The next time that Edge opened his eyes, he found himself on the other side of the galaxy, wearing a body that wasn’t his own.
It took him a moment to realize that he was looking out through the eyeballs of a puppet that had been cloned fo...
2024-07-15 17:25:01 +0000 UTC
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The story of how Edge wound up on the most dangerous planet in inhabited space had begun a little over one year ago.
Back then, he was drifting through life in an endless daze, every bland day the same as the last. His tepid existence was de...
2024-07-15 17:24:01 +0000 UTC
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Edge shut out his awareness of the monsters converging on his position. Ignored the pounding of his heart and the electric cascade of adrenaline flowing through his veins.
He forced himself to look away, pouring every scrap of his attention ...
2024-07-15 17:23:01 +0000 UTC
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Since he had a pretty good idea of where he was by this point, Edge was able to find the river without too much trouble.
He spent the next few hours crossing the wetlands and found himself standing beside its muddy banks by the time that the...
2024-07-15 17:22:00 +0000 UTC
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Edge began by reviewing everything that he knew about cores.
He had been following the Prison World broadcasts for decades, with each tourist’s puppet serving as a channel for the feed. As a result, he knew a lot about how basic cores func...
2024-07-15 17:21:01 +0000 UTC
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Three hours later, Edge found himself hiding within a mound of tall grass.
He was careful not to move a muscle or make a sound while the buffalo crossed the plains a hundred yards ahead. It was a sizable herd, big enough to make the ground t...
2024-07-15 17:20:01 +0000 UTC
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Now that he’d had time to think the matter through, Edge was confident that his strategy was sound. Until he evolved Skill-Eater to mid stage-one, he would use the points he gained from cycling-up to improve his energetic attributes.
He ne...
2024-07-15 17:19:01 +0000 UTC
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While it had been touch and go for a while, today had been a good day.
Edge would celebrate his victory in the morning. But not just yet. In that moment, his exhaustion caught up with him, leaving black spots dancing before his eyes.
H...
2024-07-15 17:18:01 +0000 UTC
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The instant that the vines met, they began to merge, melding into one another like they were made of soft clay. Edge was surprised to learn that he could feel the skill gaining experience as the process continued.
The magic con...
2024-07-15 17:17:01 +0000 UTC
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When Edge hopped back to avoid a thrusting spike, the next set of vines was already waiting. The beast had entangled the ground behind his back when he couldn’t afford to look away, giving him no chance to dodge.
Befo...
2024-07-15 17:16:01 +0000 UTC
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Until three seconds ago, Edge’s body had always been solid. But that was no longer the case.
Turning into shadows was incredibly bizarre, not to mention the most magical event of his life. But now wasn’t the right time to explore the str...
2024-07-15 17:15:00 +0000 UTC
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Acting on instinct, Edge leapt to one side, just in time to keep the next set of vines from tripping him up.
Ah, hell. The one underground has entangle too. He kept moving, changing direction unpredictably, as more and more creepers...
2024-07-15 17:14:01 +0000 UTC
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Edge didn’t realize that he could run any faster. But apparently, he could.
He charged, heading straight for the beast standing beside the boulder. As the world around him became a liquid blur of color and motion, everything that he knew a...
2024-07-15 17:13:01 +0000 UTC
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To get a better view of the region, Edge stepped out of the tall grass and cut across a field of pink and blue wildflowers. They had a spicy aroma that he found quite pleasant. While he walked, he started looking around to see what he could reach ...
2024-07-15 17:12:00 +0000 UTC
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Edge’s body went soaring into the cave half a heartbeat before the world disappeared in an ocean of crackling light.
Boom!
The thunder was so intense that it blew out his eardrums, leaving him deaf before regeneratio...
2024-07-15 17:11:01 +0000 UTC
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The clouds’ rapid advance and unnatural radiance let Edge know what he was dealing with. It was a type of natural disaster that he’d studied before coming to Ord, but never thought he would experience firsthand.
He started running ...
2024-07-15 17:10:00 +0000 UTC
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Edge watched the sunrise over the plains, then carefully climbed out of the tree. He made sure that nothing nasty was lurking nearby, then continued his journey to town. He was still absorbing everything that had happened the night before and he w...
2024-07-15 17:09:01 +0000 UTC
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Sometime later, a thin band of neon began glowing along the northern skyline. A curved slice of crimson that grew bigger and brighter with every second that passed.
The light wasn’t the sunrise, which wouldn’t happen for another ha...
2024-07-15 17:08:01 +0000 UTC
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Ten minutes later, Edge found himself standing on the highest branch that would support his weight. A place out of sight from the animals prowling the ground below. While he was by no means safe up here, it was the closest that he was going to get...
2024-07-15 17:07:01 +0000 UTC
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Now that he had won his first true battle, followed by the best meal of his life, Edge stopped to inspect the clearing before he was ready to move on.
It didn’t take long. There wasn’t anything growing nearby other than moss and a few sc...
2024-07-15 17:06:01 +0000 UTC
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Edge stepped over the cooling corpse and walked over to the mushroom growing in the middle of the glade. He was relieved to see that it hadn’t been harmed during the battle. Now that the adrenaline flowing through his veins was fading away, the ...
2024-07-15 17:05:01 +0000 UTC
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The instant that mana went surging out of Edge’s core and into his arm, the beast’s eyes snapped open.
He wasn’t sure if he’d given himself away after all or was just plain unlucky. Either way, the result was the same. The weasel scr...
2024-07-15 17:04:00 +0000 UTC
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Edge stepped beneath the canopy, his excitement growing by the heartbeat. It was cool within the trees’ deep shade, towering growths with rich red bark and deep purple leaves.
It was hard to concentrate with the seed’s aroma urging him o...
2024-07-15 17:03:01 +0000 UTC
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While he walked, Edge reviewed what little he knew of his situation.
In addition to cutting off all long-range communication and transportation, the unprecedented disaster had reshaped the planet. It carved out swaths of terrain from across ...
2024-07-15 17:02:00 +0000 UTC
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With a groan of exertion, Edge scaled the final stretch of slope leading to the grasslands.
When he took that last step out of the ravine, the walls of earth fell away. He grinned as the Ivory Plains appeared before his gaze. Puffy white clo...
2024-07-15 17:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Since he hadn’t been able to learn much except that the constructs needed mana to perform a variety of functions, Nick put the body back into his bag. He intended to collect more if the opportunity presented itself, as he had a hunch that theyâ€...
2024-07-15 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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2024-07-12 17:01:01 +0000 UTC
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A hundred feet ahead was an intersection, where a tunnel leading deeper into the interior crossed the ring running along the outside of the floor. Better still, there were some massive pieces of rubble scattered across the junction, including a bi...
2024-07-12 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Apparently, the constructs’ bites were even more dangerous than he’d realized, even if their bodies were weak. He was lucky that it hadn’t been worse. The wound hurt like hell, but it wasn’t deep enough to impede his movement. It shouldnâ€...
2024-07-11 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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After a good five minutes of long-distance surveillance, Nick was ready to leave. Picking up some random cookware wasn’t worth the risk of alerting the construct to his presence. Just before he lowered his spyglass, the gear-rat turned to face h...
2024-07-10 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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