Chapter 164
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Chapter 163
Warlock Summoner vs. Warlock Devastator.
An interestingly beneficial pathway regardless of which choice he took. On one hand with the summoner option he could have an additional 4 minions, with all of his minions being powered up by 5% to all stats. On the other hand with the devastator option he was still able to acquire at least 1 more minion while focusing primarily on himself - having his passive physical damage increased by 1% of his m...
2023-09-04 07:24:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 162
Riven sat in an underground room on a blood covered rocking chair, smoking a cigar, red eyes glinting in the darkness. His armor was cast to the side, having been discarded momentarily after not having felt the air on his bare skin in so long - and he looked almost ridiculous in just a pair of undergarments.
He didn’t care. Wearing those Chalgathi artifacts for so long had made him really appreciate the finer things in life - like being a...
2023-09-03 09:16:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 161 - The End of Book 3
Current Day…
“Are you sure you don’t want company? You haven’t left your room since your first attempt.” Mara stated with worry in her voice and furrowed brows. She looked like a schoolteacher with those glasses on. A lot more human and a lot less ghoulish, with brown hair and lavender eyes thanks to another of the King’s amulets supplied for Allie and her subordinates. “I worry...
2023-09-02 09:13:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160
2 days prior…
It was her very first day of school, and Allie was excited.
Allie’s living quarters were built into one of many two-story barracks behind the arena. Though she wouldn’t have ever called this specific set of quarters a barracks herself as the rooms were made for high class lords and ladies of the court. She nevertheless was given one of the best available and was stationed on the top floor, despite ...
2023-09-01 05:36:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 159
High Queen Nephridi curiously watched as the armies of the invading forces began to finally breach Panu’s realm. These world quests always started later than the others due to the extreme difficulty the local forces often had in deterring professional armies of already established factions, even if there were level caps.
Lazily glancing out over the capital city of her homeworld with buildings of eloquent designs sprawling out into the horizon,...
2023-08-30 08:22:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 158
The visage of the great maw in the sky echoed across the landscape with a roar that shook the heavens, and the landscape was painted red.
“I demand this sacrifice…”
Riven gingerly kissed the forehead of Athela’s limp, bloodied corpse through his mask, picked up her tiara to put it away with her body, then slid them both into his spatial sack before slowly standing up. A boom of power tore apart everything a...
2023-08-29 05:19:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 157
The merchant and his servants bowed low, exiting the storage room full of boxes and crates to shut the door behind him. His feet clapped against the store’s floor until the sound of the next door at the far end of the hall opened and shut again - leaving the beholder demon alone with Athela and Fay in the dark.
Not that any of them had any qualms with being in the dark, they were demons.
[Beholder Demon, Level 28]
A...
2023-08-27 05:18:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 156
The plaza was filled with people trying to pedal goods. Weapons, armor, potions, enchanted jewelry, wards, totems, and more were all on display at expensive looking shops surrounding the sandstone circle placed underneath the shifting stone cube overhead.
There were also pubs and smoke shops where people congregated to eat, drink, and watch participants in the cube labyrinth try to figure their way out of an ever changing maze full of puzzles and...
2023-08-26 20:13:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 155
Usually students didn’t enroll halfway through the school year. In fact in was unprecedented here at the Imperial Academy to do otherwise, but those rules did not apply to Allie. The Kingdom of Dawn, namely the imperial majesty, was bending over backwards to get her to attend to Imperial Academy at all costs - and he'd sent her a letter describing just how outright delighted he was at news of her attendance. He even said he’d personally...
2023-08-25 07:56:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 154
Daskus.
City of Canyons.
A sprawling fantasy metropolis located at the Y-junction between three intersecting canyons. Not only were buildings located on the ground level - the rich of the city actually had palaces, manors and castles built into the sides of the canyon walls or even on crest of the canyon itself. It was a city almost untouched by the devastation Elysium’s integration had brought elsewhere, pristine and well maintaine...
2023-08-25 06:46:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 153
Huffing and slamming back down onto the ground with a thump, Riven began to rest. His undersuit of red, silky blood-skin supplied by the mask ‘Fallen Apostle’ kept his body cool even while wearing a cloak and heavy metal armor underneath a desert sun - but that didn’t mean Luke couldn’t still work him like a dog. The old man had become something of a drill instructor for him, and over the past three months Riven could safely say he’d ea...
2023-08-23 07:36:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 152
3 months later…
“I love you Riven. Don’t stay gone too long, ok?”
Those were the last words Allie had said to her brother as she’d waved him off with a warm, parting hug. He’d vanished through the portal to the other side of the world, then their forces in Chicago had reported they’d last seen him departing along the coastline into the northlands. She still remembered how he’d smelled, a...
2023-08-21 06:56:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 151
Time went by quickly as Riven sorted it all out. Athela was presented with a list of five different abilities to pick from between different martial arts, with various unique weapons and black, gray or brown rogues’ outfits oriented towards shapeshifting abilities. There was even a dao treasure that allowed one to acquire the Shadow Sub-Pillar affinity, which she was very heavily considering as the item she wanted Riven to buy for her.
Fa...
2023-08-20 06:30:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 150
“I agree with Fred.” Athela promptly stated, glowering over at Genua with distaste. “We’ll need a solid supply of blood for you while traveling and things will be dangerous. Creating a thrall out of her will allow her to take more of a hit and maybe even be useful, as opposed to this sniveling creature we have on our hands now.”
Genua’s eyes had tears collecting underneath them, and with a fearful look shot Riven’s way - she a...
2023-08-20 06:29:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 149
The Elysium altar’s general system store was… overpriced, to say the least. Its options were also low quality, but at least it gave vast amounts of them. Even the basics were in high demand concerning their little necropolis kingdom, with dozens upon dozens of adventuring guilds or mercenary groups taking up government-posted contracts to cull beasts in the area or scout out resources of interests like unholy herbs and ores. There were ...
2023-08-19 07:27:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 148
Lahn Lucio sputtered and coughed, clutching his bruised forehead where his wavy chestnut locks were plastered across his face. He had slipped trying to get out of the bathtub again and had tipped the porcelain tub over while simultaneously landing face first with water rushing over him onto the tiled floor.
Having been born with deformity caused him many problems growing up and among the least of them was his regular slips in the bathroom. ...
2023-08-17 06:08:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 147
The portal was pretty big and took up half of the football field Riven had chosen as the permanent spot it’d set up on. It was a lot different from the ovoid ones Riven could create himself, but rather this one was very similar to a wormhole - giving voice to the idea that it utilized some other kind of magic Riven wasn’t familiar with. It faced directly down into the planet, drawing people into it when they stood nearby and popping them out ...
2023-08-16 07:46:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 146
[The Apocalypse Beasts, Chalgathi, Quest Update: Revo Mani has fallen in battle to Fred Talons. Fred Talons has acquired 3 of 5 set pieces for Chalgathi’s Inheritance. A new Chalgathi’s Chosen will be picked within 1 hour from now as a replacement for Revo Mani.]
[The Apocalypse Beasts, Chalgathi, Quest Update: Sara Orni has fallen in battle to Nora Lang. Nora Lang has acquired 2 of 5 set pieces for Chalga...
2023-08-14 07:12:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 145
“It appears the information your cult had was wrong.” Riven cracked his neck, and let out an audible sigh when his left arm snapped back into place with a click. He let out an amused chuckle when his staff hummed in anticipation, hissing and flaring with power as it mentally urged him to kill the creature in front of them. Flashes of images rippled across Riven’s consciousness, and he grinned at what the weapon was telling him. ...
2023-08-13 05:54:24 +0000 UTC View PostBefore the chapter beings, I just want to say thanks for all the input! I'm likely going to add another chapter (Chapter 142.5? or I'll have to re-order the chapter numbers) prior to the last one with a demons POV, where Azmoth's one on one fight with tiklik happens before the monster escapes using a dao treasure of some sort. Meanwhile Fay and Riven can be focused on more as they build up to the upgrade / as riven contemplates the dao a bit longer than just 1 chap before the upgr...
2023-08-12 08:28:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 143
The shrill cries and screams of the oncoming swarm echoed around him, like a faint memory on a wayward breeze. Flocks of beautiful red blades continued to wash away the enemies that dared to try their hand at his life, wiping them off the face of the building and ending their existences effortlessly. He only needed to think about it, and the blood magic reacted to his will.
Blood, Shadow, Death, Infernal, Depravity, and Chaos.
Out of ...
2023-08-10 05:47:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all! So I'm currently finishing up some notes for the clinic I work at. I'll probably be at it all night. Usually I try to not let more than 48 hours pass inbetween chapters, so I figured I'd give y'all a heads up that I probably won't be able to post tonight due to a toxic boss situation (one that I cannot quit yet due to contractual obligations). That being said, I will make a very big effort to get you all extra chapters tomorrow and
Chapter 142
The red dot overhead was traveling in a straight line, and Riven didn’t have much of a hard time finding it due to the size of the creature.
Six legs in the back, four bladed arms along the sides, two sets of yellow eyes, a long wingless carapace of gray chitin armor, and long pincers were all set onto the body of a gigantic mantis that was rushing over the rooftops and roadways at breakneck speed towards him. Easily the size of a tank and like...
2023-08-07 08:24:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 141
“Here’s the list.” Fay said, handing over a booklet of names and dispelling the illusion she’d placed on herself. Her body shifted from one of an overweight, bearded guard in a police uniform to that of her usual self - and she smiled at Riven’s nod of approval.
“Great job as usual.” Riven stated, getting an eye roll from Athela when Fay clicked her feathered boots together, adjusted her crop top and bashfully tossed her hair to the...
2023-08-06 07:18:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 140
Athela chugged a beer in one quick go, gasping for breath and wiping her mouth with a wide smile and a loud belch. “Why so grumpy my guy!? We’re having fun! Be happy!”
“It won’t allow me to upload footage of the senator’s death to prove myself innocent.” Riven stated grimly, popping another bottle of wine to feed to the vertical maw across his chest. “It’s beyond irritating that I was framed for this.”
...
2023-08-05 07:57:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 139
Riven yawned on the bed, still unable to take his mask or Gluttony-modified Chalgathi items off much to his irritation, while replaying the recorded scenes over and over again. “What a two timing cock sucking mother fucker.”
Azmoth grunted his acknowledgement from inside the small hotel room, barely small enough to even fit at all while hunched, and the sound of giggling in the shower nearby caused Riven’s eye to twitch. Somehow the w...
2023-08-03 07:10:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 138
A steady, familiar thrum started to descend on Riven’s position. It came from outside, up above, and the sound only got louder as the second ticked by.
Slowly turning his head, Riven watched the air beat against the bullet proof glass of the second story window. The frost remaining in patches there shuddered, and the machine of war he’d been very familiar with growing up as a kid - for the very first time in his life - made an appearanc...
2023-08-01 07:38:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 137
Senator James was usually a composed man. He was in his late 40’s, young for a man of his position in the senate - though not much of the senate was left if he had to guess the whereabouts of the old government. Still, he’d done a good job in maintaining order after calling the present military into action and setting up systems for food distribution.
But that food reserve was running out, and without a supply chain that worked properly...
2023-07-31 07:05:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 136
[The Apocalypse Beasts, Chalgathi, Personal Quest Update: 3 of 5 set pieces for Chalgathi’s Inheritance have been acquired. Checkpoint reached. Current Chalgathi artifacts have had their stats partially revealed and unlocked based on the aspect they bonded to within your soul. Full stat pages for each item that has acquired your aspect will be further revealed and unlocked after all 5 set pieces have been acquired.]