There was no training on the last night before Zarian left for Carrowmore. Instead, his teacher wanted him to enjoy some time off.
It wasn’t easy for Zarian to do that. Hell, having leisure time felt almost as cruel or crueler than what he’d gone through during his absolute training.
Still, he did it. The other Floridians were already gone, off to their own solo adventures or, in Naomi’s case, still in deep sleep amid a cosmic tribulation.
So, Zarian sat in a special d...
2025-02-11 05:14:19 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone!
I figured I'll post this while I prepare to post tonight's chapters. Gonna be two chapters, so give me some time to make sure they're good.
As for the art ... here it is!
This is Zarian being his shirtless self. I think for the case of simplicity and because of how visual media works, Zarian's gonna start off decently buff/athletic at the start of the web comic. Not everything is set in stone yet, but I think having him start this way makes more sense for a web...
2025-02-11 02:12:45 +0000 UTC
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Well, we're finally here.
Before I talk about the tournament arc, I want to say if you haven't joined my discord or if you have, please hop on over and shoot me a message so I can add you to the private spoilers chat for OP Wizard.
I'm thinking about creating cool Master Rank side characters for the tournament, and if you have some ideas, let me know.
https://discord.gg/amSh5cFBuj
Also, in others new...
2025-02-09 19:03:10 +0000 UTC
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<Congrats, you’ve all completed the Divine Quest: Defeat the Enslavement System Invaders!>
<Congrats, you’ve all completed the Mythical Regional Event: Defeat the Wolf Dragons and Wolf Kobolds!>
<You’ve all gained 2 trait advancers!>
<You’ve all gained 1 trait combiner!>
<You’ve all gained 1 skill combiner!>
<You’ve all earned ...
2025-02-09 02:57:44 +0000 UTC
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He ran out of the rum from Somnigrav five days ago. He ran out of elven wine just yesterday. He was tempted to go out and scrounge around for more alcohol, but there was enough beer in the fridges to last him a while.
There was nobody else in his room. Not even Para. He couldn’t remember what he’d said to get everyone to back off, but whatever it was must’ve been awful, to where he blanked that part out of memory. He should apologize.
But he’d already poured himself anothe...
2025-02-09 02:22:45 +0000 UTC
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“Fuck, you’re really strong when you get serious,” Zarian said, half-laughing.
“With you as you are now, there is nobody else stronger and greater than me in this universe,” Ariana said. “I’m the perfection personified. I’m destructive given shape. I’m the queen of all the gods and goddesses, of all the worlds and stars and galaxies. I’m the ultimate power there is, with none equal to me. And that’s why I’m trapped.”
Zarian thought about it a second. “W...
2025-02-08 02:48:49 +0000 UTC
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Magic, just like any art or science or philosophy, came with different studies. Outside of traits, skills, and grimoires, other common magic studies were crafting, enchantments, and wards. Beyond that were the lesser known or rarer specialities: arrays, seals, rituals, blessings, and boons.
If a magician were to categorize some of those esoteric powers, wards and arrays fitted together as fixed machinations hinged on an area while not specifically affecting the area such as what enchant...
2025-02-07 06:23:49 +0000 UTC
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Prince Omar Windstorm nodded his head in thanks at the printed copper coin landing in his begging bowl. It clinked with the two dozen other coppers, crocodile faces grinning up at him from one side while the other had ‘FAFO’ printed on the tail end.
With this, he could afford a simple warm broth in the southern quarter of the city where a recently established soup kitchen stood. There were many new businesses, many new enterprises, many new opportunities at the heart of a conquering...
2025-02-06 06:14:03 +0000 UTC
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Moments before impact, Zarian’s laughter resounded across the square between residential and school towers. His laughter reached across the streets filled with the morning rush of citizens, some with mugs of coffee at hand, their day coming to a stuttering stop as they all looked up.
His laughter resonated down the alleys, echoed off the more geometrically challenging structures Hannah had molded into letters and unusual for her own amusement. His laughter became a whispering undercur...
2025-02-05 06:12:12 +0000 UTC
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Before the Late Winter suns arrived, Zarian snapped awake, an hour rested, body as energized as it would get. He sat up and looked around at his manifested grimoires as the leathery Gator gnashed the jagged teeth arranged on its spine toward the centipede-like Morph.
Why? It was probably Morph’s fault, making Gator justified to threaten the freaky grimoire.
Letting the two hash it out, Zarian looked above his head at Voidling orbiting and chiming with an eerie metallic hum, just...
2025-02-04 03:27:00 +0000 UTC
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Wallen’s eyes grew as wide as saucers.
There was a pregnant pause that took over the battle, freezing up all combatants. Even Princess Foodie stopped fully in her tracks, about one swing away from hacking off the foot of a wolf dragon.
The creature that was about to have its limb removed came to a full stop to gawk in a manner that was rare for the vilest of monsters. Nobody was more surprised than Wallen, who looked down at his weapon before noticing something clunk inside, lik...
2025-02-01 04:40:19 +0000 UTC
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“Hnnnnnng! Why?! Won’t! You give me back my POV!” growled the Dark Lord, pawing at the air in Wallen’s direction.
The Bug Alchemist and everyone who was somewhat sane watched with neutral expressions as the Dark Lord acted out, not questioning his strangeness whatsoever, Wallen especially. Unfortunately, not all of their army was sane.
“What did the bug drinking human take from you, oh, One True God of Absolute Killing?! Will it save Elder Ezda?! Give POV back, bug-drink...
2025-02-01 04:10:02 +0000 UTC
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Wallen rolled underneath the sweep of a curved blade that would’ve hacked him in half. He barely had enough time to get his back off the snow and settle his feet down before fleeing from the large wolf kobold that picked him out of everyone else.
The Bug Alchemist scurried away, bounded high over a male troll who was slamming fists and horns against three kobolds at once. While midair, Wallen twisted about as acrobatically as he could, and threw half a dozen potent stink bombs behind ...
2025-01-30 05:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Wallen snapped awake, screaming, his arms swinging about, hands balled into tight fists and landing on something solid, both soft and unyielding. He could still see the ten-foot kobold barreling through the front lines and thrusting a spear wreathed in black and green flames straight through a troll female.
He remembered how the troll female screamed as she fell with an earth-reverberating thump while the juggernaut wolf kobold closed the distance on Wallen specifically, the weakest mem...
2025-01-30 05:04:43 +0000 UTC
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The shadowy wormhole ended and a great light washed over Zarian, his body shooting out into an aura-rich environment. With just that, Zarian’s entire existence took a big breath of relief.
While he preferred the dark embrace of the portal created by his evil and strangely charming wife, returning to somewhere with the proper aura density levels was like having a sip of cold water after going thirsty in a desert.
Zarian was so caught up in luxuriating in a rich aura environment t...
2025-01-28 04:29:11 +0000 UTC
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“Here,” Luciana said, reaching the thickest and most enchanted doorway on the entire invasion base.
Behind her, Zarian, and the skeleton punk legion, with death and destruction covered the hallways with some floors and walls left in disarray or completely collapsed.
Zarian looked the heavy door up and down while slowly de-powering his Lion Prince skill. He checked for any consequences for twisting reality in his favor and found nothing significant.
He caught sight of mul...
2025-01-25 04:54:43 +0000 UTC
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The punk skeleton legion grew to three hundred average-sized humanoids and ten giants of different magical disciplines. The winged giant was the one leading the charge, which Zarian found interesting.
Seeing the skeleton giant flap his frayed but magically potent wings and launch across the city before crashing down on the latest wave of cyberpunk guards didn’t get old for the Conquest Wizard.
“It’s been a while since I could sit back and…” Zarian’s words trailed off w...
2025-01-25 04:16:27 +0000 UTC
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Zarian followed Luciana’s lead, his tail around the waist of her doll avatar, her shadowy powers keeping them cloaked. They moved as incorporeal and invisible spooks away from the shimmering wormhole back to the Star System Universe.
A part of Zarian felt nervous about leaving behind his party and his Parasite Phantom. His Willpower helped firm up his nerves as he looked up between large freight trailers covered in an array of neon colored runes that were indecipherable to him at firs...
2025-01-23 22:44:59 +0000 UTC
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“Overwhelming Darkness: Twenty Dark Locks Sealing Style Technique. Unlock Dark Lock One. The Worm Lurks Buried Deep Under Fabled Myth.”
Under the relentless storms of oil and coal, Zarian motioned his hands smoothly along with his chant. He shifted his weight ever so slightly as heavy waves of ocean sludge crashed against the sides of the mountain he and his party stood on.
Entropic titans, the largest they’d ever seen, roamed from nearly all directions. Each one towered hei...
2025-01-23 21:33:37 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, something personal just came up and it kinda ruined my flow. I wasn't able to write today's chapter like I wanted.
Forgive me for that. I'll have two chapters up tomorrow. But today's just one of those rare days where I'm dealing with some difficulties that personally hurt a little. It's nothing life threatening or horrific, but it's a strain on the mental health side, and I don't usually let that happen. But it happened today (and yesterday).
Thanks for your underst...
2025-01-21 23:13:39 +0000 UTC
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The apocalyptic storms of oil and coals worsened. Zarian, his Floridians, and his wife endured as they rode on a platform made from Para and Naomi’s phantom psychic powers. They tried to keep going until they nearly ran into an entropic titan.
Zarian figured it was time for a rest stop. They dove for a giant mountain standing above the dark ocean. Hannah dug her way through the heavy layer of sludge and reached the rocky center in the middle. Half an hour later, they had a hotel with ...
2025-01-21 02:56:06 +0000 UTC
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Hannah put a hole that was large enough for her and Zarian to jump through into the giant woman’s chest. The recoil had stopped Hannah in her rush, turning the dried and cracked ground under her boots into a crater.
Zarian stumbled while following behind his tanky artificer, but he remained on his feet. He watched as the crimson flames finished the dying giant and fed Zarian and Hannah the last of the slave’s life energy.
The frenzied look in the giant slave’s eyes faded. Th...
2025-01-19 02:56:14 +0000 UTC
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Kill first. Ask questions later. We cannot be soft here, Zarian shared across the spider network. I can’t say how powerful the enslavers are. I don’t want to risk tipping them off by identifying them with my devourer trait. But they feel dangerous to my Wonder stat. Bianca, what about your Wonder stat?
We’re up against some real baddies! Bianca shared on the spider network, her thoughts fuzzing a little because of the distance and obstacles.
Above ...
2025-01-19 01:57:40 +0000 UTC
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Regardless of the Somnolite in front of him, Zarian had another realization that should’ve concerned him sooner. What could he learn from the World of Gravity and Dreams?
The question made his heart thump hard, his stomach feel staticky with excitement. His mind gravitated to the unfinished spell that remained the most out of reach.
Then he snapped back to attention, forced to think about what the Somnolite was trying to say. That shouldn’t have been an issue, but the Somnolit...
2025-01-17 04:38:45 +0000 UTC
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Diamond light struck down with a thunderous force around Zarian and his fellow Floridians. The impact shook the floor and nearly knocked Zarian off his feet.
Stumbling, Zarian bent under the deluge of systemized power. The diamond-like light blinded him to the circumstances of the others. Then the racing, roaring deluge of light crystalized into a shiny half-energy, half-solid plasma tube.
Then the force suddenly reversed, Zarian’s stomach lurching. His body launched upward with...
2025-01-16 05:26:51 +0000 UTC
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Para’s Journal Entry Notes – Late Autumn, 1533 D.E:
Thoughts: Everyone has succeeded in becoming Master Rankers. Everyone has their own mythical abilities and can fill their niche extremely well, making the Floridians a balanced party. There aren’t many challenges out there across the Lesser Worlds we can’t defeat in a somewhat fair fight.
However, there are a few mysteries.
We don’t know how much Naomi ...
2025-01-15 03:17:59 +0000 UTC
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“Gracias, Bianca!” Zarian cheered, lounging comfortably in a high-back chair at the head of the dining table.
To his right was the open kitchen area where Bianca had crafted a feast that was her best cooking yet. They platters of fluffed and scrambled gryphon eggs, crispy and spicy kraken calamari, baked sweet breads made from rare island crops, and more.
Bianca had even used some of their dwindling supply of uncommon coffee from Reiki’s dungeon to top off their mea...
2025-01-15 03:16:16 +0000 UTC
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Zarian grunted awake at the sound of Bianca’s screaming. That typical noise of hers pierced through the sound dampening enchantments, heralding another sunrise and the start of a new day.
Rising slightly, Zarian propped himself on his elbow, the covers sliding down his naked body. Memories swirled like shadows and oils in his head, unclear and murky at first. He tried to focus with the help of free evil +7, but found some difficulty.
He was nice and cozy in a large bed under bla...
2025-01-14 03:07:50 +0000 UTC
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“I’m still pissed at you, man,” Gilbert grumbled, trailing behind Zarian as they walked along the top of the two-mile tall wall. “We’ve talked about how you want to do better. You said you’d make up for the Darkrun Apocalypse and stay on a better path. You said you wouldn’t be like your little sister.”
Zarian nodded along, suspecting that Gilbert had more to say than just that. It was better to wait for Gilbert to air it out. Then Zarian would deal with this division bet...
2025-01-12 16:25:54 +0000 UTC
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After dodging a rock-carving jettison of super pressured water magic, a Level 60 woman slipped on rocks slicked with blood and water. She had enough Agility and Strength to bounce back and wield her great sword, but she tripped up near four Level 100 Sea Walker Monsters.
They dove into her, teeth chomping, easily slicing through flesh and bone, taking away pounds of flesh, organs, and full-on limbs. It was a terrible fate for any adventurer to face, normally a death sentence.
But ...
2025-01-11 15:00:17 +0000 UTC
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