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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: An Ambush The forest felt darker and the air heavier than before. Shadows draped over the clearing, their depths impenetrable ev

Chapter 18: An Ambush

The forest felt dark...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: A Dreadful Night The forest found a strange way of swallowing us whole. The deeper we went, the more the world behind seemed to

Chapter 17: A Dreadful Night The forest found a str...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Urgent Royal News The forest clearing was bathed in the warm glow of the campfire, its flickering flames casting dancing shadows

Chapter 16: Urgent Royal News

The forest c...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 15

Chapter 15: Journey Toward Solstara I could only remain silent when Captain Jora walked away, and even now, a frown was etched on my feature

Chapter 15: Journey Toward Solstara

I coul...

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Martial Arts Vs Magic - Chapter 103

Chapter 103: The Maze of Whispers

The android administrator hovered calmly above us, her holographic presence shimmering in gentle pulses of light as the massive gate solidified behind her....

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Martial Arts Vs Magic - Chapter 102

Chapter 102: A Deadly Secret

The crunching of bone beneath my knuckles sent a perverse wave of satisfaction through me. 

My fist throbbed, but the pain was nothing compared to th...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 14

Chapter 14: The Mercenary Guild; First Job The Mercenary Guild building loomed ahead, a grand structure of stone and iron that towered over

Chapter 14: The Mercenary Guild; First Job The Merc...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 13

Chapter 13: All Paths Lead to Ethenia I stared at her for a long moment, then exhaled through my nose. Holding me back? If anything, she was

Chapter 13: All Paths Lead to Ethenia

I star...

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Martial Arts Vs Magic - Chapter 101

Chapter 101: Shadows of the Outer God

Nevaramis’ administrator announced the deportation, and Munera Obsidian materialized in a flash of golden light, her elegant body reforming on the co...

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Martial Arts Vs Magic - Chapter 100

Chapter 100: Challengers Eyeing My City?!

By the time we broke from our kiss, the tension in Nebula's shoulders had long melted away. Her eyes had lost that haunted, doubtful look, replaced...

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Martial Arts Vs Magic - Chapter 99

Chapter 99: The Gauntlet of Echoes

For a moment after the android administrator's announcement, the entire gathering went utterly still. One could've heard a feather hit the ground as every...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Barbarians of the Volcanic Islands?!

The sun was dipping lower into the horizon, casting a fiery glow over the calm waters of the Tempestuous Sea as the last bits of figh...

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Martial Arts Vs Magic - Chapter 98

Chapter 98: Ascent to the Ghost City

While the great floating island of Nevaramis dominated the dawn sky, its impossible silhouette draping in violet and gold energies, most of its platform...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 11

Chapter 11: First Human Encounter

The wind whipped across the deck, carrying the scent of salt and sea, filling the sails with a steady breeze. The ship swayed slightly as it cut thr...

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Martial Arts Vs Magic - Chapter 97

Chapter 97: Vampires & Flying Islands

Nebula spent her first day in Merasca wandering the cobblestone streets alone, with her maid trailing dutifully three steps behind. However, this d...

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Martial Arts vs Magic - Book 2 is Available on Amazon Kindle!

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Announcement New Story

Whoa! Don't be surprised by the sudden drop of 10 chapters. They're a heavy rewrite on the old version of Barbarian Ascension. I personally like this a lot more. If you have read it before, you sho...

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The Barbarian Ascension - Chapter 10

Chapter 10: Goodbye, Volcanic Islands… The four options weren’t bad.  Primeval Dragon Shaman sounded cool, but I didn’t want to sing songs a

Chapter 10: Goodbye, Volcanic Islandsâ...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: The Class Choices

I left the shaman to his hookah and stargazing, my mind swimming with thoughts of my mother. The Ethenia Empire. The Fenixia Duchy. Places I'd never heard of, y...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Clash of Barbarians

The village buzzed with energy, laughter, and cheers still ringing in my ears as the barbarians celebrated around us. Ragna was practically glowing with joy, ...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 7

Chapter 7: RAGNA, BEHIND ME!

Its scales shimmered in the dim light, brilliant blue like the sky before a storm. It wasn’t fully grown, probably a baby, but it was still massive. Fr...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 6

Chapter 6: The Hunt Begins

[You've killed multiple Goblins. You can choose your Source for Osmotic Evolution (X) for the next 24 hours.]

Everything around me became s...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 5

Chapter 5: So What Should We Hunt? A Drake or a Wyvern?

Yrsa looked away from me. When her eyes flicked to Ragna, the warmth faded, replaced by disapproval. She didn’t look at any other b...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Coming of Age Ceremony

Toddies and games, huh? Is that what my life has come to? 

From my memories, I recalled that people were obsessed with ‘betting’ in...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: A New Home

Among them all, that one barbarian named Venir was glaring at me. I had a feeling he might jump me and start a fight at any time. But before he could do anythin...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: The Valtherian Village The bodies of the direwolves lay where I left them, already drawing scavengers. I didn’t have the time or

Chapter 2: The Valtherian Village

The bod...

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The Barbarian Awakening - Chapter 1

The Veiled Man Note: I am reposting Barbarian Ascension since it went through massive editing and is much different now. I'm gonna post 10 c

The Veiled Man Note: I am reposting Barbar...

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Martial Arts Vs Magic - Chapter 94

Chapter 94: Masks and Mercenaries

Finding Nevaramis wasn't as simple as booking an airship to a marked destination. The flying island shifted its position at will, appearing and disappearin...

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Martial Arts Vs Magic - Chapter 93

Chapter 93: A Night of Crowns and… Flying Islands?

The main square of Cheonghae had been completely transformed overnight. 

Above the huge crowd littering the area, jade-and-go...

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Goryeo Hotsrping Scene

Here are the images promised in Chapter 92: Lilian, Solara, and Ha-Yun, serially. I couldn't get the AI to give me Ha-Yun's curly hair the way I wanted it to, but this is not bad, either. At least ...

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