The word Overdrive reverberated across Edge’s soul like a bell, ringing on and on.
He was drawn inside his core as searing heat and a rumbling roar began building beyond the bounda...
2025-08-14 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Nick paused for the span of a breath, taking in his titanic foe while deciding how to engage it.
He still couldn’t believe that he was about to battle the colossal creature with the sword i...
2025-08-13 17:00:11 +0000 UTC
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By now, every jailbird who was still outside the base had realized something was wrong. A half dozen convicts converged on Edge’s team from three sides, although the forest of stone spikes was sl...
2025-08-13 17:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Ten Minutes Earlier
Edge’s crew skulked within the shadows as the cacophony of combat reverberated down the tunnel.
They were ready to charge in and ambush the Claws,...
2025-08-12 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Nick cut down the slicers while Sarah and Bret took out a flock of stingers attacking from above.
In the periphery of his vision, Devin was in the middle of a brutal battle with a basher. He ...
2025-08-11 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Trapper awoke to adrenaline-soaked voices sounding the alarm and frantic footsteps echoing off the stone walls. For a bewildering moment, she was stuck in the borderlands between dreams and the wak...
2025-08-11 17:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Edge sprinted down a winding series of stone tunnels, racing to save Trapper’s team.
When he checked in with Gauge Depth, the skill let him know he was drawing near the surface at last. By ...
2025-08-08 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Paul was one hell of a sniper. Every shot he fired was powerful and precise. His arrows planted themselves in a bug’s eye, joint, or vital organ with every beat of Nick’s heart. But that was on...
2025-08-08 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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“So, what’s the plan?” Mel asked when the crew stopped to catch their breath.
Sasha was having a hard time maintaining the intense pace, since everyone else was stage two and had superi...
2025-08-07 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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When Edge woke up, Lilly was still standing watch and everyone else was asleep.
He was feeling restless, so he decided to stretch his legs while scouting the next few caverns. If he discovere...
2025-08-06 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Nick leapt from his rocky perch, landed on the canyon floor, and sprinted across the ice, following the path highlighted by Tactical Command so he didn’t have to worry about friendly fire.
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2025-08-06 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Edge stepped into his core with a smile on his face—excited by the prospect of combining two great skills to make something even better and free up a slot in the process.
He walked...
2025-08-05 17:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Now that the battle was over and everyone had consolidated their gains, there was one last thing Edge’s crew needed to do before they left the Deep-Gill Grottos—harvest the remains of the colos...
2025-08-04 17:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to Blend into the Background, the canyon appeared empty other than the siege engines lining the rim, but that was far from the case—a fact the Armada Wurm became aware of when Kenji’s vo...
2025-08-04 17:00:09 +0000 UTC
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When Edge returned to his body, the gatekeeper was barely hanging on. The giant catfish was spasming and shaking—blind eyes wide with horror.
He put the wounded beast out of its misery, pri...
2025-08-01 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Nick turned and left the battlefield while Team Earth made their final preparations.
Kenji had asked him to keep an eye on the group that was luring the wurm into position, in case they ran i...
2025-08-01 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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When Edge stepped inside the gatekeeper’s core, he observed the damage his ultimate had inflicted.
The animals were gone and the forest was dry—like the area had suffered a prolonged drou...
2025-07-31 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Over the course of the last exchange, an idea had come to him—a way of getting close enough to land some heavy hits and take control over the momentum of the battle.
Since it involved catch...
2025-07-30 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Nick spent the rest of the day vigorously conditioning his attributes while refining his plans.
Every time he came up with a new idea, he used Theater of the Mind’s Eye to shadowbox against...
2025-07-30 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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The swarm of lampreys spread out after detaching from the catfish’s belly, slithering toward the crew in a pulsating wave of slimy bodies. Within a handful of heartbeats, the hunters would be sur...
2025-07-29 17:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Nick made his way over to Devin’s campsite, where everyone on the wurm-killing team had agreed to meet up.
Devin and V were already there, laughing and flirting as they maintained their gea...
2025-07-28 17:00:12 +0000 UTC
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No sooner had those words left Edge’s lips than a surging spray shot out from the surface of the lake.
He threw himself to one side at the last possible moment, evading the gatekeeper’s g...
2025-07-28 17:00:09 +0000 UTC
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As they approached the exit to the Deep-Gill Grottos, Edge’s crew made rapid progress, following the magicytes upstream as they climbed through a steep series of tunnels and caverns.
Gauge ...
2025-07-25 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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As he ran, Nick took in the gorgeous panorama stretching from horizon to horizon, working his way around the lake while contemplating the battle to come.
Dealing with the Armada Wurm and its ...
2025-07-25 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Today had been incredibly rewarding, and it wasn’t over yet.
While they were looking for a sheltered location to camp for the night, Sasha spotted a sealed chest embedded into the ceiling o...
2025-07-24 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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When Edge Absorbed the spider’s copy of Shadow Step, it filled his avatar’s cup to the brim.
Nerves alight with the rush that always came when taking another big step down the long road t...
2025-07-23 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Nick woke up late the next morning, sleeping in for the first time he could remember.
He hiked down to the riverbank to wash up, then helped himself to a heaping pile of fried potatoes from t...
2025-07-23 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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An hour after they stopped to eat lunch, Edge’s team was ambushed by their first pack of predators that weren’t walking mushrooms—vicious cave spiders that were almost as big as Blue.
T...
2025-07-22 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Sakura stood in front of the generator that powered Puppet Town’s Dome with a frown on her face.
Although the magitech device seemed to be working properly and she couldn’t detect any sig...
2025-07-21 17:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Nick plopped down on a rock and turned to face Devin and Veronica. His friends were sitting so close their hips were touching, and it was clear their relationship had deepened since arriving on Ear...
2025-07-21 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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