The great forest on the hundredth floor of the Tower of Champions became eerily quiet as he entered the area on the mini-map where Gimble had told him the C Grade beast held its territory.
The birds in the trees that usually flittered from one branch to another were nowhere to be seen. No critters could be heard crawling across the forest floor. Even the breeze had stopped, as though wind couldn’t touch this place.
The trees were different to ones he’d encountered in other par...
2024-11-04 18:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Gimble looked more than pleased with himself as he leant back in his chair and looked over at Xavier. He had him on the hook, knowing how much Xavier wanted the information.
And so that was when Xavier asked, “Something tells me you want something in return for the information about the C Grade beast?”
Xavier was still wrapping his head around the fact that there might be a C Grade beast somewhere on this floor that he could face. Hell, he was still wrapping his head around wh...
2024-10-31 18:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Over the next few weeks, Gimble, the Raid Leader of their instance of the one hundred floor of the Tower of Champions, held a record number of raids against C Grade beasts.
They went after the weakest of the C Grade beasts, for—according to Gimble—it would be suicide on a mass scale to go after something like the C Grade dragon.
Xavier was glad for that. He wished to go after the dragon on his own—even if achieving something like that was feeling like it was farther away tha...
2024-10-30 18:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Xavier watched in idle fascination as the claws cut through every single defence he had.
The Iron Wolf cut down the Bulwark spell.
It cut through the Shield Walls.
It destroyed every single one of the Floating Shields.
In the fraction of a second that he had to respond to this attack, Xavier cast Soul Block. He did not hesitate to pour over four thousand souls into the spell.
He had never seen so many soul apparitions burst into life, then be utterly destroyed. T...
2024-10-29 18:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Gimble sat on the ground. He did not look like he was in the pain that he should be in. He crossed his legs and lay his warhammer on top of them, then shut his eyes. Heals came from other Champions within the time dilation field as they realised what was going on, and it wasn’t long before the dwarf’s wound was no more, and his armour was as good as new.
Finally, the dwarf stood and looked up into Xavier’s eyes. “I appreciate the time spell, Xavier. But what plan are you speakin...
2024-10-28 18:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Xavier stood, fuming. He was struggling to contain his frustration.
Rhaalir, the elf spirit, was giving him a strange look. Why so much anger, young Denizen?
Gimble put me in the Support group.
Gimble, the Raid Leader, had assigned all the Champion present into three different groups. The Vanguard. The Main Host. And Support.
The Support group consisted of Champions who were there to stop the D Grade wolven packs from distracting the oth...
2024-10-24 18:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Xavier was high in the sky. He’d leapt to the greatest height his Strength could take him, and was observing the oncoming stampede with an impassive look on his face.
Seeing the Rhinoceros Monkeys stirred his blood, made the bestial part of him—a part that was growing—fill with anticipation.
He was here, once again, to fill his soulkeeping reserve—a reserve that was only becoming larger with each passing day as his soul spells continued to advance through ranks.
On h...
2024-10-23 18:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Xavier took a step back as the beast—the spirit from the Otherworld which he’d summoned through the bridge using Soul Sacrifice—emerged into the Mortal Realm.
A sinuous, scaled body came through the rift between planes at an almost unimaginable speed. There was a roar that shuddered the very trees around them, rustling the leaves and making birds high up in the branches take flight. Fire and ice streamed from the beast’s giant gaping maw as it intercepted the Raphick.
Xavi...
2024-10-22 18:00:07 +0000 UTC
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The symbol of power—the Conduit—looked grotesque and… oddly beautiful at the same time. There was a logic to the shapes, the way they connected together, that Xavier could almost intuit.
Should I really be attempting this ritual? Xavier asked Rhaalir, the elven spirit from the Otherworld whom he’d contracted as his teacher.
Rhaalir raised his chin, his hands folded neatly behind his back.
Normally, with a Rank 1 Ritual skill, performing this rit...
2024-10-21 18:00:10 +0000 UTC
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It turned out there was a lot more to soul energy than the spirit had first implied.
As it wished to make a deal with him, it was compelled to answer his questions regarding everything to do with the deal—literally compelled. When Xavier asked about the spirit’s honesty over this matter, a notification from the System popped up, telling him that during an Otherworldly Communion spell, a spirit was not able to lie.
Xavier glanced at the grey stone ...
2024-10-17 18:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Felicia stood behind the bar. She looked to be casually polishing the long wooden countertop without a care in the world, and certainly without caring about what was happening around her. Yet she watched the clientele like a hawk. It was easy not to make her observations obvious—she had a skill that let her observe everyone in Hunter’s Home no matter where they were standing.
Hunter’s Home was her domain, and so she had complete control over it. The System had ensured that for her...
2024-10-16 18:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Xavier stared back at Liana, sitting in the grove within the bubble of time. “There’s someone you wish to save?”
The woman bit her lip and turned away. “My husband.”
Xavier’s eyes widened. “You have a husband?” he said, surprised.
Liana glared at him. “Of course I have a husband. Why wouldn’t I have a husband?”
Xavier put his hands up. “I didn’t mean that you wouldn’t, I just.” He gestured toward her. “You look so young...
2024-10-15 18:00:10 +0000 UTC
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[Author Note: Is this a better posting time for you guys?]
Xavier punched his clawed hand straight into the wolven’s chest. He tore through muscle and sinew, cut through fat and bone, until he reached what he was after, grabbed hold of it, and ripped.
He grasped a chunk of the wolven’s heart, holding it gripped tight in his hand. A kill notification sprang into his vision the instant he’d ripped it out. Xavier tilted his chin up, staring through half-slitted...
2024-10-14 18:00:09 +0000 UTC
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[Author Note:
I've been able to write at a better pace these last few days, and I wanted to give my biggest supporters--you guys--a bonus chapter.
I don't really talk about it much, but having this Patreon has really, really helped my financial situation. It's not "enough", but it helps to get me just a little closer to where I need to be. So, thank you all for sticking around, and thanks to all the newcomers to.
If ...
2024-10-14 15:41:22 +0000 UTC
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Snaaaaaaap!
Xavier’s eyes widened in shock.
In the tug of war between himself and the Alpha Rhinoceros Monkey, his Midnight Scythe had snapped clean in half.
Shock was written on the alpha’s face just the same. It was strange seeing shock after so much rage had been etched on it since Xavier’s first glance of the beast.
The sound was a terrible one. Fragments of the staff—dark splinters from the break—flew through the air like shrapnel from a dirty b...
2024-10-11 06:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Xavier stared at his fingernails. Once they’d gone back to normal, they didn’t change back again.
The fight… it had brought something out in him. It had altered his thoughts, his emotions, even his body… because of how he had been changing it.
Xavier couldn’t help but remember the description of the werewolf he’d used Identify on back on a previous floor.
Some believe that a Denizen studying transmogrification, the art of changing one's form, accidentally cre...
2024-10-10 06:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Xavier gripped the Rhinoceros Monkey horn in his hand.
Dismantle has reached Rank 21!
Dismantle has reached rank 22!
He grinned. The horns were sharp. Sharp enough that he could use them to cut through the beasts. He was working on cutting through the tenth beast now, gaining roughly two ranks for every beast he carved through. The properties were gathering beside him in a pile. Horns. Claws. Teeth. Tails. Eyes. Bon...
2024-10-09 06:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Xavier swallowed at the sight of thousands of beasts trampling through the forest, destroying everything they touched, trying to get to him.
And he had trapped his Midnight Scythe—the only weapon he had—with the damned Alpha Rhinoceros Monkey.
The weapon offered him much—higher attributes, something in which to channel his magic, and the imbued ability Restorative Spirit. But that didn’t mean he was weak without it.
He swiftly went through his options. There were sev...
2024-10-08 06:19:00 +0000 UTC
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[Author note: I didn't think I'd manage a fourth chapter this week, but I stayed up until 4am writing while watching over the baby. So, here it is! I should try and nap...]
Xavier stared at the notification he had just received.
You have trespassed on the stampede and have now been marked by the Alpha Rhinoceros Monkey.
As long as you remain upon this world, it will have the ability to track you.
&...
2024-10-04 07:00:09 +0000 UTC
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[Author note:
At this rate, I won't be able to publish 4 chapters this week. Despite doing my best to carve out writing time, sleep deprivation has made it difficult to stay awake while at the keyboard, which has significantly dropped my rate of production. So unless a miracle happens, tomorrow's chapter won't come out.
I've always been sleep deprived, but having a newborn is like a whole new level.
2024-10-03 06:29:25 +0000 UTC
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Felicia drummed her fingers on the bar. Despite the hunger that still lingered in her eyes from learning that Xavier was only E Grade on a floor that an E Grade shouldn’t be able to survive on, he could sense that there was still a hint of general disbelief lingering in her about him, and the things he might be capable of.
“Right,” she said after Xavier had told the woman he wanted to claim Ability Acquisition for his Hunt Quest. “Your Hunt Quest.” She waved a hand, and a spli...
2024-10-02 07:15:38 +0000 UTC
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Author Note:
[Hello, all! I'm back!
It has been a lot harder to get back into things now that we have a newborn than I had first anticipated. This chapter is only just coming out on schedule (okay, it's a few minutes late), and I hope I can get the other 3 chapters for this week done on time, but I'm going to try not to stress too much about it as that always negatively effects my writing.
I will get ba...
2024-10-01 07:10:16 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
I just wanted to announce that book 2 of Accidental Champion is out today! It's, so far, doing better than any of my books ever have!
Here's a link to the Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6WJNRLJ
I know everyone here has already read book 2, but if you feel like dropping a rating or review over th...
2024-09-26 01:36:58 +0000 UTC
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My daughter has just been born!
I am excited, and want to spend as much time as I can with our new baby! And because of this, I am going to be pausing my chapter releases for the next month (I will also be pausing billing, as I don't want to be charging you guys while I'm not giving you chapters!)
Billing is paused?
This means that whether you signed up yesterday or a month ago, you won’t be charged for...
2024-08-28 04:22:20 +0000 UTC
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You have defeated a Level 280 Stone Bear!
You have gained 2,000 Mastery Points (E Grade).
Congratulations!
You have completed your second Hunt Quest on the hundredth floor of the Tower of Champions. Return to Hunter’s Home to claim your reward and start on your next Hunt Quest!
Hunt Quests completed: 2
Hunt Quests needed to pass to the next...
2024-08-23 07:00:08 +0000 UTC
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The Spirit of Protection is working its power through you. You have gained access to 5 limited use spells.
Bulwark - 3/3 uses remaining
A protective barrier against both physical and magical attacks that protects those within it.
Shield Wall - 3/3 uses remaining
A temporary barrier that will prevent enemy access. Typically used to block gates, hallways, or other passageways during ...
2024-08-22 07:14:46 +0000 UTC
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Once, when Xavier was young, he and his mother were staying at their cousin’s farmhouse out of state. The room they stayed in was detached from the main house—an old, renovated shed—and it didn’t have a bathroom.
He distinctly remembered a time when the power had been out, and he couldn’t find a torch. There had been heavy cloud cover during the day which had stretched into the night, and when he stepped outside, he couldn’t see a damned thing. He’d never felt more vulnera...
2024-08-21 07:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Xavier launched himself through one breakthrough after another, performing feats of the body and mind he hadn’t known he was capable of before—performing feats he hadn’t been capable of before.
In all his time levelling up, gaining titles, getting powerful, he hadn’t realised the gaps he was leaving in himself.
Now, they were being filled.
He sped from one side of the time bubble to the other, or ran around it in a circle, or dodged the spells that the ...
2024-08-20 07:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Xavier stopped running, skidding to a halt in the middle of the forest glade, right in front of the armchair the pale-skinned, darkhaired Liana lazed back on, reading one of her seemingly infinite number of books.
“I’ve done it!” Xavier announced.
If Xavier were honest, there had been a part of him that hadn’t believed what the woman had been telling him—that there was a way to better connect to his different attributes. Well, it wasn’t that he didn’t believe
2024-08-16 07:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Time in the forest grove passed more swiftly than it did perhaps anywhere else in the Greater Universe.
Slowly, Xavier’s ability to be patient grew with each use of his spell. The longer the Time Alteration spell remained active, the more he saw that time truly did move outside of it. If he stared outward at the trees long enough, he could see the leaves rustled by the wind. It was another exercise in patience that Liana had given him on his second usage of the Time Alteration spell.<...
2024-08-15 07:00:09 +0000 UTC
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