We stop for a short break after a few more clashes. At this point, we have killed plenty of lurkers, so we have a lot of attention on us. As before, the lurkers are attracted to people who have killed a lot of them. Even so, the floor is huge, so it always takes a few minutes until we crash into another group.
Could we ...
2024-12-05 09:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s here again! Book 3 is live and even longer than the previous one—this time it is around 780 Amazon pages!
The audiobook isn’t ready yet, but I’ll let you know as soon as it’s available!
As before, I’d be really thankful if you find time to rate the book or leave a review with your thoughts. You ca...
2024-12-04 16:46:38 +0000 UTC View PostWe split the loot of these lurkers as well and head deeper into the 1st floor. Its destroyed environment with the ceiling high over our heads now feels familiar, but I don't let it lull me and stay attentive.
At some point, two lurkers reach Sophie—something Tess lets happen—and Sophie takes control of them. One is ...
2024-12-04 09:25:04 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Tacita waves at me, the field around her changes to a version similar to the one during the tournament—one that we used for some playful training instead of going all out, where she tries to hide herself and I pierce through that field around her.
Yet, she hid from me. Quite easily too. It looks like someone did...
2024-12-03 09:30:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! The promised art is here! This time showing young Vega and young Biscuit.
It's not canon, but you could imagine that's how they looked a year or two before the tutorial started. I think it's called concept art or fan art.
I love the pic, and I hope you guys will like it too!
*Pls no spoilers
With the acquisition of the new skill, my preparations for the primary class upgrade are complete.
I have acquired as many powerful passives as I can, I have strengthened my traits, and I have plenty of powerful skills at high levels—not to mention the body modifications Lily and I have made. Then there are the things...
2024-12-02 09:33:48 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Myrra
“Did it work, Lady Lissandra?” I ask after a minute.
The silver-haired young woman in front of me looks away from an empty space in the air and nods, “It works as expected. I should soon be able to do the same thing with you. Because of the unfinished work on your status, we will b...
2024-12-01 09:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostI blink, and the Champion is gone. Instead, she stands near us, the remains of our defenses crumbling. She looks at the sky, the dust once again filling it, the light of the sun blocked.
The vyssari looks at Tess for a moment and smiles. "Good luck to you and your party, Tess."
With those simple words, she disappe...
2024-11-28 09:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post"I'm sorry!"
"Just a simple sorry won't cut it, Tess."
"I can clean your room a bit."
"Fuck off. If you so much as move a single book, I'll burn your ass so badly no healer will be able to fix it for the rest of your life. And why the fuck are you bringing so many people here?"
"You are using the word ...
2024-11-27 09:35:52 +0000 UTC View PostI sit in deep thought, watching as Lily goes from person to person, healing the serious wounds and letting natural regeneration deal with the rest. Everyone is battered, and my Ley Line snapping has sent us somewhere unfamiliar.
Tess says she might have an idea and she's confirming it with Maya and Min-Jae, both of whom...
2024-11-26 09:27:57 +0000 UTC View PostAll the sounds vanish, replaced by a silence unlike anything I've ever experienced. I can't hear my heartbeat. I can't hear my breathing. Nothing. Every color fades to black and white, except for the vibrant blue of mana.
In that world, the crown above my head appears darker than even the deepest shades of black around ...
2024-11-25 09:34:59 +0000 UTC View PostPassive Skill: Mental Attunement Loop (Mid Arcane) - The user’s mind functions in an unending attunement loop, immensely reducing the mental toll of continuous high-energy and mana usage, seamlessly sustaining even the most demanding skills and traits. This allows unrestrained high-energy and mana manip...
2024-11-24 09:28:13 +0000 UTC View PostWe have [Manipulation], we have [Connection], we have all my skills, and we even have Lily to heal if the pressure is too much and hopefully stop a brain or two from melting. Mine should be fine, but I am not that sure about the others.
Replaying up the entire process for a while, we ge...
2024-11-21 09:24:34 +0000 UTC View PostWithin my mind, we appear in my school this time.
Whitey is wearing the same clothes my physical education teacher used to wear. He’s got the classic look—plain gray tee, loose mesh shorts hanging to the knee, white socks pulled up mid-calf, and basic sneakers.
The damned demon still manages to look cool weari...
2024-11-20 09:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostI spend enough time in this damned tower to be able to temporarily take over the defensive array, especially now that Sophie has locked herself in her room and refuses to leave.
I also know I promised Izzy to wait but this is taking way too long already.
That’s why I’m now standing in front of the door to her ...
2024-11-19 09:19:06 +0000 UTC View PostMy room is an even bigger mess than before. Most of the furniture—aside from the bed, a few armchairs, and the sofa—has disappeared along with the carpet. The floor is now covered in etched inscriptions, with some extending to the walls, accompanied by mana batteries powering them and more.
Once-functional protectiv...
2024-11-18 09:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostBack in my room, I walk in front of the mirror. My body is nearly restored. Just the right side, which got damaged by Fracture down in the tunnels, heals a bit slower, the skin still not fully regrown and parts of the bones visible through.
[Bone Knitting - lvl 22 > Bone Knitting - lvl 23]
The ...
2024-11-17 09:28:19 +0000 UTC View Post“I think one of the things this floor is meant to achieve is to give people an opportunity to be declared Champion candidate.” With all eyes turned to her, Tess continues talking after revealing her title to everyone and short explanation.
Maya shamelessly smirks at me when I look at her, and Min-Jae looks a bit gui...
2024-11-14 09:37:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Are they your disciples or something? You got lonely without that cute half-demon, so you adopted these two twerps?” Maya continues to walk around in circles in the living room.
Dennis and Aaron are too busy dealing with experimental Burden Enhancement Inscriptions to answer, so I do it instead. “They would proba...
2024-11-13 09:23:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I just realized I haven't shown you guys these two pieces!
The first one is a piece of Nat that one of you commissioned from an artist, and I really like this take on him.
The second one is fanart of Nathaniel and his very first minion drawn by one of the readers ( IG: @marina.plarido ), and I love it sooo much...
The rest of the dinner is uneventful, and even though I am suspected of killing the servant, no one says anything other than simple complaints, and it ends there.
As we return to the tower with Sophie, I think about how strange it is. How would my two-years-younger self react to such situation? With that, I also think a...
2024-11-12 09:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post(There are three bodyguards you should worry about. One of them isn’t here—the most powerful man in the city and someone Archon himself “caught” when that man was much younger. Archon really lucked out with that man. The remaining two will be at dinner tonight. One of them is the bodyguard of a man called Namior. ...
2024-11-11 09:26:16 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a round of sparring, Tess and I reached the top of the tower, looking at the city around us. Right away I noticed a few higher towers with a better position that would offer a nicer view of the lake.
“Do you think Sophie will be mad we damaged the training hall?” Her hair moves in the gentle wind at the top as...
2024-11-10 09:20:36 +0000 UTC View PostIzzy is nearly twelve now, and every day she resembles her older sister more, though I can still see that ten-year-old girl in her.
She’s locked away on the top floor of the tower, like a princess trapped by her evil mother or captured by a dragon, surrounded by layers of defenses.
A huge smile spreads across he...
2024-11-07 09:25:25 +0000 UTC View PostWe all sit in a half circle, Sophie standing in front of us, near that single half-dead tree.
She looks at the chairs I made for everyone for a moment. "Did you improve the monobloc plastic chair design?"
"Yes," I confirm. "I modified them to be more comfortable while keeping a similar design, and the mana base is...
2024-11-06 09:24:15 +0000 UTC View PostPassing through the destroyed gate, we find ourselves on an empty street framed by equally empty buildings. If the 6th floor had more greenery, I’m sure the fort and buildings would be covered by it, but as of now, it’s all just broken down. There are no signs of any life other than the mana signature on one of the street...
2024-11-05 09:31:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya! Here’s some character art for the story!
I quite like the style, and I'm thinking of commissioning the artist for the entire cast—if they're willing!
It's to help you all visualize the characters and also to help me with future commissions.
In the pictures, you can see minion Vega, Nat, Sophi...
Dennis was unable to close his mouth for two days. That meant no eating and should have meant no drinking. I was ready to let go so he could at least drink, but they solved it somehow, and I don’t want to know the details. Because of his pride, he didn’t come to me asking to remove it.
I used these two days to pull ...
2024-11-04 09:29:31 +0000 UTC View PostWe appear in the cave deep underground, and at this point, it starts to feel routine—me finding holes and placing anchors in them. A few of my thermal cubes surround us right away as I start replenishing some of my mana, and they heat the surroundings as well as give light.
The first thing I do is check Fracture, but ...
2024-11-03 09:06:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey! As many of you know, Amazon has an exclusivity clause that requires removing your book from all other platforms before listing it there.
Book 3 will launch on Amazon on December 4th - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DD4BQ9PC
So, aro...
