“You do this constantly?” Bao Wang asked me. It was clear he was struggling with the day after day of grinding.
“Yes. You are doing quite well. You upped your kill count to 80 monsters per day,” I replied.
“It doesn’t get any easier,” he complained. I wanted Naran back. ...
2023-01-19 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI sent that yappy dog off into the air at the disturbance I sensed. Sending a message to get down here so the real fight could begin. Unless the Homunculus wanted me to chase it, which I was more than prepared to do. The Homunculus appeared and took him away. A worthy trade to draw him out and co...
2023-01-18 00:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Survive another day?” I asked as I returned to the cart. Bao Wang looked tiredly at me. We had moved East a bit, so while I still grinded the Bulwark Shields he got white lions in the mistlands.
“Barely. I am going through a lot of spears and finding my way back is tricky,” he repl...
2023-01-18 00:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostComing back from the East Bastion I was disappointed. I had expected Uday to be there. I had remembered him from my time the first delegation had visited my Empire to negotiate a treaty. If anyone knew where the Astrologer was it was him.
But it was odd. The city populace had been wiped, bu...
2023-01-18 00:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostClarissa
“Michael, really?” I let out a sigh and sat back in my chair in my underground cart bunker. A messenger had delivered Michael’s message to me. I had been relieved at first, then annoyed, and then now I had grasped his thought process.
He was going to st...
2023-01-18 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTo Whom It May Concern,
I have appointed Champion Michael to act as one of my representatives as Ruler of the East. This letter is proof of his credentials. For I go to climb a tower and claim the prize at the top. While the calamity may have set me back slightly, I look forwar...
2023-01-17 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a hassle, but it was done. I had managed to collect 11.2 million points in five days. Hope and Bao Wang would get 4 million each. That would be enough for them to have stats to survive a level 3 zone without me babysitting them.
They would be able to grind themselves up after th...
2023-01-17 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI had just returned from my trip to level 4 zones and fighting level 5 roaming bosses. I killed them one after another. It was difficult but possible. My Kung-fu had been refined perfectly. My skills had been brought into sync.
As power coursed through my body, I felt myself getting rid of ...
2023-01-16 00:04:01 +0000 UTC View Post“You want to fight your way through the Forbidden City?” Bao Wang slowly said and was clearly turning that thought over in his mind. “If you can fight the Envoy on even ground, then it should be possible. But the hardest part will be locating the Divine Empress and making sure she doesn’t...
2023-01-16 00:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostI looked across the battlefield at the thing in front of me. It was neither human nor monster. It was something else. Its shell looked quite fragile. A fake person, a homunculus. The Astrologer should have been named Fleshcrafter instead. My army cowered behind me, completely useless. It was up t...
2023-01-16 00:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostI had two options. The first option was to attack the Empire and the Divine Empress by extension. To weaken it and drag it down. To become a rebel and fight every moment of every day, with my life on the line to find some way to kill her.
That route was one of hardship and suffering. There ...
2023-01-16 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI was resting in my room. It had been hard dealing with one of the many things the Astrologer had done to me. I had underestimated the man. He would still die for thinking himself above me, taking responsibility for what he had done.
There were still residual effects I had yet to find. I co...
2023-01-15 00:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostI had rested up and it was early the morning. I had been giving a lot of thought to Bao Wang’s information. It was bad. Incredibly bad. At least from the viewpoint of beating the Divine Empress in states.
With nine cities, she could easily have 90 billion points worth of stats for as long...
2023-01-15 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostRage coursed through me. All my advisors were kow-towing in front of my throne to avoid my displeasure. The Astrologer had managed to halt and then push back our advance. Already the battle lines were impacting our resource generation.
Our earlier incursions had been repelled. Now my Empire...
2023-01-14 00:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post“The women are used as sex slaves. Endlessly raped by the soldiers for their amusement. The ones that manage to survive long enough, they are shipped to the Forbidden City. There the Divine Empress and the Master Fleshcrafter alter the unborn children to serve her will.”
“The children...
2023-01-14 00:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostI shot across the battlefield. Kicking off the ground to constantly adjust my trajectory as I headed right for the Astrologer. Three of his Valkyries moved forward to intercept me.
I ducked under a sword swing. Jabbing out. Her armor took most of the blow and she went stumbling back. I didn...
2023-01-14 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe came to a stop at viewing distance from the city walls. I had Hope wait with the cart of supplies to the South of the city. I quickly made my way towards the gate. There were soldiers in black armor and black helmets.
It was like a teenage edge lord had designed them for maximum edginess...
2023-01-14 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostExplosions rippled across the battlefield. I sat on my elevated throne at the rear as both sides kept their distance and jockeyed for position to out flank the other side. Beams of various types of energy cut across the battlefield impacting trenches as I calmly waited for my true opponent to arr...
2023-01-13 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHope
Everyone else had run off. They said no one could survive the injuries Champion Michael had, but he was still breathing. I couldn’t just leave him behind. So, I had stayed. I couldn’t move him on my own. The weight of his armor was too much. I had been a uber drive...
2023-01-13 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Divine Majesty, I have come to present the culmination of my research,” my Master Fleshcrafter said as I sat on my throne. He had been working hard and his results were impressive, but it appeared he finally made a breakthrough.
“My thanks to the Divine Majesty’s Envoy for securing...
2023-01-12 00:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I see the city wall,” Hope said. More beautiful words had never been spoken.
“Keep quiet and keep an eye out,” I said and continued to drag myself up the incline of the terrain towards the city wall. I almost paused when I realized I had made a horrible pun. Now if only I could wea...
2023-01-12 00:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Lost,” I said calmly even as I raged inside. “We have lost an entire city,” I replied as my Castellan kow-towed before me. “I told the Lord to not engage with the UCS. What does he do? Answer me!”
“He disobeyed your will, Divine Empress,” my Castellan said. There was a quiv...
2023-01-12 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHope was clearly becoming exhausted as I dragged myself towards Neo Brasilia through the forest at night. “Acid Shot.” Another butterfly monster died. I was on full monster duty, since she could barely stand up straight.
We couldn’t have a talk to take our minds off things si...
2023-01-12 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostI looked at the man before me as he gave a deep bow. “Greetings your majesty-“
“Insolent dog! That is Divine Empress you stand in front of,” my Envoy said as I sat on my throne overlooking the proceedings with distain.
Our respective clearing groups were at the boarder between...
2023-01-11 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI let out a groan as I woke up. Everything hurt. I began to cough, blood and spit came up. I could tell by the taste. I tried to open my eyes…eye, but I couldn’t. My hands moved down my body and I felt a flask. It was a monumental effort to get it free and open. I stuck a finger inside. The c...
2023-01-11 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostClarissa
“Alert from the East gate, several soldiers turned to dust,” a runner rushed into my room and quickly reported.
Another runner quickly came in. “A woman in black and white was just seen approaching the plaza from the East.”
A third runner game i...
2023-01-10 00:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostI strode into the city. I had trained and prepared. A new warlord had arisen, greater than the rest. He called himself the Son of Heaven and claimed its Mandate. I would correct him of his foolishness. For I was Hei Long.
“Halt!” One of the soldiers said to me at the foot of his palace....
2023-01-10 00:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostI sat down on my cart and enjoyed my fish stew and rice. While it wasn’t cheap or easy to prepare beforehand, it was worth it after a hard day of work killing monsters. It was good to use chopsticks picking each and every piece up.
The city itself was a mess with various factions, homeles...
2023-01-10 00:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post“The Astrologer uses a refraction null index of various layers of energy. By inverting the type and harmonics of certain energy types, he is able to align his movements and senses. My research into counter refractions combined with the various types of energy has yielded interesting results.”...
2023-01-10 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI danced over the large boulders. I was pushing myself beyond my limit. But it was only natural. For even with the 200 stat points in Body I needed to not hesitate and to strike at my foes. The people stronger than me had been out here far longer. But they were lazy, weak, and indolent.
I w...
2023-01-09 00:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post