It’s amusing how a big part of my arsenal doesn’t work against him, as he doesn’t even bother to use mana beyond what’s absolutely necessary. Almost all of it is turned into kinetic energy.
I deploy my own Resonance Flow, and a big part of the sea’s surface immediately becomes cal...
2025-01-07 09:38:14 +0000 UTC View Post“I have a skill called [Empyrean Lance]. Do you know something about it?” I ask Kyralon while sitting on the ground with my legs crossed.
On my lap, Fracture is in its cracked sheath, and that dangerous energy is partially leaking through. It’s wrapped in my mana to s...
2025-01-06 09:29:09 +0000 UTC View Post“What is your name?”
“Nathaniel Gwyn.”
“Do you have family and what are their names?”
“Sister Victoria and mother Thalia.”
“Your father?”
“His name was Robert. He’s dead.”
“I’ve noticed your mood shifting and your body tensing when...
2025-01-05 09:38:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The cover for Book 5 is finally finished!
I'm considering a few changes—like removing the cockroach, zooming in on Nat, and adjusting the layout. It's something I'll decide later based on what I like the most.
On the cover, you can see Lissandra, the black mana dagger, the dagger ma...
2025-01-02 15:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post“How do you obtain food on your planet?”
“Usually from the shop for money.”
“Ah, by paying with dollars you mentioned before?” Kyralon asks.
“Yes. Some people are more self-sufficient and raise animals or farm to have varieties of foods.”
There are question...
2025-01-02 09:37:07 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Nathaniel
There are no more stairs. Through the hallway, lit by a gentle orange glow, I pass multiple doors until I reach the one that stands open. The room beyond is shaped like a half circle, and within the wall opposite the outer curve, another door stands open, lead...
2025-01-01 09:24:09 +0000 UTC View PostI continue walking through the hallway. Even though it’s likely very old and neglected—judging by the thick layers of dust—the floor, walls, ceiling, and ornaments show not a single sign of wear. They are perfectly preserved.
On one side of the hallway, there are doors leading into ro...
2024-12-31 09:29:00 +0000 UTC View PostI open my mouth to try to talk to them, to make them stop, to wait, or to explain, but a single glance at the lumorans’ faces tells me enough. And I know the rules.
There is no talking the moment someone is identified as a mimic.
The attacks get pulled and pulled to the crown, none ...
2024-12-30 09:30:58 +0000 UTC View PostPOV The First Disciple of Nathaniel Gwyn, minion Vega
“You shouldn’t do that. Your master set it up in a way that works best for your growth.”
The red-haired human woman appears again, as she likes to once in a while.
“Creepy woman!” I call out to her....
2024-12-29 09:25:39 +0000 UTC View PostThree days pass and it feels like the weather becomes colder and harsher; the snow, even though cleaned often, collects against the tents. It’s darker outside and often you can see only a few steps ahead.
Yet we continue as before.
Sophie, Aaron, Dennis, and me helping in the worksh...
2024-12-26 09:42:30 +0000 UTC View PostWe are let into Workshop number 2 the next day.
No test needed and leaving both Hed, his group, and the trio of thylarin behind in Workshop 3 even though they are just that little bit more experienced.
I enter it expecting something different from Workshop 3, but it’s mostly the sam...
2024-12-25 09:38:32 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the usual “keeptheevilswordsleeping” maintenance, I’m one of the many people out here shoveling the snowdrifts. The higher-ups have decided we should do it manually to prevent any unnecessary mana leakage, so for now, we can only use mana inside these incredible tents.
Naturally...
2024-12-24 09:41:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe other day the system probably judged we had slacked enough.
Warning! The 1st wave is now in progress.
Just that single message and then nothing. Lifting my eyes from the Fracture in my lap and the Logic Core I’m working on, I look at Min-Jae sittin...
2024-12-23 09:28:39 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Aaron Dalton
Three days, and I'm already sick of this goddamn cold. The snow keeps blowing into the camp, and sometimes, to save mana used for war armor maintenance, they send us outside to clear it ourselves.
Dennis and I have always preferred warmer weather, and...
2024-12-22 09:39:17 +0000 UTC View Post"Yo, Nat, you alive?"
Huh. That sounds like Dennis.
I open my mouth. "Fuck off."
"He’s fine," Dennis confirms.
"He is NOT fine! He’s bleeding all over, and even from here, I can feel how hot his body is! I swear I can see something moving under his skin!" Kim shouts. 2024-12-19 09:27:40 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s early morning the next day when I wake up after my usual few hours of sleep. Ever since the body upgrades and everything that came with them, going days without sleep hasn’t been a problem. Still, I’ve gotten into the habit of sleeping 2–4 hours most nights whenever I can.
I’...
2024-12-18 09:27:06 +0000 UTC View PostTess, Lily, and I return to our current base, where everyone is already waiting—packed up and seated in my trademarked manabloc Chairs v3.1. We join them.
I let a minute pass before saying, “So, second front?”
“I’m thinking, Nat.” Tess waves me off.
“What do you me...
2024-12-17 08:40:17 +0000 UTC View PostIf you are a true man, there is no way you wouldn’t get excited by a cool thing akin to some sort of fantasy mana-or whatever else-powered power armor. We have seen it before: the Valorplate during the 4th floor—living armor that took over the body of a dead Champion and used his damaged hear...
2024-12-16 09:29:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe setup of the 7th floor is fairly interesting, especially the fact we can leave any time. Taking into consideration there are two ??? rewards in the floor quest it surely means these rewards can end up being 1 shard, knowing the system.
After a week since we returned from the Beyond expe...
2024-12-15 09:34:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey! I planned to upgrade memberships closer to Christmas, but I decided to be generous and do it now—so Tier 3 can skip the cliffhanger, lol.
Anyway, I want to thank you all for your incredible support, whether here or on Amazon. Your help has allowed me to go full-time as a writer, and...
2024-12-12 12:18:47 +0000 UTC View PostMana seeps out of my body, and for the first time in so long, I let it, even helping it with my Mana Cycling.
My body reserves, doubled by an attribute upgrade.
My Reservoir that triples all that mana.
Mana from my crown.
Jean isn’t breaking easily as others do and there...
2024-12-12 12:02:42 +0000 UTC View PostFlashback Jean Durand
A young man, no more than seventeen, victoriously thrusts both arms into the air with a loud, primal scream. His muscles tense as he basks in the exhilaration of winning, of competing, of putting everything on the line to test the limits of his body. 2024-12-12 11:17:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I rest against one of the huge pillars and apply pressure with my hand on the wound on my stomach to keep my organs inside. There are no more healing marks to activate, so I cycle some thermal energy through my body.
One day I will find the person who caused my healing passive to be left be...
2024-12-12 10:48:56 +0000 UTC View PostWe hide inside one of the huge stone pillars connecting the floor with the ceiling. They are surprisingly durable, and only with great effort do we carve a way inside, Sophie manipulating stone to close behind us while my tiny black orb destroys all the signs of our mana before crumbling away. 2024-12-12 10:24:46 +0000 UTC View Post
It seems like arcane Primary classes are on the menu, and I'm here for it. I might have hoped for something like that, but seeing that none of the classes are below arcane means... well, likely a lot.
I send the message through the link, and while Tess keeps an eye on the monsters and the g...
2024-12-12 10:03:30 +0000 UTC View PostDuncan starts ordering some natives around and threatening them not to steal anything. He promises them bonuses paid in shards or materials, all drawn from his 10%, which will also cover various fees along the way.
It all seems too easy. He smiles, he curses at them, he threatens and offers...
2024-12-12 09:42:12 +0000 UTC View PostI hope I’ll never be as easy to provoke as this guy. Now, with the strongest of them dead, this should be doable without anyone on our side dying.
Wraith Dance brings me to the side, into the path of the demon who still holds the corpse of the first one. I switch to Breaker Style and rele...
2024-12-11 09:23:16 +0000 UTC View PostEven before it fully climbs out, I slide into [Focus]. [Eclipse] activates, reaching towards the fish, and Ley Lines surround the area. The pressure just feels that strong.
Sophie deploys her web structures; Luna grows to the size of a big horse, nudgi...
2024-12-10 09:29:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Lake City is quite basic. There are no walls or protections, only locks on some houses and arrays to prevent break-ins. It seems no one even considers the possibility of a lurker attack or the monsters in the lake.
All of the houses are made out of material reminiscent of frozen water, ...
2024-12-09 09:27:17 +0000 UTC View PostEven though I don't have time for a full lesson, I make sure to visit the guest in my mind space.
This time, Whitey sits in the well-kept garden, surrounded by towering, elegant bonsai-like trees. Nearby, cherry trees scatter their pink petals. In the distance, the bamboo thing collects the...
2024-12-08 09:24:34 +0000 UTC View Post