She was surprised to see him approaching her desk. He could see her panicking.
He was there before she could find some kind of excuse to run off. He had waited for a moment when she was free of her normal surrounding psychofants.
“Hey, princess,” he started. “Mind if we talk for a while?”
“Ahh, yes. Rafael, I believe your name was,” she said, turning to him with a nervous, if somewhat brittle smile.
She was cute, Rafe had to admit. Had always been, but even...
2025-05-30 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Champ stood with his arms folded over his chest, as per usual. He had been surprised over the past few days. As had the others. A level eleven boy who could easily beat peak F grade beasts. Even pretending to struggle when he so obviously wasn't.
And the skill he used to conceal his information. What a skill it was. They wondered where he'd got it. Even they could not peer past it wantonly.
“So? What do you all think?” Ma’la asked.
“He has vast potential. And an amaz...
2025-05-29 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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A/N: We are back to the main story after this, don't worry.
Salazar badged into her office like she owned it. She did own it, but she was aggressively rude nonetheless.
“Gud, what are you doing?”
Gud made a point of looking around all innocent like, pretending not to understand.
“Sitting?” she replied. “Oh, is there a rule against sitting in the headmistress’ chair?”
Salazar's always severely controlled face morphed into annoyance. S...
2025-05-28 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Because keeping a rigid story structure has been much harder than I thought. I'm trying to do a whole act of setup, and then another act for fun and games, and then the final act. Which this time should be explosive and cathartic and the whole deal.
Two months ago.
Nazerick Azeranth had been stuck in this hell for years. And she had been to the true hell once, so she had a valid reference point.
She might have been exaggerating on the years a bit. She w...
2025-05-27 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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I see,” Rafe said.
All Rafe could see was that in the context of this planet, he was a rich man walking. Something didn't make sense though.
“Credits are the main currency in the multiverse though? A hundred for half the population put together seems a bit…”
“Small? No, not really,” the gnome merchant said. “Credits are not the most common currency in the multiverse, for one. The system keeps those things close to its chest. Only one in a hundred individuals ea...
2025-05-26 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Special Quest completed: Forced a concession from the system.
Rewards: 1000 quest points, 100 credits, Mental state elevator potion (Rare alchemical product of various natural treasures known to increase concentration and connection to higher levels of consciousness.)
So it was like a very strong dose of alcohol, Rafe concluded. There was also a warning about lethargy and headaches and lack of productivity after the potion wore off when he used hi...
2025-05-24 18:23:13 +0000 UTC
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Rafe looked at his quest screen first. Just to be sure. The girl was important, but nothing in the wording said he had to take this kind of shit.
Rafe's posture changed subtly. He stretched out his hand, getting ready to summon his sword at a moments notice. He glared at Helare and got ready to open his mouth. But his aura senses picked up something threatening just then.
Rafe's eyes shot wider. E grade. And not one. A whole platoon of them. And they weren't fresh E grade either. ...
2025-05-23 15:30:04 +0000 UTC
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For some reason, Rafael Kingsley found himself helping the girl who'd once kicked his head in drag a golem towards an unknown camp. He did not know how things had ended up this way. Since when was his life not his own?
And the other girl? The supposed princess. She was walking beside him and cheerily yapping on. Rafe noticed how she frowned at him every time he looked away from her.
His strength stat wasn't high enough for this shit. They just didn't know it. They thought he was a...
2025-05-22 19:24:16 +0000 UTC
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It took her a bit longer than him, but clearly she hadn't forgotten about that person she had tried to swat like a fly months ago. That was surprising. Rafe had changed.
Rafe probably wouldn't recognize half the people he fought on the staircase in the tower if he met them in the multiverse. He wondered what that said about this girl. That she recognised him.
“Hey, I asked if you're alright?” the first girl said.
“Who…uh?” Rafe sputtered, trying to get himself back...
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He did not have time to consider whether he should refuse the quest or not. Not that he would have refused it.
He heard the sounds of battle not too far away. The place his attempted straight path had taken him was a ragged terrain of grassy hills and hillocks and small valleys. The hill he ran towards looked like it was from another climatorial region all together. Sparse shrubs and grit populated most of it.
It was at the foot of the opposite end from which he mounted the hill t...
2025-05-20 19:53:26 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Think I have enough semi-edited content for daily updates up till Saturday!
Rafe couldn't help it. He laughed. It was slow at first, his smile still frozen on his face. But it quickly became uproarious, unhinged. His body shook.
Of course the system had betrayed him. Why had he ever thought the damn thing benign? Was this perhaps the reason Devila wanted to destroy it? He couldn't rule that out.
If it had stranded her on some desolate rock while she was ...
2025-05-19 17:44:13 +0000 UTC
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A/N: And so the story begins. Tomorrow or the day after. I need a nap.
A sense of bliss led Rafe through the next two weeks.
He'd spent hours after seeing the system notification just staring at his status. But then his stomach had rumbled, and he'd decided it would be a good idea to get some food.
First, he distributed his free stat points. All his mental points went into wisdom, increasing his mana pool. He just didn't see the need for intelligence, yet. ...
2025-05-17 16:59:56 +0000 UTC
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A/N: So tired today.
Rafe remembered his first- very fast - and brutal introduction to the multiverse. To magic. Two magical beauties - none jade, that he could remember - had almost taken his head off.
Now he was back in that same dungeon. Like he had some sort of unfinished business. He preferred to be elsewhere though. To be back home on Earth. That had been the plan. To settle down. To process his new reality.
Now that wasn't go...
2025-05-17 16:43:50 +0000 UTC
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A/N: I actually have the chapter after this edited as well, but I want to publish it as close to the one after it as a lot of it is current status screen. We need more status screen chapters. This is a litRPG after all. Anyway, I'm a bit tired after writing a new chapter earlier and then spending all this time editing after not writing for a whole week and a half. The goal is to release at least four more chapters before the weekend is done. Thank you for your patience, and please enjoy
2025-05-16 10:54:25 +0000 UTC
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A/N: This is long overdue. I don't know how I'm going to be naming the chapters going forward. The title is subject to change therefore. Enjoy.
Blessing: Chosen of Skyholm (Guardian)
You will now be able to interact with pure Essence creatures.
Error! Other effects will be added as the user qualifies for them.
As You have unlocked the Quest system early and have received the first ever guardian ...
2025-05-16 10:39:27 +0000 UTC
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A/N: This has been a terrible month. Sometimes life happens, but this... Yeah I don't care. Once this technical issue I'm dealing with(which I'm not competent enough to resolve on my own) blows over, I'm going to blow through all my backlog to pay you guys for your patience. Hopefully it's today, when the issue is resolved. Chapters will drop as soon as I'm done editing them.
On the bank of an ethereal river with water more golden than blue, and dancing blue spri...
2025-05-15 07:47:02 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Yup, shorter than most. But it's for Sally, so please allow it, just this once. Only one more chapter before we shift gears. And I mean slow down and relax and get into a good narrative space. Volume two will begin tomorrow! Wow!
Salazar Bromwyn was a very patient woman. As expected of someone who was engaged to such an annoying and self impressed person.
Salazar was also a genius. Which was probably why they were trying to stiffle her growth.
“T...
2025-05-11 17:00:52 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Counting Error! There were five epilogue chapters, though the one after this one is shorter than most. Which is why I hadn't counted it as an individual chapter. It will be out in a little over an hour and then the last one an hour after that.
Nazerick Azeranth shot through space like a light beam, albeit a little slower. Her information this time had to be reliable. It had to be. She was getting exhausted with the chase.
The Heretics’ galaxy ship was...
2025-05-11 16:09:46 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Since I haven't looked at these chapters in a while, my perspective has changed a bit and now I can do a bit more revisions than if I had posted them earlier. Hopefully the overall quality is a lot better than it would otherwise have been. The last two will come out within the next fifteen hours or so. And then book 2 Monday. Enjoy, and thank you all for your support.
Choi Hansook was tired of his cowardice. Stuck in his apartment he had been. Stuck for more ...
2025-05-10 18:18:13 +0000 UTC
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A/N: A full week overdue, but... No plan survives encounter with the enemy. And this enemy happened to be a few health issues, and my internal editor feeling insecure about these chapters. Still, I'm going to release them all over this weekend. And next week we will start volume two. Thank you for your patience.
Fesian read the feeds that day as he usually did. Every day at 15 00 hrs, the new story only he among his friends seemed to know would publish a chapter.
A...
2025-05-09 15:34:58 +0000 UTC
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A/N: There you go. Let me know what you think. We won't be getting into the loot until next volume, and unfortunately this week is all about those epilogue chapters. So join us on Monday to see what Rafe got, if you're curious. Also, sad to say goodbye to some characters for a while at least. Chiao, and have a good one.
“So, this was the plan of which you spoke so proudly, Sam?” Liam asked her. There was a judgemental note in his voice she chose to ignore.
“...
2025-04-30 16:28:07 +0000 UTC
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A/N: This chapter has come a lot later than I wanted due to some unexpected occurrences in real life. Due to this and some other problems, I have decided to continue on with only this tier for the time being. I barely have that many patrons as it is. I'm getting enough pocket money to afford a few coffees every once in a while. Why should I change a functioning system? And also, as I have recently tasted the bite of burnout, I'd rather focus on building up the backlog and increasing the q...
2025-04-30 13:21:19 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Thank you to those who took some time to advise me. In the end, RR is a free site. I think all this worrying about money may cause some problems with my creativity. So I've decided to at least spend this month focusing on volume two. Maybe make it to volume four before seeing a way forward. I may consider relaunching if I don't get a publisher for KU. After all, apparently KU is where the real money is at. To make it there though, I have to write first. Thank you all for reading.
2025-04-28 16:09:40 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Sorry it's late. As I was getting ready to release today's chapters - and yes, I said chapters - I realised I had forgotten to do an end of volume status check. So I had to rush this chapter in between. Still want to finish the volume this weekend. But I now have to revise the last two. Argh. Expect three chapters tomorrow, if we are lucky. At least they will be two if we are not. Thank you for reading.
In the last safe room, Rafe had a lot of decisions to make.&nbs...
2025-04-26 18:15:49 +0000 UTC
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She overdrew her mana in the end. The fight was a boon to Rafe in so many ways. Fighting someone like Rafe the way she did was a mistake on so many levels.
Maybe she thought he'd run out of stamina before she ran out of mana. And she'd be right, in most cases. Rafe only had to apply the second function of his Puppeteer's Rubber Body and he was swishing around her attacks like a ballerina.
He started to integrate the new technique into his own style, breaking throu...
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In Noid's atrium, the gods still watched the boy's battles.
“I think I figured something out,” the Enchantress broke the silence that had infused the atrium since the boy departed.
“Figured something out?” Liam was the first to ask.
“The skill,” she said. “I think I might know its rarity.”
“Oh?” Noid arched a brow, curious as well.
“Think about it,” she continued. “He left his ‘family’ back in the trial for years, decades even. He is...
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The world unfroze around him. Suddenly he was back to fighting Andragoth and the others.
He needed a few moments to center himself, so he withdrew a little. The others, not knowing what he was thinking, stepped back a little as well. Rafe only allowed himself a bit of time to study them, their faces, their forms. And then he was pushing forward again.
Andragoth met him in the middle. Rafe was weaker than her, even given most of her stats were not put into physical categories. But ...
2025-04-23 15:14:38 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Now that I'm back and firing again, we will be doing daily updates until I'm ready to open the next tier. Thank you all for your support.
“I still don't understand my role,” Rafe commented, unable to stop himself.
“And perhaps you shouldn't. It is too early yet,” Noid said. “You don't have the full picture. You don't know, shouldn't know anymore about mantles than you already do. You don't know how to find the framework yet. You're going to be stuck ...
2025-04-22 17:14:26 +0000 UTC
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A/N:
Hey there, dear patrons. I thank you for the patience. These four chapters weren't supposed to be the last posted today, but massive changes in this last one had me feeling insecure about moving on before asking if there is anything you think can be improved. I'm very insecure about info dumps, so please tell me if this chapter has any emotional effect or not, as it is supposed to set up the finale. Less than five chapters to end the volume, and all will be out on Patreon this wee...
2025-04-21 16:13:38 +0000 UTC
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“Are you okay to fight us, then?” Andragoth asked Rafe.
Rafe wiped at the blood trickling from his left eye. It was irritating him. He was accustomed enough to the general pain but there was an itchiness that just wouldn't go away.
The wiping ended up turning into him worrying at his closed eye for well over a minute.
“I'm okay to fight,” he answered in the meantime. “Are you?”
Andragoth looked behind her to where everyone had naturally fallen in line as if...
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