Dice

33 - The Patriarch

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"Oi, quiet it down, will you?" Simon barked with an annoyed glare, watching the grunts walk through the café.

"Don't tell them what...

32 - The Family Business (3)

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"Could you repeat that?" Really not sure if he heard right, Ryan stared at his uncle with a perplexed expression.

Runar sighed l...

31 - The Family Business (2)

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"You're the head of a motherfucking secret society?" Ryan let out almost involuntarily after he heard his uncle's words, and Runar slowly...

30 - The Family Business

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Ryan stared at the sleeping pixie within the cage, and Runar's neck snapped around in a panic, "Okay, I know this looks really wei...

29 - Confrontation

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"Yes, sir, of course! I'm sorry about the delays, I will have the reports on your desk on Monday morning! Yes, of course, I'm making ...

28 - Corruption (2)

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Ryan formed a link with both of Gaia's fragments; both the one within his mind and the one inside the walking mountain of metal,...

27 - Corruption

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Vanda dropped the controller onto the ground as Energiser jumped onto it. Like a wild animal, it began to tear the piece apart, pr...

26 - Energiser

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Modak walked up to Ryan and leaned closer toward him, cupping his hand by the side of his mouth as he whispered, "She's... using the frag...

25 - The Gift

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The dim violet light illuminated the otherwise dark space, filled with smoke and the powerful scent of sweet fruit. A man leaned ba...

24 - Roxie

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Ryan was seated on the edge of one of the desks, watching everyone get ready again. They had just taken a bit of a longer br...

23 - Instinct or Precision

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Ryan stared at the system window. His intuition had increased. But... how? The established method for increasing intuition was by ...

22 - Lightspeed

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Ryan looked around the room, stepping up to 'Arena 3', though it was really just a square sectioned off with tape. The monitor ...

21 - Trapped

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[Your Dexterity has increased by 0.01]

The window popped up in front of Ryan as he was in the m...

20 - Putting it Together

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Modak tiredly pulled open the flat door.

"Morning," he yawned, giving Silvia a hug, "How're you doin'?"

"I'm... okay," the...

19 - Wildflower Planting

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"It was very nice to meet you, Ryan," Dimos said with a smile as he stood by the door leading down to the basement and garage, a...

18 - Yanna Redhorn

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"Silvia, Ryan? Sorry, I didn't expect you guys to get here so quickly," the minotaur said with an surprised smile on her fa...

17 - Power Source

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Ryan and Maximus hadn't gotten a single point in after Richie and Roxie got serious.

"What..." Ryan looked at the g...

16 - Power Duels

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"Alright, so, what's happening?" Ryan asked, following his friends down the hallway.

"Just calm down already," Mod...

15 - The Library

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Deep into the night, the group stepped out of the pub into the open air. Ryan took a deep breath, stepping to the side to mak...

14 - A Night Out

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Ryan stepped into his room, his wet hair clinging to his back. He stepped up to the mirror, taking a closer look at his shoulder....

13 - Emergency Care

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Ryan kept his eyes closed for a while, just taking in the 'fresh' air of this industrial neighbourhood. But his serene peace was then ...

12 - Fragment

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Ryan leaned against the wall, biting into the protein bar. He was freaking out too much to look at them earlier, but a few system win...

11 - The Core Room

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Ryan carefully peered into the hallway. The foreman was gone; he could now try to break through the wall into the hidden office space. ...

10 - Level Up

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Ryan sneaked around the wooden crate, getting dangerously close to that humanoid figure made of brick, held together by a flower's roots....

Chapter Index

Book 1

01 - A Regular Day

02 - The Spirit Keeper

03 - Spirit Construction

04 - ...

09 - First Takedown

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Maximus ran at the approaching stone dwarf, both hands holding tightly onto the improvised war-hammer's handle. The hammer impacted ...

08 - Dungeon Air

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Ryan wiped the last of the tables clean, getting ready to open the café for the day, glancing over toward his uncle stood behind t...

07 - Shopping Spree

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Silvia sat on the couch, sketching something on her tablet, as a towering figure suddenly stood over her from behind. Leaning forward, he pl...

06 - The Channel

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Ryan stepped out through the large doors of the Awakened Centre. In his hand, he was holding a small metal card; his Awakened license. On it was his name, date of birth, cl...

05 - Awakened Registration

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Modak woke up to the incessant ringing of his phone. The sunlight was shining through the cracks between his blinds, and an involun...