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Sarai dispelled [Dark Tendrils] as soon as the Neung-uh died, dropping loot.
I stared at the silent archer, sizing him up. Baran was definitely the one who cast [Chained Arrow].
“If he has [Chained Arrow]... then he must have killed [Agwi Archer]. Elf archer with [Chained Arrow]... Surmising he’s unlocked the elf-racial trait; Aurora would be the best opponent for...
2024-05-22 03:47:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Also referred to as BasaBasa (바사바사), the creature originates from Japanese Folklore. It resides in bamboo forests at night, but often descends to small villages in search of prey at night. The creature breathes fire, but it is not hot.
In MSS, it is the natural enemy of many smaller monsters; often acting as an Apex Predator in many habitats. Despite being Grade 6, it is feared by many adventurers for its cunning and predatory instincts.
2024-05-20 14:52:06 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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“Kyrian, how’s your mana?”
“Just a few minutes more.”
“Eltis?”
“Same, honey.”
“Skaris? Aurora? Weapons? Armor?”
“Ssslaveborn. Ssstop being a pesssst.”
I tried not to let the worry show on my face but it was starting to come out in other ways, namely by bothering my party mates. 2024-05-20 14:40:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Grade: 7
A type of mermaid which can trade its origins to Japanese and Korean Folklore. Their tears are said to be made of pearls.
In MSS, these monsters are a rarity: their abilities are specialized for escape and stall tactics. They only reside in places where the concentration of monsters are high, often associated with Monster Waves.
Without fail, they always drop a item called [Neung-uh's Tear] which can be used to craft many different types of [Water] o...
2024-05-19 05:40:16 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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Comparing the Neung-uh to a mermaid was doing a disservice to mermaids everywhere, especially the movie where a certain red-haired girl gives up her voice to be with her prince charming.
Because the Neung-uh was one ugly piece of shit.
Unlike the other monsters in MSS which came straight out of the nightmares born of folklore and myths, the Neung-uh was rather plain. It had a waxy complexi...
2024-05-19 05:34:42 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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It was only when the silence had stretched on for too long that I realized it had stretched on for too long. At that point it was too late to hide my expression and initial reaction; nothing had been filtered. I knew from Dibo’s pensive look that he wasn’t going to listen to my excuses or denials, his mind was already made up about who I was and what I was.
Rather than try and fix this –w...
2024-05-18 05:15:23 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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“Will it be you, Baran?” I pointed at the elven archer then to the dwarven rogue. “Or, Furgrin, perhaps you’d like to talk.” Finally my gaze rested on Ramhof. “Or the holy knight who is supposed to uphold justice.”
All three of them were silent.
“Any takers?”
“I do not have to play along with this.” Furgrin wheezed ...
2024-05-16 04:09:39 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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Pyret actually lunged at me and if Furgrin and Baran didn’t hold him back, I would’ve been forced to draw my blade too. The moment that the swordsman lost his sense of reason, I saw Skaris take a step forward and unexpectedly, Aurora. I hadn’t known she was fond of me enough to come to my defense like that. Sure, we were both working for the same side but she reacted without hesitation. Either...
2024-05-14 03:13:23 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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Once we had defeated our clones of ice, the gates had opened for us promptly.
I should have been celebrating, we had gotten to Phase 2 without anyone dying. But I was too preoccupied with other things.
Namely, I was worried because in Phase 2 all the raid participants –all fifteen of us and ten of them belonging to Eretia– would gather again.
There wa...
2024-05-12 23:31:52 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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“Spread out!”
Aurora pivoted away from me as soon as I barked the order, but the caster classes, Sarai and Krag, were too slow in moving their feet.
｢Ice Golem [Sarai Benepir] has cast [Dark Tendrils] ｣
“What’s this?!”
“Shite! It’s got me!”
The staple CC spell for all mages, [Dark Tendrils] spro...
2024-05-09 15:07:19 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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The Twilight Maze can be split into three phases.
The first phase is what we were experiencing right now; the whole party being split up and starting from different places. To get to the second phase, you have to defeat the monsters that are stalking you, like the Namahage, as well as the ones that guard certain important gateways. But this was difficult due to the whole of Twilight Maze being a [Spec...
2024-05-08 21:38:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Grade: 8
A yokai from Japanese Folklore; seen wearing straw rain coats paired with a red or blue one mask. Many people tend to mistake the Namahage as an Oni but they are different creature entirely. Usually they carry either a kitchen knife or a club. They are the Japanese folklore counterpart to the Boogeyman, punishing naughty children.
In MSS, Namahage is the weakest form of its monster family; which can include One or Bangbangssi, or the Baba Yaga.
2024-05-08 02:59:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3
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Arahan waited idly, keeping his mouth shut. His ankle was swelling, visibly and he worked on undoing the laces on his boots, trying to get the blood flowing. Experience taught him that he wouldn’t be able to put weight on it until he saw a Healer or until Father Time ticked the clock away. Even if his ankle was good, he knew it was near impossible to escape from Lorraine’s winds. He didn’t want to antagonize the girl further.
<... 2024-05-08 02:26:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 2
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With knee-high shrubs and bushes hugging the ground, the Ghard farm was full of hiding spots. If he had any talent with magic he could probably hide himself by bending the tree branches toward him. Cursing inwardly, Arahan crept along the shadows cast by the branches; looking like wicked claws reaching out toward him menacingly.
Most farms on the Weiler were simple. A field and a house which served as the living quarte...
2024-05-06 21:14:06 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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I slowly released Sarai, holding a finger up to my lips. Contrary to my fear, she didn't scream her head off at me.
Aurora was already standing right next to me, her shield at the ready. Krag’s eyes glowed an eerie blue; his hands spread out and floating traces of mana up into the snowing sky. I drew my jagged katana, the one I had kept since the time in Oung’s dungeon. Speaking...
2024-05-06 05:39:13 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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Ahead of us was an outcropping made entirely of rock, jutting out from the landscape like a horn. It looked just like every other piece of landscape in Miltus, rocky and dry. But this particular rock formation was different, it looked like the mast of a ship,leading up into a narrow space where we were standing, from here we could look down the vista of the road we walked on plus Miltus in the distance.&n...
2024-05-05 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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“Aurora.” She introduced herself. “Aurora Candrian Vetilian. Pleased to make your acquaintance.”
I heard Kyrian take in a sharp breath.
“House Vetilius?” He muttered, more to himself rather than asking a question but everyone heard him in the ensuing nonetheless. “Here? In Jayu?”
Even Dibo, who had struck me as more even-temper...
2024-05-04 15:54:22 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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“Out of fifteen, ten are from a different guild?!” I found myself yelling, getting up from my seat.
Pointell just blinked.
“FUCK!” I sat back down, thinking.
This changed things.
Guild branches by nature weren’t necessarily friendly; just business partners much like Yousef and Marc had. But that didn’t mea...
2024-05-03 21:46:53 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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I saw more inhabitants of the Slums and not all of them bothered to cover themselves up with a cloak. None of them were what I’d call healthy. The healthiest among them had scars or contusions. The worst among them? Mangled pieces of flesh with missings limbs or large black-purple-and-blue tumors growing all over their body. A deer beastman child with open sores all over her face watched us from afar, su...
2024-04-30 23:41:50 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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Yousef was kind enough to lend us his carriage all the way to the slums. Once again, I was content to look out the window. This time, the images played the opposite away. We escaped the large estates and were quickly greeted by houses with small gardens, then the apartments and inns.
“Lock, what are our plans?” Kyrian was the first to break the silence. “Do you truly mea...
2024-04-30 16:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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From afar, Miltus was beautiful.
The city’s borders extended from the bottom of the cliffs all the way to the top; buildings made of white and blue marble adorned rocky crevices like mountain flowers. I wasn’t sure if it was my imagination but amidst the smell of fish and brine in the docks, I could scent the flagrance of flowers coming from deeper within the city. Sailors moved back and fo...
2024-04-30 04:11:29 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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“Guhkk…. Ghhuukk… uuuuooooooggg……”
I leaned over the bulwark of the galleon, emptying the contents of my stomach. However, the fact was that I had nothing left to empty; I had not had any food except stale bread for the last two nights and even those had been hurtled overboard by my seasickness. The smell of brine assaulted my senses, mixed with the rancid taste of vomit on the back...
2024-04-29 04:09:58 +0000 UTC View PostGuide to using the Shadow Mimic Wolf Core
-by RebornAsAChocolateFlavoredDungeon
Hello,
If you're reading this you have picked up the Shadow Mimic Wolf Core on one of your characters. You might also be wondering why certain damage types seemed to be going though.
Well to begin with, the Shadow Mimic Wolf Core's passive: Gloomy Disposition only negates magical damage.That means that not all magic will be blocked. &...
2024-04-27 16:03:44 +0000 UTC View Post***
I’ve always liked books and games since I was a kid. I think it’s because I never really had any friends. After school, it was always off to the latest violin lesson or cram school. So of course, no time for friends. I don’t think my parents had any spare time for me either; it’s hard to spend time with your child when there’s a corporation to manage. My friends were the characters in the books I read and the NPCs in the games I played.
In the six...
2024-04-27 04:51:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1
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Arahan slipped out of his room, peering down the hallways to make sure no one was awake. The morning chill lingered still and Arahan wrapped his cloak tighter around his body, trying to keep warm. He stayed a moment, listening for footsteps or voices.
Nothing.
He stepped carefully down the stairs making sure the ancient planks wouldn’t creak under his weight. There was no need really, his grandfat...
2024-04-27 04:49:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47 is the end of Book 1.
On RR, Ch47 will release on 5/5/24.
On Patreon, you can expect the Chapter 1 of Book 2 on May 1!
In the meantime, I will also be preparing the release of my second webnovel.
Thank You everyone.
2024-04-25 04:45:33 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
I was tired. So very tired.
But I had to continue on.
Most of my wounds were closed –with ugly, red and black scabs– but the major one’s hadn’t. They continued to weep with fat red droplets that left a trail that anyone could follow, both monsters and people alike. Now that the adrenaline from my battle with Arione had worn off, everything had started to hurt with interest; payin...
2024-04-25 04:35:35 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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“That’s why you always cast [Virgil’s Guidance] and then follow it up with [Memories of Hell: First Circle - Limbo].”
Lock clicked his teeth at the amateur mistake.
But it was too early to say that the situation was in his favor. Being a mage and higher leveled, Arione would naturally have higher fire resistance than Lock. Arione’s strategy had been sound; ha...
2024-04-24 13:59:53 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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In his 10 years of living as a denizen of MSS, Arione had seen it all. Grade-10 monsters that he used to avoid out of fear –sweat pouring down his brow and trying to quiet his breathing– and Grade-1 monsters who slumbered in their hidden lairs, ignoring all but the strongest of prey.
He had also seen his own fair share of adventurers. Those still green behind the ears, not knowing that the ...
2024-04-23 05:58:11 +0000 UTC View PostWorld: MSS - Loading...
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“Shit.”
I wasn’t stupid enough to be clueless about the situation I was in. It was painfully obvious what was happening.
This man, Arione, must have been the master that Scarlet talked about. I was up against a Grade-2 mage and his apprentice, Scarlet, had stepped in to help. I had no idea how Scarlet had found out that I was doped up on stacks ...
2024-04-22 00:59:11 +0000 UTC View Post