Earth, a few miles from what was once the city of Fronton.
Commander Alden Trellot stood at the top of a tall mountain, looking through his viewing glass at a metropolitan city. It was interesting to see how far this world’s non-System technology had come in the years bef...
2024-02-01 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post[Author Note: I think this is the end of book 2. Chapter 1 of Book 3 will release as normal tomorrow.]
Xavier couldn’t look past this opportunity. He needed to act now. There was only an hour and ten minutes left before they would be returned to Earth, and though he could...
2024-01-31 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostXavier stood in the Tower of Champion’s Staging Room, the doors gone, the loot boxes waiting for their recipients to open them, the other three members of his party staring at him in anticipation.
He stared over at Howard. “I’m letting her come to Earth.” He paused. “Along with he...
2024-01-30 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post[I was wondering when you’d come to this conclusion, Xavier Collins.]
[If you truly want to befriend me, you have no other choice.]
Xavier had just outlined his wishes, stating that for Adranial to come to Earth, she must make a contract with him. At first, he’d ...
2024-01-27 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostXavier stared at the communication stone for a long moment. Everything had been going so well. The tenth floor of the Tower of Champions, the last floor before they finally got to return to Earth, had been easy—he hadn’t even needed to kill anyone. It had been a piece of cake.
At least ...
2024-01-26 03:26:13 +0000 UTC View PostThere were no record titles for the tenth floor. The notification stated it, the moment it appeared, so at least he didn’t need to worry that he hadn’t gained one.
There were, however, something called Participation Points. He stared at the notifications for a moment. He got his normal ...
2024-01-25 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostXavier, still sitting cross-legged at the centre of the arena, his Willpower Infusion spell working on every single one of the eleven contenders around him, tried to wear a disarming smile. He wasn’t the most charismatic person around, so he didn’t know how well he was managing.
“Can ...
2024-01-24 05:12:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment the barrier disappeared, Siobhan ran. She turned and sprinted away from the circle of Champions. The last thing she wanted was to get mixed up in the initial frenzy she was sure was about to happen. She remembered watching the Hunger Games. Being in the thick of things, where ...
2024-01-23 05:38:15 +0000 UTC View PostJustin didn’t like this one bit. The barrier around him came down. He took a step backward. It wasn’t that he was worried about killing these people—maybe he should be worried about that, but he wasn’t. He’d do what do what he needed to do to survive, just as he had been doing ...
2024-01-20 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostXavier raised an eyebrow as he looked around the arena. This place… it reminded him of the Colosseum in Rome. He would have thought the arena was beautiful, if not for the brutality of what it was used for.
He reread the message from the System.
The Melee is a challenge of s...
2024-01-19 04:11:21 +0000 UTC View PostHoward’s eyes widened as his Bulwark barrier burst at the might of the warrior’s hammer strike. He cursed the System for putting him into this situation. For throwing him into an arena, forced to fight other Champions.
At least they aren’t Champions from Earth…
He was...
2024-01-18 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostYou are being sent to The Melee in 3 seconds. Prepare yourself!
Prepare yourself?Siobhan gulped. I’m not bloody prepared!
She gripped her staff more tightly than she ever head. When she’d first been integrated into the System, she’d fully inten...
2024-01-17 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“You really think we have something to worry about?” Justin asked.
They were sitting around a table of their own in the tavern. Xavier had taken a seat, nursing his whiskey as he’d listened to them tell the parties present all the details about the floors they’d just been through. W...
2024-01-16 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostXavier tapped his fingers on the bar as he watched Sam. The barkeep picked up the Sanctuary Seed again, then held up the Seed Garden, then finally looked at the Portal Hub.
“Having all this…” Sam shook his head. “It’s rather amazing, you know.” He smiled, wistfully. “I’ve be...
2024-01-13 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostStepping into the tavern always felt like stepping into a different world. Xavier breathed in the smell of mead and ale and beer. Felt the warmth of the many fires burning. He closed his eyes and let it all settle over him for a moment.
Then he strode over to the bar. There were a few parti...
2024-01-12 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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2024-01-12 03:09:23 +0000 UTC View PostFor the second time, Xavier materialised on the Tower of Champion’s ninth floor. He’d felt a little foolish when he’d grabbed the doorhandle, assuming a sprinter’s position, his scythe-staff still within his Storage Ring—he figured holding the weapon as he ran might slow him down, even ...
2024-01-11 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostXavier peered into the final chamber of the Tower of Champion’s ninth floor, looking up at the floor boss.
“This seems easy enough,” he muttered. He looked away from the chamber and at the others. “All right. Time to head back and refresh this floor.” He smiled. “We’re alm...
2024-01-10 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostXavier cocked his head, listening to the far-off roar. The sound echoed through the ancient-looking stone hallways.
Howard stepped forward, a hand on the haft of his double-bearded axe. “No notification appeared.”
“They don’t always,” Justin said. “Only on certain floors. ...
2024-01-09 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostXavier felt a definite sense of déjà vu inside the Staging Room. He tilted his head from side to side, cracking his neck satisfyingly. The loot boxes sat at the centre of the room, just like they always did. He felt a thrill of excitement, staring at his.
He hadn’t expected to be this e...
2024-01-06 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostYou have gained 3 Mastery Points (E Grade).
You have gained 200,000 Lesser Spirit Coins.
You have received a Sanctuary Seed.
Three Mastery Points?
His journey toward Level 101 was looking to be a long one. Xavier ...
2024-01-05 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostXavier stepped back into the Staging Room, feeling accomplished. There were an infinite number of universes. In many of those, he imagined Princess Narella had died while being escorted to the Galavantian Kingdom. Or that she hadn’t reached the place in time. Hell, there might even be Champions...
2024-01-04 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostXavier did not want to spend two days in this place. He needed to know exactly how to get to the Kingdom of Galavantian, so he was willing to follow the princess’s honour guards as they led the way, but he wasn’t willing to make this take any longer than it needed to.
He was foolish to ...
2024-01-03 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostXavier grasped the doorhandle, ready to enter the seventh floor of the Tower of Champions. He was a little worried that the System would force a break on him—like it did after he’d completed the third floor. Back then, he’d not been able to enter the next floor for ninety hours as he’d pa...
2024-01-02 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostXavier returned to the Staging Room like a man on a mission, sprinting up the stairs with a sense of urgency he hadn’t felt since his body had been degrading. It turned out what he wanted and what he needed were two very different things. He wanted to linger on the last few floors and give his ...
2023-12-30 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostA bright light filled the stone room. Colours blossomed from this light, just as they had blossomed from the Spirit of Protection when he’d summoned it.
Who will I be communing with this time?
The brightness of the light dimmed until a figure could be seen. The figure was s...
2023-12-29 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostXavier gazed at the enemies remaining on the second floor of the goblin keep. Even with all his spell and ability experimentation he was still moving through the floor faster than the other members of his party had.
Once the imbued ability, Buffer, had ended, Xavier twirled his scythe-staff...
2023-12-28 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostKilling these goblins felt like the easiest thing in the Greater Universe, to the point where it was difficult to test his new abilities on them.
His Soul Shatter spell, which caused a burst of soul damage against an enemy, harnessing their own soul, had two paths: area-of-effect damage, or...
2023-12-27 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostOnce Xavier concluded his conversation with Sam, he’d turned and faced the ten parties sitting down at the tables around the tavern. Some sat close together, drinking and talking loudly, others farther apart, huddled and whispering. One party sat at the far corner of the tavern, drinking with a...
2023-12-26 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostXavier walked into the tavern at the bottom of the Tower of Champions. His gaze panned around, taking in the different parties. There were currently ten parties in the tavern, more than he’d ever seen before. Warriors. Mages. Most parties had at least two of each. Only a couple of them wore equ...
2023-12-23 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post