ShanDeRad

Book 2: Chapter 47

It took three full days before he saw the mountain range in his sight, if barely. After the first day he ended up needing to travel at a slightly slower speed, feeling the continues push of his affinity and skills start to strain his body. By the end of the second day he had ended up needing to take for frequent breaks where he would walk instead of pushing himself through the air. It was a much slower pace of travel but thankfully he had gotten to a point where he was so far away from any kn...

Book 2: Chapter 46

Shaun experienced the same feelings during the time he had travelled to the fae as he was on the way back. This time however he wasn’t being deposited in the palace of one of the most powerful beings in the multiverse, instead his end destination was Earth. That apparently made a big difference to his arrival. Unlike the feeling of being forced through a tiny hole and ending up a mess on the ground, when he arrived back on Earth he felt just like he had when he had left The Alliance.

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Book 2: Chapter 45

After everything that they had told him, about the Nephilim, the war, about bringing the Nephilim back, he was overwhelmed. There was a lot of pressure on him, if he failed that was the end. The purpose of the heritage would never be fulfilled and he would have failed not just the Fae and the Dragons, but the Nephilim as well. He was till processing everything they had said and in that moment he couldn’t think of any follow up questions, it had been hard enough on them to say what they did ...

Book 2: Chapter 44

As they both walked through the palace, Shaun got more nervous by the second, he was about to meet one of the most powerful being in the multiverse, one of the twelve major powers. He hadn’t really thought through the impact of this meeting, when he had chosen to come here all he was really thinking about was getting information, seeing what they expected from him when the time came for him to move here permanently, he hadn’t for a moment considered the implications of suddenly appearing ...

Book 2: Chapter 43

The hour passed by quicker than Shaun liked, he felt like he was on to something with his most recent design, the only reason he wasn’t annoyed was because of the promise of rewards. When he got to the designated room where the ceremony was supposed to occur he found it packed with people already. When he did enter he found a pedestal that had a floating orb on it, he assumed that the ceremony would have something to do with it, what exactly he wasn’t sure. It took a few more minutes of s...

Book 2: Chapter 42

The lead up to the final fight was unlike any of the others, everyone was invited to witness the fight, all were welcome to attend. They were also informed that this fight would be recorded and shared throughout the multiverse for all to view at their leisure, which was apparently standard for new integrations so that information on the most powerful could be spread, it would also be announced, what clans had secured the fighters, if any had done so, to promote the alliance between a champion...

Book 2: Chapter 41

The colosseum was buzzing with activity the next day, they were coming up on their last days in the tutorial and everyone was preparing as much as they could before their time was up. Like him others were pulling together what they needed from the shops to keep in their inventory, as well as pushing themselves in the dungeons to gain more levels and TE, both of which would be advantageous when they were sent back to earth. For Shaun, there was little more he could do to prepare, his levels we...

Book 2: Chapter 40

When it came to choosing his reward, the choice had been easier than he had expected. He was only able to get two of the natural treasure and he chose the Life Sapling and the Death Sphere, both of which emitted power that drew him in more than expected, when he held them close to each other they both repelled and drew in the opposing energies in a way that touched on some memory in his mind that he couldn’t quite grasp. He also got 1 platinum coin and 10 million TE as the remainder of the ...

Book 2: Chapter 39

The next two days were some of the weirdest Shaun had experienced, he continued making links and binding them to people, even doing a huge order for Viv and everyone she had managed to recruit to her cause. When people came to him in the store he had gotten a varied amount of looks ranging from straight up hostility to wishing they could be anywhere but near him, it didn’t stop any of them from coming to him to buy what they needed though. Jack had grown more hesitant letting him use his st...

Book 2: Chapter 38

The colosseum was in chaos, there was no other word to describe it. Wherever Shaun went the next day he saw people on edge, many were in smaller groups talking about what they were going to do about the war, there were even people who started putting together full teams outside of who they usually trained with, forming up into larger groups to combat anyone who went against them on Earth. The biggest issue people were currently facing was where everyone would end up when they finished the tut...

Book 2: Chapter 37

That night, after all the fights were completed, Shaun attended the last of the meetings, this one with Octavius from The Pantheon. The moment he sat down with him, Shaun got the feeling that this meeting was not going to go well, Octavius seemed overly pleased with himself, too confident in what was about to occur, which put him on edge from the start.

“This won’t take long Shaun, I only have a few things to tell you before we can call an end to this little chat.” Octavius direct...

Book 2: Chapter 36

The rest of the day proceeded as planned, Shaun had spent more time than he realised making the ring and now had to get ready to attend his second last meeting. When he walked into the meeting room at the soiree he was greeted by a smiling Xavier Barshen, The Empire representative that had been one of the most forceful reps in trying to get him to join them.

“Please, take a seat Shaun, we have much to discuss.” Xavier motioned for him to take the chair directly opposite him. “You ...

Book 2: Chapter 35

Throughout the entire process of bonding magma he was hoping for some further insight into the Nephilim but nothing ever came. He followed the exact same process as before, fire and earth combined and controlled with ice. The worst part was when his flesh would literally melt off of him when he bought the motes of magma into his body, having to spend time rebuilding himself was just gross and painful. He missed when all he had to worry about was being electrocuted to death or frozen solid. 2024-05-31 11:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Book 2: Chapter 34

The first week was the hardest, he would see his friends around but they did what he had asked, they put on the show of hating him. He did the same, he would give them dismissive looks, or out right sneer at them, whatever felt like the right thing in the moment he would just go with. He took his first run at the peak E grade dungeon, it started off the same as all the others, with 5 monsters, but thankfully they also started out at level 60, and grew quickly. The format was slightly differen...

Book 2: Chapter 33

The feast had turned into a frenzy, they now knew what the TE was for and also what would be happening after their return to Earth, the clans were being asked questions, some taking advantage and promoting what they would do for those that joined them if they became a person of power on Earth. Some, like Viv, were trying to get control of the situation, explaining to those that would listen that they needed to stick together and work as a united team, but many just ignored her at that point, ...

Book 2: Chapter 32

Shaun’s mind was going so quickly that it was hard to keep track of everything that was suddenly falling into place. Queen Elivasia was Fae, which meant she was part of The Alliance, if she was still alive he would put money on the fact that she was the one called The Betrayer, their ruler. The great war, the one he had found just a single reference too, it was the Nephilim, in alliance with the Dragon and the Fae. But they lost, the Nephilim were all killed, except maybe they weren’t Azr...

Book 2: Chapter 31

When it came time to head to the feast, Shaun couldn’t hold back his excitement, not because he was going to have to attend another social event, but because over the hours he had worked nonstop on creating the perfect armour from the scales. He had utilised every single bit of the leather, effectively coasting his entire body in the material. When he looked into the mirror he didn’t even recognise who he was looking at. He wore a full sleeves top that clung to his muscles, showing off th...

Book 2: Chapter 30

When Shaun appeared outside of the dungeon he was giddy with joy, he had expected people to crowd around him to see if anything interesting would happen like the last time he left the dungeon but the complete opposite had occurred, there was practically no one in sight. Guess people didn’t want to have another experience like last time. Rather than checking the reward from the dungeon he went straight into his skill selection, something he had been waiting for since getting his new...

Book 2: Chapter 29

The first thing he did after the meeting ended was gather the others around and head back to the store to pick up his coins from the sale of his arrows. On the way he explained to the others what happened during the meeting and everything that was spoken about, including the whole aura thing. When they got to the store Ulorid greeted him with a bow, it was weird, but he chose to ignore it. They did the quick transaction with the goblin sending him 760.5 gold coin, a huge sum that he could now...

Book 2: Chapter 28

There was no movement, only the cold embrace of death. Life began through warmth and ended with the bitter cold, similar to the cycle of the sun and moon, light and dark. Shaun didn’t know why these thought were running through his head, but they were the first things he thought of when he awoke. Hot and cold. Life and death. Creation and oblivion.

In his death state he remembered dreams, not fully, but snippets from what could only be another life, someone else’s life. The...

Book 2: Chapter 27

Shaun knew what he was planning to do was stupid, reckless even, but he just didn’t care at that moment. What had occurred with Viv had hurt him, more than he had let on, the things she had said had hit him, hard. Even after only knowing her for a few days he thought that she had understood him enough to know that he would put the people he cared about first, but apparently her opinion of him was lower than he even realised.

He needed time away from everybody, to process his feelings ...

Book 2: Chapter 26

Shaun had never used anything like the Xamium slivers before, so he was slightly unsure on how to proceed, he got the feeling that the shard itself was going to need to be in contact with the material he used, at least when he used the Disintegrating Worm Teeth, so that was where he started. Taking at one of the teeth, he had to spend a decent amount of time shaping it into an arrowhead, the tooth was much more resistant to the change that anything he had used before, that meant that any mist...

Book 2: Chapter 25

The rest of Shaun’s day went quickly, he only made it to the 17th wave in his dungeon run, getting some alchemical powder for the reward, the others made it to the 18th wave. From all accounts Eric’s new armour had made him a beast when it came to tanking attacks and also helping to reduce the number of monsters quickly. They then spent time with affinity work, Li joining this time, where some progress was actually made by Gabe, finding some connection to the air element but not enough to...

Book 2: Chapter 24

The moment he got out of the dungeon, he couldn’t help the sigh of relief, he immediately started to warm up, and the safety he felt from escaping that last attack was nearly overwhelming. The others were standing at the dungeon entrance as well, having just been sent back after their 30 minutes, all looking blankly in the air, obviously reading the message from finishing the dungeon.

*Calculating dungeon reward grade*

Wave 20 cleared. Adjusting...