I returned to outside the City Shield and waited. It went down and I raced for the city. Female soldiers tried to stop me, but it was useless as I melted them and entered. I hunted down every single person. If I could Sense them, I killed them.
They had tried to put up a resistance at the w...
2023-02-15 00:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe High Priestess
I watched as Champion Michael retreated from the city. There were thoughts of vengeance and revenge leaking from him. But that was common. I waited as he went after his soldiers and mentally cursed. It would have been excellent to stop that information an...
2023-02-15 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe acid shot out rapidly one after another. Two multi-cast upgrades allowed me to spam the skill like I hadn’t before. Even the mental trigger took a bit of time. Like pulling the trigger on a gun one bullet at time.
This let me go to full auto on the skill. The energy cost was immense, ...
2023-02-14 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA golden orb appeared within the room above the table. We all suddenly backed away. “Really now Michael. Threatening helpless women.”
I clenched my jaw. “Avatar. You foul snake. While I might not be able to kill you, I will kill your people and put you in the deepest, darkest...
2023-02-13 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe made our way through the level 2 zone, occasionally seeing grinders out and about, but they stayed out of our way and we didn’t harass them. It took a most of the day to cross two zones, but we managed to see Normandy’s walls in the afternoon.
That was also when three people approach...
2023-02-13 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI decided to be nice or mean depending on how you looked at things and offered this Richard something everyone here wanted to do. “Well for the apple, you get to ask one question. And I don’t want any more food than this, in case other people were getting ideas.” I took a bite of my apple a...
2023-02-12 00:00:48 +0000 UTC View PostRichard
“So, what do you think it is?” I asked Donald. We had seen a messenger arrive at our grinding camp and talking to the captain for a bit away from the rest of us.
“New orders maybe. I mean everything has been a mess, but least we are winning.” I nodded ...
2023-02-12 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone gets to vote on the super weapon name. Vote will close in 3 days.
2023-02-11 00:03:25 +0000 UTC View PostRichard (Day 1)
“Listen up, you are all being selected as part of our grinding teams. You all were brought up to speed yesterday.” I listened in closely. After being transported here by the Almighty System, my head was swimming as I was bombarded with new information co...
2023-02-11 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI was waiting at the rendezvous point Clarissa had set up. It was to the Northeast of Truth. We would be crossing a single level 3 zone and then be in range of the grinding teams of Normandy. I had spent this time exactly like I had planned. Beefing up Acid Shot and Aqua Sphere ...
2023-02-11 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“That is the containment issue. So it seems like an engineering problem. That you will solve eventually.”
“Hopefully. I make no promises in this line of work. I am a medical doctor not an engineer. I oversee the design team and look at things holistically. But it isn’t simple or eas...
2023-02-10 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Doctor Katz,” good to see you. I smiled and shook the good doctor’s hand. He was hiding out in a base just outside the East Bastion, at the edge of the level 1 zone. I hadn’t been out here in forever. Only when I had tracked the Ritualist down. This would be the perfect spot to get some ...
2023-02-10 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Then there is nothing we can do,” Clarissa said.
“Nothing?” I asked. “Use the kid as a bomb.” She shook her head.
“If only that were feasible. I saw the devastation left behind by that golden blast. Everything was vaporized in its path, and she was probably at the cente...
2023-02-09 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI followed a messenger back to Clarissa’s command post hidden just North of the dungeon in the zone at coordinates (1,0). It had taken a bit of doing to work my way through the command structure after Captain Mitchell, but I was Champion Michael.
Thankfully there were no threats involved,...
2023-02-09 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Um, who are these people?” Fu Ge asked as he nervously got up. The soldiers were wearing uniforms, but a mix of brown and green to better blend into level 2 zones, where they would primarily fight.
“Soldiers from the nation of Purgatory. My nation,” I replied and Fu Ge looked a bit...
2023-02-07 23:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostThey all froze and then quickly spread out to either side of the road. I kept an eye on them with my Sense stat. It was interesting because energy moving about was only slightly impacted by the trees and solid surfaces. It was like a distortion. Like viewing something through water. The real tric...
2023-02-07 23:56:12 +0000 UTC View PostI had noticed tribes people in the swamps fighting the monsters there. They didn’t look that good and were in smaller groups or alone, but this was probably the dumping ground for tribal rejects. There is always someone in a worse position and I was glad I wasn’t one of those people.
Ex...
2023-02-07 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“So, you called the Divine Empress an old hag?” the translator whose name was Fu Ge asked me.
“Yes, I did and stole all her crystals and child too,” I added on. He munched on an apple looking between the sulking kid who was poking at the chain collar he wore and then back at me.
... 2023-02-07 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, you are coming with me,” I said to the translator after I changed clothing to my standard blue Champion armor set. I also got a pack of food and water for the road. This would take a couple of days even with my travel speed to get to the next city.
“What?” he asked stupidl...
2023-02-06 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe light source was rising when I realized I was heading primarily West. I could try to loop around to another city, but I was already pretty far. The tribes people were already out but they left me alone as I killed monsters in my path and didn’t bother with the crystals.
The closest ci...
2023-02-06 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe High Priestess
I had done the impossible. It was a complete mess at times, and I was worried there for a bit as everything happened. But all my plans had succeeded and the events needed to kill the Divine Empress had been set in motion and I also had been rescued. Both ...
2023-02-05 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Inquisitor appeared again. Air Burst. “Acid Shot,” x20. She disappeared for a moment and reappeared as the acid passed through her position. Her sword came in at my face. I was forced to twist out of the way. The sword flew by me.
A blow struck my already wounded s...
2023-02-05 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a brief moment of stillness on the battlefield. My one hand was already moving quickly in place while I held the drawer of books with the other hand. Why had these people taken this moment to attack and make a mess?
Probably the Avatar, doing something if I had to guess. The soldi...
2023-02-04 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Envoy Of The Divine Empress
The Envoy saw beam attacks in the distance as three airships dodged and blocked them. Those weren’t from the Dragon Empire. The only thing he could do was increase his speed. Someone dared attack the Forbidden City. He would crush them with...
2023-02-04 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Attached are the detailed and high level maps of the Systemic Lands so far. In the high level map you have zone/Earth arrival/political maps.
The detailed map is stupidly large, and is being worked on still. Should be fully filled out by Volume 9. I can write fast, but detailed mapping take...
2023-02-03 00:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe left the throne room and quickly made our way to the inner sanctum of the Divine Empress’s palace. I melted the few soldiers and servants in our path. “The Inquisitor and the child Qi Ji Long lie beyond this door. Good luck. Boom chicka chicka, boom chicka chick-“
“What ...
2023-02-03 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Close but not quite. I am the Avatar of the one you call the Almighty System.” Those words echoed through my head while standing at the foot of the Throne of Tortured Souls.
“How?” I asked.
“How else? A meta-point or a god-point. I wished to leave the confines ...
2023-02-03 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs much as I would like to carefully explore all the options of the level 5 store I saw the stat of Channel available. I began making my stat point purchases. I had a long time to think about this and had already planned out how much I would purchase right away and in what order.
Since I ha...
2023-02-02 00:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostFuyuka
We approached the plaza as the chests and slaves made ready. That was a lot of tribute and more was constantly being brought out as they got everything ready. An older man bowed slightly while everyone else kowtowed.
“Divine Empress and Speaker, this humble c...
2023-02-02 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post