Rusty remained still, watching the kobold work. The small creature meticulously placed a strange device into the dirt, covering it with loose gravel and pressing it down carefully. A trap. Rusty’s eyes glowed dark and light as he shifted his weight slightly to remain undetected. The kobold’s ...
2025-03-12 09:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostRobert stood over his fallen opponent, chest rising and falling as he struggled to steady his breath. The golden knight’s armor flickered weakly, its once radiant glow now dull. It was over. The final challenger had yielded.
For a moment, Robert simply stood there, trying to process what ...
2025-03-10 08:49:36 +0000 UTC View PostYou have gained +3 experience points.
“Well, these aren’t giving me much…”
"( ¬ _ ¬ )"
“They taste bad?”
Rusty stood over the dissolving remains of a monster. It looked like a clump of mud with a strange broken core hidden within, a Mud Slime...
2025-03-09 09:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Yer want us ta get through there?”
“Yeah, can you do it?”
“Hah! Does a bar wench know how ta fill a bloody tankard?”
“I’ll take that as a yes then.”
“Aye, stand back ‘n watch!"
Within a darkened dungeon, a group of dwarves stood in front of an un...
2025-03-07 08:48:59 +0000 UTC View Post“...”
“So, this is also how humanoids live? Interesting…”
“ ( ¬ _ ¬ ) “
The streets of Ferndale were just as Rusty had expected: filthy, chaotic, and filled with the smell of excrement. Gleam, who was sitting on his shoulder, did not look too happy about the smel...
2025-03-06 08:49:28 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, I can’t wait! The Champion’s Joust is almost here!”
“I know! But do you really think Sir Robert can win? The Lord is putting a lot of faith in him.”
“I’m sure he’ll be victorious!”
“I don’t know… His first opponent… I've heard he’s a seasoned w...
2025-03-04 09:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“( ˶°ㅁ°) !!”
“Calm down, Gleam. They aren’t dying; that’s just their stomach rumbling,”
Alexander commented as attention shifted to the youngest girl. Her tummy rumbled which was a natural occurrence among humanoids. To Rusty, who neither needed food to sustain ...
2025-03-03 08:48:04 +0000 UTC View Post‘A Rune Champion huh?’
Roland clasped his hands together in a cross pattern over his chest as he scanned the data projected onto his helmet display. He had just returned from the dungeon expedition after assembling the teleportation gate. While Agni, Armand, and the rest of the group re...
2025-03-01 08:53:51 +0000 UTC View PostA group of children huddled together in an old house lit only by the moonlight. They stared at a large armored figure standing before them. The oldest child held a dagger, pointing it directly at him.
"Don't come near! I'll use it!"
Rusty tilted his head slightly at the boy’s feeble...
2025-02-28 09:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe duel reached a turning point as Robert fought with every ounce of strength. His eyes narrowed when he noticed his opponent overextending during a powerful attack. In that split second his mind raced and he calculated his next move precisely. Though his body trembled from fatigue and his encha...
2025-02-26 08:43:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Skreee…”
A screeching sound echoed through the thick forest as a monstrous spider crashed to the ground, its many limbs twitching erratically, its head missing. The spider-infested forest was a labyrinth of shadows and silk, its air thick with venom scent. Glistening webs stretched b...
2025-02-25 08:52:58 +0000 UTC View PostRobert inhaled deeply, his eyes scanning the arsenal laid before him. The weapons gleamed under the forge’s fiery glow, their runic inscriptions not yet active. He was used to adapting to whatever weapon was handed to him, never once considering what he truly wanted. Now, given the freedom to c...
2025-02-23 08:42:13 +0000 UTC View Post‘I need to do something… You can do it Lira! Just speak!”
“S-sir how about we… ack!”
She was about to speak, but the man stepped forward. His armor screeched slightly, making her jump. Even before bringing him here, her nerves had been close to breaking. She was stuck esco...
2025-02-22 09:07:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn a dimly lit training chamber, a lone man stood. Around him stretched a shadowed space, encircled by multiple doors, each leading to a different path that would shape his destiny. Above each door hung a unique symbol - often depicting a weapon, a piece of armor, or sometimes a shield. The doors...
2025-02-20 08:53:27 +0000 UTC View Post“This is truly maddening… Who do these inferior creatures think they are?”
“Just be quiet. What if they have dark mana-detecting tools and discover you? Perhaps it would be best if you called Aburdon away.”
“Hah! You’d like that, wouldn’t you, hero? But my dear Rusty n...
2025-02-19 09:00:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Confirmed identity, codename Durendal. Please present your identity card.”
“I’ll never get used to this… What did he call it? Two-factor authentication?”
Robert leaned back after pressing his hand against the flat glass surface. As always, it lit up, and a second later, a...
2025-02-17 09:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostFor a moment, silence fell over the spacious guild building. All eyes were fixed on a large armored man and the strange silver ant perched on his shoulder. Time seemed to stand still as countless gazes bore down on the peculiar duo. But soon enough, people began turning away. A man in armor with ...
2025-02-16 08:41:46 +0000 UTC View Post"What do you mean the dungeon is closed?"
"There should have been a notice at the Guild. Have you not heard?"
"No, I haven't heard anything about this! Now step aside! I'm not listening to your made-up bullshit - I know what you're trying to do! But I wasn’t born yesterday!"
S...
2025-02-14 08:51:36 +0000 UTC View PostRusty stood at the entrance of Ferndale, the large settlement sprawled before him, its outer wooden palisades weathered and reinforced with iron plating. Guard towers jutted from its perimeter, manned by watchmen who warily scanned the horizon. Beyond the walls, buildings of various sizes cluster...
2025-02-13 08:58:03 +0000 UTC View Post"My Lord, your steed is ready."
"Ah… how time flies…"
Arthur paused, his gaze settling on Gareth, one of his most trusted knights. Gareth stood patiently, holding the reins of a snow-white horse - Arthur’s personal steed. For a moment, Arthur simply stared at its silvery mane, u...
2025-02-11 09:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe night was thick with tension as Edmund and his group crouched at the edge of the orc camp. Torches flickered, casting long shadows against the crude woode n palisades that surrounded the encampment. The orcs were loud, their voices echoing through the night as they feasted and sharpened their...
2025-02-10 08:51:52 +0000 UTC View PostRoland’s workshop doors closed behind him with a resonant thud as he set off for Arthur’s estate. The journey was brisk and his mind was already whirring with the implications of Arthur’s summons. Clad in his runic armor and cape, he strode through the familiar city streets until he arrived...
2025-02-08 08:50:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Gragh….”
“This has to be the last one, right?”
“ ( •̀- •́ ) “
“It does look bigger than the others, it might be their leader!”
Rusty responded to Gleam as he looked at a rather enlarged rat. Both of them had been battling a small ...
2025-02-07 09:01:13 +0000 UTC View PostRoland frowned, stepping back to examine the stubborn wall that had resisted even his high-grade runic drill. The composition of the stone was unusual; while it appeared smooth and rune-inscribed like the rest of the dungeon, its durability far exceeded anything he had encountered before. Even th...
2025-02-05 09:03:46 +0000 UTC View PostGleam perched on a nearby table, her antennae twitching as she observed Rusty’s unmoving body. The eerie silence of the hidden chamber was broken only by the faint hum of latent magic. Then, without warning, his frame began to tremble.
She chirped in alarm and lept back as Rusty’s iron ...
2025-02-04 08:53:17 +0000 UTC View PostRoland grinned. Rune Authority had finally started to work. Though it had taken some time, he had begun to unravel the monster's intricate rune structures mid-battle. The process had been slow, as the Lord of Fury’s runes were deeply entrenched and fiercely protected by the dungeon's magical ne...
2025-02-02 08:58:42 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you think?”
“I’m not sure she’ll like the color.”
“The color? Why would that matter?”
“Oh, my dear Rusty, you still have so much to learn - one of those things is the intricacies of a woman’s heart.”
“...”
Rusty stood there, staring...
2025-02-01 08:49:11 +0000 UTC View PostRoland watched as the throne's glow intensified, arcane energy crackling across the chamber. From the shattered remains of defeated golems, a new adversary began to emerge. The fragments coalesced into a pile of jagged rocks around the fallen Lord, pulsating with a strange energy that mimicked a ...
2025-01-30 08:53:43 +0000 UTC View PostRusty stared at the display in front of him. On it was the image of a gloomy-looking girl - the summoner he had interacted with earlier. Her picture was grayed out, leaving him uncertain about its significance. Fortunately, Alexander seemed to have some understanding of these strange contraptions...
2025-01-29 08:46:26 +0000 UTC View PostAs Roland stepped through the colossal doors, Agni padded close behind, his fiery aura illuminating their path. The obsidian floor echoed softly under their boots and paws, amplifying the eerie silence that filled the massive chamber. The oppressive energy within seemed to press against Roland's ...
2025-01-27 08:54:02 +0000 UTC View Post