“Level and damage doesn’t matter, as long as I block it. It’s purely about game knowledge.” Aegis whispered to himself, taking a deep breath as the three heads of the void hydra loomed above him and the nearby rift, the center letting out a feral roar. They then proceeded to snap their fanged snouts down towards Aegis with lightning speed, forcing Aegis to flick his shield into each strike. Once he’d blocked all three, they didn’t let up and continued with more strikes, slowly pus...
2023-07-17 10:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Aegis and the elven priestess Ysilda stood motionless, the loud vibrating warping sounds continuously echoing out of the rift in front of them. Their eyes were staring up at the long necks of the curious hydra, as it rotated its three heads above the destroyed walls of the chapel, taking in the city sights.
After a long, tense few moments, the hydra seemed to pick up on something that piqued its interest, and began stomping forward. The rest of its body formed out of the rift behind it ...
2023-07-15 10:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Quest: Close the Voidrift within 15 minutes.
Objective: 0/1 Voidrift closed
Quest Giver: Advanced Mastery Dungeon
Reward: Shield Mastery(Advanced)
Difficulty: Extreme (III)
Restrictions: Shield Mastery(Intermediate): 150
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Entering Uni...
2023-07-14 10:01:02 +0000 UTC
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“Three weeks.” Aegis spoke through his party interface. He was in a group with Pyri, Rakkan, Darkshot, and Lina, but none of them were currently near one another. “In three weeks' time, we’ll need to be ready for our final preparations to join the tournament.”
“I know it’s not a lot of time…”
Lina heard his voice as she walked through the streets of the City of the White Tree, with Dark Elf citizens staring at her curiously as she passe...
2023-07-14 10:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Aegis entered into the Shattered World simulation within the meeting room of the Rene town hall. Nearby, focusing on several parchments set out before them on the table was Chax and Ruffily, deep in a discussion. The sound of Aegis logging in stirred them, though. They both quickly looked up to see him standing there, with expressions of surprise.
“You’re back?” Chax spoke first.
“Yeah. I’m back…” Aegis shrugged awkwardly at the pair, while Ruffily avoided eye contac...
2023-07-12 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Shinji and Eli had gotten a seat in the corner of a moderately fancy asian-themed restaurant. As they sat down at the table across from each other, both of them swiped their wrist implants over a black plastic bar built into the center of the table. After they had, a menu of the restaurant's dishes was loaded up into their eye implants, displaying what food was available to order on a small, scrollable screen floating in their peripheral vision.
“It’s on me, since it’s your birthd...
2023-07-11 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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AUTHOR NOTE: The previous chapter, this chapter, and the next ones are very emotionally, character driven chapters that involve trying to convey the feelings of multiple characters and their points of view on this conflict through dialogue.
Something like this is extremely, extremely hard to get right and it usually takes dozens and dozens of edits and rewrites to nail the feeling I was going for, so please keep that in mind as you read it - I appreciate any and all f...
2023-07-10 10:00:08 +0000 UTC
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“This is too much. I mean…” Hae-won watched intently at the scene unfolding before her. She was pacing around her broadcasting simulation in front of a screen that displayed Aegis’ broadcast. Like before, Aegis’ viewership had shot up to an abnormally high number and put him into the 9th slot of the top 10 streamer list, with Seraxus sitting in 4th. “We all thought there was no way Aegis would win against the Avatar of Jealousy, but he did somehow come out on top. Is it possible h...
2023-07-08 10:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The two groups glared at each other in silence for a long few moments. Sylvia had her eyes locked onto Pyri with a malicious smile, revealing her bright white teeth and incredibly sharp canines. Pyri returned the gaze, her attention drawn to the strangely large fangs out of curiosity until she eventually spotted the small pointy ears sticking out of Sylvia’s head. This lead Pyri’s eyes downward towards the long leopard spotted tail whipping back and forth behind Sylvia’s legs, revealing...
2023-07-07 10:00:09 +0000 UTC
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author note: bad editing, apologize for typoes - short on time last few days due to busy work will try to catch up on editing asap.
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“Can’t we go any faster?” Eli asked from the passenger seat of their autopod. Jillian stood in the driver seat, but was leaning back somewhat relaxed. The pair were looking forward through the windshield of the small auto...
2023-07-06 10:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Unedited, will edit asap!:
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“So I said to the guy, listen ter this *hick*,” Tullan shouted from atop a table, mug of ale in his hand as his feet wobbled and he nearly stumbled off of the table. The dining hall of the Castle of Rene was furnished with finely crafted tables, chairs, and decorative tapestries. All of it lit by finely crafted and enchanted glowing iron lanterns bolted to the...
2023-07-05 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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The sound of hammering and saws echoed all throughout the streets of Rene as the construction of the castle began. On the northwestern side of the town, the structure slowly erected from the ground and began to tower over the other nearby buildings. Beasts of burden pulled carts towards the construction project, loaded with cut stone blocks and pristine planks of beautifully cut lumber.
Aegis got to work on multiple skills, with the help of Ruffily. Jorik, and numerous other architect p...
2023-07-04 10:00:06 +0000 UTC
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“Welcome back to VGN Daily,” The VGN Broadcaster spoke with enthusiasm, leaning forward in his plushy red chair within the VGN broadcasting studio. He wore a black suit and tie and was sporting a thick brown goatee with a shaved head of short brown hair. Beside him sat a long wooden stand with a floating screen above it, on display for the viewers as it hovered side by side with the broadcaster.
On the screen, a view of Feng and his guild of the Vindicators wearing matching red outf...
2023-07-03 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone, I am sorry to say I will not be able to complete and upload chapters for the rest of the week due to some personal issues that have been slowing down my editing and writing process. It is nothing serious but it has taken me away from writing for a significant amount of time that I need to delay releases a bit to catch back up.
I promise to make it back up to you guys before the great 'editing apoloclypse' to keep you lovely patreon supporters well read and ahead of Roya...
2023-06-30 09:47:11 +0000 UTC
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Editing still in progress~
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Aegis and Lina returned to the Sky Darling atop Snowflake immediately after taking his next advanced class quest, to see Pyri and Leonard still having a good time and Darkshot and Rakkan pretending to be blind.
Following their arrival, though, the Airship immediately turned around to return back to Kordas from which it came. The retu...
2023-06-29 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Claws of the Envious
Slot: Weapon
Type: Unarmed
Damage: 3531-4164
Speed: Fast
Quality: 93%
Durability: Indestructible
Option 1: When equi...
2023-06-28 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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AUTHOR NOTE: Editing still in progress, should be done in a bit. May be filled with typoes and weird grammar!
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“They’re in there.” Tullan waved his arm to motion down a long, dark hall with walls of dark gray blocks stacked on top of one another. The entrance into the hallway was blocked off by an iron barred door, which Tullan promptly unlocked using a key from his i...
2023-06-27 10:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Not long after the creation of the Snowflake Golem, the cheering and crowds settled down within the city of Kordas. Quinn made an effort to round up all of the major players present, including many of the Elite NPCs of the Kordas Kingdom, and had them slowly funneled into the meeting chamber of the Night Hunter’s Guild Hall.
Aegis was included in this group, along with his party and council members. Yumily came in with Yuki and Kaito, and Christoph and Artaphernes were present as well...
2023-06-26 10:00:08 +0000 UTC
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“Hey, are you finally awake?” Jillian asked as she watched a sleepy Eli make his way down the stairs of their home. He looked down the hall into the living room at Jillian as she was bent over his Simbox, in the process of cleaning around it and the outside of it.
“Yeah…” Eli yawned, stretching his arms up into the air. “You didn’t go back in yet?”
“I’m about to. Hasn’t been that long.” She shrugged. “I had a chat with a few of my old pals, a couple of ul...
2023-06-23 10:00:08 +0000 UTC
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“I don’t believe it!” Samathara spoke to her audience as she leaned over the side of the Skyport of Kordas. “It’s… the abyss is pulling back! The darkness is receding!” She announced. Across the sea of buildings, she looked to the south where the forces of Kordas continued to fight against the swarming reapers and abysslings. But beyond the walls, the dark mist began to pull back, and with it, the creatures and monsters began to flee.
Elven arrows, and makeshift catapults,...
2023-06-22 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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While Aegis’ petrification wore off another player jumped from the skies and appeared next to him and Kaito, [Kenji - Level 165]. He was wearing a set of blue and white robes that matched the style of Kaito’s kimono, with a staff on his back. They both looked somewhat familiar to Aegis, and now that he read his buff, he recalled why. Kenji had been the illusionist player during Yumily’s concert that he’d seen several months ago. Kaito was Yumily’s bodyguard, a samur...
2023-06-21 09:57:41 +0000 UTC
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There was a loud silence that overtook the all of the Shattered world. Within the taverns of Lanusk, Savringard, and beyond. Within the homes of those viewing in the real world, and the broadcasting studio of the Fanta-see network. Hae-won, with tears in her eyes, watched Aegis’ broadcast as he made his desperate last stand. Aegis, with his eyes shut, remained stoically in front of the Avatar of Jealousy as she glared at him from a few meters away.
“There’s just no wa...
2023-06-20 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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“I should be there. I should be helping him!” Selena cried out as she paced around her basement, watching Aegis’ livestream with her parents. They sat at a table with a small television mounted on the nearby wall, glancing between her and the screen.
“Selena.” Her mom called out, but got ignored as Selena ran her fingers through her hair erratically. “SELENA!” Her mom shouted, snapping her out of it. “Why are you talking like it’s over?” Her mom asked.
“He’...
2023-06-19 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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“How are you holding up?” Viella asked Jael as she shadowstepped up onto the wall to stand beside him. Jael maintained concentration on his Grand Tempest spell, causing wild lightning strikes to blast the fields on the outskirts of Kordas in front of them.
“My mana will last for quite awhile, so long as my spell is not interrupted. You?” Jael asked her with a strained expression on his face.
“Just keep it nice and cloudy, and nothing will get onto this wall and live long...
2023-06-17 10:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Darkshot found himself on top of a roof of one of the many residential structures within the city of Kordas. Darkwing had put him down in his frog form, hopped a few centimeters away, then turned and stared at his frog body curiously, tilting his head to the side and cooing at him.
Darkshot looked back at his pigeon expressionlessly with his large bulging eyes, doing his best to not make any odd croaking noises, though he felt an urge to do so building up inside of him. Luckily, the dur...
2023-06-16 10:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Quinn sat in her office simulation, pacing behind a large fluffy blue couch that sat in the midsts of an otherwise plain room. In front of the couch, multiple livestream broadcasts were on display on floating screens that hovered in the air a meter away from it. On the couch sat Ren, leaning forward on the edge of his seat watching the broadcasts unfold. The pair looked incredibly similar to their in-game avatars, minus the fantasy clothing and armor.
Three livestreams were on display f...
2023-06-15 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Rakkan ran out of the throne room in the direction he’d seen Quiver and Darkshot leave, and attempted pursuit around several corridors until arriving at the large hall that Darkshot was once in. Zekor followed closely behind him without saying a word.
Rakkan spotted the discarded shield that Darkshot had tried to use to knock Quiver’s arrow down, and knew he was still going in the right direction, but saw no other immediate signs of him. He squinted carefully, taking advantage of hi...
2023-06-14 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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“Pyri!” Erikson shouted to her from atop the walls of Rene, while Pyri used her fly spell to patrol the skies above the town, looking off into the distance for any signs of the approaching abyss. Hearing Erikson, she didn’t reply but rather flew towards him and looked him in the eyes. “We’ve got incoming.” He announced once he was sure she could hear him.
“From where, and how many?” Pyri asked. Erikson looked towards his ranger guild member standing next to him, who nodd...
2023-06-13 09:55:35 +0000 UTC
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Darkshot continued to pursue Quiver through the winding halls of the Kordas Palace. He was unsure of where he was being led, but Quiver walked lackadaisically around while dodging any shot that Darkshot took at him with ease.
Eventually, the pair turned into a wide empty hallway and Darkshot’s frustration got the best of him. The moment he got a clear line of sight on Quiver, he fired a shot that Quiver maneuvered to avoid, but this time Darkshot utilized the large space of this parti...
2023-06-12 10:00:08 +0000 UTC
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“I’m guessing you picked this place because of how dark it is?” Cheryl asked as she tilted her head up and briefly panned around to take in their surroundings.
“I let Yorgi pick the place. I’ve never been here before.” Lina shrugged.
“Figures. Typical passive, obedient Lina…” Cheryl replied mockingly as she tilted her head back down to face her. “I was being serious when I said he’d get bored of you.”
“No, you were doing all that just to divide us. ...
2023-06-09 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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