Five hours of testing my new skill give me some basic ideas of what has changed.
I still can place anchors, and I need to place them either very close to my body or within my activated domain. The same as before, it doesn’t change even with the crown activated.
The change is that these anchors are much more dura...
2024-09-22 08:31:02 +0000 UTC View PostChanging my handler? There is no fucking way.
Lady Handler is someone I will stick with until the very end, yup.
I was angry at her? When? Who? Such bullshit, I would never do that.
Anyway. I take a few steps and rest my back against the cold wall, finding myself back on the Entrance floor.
It’...
2024-09-19 08:25:02 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time, that Champion down in the hole seems to bear a different emotion than his usual lazy confidence. It’s not anger, it’s not even surprise. He just seems genuinely curious, his eyes ticking between me and the part of his bond that is unsealed.
Neither of us moves closer to the hole. I know for sure ...
2024-09-18 08:34:12 +0000 UTC View PostTess joins me as I sit to the side, looking at the group. She sighs.
“I might have fucked up,” she admits with that huge bruise around her eye.
“Did you?”
“Yes. Tell me, Nat, do you think I’m a bad person?”
“Not really, just a bit twisted like everyone here.”
“But I should con...
2024-09-17 08:36:18 +0000 UTC View PostAs Izzy said, everyone’s emotions are amplified and it's fascinating to watch the changes.
Sophie becomes more protective of Izzy and much more aggressive towards anyone who tries to put her sister even into a little bit of danger.
Min-Jae is more prickly and defensive every time he's put into a situation where ...
2024-09-16 08:26:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe question I have is how the spear compares to voidsteel and weapons made of it? Maybe voidsteel is better against physical stuff and this is good against mana stuff?
I also feel a tiniest bit cheated. Yes, in the moment of naivety, I hoped for an arcane item because of the base of the weapon. But damn, that's kind of...
2024-09-15 08:16:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe way across the bridge is the same as before - an uneasy feeling and darkness below, with something touching our feet. This time, no one dies, having experienced it before helps. It doesn’t change the fact that when we cross, everyone exhales, clothes sticking to their bodies, covered in cold sweat.
We reach SDAT a...
2024-09-12 08:23:10 +0000 UTC View Post"If you truly understood what this place was, you wouldn’t be standing so close to the edge," the Champion warns us.
Something in his voice makes all of us react and take just a half step away from the hole.
He continues, "You’re not the first to visit. The others… well, let’s just say they were less inter...
2024-09-11 08:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe passengers Tess’ [Farsight] spotted were killed by monsters that move even around here. Tiny bug-like things that like to cling to the walls and spread some invisible gas-like poison.
It's powerful enough to slowly kill people close to level 200 and even over it if you stay longer in it or if...
2024-09-10 08:23:54 +0000 UTC View PostFlashback - Tess Hansen
The tall blonde girl patiently listens to her mom, who is yelling. There are a few bruises on her face, but her mom dismisses them as she always does. Instead, insults are thrown at the girl, and gradually her mom starts shrieking louder and louder.
There is no point in exp...
2024-09-09 08:30:32 +0000 UTC View PostI send some mana into the defenses to continue to power the field, and through the hallway on the crashed Deathtrap, I reach the deck that is now the side of the ship.
(Stay inside,) is the message I send through the link Group 4 has.
As I reach them, they are all still inside and further back, watch...
2024-09-08 08:30:43 +0000 UTC View PostLooking at these two, I take a step and grab one of my manabloc chairs. Lately, I have been testing longer-lasting mana constructs and quite successfully. The chair still holds strong even after a few days.
There are just small pieces missing on the legs. As if something took a few snake-mouth sized bites.
I plop ...
2024-09-05 08:18:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe guides cannot tell me anything about how to control Deathrap nor how to use the control panel. Even getting access is difficult and just looking into it I have to go around, wasting time and mana.
It's just that access to the controls won’t be granted to just anyone, and guides seem to bear some kind of mark. A ma...
2024-09-04 08:20:35 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Kim Min-Jae
“That idiot! We need more testing!” Sophie shouts, and together we rush to the railing to watch what happens next.
I've seen it before, the other passengers ground to nothing by this white sand. I still remember the screams and the image of their flesh being torn.
But it ...
2024-09-03 08:27:43 +0000 UTC View PostA burst of mana surges from me and crashes against the barrier. For a moment, they collide like a tidal wave crashing against a solid surface. My mana constantly shifts its frequency, and in the end, it overwhelms the barrier.
Like a bubble, the barrier bursts open, with tiny particles of blue mana falling all aro...
2024-09-02 08:22:45 +0000 UTC View PostWile the guide works, I observe his movement. There are twenty of us inside the room and thirty more outside. The entire group 4 is inside as well, together with one of three passengers with 2 question marks.
[Ashenfoot Shaman - lvl ??]
He is the vyssari, and like the ones from before, he is short...
2024-09-01 08:34:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! I just realized I shared these covers on Discord but not here. Ehm... so yea!
What you're looking at are two variations of the Book 4 cover - the only difference is the color of the shirt.
I might commission a small change later (like having the shirt match the one on the Book 2 and Book 3 covers), so the cov...
2024-08-29 20:04:07 +0000 UTC View Post(We need at least 3 guides to stay alive. They won’t be able to change shifts and ergo sleep or rest, but it’s something they would be able to deal with,) Tess says.
(Wouldn’t one or two be enough?) Sophie asks.
Tess shakes her head and continues to talk through the link, (I spoke ...
2024-08-29 08:23:07 +0000 UTC View PostA day passes, and we are still flying. The rusty thing we are trapped in has not fallen down.
There were some incidents where guides had to rush towards somewhere in the center of the Deathtrap as we started losing height.
It looks like it's fixed now as we fly at the height from before.
I wonder what would ...
2024-08-28 08:17:38 +0000 UTC View Post
It's here again. Book 2 is live on Amazon, and my F5 key will soon fall off! The ebook is 200k words long, which is 50k words longer than Book 1 and around 730 Amazon pages.
Unfortunately, the audiobook isn't ready yet, but it should be available in a few weeks, once again narrated by the amazing Henry Kramer.
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2024-08-27 14:10:21 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone on the shiptrain flying thing seems to have mana batteries on them. Some just have a few of lower quality, others dozens of them put all over their clothes.
Most of them don’t like me looking at them, counting the mana stones, but mostly just a glance at my crown is enough to leave me alone.
I don’t t...
2024-08-27 08:25:42 +0000 UTC View PostDeathtrap is old, rusty, smells, and lets out constant annoying noises, and I can feel the heat from it as we approach. Even so, I can't take my eyes off it.
It's beautiful.
A giant transportation vehicle floating just a bit in the air, with an intricate set of crystals at its bottom and rough inscriptions.
...
2024-08-26 08:10:39 +0000 UTC View PostA week passes. A quite nice week full of training and ideas.
We also got to fight a few monsters with levels over 300, often ending in a group effort.
Of course, I took some of them on my own to not become too rusty. An earthworm that kept burying underground.
Letting it swallow me while in my mana armor and...
2024-08-25 08:15:17 +0000 UTC View PostDealing with venomclaws has gained me another level and a few for Min-Jae, who I had to carry back, thrown over my shoulder.
Even though all of my stat investment is in the best stat, my body is quite powerful, so I barely feel his weight. I wonder how much I could bench or deadlift currently. Maybe I should test it one...
2024-08-22 08:25:19 +0000 UTC View PostI'm on the 6th floor for a few days already, and even since the start, I have my [Mana Crown] activated and fill it with mana whenever I'm not using my mana to train with RTE or something else. After a few days, it’s nicely filled, not even mentioning my reservoir, my core with kinetic and thermal ener...
2024-08-21 08:09:34 +0000 UTC View PostI watch as the twins and Min-Jae fight against the golem made from the damaged arcane item I got.
Golem Heart (Arcane, Damaged) - Golem Heart could animate stone and metal, bringing golems to life. Now, its core is cracked, but it sporadically imbues nearby objects with a flicker of life, making the...
2024-08-20 07:55:59 +0000 UTC View Post“So what can Noodle do? You spend most of the time with him,” I ask Izzy.
Meanwhile, the said white snake with emerald eyes coils around a piece of the bone I gave him, the one from Veil Ignition Station no. 2. He straight-up ignores the second one from the Bone Fortress.
So far, he doesn’t eat it or anythin...
2024-08-19 08:09:16 +0000 UTC View PostI leave Dennis and Aaron so they can decide. It is still 2 weeks until it becomes necessary to know, so they can think about it. It’s not an easy decision, so it will probably take a while.
(Yo, we accept,) I get the message from Dennis through the connection group 4 has set up.
(We know the tr...
2024-08-18 07:41:47 +0000 UTC View PostAs we pass through the area, I start having a strong suspicion Lily wasn't primarily hunting here but decided to lurk around in hopes of meeting me when I return. When I ask her, she doesn't even lie, just mentions that she expected me to return half dead.
I can't even refute that, to my slight annoyance.
After Be...
2024-08-15 08:12:32 +0000 UTC View PostI don't see anything, nor do I send my senses into the area. I just sit on the ground, my leg and arm still missing, and blood seeping out of the wounds.
Not even using thermal energy to power my passive, I can only hear the sounds of battle nearby and feel the air vibrating. The white-haired demon tears through the gro...
2024-08-14 08:16:01 +0000 UTC View Post
