Chapter 50
Zea entered the Harbor and scanned the place. Aldrick was nowhere in sight, of course, because that would have been too easy. She still couldn’t believe he’d just casually suggested moving in t...
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Chapter 180
“So you know how you always wanted to take a vacation?” Nym asked.
“No?”
“Well, you did. I definitely heard you say it.”
“I don’t think I did,” Ciana said. “Is...
2023-02-22 15:18:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 49
After his first go with Black Burrow Stout the other night, Luke had declined to participate in the end-of-the-night celebration. He’d scarfed down half his winnings in food, much to the amusemen...
2023-02-21 15:17:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 179
In a way, Nym almost felt cheated. He’d been working on this for months now, getting lessons from an archmage no less. He’d been so sure he was close, that he had nearly accomplished his goal. ...
2023-02-21 15:01:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48
Luke walked behind Tantoro as they followed Fatty out of the back room. The previous fight had gone on even longer than anticipated, which didn’t seem to surprise any of the other fighters, but n...
2023-02-20 15:36:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 178
Nym knew he needed to check back in with Analia and Cern. If nothing else, Cern should have an assortment of potions, elixirs, tinctures, tonics, salves, and God only knew what else ready, which me...
2023-02-20 15:24:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47
Luke followed Zea into the fight club, which he’d learned was named the Bloody Harbor on account of how close it was to the docks and how often it was frequented by sailors. It was practically em...
2023-02-19 13:04:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46
Luke scrubbed at his beard with his hands and tried to hold onto his temper. Fucking System had to know this, but had never bothered to mention it to him. It wasn’t like Luke had been shy about h...
2023-02-18 14:07:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45
Luke groaned and rolled over in bed. His head wasn’t exactly pounding, but the sunlight stabbing at his eyelids was not welcome. He pulled the blanket over his head and tried to go back to sleep,...
2023-02-17 15:41:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 177
It took Nym two hours of searching after he teleported to Karu before he finally found the Earth Shapers. They were almost a hundred miles away, literally out in the middle of nowhere, excavating a...
2023-02-17 15:30:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44
[Twitch Reflexes] was Luke’s new best friend. One moment, Zammin was standing in front of him, maybe five feet away, the next, the diminutive fighter was a foot in front of him w...
2023-02-16 16:39:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 176
“Fox, do you have a minute?” Nym said to the ring on his finger.
[What now? Don’t tell me you’re giving up already? I’m not going to help you clean this up. It’s your job.] 2023-02-16 16:30:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 43
Zea handled the bargaining. Luke, on her orders, just stayed back and kept his mouth shut. The pawnbroker squinted at him a few times, but didn’t say anything about it. When it was all said and d...
2023-02-15 16:42:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 175
Nym stared at Naera silently while he waited for her to put together her answer. It took her a while before she finally started speaking. “I can only present a theory based on reverse engineering...
2023-02-15 16:17:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42
With his weapons issue sorted, kind of, Luke started working on securing passage on a ship. That turned out to be decidedly more difficult. He made his way through the city until he reached the doc...
2023-02-14 16:24:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 174
That was too much of a coincidence for it to actually be one, but Nym had a good idea who might be behind it. That fox had to have known about this lab, and probably known that only an ascendant co...
2023-02-14 16:14:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41
Pips bounced off the far wall, all the while cackling madly. Donaley barely spared them a glance before shaking his head. “Pips, don’t you have anything better to do?”
“Nope,” Pips ...
2023-02-13 18:26:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 173
Nym’s brain stopped working for a second, then started working far too fast. The statue knew who he was, which meant his cover was blown, that he had exactly however many seconds before it report...
2023-02-13 16:38:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40
As much as it pained him to spend the AP on it, Luke couldn’t help but feel that utility skills would serve him better in a human city than combat skills would. He wanted to upgrade [Mace...
2023-02-12 16:52:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39
It was a good thing he didn’t need eight hours of sleep anymore. When he finally got back to sleep, he only had about two hours until sunrise. Minou and his family were all early risers, even wit...
2023-02-12 16:52:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38
The chimera was fast and smart. It knew better than to just lock itself into a grapple with Luke. Maybe it would win that, but maybe not. Size didn’t mean shit in this world. It had gotten a dece...
2023-02-12 16:52:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37
Luke took another sip of his drink and looked Minou over. The man was probably around level 10, which surprised Luke because he looked like he was in his forties. He was dressed in rough home-spun,...
2023-02-12 16:52:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36
Luke appreciated Curt’s build notes so much more by the time that conversation was done. System only advised on a skill to accomplish a particular task once Luke brought it up, and never recommen...
2023-02-12 16:52:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35
System appeared out of nowhere, as always. “I am not able to speculate on the motivations of the gods or any vendettas they might have against you.”
“Don’t you give me that bullshit. ...
2023-02-12 16:49:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34
“Oh, okay. Nope. Don’t like that,” Luke said. “Can you speak out loud instead of directly into my head?”
The bird-man let out a warbling screech, followed by another telepathic mess...
2023-02-12 16:49:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33
Luke sat on the ground next to the shallow grave he’d dug for his brother’s remains. “I think this might really be goodbye this time,” he said. “I guess we’ll see. I might get a mile up...
2023-02-12 16:48:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32
“Holy shit!” Luke yelped. He threw himself backwards and to the left, but the stranger just extended the lunge with another step and turned it into a sideways swing. Luke got the handle of his ...
2023-02-12 16:48:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31
Luke hit the trail at full speed and sprinted towards the battle. Some smaller elementals had already formed, but he didn’t have time to take care of them. Instead, he wove a path through and rus...
2023-02-12 16:47:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30
It was all Bulgrit could do not to cackle when he’d watched his boss get his face demolished by the Day Hunter. For six years he’d been serving that braggart, six years of running errands and p...
2023-02-10 17:37:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29
Luke hadn’t forgotten his first few fights, when everything was a higher level than him. He remembered how scared he was, but that memory was dull and faded. He’d killed a thousand monsters in ...
2023-02-10 17:36:43 +0000 UTC View Post