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Chapter 702 - Calvorn

The huge block of metal with green patina slides aside, and we step into the light, entering a half-spheric chamber built from the same type of blocks. In the middle of it rests a golden barrier, shaped like a sphere and interwoven with a mesh of metal made from the same material as the walls.

At the center of that golden barrier floats a single sword. It hovers above a disc no wider than a plate and no thicker than two fingers pressed together. The disc looks to be made of gold and is ...

Chapter 701 - Heave-ho

The underground hallways are quiet and dark, and the barely detectable presence of that eerie pull intensifies the deeper we head. There are no more traps at all, and no monsters either, not a single living presence I can detect. Just us walking, while some keep up quiet conversations.

A bit more than half of the group also decides to split away and head off in two groups, each going a different way. There is probably something to be said about the cliché of a group splitting apart to ...

Chapter 700 - The Presence

“Weslin, ten thousand shards if you take care of Malika so I can examine these things in peace.”

“You know I can hear you too, Nathaniel, I'm standing right next to you and void guy. Are you that worried about staying near me?”

“Twenty thousand and I’ll do it.”

“Fuck off, baldie, don’t interfere.”

“Deal,” I say.

Free at last, I move away, already hearing Malika complain while rousing her gravitational energy. Unfortunately for her, it has ...

Chapter 699 - Where is the loot?

Victoria’s duplicate suddenly stops, coughs up a green liquid, then collapses to her knees, literally falling apart a second later. The head rolls across the floor, the arms tear off the torso, and the legs fall apart as the body crumbles.

Real Victoria shudders slightly. “Some sort of aerosol. It hit my face, but I do not know what activated it. It mutated extremely quickly, first breaking down my organs before going after muscles and ligaments.”

“Morwag would survive it,...

Chapter 698 - Something dumb

The first few hours of my first Beyond event are fun. I mean, really fun. I couldn't imagine them being more fun. They are full of talking, dealing with a few members of Primordial Lunatics, standing nearby in expectation of people attacking us, and things like that.

Also, around fifty people die.

Fifty. That is five and zero. Four dozen and two more. B and A ranks. Beyond attendees, each in the top 100 out of 37,500 from their tutorial.

Sure, the idea of them being the stro...

Chapter 697 - Man from the Earth

POV Nathaniel

After talking for a while with my sister, I step back to let Victoria do her thing and organize everything together with Weslin. So far, the two of them seem to get along well, and knowing Weslin, it will likely end up with Vic being the “main” leader. He doesn't like dealing with this kind of stuff either. And I do not think Victoria will have any problem dealing with the demons.

As expected of the best sister ever, she is already an A rank and ...

Chapter 696 - Beginning of the Beyond Event

POV Weslin

After the deadline to join the Beyond Event passes, I find myself surrounded by about five hundred people. It feels like a surprisingly large number, considering our guild has only about fifty members here, and I would estimate even fewer came from Eternal Court. The rest must be either those who allowed themselves to be hired by Eternal Court or those with some sort of connection to the Ancient Armory.

The highest rank present being A-rank means the gu...

Chapter 695 - Mistake made perfect

Welcome to the 4th floor of the First Dungeon!

There are no safe zones on this floor.

4th Floor quest: Permanently sacrifice 15 stat points at The Quiet Circle

Rewards:

14-day Stay Token

100,000 shards

Activation stone for the portal to the 5th floor

I had heard about this “quest” before, but a part of me always suspected it might just be a joke Weslin w...

Chapter 694 - No

Lyraen is a member of The Silent Veil. Just that guild name reeks of some phantom invisibility assassin, cloak swirling, voice dropping to a whisper, eyes glowing in the dark for no practical reason, bullshit class. The guild isn’t in the top 5, though it often shows up in the top 10.

It’s well known for an elite guild of not that many members, the lowest of them holding A rank. People often think of it as an elite mercenary guild. Hela used to run with them before she bailed for so...

Chapter 693 - News from the Fourth

After Hela escapes, the attacks stop as well, though I think the real reason is Morwag rather than the velnar leaving. Morwag charges toward the source of the attacks, letting the projectiles crash harmlessly against his body or turning them into colorful mist before they reach him.

Weslin, seemingly unfazed by the long dagger still piercing through his torso, studies the ring he got before tucking it away into his pocket and tossing the severed finger behind him.

Just in case I b...

Chapter 692 - The Finger

When morning comes, we are one of the earliest groups to leave the guild branch. We receive no reinforcements, unsurprisingly. After all, Morwag is here now.

We step outside, and I am not surprised when he changes direction toward the Minefield outpost, where the fights broke out the night before. I thought about going there, too, as morbid as that sounds. If everyone in that outpost died, it is highly likely people from the surrounding outposts will head there, more interested in looti...

Chapter 691 - Severe mana deficiency

"This will have consequences, Morwag," Hela says.

The demon only shrugs, ignoring her completely, and continues wiping blood from the lumoran man’s face.

"Consequences," Morwag mutters, then shoves the bloodied handkerchief into the lumoran’s mouth, forcing it closed. While staring at the man, he continues, "You say it like it is a bad thing."

As he turns toward Hela, the lumoran spits out the handkerchief and starts vomiting, which Morwag ignores. "We have been challeng...

Chapter 690 - Morwag

Author note: Just a heads up, Deva has been renamed to Hela. Apparently, we already have a character named Deva (Sophie’s disciple) in the story and I forgot.


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“Weslin,” he says.

“Yes, Morwag?”

“Why aren’t you an S rank yet?”

“Why did your mom drop you on your head when you were young?”

Holy fuck.

I keep glancing between the most demon-like demon to ever demon and Weslin. Luan sits there, complete...

Chapter 689 - In the restaurant

I land back on the ground with a disappointed sigh. "The triplets ran off. Those assholes removed my marks, and they had a movement skill I couldn't disrupt in time. But I think I got a few of their buddies."

Weslin turns to me with a snort. "You think you got some? The triplets escaped into the outpost, so it's good you didn't follow them there. We don’t want to pick a fight with the Black Tower’s master."

“How shameless, those little shits,” I note.

“You would do...

Chapter 688 - Above the battlefield

We return to Black Tower City once the night starts creeping out. In the distance, roars, screeches, and deep vibrations echo as powerful monsters make their way out. Even within the safety of the outpost, we can sense these powerful presences circling around.

It is also the hour when all city guards and the local “king” sitting in his towers make sure the number of people inside does not exceed the limit. They watch from afar in every direction, and I am certain that if any attende...

Chapter 687 - All yours

After the night comes, I rush into the basement of the branch to avoid annoying questions, complaints, and the endless chatter. It is one of the tricks I use to escape them by applying some silly parts of the contract I missed.

Everyone does it.

The Doc is down there. His two tails sway like they are arguing with each other as he bends over the table. His thick glasses sit crooked on his nose, and he mutters to himself while poking what I recognize as my pale left arm, the one I c...

Chapter 686 - Eternal Court

Talon leads me through the base while I am greeted by the other people. The group here is mostly the same one I have been working with for the past few months, so I know most of them already. Usually, it is around ten to twenty people, mostly from Primordial Knights with some hired help mixed in.

Me and Weslin usually take care of security. Some are focused on building the core of the future base, while others handle logistics. As for Talon, I think he mainly organizes things. Most of t...

Chapter 685 - Pride in the Burden

I do not sleep in my room at night, even though I have a mattress there. I gave the twins a lot of good things in exchange for it. They had stolen a dozen of them from the Academy. Some demons got their hands on a few as well, which made it really profitable for the twins. In a way, it almost reminds me of people getting gold from natives in exchange for glass bead necklaces.

Still, even with a fancy mattress, I end up on one of the highest branches of the man-eating tree, on a patch wh...

Chapter 684 - Get them!

I tap on Biscuit to shrink so I can focus on the others. He seems to misunderstand, and instead of shrinking his body, expands even more, forcing me to strengthen my manabloc chair before it can crack. He snuggles against me playfully, and I can hear his breathing close to my ear while his wet nose pokes my ear.

My body is barely visible under him, and I peek to the side so I can look at Tess. “Where do we know it from?” I ask.

Instead of her, Sophie answers, “It’s somethi...

Chapter 683 - Dusk Horizon

After returning to the 9th floor, I send a scan through the area after seeing the base is gone from the place where I appear. My scan finds the mark, the kind we developed locates only markers we have made. It has a huge range, uses little mana, and since it looks only for these markers, it is hard to notice as well.

Doing that, I take a few steps and find a small pile of rocks against a tree. Buried under it is a small sheath of metal with carved words on it.

“We had to mov...