The space that had once been filled with people striving to end this diseased world. Hundreds of true believers, and thousands of hangers-on who were, at the very least, loyal to the money they were paid.
But now, they numbered less than twe...
2023-12-14 18:50:13 +0000 UTC View PostFirst of all, [Judgement of the Inferno]. Hell no. It might claim to not be all about witch hunts, but the description made it pretty damn clear on what side of due process this [Class] fell and it was decidedly the wrong one. Sure, it mi...
2023-12-14 18:49:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe fifth Evolution, the final step on the path to power. From now on, every Level would grant 30 Stat points, and the [Skills] gained would build upon your past choices wherever possible, gaining new effects based on your build up to this point.<...
2023-12-14 18:44:27 +0000 UTC View PostSeven separate battles in a single night, zapping all over the globe, at first under his own power, later being transported by portal mages and the relocation [Skills] belonging to military officers. Never bloody again.
If he could ...
2023-12-14 18:43:57 +0000 UTC View PostThere were many kinds of democracy in the world, ranging from people just trying to get on the same page to thinly veiled insults. It all depended on the nature of the situation and the temperaments of the people involved.
Elena preferred it...
2023-12-14 18:33:07 +0000 UTC View PostNormally, Isaac borrowed Yoo-jin’s ability to generate frozen fortifications via the [Round Table], but that was a known trick. So for this fight, he’d switched out that [Skill] for Arthur’s [Heavy Plate Armor], which allowed him to freely m...
2023-12-14 16:39:21 +0000 UTC View PostIceland was surprisingly warm for something near the Arctic Circle in the middle of winter. It was also in the middle of bloody nowhere, with a tiny population that should have made hiding a base here fairly obvious. But based on the intel they ha...
2023-12-14 00:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Himalayas were an awesome place to be. Mighty mountains filled with myths and legends of old, slopes that would be perfect to run, ski, or roll down … the only problem was the neighbors.
Genocidal assholes who’d sold out all humanity...
2023-12-13 16:35:35 +0000 UTC View PostThere were certain things that always elicited certain reactions.
Otters holding hands? Aw, so cute.
Someone kicking a puppy? That guy’s gonna be limping in a few seconds.
And when a hardened veteran of the most elite military ...
2023-12-13 00:19:46 +0000 UTC View PostFive months. Five bloody months of preparation during which the fourth Anniversary had passed with a bare minimum of trouble, Events had been the usual pain in the behind, and so on.
Isaac had managed to grind all the way up to the edge of t...
2023-12-12 21:29:17 +0000 UTC View Post“So, we got War with some kind of fallen angel transformation [Skill], durability that makes them functionally immortal on the battlefield, and the ability to affect the perceptions of those who get too close. Is that everything?” Habicht aske...
2023-12-11 15:10:05 +0000 UTC View PostKids were so incredibly adorable. Of course, the kids in question were in the middle of the third Evolution, on par with anyone not considered monstrously strong by most standards, hardened veterans of every torture Isaac had been able to sneak pa...
2023-12-08 23:44:36 +0000 UTC View PostJosef had nothing to say now. Nothing to do but slump against the back of his seat, both his body in the real world and his representation in their group’s chamber. His insides still throbbed from where shrapnel had torn through him, nothing to ...
2023-12-08 21:54:26 +0000 UTC View PostIn the real world, when someone walks through a wall, they generally tend to not leave a perfect outline of themselves behind. Generally. But if the wall had sufficient structural integrity and was made from a material not prone to crumbl...
2023-12-08 10:04:44 +0000 UTC View PostOn paper, this had probably been a win.
The current Aspirants for War and Pestilence were dead, killed by Isaac and Dr. Loup respectively, and Ardouin had absolutely kicked the ass of who had to have been the Aspirant of Death before Isaac h...
2023-12-03 23:55:14 +0000 UTC View PostIf the [Master of Primordial Flame] had been a hammer, the sound mage was a scalpel. Tightly controlled fields of vibrations fouling up bullet projectiles, patches of ground being reduced to quicksand underfoot, perfectly tuned sound waves impacti...
2023-12-03 19:51:57 +0000 UTC View PostSeven and a half months of things finally going smoothly, of problems that were solved using local resources even when [Raid Bosses] were involved.
A TV show that raked in huge rakings while still managing to scare people off [Raid Bosses], ...
2023-12-02 21:45:41 +0000 UTC View PostIllusionists were officially on the top of his shitlist, no two ways about it.
His [Banish the Fog of War] removed that mess from everywhere within a hundred meters of him, but Ardouin could only deploy it at a distance five times a day and ...
2023-12-01 00:09:37 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re seriously stealing eels? That’s got to be a new low point,” Jim groaned as he leaned back in his chair, resting his feet on a nearby crate.
“Because glass eels are valuable in the Asian Markets, and without new glass eels t...
2023-11-29 21:59:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe military was a place that embodied the very concept of “regulation”, at least in theory. Discipline, a strict hierarchy, rules for absolutely everything.
Which just meant that when things weren’t going well, it was all the more obv...
2023-11-26 18:10:23 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes, there wasn’t much of a difference between a warzone and an area under construction.
And Etzel looked like a bomb had torn it to pieces. The bones remained, but everything else was, once again, being rebuilt from the ground up. I...
2023-11-24 00:14:38 +0000 UTC View PostWhat the hell had warned people? Some kind of [System]-based warning he hadn’t known about because even in the other timeline, no one had been stupid enough to summon a Tier 10 monster before the first Tier 9 had graced the light of day?
T...
2023-11-20 16:40:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Patrick asked.
“Define ‘good idea’,” Isaac responded.
“You know what I mean. I know you’ve put some thought into this, but it just feels … it goes against every rule of scientific c...
2023-11-17 20:44:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe show ended up being simply titled “[Raid Boss]”, complete with brackets. And its premise was just as simple as its name. People get slaughtered by the monster while others commented.
Unsurprisingly, Herbert hadn’t managed to find a...
2023-11-15 21:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostPreparing to fight the Tier 8 [Raid Boss] had been one of the most painful experiences in Yoo-jin’s life. The issue was that, well, he knew so much about how this thing operated, and what would and wouldn’t work against it, but implementing hi...
2023-11-14 00:04:32 +0000 UTC View PostGetting to Saint Helena was an absolute nightmare. It was one of the most isolated places on the planet, excluding the likes of R’lyeh or central Antarctica.
Andre managed to teleport him a few thousand kilometers in the right direction, a...
2023-11-12 21:21:46 +0000 UTC View PostA few days later Isaac found himself in the last place he’d ever expected to be—the lobby of a reality television producer. He didn’t watch reality TV, he didn’t enjoy it, he generally wasn’t a fan of it. The email he’d gotten had gone...
2023-11-10 15:59:29 +0000 UTC View PostArthur was waiting for Isaac on the roof of the great hall, legs dangling over the side. Surrounding him were multiple devices projecting an anti-eavesdropping field.
“So, I’ve heard that Brussels got a bit crazy,” Arthur called out, ...
2023-11-07 17:37:18 +0000 UTC View PostGoing to Brussels to meet people had been interesting and helpful, but also frustrating in places. He’d made plenty of new and useful contacts, but possibly even more importantly, he’d discovered several potential sources of friction.
Sp...
2023-11-06 16:45:17 +0000 UTC View Post“… And then he asked me if I’d really never made a mistake,” Isaac grumbled.
“What did you tell him?” Amy asked.
“I told him that everyone makes mistakes, and anyone who claims otherwise is lying, delusional, or stupid. S...
2023-11-03 19:19:45 +0000 UTC View Post