“Emperor Michael,” Samantha said, and I paused. She was my personal assistant and handled a lot of minor issues on my behalf while I wasn’t around.
“What is it, Samantha?” I asked and paused. I was on my way to the airship port to fly away and start taking on the towers.
“...
2023-12-05 00:13:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Congratulations on your recovery,” Clarissa said.
“Thanks. But it isn’t complete yet,” I replied as we shared breakfast togeather before my departure.
“Another issue has come up,” Clarissa said, and I paused to look at her.
“Not another pointless rebellion?” I...
2023-12-04 00:02:50 +0000 UTC View Post“How does it feel?” Doctor Katz asked me. I moved my right arm and articulated my fingers. Jacob was here as well poking my arm. I could feel surges of energy with each poke as he inspected it.
“It feels fine,” I replied. “No issues with movement.”
“Bend this,” Jacob h...
2023-12-03 00:15:54 +0000 UTC View Post“It is over?” Clarissa asked me over breakfast. I had returned late, the night before.
“The city was purged and the level 1 zone around the city of all hostile forces. There might be a few grinding groups hiding out, but the message has been sent. I want word to spread since doing thi...
2023-12-02 00:02:23 +0000 UTC View PostI sipped my water while focusing on my stats once more. The recent fight had been a nice way to take my mind off my stats while using them in combat. It was hard work and painful, but I was going to keep focusing on them constantly to push them back into the correct position.
“Movement th...
2023-12-01 00:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe airboat docked at the airship port or tower in the East Bastion. There was a crowd in the plaza that was shouting various things, soldiers everywhere, but no reception committee at the top of the tower.
I stepped off along with two of my personal guard. While I was far stronger than the...
2023-11-28 00:26:54 +0000 UTC View Post“As you can see from the included packet, you can expect an overall increase of 4% credits over the course of a conflict, while denying your opponent those resources based on historical trends,” I presented to the representative from the Yellow Sapling faction.
“And why don’t we jus...
2023-11-26 23:44:44 +0000 UTC View PostI looked out over the crowd that had gathered in the plaza. It was nice to be home. Purgatory was my home, not the Forbidden City. While I lived on my airship, it was nice to some place with more permanence. As much as anything could be permanent in this place.
I smiled as I noticed my name...
2023-11-25 20:16:15 +0000 UTC View PostI was lying down on the bridge of the airship as it flew towards Purgatory. The city had taken down the shield, but there were a lot of remaining problems to sort through. Thankfully the vast majority of people survived. The bad news was that the city was submerged, partially underground.
T...
2023-11-24 21:33:33 +0000 UTC View PostJacob Copper
I looked at the container I had. “Sphere energy is at safe levels,” I said as we flew towards the site of the battle. I could tell with just a glance, with how much I had been studying the effects of sphere energy versus system energy. Countless people had ...
2023-11-23 17:18:02 +0000 UTC View PostI was laying on a couch, on a balcony, overlooking the plaza of the Forbidden City. I wanted to be outside, rather than cooped up in some closet as I kept working on pushing against the curse damage that was crippling me.
“What’s the verdict?” I asked Jacob and he let out a heavy sigh...
2023-11-22 16:09:43 +0000 UTC View PostAs Jacob and Doctor Katz fussed over me I thought back to when I had explained that Jacob was the Master Fleshcrafter to Doctor Katz and the rest of my team.
“Michael, the knowledge Jacob has is too much,” Doctor Katz said. I nodded at this. “I get he is smart, but there are sever...
2023-11-21 23:14:02 +0000 UTC View PostI felt like I was choking. I couldn’t breathe. “Michael calm down,” Doctor Katz said as he looked over me. My breathing grew a bit easier and my panic went down.
“Can’t. Breathe,” I gasped out.
“You took a heavy injury. Your stats were impacted. You need to focus on corr...
2023-11-21 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Junior greets Qiang You. Junior greets senior,” I said and bowed to the man before me. Unlike most cultivators I had seen, he was not wearing a martial robe of some kind, but a large overcoat with lots of pockets. His thick glasses made him seem even more eccentric.
He walked up to me ...
2023-11-20 15:53:00 +0000 UTC View PostDoctor Katz
We set down at the edge of the swamp and the block terrain. Looking back, there was just inky blackness. Michelle didn’t have the energy to keep going, so we had landed. Captain Francis was placed in charge of carrying Michael, and Jacob carried the Avatar. He...
2023-11-19 22:41:23 +0000 UTC View PostDoctor Katz
The golems suddenly stopped firing at us. There was silence with some explosions in the distance still. “There is ambient energy coming back,” Jacob said.
“We need to move, Michelle?” Clarissa asked. The platform we were cowering under broke apart ...
2023-11-19 22:40:58 +0000 UTC View PostTwo bright multi-colored beams cut through the air. The right mix of energies to deal maximum damage and create an annihilation effect according to Jacob. Captain Francis and Michelle had lined things up perfectly. Both beams struck the surface of the structure I had already attacked.
I cou...
2023-11-17 23:55:52 +0000 UTC View Post“The bracelets are holding up,” Jacob said while checking over his. He had been checking them regularly. None of us could sleep. We were all on the bridge as the Crystal Vortex continued to fly towards our destination. It was just after dawn as we continued to drift through the sky.<...
2023-11-17 23:55:05 +0000 UTC View Post“New face, come sit,” a middle-aged woman waved me over. The TripleX faction like others, had a gathering place for members of their faction. There was nothing else for me to do and I felt getting to understand the faction better would be useful.
What could be called a club slash bar ex...
2023-11-17 23:54:24 +0000 UTC View Post“They isn’t good for her condition,” Doctor Katz said while looking at me. I just stared right back at him and he let out a sigh. “Alright, I will get her strapped up.” It was always the plan to use the Avatar as a ballistic missile. The gurney with her was wheeled across the open deck ...
2023-11-16 00:17:50 +0000 UTC View Post“You may enter now,” the servant said, and I got up. I had been waiting for quite a while to meet with an official representative of the TripleX faction. It hadn’t cost anything surprisingly. I had done enough business with them, that they were willing to meet with me without an upfront pay...
2023-11-15 23:55:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe TripleX faction came through once again for a chunk of my remaining credits, directing me towards an individual who specialized in organ trafficking. I needed something to handle my body core when I broke through.
It was amusing how many problems I had to keep overcoming for my cultivat...
2023-11-15 00:20:27 +0000 UTC View PostMichelle
“We are probably going to die,” I said quietly while sipping the alcohol Clarissa had provided in her office. She had invited me here after the meeting.
“You are more likely to survive than me,” Clarissa replied and raised her glass. “I am curious, ...
2023-11-15 00:17:52 +0000 UTC View PostI sat on the bridge of the Crystal Vortex drinking from a large jug of fruit juice, as I looked out over the Forbidden City. That was a pretentious name, but it seemed like this place was just as pivotal as Purgatory, perhaps even more so. Perhaps how pretentious the name was, translated...
2023-11-13 23:59:09 +0000 UTC View Post“It won’t work,” Jacob said with a shake of his head. It was an emergency meeting regarding our planned assault on the sphere. “I can’t upscale a portal enough to go through the lower layer. Which means, we have to go directly, and see if anything is happening with the sphere and the lo...
2023-11-12 23:59:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe airboat began to ascend towards the light source in the gooified terrain. Everyone was getting ready, but I would take the time to look into the height limit and see if anything was up here. While there was risk, if a super monster showed up, I would just run towards the sphere.
Also, t...
2023-11-12 23:59:27 +0000 UTC View PostChests were off loaded with the 5.4 billion points. I had really pushed myself the last 30 days or so to get everything that I could grind out from the two level 7 zones. I wasn’t ready to try a level 8 zone. I could take on the boss monsters one at a time, but in a horde, I would be done for. ...
2023-11-11 00:05:51 +0000 UTC View Post“Rhiza?” I called out and the figure paused. I had spent enough time with her in the past, that I could pick up the small details that set her apart from other cloaked figures.
“Yuan?” she turned to look at me.
“Yes, it is good to see you,” I replied and went over to her a...
2023-11-11 00:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThankfully I didn’t have to go far to reach a level 7 zone, and there were two of them next together between The Abyss and New Kochi. I had just finished clearing an entire zone and was looking at the cube that had appeared and the open doors on the side that led into darkness.
It was fru...
2023-11-10 00:35:39 +0000 UTC View PostI carefully moved up the outside of the tower. There were chunks missing. Larger chunks the further I got up. The spatial turbulence and the clouds of yellow death also increased as I went up the tower to where the broker resided. I checked my improved compass, confirming which level I was at. 2023-11-08 23:57:02 +0000 UTC View Post