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Nathaniel is only a halfway through the tutorial, and things are only getting stranger. After a timeskip, Astral Prison continues with Group 4 stronger than ever. There are imprisoned Champions to meet, as well as a Witch with a Mana Crown and a voice talking in her head. A certain member of Group 4 falls into food coma leading to unexpected consequences, and along the way Group 4 will visit a city full of mind mages.

Nathaniel finally gets himself a master, and a certain lynthari to suffer through it all with him. The 5th floor starts all over, but this time with a cheat code in the form of a living nuclear bomb breathing down Nathaniel’s neck and training him so that he might one day be comparable to the pets the noble ladies used to have. This time, all roads lead to the pyramid, an ancient Champion’s creation built to turn the heat of a volcano into mana. The short discipleship concludes deep below, inside the chamber full of molten metal.

With the 5th floor nearing its end, the tournament arc is about to begin. Alongside his first minion, Nathaniel continues traveling through the 5th floor. They visit a fallen floating island, its defenses still active, serving as a bastion for those hiding from the monsters. Now, Housekeeper, Gardener, Armorer, and Butler rule over its ruins. They explore the Valley, so saturated with mana radiation that it has become poisonous and home to a sleeping monster that should never be awakened.

Surviving an explosive end on the second floor, Nathaniel finds himself in an endless city filled with monsters. The questions are: what hides beyond the giant walls far in the distance, and what happened to the natives? But first, Nathaniel needs to stop his ever-growing mana from tearing his body apart. Two new floors, two new floor quests. A dangerous 10-year-old girl wielding deadly flames with her emotion of fear blocked. Flashbacks revealing more of Nathaniel's past. Biscuit, now the best corgi of the 3rd floor, sounding suspiciously happy in the Community.

On the fourth floor in Virelia, Nathaniel and Group 4 are gearing up to take down one of the Four Calamities. With their newly formed guild, Angry Kittens, they challenge the city’s powerful matriarch and the five big guilds. Meanwhile, the bus-sized ants are leaving their distant nests and ominously marching toward the city. No one knows why. It's time to confront The Colony, battle The Fallen Hero, tackle The Living Tree, and uncover the mystery of the fourth Calamity.

Nathaniel's bus ride was supposed to be just another boring commute. Wrong. Now, he, 23 fellow passengers, and a corgi named Biscuit, are stuck in a "Hell Difficulty" Tutorial, battling monsters and leveling up to survive. Easy difficulty, anyone can handle. Normal difficulty, you've got to put up a fight to get by. Hard difficulty is where only the tough ones last. And Hell? That's where you have to be a bit out of your mind! With his terrifying talent for mana manipulation, Nathaniel decides to invest every stat point into mana.

Auf der vierten Etage, in Virelia, bereiten sich Nathaniel und Gruppe 4 darauf vor, eine der vier Katastrophen zu bekämpfen. Mit ihrer neu gegründeten Gilde, den Angry Kittens, fordern sie die mächtige Matriarchin der Stadt, sowie die 5 großen Gilden heraus. In der Zwischenzeit verlassen die busgroßen Ameisen ihre entfernten Nester und marschieren unheilvoll auf die Stadt zu. Niemand weiß, wieso.

Während sich die 5. Etage dem Ende neigt, steht das Turnier in den Startlöchern. An der Seite seiner Untergebenen, setzt Nathaniel seine Reise durch die 5. Etage fort: Sie besuchen die gefallene Schwebende Insel, deren Verteidigung noch immer aktiv ist, und die nun als Bastion für diejenigen dient, die sich vor den Monstern verstecken. Beherrscht werden diese Überreste von der Haushälterin, dem Gärtner, dem Schmied und dem Butler. Sie entdecken das Tal, in dem die Manastrahlung einem starken Gift gleich kommt, und das als Heimat für ein Monster dient, das nie geweckt werden sollte.

Wo andere den Untergang sehen, sieht er Chancen. Höllen Schwierigkeit? Eher eine Chance, sich zu beweisen. Nathaniels Busfahrt sollte eigentlich nur eine weitere langweilige Pendelfahrt werden. Falsch gedacht. Jetzt stecken er, 23 Mitreisende und ein Corgi namens Biscuit in einem Tutorial mit “Schwierigkeitsgrad Hölle“ fest, kämpfen gegen Monster und steigen im Level auf, um zu überleben.

Understanding Europe is a podcast series started with the Maastricht Diplomat, in collaboration with CERiM. Throughout the 10 episodes, Charelle and Brendan interview experts from CERiM to dig deeper into the various research done on the EU, but also on Europe at large. The podcast series aims to contextualize and unpack local dynamics within EU member states but also international dynamics between EU and its neighboring regions. Understanding Europe is back for three more episodes in 2024!

Begleite Nathaniel auf seiner verrückten Reise, während er sich albtraumhaften Feinden stellt und sich mit einer, alles andere als normalen, Gruppe von Buspassagieren in diesem actiongeladenen LitRPG-Abenteuer zusammentut. Er muss die Chancen überlisten, überleben und stärker als alle anderen hervorgehen!