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[NR] Goblin Flavored - Chapter 511

“What did I do?” Jason shrugs, “I rejected those elements. I judged them to be evil and corrupt.”

Courtney sighs, “You literally just went over how that doesn’t matter!”

Jason smiles, “Oh, but it does! You’re forgetting something I said before that. Cultivators affect the world and by being first, we have a greater control of it.

“While I am only at the starting line, I have crossed it and began my journey. I am a cultivator and there is no one else here ...

[NR] The Boogie Man - Chapter 510

Both Jason and Rosha turn towards Courtney. She looks to the side and doesn’t say anything, but Rosha doesn’t let such obvious avoidance pass. “So”, Rosha raises an eyebrow, “Would this be why we ended up moving recently?”

Courtney shrugs, “There were certainly other more pertinent reasons at the time. Also, we aren’t the only ones to have done so. Jason created a bit of a kerfuffle. In fact,” She turns to him, “Jason, why don’t you tell us what exactly happened? A...

[D'sP] Getting Clay - Chapter 301

The idea of having kobolds making golems really tickled Doyle’s fancy. They might even end up being better than him at it, given enough time. After all, except for his one skill, the kobolds would have everything he has.

In fact, just buying the kobolds a carving skill would already give them something over him. Though depending on how golems work out, Doyle is definitely down for getting such a skill for himself as well. Carving a golem body might be the easiest method of improving t...

[D'sP] Might Have Worked - Chapter 300

After chatting a bit more with Ally, Doyle goes off on his own to try some things. The easiest being whether he really can’t make angel equivalents on his own. While it would take a while for Ally to get any information from the two deities they were friends with. He had a couple ideas to play with in the meantime.

Most of which failed. Not that Doyle had expected anything different. After all, his very first attempt was to pile up some rocks and try to shove power into them. If that ...

[NR] Rosha Tries - Chapter 509

Rosha logged out to give cultivation a try.

Courtney sighs, “So how long is ‘long’ for someone who isn’t able to learn it within the first day? While I kept the number of test subjects down, there were still a few who couldn’t manage it. Even once I provided them a stay in a high-rise hotel room, a number weren’t able to.”

Jason sighs, “I would like to say all those stories about needing talent or a special constitution are bunk. That even someone seen as talentles...

[NR] Benefits Of Being First - Chapter 508

Rosha shrugs, “So what did the wizard do?”

Jason sighs, “Apparently they got us sidetracked. While we have a bit of time to get this figured out, actual cultivation needs to happen irl. You can’t cultivate while plugged into your pod. So I figure I teach you the ins and outs of getting started. Then you try it irl before reporting back.

“Courtney can confirm this, but the actual first step is either going to take basically no time to complete or you’ll need a good chun...

[Closed] Deciding the Short Story Prompt for July 2023

Below are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short story will be finished by the end of the month.

Accidental Admin - An inhabitant of a world with a system accidentally gets admin access, but doesn’t know what that does or how it works. Now he needs to discover/learn the inner working of the system to fix the problems he created and maybe change the system for the better

Villain Power of Friend...

[D'sP] On Angels - Chapter 299

Ally claps her hands, ‘Now, on the matter of Ace balancing interests against one another. In theory, it can work. I suspect, despite how regular people view him, Ace is less good and more neutral. Lawful neutral if I had to put a tag on it.

‘Though of course while stuff like Order is a thing, you can’t fit sapients into neat little boxes like that. Which is why most “higher beings” like deities don’t use sapients as their main servants. Except the Fae because they like a bit...

Author Note: On Older Short Stories

We're about to hit 20 monthly short stories. With that we have more than enough of them that I can likely gather a few together and make a nice little anthology sort of book I could publish. That was the plan for a while now and I was just waiting for a decent number of stories to pick from. For this I figure I would ask those of you who have been following them to suggest five or more of the stories that go together.

Also in relation to the monthly short stories, I'm thinking that I mi...

[Closed] Collecting Short Story Prompts for July 2023

Once again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into a short story of a thousand or so words.

Not many rules on what you can suggest at the moment. That will mostly be figured out as we go. Besides that, the short story will come out before the end of the next month.

Rules for prompts:

[Archived Short Story] Immortal Retirement?

My father used to say the only two constants of being an emperor was death and paperwork. Then he proved it by dying. Do you know how much paperwork the death of an emperor generates?

I was still wading through it a decade later. You would think having magically binding oaths keeping your empire together would make things so much simpler! But nope, it just means I needed to personally reconfirm every single sovereign entity’s oath.

That meant not just kings or it would have been...

[NR] I Was Disappointed - Chapter 507

Rosha frowns, “If all your ‘cultivation’ does is gather power and refine it, why isn’t it known yet?”

Courtney, “That is strange. In my testing, I’ve tried a large number of alternate methods and only your way seems to work.”

Jason shrugs, “If it was literally just gathering power, the solution would be to stick a fork in the outlet. No, you need a method to draw in the power that harmonizes it with your body and soul. Otherwise, this reality would be like one of...

[NR] What's The Point? - Chapter 506

Jason smiles, “More about cultivation? What’s the point? The answer to that is simple enough.

“To live forever and be powerful enough someone else can’t take what is yours from you. The second part is particularly important since your life is in fact yours.

“Of course, there is always a heaven above the heavens, as it were. If you just assume you’re the strongest, you won’t be ready for when something stronger or more dangerous shows up. After all, even if you surviv...

[D'sP] Ally's Take On The Matter - Chapter 298

Ace turned back to the crowd, “I said I wouldn't execute them and I’m going to keep my word. The ones who promised to leave will be allowed to leave and those who didn’t agree will be exiled. I’m kind of sad that 38 idiots couldn’t even bother lying about their intentions, especially when I wasn’t having them swear to not work against us.

“Whatever. This last section will take place at the outer gate, which conveniently is straight down the road. Now, I won’t require you...

[D'sP] Ace Answers A Few Questions - Chapter 297

So with the Selas taken care of, that left the mob of people lucky to still be alive. Because those on the roof certainly weren’t. There was no leniency for idiots who thought using pre-system guns was a good plan.

Ace shook his head before turning back to the crowd. “So, we have a few terrorists here. Now, if this actually was feudal times like they seem to think I’m trying to reduce the world back to, they’d be dead men walking.

“I do not, however, plan to kill them. T...

[NR] Rosha Informed - Chapter 505

After tossing and turning over the night, Courtney made a decision. They would delay leaving the town one more day. Though the day wouldn’t be spent in NeoRealm.

So, as soon as the others woke up, Courtney informed them of the change in plans. The other two didn’t really mind, as the extra day at the inn wouldn’t cost that much. At that point, the only question was whose private room they would use.

Well, first Courtney had to firmly convince them that they needed to hold th...

[NR] Kept Up Late - Chapter 504

The group took a little time to prepare and then the night was upon them so they split off with plans to set out bright and early. Jason and Rosha got to sleep quickly enough, using this as likely their last good night’s sleep in a while. Courtney, on the other hand, spent some time thinking.

They hadn’t gone over what they got for breaking through the bottleneck. No particular reason, it simply didn’t come up and people tended to keep such things close, anyway. That, however, mea...

[D'sP] Gathering Some Trash - Chapter 296

Doyle isn’t the only one having to put off some things for the future. Out in the town, Ace is having problems. The shock of losing a founder is still heavy on the inner circle, but the same isn’t true for the normal people.

In fact, troublesome elements have begun to make themselves known. At this point, the benefits of being the system recognized leader of a town are becoming well known and some people don’t think Ace should have that privilege. More specifically, with Bill’s ...

[NR] But Where? - Chapter 503

Once the Guild business was finished, the group got back to their inn and gathered in Rosha's room to plan. They knew about where they were going, but needed to actually nail it down. Though really, what mattered was the last town they would pass through.

Whatever town that was, would be the one they would be trading with. Too small, and the stuff they brought back wouldn't sell. Too big, and what they brought back wouldn't sell for much.

Not that the group planned to make too man...

[NR] Jason's Knight - Chapter 502

Jason pulls up Lily’s status to give it a quick check.

{Basic Info

Name: Lily

Race: Rabbit Knight

Level: 25 - 0.00%

Legal Status: Local Companion

Title: Breaker of the Natural Order

Normal Stats

• ☆Strength 63 ( 63[Base] )

• ☆Toughness 78 ( 78[Base] )

• ☆Agility 121 ( 121[Base] )

Auxiliary Stats

• Defense 25 ( 25[Base] )

• HP  125

• <...
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[D'sP] A One-Way Mirror - Chapter 295

Ally had been carefully monitoring the town while Doyle focused on floor creation. Though as time went on, she was able to relax. While some claim that time can heal all wounds, Ally felt this might be one that stuck around for a good long while. However, Ace had kept Tess in the town and through great effort, lead her through the trauma.

At this point, Ally was actually more worried about the Barrais than Tess. Those two seemed to be working on something and she couldn’t figure out w...

[D'sP] The Twelfth Floor - Chapter 294

{Twelfth floor dimensionally anchored

World Energy cap +9,700 [Constitution(97) * 100]

twelfth floor spending limit set to 51,240 [Previous floor’s limit(41,160) + Intelligence(84) * 120]

Monster level cap updated

Quintessence debt paid back by 5}

Doyle sighs to himself. You would think that after twelve times, the act of creating a new floor would become routine like brushing your teeth in the morning or some such. Maybe someday it will, for now though, each n...

[NR] From ★ To ☆ - Chapter 501

Jason shook his head, what was one more secret? Though thinking of that, if he stuck around in this room too long others would wonder and so he closed the last screen, not expecting anything.

That of course means something has to happen. In this case he almost trips over his own feet as a rush of power flows through him. It is only through the grace of that surge also including a bump to his Agility that he stayed standing. He has a suspicion of what just happened and so pulls up his an...

[NR] More Active Breaker Bonus - Chapter 500

Jason sighed and turned to the next section.

{Bottleneck Breaker Bonus

For breaking through a bottleneck beyond the first we grant you a choice of three special abilities determined by your play style.

Because of your continued farm work while on the move [Mobile Gardening Alerts - The System will send alerts if any portable planters you currently have on you has a problem your skill would allow you to notice after a thorough check.]

Since you've depen...

[Closed] Deciding the Short Story Prompt for June 2023

Below are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short story will be finished by the end of the month and will be available to all patrons.

Immortal Retirement Home:- Being immortal is all well and good, but when you've been managing your empire for 10,000 years, you really just need a break. Fortunately, prior Immortals have already set things up. A nice little pocket dimension well out of the way. You'll ...

[D'sP] The Two Sides - Chapter 293

Sometimes, the thing that hurts the most is when your life is crumbling and yet the rest of the world keeps moving. That was exactly how Tess felt. Sure, the town mourned and had a very emotional funeral a week after. Well, she didn’t want to think about it.

They had even suggested making a day of remembrance. Tess had been furious and turned that suggestion down. She had seen more than enough such days turn into regular holidays. The only people she wanted to remember were the other ...

[Closed] Collecting Short Story Prompts for June 2023

Once again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into a short story of a thousand or so words.

Not many rules on what you can suggest at the moment. That will mostly be figured out as we go. Besides that, the short story will come out before the end of the next month.

Rules for prompts:

[Archived Short Story] All An Accident

It started small. Such things generally do. You go in, change a parameter and suddenly every third Tuesday of the month a few people start getting a warning.

Well, that was how it used to work. Or, well, I guess we thought that it was in the past. What with all the morphic self correcting code, the tireless AIs checking every possible side effect, and near perfect emulation of reality for error checking.

After all, when you set up a System like what previously was only seen in fan...

[NR] More Addendums Because You Loved Them Last Time! - Chapter 499

Loot collected, Jason frowns, "So uh, what happens when we leave and breakthrough? I know that last bottleneck wasn't anything special, but we probably have a bit to go over."

Courtney nods, "The Guild has a place setup for us to handle stuff like that and our loot."

Question answered, the team crosses the large arena and arrives at what is clearly a portal set slightly back into the wall with a pair of big doors that must have opened at some point. The portal itself looked like a...

[NR] Hold It Together - Chapter 498

The moment seems to freeze, as if time has stopped for everything besides one arrow. It streaks across the battlefield and over the heads of everyone except its target, the dungeon's only boss monster.

By this point the group has been beating on it for a while and everyone was beat up and worn out. Even Rosha, who had stayed back, had some bruises from needing to suddenly dodge charges. Of course the worst off was the tardigroid boss. Kind of hard to come out of a fight looking pretty w...