Jake bent his back as he avoided a wooden spear trying to impale him from behind, and in a spinning motion, cut the Deepdweller that attacked him in two with his scimitar. The kill didn’t even make any of the other Deepdwellers hesitate as they came bearing down on him.
He released a wave...
2021-06-13 10:49:22 +0000 UTC View PostYou have entered the dungeon: Undergrowth of the Deepdwellers
Objective: Lay your hand upon the Heart of the Undergrowth
Jake came to and opened his eyes just as the message appeared. He quickly skimmed it and frowned. This was the f...
2021-06-11 10:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostJake was sure Arnold was just joking when he asked Jake to make bombs, especially with the deadpan delivery. It turns out the man was earnest, as he scurried over and picked up a box of tennis ball-sized metal orbs.
He also spotted something on the table he recognized. It was a sword with p...
2021-06-10 10:54:31 +0000 UTC View Post”We’ll need to build it deeper. There is no way the ceiling of the cellar can take that kind of toxic exposure. Even if we put some serious enchants on the floorboards, they will eventually lose effect as they are slowly corroded, and the stronger you get, the faster we will need to keep reap...
2021-06-09 10:50:50 +0000 UTC View PostSylphie had once more been a bit mad when Jake had sent her away to spend some time with her parents, but today was one of those days where having a bird sitting around just wasn’t feasible. The reason for this was simple… today would be the day he would craft his first uncommon-rarity Necrot...
2021-06-08 10:53:13 +0000 UTC View PostLavender, Evergreen Grass, a lot of mana and a bit of love, and you have a perfectly healthy potion. It seemed simple on paper, but there was a bit of work going into it. The mana-control aspect of the crafting process was something that could always be improved, and the more you trained, the bet...
2021-06-07 10:27:02 +0000 UTC View PostConflict resolution is by many professionals considered an art that few will ever master. From smaller group projects to large enterprises, in the end, everything is made up of humans that have to interact for the cogs to turn. And when that happens, some friction is inevitable.
And that is...
2021-06-06 09:57:19 +0000 UTC View PostA few weeks later, a trio of a small girl, a young man, and a woman walked through the streets of the now broken city. The girl ran around far faster than a typical child normally could, showing that her physique would clearly be considered supernatural by pre-system standards.
The teenager...
2021-06-06 09:57:08 +0000 UTC View PostKim Eunseo. Commonly just called Kim or Kimmie by her friends. To him, however, she was Ms. Kim.
In his life, William had only ever suffered defeat before three people. Himself, due to his own ignorance, Ms. Kim, who was the only psychologist to ever truly figure him out, and… that 2021-06-06 09:56:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Jake sat on the steps leading up to his lodge, looking at the weird banana time tree as he spoke with Villy.
His theory that gods truly had no idea what happened inside the World Congress turned out to be entirely accurate. The system just simply didn’t allow them to peak or communicate w...
2021-06-04 10:38:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe World Congress had only lasted about 10 hours total but had without a doubt been a defining moment for the enlightened races of Earth. Most of the powerhouses of the planet met, and alliances, truces, trade agreements, defensive pacts, or just generally friendly relations were established bet...
2021-06-03 10:54:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe vote for the System Event came and went, all the different factions once more back on their respective platforms. There were a few last-moment speeches, but everyone knew that people had already decided by now what they wanted or made other commitments.
In the end, the vote for the Syst...
2021-06-02 10:49:51 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, Jake did fuck up one thing during – or after, really – the discussion with Sword Saint. Jake liked walking off after getting the last word in, as he felt like it was the easiest way to come out on top of a discussion and because it allowed him not to need any more arguments.
This ...
2021-06-01 10:42:48 +0000 UTC View PostIf one called the discussions for those damn materials heated – a vote where Herb truly was the only worthy choice – then the current discussion revolving around the System Event was absolutely blazing.
At least many cities needed some of the same materials, plus the angle of potential ...
2021-05-31 10:41:58 +0000 UTC View Post”System Events are exactly as the name suggests events put on by the system itself. More often than not, they offer great rewards but equally great risks. Well, as a new universe, you may get some safer versions. Events can be pretty much anything and are great ways to challenge yourself and ac...
2021-05-30 10:44:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe second vote quickly approached its end, and by now, there was quite a bit of nervousness going around. The last hour had contained plenty of closed-door deals and under-the-table agreements on what to vote for.
Miranda told Jake that she and Lillian had gone to reaffirm the vote for her...
2021-05-28 11:03:28 +0000 UTC View PostJake had always liked to play strategy games, mainly those of the good old 4X genre. 4X was an abbreviation of Explore, Expand, Exploit and Exterminate, and was in 90% of cases, macro gameplay and economy ruled as one of the most important aspects. While they weren’t the most realistic, he and ...
2021-05-27 10:48:05 +0000 UTC View PostJake didn’t know why, but he got a faint feeling that he maybe should have told Miranda that a good third of the first ten Pylons were claimed by family or old friends. Perhaps it was her very sarcastic tone… nah, it can’t be that.
Alright, I did kind of drop the ball on ...
2021-05-26 10:56:40 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the first half an hour, four people found themselves within one of the closed-off platforms that belonged to a city. It was at the table belonging to Haven with the sound-proofing barrier active. Even sight into the area was disrupted, making anything less than a Sphere of Perception unable...
2021-05-25 10:48:21 +0000 UTC View Post”Should we not be out attempting to sway the vote for World Leader?” Jacob was asked by the middle-aged trade manager he had brought along for the Congress. Maria and Bertram also looked at him questioningly.
They controlled several Pylons already, had many votes between them, and an Au...
2021-05-24 10:58:13 +0000 UTC View Post<AUTHOR NOTE>
The time for this author to go on break has come ladies and gentlemen.
Info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50576113
As for why we go on break with this chapter for...
2021-05-07 10:53:54 +0000 UTC View PostHe wasn’t sure if he should be disappointed or not as he entered the central temple. The inside sloped down a bit as he entered a small underground chamber – a perfect place for a secret treasure vault.
What he found instead was just a damn bush… tree… thing. As he looked at it, he ...
2021-05-06 10:50:44 +0000 UTC View PostBOOM!
The Prima was sent flying back as Jake’s hand exploding in an assault of arcane mana the same moment he punched it. It’s silly belief in Jake playing it smart clearly backfiring on it, as Jake was more than happy to be risky. The reason he had held back before was...
2021-05-05 10:40:13 +0000 UTC View PostThere was going to be more monkey business going on.
Once more, the Prima was fighting in a way that just didn’t make any logical sense. It took far more damage than Jake with every exchange; in fact, it was even worse for the Prima now that it had changed back to its golden form. It reli...
2021-05-04 10:43:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe arrow slowly emerged from his palm as he focused on the monkey in the distance. He had a feeling that it knew he was there, just not where exactly he was hiding. It was just sitting on top of its temple, inviting him to attack - something Jake would gladly do and even open with his most decis...
2021-05-03 10:50:38 +0000 UTC View PostJake sat on the ground as he breathed in heavily, waiting for his left arm to regrow. His right eye was also still a bit blurry after being regenerated, as it turned out that taking a blast of force to the face resulted in quite a lot of it being funneled into the holes in the mask. He was lucky ...
2021-05-02 10:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostA massive crash sounded out throughout the forest as a tree nearly 300 meters tall toppled over. The wooden behemoth that would ordinarily be borderline impossible to take down looked old and worn, its bark with many black rotten spots throughout, especially in the section that had been broken as...
2021-05-02 10:36:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere are a few rules one must remember when invading an ancient temple and the surrounding area run by supernatural many-tailed monkeys that can use weird weight magic. Forgetting these rules may lead to being covered in unnaturally heavy feces or just be smashed or cut up by a monkey tail.
<... 2021-04-30 10:51:26 +0000 UTC View PostJake opened his hand as he let the body fall, the dark green glow of Touch of the Malefic Viper fading. The body that fell was that of a monkey with a black handprint on its neck and its body already half rotten. When it hit the ground, it slugged together as its insides were already decayed and ...
2021-04-29 10:32:04 +0000 UTC View Post<AUTHOR NOTE>
Announcement of going on a break from the 10th to 24th of May: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50576113
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2021-04-28 10:24:14 +0000 UTC View Post