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Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 20 Hungry Machine

Truth lightly sighed and made his way down into the city below. He was quite sure Starbrite wasn't here, but he had to start somewhere. He had the nagging sensation that he was missing something. There were some elements of what he was seeing that didn’t add up. That usually meant he was either missing information, or misunderstanding the perspective of the people who set everything up. 

He hadn’t kept very close track of the news since… well, since he started the ...

Weeaboo Chapter 29- Digging In and Rising Up

Rache was waiting for us when we got back to the Tower. 

“Watcha got for me, Rache?”

“Riding wild and free, boss!” She tossed me a map update. And… that was that, apparently. The limits of One Stars were really starting to grate. I trudged up to the map room and hunted around trying to spot what was different. 

I couldn’t spot what was different. “VERSAI!” I yelled down the tower.  

Weeaboo Chapter 28- The Honorable Dead

I don’t know how long we waited, in that broken-time place. It really didn’t matter. Versai sat on the floor, hugging her uncle’s body. Whispering to him, now and then. Shivering. I explored the building a bit. I found the safe he mentioned, but I had no idea what Versai’s birthday was. There were a few chests, loaded mostly with building supplies. Resource Packs, now. No resonance crystals, though. Nor were there any Cherished Memory fragments. Just lots and lots of resources. <...

Weeaboo Chapter 27- Can’t All Be Villains Either

My summons whipped around, as did Versai. And then they froze, not sure what to do. I noticed the lights dimming. Just around the edges of the room- our little stretch of hallway remained in the light. 

“I think you all know not to move.” A very dry voice. Very steady voice too. Aristocratic to the middle part of the speaker’s bones. I saw Versai standing just a few feet from me, easily in range of her blade. A blade she didn’t even raise. Instead her eyes were l...

Weeaboo Chapter 26- Can’t All Be Heroes

We queued up outside the second door. I had put myself at the end of the stack this time, and bumped Mika up ahead of Pammy. This was the last unexplored room, so I wasn’t worried about being attacked from behind. What I was worried about was what the hell was going on here. 

My summons didn’t get tired, and with the possible exception of Versai, didn’t get bored either. So this would start when I was ready, and I decided not to rush it. Too much just didn’t add ...

Weeaboo Chapter 25- Roll ‘em Bones

Kim summarily presented a small heap of Rune Bones as well as a cosmetic hat usable by scouts. It was a sort of fez looking thing. It would look awful on Rache. Eternally banished to the depths of the inventory, instantly, no hope of freedom. 

“So where is this ‘best loot?’” I asked.

“Here. Take a look at this absolute beauty.” Kim proudly offered me a little box. Roughly the size of my palm and maybe three inches tall. 

<...

Weeaboo Chapter 24- The Only Way Out Is Through

I couldn’t bring myself to look at Mika’s character sheet. Somehow I knew that whatever I read, I would become violent. The Blue Roses too- would they be described as dancers? Entertainers? Somehow I doubted the developers would acknowledge that they were so Ride or Die for their boss, death and personality obliteration wasn’t enough to break their loyalty. Pains in the neck though they were.

I slapped my cheeks. Moping wouldn’t solve anything. Violence, that’s what...

Weeaboo Chapter 23- Every Waifu Needs Stats!

I still had a couple of summons left, but after a Four Star, I mean, sure, better to have than not to have, but my expectations were nil.

And met. Barely a WoooWooaaaoooaiii in the “heavenly” music for the summoning. Just a big oof. Like, oh yeah, someone has to be a follow up act to The Pillows. Someone’s got to open for Hakui Koyori. Yeah, let's all applaud politely for-

“Pomori ready to deploy.” 

A goddamn level one artiller...

Weeaboo Chapter 22- Subtracting One Punch

We trooped upstairs. The door to the Records Hall was open, but I skipped it for now. More pressing concerns. Once more, I had kept all the monsters out of the tower, and all my summons alive. We killed a hidden boss. The Tower Rewards, the level clear bonus, would be enormous. 

“So, Versai, you have never seen an Alpha monster before?”

”No, nothing like that. I have seen some bizarre things on expeditions. Some of those relic sites are beyond stra...

Weeaboo Chapter 21- The Third Wave: Alpha? Nah Bro, SIGMA!

Radz fired for effect. Kim kept her buff refreshed, but with the speed that this was closing, I wasn’t optimistic that she was scoring hits.

”Kim, I’m expecting a big one to close in pretty soon. Debuff as soon as they are in range. Keep the Mikas buffed, keep Radz buffed, above all keep Versai buffed but be sure you get the big guy.”

”You got it boss. A tough critic?” The vet grinned, spinning her wand across her fingers. 2024-03-29 00:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Weeaboo Chapter 20- The Third Wave- Forty Yards From Hell

It was that feeling. The feeling when you are crossing the road, and Truck-Kun is coming straight at you, but it’s not your time yet. You think. You aren’t sure if Truck-Kun knows that. Will he stop? Or are you getting Isekai’ed the hard way? Do you have enough time to jump forward? Backwards? Can you even move? Because right now, it feels like your feet are nailed to the pavement.

That feeling. 

The monsters were through the first barrier. They ha...

Update on Weeaboo Teething problems

I was going to hold off on the bulk update until tomorrow, but the feedback I am getting is that delay is confusing/frustrating, so I'm going to bulk update tonight. So. You know. Be prepared.

Weeaboo Chapter 19- The Third Wave Crashes

I glared at the three incoming smoke signals. There was a case for picking one and having Radz pound it. There was a case for splitting her fire and trying to slow the columns, break up their rush. It came down to how fast she could adjust her aim, and how long it took her to fire. Forty five seconds.

“Radz, eat the herb now!”

“Radz, ready for action.” She chomped down on the ginger-root looking thing. I counted the seconds in my head. Twenty. Twenty ...

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 19 Right. Consequences.

Truth hadn’t even made it to the other end of the village before he was forced to confront an inconvenient truth- Snakes generally don’t travel at high speeds while clinging on to other animals. Perks was doing his best, bless him, but he literally wasn’t built for this.

Truth briefly wondered if it would be safe to put a living organism in his spatial ring. He couldn’t remember what Sally had said about it, but he was going to guess… no. Had he even asked? Ehhh…<...

Hygenic Otaku should have all the chapters unlocked now

First- I apologize. I thought I had unlocked everything when I was setting up the tiers, and clearly I did not. This was my mistake. The problem was brought to my attention and should now be fixed. If I missed unlocking any chapters (and god knows that's a real possibility, thank you Patreon's bizzarely limited UI) please do DM me immediately. I check on here at least a few times a day, and will do my best to quickly resolve the problem.

Thank you for your understanding,

Warby 2024-03-28 13:32:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 18 A Pointless Kindness

Truth walked down the road. Forty kilometers was a casual hour’s stroll, he wasn’t pushing the pace. He wanted to puzzle at Earth Folding Step a bit as he went.

Just how mentally diseased was this… Supreme Elder? 

It was, he felt, a very fair question. Possibly the key question. His initial thought was that Earth Folding Step would work somewhat like what the Shattervoid did- step out of this side of reality, travel through that… other p...

Weeaboo Chapter 18- The Third Wave- Setting Up For Success

The basics of the basics of tactics- disperse your enemies’ strength, concentrate your own. This maxim has been proven by time. Consider the legendary techniques of “Let's you and him have a fight,” or “You hold him, I’ll hit him.” One must also consider the corollary “You go high, I’ll go low.” 

Napoleon marched his men in columns, beating drums and looking scary. Wellington put his men in thin lines and made them neck a pint of gin before battle. One ...

Weeaboo Chapter 17- The Third Wave- Sharpening the Edge

I stared ferociously at the stacks of lumber. Eyes narrowed. Killing intent gathered. Eye beams charging… 

It did nothing. Zero inspiration. Plainly cursed wood. Fingers crossed it would infect the oncoming horde with its dark sin of evil doom. There was an awful lot of lumber. Plenty of chances for the curse to proc.

The Judiths had been busy. Very busy. The lumber was stacked higher than my head. It turned out there were quite a lot of trees within h...

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 17 That Seems... Fine

Truth looked up through the humid summer sky at the burning heavens above. Each little dot of light a being so utterly beyond him as to defy description. Each moving dot is another being of impossible scope and majesty. For example, the one he was laying down on. 

Kind of a brain twister, isn’t it? I’m laying on what is unquestionably a big ball of rock with stuff growing on it. I have seen it from orbit. Big ball of rock with water and trees and… stuff. Humani...