Chapter 39
David D. Chestermill
The fucking brat. All buddy-buddy with Mr Tyrell now.
Being replaced stung. Being replaced because the alternative was objectively better stung even more. David knew he wasn’t really being replaced, but it...
2024-06-21 09:56:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38
Three mighty orcs barred Michael’s way into the forest. They were the tallest he had ever seen, veritable mountains of muscle and gleaming tusks, filled with powerful magic. Since Fae lacked an aura, he could see their networks with his magic sense, peering into the depths of t...
2024-06-19 14:27:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37
“You were right Dave,” Michael said as soon as the call connected. “Someone’s been farming the first floor. A lot.”
“Shit,” came the reply, muffled by the weak signal, “no, no, that’s actually good. At least we know there isn’t another entrance close by....
2024-06-17 16:17:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36
“Finally some loot that’s not garbage,” Michael said chipperly. Travis made a face of surprise and then frowned, clearly so lost in thought he hadn’t even heard what Michael had said.
“That one over there,” Michael said as he pointed at a shining square thing, ...
2024-06-14 22:04:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35
Travis Tyrell, CEO of PetroLink Global
Travis Tyrell followed behind Michael Lexington, the boy who was now his guide and protection while he dove in the depths of hell itself.
The second room had been, according to the boy, a breeze. Travis would be ...
2024-06-13 09:53:36 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the late chapter, i had a busy day
Chapter 34
One water bullet and he would have been dead. One little squeeze, dead. One simple distortion bubble and his head would have popped like a melon. One brief activation of candle light and he would have burned u...
2024-06-12 21:39:32 +0000 UTC View PostI saw many new faces joining in the last couple of days. Thank you for your support, and enjoy today's chapter!
Chapter 33
The driver was there, waiting for Michael in the parking lot. Michael had tried to convince him not to bother, that the dojo was only a few minute...
2024-06-11 09:55:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32
Travis Tyrell, CEO of PetroLink Global
“Good job, Linda,” Travis said, casually throwing his jacket onto the hanger by the door.
His secretary grimaced at the sight of such an expensive piece of clothing being manhandled with utter lack of care. S...
2024-06-10 09:01:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31
“Give it to me straight,” said Mr Tyrell after the procedure. He had been awake the whole time, giving feedback about what he was feeling, which had been in line with what Michael felt when he healed his own injuries. The only difference was the sensation of something shr...
2024-06-09 13:54:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30
Michael lazily went through the report he got from Dr Kavins, comfortably sitting in the back of his car. To think I own a car like this, and that someone drives it for me.
The report was, according to the doctor, the most dumbed down explanation of the condition o...
2024-06-08 17:18:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29
Drullkrin’s plan was something that, had this been the real world, would have turned Michael’s stomach. Perhaps this was how wars were fought, but the disregard for life was almost frightening. Drullkrin was willing to send his soldiers to their deaths, almost as if his fello...
2024-06-07 17:36:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28
“This beauty,” said the middle-aged, pudgy man as he showed off a very strange-looking sniper rifle, painted red and gold with all sorts of stickers and trinkets added to it, “is the Thunderstrike XLR-99. It comes loaded with custom-engineered, .50 BMG armor-piercing rounds...
2024-06-06 20:25:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27
“Restrictive Cardiomyopathy, or RCM.” Dr Kavins said, “an incurable heart disease. Do you think your… nanomachines are up to it?” he asked, speaking about nanomachines with a bit of a sour taste in his mouth.
The doctor had been briefed about magic, ...
2024-06-06 08:21:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26
“Are you ready?” Old Dave said. “Carmela is waiting for you inside.”
They were in front of a large building, a private care facility in the middle of nowhere. It was one of those places for the rich, away from prying eyes, surrounded by a lush garden. Sprinklers wer...
2024-06-05 22:07:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25
When Michael reached the bottom of the long, winding stairs leading down the tree, he found that it was day. The roaring fire of last night was now a bed of coals and timid embers, and most of the unruly mob of forest folk was asleep and snoring. Sensing something, a few of them ...
2024-06-05 08:41:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24
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(Common) Crude Body Enhancement 1
I see the heavens above. My mind reaches out, touching but a glimmer of their radiance, enough to burn me with the fire of power.
· &nbs...
2024-06-04 09:21:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23
Michael opened his eyes to a world of pain. His head hurt where he had been struck, his [Distortion Sphere] useless against surprise attacks at its current level. He couldn’t see them, therefore he couldn’t react to them.
His hands were bound, his clothes bloody, and hi...
2024-06-04 08:34:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22
David D. Chestermill
David’s day began like usual, at 7am sharp, when his alarm woke him up from a fitful sleep.
No, not like usual. He sat on his bed for a few moments, noticing how he wasn’t assailed by little aches and pains. His ...
2024-06-03 21:11:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21
Michael turned suddenly, ready to face off against whatever threat the dungeon had thrown at him. Even though he was strolling through a very nice forest, he had not forgotten where he was, and was on high alert. Except that the so-called threat was a little winged creature, look...
2024-06-03 20:03:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20
The next day was a delving day. It would take a while to set up things for the healing business, and Michael was low on Coins, needing to top up his stash. His mana pool was a comfortable 15 Copper, grown by three since last time he checked, but his supply of coins was down to 23...
2024-06-03 15:04:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19
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(Common) Distortion Field 3
Like a sturdy bamboo shield, may my resolve deflect the arrows of adversity, standing firm amidst the storms of fate.
Activate to immediately conjure a small, short-lived region ...
2024-06-03 14:20:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18
The first sign that something was about to happen was the sight of two vans with darkened windows pulling up from the road and entering the dusty parking lot at full speed. Through all the dust that was kicked up, Michael could hear many people shouting, and then he saw bustle of...
2024-06-03 10:03:10 +0000 UTC View Post17 – Italian mobbing
“And this… dungeon. Anyone can enter?” Stephan asked after Michael’s long, and somewhat confusing explanation. He really needed to get an official version ready for next time, for he knew there would be a next time, hopefully not anytime soon.
“I think...
2024-06-03 08:22:44 +0000 UTC View Post16 – The truth comes out
Michael’s first thought when he woke up was an annoyed curse. Then, he idly mused that Old Dave’s day must begin quite early, if the man was texting him about another job he had for him at 6 in the morning. Trying to go back to sleep and failing—even after s...
2024-06-02 08:03:28 +0000 UTC View Post15 – Courier work
I need you to pick someone up from the airport tomorrow. The text said, it’s the woman in the photo. She has been told to wait for you. Take her to the pawn shop and leave. If she tries to make conversation, you can talk to her, but try to be discreet. To ...
2024-06-01 20:54:11 +0000 UTC View Post14 – Training delve
Michael returned to the dungeon as quickly as humanly possible. Actually, he was now quicker than a human, his improved reflexes born from training and from the bonuses his passive skill gave him allowing him to basically sprint the whole way from the car to the dungeo...
2024-05-31 07:45:05 +0000 UTC View Post13 – Manufactured trial
Two AM, the club was full to bursting. Michael was standing as menacingly as he could in his corner, scanning the room with his senses, all of them, but seeing nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, the night was going surprisingly well all things considere...
2024-05-30 19:09:01 +0000 UTC View Post12 – A night at the club
A man walked in, sharply dressed in business clothes, making a beeline for the counter to order himself some food without paying any mind to any of the people present in the diner, which were not a great deal many at this hour in the afternoon. His watch must ...
2024-05-30 12:34:16 +0000 UTC View Post11 – Sights in the wild
Walking back to the truck, Michael found himself unable to resist the temptation to experiment some more with magic. Of all his skills, the single flame version of [Candle Light] was cheap enough that it wouldn’t put much of a dent on his now-expanded stock of Co...
2024-05-29 21:43:57 +0000 UTC View Post10 – Mana sight
As he crossed the threshold to the boss room, Michael was forced to take a deep breath to stop the rising panic from paralyzing him. Knowing that the danger had been upped was a thing, seeing three gigantic goblins, veritable mountains of muscle and spittle and fangs, all ...
2024-05-29 17:01:42 +0000 UTC View Post