My Son Justin,
Congratulations on graduating from the College. I regret not being able to make it. The campaign increases in intensity. The human nations are pushing back against my invasion, thinking that they will drag me down.
But such tactics do not matter. I have a deep understanding of war and will triumph soon enough. Already the weaker nations tremble at the army I am building and are looking at surrendering.
Perhaps in the next decade ...
2025-09-26 20:42:36 +0000 UTC
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"Eh, no one again, just you," Professor Kratus said with a shake of his head and a frown on his face.
"Probably all working on skill levels," I suggested.
"Bah! Skill levels — there is no skill for common sense. Sure, there is Critical Thinking, but most people don't realize what it does. It allows you to think rapidly in short bursts when there is a lot of pressure, like in a fight. But it doesn't make you smarter. What do you know about the stat Focus?"
"It allows one to...
2025-09-26 20:42:06 +0000 UTC
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I didn't indulge in sparring often, especially now that I needed to get as many skill levels as possible. But I needed a distraction after the bad news Healer Melon had given me. My progress in my skills was stagnating.
A sparring match costs six gold for an hour session. Payment was made to an independent healer, who also served as a referee, as well as for a legend's time. Ozy wasn't taking part, since that would be too great a risk. Alchemical Bounded Field was an incredibly powerful...
2025-09-26 20:41:32 +0000 UTC
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“Fire, flank teams!” Kill Blade shouted over the chaos of battle. His commands were quickly relayed to the appropriate teams Cannons on the flanks fired. The NPC team hunkered down behind a wall of golems as they were forced to stop moving due to the intensity of the fire power being unleashed.
They would only take some minor damage from such attacks, but the goal was to pin them in place. I didn’t want to think what that cannon fire was costing. It was better not to think of the ...
2025-09-25 23:00:02 +0000 UTC
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"I looked into the concept of a homunculus," Healer Melon began, his voice trailing off.
It was hard to suppress the hope I was feeling at hearing that. "And what do you think?"
"It can work. Smaller-scale experiments have showed that they work with tier 3 curse skills and below.
"But nothing with tier 4 or tier 5?"
"How it would all work is the same, but the homunculus needs to have a stronger body and a higher Mana density. That means carefully growing it over time, ...
2025-09-25 20:24:10 +0000 UTC
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"Welcome to a general knowledge lecture, open to students who make it to their final year. I am Professor Kratus and oversee general research into the System on an overarching level. This means looking at large datasets and other complicated factors that go into leveling, classes, skills, and the System itself. Things that can hide in plain sight often reveal themselves."
There was nobody else here. I was the only one attending the lecture. I guess they were all busy working on skills a...
2025-09-25 20:23:28 +0000 UTC
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Stormy Aether
"You have done well on the war mech project," my father said.
He had made a rare visit to the College to check on our massive investment in technology. While the dwarves were naturally untrustworthy, their technological ability was second to none.
"We are carefully tracking its skills. Only time will show if it was a wise investment." I wasn't sure about the entire project. The depths were unpredictable. But there was a massive gap between the ...
2025-09-25 20:23:02 +0000 UTC
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I carefully wrote the runic symbols onto the specially prepared piece of paper. They were called tags since they were used by placing them on a target.
They were worthless against more powerful monsters, which could control their Mana above the surface of their body to disrupt them.
The runic tags were also incredibly fragile since they were being written on paper and not in metal. But tags were an excellent tool to work with as an intermediary weapon. If I needed explosions, mist...
2025-09-25 20:22:35 +0000 UTC
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“Ready to get spanked again, Foxy?” Whiterose Everbloom asked imperiously as she towered above me on the battlefield on a large root. Explosions occurred as monsters were blown apart by the artillery mages. Support personnel were boosting our long range fire teams so they could hit above their level.
Anti-spawn flares shot up into the sky above the battlefield. That would help limit the number of variables my army was forced to deal with. I watched as the high level NPC teleported a...
2025-09-24 23:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Level: 20
Experience: BLOCKED
Healing: 500/500
Stamina: 580/580
Mana: 740/740
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:
2025-09-24 21:08:49 +0000 UTC
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Legend Xanatos
"Bah!" I cast aside the corpse. Another useless lead, another dead end. I focused and waved my hand. The Dark Library was being difficult. It would suffer. It had retreated into the dungeon, and I didn't have Blood Gore on call for some help quickly moving through the layers.
I was skilled, but my skills had a certain flavor that wasn't meant for hordes of monsters. I had come across a legendary adventurer here on the 22nd layer. Now they were dead ...
2025-09-24 21:08:03 +0000 UTC
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"Primary engine stable." At least the voice had quieted down. Several of the observing dwarves began clapping. I noticed a faint trail of yellow smoke coming out the back.
"Mana flow stable. Efficiency holds at 99.93%. Activating war mech core. Opening primary and secondary Mana channels."
I did not know what the specifics meant, but it was interesting. I had some guesses, but I could ask later if they were important.
There was a large burst of Mana t...
2025-09-24 21:05:44 +0000 UTC
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"Hello team," April greeted us as we arrived outside the College in a barren field. It made sense that the College wouldn't allow a weapon's test from the large war mech. The war mech stood around 8 meters tall, the height of four people.
It was humanoid-shaped with two legs and two arms; however it was very squat. The legs were fairly short, and the arms weren't much better. The main torso could only be described as thick. There was an armored head on top. I noted a large mace on the w...
2025-09-24 21:05:04 +0000 UTC
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Baron Hayfield looked incredibly concerned about recent developments. “Are you planning to depart?” he asked nervously.
“How many war merits have we earned?” I asked.
“Only a couple hundred,” Kill Blade answered. Fire and magical gunfire continued to rain down on the forest and monsters along with the actual rain. Whiterose had pulled back completely.
“She is fighting defensively. We can’t win.” This was the kind of black zone I wanted to avoid previously. ...
2025-09-23 23:00:07 +0000 UTC
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My Son,
The campaign goes well. Already we have secured critical provinces on the continent. My new system of tripartite government has proven successful in delegation, control, and managing the group of legends under my command.
But I know you are not interested in any of that. I was surprised when you asked about social skills. I am glad you are taking an interest, even if you are growing older. You have enough of a foundation that you won't be completely h...
2025-09-23 17:56:38 +0000 UTC
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1. Justin Burnstock 722~359
2. Windshell Gossimer 715~355
3. Harren Axefall 644~321
4. Stormy Aether 640~318
5. Godfrey Windsome 616~305
6. Terroc 615~305
7. April Withers 595~298
8. Frank Vonberg 592~296
9. Teresa Mayflower 581~292
10. Sam Whitesmith 569~285
My lead had pulled ahead by another 4 skill levels, putting me at 7 skill levels ahead of Windshell. I glanced over at her, since we had both shown up wh...
2025-09-23 17:53:24 +0000 UTC
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Level: 20
Experience: BLOCKED
Healing: 500/500
Stamina: 580/580
Mana: 710/710
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 (+6)
Endurance:
2025-09-23 17:52:38 +0000 UTC
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Supreme Warlady Elena Burnstock
“Ack!” The Librarian coughed up a torrent of blood as the bubble of space shook. The demon Agares prowled around the outside of our sealed off area of safety. The demon was completely unharmed. The blood on his clothing and face was from us, not him unfortunately.
I looked at The Mathemancer who was chugging down potions. He had a hole where his heart should be. He was chugging down healing potions, but he had been hit with a cu...
2025-09-23 17:49:34 +0000 UTC
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“Save meeeeeee!” One of my guild members called out as a massive vine monster dragged him away into the depths of the Rampant Growth.
A hell zone and a black zone at the same time. “Fire! More fire!” A Champion called out.
Baron Hayfield looked over at me. “You aren’t going to help?” he asked as we observed from the backline on a hill under a tent. The rain was coming down in a light trickle adding some ambiance to the screams of the players fighting against the forc...
2025-09-22 23:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Supreme General Darren Burnstock
I looked over the message that had come up from the Last Bastion. Elena was supposedly dead from a demon residing in the 26th layer. By now the news had traveled far and wide. The greatest team composed of Supreme Legends, including my wife, had perished.
Even with my experience and knowledge, I couldn’t say for sure if she was alive or dead. If anyone could survive, it would be her with how versatile being a spellblade truly was...
2025-09-22 18:45:02 +0000 UTC
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“Take a look,” Healer Melon told me and handed me the College’s newspaper. It wasn’t cheap, but if someone wanted to stay up to date on important news it was useful. I normally didn’t bother reading it, since I didn’t want to deal with drama outside of my classes and my personal issues.
Other people’s problems weren’t my problems. I took the newspaper and looked it over.
Legend Darren Burnstock Takes Genoa
He had been elected both the Prime Minster a...
2025-09-22 18:43:51 +0000 UTC
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“You are absolutely correct, but I am hoping that both April and Sam can overcome these issues,” Stormy said.
“What magic do you use?” Harren asked Sam directly.
“Illusion and trap magic,” Sam replied.
“That has potential, maybe. But ultimately it will struggle when waves of Mana wash over the battlefield, disrupting illusions. That is why they have never gained popularity with legends. And your weapons, have you even gone into the dungeon?” Harren asked Apri...
2025-09-22 18:43:18 +0000 UTC
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It was a couple of days after the public ceremony commemorating the life of The Mathemancer and the other Supreme Legends who had perished on the 26th layer of the dungeon. I had sat quietly up at the front of all the guests for the ceremony while countless people had stared at me.
It hadn’t been comfortable, sitting up there in front of people. But there was a statue commissioned. The Mathemancer in the front of course even if that made no sense, with the other three supreme legends ...
2025-09-22 18:42:39 +0000 UTC
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I put my hands on the golden pillar. I selected to initiate a vote. I had the votes, which were stupid. I then selected the option for the ranking list. I then paid one trillion points to purchase it. Time to see if the hype I had built up regarding the ranking list mattered. I didn’t think it would. I had been disappointed too many times in the past.
Touching the pillar, the information was put directly in my mind. It would stay for a day before resetting.
1. ERROR-The Avatar
2025-09-21 22:57:39 +0000 UTC
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“Well, I should probably not mention your major screwup,” Clarissa said.
“I don’t know what you are talking about,” I replied.
“Hmmm. If you say so. Upgrading a city rapidly to create two overlapping monster attacks and not even dealing with them?” she asked. Someone purchasing all the upgrades possible at once allowed me to bypass any lockout the Almighty System had in place for the store.
“I didn’t think about it. And we agreed to not mention that,” I s...
2025-09-21 22:56:40 +0000 UTC
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Level: 20 Experience: BLOCKED
Healing: 440/440 Stamina: 450/450 Mana: 270/270
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: 44 (+1)
Endurance: 45 (+1)
Strength: 34 ()
Agility: 42 ()
Perception: 31 ()
Mind: 112 (+7)
Magic: 27 (+1)
Focus: 47 ()
Free Points: 200
Tier 1(25)(14+): Light Armor...
2025-09-21 19:10:04 +0000 UTC
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“Greetings, Dean Beacon Smith,” I said with a bow. I had been invited to his office at the top of the central tower.
“First Year Student Justin Burnstock,” he replied and then gestured towards a chair in front of his desk. I took a seat. “I dislike disturbing your schedule, but I have received a high priority message.”
“From my father?” I asked and he shook his head.
“Your mother,” he replied.
“What?” I asked in surprise.
“The Librarian ...
2025-09-21 19:06:29 +0000 UTC
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I was eating dinner with Healer Melon at one of the restaurants around the College. I liked looking over the edge. The view was growing on me, and it felt calming. Like I was above everything else and could fly away from my problems.
“This tastes bad.” I heard someone shout and looked over. It was Xyon Fullbright. His skin looked pale and his eyes were sunken into his skull. “What are you all looking at! I am Xyon Fullbright!” he shouted and stood up waving at everyone.
...
2025-09-21 19:05:49 +0000 UTC
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Legend Xanatos
“So, he failed to tempt Justin,” I muttered and waved the shadow away who had just delivered the divination report. It was a paltry and weak attempt to target me, but it was still annoying. The monsters were circling and looking for weakness. They could tell I was wounded and weak at the moment.
Blood Gore had gone off on a final descent along with the other supreme legends. I would not be able to get useful items from him going forward, which f...
2025-09-21 19:05:20 +0000 UTC
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We had arrived at Purgatory in Clarissa’s airship. She had sent mine to some base so the crew could rotate out and relax a bit without me looming over them. She truly was worried about my mental health. I was fine, just realistic about what my life had become.
There was a customs point and I was introduced as a guest. With my casual shirt and shorts and concealing my stats, it was impossible for anyone to know I was Emperor Michael.
“They really built this place up,” I said ...
2025-09-20 22:29:48 +0000 UTC
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