The group skirted the edges of the forest, trying to gauge how far the poisonous fog spread and how dangerous it truly was. It did not take long to realize the truth. The entire forest was toxic territory.
Luke stepped inside several times to test it. His resistance held, which was good, but he could tell the air was more than just poison. There were hallucinogens mixed in, soporific agen...
2025-12-24 04:51:09 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ll have to explain a few things about where we are,” Luke continued. “By the way, you once said you grow stronger with beast cores, right? I have a few.”
The wyvern hatchling studied the tent with open curiosity.
“It’s bigger than the one you have in your lair.”
“The one in my bedroom? Yeah. It’s definitely bigger. And it’s not pink.”
“This o...
2025-12-24 04:49:13 +0000 UTC View PostLuke leapt onto a massive branch, his body far too light for someone carrying that many weapons and intentions. The landing was almost silent, just a faint tremor rippling through the wood beneath his feet. He did not slow down. If anything, he accelerated, pushing off again and weaving through the trunks as if the terrain belonged to him.
“Hey! I’m not that agile, don’t just take o...
2025-12-22 16:58:11 +0000 UTC View PostLuke had managed to enter the temple that now served as the headquarters for the military forces stationed in that dimension. The structure was ancient, far too solid to have been built as a mere outpost. The stone walls bore marks of heat and pressure, as if they had been shaped rather than carved.
The day before, when he had used his rank skill on Peter, he had absorbed part of the temp...
2025-12-22 16:08:01 +0000 UTC View PostLuke held the assassin’s blade, its tip still slick with poison, and turned back toward his cauldron.
“Assassins?” Layla whispered.
“Yes, Layla. There’s a dead guy right next to you,” he replied, stirring the brew without looking up.
“What are you doing?”
“Finishing the potion. Bottling it.”
“Have you lost your mind? You should be out there wa...
2025-12-22 16:06:22 +0000 UTC View PostLuke sat inside the tent, his posture relaxed as he watched through Officer Peter’s eyes using Soul Infiltration. The officer was inside the massive temple which, from what Luke could see, had been converted into a military camp and operations base. Only authorized personnel were allowed up the steps. The place functioned like a fortress, housing the army’s most trusted forces.
“I k...
2025-12-22 07:22:07 +0000 UTC View PostLayla sat alone in a quiet office in Maine, fingers folded tightly in her lap. She was nervous. The man she had been speaking with had left the room a few minutes earlier, and she knew that silence well. It meant he was double-checking her background, making sure every detail lined up, deciding how politely to say no.
When he came back in, Layla lifted her gaze and put on her smile. It wa...
2025-12-22 07:20:38 +0000 UTC View PostLuke walked alongside the group of soldiers he had run into. From what he had gathered, they were returning from a reconnaissance mission.
“Those damn Ardan Order bastards,” Isolde spat, clutching her wound. “They caught us off guard with their bombs.”
“So this place has been at war for a few weeks,” Luke murmured.
“We’ve been fighting each other for months,”...
2025-12-22 07:19:12 +0000 UTC View PostAt race level five, Angie unlocked another Ancient-rarity skill.
[Celestial Wings I (Ancient)]: The angel learns to lighten the weight of her wings and adjust the rhythm of flight. The wings become 50% lighter, and flight efficiency increases by 50%, allowing double the flight time.
“That’s a seriously powerful skill,” Luke commented.
Angie nodded, clear...
2025-12-22 07:18:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, they don’t know. The hammer strikes, the hammer sharpens. Lava can only be worked in one place.”
“Yes. Always in that place. The place where not even her light can reach.”
The third demon tilted his head, eyes gleaming with something between contempt and satisfaction.
“They don’t know. They don’t know anything.”
The metallic clang of impact shatter...
2025-12-20 06:19:16 +0000 UTC View PostLuke moved carefully through the area, eyes sharp, tracking every detail around him. The space felt too still, as if the dimension itself were watching his movements. Even so, he needed to test his limits while he was here.
“I’m going to try placing a portal.”
He raised his right hand, focus narrowing to his palm as magic responded to his will.
[Teleportation Circle 2 ac...
2025-12-20 06:17:37 +0000 UTC View Post[You have acquired the Class Skill: Weak Telekinesis]
The true art of witchcraft is diving deep into what actually interests you. And this interested me.
“Telekinesis?” Artemis said.
She was looking at Luke’s screen through his thoughts. One of the perks, according to her, of having an E-Rank soul. To him, it felt more like a curse. Especially b...
2025-12-20 06:15:51 +0000 UTC View PostCharlie was bathing outdoors. With Angie’s help, she had tied pieces of cloth between trees and wooden stakes, forming a makeshift enclosure so no one could see from a distance. Bathing was something she genuinely enjoyed. Almost a hobby. It made her feel alive.
She scooped water from a barrel with a bucket and poured it over herself, feeling it run across her skin. As a vampire, her se...
2025-12-20 06:14:31 +0000 UTC View Post“And how exactly do I enter the rift through these… unofficial means?” Luke asked Greta.
Now that he knew the theme of the dimensional rift was tied to the forge of a demon blacksmith, most of the puzzle Azazel wanted him to solve had already fallen into place. Luke was almost certain the demon wanted him to find something inside the rift. That something could be anything. A stone. ...
2025-12-20 06:13:17 +0000 UTC View PostThey walked past the Mercenary Guild. Companies could hire mercenaries, and even military forces outsourced work to them. From what Luke had learned, mercenaries were divided into three main roles: Hunters, Gatherers, and Miners.
Miners and Gatherers specialized in resource acquisition and terrain assessment, each within their own field of expertise. Everything had value. Ore, trees, plan...
2025-12-17 07:51:09 +0000 UTC View PostJonathan was inside Tobias’s laboratory, the domain of the one who occupied the Twelfth Seat of the Reaper Court. Grandmaster Dmitri had left him there while attending to other matters for the Church of Lasiurus.
More than twelve hours had passed since Jonathan had been forced to read ancient documents and study without pause. In one corner of the room stood the lich. The creature sent ...
2025-12-17 07:48:09 +0000 UTC View PostNow that Angie had reached class level 8, she could finally use the equipment. At that same level, new skill options had appeared, and she had already made her choice.
[Critical Pierce (Uncommon)]: The Valkyrie adjusts the balance of her spear and executes a precise strike, capable of piercing defenses and striking vital points with an increased chance to land a critical hit. 2025-12-17 07:46:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Luke studied all five skills.
[Earth Ball (Common)]: Compacts earth particles into a heavy sphere. Upon impact, it breaks apart in a solid collision, scattering fragments that can slightly destabilize the target.
[Water Ball (Common)]: Forms a sphere of pressurized water. When it hits, it bursts with concussive force, briefly throwing off the target’s bala...
2025-12-17 07:45:16 +0000 UTC View PostAngie’s interface was still open in front of him.
“They’re all solid skills, each one leaning toward a different fighting style.”
[Wild Punch] would come into play if she ever had to throw her spear, giving her a way to defend herself while unarmed.
[Weak Intimidating Shout] was clearly a debuff, something meant to pressure enemies rather than deal direct damage.
As he walked, Luke reviewed the two skills Angie had gained. At level three of her class, she had received a skill that felt familiar, one Charlie already possessed.
[Battle Roar (Uncommon)]: Let out a powerful shout that temporarily boosts physical strength, amplifying melee attack damage and enhancing actions that require brute force.
At level one of her race, she...
2025-12-17 07:41:59 +0000 UTC View PostLuke opened his eyes to find a figure staring down at him.
“Good morning, my love.”
My love…?
“Morning, Charlie.”
She was sitting there inside his tent, waiting for him.
Back when she was just an armored skeleton, she used to do this all the time, standing watch while I slept. But that was during the tutorial, and she didn’t speak back then...
2025-12-15 20:19:35 +0000 UTC View PostJonathan knelt on the cold stone floor, his knees pressed against ancient rock as he struggled to keep his breathing steady. The silence around him felt oppressive, as if even the air demanded caution before being drawn into his lungs. When he finally lifted his face to look at the being before him, the shock hit instantly.
It wasn’t human.
Jonathan’s heart lurched, a sharp trem...
2025-12-15 20:17:26 +0000 UTC View PostLuke and his group continued along the forest road. Along the way, they passed a weathered wooden sign warning that it was dangerous to proceed on foot due to wolves.
“Ordinary people would’ve been torn apart by a single one of those,” Luke muttered after reading it.
About an hour later, they ran into more wolves.
Angie moved first.
She struck one head-on, driving ...
2025-12-15 20:15:53 +0000 UTC View PostThey moved through the forest together, the fog thick but manageable.
“My dear husband, I heard something,” Charlie said.
She possessed an extremely useful skill.
[Enhanced Senses (Uncommon)]: All five senses are heightened. Vision and smell reach absolute precision within a radius of up to 2 km.
She had learned to control it, filtering and narrowing...
2025-12-15 20:14:01 +0000 UTC View PostLuke reached the plaza and spotted a familiar figure sitting on one of the benches. Eleanor.
“Am I late?”
“You’re late… again,” she replied without looking up.
“I had a few things to take care of. Bought what I needed for traveling, even got my ship passage.”
“We barely survived one insane adventure and you’re already throwing yourself into another....
2025-12-15 20:11:08 +0000 UTC View PostLuke had a plan. During the four months he’d spent apart from Charlie, he’d thought carefully about how to handle things when they met again. He knew she had feelings for him. His intention was to sit down with her and have a long, honest conversation, to explain that what she felt might be a kind of intense admiration, mixed with gratitude for having been saved.
But in the very first...
2025-12-15 20:08:41 +0000 UTC View PostJonathan leaned against the balcony railing, watching the heavy sky hanging over the city. The black clouds looked frozen in place, as if held there by some invisible force. Rain fell relentlessly. It always did. A full month had passed since he’d left the tutorial, and even in that short span, everything about him had changed.
He was no longer the same person.
His tongue slid slo...
2025-12-12 20:38:23 +0000 UTC View PostEleanor slipped the note Luke had left with the waiter into her purse. She would find a way to mess with him later. Maybe when she and the others went to his place, she’d casually bring up the story of James, that bastard. The thought made her laugh for a moment.
Better not. That story was far too valuable to waste so easily.
As she turned toward the elevator, she spotted...
2025-12-12 20:35:44 +0000 UTC View PostFour months. That was how long Luke allowed himself to stay with the Baumann family, a conscious attempt to reclaim at least part of the time he had lost with them. It was also four months spent researching everything he could about the New World, about how Familiars truly worked, and even dipping into his considerable fortune to buy seeds.
Seeds for plants used as ingredients in healing ...
2025-12-12 20:34:24 +0000 UTC View PostJonathan saw the god who had entered the space alongside the Guide.
The being was gray-brown in color, its face marked by four eyes. It had no fur anywhere on its body and wore nothing but a pair of pants, not even shoes. Its feet resembled the talons of an eagle. Its head looked like something caught between a bat and a spider, perhaps a grotesque fusion of both. One arm ended in long, c...
2025-12-12 20:33:05 +0000 UTC View Post