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MT 154 - Sharing (your stats) is Caring
154 - Sharing (your stats) is CaringThe way forward was to crawl further onward through the hive surrounding us. It took an hour to convince Etja to dive back inside the tunnels, but she relaxed once we realized that most insects had hidden or fled. Whether that was due to our completion of the obje...
MT 153 - Lonely Langhrey
MT 153 - Lonely LanghreyI gave everyone the rundown on what Nuralie and I had faced, then began sharing the item descriptions. I opened with the Wand of Boundless Night since it felt dangerous to even hold on to. I pitched the idea of leaving it in the care of Sam’lia, and no one was opposed to ri...
MT 152 - Mystery of the Insectoid Society
MT 152 - Mystery of the Insectoid SocietyNo sooner had Varrin commented on our reunion, than a series of System messages appeared.You have successfully defended against the Doomed Aspirants!Your Dimensional Magic skill has increased to level 32!Your Mystical Magic skill has increased from level 17 t...
MT 151 - Chips, Loot, & System Warnings
MT 151 - Chips, Loot, & System WarningsBankrolls.Cash money.Scrooge McDuck levels of legal tender.I actually didn’t have that much. I mean, I had more notes than most people, but in comparison to my total liquid wealth, it was a very small fraction. What I didhave was an unreasonable amount of chi...
MT 150 - Diptera Fatalis
MT 150 - Diptera FatalisAnimate ObjectSpiritualCost: 20 mana reservedCooldown: 1 minuteRequirements: CHA 20, Spiritual Magic 20You extend your will into an inanimate object, causing it to spring to life and act according to your wishes. Animated Objects gain a flying speed equal to your CHA, and you...
MT 149 - Death Sequence
MT 149 - Death SequenceKill the healer.It was age-old wisdom, passed down from elder homicidal vagrants to their soon-to-be murderhobo progeny. Varrin had probably been laid to bed as a child with cheerful tales of the underdog swordsman turning the tide of battle by expediting the enemy cleric’s ...
MT 148 - The Four Bugwomen of the Apocalypse
MT 148 - The Four Bugwomen of the ApocalypseOnce Explosion! had been countered, a lot of things happened very fast.Fly was flanked on three sides by allies in a triangle formation, a gruesome menagerie of insectoid bodies. Their frontliner fell while facing me and wasted no time charging.The creatur...
MT 147 - A & N Exterminators
MT 147 - A & N ExterminatorsIt was frustrating that the System, the Delve Core, or whatever was running this place hadn’t given us an express time limit before we’d gone into our individual challenges. It also seemed arbitrary that we were suddenly facing a countdown a few hours after Nuralie an...
MT 146 - Anty Bodies
MT 146 - Anty BodiesNuralie and I had eaten our fill and then separated into our own corners of the room to pursue our individual interests. Nuralie had taken several clippings of the thickly growing ferns and picked several of the glowing mushrooms for study. She had flora samples from across the D...
MT 145 - System Addendum #3
MT 145 - System Addendum #3*****SYSTEM ADDENDUM ADDED BY USER NAME: [ERROR: REDACTED]ADDENDUM NOTE: 5 months before the awakening of the first monolith*****Tavio examined the walls of the Imperial Palace with fascination. He had never before been inside the splendorous halls, decorated with art and ...
MT 144 - Two Places at Once
MT 144 - Two Places at OnceOnce Nuralie reluctantly agreed to the strategy, I spent 3 days experimenting with my Dimensional skills. Nuralie took the time to study the threads, growing intimately familiar with their composition. She even learned to look deeper upon the thread that sought to move thr...
MT 143 - Dimensionalism and You
MT 143 - Dimensionalism and YouI studied the loson carefully, mindful of her emotional state. I knew that she’d fully realized her first revelation while within the Training Expo, but she hadn’t yet discussed it with us. Given her history with the three churches, none of us had been willing to p...
MT 142 - The Cathedral
MT 142 - The CathedralThe air around us was cloying and thick. I grew short of breath as my lungs worked in rapid, short bursts. I was reluctant to draw in too much of the repugnant scent and what atmosphere I managed to inhale seemed thin of oxygen. The space in front of the cathedral was an empty ...
MT 141 - The Basilica
MT 141 - The BasilicaNuralie and I waited for an hour in case our allies were on some sort of time delay, but moved forward with the assumption that the party had been split. Even though the Delve had no express time limit, it didn’t mean that individual sections weren’t conditioned on completin...
MT 140 - The Winding Path
MT 140 - The Winding PathThe first part of the Delve was a maze, naturally. To be honest, the maze part was easy. Etja’s Total Recall allowed us to make sure we never backtracked unless necessary. Coordinated Thinker allowed me to keep us oriented spatially so that we always understood where we we...
MT 139 - Becoming a C’thon in 1 Easy Step
MT 139 - Becoming a C’thon in 1 Easy Step“Go for it,” said Xim, looking up from where she’d sat to meditate while I reviewed my evolutions.“More limbs are better!” said Etja, raising all four arms like she’d just won a prize fight.Nuralie watched and listened to the others react, but v...
MT 138 - You Get an Evo, and You Get an Evo, and You Get an Evo!
138 - You Get an Evo, and You Get an Evo, and You Get an Evo!After taking a moment to appreciate Shog’s existence as a barely contained entity of malevolent destruction, Etja decided to go next.“I got Wisdom to 40!” she said with a bright smile. “I put the 2 other points into Luck.”“Luck...
MT 137 - To the Moon!
Author's Note: Hello! This is chapter 137, which begins book 3. Book 1 is available on Amazon Kindle, KU, and Audible. Book 2 will be available on June 4. If it's after June 4 and you've finished book 2, then you're in the right place!A note for our Amazon/Kindle/Audible readers. Boo...
MTB2 - Epilogue
MTB2 - Epilogue***SYSTEM ADDENDUM ADDED BY USER NAME: [ERROR: REDACTED]ADDENDUM NOTE:Nine months after the disappearance of Fortune’s Folly into Deijin’s Descent***Brae’ach guided his long, sharp fingers slowly over the monolith, creating delicate swirls of mana-rich color that etched into the...
MT 136 - Entry Requirements Met
MT 136 - Entry Requirements MetI minimized the notification for my amulet to check on my allies and ensure we were truly out of danger. The Pit had gone completely still, most of its tendrils destroyed and the rest unmoving. The remnant’s remaining eye gazed out toward the sea, unfocused. The rain...
MT 135 - We are Arlo
MT 135 - We are ArloI began to think that pushing Reckless Shortcut to its maximum distance had been a mistake.My eyes bulged as the delayed onset agony of my body being thrust through a dimensional blender and spat out through a hole in reality that was several sizes too small caught up to me. Unli...
MT 134 - Danger Close
MT 134 - Danger CloseI pulled earplugs from my inventory–acquired after my last dance with deafness from the spell I was about to supercharge–handed a pair to Etja, then quickly shoved my own in. Hopefully, everyone else was far enough away to keep their hearing. I shoved my helm back on and beg...
MT 133 - Dumping (Not Just for Stats)
MT 133 - Dumping (Not Just for Stats)Like any good member of the well-to-do, one of my most reliable methods for solving difficult problems was to throw money at it.Back in the Creation Delve, our party had stumbled across an immense field of poison essences that we happily stuffed our pockets with....
MT 132 - Stacking DOTs
MT 132 - Stacking DOTsEtja caught Xim, Nuralie, and herself with Siphon shortly after the floor collapsed. Varrin’s fabulous cloak billowed out with sparkling fury as he flew to meet them, while I stood upon Gracorvus and quickly closed the short distance. Shog and Grotto floated like usual, their...
MT 131 - It’s too Big for Us to Handle
MT 131 - It’s too Big for Us to HandleThere was the sound of scraping stone and the obelisk rose from the pile of broken glass that was once Kaleidoscope. Its runes lit up and beams of energy connected to our bodies, distributing our stats. I dutifully confirmed that I now had 8 points banked, the...
MT 130 - Kaleidoscope
MT 130 - KaleidoscopeIt began as a tranquil blush of iridian luster rising from the dark like a warm morning star. A crystalline structure at the center of the room caught the light and its endless facets glittered, casting trails of color across the floor. The 12-foot-high gem had replaced the dark...
MT 129 - Clockwork II
MT 129 - Clockwork III used Oblivion Orb to destroy the wire and disentangle my legs, doing my best to ignore the insistent voices. I hopped back onto Gracorvus and checked on my allies.The wire embraced Varrin’s entire lower half, but the big guy ignored it, swinging at the machine with ever-incr...
MT 128 - Clockwork
MT 128 - ClockworkChunks fell away from the ceiling above, crumbling down on us like the ancient structure had suddenly felt the weight of its age and given up. Hunks of stone, some larger than the Lardigrey, crashed to the ground as we all strafed and dove to avoid being crushed. We were all heavil...
