The first thing I did when I parted ways with Prince Herius and Lady Velicia was call a meeting of my officers. No doubt she was working on Prince Herius at that very moment. I was on a time limit to get my affairs settled here.
“Centurion Asimi, you’ve done a good job leading so far,” I said as soon as my officers arrived.
“Thank you, sir! It’s been an honor and a privile...
2025-03-03 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI dropped Mimiko off near Mundwise, then circled around to the lake where I dropped off the Sanctum mystic realm entrance.
At some point, the lake had been destroyed, probably by somebody trying to break out of the mystic realm following a climactic battle. I had to admit, I was very curious about who won.
But whoever it was, there was only one fate waiting for them.
“Cyra, ...
2025-03-01 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe heretics and I stared at one another for a moment. The barrier thundered once more, breaking the silence.
“I should probably go check on that.”
“Go with him,” Alpha commanded while glancing at Beta-male.
He saluted her. I turned, and he followed, though I could tell he wanted to grab me by the shoulder again. I made sure to stay just out of reach.
Once outsid...
2025-02-28 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMy time with Sakura took me into the night, especially when Bridget and Myrina found us and joined in. The process gained me another fifteen levels, split between my race and class.
Congratulations, your class, Sage of Forbidden Knowledge has reached level 261!
Congratulations, your race, homo fatum deus, has reached level 260!
I didn’t want...
2025-02-26 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Sakura! Uh... this isn’t what it looks like?” I glanced down at Mimiko on the ground beneath me.
Sakura shook her head, then pointed a finger at Mimiko. “You don’t need to explain things to me, Carter. I’ve been watching you. The one I need is that one!”
I stepped aside with a sigh. “I need her later. Please leave her intact.”
Sakura scooped Mimiko up and ha...
2025-02-24 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostOnce the big teleportation array back home was set up again in Yarris, we fired it up several times for trips back to Glacia. Many of the legions were in dire need of new supplies and had plenty of coins to spend, thanks to their victories.
We would also be sending about twenty thousand soldiers home, most of whom were either satisfied with their recent levels or too heavily wounded to ge...
2025-02-22 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe next few days passed in a flurry of activity. I gathered up all the components of the System Planetary Hub and secured them, then put up a few privacy barriers. My excuse was that I wasn't done fully fixing the thing yet.
In truth though, I'd finished that long ago. The project I was working on was a very different one and part of a scheme I cooked up with some input from the System.<...
2025-02-21 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAfter rounding up the fifth and eleventh legions, I gave Myrina time to deal with discipline issues. I asked Cyra and Sakura to help identify promising officers who were worth keeping, even if they had run from the field of battle. We had enough eyewitness accounts to piece together something of a story of what happened, and they could figure out who was cowardly and who had no choice but to ca...
2025-02-19 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBeing a Kindling Architect didn't feel all that different from being an aethersmith, though there were some measurable enhancements to my usual crafting abilities. I could see further into nearby dimensions than before, which made crafting dimensionally expanded spaces far easier. I could also lift more weight with telekinesis and manipulate things with much more exacting detail.
Thanks t...
2025-02-17 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostI took flight in the direction of Yarris. Prince Herius was no doubt making the biggest splash in the area, and he had the most B-Grades with him. Probably more by now, considering how fast people leveled up on crusade.
Once I was confident I wasn’t being followed, I changed headings. I circled around back toward Tinsburg, where the rest of my army was waiting. The walls were manned the...
2025-02-16 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostClearly, this was where all the good stuff was. Myrina, Sakura, and Bridget were going to be sorry they stayed behind to loot furniture while I pocketed the good stuff.
Mimiko must have sensed my mood.
“This is where all the best artifacts were stored?” she asked.
“Indeed. Let me see if I can get these doors open.” I made my way to the console off to the left, which I ...
2025-02-15 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I gave her the okay, I expected Myrina to go on a rampage. Instead, she gave a speech.
“Ha! You frogs in wells! You do not understand the heights of the heavens! Watch closely, and in your last moments, this young mistress of the Supreme Heaven-Sundering Fate-Defying Magnificent Unrivaled Apex Clan shall demonstrate true skill!”
With a flourish, Myrina drew a sword I hadn...
2025-02-14 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostOnce the city was secure, I started sending out scouting parties. We needed to secure the area anyway, but now I had my new quest in mind as well.
“Pay extra attention to the plains east of here. Some of our prisoners indicated the cultivators might be looking for something there. If they are, it might be key to getting them off this world for good.”
“Consider it done, legate,...
2025-02-12 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostPerhaps I was too soft without the effects of blood frenzy or my new draconic Signature Skill running through my veins, but the pair of cultivators seemed surprised when I told them I was letting them both go.
“Alright, you’ve satisfied my questions. Get out of here.” I jerked my chin away from the city.
“Excuse me?” the man of the pair asked.
I rolled my eyes, mind ...
2025-02-10 18:23:14 +0000 UTC View PostI soon turned my attention back to our mission. We needed to finish securing the outlying farmland, and the sooner we did it, the better.
Following a routine would have made me easier to ambush, so instead, I joined up with a few of the auxiliary bands and traveled with them. For about an hour, I would devote my full B-Grade power to helping them scour the land for any hidden cultivators....
2025-02-08 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the fight, I realized how on edge I’d been. The draconic influence of my Signature Skill was no joke. I suspected the mental influence would only grow more powerful as I continued to master its abilities. Using the Signature Skill in battle felt far more natural than my usual abilities, like the powers it expressed were an extension of my will instead of tools I could use.
I made ...
2025-02-07 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt took nearly half an hour to complete my work on Mimiko. The entire time she lay down while I ran my hand down her robes, I had visions of Sakura kicking down the door. While I’d be fine in such a scenario, I doubted the same could be said for Mimiko.
Thankfully, I was lucky this time, and the entire half hour passed undisturbed. With her cooperation, it was much easier to examine her...
2025-02-05 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostNeither Morin nor Abesa were thrilled to be partnered with me. Maximus seemed cheery enough when he shook my hand though, so that more than made up for the two of them. The seventh legion was worth more than the third and thirteenth put together, so I was pleased to have the more competent commander as my ally here.
“We have our orders. Now we should see them done,” I said as the four...
2025-02-03 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostPrince Herius was still busy with Lady Velicia when news came of an incoming Black Beast Sect attack.
“To arms, to arms! The enemy is just outside the city! I saw them with my own eyes!” one of the soldiers shouted at the top of his lungs. He was from one of the less well-trained legions, which was probably why he was just screaming the news into the streets instead of reporting up th...
2025-02-01 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing Prince Herius did after declaring victory was go clean himself up. That was probably a wise move, considering he planned to talk to a bunch of terrified townsfolk who had just lived through an extended occupation from a sect of infamously barbaric and ruthless cultivators. Announcing they were safe while he was covered in blood and gore would send the wrong message.
I was ...
2025-01-31 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostOur army clearly had some kinks to work out as we got used to time on campaign. Thanks to the veterans in our ranks, our tents and supplies were packed up just two hours after dawn, but we were left waiting around for another three hours as the other legions figured out how to stow their gear for the first time. If not for bags of holding, it might have taken the whole day to get moving again.<...
2025-01-29 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCompared to reaching B-Grade, becoming the Chaos Dragon, and developing my new Signature Skill, reaching godhood was practically droll. The System was a little more thorough about what my new partially-divine race indicated though.
Homo Fatum Deus (Mythic)
Your race is that of a godling, perfected beyond mortal limitations. The very fabric of the univ...
2025-01-27 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWe marched through the city with minimal fanfare. Prince Herius had his people beating on drums and blowing horns, so he no doubt was disappointed by the scarce crowds and lack of cheering. What fanfare there was would at least prove that he’d made good on his promise to lead an army to war to retake Glacia. The real measure of success would be how big the crowds were on our return.
Nat...
2025-01-25 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostI dreamed of ancient spires and forgotten magic. I was a scholar or a priest. It was hard to say which. Maybe a little of both.
There, among many others like me, I lived in an age of wonders, though I didn’t consider it such at the time. A sense of pride burned brightly in my heart, knowing that I was part of something bigger.
“Gravlin, today’s the day they put out the list! H...
2025-01-24 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostI soon learned I had two weeks before Prince Herius expected each of his legions to muster. At that point, we would gather, he would give a speech, and we would march through a large-scale teleportation array to our destination planet.
No one knew how deadly the situation on Ladwick was, but an advanced force that included Grandma Luthrin was already on the way to our destination by space...
2025-01-22 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostReluna, in Carter’s Farmhouse Castle.
Reluna took a break from using Carter’s experience farm to make sure her talisman production equipment was running properly.
“Good... good... not good.... there we are...” Reluna hummed to herself as she padded around in slippers and a large fluffy robe. She had one of those icy flavored drinks Myrina had kindly shown her to obtain from ...
2025-01-20 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the feast, I woke up with my head nestled between Cyra’s boobs. I wasn’t sure what happened the night prior, but it must have been one hell of a party because half the Samhain estate was trashed. Cyra and I were in a room in Kyrina’s cabin, but the roof was missing.
My head was pounding, and I felt like I had a sword in my pants. How many of Grandma Luthrin’s potions had I d...
2025-01-18 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAn ordinary human wouldn’t have lasted long in the void of space, but for us in our massively enhanced bodies, it was basically like being underwater. It was cold and felt unnatural, but it was survivable, at least for a while.
I made a show of looking around and mouthed some words to Cyra.
Where do we go now?
Cyra shrugged, cheeks puffed out and hair streaming around her. I...
2025-01-16 20:03:28 +0000 UTC View PostEach world we cleared was a little harder than the last. I picked up a few trinkets along the way, like a peculiar-looking sigil pendant from the demon world that looked like a shining sun. To me, it looked like some sort of magical decentralized all-purpose communication device. It was almost like a more primitive version of the System, and it would definitely be worth studying.
Cyra gra...
2025-01-14 18:08:51 +0000 UTC View PostNaturally, Cyra and I went to investigate the source of the voice.
“Mother mentioned we should investigate anything unusual. it will lead us to the next part of the dungeon,” Cyra said as we listened for the voice again.
“Did she mention we might meet someone who could talk?”
“No, but this dungeon is different for everyone who goes through it. And it’s open infrequ...
2025-01-12 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post