Author note: Second to last chapter before my break! Tomorrow we get into spending the last of the points the remaining master items and that will leave the real stat-heavy level up for when I'm back :D
PS: Please forgive the tournament point inconsistencies between chapters, I'm working on getting that cleaned up, this one should be fully correct though. I hope.
‘You have ...
2025-08-21 16:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post[Skill optimization available]
[Your point balance is ‘983 882 026’]
[Skills available for guided optimization:
‘Spine of the Black Sun’
‘False immortality’
‘Runeforged Overlord’
‘The Book of Skeletons’]
Her hand on the optimization device, Sofia stared at the last line with narrowed eyes.
... 2025-08-20 16:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post“So, after buying Pareth’s master item, I will be left with 782 million points… I think buying the curse ring is probably the smartest choice, as long as I don’t lose the philosopher’s stone. So that leaves me with 282 million and two more unique slots. Then, when I’m done being smart, I’ll buy the enhancement stone because I like gambling. 182 million left. The last purchase is really the toughest… I could go back to the potions and grab on the Prismatic juice, but that...
2025-08-19 16:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note: I'm getting really tired so I decided that this will be the last week before my break. I'm still uncertain about the length but it will probably be two weeks, so chances are the break time is Aug23 to Setp7, next break after that will be Christmas/new year.
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The catalyst did not react to Pareth’s invoked weapon. Sofia thought that it was a letdown, but when she tried to use the catalyst on her staff, it did not react either, and only when she tried putting it bac...
2025-08-18 14:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post[Tournament Ark - Even Results]
[First place - Sofia Aphenoreth & Pareth (twin ruleset) - 14/13 rounds won]
[Detailed results for Sofia Aphenoreth:
Tier 1 event - Maximum point reward : 500 000 000 TP
Event score:
First place : 500 000 000 TP
GRAND FINALE CONQUEROR : 500 000 000 TP
Total TP earne...
2025-08-15 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostAs the world faded to black, Nex muted the sound of the many agitated watchers.
“Sorry to interrupt, but this concludes this installment of the tournament Ark. Despite the circumstances, the usual post-Ark rules apply, so please mind your actions from now on, as I will personally be enforcing security. Additionally, you will soon receive notice of the relaxed hero-world censorship that will be applied from now on. We thank you for your mostly orderly conduct so far.”
With a sw...
2025-08-14 15:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post[You have invoked Elöllök, Calamity of Spirits]
‘Remaining lifetime : 25s’
The graveyard Nymphs’ arms sprouted out of Sofia’s body as the ghostly destroyer appeared, grabbing Sofia, Pareth, and the destroyer itself.
GO!
The destroyer departed, unbothered by physical concepts like gravity and drag, it shot through the spirit plane, dragging Sofia and Pareth into the sky, while Lilith, still reeling from the a...
2025-08-13 16:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostHuh? Didn’t I just die?
I can’t feel anything at all… But I’m still conscious?
Is it because they were attacks of light? No time… Only three seconds…
Two runes left. I still have a few cards to play. But the sun is almost gone, so to start with…
Sofia’s senses returned like an electrical shock. The first thing she saw as she opened her eyes was Lilith’s massive open palm, hot and smoking, centimeters away from her f...
2025-08-12 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostHear ye hear ye! Book 4 is up for preorder right now on amazon, and will release in four days! To those who are getting it, thank you for your support!!!
Isn't Astelia sooOo cute and lovely?!
As for the audio book, sorry you will probably have to wait ...
2025-08-11 15:41:28 +0000 UTC View PostI don’t even know what half of the incoming missiles do.
But I know these ones. Those are the red fog flashers. It’ll make it hard avoiding the others…
Alright.
[Sixth melody]
A fifth of Sofia’s mana was reserved for the spell as a sharp melody with a breathless tense rhythm started echoing through the mountains.
The autumn melody sharpens the senses. So to say, it’s likely useless to a machine wh...
2025-08-11 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWait that’s not a meteorite. That’s a person!
A robot person!
Lilith?
Sadly… Now is not the time for politeness! Pareth, ready?!
Standing behind Pareth, she lined up her shot. Sofia threw her bolt at the giant robotic woman falling from the sky.
The bolt let Sofia’s scepter with a bang, and it was perfectly aimed, but instead of piercing straight through its target, it curved around it, and continued its way through the...
2025-08-08 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Lilith, is your analysis complete?”
‘Just about, commander. There are still unknowns, and I have failed to trace the source of her energy to anything coherent, but the capabilities we have been shown I have a sufficient understanding of.’
“Good. I believe she is heading for the Switzerland decoy, make sure the facility is fully evacuated.”
‘Are we firing another Goliath, commander?’
“Pointless, she is probably expecting an ambush. T...
2025-08-07 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostI should be close enough.
Sofia sent a Nymph to check the surface before coming up. The skeleton died as soon as it even partially left the spiritual plane.
Crap. And now they know my position.
The remaining Nymphs quickly dragged Sofia further toward the coast, several ground-breaker missiles hitting their previous position in a matter of seconds.
Screw this, go further, let’s resurface under the closest ship.
Moments later, the Nymp...
2025-08-06 16:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostEven inside of Sofia’s makeshift bunker, the explosion was blinding and deafening. Sofia’s bones shattered from the shockwave, though that was the kind of damage which would quickly heal. The issue was the temperature.
Inside of her Asterite chest Sofia was getting cooked alive, and there was nothing she could really do about it. Since the bone she had filled the chest with was getting burned to a crisp faster than her aura could heal it, she switched the blessing of permanent frame...
2025-08-05 16:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostStill quite high in the air over the city, the missile exploded with a sharp crack. What followed was the brightest flash of light Sofia had ever witnessed, it completely overwhelmed her vision. The explosion also emitted a high-pitched screech, so loud it felt like it was digging into her skull. Electrical shocks course through Sofia’s body that she couldn’t avoid, and as the light started to die down, a strange spicy smell assaulted her nostrils and her throat. The entire city was sudde...
2025-08-04 14:12:37 +0000 UTC View PostIt… It’s a good thing that this is a toybox…
Oh what’s this thing? Another flyer? That’s a big one!
With a few jumps up, correcting her trajectory by flinging herself around with her aura, Sofia quickly ascended to the new unidentified object’s altitude.
Lots of people in there.
[Airoeing Commercial Airliner]: More commonly called a ‘plane’, flying aircraft meant to transport passengers over long distances. Se...
2025-08-01 16:00:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Ack!” Pestle cried out as she fell into the water. The magic holding the group afloat had disappeared with Jin, and with no ambient mana whatsoever, Pestle couldn’t fly.
Sofia’s aura fished her out of the sea. “Wait in the hall for now, we’ll find a way to get you some earth leg, don’t worry.”
“Leg!”
Pestle disappeared into the painted halls. Meanwhile, Bookie was only floating because he held onto Sofia’s leg, and Pareth was using his air-steps, thoug...
2025-07-31 16:00:25 +0000 UTC View Post“That certainly explains why this Jewel of Truth had such absurdly high scores,” Sofia answered the admin.
“Heh, easier when you designed the events yourself, right? Now give me a second…”
Jin used magic that Sofia recognized, a twisted version of her toybox freeze. It seemed to do nothing, but that was just a testament to how smooth the freeze had been.
“I see…” Jin mumbled to himself, “Anna’s not watching,” he said with a sigh. Catching a subtle chang...
2025-07-30 16:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post“And there you have it everyone! For the second time this year, we will be able to proceed to the grand finale!” Nex announced, “I know you are all eager but alas, as you know, we have to give our contestant some time to rest, so I will see you again in half an hour! Be ready, this one, I think, will be extra special.”
The world faded to black with Nex’s voice, and Sofia soon found herself fully healed, in a new place, Pareth sitting next to her on the side of a luxurious bed ...
2025-07-29 13:12:39 +0000 UTC View PostSofia and Sen both attacked, clashing near the center of the room. Sen was much faster. With a single blade, he blocked and deviated both of Sofia’s bolts, and slashed at her chest with the other.
She tried to break his bones with her aura, but despite getting the correct feedback, it seemed to do nothing to him, so she let herself get hit. Pareth appeared behind Sen as a struck. Sen stopped his hit early his sword barely reaching Sofia’s ribs, and spun around to slash at Pareth’s...
2025-07-28 16:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostSofia stopped for just a second to decide who to help next, and this short pause spelled her death. She felt the attack coming from above, but with too little mana for [Heat Death] she could only try to [Regret] away, which didn’t activate fast enough.
Three seconds later she was back up. Leaving Bookie and his skeletons to keep dealing with the hydra, Sofia directly flew up toward the angelic figure. Pareth had the advantage, it seemed, having capita...
2025-07-25 16:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostSofia gave Pestle a quick mental note on where to find five of the cores, and returned to the physical realm just in time to watch Pareth teleport in front of her and stop the flying swordsmen’s coordinated attacks. Two of them were blocked by his hammer, but the third’s sword cut through his shoulder, severing his right arm and slicing a few ribs. That singular hit was over twenty three million health points.
That would have activated the one-hit protection.
For Pare...
2025-07-24 14:51:01 +0000 UTC View PostSofia started with a similar setup to her battle with Ezerid. She made her barricade slightly larger knowing that she had enough time to bless it in the three seconds, and went with a single piercing bolt. She deemed the explosive one useless against someone who could survive two planets crashing into each other. She started to pre-cast a star, and instead of the skull choir went with the graveyard nymphs, thinking that it would be more appropriate, both to this battlefield and against a ‘S...
2025-07-23 16:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostReturned without ceremony to the waiting room, Sofia got Bookie to resummon Pestle.
The fairy skeleton looked a bit grumpy.
“Hmmmmrg… Pesle am kill… Very shame…”
Bookie gently patted the top of Pestle’s skull. “Pestle helped Sofia and brother Pareth win so there’s no shame to have!”
“Bookie’s right,” Sofia confirmed, “You did great. The way Ezerid ambushed you was just too hard to do anything about in that environment, he got me in the same wa...
2025-07-22 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostAimed at you again! Sofia warned Pareth and Pestle, as she could feel through [Heat Death] the attack wasn’t for her.
The high priest just barely cast a healing spell on Pareth, speeding up his recovery a good chunk before Ezerid’s next spell materialized. Pareth’s shield was up and ready, while Pestle dove forward, slipping to the side of the spherical barrier protecting Ezerid.
Instead of another near-instant attack, a bright white ball of magic formed just outsid...
2025-07-21 16:00:36 +0000 UTC View Post“So this is where my luck runs out…” Ezerid mumbled from his side as Sofia approached.
“I heard that,” Sofia called out, “Are you that sure you have no chance already?”
“The other events have made that pretty clear, no? Even with my third specialization I don’t think that’s enough to bridge the gap. I did what I could to prepare, but honestly it’s not looking good.”
“There’s always a chance. I’m looking forward to what you’ve prepared for me....
2025-07-18 15:59:53 +0000 UTC View Post“Dreadful place,” Happy Cloud commented, bending down to grab a handful of gray dust, “May I ask why?”
“I think you can guess why. There’s no sun, nowhere to hide, and enough of this disgusting skin dust that it’s going to be very hard for you to make your invisibility worth anything unless you decide to try your luck at the pure darkness above us.”
“Not leaving me many options, indeed. I am honored you hold me in such high regards, but if your eye can detect my ...
2025-07-17 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostSofia slowly advanced through the icy storm, waving her piercing bolt around. How hot were the Angel bolts, really? That was the kind of question Sofia thought she would be better off not knowing the answer to. She had been accumulating enough protection that unless she pushed the bolts to the maximum, the heat barely bothered her anymore. But that did not make them any less hot.
At first it was like a small bubble formed in the blizzard, like it stopped around the bolt, and in just a f...
2025-07-16 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostA few more attacks were sent toward Sofia, but as she was no longer moving, Sonia quickly changed her focus to the destroyer instead, her attacks chipping away at its lifetime.
I might not get the full twenty seconds, but close enough… Sofia watched her mana climb up by roughly twelve thousand points a second, slightly aided by her demon form breathing in more than usual. It almost reached three hundred thousand, while the destroyer only had a few seconds left.
Just...
2025-07-15 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Ah! Nooooo! So early?!” the woman on the other side of the arena cursed as she saw Sofia come out of her waiting room with Crowie on her shoulder.
Sofia looked around, the arena this time was some kind of ruined elven city with plenty of large half-collapsed buildings, some of them still dozens of floors tall.
“Sorry,” Sofia told the winged beastwoman.
Sonia sighed on the other side, “Not your fault, I just have to curse my own bad luck. Just the usual… Ar...
2025-07-14 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post