Synopsis and Starting Chapter 2 Patching Up Tory
3 Old House Old Memories
4 Oasis Online And O-Pods
5 Entering Oasis
6 Mcp Chip
7 Oshos
8 Bounty
9 Lifespan
10 The Botched-Up Op
11 Rationalizing Death
12 Kamikaze
13 Axela
14 Lazarus Pods
15 Meta Vs. Non-Metahuman
16 Insidious Attack
17 Whistleblowers P1
18 Whistleblowers P2
19 Full Circle
20 “I’Ll Be The Architect Of My Own Destruction”
21 Screech. Crash. Boom.
22 Seek And Ye Shall Find
23 Death-Like Slumber
24 Waking Up
25 Memories Flooding In
26 Rankers
27 Digesting Memories P1
28 Digesting Memories P2
29 What It Feels Like To Feel P1
30 What It Feels Like To Feel P2
31 Stardust Guild
32 Scare Tactics
33 Miranda Bloom
34 Adjusting On-Job Routine
35 Brush Up On The Basics P1
36 Brush Up On The Basics P2
37 Loving The Process
38 A Divergent Way To Learn
39 The Crane’S Nest
40 An Easter Egg
41 Siphoning Life Essence
42 Absolute Control Vs. Destructive Freedom
43 Walk The Rankers' Path With Unwavering Grit
44 Successful Warrior
45 Packing A Punch P1
46 Packing A Punch P2
47 A Philosopher Of Bullshittery
48 Formless
49 Countdown
50 Breakthrough Into Official Rank
51 I’Ll Begin My Journey In Infinity. In Infinity, My Journey Shall End
52 Infinite Mana Core
53 Spell Stacking
54 “Look What You Made Me Do”
55 Take No Prisoners
56 Confide
57 Grind Is Real
58 Rookie’S Test
59 Battlemage
60 Experimenting
61 To Hell With Circumstances. I Create Opportunities
62 Surpassing Expectations
63 Realizing Shortcomings
64 Entering Gilaahan
65 City Of Ludan
66 Death And Taxes
67 Possible Solution?
68 First Mission
69 Mia Silver
70 Dokkaebi
71 The Mammoth Hunt P1
72 The Mammoth Hunt P2
73 Karma
74 Multi-Stage Breakthroughs
75 State Of Epiphany
76 Artifact Smithing
77 Explore More Expect Least
78 The Bare Necessities
79 If It Doesn’T Open, It’S Not Your Door Yet
80 Hexers
81 The Hexers' Creeds P1
82 The Hexers' Creeds P2
83 Malcolm Merlot
84 Battlemage 101
85 Investment
86 The Wolf’S Creed
87 Back To Earth
88 Underground Fights
89 Eren Vs. Tegan
90 High Profit Margin
91 Rog Bandalwild And Jacob Jenkins
92 Leading Rog By The Nose
93 Believe In The Dead To Keep A Secret
94 Blitz Shard
95 Spirit Beast Spell
96 Real Knowledge Is To Know The Extent Of Your Ignorance
97 Float Like A Butterfly Sting Like A Bee
98 One Ring To Repel Them All
99 Benefiting From The Dead
100 Alfem
101 Demonic Rankers
102 Flesh Golems
103 Something'S Off
104 Uninvited
105 Roland’S Compromise
106 Collecting Raw Ingredients
107 Eren Vs. Jario P1
108 Eren Vs Jario P2
109 Baited
110 Gilaahan’S Blessing Once Again?
111 Forbidden Technique
112 Bulal Blood
113 Elevated Stats
114 Bulal’S Uninvited Guests
115 Undying Cockroach Vs Ariadne
116 Using Fire Element
117 Homing
118 Escape
119 Purpose Behind Guards' Infection
120 Flesh Golems Appear
121 Escaping Traitors
122 Red Runic Array
123 No Gall No Glory
124 Patience Is The Art Of Concealing Your Impatience
125 Gains
126 Securing The Bounty Reward
127 A Place To Return P1
128 A Place To Return P2
129 Straight Face
130 Picking Up From Where They Had Left Off
131 Coffee And Cuddles
132 Viktor Vs. Keith
133 The Ax Effect
134 Besting Keith
135 Unexpected Invitation
136 Trying Hex Gear Set
137 Entering The Hexers’ Testing Grounds
138 Puppets
139 Alfem And Blitz Shards Combo
140 Flesh-Altering Spell And Taranbiest
141 The Bear Trap
142 Kino
143 Mediocrity Is The Final Enemy Of Prosperity
144 Hexers And Freedom
145 Downsides P1
146 Downsides P2
147 Hex Spell: One Up
148 Slaadi
149 “Success For Me Is To Go Out There And Dominate”
150 Twin-Star Arts And Igni Series Spells
151 Igni Lotus
152 A True Fire Domain
153 Being Followed
154 Retrospection
155 Spied On
156 House Of Spiders P1
157 House Of Spiders P2
158 Prince Charming
159 Whatever Doesn’T Kill Me Had Better Start Running
160 Bigger Threat
161 Mia Escapes
162 Dual Kill
163 Let This Rain Wash Away All My Pain Of Yesterday
164 Bloodfest
165 Green Prison
166 Extreme Fear Can Neither Fight Nor Fly
167 There Is No True Genius Without Some Touch Of Madness
168 No Greater Danger Than Underestimating Your Opponent
169 Choices And Consequences
170 Aspect Fusion
171 Contract Bound
172 Awakening Potion
173 Breakthroughs P1
174 Breakthroughs P2
175 Encashing Kills
176 In Spontaneity Lies The True Beauty Of Life
177 Wild Forest Wind Trapped Inside Four Walls*
178 Unspoken Competition*
179 Ready Or Not*
180 All Yours*
181 Incredible And Unbelievable
182 Walk A Mile To Avoid A Fight
183 Seeing The Tip Of Something Dreadful And Evil
184 Violence Is Not The Answer
185 Baiting A Wolfpack
186 A Bit Of Progress Each Day Adds Up To Big Results
187 Yana Shiran And Raina Regan
188 Profit Is The Ignition System Of Any Economic Engine
189 Bad Guys Vs Bad Guys P1
190 Bad Guys Vs Bad Guys P2
191 Meeting Ariadne Again
192 Talk Between Two Survival Specialists
193 Destroying Spider Golem
194 We Can Live With Dignity; We Can’T Die With It
195 Dread
196 No Power Is Worth Losing Self Control Over
197 Adelman'S Ring
198 No Hard Feelings
199 Plans To Form A Merc Team
200 Same Brand Of Delusional
201 Aiming For Spiders’ Loot
202 Escaping Spiders
203 Assassinating The Assassin
204 Ambushing Behlam
205 Slaying Behlam
206 Multi-Element Artifact Forging
207 Soul Mark
208 Regaining Control Over Hex Spells
209 Clearing Second Stage
210 Having The Patience To Wait For The Right Moment
211 Anemoi: Model Elephant
212 Elemental Aspects & Spell Integrations
213 Fusion Flame
214 Bonus Stage: Wyvern Hunt
215 Battle Trance
216 Signs Of Soul Sense Awakening
217 Controlling Wrathful Summoned Creatures P1
218 Voice Of Reason?
219 Conversation With Aleph In A Near-Stagnant World
220 Controlling Wrathful Summoned Creatures P2
221 Overwhelming Rewards P1
222 Bonus Stage Reward: Kiamat
223 Steady Growth For Six Months
224 Confronting Gian
225 Eren Vs Gian P1
226 Eren Vs Gian P2
227 One Up + Hex Spells + Deviant Casting
228 Igni Lotus Collapse
229 Fine Line Between Genius And Insanity
230 Death And Insanity
231 Recruiting Yeti
232 Guild War Breaks Out
233 Battlefield Chaos
234 Jilly
235 An Illusionist'S Achivements
236 Of The Streets, By The Streets, For The Streets
237 Mind Control Through Illusion Spells
238 Arto
239 Ambitious Plans And Necessary Sacrifices
240 Using Debuff Potions & Being A Man
241 “I’Ll Be The Architect Of My Own Destiny”
244 Breakthrough Into Awakened Rank
245 Yeeting From Gilaahan
247 Meeting Malcolm Again
248 The Last Spider’S Origin Story
250 Eren Vs Sofiya P1
251 Eren Vs Sofiya P2
252 Eren Vs Sofiya P3
253 Eren Vs Sofiya P4
254 Defeating Sofiya
256 A Freelancer'S Dreamjob
257 Sofiya Onboard
258 Building Trust
259 Collecting The Bonus Test’S Reward
260 Forming Spirit Contract With Tiamat
262 Aleph'S Demonic Possession?
263 Discovery Of An Elder Seed Artifact
264 [Bonus Chapter] Beast Companion Technique Of Amazonian Origin
266 Elder Seed Inheritors
267 Diverse Paths To Power
268 Evokers, Elementalists, Body Cultivators, And Soulweavers
269 Planning For The Future
270 Elder Artifact: Adelman'S Ring
271 Unveiling The Distinctions: Transcendent-Grade, Hex, And Elder Seed Artifacts
272 Mapping The Path As An Artifact Forger
Categories Genre: All, Fantasy, Ongoing Status: Ongoing ______
Total Chapters in book: 265
Estimated words: 348063 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1740(@200wpm)___ 1392(@250wpm)___ 1160(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 348063 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1740(@200wpm)___ 1392(@250wpm)___ 1160(@300wpm)
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“Tory, aren’t you curious about what’s in the truck?”
Vik’s blue eyes seemed to shine brightly after saying that.
They had been through so much trouble for this truck. The least it could do was to give them something valuable in return.
They both were excited about the contents they could find in the truck. Vik and Tory kept throwing guesses at each other as they made their way toward the truck located in an underground garage.
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Underground facilities had been a common thing for well-to-do houses. That’s because there were groups of bandit gangs and pirates who would pick up your vehicle by flying over it using their aerial pick-ups if you didn’t park it underground or in another secure facility.
Finding an abandoned house was also not that uncommon at this age. There were a lot of abandoned houses that could be found in regions that were far from the city-states. The population of all the nations became concentrated in the respective city-states within their regions.
Sometimes a city-state would pop out of nowhere and would force the people living outside its vicinity to migrate there. And people had to pay the piper because in the city-state lay all the opportunities.
Homeowners scattered across the ungoverned areas would just leave their houses and relocate to a relatively safe city-state without looking back. They couldn’t sell their house because nobody would buy a house far away from any nearby city-state. And they didn’t want to destroy it because it would cost them money.
In addition, the homeowners did not have to pay heavy taxes on an abandoned house since it was not in the city-state’s jurisdiction. So abandoned houses were not exactly a rare sight outside the city-states. That’s why Vik was so confident in finding one suitable for their needs if they looked hard enough.
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“Let’s open this bitch up.”
Vik entered the truck’s cabin. He had to open the only door at its back before doing that.
The truck had a touchscreen interface. And the duo had already hot-swapped the vehicle with an electronic key. So it wasn’t difficult for Vik to find and select this option despite the truck’s heavy protection mechanism.
The truck was more than 6m in length and 3m wide. It had ample interior space.
When Vik and Tory walked in, they felt like they were exploring a spaceship. Many touchscreen and spectral interfaces acted as the three walls of the interior.
And in the middle was a pair of advanced-looking Oasis pods.
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“Whaaa… what the actual fu*k, Vik. We have done all this to steal Oasis pods? I took a bullet that pierced my chest for a pair of freaking, pretty-looking O-pods?
I say we head out and catch that baldy. And beat him up to a pulp. I’ll start the truck…”
Tory was enraged after seeing all his efforts almost wash down the drain. Vik tried to calm him down with words that he didn’t seem so sure about.
“Calm the f*ck down, Tory. Let’s look at things from a brighter perspective. I believe this set of Oasis pods would be the yet-to-be-released or not-to-be-released versions of Oasis Online.
We could probably sell both of them for a fortune?”
Vik’s way of calming Tory down had the opposite effect. The latter snorted before responding immediately.
“No shit, Sherlock! I know that these are special Oasis pods. But at the end of the day, they are just pods. And we only have two products to sell.
These things are stolen goods. That means we will have to settle on a compromise. This job was not profitable at all for the work we did is what I’m saying.”
Vik had no counter to that argument. Tory always thought things through when it came to money. They had spent quite a lot of their winter funds to pull this heist off. Even if they were to succeed in selling this stuff now, they wouldn’t necessarily make profits.
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Oasis Online was described as being a virtual world created by Oasis Corp, a global conglomerate, to establish its dominance for centuries to come. The virtual world was as big as the earth itself. A lot larger if one counts all the side dimensions one could visit as one enters the world. But the non-Metas were only restricted to accessing the most basic features of Oasis Online– Earth.
Visually, the virtual world was as real as the real world itself. The physics of the metaverse was based on true-life physics. However, it did not have the traditional limitations.
People could create and use their avatars to explore this ever-expanding meta world. Their avatars were created based on their real profiles at the time. Or they could choose something taken right from the fantastical settings.
Oasis Online was more than just a space for friends and family to interact. Sure, it started that way. But slowly and surely, it turned into something larger than life.
People seemed unaware of why Oasis Online was formed. But they didn’t care anymore.
Almost all the remaining members of humanity could be found in the meta world now. The only difference was how much time they spent inside that world.
And the most exciting part?
Perception of time was skewed in Oasis Online. Three hours in the metaspace was akin to only an hour in the real world.
That meant people could do more in the virtual world while spending less time in real life doing so. And it didn’t restrict what one could do inside, as long as they followed some obvious codes of conduct.
Users were almost free to do whatever they wanted.
Plus, non-Metas could go to almost anywhere in the Meta Earth dedicated to them after using the right channels. The giant companies were able to discard their real-life offices and summon their employees in the metaspace, enabling them to slash costs drastically.
Safe entry into the Oasis Online was made possible by the Oasis pods. Almost every household has at least one pod these days.
People could enter the meta world while they were sleeping for 8 hours and spend an entire day there.
Yes! They could enter Oasis Online while their real bodies rested. And they’d be free to spend even more if they wanted to. And thanks to these pods, there was almost no side-effect of doing this.
In short, the O-pods were considered a common commodity.
That’s why it was disappointing for the duo to find out their stolen goods consisted of two pods. No matter how rare they were in their variation, these things were what one referred to as collector’s editions.
The buyers who could buy such items were limited in number. Frankly, even Vik was disappointed after seeing the contents hiding in the truck.
“Haah! We might as well enter Oasis Online to have some fun before selling this sh*t at a reasonable price.”
Tory said that before approaching one of the Oasis pods. Vik on the other hand narrowed his eyes and looked at the other Metapod in contemplation.
‘There must be something really special about the O-pods.’
He couldn’t help but have this thought after running through the entire turn of events in his head.
Total Chapters in book: 265
Estimated words: 348063 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1740(@200wpm)___ 1392(@250wpm)___ 1160(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 348063 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1740(@200wpm)___ 1392(@250wpm)___ 1160(@300wpm)
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