Chapter 154: Just Rewards
Walker couldn’t have anticipated what came next.
He found himself on a small podium in a well-lit and expansive room. It was a stark difference from the now standard endless void he’d entered since the second battle. To his right, another person translocated in on a podium of their own, slowly forming in the air. The creature was humanoid in shape but blue, with large and apparent gills sticking from the sides of its ne...
2025-02-15 22:36:41 +0000 UTC
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Author's note: Only chapter for the weekend, buttt, it's a double! Yayyyyy!
Enjoy the fourth battle finale. I had a hell of a time writing it. I assume the more I write action scenes, the easier it'll be to slip into them. This one is a bit crazy. See if you can spot all the references.
The creatures that followed the first Contender were all of one kind. Four-foot-tall beings of metal, fighting in a loosely coordinated fashion that caused no end of trouble for the Symphon...
2025-02-08 22:07:14 +0000 UTC
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Howdy everyone,
I'll only be posting a single chapter this weekend and wanted to give a strong heads up. Just a tired, worn down old man if you know what I mean. Need a quick breather.
However, on the brightside, it will conclude the fourth battle, and the stage has already been set (if you see it) for the final battle of the Creator Wars.
Thanks and I hope you're enjoying the story.
2025-02-03 18:18:40 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 151: A Distracting Conversation
Walker was unaware that a second occupant had joined him. He was too busy reading the text appearing on the center screen, his selected participants frozen in place.
All Creators have submitted their bets and the allotted time is soon to end.
Each Territory within the fourth battle is designed to adapt to the specific needs of their Custodians.
For the Defender...
2025-02-01 23:01:12 +0000 UTC
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2025-01-31 23:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Author's note: By popular vote, you've elected to receive both weekend chapters at once. Enjoy (very long)
Chapter 149: Dungeons and Ceremony (III)
Walker knew that for the day to have a lasting impact on his people, it had to stay a dog and pony show. It had to shock and amaze without interruption. With the mounts and custom-built system for Runner, the Individual awards had been a strong start. The Dungeon system was another good push, something people would tell...
2025-01-25 22:36:34 +0000 UTC
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Aloha folks,
I've reached the point where I'm getting both chapters done at around the time I'd post our Saturday chapter. Would you prefer that both chapters come out on the same day, or do you prefer the single chapter each day format we usually follow? Let me know!
p.s. it won't be always, but it could be often.
2025-01-25 17:06:02 +0000 UTC
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Walker looked out on the crowd, returning to their seats or even moving to other sections to speak with friends, new and old.
Now was the big moment. Now was the time to shock them with something they hadn’t seen before. Something that would give them new goals to strive towards.
They’d tested how it would work profusely, with Ulysses dedicating a full ten percent of his parts to the process, something Walker had indeed paid for. But the cost was worth it. Af...
2025-01-19 18:36:53 +0000 UTC
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In an area just outside of the Eternal Base…
As the last few seconds ticked down, those accepting the invitations found themselves in a large arena, one familiar to those raised on Sonata. An Arena.
It stood ten times the size of the original, with two large and waving banners floating overhead, one slightly higher than the other. On the tallest banner, the image of the Unending Summit could be seen, a winding path to a mountaintop that never seemed...
2025-01-18 17:47:11 +0000 UTC
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Author's note: Did a small changeup on the plot. Retitled 146-144 to Legends and Ascension I-III
Walker performed a few final touches on the Lottery system. Between his long years in the Time Rings and the Omniverse’s system tools, it was as easy as scratching his chin. Well, it's a little less easy.
Initially, he’d considered doing it all on paper, but that was too easy to corrupt. Instead, he’d use the unique identification of the resident’s overlays to trac...
2025-01-12 18:00:08 +0000 UTC
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In the heart of Steelspire…
Bailan looked over the piece of Faer metal in his hands again, three of his mentees watching nearby as a fourth pumped the bellows.
All told, when the Conservatory ended, he’d had the second choice of location. He’d tried to be smart about things, accruing most of his points in repairing others' equipment. That is, whenever he wasn’t out on patrol to earn even more.
The bulk of what he’d earned had come In their ti...
2025-01-11 18:33:46 +0000 UTC
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Early chapter! Enjoy!
Walker returned to the meeting room, Factions and Nations very much on his mind. It was the start of something bigger than Territories, a map whose contours were already drawn but still had not yet filled out its bolded names. Glancing around to see everyone hard at work, he noted the room was filled with every trained assistant he had. Those he’d sent to orientation still had a few hours to go, so in the meantime, he stepped over to Virgil to finalize the...
2025-01-05 17:44:05 +0000 UTC
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Author's note: Double-chapter day! Only one chapter tomorrow, then we're back to our twice a week schedule. Hope you enjoyed all the writing I've thrown your way. We passed the 50% mark for the 4th book last week.
For anyone looking from the outside, Chipper, the Alpha Guardian, Zenith of the Unending Summit, and Holder of the Eternal Base, was taking a quick squirrel nap as he lay on the grass just outside of his tree.
What he was actually doing was reviewing his Territor...
2025-01-04 23:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Walker stared at the unbroken line running through his arm. His eyes traced it up to his shoulder, across his chest, and down the other arm. Throughout his body it reached, legs, waist, stomach, and chest. Everywhere he looked, the line appeared.
But there were other things, too. Words, numbers, and a basic understanding came along with their viewing. One set of writing interconnected throughout his soul gave off the feeling of Milestones. Another felt like Territories, the writing larg...
2025-01-04 23:00:02 +0000 UTC
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2025-01-01 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Author's note: A quick spot of trouble here. I added in a small section to the last chapter and wanted you to be aware of it. It's below:
Twenty-seven years since Walker entered the Time Rings…
“Useless,” Walker said as he plucked the time-frozen canister from the air. It was too sporadic and random, refusing to be aimed properly.
On a whim, he unscrewed the bottom of the item, looking within. A cyan glow emitted, so slowed down that it wouldn’...
2024-12-30 23:01:32 +0000 UTC
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Author's note: There's some debate from my beta readers about this chapter. A few think it isn't good enough as it is. If you find something you don't like, or you feel like something should be added, please let me know and I'll hop on it. This is being posted almost three months ahead of my webserial locations, so I have time. Thanks!
One Month Later…
“Dimensionality!” Walker yelled out.
It didn’t matter if he had life, dea...
2024-12-29 20:00:26 +0000 UTC
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“So, how do you want to do this?
“You know…” Walker paused as he had to think about that question. The reflection had a good point. The way he’d always done it in the past was to combine two strands, create a double, and then combine that with the third. But that wouldn’t necessarily work for this.
If he combined Undeath, the Omniverse might freak out.
If he combined the soul strand with death or life, it might reject its opposite.
2024-12-28 18:38:17 +0000 UTC
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“Tell me anyway.”
“No,” Walker said as he shook his head, “Got other things to do.”
“Boring,” David commented with a grin as Walker pulled up the notifications.
With your discovery of a new Helix strand, the Omniverse has seen fit to reward you with one set of options.
1: Receive the System Testing Suite: A series of upgrades for any System Architect that allows them to better understand if strand use is a wis...
2024-12-28 15:57:15 +0000 UTC
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“Jellies?” Ulysses replied without looking at the small planet.
“Yeah, they’re these cute little guys who I helped out in the third battle. I don’t want to brag,” Walker said with a slight grin, brushing imaginary dirt off his shoulder, ”but I totally destroyed the other guy.”
The part nodded, “I see. And is that all that has happened? You won the third battle and received these Jellies?”
Walker rolled his eyes, then went into a shortened breakdown of the...
2024-12-25 18:19:46 +0000 UTC
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A lot had changed in a relatively short amount of time for Sky.
First, the overlay’s turned off, coming back with amazing new abilities.
Then, Luck’s Haven was lost? Sold? She didn’t know because nobody would tell her. Either way, it’d been transferred from Lord Mirail of the Ceruleans to some unknown named Dante. A person with no weight to their name that she’d never heard of. Nor had anyone else, no matter who she asked.
Luck’s Haven had been within the grasp o...
2024-12-23 00:26:01 +0000 UTC
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The conversation with Hades, mediated by Athena, lasted only a few minutes. That was all of the time that Walker could stand his presence. He wasn’t, all told, a bad guy. For being the figurative devil of Greek mythology, Hades was surprisingly straightforward and honest-almost to a level that Walker could respect. But then he’d call Walker a juvenile name, or go off about some standout adventurer doing something shitty to his life from a time long ago, and Walker would remember why he di...
2024-12-22 22:39:38 +0000 UTC
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Author's note: Sorry for the long wait. May get two chapters done tomorrow as I kind of went on a writing spree. Thanks!
Each Egyptian Primigenial approached Walker one by one to offer their task. Again, rather differently than the Primigenial branches who had come before, the atmosphere was starkly quiet, with the somberity of a funeral after a long and joyous life. The Primigenials, ancient gods that had been spoken of with reverence for hundreds of generations, individually pr...
2024-12-21 23:21:36 +0000 UTC
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Aloha friends, and you other guys...
Here's the dealio.
This weekend I have the esports tournament hitting me on top of all my semester grades being due. I was really trying to get a chapter done this weekend but now I do not see that as possible.
On the bright side, I've got xmas break hitting, meaning sporadic, and more, chapters to be released across the next few week.
On the bad side, no chapters this weekend.
Because I feel bad, here's a picture to br...
2024-12-13 02:23:27 +0000 UTC
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Author's note: No chapter next Saturday, but I'll definitely have a good one for you the sunday after. Sorry, it's the championship for my fall eSports season.
Also, two small changes to the last chapter. One, a timer was added that I'd forgotten to put in (blame it on my lack of sleep)
Time remaining until the next battle: 50 hours.
And two, I forgot to add that he received bonus points for an unnecessary third round.
Early victory points gran...
2024-12-08 23:35:33 +0000 UTC
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As Walker expected, he found himself floating within a blank expanse of darkness with nothing to see around him far into the distance. The Alpha Protocol, as they’d done with the icy meteor at the beginning of his time here and again at the end of the second battle, enjoyed their drama and wow factor. Taking their Creators and throwing them into an unknown environment was par for the course with them. He fully expected a grand display to show itself within moments before they got to the bus...
2024-12-07 21:40:38 +0000 UTC
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Contrary to the start of the first round, the second round began with utter silence. Taking it to mean his words were starting to have an effect, Walker pulled up his overlay to get an idea of what he was in for this time.
The second round focuses on a Creator’s ability to build Kingdoms.
Each Creator will select a base society model to start with. As their society naturally evolves, the Creator will be forced to make decisions at the mo...
2024-12-02 01:04:47 +0000 UTC
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2024-12-01 19:31:48 +0000 UTC
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Amidst the arena noise and his opponent's hollow-sounding laughter, Walker looked toward the bottom, where the rules were further fleshed out.
The first round is a battlefield.
As each Creator selects a summon, the battle will change, modifying itself to fit both sides best while the center becomes a neutral field.
Hazards are present across the area, which can be directly manipulated with the control of temporal ener...
2024-11-30 21:09:12 +0000 UTC
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Virgil sat in a large chair designed for his body at the edge of Walker’s bed. Use of the Continuum strand had consistently caused great harm to his body, Primordial or not. He simply wasn’t designed for sudden and dramatic growth. Tanking hits from close to a hundred giants had only exacerbated the problem.
Thus, he was stuck in that position as he communicated with the members of his preparatory teams for the third battle. He thought the task would be easy to manage, b...
2024-11-29 20:47:25 +0000 UTC
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