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Chapter 109: Forward

Coop was wielding an ethereal bo staff as he finished off the last of the Ruin Excavators for the quest line. The pearlescent chamber was getting a break from the constant smashing that normally accompanied his morning star hunting sessions. Inste...

Chapter 108: Mana Dense

Coop woke with a start and sighed dramatically as his blurry vision revealed the old wooden ceiling in his bedroom within the lighthouse. The excitement of whatever he dreamed about lingered, but the details had already slipped his mind.

He ...

Chapter 107: Spar

Coop had been so caught up in testing his strength on the bench, he’d neglected all of the other lifts he normally would have done with a proper routine. Naturally, he always paired chest day with tris and shoulders in the pre-mana times, but he...

Chapter 106: Just Guys Being Dudes

“Go fish?” Coop asked the table, but he didn’t even get an answer.

The Illusionist scooted over for Coop to have a seat next to her. He sat down and she gave him a strained but friendly smile that almost reached her eyes, one that the ...

Chapter 105: Idle Speed

Coop dismissed his morning star and allowed his Fog of War to finally fade away as he left the pearlescent chambers. He imagined the Ruin Excavators collectively sighing in relief as their tormentor finished for the day. He’d hunted for a bit lo...

Chapter 104: Market Avenue

While gripping the rake with both hands, Coop raised his arms into the air and stretched his back. A few solid pops along his spine gave him a wave of relief as he exhaled dramatically. He wiped the sweat from his brow with the knuckles of a sand ...

Chapter 103: Last Stand

Coop managed to get into a solid groove, smashing his way through the regular Ruin Excavators at a constant pace with his heavy morning star. He didn’t need to rush, but he still expanded his hunting grounds to account for the monsters’ spawn ...

Chapter 102: The Dreamer

Coop spent the afternoon exchanging ideas and researching factions with Charlie, Shalatha, and Asha-Kali. They went through the tablets he had selected, mostly alleviating concerns he had with establishing the faction. He had never participated in...

Chapter 101: Factions 101

Abithik sputtered, staring at the book that Coop placed on his otherwise empty reception desk. At least, Coop thought he was staring. His bony face was aimed at the book, but the lich had no eyes, just dimly glowing orbs inside his otherwise empty...

Chapter 100: Siegebreaker

“Hah!” Coop laughed, feeling like his hope for some celebratory spectacle at each settlement milestone was finally fulfilled. It didn’t matter that the burst of firework-esque magic was for the event instead. He admired the white sparkles as...

Chapter 99: New Year - New Coop

Coop woke up late in the morning. His first sleep-addled thoughts went to the start of the new year. He’d have to let someone more qualified decide how to categorize the first year after mana, but he figured it would represent the start of a new...

Chapter 98: Results

Malsteron was internally celebrating the addition of another member to his personal colony. He was among the last of his species, though he wasn’t an individual. His were a species of tubular worms that formed colonies that unified into an auton...

Chapter 97: The Proposal

“You will all die.” The goddess ominously declared as she scanned the onlookers from behind her runed blindfold.

After a tense moment of silence that permeated the island, Coop laughed out loud. The shock of the whole situation threw him...

Chapter 96: The Warning

The Siege Boss launched itself toward the Eye of the Storm, using the effigy it had originally carried on its back as an engine to sprint across the beach. The dozens of arms now behaved like arachnid legs and the main body dangled uselessly in th...

Chapter 95: The Effigy

For a passing moment, the entire island was completely still. There were no palm fronds left on the remaining trees to rustle in the gentle breeze and even the calm waves seemed hesitant to disturb the peace. The resolute defenders were collective...

Chapter 94: Icon of Mana

Coop targeted the Prime Construct’s remaining weak points, desperate to prevent the Siege Boss from fully charging its ultimate attack. The purple star that continued to expand above Ghost Reef seemed like it would go supernova if the boss wasn�...

Chapter 93: Prime Construct

Coop left the fort behind. Instead of waiting for the slow-moving boss to trek across the island and challenge the defenders while flattening the fort, he would meet it in the field directly. It wasn’t like the fort’s walls would do anything t...

Chapter 92: Eve

The Construct attack was over in a matter of hours rather than days. The brevity was in stark contrast to all of the previous waves, and the break they had earned before the final was an incredible relief. But it had been brutal.

Coop defeat...

Chapter 91: The Conduit

The Primal Construct army had abandoned their orderly march once they met the phantom defenders, preferring to fight in structured parties of five rather than a full battalion. It was the doctrine that all the factions followed: parties that consi...

Chapter 90: The Primal Constructs

The tenth wave deviated from the pattern.

Coop and the Eater of Worlds remained at the forefront of the battlefield for the duration of the ninth wave, each defeating tens of thousands of the Brutal Piercers before they reached the fort. The...

Chapter 89: Hostile Takeover

Supreme Champion Jerry the First stewed in agitation while he sat with the remaining advisors of Empress City. They gathered around the bar in the captain’s lounge that Jerry claimed as his throne room discussing their current predicament. His n...

Chapter 88: Mistwalker

Coop’s mana was completely drained trying to maintain the massive blanket of fog that had been conjured by Fog of War. The cost of maintaining the skill escalated exponentially with the area covered, and he hadn’t held back when he dumped his ...

Chapter 87: Paths

The Rabid Carriers weren’t as simple as they had first appeared. He expected the Carriers to be easy pickings without the support of other more agile monsters. They moved sluggishly, but with purpose, and when they took damage they weren’t det...

Chapter 86: Breach

Coop wasn’t sure if his maneuver had been ill-advised, but it was too late to take back. He mistjumped to the ramparts after warning the defenders of what was coming.

Gromokan had been bringing devastation to the fort’s walls and needed ...

Chapter 85: Stacked

The defenders of Ghost Reef had barely defeated the Unveiled Blade before the next wave began. Coop had been uneasy as the fight dragged on because he was worried that it wouldn’t be over in time. The adversity of the challenges became significa...

Chapter 84: Unveiled

The Field Boss had evolved, entering a clear and distinct second phase. The boss had withstood the defenders' onslaught for most of the previous day and the entire night, but it had finally had enough. Gaol was abandoning its static, defensive pos...

Chapter 83: The Veiled Blade

As soon as the sun rose, Coop’s False-Light Eye buff dropped off. The sudden expiration was as if the natural light had actively dispelled it from his status. Coop wasn’t seeing the world in green wireframe anymore, though he still had green s...

Chapter 82: The Fifth Wave

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Coop had spent an uninterrupted 25 hours hunting the Tormenting Kites. The shallow waters around the patch reefs outside of t...

Chapter 81: The Prodigal Daughter

Another day of the siege went by and the Frenzied Excavators finally ceased spawning. Ruin Excavators appeared in the darkness but they behaved the way the Ancient Defenders did, listlessly waiting for someone to get in range and otherwise being h...

Chapter 80: Torment

Coop glanced at the ridiculous number of timers on the edge of his vision and tried to parse how far along they had come as left the basement and made his way back to the courtyard. He’d lost track of the time and was surprised to find it was ni...