PenguinKills

Chapter 149 - The City

Chris

"So this is it. A city," Austin said from where he stood next to me.

Our caravan had crested the grassy hill we stood upon and were given a clear ...

Chapter 148 - Worriers

Nick

A month had passed since Nick planted his pylon and he could hardly believe the difference. Where the area was once full of ruined houses and derelict ro...

Chapter 147 - Wild Speaker

"What is a copper coin even worth?" Vinny asked.

We were on the road again and his cart jostled along next to mine as we walked. The cart rumbling behind him had significant changes made to i...

Chapter 146 - First Headache

Getting Sarah's last level was easy enough. The monsters on the first floor were still low-level enough for her to defeat, even if she thought her class was weak. She had been trying to hunt creatu...

Chapter 145 - Not a Ranger

"God Damnit! It's a tease!" I screamed in frustration at the empty tunnel ahead of us.

Austin and I had just finished the seventh-floor guardian and were making...

Chapter 144 - Richest

"You know, I really thought there would be stairs," Austin's voice echoed off the cave walls we were traveling down.

We were in the process of making our way down to the fifth floor after def...

Chapter 143 - First Coin

Chris

"So this is it? This is a dungeon?" I asked after arriving at the place Austin indicated.

Hal was a bit miffed that he spent hours searching for i...

Chapter 142 - The Sad Part

The face the girl made at seeing her arrow bounce off my chest made me want to burst out laughing again but I held it in. The girl was terrified and laughing at her wouldn't help matters.

"It...

Chapter 141 - Cabin in the Woods

"Alright, let's stop here for the night!" I announced making the caravan ground to a halt.

The clearing we were in wasn't large but it was enough to hold all of us for the night. We were in f...

Chapter 140 - Back to the Basics

Chris

We traveled for over a week at the pace we set and we were making... decent time? It was hard to track. The only landmarks we could go off of were river...

Chapter 139 - Move Out

Chris

"Run that by me one more time. What did he say?" I asked.

"He said to 'Fuck off and leave him alone.'" Hal repeated.

It took Hal a while to ...

Chapter 138 - Strong Warriors Don't Cry

With both my affinity and my new Wind Law, it was time to upgrade a skill that was in desperate need of it.

I had held off on upgrading [Hail] precisely because I didn't have all the pieces y...

Chapter 137 - Laying down the Law

The days since our return picked up in pace after that. It was odd not to have to prepare to fight constantly and it gave us all time to recover. Needed time.

When Jonathan returned, he came ...

Chapter 136 - Planning

We planned out our trip on the map for a while longer but the markers were set and our destination was planned. The trip would take months and that required another level of planning.

My init...

Chapter 135 - Long Trip

"What's in the box?" Gabriel asked.

It was nice to see him cheery and active after yesterday but his constant questions slowly wore on me. Ever since the floodgates opened he had a question a...

Chapter 134 - Catching Up

I struggled to not let anything show on my face from her question. It wasn't something I wanted to get into yet. Especially without Abigail.

"We will discuss it when we get there. It's not a ...

Chapter 133 - He's Not There, Is He?

The group tightened its formation around us as we all stood in silence. I wasn't sure what they were after exactly, but the excuse to examine our possessions for anything dangerous wasn't going to ...

Chapter 132 - My Arms Still Work

Chris

I almost couldn't recognize them. They had both changed so much from the picture I held in my head. From the time before people were forced to fight to ...

Chapter 131 - Changed Man

Elizabeth Zalenski (Christopher's Mother)

"Gabriel, are you here?" She shouted as the light came back and the nauseating feeling of being transported wore off...

Chapter 130 - Return to Earth

The feeling of being teleported washed over me once more and I could feel my anticipation rising. We were finally going to see what the Earth had turned into. We were finally going home.

I ha...

Epilogue - Coincidence and Meddling

Vasariametz

Coincidence.

It was a word that explained happenstance. The small chance of something outside the norm occurring. It explained the ...

Chapter 129 - Prizes

~~AN~~

Sorry for the delay, this chapter had to be split into two because it ran so long. This one alone is over 3,000 words. There will be an Epilogue chapter for yo...