I had done it. I had battled countless impossible foes, climbed the towers, and was unchallenged across the Systemic Lands. After all of this, I had found the Almighty System and returned to Earth at the moment I had left.
It had been centuries since my departure. Only one could win and ret...
2023-04-01 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“The Avatar can have her three cities. We will leave her alone for the most part. Just one embassy in her capital, with the people rotated out regularly to make sure they aren’t mind controlled,” I said.
“Is that a concern?” Clarissa asked.
“I am not sure, but have whateve...
2023-03-31 23:02:42 +0000 UTC View PostClarissa nodded at me slightly. “Thank you, Michael,” she said. I let out a sigh.
“I think it is a mistake to have taxes so slow,” I muttered petulantly.
“We are going to be hard pressed as it is to manage all the various territories we are taking over. Which brings up the n...
2023-03-31 23:00:48 +0000 UTC View PostOne thing I knew was that a higher Spirit stat allowed a person to more easily control and choose what they wanted from the store. I focused on just my limbs with none of the Astrologer nonsense included. I wasn’t sure if it would help, but if it did have an effect, I couldn’t ignore it.
<... 2023-03-30 23:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a while to make my way back to Clarissa. I sat across from her in her underground bunker. I explained everything that had happened, since I had run off from the good doctor. She had been informed by Doctor Katz and other people how I had been chased and guessed that I had run to the tower...
2023-03-30 23:16:02 +0000 UTC View Post“I understand. At least the Divine Empress is dead. We can both celebrate on that.” I nodded at this. The Divine Empress was horrible and relentless. That was something I was willing to celebrate with the Avatar about regardless of the aggravation and manipulations she had done.
<... 2023-03-29 23:01:11 +0000 UTC View Post“It is day 863 by your calendar.”That meant I had been in the tower for just over a month. That was good to know and a little bit surprising that the Avatar had answered. The air rushed past us as the airship sailed forward across the Systemic Lands to Heaven.
“I am curious, ...
2023-03-29 23:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostI chose to remain seated against the golden pillar. If the Avatar acted against me, then I needed to conserve my energy and I was hoping they would not target the pillar with long range attacks. The airship matched the descent of the tower and hover in front of me.
Well it was more of an ai...
2023-03-28 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI couldn’t lay here forever. At least I had rested up a lot already. A small win in my mind, but hopefully my legs would crust over before I had to sleep. The blood was oozing out less, but it was still concerning. I didn’t dare remove the energy I had placed over my leg stubs, bleeding out w...
2023-03-28 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMy son struck out and hit the Astrologer in the groin. He stumbled back and ran forward. I didn’t hesitate as I dashed forward and focused, barriers leaping up between my son and the Astrologer. That was when my child collapsed screaming, blood pouring out of him.
No! This was not going t...
2023-03-27 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Hah!” The child that looked like the Divine Empress’ brat Qi Ji Long but was really the Astrologer, struck out and hit the Astral Projection of the adult Astrologer in the groin with his hand. The child trashed around a bit and broke free.
That was an impressive bit of actin...
2023-03-27 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI stayed seated on top of the small room. Waiting for over a month, slowly fixing my energy. I would occasionally eat, drink, and relieve myself. While I could draw in energy from the air to sustain myself, doing that for a long time caused damage to my body and would make it harder to mix the is...
2023-03-26 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“You are probably asking yourself why?” The Astrologer was keeping his distance from me. I didn’t respond but glared at him while I thought how quickly I could kill him. “Imagine my surprise, when I got a visitor with a plan to kill the Divine Empress.”
“Aaavaaa,” I couldn’t...
2023-03-26 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI returned to the tower after going back to the city to get another restoration and patch myself up and get supplies for my wait. The doors at the base had opened again with the golems coming out. I was not going to pursue Michael up from the base.
What needed to occur was to climb the towe...
2023-03-25 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI was laying down, right next to the pillar slash stone statue of the Astrologer. “I am about to start, ready?”
Not really, but I needed this thing in my gut removed. “Ready,” I replied. The Astrologer and I had agreed to narrate what we were doing to each other. T...
2023-03-25 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Hello!” I looked at Champion Michael standing inside the tower. Right at the point where he could trigger the door. It was a one-way trip once a person entered.
I was not going to get trapped inside of the tower. If I moved forward, he would attack while closing the doors. I would not ...
2023-03-24 23:05:03 +0000 UTC View Post“So, I have a tumor, in me, which you want to extract, build a brain, and base structure for your body, and then transfer yourself over with my help,” I summed up the Astrologer’s request. It was annoying how he hadn’t said this right off, but I could kind of get that.
Talking about...
2023-03-24 22:59:13 +0000 UTC View PostI frowned as I chased after Champion Michael. He was running into a level 4 zone. If he thought monsters would kill me before they killed him, he was mistaken. Right into the darklands at night. His Body stat was high, but I was constantly gaining on him, and he could not escape by Sense stat. 2023-03-23 23:05:29 +0000 UTC View Post
“So, you want a story, then?” the Astrologer asked me.
“Yes. Well, maybe not a story, but a better understanding of the mechanics of what you are asking at the very least.” There was a stretch of silence after that. I could tell he was thinking, but I was in no rush at the ...
2023-03-23 23:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostIt had taken time and effort tracking down Champion Michael, but asking around had led me right to him. In the plaza of East Bastion, no less. I paused to watch what was occurring near the store pillars. I was not about to have them wrecked near me again.
I was checking for any traps. There...
2023-03-22 22:58:56 +0000 UTC View Post“Cautious, I can appreciate that, where to begin?” the Astrologer said.
“Well, how did this happen in the first place?” I asked. I noted the discarded packs and clothing in the elevator room. The Astrologer merged with the control pillar for the elevator was a gruesome pict...
2023-03-22 22:58:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt had taken a lot of time. I had gone East trying to find the Avatar, but she had stopped spying. Then I tracked the points down and their flow to this city of Neo Brasilia. It was built up, but it was easy enough to knock down again.
I destroyed structure after structure, but the worms hi...
2023-03-21 23:01:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt was done. I lay there on the floor. Blood dripping out from the piercing wounds the Invisible Centipede Golem, aka the Donkey had left on my left arm. It was kind of clotting, but not really. My head was a mess. My body was a mess.
I looked up at the ceiling. The battle had stretched on ...
2023-03-21 22:59:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The last set of 7 floors for your reference!
2023-03-20 23:01:51 +0000 UTC View Post“Where is Champion Michael?” I asked the man in front of me. He was missing an arm, but the fight had left him like the worm he was.
“I don’t know! I swear.” I doubted that. While I couldn’t sense lies from people, I could tell he wasn’t being honest.
“Really now. What...
2023-03-20 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis was it, the final floor. After climbing and climbing for so long, I had finally done it. The one thing I hadn’t lost count of was the floor I was one going up this stupid square tower from hell. I looked at the stone benches around the edge of the extra large safe room on this floor.
“Where is she?” I asked the man.
“I don’t know-“ I twitched my hand and threw him away. His head and body separated from each other. Creating a gory display to add to the countless others while I looked for the Avatar. If she wasn’t going to show up herself, then I would kill ev...
2023-03-19 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI had to back track slightly to since the path had changed. The path to the North had been moved to the East by two units. It was annoying, but it was expected. Thankfully there were no more changes in the path. I reached the blade trap in front of the golden key rod and activated it, before movi...
2023-03-19 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI kept moving around the center of the room looking for any opening while dodging the constant fireballs from the Super Cat and its four minions. At least there wasn’t a passage into the boss room for all the rest of the minions from this floor.
Perhaps that would have been too unfair? St...
2023-03-18 22:59:28 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up in pain and groggy. I got out a flask of water and drank some and rinsed out my mouth. With only so many more floors to go, hanging onto supplies was not a big a deal anymore. Better to use them up and have less weight to carry.
My left foot hurt, my left stub hurt, and my gut was...
2023-03-17 23:00:48 +0000 UTC View Post