Chapter 538: Reunion
“Hey! Are you Silvi?” the beast asked again. The voice was so… cute and childlike. Silvi didn’t know what to say or how to answer. But she was staring at the beast in its eyes, and she felt that it was becoming annoyed. So, finally, she answered.
“Y-yes…” she managed to say. ‘Get ready, I’m blinking it away, then you all away,’ she sent telepathically to her team. She then made a small motion with her hand to use Command Blink...
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A/N: I'm scheduling this chapter and the next one here on Monday because of my eye procedure. I don't trust the Patreon scheduling, so I rarely schedule more than an hour or two out. So, if something goes wrong with it or 538, I probably won't be able to fix them until Friday or so. (He says, knowing that if something goes wrong, it will most likely just not post and nobody will see this...)
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Chapter 537: ...
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A/N: I have my eye surgery on Tuesday of next week, so I won't really be able to write or look at screens for a few days, as it is ICL which has a bit more recovery time than LASIK. So, because of the kind of chapter the next one is, I decided that I would go ahead and release it now instead of Tuesday, so you can have the other chapters on Tuesday and Thursday.
Thanks for reading!
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Chapter 536: ...
2025-03-14 01:56:58 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 535: Home?
Derek ripped the void apart, then stepped out. As soon as he did, before he was even able to look around, he was hit with a sharp pain in his head, and his vision flashed. However, that’s all that happened. It was so fast that he wasn’t even sure that he had felt anything. What he did notice most of all was that the pressure inside his head that had been building since the moment he stepped into the void and started traveling had quickly disappeared.
It wasn...
2025-03-13 23:45:02 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 534: Going Home
With Derek inside the void, he stood still for a few moments, thinking about everything. In the last year or two, he’d gone from any mentioning of the void, causing him anxiety to actually being inside, to it helping him calm down and think. Considering what he’d saw of living things that met with the void he entered for Void Travel, he was pretty sure that he and Silvi were the only two that could possibly feel that way—at least, the only two in his curren...
2025-03-11 23:45:02 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 533: We Will See
Derek and Braxton watch the dwarven king quietly as they waited for the effects of the brew to kick in. Darius was lucky that Braxton had made him slip into Greater Meditation before he took the drink, because when the poison surged through his system, it did so very quickly. Darius’s eyes widened as everything happened.
“Focus on your meditation,” Braxton guided his brother. The last thing he wanted was to be known as someone who poisoned his brothe...
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Chapter 532: Facts
“Hah! Braxi!” The king let out a big belly laugh at Derek’s words.
“Ugh…” Braxton sighed. “Why did you have to call me that in front of him?”
“Because it’s your name,” Derek said. “And I’m never going to call you anything else.”
Braxton placed his hand on his forehead and rubbed it. “Why did she have to be home?” he asked almost silently to nobody.
“Oh, so Mr. Hunt here met your… fling,” Darius said.
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Chapter 531: Long Story
Derek would have to say that he very much enjoyed meeting Braxton’s significant other. It also went a long way in explaining to Derek why the dwarf wanted to retire so badly. Though he still couldn’t figure out why exactly they were unable to marry. His leading theory at the moment was that it had to have something to do with his position in the Assassin’s Guild. Then again, if I was a member of the Assassin’s Guild, would I really want to bring someo...
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Chapter 530: Braxi
Derek, with Silvi practically hibernating on his shoulder, followed Braxton through what felt like a maze of hallways and open rooms until they finally made it to one specific room. It was a room that Derek knew all too well—the teleportation room. Now, this wasn’t a teleportation room that he’d used before, but it was near identical to the one that he and Vanessa had been led through when they first visited the Assassin’s Guild.
“We’re already in Va...
2025-02-26 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 529: A Dwarf About Armor
Derek once again stepped into the void. This time, however, he carried Silvi on his shoulder and shielded all her storage items with his own thin layer of void instead of carrying her around inside a pot. After letting out what was probably the world’s deadliest ‘burp,’ Silvi was able to move around quite a bit better at the moment. Though her body was still quite stiff to the touch and her muscles were extended, she no longer looked like she was a...
2025-02-21 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 528: Letting Off Steam
Derek stepped out of the void and sat Silvi and her pot on the ground. Next, he turned around and closed the portal behind him. Finally, he turned his head back and looked forward—at a fuming Tyron.
“Uh…” A wry grin fell over Derek’s face, and he put his hand on the back of his neck.
“What. The. Fuck! Derek!” Tyron, in his fury, shouted out. In his hand, he was holding the hilt of a sword… well, the hilt of half a sword. Half of...
2025-02-19 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 527: Set in Motion
Derek sat in the dimly lit room with Silvi for a while after Dave vanished. While Silvi finished the string of foods that Dave had quietly sat out in front of her while they were speaking, Derek sat leaned back in the extremely comfortable chair, lost in thought.
He hadn’t expected to hear any of what he had from Dave. It had never even crossed his mind that the other system would be able to find its way there. Nor had he even thought about it wanting ...
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Chapter 526: The Favor
“You want to ask me a question?” Derek asked. “I’m pretty sure you know more about any of this than I do.”
“That may be so,” Dave said. “But this question… it is more personal in nature.”
“Well… go ahead,” Derek said with a shrug. “I’ll answer it if I can, or if it isn’t something that I don’t want to talk about.” He certainly wasn’t going to talk to Dave about everything that had happened with his family. Though h...
2025-02-12 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 525: Questions and Answers
“You want to bring your friends with you when you ascend?” Dave asked.
“Yes,” Derek said. “I don’t want to have to leave everything that I’ve built here behind. I don’t know if I’ll be able to come back when I advance, so, at all possible, I want… need… to be able to bring them with me. At least, those who choose to follow.”
“You would want to take the young smith and the spear boy with you, yes?” Dave asked, cau...
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Chapter 524: Jack-in-the-Box
“Well… what are they?” Derek finally asked after seeing Dave sit across from him with a smile on his face for longer than he was expecting.
“Both are quite similar,” Dave finally replied. “As you know, one of them is reaching an affinity that is beyond your current system—with some exceptions. As for the other… it is also given for reaching something that is beyond your current system.”
“Which is?” Derek asked. “I thought ...
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Chapter 523: Second Meeting
For the time being, it didn’t look like Dave was going to show his face, so Derek just shrugged and went to take a seat in the chair provided. It was like sitting on a cloud. I wonder what it would take to get Dave to let me take this with me. Or how hard it would be for Geoffrey to make something even close to as comfortable. Derek let out a sigh of comfort and continued to examine the dark room.
Silvi had already hopped onto a small cushion...
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Chapter 522: Level 250
As the message notifying Derek that the wave was beginning disappeared from his vision, he held his arm out and summoned Harbinger into his hand. For the most part, he’d let Silvi sweep through all the previous dungeons during their mini adventure. Now, however, with his anxiety high—hoping that reaching level 250 would do something for him—he felt like fighting would be a good way to occupy his mind until then.
With a grin forming on his face, he saw ...
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Chapter 521: Ingredients!
“I can pick!?” Silvi’s childlike voice rang out from her communication crystal. She was very excited at the prospect of choosing which ingredients to go get. “Gimme!” She motioned to the map, then hopped to the ground.
“Okay,” Derek chuckled and sat the map on the ground in front of his companion. Silvi moved her head up and down, intently studying the map of the dungeons on their current continent. While she did that, Derek checked his curr...
2025-01-24 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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A/N: The audiobook for book 7 came out today. I tried the 'link' in Patreon, but don't know how it works, (it may be terrible and mess everything up... idk) so I'll also link here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Requirements-Audiobook/B0DS2SLV5F
As always. Thanks for reading and listening!
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Putting this chapter out early for R...
2025-01-22 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Putting out on Rare tier early because of Tuesday eye procedure.
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Chapter 519: Competition
“We are waiting for nothing,” Derek said. “Silvi is going to join us at some point, but we aren’t going to wait for her. Do you two know the plan?”
“The plan?” Edgar asked.
“Aren’t we just hunting Void Beasts? Isn’t that the plan?” Avery asked.
“Yes, and no,” Derek said. “I hope you two don’t have anyth...
2025-01-17 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Putting out early this week for Uncommon because Eye surgery on Tuesday.
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Chapter 518: Always a Good Time
Derek headed back downstairs to his travel room. On the way there, he glanced over at Brandi and Silvi and saw them still excitedly talking about the things they were finding in the ring. He smiled, sent Silvi a quick telepathic message that he was leaving to go hunt Void Beasts and that she could join him whenever she felt like it...
2025-01-15 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Putting these out early this week for Uncommon Tier because of eye surgery on Tuesday.
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Chapter 517: Share
Derek made sure to close the void behind him once he exited it and entered his travel room. Once there, he had a chuckle for a good minute or two. He did warn Marrick before he took him to meet Nick—maybe not about all the specifics, but he had warned him. It wasn’t his fault if the old man was expecting a fun...
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Chapter 516: Poor Marrick
“I have been doing my all to make it to the other continent. It would be a shame if I didn’t end up there,” Marrick said. “So, since you have been there, if you could drop me off there, that would be great.”
“I can do that,” Derek said. “There are a few different locations that I know I can go to. Which one would you like?” Derek asked, then explained, “The first is in a small village in a kingdom called Vorandell. It’s a kingdom kin...
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Chapter 515: Where Are You Going?
Derek ripped open the void and stepped outside. As he did, he quickly used Void Steps to avoid falling. Finally, he looked around. What he saw was a very familiar scene—blue as far as his eyes could see, and a sky just as blue with few clouds. Finally, he turned to his right and saw who he had been looking for.
Marrick was slowly floating towards him on a cloud of sand. The old man had a big grin on his face. Derek couldn’t help but smile as h...
2025-01-03 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Happy New Year's Eve and New Year!
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Chapter 514: Fish Poop? (Working Title)
Derek went home in a very good mood after seeing the newborn twins—even if he had been slightly embarrassed by Rayna there at the end. Even though Rayna and Jacks looked great and didn’t seem tired, he and the others knew that they would be after all the stress and planning, so they didn’t want to stay too long. It was the middle of the night...
2025-01-01 00:45:00 +0000 UTC
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A/N: I hope everyone is having, has had, and will have fantastic holidays/new year's/etc...
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Chapter 513: Hunter and…
“You named him… Hunter?” Derek asked as he crouched down a little and cooed. He held his finger out and, most likely by complete accident, the baby’s hand found Derek’s own and wrapped around his finger. “Oh… this little fellow is going to be a strong one,” Derek said with a ge...
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A/N: Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas Eve! I hope everyone has a great week!
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Chapter 512: Potato
It was the middle of the night when Derek felt his communication crystal buzzing from within his storage bracelet. He wasn’t out cold, so it had woken him up easily. With a frown on his face, Derek flicked his wrist, and the red crystal appeared in his hand.
‘Derek!’ Jacks’s voice sounded from the other end....
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A/N: I don't remember if I already did this, but thanks for the support for System Universe! Book 7 had a pretty good launch overall. I've been asked a lot about the audio version release, and the best answer I can give is that I'm not sure right now.
Once I do know, I will be sure to let everyone else know. I'm hopeful that it will come out in January, or February at the latest, but you never know with a lot of these things. Once you get it back from the narrator, it still has to go th...
2024-12-20 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 510: Plans for the Future
The rest of the day after getting back from the Assassin’s Guild with Vanessa was uneventful for Derek. He brought the Shadow Witch back to Savannah with him, then, after she thanked him profusely for allowing her to have her revenge, the former Vice Leader, and now Head of Information Gathering for the Kingdom of Cydaria, left to go have a chat with Bones and Ogre before leaving for the Teleportation Building and heading back to the capital.
No...
2024-12-18 00:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 509: Wraith
“We’ll leave here soon,” Derek said as he looked around. There were still the three cloaked figures that hadn’t left with everyone else, and he guessed that they were there for a reason. He wasn’t sure, but he also didn’t think that any of the three were part of the ambush. They were there, of course, but he didn’t think they actually attacked.
“Oh… okay,” Vanessa said as she followed Derek’s gaze, and her eyes landed on the two figures he...
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