Xavier watched as a jagged bolt of pure white lightning shot from Soultaker. It streamed through the darkness, heading straight toward the first clutch of Dark Wyverns.
Soultaker was already infused with Spirit Energy. His body, mind and magic was empowered by Spiritual Trifecta. He knew he’d only been gone from this place for a few minutes, but it felt like far too long.
When the bolt of white lightning neared the beasts, it blossomed into a bright, beautiful apparition of dest...
2023-08-05 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Sitting in the Staging Room, meditating on his reserve of souls, and casting Soul Harden over and over as he watched them get consumed, Xavier wondered if there was any point to using this spell.
He consumed 29 of the 30 souls he had harvested. And, as far as he could tell, nothing had happened.
Though he knew that must have been a deceptive feeling. In his gut, he could feel something changing. It was a small feeling, and he didn’t know if he could trust it or not, but...
2023-08-04 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Xavier kept the frown off his face as he looked at the others. He couldn’t help but feel as though they were looking at him differently.
Then again, he supposed he shouldn’t be surprised even if they were. He thought about what he’d just done. What he’d just been able to do. Not only had he struck down close to a thousand beasts, he’d done it with ease.
And he’d harvested every single one of their souls.
Yet the pit inside of him still didn’t feel full. The pit...
2023-08-03 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Siobhan paced back and forth, not that there was much space on the pillar of rock that was the Safe Zone.
Justin stood in the dead centre of the platform. His forehead was creased, looking toward the side where the door to the Staging Room was. It was on the side of the pillar of rock that they stood upon. When they left, they’d have to lower themselves down, and the kid clearly had a fear of heights.
Howard looked deep in thought, his head down, his arms crossed over his large ...
2023-08-02 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
First I want to thank you all for being here. I really value every single one of you. My Patreon has grown so much more than I expected it to over this past month, and it's staggering to receive so much support. (It also really helps pay the bills!)
I have two things to announce.
First, starting next week, I'll be dropping from releasing 7 chapters of Accidental Champion a week to 5 chapters per week (that's here and on RR).
I'll still publish extra chapters on...
2023-08-02 08:02:02 +0000 UTC
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Xavier burned through Dark Wyvern after Dark Wyvern, sending Soul Strikes at flocks—
Clutches? Flights? What do you call a group of wyverns?
—of the leathery beasts, taking out ten at a time.
He experimented a little with the strength of Soul Strike, wanting to get a feel for it. Now that it had reached Rank 2, he shot off another one-infused Soul Strike to see how many level 14 Dark Wyverns he was able to take out.
Xavier smiled. Previously, he’d only been abl...
2023-08-01 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Bolts of white lightning shot forth from Xavier’s staff-scythe, zigzagging through the air until they came together in one giant apparition, his largest yet.
Xavier laughed. He’d infused six souls into this strike.
The brilliant, white wyvern soared through the Dark Wyverns heading his way, illuminating them in their moment of death. Instantly, nine kill notifications vied for his attention. He pushed them back, willing them not to appear.
Things were about to get seriou...
2023-07-31 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Xavier stood, staring in awe at what he’d just done.
In awe of his first use of Soul Strike.
Though Xavier had certainly killed more enemies in a single strike than he had in that moment, that didn’t tell him much about the potential of the spell he’d just used.
Soul Strike. It had created an apparition of the soul he’d harvested. That apparition had soared through the enemy wyverns, taking all three down without leaving a single scratch on them.
Xavie...
2023-07-30 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Xavier stood on a floating chunk of rock in the middle of a great expanse of complete darkness, ten enemies flying toward him at a tremendous speed, closing a large distance—distance enough for him to think and move.
The only thing illuminating the space around him was his Spiritual Trifecta spell. The silver light that enveloped his body reached out around him only ten or so feet, to the edges of the platform he stood upon and no farther.
He was blind to the enemies that came t...
2023-07-29 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Xavier was pumped and ready to go. As the countdown timer ticked by the seconds until the Tower of Champions opened their doors to him once more, he looked at his stats and information.
XAVIER COLLINS
Age: 20
Race: Human
Grade: F
Moral Faction: World Defender (Planet Earth)
Class: Soul Reaper (Epic)
Level 10
Strength: 13...
2023-07-28 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Again and again, Xavier controlled his aura, containing it within his Spirit Core. Until finally, he’d done it ten times in a row. And still with fifteen minutes remaining until the Tower of Champions reopened its door to them.
He couldn’t help but pump his fist into the air when the notification popped up into his vision.
Skill Quest Complete!
You unlocked and learned the skill Aura-Control!
Aura-Control – Rank 1
2023-07-27 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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For the next day before the Tower of Champions opened its floors to them once more, all Xavier did was Meditate, create Lesser Spirit Coins, and focus on unlocking Aura-Control.
He figured it would be too much to focus on all three Skill Quests at once, and was aiming to unlock one at a time while he grew his understanding of his Spirit Core, auras, and Spirit Energy in general.
In the hours that he practised all of this, he managed to up his Meditation skill all the way to Rank 1...
2023-07-26 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Xavier snapped his eyes open. He was lying on the floor of the tavern, a stool overturned beside him, a candle tipped over, its wax leaking onto the floor though the flame had blown out.
Sam stood above him, a hand running through his hair, shaking his head. The bartender sighed. Turned away from Xavier without bothering to help him up, muttering to himself, “System-damned fool children from baby worlds trying to burn through their cores.”
Xavier tried to push himself up. He f...
2023-07-25 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Xavier sat at the edge of his stool, staring at Sam—Samericalian—the bartender at the bottom of the Tower of Champions, wondering if he would finally get some information about the Spirit Core he’d just discovered inside himself.
The bartender waved a hand in a circle. “The System prevents me from telling Champions things they haven’t already discovered, or other things, like what I told you about being forced to clear a floor.” He sighed. “I’m restricted by so much, som...
2023-07-24 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Xavier felt like the universe wanted to open up to him. Like there was so much still left to learn. To discover.
And he didn’t know how to access any of it.
Ten hours had passed since he’d first discovered his Spirit Core. Gaining those 10 points in Spirit and discovering there were three skills for him to learn had lit a fire underneath him.
But he felt like he was a child trying to understand the heart and human body’s circulatory system by staring at a crud...
2023-07-23 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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As no insight came to Xavier about his burgeoning soul-taking tendencies, when his Spirit Energy was fully restored, he focused on the second thing he’d learnt about the strange energy.
During his Meditation the previous day, he’d unlocked an insight about Spirit Energy that had gotten him curious. When he’d first created a Lesser Spirit Coin, he’d felt the energy move through his body like blood moved through veins.
Inherently, he’d known there was something… impo...
2023-07-22 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Melissa Donavan watched from the trees.
The elves, she’d found, were difficult to kill. She’d only ever gone after them when they’d been alone. Killing them didn’t bring the feelings she’d expected—guilt, heartache, a sense of having done wrong.
No, killing them had felt right. Not good—but right.
There was a difference, she knew. A difference she understood in her heart. Maybe her soul, if such a thing existed.
These elves were alien in...
2023-07-21 18:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Xavier made his way back to his rooms while the other members of his party headed to the Staging Room.
There was something he needed to do.
When utilising his Meditation skill, he’d found that it didn’t much matter if he were holding a conversation with others or not, the rate at which his Spirit Energy and health recovered was the same.
But his insights came less frequently.
Now that he’d used all of his Spirit Energy creating another batch of Lesser Spirit Coin...
2023-07-21 07:19:34 +0000 UTC
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Xavier sat beside Siobhan, and across from Howard and Justin, in one of the tavern’s booths.
He couldn’t help but notice that Sam, the bartender in this place, had glanced at him a few more times than he’d glanced at anyone else. A fact which was beginning to make Xavier uncomfortable.
Two days had passed since their ninety-hour forced break from climbing the floors of the Tower of Champions. Forty-nine hours, to be precise. And there were still forty-one left.
Xavier ...
2023-07-20 18:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Once Alistair Reed had grown strong enough, he was able to dispense with all subtlety.
It had taken him a full two days to kill all the members of his tutorial. The more of them he’d slain—luring them into dark alleys, taking them out when they were sleeping, or coming upon them when they were alone—the easier it had become.
Not from a moral standpoint. In that way, it had already been easy. Alistair Reed didn’t have any moral qualms about killing his own people. He didn...
2023-07-19 18:59:59 +0000 UTC
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Samericalian cleaned the bar, despite the fact that it was already pristine, subtly observing the patrons in the tavern. Samericalian—or Samas he liked to go by with people from this planet—was an E Grade Denizen. Not the most gifted Denizen about, but he had some skills, though he wasn’t much of a combat fighter.
What he was, was good at infiltration. At gathering information. And not being noticed.
Being E Grade also gave him the benefit of having abiliti...
2023-07-18 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Xavier placed his hand on the System Shop’s terminal, opening up the menu and feeding in his search parameters.
Scythe-staff, at the maximum I can afford, at the maximum I can wield. He bit his lip, pausing before beginning the search. This will likely show me only just afford, and whatever the most expensive thing I can get, I know I’ll want.
Xavier paused, considering this for a moment. Armour was important. But… was it important right now
2023-07-17 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Xavier hadn’t moved from where he sat on the floor in the Staging Room.
There was so much to do. So much to learn.
He opened up his spell list, and selected the Spell Upgrade for Spirit Break, noticing that it was different to an Upgrade Quest.
Spirit Break (All) has been successfully upgraded!
Spirit Break (All) can now be used with a harvested soul.
What?
Xavier leant forward, staring at the text. Not that lean...
2023-07-16 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“Xavier?” Someone shoved his shoulder. “Xavier, are you all right? Xavier!”
Xavier’s eyes snapped open. He looked up. Howard crouched by him, a hand on his shoulder. He yanked his hand away when Xavier opened his eyes, standing and taking a quick step back.
Siobhan and Justin stood behind Howard. Justin’s eyes widened, staring into Xavier’s. Siobhan’s face lit up in a smile.
“Your eyes!” Siobhan said.
Xavier sat up. The pain he’d felt what must ha...
2023-07-15 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Xavier, still sitting cross-legged by the tower door in the Staging Room, looked at the last two options on the class selection menu.
Bringer of Destruction – Epic Class
Soul Reaper – Epic Class
Xavier narrowed his gaze, reading the titles of the two classes. They both felt rather… ominous. He had an affinity for Spirit—though it was no longer his strongest attribute, as he didn’t have a skill that enhanced it lik...
2023-07-14 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Xavier, Howard, Siobhan and Justin returned to the Staging Room.
Xavier wanted to check his stats. To see exactly how much he’d gained. But more than that, he wanted to check what classes he would get to choose from.
Howard placed a hand on his shoulder. “That was…” The man shook his head. “That was insane.” He removed his hand and went over to his loot box, still shaking his head, muttering, “Insane,” several more times.
Justin’s eyes were a little wide, s...
2023-07-14 07:27:57 +0000 UTC
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For the third time, Xavier and his party stood under two suns in a field of purple grass.
This time, however, he planned to clear the floor as fast as humanly possible. Or, Denizenly possible, he supposed.
That’s why he’d thrown all 5 free stat points from his last level-up into Intelligence, further boosting the strength of his Heavy Telekinesis spell, which was already well and truly overpowered.
The second they appeared in the grass, Xavier willed the prompt to appear...
2023-07-14 07:26:08 +0000 UTC
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Xavier stared up at the three-headed Cerotri Infernum. Much of the human army lay dead around him. As he’d ordered, some soldiers had been taken prisoner—insurance, to make sure they didn’t accidentally clear this floor.
The Cerotri Infernum looked like a terrifying beast. Standing at thirty-five feet with those vicious horns jutting from each of its heads. The massive roar that mingled so many monstrous noises all at once.
It was roaring now, back on its hind legs ...
2023-07-13 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Xavier knelt in the long, purple grass of an alien world. Two large suns hung high in the sky, their heat bearing down on him. The breeze blew in, flapping the tattered remnants of his robes.
And all Xavier felt was the pain. A pain that ran over and under every inch of his skin. A pain that stabbed and clawed and dug at the very deepest parts of him. A pain that threatened to engulf his entire consciousness.
I have to fight it.
Hundreds of enemy soldiers stood befo...
2023-07-12 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Xavier kept a close eye on his health as he fought, but once he’d gotten into the thick of things, right up at the foot soldiers with their spears and shields, he wasn’t taking near as much damage as he had been when he’d been out back in the open.
And now, his health was actually steadily regenerating.
Xavier heard Sergeant Bradley holler for his soldiers to create a shield wall to receive him, clearly expecting him to be strong after he’d taken all of their attacks and k...
2023-07-11 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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