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Chapter 259: Marooned

Hai Yun diligently etched a subtle smile onto her face. She portrayed an unrealistic depiction of grace that embodied her station, but completely failed to capture her true mood. The feigned expression was directed at no one in particular. It was simple discipline that had her maintaining a charm...

Chapter 258: Winds of Change

Before long, Coop was being baked by the toasty wind skills of a level 97 Hellsinger. The heat was nothing compared to the Avatar of Huracan’s onslaught in the Central American heat, but combined with the warmth of the midday sun, it was enough to feel like a giant blow drier was being used to ...

Chapter 257: Mud Boss

Empress City had grown significantly after Coop claimed the civilization shard in the name of the Lighthouse. While the population had gone unchanged since he left them to reconcile the expulsion of the Endless Empire, the actual physical base was flourishing.

With the change in ...

Chapter 256: Reverence

Thick stands of unkempt canal grass, topped with distinctly feathery flowers, lined the water-filled culverts that separated the road from uninspired apartment blocks. The two-story buildings were united by unmanned and rusted gates, and shared unshaded parking spots. Cars partially filled the lo...

Chapter 255: Touched by Madness

Coop approached Empress City on foot, looking like the Skunk Ape that Bobby Jon had enthusiastically advertised to ignorant tourists on their way to the amusement parks. Beneath the layers of mud splatter, Coop felt absolutely fantastic.

He had strolled across half the state of F...

Chapter 254: Universal Cattitudes

Zalanth would carefully follow the directions she had been given, down to the letter. Luckily, she had received a simple request to meet at a specified location, so she would make no mistakes. There was no room for argument or excuse when it came to almost any of the largest or more influential f...

Chapter 253: When Luck Runs Out

Zalanth watched as the one called Erasimus Doomthread utilized a storm of needles to puncture the skulls of 15,000 Undead of the Arisen faction in a showman’s demonstration of his lethality. The unperturbed defender used the battle as an opportunity to advertise his business as the remaining mi...

Chapter 252: All Bets Are Off

Former Prime Commander Zalanth was paying as close attention to the events that were taking place elsewhere in the galaxy as anyone. In spite of her relatively high expectations for the Humans of Earth, the scenes that played out on desolate battlefields managed to leave her shell-shocked.

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Chapter 251: Persistence in Resistance

Mud splattered onto Coop’s cheek, adding a fresh layer to previously dried stains that decorated his face. His lunge carried him forward, through the spray, and he pierced the metallic head of an Ancient Vanguard with all three prongs of his ethereal trident, firmly gripped with both hands. A c...

Chapter 250: Vanguard

The chores were done. Coop spent a single day working hard, using all of his non-combat strengths to their full extent, and his diligence had earned a few days of free time. The Underlayer Event was still six days away from starting. The period was too short of a gap to tackle any of the larger p...

Chapter 249: Animal Farm

“I can’t believe you found my Buttercup!” Bobby Jon rejoiced long after the brightly colored snake was safely placed into a plainly broken exhibit. He slapped Coop on the back with unbridled relief. His gratitude was undiminished regardless of Coop’s more grounded concerns.

Chapter 248: Cultural Victory

Coop found himself in the unusual position of negotiating with an alligator, and it wasn’t even the first time. The two didn’t exactly have a standard meeting of the minds, given their inability to directly communicate, but Coop did his best on behalf of both of them.

Rather ...

Chapter 247: The Swamp Lord

The sheltered landmark tucked into the Everglades demanded Coop’s attention. Once he spotted the stained concrete and rusted corrugated metal sheets, the entire structure stuck out like a sore thumb. It might as well have been lit up with runway lights with how it lacked camouflage from above.<...

Chapter 246: Territorial Claims

Ultimately, Coop decided to circle back to the Placid Lake Outpost after taking a quick survey deeper into the occupied territory. The reptilian sentries of the region were too adept for him to avoid with his limited stealth abilities, so he leaned on the other advantages baked into his kit. In t...

Chapter 245: Heart of the Glades

Coop squinted through a curtain of sawgrass. Using the side of his hand to form a gap wide enough to slip his body through the fringes of the wetland, he ventured forward.

Strips of emerald blades rippled under the relentless Florida sun, presenting the only visible evidence that...

Chapter 244: The Boardwalk

Coop spotted the lodge on Placid Lake while it was still far in the distance. The night after the Lighthouse’s official induction into intergalactic relations had already come and gone. Coop hadn’t wasted time while mentally recovering from the crash course in the affairs between sovereign st...

Chapter 243: Business as Usual

“Achoo!” Coop’s sneeze caught him by surprise, though he managed to cover his mouth despite hurtling through the air.

“Someone’s probably talking about me.” He muttered into the wind.

It was an easy guess considering his name had been broadcast to the...

Chapter 242: Edge of the Fray

Blue emergency lights strobed in a desperate rhythm, as if the overwhelming smell of burnt ozone wasn’t enough for the hapless spacefarers to understand that their ship was on the verge of complete failure. Flashes of fire added a chaotic flare to the steady cadence of illumination. The buzzing...

Chapter 241: When to Stay Away

The Xyl’thari Brood was a faction that spanned hundreds, but not thousands, of planets. Grand periods of conquest earned the faction a fearsome reputation with their galactic neighbors, but it was to their great shame that they had yet to extend their reach further across the stars. A series of...

Chapter 240: When to Play

Former Prime Commander Zalanth was lying on her side, unsoldierly and pacified, with her elbow on a luxurious pillow and her jaw resting on her knuckles, smooshing her cheek. Her tightly bound battle braids leisurely rested over her shoulder and across her collar bone. If any of her former subord...

Chapter 239: Warbound Warband

“Balor!” Coop excitedly greeted his friend when he made it inside the citadel, trying to suppress his building anxiety. However, the stonemason’s extraordinary polished armor continued to make him nervous. It was too much like the military dress of a retiring soldier. “What’s with the g...

Chapter 238: Chasm Configuration

Coop was lounging in Ghost Reef’s citadel, seated on a comfortably contoured bench while waiting for Balor to arrive at their scheduled meeting. Coop savored the relaxing moments while he could, doing his best to ignore the nagging stress at the back of his mind. The civilization shard hovered ...

Chapter 237: Underlayer Understanding

Coop accompanied Jones, Camila, and Charlie as they entered the Clumsy Shark together. It was still the premiere hangout in Ghost Reef, despite the growing population driving demand for other venues that were popping up around the fort, diversifying the options. The group sat themselves at a tabl...

Chapter 236: Sun Up Sum-up

Coop startled himself awake. He had been completely enveloped in cozy fabrics, peaceful and comfortable, but he sat straight up as soon as he roused himself. The feeling that he had let his guard down was like a ringing alarm clock. His sudden movement removed the draping covers that blanketed hi...

Chapter 235: One with the Mists

Coop concentrated on his ethereal spear, watching as motes of turquoise mana drifted off the surface and were carried away by the warm night’s breeze. He cleared his mind, trying to forge a connection with the misty manifestation. His brows furrowed and he squeezed his eyes shut as he focused o...

Chapter 234: Abyssal Valor

Coop knew something was up with his build after his last skill selection, so he was eager to take a more comprehensive look. The perception that his connection to mana had changed was a strange sensation that he found hard to assign to any of his senses in particular, but he was still sure of the...

Chapter 233: Downfall

The darkened sky doused Coop with a gentler rain than what he had left behind when he delved into the temple. He closed his eyes when he reached the open air, angling his head into the drizzle, feeling deeply exhausted. He took a moment to let the rain wash over him and provide a small mental res...

Chapter 232: Small Sacrifices

Coop was fixated on the palms of his hands as he waited for his vibrating vision to fully return to normal. The ambient mana within the settlement had undergone a rapid collapse before replenishing itself with a flood that left him feeling like he was back in the deep ocean, struggling to keep hi...

Chapter 231: The Deep One

Coop doubled over, face contorted in a silent agonized cry. No sound escaped from his throat because his breath was trapped in his lungs while all of his muscles seized. The possession caused by Inheritance of the Mists was not gentle. It felt as though his brain was being kneaded like dough and ...

Chapter 230: Hunger

The death empowered scythe bulldozed through the air as it reached for Coop’s neck. Rather than whistling with speed, it drove through the atmosphere like a semi-truck speeding on a snowy highway. A cloud of dark smoke billowed like a gas fire from the edge while a single streak of razor thin b...