Chapter 181: Essence of Inferno
Aliandra
Ali hauled herself up with shaky arms as the third storm of fire finally abated, returning silence to the arena of glowing red-hot stone. The Inferno’s heart-stoppin...
2024-11-19 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 180: Elemental Rage
To triumph over the infernal legions, you must relentlessly disintegrate the frailest fragments of your body, mind, and soul. Heal the very ashes and forge what remains into an indomitable bast...
2024-11-17 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 179: Inferno
A/N: Happy Saturday - bonus chapter today. Regular chapter is still scheduled for tomorrow.
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“Everything burns.”
- Delwin “Boom” Cindershow...
Chapter 178: Quenching the Flame
Ice magic holds the power to still the very heartbeat of the world, turning breath to frost and life into frozen statues that shatter at the slightest touch. It is the eternal beauty of frozen ...
2024-11-14 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 177: Runes of Fire
Aliandra
Your Tunnel Weaver has been defeated.
Ali frowned to see the sudden surprising message. It was not that her newest boss ha...
2024-11-12 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 176: Figuring out a Strategy
Sabri
“We found it,” Malise said, emerging from the shadows beside Sabri and startling her. “That’s a boss. The entire room is filled with a poisonous cloud, and it kno...
2024-11-10 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 175: Tanking Flame
Aliandra
The core of the Living Flame evaporated into motes of mana as Ali’s notification chime sounded. Calen had managed to lure several of them from the Landing one at a t...
2024-11-07 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 174: Mana
Malika
Your group has defeated Living Flame – Elemental – level 62.
That was rough, she thought, staring down at the s...
2024-11-05 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 173: The Eldritch Tome
Aliandra
Ali stretched, rolling her neck side to side and hearing several loud pops from her tired muscles as they loosened. She placed the final book – the original – on t...
2024-11-03 15:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 172: New Robes
It turns out that the so-called ‘Crafter Wall’ is a natural side effect of the economic disruption wrought by dungeons. The fact that artisans and crafters seldom advance to the second tier...
2024-10-31 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 171: The Landing
Aliandra
The tunnel out of the Flame Broodmother’s lair wound steadily downward, occasionally narrowing enough that they were forced to proceed single file. Every so often, t...
2024-10-29 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 170: Broodmother
You gotta watch out for those side bosses. Many adventurers believe that skipping the smaller bosses is more efficient – a faster way to get to the more valuable ones deeper within a dungeon....
2024-10-27 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 169: Market Forces
Aliandra
Ali and Malika entered Lydia’s boutique clothing store to the sound of the soft musical chimes, but to her surprise, it was not Lydia Ali found behind the counter. I...
2024-10-24 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 168: Protégé
Malika
There was a brawl going down in the middle of the guild shop, and the few adventurers that were loitering in the guild hall had all stopped to stare. It was not a knock-...
2024-10-22 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 167: A Web of Fire
Burn to ash!
- Inferno [The Consuming Flame]. Unique Fire Elemental.
Malika
The continual burning of Malika’s skin, hair, eyes,...
2024-10-20 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 166: The Dungeon’s Flames
Aliandra
“Is it just me, or is this getting a little easier?” Ali asked. It took only half an hour to fight through the denizens of the jungle to the entrance of the Embe...
2024-10-17 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 165: Her First Shield
When two tons of fury in the form of a Bristletusk Boar is charging you down, you want to be wearing the finest in solid steel fashion. The heavier the better! None of this namby-pamby cloth or...
2024-10-15 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 164: Farming Fire Resistance
Aliandra
The well-oiled doors swung open, and Ali stepped into the guild hall, blinking a little in the relative dimness after the bright sunlight outside. She had recounted ...
2024-10-13 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 163: Books of the Past
Aliandra
Your minions have defeated Cavern Crawler – Spider – level 5.
Ali woke to the sound of her chime and slowly sat up. ...
2024-10-10 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 162: Surprise Assassination
Garret
The scent in the sewer was surprisingly fresh, and the damp crumbling brick was covered with a lush carpet of moss and mushrooms. As they traced the path indicated on ...
2024-10-08 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 161: Raid at the Shrine
Malika
It was quiet in the Grove now that all the applicants had left. The crafter, merchant, and artisan aspirants had been escorted back up to town by Vivian Ross to underg...
2024-10-06 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160: The Class Shrine
Aliandra
Ali sat at the broad walnut table in the library with ‘The Fundamentals of Arcane Magic’ lying open in front of her, but her eyes were not seeing the...
2024-10-03 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 159: Visiting
Aliandra
The dungeon-rage stabbed into her mind, making her gasp with pain and stagger into the table. Ali vaguely heard the exclamations of concern, but her vision was dim, an...
2024-10-01 14:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 158: Negotiations with the Guild
A/N: If you're reading this story somewhere other than Patreon.com, 2024-09-29 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 157: Portentous Divination
The fastest way to piss off a Troll is to greet them as an equal. Even if you are a Troll.
- Dorin Crimsonhammer, Platinum Adventurer. Advice to novice adventurers.
&...
2024-09-26 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 156: Emberforge Mines
Calen
Calen jogged down the dark and dingy alleyways between the run-down and mostly abandoned warehouses, his feet making no sound on the rough stone pavement. His pow...
2024-09-24 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 155: Disruptor
Malika
Malika had said her goodbyes, but as the billowing smoke of the recall potion yanked her body out of Toria, dumping her in the receiving room at the Novaspark Academy of...
2024-09-22 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 154: A Gift for a Friend
Tala
“Why do I have to do it? I’m an assassin, not a hiring manager,” Tala grumbled, glaring at Kieran Mori, but she kept most of her frustration to herself. His orders f...
2024-09-19 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 153: The Forging of a Raid Team
“Adventurers Guild? Groups? Teamwork? Bah! That’s just a scam to have other people leech your hard-earned experience. Solo is the way to go!”
- Thomas Bel...
2024-09-17 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 152: Death’s Unyielding Grasp
A/N: Happy Monday! Bonus chapter today :)
This chapter is critical for the plot of the story, but it turned out to require enough room that it became effectively an interlude - a chapter with...
2024-09-16 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post