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“The first step is always design. Nothing else matters if you don’t know what you want to make. This is too early to know everything about what you’re going to ...
2023-04-04 23:34:19 +0000 UTC
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There was, in fact, a shower in the bathing room. The water clearly came from elsewhere, but the heat was generated at the showerhead with a fairly intuitive to use ...
2023-04-03 23:07:06 +0000 UTC
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“What took you so long?” Daryl didn’t sound happy when Serenity arrived outside the dungeon. He didn’t seem to have noticed that anything had changed about the ...
2023-04-02 23:01:48 +0000 UTC
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Quick reminder:
Lex (Alexander) Rothmer is Serenity’s father. Thomas Rothmer is Serenity’s name from before everything started. Baxter is a friend of the family with his own charter...
2023-04-01 23:09:50 +0000 UTC
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Serenity felt the chair try; he felt as it followed the ley line network as far as it could. He even vaguely felt it ask Asihanya’s World Core. Compared to the dungeo...
2023-03-31 23:27:20 +0000 UTC
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Serenity waited for a moment to see if Daryl was going to say more, but unfortunately the archer seemed to think better of it. However much Serenity wanted to pry, he w...
2023-03-30 23:29:30 +0000 UTC
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Today's late post is due to a pair of SpaceX launches (the second one scrubbed again - it was weather delayed from yesterday, not sure what caused today's delay to tomorrow) and my parents' desire ...
2023-03-30 00:50:05 +0000 UTC
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Naomi gave Serenity an odd look. “What are you laughing about?”
Serenity’s laughter trailed off into a chuckle. “Myself. Or maybe the surprise.” Serenit...
2023-03-28 23:14:09 +0000 UTC
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Pathed: As I said in the other note, this is a double-chapter release today so no chapter tomorrow. We will continue with the one numbered 665 the day after tomorrow, but it is *really* 666.
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2023-03-27 23:31:05 +0000 UTC
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There's an important note about the next few chapters in the Author's Note at the end of the chapter.
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When Serenity finally managed to get far enough behind the ...
2023-03-26 22:48:59 +0000 UTC
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If he were being fair, Serenity would admit that his ax was only Tier Five. That really wasn’t good enough at Tier Eight, though it retained some usefulness since it w...
2023-03-25 22:40:59 +0000 UTC
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Serenity hadn’t expected that at all. As far as he knew, there wasn’t a Dungeon Binder in Takinat; if there was, the guy at the Mercenaries’ Guild should have ...
2023-03-25 00:22:09 +0000 UTC
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The Death attunement in the Layered Dungeon’s ninth level felt slightly off. It was definitely Death, but there was a slight hint of something else. Undeath, m...
2023-03-23 23:59:39 +0000 UTC
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Serenity didn’t have strong feelings either way about the plan; if it was a Death-based level, he’d be fine and could probably keep Naomi safe, but he had no idea i...
2023-03-23 01:07:48 +0000 UTC
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It was clear Serenity wasn’t going to convince them in a single talk; he needed something more than just his words and experience. “That’s not how we do things...
2023-03-21 22:10:55 +0000 UTC
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Late, but not nearly as late as yesterday. Today was busy as anything but still not as bad as yesterday! At this rate, I should be caught up again tomorrow. Here's hoping!
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2023-03-20 23:44:26 +0000 UTC
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I'm sorry for how late this is today. I know I've mentioned Wednesdays being bad, but today was extra Wednesday if that makes sense. On the other hand, at least my computer didn't get f...
2023-03-19 23:21:24 +0000 UTC
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Aide was happy with his Paths, and at the end of the day, that was what mattered. They had to fit him, not Serenity.
Serenity’s Paths had to fit Serenity. ...
2023-03-18 23:47:33 +0000 UTC
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It was a good thing Serenity’s tent blocked the light completely. It gave him somewhere he could try things without being in the blinding ...
2023-03-18 00:00:12 +0000 UTC
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After that pair, the lightning started spitting out pairs of monsters in all sorts of combinations, followed by triplets. The penultimate group was four monsters, one...
2023-03-16 23:00:57 +0000 UTC
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Daryl rushed around to the far side of the golem while Gabriel set up an Ice Wall behind it and Naomi rushed the golem to get its attention. It was clear they’d don...
2023-03-15 23:18:54 +0000 UTC
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Daryl handed Serenity a fist-sized chunk of black fireglass. It was probably obsidian, at least notionally, but since it came from a dungeon and was used in the sam...
2023-03-14 23:14:44 +0000 UTC
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The discussion died out again, leaving only the crunch of carbonized plant matter to break the stillness of each step. The fire-ember field didn’t particularly bother...
2023-03-13 23:09:11 +0000 UTC
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Serenity gaped at Daryl. Why hadn’t he ever thought of pretending to be a follower instead of the leader? The symbol on Ita’s chest wasn’t any different from hi...
2023-03-12 23:02:18 +0000 UTC
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They packed up; moments after they left the clearing, Serenity felt something change in the air of the dungeon. There were no other signs and no one else seemed to not...
2023-03-12 00:05:03 +0000 UTC
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“Lunch or overnight?” Naomi looked around the group. “I know we normally overnight here, but it’s been fast so far, having another person is making things a ...
2023-03-11 00:19:17 +0000 UTC
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Carrying Gabriel did make it faster - slightly. It didn’t change the number of Giant Waves they had to face, but it meant that Gabriel was able to attack the c...
2023-03-10 00:02:07 +0000 UTC
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Serenity was grateful he’d thought to bring his tent; while he’d offered to loan it to Rissa, she’d turned him down. He’d spend several days in the Layered Dun...
2023-03-09 00:01:21 +0000 UTC
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Serenity ignored the new sense telling him everything about the area around him as best he could and focused on what he could see, hear, feel, and unfortunately sme...
2023-03-07 23:26:38 +0000 UTC
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NOTE: This chapter is the ORIGINAL version. The REVISED version is in the chapter titled 685/664+1: https:...
2023-03-06 23:47:30 +0000 UTC
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