I stepped outside where a massive crowd had gathered. I made my way to the elevated podium that had been set up. Soldiers making sure my path was clear. There were was some shouting, but for the most part people were quiet and watching me.
I saw people on top of buildings around the plaza a...
2023-11-08 23:56:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you okay?” Clarissa asked me.
“I should be asking you that,” I replied as I sat in her office. She gave me a grim smile.
“I am hanging in there. This has been a complete and utter disaster. At least you are alive. If you had died, then this would be over,” she said, a...
2023-11-07 23:59:15 +0000 UTC View Post“There, that should do it. Only minor curse damage. It doesn’t appear the attacks were cursed,” Doctor Katz said as he looked me over.
“My eye still seems out of focus,” I replied.
“Covering both of them for a couple of days should help. Then gradual light. That should let...
2023-11-06 23:55:59 +0000 UTC View PostI was a thousand years old. It was kind of funny that no one cared but me. I had outlasted countless people, enemies, family, and friends. Time did not fly by. Each day was another exhausting day of planning out thefts and moving about the Forever City.
“You ever get tired?” I asked Bon...
2023-11-06 23:55:30 +0000 UTC View Post“I am just getting started.” I was completely lying, but hopefully it would buy me some time to get away.
“AND YOU ARE BUT A MEWLING BABE. REDIRECT. PULSE.” I quickly leapt into the tunnel as gravity was redirected towards the sph...
2023-11-06 00:12:29 +0000 UTC View PostEntering the chamber, even with giving my eyes time to adjust, I was forced to squint. The light was blinding, and all the surfaces were reflective. Hanging in the air in the center of the large spherical chamber was a glowing white sphere. Focusing and squinting some more, showed that wasn’t c...
2023-11-04 22:53:46 +0000 UTC View PostI dodged behind some blocks as a massive white beam cut through the space, I had just been standing in. It several of the building blocks and melted right through them. I kept moving and dived into a roll as a second beam cut through the air in front of me.
The only saving grace about the l...
2023-11-04 22:53:17 +0000 UTC View Post“The pain is getting worse,” I mumbled as I sipped some more energy potion. I had been constantly taking them for the last 100 years or cycles as they called time around this place. I had accumulated 106,800 drops, divided equally between all 9 sub-divisions of cores, which meant 11,866.6 dro...
2023-11-03 23:01:26 +0000 UTC View PostYoung Michael
I disliked the city shield, it hurt my head, but it was better than dying. There had been no arrival either while the city shield was up. Which was useful, since there was strict rationing going on. Most people had gathered or were staying near the center of t...
2023-11-03 23:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostBlocks of various sizes and colors were moving about and building outwards, coming out from the center of the terrain. Like a hive of ants. I saw blocks as small as the tip of my finger to blocks as large as one of the buildings in the cities moving about.
Their speed was fairly slow by my ...
2023-11-02 22:25:10 +0000 UTC View PostI paid 1 credit to get a temporary pass for one cycle through the tower at the checkpoint on the main staircase. I had also noticed traffic was picking up. Despite being large the Forever City had always seemed quite empty for a super massive city. Several of the people weren’t wearing cloaks h...
2023-11-01 22:57:46 +0000 UTC View PostNow that I was looking for it, I could see it. The wave of non-System energy pushing away the energy that covered the Systemic Lands. I was crossing the level 3 zones that connected the former Dragon Empire portion and the original Purgatory portion of the Systemic Lands.
I slowed down and ...
2023-11-01 22:56:53 +0000 UTC View Post“Thanks,” I said to the cloaked figure as they pushed over a crystal shard that would go into the map pad. They also put down a black metal card with two large white X’s and then a smaller one between the two.
“You paid for it,” the cloaked figure said while getting up, ending our...
2023-10-31 22:57:11 +0000 UTC View PostI entered the conference room after being up on the roof for about an hour. There was no new information to present. The Avatar was still unconscious as well, with no sign of waking up. I sat back down and everyone became quiet with my arrival.
“I have decided on the course of action that...
2023-10-31 22:56:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe Avatar finally stopped seizing. The fact she had such a reaction was a very bad sign. “What did you do?” Doctor Katz asked me.
“I pushed energy around her head. Whatever is spreading, could it be everywhere in minute quantities?” I turned to look at Jacob.
“Yes. Detectio...
2023-10-31 22:55:17 +0000 UTC View Post“Clarissa.” I felt relieved at seeing her alive. Some of the tension left my body.
“Michael, it is bad. I am glad you are here,” she said, which I knew meant it was really bad. She wasn’t one to overhype things in the slightest.
“What are we looking at?” I asked, hoping ...
2023-10-31 22:54:45 +0000 UTC View PostHigh Priest XLR8
That horrible bitch had left me behind. Of course, XLR8 was not important enough to get on the evacuation airship. I was a critical member of the government. I ran the Power Church! We dropped the shield for a moment to broadcast, to recall Emperor Michael ...
2023-10-28 22:49:23 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been fifty years since I had first arrived in the Forever City and I was 256 years old and had 12,982 credits to my name and change. My equipment was upgraded quite heavily, so that upgrading further wasn’t worthwhile. I had been learning how the stuff worked as well to a minor degree. L...
2023-10-27 20:30:40 +0000 UTC View PostJacob Copper
“Sir, the device, it is moving,” I looked up at one of my assistants.
“Which one?” I asked. I had set up several passive devices to monitor the situation as I continued my research into energy compression. The astrolabe technology was quite remark...
2023-10-27 20:29:50 +0000 UTC View Post“This morning’s broadcast is an emergency order. Code black, 789451. I repeat code black, 789451. This is not a drill. At the current time all forces are-“ the transmission from the stone cut out from XLR8s regular broadcast that I listened to in the morning. It took me a moment to process ...
2023-10-26 21:22:36 +0000 UTC View PostI landed back on the airship just as it was getting dark. “Welcome back Emperor Michael,” one of my personnel guards said and saluted.
“At ease, any incidents?” I asked.
“All is calm sir,” he replied.
“Keep doing your duty,” I said as the soldier saluted me again...
2023-10-25 20:37:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe tower shook again as the various forces fought each other. Thankfully no one came into the small room we were hiding in next to the main staircase. “Clear, three down, five up,” I repeated what Bones told me. I really wish I had my own cutter and illusion projector. This was a great oppor...
2023-10-25 20:36:13 +0000 UTC View PostI stood on the ground as burning ash swirled around me. I was breathing through my nose to keep the worst out. Acid Shot. Another Expanding Slime was killed, it was the level 6 monster of this zone, I was transversing. I walked over and tossed the crystal into my pack with the rest of th...
2023-10-24 22:54:25 +0000 UTC View Post“General Abdullah,” I greeted the man with a smile. He was my Director of Defense and appointed commander of New Kochi.
“Emperor Michael,” he replied with a salute. I gave a salute in return.
“Managing?” I asked.
“Trying. Just need a lot more points. I have teams c...
2023-10-23 23:33:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Clear for the next ten levels then a checkpoint,” I said while checking the staircase, while it was really Bones telling me.
“Your sensory abilities are quite good,” Rhiza responded. I wished they were that good.
“Let’s get to it,” I said, and she nodded. Getting any cl...
2023-10-23 22:43:07 +0000 UTC View Post“You know he is lying,” Michelle said as we lifted up from the Holy Kingdom of God.
“That is obvious. That Blessed Pope is more concerning that a box of snakes. But it still doesn’t make a difference,” I replied.
“It is about how much the other person offends you,” she s...
2023-10-22 14:14:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Greetings Emperor Michael. I am Blessed Pope Emeritus the Third, but you can call me Emeritus,” the older man said with a smile as he poured me tea. The reception was much warmer in the supposedly fanatic kingdom.
Once I showed up at their capital, they were quick to arrange a tea serv...
2023-10-21 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI checked my locator on my wrist, floor 50,128. The display flickered slightly. I was pushing the range, but Bones assured me it could handle quite a bit but might lose a bit of accuracy before it completely failed. Even with my cultivation, my legs still felt a bit tired. I had to go above floor...
2023-10-20 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Announcing Emperor Michael of the Empire of Purgatory. Champion of the Realm. Custodian of the Avatar. Slayer of the Divine Empress,” the herald called out before I entered the throne room. The palace was quaint, but the Divine Empress had a better aesthetic except for the screaming furnitur...
2023-10-20 22:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostI could see the shock on their faces that I had found out about their little scheme. Michelle was quite adept with her summons, including some smaller ones that could hide themselves. It wasn’t that hard to have one listen in on their conversation. It was a simple matter of having a soldier who...
2023-10-19 22:55:40 +0000 UTC View Post