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Reborn as the First Boss, Chapter 68

Chapter 68 – Diplomatic Demoness

You have successfully completed the Ritual of the Beast. You gain the form: Hellhound

Form of the Hellhound

You are able to shift between your natural form and a Hellhound form at will.

Doing so reserves 20% of your SP. You gain temporary HP equal to the reserved SP. The transformation lasts for either 1 hour/level or until the temporary HP is lost.

You cannot use spells or abilities with vocal components, and y...

System Supervillain, 130

This got really fun to write.

Chapter 130 – Sending a Message

The sound of dial-up internet called, and we once more found ourselves in the digital realm. This time, however, we were in the commlink of whichever gel-nak had been unfortunate enough to meet us. Unlike the other gel-nak digital realms I’d seen, this felt more personal, more lived in than even the wider gel-nak network had. Probably due to some signs of individual preference or nonstandard organization.

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Chapter 172

Chapter 172 – Dragon on the Border

“Ah, Queen Akagawa, so good to see you again.”

I smiled as I saw Emperor Zhu Zhexian, the Dragon Emperor and Hero of Shadow, walk up to me. “Ah, Emperor Zhu. The pleasure is mine, I assure you. Came to see how we were setting up?”

We were in the mountains just east of Huocheng County, near the border Kazakhstan. In fact, there was a crossing just down the road, where the Kazakh A353 highway met the Chinese G30 highway. As for why ...

Dark Fate, Chpater 218

Chapter 218 – Failed Contingency

His name was Frantsev Vasil Vyacheslavovich. Of course, he hadn’t actually been called by that name in twenty years, not since his mother and sister died in the Vladikavkaz bombing. He had turned his focus to his work with the KGB turned FSB. He hadn’t been anyone important, then. A field agent primarily occupied with counterterror operations. But he had worked hard, and those above him had either retired, or ‘retired’. Now, he was the head of ...

Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 376

Chapter 376 – Mind Matters

In the end, she had decided to pick up two new slaves, along with the information about where she could find someone who could help Ricardo with his arachnophobia. It cost her a little more than she really would have liked, but getting the information was important. Plus, Sherush gave her a bit of a discount, she was buying the pair.

Dhon

Dire Hellhound Male

Level 25 Unholy Defender / Sworn Defender

Titles: Well-Endowed, Tough, Strong...

Freezing Shadows, Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Interview 2

“Hi hi, everybody! KarmaDesu here! How are all my Karma Klubbies? You know I love all of you gals! Now, I got a special treat for everyone here! We’re coming to you from inside MetaGame’s big new game, Shadowmen, and talking with one of the up and coming players, the ever-scrumptious Iceblade!”

This was my second interview in the game. Unlike last time, where the avatar was of a slightly overweight guy with a bushy beard, wearing a plaid shirt and d...

Reborn as the First Boss, Chapter 67

Chapter 67 – Good Boy

We had spent part of the morning shopping, and a wagon pulled by oxen, even skeletal oxen, wasn’t as fast as a rider on horseback. So, it was little surprise to me that it was late afternoon by the time we reached the ruined temple Angelina had found in the old maps. We ought to have plenty of time for setting up and conducting the rituals before we needed to sleep for the night.

At one point, there had been a cobblestone road to the temple, branching off...

System Supervillain, Chapter 129

Chapter 129 – Niflheim

“KILL THE INVA-AAAGH!”

Another guard fell to my blade as we pushed on. After the brief battle in the command center, we needed to get outside. It had only been a few minutes since we started our attack, so the Warriors on guard in the building were still at their posts, guarding the building, looking for threats, and waiting for orders. Which meant that they were not swarming us all at once, making our lives easier. Especially since we weren’t going ...

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Chapter 171

Chapter 171 – Changing Times

A year had passed since the seals on magic were undone. The changes started slow, but began moving faster day by day. Some plants and animals evolved into monsters as they took in mana, and were changed by it, but they weren’t the only creatures to change.

During the flu season that year, a new strain of the disease emerged, capable of spreading not just through the normal means, but through mana constructs (like spells) as well. The disease affect...

Dark Fate, Chapter 217

Chapter 217 – Legitimate Business

(Yakutsk, Sakha, Russia)

It was cold today. Not a surprise, this far out into Siberia. It was cold every day, with an average temperature of -8.0C. Coldest major city in the world.

Tselner Vitomir Nikitovich used to hate the cold, when he was younger. A ‘youthful indiscretion’ got him ‘mistaken’ as a member of the Vory, and a police officer had broken his leg during their ‘discussion’ while he was in the interrogation room. Eve...

Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 375

Chapter 375 – Market

The marketplace as divided into two basic parts. You had the stalls on the street, and shops in the buildings. Discounting a couple food stalls that were selling things like meat skewers and grilled mushrooms, most of the streetside shopping looked to be low-level items and materials, or purely cosmetic items.

Cosmetic items under the System generally came in two forms. The first were the simplest ones, jewelry, clothes, and other accessories that didn’t h...

Freezing Shadows, Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Interview 1

Harrison Reed, better known as HarryManGames, decided that this had to be one of the weirdest interviews he’d ever done. Sure, he was used to doing interviews not person-to-person, since he used a digital avatar to conceal his identity, but he was still doing all that in his studio, communicating through a normal online connection. That was just using a 3D model rigged to a motion tracker, like had been done for decades at this point.

This, however, was a...

Reborn as the First Boss, Chapter 66

Chapter 66 – Skills

Your party has defeated eight members of the Brass Rats.

You each gain 4000 XP.

Ah, it looked as though ‘dissuading’ the pursuit counted as defeating them. Lovely. I would never say no to more XP, after all. Sure, getting to the next level was a long way aways, but every little bit helped. Given the state of my, just, everything, I was really curious what options I’d have when I hit the next Tier. I doubted my race would improve, since it was alre...

System Supervillain, Chapter 128

Chapter 128 – Cleanup

Segment 6:

Iceblade: +2 CSL to OCV (OCV 12)

Foxtrot: +2 CSL to DCV (DCV 12), +2 CSL to OCV (OCV 12)

Stolen Victory: +2 CSL to DCV (DCV 15)

Pyra: +2 CSL to OCV with Ranged (OCV 15)

Titania: +2 CSL to DCV (DCV 12)

Warriors: +2 CSL to OCV with HTH (OCV 12)

Iceblade’s Acrobatics check, 15-: 3d6 = 10 (Success)

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Book 18 Prologue

Prologue – Trade Chat

(Magical World Disharmony Server, General Chat)

UsualSuspect, manoutoftime, muon, MewTwo, Avariel, Chummer, Golddigger, CrazyCelt, Blaze, DoYouEvenLyft?, MarcoPolo, MightMakesRight, MacD, Inquisitor, OrangeQueen, Lizard, RedFox, SemiSolidSnake, BabyShark, Lichwatcher, Not_the_Face!, TheLichQueen, Scholar, Salty, Anonymous3, Anonymous4, Anonymous7, Anonymous9, WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot, DigDug, Backlog, DarkAvariel, Knocker, GrimDark, BloodForTheBloodGod, BackDat@...

Dark Fate, Chapter 216

Chapter 216 – Guild Business

“Ah, your Majesty,” said Guildmaster Luo Fen as I entered the Ceres Adventurers Guild. “I was wondering when you’d come around. The diviners have finished tracking the guy in Russia that you put in a request for.”

It had been a few days since I’d put in the request (and also ascended to Tier 3). Most people were still surprised by my new look, whenever I walked around, and the subconscious aura I projected. Not one of the auras from my sk...

Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 374

Chapter 374 – To Khav-Szarol

Finding their way to this ‘Khav-Szarol’ wasn’t terribly difficult. There were signs glittering under the light. Along the way, they transitioned from Logan’s [Liight] spell to [Everburning Torches]. The basic enchanted items were far cheaper than a [Magelight], and were always ‘on’, rather than having a recharge time, but had to be carried in the hand or secured to one’s gear in some way.

That didn’t sound like too big a thing, but th...

Freezing Shadows, Book 3 Prologue

Prologue: Trade Chat

(Shadowmen In-Game OOC Forum, Seattle Section)

Reminder: This forum is for Out of Character (OOC) discussion only. Please direct in-character discussions (including business dealings and the like) to the appropriate in-world forums.

GreenGirl, Yolo, Scholar, RedFox, Rerun, ThirsT, SliceNDice, GrimDarkKawaii, NoNoNo, YesYesYes, FoldingChair, Squeaker, Anonymous2, Anonymous5, Anonymous8, KittyKat, HurtMeMommy, DaddyIssue...

Reborn as the First Boss, Chapter 65

Chapter 65 – Pests

With Magehallow being so close to the site of a former undead dungeon, it perhaps wasn’t all that surprising that there was a larger proportion of necromancers and related classes and professions in town than you would find in Windwater. Of course, magic-users in general were more common here, than in my barony, which tended more towards outdoorsy types when talking about those who actually went fighting. Naturally, most of them were lower level than we were, with...

System Supervillain, Chapter 127

Big fight scene continues.

Chapter 127 – Regicide

Segment 3:

Iceblade: +2 CSL to OCV (OCV 12)

Foxtrot: +2 CSL to DCV (DCV 12), +2 CSL to OCV (OCV 12)

Stolen Victory: +2 CSL to DCV (DCV 15)

Pyra: +2 CSL to OCV with Ranged (OCV 15)

Titania: +2 CSL to DCV (DCV 12)

Emperor: +2 CSL to ECV (ECV 12)

Warriors: +2 CSL to OCV with ...

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Book 17 Epilogue

Epilogue – Elsewhere

Four individuals met in a darkened room. No names were shared. Those who knew about this meeting already knew who the other attendees were. There was no need for introductions.

Each individual represented a faction of power. While they were not the nominal heads of their factions, what was decided in this chamber would be carried out. One way or another.

On an unseen signal, the political representative took a breath. “It is now the appointed time. W...

Dark Fate, Chapter 215

Chapter 215 – Adjustment

After setting the administrative stuff in order, my next task was military. Thankfully, a full invasion of someplace wasn’t necessary, but there were still logistical concerns to be addressed, and garrisons to be set up. Recruitment and training also needed to be jumpstarted, to minimize the look of being a colonizer coming in and taking over the place.

Sure, something like that wouldn’t actually stop me, not with my having advanced to being a Timest...

Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 373

Chapter 373 – Across the Lake

“[Azure Bloom]!”

A column of blue flames rose from the beach, engulfing the undead alligator that was the boss for this floor. Gracie Dixon smiled as she got the kill notification. That spell had been just enough to finish off the boss, and gave them enough XP to reach level 30.

They weren’t the first group to reach this floor, or even to beat this boss. However, unlike the Demonthralls, they had managed to protect the boat from Grandpa ...

Freezing Shadows, Book 2 Epilogue

Epilogue: Elsewhere

(MetaTech Virtual Headquarters, Shadowmen Control Room)

Demi Turner smiled as she looked over the data feeds coming through the control room. Everything was looking good. The time dilation didn’t look to be causing any trouble as players went between the game world and the real world. That was good, otherwise they would have had to rework everything.

During the Alpha and Beta process, a lot of consideration had gone into how to make the ga...