Arthur looked at his distorted reflection in the lake of water, a toothbrush in his mouth. Today was the day they'd decided. Come success or loss, they’d be entering the third layer before nightfall. If things went well, Arthur would be leaving it with a legendary class. If not...
2023-11-14 23:59:31 +0000 UTC View PostI should've released a chapter on Saturday. Sadly, my dumbass decided it was a great idea to organise my google drive and make it cleaner and more presentable. I ENDED UP DELETING 4 CHAPTERS. Sure, I still have them, but they are in a raw unedited form. It's not the end of the world, but it's sti...
2023-11-13 01:37:55 +0000 UTC View PostUpgrading his shadow bomb skill had taken Arthur the better part of the day. That left them a little under a week to finish rounding out the rest of his skills before their self-imposed time limit came to an end. Whether or not he was ready at the end of it, they'd have to finally challenge the h...
2023-11-09 23:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostTalking to Alyssia was enlightening. It helped him refine the ideas he'd been working with and made them goals he could actually work towards. It turned out he wouldn't be making magic nukes anytime soon.
Not that he'd been considering the possibility. Replicating the devastating potential ...
2023-11-04 23:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostArthur sat on the grassy plains across from Alyssia. After their brief encounter with the Guardian's domain, they'd decided to retreat and better prepare themselves. Their return journey had been a silent affair, Alyssia not answering any of his questions until she was sure the beast wouldn't be ...
2023-11-02 23:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Arthur opened his eyes, he was in a different place. The wooden walls of the stable no longer surrounded him and he could feel an artificial breeze blowing on his skin, the sort that you usually felt from a fan, not the natural air of the wind.
"What the fuck is with this seco...
2023-10-28 17:36:03 +0000 UTC View PostArthur prodded his greaves a few times, marvelling at its beautiful design. It looked like a cross between a plant, snakeskin and tree-bark, somehow taking the best qualities of each material and mixing them in such a way that only enhanced rather than detracted from the final product. Touching i...
2023-10-27 23:17:39 +0000 UTC View PostOkay guys, I've mostly recovered from my illness and am well on the way to recovery. The first two days were the worst, a time where I couldn't keep anything down, not even water. Things got better fast on the third day and now I'm practically perfect. This is the delayed chapter. You'll be getti...
2023-10-26 23:54:20 +0000 UTC View PostToday's chapters going to be delayed till tomorrow at the minimum.
I'm currently suffering from the worse diarrhea known to man. Like I kid you not, I will be glued to the toilet for the next ten hours straight.
Had some dirty takeaway and now my ass has turned into a fountain, like I...
2023-10-21 22:53:17 +0000 UTC View Post“If I were alone, I never would have considered it,” Alyssia said quietly. “This locus seems difficult enough without the extra difficulty. With you, however, I think it might be possible. Heck, it’s probably the only way we’ll actually receive a proper challenge from this place.”
... 2023-10-19 22:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure this is going to work?” Arthur asked for the umpteenth time. The fake sun was high in the sky and sadly the heat it generated was no less real than the actual stuff. Whilst 698 constitution meant it didn’t harm him, it didn’t make it any more pleasant to bear.
“Shut ...
2023-10-14 22:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostArthur ran through the grasslands, ten tiny orbs of water floating behind him like a line of ducklings following their mother. It made for a strange sight, especially when he constantly stopped and changed direction, seemingly at random. The bizarre movements went on for a while longer until sudd...
2023-10-12 22:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe advantage of having a perception stat didn’t only include enhanced vision and hearing capabilities. Whilst the two were incredibly useful in a fight that took place at subsonic speeds, Arthur found that he only truly appreciated the stat when he consumed Alyssia’s cooking.
A dish th...
2023-10-07 23:18:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Arthur.” Alyssia massaged her left hand as she called out his name, wincing as she did so. “If you don’t mind me asking, how high is your constitution? Hitting you hurts more than an Ironhide boar.”
“698”
Arthur’s reply was curt and straight to the point. He saw no po...
2023-10-04 22:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostEver since Arthur had first laid eyes on Alyssia, he’d wanted to spar her. That wasn’t his irrational half-breed title title talking. At least he hoped not. For as long as he could remember, Arthur had always welcomed a challenge.
That didn’t mean he sought them out. His life was alre...
2023-09-30 22:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post“And yours…yours would have killed us all,”
Six words. A single sentence and yet it hit Arthur harder than any punch ever had. If he’d been standing he would have had to sit down. As it was, Arthur relaxed the muscles in his stomach and lower back and allowed gravity to do its work....
2023-09-28 22:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostArthur woke up feeling like a black hole had decided to take up residence in his stomach. He was starving, and the fact that he could smell the tantalising aroma of grilled meat didn’t help matters at all. Not when his perception stat dialled up his senses to eleven.
He could hear the pop...
2023-09-23 23:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe first time Arthur tried to replicate the effects of skill without the system's assistance hadn’t gone too well, and his seventeenth attempt wasn’t faring much better. That wasn’t to say he hadn’t made any progress at all, however. Unbeknownst to Arthur, his learning speeds, whilst not...
2023-09-21 22:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostArthur was taking a break, his feet resting inside one of the crystal lakes that had given this layer its name. The water was both cool and soothing and possessed properties that helped relax the mind. At least that’s what identify had told him, a skill he still needed to upgrade.
“So, what is this Bhai Giya thingy anyway? It sounds like it doesn't have to be permanent, with the way you said only one could be maintained at a time.” Arthur asked. "I'm guessing you can get new ones and overwrite the old, right? As long as I have a way out, I'm up for anything really. Esp...
2023-09-14 22:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostArthur woke up to the smell of Alyssia cooking something. The Alverin woman had somehow managed to start a fire, and she was currently using a metal spoon to stir the contents of the wrought iron pot she had roasting over it. At least that's what Arthur thought the items were made of. Knowing Aly...
2023-09-10 00:20:04 +0000 UTC View Post“We ignore it…” It wasn’t the first time Alyssia hadn’t made any sense. “What do you mean ignore it? How the hell do you even ignore an illusion?” Not for the first time since meeting the dimensional traveller, Arthur wondered if his myriad tongues skill had mistranslated things. 2023-09-07 22:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“We call it Kushin in the Alverin tongue. There's no real equivalent in your language and I’m not proficient enough in myriad tongues to convey the actual meaning. I guess an appropriate translation would be purging, or change through hardship.”
Arthur walked through ...
2023-09-02 22:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostTalking with Alyssia was an interesting experience, to say the least. The woman could talk for ages, to the point that she'd taken the most chatty person I know award from Elizabeth. I wish I could go back to the person I was ten minutes ago. Alverin mating habits were somethin...
2023-08-31 22:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostAlyssia was stumped. As forthright as she'd been so far, having this conversation wasn't easy for her. If her sister could see her now, she was certain she'd never hear the end of it. Still, being as terrible at aura control as he is, I can't really blame him. In all honesty, she'd ...
2023-08-27 00:21:11 +0000 UTC View Post~Alyssia Sil’vorken~
Alyssia breathed in the fresh air, marvelling at how much ambient ether was present in the atmosphere. This wasn’t her first time in a Locus of power but from the descriptions her older sister had given her, this locus was far more potent than the one she had explor...
2023-08-25 01:23:51 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the last of the daily release chapters. I wanted to reach a minimum of ten at least, but I'm going to start being very busy on a gardening project my dad's started. From here on forwards, chapters will be released twice a week on Thursdays and Saturdays. I'll edit the story description on...
2023-08-21 01:29:59 +0000 UTC View PostThere was something magical about walking through the wilderness at dawn. The faint light of the rising sun lent an eerie atmosphere to everything it touched, a blanket of warmth that made itself known in the chirping of pre-dawn birds.
It wasn't too hot yet and the chill of night had just ...
2023-08-20 00:39:28 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again with the 2 am special. fuck my life.
“I left Artemo someplace safe,” Alyssia quietly said, not adding any more details. "And I've come to pay you back."
The first part of Alyssia's speech, Arthur could understand. The alien woman was very overprotective when it came to ...
2023-08-19 01:07:21 +0000 UTC View PostI cannot release at a reasonable hour to save my life. Its 1:45 am right now.
Vital Surge- increase your vitality by 30% (Note-Evolution effects take place on an attribute after all relevant titles do their work, not in conjunction with them)
Prodigious Title ...
2023-08-18 00:44:34 +0000 UTC View Post