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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 49: Turning the Tide

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...

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[LotMG4] Chapter 42: Blade Versus Wurm

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 48: Edge Versus Ripper

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 47: Joining the Fray

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,...

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[LotMG4] Chapter 41: World’s Strongest

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 ...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 46: Symphony of Destruction

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 45: Portable Monster Unleashed

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 ...

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[LotMG4] Chapter 40: Light and Shadow

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 44: The Battle Begins

“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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 43: Leaving the Grottos

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...

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[LotMG4] Chapter 39: Mountain of Muscle

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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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 42: Multimodal Ocular Power

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 41: Frozen Fish Fillets

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...

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[LotMG4] Chapter 38: The First Phase

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 40: Trait and Treasure

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...

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[LotMG4] Chapter 37: Armada Wurm

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 39: Extraction Triple Play

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 38: Lake Bottom Brawl

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...

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[LotMG4] Chapter 36: Getting Ready to Rumble

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 37: A Bloodsucking Swarm

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...

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[LotMG4] Chapter 35: Meet the Team

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 36: The Gatekeeper’s Greeting

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 35: One Last Obstacle

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 ...

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[LotMG4] Chapter 34: Battlefield Tour

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 ...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 34: On the Way

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 33: Upgrading Shadow Step

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...

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[LotMG4] Chapter 33: Looming Showdown

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 32: Spiders and Shadows

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...

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[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 31: The Plot Thickens

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...

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[LotMG4] Chapter 32: Reunion Minus One

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...

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