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New Tier

Hello everyone. I've recently posted a new tier for the Patreon. I'm not sure if you all were notified, but if not, this'll be your notification. I just wanted to offer a lower cost to people. I had actually been thinking about doing it for a while but never got around to it. But now I have. 

The new tier will give a 4 chapter advance. As for the Seeker tier, I've always tried to keep the advance chapters at at least 9. I think I've done pretty good, and I'll continue to. 

Chapter 177

It took close to three days of constant travel in order to arrive at their destination. 

Along the way, all those in the wagons were fed scraps and given the bare minimum to survive. They really were treated like slaves. Some people almost died on the way, and the only reason they survived was because Dirk, along with a few other body refiners, gave up their food and water. 

Dirk could survive a long time without any sustenance, as could most body refiners. So they didnâ...

Chapter 176

Although Dream's soul opened up an area for the skill, the shell wasn't the only place that the Hierarchy skill would occupy.

Dream knew how complex the skill was. He could tell by how long it took Sophia to modify it. She's never had so much difficulty before with any other skills. But now that she had totally modified it, it was time to actually give Dream the skill. And knowing how extensive it was, the skill would have to not only occupy space in the shell, but the space in between ...

Chapter 175

After spending a few hours recovering, Dream got back to work.

The particle dome and solid mana was only the first part of his plan. He had two more parts, both of which actually revolved around himself. If he wanted to help them, then strength and ability was his foremost guarantor.

The solid mana that he made was actually going to be used by both himself and the girls. While he recovered, Iris had already done some tests and successfully converted the solid mana to her own, conf...

Chapter 172

Meanwhile, as Dream was preparing the soldiers, Arrina and Mara were huddling miserably in the corner of a prisoner cell.

They weren't the only ones either. In just this cell there were over 200 people, and the demons had a dozen more cells just like this one. They headed them like sheep and didn't care at all about the fact that nearly everyone was wounded. If it weren't for the fact that there were a few healers in the cell, several people would've already died.

Mara was one of ...

Chapter 171

After bringing up a few dozen animals around the class 3 level, Iris quickly got used to finding and eating souls.

But just a measly few dozen wouldn't be enough for her. She wanted not only more souls, but stronger souls. In fact, she told Dream that she wanted to try and get a class 4 soul.

So after finishing up all the animals Dream brought for her, Luna and Iris left the station and flew down to where their parents were. They were close to leveling up, and with Iris's bottlene...

Chapter 170

Dream watched in the live feed everything that happened, and he was most pleased.

"Very good. These soda cans are rather capable. But we're not done yet. Launch the fusion bomb."

[Understood.]

With the order, the railgun alternated it's hatched and inserted a bomb about the same size as the soda can. Once it was locked in, the railgun only had to charge a little bit before sending the payload. These bombs weren't kinetic based, so they didn't need atrocious speeds.

The...

Luna

This is it. I really couldn't think of a better picture. Although there were a couple others that looked great, I chose the one that fit Luna best. And the ironic thing? This pic is apparently of a girl named Luna in the final fantasy series. Trust me, that wasn't planned at all. 

The other choice was of Ahri from LoL. A snow fox variant to be specific. And while the pic looked great, I didn't match up as much. Plus I tried to keep in mind that the girls are technically twins, but ...

Iris

Although its not perfect and totally aligned with the description, I thought these pictures captured what Iris could look like very well (Obviously disregarding the dude in the 2nd pic, although if you wanna imagine that to be Dream be my guest). I especially like the threatening and murderous vibe it gave off. Iris was always violent and bloody with her kills. 

And the wolf! I loved that design! I think that's what sold me on this one. That wolf, I think, captures Iris's look perf...

Chapter 169

Dream overlooked the construction for a bit before joining in himself.

With Dream in the mix, while it would still take quite a while, the platform wouldn't take as long. There were many parts that required precision the bots couldn't handle. At the same time, Dream's construction ability was many times greater than a measly bot.

Like this, construction was immediately kicked off and quickly charged through the first stages. Despite the speed though, just the outline took 3 whole ...

Aegis (Armor)

This is what I've visualized Aegis to be when armored over Dream's body. Though it isn't totally matching the description that consists of gray steel with red vessel lines, it's got the gray armor with red accent. Pretty close, and to find closer would be difficult. Love this aesthetic. 

Artist: Nerkin

Img: https://www.deviantart.com/nerkin/art/Ninja-Assassin-574552394

Chapter 168

After Dream placed his hand on the deer's head, he inserted his mana. The deer could do nothing but let him do whatever he wanted.

[Beginning Hierarchy subordination...]

<[Arcana] has leveled up!>

<[Arcana] has leveled up!>

<[Sophia] has leveled up!>

Sophia spoke, and the next moment, the deer's eyes went wide. Dream quickly locked the deer down with his mana though, so it just stood there as is frozen.

[Infiltrating soul... Applying conve...

Railgun Platform

This is how I envisioned the railgun platform to look like. I decided that it would be cool to throw out the pictures I find that resemble things in my story world. 

This should be obvious, but the images I use here are strictly inspirational. I don't own any of them and will give credit where it's due. In fact, go check this artist out. He does a lot of awesome space theme pics.

Artist: Adam Burn

Img: 2021-01-14 08:51:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 167

Dream continued fighting for a few hours as he thought about what to do.

Eventually, though, some people came to join him.

"Dream! We did it!"

A voice came from afar as Dream was in the middle of crushing a demon's head. He turned and found Iris flying towards him, flames and all. Right behind her was the rest of the family as well.

"I knew you would."

"Yea but you weren't there for the grand finale. Guess how I killed the demon?"

"How?"

"I punched hi...

Chapter 166

Over the next few hours, Dream and Riddick continued to fight their pairs of grand demons.

And although Dream's battle prowess didn't come as a surprise to himself, it came at a shock to Riddick. The entire time he was paying half attention to Dream, ready to jump in should he be put in danger. But not only did that never happen, it seemed like he was rather relaxed.

Dream responded fluidly to every attack that was thrown at him. He was just as quick as the demons fighting him, an...

Chapter 165

After messing with Iris a bit Dream backed away.

"Anyway. I came here to let out some energy. I can't completely control this heart yet, and until I do, I'm not going in public."

"It's nice that you're out here with us either way." (Luna)

"Mm. Hey Scarlet!"

"What?!"

"Wanna compete?! Let's see who can kill more, me or you sisters."

"You're on! Hahh!"

Smiling, Iris transformed into her fox form and flared up, bellowing out bloody fire. Luna also grinned...

Chapter 164

"How's the new body?"

Dream asked Aegis as he sat and observed. He could feel the connection between them that had strengthened by leaps and bounds. They could sense each other's thoughts, and because of that, Dream knew that Aegis had undergone drastic changes mentally. In fact, he still wasn't entirely done evolving.

Aegis looked at Dream, then down at his hands. After a minute or so, he responded.

"I... I protect."

"Who do you protect?"

"...You, my lord."

Chapter 163

As the tiger was going down the passage, Dream had quickly made up his mind.

"I'm taking the heart now. Sophia, lock him in."

[Roger!]

"And since I'm on a clock, we'll need to speed this up."

Saying that, Dream became active. He went down into the tunnel with Aegis and quickly drilled through.

*Thud!*

When they were through, the section of the floor with the altar on it fell down into the tunnel. When it did, liquid mana began to flood through from in the r...

Chapter 162

Dream shivered excitedly as he felt the power of the tremors. He knew that whatever was shaking his soul, it was definitely the Source.

'Although the source isn't in this room, it's close. Hehehe, only the source could release so much power.'

[It's hard for me to tell exactly where it is, but I know that's it's definitely within 60 meters of the exit to this room.]

When she said that, Dream turned around to the only set of doors to the room. After taking a deep breath, he cr...

Chapter 161

After the door closed behind him, Dream was met with utter darkness.

Though if darkness were all that was there, Dream wouldn't be worried. But instead, the first thing that he sensed was a skeleton next to the doorway.

"...Sophia there's a skeleton."

Goosebumps broke out all over Dream's body as he backed up a step. Although he was as powerful as he was and was no stranger to death, spooky skeletons in a clearly abandoned corridor weren't exactly settling.

[Yea forgot...

Chapter 160

Dream smiled as Riddick got so worked up. Although he wasn't sure about how big the gap was between S- and S magic, he was sure he could give the man a good run for his money in a fight. Knowing that, he was rather proud of himself.

"Although I have no idea what this core you speak of is-."

"The core is something you make upon reaching class 4. It's made of solid mana, and you bind it to the mana pathways connected to your soul. It took every scrap of energy I had along with the a...

Chapter 159

After Dream's avatar flew into the air, Dream himself cut the connection to it.

His attention was brought back to the scene in front of him. Well, he never actually had his attention off what he was doing, but since he was controlling the avatar, he had diverted some.

Currently, Dream and the girls were back on the planet, the human continent to be specific. Before the meeting with the dwarves even started, they had come down and chosen a wide-open plain where they could train. Dr...

Chapter 158

At the time that Dream, Luna, and Iris were discussing the avatar, he was actually nearly done with his upgrade. And because of this, the girls decided to stay there and wait for him to finish.

And so, for the next 6 hours, the three watched some movies as Dream's calves, feet, neck, and face muscles were upgraded.

When he was about to start restructuring his neck and face muscles, he had actually warned the girls about it. During that period, he wouldn't be able to talk or do any...

Chapter 157

After Dream few into the air, he made his way out of the forest and into orbit, going straight for his space factory.

"Okay. Let's properly figure this out."

He spoke as he sat down on a couch, getting comfortable. At the same time, Sophia began giving him schematics.

[Previously your muscles were a grouping of thermally activated, twisting carbon nanotubes. These muscles had already been artificially made on Earth when we summoned them. And they weren't bad. On average, it ...

Chapter 156

[I've got an update from Earth.]

Sophia spoke as Dream, Luna, and Iris relaxed in the ship in the middle of the forest.

'Oh. How's it going over there?'

[If you disregard the downfall of a few dozen governments and the death count that's surpassed 2.3 billion, I would say pretty good. It could definitely be much worse.]

'...Please tell me this update is good news.'

[It is. First off, there are 7 people who have advanced to class 3, and many more are on the cusp. ...

Chapter 155

Barely half an hour after Dream called, the girls were boarding the factory.

"I still can't believe how huge this place is."

Iris spoke as they walked past the massive processing machines and cauldrons of molten metal. The amount of energy flowing through the place was far more than they could imagine, and if it weren't for the reactor technology Dream recently developed, he wouldn't be able to expand his processing facilities so much.

After admiring the sight of huge machin...

Chapter 154

"Your parents live in a castle?"

Dream was surprised as they walked up to the huge wooden structure.

"My dad is a class 3, and a rather powerful one at that. Plus he's an important military advisor, earning him a high position."

"If he has such a high status, why doesn't he live up in the Tree?"

"Because the rest of his family is down here. He settled for this place instead."

"Cause this is 'settling'."

"Come on, they should be inside."

Smiling and pu...

Chapter 153

Dream and the elf stood across the table from each other.

Having come to this point though, none of the other elves chose to stop the conflict. And though they didn't know why, Idona didn't stop Dream either.

With nobody getting in their way, the two quickly floated in the air over the table.

Dream had a smile that irked the already angry elf even more. As he rose though, he understood that he would need to pull out all the stops.

'Aegis.'

'Understood.'

Aeg...

Chapter 152

After following Idona up the Tree for nearly 1000 meters, they finally came to a massive branch extending off the side.

This branch was partially modified so as to accommodate many buildings, and inside these buildings, Dream could sense many people with class 3 auras.

"So this is where all the powerful people live. I was wondering where they were."

"The majority of the elven elites live in the Tree. There are countless branches, many of which are simply massive. They can al...

Chapter 151

Dream and Idona didn't need to walk through the forest for long before they began encountering life.

In fact, it was only a couple of minutes before they had walked up to the 'gates' of their city.

"Halt!"

Dream and Idona were yelled at as they walked up to a huge natural barrier. This barrier was a 60ft high wall, and it was made entirely from living wood. The trees seemed to reach out between each other and connect, forming this wall of wood.

"This cannot possibly be...