Epilogue
Beings who had spent trillions of their own natural resources to integrate the small blue planet into a new cultivation paradise looked on with anger. Across from them were the neutral faction of Arbiters, those who were deemed to be above wasting everyone’s time with pointless meetings and ensuring that newly integrated planets have a chance to succeed.
“The Trials of seven should be concluded!” Grand Patriarch Gharlkin, one of the leading founders of the invasion ...
2023-08-21 09:29:32 +0000 UTC
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This weekend I will be out of town, and will not be able to post any chapters until Sunday at the earliest.
That was also why I tried to work ahead a bit in a few of the stories this week.
Have a great weekend everyone and I will see you all hopefully Sunday, if not Monday morning.
2023-08-18 18:15:17 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 125
Growing Pains
I feel the throes of pain wake me, seemingly almost instantly from my slumber. As my muscles are cramping and expanding in ways, I cannot understand at first. That is until I finally let my mind process the system messages that are staring at me in the face, forcing me to awaken mid-slumber like suddenly realizing that you have a full bladder, where no matter how hard you try to fight against the pains, you know you must heed natures call. That is the sam...
2023-08-18 18:05:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 18
It had been the better part of an hour since Terra began heading south. Mentally she was going through escape plans. One simple thing she could do would be to open a portal to a town or village she had already been to. Anywhere that at least two laylines met, she could teleport to. The only problem is that every Spatial mage also knew about this unique trait, as did the kings and queens of the lands, meaning that eventually every such spot in the world had a ...
2023-08-18 02:05:40 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 124
The Tempest
(Cassiopeia)
We were winning.
Despite the odds, despite the hundred to one difficulty of our current predicament. Despite the fact that there would be well over fifty thousand monsters summoned for this final survival stand for our guild, as we had well over five hundred guild members present for this, as this time we wanted everyone to be here, so we could make the final one hundred members easily. The only thing that was not taken into conside...
2023-08-17 03:37:45 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 123
Setting the Stage
(Mallory)
We were losing. Even with an extra month to prepare for the onslaught that was coming, we were just caught off guard by the sheer number of monsters. Last time, it was estimated that there was a ten to one ratio of monsters to people. Given that most of the people on the ground at the time were civilians meant to support our efforts, the few soldiers that we had were quickly overrun by the sheer numbers present. Even then we were close...
2023-08-16 14:27:35 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 122
The Land Claim Project
(Three Days Later)
It has been three days since I last had to prove myself to anyone, about my magical prowess. This was a nice rest and reprieve, as it meant I could actually focus on my job, which was what exactly?
I am sure others have a list of plans and functions that they are assigned to accomplish, as for me I must make up my own workload, which is fun, but I never quite feel accomplished. Mainly because no one is ever there to...
2023-08-16 01:44:38 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 17
“Shouldn’t you be on bed rest?” Dean Philton found himself asking Professor Chan who had found his way into the headmaster’s office.
“I am fine now. Also, I cannot rest knowing that we have so many different conditions going on, right now.” Professor Chan said. Even though he was upright, there were slight hitches to his movement that denoted he was still suffering from lingering damage sustained from his impromptu battle with the unknown assailant that had ...
2023-08-14 22:04:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 121
Like Running Through Lightning
Whoosh.
The world was a blur around me. For a moment I almost thought I created a miniature wormhole in space and began moving freely through that void. Then I realized in no small part that this was exactly what I had done.
New Class Trait (Akashic Qi Master) Unlocked: Celerity: You have heightened your body and mind to such an extent that you can force reality to slow down around you, w...
2023-08-13 23:19:44 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 28
Where Have You Been
Maria was in the lobby of the Emergency Room. It took her a moment to realize where exactly she was, as she had not been here in years. At least that was what her mind told her.
With the time that had passed, she felt like this place should be completely destroyed, or close to a veritable wasteland of broken glass, blood, and monsters. Yet, none of that could be seen. The place was clean.
No monsters were around, though thinking ...
2023-08-13 12:24:02 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 16
Terra emerged from a realm of blinding light.
For a moment she looked around shocked and scared as to what was happening around her. She was lost, or at least that was the thought she had at first. Then the details of what happened began sifting through her.
“I forgot?” Terra mumbled to herself, trying to add words to what she was now feeling. No, forgot wasn’t the correct word. There was a choice she had been given, and she chose to forget, at least that is...
2023-08-12 11:50:38 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 120
The Easy Button
“How?” Gwen asks.
Hearing the question, I am sort of at a loss for what exactly led to this point. The violence of this world is so quick that at times it is hard to think that this world is anything but a place to commit widespread murder for profit.
“I think I had a breakthrough mid fight.” Is all I can say as an answer to that question. As I look at the now free-floating soul of the blow hard mage that challenged me to a magical d...
2023-08-11 18:51:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 15
There it was, a sign that even more events from her past had changed. At her feet was a glowing golden circlet that rolled as if propelled by magic, from the disappearing dust of a head, and landed right at Terra’s feet.
That is when she looked at the item.
Benevolent Crown of the Once and Future Queen (Fully Charged): Binds Upon Pickup. Grants the wielder + II Tiers to all Social Skills. Will turn invisible upon wearing. (Hidden In...
2023-08-10 01:02:26 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 119
All Caught Up
So where to begin? So many things have happened over the past three months, and they are all amazing. First, I have my daughter Jackie, AKA Gwendolyn, AKA Mega Me here with me. I would call her mini-me but she does play a fully aged individual that is 36 years old for an elf, which makes her tower above me. So, any time I try to call her mini-me, she picks me up and hugs me. So Mega Me it is, especially as she is a fully awakened member of my Legendary b...
2023-08-09 01:11:21 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 14
Seven guard captains, a bit more than Terra remembered from her past lives, but nothing she couldn’t handle. Each guard captain wielded a weapon that they specialized in. One used the sword, another the spear, the third used a scythe, the fourth a massive tower shield with spikes, the fifth a powerful bow, a sixth and likely the most devastating of all was a magician who clearly could use all forms of the Elemental and Healing arts. The sev...
2023-08-08 03:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 118
Reclamation Project
Cass’s Personal Note to herself: (One month after leaving the Arcanarus Tower)
History, it would seem, is a story best told by the winners, or rather only told by the winners in some cases. Or maybe it is only told by the winners. Either way, it is clear that history sometimes has a way of correcting itself.
Take for instance, the fact that at one point a dying professor once tried to take the valid work of Octavia De’Arcane...
2023-08-06 14:53:39 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 27
So We Meet Again
Maria’s evolution went a lot easier than she originally thought. Or maybe it was the fact that she had already made a perfect evolution in her past life that made this transition so much easier.
The first main change was that all her titles had been updated.
World First Notice: First Third Tier Mage
Title: First Third Tier Mage: You were the first mage to take the next step in r...
2023-08-06 10:35:21 +0000 UTC
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Prologue IV
“Three months have passed since the arrival of the person many are calling the great sage of energy, emerged from the recently converted Arcanarus Tower, and alerted the world of their recent accomplishments. Among those, in case you missed, was the curing of the Blight, which we are all no doubt now aware of. But also, the fact that Cassiopeia Spiritlight was also the progenitor of their own legendary bloodline, they were certified to perform Magical Ench...
2023-08-05 10:21:51 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 13
Magic, the most fundamental force of the world and simultaneously the part of the world that is the least known, yet the most constantly researched. Since the beginning of time people have clung to magic to hunt for prey, to fight off enemies of the night, and to advance society.
Magic can be an amplifier; in that it can be used to directly enhance the abilities of combatants. It can also be used as an Alternation, similar to what Terra did when she used the stone she g...
2023-08-04 11:02:04 +0000 UTC
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Epilogue III
Mallory
“Don’t say anything.” A visibly angry Cass said, trying to hold back the rage within her body. She was so angry that even the technicolor feathers on her wings were vibrating. Of course, this only added to her cuteness factor.
“What, you were just like that cute little bee girl from the video. You know the one where the girl was so lost and then found a nest of fellow bee girls to dance with. Though, in your case it was more spin you around like ...
2023-08-02 23:26:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 117
No Rain
The second I crossed the plane that separated the 199th floor from the 200th floor, I was filled with a flood of energy. Then I felt the now familiar sensation of gaining a lot of ambient energy all at once. The type of energy that only comes from being rewarded by experiencing new feats or reaching major milestones.
For me, since I was the original person who discovered and entered the Arcanaraus tower, I have been both blessed and cursed to con...
2023-08-02 02:50:19 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 12
The dungeon had been altered. No longer were their boss monsters at the end of every ten floors. This new mode, Survival Mode made it so the scale and difficulty of the dungeon had been forever changed. Now there was a slow build up, as every floor was filled with trash monsters, effectively meant to wear down the adventurer slowly.
Fortunately, Terra didn’t have as many problems with her own pacing as she made sure to constantly move slowly and effec...
2023-07-31 23:28:22 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 116
Becoming A Progenitor
Impatient.
If I had to sum up all my boiling emotions into one word, it would have to be impatience. I was going too slowly, Mallory was going too slowly, the whole world was going too slowly. I needed to go faster, my daughter, my beloved daughter was here, or soon to be.
Bestowing a name: You have opted to bestow your biological daughter (Jackie Cruise) with your last name, Spir...
2023-07-30 13:18:42 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 115
Kids, Always Ruing Your Life Goals
The day started off so well. I honestly knew that something bad was going to happen based on how well everything was going.
First, my Second Simulacrum, or SS as I like to refer to her had the fortune of finding yet another five hidden chambers to the dragon library. This was relayed to me both through my own internal feelings of contentedness that coursed from my own spiritual connection to myself.
Then my next clue was w...
2023-07-29 17:14:34 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 11
Up on the surface and even on the first floor of the dungeon, chaos was in action. Professors and nobles alike scampered and scurried about.
At first everyone wondered what exactly had happened, what had changed to make the ground under a dungeon no less have an earthquake. Such actions were believed to be impossible, as dungeons were known for their security and stability. In fact, many safety and evacuation plans called for nobles and their most trusted retinue to go ...
2023-07-29 11:03:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 26
A Game Of Chance
Years passed in the blink of an eye.
Despite her struggles, there were limits to what Maria was capable of personally achieving. Yet, everything went according to plan. Within the first twenty years, Maria had managed to get her minion to challenge and conquer the other nodes for her. Once a node was conquered, the minion would come back and spend time training with her.
The bunny having had a weaker foundation found itself progressing to th...
2023-07-28 10:07:39 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 10
Calm.
If Terra had to describe her descent down the winding dungeon floors, with her eyes closed, her overall disposition would have to be calm. She moved fluidly from section to section, letting her blade or magical arts do the talking.
The further she descended the higher her blind skill ratings grew. She now had a rotation of how she would interact with each floor. On even level floors she would work on her footwork, mastery of the blade, and of course her
2023-07-27 04:05:06 +0000 UTC
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Interlude VI
Biprism Interactive Control Tower I
“We need to push the subject back into the real world. She has been inside that tower for over a year now, with minimal results.” Charles Rainquist, CFO for Biprism Interactive or BiPI as its stock is noted as, said.
“That subject is the first one who has proven that they can comprehend the new level of interaction that was provided to us. Already she has shown herself to understand the basics of magic at a purely fundam...
2023-07-26 00:52:12 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 114
An Agenda
Flap-flap.
“Come on Mallory, we are almost there.” I cry out giddily as I use my wings to push my weightless body through the air at amazing speeds.
Huff-huff.
Even from a distance away I can hear Mallory and her ineffective wings pushing for every ounce of strength they have as we go up the side of the great tree Yggdraspirit for our last few floors until we reach floor 200. We are so close that I can almost taste the ...
2023-07-25 10:32:27 +0000 UTC
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Interlude I
Off in Galandria, a far distant land known for being run by devout seers, Sister Huang one of the seven heavenly maidens, of the Divine Order sat in quiet contemplation. The reason for sister Huang’s presence was as much honor as it was ceremony. Since the beginning of recorded time the Divine Order has sat as the first line of warning for darkness that threatened to engulf the world.
Sister Huang’s job, just like that of her six other heavenly sisters, was to come...
2023-07-24 09:20:30 +0000 UTC
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