"You look lost," Blood growled with a grin, the throaty tone of her voice with the growl showing her amusement.
"Got a new skill in all that excitement, just reading over it and thinking about it," Beth replied, watching Blood go through two towels just to get...
2024-02-19 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBeth took advantage of their unfocused nature, slamming into the man with a renewed fury, knocking him further back before knocking him down. The spear woman interrupted, thrusting at Beth over the man laying on the sand, but Beth pulled a move that caused a shocked look to appear on both of thei...
2024-02-15 18:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostOne clash in particular left a deep impression on her, as a girl that looked just as young as she was wielded a spear with such skill that Beth had a very difficult time keeping up. It felt like every time the young woman even twitched her hands Beth was in danger of dying, barely deflecting or b...
2024-02-14 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThey had only gained one level during the whole course of the stage, but the bonus reward for placing highly gave them another two levels on top of that. That put the two of them at level one hundred ten, which was far higher than Beth expected them to be at this point. The closest Warder grunted...
2024-02-13 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe two of them left after checking their balance, noting that she was already over nine thousand points in this resource drive. They made their way over to the CRA Hall, heading down to their room on the fourth basement floor where they dropped their packs and started their evening routine. Afte...
2024-02-12 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostOnce she had somewhat gotten used to the toxin, she carefully dug up the plants, having to exert quite an enormous amount of strength to even break the ground open. She had to resort to slamming the clawed tips of her fingers into the ground quite hard with multiple powerful punches to break up t...
2024-02-08 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThey made sure their keys worked on the room and everything was in order before turning right around and heading back out for the day. It was still morning, though it was about to hit noon, and they needed to at least get the lay of the land before they did anything else. The first thing Beth sug...
2024-02-07 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostShe tore into the boss and all the enemies around it, great gouts of blood and flesh flying into the air as she hewed away, monsters dying to one side and then the other. The boss was large, nine feet standing fully upright and nearly a ton of thick fat and sinuous muscle, which did little more f...
2024-02-06 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe fight took quite a while, due in large part to Dream Snake, as they were much slower and more methodical than Beth was used to being in battle. She wound up, even without Blood's assistance, killing nearly half the enemies herself, just because she fought more aggressively and was willing to ...
2024-02-05 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post"You're not nervous throwing fire around like that in the woods?" Beth asked Liz.
"These trees can take it, they're crazy sturdy," Liz replied. "It's very wet wood, as well, and it's been raining recently, so it's even more damp. Even the underbrush won't be smolder...
2024-02-01 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBlood herself was having a bit of a harder time, but she thrived in it, the challenge that the monsters presented giving her a good opportunity to hone her skills. It was also a good chance to work on her Blood Queen's Claws, the move powerful enough even in the mid-Copper ranks ...
2024-01-31 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"So, people don't, like, I don't know, make mana crystal artificially?" Beth asked.
"Oh, sure, but then you don't have as much guarantee of the quality, no matter what they tell you. Plus, everybody knows that, so then you have to get even more people involved; extr...
2024-01-30 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThey informed the counter staff they were ready for stage nineteen and that they wanted it private, same as they always did. They were redirected to the Warder closest to them, who directed them through the next portal they were in line for immediately. A brief sense of disorientation and moment ...
2024-01-29 18:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostThey were back in the array room in no time, rested and watered and fed, as well as bathed, having taken advantage of the massive tub in the bathroom of their suite. They signaled they were ready for the start of stage eighteen, and made their way to the Warder to wait. When they were given the s...
2024-01-25 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI know some of you read the posts in your emails; please take note that I was uploading the upcoming chapters this morning and accidentally set a chapter to early access for essentially everyone. I have since deleted that chapter, but it is likely still in some of your inboxes. I apologize for th...
2024-01-25 15:47:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe crocodiles were the clear lords of the swamp, as they grew more numerous and higher in level. The girls also observed them attacking a number of other beasts and tearing them apart, though there was a kind of armored ape that lived deeper in the heart of the swamp that could give the crocs a ...
2024-01-24 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostShe put word to deed as she summoned her Presence, knowing this was another round where she would need to go all out from the very start. She felt the weight of the crown settle on her head as her power surged, time seeming to slow slightly as even her chronoception was boosted by her new ability...
2024-01-23 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest before they started round seventeen was just as long as Beth had imagined, taking a couple hours before she was ready to go again. She was a little frustrated that her healing and meditation skills weren't able to make the jump to Silver just yet, likely needing to wait for her to underg...
2024-01-22 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostA four-on-two was a better situation, but it still certainly wasn't ideal, especially considering the strength of all four opponents was at the level of a dungeon boss monster. Blood had been conserving her mana a little, but had decided it was worth sacrificing mana instead of stamina, as the fi...
2024-01-18 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThey weren't given much time to think, as the five boss enemies spawned the instant the projection was finished speaking. Beth did have enough time to get a decent look at what they were up against before she started moving, knowing that sitting still wasn't going to do them any favors. The enemi...
2024-01-17 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe next two weeks passed like that, with Beth working on her smithing, seeing it improve to Apprentice[7] under the guidance of several new Master-level craftspeople. Now that her skills were really kicking up, she had started to seriously consider what she would build as her piece for the compe...
2024-01-16 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter reviewing the information, they looked over what the first packet had on Presences. It was largely as Beth had already started to figure out; a Presence was basically, at lower levels, a berserking skill. It provided a big boost in power in exchange for rapidly depleting the person's stamin...
2024-01-15 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBlood tried both of the sets of boots, walking around the atrium in each of them to test the fit and her ability to walk, run, and jump. Beth marveled a little at how easily Blood had adapted to her human form, not really needing any time to figure out how to move around, the fluid grace of her w...
2024-01-11 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThey quickly returned to the room, eager to get away from both prying eyes and prying ears, not taking the Warder's lack of care for the norm. Once they were inside, Beth took another minute to look over Blood in her human form, admiring what her companion had turned into. Blood preened under the...
2024-01-10 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe two had done quite a good job in thinning the herd as it approached the wall, with the defenders easily able to handle what flowed around them. Now they pulled back, back to the wall before leaping over it, clearing the field for a rest. Beth had been fine in the heart of the action, but now ...
2024-01-09 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhen they regained their senses and looked around, they found themselves in a non-descript white room without anything in it. Before Beth could even say anything, a screen popped up in front of them, with quite a bit of information displayed on it. Beth took a quick glance around after the screen...
2024-01-08 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAt the end of the floor, they encountered another set of stairs, but this one was only half a dozen steps leading up to a huge set of doors similar to the entrance to the dungeon. They were carved with the same kind of relief that was carved onto the outer doors, though this artwork was clearly d...
2024-01-04 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a few minutes later when Blood sent a message back to her, just indicating that there was a beast ahead and that she would wait for Beth. After another minute of slightly quicker movement Beth had caught up, stopping just beside Blood and kneeling slightly to try to minimize her profile in...
2024-01-03 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThey cleaned up the grull quickly after that, Beth injuring them and Blood easily finishing them off. Blood's teeth and claws were certainly sharp enough to rip apart the joints of the beasts without any help from Beth, and her fangs could penetrate the armor, it just took time for her to punch t...
2024-01-02 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBeth watched as their levels rose by another two, having gained one during the stage as well. Three levels wasn't amazing for a stage, but it wasn’t anything to sneeze at, and was still a lot better pace than what they'd likely be doing outside of the Trial. They quickly cleared out of the vici...
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