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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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222 Chs

Through the Dungeons

Convenience is something that alot of people have, there are quite the amount of things in life that just work out.

When it comes to what I've experienced so far, I believe more than coincidence that whatever is going on with everything around me just being super convenient.

Me having a second account? Convenient.

The exploit I used to boost my levels?

Convenient.

Dice and Asi?

Just convenient in general.

I don't get what is with me this last month... it's like I got struck by destiny and everything just works out for me. Nothing has even inconvenienced me since getting sent back to level 1.

There is no way I can keep up this lucky streak, something bad is going to happen eventually... and I'll probably deserve it too. I wonder what it's like to view me right now through other players perspectives. What if Arch thinks I'm just some high level loser that he keeps around to exploit?

No, that's probably not the case. I'd think the guy that is being praised by like 30 people wouldn't do that. Why would he keep around the girls then..

Wait.

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Dice

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I'm so lost.

I've been going through this maze for ages and haven't come out... there are lots of monsters here for a tasty snack though. I should keep some so I can ask Master to cook it for me, I think he is a great chef, and I can't bring myself to eat some things raw anymore.

I used to eat anything... And I can't wait to have some of my new friends try some of master's cooking too!

Ill message master for help out of this maze... I get sidetracked talking about him.

- Master, I'm in a maze... any advice? -

Perfect.

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Cobalt

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Asi looks upset at me, but I'll put it on hold since Dice seems to be stuck in a maze... I'll give her the best maze strategy!

- Always turn right. You will eventually come to the entrance or exit. -

Am I not I the sage of our lifetime?

Anyways, since the miniboss is dead... by dice... actually I should message her on that.

- Did you kill the mini boss in the room with the statues? -

- There are quite a few rooms with statues, I remember killing quite a few in those rooms because they wouldn't listen to me on how great you are. -

Is... she turning into a Yandere?

Fuck. I just wanted a cool centipede pet and now I have a yandere Centipede girl on my hands. I think someone would be into that, but not this guy. I like things vanilla.

Ugh, well since the boss is dead we just need to move on.

Me - " Yo Arch. We could meet up with Dice and then end the raid there... or would you like to clear it? "

Arch - " How hard would it be with 6 people and 2 companions? "

ME - " What about the Carriers and Miners? "

Arch - " The Miners are willing to part with half the materials they gather if you stay away from them. Carries are offering alot more... exotic things. "

Me - " Like what? "

Arch - " You know... favours. "

Me - " I'm sorry but I don't get what you mean, humor me. "

Arch - " You know exactly what I mean and your just egging me on. "

Me - " Oh dearest heavens, I don't have the slightest clue... please enlighten me Arch, my friend. "

Arch - " Anyways, they'll just stay behind us at a reasonable distance. I'll have Horizon in the back, hopefully you can get Asi back there too. "

Me - " Doesn't sound too bad, I'll start going now... we're doing a good cop bad cop routine right? Me as the intimidating Monster and you as the Upstart hero that's managed to keep me under control... right? "

Arch - " I assume you meant to play that role from the beginning by being around me right? Wanting to change your image? So yeah, I'm going to slowly help you with that. "

Me - " Good. "

I left to start making my way to the corpse that sat in the chair, from my experience the passageways through boss arenas like that are behind the chair. Luckily for me the Devs are lazy.

There was a small hatch behind the throne in the center of the room. After giving a stern glare towards the crowd, to play the role, I climbed down the hatch untill I made it to the next floor.

Raids in this game can have upwards of 100s floors if they are made from NPCs, but the naturally generated ones usually have less than 3.

When I got under, I guess I found the point where dice stopped eating her victims. There was partially melted corpses everywhere, some with long slices through and some with clear bite marks... definitely not for people who are afraid of bugs, I hope that these bodies dissolve soon... I'd loot them so they'd go away and for... you know, loot. But I don't really need bug Carapaces anymore and raid monsters don't have magic crystals. Bosses do, but I guess Dice took it.

I don't know what she'd do with it though.

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Dice

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I have killed so many things, my inventory is packed full of Mana Crystals. I hope Master has a use for them, he usually has a use for anything he picks up.

Oh, another intelligent monster?

Me - " Hello there, how would you like to become much stronger than you are currently? "

??? - " I'll gain power in my own way, Centipede. "

Me - " Now now, that's no way to talk to a lady... I can assure you won't have regrets working for my Master, he has made me as strong as I am today. "

??? - " I don't care about someone who can make a centipede strong, anyone can make a centipede stronger, your master isn't special. "

What.

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| You have killed - Crystal Chimera - |

| Evolutions available |

Now that the heretic is out of the way, I'll continue to enjoy myself for a little bit.

I wonder what evolutions would get me closer to master?

System Dear, what are my evolution options?

| Confirmed |

| Inseciod queen |

| Crystal Insectoid |

| Blood Queen Insectoid ( Special ) |

Ooh, Master is a blood king! I should become the blood queen!

[ Confirmed ]

| Evolution in 5...4...3... |

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( MC POV )

| " Insectiod " race lost. |

| " Blood King Insectoid " race unlocked.|

Excuse me? Isnt that the same race? I didn't even see the stats for insectiod!

System, what is that new race?

| Confirmed |

| Blood Kings were once a race of Devilish humans that made pacts with evil gods, over time their genes were lost to humans due to humanities worship of life giving deities. Instead of having the power be lost, many Blood Kings had children with different races. "

| Required to unlock : 1 Bug cosmetic, Insectoid race, Blood King title, affiliation with a dark god, infused Mana crystal |

| Stats : Increase in Companion strength, high increase in defence, 25% magic damage reflection, 50% physical damage reflection, increase in dark magic, dark vision. |

Woah, that's way stronger than the demon race, Equip that now!

| Confirmed |

| Congratulations to player Cobalt for being the first to equip a Teir 4 race |

Teir 4? I thought it went up to three, looks like I'll be getting some attention in the future, I hit level 70 anyways... I'll probably be put on a list of people to kill eventually.

Looks like I have a time constraint untill I can get to a higher level.