Chapter 56 – Defender
With that kind of invitation, how could I possibly refuse the call? After all, when invading someone’s home or place of business, it is only polite to meet them head on, and relieve them of their head before you go ransacking and looting the place for everything ...
2021-04-23 20:27:57 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 213 – Meeting
I was relaxing after a very productive performance review with my secretary. The succubus was off, sending the documents to the Columbian consulate by courier. I had high hopes for this little partnership being the first of many.
It was, after all, just an ex...
2021-04-22 22:24:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 11 – Training
It felt weird to be dressed in a modern business suit and skirt, of all things. Oh, I had worn elegant gowns, religious vestments, regal armor, and all manner of other things before, but a women’s business suit? This was the first time. Thankfully, the tailors wh...
2021-04-18 04:51:53 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 55 – Prison of the Forgotten One
As we stepped into the cave, the whispers in the back of my mind became clearer, stronger. Before, it was an unintelligible whisper. Now, it was more like Gregorian chanting, low and rhythmic, but in no language I understood.
The chanting w...
2021-04-16 01:24:20 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 212 – Deals
I smiled as I watched the figure on the other end of the zoom call. He was an ‘interested business associated’ that had been given my number by the Columbian representative at the meeting where I sold them the ships. Well, we both knew that he was a leader of one...
2021-04-15 03:18:33 +0000 UTC
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Come on, you knew I couldn't resist having some Trade Chat fun.
Prologue – Trade Chat
(Magical World Disharmony Server, General Chat)
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2021-04-09 17:17:49 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 54 – Mountain Path
We did not have any clear idea about where to go, other than tracking along the trail that the last victim was supposed to frequent. Unfortunately, my pets and I hadn’t really focused on woodsmanship. After all, we mostly fought in the city, and didn’t hav...
2021-04-09 04:42:12 +0000 UTC
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This one goes out to one of the supremely most awesome of patrons, Zannah. Hope it was worth the wait.
Chapter 211 – Newcomer
An angel walked the muddy streets of Swamptown.
That was not hyperbole, or some kind of joke. Oh, sure, anyone with eyes would have been...
2021-04-08 05:16:46 +0000 UTC
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Epilogue – Elsewhere
Four individuals met in a darkened room. No names were shared. Those who knew about this meeting already knew who the other attendees were. There was no need for introductions.
Each individual represented a faction of power. While they were not the nominal hea...
2021-04-01 20:02:32 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 53 – Briefing
When we pulled up to the Visitor’s Center for the Kennessaw Mountain State Park, there were three cars waiting for us. Two were official vehicles, one each from the Marietta Police Department and the other belonging to the National Park Service. The other was an ...
2021-04-01 01:57:01 +0000 UTC
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Prologue – Trade Chat
(Adventurer’s Guild Official Forums, Miami Branch)
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2021-03-30 22:00:45 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 10 – A New Home
It was three months after her return. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Lilah and the Wolfram & Hart lawyers, the courts had ruled her as being the person she said she was, and the money from the Sleepers Fund had been released to her. And, now, she was about...
2021-03-27 03:50:24 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 52 – Road Hazard
The problem, we found out, was not actually in Kennesaw, itself, but in the nearby memorial for the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, back in the Civil War. Thinking back, I remembered something about a dungeon forming there, but I had never visited it. Why would I, ...
2021-03-26 02:27:37 +0000 UTC
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Epilogue – Plans
“Master, why did you let them off so easily?”
I looked over at the succubus nestled up against me, her sister on the other side. I had decided to celebrate my victory over the Pofmisians by performing an in-depth ‘performance review’ of the succubus sister...
2021-03-24 21:10:16 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 9 – Practical Study
Trust a school with a thaumaturgy program to have a practice space. The university had several, but Eri led the way to one of the outdoor fields (which were separated by thick walls, for safety reasons), where the magic sports teams often practiced. It was op...
2021-03-19 03:02:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey, before the chapter, just want you to know that Book 5 of Dark Fate is now LIVE on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Z4B26YB
Chapter 51 – Recharge
“Oh, Master! It’s s...
2021-03-17 18:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 210 – A Fair Deal
The pleasure of taking desperate people and bending them over to take them for everything they were worth was even more exquisite when those people were ones that had made themselves your enemies.
Each of the ten temple-ships held roughly two thousand, fo...
2021-03-15 21:55:37 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 8 – Magic Lesson
“Kaori! I’m so glad you made it!”
The lich in human guise smiled as her sister greeted her the moment she knocked on the college student’s apartment near campus. It had been a couple weeks since she’d come to this world, but suddenly having sibli...
2021-03-12 05:07:50 +0000 UTC
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2021-03-12 05:07:13 +0000 UTC
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Prologue – Trade Chat
(Community Building and Civil Defense Chat, formerly Life in the City Chat Room)
abby_gail, bento, RainyDayze, GringottsGoblin, DoritoMan, D.VaLuvr69, RadicalEdward, DarkLord, FusionGal, NotACop, Scholar, RamblingWreck, Anonymous4, Anonymous6, SevenNationArmy...
2021-03-10 22:33:18 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 209 – Uninvited Guests
(Bridge, Pure Light of Freedom’s Blessing, Lunar Orbit)
“Captain, we’re over the object now. Distance, two thousand rels. The dome appears to be magically hardened air, according to our scans. We also are detecting what appears to be a...
2021-03-09 19:27:20 +0000 UTC
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Early chapter! Enjoy!
Chapter 7 – Purify
Needless to say, the Purifier attack on her, while on live TV, caused a bit of a scene. Not just because the terrorists had decided on such a public assault, but because of the abilities she had displayed. Apparently, her being a...
2021-03-05 00:26:43 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 208 – Negotiations
(Back in the main dungeon)
Being a dungeon naturally meant that I could have multiple points of view at the same time. It was necessary for running all the moving parts that a dungeon entailed, after all. This was especially useful for times where I want...
2021-03-03 22:32:49 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 6 – Live Show
The big reveal to the families of her classmates went off about as well as could be expected. Yes, her being the sole survivor had stung them, but not as much as it could have. Forty years had been enough time for some closure, and there were a few next of kin who ...
2021-02-27 23:23:12 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 207 – The Trials
Contrary to what some might think, I had not actually managed the rebuilding of the former Armstrong’s Legacy dungeon as it became the Trials of the Demon God Dungeon. I gave Ayao, my enslaved dungeon core, some resources, patterns, and a general theme for the...
2021-02-26 04:10:48 +0000 UTC
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I got inspired. Here's another chapter. And about the reference, I regret absolutely nothing.
Chapter 5 – Interview
Her family did not stay for long. While Eri may have been local, the rest of the family had come from Japan, and there was still a seventeen hour time dif...
2021-02-22 02:15:21 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 4 – Family
With her ability to disguise herself as a human established, Captain Fairchild was quickly able to arrange a compromise. She wouldn’t be in protective custody, but she would have a plainclothes police escort from the MCU. He also arranged for a hotel room for her at...
2021-02-21 00:26:02 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 206 – Color Commentary
The team of rookies that Miguel had rounded up all ended up deciding to buy the basic spacesuits for the equivalent of $100 each, and they spent another $75 each for five tubes of suit sealant and an escape charm. That was a pretty heady investment for adv...
2021-02-19 01:07:37 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 3 – Identity
Kaori sighed. Even if she didn’t need to breathe, being a soul mystically bound to their body by way of a phylactery, the motions of a sigh were still the same, and she could force herself to make the sounds, if she wanted to. But that was neither here nor there.<...
2021-02-14 03:30:17 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 48 – Hidden Master
My eyes narrowed as I recast my [Shadow Armor]. Maybe it wouldn’t do anything. Maybe that sword was also some kind of spellbreaker weapon. But maybe it wasn’t.
The fallen angel continued speaking, wrapped up in his own grandstanding. “Those shadows...
2021-02-12 22:17:48 +0000 UTC
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