《Realistic Tower of God: The Martial Way》Chapter 57- Workshop Battle Part 5
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Xin continued to loot the corpse. When he had finished, he counted his gains and put the items inside the lighthouse. He didn't use the lighthouse in battle but using it only as a storage was also quite beneficial.
It was no wonder that lighthouses were essential in the tower.
His gain this time was very small since he had only killed three regulars, it was expected. However, it only took a few minutes to do so, so it was worth it, overall.
Liu Guanyi and Xin had been doing this from the beginning to focus and save their time for training as much as possible.
To climb the tower wasn't exactly cheap per se, they have to pay for their lodgings, buying equipment, and food, especially food as the three of them ate a lot of food.
Of course, there were a lot of jobs that they could choose and do on every floor, especially after becoming E-ranked regulars. Most of them didn't pay well but there were some of them that pay quite well.
However, working on these jobs would force them to sacrifice most of their day just to earn some points.
This was one of the main reasons why regulars took a long time climbing the tower, they had to fund their own expenses as even taking the tests cost a lot of points, and if they failed it, they had to pay again to retake the test.
So they had to work for a long time instead of training their skills just to take the test again, and if they failed even once then failed again, it would become an endless loop of wasting their time that the longer it lasted, the more their potential would also be gone down the drain.
Hence, being loaded with points was an important thing to have to climb the tower.
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Though Liu Guanyi and Xin would never repeat a test looking at their result so far. He knew not to spend their time on trivial things. So, rather than working needlessly, it was much efficient to loot items and sell them afterward.
Naturally, he could ask Adori for it, but repeatedly asking for money and troubling her for these paltry things wouldn't exactly leave a good impression on her.
After Xin finished looting, he looked over as Liu Guanyi noticed his gaze and ordered two regulars to go toward him.
"These two will be under you for the time being. Use them to help you find the correct tunnels. We will inform each other if any of us find the correct one."
He smiled. "You know what to do to them after we find the correct tunnel."
Liu Guanyi turned to Adori and made eye contact with her as she nodded. There were three regulars behind her as there were two behind him.
"Let's separate as three groups to increase our efficiency to find the right tunnels as fast as possible. We need to win the items, especially the observer, it will be more useful compared to the needle." Liu Guanyi spoke to Xin and Adori.
Xin and Adori nodded in agreement, the needle was probably only suitable for Xin, and even then, they didn't really need it. Of course, Liu Guanyi was interested in the so-called ignition weapons but he was more interested in the ancient observer.
Only the observer would be truly beneficial for them. It would make reconnaissance much easier which was extremely advantageous in the tower.
If they had it, this test would be resolved much easier.
Unlike the usual observers, it was much powerful and stealthy, so if they sent it to scout ahead, it wouldn't expose itself to the enemy and become easily destroyed. and even if it was exposed somehow, it could strike them back or quickly escape.
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After all, it was modeled after the ancient observers so it shouldn't be too bad unless the Workshop had intended to scam them. And as for how powerful it was, they would only know after getting it.
Adori nodded and smiled. "Okay, let's meet later."
. . . . . .
Liu Guanyi moved at a moderate pace as he continued to observe the surroundings with two regulars following him in the back. It had been a few minutes after they separated into three groups to find the tunnels faster.
However, even after moving quite fast for a while, he didn't manage to find any tunnels nor Adori and Xin had contacted him.
'It seems that this place was bigger than we expected. As expected, this test isn't easy. Ten minutes mark has passed but we haven't even found any tunnels yet, then… let's pick up the pace.' He pondered.
"Move faster, we have to find the tunnels." Liu Guanyi spoke to the regulars in the back.
"But, sir… we are already running very fast." One of the regulars said.
"Y-yes, that's right, sir." The other one spoke laboriously as he was running out of breath.
Liu Guanyi stopped to look at them and spoke casually. "Do you want to start running faster or to die?"
"W-we will run faster sir!" Both of them quickly answered as they instantly gave in to his threat.
They didn't have a choice, Liu Guanyi was much stronger than both of them combined. They weren't sure before but they realized this from the pace they were currently running forward.
He didn't feel any pressure while they were feeling tired and out of breath as they exerted their all just to match his pace.
Looking at his incredible physical ability and signature black hair, they assumed that Liu Guanyi must be a distant descendant of the Ha family that was forgotten in the family line.
"Good, now you go to the front. If you don't run faster, I'll kick you until you do."
"Yes sir!" They didn't dare to dilly dally and moved in front of Liu Guanyi then started to run faster than before as if they weren't exhausted.
It was incredible how humans could exert an incredible explosive strength beyond their capabilities when they were cornered and faced with certain death.
Unfortunately, such power couldn't last long as their explosive energy vanished and their exhaustion returned as they felt their legs numbing.
'Damn, not yet! We will be killed if we move slower!' One of the regulars cursed inwardly.
"Wait… look at that!" The other regular suddenly exclaimed as he attracted the two attention.
"It's… the tunnel!" The regular spoke with a hint of relief mixed with excitement.
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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 153Maou Shoujo Magical Chaos
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