Champion Michael had grown predictable. I knew he would try to clear the dungeons a second time and would sweep past the city in the most direct line to do so. It was a chance to trap him.
Leaving the city was concerning, but I had my level 2 summons protecting me. I rode atop a scorpion, s...
2022-10-01 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Ritualist. What do you want?” I asked. Might as well get to the heart of the issue as quickly as possible. I was going to kill this man.
“Want? I just wanted to see the look of despair on your face as I killed your friends.” So, this was the infamous villain monologue. Well, when y...
2022-10-01 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI let Naran get the first skill point and he picked an upgrade for Minor Tremor, going with cohesion. It seemed like a weird choice, what would that upgrade look like for that skill? The answer was a more concentrated effect within its area of effect.
But wouldn’t that have been ...
2022-09-30 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Ahhhh!” The two people gripped by my hybrids screamed. I had placed their naked bodies on top of each other and then activated the hybridization process for both at the same time. I carefully observed the energy fluctuations.
When they stopped, I had a deformed werewolf hybrid. It had ...
2022-09-29 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostWe had cleared the dungeon. It been an open deer grove in the forest. One large red wolf and three large brown deers. Why were there wolf and deer monsters together? No freaking clue. The skills offered were Flame Breath and Minor Tremor.
Naran picked Minor Tremor...
2022-09-29 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWe left the liquidating corpses behind and made our way to the Southeast clearing the monsters in our path in silence. I tried to count up all the people I had killed, but I couldn’t remember them all. They just blended into the background over time.
The only one I really remembered was C...
2022-09-28 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI stared out across the deadlands. I had cleared our way through the very annoying teleporting striped meerkats. Now I was looking East across more deadlands, where there were summoner ants. A city was either in this direction or they were hiding in Truth.
Circling around and leaving from t...
2022-09-27 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up in the morning feeling refreshed. A proper shower and bed would do that. Clarissa had breakfast ready as well. Toast and jam with water in actual cups. There were only three chairs for the table.
Aahan and Doctor Katz got food as well but had to eat on the floor. No need to build ...
2022-09-26 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI let out a sigh of relief as the restoration restored my feet. Naran set me down on the ground. The price had only gone up by a couple hundred points. That was good news at least. My feet had just formed and pushed the bandages out of the way. I left the bandages on for now. I would throw them o...
2022-09-25 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“So, doctor, medical question for you.” Another reason to bring the good doctor along. Bombard him with medical questions to pass the time in the late evenings and early mornings.
“Yes?” His white coat was becoming increasingly dirtier. He had gone from looking like a prestigious do...
2022-09-24 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostRuth/Nox
Nope. I thought Michael was bad, but this guy had gone completely off the deep end straight too crazy town, population one Ritualist. But it no longer mattered, I had everything that mattered. The crystal powder method was now mine.
Just put a crystal in some...
2022-09-23 23:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt was evening. Naran had moved my chair off the cart, and I had my legs up on a pack, so I wasn’t looming over everyone while we spoke. It had been a long day of grinding and I wasn’t in the mood to sing. Mute was being Mute, a perfect conversationalist.
“Is it like this all the time...
2022-09-23 23:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe screams of the dying people in the plaza sounded out from around me. More people would arrive in time. Better to clear everyone out who resisted first and start fresh. The cart was pulled up to the pillars. The store was only tier 2.
That was annoying. “You didn’t even try and talk ...
2022-09-23 23:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostI felt miserable when dawn came. I hadn’t been able to sleep at all. There was a knock on my door. “I’m awake,” I said.
Naran entered and turned on the light. “How are the feet?”
“A lot of pain,” I let out a long sigh. “I need to get dressed and then we can go.” 2022-09-23 23:07:00 +0000 UTC View Post
“What? But why? Who would do such a thing?” He really didn’t know who I was. It was both sad and hilarious at the same time.
“That was my decision doctor. I suppose I should introduce myself. I am Champion Michael, ruler of the city of Purgatory.” I could see the surprise on his f...
2022-09-23 23:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostThere was silence at my statement. “How much?” Laura finally asked.
“I need around 120,000 points.” Laura along with everyone else winced at that number. “I would guess that people with higher Body stats are more resistant to physical damage but require a lot more points to be res...
2022-09-23 23:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe brown slimes were rapidly dying. His acid was strong. Stronger than the slimes’ acid. However, it was no use. All slimes were advancing on him in the tunnel, and he was trapped.
He used his skill again on the white slime facing the city. My wolves with slimes were in position outside ...
2022-09-23 23:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe problem was that I was trapped with no escape. It was hard to focus my attention and my energy was running low. I only had 30 energy left. Enough to use Acid Shot three more times.
I was running out of time as the slimes closed in. It would be seconds before the slimes were on ...
2022-09-23 23:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post“You will carry the chests out of the building and place them in the cart. If you try to run, the brown slimes on your head will kill you.” Several people were crying. No one looked at the three people I had already killed to make a point.
“If you follow instructions you will live.”...
2022-09-23 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostMonsters poured out of the side streets into the East part of the plaza. What?! There were slimes on top of wolves’ heads. I quickly drew my sword. I didn’t have time to think if this was an event by the Almighty System or an attack by someone. I had to act.
A wolf lunged at me. I stabb...
2022-09-23 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostElise
“A Constitution. Isn’t this amazing Patrick? History in the making,” I asked my friend.
“If it holds together. The charter didn’t last long.” I rolled my eyes at that.
“It is progress, also historic.”
“Still don’t like this Immort...
2022-09-22 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostKen was going to give the keynote speech today. Let the President be the public face while I controlled things from behind. It took forever and more headaches than I could count to get to this point, but finally a long-term stable government was going to be put in place.
Would future kids r...
2022-09-21 23:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a long moment of silence Ruth spoke up. “Ritualist, what exactly are you trying to accomplish?”
“Have you found another city?”
“Yes. To the East. New Cairo. They apparently had a full reset recently, so it shouldn’t be too hard to take control.”
“Good. Then...
2022-09-20 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire text had been read aloud at the start of the morning. After that the entire text of the Constitution had been copied down ten times and laid out on ten different tables. The people weren’t allowed to touch the copies and guards were standing nearby to keep order. They were allowed to...
2022-09-20 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI was given crystals to purchase new clothing for this meeting. I was meeting with Champion Michael for dinner. Perhaps he could get me out from under Ken’s control. Ken’s guards escorted me to the Gray Duck when it was time.
I noted they stayed outside the room and Ken was waiting for ...
2022-09-19 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a long day, but the Constitutional Convention had made excellent progress. It was relief to be almost done with the entire thing. To stabilize the government and to ensure that Purgatory would run smoothly in my absence.
I entered the Gray Duck and made my way upstairs with Clar...
2022-09-19 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe only thing I knew for sure was this place was a clown show. But that would be an insult to clowns. I was robbing Ken blind and he had given up on increasing my quota. He just didn’t have the crystals to spend. Then there had been that Ben person, who had stolen the whole city treasury. Just...
2022-09-18 23:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostI stepped out of my room after getting dressed in one of my new outfits. I had a shower this morning after waking up with Gertrude. She left to go back to her place and get ready for the day after waking up. She had just given me a smile when she left, not saying anything.
I didn’t know i...
2022-09-18 23:13:01 +0000 UTC View PostKen was doing a brisk business with the drugs I was producing. Or potions as he liked to call them. I was squeezing out all the crystals I could out of him. I knew he suspected something, but he wasn’t saying anything for some reason. He just kept increasing the quota of powder I had to deliver...
2022-09-18 23:12:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I like the dark green dress,” I said to Gertrude. I noted she had a sword on her hip just like me. Also, there was a long cut at the base of the dress so she could move about easily. Smart wardrobe choices for the combat oriented. She was on the younger side, and I thought I saw the faded ma...
2022-09-18 23:11:09 +0000 UTC View Post