John was tempted to consult his passive Observe, at least. It was stealthier than the active variant, but was it stealthy enough for this place? Unlikely. Someone would have the degree of enchantment that could detect the ping. ‘It remains fortunate and unfortunate that anti-scrying meas...
2025-01-31 22:24:56 +0000 UTC
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John had Nightingale deliver an insistently worded message that the Heavenly Jade Empress see him in the guestrooms as swiftly as she could spare an hour. For how much he wanted her to react immediately, he doubted this would be possible before the evening came.
Deep breaths calmed t...
2025-01-30 13:11:59 +0000 UTC
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Korith waited for her party in the Loot chamber.
It was a room at the end of a short corridor that had opened up. Like so often with these Dungeons, it was directly attached to a resting area. A larger healing fountain, alcoves for sleeping, and small side rooms for privacy. Apexus h...
2025-01-29 11:34:41 +0000 UTC
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John would have loved to be a fly on the wall during that meeting.
He had that option. He could have Possessed a small drone or sent one of Claire’s familiars to infiltrate the throne room. If anyone beside Lu Zhi found out, that would have been grounds for an incident...
2025-01-28 20:32:47 +0000 UTC
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They had breakfast in Lu Zhi’s manour.
It was an unnecessarily large building. Prestigious residences were in some way necessary, especially in the east. In John’s experience, people here were wired differently in a variety of subtle ways. One of them was that streng...
2025-01-27 17:18:10 +0000 UTC
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Delicia opened her mouth and fished a small object from the tip of her tongue. It was bright blue and formed like a jelly bean. The consistency matched the candy as well, although alchemical procedures would see it harden to a solid pill soon enough. She held the small object up to what li...
2025-01-26 00:35:35 +0000 UTC
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Nathalia pulled on the collar of her dress. One tug and the Victorian fashion that had clung so tightly to the tall woman’s curves loosened. Without the support of the corset and bra, her breasts drooped, ending the display of her deep cleavage and replacing it with an even more enticing...
2025-01-25 00:27:52 +0000 UTC
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“Isn’t this going to cause problems?” Rave asked.
The question had been on John’s mind as well, but he had not managed to get his eyes off the imperial tomboy’s butt for long enough to formulate it. The black fabric stuck to her REALLY snugly, like a latex glove, emphasizin...
2025-01-23 21:25:17 +0000 UTC
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A full month after they had finished the grinding training, the Inevitable Party found the boss room.
By what little available estimates the party had, they considered themselves to be somewhere below the spire of the Lanaan Hive. They could only go off the fact that they had gone do...
2025-01-23 03:30:25 +0000 UTC
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John had, for a long time, wondered how it came about that all of the largest Abyssal cities appeared to be located in Europe. Driving through Beijing answered that question.
Gazing out of the window of the stretch limo, John followed the repeated flicker of prismatic light tha...
2025-01-21 21:36:39 +0000 UTC
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John had to honour three factions with how he approached this diplomatic visit. A convenient distribution of interests, as he had three bodies to appease them all. It was the splitting of the harem that required a little more finesse.
The three factions were the Mandate of Heaven, Fu...
2025-01-20 21:05:30 +0000 UTC
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The remainder of the weeks that Justinian had been meant to govern came and went without any great incident. John managed to get his work done at the proper pace, allowing him to take his Sunday off in totality for once. There were many ways to use that time. John opted to let...
2025-01-18 16:37:31 +0000 UTC
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“Why am I still fucking flour when she is bread?!”
The scream bounced around in John’s ears before he had even entered his apartment. Lee had taken him and Magnus back to the USA and his own feet had taken him to the door. Eliana awaited him on the other side. The ...
2025-01-17 15:04:32 +0000 UTC
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The world was a much smaller place when one was rich and powerful. A teleporter across, a private jet taken, and the distance between New York and Vienna was the same as a normal person driving to the specialized hobby store once a week.
John shared that journey with Nia...
2025-01-16 16:14:03 +0000 UTC
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“You know what I have been wondering?” Reysha carefully peeked her head around the corner. The Aimed Whisper Skill allowed her to talk without alerting the enemies around the corner.
It was a luxury the rest of them did not have. Her question went unanswered, as they instead reac...
2025-01-15 16:18:30 +0000 UTC
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Moira showed up early.
The redhead had her full battle regalia on her. The wine red tabard, emblazoned with the symbol of the Order of the Golden Rose, covered her plate armour. As a sign of good will, John had sponsored an upgrade for it after the Iron Domain. Said upgr...
2025-01-14 21:24:44 +0000 UTC
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Note: This is not a chapter with any content, but I am still going to treat it like one because updating all of these sheets is work. For ease of searching, every entry has their name written above the sheet. Stat increases displayed are combat buffs that are typically active,...
2025-01-13 20:57:05 +0000 UTC
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The question cascaded. The usually relaxed evening get-together was spontaneously replaced with the haremettes making their way to the I.D. Gate under the cover of Nightingale’s shadow. Reason for that was twofold. One, Lu Zhi wanted to remain obscured and, two, none of them...
2025-01-11 19:50:34 +0000 UTC
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“So… Event Horizon Hypothesis?” John asked.
“You know, from the movie?”
“It’s actually named after the movie?”
“Ye.” Lee grabbed a piece of paper and drew two dots on opposite ends of it. “Closest path between two points is this…” sh...
2025-01-10 18:25:56 +0000 UTC
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‘I’m mildly surprised you agreed,’ John confessed to the vampire maid. ‘We’ll be out and about a lot today.’
‘You will see why I agreed in a moment, Master,’ Claire responded teasingly, then retreated from their mental connection. That left John with Ehtr...
2025-01-09 15:19:29 +0000 UTC
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The inner halls of the Dungeon were not terribly different from the outer layers. The walls were still chitinous, the tunnels confusing, and the skittering of insects omnipresent. However, there was one difference that was as simple as it was impactful.
It was dark.
<...
2025-01-08 10:40:25 +0000 UTC
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The rest of Justinian’s first day was an almost sad affair. Most of it was spent by the sanctimonious Latebloomer moping about and taking in what factual information he could. John had been halfway convinced he had already managed to break the will of the man.
“Today, I sha...
2025-01-07 17:44:52 +0000 UTC
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John was feeling kind of giddy.
Today felt as if he was about to embark on a school trip, back when he had been young enough to like those. Mixed in with the happy feeling was the nervousness that he might lose control over the situation. A sensation even less founded than his usual ...
2025-01-06 16:15:05 +0000 UTC
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John was greeted by eight maids. Not seven – eight. Aclysia, Beatrice, Claire, Delicia, Ehtra, Momo, Nahoa and, just for the night, Metra who had been granted the right to wear the outfit with them.
Although it was not the usual outfit. What they wore was a lot more co...
2025-01-04 17:34:33 +0000 UTC
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Should have done this one years ago
2025-01-04 10:09:42 +0000 UTC
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Yes. I am dumping a bunch of things I realized I hadn't put out yet.
2025-01-04 10:06:25 +0000 UTC
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Another cutie down the list~
2025-01-04 10:02:37 +0000 UTC
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I got those!
2025-01-04 09:58:53 +0000 UTC
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Gaia still gave John the Loot for the final boss.
The World Disease, to no surprise, provided John with three more of its Shards. Various crafting materials went to Romulus, including an ingot of Eternal Iron. It was the same metal that Arkeidos had made using the souls of the people...
2025-01-03 16:31:48 +0000 UTC
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Hell had manifested.
The first Segment of the Raid, the Marketplace of Corpses, had been desolate before. Pale sands and dark stones, dreary tents shifting in ceaseless winds – now all alight. Cacophonic laughter wafted over from the camp. Demonic entities danced in as...
2025-01-02 14:50:45 +0000 UTC
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