It was all Rafe could do to avoid the cold flames. They burned, but the one time he'd let one near enough to feel it he'd felt how he expected a frost bitten person did. That was to say not great.
Studying the energy, it did not look at all like any mana he knew. It was a completely differe...
2025-04-21 15:59:36 +0000 UTC View PostRafe saw the hammer descending toward him and evaded it at the last possible moment using one of his new skills. He went to thrust but a blast of explosion mana had him turning to Parry an attack from Adrian.
The dwarf's main stat turned out to be dexterity, which he applie...
2025-04-21 15:48:46 +0000 UTC View PostThere was relatively less fanfare on the second landing. By the third. Rafe was sure the numbers of possible contestants was getting smaller. That probably meant less and less people made it past.
The shadow only flickered through two thousand odd people on the fourth floor, and one o...
2025-04-15 13:18:50 +0000 UTC View PostRafael Kingsley organised his belongings as he had before. He needed to keep moving now that he'd had a rest. First though, to equip the new portable wardrobe.
He felt it as a new thread was added to his soul realm. He also watched it a bit, but the thread disappeared past the darkness cove...
2025-04-15 13:12:57 +0000 UTC View PostIt might have been a mistake in the end. Breaking the cage was straightforward. It was the pain that came after which caused him a bit of regret. The ability had been locked away by essence, like a blood clot.
He didn't know what the system planned, but it did not seem like any of its...
2025-04-15 13:07:33 +0000 UTC View PostHe flew through the air. The beam of death shot forward below him. The heat radiating from it was enough to melt his skin from his bones. Even worse was the beast lifting its head slowly so it could torch him where he flew. Rafe was scared. He saw everything in slow motion.
Death was not a ...
2025-04-11 14:28:02 +0000 UTC View PostDevila spun through the air like a mannequin. The only difference was her very human screeching. Rafe was there before she could land though, grabbing her out of the sky and helping her down gently.
She was looking at him, but she did not see him.
Shit!
Just...
2025-04-09 15:53:12 +0000 UTC View PostHer level has been adjusted based on the groups composition. Commencing random adjustment.
The Keeper will be at level ten. Good luck.
Side quest received.
Objective: Defeat the Keeper of Eternity.
Devila unleashed a talisman he hadn't yet seen. It flew through the air, shaped like a paper crane. It flew extremely fast compared to normal paper. The beast that was diving at Rafe with its mouth open at almost one hundred degrees froze amid a burst of an ice wall.
A few more beasts colli...
2025-04-09 14:28:48 +0000 UTC View PostRafe froze when Devila's question finally registered. His eyes widened a little but he was quick to bounce back.
“I have an upgraded version of appraisal,” he lied.
“You hesitated,” Devila said. “I wonder why?”
Her voice was teasing, a little friendl...
2025-04-09 14:24:43 +0000 UTC View PostThere had not been a trap where Quin was. Rafe was sure of that at least. There had not been any mana he could sense, so where had the flamethrower come from. Rafe reached her a second after it hit, and he could only watch in horror as the flames caught.
She started to scream and tear at he...
2025-04-09 14:18:48 +0000 UTC View PostYou will have one minute. You can start on the count of three,” the voice spoke again.
An hour glass appeared at the opposite end of the room through the open door. That wasn't all Rafe saw when he looked through the door though.
“3.”
The three of th...
2025-04-09 14:15:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Wait! What the actual fuck?!” Andragoth stepped out of her mom persona, too shocked to care.
“It can't be that rare to see people from Essence Deserts, the way you guys throw the word around,” Rafe said reasonably.
Both Quin and Andragoth were looking at him with wide eyes. I...
2025-04-09 14:08:49 +0000 UTC View PostRafe could only groan when he woke up to a legendary body ache. He tried to force himself up. That's when his belly started to rumble and his chest begun to burn.
“I'd get away from him now, Quinsia,” Andragoth’s voice came from some place very far away.
He heard Quinsia agree a...
2025-04-09 14:05:57 +0000 UTC View PostRafe studied the magic circle that appeared, happy to get more practice for his mana sight. With his increased perception to the internal operations of magical constructs, he saw a lot more than he perhaps should have.
Contract magic’s biggest component was pure mana. It was a different p...
2025-04-09 14:01:32 +0000 UTC View PostRafe reeled in shock. He'd given away too much information. He was quick to school his features into neutrality though.
“I watched the fights,” he said with a shrug. “You were using too much mana for a person around our level, I figured you were almost out.”
He turned towards ...
2025-04-09 13:56:45 +0000 UTC View PostThey ended up on a barren piece of land. The clouds were few and scattered, and the violet expanse of space was visible. It reminded Rafe a lot of the demon continent on Aeon.
“A devastated world,” Aska commented.
“There are plants that can grow even on planets devastated by the...
2025-04-09 13:53:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe description of the skill didn't change much, as far as Rafe could see. He only had the new feature that allowed him to hurl pieces of his aura, now in a more controlled fashion. It was already a maxed out rare skill, at least by most people's standards, so he should have been able to control ...
2025-03-29 15:13:24 +0000 UTC View PostRafe decided there were many approaches to this when he began his experiments. First of all, aura was a representation of the spirit. It was a way to tell people your story without opening your mouth.
And some people’s stories were scary. They were full of violence. Full of echoes of thei...
2025-03-29 14:44:32 +0000 UTC View PostHe ignored the level up notifications when he reached the safe room. It was marked safe room according to his map ability, and he guessed it was because he did not have to fight or take any challenges in this particular room. All in all, it should have taken him about two days of subjective time ...
2025-03-29 13:48:59 +0000 UTC View PostStamina: 290
Strength: 29
Agility: 60
Coordination: 48
Endurance: 30
Wisdom: 23
Mana:<...
2025-03-29 11:26:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Look at him,” Sam said, sounding awestruck. “His eye is gleaming.”
“It is, isn't it?” Noid said in a similarly awestruck voice.
“Ha!” Liam said, looking at the smug enchantress with true respect.
She did not say anything. She instead watched as her plans came in...
2025-03-27 13:51:45 +0000 UTC View PostNine hours was a long time, it turned out. It wasn't even five hours later when the portal opened up again.
‘Ding’!
The system called for his attention in its usual way.
You have defeated ‘Sand Monarch’ level 55.
And he ha...
2025-03-26 13:09:53 +0000 UTC View Post…
Health: 12…87/210
Stamina: 8/270
Rafe watched his health slowly tick up from the red. He had been so close to death, and while he was still in the trial he needed to think about the future.
“With this warrior's tr...
2025-03-26 09:55:54 +0000 UTC View Post‘Ding’ You have entered the Enchantress's Tower.
He stood in what he would have expected to be the entryway of a Victorian mansion, old and dilapidated and abandoned looking of course. Complete with coatings of dust and visible cobwebs. 2025-03-26 09:09:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Rafe considered not doing what Noid had told him. He wanted to spite Enith. It was his future he'd be playing with if he did that though, so he decided to follow his master's instructions for now.
He opened a class selection window that had appeared with the quest.
Class 2025-03-26 08:59:36 +0000 UTC View Post
The enchantress joined her fellows after her less-than-auspicious meeting with the boy. She kept her sigh inward, keeping her disappointment off her face.
“Was that necessary, Enith?” Sendriel asked.
The others were looking everywhere but at her, but she could tell t...
2025-03-24 16:30:07 +0000 UTC View PostA blue screen popped up in front of the now-shivering enchantress. She looked at the disappearing motes of what would have been the Demon God's body. She fell on her ass.
“This is so much worse than she said,” the enchantress sighed.
She grabbed the pulsating entity that was the m...
2025-03-24 06:19:26 +0000 UTC View PostSendriel of the Sands sat waiting for him in a space built to look like the expanse of space. Stars twinkled in the distance. Near her, a planet burst to life, growing greener even as Rafe looked at it. Then it dissipated, a very life-like illusion undone.
“Birth and rebirth are worlds ap...
2025-03-23 15:35:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Remember what we told you, Rafe, dear.”
“Yeah. Get the storage skill from good old Granderel. Then get the oldest and weakest looking one from the phoenix?”
“Yeah, listen to us on that point. You'll never guess its function and you might even disparage it normally.”