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Chapter 863.

Having infused a wisp of his aura into the task screen, Zac walked over to a nearby kiosk manned by an acolyte. It was the location where you picked up a mission token so that the captains could contact you when it was time to go.

“Task #1,032? High danger D-grade mission?” the acolyte said when Zac infused his aura into a tablet, glancing at Zac with some surprise.

“That’s right,” Zac nodded with a terse expression.

“Understood,” the acolyte said, his expressi...

Chapter 862.

There we go! Hopefully, these delays won't keep happening after I've improved my private stock during the no-chappy-days coming up.

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Zac was startled awake from his almost trance-like state, surprised to find a diminutive nun standing in front of him with a scowl on her face. She was mostly human, but just like Gaun, she seemed to have some sort of alien blood in her heritage, with small ridges forming in her head where a demon would h...

Today's chapter delayed

Unfortunately, I have to delay today's chapter until tomorrow - due to some rewrites it simply won't be done today without rushing it. I will try to get it out as early as possible tomorrow. Sorry about the inconvenience!

Chapter 861.

"So creepy," Gaun muttered as he looked at Zac testing various expressions with his disguise.

"Well, it's your face," Zac laughed.

Having spent the past day in what could almost be considered a bonding session the two had gotten a bit closer, even if Gaun had been the only one providing information. The wandering cultivator occasionally tried to pry into Zac’s background a few times, but he had mostly kept his thoughts to himself.

Luckily, Gaun had almost been the perfect ...

Chapter 860.

Pretty Peak walked down the engraved hallways, her foul mood not improved at all by the chance of seeing the insides of the newly-built and exceedingly expensive War Fortress.

Just what was going on?

Months spent on pushing deeper into the Million Gates Territory, only to be called back before she could even begin her search. The only reason she didn't find that damned Commander was that she was pretty sure it wasn't he who had ordered her vessel back - it had to be from someone i...

Chapter 859.

Vilari walked down the clattering corridors, ignoring the insect warriors just as they ignored her. With a small mental nudge, she was functionally invisible to their gaze. It was a shame that her power was too low to allow for this kind of measure in the outer world – that way, she would have been able to walk alongside her father without causing him undue trouble.

Sometimes, she wondered, was being undead a blessing or a curse?

Admittedly, gaining sapience from the depths of d...

Chapter 858.

Zac stepped out from the teleporter of Salosar Seven, one of the twenty-two official subordinate worlds of the Salosar Cluster, donning a temporary face. Together with him was Joanna, who was decked out in the liveries of the Space Gate Guild. They found themselves in a gallery inside an enormous hollow tower, the scene almost a bit reminiscent of the Havenfort Chasm, though the scale obviously was much smaller.

Behind them was a stone wall, and their sides were blocked by some sort of ...

Chapter 857.

Zac’s communication crystal had already started vibrating while looking over the Cosmic Vessels, and he was surprised to see that it was Vilari who had tried to contact him. It looked like the mentalist had finally returned to Earth after spending over five years on Ensolus.

A few minutes later, Vilari appeared in his courtyard, accompanied by Joanna.

“Both of you?” Zac asked with surprise.

“Rhuger and Ilvere can deal with things on Ensolus for the time being,” Vil...

Chapter 856.

“You look like a fledgling apprentice about to get his first batch of materials,” Karunthel grinned upon seeing Zac's excitement.

“Of course,” Zac said with a wide smile. “We used to say that Space is the final frontier. How can I not get excited at the idea of exploring it in a personal ship?”

“The final frontier?” the spider-golem hummed. “I like that. Of course, I’m not sure how true that is what with the outer-“

“Ahem,” Rahm interjected, dashing...

Chapter 855.

“One thing at a time. I’ve been asleep for most of the time since we met last, but I have some preliminary ideas for the skill,” Yrial nodded. “I just need to see how the pathways of the core have changed during its upgrade. I even have some ideas to improve the aesthet-”

“No, wait,” Zac urgently interjected. “You can’t add any effect to the skill! It will expose me mid-battle.”

“I guess you’re right,” Yrial eventually sighed, not without some reluctance....

Chapter 854.

Zac inwardly grumbled, but he kept his opinions to himself as he infused a wisp of energy into the information crystal. However, only a second passed before

"There's a lot fewer items this time."

“I told you last time. Brazla had me fill the inheritance a certain number of times for each grade, with the F-grade needing the most items. However, while the quantity is lower, the quality of items is a lot higher on average. I wouldn’t say that anything here is earthshattering, but...

Chapter 853.

As the world shattered upon Yrial forming his cyclic fiery ice, Zac once more found himself lying on a set of pillows inside the pergola, the tinkling chimes and rustling flowers welcoming him back to 'reality'. A quick mental check indicated that only a week had passed, even if it had felt like years.

It was no wonder that Brazla had been forced to gather energy for a couple of days. That kind of temporal dilation had to come at a steep price. Furthermore, it left Zac in a weird muddle...

Chapter 852.

A/N: Added note for the Audioheads! Audible is having a MASSIVE sale in case you've missed it. Essentially the whole catalog is on 50-85% sale, including Defiance of the Fall Books 1-3. So this is a great time to pick up some LitRPG Audiobooks on the cheap!

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There were dozens of small vessels whizzing through the air, most of them taking the shape of gondolas that left plumes of glittering clouds in their wake, a feature clear...

Chapter 851.

A small smile spread across Zac’s face as he heard the familiar voice. This was obviously not a recording, meaning he had managed to brute-force his way through this trial as well. So he swapped back to his human form while the clouds shifted, forming a tunnel that no doubt led to his teacher's domain. He walked toward the edge of the floating disk, but he shot one final look at the last lingering remnants of his skill.

[Desperation’s End] had a glaring weakness, be...

Chapter 850.

A/N: March, here we come! Thank you for your continued support, and welcome new patrons! 

Since a lot has happened since Zac left Earth and the timeline has become a bit blurred for some, I posted an approximation in the discord channel earlier today.  I figured you guys might also want to get a refresher, so here's the estimated timeline since the timeskip at chapter ~660 or so. 

(The numbers are the number of months.)

2022-03-01 18:22:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 849.

“Wait, you’re Late E-grade?” Zac exclaimed, but Alea was already gone and there was no answer forthcoming from within his mind.

It really looked like she was unable to communicate freely just yet.

Zac couldn't sense her presence at all in his mind, except for that intangible bond he had with his other Spirit Tools. But even if she had disappeared as she had after their previous short conversations, Zac wasn’t worried anymore. Like Alea said, she was healed, and she was eve...

Schedule Update for March/April

So first of all, I want to thank everyone who has supported me for the release of Book 4 on Amazon/Audible this week. With all your help, we reached #6 on Kindle and #5 on Audible. That's not in fantasy or some other subcategory either, but all of Amazon.

Unfortunately, I have to come with some bad news at the heels of such a momentous success; there will be a disruption of the release schedule for both March and April.

There will...

Chapter 848.

There she stood, as beautiful as he remembered. That alluring smile, those intoxicating curves, those limpid eyes that seemed to both invite you in and warn you off - toxic perfection. Alea was so lifelike, and one memory after another was dragged from the depths of his mind. But the next moment she shifted, her horns disappearing as her silk robes were replaced by the hardy linens that would hold up on the fields.

His most trusted subordinate had become a hazy simile of Uylnara, her fe...

Chapter 847.

“The information about the nature of the beast tide is lacking, but the situation has to be grave,” the Sky Gnome explained. “It’s the first time in recent memory they allow outsiders into their domain.”

“Most of those who have entered have failed to return,” Vikram added. “Casualties at the battlefronts are reported to be extremely high.”

“And people are people still going?” Zac asked dubiously.

“Absolutely. The Void Gate is filthy rich, and their re...

Chapter 846.

There were a few people that Zac needed to talk with now that he was back from Ensolus, but he only hesitated for a second before making his way toward the commercial district. For years, he had been holding onto his fortune, wondering exactly what it was worth. Not only that, but there were thousands of items in his rings that he couldn't identify, and the curiosity had kept him up some nights in the Orom World.

Finally, he was back, and any further governance could wait now that he ha...

DotF Book 4 now out on Amazon/Audible!

Just making sure no one can possibly miss this :) 

Book 4 of Defiance of the Fall is now out on Amazon, Kindle Unlimited, and as an Audiobook over at Audible. 

Proofed, edited, and generally fixed up. So if you're in the mood for a re-read/listen, be sure to check it out! As usual, this also means the older books are on sale for the next few days (US only, I think), where you can pick them up for just 0.99 apiece!

Book 4 covers the Underworld, the ...

Chapter 845.

A/N: Sorry about the delay! Release day on Amazon, so things got a bit hectic :)

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The Mavai Warchief's eyes were so passionate when looking at the Information Crystal that Zac wondered if he needed to take it away before the demon tried to do something untoward to it. Then again, Ra'Klid wasn't the only one, with the natives being locked in place with expressions ranging from incredulity to fervent desire.

The contents of the crystals were actual...

Chapter 844.

Ilvere looked at the soot-covered Zac before turning to the still-sputtering lake of lava so hot and rife with chaotic energies that it created odd apparitions reaching for hundreds of meters into the air.

“Well, if you say it's fixed, I'll believe you,” the demon coughed. "The past weeks, we haven’t had more than eight hours between tremors. By the time we’ve returned, we should have a preliminary result.”

“Right,” Zac nodded before taking out a cleansing array, bla...

Chapter 843.

Zac spent the next few days in Fort Atwood, mostly catching up with everyone. While no one had tales as fantastical as being swallowed by a gargantuan space fish, it quickly became clear that the elites of Port Atwood all had their share of adventure and hardship on the Ensolus Continent.

The most shocking thing was that Janos was presumed dead, gone missing in the mysterious Ensolus Temples. They still held out some hope that the illusionist had somehow lucked into an inheritance, but ...

Chapter 842.

The two groups of delegates looked quite eager, though it was no doubt at the prospect of these ominous earthquakes finally abating rather than joining some recently-formed empire. Zac didn’t mind. Certainly, he would have preferred willing and wholeheartedly loyal followers, but he wasn’t so naïve as to believe these races would follow him based on some agreement after years of war.

Things didn’t change so quickly. But give it a few decades, where dissidents were quietly removed...

Chapter 841.

Saying that he could save the planet was pretty bombastic, but Zac was somewhat certain he could make it happen. The reason he was late was just to make sure he could put forth his proposal. But first, he needed to make these flighty ghosts and the demons trust him.

“You don’t have to worry about this being some ploy. I don't need to play any games - if I wanted to, I could simply eradicate both you and the demons now that I’m back,” Zac added. “My strength is my truth."

Chapter 840.

Ra’Klid inwardly shuddered as the main gates of Fort Atwood swung open like the gates to the abyss, his 180 points in Luck telling him that lethal danger had descended upon this place. Budding trepidation rapidly transitioned into a primal fear as an aura of ultimate suppression blasted out from the interiors of the fort, absolutely drowning the whole courtyard in an instant.

For a moment, Ra'Klid felt as though he was back on the Southbend Steppes before the Integration, just an unpr...

Chapter 839.

The other week I was contacted by a fellow artist, and I was told he's actually written a song drawing inspiration from Defiance of the Fall. It came out this Friday, and it's a banger.

So if you have time, give it a listen and some support over here, see how many DotF references you can spot!

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A beautifu...

Chapter 838.

Today's mission was one of diplomacy, but the biggest risk to the proceedings was neither the golden-scaled demons nor the dour wraiths. It was the System, and the quests it imparted to all citizens of the world when the tremors began.

For the natives, it was quite straightforward – emerge victorious against the other planet and the foreigners, and the whole planet would be attuned to your element. From what they’d gathered, the other incursions had gotten similar quests, where the ...

Chapter 837.

Zac knew he had gotten continuously stronger in the Orom World, but that sense had always been skewed and suppressed because of the prison brand. But the gain in attributes was absolutely shocking, even surpassing all his breakthroughs during the Twilight Ascent. Then again, Zac knew he shouldn’t be surprised considering gains on the path of cultivation were exponential.

The awards from each level during Late E-grade were worth three times those in the early E-grade, for example.