Floor 1: Chapter 1 ~ 5
Chapter 1: Jain Temple, Psychic
2025-02-13 07:18:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 164: War Prince (2)
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“Come evil one. And may the Crows feast on your Corpses.”
No sooner had the words left my lips, my challenge birthed into this world did reality resume.
Every single armored Akka Xalud Knight turned towards me, an eerie synchronization to their movements down to the last detail. The way they turned their body, then their lifeless eyes which could somehow still convey anger. Like a beehive ...
2025-02-08 06:08:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 163: War Prince (2)
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I stood shoulder to shoulder with Borealis, Arione and Delas. Behind us stood our respective parties.
In front of us were Zenom Saintred. The Bishop. Cecilia Lightridge. Then the only regular adventurer allowed to stand next to them: Maria Akka Xalud.
And in front of us, everyone else.
We all waited.
And I watched.
The wide deck of a ship, that could only belong to a barge designed f...
2025-02-06 03:45:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 162: War Prince (1)
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I’ve seen disaster news on TV. It’s always filled with smoke, fire and lots of people running around in the background. Yet, there’s a certain order to the chaos. The reporter is always in front of the disaster, standing next to it but not really a part of it. They keep their calm and narrate the happenings in a cool manner.
This was nothing like that.
The initial explosion was dea...
2025-02-04 06:03:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 161: Voyage (End)
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This fucking game.
I spent hundreds of dollars on this stupid indie 2D pixel-style RPG game that I bought for less than fifteen dollars. There wasn’t a huge player base, nor was it on any popular rankings. But the story, the gameplay, the combat mechanics and the world itself –everything about it drew me in. And it became an obsession for me to beat it. I scoured online sources, wrote my own guid...
2025-01-28 23:33:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 5
We walked through the hallways in complete silence.
“You breathe too loud.” Irina whispered.
Ok, so not complete silence.
Irina moved like a cat. All grace and none of my clumsiness. She practically slinked across the ground and never lost control of the bastard sword. The Russian girl had found these straps of leather and bound them across her chest, creating a temporary sling to strap the bastard sword on her back. It made no sense to me.&...
2025-01-26 06:23:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160: Voyage (5)
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In MSS, it’s hard to be consistent.
Why? Because a lot of things are dependent on luck.
The type of monsters you encounter determine your Cores. It’s not like you can just skip monsters and wait for the right one to appear; in the early game, you take what you can get. Otherwise, the next monster you encounter might just wipe you out. It’s the same for party composition. Each...
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2025-01-19 23:09:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 159: Voyage (4)
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I walked out to the deck, unnoticed by most. Only a few faces turned to face me, but soon lost interest; their attention was taken by the exhibition match that Zenom and Borealis was putting on. Adventurers and sailors alike crowded around the sand pit, giving just enough berth for the fighters to have room to swing their weapons. More than one hand exchanged coins, betting on who would emerge victorious.
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2025-01-16 09:32:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 4: Day at the Museum
Irina seemed happy to have me along. And by happy, I mean about as happy as a mom whose son just offered to go off to the grocery store to do the errands for her.
The girl put a hand on her hips, putting the bastard sword down on the ground and leaning against it, looking like a fantasy movie poster. “You know how to fight?” She said in that thick russian accent.
“I made it here, aren’t I?”
She grunted, jerking her chin in the direction of the rip...
2025-01-11 07:35:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 158: Voyage (3)
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The Dwarven Barge was separated into three different layers. The above deck, which served for all things training, public gathering related and generally things that should be done under the light of day. The second level was composed of simple living quarters. A mess hall that doubled as a kitchen and the general sleeping quarters –adventurers having set up their own tents in small groups with their own parties.&nbs...
2025-01-09 02:10:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 157: Voyage (2)
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There were plenty of upsides of being on this haphazardly made Barge instead of the ship we were used to.
The main one was that there was no lack of space. Whereas before, two people were forced to share a room, the concept of walls had just been done away with in the name of efficiency and speed. So everything was an open-floor plan. However, no walls also meant no personal space and no real privac...
2025-01-04 02:29:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 156: Voyage (1)
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“Bahaha! Should have seen the look on yer face, lad! Ahahaha!”
Doror slapped me on the back, reaching up as he did, and laughed much to the enjoyment of the others.
Of course, my plan to ingratiate the Dwarves into the expedition hadn’t been foolproof. The Dwarves didn’t know how to build ships, not in the traditional sense anyways. But what they lacked in knowledge, they made up for with natural t...
2025-01-02 04:11:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20
“Ding! Ding! Ding! Goooooooaaaaaal!” Artemvian spun in a circle, taking the bottom half of his shirt and raising it to his chest. Kissing his fist multiple times, the mage got to his knees and mimed wiping a tear from his eye.
The two woman stared, their minds unable to come to terms with the sudden random act of violence.
But it wasn’t random. Not in Artemvian’s mind at least.
“And that’s what you get for making a deal with a Daemon.” A...
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Chapter 3: Day 1
The sight of Irina Kristoff standing there, dripping with gore and the greatsword in one hand conjured up a series of words from a time long gone. A time when women were the protectors of their family, the matriarchal guardians of their tribe and clan, chilling the battlefield with war shrieks that stabbed haunting fears into men's hearts.
Amazoness. Valkyrie. Shieldmaiden.
But in the last half an hour, all of my rather rich and vibrant vocabulary was washed away...
2024-12-31 00:44:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 155: Plan (End)
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Dawn gave me a cool look and then did a little curtsy. “Nice to meet you, Slaveborn. I’ve heard a lot about you.”
She kind of nodded in that way girls do. Not too deep, not too shallow. The most casual acknowledgement; the type of greeting guys just entering puberty wish they could pull off in front of their highschool crush.
“Uh, hello.” I said, a little too gruff and a ...
2024-12-29 02:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Folks!
Spend some time with the fam, spend some time by yourself!
Whatever you do, just enjoy yourself.
For me, I'm curled up with a nice book to read and my old favorite manga (Kaiji)
Enjoy everyone!
Chapter 154: Plan (10)
The next morning, three parties, mine included, set out for the Dwarven Village hidden in the caves.
The procession had carts full of food as well as empty ones. No doubt, the dwarves would need some help moving some of their things. That wasn’t the only thing we were bringing. Carts and food aside, we had adventurers apart from the three main parties –some members of the auxiliary forces. They’d serve as emergency messengers in case we encountered an emerg...
2024-12-21 06:19:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 2: Earth is Floor 1
There are times when you look back over your shoulder in a dark alley or look in your rearview mirror. Of course, there’s nothing there. Still, it feels like you just missed catching something in the act. Maybe a pair of eyes, too wide to be human and too raw to be real. Maybe you just can’t shake off the feeling that something is in the room with you, just watching and waiting.
This was one of those times. The screen flashed with words that gave off wr...
2024-12-19 06:51:16 +0000 UTC View PostLock Slaveborn Build
Lock Slaveborn Build
Cores:
[Tortured Spirit] - Grade 8 (Common)
Active: Share the Load - User & Designated Target gains a debuff every 5 minutes. The debuffs are in the following order: [Footwork], [Handicraft], [Smell], [Hearing], [Sight]; then [Physical] and [Mental] in alternating order.
Passive: [If Only I Had a Body...] - All regenerative effects are 50% more effective.
[Royal Oni] - Grade 4 (Common)
Ac...
2024-12-18 07:32:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 153: Plan (9)
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The next twenty minutes involved a lot of explaining, backtracking and trying to make the Dwarves look good in general. There were some topics that I had to avoid; like the fact that Doror was a Master Smith. Or the fact that the Dwarves would be left for dead on this island; not the other way around. But Zenom didn’t need to know any of that.
The only thing he needed to know was that the Dwarves ...
2024-12-18 06:44:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19
Artemvian Delacreau Moneti held up the diamond to the streetlight, “This way.”
They were in the yet another bad part of the neighborhood. Lack of pedestrians and a general sense of being unsafe lingered around the place. Large apartments stood, barren and lonely; casting weeping shadows over the street lamps like great willow trees.
“Lots of barren places in Nero City.” Artemvian commented.
“That’s what happens when jobs change just as fast as f...
2024-12-17 21:52:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1: Earth is Floor 1
Manhattan, New York
New York City, the City that never sleeps.
New York City isn’t just a place. It’s a lifestyle. Here, all sorts of things don’t make sense. The fact that you slept late because you were out partying all night isn’t something to be ashamed of. The dark circles under your eyes are a badge of honor. How little you have in your bank account due to how overpriced your apartment is another way to one-up your friends. ...
2024-12-17 02:03:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 152: Plan (8)
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Emilian Dorocian’s hand reached out and grabbed my chin, jerking my head to the side. Beneath the veil, I knew that her eyes were murky. Whatever she used to check the acid-burns on my neck, it wouldn’t be relying on [Sight]. So I peered away from her to the others, judging their reactions.
Zenom looked steely, almost statuesque. Cecilia sat, calm as ever with that pleasant smile on her face. Bore...
2024-12-16 01:12:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 151: Plan (7)
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When I left Clover’s tent, I found myself in Arione’s side of the camp. Most of the adventuring parties had staked out small pockets of territory within the camp but not too far from each other. It was just enough distance to have space for your party, but close enough to spy on others and be spied upon in turn. Also it was just within convenient reach so that if there was a monster attack, you could stand ...
2024-12-14 06:09:58 +0000 UTC View PostEarth is Floor 1: Chapter 1 (Draft)
Manhattan, New York
“Jane Serynak?”
I heard the secretary call my name and promptly stood up. There’s nothing like a long wait to make someone nervous, imagining the worst possible scenarios. So when I walked over to the secretary’s desk, my nerves were taut as steel.
‘Don’t fuck this one up, Jane. Last chance.’ I told myself.
I needed this job so bad.
“That’s me.”
I walked over to th...
2024-12-09 23:57:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18
“You’re sure that works?”
“Oh ye of little faith.” Artemvian shook his head at Celine, but his eyes were glued to the diamond in front of him. “You’re the one who hired me, don’t you think you should have some faith?”
Celine kept her eyes on the road, no matter how badly she wanted to glare at Artemvian. “I’m beginning to think it was a mistake.” She said, barely audible.
Artemvian had a small piece of diamond attac...
2024-12-05 22:01:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 150: Plan (6)
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“...Lety, we didn’t leave him behind.” Clover said at last. “He’s the one who left us. Don’t you remember?”
“I don’t remember.” Lety said, matter of factly. “Tell me the story again.”
Now, that caught my attention.
L’teya never got my side of the story. Never.
From Day 1 of our separation till now, she has been with Clove...
Chapter 149: Plan (5)
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Fuck, my eyes hurt.
The acid from Emilian’s attack must’ve melted through the bandages and some of it got in my eyes. [Darkvision] was all but useless; I tried my best to stumble about to the place where Skaris and I were supposed to meet. I must’ve looked reaaaal suspicious. Dressed all in black cloth, stumbling about the dark with my hands like a blind man.
Damn, ...
2024-12-02 07:07:19 +0000 UTC View Post