Reincarnation Of The Strongest Sword God Chapter 28
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Reincarnation Of The Strongest Sword God Chapter 28 The Horror Of Hell Mode
With the Elites that were on guard all dead, only the Boss, Willie, remained on the open field. At this moment, Willie was laying on the ground, sleeping. It would scratch its back from time to time, completely unaware of its missing henchmen.
“Everyone, recover for now. I’ll explain the method to raid Willie in a moment.” Shi Feng wanted everyone to ease up first. It would not be easy to face off against Willie. The fight would require a high degree of concentration because a single mistake would cause everyone to be buried together.
Hearing Shi Feng’s command, everyone sat down to recuperate. They ate and drank to recover to their best state.
Shi Feng’s finger waved and shook as he called up his Attribute Panel.
He had recently reached Level 2. Because of the Abyssal Blade, the Free Attribute Points he obtained exceeded other players by 2 points. The choices he could make with his points were slightly more than the average player.
In the initial period, it was sufficient for the Agility of a Swordsman to reach 20 points. However, Shi Feng increased his to 30 points. There would be a fixed increase in the body’s flexibility when Agility reached 30 points. Subsequently, Shi Feng added the remaining points into Strength, making it easier for him to contend with the Boss.
Shi Feng had on him three pieces of Bronze Equipment, a Mysterious-Iron Ring, and a Magic Weapon. Shi Feng Attributes had basically reached his own requirements.
Character: Ye Feng (Human)
Affiliated Kingdom: Star-Moon
Title: Might Of A Thousand
Job: Swordsman
Level: 2
HP: 520/520
Attack Power: 88
Defense Power: 39
Attack Speed: 15
Movement Speed: 13
Attributes: Strength 32, Agility 30, Endurance 24, Intelligence 13, Vitality 13.
With such Attributes, Shi Feng had more confidence dealing with Willie.
Seeing everyone recovered, Shi Feng started explaining, “Willie has two skills. One of them is Killing Feast. When used, Willie will ignore Hatred and randomly attack the nearest players. Blackie and Lonely, you two have to pay attention to your positioning. The other skill is Death Claws. Cola, you have to distance yourself from the Boss before this skill is used. Lonely Snow, pay attention to interrupt the Boss. I’ll remind you when the time comes. Another point to take note of, Willie is very smart, so don’t keep on using the same attack pattern. Alright, that’s it. If we’re ready, then start the battle, Cola.”
“Brother Feng, is there nothing else we have to pay attention to?” Blackie walked up to Shi Feng’s side, whispering.
This place was the Hell Mode of the Deathly Forest. Not everyone was an expert, as well. However, Shi Feng’s explanation was so simple that it made them feel conquering this Boss was very easy. However, there were so many Elite parties which had died inside Normal Mode, so how could Hell Mode be so simple?
“Party leader, are there no details we need to pay attention to?”
Everyone was very worried. They all held anticipation in their gazes as they looked towards Shi Feng, hoping that he would speak more about the finer details. They were noobs, so there were a lot of things they did not understand. In regards to an expert like Shi Feng, the things he felt were common knowledge, were definitely not common to noobs like them.
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Elites could not be compared to a Boss. The other Elite parties must have definitely died at the hands of the Boss. Although their equipment was better than an Elite party’s, they were still Level 1 noobs. They clearly knew their own worth.
“You guys worry too much. Relax. When the time comes, I’ll tell you what you should do and when you should do it, so don’t worry about it. Cola, start the fight and remember to dodge more often. A single healer will not be able to match up to the Boss’ damage,” Shi Feng smiled. He felt his party members were quite interesting. They were much more serious about the details than he had thought. In his previous life, Shi Feng had entered Hell Mode Dungeons countless times as the Captain of Shadow. There was also no lack of hundred-men Dungeons amongst those times. So, how could he not know how to guide a few noobs to beat a small Boss?
Cola had no choice but to go at it hard.
Willie abruptly leaped up the moment Cola entered its detection range. Its mouth salivated when it saw Cola, and its two pairs of steel claws intertwined to produce sparks. Cola had clearly stimulated Willie’s heart of massacre. It lifted its steel claws and hastily dashed towards Cola.
“Start casting heals. All damage dealers prepare to attack Willie’s limbs.” Shi Feng commanded when he saw Willie’s menacing appearance.
Just when Shi Feng finished speaking, Willie had arrived before of Cola. Before Cola could react, its sharp claws had fallen from the sky, slashing at Cola’s neck.
Peng! Cola instinctively used his shield to block the steel claws, forming three brilliant streaks of sparks. There were also three claw marks left on the shield. Due to the immense rushing force, Cola was forced to retreat five or six steps as he stabilized his body. Above his head, a damage of -103 appeared.
Before Cola could even attack, Willie once again waved out its steel. This time, Cola was sent flying with his shield, and a damage of -105 points appeared. Only at this moment did the heal land on Cola, recovering 43 HP for him. It was a truly insignificant amount when compared to the damage Cola received.
Everyone was shocked. The Movement Speed and damage of the Boss was too horrifying. If Cola did not possess two pieces of Bronze Equipment, or if he did not block the attacks with his shield, he would have simply died from these two strikes.
“Lonely Snow, use Charge on Willie! Blackie, use Evil Whip!” Shi Feng had long since expected such a situation. He quickly instructed Blackie to use a binding skill.
Lonely Snow reacted by using a Charge to block Willie’s next attack and saved Cola’s life.
However, Lonely Snow’s attack had only caused -11 damage to Willie. He became dumbfounded by it. He had added most of his Attribute Points into Strength, and he even had two pieces of Bronze Equipment on him. Yet, he had dealt such a small amount of damage. It should be known that the Boss in front of him had 6000 HP.
Blackie also finished chanting from the side, sending out his Evil Whip.
Five streaks of pitch-black thorns suddenly constricted Willie’s legs.
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Shi Feng took the chance to circle around to Willie’s rear. With the Abyssal Blade in hand, he used Double Chop on Willie’s neck, causing -66 and -67 damage. His attack also caused a Bleeding effect, causing Willie to lose 8 HP every second, lasting for 10 seconds.
The high damage immediately caused Willie to switch its Hatred to Shi Feng. However, Shi Feng did not give it any chance. With his 30 Agility, Shi Feng easily dodged away from the steel claws, appearing 5 yards away from Willie.
“Ao! Ao! Ao!” Willie furiously bellowed as it rushed at Shi Feng.
“Ranged players start attacking. Cola, come over and hold Willie after you’re done recovering.” Shi Feng systematically retreated while he dodged Willie’s claws.
However, the others watching Shi Feng were shocked to their souls. This was because Willie’s claws would graze by Shi Feng’s cranium every time it attacked, blowing his hair into a dance.
Although everyone was shocked, they never stopped attacking. Magic attacks were sent out one after another, whereas Lonely Snow used Whirlwind Slash at Willie’s rear. However, not one of those damages had exceeded -20 points.
Willie’s HP slowly decreased. When it was occasionally struck by Shi Feng, its HP would drop by a segment.
Willie’s HP had fallen to 90% within a moment. Willie became enraged as it started a mad dance with its claws. It used Death Claws, greatly increasing its Attack Speed.
Shi Feng was nearly hit by it. Fortunately, however, he had used the Abyssal Blade to block the attack, only receiving -130 damage from it.
At this moment, the Cola rushed up with his full HP. He used a Divine Strike on Willie’s head, followed by a Punishment. Willie’s Hatred only switched to Cola after a series of attacks.
The switching of Hatred had also interrupted Willie’s Death Claws, returning Willie to its normal state.
Seeing Willie change targets, Shi Feng waved out a Thundering Flash. Three streaks of thunder passed through Willie’s body, dealing -92, -116, -137 damage. At the same time, giving Willie a damage amplification effect, it allowed others to deal 20% more damage to it. The fight with Willie became much easier.
Blackie was sending out Dark Arrows without stopping, each dealing over -50 damage. Whereas the others only managed to deal over -20 damage to Willie.
Being given a painful beating, Willie was just about to turn around and attack Shi Feng when Cola used both Divine Strike and Punishment once more. Willie’s Hatred was quickly pulled back to Cola.
When Willie turned back to Cola, Shi Feng used a Chop on it.
In such a way, Shi Feng and Cola took turns aggroing Willie, causing it unable to attack any players.
Willie’s HP continuously dropped until it was 30%. Willie entered a berserk state, its body increasing by several sizes.
“Melee players stay away from the Boss! Blackie, use Evil Whip! Healer, heal me!” Shi Feng loudly shouted. In its current state, Willie was definitely going to use its big move, Killing Feast.
Lonely Snow and Cola immediately distanced themselves from the Boss after hearing Shi Feng’s command, letting Shi Feng tank the Boss by himself.
When the two of them had run out of the 10-yard range, Willie disappeared.
No one understood what happened.
When Willie reappeared, it had already arrived at Shi Feng’s back, and its steel claws abruptly descended. Shi Feng had long since been ready for this. He used his sword to block the incoming claws. However, just after blocking this attack, Willie once again disappeared and again appeared behind Shi Feng.
Within two short seconds, Willie had attacked Shi Feng’s back seven times. Fortunately, Shi Feng’s Agility had reached 30 points. It was barely enough to match up to Willie’s speed. However, every attack Shi Feng blocked would still take away a significant amount of HP from him. The heals he received also continuously recovered his HP.
-96, -97, +46, -96, -97, +48, +32, -96, -97, +46……
If Shi Feng did not possess 520 HP and blocked every claw that came at him, Shi Feng would have died from Willie’s Killing Feast with 100% certainty.
At this moment, Shi Feng’s remaining HP did not reach 100 points.
“Get rid of it!” Shi Feng loudly shouted.
After using his big move, Willie would enter a Weakened state. It was the perfect chance to kill it.
Everyone continuously greeted Willie with their attacks, finally shaving off Willie’s remaining 30% HP. It dropped four items.
Just as everyone was about to let loose their breaths, Shi Feng took a look at everyone’s current status. The healer, Drowsy Sloth’s remaining MP did not reach 20%, and the other mages’ MP did not reach 10%. Shi Feng hurriedly said, “Everyone, sit down and recover immediately!”
Everyone was confused. Didn’t the Boss just die? Why must they be in such a hurry? However, everyone still listened to Shi Feng’s command to sit down and recover.
Before they had even sat down and recuperated with food and drinks for five seconds, a violent roar entered everyone’s ears. The roar had shaken the entire Deathly Forest, and following it, a black shadow leaped out from within the forest.
The black shadow was a gigantic Werewolf. The Werewolf looked at Willie’s corpse, then looked towards Shi Feng and the others. It’s pitch-black eyes suddenly turned crimson red. Just when it wanted to release a roar, Shi Feng dashed towards it with Wind Blade. Immediately, Shi Feng used Abyssal Bind. Nine chains appeared and bound the Werewolf and its mouth, preventing it from making a sound.
At this moment, everyone finally saw the Werewolf’s statistics. It had a whopping two bars of HP.
[Werewolf Felt] (Lord-rank)
Level 3
HP 12000/12000
“Crap, why is there a Lord Boss?” Blackie cursed.
They had barely rested just after killing a Boss, and now there was a Lord in front of them. Lords were a rank higher than Chieftains. The game was literally trying to kill them.
“Everyone remember, absolutely do not let Werewolf Felt let out another roar.” Shi Feng continuously reminded everyone.
However, the others were clearly frightened. Not because of Werewolf Felt’s body and HP, but because of that pair of horrifying crimson eyes. They gave off an intimidating feeling to everyone that made it hard to move.
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Sword System Academia
2/17 NOTICE: I'm putting this on hiatus, possibly permanently. I didn't want to spam with an "update chapter", so hopefully here and in the story blurb will get enough eyeballs. There are a couple reasons for ending SSA for now. 1) I wrote the next chapter but wasn't happy with it. I've been less and less satisfied with SSA's quality the more I thought about it. Part of the reason is... 2) I am seriously thinking about trying to publish some novels to help pay the bills, since I don't have my other source of income anymore. I have never asked for anything from SSA readers, no money, not even a review or rating. SSA is written for fun to amuse myself, primarily, and I would kind of feel bad actually charging someone money for something as unserious as that. I don't think it is good enough to ask anything in return. To use an analogy from music, SSA is more like a jam session with a bunch of friends. You're just chiling and having fun playing some music. I mean, if you are Mozart or even Eminem, your jam session is good enough to sell, but for an amateur beginner like myself, haha, no. If I want to publish something, I feel like I need to go the proper route of practice and rehearsals, which might be more similar to a classical concert performance. With SSA, I work from worldbuilding notes and a loose outline, but what you are essentially getting is the first draft with lots of so-called pantsing. Pushing out a web novel like this also means it is very difficult to go back and improve things without breaking everything else downstream. I wanted to try this "jamming" approach, as it was a good way to teach me about another aspect of writing, but to move forward, I think I need to hone my "classical" techniques, which emphasize rewriting, or at least, revising outlines. 3) While I intend to try to make $$$, my actual current goal is to "get gud". I've spent a lot of time recently trying to understand the self-publishing industry, and I'm pretty sure I can make some money by using short-term strategies with my current amateur skill level. But I've seen too many authors come and go/burnout, and really, the only way that I think I can enjoy writing and still make money on a long-term basis is to become a better writer. And the next step for me, which I haven't done much before, is to spend more time on rewriting and outlines. That is pretty much antithetical to the way SSA is developing. I've always been kind of 20/80 plotting/pantsing, but I want to spend a lot more time outlining before I even start writing. SSA jam sessions don't really fit my goal anymore. If you're curious about what's next, read on... Among other regrets, I regret not finishing SSA. It's the first story I've dropped, but then again, it's the first web novel I've attempted, so I suppose that's not a surprise. I don't think traditional web novel formats suit me that well. The whole SSA story I had loosely planned (beyond a first book or major arc) is way too large as well. Big story = good for neverending webnovel with Patreons, bad for penniless and fickle writer like me. I am currently outlining a complete trilogy to another story in great detail. I want the story to end concisely, and I also want the chance to really spend a lot of time on the full outline to spot pacing problems, character issues, lost themes, and so on. I'll still share this story on RR. What I intend to do is finish book 1, flash-publish the whole thing here for a few weeks, then publish on the big Zon. Repeat for books 2 and 3. The upcoming story will be about crafting heroes. The backdrop is an isekai-like setting, where elves will summon humans to their world as heroes, but the whole hero crafting business is still in its infancy. The elven mage researchers are figuring out how to imbue heroes with power, while the heroes are trying to figure out how to use the powers that they gain. Humans are the best hero templates because they are blank and have no intrinsic magic. Or at least that what the elves thought. The human MC has his own secrets... There will be some similarities with litrpgs, but I would call it more a progression fantasy or gamelit story. For example, the stats are very low, at least initially. Say we have a stat called Str. Going from Str = 1 to Str = 2 is a huge deal. Also, going from Dex = 0 to Dex = 1 is an even bigger deal. I guess you could call it a "low-stat litrpg", haha. Also, the heroes won't be gaining stats simply by killing things or leveling up. You can't increase stats arbitrarily, either. There will be rules to how stats can increase, and how they work with each other. The elven mages will be figuring out these rules in order to craft stronger and stronger heroes. Some inspiration will be from cultivation magic systems, but there won't be overt cultivation, at least for now. A theme I really want to explore is the idea of interactions. That includes things like hero crafter vs hero, tactics vs strategy, skill synergies, racial interactions (dwarves, elves, etc), and son. Yeah, so hero crafting. I'm super excited about this project and venturing into publishing. If you want to check out the upcoming story, you can follow my RR author profile to see when it drops here. Finally... THANK YOU TO EVERYONE! I'm very sorry that SSA is stopping, but I hope at least some of you will find the next story at least as enjoyable, if not more. Thanks to all the readers who gave SSA a shot. Big hug or solid fistbump to all of you, whichever you prefer! I hope this message is not a downer but an upper, because I am psyched!! -purlcray -------------- BLURB: Talen, youngest Master of the Koroi, makes his way to the Empire's capital to salvage his clan's fate. But the bustling city has few opportunities for the traditionalist. For the old sword clans are fading. With the rise of alchemy, gold can purchase strength that ordinarily took years of training to cultivate. Sword artists, once rare and accomplished, are quickly growing in number, especially among the wealthy noble class. Even with such alchemy, though, no one has advanced to the rank of Grandmaster in countless years. Talen's true dream is to walk the path of a sword artist to the very end while fulfilling his clan duties. And then the Swordgeists return, fabled founders of all sword arts, gods who had touched the world long ago and vanished. These myths turned into reality warn of a coming threat. Alongside this warning, they issue an invitation to the Sword System Academy, a path to power beyond the mortal realm. But first, they will hold an entrance exam... Story notes:Sword System Academia blends elements of western and asian fantasy such as xianxia and litrpg. I took parts from different genres I enjoyed and twisted them into my own creation. There will be an explicit system, both of the litrpg kind and the hard(ish) magic kind, but it is embedded within an academic structure that will develop over the course of the story. This is my attempt to design a unique type of system, the System Academia.
8 153Siphon
Be careful what you wish for. Jade has spent her life fighting boredom in the terminally ill ward by surfing the net and envying the ability and energy of others to go out and live. So when she wakes up with a weak, but healthy body in a magical world with blue game-like system notifications filling her vision, she'll have to adapt quickly in order to survive. Thankfully, she has a bit of luck and an ability that will let her reach for the stars. This is Andara, where her adventure finally truly begins. Author's Note: This is my raw, unedited text. In order to comply with my contract, book 1 has been taken down from RR except for the beginning, unedited preview chapters at this point. The edited book 1 is on Amazon! Thanks for your support!
8 122Saga of the Jewels VOLUME ONE COMPLETE
Prefer to listen to rather than read Saga of the Jewels? I'm also releasing it as a free audibook serial podcast on iTunes here! Epic YA JRPG-influenced GameLit progression ensemble-cast steampunk romance fantasy! When Ryn’s hometown is destroyed, will he be able to gather together the twelve Primeval Jewels in order to defeat the evil Emperor and save the world of Mid? A fan novelization of an amazing Final Fantasy game that doesn’t actually exist, that currently releases at least one chapter a month. Epic in that this will be very long. “It’s a marathon, not a sprint!” (-Kandaj) YA in that this should be enjoyable to~13-year-olds and upwards. Some gore, some swearing, some sex, but nothing more than PG-13. JRPG-influenced / GameLit in that it uses lots of JRPG tropes, particularly from Final Fantasy. I’ve read a lot of fan Final Fantasy novelisations and you can basically think of this as a fan novelisation of its own Final Fantasy game that doesn’t actually exist as a game... Progression in that the characters level up over time (though not with visible litrpg stat boxes). They grow in ability through training and experience, gain new skills, individually and as a party (think Chrono Trigger) and spend time discussing and stratgeising about how to defeat their opponents. Main protagonist from book three would definitely be able to defeat himself from book one! Ensemble-cast because we've got quite the roster of misfits here. The first volume is all from the main protagonist's POV, but it starts dancing between his and different POVs thereafter. Steampunk in that we’ve also got airships, steam trains, pistols and ambiguous ‘amber bars’ that function a bit like artificial lights… Romance in that there is lots of shipping here, a few love triangles, and you may be kept guessing as to who will actually end up together... Fantasy in that we’re in a vaguely pre-modern setting. We’ve got swords, magic, dragons, dungeons, monsters, all that good stuff. * "This story captures that Final Fantasy quality perfectly. Kiddy but also grim. The characters are great... Severely underrated and needs more favorites/follows. I look forward to seeing how this story will unfold." -Gilgamesh9999 "Starting at the end and jumping backwards is not a writing style seen every day. I'll admit, I was a bit skeptical at first, but you've executed a fairly crazy idea very skillfully so far. Overall, a strong start to what could be a very strong story." -RandomFF.netUser "You definitely have my interest piqued. It'll be interesting to see where the story goes... It definitely has an 'old school Final Fantasy' type feel to it, which I appreciate...Good job! I am glad you are going into more details about the story you laid out in the prologue...of course the big burning question is 'You know they lose in the the first chapter, so how will they end up winning?' That of course, is the story you're writing...so we'll see how it goes! #Following." -KyleQuicksilver (quotes are from reviews on other sites) * If you enjoy it, don’t forget to boost Saga of the Jewels on topwebfiction.com! [participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]
8 395(DEMO) Colorless vol.1- Phantamoire Enigmata
This is a demo volume consisting only seven chapters. The sole reason of this publication is to show the world a glimpse of the project. Therefore, the final quality of the product will be lot more refined and polished. This demo might get deleted from RoyalRoad after the actual publication. Synopsis: "Knights wearing their shining armor serving righteous justice riding their glorious horses." We all have heard that story- Heroes who do the right in the purest way without any tampering. But, is it really that easy? Is the world and it's heroes really that pure? After all... fairytale is just a lie. I might be the first author in the world who despises writing. I haven't read any story books or novel in my entire life but children's story book (not even ten of them). So, why do I write? Simple answer- the story. Inexperienced I may be but I believe my project and it's quality. The actual story will be posted somewhere in 2019. The story will be devided into 7/8 volumes and 90 (approx.) chapters. I have been working on this project for 1 year now. It took me 5 months to finalize the concept and plot, 7 months for the story and it's already been 6 months in writing along with 2 times of total revamp.
8 192Her Three Kings {Volturi Kings}
"If I hug you are you going to eat me?" "My brothers would be very unhappy with me were I to do so.""That was really a yes or no question."***Liliana is a very special girl, with a very special gift. She has been immersed in the world of vampires since she was nine years old. They've raised her, loved her, and protected her. She was content with her life until the day she discovered she was mated to the three Volturi kings. It's an adjustment for all of them, but it isn't long before Liliana is blissfully living her happily ever after with her mates.But things slowly begin to fall apart and, before she knows it, her entire world has crumbled around her. Unable to discover what went so horribly wrong, she can't begin to repair it. Suddenly, every comfort she has is torn away from her. Can the kings repair the damage or will they lose their mate forever?This story is complete at 76,000 words
8 135Sakura TimeTravel
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