“It’s more a way to flex than anything else, but using it feels extremely good, the different elemental interactions are very funny to watch.”
“But still… Why a billiard? Who got the idea first?” Rune couldn’t help but ask.
“There is no first… Because it’s the bone region. Artisans and craftsmen have been specially recruited to start an adaptation process experim...
2022-01-16 11:45:04 +0000 UTC View PostOnce they reached a public space to settle down in, Rune simply sat down in a chair. But as he kept his stealth, it only looked like a haunted chair was moving by itself.
“Show yourself! Why are you keeping your stealth!” The girl named Crystal was really getting familiar with the strange stealthed guy, to the point that she started to say everything she wanted.
“I don’t hav...
2022-01-16 11:44:44 +0000 UTC View Post“While you were working on imitating my amazing construct, I worked on gathering where we need to go to get what we want once we’re there, so just follow me. First, we’ll go get our own account to connect to the front base network,” Arik, who proved again that he prepared himself the best, took the lead.
Stepping out of the platform a few seconds after it was secured and people st...
2022-01-16 11:44:27 +0000 UTC View Post‘So it clips there…’
Custom equipment was really custom equipment, with the help of the notice Rune quickly found how “custom” they were, and was impressed by the ingenuity behind it.
First was the securing belt, the one made to hold the ether pocket dimension ball that contained… Everything. No more was it tied around his hips as a much more secure spot was created afte...
2022-01-10 05:13:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe hole leading to the bone region was located at the absolute center of the base, it was normal for it to be located here when one thought about it. It was the reason the base existed after all.
When Rune, Arik, and Astryde passed through the perception blockers of the biggest dome of the surface base, a hive of activity was unveiled to their perception.
The whole size of the hole...
2022-01-10 05:13:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe exploration immortal style, that’s the name Rune gave his not-yet finished fighting style that adopted cosmic mist as a core component.
Despite having obtained this component months ago and using it for much more than what he planned during its creation, he knew that only a trial by adventure would teach him how to properly wield it.
And a trial by adventure was what the group...
2022-01-10 05:12:59 +0000 UTC View Post“I want to see if there are survivors,” Arik added an unexpected point to the list of what he wanted to do.
“How?”
“I don’t know, I’ll ask Astryde.”
“Ok, I want to do a behavior analysis of the monsters there,” Rune then added his own.
It was then Astryde’s turn.
“I want to do deep rewinds at archeological sites,” she simply said.
...
2022-01-04 01:32:41 +0000 UTC View PostAt 580 meters per second, without the reaction speed granted by their 10 000 perception, it would be a feat for them to only be able to stay next to each other.
At such a speed, using energy platforms to use their strength in the air steadily used their energy. Arik and Astryde who didn’t have bonus efficiency to their energy compression had to use a bit of momentum to aid them at not u...
2022-01-04 01:32:25 +0000 UTC View Post“2 months ago, Nelo departed alone after maxing his stats. He went to the beyond-horizon monster's anomaly again, still as stubborn as ever. As for Astryde and I, we started to make preparation to go to the bone region a few weeks after Nelo departed, when Gar brought me a report he got from his new contacts…”
Arik seemed to have forgotten what Rune asked about if their company was ...
2022-01-04 01:32:08 +0000 UTC View PostLeaving the ether labs, he didn’t do any other detour to buy or eat something and arrived back at the Undecided Training Park an hour later.
And while he wished nothing had changed, the creation of a highway heading right towards the training park, the not-little flow of people using it, and the numerous mentions of the term “training park” explicitly told him things had… Changed....
2021-12-29 04:29:09 +0000 UTC View Post‘Mmh… Let’s try adaptation and interaction this time.’
Making another trip to the third layer of his introspection space, he proficiently found his way to the cohesion area and modified the appropriate number of grains.
Then he set up his mental imagery and started the most direct way of fusing everything together with the similarly most direct framework of thoughts.
O...
2021-12-29 04:28:48 +0000 UTC View PostUnbothered by danger, Rune started to release cosmic mist and gather it around him.
He didn’t think clearly about what he was doing and what he really wanted out of this light fight that couldn’t have consequences even if he wanted.
The moment he saw a squad of 5 quadrupeds furred monsters, he approached them, and when they sensed him they charged over.
By the time they re...
2021-12-29 04:28:27 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Hosirha departed, it was Arik’s turn to come to his table.
“I’m not receiving guests… Should I make a sign with ‘Purge Undergoing’ written on it to be left alone?”
“Even if I punched you, your purge wouldn’t be canceled immediately,” it seemed he didn’t have any urgent things to say and just got here for the heck of it.
“My purge being interrupted...
2021-12-23 20:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostCompletely relaxed and clear of any worries from a whole week dedicated to nothing else than his newly discovered passion of intent tinkering, Rune felt ready to start working on mastering a technique that didn’t look appealing.
Before doing that however, he decided to make a detour to the Dream to be ready for a whole month of focus on one thing, it was the minimal requirement for the ...
2021-12-23 20:44:39 +0000 UTC View PostAccepting the DELR directly, the meeting was finally turning into something Rune had already experienced before with Aleda.
“So, I’m certain I understood what you want your growth mastery to be, and while the simple and summarized version is completely impossible to make, once you add the correct restrictions, it immediately changes. But you’re underestimating the precision you need...
2021-12-23 20:44:15 +0000 UTC View PostAfter 2 days of spectating the true tournament, Rune received a message from ...
2021-12-17 06:56:39 +0000 UTC View PostA/N
Well, well, well.
Hello? <3
It’s been a while, right? Now that I’m not getting 2 chapters out per day, I decided to make an author note every 25 chapters, this way I can… Do things.
Who among you really has the capability to make something you write be read by other people? Lots of other people? It’s not in my genes for su...
2021-12-17 06:56:32 +0000 UTC View PostDespite being catched by the track unit and losing his insignia, Rune didn’t change his plan of enjoying the crowded capital 1 week before the event started.
Unseen by all, he arrived at the west capital sector and went to see with his own eyes the grand stadium that he just had to lift his head to see. It was where the main activity of the event would take place.
The underground ...
2021-12-17 06:54:00 +0000 UTC View PostAll the expedition fronts had come back, nearly all deployed patrollers had been called back, and no one was leaving.
Rune had thought about showing his “against society” vibes, but even he didn’t want to leave so near to the event that would irreversibly change the current social order.
He remembered what Mr. Finely had hinted at when he got to know about the Heaven’s Rift,...
2021-12-13 02:38:55 +0000 UTC View Post“Congratulations on completing your come back ceremony,” Rune had timed this announcement precisely, “Now, my friends will try to teach you self-control, even though we all know you don’t need to learn to control your strength.”
“Be honest Rune, you want her to beat us up!” Astryde made his inner thoughts visible to all.
“I knew my friend Rune to be someone who never...
2021-12-13 02:38:37 +0000 UTC View Post*Ding* Energy: Specialized Cosmic Mist Element reached Tier 1 Level 78
Without him seeking to, he once again leveled his tier 1 elemental specialization.
‘Yup, that was the correct decision. Not leveling it actively allows me to refine my intent, this way, when I finish my newly created 5th stage, I can start the grinding of my perception against my own element....
2021-12-13 02:38:11 +0000 UTC View PostFrom Rune’s perspective, it was obvious that something was happening outside. Rei was stopping too often and asked to be covered in cosmic mist so frequently he only uncovered himself for a few seconds each time.
With evacuating the target being their main goal, limiting the discovery factors was their priority.
And the two knew that between remaining immobile and actively evacuat...
2021-12-07 04:49:19 +0000 UTC View PostAfter 3 weeks of preparation and true to the statement they made, the terror unit’s 5 members were prepared to put into action their plan.
Tonight.
Even if they failed or had to retreat, they’d still continue to repeat it for the next week.
However, unlike what anyone would expect or think of before starting a very serious operation, the terror unit was sharing energy-infu...
2021-12-07 04:48:56 +0000 UTC View Post“So you really were 7 years old! What the penguin! What the flying mother of hell did your parents say when you told them you-”
“I didn’t tell them obviously… I was a grown and mature girl already back then, 7 years old for a rululu is completely fine,” the confident voice of Lounae reached Rune.
“Well, it’s pretty disturbing to realize you started to slaughter monst...
2021-12-07 04:48:30 +0000 UTC View Post“So their return is imminent?” Rune asked as he observed Adreana who was hard at work inside a new 500 meters wide circle area.
“A week at best, 2 weeks at worst, they’re nearly out of the tier 3 forest zone,” Arik, standing next to him, answered.
“What will a single star dome look like? You really accepted dome right? It’s not a joke?”
“Our idea was shit, so...
2021-12-07 04:48:10 +0000 UTC View PostTwo hands expertly manipulating a holographic keyboard, two eyes making the holographic screens switch around to what needed to be answered, one mind working out questions that needed AI core to answer due to the amount of data required.
One screen kept providing data faster than Rune was able to process them, one screen was a live stream of short argumentations by lots of people in favor...
2021-12-07 04:47:48 +0000 UTC View PostAfter finishing a 1-hour awareness division training session, Rune thought about how he wanted to be here, but also not here.
“Sigh… My next adventure is so far away…”
Lamenting a bit as he kept feeding his energy to his cosmic mist sphere, he knew he could just fill 8 mastery slots with what he needed, but he wasn’t stupid enough to do it.
He wouldn’t be able to k...
2021-12-02 16:23:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Touch!”
A gigantic impact rang out as Rune kicked Arik in the back.
‘No way I can do my week of purge now when I have this amazing new toy to play with!’
Pumping more cosmic mist every second, he engulfed a static sphere of 50 meters full of dense mist.
It also wasn’t normal cosmic mist as he created the blinding intent he was most proficient in to refine it.<...
2021-12-02 16:22:58 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t the 8th month since he came back yet, and while Adreana had already fully formed her energy domain and was practicing her new ability, he wasn’t the last. Utopia and Gar were only in the middle to late stage of their specializations training.
‘Middle-of-the-pack, as expected of the great me, totally intentionally delaying my training to appear inconspicuous, you’re a gen...
2021-12-02 16:22:47 +0000 UTC View Post*Ding* Do you want to fill one of your empty mastery slots with Energy: Specialized Nature Element?
*Ding* Do you want to fill one of your empty mastery slots with Energy: Specialized Chaos Element?
*Ding* Do you want to fill one of your empty mastery slots with Energy: Specialized Emptiness Element?
With his experience at man...
2021-12-02 16:22:27 +0000 UTC View Post