, adding to the heatwave that fills the room. All that heat doesn't bother me anymore, but it surrounds Lissandra, who now radiates mana around her body. Most likely just the amount she got from Myrra before coming here.
That ...
2024-07-18 08:42:05 +0000 UTC View PostWell, the body upgrade is as expected. Nothing extra, but nice additions. As with the previous upgrade, the changes seem to be applied over time, so it will most likely take a few days at least.
To test it, I let my mana flood my body, but as before, it starts accumulating damage right away...
2024-07-17 08:13:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe doors open and the heat that hits me is stronger than before. The hallway outside the room starts to have its walls heated up and a thin layer of its surface starts melting. Unlike the inside of the huge room, the outside seems to be made from a different material.
Detecting that the do...
2024-07-16 08:24:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs I stop to endure another heatwave and wait for Heatseekers to pop out, I think.
The heatwaves keep coming with a certain frequency. Three times in the span of 5 minutes, five-minute pause, another heatwave, thirty-minute pause, another heatwave, 15 minutes, heatwave, 10 minutes, heatwave...
2024-07-15 08:14:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe door into the armory is extremely thick, and the entrance is an unassuming hallway that opens into a wide room.
Of course, I was smart enough not to power up this section, so there are no defenses other than the material the door and room are made from.
While I think of it, I add ...
2024-07-14 08:20:18 +0000 UTC View PostWhile I work on the door, the heatwave hits me three times, forcing me during these few minutes to focus on defending against it. After it's gone, the “code” of the door changes, and I have to start over again.
With each attempt I make, I am getting quicker at it, so it's only a matter ...
2024-07-11 08:22:45 +0000 UTC View PostOne hour into my exploration of this station and the deeper I am the hotter the air becomes. At this point, I notice the inscriptions that are somewhere within the huge plates of metal this place is made of. They run through the entire pyramid, absorbing the heat from outside and sending it somew...
2024-07-10 08:19:00 +0000 UTC View PostAt one-third of the way to the top of the pyramid, I make Myrra stop. Then, while keeping my mana in check, I send my senses further from the Veil Ignition Station.
As I thought, the temperature there is dropping rapidly. It’s not because of the weather; no, the pyramid is absorbing it al...
2024-07-09 08:00:43 +0000 UTC View PostVeil Ignition Station called Cinder, is a pyramid made of metal. Up close it doesn't have a perfectly smooth surface as it looked from a distance, probably due to its sheer size.
The pyramid is made of a combination of silver and gray metals, and an orange-ish vein of different material pas...
2024-07-08 08:15:08 +0000 UTC View PostA day passes, and during that time no one said a word. The training didn’t stop even then.
I was forced to move under weaker Burden Enhancement Inscriptions. I fought the monsters attacking us on the way, the ever-strengthening Veil in the sky spewing more and more monsters around.
...
2024-07-07 08:14:43 +0000 UTC View PostSset - You didn't join yesterday at the scheduled time.
Noname - I was in the middle of training. Will tell you all when we meet again.
Sset - Sure, as for us, we already located the Black Tower. It will tak...
2024-07-04 08:04:47 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, I healed enough to not have to be carried in a princess carry, something Niall hinted at with a smirk. After opening the door and passing me onto the Solar Ascendant guy, Niall leaves somewhere.
Passing through the tunnel full of greenery, we walk slowly. The man probably sees m...
2024-07-03 08:23:41 +0000 UTC View Post