Next Level Novels & Stories

Her tone turned eager as she stared at his face. "My dad's Lionel Motley. He manages Level One at Ark One. I'm Penelope. Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?" Liam didn't answer her question. "How many managers does Ark One have? One per level? And who lives where?" "We've got five managers total, one per level," Penelope rattled off. "Levels One and Two are for regular people. Level Three is for elites. Levels Four and Five are for base management and the big shots."

as they stroll over. “I heard you moved up from D,” Tobias says, dropping into the seat on my left. “Nice work.” “You guys are lifesavers,” I sigh, relief washing over me. “I thought I’d be stuck here with complete strangers.” …and grumpy Darien. Levi slides into the seat at my right, leaning back with his usual nonchalance. “Well, you’re good… for now.” I narrow my eyes. “For now?” “Yeah,” he says with a smirk. “We couldn’t take it last month because of the Alpha Games. But this month we’re aiming to move up to Level A.”

Anita falls to the ground unconscious. There is always a prize to pay when using magic

What a life? Anticipate and review. Till. Next. Time

Blake asked. “Fifth level, it’s tedious and tiring, but I’ve already crossed it to the fifth and about to cross into the sixth,” Jill replied a bit smugly. “Good, soon you will be Divine Sea. You can join us in the Inner World when you break into that level.” Blake said. “What? No. I have a job to do. It’s because you are home, and the situation of the end of the world is happening, and I’m not already at work.” Jill stated.

“Yeah, yeah. So what are you? A god? An AI? …Wait, AI didn’t exist in the 12th century. Or—do they?” “I told you before, Alaric. See me however you want. Call me whatever you want. Just follow the instructions.” I sighed. “Fine. What’s next?” “Now that you’ve leveled up, you’ve unlocked new abilities.” “Like the shockwave I used to throw that giant beast across the battlefield?” “Arcane Push,” the voice corrected. “At its lowest level.” My eyes widened. “Okay, that’s actually cool. So what else did I unlock? And how do I use them?”

Leeches. It poured on all three of us. New skill acquired [Dragon Body]. New skill acquired [Cosmic Slash]. New skill acquired [Dragon Soul]. New skill acquired [????????????]. [Mirror Eyes] leveled up. It is now level two. You have leveled up. You are now level 89.

What will happen next? ************************************

“Yes, sir.” Later that evening, Trent sat on the back steps of the laundry room door admiring his new pristine back yard. He sipped on his glass of instant lemonade as he watched the oncoming darkness of the mid-spring evening when he heard some voices to his right. “You need to get a man in your life so I can have mine back,” a man complained.

The longer we take the longer they have to collect help and spread the awareness, and knowing Natalie it won’t take that long because she is such a nice person and people just seem drawn to her, but I won’t let that get to me this time. I glance down at my majestic sketches that contain all that I have planned and a grin spreads across my face. They have no idea what they are getting themselves into; they just messed with the wrong master. I stay up all night planning, my monsters rush around fixing everything and listening to everything that I tell them to do, none of them second guess what my order is they just do it. The next morning my plan was starting to come together, I had over half