Fowl shook his head in disbelief at him.
“You do realize… that I’m now at a place no dwarf ever believes they can achieve?”
“So I take it the potion did what I hoped?” Max a...
2025-06-20 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 7: Can’t think of a name for this chapter
"What the hell is going on?" Khalil muttered, staring at the bipedal bird man, who resembled an anthropomorphic falcon.
From the mome...
2025-06-19 19:13:40 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 5: The Trials
New words rose up from the floor and this time, they were accompanied by a female voice. It was calm, almost seductive. And yet, hearing it speak startled the hell...
2025-06-19 19:13:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 3: School’s Out
Khalil Anthony stared at the Scantron sheet sitting on his desk. Multiple choice questions were supposed to be easy, he thought. But these were kicking his ass...
2025-06-19 19:12:26 +0000 UTC
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Ok - An author I know is trying his hand at all this. Wanted to know if he could get some feedback from people who enjoy it before he tries launching. I'm going to copy/paste like 5k words at a ti...
2025-06-19 19:11:29 +0000 UTC
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Einar watched as the shapes beneath the sheets reformed, and the fourteen Vikings who had died looked at each other, faces not hiding their pain. None cried here. They all knew what they had signed...
2025-06-19 13:00:12 +0000 UTC
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“You’ve been staring at those for a while. Are you expecting something special to happen?”
Shaking his head, Max gave Tanila a playful scowl before returning his attention to the materi...
2025-06-19 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“You Vikings are a crazy bunch,” Varanda said. “Each day I wonder how many more of you are going to die when you frolic off down another tunnel, searching for something to kill.”
Bart...
2025-06-18 17:54:35 +0000 UTC
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“You do realize dwarves aren't meant for this!” Fowl shouted as he slid down the ice.
Max laughed as he watched his friend almost crash into another one of the columns that ran the length...
2025-06-18 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Everett started to laugh as Tom stood there slack-jawed.
“A single hit…” their trainer said slowly. “He killed that in a single hit.”
“You doubted anything less?” Dexic sa...
2025-06-17 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Inside the chest was a deeper purple swirling vortex, and inside it were two items for each. Tanila had two bone rings waiting for her to claim while Fowl had a ring and a bone chest piece. B...
2025-06-16 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“What are we going to do?!” Fowl shouted as Max came near them.
“I don’t know! I hit it with everything I had, and it still survived. Any ideas?”
The five of them looked at ea...
2025-06-15 13:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Max felt pressure assault him the moment he entered the 75th floor.
It was overwhelming and seemed to dwarf anything he had ever sensed except for the void colossus, Zogooruth.
When his...
2025-06-14 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The power radiating from Kemruss’s body felt like a drizzle that had turned into a hurricane.
Like when someone reached the 60th floor of the tower and acquired an aura, he now ...
2025-06-13 13:00:05 +0000 UTC
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2025-06-12 13:50:57 +0000 UTC
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Hey all - sorry for the late update. I usually try to do on Monday but it's been a week (as life has for some reason lately).
Got home from camp and Mom ended up in hospital. She's out now bu...
2025-06-12 13:49:36 +0000 UTC
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“So you know what tomorrow means?” Batrire asked as they all climbed out of the carriage.
“Another boss,” Fowl answered, his voice peppy.
“No… I mean, yes, but not just that...
2025-06-12 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Max and the others couldn’t help but smile as Fowl approached where they stood.
He was covered in blood from head to toe as the corpses of four massive centipedes that had rushed and assaul...
2025-06-11 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“It’s too early,” Stacy moaned as she shuffled into the main room of her place. “What do you want?”
“I’m about to head into the tower but realized something last night… a hard...
2025-06-10 14:11:15 +0000 UTC
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Everett’s frown remained as he watched Max lean the pedestal he had taken from the last tower floor against the wall.
“You… cheated and stole?” Tom asked.
“Not technically,”...
2025-06-09 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The soft glow of the inn did almost nothing to chase away the shadows and nightmares in Cordellia’s mind. Keeping track of how many days it had been since Tanila and Max had rescued her fro...
2025-06-08 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Without making a sound, Max watched as the automaton child stared at where the light was streaming up from the hole in the floor he had made.
A single green eye focused and unfocused, the oth...
2025-06-07 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“I’m not looking to fight,” Max replied. “I’ve fought and killed many things before, but I prefer not to end lives if I don’t have to. Instead, I’m trying to figure out why that gobli...
2025-06-06 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“All bow in the presence of Grand Lord Zenk!”
Max and the rest looked at each other before slightly bending their heads as they stared at the goblin who sat on a stone throne. His red eye...
2025-06-05 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Max couldn’t help but smile as he flew through the air, his Wind Mastery directing his path while the Elemental Essence Mastery allowed him to divert all the rain near him.
Just how big...
2025-06-04 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Max watched as the rest of his party stood beside him, everyone doing their best not to focus on Cordellia, who was holding Tanila’s hand, ignoring the comedy taking place around them.
“Y...
2025-06-03 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“How is she?”
Tanila just hugged him for a few more seconds.
“Cordellia is… hurting, but she is trying to be strong. She broke down once after waking up screaming. B...
2025-06-02 13:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Over and over, the thread pulsed with power, and Bob couldn’t help but smile.
You’re out there killing people, Max… what in the world is happening outside of here?
<...
2025-06-01 13:02:01 +0000 UTC
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Max frowned as he studied Niccolo’s face.
The elf’s heart rate hadn’t changed the entire time, letting him know that the Faction leader wasn’t lying.
He wanted to sh...
2025-06-01 13:00:06 +0000 UTC
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