Pleased with his Profession and eager to start training his new skills a little later in the day, Nick turned his attention to his equipment, making sure that each item was properly maintained and ready to use in an emergency.
He ran his fingertips across his Flask of Restoration, smiling at the memory of sprinting through the item vault to claim it, then spent a few minutes repacking the pouches attached to his toolbelt. While it was always nice to say hello to old friends, he was most...
2025-05-26 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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When Edge overpowered the Gardener’s domain, the rain ceased to fall, leaving his view of the chamber clear.
Half of the remaining monsters had either drowned during the deluge or bled out after being shredded by the bamboo’s lethal thorns. The rest were cowering within the ruins—the desire for mayhem beaten out of them while enduring the merciless downpour.
His team was still recovering from the cold snap, although it hadn’t lasted long enough to seriously harm anyone. On...
2025-05-26 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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When Nick awoke, the sky was just starting to lighten with the coming of dawn—a hint of navy blue bleeding through the blackness blanketing the stars.
By this point in his adventures, waking up in a treetop with strange constellations scrawled across the heavens didn’t even faze him. After taking a long look around to make sure nothing hostile was lurking in the woods, Nick turned his attention to his first big decision since returning to the world of his birth. It’s time to d...
2025-05-23 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“Watch out!” Setna cried. “The Gardener is joining the fight.”
The crew let loose with ranged attacks, including Edge’s chakram, but the boss raised its shield and deflected them with contemptuous ease. It advanced without breaking its stride—inexorable as the turning of the seasons.
He could sense an incredible concentration of mana burning in its reactor—more magic than the monster had used to gather the horde. Meanwhile, the gem in its chest started shining with a...
2025-05-23 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The monsters filling the boss’s chamber exploded into motion as its magic took control, replacing their reason with bloodthirst and rage.
They sprang for the closest creature and started tearing each other apart, showing no hesitation whatsoever. On the far side of the enclosure, one of the prisoners seemed unaffected by the Gardener’s magic—due to some manner of defensive skill or magitech device.
She was pleading with the other two convicts, who were advancing on her posit...
2025-05-22 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Good to know. Nick closed his display and returned his attention to the Bladewind Badlands.
By now, the sun was dipping toward the ocean, and the moon was rising along the horizon. No. Not moon, he corrected himself. Moons.
The first orb was Luna—the silver moon that he had known all his life. It looked the same as always, and he could catalogue its features in crisp detail, thanks to his upgraded eyes. There isn’t any light pollution anymore. Th...
2025-05-21 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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The last slice of the Savage Garden was more spacious than Edge had anticipated—about the size of two football fields lying side by side. It was ringed by the towering bamboo that formed the walls of the dungeon, creating an arena for the showdown that would momentarily ensue.
“This is the heart of the town that’s spread across the islands,” One-Eye observed. “These buildings were destroyed by what must have been one hell of a fight.”
Edge decided the man was right. Th...
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That wasn’t even remotely close to how Edge expected One-Eye to finish his sentence.
Despite the gravity of the moment, he laughed. “You’re saying that I just utter a please and thank you, you’ll step out the way and let me walk on by?”
“That’s exactly what I’m saying.” One-Eye chuckled. “I’m supposed to kill you and tracking you across the dungeon has been an exhilarating thrill, but I respect what you’ve done to make it this far. More importantly, I fucki...
2025-05-20 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Once Nick reached the bottom of the hill, he picked out a path and started jogging.
The level terrain offered adequate traction and was open enough that he could see trouble coming well before it arrived. In short, it was a perfect place to take his newly-evolved body for a test drive.
Nick had gotten a taste of what he could do during his battle with the Guardian, but he had been too busy fighting for his life to truly appreciate just how much he had grown after absorbing the Cri...
2025-05-19 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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The threat was punctuated by the chill of steel pressing against his throat. Edge didn’t sense any Disruption running through the blade and could Shadow Step away if he wanted to. Instead, he let his polearm fall to the ground and went perfectly still.
A convict would have slit his throat rather than issuing a warning, which could only mean one thing. When he glanced down at the arm holding the knife and saw that it was free of prisoners’ tattoos, he knew his hunch was right. He had...
2025-05-19 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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When Nick’s pod came to a stop, it vanished with a pop that set his ears ringing.
The moment that his boots touched the ground, it finally hit him. He. Was. Home.
After enduring his survival tutorial on the Searing Isle, braving the dangers of Blackmist Bog, and overcoming the challenges of climbing the Tower of Rizzen, Nick was back.
He took a deep breath, savoring the air filling his lungs. For the first time in months, the breeze care...
2025-05-16 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Before he relocated and began preparing for his showdown with the dungeon’s boss, there was one last thing that Edge wanted to do.
It had been quite a while since he had viewed his profile in full. He went ahead and pulled it up now, marveling at how much he’d accomplished since evolving to stage two.
Personal Statistics: Edge Vasher
Attributes (Values in parentheses are provided by your traits)
Physical Attribut...
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Edge killed two monsters over the next four hours.
Since Vigor’s glow was too bright for hunting at night, he went with Ghost Armor instead, using the aura in battle for the first time. It worked beautifully with his existing defenses, sapping momentum from his enemy’s attacks before they reached his body.
His garax-leather armor distributed the remaining force across a wider area, and his Durability kept the impact from damaging his tissue, with an occasional assist from Hard...
2025-05-15 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Sasha pressed her body into the damp earth, crawling on her belly until she could peer over the ridgeline.
Below her, the jailbirds’ tents were nestled in a shallow valley running between two hillocks—the strike force that had attacked the expedition and hounded the survivors ever since.
There were at least sixty cored warriors camped down there—a mixture of late stage ones and stage twos. There had been even more until a few days ago, when two crews had returned to the Sava...
2025-05-14 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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It seemed that before he decided which biome would become his new home, Nick had some reading to do. It’s time to learn more about that quest.
When he focused on the information he wanted, it appeared before his eyes.
The Rebuilding Civilization Bonus Quest
Quest period: 1 year.
Time remaining until quest initialization: 14 days.
The Rebuilding Civilization bonus quest is designed to of...
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Accompanied by a gallon of adrenaline sloshing through his veins, Edge left the hydra’s island.
He came to a stop a few isles over—covered in sweat, mud, and blood. He Concealed his presence, took a long look around to make sure that nothing was headed his way, then summoned his Guide and pulled up the rest of his updates.
You have completed one component of the supplementary quest, Open the Boss’s Chamber.
For defeating the
2025-05-13 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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As Overdrive hit the seven second mark, Edge jumped to the ground.
He buried his iceblades into an unfrozen portion of the hydra’s body along the way, carving a pair of ruby gouges down its chest until his boots hit the dirt.
He gripped the hilts of his subzero swords, flaring Elemental Blade all the while to bolster the arctic mana it was pumping into the monster’s torso. The runes added by his Frostfury Medallion shone silver like the moon, multiplying the power of the skill...
2025-05-12 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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When his brain finished booting up, Nick was back in his own body.
He was surprised to discover that he was still floating in space and shielded by a magic bubble. But not too surprised, considering everything that had happened.
Being weightless was incredibly relaxing, and casting his gaze across the limitless heavens was soothing to his soul. The temperature was comfortable, and other than the soft sounds emanating from his own body, utter silence reigned. He wasn’t sure what ...
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One second, Nick had his arms wrapped around Sophia, savoring the sensation of her lips pressed against his own and the boundless warmth of her presence.
The next, the world vanished in a flash of light.
When Nick opened his eyes, he was staring down at the Earth.
From the rooftop of the Tower of Rizzen, the planet had looked like a great, glowing ball—resplendent cerulean curves contrasted against the blackness of outer space. Now his homeworld filled the entirety of his ...
2025-05-09 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Edge had a hard time falling asleep that night, tossing and turning until he finally drifted off.
He awoke before dawn, tweaking his plans while waiting for the sky to lighten. Extraction would come off cooldown in the early afternoon, and he wanted to prepare himself and locate the hydra before that happened. He went over everything one last time while he made himself breakfast and got ready to head out.
This strategy had some overlap with how he’d battled the elite ape, but th...
2025-05-09 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Riding the high of acquiring an amazing new upgrade, Edge spent the rest of the afternoon hunting within the islands comprising the city.
He had reprioritized his needs after bonding the Frostfury Medallion and put all the experience he Absorbed into Elemental Blade, filling the skill’s cup to the brim. He stepped into his inner world to watch it advance, thrilled to have stolen enough high-rank powers to finish the job in one day.
The skill (Elemental Blade) has advance...
2025-05-08 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Since Edge couldn’t afford to let the Crimson Claws catch him, he intended to spend his remaining time inside the Savage Garden hunting within the crumbling structures scattered across the city.
The clusters of buildings covering the islands were extensive and ancient. Just like the temple he had found in the crevasse at the start of his adventure, their construction displayed none of the hallmarks of magitech that were ubiquitous throughout inhabited space. If that were the case, the...
2025-05-07 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“Hello everybody, Devin here. Today, I’m smashing through the fourth wall to bring you up to speed on our story so far. Just a reminder, these recaps exist outside the main story and are meant to be a fun way to provide a refresher for anyone who needs it. If you’re all caught up or don’t enjoy these little interludes, feel free to head on over to chapter one, where Nick has quite a surprise in store.
“Joining me for today’s recap is Veronica. We decided to give Nick the day...
2025-05-07 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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After getting a good look at the swamp’s corrupted resource, Edge realized that he already knew where another pearl was located. He had skated over it earlier without recognizing what it was.
The mollusk containing the tainted pearl was growing beside the lair of a powerful monster—the thing with tentacles that had tried to grab him while crossing the river on his way to the city. It wasn’t a monster that he wanted to fight, but that wasn’t what he was planning.
Edge had a...
2025-05-06 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Later that day, Edge encountered the third elite monster roaming the Savage Garden—a colossal amphibian that he decided to call “the hydra.”
He had just set foot onto one of the largest islands bordering the boundary of the swamp, getting ready to explore the cluster of ruins it contained after scouting the perimeter. Only seconds after he used Foebinder to climb into the branches of a towering tree to survey the structures, something massive breached the water.
He immediate...
2025-05-05 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Edge spent the next hour surveying the first island of the dungeon’s final zone.
Although he had decided to call this region “the city” for reference, not every isle was home to a crumbling structure, and he had no idea what their original purpose had been. Or what they’re doing inside a dungeon for that matter.
He was pleased to discover that this island was free of monsters and other hazards. Although it was home to a few smaller structures, he didn’t find any...
2025-05-02 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Sakura watched from the shadows as a ragged group of refugees gathered in front of Puppet Town’s north gate.
Doc had set up a tent where he was treating their wounds, and Dialla’s assistants were handing out food and water. While their relief seemed genuine, Sakura found the group’s arrival to be deeply suspicious, especially the timing.
According to their account, these people had been imprisoned within the Gilded Heights—the stronghold of the Crimson Claws. After being p...
2025-05-01 17:00:26 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody, Magnus here. I hope your week is going well.
Well, we did it. We've finally reached the end of LotMG volume 3.
This marks the official end of the Fate of Earth trilogy. The Earth is safe(ish), Nick is going home, and we've started learning more about the truth behind it all.
Now its time to rebuild human civilization, meet up with some old friends, and get ready to find out what awaits our heroes in the depths of the Labyrinth of the Mad God.
This was p...
2025-04-30 17:01:02 +0000 UTC
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One-Eye crept his way across the swamp, in pursuit of his quarry.
He was the only jailbird in the dungeon who was willing to brave its depths alone, which is how he preferred it. In part due to his temperament, and partly because he despised the Claws, but mostly because the target Ripper had assigned him was the most thrilling hunt of his life.
In theory, he was tracking all three members of the expedition Puppet Team had sent to conquer the Savage Garden. There had been five whe...
2025-04-30 17:00:11 +0000 UTC
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On the top of Darkstone Tower, silence reigned.
The champions of Earth had returned to their world and the Mad God had retreated to his realm. The planet shining in the sky above was safe for now, although countless dangers awaited it within the Labyrinth. Thanks to the System’s gambit, humanity would have a fighting chance of ascending to the peaks of power, though the road would be long and fraught with peril.
Sometime later, a robed figure wavered into existence atop the batt...
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