44 miles from Centerpoint Dungeon
The goddess’ voice screamed throughout the kingdom.
Anderson winced at the sensation. Even though he was still dozens of miles away from Centerpoint, where he was sure her voice originated, the sound of her voice passing through his head hurt.
What the hells was going on?
He could just about make out the words...
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2023-10-19 07:57:57 +0000 UTC View PostRose
She wasn’t going to be able to see Lucas for at least another week.
At this point, she wondered if the goddess herself had stepped in to interfere. With how much kept on happening, she hadn’t seen him for weeks now. Rose was no naive teenager—this wasn’t her first relationship, and she could be realistic about what was happening. She wouldn’t literall...
2023-10-19 04:30:44 +0000 UTC View PostLucas
I read through Rose’s message, then the next. And the next.
This was rather concerning, to put it lightly. I could see where they had drawn their conclusion from—the description of the dungeon they’d encountered was all too vivid. A degloved body torn out and splayed out across a Dungeon Core’s innards? I shuddered, imagining myself in that position. 2023-10-19 02:45:21 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-10-18 08:15:47 +0000 UTC View PostLucas
Once the Pallbearers had updated me on their situation and Nora had given me all the information she had to give, I settled in to start dismantling the dorman Dungeon Cores she’d harvested.
I thought on the state of the world as I did. I’d figured that the Cataclysm had killed a lot of people, since we definitely hadn’t been the only targets, but I had f...
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A kill order can only be issued by a majority vote in the leadership of both the local SRU and Guardian units (min. 5 votes)....
2023-10-17 07:01:22 +0000 UTC View PostLucas
Carly Iru, [Omniscient Librarian], stepped away so silently that I wouldn’t even have noticed she was in the same room if it weren’t for my dungeon senses.
I typed a message to Iris talking about it as I made my way towards the returned adventurers. It took a little longer than I would’ve liked to transport myself across the much expanded dungeon now tha...
2023-10-17 04:44:58 +0000 UTC View PostLucas
“You’re going to be able to destroy all the king’s forces with ease,” Carly said. “I [See] your hordes of monsters. With your [Intertwine], you may be the most powerful being on this planet once you gather all the adventurers within your domain.”
“I think so too,” I said. “I don’t like the idea of the king pulling off another bullshit ritua...
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2023-10-16 03:00:45 +0000 UTC View PostLucas
Crisis after crisis after crisis came to me, and so the grind never ended. Just under nineteen days left to go, and we were still no closer to saving the otherworlders.
They numbered nearly a hundred thousand, now. 95,191, to be exact. It was only thanks to the isolation of the dungeon rooms that they weren’t all together. If all of them came together at onc...
2023-10-15 03:07:16 +0000 UTC View PostNora
The king’s security measures triggered immediately.
Whatever spell had been cast to check for unauthorized intruders only activated when they left. That didn’t make all too much sense to Nora until she spent just about forty seconds running from the tower.
The ground roiled in waves like a stormy sea. Terrain became impassable in instants, an...
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2023-10-14 08:02:37 +0000 UTC View PostLucas
The goddess spoke to me for the first time since the Cataclysm while I was trying to coax myself into getting a class.
As it turned out, dealing with the people who were worshipping me was no less awkward in person than it was observingt them from afar. More awkward, if anything. Mostly, I asked them what they were doing, and then they had me say a few words o...
2023-10-13 07:53:27 +0000 UTC View PostAshley
Way back when she’d been a level 1, driven only by her need to put some food on her family’s increasingly barren table, Ashley had earned her class in a trial by fire. Literally.
It had terrified her, and it had scarred her on more than one level. It’d taken her nearly half a year to even consider picking up a sword, then another month before she could ...
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2023-10-13 03:27:20 +0000 UTC View PostNowhere, somewhere
I find myself in a familiar, empty space. It’s not the same oppressive darkness as the hell we’ve left behind. It is, instead, the absence of being. The nothingness is the same as my class evolution.
Now that I have broken the constraints of my existence, I understand this space in a way that I was never capable of before.
Behind the wal...
2023-10-12 05:29:38 +0000 UTC View PostMay 2nd, 2019. Cataclysm 101. Location: Carson City, Nevada. Due to their proximity, the San Francisco Guardians were the first major team to arrive and assist.
Within six hours, every last hero on the team was dead. The ensuing three months, often referred to as San Francisco’s “open season,” saw the greatest amount of superhuman conflict the region has ever seen. Crim...
2023-10-11 22:42:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sixth Circle
Skoton’s presence leaves without further incident, leaving us alone in a darkness that isn’t quite as harsh as it was a few moments ago.
There are demons in this hell, I sense, but they are clustered, few, and far between. Whether that’s because there just naturally are fewer demons in the Hell of the Neverending Night or the ongoing reality c...
2023-10-11 07:54:34 +0000 UTC View PostAngelic Tower — Root
As it turns out, Adrian doesn’t even need Kirin to take him through the floors.
After his abnormal Category ascension, he’s flush with power. Against monsters that are Category 1 at best, he is practically a god.
Adrian is flush with power now, and the world bends to his will.
Up until this point, he’s never come close to und...
2023-10-09 21:22:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe First Circle, moments earlier
“You’re sure about this?” Sapphire asks, raising an eyebrow.
A chill runs up Marie’s spine. The Overseer’s eyes seem to bore into hers, baring the truth of her soul. She refuses to let herself be cowed, though, and she stares back defiantly. “Of course. This is an ideal opportunity to witness the formation of a Titan and...
2023-10-08 21:56:09 +0000 UTC View PostName: Evelyn Carnelian
Age: 19
Race: ???
Class: Divine Demon/Titan
Level: 200/Irrelevant
Location: The Seventh Circle
I rise, and Sierra rises with me.
Never before have I been so powerful. It feels as if I have been experiencing this world with both ey...
2023-10-07 01:36:44 +0000 UTC View PostFor every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
- Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion
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“I’ll call you back later, Dad,” she said.
“Alright, swee—” Vivian hung up before he could finish, then let the phone clatter to the floor.
Growing up, Vivian had consumed all sorts of science fiction and fantasy. She’d had a particular fon...
2023-10-05 21:19:56 +0000 UTC View PostYou have advanced to level 200. Category 2 achieved.
The pace of the system’s notification is different this time, though the voice is unchanging. It’s as if the intelligence that pervades the system isn’t entirely sure what to make of me.
By reaching Category 2, you have gained the following inherent bonuses:
Access to a Dom...
2023-10-04 02:14:20 +0000 UTC View PostMy heightened Mind (Speed) attribute has always been beneficial in slowing down my perception of time, granting me the subjective processing period for me to determine what I can do.
Right now, Mind (Speed) sits at a ridiculous 219; the world around me may as well be frozen.
Except the angel’s explosion. That, even in this fraction of a fraction o...
2023-09-30 21:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostSomewhere, nowhere
Our Defiance doesn’t take us straight to the Eighth Circle. Of course not. That would be too simple.
Instead, Sierra and I hurtle through an in-between, a place that isn’t quite the void but isn’t exactly real, either. I want to call it an anomaly, but even that feels wrong. Glimpses of infinity flicker past us as we fall an...
2023-09-27 06:15:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe second article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
- The 27th Amendment of the US Constitution; ratified in October 1972, less than a year after the formation of the Guardians
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Before everything had started going to shit in their lives, Vivian’s family had spent a fair amount of time traveling. Even for a while after both h...
2023-09-26 07:50:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe 25th Floor
Adrian finds himself in utter darkness. He should have Nightvision from his still-unevolved Warrior class, but the system refuses to function for him.
On top of that, the Ascend objective should have triggered. That’s part of the system, too, he supposes.
“Kirin!” he shouts. “Kirin?”
No response.
Adrian ins...
2023-09-23 23:29:21 +0000 UTC View PostDivinity
Through the chaos, you have achieved a feat beyond the scope of the system. Though you may not yet be a true god, you have taken the first step towards becoming one. The system cannot grant dominion over that which is beyond its purview, but it can loosen restrictions. System-enforced authority blindness has been removed.
Mantis Shrimp. Kinetic (D)/Marksman (C). Overall D-rank*. Unaffiliated hero. Based in West Lafayette, IN.
Powerset: telekinesis in a limited range. During the first engagements of the now-infamous Killjoy Incident, she demonstrated an ability to cause extreme pain at close ranges. Speculated double-vial.
* In contention.<...
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