CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED, BABY!!!!!
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Crystal started pulling items from her inventory. They made an impressive pile. All the items were made of various metals from those huge pallets of rare minerals I’d gotten from the Colossus.
I still hadn’t gotten all the stuff I probably should have from the other piles of non-metalli...
2025-07-23 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI followed the pair of former councilors to the double-sized, blocky castle in the northwest part of town I’d noticed earlier. As we drew near, I grinned.
“Is this thing made out of Legos?” I hadn’t seen evidence of the person with the block-building spells in a while, but it defini...
2025-07-21 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostRemaining Survivors: 302
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As we walked toward the center of town, Ruby explained that Port Royale was divided pretty much across the middle, east to west. On the south side of the...
2025-07-18 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe people nearby who hadn’t simply collapsed in exhaustion were also checking loot. Excited chatter built, and it sounded like most people got at least 4 levels from fighting so many high-leveled monsters.
My team did a lot more fighting and were a lot better at it. One of the benefits o...
2025-07-16 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostUsing Tether Slide, I launched toward the other whale, leaving the critically injured one to smash to bloody pulp on the stones. As I shot across the sky, I passed through the softly glowing protective dome covering Port Royale and the rain ceased.
Despite the battles raging around the peri...
2025-07-14 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe giant Leviathan crab was moving forward with a slow but implacable stride and would reach the wall in minutes. Thankfully, its back cannons seemed to have a long reloading time.
I set my tether point on the front of its enormous carapace and Tether Slide yanked me into the air toward th...
2025-07-11 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Nigel.” That’s all I had to say and the fluffy kitten transformed into his mid-sized flying lynx form, then loped ahead of us, quickly disappearing into the ruined city.
“He’ll scout ahead and warn us of any monsters.”
I led the way north up the cobbled street. Someone ha...
2025-07-09 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI opened my menus and instantly spotted the new counters. How had I missed them earlier when I checked the timer?
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Those numbers seemed ridiculously huge. Live streaming had only bee...
2025-07-07 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWe appeared on the edge of a bare, stone island at the edge of a vast lake. I blinked at the bright sunlight of late afternoon and looked around. A sheer cliff several miles north sported a giant waterfall. Mountains rose in ever-increasing tiers to the east and south, while a steep slope rose ou...
2025-07-04 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey, a quick update before we jump into today's chapter. A couple weeks ago, someone had suggested a fun idea - of giving Lucas a Mt St Helens loot box for blowing up that mountain onto the Ironwood Colossus. I'm sure you remember that epic scene.
Anyway, here's the bit I added to the chap...
I blinked open my eyes and sat up. I felt surprisingly good for having been zapped by a magical lightning bolt. A quick scan of my stats confirmed my health and mana were full, along with a sizable orange bar of extra energy captured by my boots. I had another, smaller orange bar from energy my M...
2025-06-30 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Well this sucks,” I muttered as I tried messaging again.
I was able to type out messages, but when I mentally clicked send, they just blinked. Somehow the enchantment ringing the cave still prevented communication and teleport.
How could she do that? Messaging was a system functi...
2025-06-27 16:00:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe sight of my precious ethereal blade jolted my entire system with hope, and also a boiling fury. Martin Briggs, that slimy murderer, had somehow gotten his hands on my sword.
“Time to die,” I growled, banishing Switchblade, catching Nigel, and mentally slamming down on my hotlist to ...
2025-06-25 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJust as we passed through the gigantic gate in the huge stone wall, Identify triggered.
“Eryndale Science Academy. Unique. This wonder of the multiverse was a jewel within the crown of the Ashen Covenant. Housing the brightest masters of the sciences and the arcane, the Academy pushed the...
2025-06-23 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs we passed a row of fruit-laden dwarf trees, I examined one closely. The fruit looked most like a really big version of those weird star fruit, if star fruit were bright purple. As I studied the fruit, Identify triggered.
“Temporary Promotion Fruit. Common. Sometimes you have to punch a...
2025-06-20 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe world flickered and changed as my mind was dumped into another vision of stage 4. Instead of appearing hovering among the rafters with the gargoyles high above Queen Marisara’s huge, vaulted throne room, I appeared in a much smaller room.
Still bigger than most living rooms, the space...
2025-06-18 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTogether, we scouted the plaza, following the entire perimeter and studying the ruined buildings that ringed the protective dome. They were the most solid buildings I’d seen so far. Still no windows or doors, but a few had partial roofs and interiors. Could monsters sneak up through those to la...
2025-06-16 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI tossed an elephant steak to my always-ravenous mammoth lion, then we raced back to the blast zone. All the monsters were dead, so I quickly looted them all.
Of course, I got no level, even though the monsters were much higher- leveled. As expected, even the common foot soldier Cogroaches ...
2025-06-13 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostI slowed Switchblade, dropping the hover bike to roll across the ground as we slowed in front of the 2000 foot cliff up to stage 3. Nigel unlocked his front paws from the restraints and back-flipped onto my shoulder.
“Why are you slowing?”
“Just taking a look around.”
To...
2025-06-11 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostTen points for a dramatic entrance.
Elizabeth Maberly marched into the room and her outfit changed. The Tomb Raider look vanished, and suddenly she looked like medieval British nobility. Fancy gown with way too much lace and brocade, curly brown hair woven in fancy braids, and even a glitte...
2025-06-09 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostStill pondering the last chat with the Briggs, I returned to town and headed to the central castle used by the town leadership. I was shown into the council chamber where the council was meeting. All of them were present except for Elizabeth Maberly. She was probably sleeping off another all-nigh...
2025-06-06 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostDay: 12
Survivors: 381
The early afternoon sun felt great when I exited my castle base camp. The heavy fog that had covered the entire stage yesterday had been really oppressive. The town of Midmount Vale was bustling, filled with smiling people who strolled rather than hurried about ...
2025-06-04 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI had to clear out a bunch of useless junk from the table, tossing it all into the sell pile, before I got a good look at the table. It was beautifully crafted, with the flat top inlaid with tiny colored crystals, forming a stunning image of some kind of burning phoenix in flight over a thick jun...
2025-06-02 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostEven if I eventually made some kind of deal with the demons, no way I wasn’t going to check out the assassin’s vault. I wouldn’t consider selling it whole back to the faction the way I might for the elves.
Maybe I was being swayed by all the Earth fiction that always classified demons...
2025-05-30 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Please, stop!” a new voice shouted.
Sythrak had appeared next to Jeeves, his scales all glowing bright gold, a sure sign that he expected some kind of giant commission. The reptilian humanoid wore a tuxedo much like Jeeves, but without the top hat. He rushed to me and bowed deeply.
... 2025-05-28 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI shrugged. “I just got up, remember? Did you all sleep in as long as me?”
“No, but we didn’t get out of bed until just before breakfast,” Jane said with a mischievous glance at Tomas, who flashed a smile in return.
Ruby shook her head. “I traded with a few of the other cr...
2025-05-26 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostYes, this is the start of Nexus Runner 3!!
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I woke up at noon, feeling more rested than I’d felt since, well, since I could remember. Pushing my Night Mask of the Mauvari Catelaines off my eyes, I sighed and stretched.
The little marvel had worked as well as adver...
2025-05-23 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostToday we celebrate reaching the end of Nexus Runner 2!
Yeah, that massive monster of a book is a wrap! Please share what you think?
Actually, this book is so big, I may have to split it. Haven't decided yet, but it's a possibility. Do you prefer shorter or longer litRGP books? If I re...
2025-05-21 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe huge wooden rafts supporting Lake Town had settled onto the bottom of the lake at a bit of an angle, with one side propped up on rubble from the broken giant stone array. By the time I arrived, people were already packing up their Base Camp tents and the other buildings constructed over the p...
2025-05-19 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post