Chapter 138
Oda was waiting for them.
He sensed them gathering and had been expecting this.
It was several days ago that he realised what was happening. They had moved against him better than he ex...
2025-05-24 08:14:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 137
Today, I felt a bit off.
It was a strange feeling. I had felt it before, but never this strongly. I noticed it a year ago, and it came and went. When it came, it was stronger each time, but f...
2025-05-21 06:32:56 +0000 UTC View PostNM - Chapter 43
1891 arrives during a snowstorm. I am sure now, when the New Year arrives, I can count the days from my last paper delivery.
The weather keeps away The Way of Athamos for now, and at least I ...
2025-05-17 11:57:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 136
“An Illusion mana-infused lion as a guardian?” Elian asked again to confirm what she had heard.
Thrum was sitting in her office, extremely uncomfortable under not her gaze but that of Hig...
2025-05-17 11:53:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 135
The descent was going as everyone expected.
Thrum walked down the stairs with his team, followed by Assessor Searider. There were many gold-ranked teams in the city now. They talked with the ...
2025-05-14 10:34:12 +0000 UTC View PostNM - Chapter 42
Four riders and a carriage were outside my gates.
It was not a wagon or a stagecoach but a proper carriage. It was black, with a driver sitting at the front, managing the horses. It reeked of...
2025-05-10 08:12:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 134
Confusion and consternation.
They were the best words to explain what came next.
Ranus expected some of it. He had mentally prepared himself for the ridicule he expected to hear from th...
2025-05-10 08:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 133
Authors note - The chapter is early as I am away tomorrow.
The Dungeon had repaired the doors, signalling its victory.
The city was not taking that as a given. The Dungeon's aura...
2025-05-06 17:26:02 +0000 UTC View PostNM - Chapter 41
Things continued as normal after he left.
March 1890 ended with one interesting news story.
Otto von Bismarck had to announce his retirement, but Kaiser Wilhelm II had convinced him to ...
2025-05-04 08:27:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 132
I knew the pack of werewolves were here when I heard the howling.
“Game time.”
Larry was already moving down the stairs. Puck had left the third floor and was travelling down the st...
2025-05-03 10:04:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 131
The pack of werewolves had entered the mountains.
They moved with purpose and travelled fast through the mountain valleys. Whatever was behind them always drove them in its chosen direction. ...
2025-04-30 15:13:45 +0000 UTC View PostFloor 11 poll.
Floor 10 was something I had been planning for some time. Well it is down and the first chapters covering are written. Now what shall floor 11 be? I have a few ideas and they are listed. As patrons...
2025-04-26 13:17:17 +0000 UTC View PostNM - Chapter 40
The winter of 1889/90 was mild, allowing Herbert to stay in contact with New Midian. Usually, depending on the weather, I would be cut off for weeks or months. Not so this winter.
The snow qu...
2025-04-26 07:03:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 130
“Rickle, what are you doing here?” Hackyon asked, surprised to see the other god in her domain. The room was a massive library filled with books and scrolls overflowing from every bookcase. Mag...
2025-04-26 07:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 129
I got a notification when Krag was restored.
Alert!
The eighth-floor guardian has developed a new skill.
Weapon Proficiency Mace: 1 – 0% (+1 DAM). 2025-04-23 07:53:10 +0000 UTC View Post
NM - Chapter 39
October 1889 was a very tense month for me.
The Way of Athamos had withdrawn for now. The Drivers had returned home, and things were returning to their usual routine.
I was not fooled.<...
2025-04-19 09:37:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 128
“I am definitely desensitised to violence.”
This was the truth I had to admit to as I watched another adventurer get hammered down by Krag’s mace. The man didn't stand a chance as he al...
2025-04-19 09:33:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 127
With little to do, I thought about my minions and how some of them were still developing even after losing all their essence. I had come back to the subject many times over the last few weeks, as I...
2025-04-16 10:12:09 +0000 UTC View PostNew Midian - Side stories
New Midian had a century and half of story left to tell. The question I ask you is how much unseen effect will the Keeper have on this world. If you are unintrested in this story please ignore.
... 2025-04-14 12:05:20 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors State of Writing
Hi All
Just a note on how things are going.
The Tower in the Shadows - Things are going well. I am working on chapter 145 and dealing with a major event that went over three chapters. I...
2025-04-14 11:59:06 +0000 UTC View PostNM- Chapter 38
Brother Michael got back up. His nose was bleeding, and he had another cut on his scalp. Bruises were coming through across his face. He stood swaying slightly, looking around for danger as Rodrigu...
2025-04-12 07:21:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 126
Ranus was reading the daily reports and was frowning.
Silver was the big concern. The Were-plague to the north was contained, but within the areas affected, the numbers of infected were still...
2025-04-12 07:19:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 125
It was two weeks, and I had finally got around to viewing the levelling of Puck and Larry.
I started with Puck. This was the second time he had levelled up, as the first had been when the ogr...
2025-04-09 10:22:41 +0000 UTC View PostNM - Chapter 37
The rest of June 1889 continued as most months did for me. I had Herbert go to town to see what happened to the cultist Brother Michael. But he reported back that he found no sign of the man. I was...
2025-04-05 08:16:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 124
Authors note - Here marks the end of the third book/arc.
It had taken Ranus longer to reach the palisade gates than he would have liked. When the emergency messenger arrived, he set off at o...
2025-04-05 08:08:38 +0000 UTC View PostChater 123
“Damn it! I hoped they would kill it!”
I watched as the dwarfs retreated and the “Fearfiend” passed them.
The snakes on the sixth made it to the stairwell room in time. They uti...
2025-04-02 07:34:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36
They reached the gates and dismounted.
I had shifted my focus to them as they approached. They were an odd group; now that I could see them more closely, four men were rough-and-ready frontie...
2025-03-29 09:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 122
The last few days had fallen into a similar routine.
In the daytime, I watched the adventurous stomping through the dungeon and then, during the night, did some minimal experimentation. It wa...
2025-03-29 09:48:14 +0000 UTC View PostNM- Chapter 35
June and July passed with very little local or international happening that caught my attention. I spent most of this time working on my flower beds, weeding them and ensuring they bloomed without ...
2025-03-22 08:44:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 121
Peace, focus and discipline.
Minvar meditated on these concepts in her room. The rage that burned within the hearts of all of her people needed to be controlled at all times. Thankfully, the ...
2025-03-22 08:43:02 +0000 UTC View Post