Night had fallen over the floor—or at least, what passed for night in this strange, artificial world. The massive crystal embedded in the ceiling, once radiating a steady, false daylight, had dimmed and gone dark hours ago. In its absence, oppre...
2025-05-21 22:07:13 +0000 UTC View PostLuke had slept. Not just drifted off like before—he had actually slept. Deep, dreamless, vulnerable sleep. And yet, part of him had remained on edge, like a coiled spring. The kind of sleep soldiers talk about—light enough to wake at the softe...
2025-05-21 21:22:12 +0000 UTC View PostLuke pushed himself up from the ground—barely. His body protested with every movement, trembling under its own weight, like a structure on the verge of collapse. His right arm was unrecognizable, a mass of blackened flesh barely clinging to the ...
2025-05-21 19:46:18 +0000 UTC View PostPrincess Charlie’s bones turned to ash. Even the last fragment of her shattered skull dissolved—swept away by the wind.
She was gone.
“Princess Char—” Luke called out, his voice cracking, as if words alone could stop the inev...
2025-05-21 18:41:29 +0000 UTC View PostCharlie could barely walk, and she was armed with nothing but two small throwing knives.
Luke didn’t know exactly how skill knowledge worked for skeletons, but it was obvious—Charlie wouldn’t wield those knives like he could. Just as h...
2025-05-21 17:40:27 +0000 UTC View PostLuke dragged himself across the shallows, his body torn and battered.
Blood dripped from everywhere—his arm, his abdomen, his back. He couldn’t even tell what was bleeding anymore. All he knew was the burning in his wounds, and the water...
2025-05-21 17:15:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhat emerged was a deep green beast, its body covered in jagged spikes. A massive jaw full of teeth opened wide, and slitted pupils locked onto them like a predator to prey.
It was a monstrous crocodile.
“Shit!”
“GROOOAAR!...
2025-05-21 15:09:23 +0000 UTC View PostCharlie and Luke were wading through the waterlogged tunnel when the sound of heavy splashes echoed around them. More Drowned Walkers emerged from the shadows, slowly surrounding them.
Then came the splash.
Something massive charged th...
2025-05-21 14:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostLuke opened the chest. It was the first time he had received a reward in the dungeon like this. Sure, the twin kukris had been a gift of sorts—but this was different. This was systemic. The chest had materialized in the room, almost like it had ...
2025-05-21 04:45:33 +0000 UTC View PostLuke stood at the threshold of the resting chamber.
Like the others, it was calm — a patch of grass, a fruit-bearing tree, a small waterfall trickling from the stone wall into a shallow pool. In the corner, he noticed several crates, some ...
2025-05-21 03:59:03 +0000 UTC View PostLuke was back in the room where the remains of the fallen skeletons and their weapons still lay scattered across the floor. His skeletal servant followed closely behind. He was still a bit shaken, staring at the floating screen in front of him, a ...
2025-05-21 03:04:49 +0000 UTC View PostLuke approached the coffin slowly, walking in absolute silence. The air around him was dense and unmoving, as if time itself had frozen within that room.
Each step landed with a muffled thud against the cold stone floor, and yet even that se...
2025-05-21 02:13:50 +0000 UTC View Post[Demonic Perception (Uncommon)]: Your demonic lineage sharpens your senses, allowing you to thrive in darkness. Perception is enhanced, making it harder for you to be ambushed in dark or concealed environments. At higher levels, you'll be ...
2025-05-21 01:13:44 +0000 UTC View PostLuke stopped channeling mana into the crystal. The elevator halted.
The system had just notified him of a new skill—one granted by his demonic bloodline. He wasn’t sure if he should be excited… or terrified.
“Well, too late now...
2025-05-21 00:24:36 +0000 UTC View PostLuke was kneeling by the edge of the waterfall, scrubbing what could barely be called a shirt against the rocks. The fabric was torn almost beyond recognition—riddled with holes, crusted with dried blood, its seams frayed to the point of disinte...
2025-05-20 23:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostAn infinite void stretched before Luke. He was floating in the dark. Time didn’t move. Or maybe it did, and he just couldn’t feel it anymore.
Sometimes, he was aware—lucid, almost awake. Other times, he drifted, half-dreaming in an ete...
2025-05-20 22:47:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe boss stood before him. A creature clad in perfect black armor, surrounded by ruin. No words. No sounds. Just an overwhelming presence—solid, immovable, final. Towering. Oppressive. Absolute.
Every step it took felt like a death sentenc...
2025-05-20 22:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe creature stepped out from the darkness of the Forgotten Temple. Much larger than any human. Entirely black. A suffocating aura wrapped around its body like a living veil. Two curved horns rose from its head, and in its hands...
A colossa...
2025-05-20 21:34:00 +0000 UTC View PostA massive board stretched out before Luke, etched into the stone floor like the bones of some ancient giant. He could still see the trapdoors opening, burned into his memory like the afterimage of lightning.
For a split second, he considered...
2025-05-20 19:39:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe lizard meat sizzled slowly over the fire. Luke stared at the flames, but his thoughts were fixed on the system screen:
Name: Luke
Level: 2
Rank: F
Class: Assassin (lvl 5)
Race: Human
Profession: –
Tit...
Luke frowned. It was the first time the system had ever given him a choice. Not random, not automatic, deliberate. A chill ran down his spine. Too many coincidences.
He had reached level five exactly with the last monster on this floor, as i...
2025-05-20 18:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostLuke lay still among the leaves, hidden by low vegetation, when the forest finally opened up before him. And what he saw stole the breath from his lungs.
There was an abyss. Black. Endless. Crushing. It wasn’t just the absence of light; it...
2025-05-20 18:12:39 +0000 UTC View PostBy this point, Luke had abandoned all hope of joining this year’s official Tutorial. He didn’t know the exact time limit the system allowed before the portal closed, but he estimated something between two weeks and a month. That was the usual ...
2025-05-20 17:44:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! 😄 The big day is finally here! 🚀 My new story, Becoming the Dark Lord, is officially launched! 🎉
It’s been months of writing while I’ve been locked away in a cave (haha), but it’s finally out of ...
2025-05-20 17:15:46 +0000 UTC View PostA kobold wandered through the underground forest, lit only by the dim glow of purple crystals.
Suddenly, a sound sliced the air.
Thunk.
Pain exploded in its leg.
It looked down... a knife embedded deep.
"HISSS!"
Luke picked up the pace. There was no time for stealth anymore. Trying to sneak would be useless, all three enemies were in open view, and they'd see him regardless.
"Hisss!" One of the lizard-creatures spotted him and let out a sharp cry, a...
2025-05-20 16:58:38 +0000 UTC View PostLuke jumped without seeing the bottom. Cold surged through his gut, coiling around his insides like a vice as the vertigo of the void seized his body. He kept himself straight, legs down, arms tight against his sides, and gambled his life on the a...
2025-05-20 15:23:41 +0000 UTC View PostLuke felt a chill run down his spine. The situation was even worse than he’d imagined. The system glitch hadn’t just thrown him into a random corner of the multiverse. It had dropped him into a dungeon with psychotic criminals who had already ...
2025-05-20 14:38:57 +0000 UTC View PostLuke jolted awake. His cheek tingled. He had fallen asleep with his face on the ground. His mind was a storm, thoughts tangled and scattered.
He glanced around, heart pounding.
This... wasn’t his house. He was inside a vast cavern, d...
2025-05-20 14:36:57 +0000 UTC View PostMargaery Evenhart:
I had spent the entire day locked in meetings.
The kingdom had summoned its dukes, each accompanied by their three marquises. At my side sat Caelan, Eldric, and... Laurence. The purpose of the summit...
2025-05-20 05:25:08 +0000 UTC View Post