Five hours of testing my new skill give me some basic ideas of what has changed.
I still can place anchors, and I need to place them either very close to my body or within my activated domain. The same as before, it doesn’t change even with the crown activated.
The change is that these anchors are much more durable, and I think if I use the right amount of mana, they should easily...
2024-09-22 08:31:02 +0000 UTC View PostChanging my handler? There is no fucking way.
Lady Handler is someone I will stick with until the very end, yup.
I was angry at her? When? Who? Such bullshit, I would never do that.
Anyway. I take a few steps and rest my back against the cold wall, finding myself back on the Entrance floor.
It’s better than being on the 1st floor, and the reason is I didn’t rea...
2024-09-19 08:25:02 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time, that Champion down in the hole seems to bear a different emotion than his usual lazy confidence. It’s not anger, it’s not even surprise. He just seems genuinely curious, his eyes ticking between me and the part of his bond that is unsealed.
Neither of us moves closer to the hole. I know for sure that if I enter it, I won’t be able to exit; it’s made just like t...
2024-09-18 08:34:12 +0000 UTC View PostTess joins me as I sit to the side, looking at the group. She sighs.
“I might have fucked up,” she admits with that huge bruise around her eye.
“Did you?”
“Yes. Tell me, Nat, do you think I’m a bad person?”
“Not really, just a bit twisted like everyone here.”
“But I should control myself better, I should…”
I interrupt her then and ask,...
2024-09-17 08:36:18 +0000 UTC View PostAs Izzy said, everyone’s emotions are amplified and it's fascinating to watch the changes.
Sophie becomes more protective of Izzy and much more aggressive towards anyone who tries to put her sister even into a little bit of danger.
Min-Jae is more prickly and defensive every time he's put into a situation where he feels underneath a person.
Aaron and Dennis distance themselv...
2024-09-16 08:26:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe question I have is how the spear compares to voidsteel and weapons made of it? Maybe voidsteel is better against physical stuff and this is good against mana stuff?
I also feel a tiniest bit cheated. Yes, in the moment of naivety, I hoped for an arcane item because of the base of the weapon. But damn, that's kind of dumb, I still have trouble understanding damaged arcane items so it w...
2024-09-15 08:16:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe way across the bridge is the same as before - an uneasy feeling and darkness below, with something touching our feet. This time, no one dies, having experienced it before helps. It doesn’t change the fact that when we cross, everyone exhales, clothes sticking to their bodies, covered in cold sweat.
We reach SDAT and on our way there, we kill a few monsters. Mostly these spiders who ...
2024-09-12 08:23:10 +0000 UTC View Post"If you truly understood what this place was, you wouldn’t be standing so close to the edge," the Champion warns us.
Something in his voice makes all of us react and take just a half step away from the hole.
He continues, "You’re not the first to visit. The others… well, let’s just say they were less interesting." There is that small smile on his face as he casually sits dow...
2024-09-11 08:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe passengers Tess’ [Farsight] spotted were killed by monsters that move even around here. Tiny bug-like things that like to cling to the walls and spread some invisible gas-like poison.
It's powerful enough to slowly kill people close to level 200 and even over it if you stay longer in it or if it's more concentrated.
At first, you only feel a bit lighthead...
2024-09-10 08:23:54 +0000 UTC View PostFlashback - Tess Hansen
The tall blonde girl patiently listens to her mom, who is yelling. There are a few bruises on her face, but her mom dismisses them as she always does. Instead, insults are thrown at the girl, and gradually her mom starts shrieking louder and louder.
There is no point in explaining, no point in justifications, the girl knows. Her mom just woul...
2024-09-09 08:30:32 +0000 UTC View PostI send some mana into the defenses to continue to power the field, and through the hallway on the crashed Deathtrap, I reach the deck that is now the side of the ship.
(Stay inside,) is the message I send through the link Group 4 has.
As I reach them, they are all still inside and further back, watching other people who stare into the darkness.
Someone uses an it...
2024-09-08 08:30:43 +0000 UTC View PostLooking at these two, I take a step and grab one of my manabloc chairs. Lately, I have been testing longer-lasting mana constructs and quite successfully. The chair still holds strong even after a few days.
There are just small pieces missing on the legs. As if something took a few snake-mouth sized bites.
I plop into the chair, cross my legs, and look at the duo. What should I do w...
2024-09-05 08:18:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe guides cannot tell me anything about how to control Deathrap nor how to use the control panel. Even getting access is difficult and just looking into it I have to go around, wasting time and mana.
It's just that access to the controls won’t be granted to just anyone, and guides seem to bear some kind of mark. A mark that makes it easier for them to control the flying trainship thing...
2024-09-04 08:20:35 +0000 UTC View PostPOV Kim Min-Jae
“That idiot! We need more testing!” Sophie shouts, and together we rush to the railing to watch what happens next.
I've seen it before, the other passengers ground to nothing by this white sand. I still remember the screams and the image of their flesh being torn.
But it doesn’t happen to Nat.
Before hitting the sand, he slows down ...
2024-09-03 08:27:43 +0000 UTC View PostA burst of mana surges from me and crashes against the barrier. For a moment, they collide like a tidal wave crashing against a solid surface. My mana constantly shifts its frequency, and in the end, it overwhelms the barrier.
Like a bubble, the barrier bursts open, with tiny particles of blue mana falling all around
Sensing the broken barrier, the fight stops for a brief mome...
2024-09-02 08:22:45 +0000 UTC View PostWile the guide works, I observe his movement. There are twenty of us inside the room and thirty more outside. The entire group 4 is inside as well, together with one of three passengers with 2 question marks.
[Ashenfoot Shaman - lvl ??]
He is the vyssari, and like the ones from before, he is short with scaly legs. Otherwise, there doesn't seem to be anything special...
2024-09-01 08:34:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! I just realized I shared these covers on Discord but not here. Ehm... so yea!
What you're looking at are two variations of the Book 4 cover - the only difference is the color of the shirt.
I might commission a small change later (like having the shirt match the one on the Book 2 and Book 3 covers), so the cover might change a little.
The scene on the cover shows Nat durin...
2024-08-29 20:04:07 +0000 UTC View Post(We need at least 3 guides to stay alive. They won’t be able to change shifts and ergo sleep or rest, but it’s something they would be able to deal with,) Tess says.
(Wouldn’t one or two be enough?) Sophie asks.
Tess shakes her head and continues to talk through the link, (I spoke with them along with some of the others, and they said it’s impossib...
2024-08-29 08:23:07 +0000 UTC View PostA day passes, and we are still flying. The rusty thing we are trapped in has not fallen down.
There were some incidents where guides had to rush towards somewhere in the center of the Deathtrap as we started losing height.
It looks like it's fixed now as we fly at the height from before.
I wonder what would have happened if we had crashed. Just how long would the power source ...
2024-08-28 08:17:38 +0000 UTC View Post
It's here again. Book 2 is live on Amazon, and my F5 key will soon fall off! The ebook is 200k words long, which is 50k words longer than Book 1 and around 730 Amazon pages.
Unfortunately, the audiobook isn't ready yet, but it should be available in a few weeks, once again narrated by the amazing Henry Kramer.
As before, I'm here to beg. Yup. I don't shout that much or anno...
2024-08-27 14:10:21 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone on the shiptrain flying thing seems to have mana batteries on them. Some just have a few of lower quality, others dozens of them put all over their clothes.
Most of them don’t like me looking at them, counting the mana stones, but mostly just a glance at my crown is enough to leave me alone.
I don’t think they know it’s [Mana Crown], but crowns seem t...
2024-08-27 08:25:42 +0000 UTC View PostDeathtrap is old, rusty, smells, and lets out constant annoying noises, and I can feel the heat from it as we approach. Even so, I can't take my eyes off it.
It's beautiful.
A giant transportation vehicle floating just a bit in the air, with an intricate set of crystals at its bottom and rough inscriptions.
Deathtrap is also tilted slightly to the side, and the damage is obvio...
2024-08-26 08:10:39 +0000 UTC View PostA week passes. A quite nice week full of training and ideas.
We also got to fight a few monsters with levels over 300, often ending in a group effort.
Of course, I took some of them on my own to not become too rusty. An earthworm that kept burying underground.
Letting it swallow me while in my mana armor and burning it from the inside proved to be a good strategy.
I'm no...
2024-08-25 08:15:17 +0000 UTC View PostDealing with venomclaws has gained me another level and a few for Min-Jae, who I had to carry back, thrown over my shoulder.
Even though all of my stat investment is in the best stat, my body is quite powerful, so I barely feel his weight. I wonder how much I could bench or deadlift currently. Maybe I should test it one day just for fun. A ton? Half a ton? Probably even more?
During...
2024-08-22 08:25:19 +0000 UTC View PostI'm on the 6th floor for a few days already, and even since the start, I have my [Mana Crown] activated and fill it with mana whenever I'm not using my mana to train with RTE or something else. After a few days, it’s nicely filled, not even mentioning my reservoir, my core with kinetic and thermal energy, and my own body containing its mana.
A few creepy horse-size...
2024-08-21 08:09:34 +0000 UTC View PostI watch as the twins and Min-Jae fight against the golem made from the damaged arcane item I got.
Golem Heart (Arcane, Damaged) - Golem Heart could animate stone and metal, bringing golems to life. Now, its core is cracked, but it sporadically imbues nearby objects with a flicker of life, making them move or respond for short durations, echoing its once grand animatin...
2024-08-20 07:55:59 +0000 UTC View Post“So what can Noodle do? You spend most of the time with him,” I ask Izzy.
Meanwhile, the said white snake with emerald eyes coils around a piece of the bone I gave him, the one from Veil Ignition Station no. 2. He straight-up ignores the second one from the Bone Fortress.
So far, he doesn’t eat it or anything similar. He just keeps flicking his tongue towards it and touching i...
2024-08-19 08:09:16 +0000 UTC View PostI leave Dennis and Aaron so they can decide. It is still 2 weeks until it becomes necessary to know, so they can think about it. It’s not an easy decision, so it will probably take a while.
(Yo, we accept,) I get the message from Dennis through the connection group 4 has set up.
(We know the training will be hellish, and we will trash you behind your back because...
2024-08-18 07:41:47 +0000 UTC View PostAs we pass through the area, I start having a strong suspicion Lily wasn't primarily hunting here but decided to lurk around in hopes of meeting me when I return. When I ask her, she doesn't even lie, just mentions that she expected me to return half dead.
I can't even refute that, to my slight annoyance.
After Beyond, where everyone seemed to be willing to betray their comrades jus...
2024-08-15 08:12:32 +0000 UTC View PostI don't see anything, nor do I send my senses into the area. I just sit on the ground, my leg and arm still missing, and blood seeping out of the wounds.
Not even using thermal energy to power my passive, I can only hear the sounds of battle nearby and feel the air vibrating. The white-haired demon tears through the group, but the point comes where all the sounds and screams stop, the air...
2024-08-14 08:16:01 +0000 UTC View Post