Level: 20
Experience: BLOCKED
Healing: 502/510
Stamina: 531/600
Mana: 820/820
Class: Tier 1, Adult Human (Blue)
Effect: Increased Skill Acquisition (+10%), Increased Learning Speed (+10%), Increased Stat Gain (+10%), Increased Physical Gain (+10%), Increased Mental Gain (+10%)
Vitality: 51 (+1)
Endurance:
2025-10-01 20:14:01 +0000 UTC
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I checked the book again, and the carefully carved out geometric symbols and runes for the ritual in a chamber on the 1st layer. Since I had to use my sword carefully to cut into the dungeon floor, it was as good as I could make it. Ozy had fixed some minor mistakes I had made, but he wasn't good at altering stone. He could only make small changes to stone.
The first step was to place all seven yellow cores carefully. Those had been a pain to get from Champion monsters in the 11th layer...
2025-10-01 20:11:04 +0000 UTC View Post"My old friends, troll-type monsters," I said while looking at the large green beasts.
These were much beefier than the Champion back on the 1st layer. It fit that the first Champion monster I would face on my own in the 11th layer was a troll.
The dungeon truly had a sense of humor.
I patted the dungeon wall.
"Keep it up, and I will be like my mother and shove a sword where it hurts."
The dungeon didn't react.
Much bigger, the Champion was at least three t...
2025-10-01 20:10:40 +0000 UTC View Post"I have an idea," I said.
We had been clearing monsters on the 11th layer. We had found nothing else left behind by Stormy, and there was no sign she was following us.
Staying in the dungeon was fine, but the main issue was supplies. Fighting and killing beastkin that came down was too risky. They could be completely useless, or they could be a legend. It was too risky to attempt ambushes at entry passages.
"What are you thinking of? Not another bad idea, I hope," Harren ask...
2025-10-01 20:10:04 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone was silent, thinking about what to do next.
"Aren't we stronger together?" Sam asked me with a pleading face as the tension grew.
I didn't reply to this.
"You are leaving regardless?" Stormy asked, understanding what was really happening.
I nodded slowly.
The team was finished. The question was whether this was going to be a hard breakup or not. Any verbal response would just increase tensions. Breaking up like this was the politest way, but feelings wou...
2025-10-01 01:18:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Hello Miss White,” John greeted me again. He was the representative for the US Government. His official title was Special Advisor to the President, otherwise known as the Exponential Tzar. While I had brushed him off before, I couldn’t refuse this meeting.
“Special Advisor,” I greeted him using his title. He smiled and shook his head.
“Please just call me John,” he replied.
“What is the US Government asking for now?” I asked John.
“You rejected the...
2025-09-30 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post"That was another snow-themed chamber," Stormy said as we rested for the evening at the 5th layer.
No one said anything as a cloud of depression hung over our group. Most environments in the dungeon chambers were shifting than the standard rock and plant chambers, which was concerning.
It signaled that we were headed up towards a passage that we hadn't come down from. The answer was obvious, but no one wanted to say it. We were far off course, and it was because of the team of bea...
2025-09-30 22:09:19 +0000 UTC View PostSupreme Warlady Elena Burnstock
The cursed damage had ruined my tier 5 armor and other equipment. The cursed damage, or hostile Mana, from the demon's skills had completely wrecked any enchantments. Ripping the melted off my burnt flesh even leveled up Pain Absorption.
I couldn't sense the exit passage.
While I hated retreating and didn't want to retreat, it would have been smart.
Unfortunately, even with my Depth Sense maximized and merged with other ...
2025-09-30 22:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post"I spotted another team of seven members," I called out as we were almost done clearing a chamber.
We were making our way through the passage to the surface. I noted the seven beastkin enter.
I finished up my last monster and retreated with the rest of the team to where the war mech was. The war mech hadn't been fighting and was standing on watch while we had been clearing chambers without its help.
I could see the beastkin spreading out slightly, but they hadn't taken up ho...
2025-09-30 22:02:30 +0000 UTC View Post“The information you requested,” the information broker pushed over the stack of papers regarding the items I had gotten in the last battle.
The White Rose was useful as a high end item for a unique legendary plant based skill. Valuable, but not something I needed or wanted. The Tome of Lightning was the same as well. Lightning Barrage was a great skill, but I didn’t have room to specialize with such a skill. A lightning mage would have been a better choice for such an it...
2025-09-29 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe reference table I use to track Justin's skill level gains up to chapter 155. The other amounts are the skill levels of the peasants (aka everyone below Justin). Yeah, its a lot of levels compared to the common people or even elites.
This is a list I work off of named/known skills that Justin likely doesn't have. It also doesn't include everything from the College either. But if someone uses some kind of skill, I want to be able reference it again in the future, this is that list. There was one major spoiler, which I removed.
Current update, chapter 155.
T1: Dwarven Language, Elven Language, Demonic Language, High Vostner Language, Low Vostner Language, Teaching, Gardening, Wood Working, Metal Working, Dramati...
2025-09-29 20:38:49 +0000 UTC View PostLevel: 20
Experience: BLOCKED
Healing: 500/500
Stamina: 580/580
Mana: 800/800
Class: Tier 1, Adult Human (Blue)
Effect: Increased Skill Acquisition (+10%), Increased Learning Speed (+10%), Increased Stat Gain (+10%), Increased Physical Gain (+10%), Increased Mental Gain (+10%)
Vitality: 50 ()
Endurance:
2025-09-29 20:32:09 +0000 UTC
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Almost a day had passed since the intense battle, and we were sitting down, eating another stew I had made.
"Thank you for the food," Stormy said.
"You're welcome," I replied.
"Helps recovery. Every team should have a cook," Harren said.
"Any changes to the stew?" Sam asked.
"No. It is simple and easy to make. If you want something else, there is hardtack, salty meat, or you can wait until we go back to the surface."
"Ah, never mind," he said.
"...
2025-09-29 20:31:34 +0000 UTC View PostMy arm felt like it was going to fall off as I struggled to breathe in the oven we were in.
We had retreated to the trapped tunnel, which was blocked behind us.
A small mercy.
Stormy had blocked off the entrance in front of us with angled Stone Walls pointed towards us.
Monster after monster swarmed into our position as we rotated every five minutes between Harren and me.
Stormy kept the walls stable while Sam disoriented the monsters rushing in to get u...
2025-09-29 20:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostSupreme General Darren Burnstock
I thought of my trip down in the dungeon and how I had reached the 29th layer so long ago.
It was something I didn't enjoy talking about.
The demon could guard only one passage, and when I had descended, I hadn't run into it.
I suppose that was my good luck.
Or it had appeared after my descent over two millennia ago.
The monsters' skills from that deep honestly scared even me.
That was why I had never ...
2025-09-29 20:30:26 +0000 UTC View PostDinner was finished and we had gone to a sitting room for after dinner drinks and conversation. Tim was still going at it and I was amused by his endless questions.
“If all your enemies came together, could you win against them all at once?” Tim asked.
“Yes. I would instantly wipe them out. My power is at the pinnacle of the Systemic Lands,” I replied.
“Wow! What can you do?”
“Perfectly manipulate my skills and energy to create annihilation planes.” I w...
2025-09-28 22:49:43 +0000 UTC View PostI approached the compound and looked at the doors. I could fly over the six story buildings that acted as a wall, but that would be rude. I knocked on the door and took a step back. A window above the door opened up and a young man looked out.
“What do you want?” he asked.
“Could you tell Doctor Katz and Michelle an old friend has come to say hello,” I said.
“What’s your name?” the young man asked.
“Michael,” I replied.
“You don’t look that ...
2025-09-28 22:49:10 +0000 UTC View PostSam said that the disablement will not last for more than three minutes, then they will seal the tunnel.
"Move," I ordered.
While it was tempting to find another route. It was an enormous hassle to back the war mech up and turn around.
We rushed into the next chamber.
Giant armored flying beetles, with smaller armored bugs on the ground, crossed our path.
"Acid spit!" Harren called out. "Ward."
His spell skill began quickly breaking apart under the...
2025-09-28 20:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostWe had stopped for the day.
Our team had been in the dungeon for over a week. There had been a lot of rotation in team formations, but it was working out somehow.
There had been no life-or-death moments, thankfully. Everyone was capable enough and got their chance to shine.
Tonight, I was on watch for half the night and split the other half with Sam.
While it was unlikely anything would show up during the night, it was just common sense to have someone sit up.
Ev...
2025-09-28 20:31:35 +0000 UTC View Post"Ready?" I asked Harren who nodded.
We carefully advanced into the first tunnel for the 11th layer. It was large enough to fit the war mech, barely.
Sam was just behind us as we constantly scanned for any traps.
Sensing something, I held up a hand. I wasn't sure what, and I was cycling through my sensing skills.
"I see it," Sam whispered. "A null wire and then pressure plates. They seem to link up with a crush mechanism." His trap experience was proving its worth. "Ten...
2025-09-28 20:31:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire team except April was in the dungeon entrance chamber as we waited for April to maneuver the war mech down. The Indomitable was supposed to be just below the size where it would be impossible.
The team from the city we had reached had expanded the entrance passage and increased the density of the stairs. April had funds to pay for such things, but now we would see if it was even possible.
Harren made a crude joke. "It is going to be like a duck giving birth to a goose."...
2025-09-28 20:30:35 +0000 UTC View Post“Cake, cake is better than donuts,” I declared.
“But donuts can be customized for the individual. Cakes are big,” Clarissa argued.
“Cakes can be decorated and customized,” I countered. The conversation had devolved to silliness based on that pointless chapter in the Guidebook.
“A cake shaped like a donut, hmmm?” Clarissa countered and I had to think about that for a moment.
“A donut shaped like a cake,” I countered.
“A donut is a sh...
2025-09-27 22:54:44 +0000 UTC View Post“You notice that there have been minor inconsistences, since we destroyed the sphere?” I asked Clarissa. We had come back together for when I purchased a trillion point Guidebook. At that price, it better give some detailed information.
“Hmm, yes. But it was written off as residual damage. Like you purchasing multiple upgrades for Purgatory at once.”
“I am looking at the store, and there is a slight mental fuzz,” I said. She pulled out her portable store.
“I do...
2025-09-27 22:53:59 +0000 UTC View PostI couldn't help but smile. I even broke my own rule just to confirm this. But I doubted anyone else would have been able to contain themselves if they were in my position. I was only checking a single thing in my status, but as we walked cross-country to the nearest city, it brought endless joy to my heart.
Tier 4: Experience Siphon (C)
"If you keep smiling that much, you have to tell us what makes you so happy?" Harren commented lightly.
I considered tellin...
2025-09-27 19:59:19 +0000 UTC View Post"Ready," April said.
The Indomitable had been stored at the research facility, which was damaged. The air was getting hard to breathe. At least we had survived the free fall and then crash as the College affected the surface and landed on top of the volcano.
"Let's move," I said with my sword in hand.
I had already opened the main door to the research building. The war mech stomped out while I rushed in front of it. Several buildings had partially collapsed, and a m...
2025-09-27 19:58:37 +0000 UTC View PostDean Beacon Smith
I stood in the central control chamber as the healer kept casting skills on my arm. If he hadn't been wearing professional robes of the Five Star Institute of Healing, I would have removed my arm and not risked the complication now. They could not let the College fall.
The disgrace of being the Dean and allowing the College to be destroyed wasn't even the issue. It was knowledge. All the students, staff, and faculty were priceless treasures. The ...
2025-09-27 19:57:35 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral people stood up, and weapons were drawn.
"No need for that," a smooth voice said from a dark-robed figure. I couldn't make out their face under the hood.
I had stood up as well, with my hand resting on the hilt of my sword.
"I am just coming by to observe this glorious moment in the sun. All this celebration and no thank you for all my help in reaching such heights?"
The question was mocking.
"Legend Xanatos, you are not welcome here, even as a Soul Proje...
2025-09-27 19:57:00 +0000 UTC View PostI listened as the board debated on my actions at our new company headquarters in upstate New York. Most were on video call instead of here in person. A change to the corporate rules. But I didn’t mind. I wasn’t going to travel myself, due to the risk.
“Are you even listening to us?” Faisal Bin Hamad Al Saud asked me. I hated the man but couldn’t do anything about him just yet, but plans were already in motion. I might be the most powerful player in game, but in the real world,...
2025-09-26 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostDean Beacon Smith stood on a podium on an elevated platform in front of the 100 guests that had arrived for the graduation. About half of them were from the College itself, while the rest were important individuals who had received an invitation and could attend. There were at least 30 legends in attendance.
Light music was playing in the background as everyone took their assigned seats. I got a front seat with Healer Melon as my invited guest along with four legends, two dignitaries, a...
2025-09-26 20:48:31 +0000 UTC View Post