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41. Guild and Dungeons

"Are you serious? An adventurer's guild? Isn´t this a little TOO much like a game?", Seth shouted out. Fin looked at the young man having an emotional outbreak with a puzzled look.

"What does the guild have to do with games? It is a renowned organization which manages the entrance to dunge...

40. Blood and Sand

In a complete blood rage, the tiny figure kept punching the giant body like a jackhammer spreading blood and gore over the desert sand. What battle cleric? She was a berserker! Seth decided to silently take some safety distance until the little whirlwind had come back to its senses.

In the ...

39.Dinner and Desert

-Starta-

"Simon.", the aged fairy spoke to the priest, "You did that thing, where you let luck decide on where exactly the people land, right?", he asked. Simon looked as if he was caught doing something. "How you treat ori huma that joined you, is the church´s business. I don´t care whet...

38. New Horizons

"Wait! Big fat human! I want to go with Seth", the squeaky shout echoed across the room as Seth was about to step into the portal. Simon had a difficult expression on his face.

-Minutes Earlier-

A hushed conversation in high voices as a lot of fairies tried to reason with one of their...

37. A new Journey

Nobody stopped him, when Seth just waltzed into the head priests office, only to find it empty. It would have been different if he was a normal person, but he was an ori huma that had joined the church, so most people treated him with leniency. After asking around a little, he found Simon in anot...

36.Touring the Town

"Oh yeah, Klod. Do you know a place where I can dismantle monsters in town? I have a lot of ... snake I need to take care of. The old blacksmith once again got the chance to give Seth a puzzled look, just for a different reason.

"What level are you now, Seth?", he asked to make sure.

...

35. Denied!?

Was it disloyal to leave his home world, just because it became a hot mess of near-death experiences? Maybe a little. However, Seth decided that staying was not an option right now.

Seth had not lied a lot about his class, so it was relatively easy to talk with the old priest Simon about a ...

34.The Choice

Simon was right. It was a bliss to finally be able to take a warm bath after so long. The moment his body submerged in the warm soapy water his fatigue was lifted. Seth actually fell asleep. But after a short nap he was woken by the call of a maid, who had brought a fresh set of simple clothing.<...

33.Simon of the Lake

-Starta-

The morning sun glimpsed over the horizon. It´s rays painted beautiful moving patterns on the cobblestone streets of Starta as it fell through the water. The water level had suddenly fallen a lot faster than Simon had anticipated and the dome above the city was peeking through the...

32.Night on the Water

Seth woke up the next morning. His raft stood on solid ground. The water level had sunk to much, that Seth´s raft was now standing on the rooftop he had been anchored to.

He drowsily crawled to the roof edge and saw that he was several stories above the water surface.  Just how much w...

31.Pulling the plug?

-Arget Nore-

Arget Nore had been invaded by a terrifying enemy. Contrary to expectations, disgusting creatures had invaded from a new world they wanted to explore. Before the expedition forces could even expand their influence, everyone had been called back when the biggest company had been...

30. Snakes in a Barrel

< Quest: The Next Level 2

Difficulty: -

Reach Level 15.

Rewards: Inventory Space, System Rights >

System Rights?

Seth opened the grayed out -The Next Level- and found exactly the same description. What did he unlock then? Maybe it was a window? How would he ope...

29. Like a Viper

One thing was clear! Seth had to move from this floor or-

WHUMPH!

The snake had already reached the next floor! Seth had thoroughly blocked the door to the staircase and he would definitely NOT unblock it to take the stairs to the roof.

He needed to find another way. Climbing pr...

28. A horrible Night

Seth took a deep breath. Panic would not help him in this situation. The rhythmic throbbing of his mangled knee pit did not help to keep a clear head, so he ripped off stripes from the black cloth in his inventory to apply a makeshift pressure bandage

Once done Seth looked around and came t...

27. Snake Pit

Seth sat cross-legged on his rinky-dink little nutshell and had nothing to do. He had been on edge and observing the water for the first hour of his journey. The encounter with the field boss left him nervous. But nothing happened. Nothing attacked, nothing appeared. No wormholes opened and threw...

26. Leaving Home, again.

Seth felt a lot better about leaving his home this time compared to his first. He had the two best weapons he could possibly make and a light set of dark gray plate armor and black canvas that gave him some protection, but did not get in the way of his movement. All of it was snugly stowed away i...

25.Final Preparations

Seth stood on the roof of his current base and looked down on the water surface that had almost each his floor. It had rained for a long time and now the morning sun´s rays were sparkling on the waves of the big lake that had swallowed the city.

The weather had calmed down a lot. After rai...

24.New days

When Seth checked his status, he ignored his reduced HP. He knew that he wasn't very nice to his body, when he was caught in his fascination for forging. It would heal fast, as long as he took a good break.

His Strength and Endurance reached 20 in the last days, but stopped growing there. W...

23.Rainy Days (3)

Seth had already gotten used to the incessant sound of rain, what woke him up were his bodily needs. The call of nature needed his attention. When he wanted to jump off the bed, he instantly froze, winced and fell back on the bed groaning.

Tremendous muscle pain was surging through his sore...

22. Rainy Days (2)

Seth was spellbound by his new skill, despite his exhaustion! He sat down right then and there wanting to test it!

Seth was enraptured by the tiny pale blue flame emerging from his fingertips, after he concentrated on <Fire Manipulation> It resembled those viral videos of people burni...

21 Rainy Days?

The new day actually greeted Seth with...rain? And not the nice kind of rain. Big heavy drops kept incessantly hammering on the roof and against the windows. When he opened the window, the rush was so heavy that it all mixed together to sound like a single overwhelming sound.

It was so inte...

20. I´m Home

After Seth was convinced that the undead army wasn't coming back any time soon, he decided to inspect their camp. Maybe they left some supplies for him?

It was around noon, and the sun stood high in the sky. The fog had vanished, so Seth didn't worry too much about the undead as he visited ...

19. Safety?

It was afternoon when Seth finally opened his eyes. He had slept like a log and had been completely exhausted. What actually woke him up was his stomach rumbling. So much happened, he could not remember the last time he had 'rationed' his food.

Good thing he had saved his backpack. It was a...

18. Somewhere else

-Omega City, North-western part of Urth-

"Today is the day we bring the glory of our king to another world! The new world opened to us by the Pathwork is called Urth! It was a pathetic world without an ounce of magic! It is us who will bring these poor heathens back into the embrace of God ...

17. Old Faithfull

-Starta Village-

In the night after Seth left Starta Village. The figure of a hunter appeared at the closed city gates.

"Hey, Tom! Let me in!", he called for the guard to open the door, "C´mon! I´m in a hurry!".

"God damn, Wilton! Why are you here so late? Did something happen...

16. Wasteland of Death

"Wasteland of death here I come? Go f*ck yourself past me!"

Seth was crouching behind a mountain of rubble, hiding from a horde of zombies.

What happened? It was all great when he had just arrived early in the morning! The sun was just peaking over the horizon, shining onto the street...

15. Night in the Plains

Seth wanted to curse. To have squandered so much time here! Now the Sun was setting and the young man had to decide. Would he stay in the city? Or just walk through the night?

Checking his map, he guessed that the satellite city wasn't too far away at this point. Seth had been travelling in...

14. The Choices

"Can I have a look at this?", Seth reached out for the folder, but it suddenly vanished from the table. As did the pages in his hands. The priest gave him an apologetic smile.

"hum hum, once again, I´m sorry, but this won´t happen."

Simon looked to the bookshelf, where the folder ha...

13. World´s Changes

"This is Starta Village, a frontier village of the glorious Chrona Empire!", the guard said motivated.

"Empire?", Seth repeated perplexed.

As different as Urth was from Earth, it was a civilized world with advanced technology that had left behind this kind of system a long time ago. 2020-12-31 12:43:13 +0000 UTC View Post

12. Starta Village

Seth stayed in the hole for another hour, for good measure. That was really a little too dangerous for his taste, so he snacked on some apples while waiting.  When he was sure that there was nothing outside his hole, he climbed out, or tried to. He had found some spare parts that confirmed h...