30 – Preparations
They proceeded with caution towards the small opening at the base of the hole in the mountain, where the path they were walking on seemed to abruptly end. It didn’t sl...
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29 – Hollow
The great mountain cut the sky with its sharp edge, a towering structure of stone and metal, and its tip shone in the light of the twin stars. The party reached its base, cros...
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28 – Ice realm
Ishrin did have special means, but they were much more limited than he was willing to admit due to his low power level. As they waited for night to fall, he took stock of w...
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27 – Special means
The light of the midday sun glistened on the slightly wet skin of a lone frog, basking in the half-shade of the little glade it had come to call its home. Above it, thi...
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26 – Riddle quest
Melina was like a storm on a clear day when she finally met with her two teammates. They were talking animatedly when she arrived, something about the best monsters to u...
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25 – Simmering rage
Cyborgs at the guild. The new guild master. Lisette. Melina. The volcano realm and the other, unknown one about to open. His not-dead wife. The multiverse. Was Mekano ...
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24 – Party
Ishrin tried asking around the guild, in hopes of obtaining some information about the expedition, but all he got were rumors. The official version was not for the low-rankers,...
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23 – Tier 2
Ishrin seized control of the energies he had gathered in the dungeon. He had kept them from entering his core to delay his Tier-up, and now it was finally time.
“Liset...
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22 – Existential talks
The Derillomouf was ready, at least according to the little notification that reached Ishrin’s guild token. It was with a skip in his steps, then, that he went to...
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21 – Friendship
“How strong do you think I am?” Ishrin asked as he finished up the last touches for the ritual. Gore and blood was everywhere, even on his usually immaculate clothes. ...
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20 – Dungeon
Ishrin studied the complex lines on the floor of his room at the inn. Every inch of the space was filled with diagrams, and the diagrams were merely a projection of the ritua...
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19 – Friendly advice
The shimmering powder flew through the air, orbiting around Ishrin’s body like a trail of stars. All around him, gleaming in the morning light like dew on thin blad...
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18 – Dinner together
The town square was actually not on any of the main two roads that connected the Guild to the gates. In fact, if one looked at the city from above, it became evident ...
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17 – Selling and buying
The dwarf took out a pair of spectacles and began to study the core, rolling it over in his meaty hands that were a tad too big for his stature. They looked more l...
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16 – First quest
Having no armor, Ishrin had to enchant his clothes as best he could so he wouldn’t feel completely naked and without protection. He did it by consuming the broken lizar...
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15 – After heal
Ishrin disappeared into one of the rooms at the back of the guild and did not emerge for a long time. Melina had delivered the ingredients in record time, but time was tic...
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14 – Dead matter
Liù glowed brighter than a miniature sun. Goddard’s eyes, up until now full of rage and greed, suddenly turned downwards like those of a beaten dog. Raw, pure fear was...
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13 – Problems at the threshold
Ishrin was waiting in the common room at the ground floor of the guild, where a veritable mass of adventurers dressed in all sorts of queer and colorful att...
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12 – Machinations
The night came and went, and the trio found themselves sitting at a shady bar early in the morning. The structure was a wooden thing, plopped against the protective wall...
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11 – Explosive non-solutions
Liù darted up and into the canopy above, her little wings fluttering in the air and her face scrunched up in effort and worry. Ishrin, meanwhile, was more pr...
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10 – Paranoia
Ishrin was feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the day when they met again the next morning. Lisette too was looking amped up and ready, dressed in sharp blacks and armed ...
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09 – Farcast trouble
Ishrin stood in the middle of the ritual, feet wide open with the large Tier 4 healing attuned mana core on the ground between them. He studied the shape of the ritua...
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08 – Orb of cracked sky
Melina left to fetch the item she promised would create a mirror space, safe for Ishrin to perform his ritual away from prying eyes and incidentally also used for ...
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07 – Negotiations
Liù decided that she had had enough for the night and flew away. On the way to the window, however, she heard a commotion behind her and got distracted. A small fight h...
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06 – Investigator Liù
Closer to the city, the fields grew smaller and closer together. The patches of wild lands and forest left over from the expansion of the agricultural fields became...
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05 – Rescue sacrifice
It was still the dead of night, when sounds reached Ishrin’s ears and roused him from his fugue state. As his brain spun up to gear, he looked around and studied t...
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04 – Towards the city
Sleeping on a branch was very uncomfortable, and a Tier 1 body was not sturdy enough to ignore the consequences of that and the muscle pain. Ishrin woke up groggy an...
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03 – Pixie girl
Ishrin knew many magical spells from his past life, but most of them were locked beyond strict requirements he did not meet. The same went with rituals, most of which requ...
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02 – Powerlessness
Ishrin popped into existence in the middle of a forest. It was sudden,; the appearance of his body made of matter that was not there before, and his mind was yanked int...
2024-02-03 17:53:27 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, it's RejectHumanity (AKA Luca) here. Welcome to the first chapter of my new novel, due to release on Royal Road on February 7th. Thank you for being my patrons, and enjoy the early rel...
2024-02-02 14:28:32 +0000 UTC
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