V11: Chapter 8
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Additional 2000 words commissioned by ChaosBrain
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Interlude: Eminent Void Blade: She Who Glides Between Sunbeams
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The King of Wisdom asked, and the dead answered.
For hours and hours, he asked and wrote, while of...
2025-06-30 18:11:12 +0000 UTC
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Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 19
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Interlude: Sirena
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I awakened not beneath stone and the dim glow of crystals, but beneath blue skies surrounded by grass and flowers.
For a moment, I thought that I remained in Paradise.
But the familiar sensation of my f...
2025-06-29 02:24:13 +0000 UTC
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Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 18
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I had very little need for sleep or rest. If I closed my eyes for five minutes, that was enough for my brain to get the clarity that I needed from a full night with my previous night.
It would’ve been great if I had things to do with all th...
2025-06-27 17:56:58 +0000 UTC
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The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Chapter 13).
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Commissioned by Sivantic
Word count: 2500
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I made every effort to avoid Lady Aigen as much as possible.
Not that it was particularly difficult.
My days were spent killing monsters, consuming food, learn...
2025-06-25 16:06:08 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 7
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Interlude: Sirena
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An avalanche to destroy the army, a plague to kill those who survived, and finally the faithful to fall upon that which remains.
The King of Wisdom’s meticulousness was as overwhelming as always.
I glanced at Ilych and...
2025-06-23 15:07:52 +0000 UTC
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The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Chapter 12).
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Commissioned by Sivantic
Word count: 2500
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I had idly considered the possibility that with Chloe our days would be easier.
I was proven wrong the very next day.
Wyverns were faraway cousins of dragons. ...
2025-06-22 23:02:20 +0000 UTC
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As a Househusband, Fiscal Responsibility is Imperative (2.1)
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Commissioned by Ichypa
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Time is like a gentle current.
Until you try to resist it because you have something important to do, then you realize that it’s a riptide that has you strapped down for the...
2025-06-19 14:48:01 +0000 UTC
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My Weekly Gag Villain Job Is Pretty Fulfilling: Chapter 8
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Commissioned by Arksoul
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Man, it feels really good to see a plan come together.
The IHA and the Sentinels were working together and really showcasing how strong both sides were.
The Sentinels were...
2025-06-17 14:50:33 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 6
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Interlude: Rita
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The container for the prototype weapon in my hand was lighter than my bow, yet somehow I felt as though it was slipping from my grasp whenever I looked away from it.
One errant knock against a wall.
A single sudden drop.
2025-06-16 15:21:25 +0000 UTC
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My Weekly Gag Villain Job Is Pretty Fulfilling: Chapter 7
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Commissioned by Arksoul
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If there’s a special showing with a crossover, it’s usually more than an hour long.
The IHA’s failure to showcase their abilities at the initial fight made it clear that t...
2025-06-15 15:44:22 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 5
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Waiting for things to happen was something that I’ve grown used to.
In-game, after everything’s set up, you hit the next turn button. Things get built, progress is made, and a load of things to do pop up. After you finish off the little bevy of challenges,...
2025-06-09 16:17:10 +0000 UTC
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The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Chapter 11).
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Commissioned by Sivantic
Word count: 2500
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Lady Aigen sat in a gazebo in a frozen garden but was unperturbed by the frost. Clad in furs and leather strips across her body, she sipped heated tea from a fine porcelai...
2025-06-06 21:25:59 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 4
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Arming, clothing, and feeding 80,000 soldiers from the first round of drafts was a test of my nation’s logistical might.
On paper, we could do it, and I trusted the people who reported the numbers and came up with the plans. I did my best to vet my scholars,...
2025-06-02 03:57:46 +0000 UTC
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Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 17
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I’ll be perfectly honest.
I thought that I’d need to destroy the Wardens, but after seeing what I was able to do with the Guardians, I decided to take a gamble.
I intended to tell their leader the truth about the afterlife, that it ...
2025-05-30 16:23:42 +0000 UTC
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My Weekly Gag Villain Job Is Pretty Fulfilling: Chapter 6
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Commissioned by Arksoul
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Honestly, I’ve kept my antics clear of Europe for the most part, because they were really into investing in reverse-engineering technology and implementing super-science wherever th...
2025-05-29 20:58:12 +0000 UTC
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Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 16
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With the acquisition of Guardians of the Moon, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Finally, I had the skilled and experienced people that I needed to rule over my holdings.
Better yet, they saw it as me granting them immense favor...
2025-05-28 21:10:22 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 3
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Some game developers called a few cosmetic and stat changes to a faction DLC and called it a day.
Not my game devs.
A modding kit was one of the first things released with the game. New factions, cheats, and everything can be downloaded to a specific fol...
2025-05-26 16:59:19 +0000 UTC
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As a Househusband, Awareness Is Required (1.5)
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Commissioned by Ichypa
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The trip back to the Namgoong Clan was as uneventful as trips in a world full of cultivators and demonic beasts went.
The guards stopped three demonic beast attacks.
A first-rate warr...
2025-05-21 20:48:06 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 2
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Interlude: Khanrow
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I looked upon the carcass of the creature before me before looking to my adjutant.
“This is a young man of only six years of age?” The Merchants of the Marsh were inconsiderate of the ramifications of rediscovered technol...
2025-05-19 03:46:50 +0000 UTC
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My Weekly Gag Villain Job Is Pretty Fulfilling: Chapter 5
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Commissioned by Arksoul
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After engaging with the Sentinels long enough with the copies of the aliens, I made a quick getaway. While the other heroes involved in the fight took more damage than expected, I mad...
2025-05-15 01:54:34 +0000 UTC
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The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Chapter 10).
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Commissioned by Sivantic
Word count: 2500
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With all my newfound strength, I believed myself ready for the challenge of slaying ogres.
I found that I was wrong very quickly.
Each Northern Ogre was thrice...
2025-05-15 01:42:25 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 1
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The Goddess of Life’s third perk line was a double-edged sword, primarily because of the fact that it was the best.
Some people in the community said that it’s unbalanced, and plenty of mods make it so that only the faction with the Goddess of Life gets th...
2025-05-12 15:20:00 +0000 UTC
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As a Househusband, Awareness Is Required (1.4)
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Personally, I consider every cultivator a psychopath, but it’s not their fault.
They don’t really have a choice in the matter.
Say you’re born into a sect’s main family. The only choice that you have at inheriting ...
2025-05-08 01:55:26 +0000 UTC
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V10: Epilogue
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Interlude: Celia
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Rumors and observations regarding the Goddess of Death abounded on my desk.
My agents watched her carefully, and even the budding information networks of my subordinates went to learn more of her to curry favor with me.
Th...
2025-05-05 04:30:49 +0000 UTC
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Giant Robots? Say no more. I’m in.
Volume 2: Chapter 2
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Word count: 2500
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The most common bug variant is the ‘Ceros.’
Probably short for rhinoceros, since it was kind of like a rhinoceros beetle.
They had strong, ablative shells, limited amoun...
2025-05-04 02:09:08 +0000 UTC
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As a Househusband, Awareness is Required (1.3)
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Sponsored by Ichypa
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A battle avoided is a battle won.
While saying those words aloud would’ve gotten me killed, it was a paradigm that I subscribed to wholeheartedly. Every time that I did a favor for others th...
2025-04-30 20:20:31 +0000 UTC
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Apocalypse Reborn: Unique Victory Conditions 2
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Commissioned by Chaosbrain
Word count: 2000
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Fate is Fortune, Fortune is Fate:
Merchants of the Marsh
Prerequisites:
The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Chapter 9).
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Commissioned by Sivantic
Word count: 2500
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After just a few days of wearing only armor and fighting against innumerable monsters, I found formalwear to be an unfamiliar luxury. The softness of the fabrics against my...
2025-04-28 16:02:06 +0000 UTC
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V10: Chapter 14
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Another Council of Kings to address the Demonic threat sounded good on paper, but from my experience in-game and in reality, I knew that it was just going to be a waste of time.
Council of Kings was automatic and didn’t take time when you played in the game...
2025-04-28 14:54:51 +0000 UTC
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The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Chapter 8).
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Commissioned by Sivantic
Word count: 2500
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One of my earliest lessons in magic was to know how to discern reality from fantasy. When skilled enough, illusionists can tamper with one’s senses; it was imperative to ...
2025-04-26 22:11:40 +0000 UTC
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