Xavier, Howard, Siobhan and Justin were engulfed in a white light and transported to the head of the elven army.
Xavier wasn’t sure how this would go. He’d just slaughtered this army and their summoned Champion, the Cerotri Infernum, basically torturing the poor hell beast as he ranked-up his Spirit Break spell.
Now, he was going to be fighting on their side? It seemed almost perverse. But… here the army was, all of them alive again. To his eyes, it looked like the same army...
2023-07-10 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Xavier stood over the mangled, destroyed body of the Cerotri Infernum.
The hell beast with three heads must have had a massive amount of health. It had managed to survive five uses of Spirit Break to its body, mind and soul each.
Fifteen uses of the spell. Seven and a half minutes of agony.
It still breathed, but it did not moan any longer. It couldnot moan anymore. No cheers came from the soldiers behind him. A silence had fallen upon the battlefield as he’d cast...
2023-07-10 07:04:36 +0000 UTC
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The thunderous, explosive roar of the Cerotri Infernum rang out once more, stabbing at Xavier’s ears. The weird bubbling, popping, rumbling, jet-engine noise hit him threefold.
Xavier stared up at the hell beast. Behind him, his honour guard and party stood, along with the rest of the human army. Some of them were engaged with the enemy elves, which were scattered about the battlefield.
“Sergeant Bradley!” Xavier shouted. “Ensure you leave one or two of the enemy alive!”...
2023-07-10 07:03:15 +0000 UTC
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Xavier, standing between two armies, glanced up at the floor boss for the third floor of the Tower of Champions.
He had no idea what the hell it was, but it lookedterrifying. Far more menacing than the Puma Prime or the Rat King had been. This looked like a true beast. It stood on four thick, trunk-like legs. It looked like some sort of weird cross between a rhinoceros and a three-headed hellhound, though this thing would give Cerberus a run for its money.
Each of its thr...
2023-07-09 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Xavier, gripping his Spirit Staff of Might tightly in both hands, ran toward the enemy army of five hundred elves.
Knife-ears, Sergeant Bradley had called them. It was a slur Xavier had recognised. Strange, hearing it from a real person talking about real elves.
Real elves. Elves actually exist, and I’m about to fight them.He supposed that shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, considering he’d already fought against goblins, massive Black Pumas and Gian...
2023-07-09 07:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Xavier stood in the middle of a large field of long, purple grass. Two suns blared down at him and his party from above. And, on either side of them, two opposing armies marched.
One, an army of elves, five hundred strong.
The other, an army of humans, equal in number.
Xavier stared at the last line of the notification that had popped up in his vision.
Whose call will you answer?
He had to choose which army to fight with.
“Are you guys se...
2023-07-08 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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In the Staging Room of the Tower of Champions, Xavier walked up to the door that would take him and his party to the third floor.
Before moving forward, he looked at his stats and other information.
XAVIER COLLINS
Age: 20
Race: Human
Grade: F
Moral Faction: World Defender (Planet Earth)
Class: Basic Mage
Level 8
St...
2023-07-07 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Once again, when they sold all of the corpses and items they’d looted from clearing a floor, they didn’t get a great deal of coin for them. It added up to a little more than seven thousand Lesser Spirit Coins.
Not for the first time, it made Xavier wonder how much more they could have earned had they sold off those items directly to crafters and dismantlers. He was quite sure the System Shop was cutting them out of a great deal of money, but he didn’t think on it too long...
2023-07-07 07:20:18 +0000 UTC
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Xavier held his breath as he selected Spell Book from the loot box’s notification.
A moment later, a Spell Book appeared in his hand. It was the same size as the one that Siobhan had sitting in her lap. It was a leather-bound book that looked like it had five hundred pages.
He ran a hand over the cover, feeling the indentations that had been worked into the dark leather. Some arcane symbol had been carved into it. An eight-pointed star. Does this symbol have some so...
2023-07-06 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Xavier walked to the middle of the Staging Room. He knelt by the loot box with his name on it. He’d put his Spirit Staff of Might into his Storage Ring, and he had the odd urge to rub his hands together greedily like some cartoon villain, or steeple his fingers and say, Excellent.
He smirked, pushed away those foolish thoughts, and opened the chest to see what rewards he’d gained this time.
You have gained +2 Skill Points.
You have gaine...
2023-07-06 06:49:09 +0000 UTC
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Xavier smiled as he read the two notifications, standing in the blood-drenched cavern where he and the others had faced the final boss of the second floor.
Title Unlocked!
500 Stats: This is a common title that everyone receives when they have reached a total 500 combined stat points.
You have received +3 to all stats!
Note: As you have a similar title, “100 Stats” has been combined with this title and shar...
2023-07-05 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Xavier, one moment running across the rocky ground toward the Rat King—the boss of the second floor of the Tower of Champions—in the next found himself falling into a hole that had formed straight beneath him.
He hadn’t been fast enough to avoid it. He hadn’t even known what was happening until it was too late. He didn’t even get a chance to try and climb out of it before the earth shrank, the walls closing in on him until he was trapped on all sides, his arms and staff clampe...
2023-07-05 07:23:01 +0000 UTC
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The screeching scream launching out of the mole rat’s throat was louder than any other Xavier had encountered.
He leapt toward the other members of his party, facing up at the beast and quickly scanning it as he raised his Spirit Staff of Might.
{Giant Mole Rat – Level 15}
It was the highest-level beast Xavier had seen in this place. The same level the Puma Prime had been. But he was sure this wasn’t the floor boss.
This was just one of its rat-b...
2023-07-05 07:21:25 +0000 UTC
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Xavier thought about it and… he couldn’t leave the others behind. Dragging them along would no doubt mean losing any chance at getting a spot in the top 100, but chances were they would still be able to clear this floor before anyone else in their tower, especially since he was already so far ahead.
And he could still get the solo title, as long as he didn’t let any of the others contribute to the fight.
He wasn’t going to let the others get hurt or killed just be...
2023-07-05 07:20:30 +0000 UTC
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Xavier felt like a whirlwind of death.
A whirlwind of death. That sounds awesome.
He didn’t know that slaughtering monsters could be so… fun. A small pang of guilt still lived within him because he was enjoyingkilling. But if he were going to become strong enough to defend Earth, then he had to feed this feeling.
Had to embrace it.
Xavier used Spiritual Trifecta to increase the speed at which he ran at through the tunnels. He barely ever ...
2023-07-04 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Xavier stood just outside the small archway outside of the Safe Zone on the second floor of the Tower of Champions, facing down two ugly beasts that bounded toward him.
They were coming at him fast, but with his Speed being what it was he had plenty of time to scan them.
{Giant Mole Rat – Level 11}
{Giant Mole Rat – Level 11}
Xavier smiled. The beasts were barely higher level than the ones on the last floor, though he imagined they...
2023-07-03 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Xavier Collins took up the Spirit Staff of Might. The staff looked rather different to the wooden staff he’d first received when he’d chosen the Basic Mage class.
The moment he’d accepted the purchase of the staff, it had appeared in his hand. And… it felt right. He’d felt the boosts it offered him the moment he’d wrapped his fingers around it.
The staff was still made from wood, but the wood felt inherently different. It had a weight to it that didn’t make ...
2023-07-02 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Xavier took Siobhan’s advice, acquiring the two skills she’d recommended he learn: Physical Resistance and Magical Potency.
You have learned the skill Physical Resistance!
Physical Resistance - Rank 1
You’re used to taking a beating, and now you’ve got the skill to prove it.
+5% damage Reduction from physical attacks.
+5% Toughness.
You have learned the skil...
2023-07-01 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The others gathered around Siobhan as she began to talk, though Xavier got the sneaking suspicion that Howard and Justin would already know everything she was about to say, considering they’d all been holed up in the same cabin for the past few hours.
Siobhan raised a finger. “First, I can’t believe how fast you managed to clear this floor!” She shook her head. “It’s absolutely insane. The book says that passing the floor in twelve hours is considered to be an elite-level ti...
2023-06-30 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Quick note: I've renamed this series "Accidental Champion" instead of "Accidental Champion of Earth".
Xavier made sure he didn’t pass up the opportunity to loot the dead Puma Prime. In fact, as he only had thirty seconds, he decided to make some room in his Storage Ring for the big beast and its halberd.
He looked around the temple. The part of him used to playing video games expected there to be some sort of treasure chest hidden around here, but even looking behind the throne ...
2023-06-29 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Xavier watched the two Black Pumas slam into the stone floor of the temple.
You have defeated a Level 11 Black Puma!
You have gained 1100 Mastery Points.
You have gained 1100 Spirit Energy.
You have defeated a Level 11 Black Puma!
You have gained 1100 Mastery Points.
You have gained 1100 Spirit Energy.
Huh. He’d been right. The Heavy Teleki...
2023-06-28 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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This looks promising.
Xavier raised his staff, gripped in both hands, over his head as he stretched out his sore back. He’d been running for the past ten minutes, through the forest’s underbrush, and was yet to encounter another monster.
The number of monsters had been spread out so equally across the forest path that he’d been able to predict when he would encounter another one up to the second, so he was beginning to wonder if something had changed. He ce...
2023-06-27 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Your health is at 1%.
The notification stared at him. Goaded him. It was the only bloody thing that he could see.
I won’t let this be the end.
Heavy Telekinesis—bless the short cooldown of that spell—was ready to be used again. The feeling in his mind was like being let free. Though he wasn’t free. He had at least two Black Pumas on his back tearing into him with claws as large and sharp as daggers, and if he was hit even one more time, he w...
2023-06-26 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Xavier whipped around and faced all thirty-five level 10 Black Pumas. Fear welled up inside him. Instincts, ancient and primal, begged him to run. But other instincts were forming inside Xavier. Ones that told him to fight. To stand his ground. There were the very same instincts that had gotten him through the quest with the goblins.
If he had run, if he had hidden, it never would have put him in this position. He never would have gained those titles. He wouldn’t be anywhere near this...
2023-06-25 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Xavier stood in the middle of the dark forest on the first floor of the Tower of Champions, staring down ten massive level 10 Black Pumas each twice the size of a lion. Their eyes glowed an eerie yellow and their fangs and claws looked sharper than ever.
The grey Mage robes Xavier wore felt thinner than ever, too, and he worried his Toughness, even at 32, wouldn’t be high enough for him to survive an onslaught from so many foes.
But if he did everything right, he wouldn’t have...
2023-06-24 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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As much as Xavier appreciated Howard pushing him on, he wasn’t sure how long the other three would be holed up in that cabin. He hoped it would only be a few hours, but if it was longer, then they would definitely need something to eat.
So he withdrew a few things from his Storage Ring that he’d managed to pilfer from the cafeteria, plopping enough food and drink onto the ground to get them through the day without having to go hungry.
Siobhan smiled with a shake of her head. J...
2023-06-23 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The monster was on him before he even had a chance to scan it, but Xavier was still faster. He cast Spiritual Trifecta as he heard a roar permeate the air and watched as the big, black cat soared through the air toward him.
Perhaps it thinks I’m the weakest in front because I’m not wearing armour.
A sliver sheen enveloped Xavier. Power flooded through him. It infused every single one of his muscles. It infused his mind, making it work ever faster. It infused his magic...
2023-06-22 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Standing before the door that would have them enter the first floor of the Tower of Champions, Xavier explained to his party members what different titles he possessed, and what that meant for his stats.
For the most part, they’d looked at him with scepticism, but as he had no reason to lie, they seemed to take him at his word.
“Your stats are really that high?” Siobhan said for the third time. “That’s such an interesting gaming mechanic! Having the first
2023-06-21 19:00:07 +0000 UTC
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“Hologram,” Siobhan muttered. “Gotta be a hologram.”
Howard grunted. “The world’s gone to hell, it has…”
“I think we should be quiet,” Justin whispered.
Xavier straightened in his chair, looking at the bearded hologram.
For a few seconds, it just stood there, then it began to speak. “Greetings, Champions of Earth! and welcome to the Greater Universe!” The hologram had a deep and commanding voice. Xavier could easily imagine him as the general of...
2023-06-20 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Xavier felt oddly giddy and nervous as he walked up the stairs. He wasn’t the only one heading up there. There were about twenty people walking up the same set of stairs as him. None of them talked to each other, but they all had a mix of eagerness and dread upon their faces.
As he looked at them, Xavier couldn’t help but remember how many people Sam had told him would likely even get to Tower of Champions. Only ten percent of people who chose Champion made it. Not...
2023-06-19 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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