Cain was awakened by a voice.
It was not a magical nor mystical one, just a loud conversation from the next room. Sounds like people arguing… His mood soured when he returned from his peaceful slumber because of some trivial unwelcomed interruption. Still, he had slept for a few hours and the body had rested enough to shed the fatigue clinging to it. Cain looked outside and found it near dusk.
The ‘reading’ made him tired, it was akin to mental exercise. He fell asl...
2020-12-17 14:36:18 +0000 UTC
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Cain turned to the direction of the call, a mid-twenties man with a well-toned body extended his greeting.
“My name is Paul… Saw you register a while ago… We have a spot open in our group.”
Paul was muscular and tall, almost 30 centimeters taller than Cain. He talked with a stone face and rigid tone. He wore a higher than average quality metal breastplate. It had signs it experienced combat but well kept. Paul’s towering stature made Cain wanted to step back. He didn’t...
2020-12-17 14:33:07 +0000 UTC
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"Finally!”
Cain was overwhelmed with emotion as he saw the town of his destination from his two weeks journey. Mokash town was not special by any means. To Cain, the town was just a place amongst many. Still, it was hard to not feel relieved when seeing civilization after so many days in the wilds. The sight of Mokash town was like finding an oasis during a journey in the desert.
Longer than I thought… that encounter made me lose a few days. Thankfully that Arnold/Tarakai ...
2020-12-17 14:32:34 +0000 UTC
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“Hellooo, it’s still night but rise and shine”
“Mnn…”
Kala started to wake up from her most recent slumber.
“Viers…” she tried to move but found that she couldn’t. She was bound in chains in a place of endless blackness and darkness as far as the eyes could see. “What have you done?” She asked with tired eyes.
“Taking a lamian treasure. Forcefully, like a bandit, if I say so myself. And fulfilling my promise to a friend,” Viers ...
2020-07-30 22:04:39 +0000 UTC
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“Mm, mmhm, hmmm ♪”
Max hummed merrily while walking on the road home to Luxore town.
Hehe, I’m so lucky today! During the quest, I found two Winter Melons. One for the quest and the other… I must share this with the folks back home. I heard it is very delicious. The timing is just right, tomorrow is little Janice’s birthday. I hope she likes it. Mmhnmm ♪
Max smiled while thinking about his sister’s birthday present. It was winte...
2020-07-30 22:04:07 +0000 UTC
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His voice fell and the sculpture absorbed the floating souls. Like a magnet, the souls were drawn to the statue on his palm, absorbed into the white gem in the snake’s mouth. For such a small thing, the suction range was immense. Slowly at first, but it’s getting faster. A rain of light charging down towards Viers, as if the stars itself coronating his ascension.
“Snake, don’t absorb these souls: Farley Styra, Gwen Styra, Benjamin Styra, and Paina Wattle, these four...
2020-07-26 09:40:55 +0000 UTC
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Viers had divined the future as if he was the Oracle of Delphi. From the way the water flowed, he deduced the shape of the river ahead. The river of time could not be stopped nor predicted with 100% accuracy but Viers had thousands of stories in his head that served as his guiding stars as he sailed downriver.
He arrived in this world in spring. Viers familiarized himself with the world he reincarnated and getting ready for the challenges ahead. When summer came, Viers was ...
2020-07-23 18:50:53 +0000 UTC
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A few minutes earlier, just when the cultists dyed the sky with black and reddish sorcery.
“Oohhh, look, my daughter. Isn’t it beautiful?
Benjamin Styra, the one who orchestrated this day, gazed upon the blackened sky with joy. From the belfry he stood, taking the sights of a town under assault from his forces. Behind him, stood one of his daughters, but Farley was bound with a magical item.
“…”
Farley didn’t answer. Her hands were chained toge...
2020-07-19 11:37:42 +0000 UTC
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Autumn passed in the blink of an eye and during that time, Viers didn’t contact Farley even once. He trained as usual, in the cult base and in the Training Center. He sometimes made trips outside the town to do who knows what, but only that; he came back that same day or the day after, nothing dramatic or unusual because he used completing the guild’s quest as a cover.
Feeling anxious because Viers didn’t tell her about his plan, didn’t give her direction or orders,...
2020-07-19 11:36:46 +0000 UTC
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“The boar alpha is dead? Just like that? A day after those Legion guys came?”
“The church’s overall power is higher than ours, this result is expected. Besides, the boars already served their objective. Now we lay low because those silvery-white armored murderers are looking for the cult’s tail.”
Viers was conversing with Farley in the cult’s base. After they witnessed Rose’s awakening, Viers refused to be anywhere near the fort so he withdrew. A few d...
2020-07-12 15:06:54 +0000 UTC
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Fort Boarkill was not a simple camp behind a palisade. It was has a trench surrounding it, stone walls four meters height, secondary walls for contingencies, and although simple, numerous stone housing for the combatants inside. It was built on a hill and with multiple earth Path-seekers combined effort; they had made a formidable fortress in a week.
That same fortress’s wall was already breached at this point and a battle was raging inside. Jor and Azure sneaked in to ob...
2020-07-12 15:05:45 +0000 UTC
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‘If you want something done right, do it yourself.’ Viers wasn’t unfamiliar with the saying.
He needed cores, he had some money but the amount was nowhere enough to buy dozens of cores. So why didn’t he simply go out there into the wilds and hunt monsters to get their cores? Just like in the video games he often played.
The Victa consumption gave him pause. During his fight with Test Subject ABC, he realized there can never be enough Victa for a Path-seeker. H...
2020-07-04 23:46:35 +0000 UTC
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Viers was digging up his clothes and backpack from a pile of rocks he built himself earlier. Currently, he had already left the underwater cave. He turned into a fish, swam upwards, then returned back to human, naked human. As he got dressed, his pocket watch told him that he was down there for almost twelve hours.
Heh, my mind is already a few months older thanks to the friggin’ desert. This must be what time travel feels like, a minor one of course.
Becau...
2020-07-03 15:21:52 +0000 UTC
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Viers looked around but not for long. He had many pretty dreams but with only twenty-five points, what he could choose was limited. Before he was tempted any further by wealth beyond his measure. He chose a pile of Mana crystals as an impromptu chair and put his ass on top of it.
Ah, the feeling of a rich man. Sitting on a pile of money… I need some time to pick the most useful things for me.
Viers picked up an arrow located an arm's length from he wa...
2020-06-29 16:05:55 +0000 UTC
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“We will pass on our verdict,” the Lamia Queen spoke. “The third trial is hereby complete.”
Finally, Viers thought.
There were about one hundred questions before the Lamia Queen satisfied and deemed it enough. The questions were very varied; from morals, conduct, honor, justice, priorities, leadership, statesmanship… also personal questions about what Viers would do when this happened or that happened. There were also hypothetical questions, she ask...
2020-06-25 18:57:38 +0000 UTC
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Viers had been in this place for a long time.
He didn’t know exactly how long but he knew it must have been more than a month. The lack of day and night cycle messed up his sense of time. Viers was sleeping sporadically and unreliably, the tiredness because of the constant walking in an inhospitable desert worn out his body’s stamina and his mind’s sanity.
The rest time he received became less and less generous. He no longer gifted with nighttime. The food and w...
2020-06-21 16:54:54 +0000 UTC
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Viers was not an outdoor person but he’d watched YouTube about how to survive after being stranded on a deserted island, or lost in a deep jungle, or adrift at sea. Also about how to survive world war 3, nuclear fallout, nuclear winter, alien invasion, robot alien invasion, virus zombie apocalypse, fungus zombie apocalypse, and so on and so forth.
Thanks to the sheer amount of fiction work he digested, he also equipped with a calm mindset should he found...
2020-06-16 16:06:29 +0000 UTC
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It was just an ordinary day at the start.
“Ms. Sherry, I’ll take this quest,” Max gave the pretty guild receptionist a quest paper.
“Certainly, Max. Oh yeah, the Ginum herb you collected already made Mr. Gustan’s illness better, he’ll be cured in no time. His wife asks me to pass on her gratitude,” Sherry said.
“It’s nothing, with the boar monsters contained, important herbs in low stock should be collected while we still can. It can help a lot...
2020-06-14 18:13:46 +0000 UTC
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“Don’t rest here, go through the portal first. You can rest at the hall,” Kala urged him.
“Oh, I thought it’s going to be the next trial instantly,” Viers rose to his feet lazily.
“Yeah, perhaps I should say it better. My bad,” The long-haired Lamia apologized.
Viers went through the portal and returned to the pillars and murals area with the three doors. Motes of light gathered towards him, Viers was alarmed at first but he felt his condition re...
2020-06-10 18:47:30 +0000 UTC
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Golem, in Viers’ mind, it was something with as many varieties as stew dishes. The most common of them all were stone golems and earth golems, almost no fantasy games were without them, in one form or another. Golem could be a bottom-of-the-barrel mook enemy or boss-class worthy, depending on the design.
Viers had fought a great many of golems, uncountable, in fact, during his long years of gaming history. Yet seeing something from a screen no matter how HD the graphic wa...
2020-06-06 17:27:49 +0000 UTC
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“That sounds great, shall we get started?” Viers couldn’t help to burn with desire.
“Righto, right this way please,” Kala extended her palm to the dead end of the cave then a portal of light opened up before Viers’ very eyes.
“Woah, what is that?”
“A portal, you don’t think we’ll have the trial in this dark, damp cave wouldn’t you? Don’t be afraid, it’s very safe.” Kala encouraged him.
Easy for you to say… But I’...
2020-06-03 15:31:03 +0000 UTC
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“Mmnn? Oooh! A visitor!” The girl, still half awake, hurriedly opened her eyes and stood straight up and proper.
“Welcome, brave soul guided by the winds of destiny, to the AAHH—! Why are you naked!?” She let out a scream of pure embarrassment, covering both of her eyes with her hands.
“…Oh, hi there. Nice of you to realize my predicament. Do you have some pants?” Viers already covered his crotch with his hands before the girl fully awoke from her slum...
2020-05-29 18:09:35 +0000 UTC
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Viers trod the path he once walked, a bitter memory kept appearing in his head. Step by step he approaches the vicinity of the village where the goblins attacked. Viers didn’t enter and opted to observe from afar. The broken houses and fences had been repaired, he saw some villagers going on about their lives from a distance. The village was small, not many people living in it to begin with; now, it seemed sparser of human presence.
People endure, no matter how hard l...
2020-05-26 20:00:04 +0000 UTC
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A few days had passed since the night of fireworks.
“Today, we will learn more about Arte variations and intricacies,” Nakala said in front of the class.
Hm, it’s been a while since this kind of lesson. Viers thought.
“As you all know, each of us has our own affinity to a particular element. The most common was the four basic elements, earth, wind, fire, and water. If you have been studying, you’ll know there are also Arte that don’t need a ...
2020-05-24 08:51:38 +0000 UTC
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They both left the restaurant at 8:30, the night sky was clear but a bit windy. Not far from the restaurant, they rode a horse carriage. The taxi equivalent in this town and era. Viers was confused because Farley said an unknown address to the driver.
“I have booked a place to stay,” Farley respectfully said while looking at Viers who sat in front of her.
“Where are we going?”
“To a hotel, I have already made preparations.”
Farley answer was qu...
2020-05-19 17:10:30 +0000 UTC
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Viers looked upwards to the ceiling. Silence ruled the room, Viers only heard the sounds of his and her breathing. The fireworks show outside was over but the festivities continued still. A stark contrast to the heavy air inside the luxurious restaurant’s private room.
“Not gonna pray to Dumuzin for help? No deal with the devil? You think him as God, right? With a big G? Omnipotent and omniscient? Almost all people I see in this cult think so. You said to me th...
2020-05-16 14:27:36 +0000 UTC
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Viers told Farley to sit again to continue their conversation. There were still many things he wanted to talk about.
This explains why Farley recruited me to the cult. According to her mother, I would only be a wandering existence and passed her by if she didn’t reach out first. And indeed it seemed to be the case. If she didn’t recruit me, I would finish my year at the Training Center then journey around the world, not tangling myself with this cult and church busi...
2020-05-13 17:09:18 +0000 UTC
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The accompanying music was unsuitable for the discussion so Viers turned it off. After hearing Farley’s request, Viers didn’t spoke a word. Besides the sounds of fireworks bursting off at the distance, the sounds of Viers’ finger tapping the table could be heard. Unwilling to interrupt Viers, Farley chose to stay silent.
Kill request… her father…
A minute or so had passed before Viers broke the ice. “What’s his level?”
Hearing Viers didn...
2020-05-08 17:17:35 +0000 UTC
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“FOOLS, You’re no match for ME! The mighty Darklord Viers, the Meat-Eater, the Vegetable-Hater, the Pizza-Lover! The Greatest Calamity of This Age! The vanquisher of men and women and children! The fattest Darklord who ever was and ever will! Ten thousand angels I have squished by sitting on them using my buttocks. The last hero that tried to challenge me, I threw into the sun. Come at me, warriors of light! I hunger for fresh souls!”
“I’m Shining Knight Emer, Str...
2020-05-06 15:52:49 +0000 UTC
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They talked a bit more after that, only small talk such as how were things as the church’s warrior but at least they weren’t complete strangers anymore to each other.
“So how should I call people in your position? Church warrior? Combat priest and priestess? Battle nun?” Viers asked. Calling Rose, Leon, Angelo, and others as church personnel was a mouthful. Now that she was in front of him, he might as well ask about the official designation about her group.
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2020-05-03 07:55:34 +0000 UTC
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