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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 103

In front of Luke, the forest felt alive and hostile. Orcs emerged from every direction, crawling out of the shadows, from behind trees, and through the tall grass. A living trap, every pair of eyes locked on him, hungry for blood.

Among them...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 102

It was another group of Renegades, and definitely not from the same camp as before.

“Well, look at that. A friendly little Renegade,” one of them said, grinning in a way that was anything but friendly. A blade gleamed in his hand.

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 101

Luke crouched in the shadow of a tree, still as a predator lying in wait. It had been days since he started tracking the escaped prisoner, but the target had changed. The man, cautious and worn down, hadn’t met anyone directly. All he did was le...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 100

Luke had been there for at least an hour, hidden among the trees, silently watching. Ever since he spotted that flicker of torchlight, he’d approached with extreme caution, analyzing every step, every shadow.

After sweeping the perimeter, ...

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Athena's General - Chapter 358

Sebastian Blake:

“She’s improving, slowly,” Tiffania said, examining Lady Katherine’s wound. She had taken a healing potion, but whatever strange phenomenon was dampening our magic was also slowing down its effects.<...

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Athena's General - Chapter 357

Kinue:

Professor Adrihna stood up abruptly, blasting away the rubble around her with a burst of radiant light that lit up the chaos.

“Damn it…” she muttered, placing a hand over a wound on her shoulder. Even visi...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 99

Several days had passed since the incident at the Haven. And though the wounds, both physical and collective, had begun to heal, something still lingered in the air. A heaviness. As if the world had shifted and hadn’t settled back into place. View Post

Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 98

Everything happened too fast. By the time Luke registered what was happening, Angelica was already on the ground, a dagger pressed to her throat. Kruger’s skull mask glinted in the firelight: cold, inhuman, unreadable.

"Give me the name of...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 97

Angelica appeared in front of him, holding two wooden mugs that probably held something alcoholic.

“Well, if it isn’t my battle partner. Come on, let’s drink and eat some meat,” she said with a wide grin, handing him one of the mugs....

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 96

The memory of the previous night’s attack felt... distant. As if it had happened somewhere else, to someone else. The camp was more alive than ever. Children ran between barrels and makeshift benches, wide-eyed as they pointed at the massive tyr...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 95

Luke was alone in the tent, seated in front of the pale system light. The interface hovered before him, silent but heavy with meaning. Upon reaching level 20 in his class, five skill options had appeared. He could choose only one.

Each decis...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 94

[All five Beast Captains have been defeated in combat! The Event has ended. The Beast Lord’s forces will remain distant from this Zone for a while.]

“F-five?” Angelica repeated, stunned. “That hasn’t happened since...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 93

The rubble shifted. Chunks of stone tumbled down with dry, cracking sounds as a silhouette slowly emerged from the smoke and wreckage. Luke crawled out, covered in dust, scratches, and dried blood. The explosion had thrown him clear of the warehou...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 92

Before him, a massive monster roared under the trembling light of distant flames. A giant lion with leathery bat wings, a metallic scorpion tail, and eyes like thunderclouds ready to strike.

[Lightning Manticore, Beast Captain ...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 91

‘Zzzzzt…’

A faint buzz filled the air, and Luke and Allison froze.

A small blue crystal embedded in a tree trunk began to blink. The soft blue glow shifted into a deep, pulsing red with each passing second. Both of them stepped b...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 90

Luke sat in silence, wiping himself down with a damp cloth. The pain still echoed in his bones. Princess Charlie was tucked away inside his soul, slowly regenerating.

The place he was in—an abandoned stone house on the edge of the Safe Zon...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 89

Luke ran like a shadow through the crumbling ruins of the city, leaping over shattered rooftops and sliding across rotted wooden beams. He had mapped this area dozens of times. He knew every corner, every hidden path used by the Midnight Wardens, ...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 88

Several velociraptor corpses lay scattered across the ground. Luke was clearing the path, advancing through the streets.

Up ahead, Charlie charged straight toward a massive carnivorous plant. Thick tendrils burst from the soil, but she slice...

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Athena's General - Chapter 356

Victoria Vargulfson:

A massive portal tore through the center of the city, right in the heart of the crowd and chaos. This wasn’t supposed to happen yet. It was impossible. All the calculations, all the predictions said th...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 87

Luke was making his way through the Wild Zone, heading back toward the Safe Zone.
It was still a long way off.

Each day in that place, each night, only reminded him of home. He tried to forget the Baumann family, but he couldn't. Most of ...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 86

The orc had fled, clutching the severed heads of his fallen Captains. Luke watched him vanish into the trees. The creature was mindless, irrational, but even so, they knew the message would be delivered.

And even if it wasn’t, the heads we...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 85

Night had fallen. A group of orcs had set up camp along the riverbank—a crude village carved into the ruins between the dead city and the edge of Orc Forest. Makeshift tents. Wooden shacks. Open fires crackling under slabs of roasting meat. It w...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 84

The system window opened before Luke’s eyes, its glow softly illuminating the darkness.

[Special Mission Orb: Locate the Inventor
Objective: Find Samael, the Inventor of Artemis
Location: (???)
Reward: Profession]
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Athena's General - Chapter 339 (New Version)

Note: This chapter is a direct continuation of Chapter 338 (new version). It will only make sense if you’ve read the previous one.

339 - Loki, the Master of Chaos

Nathan Evenhart: View Post

Athena's General - Chapter 338 (New Version)

Note: This chapter is a direct continuation of Chapter 337 (new version). It will only make sense if you’ve read the previous one.

338 - The Great Mother’s Legacy

Katherine Evenhart: View Post

Athena's General - Chapter 337 (New Version)

Note: This chapter is a direct continuation of Chapter 336 (new version). It will only make sense if you’ve read the previous one.

337 - The Powers of Loki

Nathan Evenhart:

Sie...

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Athena's General - Chapter 336 (New Version)

Note: This chapter is a direct continuation of Chapter 334 (new version). It will only make sense if you’ve read the previous one.

336 - Nathan, Loki and Odin

Nathan Evenhart:

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Athena's General - Chapter 334 (New Version)

Note: This chapter is a direct continuation of Chapter 332 (new version). It will only make sense if you’ve read the previous one.

334 - The Return of Loki

Nathan Evenhart:

Whe...

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Athena's General - Chapter 332 (New Version)

📜 Author’s Note

The short arc where Nathan meets Siegfried to talk about Ragnarok has been completely rewritten.

This new version is very important, as it introduces Loki’s powers (his Celestial Aspects) and pro...

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Becoming the Dark Lord - Chapter 83

They had been drifting down the river for nearly an hour now, clinging to the massive log as the current pulled them farther from the ruins. Blood, soot, and exhaustion clung to their bodies like second skin.

The orcs hadn’t followed. They...

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