While Arsène was busy with his legal battle and serving as a coastal defense force, Viers was improving as a Pathseeker inside his safe haven by the hour.
Viers and Dia were meditating, eyes closed, legs crossed, even breaths. A conch was emitting the sound of a waterfall, helping their concentration. The mana was much thicker here than outside, making the place suitable for cultivation....
2022-03-08 10:18:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe gain from the convoluted plot was minimal. Even with the oath, messing with Level 5s was dangerous. Wouldn't banning Tanael’s investigation in Regidana be the same as telling others Tanael was here? What was the point in giving Oscar back?
These were the concerns of the executives directed at the CEO of Viers Corporation.
Viers had no intention of depending on Marlin or the Go...
2022-03-05 05:52:52 +0000 UTC View PostViers, Paina, and Clarissa gave the two sisters space to reconnect. Although the White Flowers Meadow was the main area for his tenants, Viers’ abilities had grown. He had created a private space for when the girls wanted time by themselves. It was very useful when Paina practiced her piano and the like.
There was already so much to do even before this event came into play. What bad...
2022-03-02 08:38:57 +0000 UTC View PostIn the wilderness, a man wiped the splattered blood off his face from the monster that he’d just killed. He squished the head of the Rank 3 monster with his bare hands. The young man looked very bloodthirsty.
Tanael… One day, I’ll definitely kill you. Revenge for Anne!
Max continued his travel, away from Regidana. Twice now he felt he had lost everything. The youth ha...
2022-02-26 09:09:20 +0000 UTC View PostSince Viers was on a tight schedule, he didn't stay long in Dia’s Biome. He took what he needed and left. Viers placated his familiar by giving her lots of souvenirs. There were many knick-knacks from the people he killed.
Izabella didn't come to Viers’ house so she could be molested. She was the sole survivor of the Blood Church’s group and had a hand in the group’s demise. She w...
2022-02-24 09:45:28 +0000 UTC View Post“Mmm. So Troy is able to use that Arte, hm? Incredible kid. What a shame my slow son is only able to use the second stage of Earth-Shattering Lightning,” Marlin the Blue Storm said with a dejected face, but he was secretly happy inside.
His conversation partner was a fellow Level 5, a sagely-looking man in his fifties, One Step Slash Kurt. He was the current headmaster of the...
2022-02-23 13:49:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe City of Silver Guardians, Sephoria
The Interpreter of Fate had been having nightmares lately. Ever since the Demon King’s left eye debacle, she had exhausted every means at her disposal to calm the Great Flow but found little success. In her distraught, the Spiritual Leader and good friend, Sallustia saved her with her wisdom and patience.
She was still haunted by nightmares b...
2022-02-20 10:40:47 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the green flash broke the phoenix-made sun, Viers fell to the earth. His body was like a charred corpse. Every inch of his skin was burnt. His silver hair, which should have returned to its normal color by now, was completely gone. The luxurious looking Blithe Lich Robe had been reduced to rags.
Three specters slowed Viers’ descent until he landed softly on the ground. They were f...
2022-02-15 01:45:52 +0000 UTC View PostMeanwhile, in the real world.
While Clarissa is holding Anne down in the soul battlefield, I’ve got to hurry.
While fighting Anne with fire might be a foolish endeavor, it might not be the case for Clarissa. The lamia was an existence from the Age of the Gods and a former Level 5. She had her ways of fighting Anne. Viers didn't watch the battle inside the temporary soul s...
2022-02-12 09:54:57 +0000 UTC View PostDuring the decapitation, Viers had tried to wrest Anne’s soul out. This was Viers’ clearest way of determining if someone was really dead or not. If he could take their soul out, it meant he’d won. However, this time he could not. Not only was it still firmly rooted, but it also scalded Viers’ own soul when he was trying to do so.
Phoenix's forte of resurrection was well known eve...
2022-02-11 15:22:42 +0000 UTC View PostViers retreated back to the Nest. He had done his ‘big villain moment of massacring armies with impunity‘ for broadening his Horizon. Up next was his unveiling of the preparations before fighting Anne for real. It would be rude -and downright wasteful- to not use the traps he had spent months making after all.
Anne and the other white spark holders assembled at the main gate of the Ne...
2022-02-09 08:30:33 +0000 UTC View PostBoram was in the middle of a sea, a sea of fighting. Everywhere he looked, soldiers from the United Alliance were fighting the Tyra Xerg monstrosities.
The United Alliance was in fine form today.
Boram had fought the Xerg before. They were hardier than this, more coordinated, and much more aggressive. Compared to before, the Xerg were much more manageable.
“Hyaah!”
B...
2022-02-06 12:16:39 +0000 UTC View PostBlade of Justice Troy was strong.
Space was a formidable element. His affinity was also top class, space 5. They said he was the sort of talent that was only born once in several decades. That rare talent was further tempered with hard work and ingenuity, it showed in his Artes and swordsmanship.
Unfortunately, his opponent was simply on a whole other level.
Viers, with his mu...
2022-02-03 13:44:36 +0000 UTC View PostViers’ evil and immoral plan had dealt far more insidious damage on Aravin’s psyche than anything physical to his body. He’d turned the Harem MC’s women against him, the people he most let down his guard with. The people Aravin trusted wholeheartedly.
While Jaime and Aravin were busy, Viers did not simply watch like a lazy last boss. Viers covertly hacked Naya and Sabine’s souls...
2022-01-29 09:08:41 +0000 UTC View PostUndeniably, every trial taker had grown stronger through each stage of Aletro’s trial.
What a Pathseeker needed to grow was more than cultivation resources and good books. It could be argued that hardships were the most important factor to grow as a Pathseeker in the Path of Power. The Trial of Fire facilitated their growth. While their cultivation level was suppressed and stalled, thei...
2022-01-27 18:19:30 +0000 UTC View PostAll warfare is based on deception.
Viers employed the wise words from Sun Tzu against Anne.
The faction that Jaime discarded, the dark elves, were still around. Viers used them to shore up one of the Tyra Xerg’s shortcomings: the lack of magic.
One thousand dark elf shamans empowered Sakuya’s illusion and Izabella furthered it using her enchantments. The result was an illu...
2022-01-25 17:06:10 +0000 UTC View PostAravin wanted to end his fight as soon as possible. He wanted to jump in and close the distance immediately but his instinct gave him pause.
Hm?
Aravin couldn't find any opening in Jaime’s stance.
The now white-haired Jaime showed no emotion, only a calculating mind and formidable battle spirit. It was then Aravin realized that Jaime had changed.
The last time...
2022-01-23 10:35:27 +0000 UTC View Post“They are billions,” said Viers solemnly as he looked at a grand army of Tyra Xerg from a high place in the Nest.
Three wraiths appeared beside Viers, seeing the same sight as Viers.
“A gross exaggeration. Not even three million at best,” Clarissa replied.
“Oh I know, I just wanted to say it.”
He also knew that many of them would die. His estimate wa...
2022-01-19 17:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostCouncil of Elrond’s equivalent was being held in the Whitelands.
“-about Tanael’s army, the Tyra Xerg are actually much more numerous than he shows you. At least twice as much as what he fielded during the waves.”
“Twice!? Impossible!” Khalmar shouted.
“What’s impossible about it? We know he’s been turning his whole territory into some sort of insect-spouting...
2022-01-16 07:09:48 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the preparation period ended, the Aberrants began their mission of the continent’s destruction. After some time, it was obvious to the trial takers that they had a pattern.
Small waves of incursions a few times a week and one big wave once a month.
The true tests were the big waves because just like the player-controlled factions, the Aberrants were also getting stronger. It...
2022-01-13 20:21:31 +0000 UTC View PostViers was no stranger to scenes of war. From the realistic and grim scenes of World War II to the outlandish, brutal fantasy of 40K. Seeing war from behind the screen of a computer and seeing it with his own eyes were different but as the Matrix said: ‘What is real’?
When he was living on Earth, Viers thought that the difference between fantasy and real life was just the amount of fee...
2022-01-11 08:57:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe Tyra Xerg faction was working smoothly and busily like cells at work.
“So, these Xerg can shoot bone spikes from afar, hm? My first ranged units… Let’s call them Spikers,” Viers said to Zerrigan.
“The bio-lab has finished improving the metabolism of the Tyra Xerg. All my children will now need less food,” Zerrigan informed.
“Means our army can get bi...
2022-01-07 15:15:08 +0000 UTC View PostBoram had no memories of the time before he became a slave. His tenure as Avel’s slave was only a few months but those months became the most colorful time of his life.
Because Harry, Marc, and Milly were nice people. As he understood it, the trio, Harry in particular, were pretty high-born, people with a neat position in society. But they still befriended Boram who had the status of a ...
2022-01-06 09:24:22 +0000 UTC View Post“How do you feel about birthing? I mean, do you feel anything… unnatural?” Viers asked.
“What a strange thing to say, Overlord. How do you feel about breathing?”
“Your soul is human, scrubbed clean of all memories and ego, but still human. Then you have the basic knowledge about the world as Kaari. You know that humans don't give birth to hundreds or thousands of eggs ea...
2022-01-04 13:55:36 +0000 UTC View Post“All the hostile parties in the Blacklands have been subdued. Their crystals, destroyed. This great feat has been achieved in one day. Long may you reign, Master Chief Tanael.”
Zerrigan informed the guy who sat on the throne made of flesh. Viers wanted skulls but the orcs hadn’t been processed yet so he’d have to do with what he had on hand.
“And so the land is united unde...
2021-12-31 15:42:59 +0000 UTC View PostWhen he saw the army arrive, Oscar knew his chance of victory plummeted; the chilling cold crept up on his spine.
There were two paths before him.
He could order his orcs to disengage and retreat, ordering them to stall the enemies until he could get away. It would result in the orcs’ decimation and the following assault on his base would result in its total destruction. Stage 5 w...
2021-12-29 09:22:19 +0000 UTC View PostOscar Regisea, a young man with the physique that made women fawn all over him, was leading his army of towering muscles and steel across the plains.
High-Orcs.
Oscar had never seen one before, only their depictions in the scrolls in his family’s library. He did know why his troops consisted of the greenskin. They were known as big dumb brutes, a race who was just marginally bette...
2021-12-26 09:04:36 +0000 UTC View PostA Level 2. With how he conducted battle I thought Airmaster was a Level 3. He was more than I gave him credit for. Given time, he might grow into a splendid Pathseeker but that future belongs in the realm of What If now.
Viers stowed Monus’ soul for later use. He looted the corpse for anything of value before stowing the body in his storage item.
And my spark shards s...
2021-12-24 06:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post“The Shredders are doing well.”
Viers commented while watching the first battle unfold. He named his Zergling equivalent to that; Shredders. With enough numbers, this basic form of Tyra Xerg shall shred any armies like paper.
“So Aletro gave you information that we can build a superweapon after conquering all the other black spark trial takers?”
“Yes, Chief. You don'...
2021-12-20 13:42:39 +0000 UTC View Post“-and so gold is required to hire more troops, Lord Monus,” a beautiful female vizier explained.
“Gold that I can get directly by mining it from a mine without any processing whatsoever…” Airmaster Monus massaged his temple.
“So let me get this straight. There’s an unlimited amount of wizards in this building,” he pointed to a building that looked like an academy in ...
2021-12-18 14:11:32 +0000 UTC View Post