blacksmithoftheapocalypse

1132. A Setting the Stage

Could he really do this? No, he had to! He didn’t believe the lies. The Scene would have never betrayed them. Minas Mar destroyed Y-City for their own gain! The peaceful atmosphere on the surface couldn’t deceive him.

All these people herded into their “Tree Stations”, and used like cattle or slaves to farm gold for them. Secretly, Minas Mar had seized control over Urth. With Delta faltering, they were aiming for World Domination. It was clear as day to him.

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1031. On the Streets

As Tyr's Gavel turned another cultivator into a bloom of blood mist, he already felt the attack of the next one bashing against his back. It wasn't strong enough to overcome the defense of his armor, but it angered him slightly. With a backhand swing, there was another puddle of blood on the street.

Gallwell was already a little pissed because he missed part of the final and had to watch the rest on the public screen in the Pythian Plaza and not live. But ultimately he was gl...

1130. Clearing his Throat

With a satisfied smile, he saw the maggots on the ground squirm in panic. Standing aboard the main vessel of the Alliance Fleet, Dumm Ting watched the scene below in glee. It warmed his despicable heart, to see the chaos in the streets below rife with panic and fighting.

“Whhoooo~ “ “We ask all citizens to evacuate the Pythian Village immediately. If you are able to, please use <Home Call> to evacuate now!” Sirens and announcements sounded in the city below.

1129. Annoying

---Deep under the Guardian Tree of Little Gamma---

“Annoying.”

That thought was on her mind as she wound her body. One of the small ones had just informed her that her strength was needed and she didn't have much time. Her stomach was still full from all the faith and energy of the tiny demon. She didn't want to move.

With just a little more time, she would be able to incorporate all this power and her foundation would be solid. She would...

1128. The Final (2)

Things became a little crowded in the VIP Lounge of Minas Mar. They had assembled all their collaborators, mercenaries, and allies currently present in Little Gamma for a final briefing before the “climax”.

Since things had slightly changed, knowing that there was someone of legendary status among the enemy, their plan also needed corrections. This was why they had also called in local leaders like Gallwell and Brock to prepare thoroughly as a backup.

The...

1127. The Final

It was an unexpected but not unwelcome chance for retribution. She could still vividly remember the feeling of shrapnel and bullets biting into her flesh. Maybe because she just had a fight that reminded her of the painful memory, but that didn’t matter. This time, it wouldn’t end like that. This time things were different.

After her loss, Minas Mar had asked her, just like the other losers, to stay at their rooms in the stadium until the finals began. It was for the voti...

1126. They are coming

“I just got the report, it seems they are coming,” Leana informed the group sitting in the VIP lounge. They had invited Polter and the others over for a briefing, while they waited for the final match to begin.

Everyone watched the footage of the flying ship passing through the portal. Especially the scene of the last ship and the figure sitting on the throne had everyone holding their breath. Although it couldn’t compare to Epsilon’s mother ship in size, it was still...

1125. Double Wipeout

The smoke had yet to dissipate when the message came from the medical wing. Batholomew Mathias had just respawned in the sick area, meaning Ibelin Godfrey was the winner of this duel.

Umi lowered her altitude to look for him and announce his victory. With a was of her microphone, a strong gust swept over the arena, revealing that- it was empty! After the shocking revelation, she got another notification from the medical wing.

“I just got the notification, both contest...

1124. Crusader vs Chosen

The two combatants of the final round of the semi-final had entered the arena, facing each other. On one side was Ibelin Godfrey. looking like the spitting image of a crusader with his great helmet, mail armor, and unique surcoat. The only thing spitting in the face of the image was his modern weaponry consisting of heavy firearms and explosives.

As if deliberately trying to be the exact opposite was Bartholomew Mathias, the chosen of Baldur, God of Light and Peace. Contrary ...

1123. Silver Sparrow

Caleb could still feel the crawling on his skin, the pain, and the disgust. How deprived did one have to be to try and feed their opponent alive to insects? The wounds had mostly healed and the insects were burned away, but the trauma stayed. Still, he kept his cool, unlike when facing Dumm Ting and blowing his budget.

The battle that ensued was an honest melee battle without much cunning. He had switched to his lance to keep her at bay and used his shield and its barrier to ...

1122. Unknightly Fighting

She had already shown most of her skills in previous fights and she was prepared to face several counters now. She knew that using the same tactics would work twice in this place. Like her opponent, Dowloon had studied Caleb's previous fights and knew he would be prepared for the things she had already shown.

What she had not done so far, was enhance herself. The fairy didn't need to buy drugs. She was a master of poisons, naturally, she also knew a thing or two about medicin...

1121. Amazon vs Crusader

While Seth was busy head-hunting, the stadium didn't wait for his return. In the arena, the last fight of the quarter-finals had already begun. On one side was Lyca, who had become the favorite of the tournament thanks to Nam's loss, in her full combat attire.

Her opponent was the holy cannoneer from Urth, the human gun turret Ibelin Godfrey. He too, didn't waste time with the Gatling gun and went directly for the high-calibre machine gun. The roar of gunfire filled the arena...

1120. Nam's Wish

The medical wing was silent. The healer had left, leaving the cultivator alone, sitting on one of the sick beds. Since the preliminaries, there had always only been one or two people here. it's not like a lot of people got hurt in the stadium.

Lost. He had lost and to make things worse, he once again felt the accursed poison rouse in his body. Just the short moment when he used his Qi to attack, instead of sealing the poison, was enough to tremendously worsen his condition. 2024-06-29 12:27:51 +0000 UTC View Post

1119. Nam vs Bartholomew

Spectral swords whizzed through the air but they were unable to even touch the raving champion of light. Even Mantaman, the relic-rated sword, was unable to touch Bartholomew Mathias. As the two clashed in the center of the arena, its blade was stopped about an inch from his skin.

The Chosen's fist on the other hand landed squarely on Nam's Jaw, directly ripping away his mouth mask and reposing the rotten face beneath. The cultivator stumbled backward but didn't seem to be af...

1118. Dowloon in the Mud

The Dark Wizard of Mug started growing suspicious. Ever since her first attack, Dowloon would only attack him periodically. She also didn't move around, she didn't even try to evade his mud pack. Had she given up all hope, because her poison fog didn't work? She just stood there and-

Her hand moved and he used <Doppelganger Exchange> to evade the attack like before, however-

<Ding! You have suffered a surprise attack and lost 15 HP>

<Ding...

1117. Bercy vs Caleb

While Caleb was busy with his own worries, the audience was shocked by the announcement that Bercy had a suitor. Wild speculations fill the chat, especially. The general consensus by the time the short break ended was that it had to be Byron, the man who started flirting with Bercy in the second round.

Consequently, the chat was filled with cries of injustice such as “It should have been ME! Not him!” as well as general curses for Byron and by extension, the Boulder Guild...

1116. Quarter-Finals Begin

Minas Mar had a rough idea of how many enemies they currently had on the Voracious Cloud Continent, thanks to Marco and the presently missing Paolo. The sect alliance at the rim of the XiGuang Province where the entrance to Urth had appeared was not a joke.

Although they were removed from the central powers, even small Sects on the Voracious Cloud Continent couldn't be underestimated. Yet, this force even had the help of a great force within the system worlds.

1115. Round 3 Ends

Spectral swords whizzing through the air and weapons clashing, the two fighters kicked up dust clouds everywhere. After 15 minutes of the fight, the neat and clean arena had turned into nothing more than a sand pit for the two participants.

Seth could imagine Vathon's crying face, seeing his hard work literally stomped to dust with almost every fight in the third round. But this time especially so. Seth feared that they would need to put down metal plates for the quarter-fina...

1114. Lyca vs Nam

“It is time for the battle you all have been waiting for! Two combatants who look back at a streak of overwhelming victories. The amazon Lyca and sword cultivator Name, the two forces of nature are finally clashing!” Umi Kaldrops gave her introduction to the fifth and last fight of the third round,

The ultimate duel between two participants who won all their fights so far in a matter of seconds. Even Seth was interested to see who would win between these two. If Lyca wasn...

1113. The Den

A tall figure shoved her way through the crowd during the break, aiming for the exit of the stadium. Aggravated, he left the arena behind. Had he ever been treated like this? The Tower master had chased him out like a scurvy dog, not even giving him the face for a last appearance in front of the audience…

Dumm Ting’s fist clenched and then relaxed as he gave his situation a thorough thought. His plans had utterly failed. He had even revealed his sins to the world, but cou...

1112. Light vs Thread

For several breaths, everyone stared in silence. The drawn-out battle had suddenly ended. After a moment of silence, the announcer remembered her job.

“I- I guess we have a winner?” Umi Kaldrops said hesitatingly, seeing the statue of the impaled Bercy. There had been no signs of life for minutes, but there was also no notice from the medical wing. She was about to contact management when she heard the sound of pebbles falling.

“Don't kill me off just y...

1111. Mud Crap

In the battle between Dumm Ting and the Dragon Knight, they experienced a small tournament climax. An aggravating, despised enemy had found a satisfying end, but the show was far from over. After all, that was just the second fight of the third round.

After a 15-minute break to give the audience some time to process the fight and run the clipped highlights of the match, the next pair of contestants entered the stage. The mood in the stadium had noticeably lifted after Caleb h...

1110. Might and Money

<Ding! You have received the buff <Arcane Abnorm>! +100% Mana +250% Mana Regeneration for 5 minutes>

<Ding! You have received the buff <Herculean Physique>! +150 to all stats for 5 minutes>

<Ding! You have received the buff <Harbinger of Destruction>! +600% to all damage for 3 minutes.>

<Ding! You have received the buff <Fortified Bulwark>! 30% of phys. damage is negated for 5 minutes>

<Ding! You have received t...

1109. Might and Magic (2)

Despite using items now, Caleb was still having a hard time against the hulking monster, pumped up with the power of sacrificing innocent lives. however, he was far from being as helpless against the cultivator as his previous opponents.

Heat Blade, one of the effects of the Dragon-Hheaded Blade, was a different version of covering the sword in flames. It heated the blade all the way to the point where it would not yet start losing strength or bend out of shape. With the supe...

1108. Might and Magic

Dumm Ting versus Caleb, the fight was finally here. Seth was curious whether the Dragon Knight would be able to avenge his friend, or would another acquaintance from the Evaluation fall to the fist of the vicious cultivator?

After all they had seen in the previous fights, it was unlikely that Dumm Ting would be able to make it to the finals. In the previous fights, participants had finally started showing skills that were able to damage the rare-rated marble Vathon used to ti...

1107. Guns and Roses

Like wasps, the glowing pieces of metal flitted past her ears, as she hid inside the poison smoke. Dowloon had tried attacking him with throwing daggers and poison needles, but everything she threw at him was blocked by the weird golden shield, covered in foreign scriptures. Even her Myriad Poison Smoke was unable to get through the membrane of light.

At least she didn't have too much trouble evading the volleys of snappy metal, as he simply kept strafing left and righ...

1106. Unlimitted Meat

--Outside of Little Gamma, Night--

“We shouldn't have trusted these savages from the start,” the man “hiding” his face with a beautiful silver mask said scornfully to his fellow perpetrators. Lodged in the mountainside not far away was the burly figure of a disfigured demon, the rags of his robe were lying on the ground.

Under the foot of the Monkey Masked cultivate, groveled the dismembered dismembered body of the collaborator of the scene, like a ma...

1105. Assassin vs Corruption

Contrary to his hopes, the fight between Simplicity and Caleb was a clean battle. Although Chat went crazy calling for their muscle mommy, the Dragon Knight ultimately managed to defeat her, once again without calling out his Wyvern.

Why did the man have to be such a gentleman? He didn't even damage her bikini armor in the battle, making the people of Urth look even worse in the blacksmith's eyes. His victory had also earned Caleb the ire of the muscle mommy faction.

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1104. Byron and the Beast

After the audience had some time to calm down during the break, the next fight began.

“After the slightly shocking interruption, we will now proceed with the sixth fight. On the left side, we have Bercy, the Beast, and on the right Byron, from the Boulder Guild!” Umi Kaldrops introduced the two. Following the usual routine, the announcer had the participants ready up before starting the match.

Bercy immediately charged at Byron, turning into the massive w...

1103. That's a demon!

The two fighters that had fallen to the ground slowly started dissipating. But it was different from how the respawn with the power of the Dungeon god would have worked. Their bodies, as well as the blood on the floor, started turning into crimson flakes, blown about by a storm.

In the air above the arena, the flakes turned into streams that started to unite and reassemble. It was clear that the original ritual had failed, but the sacrifice of the two summoners still led to a...