Daniel Thompson
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“I am never doing that again,” Victor murmured as he checked his stats. Unfortunately, to defend the town, the zombie merchants had borrowed a sliver of his power through their link, which had cost him dearly. This is a severe problem. I will die if I have to waste a million stat points every time some dumbass turns up and causes trouble in the town. I had already cleared out all the monsters in that part of the forest, but I should have left them more guards or high-leveled zombies… Hold on, what…-
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A building exploded in a hail of wood with such force the pieces smashed the nearby buildings, and some wooden chunks even embedded into the town’s wooden walls, a mere meter away from the orc guards’ heads. “Can you help us?” one of the zombie orcs asked Eve, and she agreed. After all, she was also curious about what was going on. “Zedd— Oh.” Unsurprisingly, the rogue was long gone. Only a gust of black smoke wafted in the air beside her. Wanting to not be left behind, Eve compelled her…
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Eve whistled a cheerful tune as she strolled down a well-trodden path into the cursed forest. The gates of the Empire’s capital city loomed behind her, and in the far distance was a long line of merchants’ carriages waiting to enter. Although the Empire lacked the need for trade, this particular winter had been rough on their farms, so much to their humiliation, they relied on Eshnar and their bountiful lands to make the difference. So naturally, Eshnar charged a premium for that food, which Eve and…
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“Let’s talk.” Despite Victor’s somewhat serious tone, Alice did not feel threatened. Instead, she felt comforted that Victor was still around. “What about?” she asked with a smile as she crossed her arms. Victor’s many blue eyes that floated aimlessly around his shadowy mass all stared at her, but she was used to his intense gaze. “Congratulations on your evolution, but are you still…you?” Victor let the words hang in the air as Alice’s brain froze. She felt different, sure. But…
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Evolution Complete. Alice awoke on a hardwood bed with those ominous words dancing in her vision. She rolled her head to the side, and the words followed before flashing once and then vanishing. She blinked in confusion. “What the,” she glanced around the simple wooden hut she was lying in, “hell happened? Why am I in a hut?” She quickly pushed herself up, swung her legs over the side of the bed, and stood up. “No pain?” If the information about her evolution was accurate, how did she feel…
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Victor was a little taken aback when all of Alice’s magic ceased, including her flight and mana shield. She had been gliding just above Genus’s back as she slammed into him with a disgusting crunch. Despite her high stats, Genus was traveling at over a hundred miles an hour as they raced away from the Fleshtrees behind them and toward the next floor’s tower. Her face mashed into Genus’s scaled back with the force of a semi-truck, and her ragdoll body rolled off his wings with blood trailing from…
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After reaching level five hundred, Victor confirmed with almost certainty that the System was a lie…or at least his version was. “Yeah, I got nothing! No new class or evolution,” Victor shouted as he unleashed a semi-charged Doom Ray at an enormous intelligent willow tree with a craving for flesh, setting it ablaze. Before encountering this behemoth of a monster, he had started to think he and Alice could deal with anything, but it was only the fiftieth floor, and they had encountered trouble. The…
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Even Victor was starting to fear Alice. And that was a good thing. He wanted her to be self-sufficient without his constant protection in the future since, sometimes, he would need her to solve an issue, or he might be off somewhere else. I would say Alice is a weak point of mine…but keeping her alive is much more important than anyone else to me at the moment. Which is a rather sad thing to realize if I think about it… Victor silently floated beside Alice as she annihilated everything in her path.…
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A creature from the void has recognized you as valuable. Do you wish to accept an upgrade to your class and become a Tool of the Void? “No,” Alice said as she moved the blue screens to the side. Then, before Victor could reply, she put her hands on her hips and proclaimed, “You still think of me as a tool, don’t you?” She smiled. “And that is understandable. We haven’t talked all that much, after all. It’s like back in Eshnar when I worked for my dad’s auction house. He made friends…
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Victor floated to where he had left Alice, but she was missing. It was not a massive deal as she couldn’t have gone far, and he could track her location via the undead dragon she was using as a mount, but it raised a valid point of concern. A part loathed his lack of control, but another part made a decision. I want friends, not slaves. We aren’t in a relationship together, so there’s no need for me to be so controlling. If she wants to leave, she is her own person. No reason for me to do anything.…
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