The huge block of metal with green patina slides aside, and we step into the light, entering a half-spheric chamber built from the same type of blocks. In the middle of it rests a golden barrier, shaped like a sphere and interwoven with a mesh of ...
2025-09-24 08:35:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe underground hallways are quiet and dark, and the barely detectable presence of that eerie pull intensifies the deeper we head. There are no more traps at all, and no monsters either, not a single living presence I can detect. Just us walking, ...
2025-09-23 08:40:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Weslin, ten thousand shards if you take care of Malika so I can examine these things in peace.”
“You know I can hear you too, Nathaniel, I'm standing right next to you and void guy. Are you that worried about staying near me?”
Victoria’s duplicate suddenly stops, coughs up a green liquid, then collapses to her knees, literally falling apart a second later. The head rolls across the floor, the arms tear off the torso, and the legs fall apart as the body crumbles.
The first few hours of my first Beyond event are fun. I mean, really fun. I couldn't imagine them being more fun. They are full of talking, dealing with a few members of Primordial Lunatics, standing nearby in expectation of people attacking us, a...
2025-09-17 08:34:03 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Nathaniel
After talking for a while with my sister, I step back to let Victoria do her thing and organize everything together with Weslin. So far, the two of them seem to get along well, and knowing Weslin, it will likel...
2025-09-16 08:38:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Weslin
After the deadline to join the Beyond Event passes, I find myself surrounded by about five hundred people. It feels like a surprisingly large number, considering our guild has only about fifty members here, and I ...
2025-09-15 08:44:46 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the 4th floor of the First Dungeon!
There are no safe zones on this floor.
4th Floor quest: Permanently sacrifice 15 stat points at The Quiet Circle
Rewards: 2025-09-11 09:07:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Lyraen is a member of The Silent Veil. Just that guild name reeks of some phantom invisibility assassin, cloak swirling, voice dropping to a whisper, eyes glowing in the dark for no practical reason, bullshit class. The guild isn’t in the top 5,...
2025-09-10 08:39:10 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Hela escapes, the attacks stop as well, though I think the real reason is Morwag rather than the velnar leaving. Morwag charges toward the source of the attacks, letting the projectiles crash harmlessly against his body or turning them into ...
2025-09-09 08:53:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhen morning comes, we are one of the earliest groups to leave the guild branch. We receive no reinforcements, unsurprisingly. After all, Morwag is here now.
We step outside, and I am not surprised when he changes direction toward the Minefi...
2025-09-08 08:47:29 +0000 UTC View Post"This will have consequences, Morwag," Hela says.
The demon only shrugs, ignoring her completely, and continues wiping blood from the lumoran man’s face.
"Consequences," Morwag mutters, then shoves the bloodied handkerchief into the ...
2025-09-07 08:33:57 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note: Just a heads up, Deva has been renamed to Hela. Apparently, we already have a character named Deva (Sophie’s disciple) in the story and I forgot.
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“Weslin,” he says.
“Yes, M...
2025-09-04 09:13:40 +0000 UTC View PostI land back on the ground with a disappointed sigh. "The triplets ran off. Those assholes removed my marks, and they had a movement skill I couldn't disrupt in time. But I think I got a few of their buddies."
Weslin turns to me with a snort....
2025-09-03 08:37:42 +0000 UTC View PostWe return to Black Tower City once the night starts creeping out. In the distance, roars, screeches, and deep vibrations echo as powerful monsters make their way out. Even within the safety of the outpost, we can sense these powerful presences cir...
2025-09-02 09:03:27 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the night comes, I rush into the basement of the branch to avoid annoying questions, complaints, and the endless chatter. It is one of the tricks I use to escape them by applying some silly parts of the contract I missed.
Everyone does...
2025-09-01 08:49:44 +0000 UTC View PostTalon leads me through the base while I am greeted by the other people. The group here is mostly the same one I have been working with for the past few months, so I know most of them already. Usually, it is around ten to twenty people, mostly from...
2025-08-31 08:37:46 +0000 UTC View PostI do not sleep in my room at night, even though I have a mattress there. I gave the twins a lot of good things in exchange for it. They had stolen a dozen of them from the Academy. Some demons got their hands on a few as well, which made it really...
2025-08-28 08:51:57 +0000 UTC View PostI tap on Biscuit to shrink so I can focus on the others. He seems to misunderstand, and instead of shrinking his body, expands even more, forcing me to strengthen my manabloc chair before it can crack. He snuggles against me playfully, and I can h...
2025-08-27 08:52:11 +0000 UTC View PostAfter returning to the 9th floor, I send a scan through the area after seeing the base is gone from the place where I appear. My scan finds the mark, the kind we developed locates only markers we have made. It has a huge range, uses little mana, a...
2025-08-26 08:31:42 +0000 UTC View PostIf you read this, I am likely dead.
Damn, I always wanted to say that.
Anyway, in my hunger for knowledge and abilities many would call unnatural, I dug too deep. Well, not actually dug dug, but metaphorically dug...
2025-08-25 08:53:49 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Nathaniel
You have been invited to meet your master for 10 minutes. Will you accept?
Yes/No
It has been a week since I returned from the Beyond quest, meaning I still have at...
2025-08-24 08:53:38 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Aaron Dalton
Nat left two weeks ago, and now Tess, Sophie, and Lily leave for Beyond, leaving us on our own. I mean, almost. Even though Izzy is still not back to herself, she keeps an eye on us. I often notice Noodle sl...
2025-08-21 08:43:12 +0000 UTC View PostDiligence turns to Greed: “Give him something other than shards. Not enough to make him much stronger, but enough to satiate his greed. You should know a thing or two about that.”
“I want a 5 active skills combination token,” I say f...
2025-08-20 08:58:09 +0000 UTC View Post"Can I get some proper clothes?" I ask very politely, hoping my suspicion about how she will answer is wrong.
"It was all set so simply that even your little brain should understand. You go there, gather all the information you love so much ...
2025-08-19 08:23:14 +0000 UTC View PostI considered it for a few seconds and came to the smartest possible decision in the current situation. As much as I think there is to gain from meeting more replicas and from killing them to improve this quest's rewards, I still keep coming to the...
2025-08-18 08:48:15 +0000 UTC View PostI could probably say more about my time here in the base, but the days are impossible to track without the system's countdown for this beyond quest.
As interesting as the early few days were, the following ones are fairly boring. A few attem...
2025-08-17 08:48:34 +0000 UTC View PostUnlike how he did throughout the telepathic link, he does not monologue anymore and attacks right away. He moves surprisingly quickly in that bulky golden suit.
My kinetic attacks crash against it without it as much as registering the attack...
2025-08-14 08:53:46 +0000 UTC View PostI’m drifting. The base spins slowly in front of me, getting smaller as I move farther away. Still, I strengthen my sight, and through the side of the base, I look through the glass wall just in time to see Malika get back to her senses and attac...
2025-08-13 08:48:25 +0000 UTC View Post(I see it is you once again.)
(Oh, you picked up already. Is it the same guy as before or a different replica?)
(Assume it does not matter. Was it your intent to speak with me about removing the intruders here?) 2025-08-12 08:40:27 +0000 UTC View Post