Author Frank Morin

Ch 170 - It's Not All About Me

“Congratulations, Lucas! For motivating your team to fight bravely against impossible odds, despite the almost total certainty of violent death, you receive a platinum Leonidas loot box!”

Ch 169 - A Bit of Mana Control

“Yes!” I jumped and cheered, adding my voice to the joyful chorus echoing from every side, so loud they pierced the insulating effects of the fog.

Then I just looked up into the slowly bi...

Ch 168 - I Help Feed the Moon

Noctarus barreled down the deck. No way he’d fit up the narrow stairs, but he’d probably just jump up. In my active Spellseer’s Gaze, his entire body was thrumming with boiling black power. H...

Ch 167 - An Offer That Cannot be Refused

I flew through the chill fog, leaving a swirling wake behind as I shot toward the bow of the closest ship, barely 50 feet from the leviathan. Noctarus saw the glowing chain of my spell and spun abo...

Ch 166 - Ballerina Twirls of Death

Both of Noctarus’s skeletal heads roared like lions and he lunged, trying to smash me flat with his giant, poisoned feet. He was huge and heavy and a single stomp could probably flatten me, but I...

Ch 165 - I Pretend to be a Ping Pong Ball

After the movie ended, we spent an hour resting and preparing in another fancy lounge. When we got dumped back into the real world, no time had passed. I quickly selected the rest of the party, inc...

Ch 164 - Looking for the Opportune Moment

The world froze and disappeared, replaced by the scene of a grand old tall sailing ship sliding out of a bank of fog, heading right for us. The 6 of us appeared in the air in front of the ship, hov...

Nexus Runner 1 - ARC

This week, I completed some much-anticipated edits to Nexus Runner book 1.

Several people had pointed out issues with Cyrus appearing to lie or twist rules sometimes, and Lucas struggling wit...

Nexus Runner ARC

ARC copy of Nexus Runner as of May, 2025, including extensive edits to the story.

Ch 163 - Necromancers Always Say Die

We raced to the table with the gear Noctarus had taken from Burns and his team. They snatched it up just before the double doors to the outer hallway burst open. Grumpy led a squad of a dozen zombi...

Ch 162 - The Hard Way

Noctarus glanced down at his brother’s head again and stiffened with renewed anger. “You couldn’t leave well enough alone, could you? You have to push and interfere and make impossible breakt...

Ch 161 - A Bit of Truth

My approach through the fog near the closed portcullis startled the big group of zombies on watch. Two even fired their energy rifles before pausing to see who it was.

I stepped aside, dodgin...

Ch 160 - I Swap For a Newer Model

As I plunged through the billowing fog, unable to see, unable to smell, unable to hear anything, I triggered a potion of Slow Fall. My descent slowed, although it was hard to tell because nothing c...

Ch 159 - We Get a Starlit Concert

As soon as we exited the dungeon, Ed, Lana, and Andy headed out into the dense fog. I’d hoped it might disperse after I killed Alpha, but apparently Cyrus wanted to complicate everything until we...

Ch 158 - Edmund Builds a Broken Bridge

My team had entered the first level of the dungeon and were exploring the devastation left behind in the goblin cavern.

“You don’t do anything by halves, do you, Bro?” Tomas asked when ...

Ch 157 - Steps and Ladders

“So can you explain about tier evolutions of spells and abilities?” I asked. “I’m trying to grasp exactly what just happened. When I got my race upgrade to tier-1 human, you said I couldn�...

Ch 156 - Yay, I'm a Swordsman

I probably should have tried to be more circumspect with my questioning, but I was exhausted, and secret plots that complicated my life made me grumpy. I’d nearly died. Should have died, even wit...

Ch 155 - I Finish More Than I Started

Thankfully, the arena barrier disappeared and the block over my spells and inventory lifted. Thank god for that.

Back in her Velexis form, the grisly wounds were rapidly closing as pulsing sh...

Ch 154 - I Get to Channel the Man in Black

“Done!” Sixel exulted, and a pulse of immensely powerful magic swept through the room. It wrapped around my mana core and I staggered.

Cyrus’s happy laughter bubbled around me and Eva s...

Ch 153 - Face to Face With the Grindstone

I landed at the top of the stair, right where it climbed into the shadowed ceiling, ready to leap into battle if something jumped out at me. With Alpha’s title boosting my stats so high, a smart ...

Ch 152 - There Can Be Only One

How he could double his size in a mana desert area was a mystery I lacked time to solve. Alpha lunged with shocking speed and smashed me down into the stone floor so hard a couple ribs cracked. My ...

Ch 151 - Death Match: Wolf Edition

The trolls ranged between levels 45 and 49. They were big and fierce and powerful, but I’d fought trolls and ogres and giants for 2 days and nights, so I rushed straight at the group, embracing m...

Ch 150 - I Play Tag With a Troll

Hey, celebration day!

Today we hit chapter 150! That's a huge milestone!

Take a minute after you read the chapter and post a comment with one thing you've most enjoyed about the story...

Ch 149 - I Get to Practice Caligraphy

Behind me, Alpha finished slaughtering all the goblins. The final Shaman, the leader of the tribe, self-destructed in a wave of darkness. Some kind of ultimate attack move that actually dimmed Alph...

Ch 148 - Demolition

I took a moment to study the goblins and their community more closely. My gaze fell on one of the warrior goblins trotting past, and Identify kicked in.

“Brown Goblin Trooper. Common. Level...

Ch 147 - Rebound Works Both Ways

Three hours later, I stood before the wide cave entrance to the Grindstone Dungeon, staring out at a dense wall of fog as I participated in a chat with Tony and his worried elite team leaders.

Ch 146 - The Best Secret Weapon Waffle of All Time

When I returned to my castle, Ruby, Steve, and Susan were all waiting in the living room for the promised movie experience. I had to admit, I needed the chance to relax with friends and watch a mov...

Ch 145 - I Get a Taste of Death By Chocolate

Twenty minutes later, I took the proffered chair in the council chamber room high in the central castle. The entire council was gathered, and I wasn’t the only one who won a lot of levels either....

Ch 144 - Perks of Ready Money

Jeeves appeared in the living room and said, “Sir, your looted items sold for 2 tier-6 mana crystals.” Not great, but none of it had been spectacular.

My butler added, “Sythrak was quit...

Ch 143 - Reading the Fine Print

An hour later, when I rode Switchblade through the gates of town, I was greeted by a surprise message.

“Congratulations, Lucas! Your alternate experience streams have combined to gain you a...