I was never the kind to exactly follow a schedule. I am a free-spirited person, someone who does not want to be tied down by anything.
What? Me always trying to wake up at the same times, eating at the same times, and even going to sleep at the same times? That clearly does not count.
When I leave Sweatbox, I notice several new names in the challenge rankings, particularly in Tier 4, where it appears a few competitors have made a strong push.
In first place of Tier 4 in the Run challenge, there is a new participant named NotNoname. An interesting coincidence.
The s...
2025-05-12 08:40:19 +0000 UTC View PostDuring the lesson with Professor Elian, I follow the same behavior as before, with the only difference being that I very closely observe the Professor. Otherwise, none of the students seem particularly interesting, and from what I can see, no one behaves any differently than before.
It proc...
2025-05-11 08:43:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya! Here’s some character art for the story!
You can see our first Lily character art (this one took almost 1 year to commission, hehe.)
There’s also a slightly more cutesy and anime-ish piece of Nat, Minion, and Myrra (also our 1st Myrra character art) cooking together (non-ca...
POV Lily Chen
I am awakened by the quiet sound of birds singing in the garden behind my window, which opens automatically each morning.
For a moment longer, I keep my eyes closed and listen before jumping out of bed.
Just a few steps take me to the room dedicate...
2025-05-08 08:49:13 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the fourth day, and to keep things running smoothly on this floor, I follow my schedule. That means I do as Professor Elian asks and head to the lesson with Ari and Kays.
Fixing up my clothes, I arrive just in time, and my entrance causes the conversation to stop. Ari, Kays, and Melo a...
2025-05-07 09:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostI wake up lying on my back, pulled away from the mess I made. I still feel a tightness in my chest, and as my sight clears, I realise it is just Biscuit lying on my chest, protectively facing the Vice Director.
That woman is holding one of her hands, which is now bleeding for some reason, a...
2025-05-06 08:39:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe more I play around with [Framework], the more I like it. It helps me with the structure of mana creations, including arrays and inscriptions. It also has a mental component that allows me to store the frameworks of the arrays more effectively in my mind.
It will be diff...
2025-05-05 08:36:54 +0000 UTC View Post“So, the 1st reset happened on the 11th day. The 2nd reset happened on the 15th day. Does this mean the length of the…”
“Loops!” Dennis interrupts Tess.
She looks at him and then shrugs, “…length of the loops is either increasing or it is random, possibly triggered by an...
2025-05-04 08:49:16 +0000 UTC View Post“We were sent back in time?” Maya asks as we gather back in the room that is now closed, locked, and with a few barriers we set around the place.
“The timer did not go back, and it continues; whatever happened, it seems to be only resetting this floor and our status,” as he likes to...
2025-05-01 07:16:56 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s the tenth day at the Academy, and I find it strange that still no Champions have entered the area to investigate the cause of death. Min-Jae theorizes that they might be preoccupied with maintaining the barrier to contain the possible killer, acting as guards to prevent other Champions fro...
2025-04-30 08:46:51 +0000 UTC View PostI must admit, this floor is becoming increasingly intriguing. There is the missing thermonuclear warhead that I still have not located, the mystery of the Ruler Candidate, and now the Champion has died without even destroying the entire Academy or the continent in the process.
Just a few mi...
2025-04-29 08:38:30 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, maybe I underestimated the popularity of the Champion, or at least the popularity of this specific Champion. Forget the part about a mix of celebrity and god knows what else and all that about high-level prestige. At this point, I am sure Dennis was right: these people would pay fortunes ju...
2025-04-28 08:26:58 +0000 UTC View PostToday is my sixth day in the Academy, and so far it’s been uneventful. There is nothing on my schedule, and I don’t even know what Assistant Professors tend to do in their free time. I bet it is something like socializing.
Losers.
Anyway, being locked in my room and, once in a whi...
2025-04-27 08:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostSset (Hell, group 4) - So someone stole it?
Noname (Hell, group 4) - Yup, it’s gone.
NotDennis (Hell, group 4) - Holy fuck. Should we bail from the Academy?
Noname (Hell, gro...
2025-04-24 08:28:30 +0000 UTC View PostThese kids… it’s almost like dealing with Aaron and Dennis. Maybe I’m truly getting older and grumpier, but when I was younger, we knew how to show respect to a teacher, or we got slapped on the back of the head. I mean, for some reason it happened to me a lot, but that’s not important ri...
2025-04-23 08:30:23 +0000 UTC View Post“What did you say?” The human boy stops and turns back to me.
“Look, I'm not the type to beat around the bush. Apparently, you're a problem student or something, I haven't read that far. I don't know if the professor sent me because he doesn't want to bother with you, or if he's reall...
2025-04-22 08:30:52 +0000 UTC View PostAt the scheduled time I’m in the garden where we first appeared. Exactly a day has passed since we split, and I’ve already gathered a little bit of information. Well, most of it I’ve just heard or noticed. It’s not like I actually talked to anyone.
Tess appears first, holding Biscui...
2025-04-21 08:39:56 +0000 UTC View PostAt least my office is awesome. It isn’t that big, but it’s in one of the academy’s towers and with nice view. This tower is entirely reserved for professors or something. That also raises the question: how the hell do you teach people who might not even have the same skill you do?
I p...
2025-04-20 08:34:04 +0000 UTC View PostYour performance up until now has been judged, and your role for the 8th floor has been picked. You have been assigned as Assistant Professor to Professor Elian.
And that's it. The notification disappears, and there is no more information. No goddamn map, no more det...
2025-04-17 09:02:06 +0000 UTC View PostAll of us sit around my trademarked thermal cube that, with the help of kinetic energy channeled through internal spaces, emits a crackling noise. The heat also fluctuates, sending waves similar to real, crackling fire, rather than being a stable source of heat.
Tess lifts her eyes from the...
2025-04-16 08:43:55 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a few days, Biscuit starts shrinking from his giga form. It's sad to watch, and I wish he would wake up before it happens completely so he could carry me instead of the other way around. But there's nothing I can do. It seems like he ate something and pushed himself too hard to avoid slippi...
2025-04-15 08:41:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe reward for being this floor's reigning dumbass goes to Tess, who remains unconscious even after all the work Sophie and Izzy have done for her.
What we know is that Lissandra found her and Biscuit, then knocked Tess unconscious because the blonde kept trying to kill her and was screami...
POV Nathaniel
We appear back on the 7th floor, at the same place where we have spent these months training, preparing, and relaxing at our “beach.”
It is now entirely destroyed. A crater scars the ground where the lake and the building used to be. The nearby cliff...
2025-04-13 08:51:46 +0000 UTC View PostSo what do you say to tens of thousands of attendees watching you as you stand alone in the ruined area of the last event? You have only a few seconds before the system teleports you back into the common area after your sister forfeited.
Well, obviously you threaten them. You tell them how ...
2025-04-09 19:03:16 +0000 UTC View PostVictoria jumps in front of me, only to burst into pieces of flesh, and part of me wonders how much longer she can keep going. The attack that was supposed to kill me is partially blocked, but it still throws me to the side. With cold, detached curiosity, I watch as the next one carves deep holes ...
2025-04-09 08:59:19 +0000 UTC View PostThere are no words exchanged between us. Vic charges first, only for her body to explode into pieces the moment she gets closer. Each of these pieces grows into another person, and five Victorias charge Lissandra at once.
She kicks one of the Victorias away, the broken body passing by me th...
2025-04-08 08:56:00 +0000 UTC View PostHalf of the group splits and starts heading directly at us. Around five stay behind to use ranged attacks while the remaining ones move around to flank us from behind.
Just before the front attackers come close, gray mana bursts on the roof where the ranged attackers stayed. It seems that t...
2025-04-07 08:53:28 +0000 UTC View Post5th event: Tyrant's Arena will start in one hour! The event will take place in an area selected by the system, picked specifically for Earth's tutorial attendees.
The event will last one hour.
There is only one winner of the event - the last o...
2025-04-06 08:53:24 +0000 UTC View Post"I came because of the next Beyond Expedition. You are more sociable and could plan it out with the others. Soph and Grumpy can help you too if you talk to them. CarrotCake joining could work as well, but I know if I go to talk with him he will want to fight me. I would prefer if you organize it ...
2025-04-03 08:49:33 +0000 UTC View Post