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TtOW! - Chapter 43: Expedious Return

NSLICE-00P picked up the rat monsters, intending to put them into the monster hangar, but there was a problem. They could barely move with their exhaustion, and NSLICE-00P wasn’t sure if she coul...

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TtOW! - Chapter 42: The Servants of the Wise-Powerful Boss-Queen

The rat monster was panting for breath.  Every ounce of his body ached.  Blood dripped from a scratch across his face.

His opponent had some bites and scratches, but was overall no ...

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TtOW! - Chapter 41: Treachery

Cassius was resting in his base of operations when there was a rhythmic knock on the door.  He quickly put away the mugs and organized the chairs, then stood up straight as he opened the door....

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TtOW! - Chapter 40: Termination on Demand

NSLICE-00P arrived at the target area after a bit of leveling for the rat subordinates.

It was a swamp.

A damp, wet, swamp with murky, muddy, smelly water up to an adult man’s thighs....

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TtOW! - Chapter 39: Mission Report

Monster hunting? Hah! Monster hunting means monsters going hunting, not the other way around. Let me tell you: there's no one stupider than a rookie monster hunter! Sure, sounds good in theory,...

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TtOW! - Chapter 38: Terminate the Felix Pluvia!

“Hostiles detected, engaging near-termination protocols.”

A jolt of lighting fired out of the strange man-thing and struck a group of goblins lying in ambush.  Rattingtale grimaced b...

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TtOW! - Chapter 37: Side Quest: Termination!

[Level up!  Your Dungeon level is now 32!]

The man led NSLICE-00P to the wooden part of town.  In particular, this section seemed built entirely haphazardly.  ...

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TtOW! - Chapter 36: Offering Assistance

NSLICE-00P went ahead and summoned a pack of five monster rats, and a group of three spiderlings, one for each of her subordinates.  She then went ahead and briefed them, largely repeating the...

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TtOW! - Side Story 35.1: Game of Throne-Crowns, the Rebirth of the Great-High King's Realm

Rattingtale rubbed his paws together as five monster rats lay on their backs.  He went around, pinning them to the ground one by one.

Of course, they had acknowledged his rightful author...

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TtOW! - Chapter 35: Signs of Intelligence?

[You have leveled up!  Dungeon level is now 31!]

The next morning NSLICE-00P escorted Ateia and Taog to the fortress at the center of the town.  She remained outsid...

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TtOW! - Interlude 34.1: The Magister Exploratores per Turannia

In Castra Turannia, within the main fortress stood a large, three story structure.  It held two small barracks, a mess hall, a large warehouse, and a number of offices. Despite its location, n...

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TtOW! - Chapter 34: Monetary Policy

The group made their way down the hill and towards Castra Turannia, entering from one of the stone parts of the city built in Imperial fashion. The guards here stood at attention, wearing chainmail...

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TtOW! - Chapter 33: The Heart of the Province

The history of the Legion is unique in that it is not one of constant victories.  In the Age of Heroes and in civilizations outside of the Empire, we observe time and time again that defea...

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TtOW! - Chapter 32: The Flesh is Weak

A group of men and women gathered in a tavern in the slums of the town.  The building was worn, the stone crumbling in places and reinforced with now rotting wood.  The interior was littl...

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TtOW! - Side Story 31.1: The Girl Left Behind

Twelve years ago…

Two individuals rode on a covered wagon, wrapped in cloaks to ward off the rain.  One, an adult man.  The other, a young girl.

The young girl had a frown o...

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TtOW! - Chapter 31: Our Mission

Ateia and Taog grabbed NSLICE-00P’s hands and ran down the street, pulling her into the first empty alleyway they found.  They glanced around at the street but no one had followed them. &nbs...

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TtOW! - Chapter 30: Magnumiter

The next morning NSLICE-00P once again performed her audio test as Ateia and Taog spoke to one another.  She determined that they were not, in fact, speaking English.

Or any language of ...

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Chapter 29 - Upgrade Round 2

NSLICE-00P analyzed the latest combat footage and the available upgrades once more.  She had a great many choices available that could improve her capabilities, and unlike last time, she didn...

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Chapter 28 - Trial Debrief

The surrounding wulver began to quiet down as the sky lit up with magic circles.  They went silent completely as Solamh was bombarded with beams, unable to approach his foe again.  Their ...

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Chapter 27 - Terminate the Wulver!

[The skill HP Regen is now level 5!]

[The skill MP Regen is now level 6!]

NSLICE-00P quickly reformed the magic circles and opened fire once again as s...

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TtOW! - Chapter 26: Unshackled

NSLICE-00P began devoting all her focus towards defense.  She activated her sensors to the limit, she turned all simulation processing to analyzing the wulver’s next move.  She began a ...

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TtOW! - Chapter 25: The Trial of Claws

The wulver are considered as savages who kill anything that moves but this misses a great deal of nuance.  Yes, the wulver are callous and bloodthirsty and should not be approached careles...

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TtOW! - Chapter 24: Terminate the Incursion!

Honestly, the reports coming from this province are utterly disgraceful.  They say these ‘wulver’ are a people who care about nothing but battle.  Who understand no language but v...

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TtOW! - Chapter 23: On the Road

The history of the Etleni Empire cannot be separated from the history of the Legion.  Of course, that is exactly what the Imperial Doctrine has pounded into us all since our childhood, but...

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TtOW! - Chapter 22: A Bit of Shopping

And so Taog resumed his business and headed over to the marketplace, NSLICE-00P accompanying him.  She was about to return home when he asked her to come along.  Because if he knew Lar, h...

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TtOW! - Chapter 21: Rules of Engagement

Turannia?  By the will of the Aesdes, why would anyone want Turannia?!  Let me tell you, it is the height of both vanity and stupidity that the Empire exists in Turannia.  Becaus...

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TtOW! - Chapter 20: Let's Sit Around the Campfire

Eventually the trio finished their conversation, and turned in for the night.  The camp ward was by no means a perfect defense, so they also set up a night watch.  Ateia took the first sh...

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TtOW! - Chapter 19: The Exploratores Explicatio

[You have helped slay Wolf Dungeon Master (Level 10)!]

[Gained 4 Personal XP and 4 Dungeon XP!]

[Wolf Dungeon Master (Level 10) slain within Du...

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TtOW! - Chapter 18: Terminate the Beast Dungeon...Maybe...If The Valued Allies Get Around To It...

Taog grit his teeth as a monster crashed into his shield, a boar nearly as tall as his shoulder.  He let the creature push him back then pivoted to the side from the momentum.  He held hi...

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TtOW! - Chapter 17: The Valuable Allies' First Dungeon Termination

Ateia screamed and cheered and laughed as they rose into the air, flying over the forest.

“Repeated Request: This unit requests friendly Ateia cease screaming to avoid drawing attention fro...

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