Chapter 26
“Get away from the trunk, fast!”
Right now, the fallen tree formed a loose cage over Levi and Gremlin Two. As long as they stayed low, there was room to crawl around.
The trunk curr...
2021-12-06 18:24:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-12-06 18:11:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25
The boss, it turned out, was not a spider skunk.
Level 1+
(Dire Turkey)
Health 100%
It stood taller than Levi, its body...
2021-12-03 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24
Beast dungeons held everything from bugs to chimaeras, and had so much potential variety Levi couldn't begin to guess what specific creature this would be.
He'd heard stories of unbelievable ...
2021-12-02 17:36:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23
Something dove at Levi with an angry screech, immediately after they stepped inside the dungeon. Levi caught the flicker of movement and jumped aside to evade.
Level 1
Chapter 22
Levi eased the paper free from its hiding place and spread it out on the table. Another dungeon map, this one less detailed, with three destinations marked on it. It felt almost unfair to look over...
2021-11-30 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21
Levi sat for a long moment in the room where he’d killed the Soul-Seeker until his breathing and pulse slowly returned to something resembling normal, trying to decide if he should press on or re...
2021-11-29 16:25:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20
Levi opened his eyes, turning to take in the situation fully. His heart still nearly skipped a beat as he turned back toward the Soul-Seeker, but he needn’t have worried. His guess was right, his...
2021-11-26 18:37:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19
Levi cast a Mana Blast at full strength, blindly, straight ahead, pushing all of his mana into it. It wasn’t a very good attack, but it was the only thing he had at the moment.
Reality shat...
2021-11-25 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18
Another awkward ride, another half hour spent running in circles casting out mana pings, and Levi finally found the Control dungeon as evening began to fall.
He’d only been in a handful of ...
2021-11-24 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 17
“No pets allowed,” grumbled Levi’s uber driver. “I don’t want your…” he squinted at Gremlin Two. Gremlin Two waved and grinned, showing his too-pointy teeth. “I don’t want it maki...
2021-11-23 14:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 16
They found two more gremlins skulking down side routes, but nothing more.
As they walked, Levi tried to decide how best to handle his upcoming quest. He could move slowly, as there were three...
2021-11-22 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 15
It took another ten minutes, but in the end Levi and Gremlin Two prevailed.
Staff shattered, health reduced to 1%, the goblin shaman lay helpless and vulnerable, pinned beneath Levi’s foot....
2021-11-19 16:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 14
Though a boss monster, ostensibly a great threat able to annihilate a half-dozen unwary delvers within moments, the goblin shaman did have one major disadvantage.
It was still a goblin.
Chapter 13
Levi sprinted into the boss room and shouted in defiance, drawing the goblin shaman’s attention. It immediately raised its glowing staff, bones rattling as it began casting a spell.
Gremlin...
2021-11-17 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 12
The second dungeon bore almost no resemblance to the first. This one was swamp-themed, and had those frustrating sinking hillocks that you had to jump from one to the next as they slowly vanished i...
2021-11-16 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11
For some reason, Levi’s first instinct was to hide Skarm’s body behind his back. But that would only make him look more suspicious.
“What is wrong with you?” the woman hissed, setting...
2021-11-16 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10
Streetlights - working streetlights! - greeted Levi as he exited the dungeon, lighting the park in a warm and comfortable glow.
He stared out in wonder at the cozy, relaxed, peaceful scene. H...
2021-11-12 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 9
The pillar crashed atop the ogre, knocking it to the ground, and sprayed it - and Levi - with its bubbling orange goo.
Level 1+
(Cave Ogre)
Hea...
Chapter 8
Then things changed. With a roar of fury, the ogre smashed its manablade cleaver down - not on Levi, but through one of the pillars.
Chunks of stone scattered like shrapnel from the impact an...
2021-11-10 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 7
Levi took in the layout at a glance. Eleven pillars in no particular pattern. They were the same dark pitted material as the rest of the dungeon, but each pillar was topped by a bowl-like impressio...
2021-11-09 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 6
If this were a Light or Control dungeon, Levi would have worried the treasure room was an illusion or trap. But for the vast majority of dungeons, they followed a static, predictable, and dependabl...
2021-11-09 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 5
Levi tucked Skarm under one arm and broke into a run, jumping the puddles of acidic goo on the floor and dodging away from the largest globs of corrosive on the walls. As he’d anticipated, they s...
2021-11-08 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 4
Levi pondered the question for long minutes, turning the situation over and over in his head. Should he stay and train, or hurry home as soon as possible? He had a level 1 dungeon all to himself. H...
2021-11-07 12:20:45 +0000 UTC View PostHello World!
Howdy everyone, Aster here. I'm just getting started, so there's not a whole lot of content up yet. But I've been hard at work on my story for about a month now, just need to go over a few things a...
2021-11-05 13:56:41 +0000 UTC View Post