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StarDuster - Glory of the Umbral Avenger

My Father always told me to stand tall, this is my opportunity to do just that. [ This novel has been discontinued, a redux version of this series is currently in production. ] A glorious reign over the realm only to be hunted, a glorious return only to be haunted. Avery Hall had a fair share of experience when it came to the many layers of humanity. With the death of our real world in the future, everyone gets digitized and becomes... well, Immortal. To a degree. But how to do you spend immortality? Video Games... of course, with everything being digital... and with Hyper Advanced A.I... it's possible to create games that simulate what reality used to be like. Our story takes place in Starduster MMO, a fantasy based MMO game where the game's story is run mainly by player choice, with any choice being an important factor into anything. Our main point of view is Avery Hall, who specializes in the Sniper Class, a long range damage class that uses a Rifle. He is quite efficient at making use of all he has available, and is kind of a jerk. Avery also has been preventing the Progress of the game by holding on to a Key Artifact, other players find out about this and after a while decide they don't want him around anymore. While normally death lowers levels... his reputation is too low within the game and he gets banned, luckily he has a second account, as most V.I.P. users in the world do... Avery, swears to return the status quo, but maybe he'll be good this time... hopefully, habits take a long time to stop. So we join Avery's journey to get back to the top, just make sure he doesn't forget to properly transfer accounts.

BreathingMoon · Games
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It's Alchemy.

| Title gained, " Unstable Soul " |

| You have an SP level below the possible limit, you will no longer be able to gain S.P. , you will no longer be able to use -fzxc()@#-, you will take damage when hit by any form of magic. |

| ' Priest of Omega ' has been updated, accommodating... |

| You can now be called on as a intermediary in magic. |

| You have gained 1 P.A. point. |

F-... fuck.

I have no idea what any of this shit means.

What's an P.A. point?

| - Data Expunged -|

Da- Data Expunged? What...

What does being an intermediary in magic mean?

| You can be summoned into a battle by ' Priest of Omega ' or allies you grant a permission to. When an ally casts a spell, you will have an option to empower it. |

So it's not beneficial to me at all... damn.

That makes me a workhorse for this damned Prine kid...

Now, S.P. ... what the hell is S.P.?

| - Data Expunged - |

Mhm. Yep, that's some good info right there.

...

not really.

I signed out loud, had a small stretch... and then sat down on the ashen field.

I don't know what I want to do. For some reason... all this shit I'm dealing with every day... I'm kinda tired of waking up, trying to do something, and getting interrupted. I'm getting stronger because of it but... I want to progress naturally. I don't feel like I've won anything.

Maybe I should just end this war instead of dragging it on.

I have the resources to do so.

But I really, really want the precious information that Origin members always seem to have. It could help me breakthrough in a variety of ways, and it might just help when I want to kill the Neolithid.

I'll jus-

* Chirp! *

* Chirp! *

* Chirp! *

Right. I can't get anything done without being interrupted.

- " Damn birds. What do you want? "

* Squawk! *

I got up from my lazy stupor, there was a gathering of many Harpies... male and female, some short and some tall... they were about as diverse as players. Maybe I should do something with the harpies. They will slowly become more intelligent over time, so it might be a good idea to kick start that intelligence.

* Squawk? *

I grabbed a large one by the fluff of their collar, in my other hand I gathered mana to create a large crystal. I haven't performed alchemy much on a living being, but it will be wo-

* SQUA-! *

... with just a tad bit of resistance, I fuse the large crystal into the core of the harpy. Immediately it started changing.

The other harpies looked on in horror. They had no clue what was happening, was I killing this harpy? Why would I do that? They had no idea.

The Big harpy I had in my grasp became larger, it's plumage more bright and brilliant with an ever present sparkling, it's talons sharper and longer... it skin more clean and clear...

* SQUA- WH- *

| Transformation Complete. |

| Editor of Life engaged. |

| Amplifying changes... |

* A- *

| Forced evolution complete. |

| Grand Blue Harpy -> Harpy Queen |

" WHAT DID YOU D- "

Agh, I didn't expect it to talk... let alone yell.

" - I... I can... what a- a I... "

Looks like it didn't either... I let her down from my grasp.

- " You have been promoted. Enjoy. "

" Pro- Pro... moted? "

| Tame Creature? |

Nah. I'm good.

- " I have decided you will be the leader of the harpies, make sure they grow fast and healthy. "

" H- huh?!?! Wha- "

- " You are probably really confused. Take a breather. Relax. "

The Harpy queen's feathers fluttered and scuppered as she mindlessly panicked, the other harpies looked less scared and more confused at this point, when my words finally reached it she sat down and started resting.

I went to grab another harpy, they were weary of me and didn't approach let alone allow me to approach. Using my Boot's small warp ability, I grabbed a male harpy by the scruff with a quick teleport... I preformed the same procedure. It shook and fought back while I was doing it, but it couldn't escape my Iron grasp.

| Forced evolution complete |

| Grand Blue Harpy --> Harpy Lord |

- " You both will be responsible for the overseeing and development of the harpies. "

Both - " Bu-! "

- " That's final. "

With that, I left to go take a nap. This will sort itself out, and with a leader... the harpies will develop faster, grow stronger, and most importantly... stop bugging me all the time.

Author here, sorry for the lack of consistant updates recently. I've been busy working out the logistics for a StarDuster WEBTOON. It currently has one episode out... just a prolouge, and a bad one at that... but It might be worth a look in the future.

I'll be kicking up uploads for both series as soon as all this mumbo jumbo surronding it fades out. I'll see ya' later, thanks for reading!

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