Ember speaks up in the silence of the lobby, still crossing his arms and looking up at the arrogant purple-horned demon that just accepted his duel without knowing the terms.
“How about we go all or nothing? You put up all the planets you’ve come to sell…”
Ember’s gaze shift...
2024-11-29 00:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Ember gets up from his seat and walks out of the private room’s massive doors to be greeted by Randel and Syl.
“You’ve completed your assessment of the documents we had transferred over already?” Syl comments.
Ember shakes his head and begins walking down the narrow hall to ma...
2024-11-28 00:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Ava raises her massive hammer, and it glows with a faint white light; nowhere near as bright as it was when she was trying to kill me.
“Alright, let’s spar. I’ll be activating the lowest setting for my attacks; otherwise, an hour of fighting will use up more Ether than I can extract f...
2024-11-27 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“What do you mean, sense them?” the hobgoblin replies, picking up the black stone glowing with a faint white light.
As I open my mouth to reply, I witness the entire rock she holds become enveloped in a portion of her green aura. Then, all the Ether within it pulses and is sucked out, d...
2024-11-26 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The hobgoblin comes my way again with even more speed than before, and the hot radiation coming off her hammer slams against my right arm as I block just in time.
The exact same sensation washes over me.
Upon impact, Celia’s barrier blocks the entirety of the blow’s force, but onc...
2024-11-25 00:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Far below the thriving businesses in the Ellipsia Citadel, dense green clouds made of divine threads fly by while I continue to plummet downward.
Every few minutes, I try opening up my purple barrier to let as few threads inside as possible.
However, each time, no matter how little th...
2024-11-24 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
A transmission is sent to a district six blocks away while Ember and Torvak continue to speak for a few minutes, catching up on current events in the lower and upper realms.
“Yes, even in the Lower Realm, the Demon’s influence is spreading. Their newest fifth royal family branch popped ...
2024-11-23 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
At the top of a tower in the heart of the Ellipsia Citadel, three green-cored demons sit around a large table, overlooking the city below.
Glowing green transmission blocks project holograms of fifteen other demons based in other citadels across the Upper Realm.
One of the holograms o...
2024-11-22 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
My gaze sweeps over my new buff, and I feel my stats automatically increase by a massive amount. Not only have I gained over 200 million new links of loyalty in an instant, but the amount of stats I can borrow in total has risen to 50%.
At the same time, I feel a new wave of perception expl...
2024-11-21 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
My steps upward are far slower now. While it took less than a single minute to climb multiple kilometers with ease before, it takes me over an hour to climb the next 50.
I’m halfway through the final stretch, but I can feel these last 50 are not going to be easy at all…
The amount...
2024-11-20 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I walk forward into the silver tower, taking a step up the spiral stairs. There is no railing, as the silver barrier hugs the left side of the stairs all the way up.
They’re extremely wide—several hundred meters—enough to fit a full dragon, even in its normal form.
However, Embe...
2024-11-19 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
[Ascended Demon’s Core] [+1000% All Stats] is what my appraisal skill shows hovering over the largest black orb.
My curiosity grows at the sight of this, as pretty much all of the gear I’m wearing far surpasses this buff. However, a greater and Arch Demon’s core both fall with it, sur...
2024-11-18 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCurrent Links of Loyalty: 146,921,008
Additional Base Stats Added:
Strength: 5,759,303,513
Speed: 5,622,910,040
Agility: 5,999,016,284
Defense: 5,809,312,595
Mental Strength: 5,700,945,818
+14,398,258,784 Additional Hp
+14,398,258,784 Additional Mp<...
2024-11-17 00:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The instant the green divine orb hits the open air, the compact threads within continue their violent unraveling.
With the Demon nowhere to be seen, shadow stepping my way in the darkness, I don’t waste any time and swallow the strange prize from the first floor.
The Vermillion Fami...
2024-11-17 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hundreds of millions of additional stats rush into my system as I make full use of the 40% of borrowed power accessible to me, and simultaneously my Astral Form pulses outward.
The future possibilities using my foresight skill shift, and far more options that don’t end in my demise or los...
2024-11-16 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The black and purple dragon pulses with murderous Demonic Soul Energy, making the room twice as heavy as when the demon released its aura of intimidation, and its eyes lock onto Ember with genuine rage.
“You’re an Overseer… We were wrong… The Divine Beasts that reincarnated to this ...
2024-11-15 00:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
[Congratulations! Rising Emperor's Domain Milestone Reached!]
[50,260,997/50,000,000 Links of Loyalty Created]
[New Perk Unlocked: Rising Emperor’s Imperial Reach]
Info:
All Commanders can appoint 10 Knights and share 50% of their total borrowed stats. Each Knight may ta...
2024-11-14 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The yellow and red flames fill the dome, and the last remaining member of the big three is consumed by fire.
There isn’t a single yell, curse, or attempt to escape the flames.
The man who lived his life consumed by numbers, certain he would live forever, merely disappears the moment...
2024-11-13 00:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Not wanting to reveal the full extent of my abilities, after draining the Divine threads from Elara and her familiar, I still only let out the exact strength that I peaked at during our short exchange.
I sent a ripple of perception at the two remaining teams in the room.
The Demon’s...
2024-11-12 00:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
[All Conditions In Completing Trial 2 Met.]
[All Challengers Have Arrived.]
[Would You Like To Start The Third Trial?]
[YES] [NO]
This text immediately appears in my vision, but I seem to be in an empty black room.
However, it is shaped in a triangular fashion, with ...
2024-11-11 00:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Raven’s sharp gaze locked with the approaching Demon doesn’t waver, even as it laughs and mocks her while she seems pinned to the desert floor at the center of a crater.
“Any last words before I make your life worse than death, and you realize it is too late to submit?!”
Raven...
2024-11-10 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The silver flash of light fades, and a light blue background covers my surroundings.
I prepare to endure the bodiless, sensory-deprived reality or something equivalent this time as well, but soon a body materializes below my eyes.
Access to my links of loyalty is severed again, and my...
2024-11-09 00:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Cut off from the outside, alone in a black void of darkness with no way to feel my body or know when time will pass, all I can do is wait.
The round’s name was Isolation, so my best guess is that I must endure and not crack under the pressure of endless time without stimulation.
On ...
2024-11-08 00:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
My Crimson Soul sword levels up and burns hot in my hands, ready for war after digesting that jagged piece of originator stone. However, it slowly fades back to black as it feels my calm heartbeat and senses no worthy opponents nearby.
There’s no additional information shown on my status ...
2024-11-07 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The ringing in my ears is extremely loud, but my vision has returned, as my full power isn’t fully concentrated on keeping my astral form at max capacity anymore.
Now, a large portion of my mind is occupied with using my self-regeneration to its maximum output while walking forward to the...
2024-11-06 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Bri’s voice echoes throughout a local sector of the massive mountain above the divine flames.
Rodrigo questions all of the top officers within the headquarters they’ve taken over in mere seconds and finds city maps pinpointing the other control centers that manage security and a link to...
2024-11-05 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I activate my new ranked-up buff, the [Divine Elemental’s Astral Form], and feel a very strange energy vibrate out from my True Core.
At first, it feels like pure mana, as if I’m just activating a normal system skill, but the artificial feeling of a True Core’s ability triggers in my ...
2024-11-04 00:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Ember’s voice echoes through my mind as the silver blade comes down toward us.
“Block it. This first round shouldn’t be difficult with the new power we’ve gained.”
Despite these words, I can’t sense the blade's true power. It is tens of times longer than my greater form’...
2024-11-02 23:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I hover down to the ground as the artificial sky turns dark, and the pillars of stone mold back into the floor.
A bright Rank Up notification glows in my mind's eye, waiting to be accepted, while my Soul Sword feels the presence of three items drawing me closer to them.
One feeling is...
2024-11-01 23:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Another dozen exchanges pass, and neither of us lands a single hit on the other.
Redgrave's advantage at the start, as I had a weaker set of weapons, has been nullified; and now, the element of surprise is no longer to my advantage as the divine flame user is fully focused and waiting for m...
2024-10-31 23:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post