The Path of Ascension 11: A LitRPG Adventure by C. Mantis

Author:C. Mantis [Mantis, C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AETHON
Published: 2026-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

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General Lucas Darrow sat in quiet contemplation as the endless maelstrom of the infinite Realm whirled by outside the viewport. It was an odd sight these days, made all the more outlandish by the realization that he even viewed it as odd. He hadn’t truly realized the degree to which he had become accustomed to Ascender Shadow’s long-distance transportation capabilities, such that if a flight were to take more than a few days with Prima Ace Drifter at the helm, they would often simply teleport to an alternate destination to keep moving at all times.

But with nearly a week of hard-flown pursuit of the Harmony Accords, old habits and memories were beginning to emerge once again. In his last role, such travel time would have occurred in massive troop transport ships, where he and his squad were but one of countless Tier 15 pieces of a whole, being moved from one mission to the next. It would have been time well-utilized, as well. Training, maintenance, group exercises, healing, paperwork, and, very occasionally, rest.

Now, it was mostly idle time they spent training.

What few field repairs had been needed, given the astounding degree of self-repair their gear had, was performed in a matter of hours thanks to the combined efforts of Elite Technician Origami and Ascender Titan. There was no training to be done when his squad was pinnacle elites and outright Ascenders. Nor were there any group exercises which would aid them, and Graduate Bulwark outstripped most of the healers Darrow had met outside of Fort Lightfoot itself.

There were no requisition forms to be filled out, nor even a genuine need for them other than politeness. Requests for increases to an operational mana budget were accomplished by asking Ascender Titan for a minute of his time, and none of his team lacked any of the gear needed for them to shine the most. They already outshone him, if he was being honest, so how could he see what might make them burn even brighter?

Therefore, he spent much of the two weeks they stayed in direct pursuit of the Harmony Accords personally strategizing. There were no weaknesses he needed to compensate for among Team Zero, but the new elites that had joined them did provide additional complexities for their tactics. And that was all added complexities that all the Tier 25 pinnacle elites across three Great Powers brought with them. As well as a substantial number of ‘new’ peak elites. All of that brought many new things he’d have to consider.

Titan’s passive Concept mana-granting aura meant Darrow could run substantially more intensive simulations, and he put that capability to good use.

Darrow dedicated a portion of his attention as he heard Drifter start complaining.

Mostly it was about how unacceptable it was that they weren’t faster than the Harmony Accords ship with the new engines. They sometimes caught up, which implied they might be faster over a marathon, but it never lasted.

Anytime they got close to the massive ship, it blurred and would leave their detection range in a few short moments.

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