Chapter 51 marks the end of the main story for book one of three (estimated). In addition, there will be side stories with other characters' perspectives. The first part of one of these side stor...
2025-04-18 17:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe rolled up monster accelerated as it rolled towards the Smith. Hurriedly he moved out of the path, just barely succeeding as the ball, taller than James was, whooshed past him close enough for t...
2025-04-16 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostSome time later James awoke, sore from the awkward position he had passed out in. His armor felt heavy and restrictive on his body, and it took several tries to stand back up. He scanned around, en...
2025-04-14 18:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostJames advanced directly to the second passage on the left side of the cavern. It was far enough down the side of the cavern that this path took him nowhere close to the passage filled with plants, ...
2025-04-11 18:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a somewhat prolonged rest within the ward, watching the bat flutter about at the edge, James hauled himself back to his feet. His armor clanked, feeling almost as heavy as his old [First Armo...
2025-04-09 22:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe passage, for the first few yards, was the same natural looking tunnel as the rest of the cavern, spotted with glowshrooms. But after that it was teeming with plant life. Broad leaves, creeping ...
2025-04-07 20:24:26 +0000 UTC View PostJames thought for a split second, and dropped the Green Iron War Hammer in his hand to the ground as he set his footing and readied his shield. The monster continued charging at its shuffling pace ...
2025-04-04 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the three bats, James harvested one green magic crystal and two purple magic crystals. He remembered his lessons about the magical elements and their associated colors, but purple wasn’t on ...
2025-04-02 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostJames returned to the small room and set up his wards. Even with just three stakes, he managed to cover over half the room. Once he was sure the wards were in place, he removed his armor again. Ann...
2025-03-31 18:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe Smith returned to camp with his prizes: two bat wings, a Green Magic Crystal, and knowledge of what lay beyond his home cavern. The bat monster was disconcerting, to be sure, but James knew...
2025-03-28 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostFirst, the Smith dismantled the ward around the exit to the old iron mine and stored the metal stakes in his bag. He wanted at least three in case he needed to form a ward in an emergency and could...
2025-03-26 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Smith, growing more comfortable with fighting the mole monsters, carefully stepped away from the carcass on the cavern floor as this new monster approached. This time, however, he wanted to tes...
2025-03-24 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostOne result of the [Reflect] Enchantment on the Green Tower Shield was that the outer face of the shield became perfectly reflective, in the manner of a mirror. Before, the shi...
2025-03-21 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostSweaty, exhausted, famished, thirsty, but satisfied, James took up his cup of the remaining Aqua Magia and tossed it. Yes, it cost him some mana to create, but at the moment having a cup t...
2025-03-19 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostJames woke slowly, as one does on those blessed mornings when one has slept well and woken naturally, without disturbance. Eyes still closed, he stretched, then sat up and stretched again, before r...
2025-03-17 18:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAlthough James wanted to first return to the old iron mine and see if he could get another brown magic crystal from the first mole monster he had killed, he wisely decided to stop and focus on forg...
2025-03-14 19:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostFirst, wisely prioritizing safety, the Smith topped up the magic power in the ward around his camp, then checked the wards around the exit to the old iron mine. It turned out they had plenty of mag...
2025-03-12 20:53:38 +0000 UTC View PostAt the moment James felt the impact of his hammer strike, he also felt a strange sensation and heard an ominous cracking sound.
The shaft of the hammer broke.
He had been holding it nea...
2025-03-12 20:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post[Synergy] Skill [Design] has reached level 2.
[First Armor] Design memorized.
Over the course of a day and then some, the Smith designed his first set ...
2025-03-12 20:43:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe mole monster prowled around at the edge of the wards, keeping an eye on James. After hurriedly ensuring the ward was topped up with magic power, he had retreated, gripping the haft of his newly...
2025-03-12 20:36:45 +0000 UTC View PostMany aspiring Smith-Enchanter hybrids bring a small bellows into the dungeon with them when they attempt to recreate the Legend of the Smith who Saved the Kingdom. It stands to reason: neither Smit...
2025-03-12 20:32:30 +0000 UTC View PostYoung and inexperienced as James was, not even yet sixteen years old, he did his level best to think about his decision. He had, perhaps, learned that his decisions had consequences, even ...
2025-03-12 20:17:42 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, the slavers had been storing their stock of food for the winter in the magic bag. James withdrew countless bags of oats and flour, a bag of yeast, a large bag of salt, several doz...
2025-03-12 20:12:37 +0000 UTC View PostAs James grew closer to what had been the dead end of the mine, he found a sizeable crack, almost a gash in the far end of the tunnel where he had done most of his excavating. The bottom of it had ...
2025-03-12 20:05:51 +0000 UTC View PostWith incredible precision born of a double dexterity boost from his classes, and the strength boost of his Smith class, James struck true. His green iron hammer struck the top of the monster’s he...
2025-03-12 19:10:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe Legendary Smith found himself trapped in the iron mine where he had, until moments ago, been enslaved. Behind him, the entrance to the mine had been closed off in a landslide, and on the other ...
2025-03-12 19:00:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning the boys woke to a foul stench emanating from the corner where the injured boy was shivering violently. One retched and hurried to exit the lean-to, quickly followed by the rest. J...
2025-02-21 15:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Smith sat there for a minute, ruminating on the information about the ward. He didn’t know anything about wards at that time, but his skill did tell him it was an Intermediate level enchantme...
2025-02-21 15:53:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Just leave him? Leave him to die? That’s crap. This whole stupid thing is crap, but that’s the worst of it. We’re really just going to turn on each other, abandon each other?” The Smith ...
2025-02-14 20:04:22 +0000 UTC View PostJames sprang up, disoriented, but quickly scrambled out with the rest of the slave boys. The grey-eyed boy was dragging along two other boys, one in each hand, who had panicked and frozen in the le...
2025-02-14 19:59:45 +0000 UTC View Post