From a weird dark grey with flowing specks of white sphere, Rune thought about filling a mastery slot.
*Ding* Do you want to fill one of your empty mastery slots with Energy: Specialized Invisible Nebula Element?
The weird sphere of element wasn’t just weird, it was a failed monolith element, an...
2021-12-02 16:22:04 +0000 UTC View Post‘I don’t care, right? Prospects finding event? My talent is still unfound! I don’t want to show myself on stage either! Why would I want to anyway?’
Unpausing his video, he only gave a bit more attention to Gar’s side, where Utopia began to discuss the why and how of a prospects finding event.
“Insider...
2021-11-30 14:48:45 +0000 UTC View PostA day and a half later, the night had fallen and the city transformed.
As they plotted, Rune and Adreana brought the up-to-date Utopia to the Secluded Corner, but to their greatest dismay, he took to the place like an experienced drunkard.
He found it more fascinating to talk about their economic model and whatnot...
2021-11-30 14:48:21 +0000 UTC View PostAnd the first thing that came to his mind.
‘Ether colors…’
The second thing was something he only linked to intent the previous night, it was a very touchy subject.
‘Acting…’
He didn’t even consider acting to be a hobby, it was more intrinsic, it was part of what made him, him, and with i...
2021-11-30 14:48:04 +0000 UTC View Post(Bar ambiance again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX91qsrVWt4)
Same as last time, the first thing he saw was a panel with 4 rules, talk over a drink, integrate with the mood, no pictures or videos unless explicitly permitted, and resp...
2021-11-30 14:47:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe day of the cultural event arrived with the usual last-day surprise announcement.
Rune didn’t know who or what decided the schedule, but from the time the first cultural event happened, the next one always happened between 5 and 9 days later, which was one week plus or minus 2 days, making sure no one got used to a...
2021-11-30 14:47:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Replicate and duplicate elements?”
“For similar properties but present in multiple elements, fire, magma, heat, volcano, sun, star, their properties are nearly identical in some cases, but when you fuse all of those properties into a monolith element, you obtain a composite element that is completely unusable,”...
2021-11-27 12:22:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Reinforcement and awareness division.
One energy training, one spiritual training.
To maintain the right mindset and the right physical habits, Rune had decided that every day from the moment he finished his purge, he would dedicate an hour to active reinforcement, and one hour to active awareness division.
...
2021-11-27 12:22:19 +0000 UTC View PostIn the Adventurer’s Society HQ, on the fourth floor, this entire floor was dedicated to support teams.
“Your social credibility is very high following your two recent expeditions and the associated reports, so your status as a tier 4 entity has already been confirmed. It doesn’t give you additional benefits except...
2021-11-27 12:19:27 +0000 UTC View Post“But! I just can’t! It’s making me crazy! I’m going to break something soon!” A pachin, characterized by their dark brown skin and smooth, straight black hair, was raging by herself, evacuating her frustration.
“Calm your shi, enter the beyond, and find the etherial truth within yourself,” mocking her on t...
2021-11-27 12:19:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe wall he just discovered wasn’t even worth calling a “wall” as much as it could be called… A fence.
A 2-meters high fence.
Made of concrete.
But the foundation was clear, a 10-meter wide line of concrete went from the right to the left, coming from beyond his sphere and exiting beyond it.
...
2021-11-27 12:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post100 chapters… That’s a pretty significant amount of chapters isn’t it?
In case people don't have the title cause they used a zapper to erase it (I did it for some novels who spoiled their whole chapters with their chapter’s title, which I by principle don’t do), and also because there’s a 150 characters limi...
2021-11-25 10:56:08 +0000 UTC View PostJudging the web to be satisfactory, though it was an amateur mess he didn’t want to show anyone, he called Olivia.
“Yes, Rune?” Immediately after pressing the call button, it got answered.
“What! How are you so fast?!” Rune exclaimed in surprise.
“The support team received new equipment just 3 da...
2021-11-25 10:54:49 +0000 UTC View Post“Hello Rune, why are you calling?” Hearing a familiar voice after weeks and months of being alone always had this effect of vertigo.
“Hi hi, just reporting about my situation cause I just experienced something awesomely terrifying, but first, can you add some intel to what my ether tower is currently sending back?...
2021-11-25 10:54:32 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing 2 days of free-fall, Rune finally decided to stop.
One moment he was letting gravity take him down, and the next, an explosive sound resounded in the kilometers large tunnel.
“Stopping like this is so cool,” he mumbled.
From terminal velocity to nothing, he didn’t feel anything. If he really ...
2021-11-25 10:54:15 +0000 UTC View PostStanding more than 40 000 meters high, the highest mountain Rune ever saw was unveiled as he advanced and the ether mist retreated.
More than 6 months passed since Olivia called to inform him of the importance of the Spiral Ocean discovery, leading him to have small enlightenment.
Tier 4 was only a means, a natura...
2021-11-25 10:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post‘8 400 meters… Is it the effect of gravity? But I didn't observe any decrease in height back when I went towards the greater gravity…’
Reading some notes he made in his diary, Rune was quasi sure something was going on.
A week ago, he was surprised when he found a very huge mountain on his path, not becaus...
2021-11-25 10:53:42 +0000 UTC View PostSome weeks after killing his first tier 4 monsters, Rune started to train his lacking masteries again, he even tried to emphasize using alternative fighting styles to train them faster.
From massive reinforcement use to launching offensive fireworks at monsters, he felt full and satisfied from all the work he did every ...
2021-11-23 09:36:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Yeah, I feel kind of bored and tired, it appeared suddenly and I checked my body and spirit but there’s nothing, so unless you already have a case like me then I want to call an available psychologist,” Rune was speaking alone next to the ether tower.
“No problem, take your time I’m not in a dangerous place,...
2021-11-23 09:35:43 +0000 UTC View PostTaking everything in the room, Rune left it empty of anything, he didn’t know how the tower was brought here but he didn’t want to think more than that and departed.
Once outside he activated his temporal boost and entered the 100% increased time perception state, it was time to go back to the right exploration stat...
2021-11-23 09:35:20 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the prince finished the first “Welcome To The Black Parade”, he was joined by his wife and they did a more relaxing but still intense session of 3 different songs, all original ones.
Rune enjoyed it, their synchronization was unbelievable, their voice and intent complemented each other like they were one.
<... 2021-11-23 09:35:04 +0000 UTC View Post‘What else should I say? The depression taste? The hilarious taste? Maybe the one about…’
As Lenya was thinking about how to continue her story, to make it an entertaining one, she continued to fill the 30 glasses.
“Do you know how much variety of base drinks there are currently on the market?” She decid...
2021-11-23 09:34:48 +0000 UTC View PostWith close to a day remaining before the next cultural event started, Rune decided to do something he thought of the moment he received his “salary”.
‘1 502 490 136 EP… Just enough to max a tier 2 entity ether stats, and that’s the result from an adventure of 9 months. I gathered that in months in a tier 2 zon...
2021-11-20 10:53:47 +0000 UTC View PostAs he was eating his second cone of churros, this one with a rich and abundant chocolate sauce on which the vendor didn’t scam him, Rune observed around him, listening.
“Yeah, bro! I got true info! Tonight’s the debut of an idol group! It’s a first bro! Do you hear me?! A first!”
“Let’s go try the en...
2021-11-20 10:53:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Hello Mrs. Yurko, don’t hesitate to say when I forgot something or when I’m completely wrong in how I wrote it,” full-blown social persona back, a simple smile and relaxed posture, he could talk casually but someone else leading the conversation was always better for him in such a social environment.
Rune could...
2021-11-20 10:53:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn terms of tier 3 levels, Rune confidently put himself at least at middle-of-the-pack in terms of fighting ability, even late if nothing countered him and he didn’t have a deadline involved.
He was of course still far from peak, that level was completely another thing altogether after all, but going back to beating p...
2021-11-20 10:52:37 +0000 UTC View PostVision was useless, the white everywhere couldn’t help to see anything, a sphere of 5 kilometers was in fact short compared to what the group awaited.
The whole group lost 3 000 armor suddenly. Their perception sphere perceived nothing, no waves, they felt nothing, no sounds, they heard nothing, not even the harmoniou...
2021-11-20 10:52:14 +0000 UTC View PostTheir builds were similar, and Rune didn’t want to go carefully, so he adopted the upgraded juggernaut style, he could also call it Lounae style but it had another more suitable name.
The most brainless, instinctive, and direct style ever, the behemoth style.
Rune’s advantage was his reaction speed and fast de...
2021-11-17 07:33:07 +0000 UTC View Post‘578 per second, I can go deeper with that.'
After doing his daily first moving monolith training, Rune was still regenerating his armor and energy pool.
If at the start, killing a monolith monster was nightmare difficulty, now, it was bugged difficulty.
The difference between young tier 4 and experienced ...
2021-11-17 07:32:48 +0000 UTC View Post‘What the penguin is that?!’
When he entered the 200 meters range it stopped moving, already arousing suspicion, and now that he was in its 100 meters range it retreated.
It retreated!
With a permanent erosion of 300 armor, Rune was down to only 150 armor per second, enough for just some filament contact...
2021-11-17 07:32:28 +0000 UTC View Post
