Agnes Mortem, High Witch of the Black, was livid. She’d been in the middle of a delicate operation to perfect her prized flower-cutting Curse when the System call to arms arrived. Even enraged, a Breach was serious enough business that she didn’t delay. Grabbing two of her Coven sisters, Agnes used the Curse of Distance to transport them rapidly towards the imminent battleground. Upon arrival all three women were met with a blaring System message that brought cold rage in...
2021-07-26 03:41:17 +0000 UTC
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Lord Raphael was pissed, for several reasons, most notable the mistakes made on this mission. The first, was he had been lax at handling the Tier Three in front of him. She had tossed several talismans into the portal, but he hadn’t bothered to stop them. The language on them had appeared to be gobbldegook to Polyglot so he thought they were merely a distraction.
That was the first mistake.
The second, he allowed himself to be distracted searching the space near...
2021-07-25 04:49:50 +0000 UTC
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The opponent chosen for her second to last match showed more clearly than words the situation. It was a fearsome beast famed throughout the world as a terror with golden fur. Eve witnessed the terrifying roar, which was rather diminished due to the beast’s current look. Indeed, she knew at once that if the Arena had actually been willing to put in effort for these last two fights, things might have been a bit different.
However, her current enemy, was fluffy.
It was also, a kitt...
2021-07-24 06:49:57 +0000 UTC
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Eve was in the zone.
The fact that the rogue had attacks that were faster than her normal combat perception, like the Backstab that struck her the first day, gave Savage Survival Mind a shock.
The delay between conscious knowledge, and action had been too long. Savage Survival Mind combed through her memories settling on the concept of Zen. Eve had spent three days in a sort of meditative combat trance, her mind planning while her body fought.
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2021-07-18 02:25:42 +0000 UTC
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Eve ran through her supplies as she drifted over the sands to the starting dais for her next battle. Listening to Vivien had made her suspect there was more at play regarding the rogue, Mick than first shown. It was the reason she had taken Sword and Shield of the Library. If she were paranoid, it would certainly be the most expensive mistake made so far.
The upgrades to my main Bibliotheca Traits should keep the poison from being a major problem.
2021-07-17 05:34:26 +0000 UTC
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Sara stared at the odds available on Eve’s eighteenth fight with supreme annoyance. The first fifteen rounds had been extremely profitable. However, the moment her Mistress demonstrated that Champions were mere meat mixed with mortality and baked in anti-magic, the good times disintegrated.
It’s like the bookies expected my Lady to hit a wall face first and die from the impact. Sara thought, tapping her leather booted against the tiled floor. Admittedly, not even Iron k...
2021-07-11 00:22:31 +0000 UTC
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Floating across the sands, Eve positioned herself on the starting stone dais before once more dropping as the anti-magic field from her opponent snapped on.
Instead of a full plate, her opponent wore a mixture of chainmail and plate. While that didn’t bother Eve, the fact that he glowed with multiple defensive enchantments was quite annoying. The light was slowly bleeding into shadow as night started to take hold. Eve wasn’t above playing dirty, quietly making Thirst
2021-07-10 07:18:14 +0000 UTC
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Vivien and Bridgette finally signed their contracts after a decent amount of negotiation. Nothing they requested was a deal breaker for Eve, and after the sparkling shards of paper vanished, her attention turned to the upcoming fight.
“Without both of you fighting, what will the Arena do for the last two spots?” Eve questioned.
“Contingency part of the agreement will allow the Arena to pull two non-humanoid creatures to replace us. I read up on it beforehand.” Bridgette sa...
2021-07-07 03:00:44 +0000 UTC
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The fight against the Siren had been exhausting in multiple ways. Countering the area of effect waterflood with a pressurized paper bubble took extreme calculations. The melee fight had actually been far simpler to win.
Of course, the final blow had been Thirst.
Musing on the fight was interrupted, and Eve was forced to disengage Savage Survival Mind at a knock from the waiting room door. Glancing longingly at the food on her table, Eve decided th...
2021-07-04 19:15:52 +0000 UTC
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A’nar stared at the strange armored figure that floated gently into place above the Challenger’s raised stone dais on the Arena sands. Lady Eve had been a delightful surprise in the last fourteen fights and contributed to doubling his liquid worth. The sheer amount of gold he’d won from her victories so far was enough to fund the third expansion for his Golden Sand merchant company on its own!
Lord Glass, Zif, and Caroline had already taken leave...
2021-07-03 00:28:58 +0000 UTC
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Reading the information on her next two opponents as she bathed gave Eve a few insights. The Drowned Man was actually a woman who specialized in Elemental Water. Rumors described the Champion as a bit of a crazy type, who liked to drown her beaten opponents. From what Eve could tell, The Drowned Man appeared to experience an almost sickening pleasure from such acts.
On the other side of the coin, the Stonesmash Giant had a rigid code of honor. As a member of the giant race, specifically...
2021-06-26 05:36:52 +0000 UTC
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Eve did not sense the passage of time accurately with Savage Survival Mind active. Upon returning to the waiting room after finishing round number twelve, she ate mechanically. EVe did eating to sustain the body, not out of pleasure. Eve’s eyes were unfocused at her food as if she didn’t even notice it was there. Finishing her food, her graceful yet robotic movements cleaned everything leftover from eating within moments, cycling utensils mechanically into her inventory t...
2021-06-19 01:16:54 +0000 UTC
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Eve was unimpressed with the Tier Threes within the Arena. To date, after a mere ten rounds, only a single team had managed to injure her. It wasn’t that they didn’t have power, for there was power aplenty in every team.
The application of power among these teams, though, is abysmal. Eve thought. Do they expect me to stand still? To wait until their perfect encirclements are complete? Or perhaps I should target the metal meatheads first instead of the soft, weak mages?<...
2021-06-12 04:37:38 +0000 UTC
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A’nar watched the female fighter below. One of his oldest friends, Iron, had sworn on the sacred sands of Al’Safar her fights would be the opportunity of a lifetime.
Relaxed. Calm. Like she is demonstrating a kata. A’nar thought his partially blind eyes seeing more than mere sight. A group of young Ranked is nothing more to her than a light afternoon stroll in the pavilion gardens.
As the Rank Ten Team, Shatterstorm reached the midpoint of the Arena sands. ...
2021-06-06 00:21:24 +0000 UTC
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The preparations for Eve to enter the Arena had taken just under two days to complete. The hardest part had actually been arranging the bets themselves. When the dwarf had shown Eve the complex set of wagers and counter wagers, she had taken one look before handing it off to Sara. After her most diabolical minion had gone through the labyrinthine tangle of monetary insanity, Sara had made quite a few changes.
The gist of them was that Eve would bet all her Stats, gold, gems, and a two-y...
2021-05-31 04:42:59 +0000 UTC
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Eve’s family moved through the crowd inside the Arena with uncanny ease. A simple form with the youngest in the center ensured that none of the children were at risk. James accompanied Eve in front, directing them through the maze of passageways until the sound of steel being beaten into submission rang out. Getting through the Arena’s entrance had been as simple as paying one gold fee for each person.
Considering the number of people moving in and out every day, they probably m...
2021-05-29 05:59:00 +0000 UTC
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Stepping outside the Hut, Eve looked at the high wall almost two miles away, cutting the skyline in half. It was an imposing structure that demanded respect and confusion in equal measures.
Oh, sandstorms. Eve thought as the realization hit her. Duh!
Glancing at her family beside her, she took a last look at everyone, ensuring no issues with their clothing. Sara, Rin, Ren, and Jenny were all garbed similarly to Eve with weapons, pouches, and appropriate magical f...
2021-05-22 05:15:36 +0000 UTC
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Eve teleported directly from the boy James to her own personal room in the Hut. The options that both new members of her family brought were immensely satisfying, both short and long-term. Anyone attempting to trace Eve’s travel path from Glenwood would have a difficult challenge. One of the more delightful laws in the Serpent Empire is that those who take and hold territory can gain noble status. With the right amount of money changing hands, all the rights and responsibilities of running ...
2021-05-15 18:18:03 +0000 UTC
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When James regained consciousness his eyes snapped open to see two cute girls standing beside him as he lay propped on divine fluffy white pillows. One of the young girls was adjusting a strange device that sent fluids into his body through clear tubes. The other girl had her arms crossed with a serious expression on her face as she stared him down.
James struggled to sit up before a single hand from the cross armed girl pushed him flat on the bed effortlessly. Before he could attempt t...
2021-05-06 18:05:19 +0000 UTC
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2021-05-05 02:53:01 +0000 UTC
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Eve’s knowledge of pirates wasn’t from famous movies or books. Real pirates, back on Earth, were a dirty, messy, murderous lot willing to kill at the drop of a coin. Unlike the romantic images portrayed in quite a few forms of media, real pirates were vicious killers willing to dump an entire ship’s crew over the side to steal an oil tanker, cargo ship, or pleasure yacht.
The first few times Eve’s secret squirrel military squad had been sent by her government into areas with pir...
2021-05-01 14:55:23 +0000 UTC
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Eve watched the sandstorm raging outside the window of her room before giving a deep sigh. While the Hut was able to ignore the swirling deadly sand, she knew that attempting to move in such weather would put an unnecessary strain on its powers. With the children in the dungeon being watched over by Sara, Brianna baking, and Kudzu doing experiments, she felt like the only person with nothing to do.
I should look into doing some experiments on the Primal Energy Source, Mana. Eve...
2021-04-25 03:50:17 +0000 UTC
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Eve held her grimoire in one hand while she slowly read through the tale carved into the towering steles of ageless onyx dark basalt. It was a fascinating epic describing an ancient war between two races, the Light Elves and the Demons. Floating over the sand between the steles, she read a fascinating explanation for the desert layers that separated the Endless Forest’s rings. The entire tale was told with art and passion by ancient runes. When the newborn Plane was young, the Forest's Hear...
2021-04-17 19:03:15 +0000 UTC
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Jennifer stared at the mana-phone screen like a life-saving treasure. As the Hand of the Red King, she was tasked with handling situations that required non-diplomatic solutions. The newest version of the old smartphone contained an application that helped to keep her sane.
Mana Aligned Positioning System (MAPS) was the single most valuable technology piece to Jennifer that had replaced its electronic counterpart, GPS. When the Portals came, the Primal Energy Source of Mana made physics...
2021-04-14 02:17:35 +0000 UTC
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Eve stared at the sands that blew endlessly, a stark contrast to the Forest behind her back. The living woods ended as if sliced asunder by the hands of an uncaring deity. There was a scant few feet before the sands took rulership of the lands ahead.
Unlike the single sun within the Endless Forest, here two orbs blazed above, clearly showing that there was more wrong than the absence of trees. Eve could feel spatial ripples in the space between the Forest and the desert. It felt as if a...
2021-04-09 04:28:57 +0000 UTC
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“Wilson, what’s with the strange cracks that appear when I teleport or boost my mind’s speed?” Eve asked after securing herself in her room.
Such knowledge has a price. 50 Slots and 50 Free Stats.
Gritting her teeth, Eve paid the price. It was better to know what was going on than die ignorant.
Spatial manipulation places a massive strain on the Bibliotheca Body. Mental acceleration places a massive strain on the Bibliotheca Mind. Look for su...
2021-04-04 00:41:02 +0000 UTC
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Tim watched the lady he had attempted to steal from appearing to the side of him as he argued with Master Henry. The sensation emanating from her body made him shudder. It was like standing next to a ferocious beast ready to devour one at all times. Tim’s sister loved stories about the great men and women in the world. He, on the other hand, knew well the darkness of the world. There was no way someone became a powerful person without getting blood on their hands.
“Threatening my or...
2021-03-30 03:30:55 +0000 UTC
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When the thugs guarding the Flock’s underground gambling den rose to block her way, Eve didn’t use more force than required to pass.
A few cheesy karate neck chops took care of everything.
Once all the thugs were unconscious, Eve spent a moment searching for space in the casino underground with Aura and Domain. Finding a vacant room, she teleported down into the clear space. Upon appearing, she noted that tiny cracks had started running throug...
2021-03-27 15:24:17 +0000 UTC
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Eve observed the thief through her Aura of the Library. No longer would she require Paper Spy Eyes or other such tricks. Within the Aura, her Bibliotheca Mind knew everything that was occurring. She could read the mana level in a person or object at a glance, thereby deciphering the level with ease. Currently, it wasn’t possible to know Skills or Spells though Eve felt it would be possible with time. After all, her new cerebral upgrade told...
2021-03-20 15:39:06 +0000 UTC
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Kudzu felt the shift in the aether, the strange place the Sparrow called the air-between-worlds, as the Slicer finally reached the Third Threshold and evolved her Class. It was momentous enough to pause his concentration for several seconds, even during the current batch of potions. The ripple of mana that pulsed like the beating heart of a titanic monstrosity was unnerving. Careful checking of his current multi-string batch to complete his latest order labeled from one to two thousa...
2021-03-14 23:53:47 +0000 UTC
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