The next day…
“Hey, did you hear? The slum dwellers has got their hands on the weapons from the barracks!”
“What?! Oh shit, my cousin’s in the garrison! I fucking told him… wait what about us?”
“Don’t worry, they won’t ever come here. As daring as they may be, there’s no chance in hell that they are going to attack us. The military is pinning the...
2023-05-26 00:10:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe tensions in the town simmered, clamped down by the heavy-handed follow-up raids by the military. Desperate to retain control of the city and asset dominance despite having their main barracks blown up, the soldiers initiated yet another sweep through the slums, attempting to capture all those who participated in the riot.
The streets were filled with the continuous sounds of arctech w...
2023-05-25 22:48:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe machine arctech guns fired rapidly, the engraving along the barrels glowing intensely as the storm of pellets showered the rioting crowd. Each pellet drove a straight hole through the sickly flesh of the malnourished slum dwellers, ripping through muscles, tendons and skin in a churn of blood and meat.
Chants from the crowd turned to screams of horror as the rioting crowd immediately ...
2023-05-25 00:41:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day…
Diya grumbled as she tapped her feet impatiently, waiting in the same makeshift shelter where the old man was sleeping on the metal bed. In the shelter were another two of her workers, along with entire crates of crushed scrap metal as well as wooden beams ripped from houses. They were stacked up high, with nearly two dozen of them.
“Old man, you don’t n...
2023-05-24 23:26:03 +0000 UTC View PostKyle did not bring Makoa along for the hunt, relegating him to manual labour in the tunnels under the watchful gaze of Hayden. Instead, Kyle flew out with a venom-spitting hornet, leaving the eight mineral ants to assist in the hunt for crude iron or minerals in the vicinity.
He had already gotten a rough description of the various nests and dwellings of animals. With the venom-spitting h...
2023-05-23 23:48:22 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Makoa grumbled and complained about how Kyle seemingly was doing all of this on a whim, Kyle kept his mind set on the goal even as they were hunted down through the slums in the night, encircled by soldiers who were supported by large blinding arctech spotlights from the walls.
Their light swept across the corrugated metal roofs and reflected upon the myriad of skirmishes breaking o...
2023-05-23 22:32:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Kyle?! No no no!” Makoa tried to run, but the slave engraving on his chest began to burn, causing him to wince and double over as he rolled on the floor.
“Made a nice haul, I see. Thanks for the help.”
“It-it’s fucking mine!”
“Sure.” Kyle flipped Makoa over, his hand reaching into the armour and pulling out the heavy sack of Versian coins. Well, that’s...
2023-05-23 03:38:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe town of Desham was not particularly famous nor prosperous. Named for a particular herb that grew in the region, there was nothing else of note to the town, save for the large rolling fields that cultivated the same herb as a cash crop as promoted by the local council.
Due to that, despite having more than enough land to be self-sustaining or even export-focused in food, they had to im...
2023-05-22 22:24:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe mineral ants were done in a day, having eaten to their hearts’ content while creating a larger cavern that sat at a lower layer, connecting them to the tunnel system.
The new cavern started to look more and more like an underground hangar bay, with the mineral ants leaving to and fro while Hayden and the other members carried crates of supplies and piled them along the side.
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2023-05-21 23:49:18 +0000 UTC View PostTwo days later…
The rubble of crushed wooden walls and shattered glass fragments were crushed under Nox’s boots as he stepped through the devastated village. It was a complete scene of carnage, yet common for those who had to deal with attacks from the creatures that lived in the Keru Forest. The bright daylight made the devastation visible to the naked eye, the entire place ...
2023-05-21 22:21:50 +0000 UTC View PostKyle followed Hayden back to the smithy, where the place had obviously been cleared out of any belongings, with only the empty anvil and furnace left behind, along with a few obviously ruined rags of cloth and charred tongs that Hayden could not fit into the backpack.
The two kept a clear distance from each other as Hayden tossed the machine gun onto the workbench, disengaging the clutch ...
2023-05-21 02:09:38 +0000 UTC View PostKyle grabbed the arctech handgun dropped by the sergeant and shot the lady, the projectile tearing through her windpipes before she could scream even more to attract attention.
However, her initial scream had already attracted the attention of a dozen soldiers who were still herdin...
2023-05-20 23:57:27 +0000 UTC View PostHayden wiped the sweat of her brows with a well-used cloth slung around her neck, before putting on thick gloves and grabbing a pair of metal tongs, pulling out a searing hot long bar of steel.
She quickly hefted it over to an empty anvil, placing it down and picking up a nearby hammer, whacking away at the bar as she attempted to shape the steel into what looked like a sword, tapering bo...
2023-05-19 18:19:49 +0000 UTC View PostKyle picked up his dropped pulverizer and makeshift obsidian blade, leaping off the top of the crystal outcrop into the dozens of rock spiders that were now fully aimed at him.
Protect! Divert! Lift!
The order was split up immediately amongst the controlled mineral ants, forming a vanguard formation around Kyle as one mineral and latched onto the back of Kyle, carrying him ...
2023-05-19 16:46:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe tendrils dragged Kyle up as he struggled against the restraints, all four of his limbs wrapped tightly. They lifted him above the gap, revealing a weird large overgrown tunnel whose walls were like the interior of a tree trunk. Kyle was surprised by the scale of the ‘tree’, noticing that he could not see the end of the ‘trunk’ on either way.
Now’s not the time to be amaz...
2023-05-18 18:55:36 +0000 UTC View PostAs much as Kyle wanted to rush into the fray immediately, he needed to take a slight breather first, chugging down a water bottle before resting for a minute, his eyes darting around the area whilst coming up with an attack plan.
However, he could see a group of mineral ants in the distance numbering more than a dozen charging at him. Weird. Why are they aiming at me when they should ...
2023-05-18 17:16:27 +0000 UTC View PostBreak? The entrance passageway was suddenly shut with a large rock door, locking them into the cavern.
Before Kyle could even react, a rock spider shot a small spike from its mouth at his head, forcing him to dodge as it whizzed past, smashing into the crystal outcrop before clattering on the ground.
Again, just like before, they targeted Kyle instead of Feldon. This time, ...
2023-05-17 22:15:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Kyle noticed that there weren’t any skills for this race. As expected. However, the stats increment he would gain would be nothing to scoff at. As of now, with each level up, he was gaining a total of 3 for each main stat, with MP being 2. With the boost from the Type-5 Galact...
2023-05-16 20:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Feldon’s peaceful snoring pierced the stillness of the air in the large cavern filled with the remnants of rock spiders and burnt marks of Soren’s lightning arc scorching the ground. Kyle felt slightly exposed in the area, as exhausted as he was. I should find a safer area first ...
2023-05-16 20:32:01 +0000 UTC View Post“The Wardens…?” Kyle muttered weakly.
“You’ll see them soon enough. But to make things easier, let’s remove your limbs first. Don’t worry, I consider myself to be pretty good at chopping things off.” The man nocked back his arm with the lightning sword.
“I consider myself pretty good as well.” Negation Field!
The channelling of arcia energy through...
2023-05-15 20:15:37 +0000 UTC View Post“Come on, show yourself! What kind of System user hides behind a rock like that?!” The lone man taunted in a clear loud voice while walking measuredly towards the two of them.
Kyle’s eyes narrowed. This was the first time he had heard anyone other than him talk about the System, maybe save for Lady Yona who mentioned she had seen transcendents before. “Feldon, don’t fight. I nee...
2023-05-15 18:46:47 +0000 UTC View Post“So, I just sit in here and keep shooting?”
“Yes. I will continuously fight outside, you back me up.”
“I don’t have that many pellets!”
“I’m sure you can find some lying around.” The arctech handgun did not require gunpowder, merely accelerating pellets. Metal pellets performed the best, but stone pebbles could have the same effect as well, albeit at lower ...
2023-05-14 20:26:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe rock spiders rushed at Kyle as a legion, their numbers overwhelming as Kyle quickly swung his arctech pickaxe at the nearest one, smashing through its legs in an instant. They were many, but they were easy enough to break as long as Kyle did not get swarmed.
The tip of his pickaxe smashed through the weak rock surface, with the sound of glass shattered. Kyle did not have time to figur...
2023-05-14 20:25:16 +0000 UTC View PostStats table now has subclass slot.
Chapter 71 updated with mention to how Kyle had always been already digging a tunnel to Raktor for four months, plus more emphasis on old tunnel networks
Skills updated in stats table to show duration and cooldown.
Crime lord class upgraded in chapter 70 (sorry I forgot about this. All skills upgraded)
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2023-05-14 18:06:53 +0000 UTC View PostDungeon? Kyle had never seen such a system message before – not even when he entered the Oracle lab in the goblin kingdom at Culdao Peaks.
“Boss?” Feldon stared warily at Kyle. “Are you feeling better now?”
“I’m fine.” Kyle knew that he wasn’t.
He hasn’t gotten a system message yet that the debuffs have been removed. The Debilitating Poison and Age...
2023-05-13 19:49:42 +0000 UTC View PostKyle didn’t bother replying, immediately dropping the mortar mounted on his shoulder and picking up his heavy variant rifle and firing straight into Nox.
Nox’s arm shields blocked his face, while the rest of his body was covered in armour that was all linked to the same engraving, absorbing the kinetic impact of the projectiles. The stopped projectiles all collapsed to the floor like ...
2023-05-13 16:51:52 +0000 UTC View PostKyle frowned as he read the message he had just gotten from Raktor. No activity from the Ardent Cretins nor the Violet Demons in attempting to attack us. Weird.
He had half expected his businesses or at least his supply chain to be affected by the Ardent Cretins in some way or another. Sebastian theoretically should have begun to poke holes into the entire network that Kyle had b...
2023-05-12 19:57:12 +0000 UTC View PostTwo days later…
The door to the conference room swung wide open, with Mornero and his secretary Kalian entering with a brisk stride. “Sit down, sit down.” Mornero motioned with his hand, prompting the entire cabinet of ministers, army generals and business leaders to sit.
He took his seat at the head of the large round table in the middle, glancing over the people att...
2023-05-12 17:37:31 +0000 UTC View PostThree days later…
[Reports of military build-up on the border of Versia have been reported by observers, though representatives of the Yual Dominion assert that this military exercise had been planned nearly a year ago and should not be cause for panic.]
[Mornero has pledged to increase spending on military spending immediately, bolstering the military. “It is exactly i...
2023-05-11 17:06:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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