AN: Replace me!
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It had taken two weeks to make a large tunnel under the tomb and the sarcophagus. Measurements were taken constantly by Lanner as Ozy helped make the tunnel.
Once we were under the sarcophagus, a large chamber with a central rectangular pillar was made. The d...
2025-10-15 00:31:10 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Getting ahead enough is a struggle lol. Replace this when edited.
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Divine Seraphim Glorious Light
My thoughts turned towards Intrepid Spirit. I often thought of my fallen comrades in the Great War. So, few of us were left and there was st...
2025-10-14 23:23:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe had cleared the chamber of monsters. They weren't interesting, but what was interesting was the large doorway with a mural on it and a runic inscription around the edge.
Dungeon features like this door were incredibly rare, but they occurred. The few recorded instances of them painted a ...
2025-10-14 23:22:08 +0000 UTC View PostI stared upwards at the entrenched positions of Super Guild Apex. It had been six years since the start of Exponential. Magical gunfire rained down upon my position and the positions of my fellow Mercenary Guild Members.
“Mud and blood,” Hammer Crusher muttered next to me. I just chuckl...
2025-10-14 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI looked at the figure that had emerged from a tunnel in the chamber we had just cleared. While they didn't look overly strong, I was on my guard. They looked human, but one could never be sure.
"Peace for peace. Fist for first," I called out.
"Oh. Another human? Here. Peace for peace...
2025-10-14 04:28:02 +0000 UTC View PostI had been thinking I wanted to find and fight Abnormals to find natural treasures of the dungeon. But after the last fight, I had no interest in such things.
Even after five full days of rest, my health and stamina reserves were slightly below their maximum, and my Mana reserves were at ha...
2025-10-14 03:30:07 +0000 UTC View PostThere was an explosion, and The Abnormal stubbled back.
Several more explosions followed as Lanner used up all his wands.
I could have kissed the gnome right then. Good job!
My armor and body protested as I ran. As the monster turned its head, I circled it, exposing Lanner to at...
2025-10-14 02:34:44 +0000 UTC View PostI hummed while looking around. We had descended to the 11th layer and had been clearing chambers for a while now. Everything was dead, but my Danger Sense hadn't subsided.
"There is something hiding," Lanner said as he carefully approached me, with a wand out.
Ozy was flying up above,...
2025-10-14 02:32:43 +0000 UTC View PostAnthony
“I was surprised when you suggested you wanted to meet with Faisal Bin Hamad Al Saud in person at this board meeting to hand over control. I know you hate travel,” I said while looking over at April. I still wasn’t sure why she had wanted me to travel with her...
2025-10-13 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"This chamber is already cleared," I said, frowning.
We had come up on the tail of another group. And the only groups down here were beastkin. Demons wouldn't fight other monsters as far as I knew, since checking the directions the demon I had killed came from revealed chambers with monster...
2025-10-13 22:26:48 +0000 UTC View PostLevel: 20
Experience: BLOCKED
Healing: 520/520
Stamina: 630/630
Mana: 890/890
Class: Tier 1, Adult Human (Blue)
Effect: Increased Skill Acquisiti...
2025-10-13 15:45:23 +0000 UTC View PostOzy remained asleep and limp. While he rested a lot, he rarely went into a deep sleep like he had fallen into after eating the demon's monster core. I was keeping him in a cloth harness that went over one shoulder and rested on my hip.
It had been five days since the battle, and we had kept...
2025-10-13 04:06:38 +0000 UTC View PostSamual Ferris
A golden cube hung in front of me after I had defeated the grim reaper. I knew what I wanted. I wanted to go home. “Earth, I choose Earth, I want to go home,” I said.
Others might have chosen power or a weapon, but I wanted to go home. That was my gr...
2025-10-12 23:31:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Artifex. Anything else you want to say about yourself?” I asked.
“Just that I am not an enemy. I can sense your doubt and you are right to harbor it. But the situation is complicated.”
“Uncomplicate it,” I countered.
“You want trust. A rare and valuable commodity....
2025-10-12 22:43:53 +0000 UTC View PostI looked around and saw that I had wiped out all the initial monsters, but my Danger Sense hadn't gone down yet. That was just the first wave, and there could be a demon or a Champion coming from the lower layer.
After deploying the second round of stone plates, I pushed Mana into them. I f...
2025-10-12 16:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostLazarus The Demon
My prey had escaped into the White Wastes. While my injuries had been severe, I had a trace of their Mana. It was one skill I had gained from the beastkin. I had never considered it important before. I would either kill my target if they were weaker, or ru...
2025-10-12 15:13:13 +0000 UTC View PostWe passed through the chambers that represented the 9th layer. It was really messing up my dungeon terminology with the dungeon being laid out like this. The chambers were broken apart. The floors were rubble with almost all the environmental effects being cold effects.
As we made our way t...
2025-10-12 06:40:18 +0000 UTC View PostWe spent the night in silence, contemplating our situation. It just kept getting worse. Even though we went back, our position was a low Mana point after returning to the room with standard 6th layer monsters.
However, after we went back through the tunnel, everything had changed. The setup...
2025-10-11 22:59:13 +0000 UTC View PostSlowly walking forward, I kept myself focused and alert. The white stone bridge I walked on had no railing or pillars beneath it. It was slightly elevated above the surface of the water, but not by much.
The chamber was massive. Without energy and alien engineering, there was no way such a ...
2025-10-11 22:57:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe monsters all died as I landed on a piece of floating bedrock. The Southwest corner had nothing like I had expected, but the Northwest corner had level 8 and level 9 zones. This was a change from the Southeast corner where the islands had level 7 and level 8 zones
All my skills were full...
2025-10-11 22:56:35 +0000 UTC View Post“Tim, it is good to see you,” I greeted the leader of the Illuminati outside of Exponential.
“April. Your offer was quite generous,” he said. I nodded at this statement. Tim’s bank account had grown quite a bit to seven figures to keep him loyal during the transition process.
<... 2025-10-10 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostMy Danger Sense grew.
We were working our way through the chambers on the 1st layer.
Lanner fought with everything except his wands. I hoped he would improve his other abilities. I might also improve soul skills while observing him with Ozy.
"Lanner, behind me," I said and drew ...
2025-10-10 22:10:46 +0000 UTC View PostAN: This note will be removed, when chapter replaced with edited version.
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My Danger Sense grew. We were working our way through the chambers on the 1st layer. I was having Lanner fight with everything but his wands. I wanted him to work on his other skills. I could also work on so...
2025-10-10 22:10:03 +0000 UTC View PostHaving put on his warm clothes, the gnome Lanner came out to look at the surface with me. I used Fireballs to melt the snow and ice blocking the dungeon's entrance.
"Light Orb."
Everything, including the sky, was pitch black. It was bitterly cold. I could sense my body becomi...
2025-10-10 22:09:19 +0000 UTC View Post"Take care. Eat well. You still have growing to do." Lanner's mother hugged him and was crying. He was incredibly awkward.
Ozy was resting on my shoulders. He had enjoyed his napping and time off, the lazy monster. But he had experienced such situations during my time at the College. When i...
2025-10-10 22:08:15 +0000 UTC View PostI brought up my mega blade and deflected the attack to the side, as I continued to spar with a sword focused Champion in one of the private training rooms of the Mercenary Guild. That was something that had been arranged, training sessions where people could hire others for their help. I offered ...
2025-10-09 23:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post"Stealth is the key stealth skill, obviously, but there are several supporting skills," Gribble Zickleseckle said.
He was Baldeenk's cousin and stealth expert.
"Deception is a key supporting skill," he said, and I nodded.
"A social skill. I know it. Great for surety of movement ...
2025-10-09 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post"I am Tutor Merrywhistle Stouthand. The councilors asked me to explain counter-divination skills."
"Greetings, Tutor Merrywhistle Stouthand. I am Justin Burnstock. Thank you for instructing me."
The older gnome nodded, and we both took our seats.
"Divination skills are a curse a...
2025-10-09 21:59:36 +0000 UTC View PostSafan and I were sitting together, and no other gnomes were present. Baldeenk had some political issues to attend to, and Safan was handling the exchange of knowledge personally.
"Over the thousands of years we have lived in the dungeon, we have discovered three key facts down here. Gnomes ...
2025-10-09 21:59:03 +0000 UTC View PostGnomish Councilor of External Relations Baldeenk Zickleseckle
"This is an outrage!" I let out a sigh as he continued to rant at the Chief Spokesgnome and other councilors. It's a dereliction of duty. Violation of public trust. A gnome wanting to leave. Ungnomish!"
"En...
2025-10-09 21:58:18 +0000 UTC View Post