Arthur stood in shocked silence as he considered the implications of what the old woman had just said, his brain almost short-circuiting from the number of thoughts running through his head.
An Alien. A real fucking alien here on Earth.
Sure, he'd seen Erico at the Serako assembly who was technically an otherworlder, but she was still a human. She hadn't quite fit the alien bill. Do they look like us or are they Dragonoids or something? The old woman started to l...
2023-01-16 23:59:00 +0000 UTC
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~Jabal~
Jabal knew it had been a bad idea to come to American soil after being invited, and he had advised Kazi Alukai as such. It was inevitable, however, that the most powerful man on Earth would never listen to his warnings and Kazi Alukai had come anyway. While the Will of Earth had many admirable qualities, the ability to listen to advice was not chief amongst them, not even from the man he himself had appointed as an adviser.
And so when the American governm...
2023-01-11 11:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Arthur had perhaps the worst headache he’d ever felt in his life, and he was sure that he’d lost around half a litre of blood from his nose. How the hell such a thing was even possible was the least of his concerns right now, though. It wasn't a problem due to his high vitality, but it still shocked Arthur to think that so much of the stuff had come out of him for no apparent reason. Okay, I guess I was abusing my skill.
Conscious of the fact that he was probably surrounded...
2023-01-06 11:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Small change: I've increased the level 2 system unlock time from 48 hours to 96
Chapter begin:
Tamo looked at the powerful healer that Selena had brought in. His luck finally seemed to be looking up for him. Arthur was dangerous, that was an undeniable fact as clear as day, and yet when Tamo looked at him, he didn’t see the deadly warrior that Arthur was.
No, he saw the reflection of the man he himself had been when he was younger. Someone just as idealistic. He...
2023-01-04 11:59:01 +0000 UTC
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The room was silent for a long moment after Tamo's heavy statement and Arthur immediately spoke the first words that came to his head.
“Nope, no fucking way. Sorry, I’m out. I didn't sign up for any murder nor will I take part in the killing of any human being. Not now and hopefully I’ll never have to.”
Arthur’s words were perhaps a little forceful and tinged with a little more anger than he actually felt that such a thing had been asked of him. Especially when he knew h...
2023-01-02 00:57:42 +0000 UTC
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~Toshiro Tatsumi~
The CEO of the Zaibatsu corporation sat at his desk, brows furrowed in concentration after the young healer had just left his office. Things were not going as he’d expected them to and if there was one thing Toshiro craved above all else, it was control. The healer he’d summoned being such a powerful individual did not factor into his plans.
Far from it, the blunder had the potential to ruin everything he’d prepared for. It almost made him fear that Tamo wo...
2023-01-02 00:54:41 +0000 UTC
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Arthur sat inside the spacious room he had been told to wait in, marvelling at the casual display of wealth around him. The couch he was sitting on probably cost as much as he would make working half a year at Julia Addams’ hospitals.
Looking at his shoes, he saw that they had been worn ragged. Whilst his body could keep up with the incredible speeds they’d run at during the 220-mile journey, his clothing sure couldn’t.
I should’ve just run barefoot, he thought wr...
2023-01-02 00:50:03 +0000 UTC
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~Selena Williams~
Selena was a little worried as to how her boss would react when she told him she’d lost her car. She didn't think he’d be angry, he was one of the most wealthy individuals on the planet after all, but no one could predict Toshiro's strange moods, least of all a secretary that barely knew him.
He might just laugh it off, or fire her on the spot. She hoped it was the former.
Brr, Brr, Brr.
The sound of ringing in her ears served to further increase ...
2023-01-02 00:47:11 +0000 UTC
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Note: Sorry for the delay. I fell ill for a week. Then I had the unexpected duty of public speaking thrust upon me because someone couldn't show up. The past week was spent stressing over planning to not make a fool of myself for 45 minutes in front of hundreds of people delivering a speech on a topic I was not well versed on.
Thankfully, things went well and the experience is now behind me. [I made an edit on the note of the latest chapter on Royalroad stating this but failed to do so ...
2022-12-26 01:41:25 +0000 UTC
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Arthur wasn't expecting anyone to come today and his friends were not the type to just spontaneously visit him. Well, Elizabeth had sometimes, but she’d learned to call in beforehand after the countless times she hadn’t found him at home. That left only one person he could think of.
Walking towards his door, Arthur looked through the peephole and sighed when he recognised the woman in front of him. He knew he’d be seeing her again the last time they’d met, but Arthur had hoped t...
2022-12-09 23:55:00 +0000 UTC
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~Selena Williams~
Selena was getting frustrated. It had been over forty-eight hours since she’d been tasked by Tatsumi to secure Arthur Ward's assistance. She’d gotten on the job immediately, checking first on his place of residence. When she hadn't found him there, she had quickly made her way to the locations that she knew he frequently visited from the investigations that the Zaibatsu had done on him.
When even that proved futile, she had begun to panic a little bit but rea...
2022-12-06 23:55:01 +0000 UTC
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Arthur was a little confused at first. There was a human on the stage leading what he'd assumed was a program run by an alien corporation. It took him a few seconds to realise that she was not native to the planet.
From what Arthur had learned so far, he knew that humans were some of the most numerous of all species out in the wider universe. It was hardly surprising that the Serako corporation had some among their employees.
The woman was perhaps the perfect stereotype for a book...
2022-12-01 23:55:01 +0000 UTC
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Short announcement before chapter:
A few minor changes have been made to chapter 39. Just some dialogue that's been added between Mira and Arthur so go check that out quickly. It's right at the end of the chapter and should take a few minutes to read. Also, the golden ticket's time was cut from 50 hours to 6.
I'm currently very ill and busy with exams so the next few chapters may not be up to par. I'm not really happy with them as they are now and will probably edit them again whe...
2022-11-28 01:15:27 +0000 UTC
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Arthur sat in his kitchen and looked at the purple monster core in front of him. Indecision gripped him and he was unsure as to how exactly he should proceed right now. He didn't know if there was anything different about elite monster cores compared to rare ones he'd come into contact with, but he didn't want to waste such a powerful boon by just being hasty and treating it like he had the others.
In the end, Arthur decided to first peruse his status page and see about investing the st...
2022-11-22 23:55:00 +0000 UTC
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"That just leaves the monster core for us to deal with."
Arthur waited with bated breath to see what Mira would do, trying his best to look as nonchalant as possible. The poison mage took one look at his face and burst out laughing, much to his chagrin.
“Whilst I am itching to use such a rare ingredient in a potion, I would never have been able to obtain it without your help.”
She began to walk towards her living room, pausing only to dispose of the now empty mi...
2022-11-18 23:55:01 +0000 UTC
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Arthur woke up in an unfamiliar room, in a bed that wasn't his. He panicked for a moment, before remembering what had happened. They had challenged the lizard, things had gone terribly wrong and Arthur had somehow managed to defeat it, though his recollections of that event were still a little fuzzy.
And then Arthur had finally passed out after the ordeal from the lash back of consuming so many potions in such a short time frame, or maybe it had something to do with his distorted memori...
2022-11-15 23:55:03 +0000 UTC
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First of all, thanks to all my patrons for supporting me. I can't thank you guys enough.
The first part of this announcement doesn't really affect my existing patrons. I've just changed the payment method as was suggested to me by my readers. Patrons are now charged on the day they join, and then monthly on that same date. For example, if a patron joins on the 10th, they’ll be charged on that day, and then monthly on the 10th. All patrons who joined before my switch to subscription bi...
2022-11-13 19:13:12 +0000 UTC
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Mira observed the devastation before her, eyes wide open in shock as she used her arm to shield herself from the dust cloud that had somehow managed to reach her twenty meters away. The tectonic reverberations from the lizard's blow had caused her weak knees to give out. She had invested very little into her physical body.
Was the fight over already?
No human below level 130 could survive that blow and even if they did, it’d probably take them out of the fight. But when the dust...
2022-11-11 23:59:01 +0000 UTC
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~Mira~
Mira gulped as she looked at the two monsters she had helped create. She was terrified, rooted to the spot, unable to move an inch. Her legs were shivering, teeth chattering in abject horror. The waves of aura being released by the pair were enough that any weaker human would probably be unable to even stand within thirty meters of the beasts.
‘An aura’s dominion’ her tutorial sponsor, Rakesh, had called it. An event where auras clashed to assert their dominance over ...
2022-11-08 23:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Arthur looked down at the vials arrayed before him and quickly used Identify one last time. If he was going to go through with this, he needed to properly understand the effects these liquids would have on him.
Stimulant of Speed (Common) - Raises agility by 25% when ingested for a 3-hour duration. Can only be used whilst below level 95. May cause stomach cramps if the host has low vitality.
Stimulant of Vitality (common)- Raises vitality ...
2022-11-04 23:55:01 +0000 UTC
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~Mira~
Mira lay awake on her bed, unable to get to sleep. The conversation she’d had earlier today kept flowing through her head like a video on repeat that she just couldn't stop.
“Are you sure we’ll be able to kill something like that at level 200,” Arthur had voiced his concerns when she showed him the monster she had chosen to use the elixir on.
After a lot of planning and forethought, Mira was certain she’d picked an appropriate if slightly ambitious target. I...
2022-11-01 23:55:00 +0000 UTC
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The sun had set, and the forest was now home to the predators of the night. The darkness beneath the trees held promises of death and the sound of the wind whistling through the leaves was the sombre song of the final sleep.
A wolf howled, signalling the start of its hunt and an owl screeched as it took flight. The forest had awoken, and the flurry of activity was visible for all to see if only one had the eyes to spot the signs of life.
But one fact rang true for all the denizens...
2022-10-28 23:39:00 +0000 UTC
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Arthur looked at his prey. It was a majestic beast, standing almost six feet tall, with antlers that shone with a golden luminescence. It was beautiful. No other description would do it justice.
And here I am, planning to kill it.
Elemental deer [lightning] level 37 - This beast possesses devastating long-range attacks and has a high damage output compared to its weaker defences.
Frank and Rachel had become pale at the monster's appearance whilst Mi...
2022-10-27 23:45:28 +0000 UTC
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Arthur stood in the middle of a clearing. It had once been the home of the wolf pack he’d recently exterminated. With him were Rachel, Frank and Mira, all of them standing awkwardly in the unfamiliar environment. City kids, the lot of them.
Frank had brought a wickedly sharp machete with him and Mira and Rachel both carried state-of-the-art modern hunting bows. Firearms that still had an effect on higher levelled beasts were almost impossible to come by nowadays, most of them...
2022-10-25 23:21:49 +0000 UTC
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~Julia Addams~
“What do you mean he didn't take the job? I thought you said the damn kid worked for you!”
Her superior was screaming at her through the phone.
“Sir, with all due respect I did-”
Julia was once again cut off from explaining herself, for perhaps the tenth time in half as many minutes.
“If you had any fucking respect for me then you wouldn't have fucked up so badly.”
Her manager continued to swear at her and Julia just sighed wearil...
2022-10-25 22:30:57 +0000 UTC
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Arthur tried his best to keep the excitement out of his face at the mention of a monster core. And he would receive one just by considering their offer. He didn't even have to agree to do anything. Arthur was ecstatic with the luck life seemed to be favouring him with.
Remembering all the reasons he had to be cautious, however, Arthur quickly got his raging emotions under control and schooled his racing thoughts.
Julia meanwhile, was observing Arthur's face to observe how he react...
2022-10-23 23:43:56 +0000 UTC
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Arthur hadn't entirely understood the secondary effect of his evolved skill at first- the wording was a little ambiguous- but after having tested this so-called overhealth on some very willing patients, he had learnt of the effects the skill now possessed, as well as its limits and Arthur was very happy with the results.
The overhealth basically served as a Regeneration skill stored in advance on an individual that was engaged when said...
2022-10-23 22:47:21 +0000 UTC
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It had been three days since the appearance of the first-dimensional incursion, three days since Kazi Alukai, the self-proclaimed king of Kazakhstan had made his presence known. The people of Earth had moved on from the tragedy, now dubbed Hubris Crestfall, surprisingly quickly.
Life was simply too chaotic to dwell on the massacre that had taken place on the Russian border, and everyone knew that it was only the first to have been broadcasted, not the first true tragedy, simply a minusc...
2022-10-23 20:45:53 +0000 UTC
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The world watched in shock. Over a billion people were watching the stream live. They watched with bated breath, waiting for the madman’s next actions.
The man started to laugh theatrically like he was putting on a show, before finally saying, “So it seems that you are a queen of your people. Perhaps you don't know that you're in the company of royalty yourself right now, else you’d show proper courtesy in greeting me."
"King. Kazi. Alukai.”
The words seemed so exces...
2022-10-17 01:57:59 +0000 UTC
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Arthur was in the process of healing an injured teenager. The boy had been hurt trying to fight an evolved eagle of all things, as his gaggle of friends had informed the hospital staff when they’d brought the wounded kid in. Arthur was still a little amazed that the friend group had gone after a monster capable of flight with an old shotgun of all things. One that looked like it couldn’t shoot accurately beyond ten feet.
The teen would have most certainly died if he had been brought...
2022-10-17 01:53:31 +0000 UTC
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