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Each of them decided to touch one skill shard and say its name aloud.
“[Cooking],” Haruka said.
“[Create Poison],” said Bill.
“[Evade],” Vivena said.
“[Chaos Aura],” Keynes finished, barely finding his voice. He definitely didn’t wish for [Evade] or [Cooking] and [Create Poison] was clearly for Vivena.
Alice… What is [Chaos Aura]? Is this related to my debuff?
When she didn’t answer he pu...
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Keynes checked all the seventeen underwater depressions and altogether found forty-four eggs. It was a bit of a nightmare transporting them out of the rift as the instance was already gone. If any of them left, they couldn’t return to the same rift.
On top of that, Keynes wanted to take a sample of the swamp water, moss and fungi that grew on the trees.
Anything in this rift was Level 3 and he remembered what Wagner and Hugo had been able t...
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They walked into the rift and immediately sank to their knees. They were in a swamp. It rained although the canopies of trees soaked most of the rainwater.
The water they stood in was dark and murky with drifting pieces of wood and plants in it. The ground beneath their feet felt solid enough.
In all directions stood moss-covered trees, many of them had the lowest parts of their canopies submerged in the water, a few had fallen to some past d...
2022-04-20 18:46:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe epic champion dropped an iron spikes-studded mace. They didn’t have a Level 3 Scroll of Identification to use it on the mace and Vivena put it into her dimensional pouch, then they moved on to where the body of the boss was.
It was a large hobgoblin in iron armour, its condition good. The way Vivena had killed it—a strike to its neck—left the armour undamaged. Next to the hobgoblin were four sub-bosses. They were larger than champions and wore better armours although nothing a...
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Somewhere in southern France a meeting was taking place. The ruined and abandoned village was a perfect location for such an event.
Every person in attendance wore a white mask. Over twenty people stood in what once was a cosy living room of a once nice cottage.
The meeting was called together by Baruka, second-in-command of the White Masks organisation.
“My friends,” he said to the gathered. “We have gathered here today to pay tr...
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As soon as Haruka told Keynes about his sister, he regretted it. At the back of his head, Bill’s rebuke sounded inevitable. They were meant to be careful about the Perfect State ascender. The sheer amount of will, time and resources required to achieve the Perfect State was insane. At the same time, gaining the Elevated stage? Impossible.
Haruka’s sister was still in the Medium stage and she struggled to get there even with cultivation techni...
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When the last monster dropped dead, Keynes’s laser-sharp focus shattered like a glass thrown against rocks. He collapsed to the ground. It took him a moment to climb up to a sitting position and lean against the carcass of a hornless rhino. Keynes’s body felt like it was crumbling.
“Alice, what’s the hell happening to me?” he mouthed.
You have exhausted your spiritual energy, master.
Exhausted his spiritual energy? What did i...
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The spider was Level 2 and of a common rarity. It didn’t have any abilities. It was the size of a large dog and died to a single slash.
“I need a weapon,” Vivena said.
Because of her Talent, she was using the raw strength of her body to kill the monsters. Without her Talent, she was only a normal Level 2 rift ascender.
Keynes took out a dagger with piercing property and +1 to attack speed, and handed it to her.
Vivena looked...
2022-04-08 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThanks for your support! The story moved on to adventuring for now. I am quite excited about these chapters :)
That said, a small retcon about the previous chapter - the rarity of the rift on the island is Rare not Uncommon. Uncommon rift monsters possess only one Passive ability while Rare monsters have one Passive and one Active.
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“What should I do with this?” Keynes asked aloud.
The fastest way is to swallow it. The slowest way i...
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Persephone sat in her office, thinking about Keynes Kid and his little idea of uniting their efforts. She had to admit that when she’d made her desire to catch the killer of Karim, she hadn’t dreamed of meeting the very person who held keys to the rifts. And to his credit, he quickly realised how much value lay within her Talent.
But it was never easy to hand over the things she desired. Especially if they held power. But the deal was a deal. S...
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“Who are you?” the woman in the white mask asked.
Keynes opened his mouth, feeling like a total idiot. What had he thought to charge into the heart of the White Masks organisation without a plan?
At the periphery of his mind flickered answers: guilt and fear. He’d tried to occupy his mind with something other than the visions, Daiyu Fen, Kaito Ren and outbreaks.
Great. And here I am. Neck deep in waste. At least, it isn’t rad...
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Following the two associates of the White Mask assassin wasn’t a walk in the park.
They walked in circles. Sometimes they stopped without a clear goal, only to resume their walk without a warning. Keynes made Alice stay close to them as he feared they might be suspecting of being followed. It put him on edge. Keynes had changed his clothes four times and always stayed far behind. Alice ensured him that both of the people they were following were Le...
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This chapter is shorter than normal because I had a busy weekend but I will add more words in the coming chapter to make up for the difference.
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Keynes sat in Wagner’s surface garden, the only place untouched by the troopers, with a magnificent view of the lake and faraway skyscrapers of Geneva’s business district.
His mother sat on the other chair, watching him attentively.
“I appreciate it, mom. Your soothing helps a lot.”<...
2022-03-28 19:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
I just wanted to let you know that I posted an updated on royalroad. It includes some spoilers and because I cannot hide spoilers here, I decided to not post it here.
The update it about the current arc, Keynes and revisions.
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The air was full of tense anticipation. Even suspicious and wary Esopp and Columbus showed hints of curiosity. They all understood a simple fact: if Shaper wanted them dead, they’d be dead.
It bolstered their conviction to go ahead with his insane idea.
Shaper raised and held the cube at his chest-level then asked everyone to gently touch it with their auras.
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I was going to write a short paragraph here but after a debate on discord, I decided to not explain my decisions as it would kill the suspense. None the less, if you have any questions feel free to message me on discord or here.
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Keynes placed a piece of paper containing the key points of their partnership. On the one hand, he was flattered that they were giving him an equal share, freedom of choice and protection but he still had no idea how to pro...
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Keynes and Wagner were having a drink as they watched the people from the Ministry take care of their prisoners. Wagner was against needless killing and the Ministry was more than happy to take the troopers away from his estate.
“This is quite strong,” Keynes muttered, while the heat spread all over his body. “What is it?”
“Level 2 stuff,” Wagner replied enigmatically.
“What k...
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The government forces needed three days to tear down the steel plates and did so only after bringing heavy machinery. From there, it got harder for the troopers. Wagner didn’t lie, he’d prepared for this. His plants were the stuff of nightmares.
With nothing to do Keynes focused purely on the training. He managed to improve his aura control technique. It was no longer a lesser version. Once his technique was improved he intrinsically...
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The economy was slow to respond to the outbreaks. And the sole fault for that lay at the World Government’s and the Old Blood’s feet. In the first months, the general public didn’t have access to rifts and even knowledge of what was inside them was restricted.
But neither side understood how persistent the free market can get once it finds out what is at stake.
The initial assessment saw only the rewards (items and...
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The beginning of the rescue mission was a few hours away but Keynes couldn’t shake off a feeling that the hospitality of Wagner Zimmermann was too good to be true.
And on top of that were the things Wagner had shown and told him.
What was the catch here?
It drove him crazy until Alice offered him a basic relaxation meditation technique. He needed that. Since he returned from the...
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From tomorrow each tier will add 1 extra chapter (no extra charge).
enjoy :)
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The conversation with Vivena left Keynes in a bad mood. Once he began thinking about their situation, doubts proliferated to the point where he asked Alice about the room’s defences and this time her answer surprised him.
Master, do you understand that I am a part of you? Mo...
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“Are you sure about it, sir?”
Wagner nodded, idly playing with a dry, shrivelled fruit. It was slightly larger than a date.
The Fruit of Insight.
That little thing was worth a kingdom. It granted insight as its name suggested. ...
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I caught cold and spent entire day wiriting the chapter feeling like I'm dying so I apologise if you find this chapter a little worse than others. I meant to finish it off yesterday but the revision of chapter 1 took too much time.
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There were several reasons why the high-levelled fight was different from a low-levelled one.
First of all, they moved faster than even Keynes’s perception could comfortably follow. It turned their moves into a bl...
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Geneva was once a neutral and powerful city. It still hosted numerous organisations that had been founded when the World Government didn’t exist like the Council of Merchants, which gathered the wealthiest companies in the solar system under its umbrella or the Moon Legion, which was a private army currently on the World Government’s payroll.
One organisation that to this day couldn’t come to terms with the biggest mistake they’d committed ...
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This was one of the hardest chapters to write and I had to rewrite it completely. I hope it shows better how their characters have changed.
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Keynes stood in the lobby, fighting the maelstrom of emotions, like a lone, trapped boat trying to find its way to a shore. He stared at the note in his hand and couldn’t—didn’t want to—believe in what it said. His family was here. How?
“What’s the matter?” Alice asked, worried a...
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Webster Frog enjoyed the first break from a ten-hour long experiment. It involved revamping the formation in different ways.
The experiment was a total failure. It also cost a lot because the formation required ingredients to work. At first, the ingredients were the only thing that differentiated them from the runes in Webster’s eyes. Then he’d learned more and saw how the two worked on distinct paradigms.
Formations required ing...
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Keynes took the shield out of his dimensional space, in time to block the attack. It surprised his attacker, but the man recovered too fast for Keynes to press the advantage. The man had to be Level 3 with some items that boosted some of his attributes. He was quick but not as fast as Hellescott who was a Level 5 human essence ascender. Keynes’s perfect memory allowed him to compare both men. With some help from Alice and his attribute interface, h...
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“There is something wrong with the humans,” Alice muttered under her nose.
“You’ve said it a dozen times already,” Keynes said. “Now, please, stay here. If anyone comes, alert me.”
Keynes unlocked the door to a warehouse and entered it. He’d spent the last few hours killing the rift monsters, then another hour compacting the essence and strengthening his core.
Crest was an important city that meant to create a barrie...
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A month after the second outbreak, the situation around the world was critical. One-thirds of the Level 2 rifts weren’t still closed. The World Government unofficially abandoned South America despite pleas for help. The rainforest became barriers that stopped the armies from clearing the rifts.
Columbus Curt decided to fill the void and move his soldiers to South America. Uncleared rifts were free essence and cleared rifts gave important raw m...
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For the tenth time, Keynes had eyed the boss’ corpse. It was full of delicious meat.
“Master, stop it,” Alice snapped and then used their spiritual connection to jolt him. “At your current level, your Purified Body buff isn’t strong enough to stop the poisoning induced by the rift meat.”
“That makes no sense,” Keynes shot back. “According to you, I can eat plants that grow...
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