Chapter 93
The Request
Saturday
Slowly one by one, the four students all began to awaken from their class awakening processes. Each had taken the most advanced class available to them, meaning that each person had to wait longer and longer to awaken.
So, it was no surprise...
2023-01-22 13:58:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21
The Teachings of Master Groa
“I am Master Groa.”
Four words, ones that I knew upon hearing them would forever change both my trajectory and quality of life here on Biprism.
“Nice to meet you, I am Cass.” I respond, then just like that I had apparently se...
2023-01-22 08:21:27 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude VIII
Saturday
Julie Swinton
Not knowing what to expect, and not a small modicum of fear after seeing the adverse reaction Gina had with her greater skill crystal, Julie couldn’t help but feel hesitant. Yet, she knew that this was a way she coul...
2023-01-21 14:06:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20
The Proposal
I waited in class, until finally every other student left. Making it so it was just me and the overly observant introductory course teacher. Seeing my hesitation, she gave a cursory wave of her hand letting me know I was expected up front. With no other recours...
2023-01-21 06:49:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 92
The Exit
Saturday Morning
Everything was going as planned. The notes were shown, highlighted on the screen by Alexa. Then executed upon by everyone. The meeting room this time was the third room, a mirror of the family room that served as their impromptu headquarters ...
2023-01-20 12:16:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19
The Classes
Learn what you want, when you want. Study what you want, when you want. Perform what you want when you are ready. That was this school’s modus operandi in fact if I could see, I would almost expect this to be the words carved into the blocks making up Arcanaru...
2023-01-19 22:54:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 91
Goodbye Dungeon
Saturday
Time Until Integration: 1 Month, 21 Days, 21 Hours…
The team pushed on after a brief nap in what the group referred to as “Alexa’s floor.” There was something unmistakably her about the floor. From the oversized forest complete w...
2023-01-18 12:05:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18
The Ranking
The goal was simple, survive using magic. At least that was my original instructions were for this examination. An examination that I learned was anything but an examination.
I had no food, no weapons, not that I had any to begin with. My backpack and gear...
2023-01-18 03:49:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 90
The Purpose of Bottomless Gorge
Friday
Time Until Integration: 1 Month, 22 Days, 4 Hours…
“Hello Dungeon.” Alexa said, as she spoke, she repeated her greeting in Precursor. This time the dungeon seemed to become awake and aware of her presence almost immed...
2023-01-17 10:30:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 17
The Exam
A strange feeling of awe and wonder filled me as I made my way forward in the university halls. The old man, who I still didn’t know the name of, only the title: Head Butler guided me down the hallways. Each room along the hallway seemed to be an infinit...
2023-01-16 22:36:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 89
Hello Dungeon
Friday
Time Until Integration: 1 Month, 22 Days, 5 Hours…
The rest of the week went relatively smoothly, all things considered. Alexa took the time to not only catch up with her past missed assignments, but also managed to test ahead. In particul...
2023-01-16 12:48:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 136
All By Myself
The world is a blur of lights around me, stars that look like streamers blur and pass me as I find my mind, body, and soul being warped across the vastness of space in some form of hyper-tech relay system. Honestly, I want to get a mental recording of this el...
2023-01-16 07:03:08 +0000 UTC View Post<<<<Author's Note: Thank you all for your feedback, I cannot stress enough how much that means to me. That said, with your feedback in mind I have switched the order. This chapter will now come BEFORE Interlude II. (This new order will be the way the ...
2023-01-15 15:10:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 88
Pack Training
Tuesday
Time Until Integration 1 Month, 25 Days, 5 Hours…
“Ms. Thyme, I see that you are here as usual. Will you be entering the dungeon today?” Carl Dubois, the lead night security guard asked.
Alexa who was with the members of her pac...
2023-01-15 12:52:08 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude II
War and Magic
(One Year Later)
“War, that’s right you heard it here first. After a year of secret behind the scenes operations, the Legrand Empire has officially declared war on the tiny Maltese Empire to its border to the southwest. How will this fare for our R...
2023-01-14 21:14:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 87
The Recruit
Tuesday
Time Until Integration 1 Month, 25 Days, 8 Hours…
It was Tuesday afternoon; no electives were supposed to be attended. The afternoon fair where everyone was supposed to choose their next afterschool elective was cancelled violently thanks t...
2023-01-14 11:14:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 15
No Mas
Jitters.
I feel my entire body start to jitter from lack of sleep. Well lack of prolonged sleep. This is day three and I am circling around in a giant war blimp over the Legrand city of Kystav. At least that is what the minds I am reading tell me our c...
2023-01-13 21:33:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 86
The Miracles
Everyone watched as Alexa, in her Aru’ka uniform, made her way to the center of children. Once again, she decided to avoid going to her throne. Instead, she made her way to the lines of people waiting patiently to be healed. Watching her Wondra couldn’t hel...
2023-01-13 10:46:43 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning everyone. I probably should have done this earlier, but I am going to call one rest day every week. For now it will be Thursdays, might change later. That said I just need one day to sleep in and recharge. As such I will claim today as that day and see how it goes.
W...
2023-01-12 11:21:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 14
The Chase is On
Zoom.
The planes that are chasing me are of the bi-plane design, complete with open cockpits and powered by steam. Now this isn’t to say that the planes can’t go fast, quite the contrary the planes can go at extreme bursts of speed that wo...
2023-01-12 06:17:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 135
We’re Doing It Live
There are a few hard conversations you need to have in life. There is the one where your family pet passed away. There is the one where your parents tell you, that now that you are eighteen you are to go out and make something of yourself away from th...
2023-01-11 21:03:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 85
A Routine Checkup
Tuesday
Time Until Integration: 1 Month, 25 Days, 17 Hours…
Alexa had wisely decided to skip going to the dungeon Tuesday night after most of her pack and fellow students finally began relaxing enough to sleep under the stars. In all Alexa ga...
2023-01-11 11:57:03 +0000 UTC View Post<<<<Author's NOTE: SEVERE Editing: I changed the ending of the chapter to be less fantastical and made it so the Tortoise temple only made it a few miles into enemy lands. Just far enough in to cause trouble for our MC to escape from, but no real damage to the Legrand...
2023-01-11 02:42:26 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude VII
Monday
Time Until Integration: 1 Month, 26 Days, 6 Hours…
General Markus Mackie
The general went over the scene again, looking for any signs of magical disturbances. There was a clear connection, a clear pull where a being of immense power ...
2023-01-10 11:35:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 12
Locking Yourself Away Without A Key
“Oh, looks like your parents couldn’t come. Probably for the best.” The male continued. “Now it is time we need to talk about what happens next…”
A quick scan of my personal logs shows two green dots over the names of He...
2023-01-10 07:06:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 84
Pack Initiation
Monday
Time Until Integration: 1 Month, 26 Days, 6 Hours…
Extra curriculars, team contests, and every other event normally scheduled for after school hours was cancelled. Normally this would have led to teens with abundant time on their hands g...
2023-01-09 12:07:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11
Price of Victory
I awoke some time later, from my HUD, I saw that only a handful of minutes had passed. As for what happened to the juggernaut warship that had been boldly flying through our country, I did not know. All I did know was that I had done my mission, the three g...
2023-01-09 02:03:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 83
The Duelist
Monday
Time Until Integration: 1 Month, 26 Days, 9 Hours...
Panting.
Alexa found herself panting over the body of a monster of a woman. Even in her final moments the woman almost dropped rot and disease upon this world the likes of whi...
2023-01-08 14:37:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 134
The Ghost of Apocalypse Future (1)
You know, back before the turn of the Millennium there was a movie about a guy who lived the same day over and over and over again. The movie was of course about a gopher, a badger? Some type of small creature that was only made relevant ...
2023-01-08 08:18:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10
The Great Airship Caper
Whoosh!
The air ripples past my sensitive ears. Fortunately, I am now able to triple protect them. First with a package for my goggles that covers the ears completely. Second by my Thieves guild mask that now covers my whole face in an...
2023-01-08 00:19:40 +0000 UTC View Post