We stop for a short break after a few more clashes. At this point, we have killed plenty of lurkers, so we have a lot of attention on us. As before, the lurkers are attracted to people who have killed a lot of them. Even so, the floor is huge, so ...
2024-12-05 09:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s here again! Book 3 is live and even longer than the previous one—this time it is around 780 Amazon pages!
The audiobook isn’t ready yet, but I’ll let you know as soon as it’s available!
As before, I’d be really thankfu...
2024-12-04 16:46:38 +0000 UTC View PostWe split the loot of these lurkers as well and head deeper into the 1st floor. Its destroyed environment with the ceiling high over our heads now feels familiar, but I don't let it lull me and stay attentive.
At some point, two lurkers reach...
2024-12-04 09:25:04 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Tacita waves at me, the field around her changes to a version similar to the one during the tournament—one that we used for some playful training instead of going all out, where she tries to hide herself and I pierce through that field aro...
2024-12-03 09:30:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! The promised art is here! This time showing young Vega and young Biscuit.
It's not canon, but you could imagine that's how they looked a year or two before the tutorial started. I think it's called concept art or fan art.
I...
2024-12-02 09:42:37 +0000 UTC View PostWith the acquisition of the new skill, my preparations for the primary class upgrade are complete.
I have acquired as many powerful passives as I can, I have strengthened my traits, and I have plenty of powerful skills at high levels—not t...
2024-12-02 09:33:48 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Myrra
“Did it work, Lady Lissandra?” I ask after a minute.
The silver-haired young woman in front of me looks away from an empty space in the air and nods, “It works as expected. I should soon be able to do t...
2024-12-01 09:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostI blink, and the Champion is gone. Instead, she stands near us, the remains of our defenses crumbling. She looks at the sky, the dust once again filling it, the light of the sun blocked.
The vyssari looks at Tess for a moment and smiles. "Go...
2024-11-28 09:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post"I'm sorry!"
"Just a simple sorry won't cut it, Tess."
"I can clean your room a bit."
"Fuck off. If you so much as move a single book, I'll burn your ass so badly no healer will be able to fix it for the rest of your life. And wh...
2024-11-27 09:35:52 +0000 UTC View PostI sit in deep thought, watching as Lily goes from person to person, healing the serious wounds and letting natural regeneration deal with the rest. Everyone is battered, and my Ley Line snapping has sent us somewhere unfamiliar.
Tess says sh...
2024-11-26 09:27:57 +0000 UTC View PostAll the sounds vanish, replaced by a silence unlike anything I've ever experienced. I can't hear my heartbeat. I can't hear my breathing. Nothing. Every color fades to black and white, except for the vibrant blue of mana.
In that world, the ...
2024-11-25 09:34:59 +0000 UTC View PostPassive Skill: Mental Attunement Loop (Mid Arcane) - The user’s mind functions in an unending attunement loop, immensely reducing the mental toll of continuous high-energy and mana usage, seamlessly sustaining even the most ...
2024-11-24 09:28:13 +0000 UTC View PostWe have [Manipulation], we have [Connection], we have all my skills, and we even have Lily to heal if the pressure is too much and hopefully stop a brain or two from melting. Mine should be fine, but I am not that...
2024-11-21 09:24:34 +0000 UTC View PostWithin my mind, we appear in my school this time.
Whitey is wearing the same clothes my physical education teacher used to wear. He’s got the classic look—plain gray tee, loose mesh shorts hanging to the knee, white socks pulled up mid-c...
2024-11-20 09:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostI spend enough time in this damned tower to be able to temporarily take over the defensive array, especially now that Sophie has locked herself in her room and refuses to leave.
I also know I promised Izzy to wait but this is taking way too ...
2024-11-19 09:19:06 +0000 UTC View PostMy room is an even bigger mess than before. Most of the furniture—aside from the bed, a few armchairs, and the sofa—has disappeared along with the carpet. The floor is now covered in etched inscriptions, with some extending to the walls, accom...
2024-11-18 09:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostBack in my room, I walk in front of the mirror. My body is nearly restored. Just the right side, which got damaged by Fracture down in the tunnels, heals a bit slower, the skin still not fully regrown and parts of the bones visible through.
...
2024-11-17 09:28:19 +0000 UTC View Post“I think one of the things this floor is meant to achieve is to give people an opportunity to be declared Champion candidate.” With all eyes turned to her, Tess continues talking after revealing her title to everyone and short explanation.
... 2024-11-14 09:37:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Are they your disciples or something? You got lonely without that cute half-demon, so you adopted these two twerps?” Maya continues to walk around in circles in the living room.
Dennis and Aaron are too busy dealing with experimental Bu...
2024-11-13 09:23:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I just realized I haven't shown you guys these two pieces!
The first one is a piece of Nat that one of you commissioned from an artist, and I really like this take on him.
The second one is fanart of Nathaniel and his very first min...
The rest of the dinner is uneventful, and even though I am suspected of killing the servant, no one says anything other than simple complaints, and it ends there.
As we return to the tower with Sophie, I think about how strange it is. How wo...
2024-11-12 09:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post(There are three bodyguards you should worry about. One of them isn’t here—the most powerful man in the city and someone Archon himself “caught” when that man was much younger. Archon really lucked out with that man. The remaining two ...
2024-11-11 09:26:16 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a round of sparring, Tess and I reached the top of the tower, looking at the city around us. Right away I noticed a few higher towers with a better position that would offer a nicer view of the lake.
“Do you think Sophie will be mad ...
2024-11-10 09:20:36 +0000 UTC View PostIzzy is nearly twelve now, and every day she resembles her older sister more, though I can still see that ten-year-old girl in her.
She’s locked away on the top floor of the tower, like a princess trapped by her evil mother or captured by ...
2024-11-07 09:25:25 +0000 UTC View PostWe all sit in a half circle, Sophie standing in front of us, near that single half-dead tree.
She looks at the chairs I made for everyone for a moment. "Did you improve the monobloc plastic chair design?"
"Yes," I confirm. "I modified ...
2024-11-06 09:24:15 +0000 UTC View PostPassing through the destroyed gate, we find ourselves on an empty street framed by equally empty buildings. If the 6th floor had more greenery, I’m sure the fort and buildings would be covered by it, but as of now, it’s all just broken down. T...
2024-11-05 09:31:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya! Here’s some character art for the story!
I quite like the style, and I'm thinking of commissioning the artist for the entire cast—if they're willing!
It's to help you all visualize the characters and also to help me with ...
Dennis was unable to close his mouth for two days. That meant no eating and should have meant no drinking. I was ready to let go so he could at least drink, but they solved it somehow, and I don’t want to know the details. Because of his pride, ...
2024-11-04 09:29:31 +0000 UTC View PostWe appear in the cave deep underground, and at this point, it starts to feel routine—me finding holes and placing anchors in them. A few of my thermal cubes surround us right away as I start replenishing some of my mana, and they heat the surrou...
2024-11-03 09:06:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey! As many of you know, Amazon has an exclusivity clause that requires removing your book from all other platforms before listing it there.
Book 3 will launch on Amazon on December 4th -
2024-10-31 15:37:02 +0000 UTC
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