Thousands of lasers the width of a pencil spun around the room, cutting through it at intense speed and power. Every single person in Jake’s party summoned their best defenses or tried to dodge, as Sylphie turned her entire body into wind to resist most of the damage.
The Fallen King intensified the energy in his shield as best he could, and Dina jumped back as walls of roots continuously rose in front of her to try and block the attack, layer after layer getting burned through. On th...
2023-05-30 10:51:46 +0000 UTC
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The very next second, the orb of steam above Minaga exploded, bathing the entire room in dense white fog. What’s more, this steam had some of the concepts from the mist in the labyrinths infused into it, meaning that within a second, he had severely limited the sense of everyone. Well, everyone except Jake, that is. With his Mark of the Avaricious Hunter and Perception, he was pretty much unaffected, considering the size of the room.
“Dina, left, fire,” Jake warned her, a...
2023-05-29 10:48:25 +0000 UTC
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Minaga had been pretty honest from the get-go when he talked about the floors after his city floor. They had indeed just been the same setup over and over again, with ever-increasing difficulty. The difficulty actually reached a level where Jake and the others had to get serious, especially in the final room of each floor, where at least one of the hardest options was hard-coded to always include a boss. At least Jake assumed it hard hard-coded as it was like that every time, and Minaga never...
2023-05-26 10:45:33 +0000 UTC
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The rest of the thirty-sixth floor proved relatively trivial as Jake and company soon completed the entire thing and entered the in-between room. There had indeed only been six rooms and their accompanying labyrinths, but when they arrived at the break room, he was a bit disappointed at seeing they had only managed to get three achievements along with the usual completion bonus.
At least he was disappointed until he saw the achievements in question.
Thirty-sixth floor comp...
2023-05-25 10:48:53 +0000 UTC
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After the fun bantering with Minaga, they arrived at room number four, and finally, the difficulty seemed to have increased. At least it said this would be hard.
1. Traps (Hard)
2. Collection (Medium)
3. Combat (Medium)
4. Random (Hard)
As they were still following Minaga’s advice of never picking anything that wasn’t of the highest difficulty, the only choice was between Random and Traps. Ja...
2023-05-24 10:41:45 +0000 UTC
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A labyrinth was a labyrinth, no big way to really change that. Minaga hadn’t tried either, as they once more found themselves walking through winding hallways of mist, following after Jake, who had a nice mental map in his head. The difference this time around was that there was a ”correct” way right off the bat, with no rooms or anything to look for.
Instead, they just had to pass through a pretty big labyrinth to reach a gate at the end, but based on how long it would take to re...
2023-05-23 10:41:33 +0000 UTC
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Jake analyzed the structure as he noticed several errors in it. This structure in question looked like a large square building, at least twenty stories tall and made of pure mana. It was hardened and reminiscent of Jake’s stable arcane mana, but it was indeed just pure mana formed into a shape and then compressed and strengthened through formations.
His job was to bring the structural integrity up to a certain level but to do that, he had to address flaws embedded within the structure...
2023-05-22 10:41:40 +0000 UTC
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Jake was left alone in the meeting room, pondering his conversation with that absolute madman, Eron.
Some rules of the system were known to be absolute… and the line between mortality and immortality was one of them. It was a fundamental law for a reason and one that had never been broken in the history of the multiverse, as far as Jake knew. At least… as for as he knew before his meeting with Eron. Because the other Bloodline Patriarch had shared that a long time ago, one individua...
2023-05-19 10:40:12 +0000 UTC
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Holstred looked at the blue sky above as he felt the sunlight on his skin. The planet he now found himself on was a bit cooler than the one he had been born on, but not by a large degree. He had feared that the environment would have been unfriendly when he was informed they had been ”gifted” off to the owner of another world, but the climate was nice. Even those still in lower grades were comfortable.
Sighing, he turned to the woman who had just walked up beside him, and despite th...
2023-05-18 10:41:40 +0000 UTC
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Jake got quite varied reactions from the different people in the room upon joking with Minaga. Casper smirked slightly, Carmen gave the Unique Lifefrom a friendly wave, Caleb looked a bit worried, Maria was still not entirely over the guy just popping into the room, and Jacob looked more confused than anything. Eron and the Sword Saint both looked relaxed, with Eron bowing his head slightly, making Jake more sure than ever that the guy knew something they didn’t about Minaga.
”A goo...
2023-05-17 10:52:14 +0000 UTC
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Hello there.
Been a while since I did a post giving a general update on the state of things, so I guess I will do that now. That it happens to coincide with the 2023-05-17 10:50:51 +0000 UTC
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“Earth?” Jake questioned as he responded to Eron. ”Pretty sure it’s still there. Was the last time I checked. Speaking of, how did you even leave the ninety-third universe? The Dao Sect does not strike me as the kind of faction to have blessed beasts capable of setting up a formation capable of teleporting anyone to another universe.”
“It was not beasts, no. I was invited by a temple that had prepared a teleportation circle for them to leave,” Eron answered.
“A tem...
2023-05-16 10:30:55 +0000 UTC
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”I already told them to go fuck themselves,” the short-haired woman said with a shrug. “Turns out that when the big boss is backing you, everyone else also just backs down. Funny how that works.”
“My interpretation is that you just like to create chaos and political uproar,” Jake grinned.
“Who gives a shit?” Carmen said, clearly not caring much.
“Well, not me in particular,” Jake shrugged as he looked at the pugilist that had come by to visit. This was no...
2023-05-15 10:35:29 +0000 UTC
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”Good, now adjust the energy output… slowly… good, now do not forge- ah, you remembered, good. Alright… watch the outer circle, do not let the resonance fade. You need to maintain the equilibrium until a perfect balance is struck. Keep it up now… good, good… and the final part… perfect!” Grand Elder Duskleaf said in a proud voice as he inspected the magical formation.
Meira was covered in sweat and felt exhausted, yet proud, as she looked at her creation.
The large...
2023-05-12 10:39:25 +0000 UTC
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Teleportation was no doubt the preferred method of long-distance travel in the multiverse. It did have some problems, like requiring a teleportation circle at both the target location and where you teleported from, making it less than ideal as an exploratory tool. One needed to know where one wanted to go in order to teleport somewhere, after all.
If one did not use a magic circle, teleportation became significantly more dangerous, costly, and overall less effective. However, there were...
2023-05-11 10:50:14 +0000 UTC
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“Tyranny has run rampant for too long. For how long will you live in fear? For how long will you live under a system of oppression, where you are treated like nothing but objects by a creature that cares not for any of you? Are you willing to face us, risking your lives for someone who hides away within his castle, unwilling to help you? Will you die for someone that would not even shed a drop of blood for you?” his voice echoed throughout the large room, the many cultists and demons wary...
2023-05-10 10:48:29 +0000 UTC
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The level 255 Demon Warden – one of the bosses on the thirty-third floor of Minaga’s Labyrinth on Archmage difficulty – dodged as the blast of pure kinetic energy flew past him. He quickly got his footing as the woman followed up, diving in close.
Several deadly strikes flew out as she relentlessly attacked. The Demon Warden summoned barriers as he retaliated, manifesting a spear of crystal he thrust down toward his opponent. Rather than dodge, the woman followed through with her ...
2023-05-09 10:42:06 +0000 UTC
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Jake and company had visited many city floors before and knew what to expect. Except, this was not a normal city floor. This one was made by Minaga, and the Unique Lifeform had already warned them this place would be special. A special floor made by a special guy.
Upon their immediate arrival, Jake did not see what was so different. At first glance, it looked just like a usual city. As long as you ignored the fact that Jake spotted at least a dozen statues of Minaga just from where they...
2023-05-08 10:20:37 +0000 UTC
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The thirty-fifth floor had been the first one to truly push their party. It had also been the most fun, in Jake’s opinion.
After they all entered the in-between room, the boosting skills were deactivated one by one as Jake tossed himself in one of the lounge chairs. The others also sat down, with the King even stopping his usual levitation to sit on a large chair. They would all need a good while to fully recover, and they had already agreed to stay in the room until they were all bac...
2023-05-05 10:39:42 +0000 UTC
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“Now.”
Instantly, their entire party shifted their movements. The Sword Saint retreated back as Sylphie summoned a tornado that completely sealed the movements of the sword. At the same time, roots appeared from below and slithered up the legs of the boss as the Fallen King threw out two chains, catching both arms of the Demon Lord. In an instant, the boss had its movement entirely sealed. They all knew he could break out within a second… but they wouldn’t give him a se...
2023-05-04 10:36:05 +0000 UTC
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Jake ignored all the happenings around him for the most part, though it was a bit distracting with the flashing golden lights, giant raincloud, and what sounded like a category-five tornado. The Demon Lord also clearly noticed his summoned help was being pressured and was several times about to go help one of the Tower Demons, forcing Jake to pull the big guy’s attention back on him.
”You dare try and run away!?” Jake yelled as the Demon Lord took a single step in...
2023-05-03 10:29:19 +0000 UTC
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Dealing with adds – short for additionals or enemies that one had to fight alongside the boss - in any kind of encounter was always a bit annoying. In most cases, the boss would enter some charge-up phase during the fight with the adds, and Jake had kind of expected this to be the case during their planning. This turned out not to be the case, with Jake having the sneaking suspicion it was due to them allowing the artifacts to be empowered.
Yeah, that seemed like something Minaga woul...
2023-05-02 10:43:58 +0000 UTC
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It was a good attempt, but ultimately they failed to finish the fight immediately. They had hoped to at least leave a debilitating injury even if they failed the kill, but even that had failed. Not that they had completely wasted their time.
Even if the Demon Lord was still standing, reattaching a head and healing his body was not cheap. The crystal above had lost noteworthy power from their opening attack, and that was honestly good enough as it had given them some good info.
Fro...
2023-05-01 10:21:21 +0000 UTC
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A sudden burst of heat hit Jake as he stepped out of the gateway and appeared on the thirty-fifth floor. One thing was already different about this floor from any of those prior: there was no difficulty selection with Minaga. Instead, they had appeared already within the Demon Lord’s castle.
Before anything else, Jake released a Pulse of Perception to get a lay of the land. What he saw was probably the smallest floor they had encountered so far.
The entire floor was just one unr...
2023-04-28 10:31:29 +0000 UTC
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Jake and company finally stepped out of the thirty-fourth floor after what to him felt like weeks. In reality, it had not even been a week, but the entire ordeal had been quite mentally taxing.
Once more, they found themselves in the in-between room designed by Minaga, and Jake was more than happy with taking a breather and at least spending a few hours fully recovering. He wasn’t the only one, either.
The Fallen King was also tired after killing the Guard Captain. At least, Jak...
2023-04-27 10:34:36 +0000 UTC
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Needless to say, Jake’s question made the entire situation quite tense as he looked at the Second Mistress. She was taken aback and stared at Jake for several seconds, clearly not having expected him to find out.
The moment he had entered the residence of the Second Mistress, he had felt the familiar mana signature of the container with the Secret Scroll inside. Considering the Fallen King had made it clear the Guard Captain still had one, it wasn’t hard to figure out this was the ...
2023-04-26 10:31:50 +0000 UTC
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“Now, where did you hear of the Secret Scrolls?” the Prime Consort asked with a raised eyebrow. She did not use her lie-detection skill, though.
“Eh… somewhere, I think?” Jake said, a bit slurred. “People are all secretive about them…”
“They are called Secret Scrolls,” the Prime Consort giggled.
“Yeah, but, like… what are they? Who even decided they are secret?”
The Prime Consort seemed to consider for a moment and had a moment of sobriety as ...
2023-04-25 10:37:06 +0000 UTC
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The Sword Saint’s absolutely brilliant plan to make Jake try and seduce the Prime Consort through the power of dangling his Bloodline in front of her had just one minor problem: how was he supposed to prove he had one?
Only people with Bloodlines could tell if others had one, and Jake had not encountered anyone with a Bloodline there in the labyrinth, so he really wondered how in the hell the old man expected him to sell the lie.
This was totally not Jake trying to find a way ar...
2023-04-24 10:44:57 +0000 UTC
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Jake watched from afar as Dina effortlessly entered the Second Gate – again, brilliant name – and entered the residence of the Second Mistress. He purposefully waited a few minutes before he also made his way there.
Now, if waiting actually helped, Jake didn’t know. The ”people” in Minaga’s Labyrinth were not the smartest, but it was possible some of them could display some level of intelligence when it truly mattered. After all, the Demon Lord seemed like it wasn’t a comp...
2023-04-21 10:30:04 +0000 UTC
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It may be difficult to believe, but Jake had barely done any proper dating or really gone to any bars throughout his life. On second thought, it probably was entirely believable, considering he was just coasting through life before the system, with little care about anything, just taking it one day at a time.
Even after the system, he hadn’t really done that much with other people that would be considered “normal.” Due to this, Jake felt far from confident as he entered a bar and ...
2023-04-20 10:17:17 +0000 UTC
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