When I awoke, it was still dark out. We’d just wandered off once we were kicked out, away from the outpost and just collapsed and fell asleep at some point. So I woke up in pain and face-down in a pile of dirt next to a snoring Erani, drool leaking from her mouth and into a small pool beside her.
Sitting up and glancing around, I saw tha...
2023-05-31 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI stood, drunk out of my mind, receiving the worst news possible from Index.
“Arlan, Bon just got a notification saying he dealt damage to a Level 20 Minute Mage.”
My stomach dropped. Even in my state, I understood how bad that was. Yes, he technically wouldn’t know what a Minute Mage was, but a literally never-before-...
2023-05-29 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Cheers!”
Bon clinked his chipped mug against mine and took a gulp, as did I. The taste was pretty interesting, one I hadn’t had before. I’d been Unclassed last time I had alcohol, and the alcohol for the Classed and Unclassed was made very differently.
Since increasing your Endurance and your Health made you more resistant t...
2023-05-27 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI watched as Erani sat down at the wooden table with Bon—the table I was still sitting at, as well, since I still wasn’t able to stand without help. I’d gotten a bit of healing from Jannin, which helped me feel slightly better, but the real healing would occur from spending a decent bit of time staying at a high Health value, due ...
2023-05-26 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI opened my eyes, finally done with my choices. Erani, sitting on the floor, seemed to be still working through hers, and Ainash was keeping herself occupied exploring the small outpost. She was currently in the kitchen area, poking and prodding at the various foods and appliances, much to the annoyance of Bon, who was watching her intently.
... 2023-05-24 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostOnce the three guards quieted down, I got back into my meditative state and tried to focus. It wasn’t exactly easy to do so, with the anticipation of finally Upgrading my Spells so close on the horizon, but I needed to focus on my current choices before I went to give myself even more.
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AN: Here's the extra chapter for Gold patrons! These will be every saturday, so you'll be getting 4/week instead of 3. Hope you enjoy! :)
“You done?” Bon asked when he saw I’d opened my eyes, his mouth full of bread and potato. A crumb dropped from the corner of his mouth.
“Uh, no,...
2023-05-20 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSo my main choice for Talent was between Cumulative Catastrophe and Future Sight. But I still had one more thing to look at before making my choices. Not wanting to wait any longer, I opened up the waiting Time Loop Upgrade.
Alright, definitely so...
2023-05-19 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Extra long chapter today, hope you all enjoy!
You have been blessed by the mercy of god. 10 Health restored.
Your Health is 170. 2023-05-17 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The guards beckoned us over, down the road toward them.
“You’ve got medical personnel, right?” I asked as I limped forward alongside Erani and Ainash.
“Yeah,” one of them said. “We’ve got—woah! Hold on!”
I stopped short.
“You’ve got flamin’ monsters with you?! The Hell’s wrong with you?! Get back...
2023-05-15 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA Succubus sat on a throne in a large, bright audience hall. The Succubus, currently using its shapeshifting powers to take the place of the late King Koinkar, had been cut off in the middle of an argument with some idiotic Human named Asmo by a call from its superior. At first, it had assumed the call would be a short one with some basic comman...
2023-05-14 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello my wonderful patrons!
So, to start off, I'm uploading an extra, free chapter for everybody tomorrow, at the normal time!
Why, you ask? Well, to celebrate the introduction of even more extra chapters! For Gold Degree Patrons and above, I've decided to increase my upload schedule from 3 per week to 4 per week. The upload schedule...
2023-05-13 21:53:36 +0000 UTC View PostAsmo sat at a desk in a repurposed King Koinkar’s quarters. “King Koinkar,” of course, had no need for these quarters anymore, so she was allowed to live in them instead. Well, what she considered “allowed to live in” others would consider “imprisoned in,” but what others thought was of no matter to her. She technically wasn’t al...
2023-05-12 13:54:20 +0000 UTC View PostThreshold reached. 2.20k XP.
Your Level has increased to 19.
Due to achieving Level 19 in the Minute Mage Class, you have b...
2023-05-10 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI looked up as Xhag’duul ranted at me. Ainash was putting her plan into place to kill the Demon. As he screamed at me, there was a rumbling up in the tops of the cliffs. Slowly, something came into view.
Something that rolled over the edge of the cliff. Something massive. It was…a boulder?
I limped back, away from the area it wou...
2023-05-08 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI stood holding my broken arm steady, looking at Erani, who had collapsed to the ground, with her entire forearm ripped from her elbow. Xhag’duul had let her go at this point, too busy doubling over, cackling with his hands on knees.
I ignored him and rushed over to Erani. My hands were shaking. What do I do?
Erani half-gr...
2023-05-07 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAN: This chapter is extra-long!
I was sitting up against the stone wall Xhag’duul had thrown me into, Dark Plate broken and sure that I wouldn’t live to see the next ten seconds. The Demon marched toward me, fist clenched.
But then, before he could reach me, Xhag’duul exploded in a ball of fire.
…What?
Th...
2023-05-05 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSeconds passed. Then a minute. Then two, three, four, five. I stood there, waiting for the Demon that would be my death to come to me. I had 480 Health, 231 Stamina, and 1220 Mana to my disposal, and I intended to use every last point, every last Stat, every last Spell and Talent, every last muscle in my body, thought in my mind, and droplet of ...
2023-05-04 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAinash frantically turned to me. “Memories! Have memories, from future! Know what will happen! Need to get to the outpost, with Humans, they will help!”
For a moment, I stood there, trying to process what she was saying. Memories? From the future? How in the hells—
Erani spoke, breaking me from my thoughts. “Arlan, d...
2023-05-03 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ve got more resets,” I said to Xhag’duul, trying my best to buy time as Erani and Ainash went to get help from the guard post in the distance behind me.
“Oh?” the Demon said. “How many?”
I straightened my back, trying to show as much false confidence as I could. “One hundred.”
He blinked, and for the firs...
2023-05-01 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe plan was simple. The Dragon, Paiiniak, wanted to keep the peace between Xhag’duul and us. So all we had to do was go along with that. A simple “yes, clearly you are wiser than us. Please help us accomplish peace,” and Paiiniak went along with it.
And what did it do to help? Well, perch up high above us, as visible as it could be,...
2023-04-28 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA Devil sprinted through a chasm in a barren, gray mountain range. He was on a mission. One last mission, to kill Arlan Nota himself.
“Alright,” he said. “Let’s finish this.”
“Did you say something, Xhag?” the voice of his superior spoke into his ear.
“No, Superior,” he said. “Just eager to get back home.”...
2023-04-26 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAnd then I was back, five hours beforehand, asleep. Of course, I instantly jolted awake, hands instinctively going to my face to make sure it was all intact. Yes, yes, all there. Then I opened my eyes, heart pounding from the sudden wake-up.
“Father, what is it?”
I looked over to see Ainash, who was currently taking her ...
2023-04-24 13:24:45 +0000 UTC View Post“The message is,” the Demon said, hands lifted into fists, “‘I’m here to kill you all.’”
For a moment, I stood frozen, shocked at the sudden declaration of intent. But Ainash clearly wasn’t deterred. In an instant, she lunged toward it, whip twirling around her in a whirlwind of flames.
The Demon sneered and leaned ba...
2023-04-21 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostErani, Ainash, and I all continued to move through the mountains of Kingdom’s Edge. It was the morning after Ripley had come and given us a warning. Apparently the Demons were planning on sending something after us. But we had no idea what it’d be, or when it’d be sent. We just needed to be on-guard, it seemed. Not that that was any sort o...
2023-04-19 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA Devil sat on a stone in a cold, rocky wasteland.
It’d been around eight more days since he’d arrived here. In that time, he’d tried his hand at many more creations. Part of him was doing it out of genuine interest, the other part just trying to keep himself busy.
It was a strange feeling. On one hand, he knew he was going to ...
2023-04-17 14:16:39 +0000 UTC View PostWe continued traveling throughout the day. Thankfully, due to everyone’s raised Stats, we didn’t need to take many breaks anymore. Our Stamina/Minute values were all high enough to significantly lower how much Stamina we actually lost in an hour of travel, not to mention the fact that we all started out with a much higher bank of Stamina in ...
2023-04-14 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I woke up in the morning, one of the first things I did was check my Status, looking at Noxious Grasp. Over the night, it’d garnered an extra 667 Spell XP! Up to around 700/1.13k, which meant I was already pretty close to Rank 14. But that new Spell XP requirement of 1.13k, it was getting pretty steep. Even with Exponential Reclamation, a...
2023-04-12 13:22:27 +0000 UTC View PostDuring my time on watch, I continued to practice Noxious Grasp with the help of Ethereal Armor’s Light Plate, as well as continuously activate Regenerate whenever my Stamina got high enough in order to help heal up some of my still low Health. It’d been a while since I’d actually practiced Noxious Grasp; back when I’d gotten Exponential ...
2023-04-10 13:44:56 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Extra long chapter!
A Devil was alive.
He was alive.
He was alive?!
How was he alive?
He opened his eyes, having shut them tightly in anticipation of the death that was inevitably coming.
And when he opened them, he saw something…how could he even express the f...
2023-04-07 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post