Nil only used Absorb during his descent when necessary. Sliding down the smoother cliff faces while activating and deactivating Anti-Friction Lattice was a lot more fun. Source Gauntlets’ fingertips helped him slow down when necessary and adjust...
2024-10-10 04:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostUnlike the ludus’s training spaces, the Onyx Dragon Academy’s training areas didn’t have a lot of security. Either altitude or the caverns containing the spaces gave them privacy. Master Seer insisted on using the crater at the top. Warm-up ...
2024-10-09 04:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“The usual, Master Roy?” The fishmonger asked. After regular weekly meetings, they’d grown comfortable around each other. She was among the few people in the Onyx Dragon Academy’s vicinity who addressed him with a title. Only Control World...
2024-10-08 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Nil read the name ‘Ashe Fall, ’ he expected a volcanic planet where soot and grey regularly rained from the sky, and a giant towered over all. Instead, after a voyage through several Beacon Worlds and waygates, he found himself approachin...
2024-10-07 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m giving all of you the same job,” Layla said, addressing the Death Gauntlet team, Cara Sue, and Zora. Besides the five of them, Susan and Andrew were also in attendance. “Get involved in all events with Cleansing Tickets as prizes. We ...
2024-10-07 04:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBrutal Battery has progressed to Bronze 0!
Absorb has progressed to Bronze 0!
Expend has progressed to Bronze 0!
Your capacity has grown. Whenever you empty your stores, energy regenerates to fifteen percent. T...
2024-10-06 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostYou have received 1 Bronze Ascension Token, 10 Schema Tokens, and 2000 Schema Credits for winning three Death Gauntlet matches and contributing to the recovery of valued realms.
Victory also comes with promotio...
2024-10-06 05:47:50 +0000 UTC View PostEnergy Instinct told Nil that Meatball was doing her job well. He didn’t know whether the Cursed One still managed to keep track of her, but the creature was at least a couple of hundred meters away and moving farther by the second. Pietro could...
2024-10-05 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s a good day to die!”
Nil did his best to ignore the announcer and focus on Energy Instinct. The game plan hadn’t changed. He needed to track down the Cursed One and take it out before Pietro could find it. He also needed a decen...
2024-10-05 07:03:16 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the loss of ten days of training time, Nil felt ready when he entered the arena’s backroom. The seemingly endless structure was a city in itself. The walls curved, forming a large ring, and felt like the inside of a Coliseum-like structu...
2024-10-04 14:52:15 +0000 UTC View Post“You what?!” Nil exclaimed, bewildered, as his eyes shot between Udit and Emily. After welcoming him home and celebrating his good health with dinner together, they sent Sam away for a sleepover. The Forge’s in-house doctor had twin boys of ...
2024-10-04 04:44:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe world was blurry when Nil opened his eyes. It felt like he’d been asleep for an eternity. His eyes didn’t just need to adjust to the light but refocus as well. His head felt fuzzy as well. More accurately, it was like someone had forced an...
2024-10-03 14:38:23 +0000 UTC View Post“This is where I started off,” Nil said, pointing to the longest section of the kitchen. Four cooks worked on it. “It's called garde manger. The far end is making the snacks we just ate. The next one over is where our cold vegetarian starter...
2024-10-03 06:22:21 +0000 UTC View PostTwo weeks passed before Nil, his friends, and family got the time to go out together. He recovered from his injury in the meantime and also finished consuming the Mind pill. Unfortunately, it only netted him an additional rank in the attribute. Lo...
2024-10-02 17:53:25 +0000 UTC View PostNil joined his friends for breakfast after his morning cultivation and technique practice session. He had also added memory games and mental exercises to the mix, having taken the Mind Pill after his last match. It had sat unused for quite some ti...
2024-10-02 14:21:10 +0000 UTC View PostLight leaked through the bottom of Susan’s door, but no one answered when Nil knocked.
“Do you think she’s out?” Selia asked, her words heavy with concern.
“Who goes out with music playing?” Nil pressed his ear to the door....
2024-10-02 06:21:00 +0000 UTC View PostSelia’s match dragged on for far longer than her last.
During later conversations, Isabella revealed that she based her opponent suggestion on the battle royale qualifiers. Selia’s body was on the brink of collapse. Symbiotech’s ...
2024-10-01 15:51:54 +0000 UTC View PostNil failed to suppress his screams as the healers and medical staff in the arena’s backrooms worked on his injuries. They had offered to sedate him using drugs or a sleep spell but claimed waking up would be a slow process. He wished to be done ...
2024-10-01 08:38:23 +0000 UTC View PostA skinny, luminous tether connected Jaqueline’s knife hilt to an unknown garment under her dress. The orange and yellow contents of the Cursed One’s heart seemed to flow through it, twisting and pulsing. The multicolored flecks of light that E...
2024-09-30 14:43:25 +0000 UTC View Post“It's a good day to die but an even better to purge corruption from the multiverse!” The announcer exclaimed. Her voice seemed to echo and resonate through the arena even though it only rang in the fighters’ heads. “Kalighat was once a rea...
2024-09-30 09:01:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Is Selia okay?” Susan asked after breakfast on Saturday morning. Selia kissed Nil after finishing her meal and departed. The woman hadn’t said much about the recent Symbiotech developments around anyone but Nil. Her unusual silence hadn’t...
2024-09-29 16:05:09 +0000 UTC View PostEven though the arena construct had fixed Shawn’s injuries and removed all poison from him, he still felt rough after the experience. He accepted his congratulations and departed. Nil saw pink and purple flecks around Shawn after the match. He b...
2024-09-29 06:36:47 +0000 UTC View PostApocalypse Arena had brought the fighters to a giant port city built around a bay. The waterfront curved around a thin stretch of sand. Several piers and docks extended into the water, far from the show. Luminescent moss, other flora, and moonligh...
2024-09-28 16:20:41 +0000 UTC View Post“What the hell?” Zora’s mouth fell agape. Two portals opened on either side of her, and new weapons emerged. They shot the first at her target.
Nil continued his sprint toward Zora. The incoming and prepared projectiles didn’t deter ...
2024-09-28 11:13:06 +0000 UTC View PostMeatball was ecstatic to be back in her garden. During their absence, the new saplings had gained several inches. Some of the first sprouts were almost a foot tall and had woody stalks. Luminous silver veins ran up a couple of them. The rest emitt...
2024-09-27 15:57:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe meeting lasted for just over an hour, and then Layla excused the Death Gauntlet Team—Nil didn’t like it even though it was succinct and explained their purpose in a few hours. She kept CIT back to discuss the nitty gritty of their investig...
2024-09-27 05:40:13 +0000 UTC View PostYou have received 500 Schema Credits for completing your quest.
The Control Worlds are thankful for your efforts and risking your life to save valuable artisans, even though their survival wasn’t necessary fo...
2024-09-26 17:33:47 +0000 UTC View Post