I was casually strolling down the street on my way to Lophan’s office, flanked by the entirety of team Nimma. I felt a bit like a VIP of sorts, strutting about town with his security detail in tow, and in some ways, that wasn’t too far off. By now, pretty much everyone knew who I was and what I’d done. The formation of the first asphon country was kind of a big deal, and everybody was of the opinion that it was all thanks to me. If Nimma and her team weren’t around, I’d constantly g...
2025-08-22 23:17:15 +0000 UTC
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Oh boy.
In the process of writing the new chapter, I have come across a rather big mistake I have made during recent chapters. Specifially with the skill Giant Hunter. You know, the one that doubles all attributes when Gary fights against something at least one tier above him. Something that I apparently forgot about the skill during my extended hiatus, is that the skill doesn't actually double HP and MP. I remembered it as doing exactly that, and have made it a point in the recent figh...
2025-08-20 00:11:54 +0000 UTC
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“He should be fine, I think he’s just exhausted.”
“Thank fuck, I thought they fought to a draw for a second there.”
“It certainly is a relief.”
“Can’t blame the guy, eh? After a fight like that, I’d want to take a nap too.”
I awoke to a discussion taking place around me; they were talking in the Asphon language, and I barely managed to make out what they were saying. My void feelers informed me that I was surrounded by five asphons before I extend...
2025-08-09 18:10:41 +0000 UTC
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I really wanted to get today's chapter out to you guys, since from tomorrow on I'll be on vacation for 2 weeks. I doubt I'll get much time to write, if any, so the next chapter will probably be a while. Hope you enjoyed the final part of this fight and that it had a satisfying conclusion. Next time: Rewards!
2025-07-20 13:45:12 +0000 UTC
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Surprisingly, my poison domain reached the dragon first. The shaping process was pretty intuitive and fast. Considering how much mana I was pumping into the spell, it damn well better be. I kept an eye on the debuff icons provided by the archive, waiting to see how long it would take for another stack to be added to the pile. The rate at which the stacks would increase was pretty crucial, since if it took too long, I would need to pump even more MP into the spell to increase the rate. The dra...
2025-07-20 13:43:04 +0000 UTC
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As I continued my cat-and-mouse game with the strange dragon, a few things became increasingly apparent. First, it seemed to get more riled up as it continued to fail to catch me, which made it try harder. This meant more and more skills were revealed from its bag of tricks. Thankfully, in all this time, not a single spell seemed to be among its arsenal. The dragon was completely focused on skills, which meant every attack had a cooldown. Unfortunately for me, it seemed to have so many skills...
2025-07-08 14:58:10 +0000 UTC
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I was gliding away from Andrius and Redax, the two of them watching me go towards what might be the dumbest thing I had ever done. I couldn’t help but chuckle at the fact that going to therapy for being addicted to the thrill was what made me decide to take up the challenge. You’d think that in therapy, they’d tell you that what I was doing was self-destructive and unhealthy, but no. The addiction was a bit of a problem, but there were exercises to channel it in a “healthy” way, to ...
2025-06-28 18:10:05 +0000 UTC
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I spent some of that dank Patreon money to commission a nice portrait of Gary in his new slacks. There's even some variation. One with just Gary. One with a human for scale(I put that in myself). And one with a little zoom in on our crystal symbiote friends.
Drawn by Perci22 which is active on Fiverr, and has drawn all the images of Gary so far.
2025-06-18 16:58:21 +0000 UTC
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I took a deep breath, letting the experiences of the past few days wash over me to make sure I was ready for what was to come. After my evolution to the eighth tier, I spent a few days consolidating my gains. This included minor things such as getting used to moving around with my longer body. I also did some extensive testing with the crystal symbiotes together with the mutation expert. This mainly involved me getting blasted by various attacks to see how much damage I could mitigate. Not th...
2025-06-14 12:15:40 +0000 UTC
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My ear twitched as I picked up the crying of a child and I couldn’t help but let out an angry snarl. These fools, although indoctrinated, still harbored doubts. Especially the children. To show them the glory of the kill, I even had the parents of all the disobedient children executed in front of them. Yet, even after this amazing display and bathing them in the blood of their life-givers, some of them just would not understand. They were weak, and I was just about fed up. I sent out a tele...
2025-05-31 17:52:37 +0000 UTC
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Author Note:
I say this every time I post an evolution chapter, but dear god, the Patreon text editor sucks major ballsack. It is genuinely terrible. It is basically a glorified NotePad. The amount of hoops I have to jump through just to make this somewhat readable is crazy. That being said, I did the best I could and I hope you enjoy. Fancy colors and formatting will be available once this releases on RR, which is a sad thing to say, since y'all actually pay for this.
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2025-05-23 17:56:45 +0000 UTC
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You have successfully completed the city-tier quest!
Calculating rewards based on performance…
Placement: 1st
Rewards:
20 Mutation Points
100 Attribute Points
Passive Skill Upgrade Token: A-Tier
You have completed a bonus objective!<...
2025-05-11 15:12:12 +0000 UTC
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For the first time, the system allowed for a short break in the proceedings. A five-minute timer appeared above the arena, while clips of the tournament played on recently conjured screens. I only gave the highlight reel a passing glance, instead focusing on my upcoming match. The others gave me space, seeing that I was deep in thought, and I was glad for it. I didn’t exactly feel like talking right now.
My blood was boiling, the voidling equivalent of adrenalin...
2025-04-29 14:07:34 +0000 UTC
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I came back into the waiting room to cheers and congratulations, instantly topping out on HP, MP, and VMP the second I crossed the threshold. A wave of relief washed over me as the pain disappeared and I could think clearly again. I contemplatively made my way over to my usual spot, absentmindedly wishing Nimma good luck as she was called out for the first semi-final match.
This fight had been so, so close. There was an argument to be made that I only won due to the berserking sty...
2025-04-13 10:42:35 +0000 UTC
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Pentera vs. Garreth
We wished Pentera good luck as he left the waiting room, and I couldn’t help but think that he’d need it. With Garreth, the leader of Kurra, as his opponent, his chances at victory were pretty slim. Sure, Pentera’s lightning magic packed a powerful punch, but Garreth was a defensive expert, and breaching his defenses was easier said than done.
When the horn blared, Pentera started casting while trying to get some dis...
2025-04-05 08:58:30 +0000 UTC
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Somewhat disappointing first match aside, I was having fun. It was unfortunate for Kabal, but my being immune to most, if not all of his spells was simply unfair. And while I wasn’t too hyped about getting a freebie like that, there was a quest on the line for me, so I wouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Even though I couldn’t help but suspect that the bracket had been rigged by the system for some reason. Suspecting the system would get me nowhere, though, and the convenient match...
2025-03-23 11:18:01 +0000 UTC
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So here's the current bracket after the first round of fights. I wanted to put it at the end of last chapter, but I forgor.
2025-03-21 12:14:28 +0000 UTC
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The next few matches went by quickly. I was right there with the audience, oohing and aahing at the fantastical matches unfolding before me. I had seen Asphons fight monsters before, especially the guys from Team Nimma, but there was something different about watching them fight in an arena against each other. There was something special about two people duking it out with everything they had, striving to come out on top while still keeping it as a friendly bout. More or less, anyway. There w...
2025-03-17 16:09:37 +0000 UTC
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We watched as Rollo and Garam entered the arena under the excited eyes of thousands of spectators. They made their excitement known by cheering loudly as the two Asphons took up their positions on opposite ends of the arena. The arena was a large circle paved with a kind of stone I was told was usually indestructible. Small pillars of the same material, big boulders, and even the oddly placed tree were sparsely placed around the area and provided some opportunities for ranged or stealth-based...
2025-03-08 17:46:53 +0000 UTC
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I leisurely walked along the line of stalls that had been erected at the festival site, about halfway between the two city territories. Team Nimma was strolling along with me, making it seem like I was some sort of big-shot VIP they were guarding. While I may be considered to be just that, I sure didn’t feel like it. All I did was accept a quest for my own gain, yet ever since then, certain Asphons had begun to treat me like some sort of messiah. Sure, they were able to leech off my opportu...
2025-02-21 17:08:56 +0000 UTC
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We once again found ourselves sitting around the coffee table in Lophan’s office. Just like every other time we generated a new city quest, the whole gang was assembled. Andrius and Orbos sat to my left and right, while Nimma joined Lophan on the couch opposite of me. Redax, as always, chose to stand close to an exit. This time, it happened to be a window.
There was a palpable sense of nervousness in the air since this was the last opportunity for the Asphons to get the one ques...
2025-02-17 16:02:02 +0000 UTC
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I woke up to a soft knocking at my door. Instantly awake and feeling refreshed, I gave a quick thanks to my high attributes for eliminating the tired and drowsy feelings I used to have after waking up and hopped out of bed. My tentacles extended and I used them as my legs, which I’d grown increasingly better at. Well, at least my movements weren’t as jerky as they used to be, causing even Orbos to admit that I was only a mild nightmare creature when I did it nowadays. Using one tentacle, ...
2025-02-17 15:59:22 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys, I decided to just restart the billing for the Patreon as is. The 5 bucks will get you the usual 10 chapters ahead of RR, maybe I'll even add an 11th chapter to this. I really, really, need you to understand that I won't be uploading on any kind of consistent release schedule. Only support me here if you are okay with that.
I'll restart billing at some point Monday evening, so you have about 2 days to adjust your pledges accordingly. Downgrade, cancel, or let it stay as is, I w...
2025-02-15 21:28:31 +0000 UTC
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I once again found myself sitting in Lophan’s office, surrounded by Nimma’s team. I’d spent the rest of the week furthering my studies on manual casting together with Andrius, and while the technique was nowhere near combat-ready, I made quite a bit of progress regardless. All of the studying I did also helped to take my mind off my recent mental issues, but now that I was back in the office, I felt a bit nervous. I repeatedly told myself to keep calm and not get overexcited, no matter ...
2024-02-12 02:21:33 +0000 UTC
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The day after my fight with Prince Tempus I awoke in my bed back in Lophan. The details of what happened after the fight were somewhat blurry, a massive bout of depression being all that I remembered. Now, I looked back at yesterday with an odd feeling, not entirely certain why I acted the way I did. What I did know was that I’d been somewhat fucked up mentally ever since I got to this layer. No wait, it probably started way before that, I just never noticed, or rather, decided not to. This...
2024-02-04 03:02:57 +0000 UTC
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Note: Once again the Patreon text editor proves just how horrible it really is. Formatting this was horrible :( If you spot anything that looks odd editing wise, please let me know and I'll fix it.
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I had been in and around Lophan for about two months now, taking it easy and enjoying life in between completing quests and advancing toward my goal of descending. I must say that I really enjoyed...
2024-01-30 22:18:40 +0000 UTC
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I stood in the middle of a massive field. The Asphons had planted it with some sort of grain that was a staple of their food, similar to how wheat was back on Earth. Similar to wheat, this grain also grew on a long stalk that let it sway in the breeze, but that’s where the similarities ended. While wheat had a few seeds at its very tip, this grain had its seeds evenly spread along the entirety of its three-meter tall stalk. The stalk itself was an odd, iridescent purple and about as thick a...
2024-01-25 06:40:43 +0000 UTC
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Terribly sorry about the rather big delay. For those that don't know, I've been pretty sick over the new year and I've only recently got back into a mostly healthy condition. I still have a nasty leftover cough, but that's manageable. Enjoy the new chapter!
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After having built a road for the Asphons, I felt like I deserved a bit of a break. Sure, I was taking breaks quite frequently ever since...
2024-01-16 03:10:13 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
I originally wanted to try and get another chapter out before the end of the year, but I've come down with a terrible fever over the past couple of days. I reached temps of 40.2°C (104.36 F for you americans) and considered hospitalization at some point, before remembering the prize tag of doing that and deciding to ride it out.
I'm recovering, currently, and hope to be back in shape soon.
2023-12-30 15:40:58 +0000 UTC
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I'm really enjoying not being under constant pressure to post chapters. It lets me cook the chapters a bit longer, think more about what I want to do with them while writing them. And I've already mentioned that they're getting longer in general as well. Be that as it may, I wish you all some nice holidays, I know I'll be enjoying mine. Probably no writing will happen in the coming days, since I'll be visiting family and stuff. I might be able to eke another chapter out this year, but if not,...
2023-12-21 12:59:21 +0000 UTC
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