General Smith, you earned some major points. I looked at the devastation his soldiers had done on the Ritualist’s army. I noted the soldiers retreating along the top of the wall. Well time to bait the Ritualist inside and cut him off with the city shield.
I noted friendly summons were sti...
2022-12-20 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere was an additional presence in one of my buildings. I frowned at that. No one escaped from the arrivals, so it had to be someone new. Now another presence. It was Champion Michael and his lapdog, I had no doubt. I had only left this morning to head towards a level 4 zone to get some more lev...
2022-12-19 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Ritualist,” I said to the werewolf first.
“Champion Michael. Surprised you are willing to talk,” the werewolf said for the Ritualist.
“Well, after our history, how could I refuse. You accepted my dinner invitation all those days ago. Now I return the favor,” I said hoping...
2022-12-19 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been quite a hassle to build up my army again, but I had. It was just a matter of time, patience, and using up the arrivals when they showed up. The great pulsing red worm monsters to the Southeast of the East Bastion had been quite a useful find. Replacing my lost were-elephants.
Th...
2022-12-18 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI stepped forward, waving at the soldiers to stay put. He had his hands open and out to the side of his body, clearly indicating he was no threat. But that didn’t mean anything.
“Hello Astrologer. I don’t think I have seen you around before. Quite an odd time and place to show up,” ...
2022-12-18 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe dark skinned people grinding outside the city had fled at my approach. While tempting to try and capture them, I needed my complete focus for the fight to come.
The city walls were in sight was an older man with dark skin and pure white robe, and a staff came out of the city gate. He ha...
2022-12-17 00:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostI felt something poking me. Let me sleep. It poked me again. “Michael wake up,” I heard a voice say.
“Urrg. Getting up, getting up,” I grumbled while sitting up and rubbing my eyes. Clarissa was there with a long stick. “Really a stick, Clarissa?”
“Just to be on the safe...
2022-12-17 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Imbue Reform.” I used the skill after getting a restoration. I let out a sigh of relief. My monsters sensed a figure approaching. It was the Astrologer again. I hadn’t seen him after he had explained where to get the skill I needed and some useful level 3 monsters for hybridizatio...
2022-12-16 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostCaptain Terrance
“Alert!” I heard the shout carried by my men and some women. I was only half done putting my uniform on when the shout went up. I quickly grabbed my sword and shield to head up to the gate. Dammit, this was the time when new arrivals were about to go ou...
2022-12-16 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The map of the Systemic Lands on Day 534 I made for reference.
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I had used the new arrivals as hybrid fodder and was slowly building back up. The main issue was the constant pain that coursed through my body. It ebbed and flowed. It was barely manageable. Curse Michael, I wish he went and died.
I gritted my teeth as I gathered up more crystals using hyb...
2022-12-15 00:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe walls of Purgatory were in sight just as light source was sending its initial rays into the sky behind me. I reached the gate where there was a summon monster outside.
“Open the gate in the name of Champion Michael!” I yelled out as I raced into the tunnel. I heard movement and the ...
2022-12-15 00:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe stonelands were right in front of us. A midair turn, showed that the Ritualist was still keeping pace with us, about half a mile or kilometer behind. Stopping to think was just asking the Ritualist to catch up with us, but it would cut down on the monsters after us and his forces.
“I ...
2022-12-15 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“I got point, watch above and my back,” I said to Naran.
“Might be better if I engage, since I am faster,” Naran said.
“No, we don’t want to get caught up. Once we reach the stonelands, it will be too difficult for the Ritualist to chase us. Also I want to use up my energy...
2022-12-14 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe city came into sight in the distance. We had crossed over into a level 1 zone. Lots of white rabbits. I could easily kick one and it would die, turning to dust and dropping a crystal in the air. There had been no sign of the Ritualist or any kind of response.
There were no people outsid...
2022-12-14 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI coaxed Ajani to tell her story and listened intently once she started. “Over 150 days ago, many monsters came to East Bastion. I was out in the fields and saw. Deformed humans, forever cursed. Great power. We all fled and Uday went out to confront the great evil.”
“I did not see the...
2022-12-13 00:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“We are pushing onwards. We handled a level 4 monster, we can handle whatever nonsense that comes up at level 3. Just watch your footing,” I said as I eyed the large boulders strewn ahead of us to make the stonelands.
“You taking point or me?” Naran asked. That was a good question. ...
2022-12-13 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The map of the Systemic Lands on Day 531 I made for reference.
2022-12-12 00:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe left very early in the morning, all bundled up for the frostlands. The first monster were level 3 yellow foxes. They were quick and fast, and sent out bursts of light before moving into attack. It was disorienting, and annoying, but not hard to deal with.
We kept pushing North. No sign o...
2022-12-12 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe set off to the East the next morning. Unfortunately, it wasn’t long before Naran called for a halt.
“The energy in the air,” he waved his hand like that was supposed to mean something to me.
“What is it exactly?” I asked.
“There is a void zone ahead of us. I can s...
2022-12-12 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe level 3 chicken bosses were easily killed. Honestly the dungeon was a nothing burger, except for its horrible location.
The first skill was Force Wall. It appeared like a weaker version of what the light blue gargoyles had been using in my level 3 grinding spot by the tower. Th...
2022-12-11 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I think I figured out what the skill is really doing,” Naran said.
“Oh, what is it?” I asked as we got up for the day.
“It is a repair skill. It is stretching out the physical properties of what it is used on. That is why it didn’t feel right when I used it on myself,” ...
2022-12-11 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Detour?” Naran asked me as we looked from the swamp line to the Northwest. There was a large dead tree in the distance. It reminded me of the tree from the swamp with how it spiraled up into the air.
“Why not, the cats aren’t so tough,” I replied. We had been killing red cats. Th...
2022-12-10 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“You really want to do this again?” Naran asked me. I looked at the mound of ants. The dungeon between Purgatory and Heaven. We had tried before to clear it, but there were too many summons.
“I want to poke it and get some information. I am curious about the skills. Also, it is on the...
2022-12-10 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Good morning,” I greeted Naran as he came to breakfast with Clarissa and myself.
“Good morning, Michael, Clarissa,” Naran said. Clarissa greeted him as well.
“Enjoy the vacation. I know I did. I cleared two of the swamp dungeons, so you don’t have to go there. Took the re...
2022-12-09 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostNaran
“Clarissa,” I greeted her as I entered her office and closed the door behind me.
“Naran, a surprise to see you. I thought you were off enjoying the city,” Clarissa replied. I sat in the chair across from her.
“I could use your advice,” I said. ...
2022-12-09 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The map of the Systemic Lands on Day 520 I made for reference.
2022-12-08 00:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostI had camped out at the edge of the swamp the previous night and set off first thing in the morning. I was not about to be stuck in a swamp in the middle of the night again.
Acid Shot. I took out a large level 2 brown slime floating its way towards me as I kept plowing through the ...
2022-12-08 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Good morning, Michael,” Clarissa said as she entered the breakfast balcony.
“Good morning, Clarissa,” I replied.
“Rough day yesterday?” she asked. I let out a scoff and drank my pulped orange juice.
“Screw spiders, screw swamps. The level 3 monsters for the dungeo...
2022-12-08 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post