Zarian wondered if he should put his Level 23 Straight Darkness +1 back in the beta skill section. Even while walking openly in the day, enduring the bothersome shine of the morning suns, he was still ridiculously overpowered compared to these people.
It felt like he was beating on children. Even the Level 40s felt too weak for him now.
“No,” Naomi said.
“No to what?” Zarian asked.
“You were thinking about making yourself weaker to make this more of a challen...
2024-07-25 16:05:52 +0000 UTC
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It was another Early Autumn morning. The fortress town of Central Bramblevale stirred awake, slowly, carefully. It was as if all the townspeople were letting go of an uneasy breath after the past couple of nights.
After all, the destruction of the Bramblevale Bandits had sent waves across the city.
The underworld was in shambles. Multiple deals tied with the Bramblevale Bandits fell through, disrupting low-level scoundrels and major power players who were connected. Smaller gangs ...
2024-07-24 15:11:36 +0000 UTC
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Twenty-five hours after Operation Steal Skill, Zarian found himself frustrated while sitting at his study desk. It was dark out in the early morning hours. If he listened closely, he could hear the occasional siege blast getting repelled off the Lovewar Dome.
There were still a few hours to burn before Operation Domination began. But that wasn’t Zarian’s focus.
Aura Ignition was still beyond his capabilities to grasp as of this time.
In fact, having observed and feel the...
2024-07-23 18:38:44 +0000 UTC
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I wrote it already. I just need to edit it. Lol! I burned through what I had yesterday for the dump!
2024-07-23 17:04:30 +0000 UTC
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Zarian struck first with a powerful dark javelin. Dax lunged out of the way with inches to spare, his aura crackling and sparking around him while it was ablaze.
The javelin landed with enough force to toss aside tons of rubble and throw some surviving bandits into the air. The eruptive force didn’t bother Dax much at all.
“Deal with the peons. Dax is mine!” Zarian sprinted at an angle to the side. He left Gilbert and Loner on their own against over thirty bandits.
“...
2024-07-22 22:05:48 +0000 UTC
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Zarian’s mind was lit with possibilities. What spells should he combine now that he had two spell slots he could run at the same time? Or would those be considered concentration slots?
The answer came to him from the darkest and most depraved part of his Fractured Mind. It was half evil, and half him being creative.
“It’s dark as heck in here, but I’m pretty sure that’s a big evil smile on your face, chief,” Gilbert pointed out. “What’s going on in that noggi...
2024-07-22 21:08:14 +0000 UTC
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“What the hell?! What the hell was that?!” shouted Havard, horrified by the sudden deaths and splattered remains of his men. Some were crying out, still alive, having only been caught on the edges of the massive bite.
It would’ve been a mercy for them to have died instantly to the bite.
Unfortunately, Zarian couldn’t repeat the second part of the multistage folktale combo again. It all had to stream from beginning to end or he had to reset.
The quagmire disappeared, ...
2024-07-22 20:21:38 +0000 UTC
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While Zarian and Gilbert stalked forward from the shadows, bandits laughed and cajoled as they tossed around poor and defenseless beggars as if they were mere toys.
For the bandits, the beggars were light and easy to handle, all low in level.
As for the beggars, the bandits were rough and abusive monsters, leaving the beggars covered in bruises with each throw.
The bandits would go as far as overthrowing the beggars or moving aside on purpose just to watch their victims fall...
2024-07-22 19:44:07 +0000 UTC
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The rainfall was heavy. But the flooding was light. Unlike Miami, Central Bramblevale figured out how to funnel water off their stone streets using a proper storm drain system.
Zarian could hear the roar of flowing water through the storm drain openings he and Gilbert passed as they made way to their destination. He also heard shouts from rushing soldiers running about in search of the ‘villains’ who had invaded their city.
They were having a hard time noticing Zarian and Gilb...
2024-07-22 18:39:59 +0000 UTC
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Hours later, Zarian was in his room, sitting at his heavy study desk. The dread gator grimoire was open in front of him.
It was late into the afternoon, getting close to dark. The room’s illumination was dim, down to an acceptable level that was enjoyable for him.
Because of his Dark Affinity, he didn’t need much light to see. He’d been here for a while, rereading the same folktale for the second part, or mini spell, of one large multilevel combo spell. He read the folktale ...
2024-07-22 17:45:21 +0000 UTC
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Zarian hadn’t noticed until now that he had readjusted his walking speed and other physical movements while in the mansion. When he paid more attention to the mansion’s servants, he noticed how slow they were.
They also seemed very ‘delicate’ to him. They were like very tiny and vulnerable babies instead of teenagers.
Maybe worse than that. Like freshly born puppies or kittens.
Everyone in his party had seamlessly changed their movements just like him while around th...
2024-07-22 16:58:00 +0000 UTC
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On an Early Autumn morning, Zarian woke up in luxury. He woke up in bliss. He woke up wanting to cry with joy.
For the first time in a long time, Zarian woke up in an actual bed.
It was a big and comfy bed, too!
It was so soft, Zarian focused on enjoying his bed, putting aside how his dream ended. He would analyze it later. He had a lot on his plate, like enjoying high quality clean sheets, fluffy pillows, a comforter, and a painted ceiling over his head.
Eyes flutteri...
2024-07-22 16:17:03 +0000 UTC
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This again? Either they really don’t like having evil humans around or they really wanted Roland’s soldiers sacrificed to the gnolls. Or maybe it’s both.
Zarian looked up at their third challenge of the day.
First there was Lord Archibald at the lookout fortress. Then there was another lord at the farming village fortress.
Now, after reaching Central Bramblevale, the sunset shining orange and red behind the massive walls and tall stone towers, Zarian’s party...
2024-07-22 15:18:31 +0000 UTC
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“Bramblevale, finally!” Zarian pumped his fists into the air, his Parasite Cloak flapping dramatically in cheer behind him.
Together, he and Para scared the nearest soldiers. The outburst was uncharacteristic of him.
For the last three days of the journey, he’d acted like a dark and mysterious wraith. He would move about the formation of soldiers from within and outside, at least from their view.
“Well, not yet, Lord Zarian,” said a soldier, who held his head down ...
2024-07-22 14:05:43 +0000 UTC
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Zarian found his party in the woods away from the soldiers. They had their own campfire going.
Gilbert still looked despondent after not getting any coffee. Bianca, Naomi, and Hannah were sitting close, being surprisingly girly.
Zarian even caught a flash of Naomi’s smile as they gossiped quickly in hushed voices. The ladies paused when they saw him step out of the darkness of the woods to join them.
The campfire was set in a small stone ruin with no roof and lonesome arch...
2024-07-22 04:32:31 +0000 UTC
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Yeaaaaaah, buddy!
I have 10 new chapters coming in hot tomorrow (technically 11, but that extra 1 doesn't count since it's the usual daily chap).
Then we'll be 40 chapters ahead of Free Release!
I might take my time on getting to 50 chapters ahead from there, but your constant support helps immensely!
2024-07-22 00:07:29 +0000 UTC
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For the sake of Roland’s upright and law-abiding nature, Zarian hunted down a medium-sized beast and dragged its carcass around the camp the soldiers had set up for the night. He found his party, had Para prepare the meal, and waited for Bianca to cook it.
Everyone from the party had a piece. Zarian ate the biggest chunks, sharing some with Para. By then, the cart with the bath was prepared for him.
For a long while, Zarian had wondered what would happen if he turned off the Par...
2024-07-21 13:30:16 +0000 UTC
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Gilbert was on guard duty while the ladies bathed and cleaned up in a crystal clear pond behind him. The trio were further ahead of the soldiers’ march, left of the path the young men were taking to reach Bramblevale.
While the ladies had a solid ten minutes to bathe before Roland’s boys passed by, Gilbert wanted to make sure he steered away any entrepreneurial scouts. Those young soldiers hadn’t felt the touch of a woman outside of their own mother let alone seen a village girl n...
2024-07-20 15:15:35 +0000 UTC
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Before Zarian could examine his rewards, he had to admit he was damn lucky few people had the Identify trait. If the gnoll elders could use Identify like him and Foodie, they would’ve known he was bluffing them.
Then he and Bianca would’ve died.
Who would’ve thought he could use his overpowered nature to outwit enemies that should outright kill him? He would have to keep that in the back pocket for later down the road. Or he would have to get much, much stronger.
A...
2024-07-19 15:33:43 +0000 UTC
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A war party of gnolls had killed the remaining wulvers last night. Zarian could hardly believe the news while his remaining spectral spiders danced to tell the story.
Not all of them made it out of the massacre alive – a few powerful gnolls had noticed them and hunted them down for sport. In the end, only five spectral spiders survived out of the hundred he’d left yesterday.
Only one spider could tell the story decently after risking its life to watch the entire wulver lair ma...
2024-07-18 13:40:49 +0000 UTC
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Zarian focused his fractured attention between the aura link to keep Bianca fueled and fighting at the front like an off-brand warrior. It didn’t take long before he realized his current physicality wasn’t enough.
He needed more of Para’s direct help to reinforce his body.
The cloak behind his back became more conservative, less dramatic, less active. Parasitic threads crawled over Zarian’s body, gripping him like a bodysuit, covering him from the head down as Para s...
2024-07-17 14:47:43 +0000 UTC
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There was no sign of the monster den while Zarian and Bianca flew around in the air. At least not from close to the dire wolf den. Their hopes picked up when they saw a squad of spectral spiders waiting near the dire wolves. By then, the intelligent beasts have grown accustomed to seeing the Outsiders come and go near their den.
Adults and pups watched from on top of a shattered fortress grafted into their blocky hillock. Nightfall arrived and the spectral spiders explained what they sa...
2024-07-16 15:24:40 +0000 UTC
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2024-07-15 17:18:01 +0000 UTC
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If it was anyone else they’d frozen with a mind-invading magic howl, the wulvers would’ve torn through the pair of adventurers and finished their genocide of the dire wolves. But Zarian was here, and he had a decent solution to the mind-paralyzing problem.
Adrenaline Jolt.
He boosted the Level 0 skill with his aura traits and brushed off the mind-invading paralysis. Then he sent a red line of arcane adrenaline into Bianca, but not too much.
She had her own version of the...
2024-07-15 17:15:07 +0000 UTC
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Zarian’s entire body was on fire, the enjoyable kind. His mind was lit like a cluster of stars. He hadn’t eaten breakfast on purpose, allowing the unreasonable hunger to build up from inside of him.
It was a new tool for him to test and explore.
For most of his life, Zarian’s hunger had tired him, hurt him, and made his development as a person difficult. When he was in the Marines, he’d eaten as quickly and as much as he could to make up for the years of lack.
He’d...
2024-07-15 17:12:43 +0000 UTC
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Zarian knew he was acting crazy, but the recent power ups reminded him why he’d made a scene in the mall and opened a portal to another world. He wanted to play with magic and grow his dark powers further to new heights. He wanted to live in a place like the Infinita Star System where he could go wild.
It was stupid of Ariana to have resorted to lies and manipulation. She could’ve told the truth from the start. It wouldn’t have changed anything. Zarian would’ve gone full-tilt in...
2024-07-15 17:11:19 +0000 UTC
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“So, I think we’ve started a war,” Zarian said, while wolfing down the cooked meat of a large beast he’d hunted in the forest.
His party was there, sitting around the campfire after getting beckoned by a spectral spider to leave the soldier camp and meet Zarian deeper into the dark fortified forest. The others were still waiting for the meat to cook all the way through.
Zarian couldn’t wait. He’d tore off a slab while it was still dripping, the meat thinly seared at th...
2024-07-15 17:09:44 +0000 UTC
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While Zarian dealt with hunger worse than he’d ever felt before, Jack Masters ran out of goblins to slaughter on the subterranean floors of Castle Grimrock.
Jack hadn’t expected this to become a problem.
At first, he’d taken his time practicing his new class and leveling up, avoiding large groups by singling goblins out. When facing his prey, he’d acted like a scavenger with legendary potential and ambushed lone goblins after they wounded themselves from in-house fights.
2024-07-15 17:08:05 +0000 UTC
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The amount of concentration it took to fire one powerful dark beam while charging up a second in secret was so enormous, Zarian overworked his aura channels, making his brain feel like it was unraveling. It didn’t help that he had two handicaps, the aura cuffs and his Straight Darkness +1 in the beta skill section.
He still had the glorious view of the monk’s eyes widening in surprise before getting struck down from the air. The beam smashed monk into the earth with a ground shaking...
2024-07-15 17:05:15 +0000 UTC
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Zarian had his hood up, his cloak covering his body to hide his features from the surrounding soldiers. Bright blue magic torches shone with a quiet, vibrating hum around the former battlegrounds, pushing away the surrounding dark better than normal flames. That helped illuminate the young soldiers as they groaned, shouted, and worked in a frenzy to sort through the wreckage, the living, and the dead.
Eerie creatures hooted, hissed, and croaked from the stony forest, which was home to n...
2024-07-15 17:04:00 +0000 UTC
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