All around Earth and The Realm, people tuned in from everywhere to watch. There was not a single bar that did not display the projections from the tournament. Everyone was watching it live. Whoever was filming had been censoring a lot of the gory parts live. Making it palatable for nearly all ages. It was a masterclass of editing. Never...
2025-12-04 18:02:55 +0000 UTC View PostRyan watched the fight overhead, or the parts where they stopped and clashed. Even for a fourth realm, most of the actual combat was a blur. They would just appear, their weapons would blur, then disappear and reappear somewhere else. It was easier for him to watch the projections that Gamielle was plotting.
It had been a deathless battle ...
2025-12-03 18:00:41 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a hierarchy amongst dragonslayers. In Pinkie’s mind, the worst of the worst was the ones that had [Dragonslayer] in their class names. Those who hadn’t done enough to be given any other Epic class in their offerings. Their classes would quite literally be called something like [Dragonslayer Warrior] or something just as generic. 2025-12-02 17:54:45 +0000 UTC View Post
There was a reason why the first exit town in Sector Four was called Gravenmarch. It was where the Fourthers would begin their pilgrimage. No one knew who had started tradition, but now it was almost socially mandatory.
Every Fourther would take a solemn walk in quiet reverence for what had once been.
To march upon the...
2025-12-01 17:58:44 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the Emerald Hills of Sector Three were impossible to live in for ordinary people, it was still teeming with life. Big and small, they lived in an ecosystem that was alive and flourishing.
Sector Four was none of those things. It was the first Sector where life had to struggle to survive, where the original creatures exited their nati...
2025-11-28 18:04:08 +0000 UTC View Post[Mages] were the worst classes to go solo. For a [Mage] to match the other classes in solo capability required them to spend more time learning spell matrices that would enhance the body and shift a good portion of your mana into maintaining those spells.
Even the Pioneers couldn’t be said to have surpassed that standard. After all, who ...
2025-11-27 18:03:04 +0000 UTC View PostEntering dilated time area…
Welcome to the time chamber.
For the first time in Ryan’s life, he felt a sense of megalophobia. The ‘chamber’ he was in was less of a chamber and more of a superstructure with a completely alien sense of size. He looked up and was certain the ceiling was higher up...
2025-11-26 18:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt is likely a wasted effort to make your own memes. Yes, a repeated overt phrase can catch on fire and sweep through the social consciousness, but finding which one will do so is an exercise in futility. You have seen it have you not? The most nonsensical childish things being elevated to infamy.
No, I’m not saying to give ...
2025-11-25 18:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostRobert Robinson had received the most calm phone calls from his wife in in a while. Which, if you knew her meant trouble.
“Dear, Ryan’s employer just arrived. You should come home as soon as possible.”
“Is something wrong?”
“No. But you remember that farm he’s been working on? It belongs to Seffara the Sa...
2025-11-24 17:58:35 +0000 UTC View Post3 Days left until the tournament…
“Is it weird that I don’t feel anything anymore?”
“Like, maybe a little? You should feel something when you keep staring at it. I’m feeling something, anyway.”
“I feel like I was chasing it so much that when I got it and did what I wanted with it, it just became–I don...
2025-11-21 18:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostWhat you are talking about is concern trolling. People on Realmnet point out the obvious when it happens and believe they can spot it all the time. The truly dangerous ones are those who have learned to be subtle, those that can pose innocuous questions that seep into the subconscious and make people question the nature of their beliefs a fe...
2025-11-20 18:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostIf you ask me what your issue is here, it’s a lack of focus and subtlety. You’re trying to juggle your friend’s finances, penetrate private adventurer’s commissions, while constantly baiting online discussion about Artigan. You are not a [Mage] with multiple mental threads and even if you were, I wouldn’t recommend learning things ...
2025-11-19 18:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostRyan had been so focused on showing off that he didn’t keep track of the Demon King after he had thrown him into the distance. It was almost too late when he saw Arctus blurring towards the group of adventurers. The greatsword rose and Ryan switched from glee to fury in an instant.
“THEY’RE MINE!”
The a...
2025-11-18 17:56:37 +0000 UTC View PostBack at the outpost.
Gamielle sat with Grand Elementalist Mak’erra, or M’erra as she called her. They were hovering high in the air, watching Cerul that was also circling the outpost. The Cerulean Crow was clearly enjoying the feeling of superiority, being high above the adventurers in chaos.
M’e...
2025-11-17 17:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostIt was an arduous task to force the Trial System’s hand. Demon King Arctus had to stretch out campaigns and force his armies to perform continuous brutal retreats. All to make sure that the Trial System couldn’t identify a pivotal conflict to insert its Trialists. Demon King Arctus charged the battlefields himself, facing hundreds and thousa...
2025-11-14 18:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post- So, battle royale between the Tyrants who wins? @ Rangebate (Verified)
- The issue with this question depends on whether they're all forced to fight in a small arena or not. It also depends on whether the Chieftain gets to keep his bonuses despite his 'tribe' being his enemies. Otherwise the Passive Tyrant for sure. I think ...
2025-11-13 17:54:49 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone was on high alert. The questions to their competence and legitimacy were getting louder and louder. Things had to be done. Patrols had tripled, enchanted weaponry quadrupled. Every single adventurer had been called to every Trial entrance in Sector Three. A single team of eights held each of the entrances that weren’t in leveled secto...
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2025-11-11 18:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post6 days until the Tournament.
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“Hey Taris! Hey Taris! Did you hear? Artigan’s leaving the sect!”
“What?! He is? Isn’t that bad??”
Although the Obsidian Sect was largely isolated from the rest of The Realm, they still got regular updates. Leaving the sect required the presence of a qualified adult–o...
2025-11-10 18:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostA [Bard] and a [Rogue] sat in a cramped apartment of the Obsidian Sect. This was no great fireside tale after a great struggle. No quiet aftermath of events where everything would change.
Yet in the [Bard]’s mind, this moment mattered just as much. Because the past would foretell the future, and Artigan’s past was possibly The Re...
2025-11-07 18:01:42 +0000 UTC View PostIt turned out that even with Gamielle out of the way, Ryan still wouldn’t get the money immediately. Apparently Seffara had to talk to her accountant and Larix had informed him that the money would need to be sourced from the [Secretary] to ensure it was untraceable.
Figures.
But that didn’t matter anymore, what mattered...
2025-11-06 18:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post- IT WASN’T ME! Fair’s fair on the Witch but I didn’t touch your city, Archmage! Someone set me up! @Stallqueen (Unverified, R12)
↪ Yeah, sure, you just happened to be in there when the city got attacked. Leaflegend068 (Realmer)
↪ Use your brain you stupid native. Nobody else got caught and you think I...
2025-11-05 18:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostEpics were what differentiated dragonslayers. It was true, but it was also something realmnet simply said and didn’t understand. Not in full. There were mentions of classes and hierarchy amongst dragonslayers but really, nobody truly understood the difference between dragonslayers better than the dragonslayers themselves.
All realmnet wo...
2025-11-04 18:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post- Uhh, everyone safe? @Teknis (Realmer)
- What the hell is going on? @M’erra (Realmer)
- Even Vitalia got attacked. Mezhar was supposed to be nearby but he’s gone missing. @Atrisle (Realmer)
- Shady City is the only city not attacked, even Ulverra got bombed. @ Ezieeel (Realmer)
Her mother had warned her that the skill [Conceptual Inspection] could be dangerous. Taking a peek into the plumbing of others’ classes meant exposing yourself to them. The skill could be invaluable to learn their concepts and how their classes worked. At the highest levels. This was often the differentiator. Those with higher rarity classes c...
2025-10-31 17:04:16 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t know what visualization technique you plan on using but my advice? Make sure you choose one that fits your Epic.”
It was what Gamielle had told him before he went back to Earth and got ambushed by Pinkie. Ryan had tried hundreds of visualization techniques over ten days. He had narrowed it down to a couple notable o...
2025-10-30 17:01:39 +0000 UTC View Post24 days until the highest Trial needed to be challenged. The Realm. 8 days until the pre-class tournament begins.
Mahjit the [Mage] was no real [Savant]. It was a lie. There had been too much expectation, so much pressure to perform for the ‘prodigy’ that he had caved when the reporters came and asked him if he got the [Prodig...
2025-10-29 16:59:55 +0000 UTC View PostA broken blade rattled as aura coursed through its enchanted metal. A wave of pure crimson flew forward to meet an iron wall. It held firm, the wave crashing uselessly once again. This time however, the gates swung against its attacker.
The broken blade screeched as it slid across Larix’s arm. Sparks flying out from the blade, completely...
2025-10-28 16:59:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a while since Ryan was ambushed–and by ‘a while’, he meant ten days. His definition of ‘a while’ clearly needed work. Ten days had been just enough time for him to let his guard down for another prank from Seffara. Ryan pulled hard against his rope bindings. Then he shook his head.
“Really round two?”
“The...
2025-10-27 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post*Raidco has become a large entity in itself. Offering large contracts and settlements to any crafting classes throughout The Realm. They have even integrated vertically. Offering jobs and positions to Realmers to supply lower realm adventurers. Raidco was also the first to start offering sponsorship slots to the talented blacksmiths of Earth...
2025-10-25 17:05:23 +0000 UTC View Post