Jake seriously questioned the validity of what Gudrun had just done. No, not how the magic worked or if the strategy was good, but how the hell she had even pulled it off. The massive sand mound she had summoned had to cost a shitload of mana, and what’s more, the sand was still running down it...
2023-09-05 11:01:22 +0000 UTC View PostOne opponent remained between Jake and the title of Champion, but as expected, it wouldn’t be easy.
”Your final opponent before you become a Champion is definitely a gatekeeper,” the Battlemaster said, looking Jake in the eye. “I can’t tell you if she is the strongest opponent you...
2023-09-04 10:57:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe nine elders of the Willowood tribe. They used to look so scary to Meira… even her own grandfather always had a frightening aura about him. One of absolute power that commanded respect. They were all C-grades, and Meira remembered thinking their power and position were utterly unattainable f...
2023-09-01 10:28:05 +0000 UTC View PostMeira thought it was overdoing it… but Izil and Irin had both insisted this was necessary. Even Viridia had come by to insist that if Meira really wanted to break out of her shell and completely throw away all the burdens of who she had once been, she had to embrace her new identity fully. Teac...
2023-08-31 09:47:33 +0000 UTC View PostPietra looked through the newly arrived shipment as she picked out the best silk from what was left. Most of it had already been taken by the other seamstresses, and Pietra felt lucky that at least some had been left behind she could work with.
If not, it would be hard to ever save up and b...
2023-08-30 11:01:21 +0000 UTC View Post”When you say that you didn’t cut the feed off… what exactly do you mean? Did the system interfere directly, or was it something else?” Vilastromoz asked. If it was the first, then he would have many more questions, but if it was the latter… well, he would still have a lot of questions....
2023-08-29 10:57:46 +0000 UTC View PostTransmutation for Jake had always been a bit out of the ordinary compared to other alchemists, especially after he began to play around with all that Origin stuff. But one had to remember that the precursor to all that was Jake experimenting with combining transmutation and his arcane affinity. 2023-08-28 10:56:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Jake had expected his rematch with the Benevolent Monk to be during a promotion match or at least another highlighted event, but that didn’t turn out to be the case. After watching the very-much-not Benevolent Monk fight, Jake did his last match as a Warlord before his promotion the week after,...
2023-08-25 10:49:34 +0000 UTC View PostOutside Nevermore, in the Order of the Malefic Viper, the old mansion that the Chosen of the Malefic Viper used to live in looked much the same as before he went to the World Wonder. Despite not really having permission, Meira and the others kept using the place for all of their meetups, and Meir...
2023-08-24 10:23:45 +0000 UTC View Post”Oi! That was bullshit out there, pure bullshit, I tell you! How can you even call that a proper fight, huh?” the annoying dwarf yelled at Jake, who was just trying to enjoy his sandwich in peace.
”You’re just mad because you lost,” Jake muttered.
”Damn straight I am! What...
2023-08-23 09:50:40 +0000 UTC View PostJake was not the only one experiencing the Colosseum of Mortals or who had at least experienced it prior, for that matter. There was, of course, the Sword Saint, who was also hard at work, and as a far wiser man, had heeded the warning upon being confronted with the Benevolent Monk. He had respon...
2023-08-22 10:47:23 +0000 UTC View PostSleeping was truly an overpowered passive ability. It was like using the Meditation skill on steroids and helped regenerate the body at a quite frankly insane pace compared to any other non-magical means. However, even if this was the case, Jake still woke up feeling like shit.
Looking at t...
2023-08-21 10:41:09 +0000 UTC View PostJake barely managed to drag himself out of the arena. Nearly every one of his ribs were broken, and he had enough internal damage to kill most people. If he was not a system-changed creature, he would have been dead already.
After stumbling out of the arena, medical staff came. Sadly for Ja...
2023-08-18 11:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe air was still as Jake closely observed the monk. His opponent had yet to even take a stance but still simply stood in a relaxed pose with his palms held against each other. Yet, even so, Jake hesitated to attack.
No openings.
It didn’t matter what Jake thought up. No ma...
2023-08-17 10:48:29 +0000 UTC View PostJake was truly a genius. Why hadn’t he thought of using Polly earlier? It was such an obvious solution! Sure, he could also have asked Owen, but Polly had been keen on finding some way to help him for a while, and this was such a prime opportunity.
After he had gotten his clothing situati...
2023-08-16 11:09:34 +0000 UTC View PostShopping trip time! Well, kind of. For the very first time since leaving the Tutorial, Jake wasn’t loaded and had to actually think twice before spending haphazardly. It wasn’t even sure he wanted to buy something, despite the urgings of both Polly and Owen.
Not long after the encounter...
2023-08-15 11:05:54 +0000 UTC View Post”Are you sure about this, Jake?” Owen asked with genuine worry as they walked back to the Colosseum the next day. ”You should at least go to the crafters before the match… maybe you see something you like and decide to buy it, right?”
”It’ll be fine,” Jake waved him off. ”...
2023-08-14 10:55:42 +0000 UTC View PostJake believed he had reached his limit for his kicking-only challenge when he hit Veteran Warrior, but his newfound Fear Gaze allowed him to keep the streak going for at least a little bit longer. He had still been unsure if he could really go all the way to Gladiator, and after reaching the rank...
2023-08-11 10:57:19 +0000 UTC View PostOn the next day, Jake woke up a bit excited to get testing. It was still too early to head to the arena, though, so it was breakfast time first. After getting ready, he checked his menu quickly while getting out the door, seeing his objective for the day.
Current objective: Be promo...
2023-08-10 10:57:09 +0000 UTC View PostTo feel old again.
It was an odd sensation that the Sword Saint would frankly have preferred to do without. When the system came, he had been reinvigorated, and as time progressed, he only ever felt himself grow stronger. Outside of the backlash from his Transcendence, that is, but those ci...
2023-08-09 10:54:24 +0000 UTC View PostTo kick or not to kick. That is the question.
Well, alright, it wasn’t really a question but just Jake’s default way of handling any opponent he met in the arena. He knew full well that the situation couldn’t continue forever, but for now, his stats just outmatched everyone else by qu...
2023-08-08 10:36:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe last time Jake slept, it was because he had utterly over-exhausted himself and was all out of mental energy. However, this time, it was a far more normal sleep. He even got in a good seven hours before he woke up – more than he had initially planned. Not having an alarm clock made it hard t...
2023-08-07 10:45:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Welcome to the Colosseum! Today, we have two New Bloods, both here to prove their worth! As they set foot on the sand soiled with the blood of their predecessors, who will come out on top!? Who will have a chance to move forward!? Perhaps... no! Not perhaps! Surely, today is the first match of...
2023-08-04 10:32:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sword Saint had joked about them not wanting to see each other’s faces anymore, and while Jake wouldn’t have phrased it like that… it wasn’t that far off from how he actually felt.
Not to misunderstand. Jake liked his party. Sylphie was naturally always a joy, and Dina liked to ...
2023-08-03 10:39:32 +0000 UTC View PostIt was inarguable that the main portion of Nevermore was the many floors that seemed to continue endlessly. One had to remember the primary function of the mega-dungeon was to be a great leveling spot, and the entire Leaderboards part was just a fun extra event for an extremely small portion of t...
2023-08-02 10:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostOn reflection, Jake’s sense of time had truly gotten warped since after the system arrived.
He had spent decades training with Sim-Jake, and while that had indeed felt like it had taken a while, it didn’t feel longer than a few weeks, tops. This was odd because the Tutorial was still cl...
2023-08-01 10:39:23 +0000 UTC View PostMeira had experienced a lot of surprising and frightening things throughout the last few years. From the fall of the Brimstone Hegemon and her becoming a slave to recently being freed and having Teacher privately teach her all the time.
Yet today was more frightening than any other. Because...
2023-07-31 10:51:40 +0000 UTC View PostJake and Sylphie won the race to kill two Beast Kings before Dina, the Fallen King, and Sword Saint. Their victory wasn’t by a little either but by more than two weeks, giving them plenty of time to mess around and catch up with the three others. The Unique Lifeform complained about them being ...
2023-07-28 11:01:16 +0000 UTC View PostNevermore was a place where the publicly available information was far from scarce, yet there were still some unknowns.
Nobody knew exactly how many floors there even were in the C-grade version – or those who did couldn’t or wouldn’t tell – meaning for most of the individuals fight...
2023-07-27 10:16:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Okay, not gonna lie, that was kind of hilarious,” Minaga chuckled after seeing Jake pass floor forty-five so easily. “Really just tossed his weight around and got all those poor suckers to get him out of there right away. They didn’t show it, but those Starcrossed Twins were pretty damn ...
2023-07-26 10:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post