The legends have foretold this moment, and thus it has come – it’s Amazon Announcement time!
As a lot of you already know, my book is coming later this year, and I would lie if I said I wasn’t excited. I haven’t exactly been secretive and openly talked about for a good while, after all, and I can see a few have already stumbled across the book and pre-ordered it. Kin...
2022-01-07 11:51:03 +0000 UTC View PostFor over three weeks, a crisis had shaken the planet. It quickly became known as the Great Famine, where suddenly all living things on Earth felt unbearable hunger. The first few days were the worst by far before many became more used to the feeling and found ways to cope.
The predominant opinion was that it was some part of the system. A trial or a hidden event or something to test humanity. The only problem with this theory was that it had affected every living being and not just huma...
2022-01-06 11:47:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe feeling of absolute control was exhilaration, yet Jake barely felt anything from it. It was an odd paradox that even his own feeling of happiness and sense of power was suppressed by his own skill, but perhaps it was ultimately for the best as it allowed Jake to stay focused.
All perception of time disappeared as Jake simply worked on creating the weapon. Within the cauldron - both on the outside and inside his Soulspace - the curse still grew in power as it absorbed the energy of t...
2022-01-05 11:46:44 +0000 UTC View PostBarry had worked in the service industry for thirty years before the system apocalypse, as some had come to call it, happened. He had believed such a momentous event would have meant the end of his life or at least have severely changed it, but honestly? It was much the same as before, just a lot more relaxed as he didn’t need to fear burning himself while working the grill and didn’t need to try and balance shitty work hours and tryïng to get enough sleep in between grueling fourteen-ho...
2022-01-04 11:45:19 +0000 UTC View PostAs with most things, there were many different approaches to achieve the same result. This was also true when it came to transferring a curse from one vessel to another and when using a catalyst to empower the curse further.
Casper would most likely do it through a large ritual circle, using several items as buffers for the curse, maybe even spread out the curse energy and integrate it a little at a time, potentially taking days, if not weeks, to get it all done.
The Holy Church w...
2022-01-03 11:45:18 +0000 UTC View Post<AUTHOR NOTE>
Only been like a week since the last note, but hey, it’s not my fault Christmas and New Year’s Eve have to be so close to one another.
Just wanna wish you all a happy new year, and here’s to a good 2022! Kinda hyped as to what it will bring. A year ago, I had just started this whole author thing, and now only in a few months, the book will be published (8th of March, and yes, I should really make an official announcement).
Anywho, e...
2021-12-31 11:47:45 +0000 UTC View PostA question Jake had asked himself many times since the tutorial was how powerful the King of the Forest truly was. A part of him feared that he had almost deified the being and made the King out to be stronger than he actually was.
Jake had only ever felt the aura of the King. He had never felt his full power. He had been played around with until he cursed the King with a black bead and then stabbed him with the Tusk to weaken him further. Jake had used so many items and done so much ju...
2021-12-30 11:44:20 +0000 UTC View PostJake traveled for a bit over a full day before reaching the place he had dubbed the Insect Plains. The plains themselves looked idyllic besides giant hill-sized mounds and holes covering the ground. Occasionally he saw insects crawl out, but none of them were even above level 60.
The insects were all termites. Giant dog-sized termites. However, as he stood there and felt below the ground with his sphere, he did detect movement of larger ones - ones the sizes of cars. Jake guessed these ...
2021-12-29 11:49:09 +0000 UTC View PostMiyamoto stood on the flat hill as the rain fell around him, mixing with the blood of the beasts he had slain. He wielded his blade as the leader of this beast horde growled before him but didn’t dare to attack. The Sword Saint smiled as he bent his knees.
“Rainblade.”
The rain around him moved as he commanded, his skills more responsive and powerful than before. The battle was swift but explosive as he cut down his foe, taking only a few minor wounds in ret...
2021-12-28 11:46:48 +0000 UTC View PostJake carried the heavy as fuck gate down towards the underground, having left the still-sleeping Sylphie back in the lodge as working with a bird on your head while working on construction was considered a safety violation by Haven’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (HOSHA).
Hank was also carrying one as they tried to get them all down and in position. The two other workers had tried to carry one, and while they could, they quickly noticed a problem… the ground beneath ...
2021-12-27 11:44:31 +0000 UTC View Post<AUTHOR NOTE>
Merry Christmas and happy holidays and all that everyone! (funny fact, in Denmark we celebrate Christmas on the 24thwith presents and all that, while only having a Christmas lunch on the 25th or 26th.)
Hope you all have a great day and a great weekend with lots of great presents and good food.
<AUTHOR NOTE OVER>
Jake had not heard much of the time god known as Aeon Clok… only some basic stuff from conversati...
2021-12-24 11:47:07 +0000 UTC View PostReika had sat in the booth together with her great-grandfather as the auction of the Soul Renewal was underway. She was confused at his refusal to bid and had failed to hold herself back. When it was finally sold, without him even fighting for it, she failed to hold herself back.
“Why-“
“Choices have consequences,” he answered before she could even finish her question. “I made a choice, and now I bear the burden of that choice. I have already forced one change of season...
2021-12-23 11:48:37 +0000 UTC View PostJake felt like he had wished for a bow for years, even if it had only been like a week. He had felt naked using a shitty bow, not sure what would happen if he got into a big fight. So when the system offered a bow, he was both relieved and ecstatic.
Now the only question was… would the bow be good?
The answer? Fuck yeah, it was.
[Bow of the Apex Hunter (Legendary)] – A bow offered directly by the system due to Earth’s performance during the Treasure Hunt ev...
2021-12-22 11:44:20 +0000 UTC View PostJake collected himself as he entered the booth again, shaking his head.
“That is that same thing…” Felicia muttered once he was inside.
“Yeah, it is,” Roman nodded.
“Is that the personification of the system?” Miranda asked curiously.
“Thinking about it is a waste of time… it simply is,” Jake just answered. “Trying to understand the ununderstandable will only lead to understanding what it wants you to understand.”
“That made no fucking s...
2021-12-21 11:47:04 +0000 UTC View PostUnique items had always had a bit of a special status in the multiverse. It was as much a rarity as it was a categorization of items. Unique didn’t simply mean it was a wholly unique item – even if it very often was – but was as much because it simply couldn’t be slotted into any of the other rarities.
Jake’s Mask of the Fallen King was no doubt a unique item as only one existed in the multiverse. Only one could exist in the multiverse due to its relation with the King of the ...
2021-12-20 11:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostJake remembered the very first day he had been introduced to the system. He remembered his class selection, where he was represented with a number of choices for a starting class. Six choices, to be exact. Of those six, one was the archer class.
So, if one of six starting classes was archer… then why the fuck wasn’t there any god damn bows for sale? There were over a hundred damn legendary items, so why not a bow!?
To rub salt in the wound, there actually was a fucking crossbo...
2021-12-17 11:43:16 +0000 UTC View PostJake alternated between meditating and diving into knowledge from Sagacity of the Malefic Viper and reading the book on the Pollendust Bees. He found the knowledge in the books severely lacking compared to Sagacity, and in some places, just wrong.
First of all, it explained how to awaken the egg and birth the Pollendust Bee Queen, and the method was just horrible. Insects differed from many other races because they didn’t really have a natural growth period as, for example, humans had...
2021-12-16 11:24:06 +0000 UTC View PostJake had been waiting for a bow, so he was happy when he saw a bow. What he was not happy with was this particular bow.
[Bow of the Lightseeker (Ancient)] – Created from a highly bendable metal and a string from the hair of a powerful C-grade Hilsic vampire. Purified and empowered by the crafters among the Pure Ones, the bow has been created as a weapon to slay vampires. The bow passively absorbs light-affinity mana from the surroundings and amplifies it within. Every arro...
2021-12-15 11:46:12 +0000 UTC View Post<AUTHOR NOTE>
Just wanna take this time to celebrate 365 chapters, a full year’s worth. Posted in fifteen months (since September 19th, 2020). That is not even counting side stories and intermissions. Conclusion? I need to take more holidays. This is breaking labor laws.
Also, I shall take this time to announce I will still post on Christmas and New years.
<AUTHOR NOTE OVER>
The undead an...
2021-12-14 11:41:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire rest of the epic item auction went pretty uneventfully. Jake sat on his ass and kept watching the bracers the whole time, even though barely anyone bid on them. Well, he did also spend a majority of his time playing with Sylphie – his arcane conjurations clearly better boxers than Sylphie’s.
The cursed bracers ended up only costing him a bit below two hundred thousand Credits, which honestly wasn’t that bad. A difference between the rare auction and the epic auction was...
2021-12-13 11:44:08 +0000 UTC View PostJake had left the chamber with the Sword Saint enlightened as to the path of a true swordsman. He even learned that Reika also knew and could feel her blade, just like her great grandfather. Jake had to admit it made him feel a bit inadequate.
Once he was out, the rabble was still there, and Jake just ignored them as he walked past. He had stayed in there for a good forty-five minutes, and while the start was serious, it eventually divulged into something far more casual, and Jake quick...
2021-12-10 11:50:56 +0000 UTC View PostJake grinded it out like never before as he did his alchemy while completely and utterly ignoring the entire auction going on around him. He had chosen to focus on mana potion primarily but also done a fair deal of health potions because he knew those usually sold the best.
He actively used his arcane mana even more than before in place of pure mana. While he could still control pure mana and even had to in some instances, the more he crafted, the more he could phase out. He still had t...
2021-12-09 11:45:08 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Announcement:
The initial phase of the Auction has concluded. A brief intermission of fifteen minutes will be held before the true Auction begins, starting with all rare rarity items. The central hall will now unlock, and anyone present during an ongoing auction will be able to participate and bid through a provided interface.
Based on performance, certain individuals will have private booths available.
Time r...
2021-12-08 11:47:46 +0000 UTC View PostAh, legendary items. Everybody loved them, not a lot had them. Jake himself only used a single one actively with it smack on his face, while he knew many didn’t have one at all. For equipment, crafting legendary items was often difficult as the required materials were often not viewed as worth it, especially for those at lower ranks. Why pour a large number of resources into making a weapon for a genius that will only use it for a few years at most, especially considering that weapon may ri...
2021-12-07 11:43:36 +0000 UTC View PostMiyamoto sat in a chair with a cane at his side as he waited for the Auction to begin. Reika had gone to organize things while he had taken the opportunity to speak to a certain someone.
“Embracing the gift will likely lead to an immediate reprieval if not outright healing of your current state of weakness, “ the former Monarch of Blood said as he stood beside him, looking out onto the field of flowers. The Sword Saint identified him as he still found his presence surprising.
...
2021-12-06 11:55:09 +0000 UTC View PostJake sat on a chair he had just summoned as he ate an ice cream – a delicacy he had not enjoyed for more than half a year. He had to admit, Skyggen had a lot of good stuff, though he also had to admit that it was very likely Haven had all of this too.
He had decided to just take these last three days before the Auction as a holiday to spend with his family. And for his family, he had agreed to go and help Caleb a little with training some of the Court of Shadows recruits.
Which ...
2021-12-03 11:51:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe damp cavern was filled to the brim with life as countless beasts, and other kinds of monsters congregated. There were bears, wolves, insects, birds with even elementals, and plant-based lifeforms present.
William made his way through the crowd as the monsters regarded him, but none attacked. Not that they were not threats, for every single one of them was at least at level 150, with a few approaching the peak of D-grade.
He had just returned from his trip, and the three days o...
2021-12-02 11:47:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a possibility Jake hadn’t really considered before. The human factions were often at the forefront of the mind when thinking or talking about the most powerful on Earth, but one had to remember that humanity only existed on a small part of the entire planet.
Long ago, Jake had felt the presence of what he believed to be C-grades deep within the forest Haven was placed in the outskirts of, and even during his trip to Skyggen, he felt powerful presences. The large mountain he dod...
2021-12-01 11:55:11 +0000 UTC View PostJake, in the end, decided to just be normal and enter as everyone else would. Besides, it wasn’t like that much border control was going on, as the entire gate was more than ten meters wide and without any real defenses while open.
When he got closer, he saw a simple-looking registration booth with a sign advertising how to get citizenship, with another slightly larger office for the merchants to go and register. There wasn’t really any visitor center or control of who entered or ex...
2021-11-30 11:50:15 +0000 UTC View PostAt the end of the Treasure Hunt
Caleb used his Hunter Insignia to leave the Treasure Hunt as he found himself back inside his main office located in the center of Skyggen. He quickly checked the time on a clock on the wall and saw only a bit less than ten hours had passed since the Hunt began.
He briefly reflected on the battle between the Sword Saint and his brother but quickly shook his head as he got to work. There was loot to categorize, and when he got the me...
2021-11-29 11:46:01 +0000 UTC View Post