I hoped to get Bridget and Sakura back up to their old levels as soon as possible. I was a bit jealous of how easy those who could simply kill monsters had it with respect to leveling. I suppose people who fought monsters all day might be tremendo...
2023-10-30 15:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Sakura and Bridget kept me busy for a good long while. By the end of it, I had gained four levels to my race. I was now level 49 and a good ways towards level 50. Bridget and Sakura were both back below level fifteen after all was said and done—...
2023-10-29 15:00:01 +0000 UTC
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I spent the next few days intensely focused on crafting. I enchanted Mana Bombs, Mega Mana Bombs, Mana Swords, and a few odds and ends that showed up amongst my blueprints as I leveled. Nothing came up that would be immediately useful to Myrina, b...
2023-10-28 15:00:01 +0000 UTC
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When I woke, it was to warm hands fussing over me. I hadn't been as exhausted as I'd been the previous night in a long, long time—not since before the arrival of the System and all the extra stats it brought. I hadn’t even been this wiped out ...
2023-10-27 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Rain sprinkled over the trees beyond the troll’s swamp. The forest seemed peaceful and sleepy, but that peace was a lie. Inside it, the ogres lay huddled around their campfires.
They had no tents or homes, relying only on their thick hides...
2023-10-25 15:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Frank and Marcus were waiting for me on the hill with the rest of their men. The entire group was armed and had been ready to help fight off anyone chasing me.
"I'm alright, you can stand down," I told them.
"How did you make it out wi...
2023-10-23 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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"Let's start things off right. I'm Carter, and this is Frank." I gestured to myself and then to Frank behind me.
I waited a moment. A few seconds of silence passed before the man spoke again. "This is Martin… Boss Martin to you," the sentr...
2023-10-22 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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We ran through the woods back to the position Frank and his men had taken on a hill overlooking the swamp. I had to stop a few times for him to catch up, but after the third time, I tossed him on my back and started carrying him. Between my profic...
2023-10-21 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Margaret was busy, but when she found out who had come to visit, she flung her door wide.
“Carter! Sorry for the wait. I’ve been trying to get a radio broadcast up and running. Someone looted a long-range broadcaster from the city and I ...
2023-10-20 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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We wasted an entire morning the seventh day I was here in town, training behind the inn. I say wasted, but any time you can get an expert warrior nearly three times your level to train you, it can hardly be called a waste.
Myrina was helping...
2023-10-18 15:00:13 +0000 UTC
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Myrina, Sakura, and Bridget got along much better than I’d worried they would. I feared that was partially because I'd asked them to save whatever the female equivalent of dick measuring was for later. At least the three of them were talking jus...
2023-10-16 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Myrina stayed cuddled up to me all the way back to her room. The healer followed us, tending to the two of us until we were both as close to fully healed as we could be without time to rest.
"So... did you have any plans today, Myrina?" I as...
2023-10-15 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Myrina and I stood across from each other in the Samhain Clan's arena once again. This time, the stands weren't empty. Someone must have noticed the two of us squaring up to one another and gone in to ring the bell.
"An official challenge? I...
2023-10-14 17:08:59 +0000 UTC
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The first thing we did after squaring things off with Misa, was to get Sakura and Bridget a room in a local inn. I’d picked one of the nicer ones, since we had more money than we knew what to do with, and would have even more when the next batch...
2023-10-13 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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I've gotten a lot of questions about this, so here's the official preorder! Coming out soon! I will do another announcement when it goes live.
2023-10-13 02:40:03 +0000 UTC
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It took me a few minutes to find the orc woman Myrina favored. I worried that she might be off-duty and that I'd need to use someone else, but after a bit of scouting around, I found her.
I hadn't realized it before, but the teleportation ce...
2023-10-11 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Our next quest from the Samhain Clan proved easier than the first, but I personally would have preferred fighting more monsters and bandits. I had to lug Myrina around town and slowly pry from her which ale houses she'd visited and which dress sho...
2023-10-09 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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"The pile was huge! You should have seen it!" Myrina gestured wide, miming hugging a pile the size of a table. "And that wasn't even all of it. Cyra transferred her entire balance with the Auction House first."
"I had to give them a few item...
2023-10-08 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The truly wonderful thing about unlocking the Charisma stat was how easy it made clean up after a battle. A bandit had exploded, and the merchant we saved was covered in gore. And yet Myrina cleaned herself up to near-perfect condition by simply p...
2023-10-07 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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We dropped off Cyra's food with the courier, much to Myrina's disappointment. After that, Myrina went to check in with her mother.
"To get you the best rewards for clearing out a few bandits, we need Mom to make it an official quest. Just wa...
2023-10-06 17:59:01 +0000 UTC
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It's been a while since I've updated the release days, but my chapter backlog goes up to chapter 60 now, which should be enough to cover editing time and still give you guys stuff to read, while also accounting for potential delays.
That me...
2023-10-05 15:34:13 +0000 UTC
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I got quite a bit more work done on my Mana Bombs before I finally heard from Myrina. It wasn’t until late the next morning when the token I still wore around my neck began glowing.
Your Patron wishes to contact you.
2023-10-04 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Artwork is from Dutch again. He liscensed some commercial stock images and then I think edited them with AI.
2023-10-04 00:49:40 +0000 UTC
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The first thing I did when Bridget, Sakura, and I returned to my farmhouse was check on my stats. I'd gained a few levels and had points to allocate. I quickly spent them, bolstering my Intelligence stat once again. Both my class and race were com...
2023-10-02 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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I joined the battle to find the fighting well underway. Chuck was bruised and battered, but with his regeneration, he'd be alright. He must have taken a club to the side of the head. Kyle was the one I was worried about, slumped against a tree as ...
2023-09-30 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Chuck's team guarded our rear, waiting to reinforce us. I carried on ahead with Bridget and Sakura at my sides with the other two militia behind us. The woman, Kerrie, held a bow, and the man, Rick, an axe. Their anxiety was evidenced by how their...
2023-09-29 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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I spent the next few days putting in a good chunk of the day patrolling the area around Crownhill and helping various teams who'd joined up with the militia gain some levels. Though I couldn't gain any levels from the fighting, Bridget and Sakura ...
2023-09-27 17:27:18 +0000 UTC
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I came back outside to find nothing but crumbs left on the table from the food Bridget and I had laid out. "I guess the people here really were hungry!" I said with a laugh.
"They liked it. I'm glad." A soft smile lingered on Bridget's face ...
2023-09-25 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Sakura wanted to show me her leatherwork before we did anything more entertaining—or what I at least thought would be more entertaining than admiring animal and monster hides.
"Look, Carter!" Sakura showed me a large hide on one of my spar...
2023-09-23 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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