Vivi sat up. The pain and exhaustion seemed to disappear. It was all replaced by a sweeping wave of shock and confusion.
“W—” Vivi stuttered, mouth hanging open. Her voice was frail, co...
2025-07-13 10:20:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt felt as if a thousand steel plates were stacked on top of her, crushing her against a hard surface. Her limbs were strapped and nailed to the ground. Her head pounded, panicked from the absurd a...
2025-07-12 10:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostVivi was out for what felt like an eternity. She didn’t believe she’d ever wake up. The exhaustion, the fighting… She’d abused ether far beyond what human bodies could withstand. S...
2025-07-11 07:59:55 +0000 UTC View PostUpon activation, the purple skill wisp disappeared from Vivi’s core. It didn’t dim out like Shadow Swipe or other regular skills. Death Sense disappeared completely, breaking ...
2025-07-10 22:06:02 +0000 UTC View Post“I see that you two have been hard at work ruining my facility,” Uundref said. “You especially, young woman.”
Alarm bells rang in Vivi’s head. Why did Uundref have her sword? Was Ve...
2025-07-10 22:05:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Eem!” Vivi shouted.
Bwern’s expression only got more disgusting. “You want this fiend? I hear you two are quite attached.”
Vivi’s throat was dry. She studied her opponents....
2025-07-10 22:04:57 +0000 UTC View PostVivi exited the dungeon, walking only with the power of ether.
The main dungeon had transformed. The hellish castle had turned into an ordinary ancient castle. The lava had turned to water, a...
2025-07-10 22:04:31 +0000 UTC View PostVivi waited for death to come.
The death tyrant’s minions inched toward her. The scarlet claws had killed everything in her immediate surroundings, but the remaining skeletons advanced. Fly...
2025-07-10 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostVivi’s jump landed on the death tyrant’s rib. Each rib was as broad as a human torso.
The hammer collided with bone before getting stuck awkwardly between ribs. It left a slight crack in ...
2025-07-10 22:03:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe death tyrant examined its playing field. The upper half of the giant skeleton’s body poked out from the hole in the ground. Just its upper body was over forty feet tall, towering over Vivi. T...
2025-07-10 22:02:57 +0000 UTC View PostEverything around Vivi seemed to move faster now. The fight in the middle of the room looked like a blurry mess of flashes of light. She couldn’t make out Aang from within the fray. Without ether...
2025-07-10 22:02:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Lucius!” Vivi shouted. The spirit’s red translucent figure was carried from the tail deeper into the castle. He flailed with his claws, but the captor didn’t seem to take damage. It was a ...
2025-07-10 22:01:42 +0000 UTC View PostFifteen skeletons powered by thirteen thousand ether each.
One ally—a demon who Vivi barely trusted—and a closed door behind them.
“Aang, take this!” Vivi said through gritted t...
2025-07-10 22:01:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe stairway to the third level was made up of the glowing bricks. This time, they were colored a bright red. Stepping onto them, the bricks hissed like a hot stove under Vivi’s boots. With each ...
2025-07-10 22:00:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe waterfall tossed Vivi from collision to collision just as violently as it had before. She held her breath and kept her eyes closed. Instead of fighting the current, Vivi hugged Eem and protecte...
2025-07-10 22:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostVen’s warning turned out to be true. The hidden dungeon was filled with guards.
Monsters were killed all across the cavern. Host-bones were left laying around. Vivi walked slowly, listening...
2025-07-10 21:59:38 +0000 UTC View Post“She’s the one who killed the guards, isn’t she?” Ven said the moment Vivi exited the tavern.
“It’s possible,” Aang said.
“The news of a guard going missing came out a d...
2025-07-10 21:58:52 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note:
Publishing 15 chapters today to get Patreon 50 chapters ahead of RR >:)
Vivi woke up with her forehead resting on her anvil.
She’d never been as groggy as...
2025-07-10 21:57:36 +0000 UTC View PostVivi crafted a new two-runed greatsword for herself as a warm-up.
The sword was nothing special. She used a cheap iron root and a green mithril root, shaping simple but effective veins. For t...
2025-07-10 08:19:58 +0000 UTC View PostWith collection day out of the way, Vivi headed into the public dungeon. The entrance was crowded with shouts and conflict. Nimrods were fighting for whoever would gain access to hunting grounds fo...
2025-07-09 08:27:15 +0000 UTC View PostVivi stood frozen for half a second before dashing after the demon. Hoss absolutely couldn’t escape. He’d seen Vivi. He knew she’d killed a guard. If even a slight investigation was ...
2025-07-08 09:08:57 +0000 UTC View PostVivi stood before the descending stairway leading to the second level. A creepy feeling of ether oozed from the darkness beneath like a bad smell. Vivi couldn’t sense much down below, but what sh...
2025-07-08 08:16:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Vivi could see again, the giant skeleton’s katar was aimed at her face. Vivi sprung to her feet and rolled to the side. The katar pierced the wall where she’d just sat.
The skeleton ...
2025-07-07 08:22:00 +0000 UTC View PostVivi woke up instantly after the discharge killed her. She flinched and sat up.
The scent of rain was gone. Vivi was back in the dungeon. She breathed in musty cavern air and let out a long s...
2025-07-06 10:45:55 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean, you don’t know?” Vivi asked.
“My previous wielder was a bit of a genius at this,” Lucius said. “I don’t really know how this channeling thing works. ...
2025-07-05 10:58:26 +0000 UTC View PostVivi spent the next six hours clearing the first level of the dungeon.
Progress slowed down after she switched to her two-runed katana. The sword was strong, but it wasn’t a total cheat of ...
2025-07-04 09:42:49 +0000 UTC View Post“Ven’s map says that guard patrols check the main dungeon,” Vivi said. She stood in the middle of the stairway, where she didn’t yet activate the monsters below. “The guards check at leas...
2025-07-04 08:52:51 +0000 UTC View PostVivi added finishing touches to her swords in preparation for the next hunt.
She worked in the silent corner of Aang’s tavern while Ven and Rensfig drank ale by the counter. The demons talk...
2025-07-03 15:12:01 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean?” Vivi asked. “The black masks shouldn’t be that strong. We can raid them.”
Aang’s expression barely changed. “Raiding them is too risky. My goal right now is ...
2025-07-03 15:11:13 +0000 UTC View PostVen’s brows furrowed. He watched Vivi’s expression before asking, “Why the question?”
“I fell into the main dungeon through the waterfalls,” Vivi said. “I barely managed to clim...
2025-07-03 15:10:28 +0000 UTC View Post