You have acquired a new skill!
[Soul Prison]
Some deeds can not be forgiven. Yet, purging a soul is the way of the damned. Make them suffer. Make them toil for their redemption. Capture the souls of [Evil] entities. Produces a daily amount of ...
2024-04-11 13:38:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe lock on the cell door clanked with the sound of keys twisting the lock open.
Bruno’s eyes met the gaze of the angry guard.
“Get out,” the man said, scowling at him.
He got up and started walking towards the door. As soon as he stepped a single foot pa...
2024-04-11 13:22:47 +0000 UTC View PostI walked into the Guard’s house, and the first thing that greeted me was the smell of food. It smelled unusual. I didn’t recognize it as any dish I had ever eaten, but in any case, I didn’t care for it. I could feel my [Shapeshifting] trying to tell me that the smell would be pleasant to a ...
2024-04-09 19:17:29 +0000 UTC View PostFreddy had come into this whole ordeal expecting to cruise through the pain quite easily. By anyone’s standard, his reaction to having his nerves scrambled, muscle tissue molded, and bones rearranged was tame, but he was surprised by how difficult it was to endure.
He’d compare th...
2024-04-09 15:09:48 +0000 UTC View PostThroughout the five hours trapped in the cell, I did my best to listen in on the interrogation that was happening a few rooms over, where the guards were interrogating Bruno. Usually, I’d stand no chance of hearing anything, but perception at D-rank was thankfully good enough to at least catch ...
2024-04-08 14:51:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe arrival of the guards sparked total chaos. People screamed over one another, testimonies overlapping. My enhanced perception did wonders at allowing me to tell individual voices apart. A few were trying to take the bald man’s side, citing my annoying provocations as a justification for his ...
2024-04-07 19:14:17 +0000 UTC View PostAs I followed after the man, pushing through the crowds as he made turn after turn, I more and more understood just how screwed I was.
The blessing effectively communicated what I was allowed to do and what I wasn’t, causing a powerful disgust if my intent was sinful. But it did mor...
2024-04-05 18:45:34 +0000 UTC View PostLeonard Santorio—Jacob Santorio’s father and the leader of Santorio Enterprises—looked down across Nova York as he puffed a large cigar.
Despite his perfect skin with zero signs of aging or blemishes, his thick white beard, bulky build, and bushy pale hair gave off the impression of o...
2024-04-05 14:39:14 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey there, boy,” the man greeted me, looking somewhat concerned.
I stared at the man and replied, “Hello there, good sir!” I replied cheerfully. There was way less hesitation in my voice than I expected. And so far, I felt nothing strange or out of the ordinary.
The man...
2024-04-04 20:04:49 +0000 UTC View PostIt was disconcerting how long it took me to realize I was still standing almost entirely naked, nothing but cloth boxers covering my privates. It seemed that shame was something I had well and truly left in the past, and that thought was quite troubling.
I focused on my inventory and tried ...
2024-04-04 12:28:54 +0000 UTC View PostI scanned over my available classes.
I had thought that being able to complete as many as I pleased would make the decision easier. It didn’t. If anything, it made it infinitely harder to choose. If I had only one option, I’d pretty much be forced to go with [Mage Apprentice]. Now that ...
2024-04-03 14:58:02 +0000 UTC View PostI slowly opened my eyes. Above, the thick canopy of a forest greeted my sight, with a few rays of sunshine peering through, flickering as the lukewarm wind caressed the leaves. The sound of rustling, the light whistle of air, and the smell of loamy soil moved in to occupy the sensory void.
...
2024-04-02 18:51:25 +0000 UTC View PostWhat stood before me, trapped within the massive mirror, was an absolute monstrosity. It was a three-meter-tall skeletal figure with coiling black horns and a thick layer of dried, pink flesh covering every bone on its body. Empty eye sockets gazed into my own, and… I did not need proof of what...
2024-04-02 13:40:04 +0000 UTC View PostSweat pooled down Phillip’s brow as he clasped his hands against the cold doors, keeping the passage sealed. Every few seconds, a powerful impact sent tremors down his arms, and he was struggling to maintain the essence reinforcement on the metallic barrier. Thankfully, his talent allowed him t...
2024-04-02 13:31:39 +0000 UTC View PostIn a dingy corner of a small governmental office in a tiny settlement in the countryside by Pittersville, there was a door. Behind this door was a little room. In the center of it, there was a stone tablet with four photographs placed face-down and a paper detailing an encrypted report.
... 2024-03-29 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe gorel realm was a hub for three other passages. Among these, one was at an intermediate difficulty, and two were reserved for elites. And within the realm of intermediate difficulty, there was another passage that took to perhaps the most interesting of the realms that could be accessed throu...
2024-03-26 16:24:16 +0000 UTC View PostFor the rest of that day, I simply traveled in a direction, running as fast as I could without exhausting myself. I picked up most of the larger rocks I came across, and although I had hundreds of them sitting in my inventory, they only filled a minuscule corner.
I ended up stopping b...
2024-03-26 12:26:45 +0000 UTC View PostYou have selected a new class!
You have reached level 1 in [Arcane Neophyte]
You have acquired a skill!
[Meditate: F-rank]
You can absorb ambient mana directly into your core. 2024-03-26 12:25:34 +0000 UTC View Post
I turned around, looking over to the giant mass of mist. From my vantage, it looked like an absolutely massive dome of white smoke, and to my [Magic Sense], it screamed of evil and wickedness.
It was exactly the sort of place one would expect to find a boss fight at the center. But I ...
2024-03-26 12:24:48 +0000 UTC View Post[Frozen Wooden Stick: Uncommon]
A stick of wood with frost deeply permeating its nature. Inflicts additional frost damage.
It was surreal how different this [Item] was from the mere [Object] it had been a moment ago. With my [Magic Sight],...
2024-03-26 12:23:55 +0000 UTC View PostYou have acquired 5 new skills!
[Inventory]
You can use a personal inventory. Size depends on the number of skills you own and their relative power.
[Create Item: FFF-rank]
You ca...
2024-03-26 12:22:49 +0000 UTC View PostMost of my skills were pretty self-explanatory. I had no frame of reference for what the ranks meant in this world, but judging by the fact that my fist could leave dents in solid metal, I thought it was safe to presume that C-rank strength was pretty good.
Although that armored knight did ...
2024-03-26 12:22:04 +0000 UTC View PostI was utterly frozen. No coherent thought could form in my mind as the pressure left me completely stunned.
“Glory be to all good!” the regal man uttered, and—
“Glory be to all good!” the angelic figures surrounding him echoed.
The man swung his right arm. “With the ...
2024-03-26 12:21:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe sounds of armor clattering and the smashing of its footsteps were joined by sickening squelches of rotting corpses getting crushed beneath the force of the skeleton knight’s charge.
I kept running and dodging around, and it seemed that the scattered horde of shambling undead cou...
2024-03-26 12:19:33 +0000 UTC View PostAs I found myself naked and running from a sword flying directly at me, I knew one thing. If that thing hit me, I would return to being pummeled. And if that happened, it was likely that I wouldn’t survive.
My thoughts accelerated to the point where I felt like time had slowed. I ha...
2024-03-26 12:18:20 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as the creature turned its head to face me, I ducked back into the cave, taking cover. This time, I felt the fear quite clearly, and the fact that my life was in grave danger was hammered in even deeper when the giant sword flew into the cave, slamming into the stone wall and sending crac...
2024-03-26 12:17:17 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up sometime later. I found my body buried beneath a pile of rubble, some of which was pressing sharply against my torso, but I felt no pain. I was likely too numb to sense it.
Despite the lack of a light source, I could see the contours of the stones I was buried under very cle...
2024-03-26 12:16:07 +0000 UTC View Post[Author's Note]
Hello everyone! With this chapter, I'm announcing my next project. First, to dispel your worries: this will not impact 1% Lifesteal's release schedule in the slightest. It's going to run in parallel. Also, just as a heads-up, this story is quite different from my previous writ...
Freddy followed Sophia through the woods. They moved cautiously as they slowly approached the outer edge of the passage realm.
According to her, the best course of action for them would be to go to the very edge of the realm and bury themselves underground. Their bodies were undead, s...
2024-03-22 14:53:46 +0000 UTC View Post[If you got a notification about chapter "75" I accidentally put the wrong chapter number, woops!]
Freddy sat in the private booth, his face buried in his hands, as Sophia hollered beside him, laughing so hard she could barely breathe.
“You… You…” she muttered. “You dog!” ...
2024-03-19 16:24:16 +0000 UTC View Post