ã€ŠChronicles of My New Life as a World Owning Godã€‹ Chapter 1: Becoming A God Hi, I¡¯m Damian White. I¡¯m a 37 year old single man who ran control of a nuclear power plant reactor. Unfortunately, I screwed up. Big time. The reactor was tended to have a hiccup from time to time after all these things were old. Instead of inserting a cooling rod, I inserted additional fuel. You might think things somehow ended up okay, seeing as I¡¯m here telling you my story. But let me assure you, the whole thing went tits up. Blammo. Welcome to the afterlife, population Damian White. Apparently, as the cause of the explosion I was given ¡®credit¡¯ for it. Which normally wouldn¡¯t have mattered, but apparently, I chose to blow up Toronto on the very same day that god was visiting. And he didn¡¯t survive the explosion. That ended all of earth as we know it. So I thought I was having a pretty bad day. To be honest, never seeing any of my family or friends again did certainly suck. Knowing that I caused the end of life as we know it was a lot to deal with. But that¡¯s where the awesome began. Apparently by killing a god you become one. So that¡¯s how I ended up right here, floating in the Aether without a corporeal form. Fortunately, I had a system to help and the first thing the system gave me was an assistant designer.

Please chose one of the following.

Custom Assistant: Allows you to control every last detail of your assistant. Requires some understanding of the system and what points are worth to avoid too much trouble.

System Assistant: A rather unattractive assistant that can help you with all things system related and get you started on building your world.

Sex Kitten: A rather beautiful cat girl that only provides a little help.

Aphrodite: A version of the idealized female form. Good in matters of love, but not much help with the system.

Hercules: Big and strong, but not very bright. Mostly for those of you who prefer the male form.

I checked my points. I had 1000 points to start. I have to admit, getting a sex kitten or Aphrodite was tempting. I don¡¯t even have a body yet and some of my thoughts come from the wrong head. I knew I needed an assistant with good system knowledge though. I wouldn¡¯t want to learn things the hard way. System Assistant lacked appeal to a min-maxer like me so I figured I¡¯d muddle through as best as I can. I selected custom assistant and a table appeared in front of me.

Assistant Designer
Appearance	1
Personality	1
System Knowledge	1
Worldbuilding Knowledge	1
Tactical Knowledge	1
Point Cost	300
Gender	Female
Confirm	Back

I tinkered with the sliders and found out all stats were created equal, they ranged between 1 and 10 and each stat point cost 5 points. Confirm was greyed out and I presumed I couldn¡¯t get points from making an assistant. I focused on each of the stats and additional information came up. Appearance just affected looks. Personality affected general charisma but also how likely an assistant was to volunteer useful information. System Knowledge would cover all knowledge of the System and Universe Games (no clarification on what those were). World building knowledge would provide advice during world creation on all the options for spending points. Tactical Knowledge would provide tactical advice during Universe Games. I decided to maximize personality and system knowledge. That left me with 110 points. I decided to gamble a bit with these points and maximized world building knowledge leaving only 15 points left for tactical knowledge. I considered myself a capable tactician from years of military strategy games and I thought I might have some time before these Universe games occurred. After all, have you ever heard of the Universe Games on Earth?Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.

Assistant Designer
Appearance	1
Personality	10
System Knowledge	10
Worldbuilding Knowledge	10
Tactical Knowledge	4
Point Cost	0
Gender	Female
Confirm	Back

Satisfied with my values I hit confirm. My assistant started with an incorporeal form as well. I thought my first question at her: ¡°Why don¡¯t we have bodies?¡± ¡°Hello Master, we don¡¯t have bodies because we will get bodies of a specific race once you create the races for your planet.¡± Her voice was rather pleasant and it was almost a shame I¡¯d have to put her in an ugly body soon enough. I wasn¡¯t about to regret saving points though, they had to be valuable in world creation. After all, I only had 1000 of these points to get started. My next question was a rather pressing one: ¡°What are the Universe Games?¡± ¡°Master, the universe games are challenges between planets that occur between advanced universes. Each side selects 1,000 heroes to form a small army. The god then leads that army as a general against a similar army from another world. The winning god takes control of the universe at stake. The losing god ceases to be a god if they ever have zero planets.¡± ¡°Are there other ways to gain universes?¡± ¡°No.¡± This was a troubling concern, my divinity would be at stake in a wager I might not be able to avoid. I had to look for loopholes. ¡°What is an advanced Universe?¡± ¡°One containing a planet where civilization has existed for at least 200,000 years. Civilization is defined as the first permanent settlement. Your world will be started from the first permanent settlement with the rest of its prior existence backfilled.¡± Lovely, no way to avoid that there, just a ticking time bomb. Still 200,000 years would be a good run even if this went wrong. I¡¯d prefer to win though. ¡°Is there anything else I should know about the Universe Games before we design my homeworld?¡± ¡°Until you have 5 or more universes, you will be matched against Universes of roughly the same age only, which gives you a fair chance of survival. Once you drop below 5 universes the age restriction is reinstated.¡± ¡°Are there ways to gain points?¡± ¡°Yes, once your world is created you will gain 1 point whenever a citizen reaches level 10 in anything. You get 2 points whenever they reach level 100. You get 3 points whenever they reach level 1000. The max level in anything is 9999.¡± ¡°Can I modify a world after its created?¡± ¡°No¡± ¡°Can I add races to a world after its created? ¡°Yes¡± ¡°Can I modify an existing race after its created?¡± ¡°You can only improve, not regress¡± ¡°What are all the things I can currently spend points on?¡± ¡°Worlds, Races, Fauna, Flora, Dungeons¡± ¡°What other things are there that I can spend points on?¡± ¡°That is classified, I won¡¯t know until you unlock those new things. But I know they exist.¡± ¡°Is there a point minimum for a race?¡± ¡°0 point races exist. You can¡¯t have negative points.¡± ¡°Is there a point minimum for fauna?¡± ¡°The cheapest fauna you can create is 25 points.¡± ¡°Is there a point minimum for flora?¡± ¡°The cheapest flora you can create is 25 points.¡± ¡°How many flora and fauna are needed for a functioning world?¡± ¡°You can get away with 1 of each, although you¡¯d generally want more. With zero, your races will starve and die and you¡¯ll no longer be a god.¡± ¡°Can members zero point races reach level 10 easily? ¡°It would be rather difficult, perhaps if they were optimized very good at one thing they could reach level 10 in it.¡± At this point I was seriously considering a really cool 950 point world with 25 point flora and 25 point fauna. ¡°Is there a cap I can spend on building a world?¡± ¡°You can spend at most 500 points on a world.¡± ¡°Is it a good idea to spend the full 500 points on a world?¡± ¡°Generally, yes.¡± ¡°I¡¯d like to work on designing my world now¡± Chapter 2: Building a World table] World Designer Name TBD World Size 1 Cultivation World 1 Magical World 1 Technological World 1 Species Longevity 1 Habitability 1 Point Cost 60 Confirm Back [/table] I looked at the options for my world. Each stat went from 1-10 and each step cost 10 points. My default inclination was that all the options looked good. World size affected population potentials, race maximums, flora maximums, fauna maximums, and total resources on the planet. Cultivation world affected how much Qi was in the world and thus whether cultivation would be effective. Magical world affected how much ambient mana was in the world and thus whether magic would be effective. Technological world affected whether the world had resources for advanced technology. I found out from my assistant that magic and qi were forces that opposed technology and having too much technology would deplete them, eventually causing them to cease existing. I suspected the previous god of Earth had made that mistake and that legends of magic from our past might have actually been true. Fortunately, with a good guide I wasn¡¯t about to repeat his errors. I continued on to species longevity was a multiplier on lifespan for race, flora and fauna. Habitability affected frequency and kind of natural disasters as well as birth rates for races, flora and fauna. I tried to compare the power levels of the relative abilities but all the options were locked. My assistant only had information on unlocked items which was no help. I decided two was probably better than one, so I abandoned technology after confirming that 1 meant no advanced technology would occur. I pondered my options and quizzed my assistant further. When I found out the difference in world size was an order of magnitude improvement I decided it had to be 10. Maybe I¡¯d never hit the limits, but an order of magnitude in total resources was too good to pass up. Habitability got a 9. That was high enough to make natural disasters rare and to maintain a good birth rate, so I wasn¡¯t too worried about that assignment.

World Designer
Name	Earth
World Size	10
Cultivation World	10
Magical World	10
Technological World	1
Species Longevity	10
Habitability	9
Point Cost	500
Confirm	Back

Happy with my new world I hit confirm.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. I next explored the possibilities for flora and fauna. The most important types of flora were those that animals and races fed on. I eventually designed the following flora, with a 250-point cap.

Flora Designer
Name	Power Rice
Type	Grain
Mana Absorption	1
Qi Absorption	10
Grain Size	10
Technological Byproducts	1
Ease of Harvesting	10
Point Cost	160
Confirm	Back

This crop was ideal for my purposes because it was easy to harvest, very good at feeding people, and provided maximum boosts to Qi when eaten. Unless there was a way to unlock values higher than 10 this was basically an ideal crop as I didn¡¯t plan on making my first race use magic, at least not initially. I then designed my first fauna.

Fauna Designer
Name	Rabbit
Type	Herbivore
Mana Absorption	1
Qi Absorption	10
Technological Byproducts	1
Offense	1
Defense	1
Multiplicity	10
Point Cost	120
Confirm	Back

Similarly, my rabbit was very good at absorbing mana and qi, and relied on a high reproduction rate and litter size (Multiplicity) to survive. The low offense and defense meant that whatever race I made could hunt them. Apparently, the rewards for living creatures were larger than for crops, and scaled with offense and defense but I didn¡¯t want to make anything that would kill my species. I could make stronger herbivores later. I confirmed with this setup people of my races would have an easy time levelling their cultivation pool and mana to level 10, which would give me an easy way to get 2 points from most of my population. I figured once I started getting those points and once my races were stronger I could add carnivores and challenging species to the environment. I started designing my first race.

Race Designer
Name	TBD
Type	Bipedal
Racial Beauty	1
Martial Prowess	1
Magical Prowess	1
Cultivation Prowess	1
Technological Prowess	1
Lifespan	1
Multiplicity	1
Add special ability
Point Cost	-95
Confirm	Back

Apparently, each stat point cost 5 points for races. A race could have up to 10 special abilities and the maximum total spend was 500 points. I only had 220 points to work with so I decided to ignore special abilities for now. I eventually settled on this setup.

Race Designer
Name	Metahuman
Type	Bipedal
Racial Beauty	10
Martial Prowess	10
Magical Prowess	1
Cultivation Prowess	10
Technological Prowess	1
Lifespan	10
Multiplicity	10
Add special ability
Point Cost	220
Confirm	Back

I had long since confirmed with my assistant that I¡¯d be able to enter the real world. I wasn¡¯t creating a race with beauty less than ten, after all it would be quite some time till I had points to spend on a 2^nd race and I wasn¡¯t going without sex that long. This race could cultivate, fight, live long and populate well. They were exactly what was needed to fill my massive world. At this point, we got to choose our bodies. My assistant became an appearance 1 member of an appearance 10 race, which gave her an appearance of 5.5/10. I had neglected to save any points on myself, so I started with 1.5 times the racial stats rounded up. That might have been a mistake, after all it made me a tiny bit squishy. Nonetheless, I still had good stats and I was confident in building them over time as a god. Chapter 3: Taking Clynaea (18+) There were so many things I had not anticipated. For starters, it took 10 points a day to stay on the world so I was stuck up here until 10 metahumans reached level 10 at something. Cultivation was the most likely candidate. I looked at my assistant and started to understand why the Aphrodite or Sex Kitten assistants were used. Perhaps my standards were too high but a 5.5 appearance did not appeal to me at all. The world began with 100,000 metahumans settling down in 5000 settlements throughout the world each with roughly 20 people. The settlements were all very primitive with huts made from rice stalks and mud. The culture had started as a cultivation heavy culture where strength dictated power. No concepts of nobility had yet emerged, and neither had sects or powerful families. Instead, villages cooperated closely and built tight-knit communities in order to survive and thrive. I was glad that settlement was caused by agriculture as almost everyone in the world was a farmer, domesticating the power rice. There were a few who purely hunted the rabbits that largely lived off wild power rice. As I learnt about the culture, technology and people of my world I also explored the interface, asking my assistant all sorts of questions. I wanted to be able to influence my world, and not having the points to do so was driving me a little stir-crazy. With little else to do, I cultivated, manifested qi weapons and trained. Finally, near the end of that year the most talented of my people reached level 10 in cultivation. I received a whole 48 points, all of it within a few days. I have to admit, it surprised me that I didn¡¯t go right when I had 10 points, but I hadn¡¯t really thought much about what to do when I went down to the world. I¡¯ll admit I¡¯d thought a lot more about who I wanted to do instead. I¡¯d never been the best at that whole seduction thing and converting my fascination to action would require some work. I doubted it was the best use of points, in fact I was probably thinking with the wrong head when I committed to appearing on the planet. You see, I¡¯d been particularly fascinated with Clynaea, a blonde-haired blue-eyed vixen who lived in a northern settlement. At first, I just lusted for her looks but as time evolved my interest became more nuanced. I loved the way she would tell a story. That might sound like such a small thing, but spoken stories were the main form of art in the world, and Clynaea was quite the artist. When she told a funny story, everybody laughed in all the right places. When she told a sad story, it brought a tear to the eye. But my favourites were the ribald stories. She had this way of oozing sex while creating laughter that was hard to believe, you kind of had to see it. It just worked. I liked to think that had she lived on the old earth she would have been a comedian. It also didn¡¯t hurt that she was a hard-worker and one of the 48 to reach level 10 in cultivation. I appreciated talent after all. She farmed and hunted, and shared food with the less fortunate. One day she even went hungry to make sure all the children were fed. Her generous heart made me appreciate her all the more. My approach left much to be desired. I simply appeared to her in the power rice fields. When I appear on the world, I teleport in a bright white flash of light, a powerful magic not yet existing on the planet. This proves my godhood, and is generally responded to with a mixture of worship and fear. Thus, it wasn¡¯t surprising that when I appeared in the power rice field, Clynaea fell to her knees and bowed her head. I wanted to take this woman I¡¯d been watching almost for years right there and then, but I knew it would bode ill for any future relationship. Instead, I told her ¡°Rise, Clynaea, I know you have been studying your cultivation and martial skills intently. I wish to test you.¡± I assumed a fighting stance, and adjusted my fighting to slightly higher than her level. Clynaea mirrored my stance but was quite tentative at first. She slowly became more comfortable and began to fight at her level. She was quite powerful to begin with and I could feel her improving as we fought. Her fear slowly turned to joy. Whenever she improved I upped my game forcing her to keep going to the next level. As we continued fighting I developed a bit of a dilemma. I debated letting her off easily, but I knew her culture valued power too much to hold back. I lashed out with a powerful kick that knocked the wind out of her as she flew to the ground forcefully. When she recovered I could tell that she was in awe of my abilities. I was the strongest man she had met in a culture that valued strength above all else. We talked about the fight, and I discussed her weaknesses and where she could improve. Between the fighting and the analysis, she had gained a whole 2 levels in her unarmed combat skill, going from 7 to 9. When the analysis was finished I moved the conversation to other topics. We talked about work in the rice fields, hunting rabbits and life in the village. I talked a bit about godhood, and my life in the god palace in the sky. I told her how I watched over the world and occasionally intervened in it. I admitted to this being my first intervention and Clynaea felt quite honoured.Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. I told her that she was a remarkable and capable woman that I expected great things from. I could see her blush at the praise. Ever since the fight she had looked at me with desire, and I decided it was time to make my move. Not trusting my words, I simply leaned in and kissed her with all the passion of a man who¡¯s been pent up for a year. She kissed back with all the passion of a woman in awe of a god. The kiss felt electric and I could feel the pleasure of it radiating through my body. I pushed her from her seating position onto her back and pulled off her chest furs. Her ample bosom bounced delightfully as it came free. I examined her double D¡¯s closely first visually, and then with my hands. I began to slowly tweak her nipples, preparing them for my mouth. I felt them harden under my deft touch while Clynaea began to moan. I took things to the next level and began to lick then suck. The experience sent warm feelings throughout my body and if her gasps and moans were any indication Clynaea was feeling something similar. My hands roamed lower, pulling off the remainder of her rabbit fur clothing. I brought my lips up from her nipple to her neck, kissing it strongly, then sucking. Clynaea really liked that feeling and opened her neck invitingly as if begging me to take more. I didn¡¯t grant her wish, instead kissing once again, this time with her fully nude. I broke the kiss to look over her nude form once again appreciating her skinny waist, ample breasts, and child-bearing hips. I spread her legs as I wished away my clothes. I looked her in the eyes as I guided my divine member into her, penetrating her mortal folds. Sex after a year of abstinence was bliss. I felt her hymen tear, and saw tears come to her eyes. I struggled to hold myself back, waiting the minimum possible time for her to recover before I began to thrust more forcefully. Her body responded and I could feel her wetness coating me as I leaked precum into her delightful cunt. We kissed as I thrust into her like a man possessed. Her body responded further and her hips began to thrust to meet mine. I resumed teasing her hard nipples with delightful little flicks as with one hand as the other supported me on top of her. She moaned with pleasure. My exploring hand moved to her clit, and I rubbed her skillfully, bringing her to the edge of orgasm. My own orgasm wasn¡¯t far off, my hard member appreciating the tight friction of her recently virgin cunt. I thrust my final thrust and buried myself to the hilt, shooting a load of warm salty semen into her unprotected womb. She came as I did, bucking and moaning with pleasure. I always liked women who were vocal during sex, and was excited she was one of them. Clynaea was the most beautiful girl I had ever fucked in any lifetime. I started to think I would really like this whole god thing. I then received a status alert.

You have impregnated a metahuman of your world. A successful pregnancy will give birth to one or more heroes and/or heroines. You have received 50 points for doing this for the first time.

I was happy with both outcomes. We washed up in a nearby river. I enjoyed running water over her delightful breasts and the look of her wet hair. I kissed her again, and felt the now familiar sparks. A second round of passionate lovemaking followed, our bodies tangoing underwater. Finally, we finished and cleaned ourselves. We decided to hunt together, and I manifested my trusty spear. No, not that one. With the range advantage and my high martial prowess it was easy for me to thrust home, killing each rabbit with a single blow. I gained my first level in hunting quite quickly. Clynaea was perhaps more impressive, able to hit the rabbits barehanded. A single blow was sometimes enough, although occasionally it would take her two. We carried the rabbits into the village, and prepared them for the midday meal. Clynaea used a sharp stone edge to skillfully skin and gut the rabbits while I preferred to manifest a qi knife. We both used qi fire to heat the meat, a fortunate blessing given that I hadn¡¯t introduced wood to the world. As villagers began to trickle back from their duties they were surprised to meet me. With Clynaea vouching for me, my position in the community was somewhat stable, although things turned awkward when she claimed I was a god. Not having any proof, made people very skeptical. Her parents in particular were very unimpressed with how she acted around me. We didn¡¯t care. We fucked like bunnies the whole night. I even taught her how to give me a blowjob. Suffice it to say we slept very little. The whole experience was delightful, although I had mixed feelings about the trouble I was causing. That morning a young man, Marcus, appeared to be staring at me with hatred. I supposed he had been wanting Clynaea. I wasn¡¯t exactly a vengeful god, and didn¡¯t feel the need to punish him. Things were tricky as I still wasn¡¯t sure how often I¡¯d return to Clynaea and my commands lacked a certain authority with the villagers thus far. I forgave their little insurrections, after all I wouldn¡¯t believe I was a god either on the information they had. But after saying my goodbyes, I disappeared I a flash of light, vanishing back to my god palace in the sky. That changed everything. Chapter 4: Male Power Fantasy (18+) After my first foray down to the planet was so successful, I definitely planned more. I now had 89 points which was too little to do anything else after all. This time I chose a village on the southern continent. I like to think it was because of the neighboring resources but really it was because of Laetitia. Laetitia was heavenly, with beautiful light pink hair and glowing pink eyes. Her face could launch 1000 ships or at least it would if the world had ships yet. Her body was similarly divine, with ample curves in all the right places on a rather slender frame. She was a creative type, one who was very resourceful. It was her who came up with the method of combining rice stalks and mud into the basic huts her village used. She also practiced an elaborate form of stone carving for art not just tools. I planned far more carefully, making sure my trip would accomplish multiple purposes. I began by teleporting into the village while they were gathered for the morning meal. The bright flash meant everyone was looking when I suddenly appeared. When I declared myself a god, they fell to their knees and bowed their heads. I felt a bit uncomfortable with all the worship, but it served a useful purpose. I told them to rise and then escorted some of the villagers to several areas near the village. We first visited one containing deposits of tin, then another containing deposits of copper. Finally, we went to a third containing deposits of iron. We brought ore back to the village, and I used qi fire to melt it, shaping the molten metal in midair using qi pressure to hold everything together. When I worked with the iron I also burnt rice stalks to create carbon, letting it mix into the molten iron ore. Laetitia was the first to understand the process, and quickly started to grasp some of its implications. Most of the others struggled, after all this race had a very poor understanding of technology. Even Laetitia¡¯s genius was rather mediocre by human standards. I made an axe, a knife and a sword. I also forged some armor: a helm, a shield and a chest plate. All of it designed to fit Laetitia. Finally, I instructed them to make weapons and armor for themselves after they learnt enough to replicate the process. By the end of the lesson I had achieved several notifications.

You have created the first metal weapon on your world. +20 points

You have accelerated a tribe on your world into the bronze age. +50 points

You have accelerated a tribe on your world into the iron age. +100 points

You have accelerated a tribe on your world to the invention of steel. +200 points

I was ecstatic with the reward but had to admit the whole qi fire thing was rather intense. I regretted not making more impressive flora, particularly trees. I knew it was an oversight I needed to soon remedy. In particular, I didn¡¯t know if the carbon build-up in the atmosphere would cause problems. I certainly wasn¡¯t eager to find out. It didn¡¯t hurt that I also wanted my people to have spears, bows and maybe even wooden huts. But I was getting ahead of myself, I needed to focus on today. One of the things my assistant had told me is that I¡¯d get bonuses if I could create a religion. I hadn¡¯t fully decided what type of god I wanted to be and maybe creating a religion wasn¡¯t the smartest thing to do right now. Regardless, I needed the points. I taught the people about prayer, and told them I¡¯d listen, and in some cases maybe even intervene. I taught them to burn power rice stalks as an offering to me. I also created a primitive ritual where they¡¯d stand in a circle chanting songs while individuals would take turns stepping into the centre to dance. It wasn¡¯t that impressive, but it was something. I told them in order to worship me they¡¯d need a high priestess who would be my primary contact for their village. I took several young women aside to choose one but I already had a woman in mind. Interviewing her for priestess gave me a chance to know Laetitia in a way I couldn¡¯t before. It also gave her a chance to start to know me, albeit still thinking of me as a god and less as a man. I told her that as priestess of a cultivation world, she needed to be strong. I tested her skills, training her as I had with Clynaea before. I also ended with a similar kick, asserting my power over her. Laetitia was already awed by my inventions, my combat prowess made me all the more impressive. By the time she had passed my tests, I announced my intention to make her high priestess. I have to admit to borrowing some of the worst parts of religion as well. I had the high priestess swear a vow of celibacy, except for mortals. Laetitia wasn¡¯t too pleased about that one, I could tell she wanted children nearly as much as she wanted status. Finally, I told her she would become high priestess by taking my seed within her. Certainly not my finest hour, as I was quite drunk on power. I stripped her in front of the entire crowd before carrying her naked body into the village chief¡¯s hut. I lay her on the primitive bedding made of grain stalks. It was uncomfortable, but I preferred it to getting as muddy as I had with Clynaea. This time I wasn¡¯t content to just fuck, instead wanting a bit of a show. I taught her how to play with herself, and told her she must do this daily as part of her duties as high priestess. I let her achieve orgasm, and appreciated the blissful look it gave her. I next taught her to suck cock. The feeling of her inexperienced mouth as she licked and sucked was a certain kind of heavenly. She honestly made up for inexperience with enthusiasm; I still wasn¡¯t used to women worshipping me like a god. Finally, I consummated her ascension to priestess. My cock penetrated her folds eagerly and I fucked her like a man possessed. When I pierced her hymen, she cried. I wasn¡¯t about to let that stop me this time. Without time to adjust, I knew I was hurting her as I fucked, but I was animalistic and how rough I was being didn¡¯t really register until after. I don¡¯t know if she was a masochist, or if she just got over the pain quickly but she was quickly coating me with her wetness. My precum soon added to the mixture as our slick surfaces rubbed against each other, stimulating all the more. I passionately kissed her as we fucked, and my hand started to play with her ample breasts. I traced circles inwards, culminating in pinching her nipple. I felt it grow harder in my hands, and enjoyed the sensation as I rolled it. She looked to be shyly suppressing a moan of pleasure. Was I onto something with this masochist suspicion?Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. I was enjoying myself too much to truly explore and instead returned my focus to my thrusting motion. Her hips bucked wildly as she fucked with vigor, grinding her cunt on my cock as she tried to squeeze out every last drop of our pleasure. I was close now, and I sensed she wasn¡¯t far behind. I wet my fingertip in her juices before, rubbing her clit gently. She nearly jumped as she shook from the light contact, this girl was quite sensitive. I wasn¡¯t about to stop, and continued to pleasure her bud, bringing her closer and closer. Our mutual climax was imminent. I bit her neck as I came, enjoying the vulnerability of her soft tender nape. The power of it was exhilarating. I could feel her cum too, and heard her moans of pleasure. I was pretty sure the entire village could hear them too. I finished shooting my salty semen into her warm tender hole before I relaxed my biting of her neck. I had left teeth marks and what I suspected was the world¡¯s first hickey. I lay back in contented bliss. My enjoyment furthered at the two notifications I received.

You have impregnated a metahuman of your world. If born, the children will become heroes or heroines. You have received 25 points for doing this for the second time.

You have created the first religion worshiping you. You have received 100 points.

I guess whatever system granted me points didn¡¯t have much of a moral compass either. After the ¡®ritual fucking¡¯, Laetitia grabbed me and pulled me up against her naked form. I knew what she wanted and I held her as we cuddled. She seemed to be happy, although I had a sneaking suspicion it had more to do with her new status than our copulation. She seemed to enjoy the sex well enough, but she didn''t love me. I honestly couldn¡¯t tell you why I did what I did next. Perhaps, I was upset she didn¡¯t love me, perhaps I was just too drunk on the male power fantasy. I sent her naked to fetch water, enjoying the power of sending her out in front of the entire village with my cum dripping down her legs. I wasn¡¯t used to being a god, and imagined it would be quite humiliating. But Laetitia held her head high with pride. She had been chosen to serve her god in the most intimate way possible and now he had sent her out into the village to show proof. She came back holding a stone bowl full of water, and knelt before me offering it with both hands. I washed myself till I was comfortable. After the ritual, we slept together in the same bed, but by this time I was feeling some guilt about what I had done. I decided not to initiate unless Laetitia did, and she didn¡¯t. We were quite cuddly, so I don''t think she was angry. Nonetheless, there was a certain tension and I thought it might bode ill for the early days of my new religion. I somehow doubted Laetitia perceived me as the benevolent god I once imagined myself to be. I didn''t know how to deal with those issues and felt I needed time to see how things would develop. Perhaps in time I could convince Laetitia that I''m a better man than I was today. For now I just knew that letting my cock get the better of my head had created a lot more trouble than I wanted. Morning arrived far too quickly, and I soon said my goodbyes and teleported to my god palace. I looked over my gains. I had 645 points now as another person had reached level 10 at something. I decided that my world needed at least one type of tree and decided to create one.

Flora Designer

NameTBDTypeTreeMana Absorption1Qi Absorption1Tree Size1Technological Byproducts1Ease of Harvesting1Wood Quality1Point Cost30ConfirmBack As before each point cost five, including the initial six points. I quickly designed what I wanted.

Flora Designer

NameDivine OakTypeTreeMana Absorption10Qi Absorption10Tree Size10Technological Byproducts1Ease of Harvesting9Wood Quality10Point Cost250ConfirmBack I wouldn¡¯t mind having better ease of harvesting, but I was running into the 250 point cap. While it wasn¡¯t strictly necessary for the wood to have mana at this point, I was expecting this to save me from having to design another tree later once I upgraded my race to have magic. Wands and staffs needed magical wood to be effective for magicians after all. I spent the 250 points happily. Then nothing happened. Anything not created at world building required points to seed into the world. It would cost me 5 points to place a forest of these trees. I chose not to place any at this time, chosing instead to create forest while I was down on the world. I looked at my remaining 395 points with a smile. It was time to make my first dungeon. Chapter 5: The First Dungeon (18+) A dungeon was a unique build item available for magical worlds. They would contain monsters in areas that anyone who wanted could enter. The monsters couldn¡¯t leave. After creating a dungeon, it was possible to create monsters that would only populate in dungeons rather than out in the world. I quickly got to work.

Dungeon Designer
Name	First Dungeon
Mana Artifacts	1
Qi Artifacts	1
Dungeon Size	1
Technological Artifacts	1
Monster Difficulty	1
Monster Quantity	1
Point Cost	30
Confirm	Back

As usual it cost 5 points per stat and unfortunately this time the 1¡¯s did cost. I learnt the monster difficulty was a scaling applied to each individual monster as well as to the quality of artifacts and treasures. I planned on making a bunch of dungeons of different difficulties starting with the lowest difficulty. There were ways to make a hard dungeon at difficulty one, mostly by populating it with higher tier monsters, like dragons. I decided to max the relevant treasure items, hoping that dungeon crawling would lead to cultivation and spells for my people. I also decided to maximize the dungeon size, which would lead to more overall loot and enemies. People were only allowed to raid a dungeon once a week so the larger size meant they could get more loot each time. I wrestled with Monster Quantity for a while. High monster quantity meant more and better loot but also more danger, particularly for anyone foolhardy enough to attempt soloing. I didn¡¯t want my people to die. It was dangerous to have 5 people from a 20-person village go raid a dungeon however. If the raid was a total failure the village would lose a lot of important people and might struggle to survive. Ultimately, I decided to risk it though. The loot scaling was more than linear so the rewards were huge.

Dungeon Designer
Name	First Dungeon
Mana Artifacts	10
Qi Artifacts	10
Dungeon Size	10
Technological Artifacts	1
Monster Difficulty	1
Monster Quantity	10
Point Cost	210
Confirm	Back

I confirmed my new dungeon. But dungeons were worthless without monsters to put in them.

Fauna Designer
Name	TBD
Type	Monster
Mana Drops	1
Qi Drops	1
Technological Drops	1
Offense	1
Defense	1
Point Cost	30
Confirm	Back

I decided that I didn¡¯t want to buff attack or defense just yet. I could add more monsters to the dungeon later if the dungeon was too weak. But I wanted to emphasize survivability as I¡¯d already taken a risk on the monster quantity in the first dungeon.

Fauna Designer
Name	Kobold
Type	Monster
Mana Drops	10
Qi Drops	10
Technological Drops	1
Offense	1
Defense	1
Point Cost	115
Confirm	Back

Just like that I had my first mob. I was down to 70 points for my trouble. It would cost 5 points to place an instance of a dungeon in the world, and another 5 points to populate a monster into it. I decided to populate the dungeon on in villages I visited, after they developed weapons. My points were quite limited as this meant I¡¯d spent at least 20 points to get a village equipped with a dungeon, realistically more like 30 if I went on the first and last day. I decided the first village to get a dungeon would be my return to Laetitia.A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. I watched the world patiently for a week while training my combat skills and cultivation. I worked extensively on my spear. I looked at my status sheet, pleased with my progress.

God Status
Name	Damian White
Type	Biped
Stats
Beauty	15
Martial Prowess	15
Magical Prowess	2
Cultivation Prowess	15
Technological Prowess	2
Lifespan	Infinite
Multiplicity	15
Special Abilities:
None
Skills:
Cultivation	15
Spear	10
Unarmed Combat	9
Metal Working	4
Hunting	1
Experience	0
Spend Experience	Spend Points
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My stats started at 1.5x the racial stat rounded up. This was the maximum starting stat for a metahuman as all metahuman stats ranged from 50% to 150% of their racial stats. To me that seemed low for a god, but combined with my skills I didn¡¯t really fear anything on my planet at this point. I¡¯d rather level by earning it and spend my points improving my world, after all I have a battle to win in 200,000 years. My opinion might change as others start becoming powerful. After all, this is my life we¡¯re talking about. For now, I thought I¡¯d be fine with my skills and boosted attributes. After a week of them making and using weapons, I returned to the planet. The first order of business was a visit with my high priestess. My sense of unease had been growing all week as I played over possible conversations in my head. As I approached her she started to tense up and look nervous. After saying hello, I asked if we could talk in private, and she felt obliged to say yes. We entered the priestess¡¯s new hut, and I began our conversation more earnestly. ¡°I feel we got off on the wrong foot. You¡¯re very important to me Laetitia, both as my high priestess and as a person.¡± Laetitia was clearly surprised by the conversation, it was most unexpected to her. I¡¯m sure it can¡¯t be easy standing up to a god, but I¡¯d always been impressed with Laetitia¡¯s bravery and directness. She spoke boldly: ¡°You didn¡¯t treat me like someone who was important to you. I made the best of a bad situation, but I know you intended to humiliate me.¡± I tensed up at her directness. I had a slightly pained look to me as I spoke from the heart: ¡°I¡¯m sorry. That was a very poor decision on my part and one I regret deeply. Just because I¡¯m a god doesn¡¯t mean I¡¯m perfect, far from it in fact.¡± Laetitia paused and thought for a moment. ¡°I¡¯m not ready to forgive you yet.¡± I sighed. ¡°I can understand that, but we do need to work together. I will be performing two great miracles today, both of which can bring considerable benefit to your village. After these miracles, I¡¯m unlikely to return for quite some time.¡± ¡°What exactly are my duties? So far being high priestess mostly felt like being your fucktoy.¡± I winced at that description, but I had to admit it was fair. ¡°Once again, I¡¯m sorry. Your duties are not sexual. I want you to help villagers pray and support them in times of trouble. I want you to use your position of power to look after the vulnerable. I want you to speak with authority in my name when I¡¯m not here. You should be an important advisor to the village chief as well.¡± ¡°I wouldn¡¯t have guessed such things. But I¡¯m happier with my role as you describe it.¡± ¡°I expect great things from you Laetitia, this is the first village I¡¯ve shared metalcraft with. The only village so far in fact. You¡¯re also the first to experience my new miracles. Your village will have a head start on the rest of the world. What brought me here first was you.¡± Laetitia started to seem a bit more relaxed around me. Not exactly friendly, but a good deal less wary. She smiled a little at the last sentence. ¡°I¡¯m not so certain about great things, but I¡¯m glad you saw something in me.¡± The next step was introducing her new role to the village chief. He didn¡¯t seem too happy about having to take advice from her, but wasn¡¯t about to contradict a god. I was confident the arrangement could help after all Laetitia was the best in the village at technology, something that had become very important in the past week. It was still early morning and the villagers had yet to leave for their daily jobs. We gathered them up to perform the ceremony. I created a forest about 100m north of the centre of the town. They were quite shocked as these strange new Divine Oak¡¯s appeared in the world. I announced what they are, and told them about some of the things they could be used for. The villagers started to smile when they thought about better shelter. No one liked the mud and rice stalk houses. I received a status message for my efforts.

You have created the first new flora on this planet. +100 points.

Finally, it was time for the 2^nd miracle. I created a dungeon, this time 100m to the south. "This is a dangerous area that provides a great opportunity. It is a place you should only enter with 5 strong people. There is a chance of death, particularly if you''re not strong enough." The chance of death scared them, it was time to offset it with benefits. "The dungeon also has a chance to produce great treasures, things that could help your village improve. Things like new fighting techniques, cultivation techniques, treasured items and even artifacts. You are allowed to enter once a week and I suggest those of you strong enough to do so." I added the monster to the dungeon without fanfare, telling the villagers nothing. I received two alerts for my trouble.

You have created the first dungeon on your world. You have received 100 points.

You have populated the first dungeon on your world with its first monster. You have received 100 points.

"The first run will be myself, Laetitia, Aldon," I pointed to the village chief, "Linus, and Tifa". I picked out the strongest cultivators in the village, each skilled in at least unarmed combat. "Before we go, we will train." We trained in armor with weapons for the next few hours. We then rested up and planned supplies. In a world without cloth or fabric we made due with metal containers for everything. We made primitive canteens to carry water, and metal boxes full of food. Carrying was most awkward and we¡¯d have to drop our food to fight, but it was better than going hungry. As we ate more food, we¡¯d have room for loot in our boxes as well, letting us carry away more than we could without them. Finally, we took a break for an hour to recover before entering the dungeon. Laetitia and I paired up while each of the other 3 dungeon adventurers went to spend time with their family. When we reached the privacy of the priestess¡¯s hut I was shocked as Laetitia kissed me. She then looked at my confused eyes and explained. For the first time, I didn¡¯t exactly admire her blunt directness. ¡°I want children and you¡¯re the only way I¡¯ll get them. You said you wouldn¡¯t be here for a long time after so it feels like this is my last chance.¡± Regardless, I wasn¡¯t about to tell her she was pregnant already, not with how good the sex had been. Instead, I nodded, not entirely trusting myself to speak. This time I lay on my back and watched as she rode me. My hard cock thrust upwards into her lush folds as she bucked. Her ample bosom bounced delightfully with every movement of her hips. After a while she leaned down to kiss me and I kissed her back. Something was missing, it felt a little like we were just using each other. Our bodies still responded. I was leaking precum and her juices had started to coat her thighs. Soon neither of us was far off. We stopped kissing and she shifted back to an upwards position, riding me once again. She bit her lip in the most adorable way as she got close. She didn¡¯t wait for me and came as soon as she could. She fucked like a bitch in heat, riding me more fiercely than I¡¯d ever been ridden. I exploded in her as she gushed like a fountain, soaking my crotch with her squirting. After we got up, I teased her a little. ¡°You made a mess, you should clean it up.¡± I pointed to my crotch. She took it a bit more seriously than I meant it, but I wasn¡¯t about to stop her when she started licking my cock clean. I reflected on the pleasure Laetitia received and knew instantly it wasn¡¯t all about having kids. It comforted me a little to know she at least enjoyed the sex. I wasn¡¯t sure if I really wanted to have this kind of sex that often though as I certainly preferred something more romantic. After the hour break was up, we gathered our party and made one last check that we were ready. It was time for us to dungeon crawl. Chapter 6: My First Dungeon The raid started with much fanfare. We received a hero¡¯s departure, with support and cheering from all the village. Dungeons operated on different time scales than the real world, so if all went well they¡¯d see us come out almost immediately. As we raided the dungeon, I quickly realized we had a huge problem. All of us were strong individually, but we had not practiced enough as a team. Our battling devolved into one-on-one fighting. We had no real notion of holding a line or creating a front. We didn¡¯t use the corridors to our advantage. I tried to remedy this, but Aldon wasn¡¯t used to being a follower, and Laetitia hesitated under my leadership. Linus and Tifa seemed to get the message and were genuinely doing their best, but we all had a lot to learn. Three of us was enough to create a front in a corridor, and slowly Aldon and Laetitia saw the advantages. By the time we faced more than five kobolds at once, we prevented them from using their numbers against us. We were limited in using our numbers against them as well. I had become a back-liner, fighting with my spear from the 2^nd rank, but no one else had a large weapon or support skills. We rotated front-liners, leaving one person resting during much of the fighting. Eventually, we had our first drop. A cure light wounds spell book. Spell books were one-time use items that learnt a spell. The spell wouldn¡¯t be that effective as the highest magical aptitude in the party was mine and Laetitia¡¯s 2 each. I wanted this drop badly, but decided it was too important of a skill for a high priestess. We gave it to Laetitia, and she became a backline healer. I discovered that overall XP didn¡¯t give me levels but could instead be spent on improving attributes when it got high enough. Skills could only be raised by training not through XP. The scaling was rather harsh, and I was a long way from raising a 15 rated skill. I decided to balance my build, focusing on raising my magic. I convinced Laetitia to do the same as she¡¯d become the best healer in the village. Everything went fine until the kobolds got clever. They sprung a hallway ambush having split into two groups and got us from both sides. There were 10 of them and 5 of us. We fought back-to-back with a 3 on 3 on 1-side and a 4 on 2 on the other. I was in the 4 on 2 with Laetitia. As kobolds went down more replaced them. The 3-on-3 side was doing fine, but the 4-on-2 was in trouble. Laetitia had taken a wound and looked to be on the verge of taking another. I was trying to fight three enemies at once, but couldn¡¯t attack often enough to force the last kobold to ignore Laetitia. As my spear went through the neck of one of the kobolds I was fighting I heard a loud scream as Laetitia fell to the ground. She was holding her stomach which had been sliced open with an axe, trying desperately to keep her insides inside. I told Aldon to disengage and help the backline. I stepped sideways to prevent the kobold from dealing a finishing blow. I screamed at Laetitia, trying to get her to stay awake and use her healing magic. I was trying to do too much at once and took a glancing blow for my trouble, drawing blood on my arm. Fortunately, it wasn¡¯t my dominant hand and my two-handed spear was not badly affected. Aldon and I managed to stabilize the backline while Tifa and Linus held the front. After the kobolds were down we turned to Laetitia. She was unconscious, but the wound on her stomach had closed. She had managed to use her healing magic, and all we could do now was wait uneasily to see if it would be enough. We looted the 20 kobolds and got a cultivation manual for our troubles. It was expectedly fairly low-tier but it was better than anything in the village so far. Aldon wanted it, and I was content to give it to him. Cultivation manuals were double edged swords. They¡¯d greatly improve your ability to gain the cultivation skill from cultivating, but if you could only use one at a time. If you ever wanted to stop using the one you were using you¡¯d lose half your skill levels in cultivation. As such, it was important to only use strong methods if you¡¯d be able to access them. This cultivation manual could be valuable for Aldon however, as it was unclear if the village would have access to something better in quite some time. We each handled waiting differently. Aldon and I tried to steady our emotions enough to cultivate, and were only slightly successful. Tifa and Linus mostly paced nervously. I regretted giving Laetitia the cure light wounds skill, as I could have cast it at least five times over while we were waiting. I also started to doubt my point spending strategy slightly. What if that were me who went down in a heap? I checked Laetitia¡¯s forehead and found it was quite hot, she had a high fever. We discovered something dangerous about dungeons while we were waiting. The monsters were on the move. We ended up having to form up to fight another party of kobolds while Laetitia was asleep with a fever. Fortunately, four of us fought just as effectively as five when we were only attacked from a single side. We were lucky with the drops from that fight as I was able to take the cure light wounds spell that dropped. I upgraded my magic skill to 4, using all of my accumulated XP. I cast cure light wounds repeatedly while watching Laetitia¡¯s status. My mana ran dry before she was healed. Nonetheless, she was in much better shape and her fever had fallen. I meditated to recover mana, and continued to heal her whenever I could. Eventually, she woke up. Laetitia came too groggily and was rather surprised to be alive. I explained finding another cure light wounds spell and being able to use it on her. We had a strong lesson in the power of magic.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. We continued to fight our way through the dungeons slaying kobolds as we went. Eventually, we had found 3 more copies of the cultivation Manual; Laetitia, Tifa and Linus each decided to use one. No more copies of cure light wounds dropped, and neither did any other spells. We made ¡®camp¡¯ to eat and rest and recover. We each took turns taking watch as we slept. We weren¡¯t ambushed. After we finished sleeping, we continued through the dungeon. The tunnels started funneling us around and towards a central area. Eventually we found an entrance five people wide. It opened up into a giant hallway with over 100 kobolds. There was a larger kobold among them, whose status was listed as Kobold General. The next part was quite tricky. The world didn¡¯t have wood until this morning, and I hadn¡¯t got around to showing them tanning yet. As such we had no ranged weapons. I decided to pull mobs myself with the remainder of the party standing back. I¡¯d charge into the range of the kobolds until they came towards me, and then retreated quickly back to the entranceway. I ended up standing in the middle, and we formed a wall in the entranceway, able to fight 5-on-5. The fight was long and exhausting, so long that everyone gained levels in their weapon skill. No one escaped wounds because we made mistakes as we got tired. Fortunately, with two healers, no one went down. A pile of kobold bodies was in front of us, stacked as tall as my waist. Fortunately, as we looted them the bodies vanished. Even more fortunately, we picked up a simple range spell, firebolt. I decided to take the spell since I was the one who understood how to pull mobs. No one had problems with this as I hadn¡¯t got a cultivation manual. Two magical helms dropped, one giving a martial prowess level, the other giving a magical prowess level. The high priestess got the magical level, while the village chief took the martial prowess level. I was partial to getting one of these equips for myself, but felt that would be greedy as I¡¯d already learned two spells. I also suspected letting people take stuff now would be good since it would give me a better case for items once we defeated the kobold general. After we recovered our stamina, I went to lure the kobolds. This time it was easier to lure from range using firebolt. However, all 20 remaining kobolds came with the kobold general. Once again, we used a line formation to fight 5-on-5. We were fortunate the kobolds weren¡¯t very bright. The general stood in the back until only 4 kobolds were left. I engaged the general while the others quickly finished off their last kobolds. With us getting a 5-on-1 our first boss monster wasn¡¯t a challenge. The kobold general fell to the ground with a scream as my spear pieced his belly, when I retracted it his entrails fell to the ground and he died in quite some agony. I wasn¡¯t really comfortable with this sort of killing even if the enemies were ¡®monsters¡¯, but I suppose I had chosen my path. I put my enemy out of his suffering with a quick fatal blow. When we searched the kobold general, we got something rather exciting. He dropped a key, which presumably unlocked a treasure chest. We found the treasure chest in one corner of the large room and unlocked it. Inside were four items. Each was a piece of magical armor. In addition to the magical armor having a unique power, magical armor automatically adjusts to fit the wearer. I looked over the four pieces of armor and we decided how to divvy them up. One gave a level of magical prowess, that one easily went to Laetitia. Another, gave a level of martial prowess, which we chose to equip Aldon with. The last two pieces each gave a level of cultivation prowess. I decided to let Linus and Tifa have them, as I was hoping for better spoils from later fights. In the other corner of the room was a staircase heading down to the second floor of the dungeon. I suspected the monsters would get harder and more challenging after we descended. Nonetheless, our only path was forwards, we couldn¡¯t leave the dungeon without defeating the last boss. Damian White Status Spoiler :

God Status
Name	Damian White
Type	Biped
Stats
Beauty	15
Martial Prowess	15
Magical Prowess	4
Cultivation Prowess	15
Technological Prowess	2
Lifespan	Infinite
Multiplicity	15
Special Abilities:
None
Skills:
Cultivation	15
Spear	12
Unarmed Combat	9
Metal Working	4
Hunting	1
Experience	50
Spend Experience	Spend Points
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Chapter 7: The couple that slays togetherâ€¦ (18+) The 2^nd floor of the dungeon was poorly lit. We had to use qi fire as a torch to see anything at all. The fire could be seen for quite some distance and painted a target upon us. Fortunately, despite calling this monster a kobold I hadn¡¯t given them dark sight. We travelled for some time using formation tactics, with Laetitia in the back rank providing the qi fire. Soon we encountered more kobolds. This time a group of elites with a general. The elite kobolds were much tougher than regular kobolds, making this fight almost as hard as the boss fight on the previous floor. Fortunately, the corridor was only 3 people wide and we were the only ones with back rank weapons. My spear became death as it struck out against the otherwise engaged kobold elites. Soon just the general remained. We had more skills and better gear than the last time we fought a general, but we were exhausted. Tifa lunged forward at an inopportune time and the general¡¯s sword struck a heavy blow, piercing through armor and her right breast. The sword pulled out, covered in blood, with more blood pouring from the wound. She began to cough up blood while Laetitia and I cast our healing spell, hoping it would somehow be enough. While we were casting the spell, we weren¡¯t fighting and in the ensuing 2-on-1 Aldon¡¯s neck was sliced. It was a minor wound in terms of size, but a major one in terms of lethality. I was forced to heal Aldon instead, and Tifa got worse. My mana had exhausted, and I could only fight and hope for the best. We finally slew the foul beast and as luck would have it he dropped a health potion. I opened the potion and tried to have her drink it. When my hands brushed against her lips they were cold to the touch. Her eyes were closed and she seemed barely conscious. She managed to drink despite the coughing. Her wounds slowly healed and her lips began to warm. Linus had been overcome with grief and clutched Tifa in his grasp as soon as she was fine. Once she was breathing fine he kissed her, and she kissed him back, melting into his arms. I shared a look with Laetitia, and in an instant, I had known she wanted to be kissed like that when she recovered. It was written plain as day on her face, first happiness, then lust, then jealousy. We made and each of us except Tifa took a turn as guard. Hearing strange noises in a dungeon underground while watching for trouble created a twisting in my belly. I was deeply uncertain in what I¡¯d done. I had thought that with the most advanced members of a very advanced race we wouldn¡¯t have trouble in a dungeon of low difficulty with low-levelled monsters. But the dungeon was more difficult than I had imagined. I realized with a sense of dread that I built the dungeon without asking my assistant how hard a low difficulty was. Each of Tifa, Laetitia, and Aldon had taken wounds that would have been fatal without the spell drops. And there was still a third floor. Things were getting harder. I was tempted to use my points to upgrade myself, but what would that mean for the world at large. Would I be stuck waiting for years again in order to create something new. I kept it as a last resort. Soon my shift was over and an uneasy sleep took me. I was tired, more tired than I¡¯d ever been since becoming a god. We pressed onwards, fighting another group of elites, also with a general. This time we were better, and soon the general was slain. He dropped a +2 martial prowess spear, which I immediately equipped. I gave Laetitia my spear even though she had almost no experience with it. It would at least let her do something from the back rank. We paid careful attention to sounds in corridors, we had no doubt we¡¯d be in massive trouble if we got ambushed like we did on the first floor. We evaded all ambushes, fighting one more party, this time getting a bless spell. I took this one for myself after some discussion. I wanted a buff spell as I was planning on raiding many different dungeons, with many different teams. We had been a little unlucky so far, what we had most hoped for was a martial combat technique, but none had dropped on either floor. We spent our experience, and my magical prowess reached five. Laetitia had hers up to six, earning more XP from her brush with death. Aldon finally had enough to by a single point of Martial progress, which was what Tifa and Linus opted for as well. We found the central room and made camp, resting until we felt completely ready. We ate a meal till were properly sated but not overly full. The power rice and rabbit meat was invigorating, I could feel the qi flow out from my stomach along meridians and then into my dantian, replenishing what I had lost when exerting myself in combat. The food did nothing for mana, so we recovered it through rest and meditation. At long last, we were ready. There was a nervous tension in the air, we¡¯d all been hurt, some of us badly. This was harder than what we had planned and I knew they were dispirited. I was never good at this sort of thing but knew I needed to say something. ¡°This was harder than I expected and more than we signed up for. We¡¯ve each made great gains, but we¡¯ve nearly paid great costs. This fight ahead will push us to our limits, but we can do this. We¡¯re stronger than we¡¯ve ever been. We just need to fight smart. Be patient and careful. If we do this right, we¡¯ll be standing victorious.¡± It wasn¡¯t a great speech but it was just enough. The mood shifted to one of quiet confidence. Laetitia gave me a pat on the back after the speech, and I smiled at her touch. I started to think for a little about the things I wanted to do to her when we got out of this place. Of course, I had to banish away such thoughts as distraction would be fatal in a fight. We got into formation, and with fire bolt I went to pull. The sight inside the room made my heart stop. Many elites, 2 generals, 1 chieftain. I managed to pull the first group of the elites with 1 general and we fought them successfully. Just another band of enemies. We got the luck that had been missing and got a new martial technique, Dragon Kick. Aldon had both the highest martial and good cultivation so we gave it to him in the interests of survival. We rested for a bit, in view of the kobolds but without them having charged at us. Finally, when we were ready I went to pull again. This time I got a large group of elites and another general. I was really happy that the chieftain had not come. We dispatched them similar to the previous group, fighting with precision, purpose and harmony. We fought as a team now, we knew each other¡¯s style. The general dropped another martial technique, a spear technique called the Foundation spear technique. This one was mine. We rested once more, taking the time to heal any minor wounds.If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. The chieftain was left alone so there was no pulling and instead we moved to surround him. Defending against his attacks was hard, but attacking from behind was easy. His armor was worn down and left several of his vital spots vulnerable particularly the gap at the neck between his helmet and his vest. That¡¯s where the first move of my foundation spear technique, Dragon piercing the apple, hit. The spear continued directly through his neck, nearly coming out the other side. I pulled back and blood gushed quickly from the wound. The chieftain was dead in seconds. We looted a key and found a treasure chest, but there was even more good news. There was a portal leading home, and the stairs down further were labelled with the words ¡®bonus level¡¯. We found the chest and unlocked it. Inside were 5 cultivation manuals, and 6 martial techniques. Each of the party took a martial technique, mine was ¡°Foundation Footwork¡±. We left the cultivation manuals and the remaining martial techniques as gifts for other villages, after all they¡¯d need a 5^th member to raid again once I was gone. We took the portal out, and it was still late afternoon. The villagers celebrated our success, and several of them were happy as they received gifts. A woman named Samatia received the martial technique, and would be the one taking my place next week. I discussed tactics extensively with Aldon and Laetitia, making sure they understood the importance of formations. I also made sure they understood they¡¯d need spear wielders for the back rank. Lastly, I told them it was okay to wait longer than a week if they needed to train more to be confident. I also told them to avoid the bonus level until they were much stronger. Our discussions lasted until the evening meal, after which there was dancing and storytelling. Laetitia told a particularly ribald tale while making eyes at me the whole time. I laughed at all the funny antics, but felt the sexual tension. Finally, it was nighttime, and I headed back to Laetitia¡¯s hut. ¡°I wouldn¡¯t be here without you.¡± she said with complex emotions that I couldn¡¯t quite understand. ¡°We all saved each other. You were great in there too.¡± I tried to affirm our bond, while reassuring her, figuring that was what she needed. ¡°No, you don¡¯t understand. I owe you my life.¡± She said it like a woman who was reluctant to owe anyone anything. ¡°I don¡¯t really like concepts like owe. I saved your life, and you saved many others. We fought as battle companions and we¡¯re closer now. It¡¯s not about owing each other.¡± I didn¡¯t want to go back to taking advantage of her because of some debt, I wanted her to appreciate me for me. ¡°You¡¯re a strange god, Damian, I don¡¯t know what to think about you, and less to think about half the things you say.¡± ¡°I¡¯m glad I keep you on your toes. But I¡¯m serious here, don¡¯t worry about owing me anything. I want your feelings for me to be based on something more than debt.¡± I think that got her to snap back to her old self. ¡°Who said I had feelings for you?¡± she said playfully. ¡°Mostly the eyes you gave me when you told that ribald story. Or how you wished I had kissed you like Linus kissed Tifa underground. The thing is I have feelings for you too. I love you, Laetitia.¡± She said nothing instead opting to kiss me passionately, catching me slightly by surprise. The kiss sent a warm tingle down my spine and throughout my body. I started to kiss back, but just as quickly her lips pulled away. ¡°I love you too. Now take me.¡± She dropped her furs to the ground, revealing her lush perfect breasts and beautiful cunt. It was far more invitation than I needed. I picked her up and guided her wet hole onto my erect cock. It went in with some delightful resistance and a glorious plopping sound. She wrapped her legs around me, unused to being held in the air. I pushed her further down, forcing my member into her warm wet hole. I looked her in her glowing pink eyes and saw the characteristic warm crinkles of happiness. ¡°Is this what you wanted? My hard cock in your hole?¡± ¡°Mmmm, yes,¡± she said while stifling a moan. I teasingly bounced up and down on my cock, knowing it would go nowhere in this position. To her credit she tried to fuck, but finding purchase in the air was hopeless. ¡°How badly do you want it?¡± I said with a smile. ¡°Quit teasing me,¡± she pouted. ¡°I want it really badly,¡± she confessed. I put her down, putting her knees on the soil. Her face was level to my cock, and it was soon in her mouth. A delightful slurping noise accompanied a pleasant sucking sensation as she did what came naturally. My cock stiffened all the more. I teased her cunt with my foot, amused by how wet she was. Eventually I stopped the blowjob. After all, I wasn¡¯t about to not have her cum the first time she told me she loved me. I pushed her onto her back in the dirt, and climbed on top of her. Knowing what she¡¯d enjoyed so far, I took her forcefully, sinking back into my favorite hole. The familiar warm wetness was delightfully tight. I fucked her roughly. In. Out. In. Out. I could feel both of us building to orgasm. She started to moan and whimper. The vibrant sounds stimulated me further and I could feel the precum leaking from my head. I grabbed her nipple in one hand and twisted it roughly, getting a further whimper. ¡°You like that don¡¯t you.¡± ¡°Yessssss¡± she said sensually. ¡°I love your tight little hole. I love the way you grip my cock. I¡¯m so close. Cum with me.¡± ¡°Yessss. Yesss. Yesss.¡± she grew louder as she built to orgasm. I buried myself to the hilt as my seed spurted inside her, each spasm matching her own. She came as I did, her cunt twitching on my cock. She gushed like a fountain and my crotch became soaked with her juices. I held myself inside her for a while exhausted but content as I lay collapsed on top of her. Finally, I pulled out and rolled over. I looked her in her bright pink eyes. ¡°You¡¯re so beautiful. Like a dream, yet real. That was everything I could ask for.¡± She just lit up. ¡°It was everything I wanted too handsome.¡± We collapsed into the high priestess¡¯s bed, a lavish arrangement of rabbit fur and cuddled till morning. Chapter 8: Ambitious Return (18+) I woke up lazily with a breast in my hand. I teased the nipple and watched as Laetitia bit down on her lip. I wasn¡¯t about to have sex though, rather I needed to have a conversation. ¡°I love you,¡± I started. ¡°but we need to talk about how this is going to work.¡± Laetitia adopted a slightly worried look. ¡°I have duties as a god, I need to improve other villages.¡± Laetitia looked a little puzzled as she said ¡°I understand.¡± ¡°Those villages need high priestesses too.¡± That threw her for a loop. After a long pause she said. ¡°You mean you¡¯re going to be intimate with other women?¡± ¡°I have to be. The world needs heroes and heroines. It needs high priestesses.¡± Laetitia went through a range of emotions quickly. First annoyance, then a sad brooding acceptance. It broke my heart to see her like that. Finally, with a quivering shaky voice she said ¡°I understand.¡± ¡°What we have is still special and I want to preserve it. I mean it when I say I love you,¡± I said doing my best to reassure her. Laetitia seemed slightly more settled. But, I still had a bomb to drop. I loved Clynaea too. ¡°I can¡¯t promise other women won¡¯t be special to me too, but that doesn¡¯t take away from what we have.¡± Laetitia raised her voice as signs of annoyance flashed onto her face. ¡°How does it not?¡± she said caustically. I didn¡¯t have a great answer. I just spoke from the heart. ¡°Does loving your mom mean you love your dad less? It¡¯s not just familial love that can be like that. My having feelings for another is different from my having feelings for you. It adds new experiences to my life and those experiences can make me a better man, someone you can love all the more.¡± ¡°it¡¯s not the same.¡± Laetitia spoke disagreement, but the bitterness of her voice was gone. I suspected she had started to understand my argument but wasn¡¯t ready to accept it. ¡°I should have told you sooner, I just didn¡¯t know how to talk about it. I¡¯m sorry for that. But I can¡¯t change what I have to do, and it wouldn¡¯t be honest to not let it affect how I feel.¡± ¡°I suppose wanting to have a god to myself is a bit selfish¡±, Laetitia said reluctantly. ¡°It¡¯s understandable, and part of me wishes it could be. If I were mortal and didn¡¯t have my duties I¡¯d be very happy sharing my whole life with you. Instead, I can only come when my duties permit. It¡¯s expensive for me to travel to Earth and I need to have a purpose for every visit. No, not that purpose, something that benefits the whole village.¡± Laetitia sighed. ¡°I feel a little silly falling in love with a god. I don¡¯t quite regret it, but I find myself woefully unprepared for being away from you so often. You certainly make it challenging. But I still love you, so I suppose I¡¯ll have to make it work, even if I¡¯m not happy about it.¡± ¡°I discovered I can teleport while on Earth, so I might be able to visit more often, spend a night after time at another village.¡± Laetitia¡¯s eyes brightened. ¡°That would be nice, I hope I can convince you to do it often.¡± ¡°You already have,¡± I said with a warm smile. I leaned in and kissed her on the forehead as she looked up at me, her face brightening and some of her warmth returning. I wasn¡¯t exactly in the mood for more sex, we¡¯d had plenty the night before and the conversation hadn¡¯t made me feel more sexual. Instead, I made my clothes reappear and Laetitia got dressed. We exited the hut, and joined the village community, sharing a breakfast. I exchanged parting greetings with Aldon, Tifa, Linus and other villagers. Finally, I told Laetitia I¡¯d be back when I could be and kissed her goodbye. I vanished back to my god palace. My thoughts turned to the world and my next steps within it. The world was 32x as large as Earth. The 500 villages were scattered throughout the world, too far for any contact or trade. I knew that the next villages I wanted to go to needed metal, preferably steel. They also needed to have at least 4 skilled warriors. I had decided to continue the plan of setting up dungeons and going raiding. I wanted my world to continue getting stronger, and I wanted to start a legacy of cultivation that would require skills and techniques. My only path was forward. I decided to add a mild predator to my food chain, a boar. I carefully discussed the ramifications with my assistant and confirmed that 2 attack and 2 defence on an omnivore out in the world would be substantially weaker than 1 attack and 1 defence on a monster in even the weakest dungeon. If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement.

Fauna Designer
Name	Wild Boar
Type	Omnivore
Mana Drops	10
Qi Drops	10
Technological Drops	1
Offense	2
Defense	2
Point Cost	125
Confirm	Back

My points dropped down to 135. I needed to save at least 35 to travel to a village twice, populate the dungeon, populate a forest and populate the boar. Realistically, I wanted to be able to do that multiple times, so I held off on developing anything more. I mulled over my options for villages. Clynaea¡¯s village had steel but no tin, and four strong warriors. Unfortunately, two of them were Clynaea¡¯s father and Marcus. I wasn¡¯t sure what lasting impact I¡¯d had on those two and whether they were ready to risk their lives in my team. Eventually, I decided I was up for the challenge. Mostly, I wanted Clynaea¡¯s village to do well, and having it be the 2^nd village to get these things could be a key part of its success. It was noon by the time I had finished my planning. This meant the villagers were mostly working in the fields and scattered away from their homes. I needed to arrive in the morning before they left to execute my plans so I waited for the next day. During that time, I spied on several villages, planning where to put my 3^rd and 4^th dungeons. I also asked my assistant about natural resources and found out I could seed them for 5 points each. This simplified my life as it meant I could give every village at least iron ore. I vowed to ask my assistant more questions, as I had been something of a solitary planner and thus missed important information. Finally, I went down to Clynaea¡¯s village. In my absence, they had named the village Gods Landing in honor of my first visit to the planet. I wasn¡¯t entire sure how I felt about that but I supposed it was a good sign. I asked the chief, Warrel, to gather the villagers as I had something important to discuss. When everyone was gathered, I went through the motions of creating a forest, a dungeon and seeding the area with boar. I also created a tin deposit near the village. I received two notifications for my troubles:

You have seeded the first omnivore on your world. You have received 100 points.

You have seeded the first new resource deposit on your world. You have received 100 points.

I was glad for the extra points but knew the notification bonuses wouldn¡¯t last forever. I got down to business right away and showed the villagers how to use metal to make weapons, armor and tools. It all went similarly to how it did in Laetitia¡¯s village. Finally, I did something new. We used an iron axe to chop down a tree. It took many villagers to lug the huge thing back to camp. We also brought back a sapling that was about 1 and ? inch thick. I made the sapling into a spear shaft and inserted a spearhead made of iron into it. We also carved the large tree into wooden planks. I showed them how planks could be used to build wooden floors and walls, and they figured out the rest of building houses. It was nearing evening by the time we were done. I had several more notifications for my trouble.

You have spread a technology to a new village. You have received 5 points.

You have introduced woodworking to your world. You have received 100 points.

I gifted Marcus the spear I had made. He still wasn¡¯t happy with me but he wasn¡¯t staring daggers into my back after that. I knew I¡¯d need to rely on him in a week so I tried to mend bridges as much as possible. I pulled aside Marcus, Clynaea¡¯s father Melius, Clynaea, and the village leader Alicia. I explained that the five of us would need to run a dungeon in the week and that I needed them to spend the time training their weapons. They had many questions and I told them I¡¯d show them how to train after dinner. We ate dinner in the village and got to the hard work of training. We started with weapon usage right from the basics of grip. Clynaea grasped things the fastest and once she was good with the sword I had her teach Melius and Alicia. Meanwhile I worked on the spear with Marcus, showing him the thrusts and sweeps that made up my spear art. I wasn¡¯t able to teach the foundation spear technique as I hadn¡¯t mastered it yet, but by the end of the day he knew the very basics of the spear. We sparred for practice, and I fought at a level that let him adjust to me letting him train for a while before I beat him soundly, tripping him with my spear and aiming its head at his throat. I think I earned his respect as a warrior. I knew he¡¯d never be a friend, but I started to think we weren¡¯t enemies anymore either. Daylight faded and we fought by qi light, something that would be valuable for getting used to conditions in the dungeons. Finally, we all were exhausted and ready for bed. Clynaea invited me to her hut and I gladly accepted. She kissed me passionately as soon as we were in private. I kissed back while pulling off her furs. Our kiss broke and I stepped back to admire her naked body. I had her dance for me, showing off her magnificent curves as she shook and swayed to whatever music was inside her lovely mind. Her nipples hardened as she presented her body to me. She stood in front of me swaying her wide child-bearing hips. I was ensorcelled, captivated by her every movement. Finally, I grabbed her, pushing her to the ground. She spread her legs eagerly and her wet snatch invited me forward. I vanished my clothes and my erect cock jutted out proudly. My hand guided it into her, feeling her wetness as her cunt lips spread and her tight hole started to pull me in. I pushed firmly and slid in deep. I smiled at her and unlike the last time I had her decided to be more vocal. ¡°You like that don¡¯t you.¡± ¡°Mmm hmmm," she affirmed what her eyes had already told me. ¡°I want you to beg for it.¡± Clynaea was a natural when it came to dirty talk. ¡°Please fuck me. I need it. I need your cock pounding inside me.¡± Her voice had a sultry lust-filled quality to it that amplified the effect of her words. She didn¡¯t have to ask twice. I started bucking my hips and thrusting with my pelvis, getting a good motion going as her wet hole lubricated my cock, giving it a glistening sheen. I could hear the sloppy sounds of her cunt lips rubbing on my cock, I could hear her wetness. I could tell she was close. I wasn¡¯t ready to cum yet, so I decided to try and give her two orgasms. ¡°Do you want to cum? Ask me for permission.¡± ¡°Please may I cum. I¡¯m so close. I want it so badly.¡± I looked her in the eyes. ¡°Cum for me.¡± ¡°Oh Damian, I¡¯m cumming,¡± she said before her voice was reduced to moans. Her orgasm lasted a full 15 seconds, 15 seconds of moaning, shaking and writhing on my cock. I was close soon after. I played with her nipples, stimulating them roughly, feeling them get harder between my fingertips. I moved one hand lower, sliding my fingers over her belly and lower still, down to her hole. I rubbed my fingertips, getting her wetness on them before touching and stroking her clit. Her eyes lit up as I touched her sensitive bud. She responded by speeding up the pace as she ground her cunt against my crotch, thrusting her pelvis to meet mine. I continued to play with that delightful nub, watching as it tipped the scales. A playful smirk drew across my face as I told her, ¡°Want to ask me again?¡± She locked her gaze with mine, smiled and said, ¡°Please may I cum with you. You drive me wild. I want to cum again for you.¡± It took all my restraint to not cum from the sultry voice and naughty words. Instead I looked her in the eyes and waited till the start of my orgasm. I could see a brief hint of disappointment flash onto her face as she felt my cock shoot thinking she¡¯d be denied. But right as that disappointment hit, I said ¡°Cum now, as hard as you can.¡± To her credit she obeyed. Her orgasm shook us both for nearly 20 seconds. Finally, she lay on her back her eyes glazed over with bliss. When we could finally move, we cuddled and fell asleep. Chapter 9: Falling into a pattern(18+) The morning was uneventful and after having breakfast with the villagers, I exchanged some final pointers before saying goodbyes. Clynaea¡¯s father seemed to get along well with me, perhaps thinking I was a good thing for his daughter now that he¡¯d interacted with me. Marcus was still a bit cold but it seemed more like pain than a burning desire for vengeance. Upon returning, I didn¡¯t plan on spending any of my newfound points. I instead immediately teleported to a new village, not wanting to miss the common gathering at the morning meal. I arrived with a flash. ¡°I am the creator of this world. I¡¯ve come to give you some gifts and an opportunity.¡± ¡°uh..uh..uh..¡± the normally charismatic and poised village chief stumbled with her words. In all fairness, what does one say to that. ¡°My first gift is wood.¡± I pointed to the north and seeded a brand-new forest. Upon seeing me create the woods the villagers began to fall to their knees and bow down to me. ¡°That¡¯s unnecessary. Rise and pay attention.¡± I waited for the villagers to stop bowing and start looking before continuing. ¡°My second gift is boar.¡± I seeded boar into the world. ¡°Boar can be hunted like rabbits, although they are slightly more dangerous. They have a new meat.¡± I continued by teaching iron working and wood work. I experimented with tanning and succeeding in making leather from rabbit skin, using a brain tannage. I taught this to the villagers as well. I received a slew of notifications for my efforts.

You have spread a technology to a new village. You have received 5 points.

You have introduced leatherworking to your world. You have received 100 points.

Once we had exchanged technology, I talked to Rhiannon, Aiden, Siobhan and Niamh. These four would join me in the first dungeon run in this village. We sparred for practice, fighting until late in the evening by qi light, only breaking once for the evening meal.Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. I hadn¡¯t formed a close bond with any woman in this village. When I finished training, I said my goodbyes and teleported to see Laetitia. I arrived in the village near her hut, it was already quite late and the whole village was asleep. I quietly entered her hut and gently shook her awake. I have to say I appreciate the view of her naked in furs. ¡°Hi beautiful,¡± I said as she started to become alert. ¡°You came,¡± she said with a smile. ¡°Not yet, but I¡¯d appreciate it if you changed that,¡± I teased her. She laughed and gave me a wry smile as she said, ¡°it would be my pleasure.¡± Her comment ended up being a bit of a foretelling as I really focused on her tonight. I started by teasing her clit with my bare hands, working her into a frenzy. I got her right to the edge of orgasm and watched as she bit her lip, moaned and bucked her hips in sexual frustration. I then penetrated her, sticking my hard cock into that warm wet hole. Right as I penetrated her she came for the first time that night. My crotch became soaked with her juices as she squirted on me. I started to play with her nipples while fucking her, building her up to another orgasm quickly. My fingers pinched and twisted, teasing the tender elongated buds. Laetitia began to moan lustily. I knew she was close again. I switched my attentions back to her clit and rubbed her into her second orgasm of the night. I could hear the most delightful little yips and moans as she came, bucking hard on my cock. I put her nipple into my mouth and bit down gently on it, eliciting a little squeal. I pulled my mouth and looked her in the her lust glazed eyes as I said, ¡°You like that don¡¯t you? You want it harder?¡± Laetitia nodded. ¡°Answer me, I like your voice.¡± ¡°Yesss, I like it. Do it harder if you want to.¡± I obliged. Now we are not talking anything super intense, just some nice sharp pressure. It¡¯s not like I left teeth marks on her nipples. Laetitia pulled my head to her breast when I tried to pull away. I could sense her getting closer once more. I rolled her nipple between my teeth as she moaned. I could tell that was a little painful, but Laetitia seemed to like things that way. My hand went to her dripping snatch and my fingers got coated in her sex juices. I brought them under her nose. ¡°Smell it. Know the scent of your sex.¡± I smiled as she inhaled deeply. Shortly thereafter I pushed my fingers into her mouth, ¡°Lick them clean, taste your sex.¡± If I thought she was wild before it reached a whole new level when I did that. She made these delightful slurping noises as she ground her cunt into my cock. This time I kept her on edge until I was ready to cum. My cock spasmed four times, shooting 4 gushing spurts deep within her hole. At the same time she writhed in pleasure and squirted more than she had before. Her moans were so intense that I wondered if we¡¯d wake up the village. If we did, no said anything later. Once spent, I cradled her in my arms and we cuddled till we fell asleep. That morning I said a quick hello to the villagers and taught them tanning before leaving. I got a notification for my trouble:

You have spread a technology to a new village. You have received 5 points.

This pattern continued for the remainder of the week. Each day a new village, changing the world. Each night some delightful time spent with Laetitia. Soon the week had passed and it was time to go raiding with Clynaea¡¯s village. Finally, it was time for my 2^nd dungeon run. On Haitus I¡¯d been a member of the middle management of guild of sorrows for almost a decade now and had been with the guild for fifteen years. Every day I dealt with administration for about two hours and developed my character for much of the rest of the day. All of this was done in game time which occurred at triple the speed of out of game time, leading to 72 hours in a work day. Since the game worked in my sleep, I worked 48 of those 72 hours, having a waking life of only 8 hours a day, weekends included. I basically gave the best years of my life to sorrow¡¯s guild, and to the VRMMO eternity¡¯s wake. My character was a level 300 Tier 4 swordsman. I¡¯d only recently become level 300 and passed my tier 4 promotion quest with sizable difficulties one hundred levels later than minimum level needed. Nonetheless as a tier 4 presence I was a solid powerhouse in the game, if not among the very best elites. Tier 5 and even the occasional tier 6 player existed at this point in the game but those players were legendary. I had a high enough level to challenge the tier 5 and tier 6 promotions, but lacked the skills, techniques, equipment and abilities to pass them. After all, tier 4 came very recently for me. One of those players was the tier 5 powerhouse, Diablos, my nemesis. We were both on equal terms for much of our tier 3, but he encountered a heaven-sent opportunity and rapidly advanced, leaving me behind. We still hated each other for all the fighting we did back then and I had to be very careful to avoid being found by him these days since his higher tier would almost certainly mean death. Fortunately, he mostly operated on completely different maps than me, and was an independent player without a guild to track me down. Today I was mostly grinding in neutral maps, looking to level up as fast as possible. Other days I¡¯d go for equipment runs in dungeons or encounter lucky opportunities and go on special missions. All of it was very challenging and very exciting, which is part of why I had no regrets about investing so much of my life into the game. Sorrows paid me an excellent salary, and I had plenty of money these days, although in the beginning years things were a lot rougher. My biggest regret in life was not having money to help my parents when they needed it. It ate at me that for the cost of a few million credits I could have saved their lives. I¡¯m worth over 5 million credits now, and wish I could go back and make that trade but at the time I had barely 400,000 credits to my name. I¡¯m a filial son, and visit their graves often, but even now, years later, my failure to provide for them, as they once provided for me, still eats away at me. Anyways, back to my day. I finished up grinding, putting in a small portion of the work needed to get to level 301, at this level it took forever to level up, eternity¡¯s wake was around for the long haul, and this level took me 15 years of play to get to. The top players were level 500, but they had legendary, celestial, divine or even growth type items to help them level up. Level 300 was impressive without such things. I came back to the guild office ready to do my administrative work when I was called in for a meeting by the guild leader. Such things were rare and usually not good so I was plenty nervous. My nervousness reached a whole new level when sitting in the other chair in the guild leaders office was Diablos.This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. I sat down and prepared for the worse. The guild leader started to talk and it didn¡¯t get better: ¡°I¡¯d like to thank you for many years of excellent service Mark. The guild wouldn¡¯t be where it is today without you. But as you know our enemies have more tier 5 and tier 6 players than we do and us such we¡¯re very threatened by them. Diablos has agreed to join the guild as long as you¡¯re not in it, and we need his help to face the oncoming threat. As a thank you for years of service, we¡¯re giving you a 2,000,000 credit severance, and as per the terms of your contract you must delete your character.¡± I was floored. I went numb inside, and the past 15 years of my life went crashing away. I didn¡¯t know what to do. My life without Eternities Wake wasn¡¯t much of a life, and starting over from level 1 seemed pointless when it took 15 years to catch up to where I am today. I could play one of the newer games coming out I suppose, but there was a reason that the 15 year old game Eternity¡¯s Wake was still far and away the most played game. It all seemed a little pointless. Without the game I didn¡¯t know who I was, it occupied much of my waking and every sleeping hour. Nonetheless, I took the money and deleted my account. I had no other choices. I was filled to the brim with hatred for diablos, but most of all with hatred for sorrow¡¯s guild who treated my years of loyal service as if it were nothing. I was confused and depressed and full of rage. Not even a session with the punching bag could calm me down. At 35, I¡¯d reached the point in my life where my reflexes were starting to slow down and I could no longer do the things I once did. With technology these days enough money could change such things, the very best professional athletes played until they were 60 keeping their reflexes almost 30 years longer than was natural. Without the money for such treatments I was forced to admit I was an aging man playing a young man¡¯s game. Feeling frustrated with all of it I had the worst idea of my life. I thought maybe a drive would calm me down. I drove my sports car out into the country and around the rolling hills. I was climbing a cliff when a horrendous sadness hit me and I sobbed and sobbed. Tears clouded my eyes till I couldn¡¯t see. And when I wiped them away I saw a fast approaching guard rail. I hit the brakes as hard as I could but I smashed into the rail and felt the car start to roll before I blacked out. https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/29657/eternitys-wake