When Lifre eventually reported back to me and told me the identity of the ‘boss’ monster of the fifty-seventh floor, I couldn’t help feeling surprised. This was the second time that we had encountered a creature of James’s race. Given the fact that it was buried so deeply in the mountain, it had likely been hibernating for centuries, if not …

While I was going through the various different seeds that Aurivy had brought me, I was at the same time familiarizing myself with the changes that had occurred within the world. For instance, Aurivy’s presentation of the Withered Tree token alerted me that this thing would very likely change the way the lower level forces of the world functioned. Thus, …

After I finished absorbing the tokens, I took my time exploring the list of abilities one by one, looking to see if there was anything that truly stood out to me. Honestly… there was nothing that would revolutionize my fighting style or increase my strength by a large amount. I had wanted the Still Mirror seed just because it matched …

After I was done catching up with Tsubaki, Dana informed us that she was going to head off to work on one of her projects. Now that we were back, she was passing the baton back to Tsubaki, so to speak. “By the way, where is Lifre?” I asked, glancing around. I had expected Lifre to appear at some point …

Unfortunately, it seemed that the matter of the Void Core wouldn’t be completed just yet. There were still a few major hurdles that had to be overcome before it could be used practically. Still, the fact that we were making progress was a good sign. After all, I fully intended to undergo more skips during this month in order to …

The process of forming a Saint Body, once one met all of the prerequisites, was actually not very difficult. Instead, it was a simple matter of accumulation. The challenge came from meeting those prerequisites, whether it was completing all three steps of perfection in sequence or creating the Saint Energy itself. Tsubaki had already trained one Saint Energy, with her …

The process of having her spirit and body remolded by the machines in James’s facility was… honestly not as bad as Tsubaki expected. In truth, she barely even felt it. Though, that was largely in part because of the already overwhelming pain of her current state of existence. Only once her body was stabilized and perfected again was she able …

We spent the rest of the day in World Seed, each of us getting a new monster companion. Since none of us took the tutorial, we didn’t get the ‘free’ pet that it offered, and instead had to make do with finding our own. For instance, the one that I received first was a bird capable of firing wind blades …

After discussing it with everyone, I used the admin controls to acquire a basic Strong Wood seed for myself, and then saved it with the Digital Conversion system. With that done, I logged out, pulling the visor off of myself in the ‘real world’. Now, in World Seed, this seed took a form similar to an elongated egg with wisps …

Once Chel left, I met up with Tsubaki and the others again to begin to fill them in on what had happened. Of course this would happen right as we were launching our new game… Because of World Seed’s launch, I was now in a somewhat tricky predicament. Oh, yes, there is an apocalyptic invasion on the horizon. By the …