- Outside Vile Peak Town -
Lavigne was the last to arrive. Before seeing them, she felt two occupants within the small, player-built log cabin. She marveled for the thousandth time how perfectly this simulated world supported her mental ability. Lavigne immediately chastised herself for thinking of it as such.
Thanks to a fortuitous encounter on her second day of exploring ZionLine, she had taken the next step, a step she had been diligently striving...
2025-04-04 17:45:09 +0000 UTC
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While sorting through the first boss’s loot, twice, Raine had to bail out the raid group when several dozen demons attacked them at once. Each time, Rocky scattered the vermin with a colossal kick. While they slaughtered the demons, Raine swapped back to his axe since the mastery only needed a few hundred percent more. The notification came with another crunching step by Rocky. Already, two weapons were complete, filling Raine with satisfaction at his rapid progress.
[C...
2025-04-04 17:42:58 +0000 UTC
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Instead of waiting to be surrounded, Rocky leaned low to the ground and dashed at the rightmost rahk glahm. It was furthest from its oversized allies, marking it a prime target. From his perch on the demon's shoulder, Raine used the leaning of its torso to power a Leap that sent him zipping toward a nemaghaap recovering from its blindness.
He crashed into it weapon first, turning its wing into a twisted wreck. Outraged, it grabbed at him with clawed hands but the force projection ...
2025-03-28 21:30:29 +0000 UTC
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Melani Feladay
When the boss’s killing intent slammed into Mel, she knew the moment of her first ZionLine death had arrived. Every moment of intense training that Raine put her through instantly became a kindness. Not that she disliked the abuse, quite the opposite, in fact. The others, however, were a different story. Their constant gripes and moans whenever Raine was out of earshot were unlikely to ever be repeated now that they knew the truth. He was ...
2025-03-28 21:28:53 +0000 UTC
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- Caves of Quindimire -
- Seconds ago -
Knowing that a shitstorm was coming, Raine was far from idle while the giant eye revealed itself and the demons were summoned. Not yet in combat, he opened his skill store, fingers flying in a blur. He bought Guardians Comfort and Guardians Armament, then upgraded both to beginner grade for a total of five thousand Attunement.
[Guardians Comfort: (Novice
2025-03-28 21:26:53 +0000 UTC
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Raine was the first over the edge. He jabbed a hefty anchor into the rock two meters away, then leaped backward. The heady tingle of excitement in his gut when gravity pulled him down mixed with anticipation of what awaited them at the bottom of the crevasse.
He hadn’t been sure about the nature of their destination until seeing it for himself. Its particular crimson glow and location underground were a dead giveaway. The Caves of Quindimire they came to conquer was the seed of a demo...
2025-03-28 21:18:55 +0000 UTC
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The Town of Sularab ambushed the party. They were running headlong down a dirt road, their flight from the tower having ended an hour before. Out of nowhere, dark walls invisible in the night sprang up before them. The creak of drawn bows tickled their ears, and the bright flares of readied skills turned away the night.
Raine raised his arms, palms open, “Hail, my name is Alaric. We are Travelers from Silverlight City on a quest from the Nobles’ Faction.” If Raine's words eased th...
2025-03-28 21:12:05 +0000 UTC
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Talerra’s eyes narrowed. She looked up at Raine, backlit by the midnight moon masked in soft clouds. Behind him, she caught sight of BrickRoll tumbling through the air. He snapped out a hand and grabbed a lower portion of the stairs, narrowly avoiding a fall all the way to the ground. Her gaze tracked back to Raine, “What kind of deal?”
Seeing the suspicion painted on her features, Raine backpedaled, knowing a better time to stretch her over a barrel was coming, “Never mind. We...
2025-03-22 23:32:34 +0000 UTC
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Raine triggered Grace of Nirvana, thoroughly enjoying the strain of tearing through the air pressure with a combination of Connection and pure speed. His form streaked into a stretched-out blur, instantly arriving at Mel's backside.
[Fraction of Grace: (FNS +20%) (ACU +20%) Upon command embody the Grace of Nirvana increasing Move Speed by 400% and Attack Speed by 150% for 15 seconds (Cost: 200 Discipline) (Cooldown: 5 minutes)]
Since she was ...
2025-03-22 23:29:21 +0000 UTC
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Between panted breaths, FierceFire questioned Raine’s goading, “It’s not… working. How do we… push Discipline… into the road?” It was no surprise she looked dead on her feet. Below fifteen percent Discipline, anyone would feel like they were about to die from exhaustion. They wouldn’t, and with enough training, retained full speed and power.
This was exactly the lesson Raine was determined to beat into his people before they arrived at the Raid. He wouldn’t be doing th...
2025-03-21 20:30:27 +0000 UTC
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Talerra stopped before Raine, bending her knees and politely dipping her chin, “Sorry we’re late, Master Alaric.”
Raine wasn't even an official expert in the past, so being referred to as master was jarring. Still, there was no reason to correct her. According to the world's current standards, he qualified as a class five martial master. Thanks to the clever deception utilizing his high Connection, she was under the impression that he was closer to peak class five, which was well ...
2025-03-21 20:23:27 +0000 UTC
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- Outside Oilong’s Restaurant, Silverlight City -
Two young men perched on the back of a street bench like a couple of gargoyles. They enjoyed the day’s fading light, happily munching on kebabs. The quality and depth of the smells released by the nearby restaurant had been irresistible.
The man on the left tipped his kebab at his partner, “This is what it’s all about, brother.”
The second man nodded emphatically, “Exactly! What’s the poi...
2025-03-21 20:13:17 +0000 UTC
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Before Talerra or Damian recovered from their reactions to DoberMan’s betrayal, Arya clapped her hands loudly. All eyes swiveled in her direction, and her voice carried to their ears, “The patriarch has decreed this will be the end of the first round of your competition.”
Talerra’s heart sank to her feet, feeling like she was about to fall into the stone floor. Meanwhile, Damian’s smiling face lit up with expectation that was shattered as Arya continued, “Talerra has been an...
2025-03-21 20:07:17 +0000 UTC
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With the conclusion of Celeste's match, an unobtrusive flashing in Raine's interface announced his gold balance jumping by another six thousand. His contract with Talerra automatically completed with the second win, adding to his gains.
These cousins are my adorable little golden geese. The Phoenix Clan isn't even trying, yet it can afford to give away thousands of gold.
Across the arena, Damian ceased his pacing and stared at the glassy sand where Samson's body was momen...
2025-03-21 19:59:37 +0000 UTC
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The midnight desert was beautiful. Serene and smooth; an embodiment of stillness and quietude, save for the gentle winds whistling a tune as old as time. Jiran, silent and all but invisible, glided over the dunes. The Voicer camp was easy to spot. Their cookfires still burned; pinpricks of light that drew the eye. Their scouts as well were lit up by Mana Omnis, standing despite their attempts to hide beneath the sand.
Jiran slowed before reaching the perimeter. While hi...
2025-03-16 23:11:57 +0000 UTC
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The Unbroken chased Jiran as he flew in the direction of Dokkuun's signal. They weren't moving quickly which was fine. After what he'd put their unformed auras through, he didn't want to send them into the portal anywhere near first. That honor would now belong to the Order of the Phoenix.
Hmm. There was no sign of the Mother Timberling in their soul-space. I'll have to rely on Daughter to find out if another Graymin King is coming.
While considering if he should reach ou...
2025-03-16 23:09:51 +0000 UTC
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Arya Tafell
- Moments ago -
Arya’s focus snapped to the mysterious Alaric when he flowed toward FierceFire. The martial movement was nearly pristine, a display of prowess impossible to replicate without intensive understanding of the underlying technique, and an empowered human physique.
He's a peak class five under thirty?! That's not possible. No way someone that age has harnessed enough internal force to-...
2025-03-14 16:34:54 +0000 UTC
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Damian Tafell
Hammer’s collapsed body slowly faded to mist, replaced by a Lustrous Blue polehammer. The weapon was eagerly snatched up by the vicious little demoness who’d clearly cheated to kill him. After recovering from his shock, Damian’s eyes danced as he sent a message to one of his executioners. He could barely breathe through the anger gripping his guts and lungs.
A not so subtle feminine voice shouted in his ear, “Damian. Dam...
2025-03-14 16:30:43 +0000 UTC
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Mel’s complete lack of reaction to his taunting had Hammer analyzing her stance more seriously. It was a mixture of styles that he didn’t recognize which was impressive considering his extensive training. Seeing it made the massive man want to hesitate. But the little girl still had an aura of calm condescension about her, and Hammer was no coward. Muscles honed through a lifetime of training bulged, pulling him toward her one steady step at a time.
Hammer wasn’t in a hurry. This ...
2025-03-14 16:29:32 +0000 UTC
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Seeing the guards jeering at his expense caused something inside Damian to snap. His anger cooled to a simmer, replaced by a calculating vendetta that would not be appeased until he personally watched every one of Alaric's relatives die, preferably while the man in question enjoyed the show, before joining them. Rounding on his aunt, Damian spoke in a trembling voice that reeked of enmity, “This is supposed to be a competition to determine personal competence and the ability to nurture stre...
2025-03-14 16:26:59 +0000 UTC
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Talerra Tafell aka SolumnRiver
Talerra fumed, scowling at Alaric's bandana-covered face as he glanced away from her to whisper something to someone. In the background of his side of the call, buildings zipped by at a speed that didn’t make sense. If she ran that fast in the city, she would definitely be fined by the guards and thrown in jail if she persisted. At least he was in the city.
Her group of five had been impatiently waiting for over an ho...
2025-03-14 16:18:45 +0000 UTC
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A gentle wind picked up speed and power, sweeping through the Valley of Melodies. It gathered up the falling leaves of the Unbroken into a swirling cyclone and ruffled Jiran’s hair, tickling his scalp.
“The great mother speaks, her breath graces my cheeks,” Knife lifted her hand, tasting the air with her fingers before gently touching her face, “Great Spirit Jiran brings change, and our faithfulness he will have in exchange.”
There was something special about the moment,...
2025-03-08 23:54:40 +0000 UTC
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Either she didn’t see me because she couldn’t break through my obfuscation, or she was already affected by the Mana Venom I left in that tier eight. I should have… No. Using Gaze or Omnis could have tipped her off.
Instead of regretting. I need to get out of here. I could make a decoy, or pack enough mana into a formation to blow up the whole area and escape in the blast wave. Am I being ridiculous? Probably. But I don’t have any way to hurt someone that powe-the at...
2025-03-08 23:53:11 +0000 UTC
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Found a new I2V editor that is working a lot better at following the prompt. The old one took about 10 attempts before I got a video that wasn't ridiculous. Got this one on the third try and all 3 were so good it was hard to choose which to upload! Wasn't able to get the whole sky full of fire thing, or her armor moving like living flame, but the overall animations are nice and smooth without any crazy typical AI nonsense.
2025-03-08 01:50:14 +0000 UTC
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Going forward, I will try my best to release 2 D.God chapters a week on Saturday/Sunday. So, the new current schedule looks something like:
5 chapters of MM on Friday
2 chapters of D.God on weekend
7 chapters a week, including all the editing that goes into that is not an easy schedule, and certainly not one I've managed to keep up in the past. However, I do have a healthy front-log of MM chapters that just need to be edited before release. I 'should' get a day off every now...
2025-03-08 01:15:44 +0000 UTC
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Stone surfaces surrounded Raine and the witch, Zoarra. The thick smell of dried blood invaded his nostrils. Numerous contraptions designed for torture littered the small space, though they couldn’t draw Raine’s attention from the finger before his nose, “Oh. it's you, what a shocking surprise…” He deadpanned, meeting Zoarra’s glassy-eyed gaze.
Her wrinkled lips twisted, revealing a single rotten tooth, “Excuse me? Are you sure that's the tone you want to take with me, litt...
2025-03-08 01:03:36 +0000 UTC
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Spiked gauntlets formed over Raine’s knuckles and without missing a beat, he sacrificed eleven percent of his health to trigger the roulette again. [-173] His arm dropped a few centimeters from the heavy, two-handed mace that appeared to replace them. The slight imbalance was enough to pull the drifter out of position. Leaning the other way, he corrected his path.
Far beneath him, the Vaaterrans delivered several powerful blows to the queen. Her health plummeted and a...
2025-03-08 01:01:01 +0000 UTC
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The heat from the massive fireball was already painfully burning into Raine’s back. He immediately re-centered his mental state, entering satori—hyper-consciousness achieved through the release of excess thought and worldly concerns.
With crystalized focus, Lunge forced another change in his trajectory. He tore forward with redoubled speed. His feet didn’t touch the ground, each lightning-fast step utilized his Connection, firming the air beneath his to...
2025-03-08 01:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Zircon aka The Grand Shimmering One
- Demonic Realm -
Zircon's tall heels touched down on the only landing pad of the insignificant, remote spawning facility. Her arms lifted in an artistically choreographed movement that made it appear she was catching her balance. While true it had taken longer than expected to become accustomed with the new footwear, one such as her could never be unbalanced. Every facet of her appearance was a ca...
2025-03-08 00:58:40 +0000 UTC
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Twenty minutes after Rhino left, Celeste, Mel, and Fizgore hit level fifteen at the same time. Raine happily danced through the forty corpses he’d just created, collecting the fifty silver that dropped. He wasn’t getting rich fast, but there was no such thing as a coin he would walk by with his nose in the air. Returning to the group eagerly waiting behind the shield, he pulled them aside one by one, starting with Mel. He first gave her the level fifteen equipment he’d set aside. <...
2025-03-08 00:54:47 +0000 UTC
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