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[NB] 58. Hackers Have Limits?

Like a puppet cut from its strings, Toby's entire body went limp and tumbled to the ground, causing a wave of gravel to surge at the group of knights surrounding the hacker. The knights' armor easily shrugged off the flying rocks, and the warhorses used their translucent mana to bring up rippling shields across their forms.

Victor debated helping his lumbering giant, but it was far too risky with the hacker present. Deciding to watch for now, Victor continued monitoring through Toby's e...

116. Assemble the Court

As if signaling a start to a new age, the skies opened up, and the rain descended from the heavens. It was swift, aggressive, and drummed on the knights' armor like a metal roof. All three knights on the night shift that had accompanied Olympia tore their eyes off the headless corpse of Duke Ferdinand and glared at the suited man that had emerged from the shadows.

"He's a mage." A knight muttered, but the thundering rain drowned out his voice. But all three had reached a similar conclus...

[NB] 57. Drums of War

The terror attacks were only the beginning.

After putting out all the fires that Toby could see, the screaming never stopped. The bells still rang eerily throughout the chaotic town, and smoke obscured the sky. Through the undead network, Toby could hear a lot of discussion in the distance; focusing on the chatter, Toby concluded that citizens were being slaughtered near the Eshnar gate.

Breaking out into another sprint, Toby was grateful his body never tired—only his mind felt ...

[NB] 56. The Flames of Regret

Clouds of dense black smoke bellowed over the center of Necron. The constant ringing of bells masked people's hysterical screams and shouts—Toby increased his pace and charged down the Eshnar toll road, which had come to a standstill. Some merchants prepared to return and escape the chaos, while others tried to push to the front of the long queue.

As Toby thundered past like an escaped rhino, horses tried to jolt back, causing their owners to shout with rage as they attempted to relax...

[NB] 55. Immortal Paradise

Victor had already confirmed during his Grand Dungeon adventure that the more extreme the environment, the more mana is required by the dungeon to create it. So perhaps unsurprisingly, floors 70 to 80, made entirely out of gems of every type, were tiny compared to the arctic floors, with each floor only taking a few days to traverse. Nevertheless, it took Victor only a month to get to the 80th floor, where a spire of encrusted gems shimmered like a rainbow beacon and dominated the land.

[NB] 54. A Dark History

The dim room lit up with an azure blue as an expansive runic formation engraved into the dull green metal floor sprung to life—the old computer blue-screened, and a green laser scanned the entire room like something out of a sci-fi movie.

[Error: Dungeon entity not found]

[Login failed]

There was a flash of mana, and everyone found themselves back outside. Surrounded by endless emerald-rolling hills littered with golden petals and wanderin...

115. Plague Doctor

"Those are quite some injuries, scion of the Yaeldrin."

Kharis suppressed a scream as the elderly man rammed his fingers into one of the deeper stab wounds he had self-inflicted on his leg. The old man stared at him with a fake reassuring smile. "Now relax and open your mana circuit for this old man... let me help you!" Then with a chuckle, he added, "For a fee, of course."

Kharis ignored the healer's words as he lowered his mana circuits guard and let the healer's life affinity m...

[NB] 53. Login

Alice floated beside Victor with raven mana flowing across the surface of her skin—it almost looked like a bucket of black tar had been poured over her as whisps of purple flame wrapped her fingers, ready to be unleashed at a moment's notice. Her face was concealed, leaving no point of weakness as they faced an unknown threat.

The dull castle wall, nestled a few meters inside a cave, was merely a front to something else—a home. A mana signature so dense it could belong to Hyveth Arc...

[NB] 52. Discovering New Lands

With mutual interest established. Plutus took center stage after dismissing his guards, except for two wearing black cloaks on either side of him.

"I will be frank, Necron lies on disputed territory, not only between the various noble factions within the Empire but between all forces on the continent." Plutus, the ever-serious orange sloth, brought out a document from his spatial ring and cleared his throat. "Ahem. There are currently... ten noble houses that petitioned in court to send...

[NB] 51. Meeting the Guild Master

Victor was bored again—which felt even worse since it was self-inflicted. 'I chose to become an undead since it would make my life as easy as possible... who would have thought having an easy life could be so dull?' Luckily the swarm of flies under his control was intelligent enough to obey a simple command: Kill everything.

"Bleh." Genus spat on the floor and flicked the half-eaten worm dripping in his saliva off the side of the floating platform. Genus looked awful, clearly...

[NB] 50. Harbinger of Destruction

Things were progressing smoothly down in the Grand Dungeons depths. A month or so had passed since Garry the pirate arrived at Necron, and Victor and his merry band were making significant progress. As Victor had suspected, the main threat of the arctic floors was the immense distance it took to traverse and the extreme climate. 'I suspect the dungeon didn't spawn any monsters on those floors on purpose, so delvers had no way to acquire food.' Unfortunately for the dungeon, there was...

[NB] 49. Meeting the Mayor

Garry leaned back, let out a monstrous burp, and relished in the warmth that spread throughout his body. "That been the best broth I 'ave e'er 'ad!" Garry paused and then smacked himself. "Talk proper! Like the land folk. Ahem..." Garry coughed awkwardly and looked around the empty inn. It was rather large but lacked that dirt and grime needed to give a tavern that certain feel. Instead, everything was too new and clean that it was somewhat stifling.

"Well, that will soon change! Once t...

[NB] 48. Tales of Coral Beard

Weeks passed, and progress in rebuilding the town had been slow, but Andrew, alongside his goblins, repaired everything destroyed in the fight and added some things.

"Master, someone has arrived at the town."

Victor looked across the black ocean and confirmed that Andrew, the King Ooze, was contacting him. He had given Andrew complete authority over the town on the surface as he was diligent and good at his job. Obviously, Victor checked on him now and then, but his work had been ...

114. Damiens Attack Dog

Kharis Yaeldrin dropped to his knees, and the golden gun slipped from his limp hand and clattered to the floor. Kharis, alongside the two attendants, stared in horror at the headless corpses of Akna. Blood pooled around the two elves' feet. Silence remained for a few seconds until one of the elves began screaming, and the other soon followed. Even Kharis started to weep for his dead sister.

Still sitting on the couch, Damien used Psychokinesis to bring the gun back to his hand. It felt ...

[NB] 47. Lost Pirate

Tension in the Empire's capital was running high. Garry, an ex-pirate turned mediocre merchant, could tell that much. There was a lockdown on the shocking information. But those in the know-how were itching to get out there and profit.

The monsters were gone, and nobody knew why.

Garry stroked his straggly beard as he walked down the sidewalk of the capital's famous shopping street. His funds, a few coppers, jingled in his pockets as he window-shopped for travel supplies....

[NB] 46. Rise of Necron

"You three are far too dangerous to let into the heart of our city."

Eve's argument was reasonable. Victor had never laid eyes on the Empire's capital city, but he doubted the inside defenses could handle them without some loss of civilian life. Victor was somewhat limited in what he could accomplish if he wished to keep his stat point expenditure down, but Toby could wreak complete havoc on the scale of a senior dragon.

Toby approached Eve and loomed over her. She strained her ne...

[NB] 45. Demon King

The group followed Toby towards his chosen monster but encountered a problem. Andrew was incredibly slow and was lagging far behind.

"Guys... wait up!" Andrew called, and everyone paused to watch the struggling slime. Andrew honestly reminded Victor of Jabba the Hutt with his body proportions, but if Jabba was a necrotic jelly. 'I wondered why I never saw any island-sized King Slimes since they grow through eating, but now I understand. Even a rock could somehow outrun a King Slime....