
by Purveilor
All Ryan ever wanted to do was become an adventurer. Quests, skills, quirky teammates and posting exploits on Realmnet. What’s not to love? Instead he’s broke, working at a Manaburger, and System slots cost more than his paycheck times ten thousand. Then he gets shot.Then the Trial System chooses him.Then he ends up in a Trial, with hostile Earth soldiers—from his own country no less. Ryan just wanted to play adventurer. Instead, he’s fighting with every authority figure, stabbing a sword prodigy in a deathmatch, and… immediately getting blacklisted from the Adventurer’s Guild? Suddenly Ryan's no longer just a fry cook. He's a rare Destined, tasked with figuring out how to save not one, but two worlds. It just doesn't seem that way to anyone else. But hey, in a world ruled by Tyrants, what’s a villain but a hero adventurer with an attitude? What to expect: + Ryan is a lovable [Rogue]. Weak to strong to op. + A post-integration world(s) where things have settled, but conflict is starting to bubble under the surface. + Power and choice, choice and power. Progression in both skills and character. + arrogant mages, intelligent monsters, guns, drones, selfies, [Meteors], covens, cults, shitposting epigraphs and a Gamielle. + World hopping between The Realm and Earth through gates/skills. A lot of the initial focus will be on The Realm. + A Witch Tyrant who will hex people through the internet for very mean comments. + No harem. -- Currently updates Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri. Long time reader, first time storyteller. I've been working on Ryan's tale for a while now and it's finally at the stage where I'm proud to share it. There's a lot of inspirations here. From system apocalypses to world hopping to cultivation and just plain epic fantasy. You'll find elements of all of them here, blended into something that I believe is fairly unique.
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| 1 | Chapter 1 - Ryan vs the Manager | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 2 - The First Trial | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 3 - Ryan the NPC | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 4 - The Skeleton Lord | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 5 - The Manager round 2 | 0 |
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| Chapter 6 - The First Step |
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| 7 | Chapter 7 - Zedart and Gamielle | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 8 - Gamielle's gambit | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 9 - The Realm | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 10 - The Instant Trial? | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 11 - Ryan vs Zedart | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 12 - The ????? | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 13 - Return to Earth | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 14 - Barry the ex-[Berserker] | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 15 - Cleaning up the trash | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 16 - Ryan vs the Outpost team | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 17 - The budding monster in the Second Trial | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 18 - A dark angel with a smoking gun | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 19 - Strategist Avale | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 20 - Strategist and General | 0 |
| 21 | Interlude - Gamielle saves the nosy | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 21 - Realm 2 rewards and respite | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 22 - The Dawn of Artigan | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 23 - Seffara the Sapphire | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 24 - After-action report | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 25 - Skill discussion with the crew | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 26 - The Second Step | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 27 - The worst hostage taker | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 28 - But you have heard of him | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 29 - At eye to eye with a Tyrant | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 30 - The multiversal performance | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 31 - Quasi-Legendary Artifact | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 32 - Conviction | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 33 - The bullipede, round one | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 34 - Consequences, yelling and d***s | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 35 - Urban combat simming and stoning | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 36 - Consolidation and the Leafstalkers | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 37 - Artigan's bounty | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 38 - Pinkie the dragonslayer | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 39 - Insurance | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 40 - Family | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 41 - Latarro | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 42 - Indigo | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 43 - Bullipede, round two | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 44 - Complacency | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 45 - Double Humiliation | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 46 - Trial Adaptations | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 47 - Chieftain and Shadow | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 48 - Dragonslayers vs Tyrants part 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 49 - Dragonslayers vs Tyrants part 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 50 - Dragonslayers vs Tyrants, part 3 | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 51 - General Grivkas | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 52 - Third Trial, schemed | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 53 - Third Trial, Momentum | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 54 - Third Trial, Strategist Itrac | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 55 - Are we the baddies? | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 56 - Third Trial, going mad | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 57 - Third Trial, an Adventurer's duel | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 58 - S+ Achievement Rewards | 0 |
| 60 | Chapter 59 - The Tyrants’ Secretary | 0 |
| 61 | Chapter 60 - Getting up to speed | 0 |
| 62 | Chapter 61 - Bit of a scrap | 0 |
| 63 | Chapter 62 - Sara and Barry part 1 | 0 |
| 64 | Chapter 63 - Sara and Barry part 2 | 0 |
| 65 | Chapter 64 - Plotting doom | 0 |
| 66 | Chapter 65 - Amperdons! | 0 |
| 67 | Chapter 66 - What are adventurers? | 0 |
| 68 | Chapter 67 - Zedart and Valee | 0 |
| 69 | Chapter 68 - THE THIRD STEP | 0 |
| 70 | Chapter 69 - The Siege of Lazhen, part one | 0 |
| 71 | Chapter 70 - Siege of Lazhen, part two | 0 |
| 72 | Chapter 71 - Siege of Lazhen, Part Three | 0 |
| 73 | Chapter 72 - Siege of Lazhen, Part Four | 0 |
| 74 | Chapter 73 - Siege of Lazhen, part five | 0 |
| 75 | Chapter 74 - Siege of Lazhen, part six | 0 |
| 76 | Chapter 75 - The Table | 0 |
| 77 | Chapter 76 - Video of Lazhen | 0 |
| 78 | Chapter 77 - The Witch’s Reappearance | 0 |
| 79 | Chapter 78 - The Truth, and consequences for hiding it. | 0 |
| 80 | Chapter 79 - The will and the crow | 0 |
| 81 | Chapter 80 - Being Reckless | 0 |
| 82 | Chapter 81 - Fighting Fancy | 0 |
| 83 | Chapter 82 - Aerial ‘Combat’ | 0 |
| 84 | Chapter 83 - Larix Vailsafe | 0 |
| 85 | Chapter 84 - The Obsidian Sect | 0 |
| 86 | Chapter 85 - Obsidian Sect, Stupid Questions | 0 |
| 87 | Chapter 86 - Obsidian Sect, Talent of the Realmers | 0 |
| 88 | Chapter 87 - The truth about Gamielle | 0 |
| 89 | Chapter 88 - Obsidian Sect, Artigan revealed | 0 |
| 90 | Chapter 89 Obsidian Sect, Confrontation | 0 |
| 91 | Chapter 90 - Obsidian Sect, the future | 0 |
| 92 | Chapter 91 - Obsidian Sect, | 0 |
| 93 | Chapter 92 - The Dragon Honeypot | 0 |
| 94 | Chapter 93 - [Remembrance of the Fallen] | 0 |
| 95 | Chapter 94 - Chaos in The Realm | 0 |
| 96 | Chapter 95 - [Arm of the ____ ______] | 0 |
| 97 | Chapter 96 - The Aura Tyrant | 0 |
| 98 | Chapter 97 - Ryan vs Larix, part one | 0 |
| 99 | Chapter 98 - Ryan vs Larix, part two | 0 |
| 100 | Chapter 99 - The difficulty of getting people to pay up | 0 |
| 101 | Chapter 100 - The Crow and the [Bard] | 0 |
| 102 | Chapter 101 - Ryan Robinson | 0 |
| 103 | Chapter 102 - Obsidian Sect, end | 0 |
| 104 | Chapter 103 - The Achievement System | 0 |
| 105 | Chapter 104 - Punching Down | 0 |
| 106 | Chapter 105 - The Fourth Trial, hunted…? | 0 |
| 107 | Chapter 106 - The Fourth Trial, Demon King Arctus | 0 |
| 108 | Chapter 107 - The Fourth Trial | 0 |
| 109 | Chapter 108 - The Fourth Trial, earth-shattering secrets | 0 |
| 110 | Chapter 109 - Fourth Trial Rewards | 0 |
| 111 | Chapter 110 - Young Master | 0 |
| 112 | Chapter 111 - The ear-pulling master | 0 |
| 113 | Chapter 112 - Look ma, I’m an adventurer! | 0 |
| 114 | Chapter 113 - Reaching for the impossible | 0 |
| 115 | Chapter 114 - The time ‘chamber’ | 0 |
| 116 | Chapter 115 - One-Eyed Rick | 0 |
| 117 | Chapter 116 - Gravenmarch and the City of Defiance | 0 |
| 118 | Chapter 117 - The Tournament begins…? | 0 |
| 119 | Chapter 118 - Meet the Kellys | 0 |
| 120 | Chapter 119 - The Binding Curse | 0 |
| 121 | Chapter 120 - THE FOURTH STEP | 0 |
| 122 | Chapter 121 - Everyone's got a plan until they get punched in the face. | 0 |
| 123 | Chapter 122 - The Tables Turn | 0 |
| 124 | Chapter 123 - Taking Wing | 0 |
| 125 | Chapter 124 - The Cataclysm Abyss | 0 |
| 126 | Chapter 125 - Ryan vs The Abyss minus the Leafstalkers | 0 |
| 127 | Chapter 126 - Boasting to elves | 0 |
| 128 | Chapter 127 - Tar'el the Elven Battery | 0 |
| 129 | Chapter 128 - The Eternal Delvers | 0 |
| 130 | Chapter 129 - The Unwanted | 0 |
| 131 | Chapter 130 - Humanizing a monster. | 0 |
| 132 | Chapter 131 - Rax and the sorta elven princess | 0 |
| 133 | Chapter 132 - A mouse that walks with a lion | 0 |
| 134 | Chapter 133 - Adventurer's timing | 0 |
| 135 | Chapter 134 - Rax Kraxxksken | 0 |
| 136 | Chapter 135 - Two monsters in the Abyss | 0 |
| 137 | Chapter 136 - Titans collide | 0 |
| 138 | Chapter 137 - The New Elven Queen | 0 |
| 139 | Chapter 138 - Sideark | 0 |
| 140 | Chapter 139 - The Unwanted, and the unwanted. | 0 |
| 141 | Chapter 140 - Abyss, After-action report | 0 |
| 142 | Chapter 141 - Back into the fire | 0 |
| 143 | Chapter 142 - Hypothetical Core | 0 |
| 144 | Chapter 143 - Conceptual Parasite | 0 |
| 145 | Chapter 144 - Tearing apart your class | 0 |
| 146 | Chapter 145 - Evolving Experiments | 0 |
| 147 | Chapter 146 - A Volatile Mana Sphere? | 0 |
| 148 | Chapter 147 - Arm of the ______ ________ | 0 |
| 149 | Interlude - The Witch’s Coven | 0 |
| 150 | Chapter 148 - The Fifth Trial | 0 |
| 151 | Chapter 149 - Terrible Tortures | 0 |
| 152 | Chapter 150 - A small oath | 0 |
| 153 | Chapter 151 - Testing Grounds | 0 |
| 154 | Chapter 152 - Bedroom Whisperer | 0 |
| 155 | Chapter 153 - Royal Confidants | 0 |
| 156 | Chapter 154 - Preening | 0 |
| 157 | Chapter 155 - King Theskar | 0 |
| 158 | Chapter 156 - Internalizing and unleashing | 0 |
| 159 | Chapter 157 - Adventurer’s Soul | 0 |
| 160 | Chapter 158 - Realm Expansion, Thirteen | 0 |
| 161 | Chapter 159 - Fifth Trial, end | 0 |
| 162 | Chapter 160 - Ryan vs the Manager, Round three, start! | 0 |
| 163 | Chapter 161- The Dumb-Ryan | 0 |
| 164 | Chapter 162 - The Ryan who didn’t hold back | 0 |
| 165 | Chapter 163 - The [Dread Revenant] | 0 |
| 166 | Chapter 164 - The Royal Aura | 0 |
| 167 | Chapter 165 - The Conceptual Reaver | 0 |
| 168 | Chapter 166 - The Question | 0 |
| 169 | Chapter 167 - THE FIFTH STEP | 0 |
| 170 | Chapter 168 - Class Evolution | 0 |
| 171 | Chapter 169 - Realm Five Evolution | 0 |
| 172 | Chapter 170 - New/Old horizons | 0 |
| 173 | Chapter 171 - Ryan learns to compromise? | 0 |
| 174 | Chapter 172 - ...Road trip? | 0 |
| 175 | Chapter 173 - San Kingsgrove | 0 |
| 176 | Chapter 174 - Witch Grettfield | 0 |
| 177 | Chapter 175 - Barry Johnson | 0 |
| 178 | Chapter 176 - Popcorn drama | 0 |
| 179 | Chapter 177 - Raidco’s Mastery | 0 |
| 180 | Chapter 178 - Guided Meditation | 0 |
| 181 | Chapter 179 - With allies like these... | 0 |
| 182 | Chapter 180 - The Secretary and the Dragon | 0 |
| 183 | Chapter 181 - [Right Place, Right Time] | 0 |
| 184 | Chapter 182 - A stupid moniker | 0 |
| 185 | Chapter 183 part 1 - Threat Assessment | 0 |
| 186 | Chapter 183 part 2 - heroic entrance | 0 |
| 187 | Chapter 184 - Priority One: Valee Dubois | 0 |
| 188 | Chapter 185 - Strongest of the Fourth Realm | 0 |
| 189 | Chapter 186 - The Noxweed | 0 |
| 190 | Chapter 187 - Good [Mage], Bad [Rogue] | 0 |
| 191 | Chapter 188 - Bad Ryan, Bad Clara | 0 |
| 192 | Chapter 189 - Bad Ryan, Good Clara? | 0 |
| 193 | Chapter 190 - Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss | 0 |
| 194 | Chapter 191 - The Veilpiercer Assassin | 0 |
| 195 | Chapter 192 - Plan A | 0 |
| 196 | Chapter 193 - Who’s the psycho here? | 0 |
| 197 | Chapter 194 - The Half-Apex | 0 |
| 198 | Chapter 195 - Infamous | 0 |
| 199 | Chapter 196 - Who the hell is Ryan Robinson? | 0 |
| 200 | Chapter 197 - What I want | 0 |
| 201 | Chapter 198 - Dual Class Harmony | 0 |
| 202 | Chapter 199 - Wake up call | 0 |
| 203 | Chapter 200 - Beacon | 0 |
| 204 | Chapter 201 - Unburdened | 0 |
| 205 | Chapter 202 - Destined Antics | 0 |
| 206 | Chapter 203 - Beware Of Pr*ck | 0 |
| 207 | Chapter 204 - Self-Defeat | 0 |
| 208 | Chapter 205 - A Glimpse of Perspective | 0 |
| 209 | Chapter 206 - Revolutionizing Skills | 0 |
| 210 | Chapter 207 - He’s back | 0 |
| 211 | Chapter 208 - Prodigious Reunions | 0 |
| 212 | Chapter 209 - Cerul's tail feathers | 0 |
| 213 | Chapter 210 - The crow and the Tyrant | 0 |
| 214 | Chapter 211 - The [Strategist] | 0 |
| 215 | Chapter 212 - Collision Course | 0 |
| 216 | Chapter 213 - New Gen vs Old Gen | 0 |
| 217 | Chapter 214 - Rise | 0 |
| 218 | Chapter 215 - Unity | 0 |
| 219 | Chapter 216 - Reunion between friends | 0 |
| 220 | Chapter 217 - Love | 0 |
| 221 | Chapter 218 - Worse | 0 |
| 222 | Chapter 219 - Gamielle, the child of mana, part one | 0 |
| 223 | Chapter 220 - Gamielle, the Child of Mana, part two | 0 |
| 224 | Chapter 221 - Unstoppable, Immovable Force vs Undying Immortal Army | 0 |
| 225 | Chapter 222 - Reactions | 0 |
| 226 | Chapter 223 - Recovery and Cookies | 0 |
| 227 | Chapter 224 - The Clone Plot | 0 |
| 228 | Chapter 225 - The Unified Trial Theory | 0 |
| 229 | Chapter 226 - Adventurer-style | 0 |
| 230 | Chapter 227 - Headhunting | 0 |
| 231 | Chapter 228 - Ill Omens | 0 |
| 232 | Chapter 229 - Arrival to Earth | 0 |
| 233 | Chapter 230 - Peace in our time | 0 |
| 234 | Chapter 231 - [Shades of the Dead] | 0 |
| 235 | Chapter 232 - The Witch of San Kingsgrove | 0 |
| 236 | Chapter 233 - Small world, eh? | 0 |
| 237 | Chapter 234 - Gathering allies | 0 |
| 238 | Chapter 235 - Dubious Schemes | 0 |
| 239 | Chapter 236 - The Situation at Hand... | 0 |
| 240 | Chapter 237 - The Tyrant’s Dinner | 0 |
| 241 | Chapter 238 - A good warmup | 0 |
| 242 | Chapter 239 - Strongest of the Fifth Realm | 0 |
| 243 | Chapter 240 - Anomaly | 0 |
| 244 | Chapter 241 - Ryan's Greatest Hater | 0 |
| 245 | Chapter 242 - A toast over the body of Artigan | 0 |
| 246 | Chapter 243 - Pivotal Moment | 0 |
| 247 | Chapter 244 - The Old Elf Routine | 0 |
| 248 | Chapter 245 - Valmere flips the script | 0 |
| 249 | Chapter 246 - Judgement day | 0 |
| 250 | Chapter 247 - The Usurper | 0 |
| 251 | Chapter 248 - What peak performance looks like | 0 |
| 252 | Chapter 249- Elementary magical theory | 0 |
| 253 | Chapter 250 - Artigan the [Saboteur] START | 0 |
| 254 | Chapter 251 - Judgment | 0 |
| 255 | Chapter 252 - The start of the plan | 0 |
| 256 | Chapter 253 - Ascending with a sword | 0 |
| 257 | Chapter 254 - Shaking the Pillars of Society | — |
| 258 | Chapter 255 - The Obsession | — |
| 259 | Chapter 256 - Angry Mob | — |
| 260 | Chapter 257 - The Aura Tyrant's Answer | — |
| 261 | Chapter 258 - Agrinth's Rage | — |
| 262 | Chapter 259 - Time passes | — |
| 263 | Chapter 260 - A dragon muses | — |
| 264 | Chapter 261 - Anticipation | — |
| 265 | Chapter 262 - Realm six: rewards and decisions | — |
| 266 | Chapter 263 - Epics and The Creators | — |
| 267 | Chapter 264 - The Creator | — |
| 268 | Chapter 265 - [The Jack of Many Faces] | — |
| 269 | Chapter 266 - Changing faith and classes | — |
| 270 | Chapter 267 - Thunderous Barrage | — |
| 271 | Chapter 268 - [Thunderclap] | — |
| 272 | Chapter 269 - Memorial | — |