A video has surfaced from the depths of Sideark’s past. Dredged up by Juniper’s fans. It was a minute long rant about how disgusting skin shamblers were and how he boasted having killed hundreds of them in his time down at the Cataclysm Abyss.
“It was an exaggeration when I first started streaming to get views. Nobody else realized that they were a people. I was the first to offer help when I realized they were a people! I mean me and the Eternal Delvers!”
- Sideark
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2026-01-27 17:39:29 +0000 UTC
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Heated arguments have started between Juniper the Fair Hearted and Sideark’s fans. Ignited by a side-comment by Juniper criticizing Sideark keeping the operation to himself.
“I didn’t keep the operation to myself! It was a sudden emergency mission and I got the best rookies that were nearby.”
- Sideark
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When the first spell circle came off, the mana orb started bubbling. Ryan had to spend an hour just trying to get it to calm down again. This wasn’t a proc...
2026-01-26 17:18:53 +0000 UTC
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- Yeah but the Unwanted look ugly and monstrous. Should just put them down where they stand lol. @ Kifnmilo (Unverified)
↪ Why don’t you share your face online and we can all discuss what you look like. @ Jefame (Unverified)
↪ Sure here. @ Kifnmilo (Unverified)
↪ Clearly AI generated, it’s not even good. @ Jefame (Unverified)
*Multiple posts of this nature were mass downvoted into oblivion with prejudice. Most of them w...
2026-01-23 16:59:31 +0000 UTC
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Under exceptional circumstances, the finals for the Fourth Tournament were canceled. Both Shadowstrider and Juniper excused themselves to help out the relocation and protection efforts of what people are rapidly calling the Unwanted Elves.
“Sideark should have asked for help sooner. I can’t believe we were doing a tournament while lives were at stake.”
-Juniper the Fair-Hearted
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Rick lay there watching, waiting, wondering when the qu...
2026-01-22 17:00:48 +0000 UTC
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AN: Still on break until Thursday, here's a bit of a chonker interlude.
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Mirelda Cowens, and yes that was her real name, was nervous. A conclave had been called, and her mentor told her that everyone was coming. That hadn’t happened before... since, well, before Mirelda had been invited to the Witch’s Coven.
Everyone was coming.
She went down to take a seat when a glare hit her from the side. Mirelda instantly stopped and blinked. Then turned to the one that had ...
2026-01-20 20:15:09 +0000 UTC
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“What?”
Ryan just shook his head at the lack of good material to work with. “You really are an idiot [Savant], huh?”
“How are you here?”
“This is my place, why would I not be here?”
The mocking rhetorical question had One-Eyed Rick sputtering like mad. “This is the domain of the gods! Of the Trial System itself! You cannot be aware of it, anymore than a mortal can be aware in his class orbs!”
“Funny you say that. Because I was aware...
2026-01-10 05:32:50 +0000 UTC
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Rick continued to experiment with volatile mana himself. After a few minutes of experimenting he no longer needed Ryan to send him a [Volatile Antimagic Throw] at his head. Now he was capable of creating and holding the orb of white mana himself.
The third explosion in Rick’s face, however, did very little to inspire confidence.
“It doesn’t look like you’re making progress on the mana core bit. Besides, even if you can make it form it doesn’t mean I’ll be able...
2026-01-08 03:52:35 +0000 UTC
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Nine and a half days until the Highest Trial must be challenged.
Four and a half days until the Tyrants attempt the Highest Trial.
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A mad One-Eyed [Mage] was hovering over the hill, his eye socket quietly thrumming with static pulses of mana. Hovering over him, spinning in circles, were thirteen unlinked mana structures. Each the size of multiple people, all of them emanating almost as much mana as a fourth realm [Mage].
That was the scene...
2026-01-06 22:23:13 +0000 UTC
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Sometimes a good night’s rest really did change your perspective of things. The people he had failed still hurt of course. But things were different without a cloud of exhaustion hovering over him. It was a reminder that he wasn’t a machine that could keep going without pause. Quasi-Legendary title or not.
“Ryan, it’s only been like three hours. You should sleep a little more.”
“That’s one more hour than needed at my realm, it’s fine.”
They were all back at...
2026-01-05 21:45:08 +0000 UTC
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[Return to Earth] initiated.
5 minutes remaining.
There were a lot of things that were going through Ryan’s mind as the outline of the teleportation zone appeared around him. He sure as hell didn’t like the ideal that One-Eyed Rick embodied. If there was a prime example of a Settler generation bastard, Rick embodied it entirely.
Though it was impossible to deny. The bastard did have style.
Mana crackled around Rick’s eye socket. ...
2026-01-03 18:57:04 +0000 UTC
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When everything was cleared up, Shara and Sideark went ahead to the forward group. Ryan and Zedart stood together in the tunnels, a corpse in between them. Zedart was staring intensely at Ryan and it was getting a little uncomfortable.
“What? You looking for a fight?”
The [Swordsman] shook his head. “No. It just feels like every time I make progress you seem further ahead.”
“Are you jealous of me?” For some reason, Zedart being jealous of him felt wrong. Though i...
2026-01-01 19:17:02 +0000 UTC
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- Sorry guys, I'm going to miss out on streams for a bit. Huge news incoming. Bigger than the fourther tourney. @ Sideark (Verified, R4)
-> What? Who am I going to watch now? @ Lokingeeer (Unverified)
-> Career suicide move? @ Singha (Realmer)
-> Who’s this stuck ass loser trying to trick? Bigger than the fourther tourney? Yeah right @ Leaflegend7384 (Realmer)
-> Hey Sideark’s only stuck down in the Cataclysm Abys...
2025-12-30 19:16:25 +0000 UTC
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Artigan’s strength and resourcefulness was well beyond even Kraxxksken’s expectations. The leader of the Unwanted monsters had thought he would win, even until the end. While at first he had been planning to die to Artigan after killing all of his own kin, his fury had overwhelmed him to the point that he truly did try to kill Artigan for real.
All of his greatest creations–and those were his creations, failed to kill him. He had not taken out some of the more powerful ar...
2025-12-29 17:32:45 +0000 UTC
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This was Shara’s report on Kraxxksken:
Very strong.
Very tough.
Very good with magic.
Can control turrets.
Now if Ryan saw a threat analysis like this on the realmnet he would have torn it apart and made sure that the poster felt bad enough that they’d delete their messages. Now if an adventurer had made an analysis like this, both worlds would have come together to shame them into oblivion.
But, he was better than th...
2025-12-27 21:20:35 +0000 UTC
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- You know I know the tourney’s going on but like doesn't it feel sorta boring this year? @ IARLILK (Unverified)
- Oh come on, you can’t say that. These Fourthers have been sweating and training for years. These guys will be future Dragonslayers. @ Reticular (Unverified)
- Yeah but like after what Artigan did and with the Witch Tyrant having… you know. It just feels kinda, anticlimactic? @ IARLILK (Unverified)
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Two and...
2025-12-25 20:48:19 +0000 UTC
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11 days until the highest Trial must be challenged.
3 days since the first bullipede hunt.
Kraxxksken watched as Artigan fed the children. The adventurer was in good cheer now that all the children didn’t seem like they were starving. Tar’el the elf was beside him, giving out food. It seemed that despite Artigan insisting that placing him on his shoulder was a punishment, he had tired of it after a couple hours.
It was interesting how quickly the Un...
2025-12-24 19:11:09 +0000 UTC
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- Seriously, who is Gamgam and how is she reposting the image of the Witch Tyrant getting punched in the face without getting hexed? @Anon123123 (Unverified)
-> It’s obvious right? She’s probably a strong dragonslayer level [Mage]. Probably in cahoots with Artigan. @ Mikhoss (Realmer)
-> Wait, maybe she’s actually the dragon? @ Lukfrons (Verified, R3)
-> I’m not that stupid psycho bitch of a dragon, thank you very much. @ Gamga...
2025-12-23 18:45:09 +0000 UTC
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Believe it or not, this was familiar territory. Well, of course Ryan hadn’t actually staged a coup with an elven princess before, but he had assessed some of the Fourth Trial solutions with this exact scenario… online.
Okay, even in his head that sounded really bad. Still, it had gotten him this far, and the pieces were all there.
His first goal was to figure out Rax’s spying capabilities. Second was to suborn the princess that everyone seemed to defer to.
Then… Ryan...
2025-12-22 17:59:06 +0000 UTC
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There was an oddity in the way that Rax moved that threw up red flags for Ryan. The casualness of making weapons of war while welcoming them warmly in a brutal workshop was just one too many contrasting features to feel like things were truly genuine. It was also in the way that Rax moved. Shara didn’t have humanoid tics. Preferring to stay in absolute stillness and silence when she could.
Rax wasn’t like that at all.
It waved its hand at the other Unwanted, giving her a dismi...
2025-12-19 17:59:18 +0000 UTC
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It is indeed earlier than expected, but I agree. Now is the time that I mentioned. Your friend definitely seems like a force of nature.
- Ella Maizel
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If Ryan was being honest, he didn’t quite understand the dynamics between the species of Sector Four and the other Sectors. For Earthers like him it was easier to just group up all the people of The Realm as ‘Realmers’ and just argue with them when they said something stupid online. Realmnet really m...
2025-12-18 18:13:07 +0000 UTC
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Author’s note: Sorry for the delay, I had a bit of a family emergency errand I had to run.
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Ryan made his way back to the main chamber with the turrets. There hadn’t been a need to take time to search around. The giant marks from the flesh golem made it very clear where it had come from.
He followed the path into the only place where he hadn’t really taken his time. Partly because he was getting shot at by magical laser turrets. Ryan couldn’t help but gr...
2025-12-17 20:10:44 +0000 UTC
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If Ryan was being honest, Tar’el was a really crappy aura generator. The elf was actively dampening his emotions and using some trick to keep his own aura placid and contained. From a purely risk vs reward perspective, playing the music wasn’t worth the aura generation.
Of course, that assumed the music was just for Tar’el alone.
Phase three of the Artigan theme song continued to play, blasting down irreverent music down the solemn depths of a dead world. At first, whatever ...
2025-12-16 17:56:18 +0000 UTC
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All of the Leafstalkers in the surroundings froze, watching one of the youngest in their group jump headfirst into one of the more unknown rifts at the three mile zone of the Cataclysm Abyss. Then they saw a blur, some of them reached for their weapons in reflex.
Ryan sprinted towards the rift only taking a glance at Crescent to see what he would do. The leader of the Leafstalkers… hesitated.
So it was just him.
He dove headfirst after the stupid elf called Tar’el....
2025-12-15 18:03:18 +0000 UTC
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The embers of his aura would keep them safe for a time. Ryan didn’t know exactly how long it would last, but it should be enough time to get them situated and prepare for the monsters if they did come back.
For the stronger Leafstalkers that were leaping from ledge to ledge to follow him down?
His actions did nothing to sway them. Most of them probably didn’t even understand what he had done. Not that acknowledgement or understanding was the point. Ryan’s actions hadn’t be...
2025-12-12 18:04:57 +0000 UTC
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[Undisputed Apex of the Fourth Realm] (Quasi-Legendary Title)
The world has acknowledged you as the apex in the fourth realm. Even legends of history have come short compared to your accomplishments at the same stage. Not even the Witch Tyrant predicted your growth.
Massively increases all physical and metaphysical attributes. Greatly increases resistance against all sources. All class concepts and skills will align better wi...
2025-12-11 18:21:59 +0000 UTC
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‘What the fuck just happened?’
- The reactions of most people to the events that happened during the fourther tournament.
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Earth
“Are you guys good? I’m good, don't worry about me. No, everything wasn’t scripted, yes that curse was real, and yes I actually destroyed it. I don’t know when I’ll be back, wish me luck and deal with my parents for me, byeeeee.”
“Wait Ryan, you can’t just say that...
2025-12-10 18:04:11 +0000 UTC
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A red blade flashed with a gleam as it stabbed into the open wound at one of Pinkie’s giant fingers. The one that had punched the Witch Tyrant in the face. The blade touched the exposed flesh then–shattered completely.
Ryan blinked at the broken fragments of his aura and the empty hilt of his blade. Something had snapped and he had a feeling it had something to do with what happened earlier, when Pinkie had completely shattered his aura.
His aura and his clas...
2025-12-09 18:01:21 +0000 UTC
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You had to understand, the Witch Tyrant did not think like regular people. Very few high realm [Mages] had thoughts that ordinary humans would recognize. The Witch Tyrant had studiously researched her Legend until she developed thought processes that even the greatest of [Mages] would balk at.
There was no easy way to express exactly how her mind worked, though if it had to be put into words it would be something like this:
Thread 1: Monitoring the network.
Threads 2 & 3...
2025-12-08 18:00:31 +0000 UTC
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Saw another author do this and I think I should do it too. I've had plenty of times where you all have given me feedback and it's improved the readability/flow fairly well.
This is where you tell me what you liked, what you didn't like, what you wish you saw or any questions that popped up that you think I didn't answer well enough. Or anything else that pops up.
I can't promise I'll respond to or answer all of them, what I will promise is that I'll read everything, like I've done...
2025-12-05 18:21:48 +0000 UTC
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Starting with a bit of a recap cause that’s what new books are supposed to start with. Being a good author apparently. This chapter hasn't had as much editing because of personal stuff and because it was more of a rewrite/reorganization so I could add the recap.
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For a moment his chat was silent, then it blew up all at once. Normally that would make him double back and show some exaggerated reaction to spice up the content. He didn’t need any of that this time, everything w...
2025-12-05 18:00:32 +0000 UTC
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