Christopher Martin
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“To Scarlet’s ascension to Class IV and her two Etched Skill Slot Achievements!” Gramps says while raising his glass to the air from his place at the end of the long table with me and Leonidas on either side of him. “May she find victory wherever she goes and be given luck for her hunts forevermore!” Leonidas and I follow suit, deciding that since this is gonna be my last meal in Tartarus, at least for now, I might as well have a drink myself. Especially since the alcohol in this shouldn’t…-
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Um… Tar… are there any skills with a rarity… I trail off at that thought as I notice Tar just staring at the notification, clearly not registering anything I’m saying. Even after the notification disappears. Um, Tar? He doesn’t respond. I snap my fingers in front of his face, splashing some water on him as I do so, reminding me that I’m still in the bath. But I don’t feel like getting out, so I stay in. The water’s automatically cleaned by the magic in the bath anyways, so there’s no…
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I smile up at the ceiling as I enjoy the water in the bath for several minutes before eventually taking a deep breath. “Yes, I would,” I state out loud in response to the System, my voice echoing through the bath chamber after I let out the breath. Several seconds pass in silence before I feel the extreme pain from the past ascensions return. But this time is different. I can tell almost immediately that it is. Instead of the absolute burning pain across my body, this one feels more like that of a…
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My face lights up with a smile the moment I finally get the System Message I’ve been looking for after an entire week of constantly Life Draining Gramps. A week that I ended up spending more time with any other single person than any other time in my entire life. “Not right now,” I whisper out loud before glancing at Gramps, who pauses in his lecture at the sound of my voice. Then an incredibly wide and proud smile stretches across his face as he asks, “You did it?” I nod my head, a proud smile…
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The rest of the cave isn’t very difficult to deal with after killing the evolved demon in it as all of the remaining beetles grow frenzied and uncooperative with each other. So I end up finding the crystal just a couple more hours of searching after managing to regain my mobility. Then I bring it straight to Gramps who compresses the things into orbs that I absorb along with the hearts. Which just leaves me with one final requirement for reaching Class IV. “For this requirement, you’re not allowed…
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Arkaz frowns as he watches Scarlet through a blood mirror, unsure of if he should praise her for winning or scold her for almost killing herself to do it. He almost stepped in himself if it wasn’t for his noticing her slowing down the amount of blood she burned at the end to keep herself alive. He continues watching her for several seconds in the cave. Arkaz really hates using Blood Resurrection, because the skill costs him all of his mana and stops him from regenerating mana for an entire week. But…
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The screech continues to grow louder and louder as I move closer to it, only for the screeching to turn into what sounds like words. But they’re too quiet for me to clearly understand just yet. So I increase the sensitivity of my ears – something I had rather low while in this place since I don’t like being underground with my ears – as I continue walking closer and closer until I can hear them rather clearly. I blink at that. Well, that’s not creepy at all. Wasn’t expecting a Greed Sin…
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That’s… huh. If that’s the case, are there instances of people growing strong without the System’s help? Yeah, that makes sense. But if that’s the case, then- Interesting… does White have a skill like that? A shiver runs down my spine at the exact magics connected to the other two domains. One made simply from death magic, and the other a magic that lets them literally eat the minds and even the realities of other beings. More beetles round the corner and I quickly begin to fight them as I…
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Vyxylor rubs the two crystals located in her main den with loving affection while muttering, “Don’t worry, pretties, I won’t let anyone take you from me.” The large tricidic beetle stands at three meters in height and has a large shell on their back as they stand in a bipedal position, letting their other legs wave about their sides. But after hearing skittering coming in a rush from the entrance to her main den, her head jerks around to look, an expression of pure hatred appearing on it. “Stay…
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The very first thing I find inside of the cave is a bunch of insects. Large ones spanning a meter in height with six legs, two compound eyes, and a hard carapace and shell. Basically giant beetles. With a glowing green liquid dripping from their mouths. Well that’s an… interesting set of names. Which makes a really nice combination. Ya know, maybe I should just focus on leveling Life Drain to level 30. It might go faster just because of Blood Empowerment. Right. So don’t let the acid touch…
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