Lily and the twins scrunch their faces, painful expressions appearing on them. Their postures wobble, and their control of mana wavers, caused by the effects of the disruptive field and something else.
My domain encompasses them, smaller but...
2024-10-31 09:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe feeling of danger keeps increasing until it feels nearly physical, like I can touch it, sense it on my skin. It makes the hair on the back of my head stand and goosebumps cover my forearms. That feeling is akin to crawling into the cave of a b...
2024-10-30 09:27:19 +0000 UTC View PostAfter getting stomped by that demon, I remain sitting, replaying our fight and even take some notes onto the mana stone I have with me. Some of these things will be very useful for my minion.
While doing this, I reflect on our situation, try...
2024-10-29 09:42:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Rotlings are a constant reminder of the dangers of the mines we are traveling through. The deeper we delve, the more of them appear, and I could swear they have some sort of Hive Mind or skill-sharing ability.
If you kill one with lightn...
2024-10-28 09:25:07 +0000 UTC View PostA few hours later we reach one of the bigger caves after the Witch punctures a hole through the wall towards it, avoiding the cave-in. That hole is probably as long as a football stadium, and I watch her the entire time she does so, Mais quietly w...
2024-10-27 09:27:28 +0000 UTC View Post(Why are the monsters not trying to cause a cave in? So deep underground we would be screwed,) Dennis wonders as we stop because of yet another cave-in.
(They are attempting. There are some monsters trying to weaken the roc...
2024-10-24 08:15:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Later than expected, but the second audiobook is finally out and it's longer than the first one! While the first one was 18 hours, the second is 23 hours long.
Some of you asked me when it's coming out, so I hope everyone gets the info this ...
2024-10-22 16:34:00 +0000 UTC View PostThere are a few payments to be made, some final checks, and confirmations—just the kind of annoying tasks the twins insisted on handling themselves.
After that, trailing behind the main group, we pass through a door carved into the rock an...
2024-10-22 16:25:58 +0000 UTC View PostDays pass by quickly. Mana training, getting taught and then killed by Whitey, giving pointers to Lily and to the twins.
There isn’t any talk anymore about having them swap difficulty. Even when they are not combining their forces to fight...
2024-10-22 08:21:25 +0000 UTC View PostOur fort is a nice place, not that far away from Hollowgate. Thanks to the big window-sized hole I made in one of the walls of my room, I have quite a nice view of it.
At night, with the purple nebula and countless stars above, I’d even sa...
2024-10-21 08:30:33 +0000 UTC View PostEven though the metals Dennis and Aaron brought back are only of epic rarity, I’m happy with them. I long since learned that sometimes a nice complementary metal with good properties is better than one of higher rarity. Sometimes.
The ligh...
2024-10-20 08:32:32 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Dennis Dalton
Using [Haste], I reach the top of the building where Aaron is already waiting. Like me, he’s wearing clothes woven with experimental threads made from an alloy of multiple metals Nat spun...
2024-10-17 08:26:03 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Dennis and Aaron return, I give all of them an explanation of what happened. Lily is listening especially carefully as someone who will soon enter Beyond.
Telling her about the trial is impossible, as the system censors it, but Beyond ...
2024-10-16 08:33:03 +0000 UTC View PostTaking a few steps closer and to the side, I finally see what the TV screen shows. It’s the fight against lurker Whitey from my first-person point of view.
“Just come here and sit, don’t sneak around,” the man waves his hand at me. I...
2024-10-15 08:25:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe feeling of pulling descends upon me, and I leave the 1st floor of Beyond.
With all the items that are piled up from dozens of lurkers and the first expedition I joined, and the ones Whitey killed before. There are so many they are just p...
2024-10-14 08:25:54 +0000 UTC View PostI don’t hesitate even for a moment and go all out.
Ley Lines shoot all over the place, deploying the structure I was preparing in my mind ever since I returned to Beyond. Dozens of threads all over the place, creating a three-dimensional w...
2024-10-13 08:33:52 +0000 UTC View PostJean then takes a step and grabs Luna in his massive hands, lifting the golden retriever so he can look into her eyes.
Luna calmly returns that gaze. “You will either let me down, or I will bite you, smelly human.”
Leticia rushes c...
2024-10-10 08:36:55 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone evacuates the vicinity as the giant and Jean crash, their surroundings turning into craters and a storm of shockwaves.
Jean this time takes some hits in exchange for delivering his own. Each of his punches tears his flesh, skin, blo...
2024-10-09 08:27:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe muscleman, annoying boy healer, Leticia, and good girl Luna are also marked by the fight. Well, other than the boy who looks like he came from a walk. The big musclehead has his hand and forearms terribly burned, but he doesn’t seem to mind ...
2024-10-08 08:26:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe dreary silence continues even as we are halfway towards the area I consider Whitey’s territory.
There is no wind down here, or at least not on this floor, so the trees or grass do not even move. Everything just stands still, damaged, o...
2024-10-07 08:33:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Are round 5 people all weirdos?” Spacewolf attacks me.
The little jerk likes to stay near that mountain of muscles, and as we sit there and plan, he becomes braver and braver. He’s already attacked others like that, and now I’m his ...
2024-10-06 08:33:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I want to change handler,” I tell her and wait for a pop-up message.
“It doesn’t work at this place,” she sighs and points at the storage cubes I brought here. “White sand was made by a powerful Absolute long ago. It was his way...
2024-10-03 08:22:02 +0000 UTC View PostFor two to three days, I hunt around the camp and try to do side quests that could gain me some stay tokens.
With the twins, we experiment a bit and came up with a way to make some items to sell for extra shards, gaining me around 15 thousan...
2024-10-02 08:34:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe twins continue to use their [Connection] in front of me with the goal of connecting to my simple mana orb and taking over or changing the settings on it.
I made it as simple as possible, with two modes: floating sti...
2024-10-01 08:26:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe first test of the giga web made with the help of [Ley Line] was a huge success!
I didn’t die.
That’s it.
There is no need to talk about what happened. I’m sure the next attempt will work out! I jus...
2024-09-30 08:30:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Nat, please put on your shirt,” Dennis complains.
Unfazed, I continue to mimic the stances Lissandra taught me.
“It would get dirty,” I answer simply.
“There might be dangerous predators in the area,” Aaron says with...
2024-09-29 08:31:12 +0000 UTC View Post“I already modified my arm, I mostly used that Champion’s bone as inspiration. It’s the toughest body part I have met so far! Of course, I was unable to modify my arm to the same extent, but look!”
Lily then takes the dagger made of ...
2024-09-26 08:26:57 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, I decide to go with
Passive Skill: Mana-Fortified Mind (Low Arcane) - The user's mind becomes an impenetrable fortress, fortified by impossibly complex mana weaves. This passive grants immense resistance to a...
2024-09-25 08:20:59 +0000 UTC View PostPassive Skill: Mana Pulse Circulation (Low Arcane)
The user's mana pathways are not only enhanced but supercharged with pulsating mana, passively optimizing all their physiological functions. This results in vastly increase...
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2024-09-23 08:19:53 +0000 UTC View Post