Nathan’s face turned red and his features twisted into a mask of rage. He ignored Sarah and stomped over towards nearly the center of the yard. Sarah followed and settled into a ready position ten yards away, while Nathan took a basic stance wit...
2025-08-26 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe Smith poked his head over the final step of the staircase, eyes at ground level as he peered down the length of the tunnel. The tunnel appeared to open into a large space, the view blocked by some kind of resplendent multi-colored boulder.
... 2025-08-25 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostJames stared at the iron door a moment, then shook his head to rouse himself.
That was way too fast, wasn’t it?
After a minute’s thought, he decided to continue exploring.
He turned his back on the iron door and went back thr...
2025-08-22 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe air outside was crisp, and the back yard was still nearly totally covered in shadow as the early morning sun rose higher. Dawn was coming later and dusk was coming earlier these days as the seasons finished changing and it was definitively Aut...
2025-08-21 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostClang! Clang! Tap tap tap tap… Clang! Clang! Clang! Tap tap tap tap…
The cuirass, torn through by the Holy Tiger’s claws and left with large, jagged rends in the metal, was beyond repair. But it was simple enough to smelt down...
2025-08-20 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHalf the bar area was in ruins. Bodies littered the floor in pools of blood. In the other half of the bar area, other adventurers were curled up on the ground, seemingly unharmed but covering their heads.
None of the members of either feudin...
2025-08-19 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostOver and over James tumbled, head over heel in perfect darkness, raising a terrible din as his armor struck stone stairs sequentially. In his weariness from the previous fight, it took him some time, but eventually he flung his arms and legs out a...
2025-08-18 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFor a moment, truly only a second or two, the Smith stood there, gazing down on the body of the boss monsters, catching his breath and feeling the limits of his mana.
And then he remembered his mother’s wisdom.
Don’t ever let u...
2025-08-15 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostA party of five adventurers entered the Guildhall with grim expressions. Two wore long robes covering almost their entire bodies, one with a hood thrown back and the other with a wide-brimmed, pointy hat. Behind them entered a man carrying a short...
2025-08-14 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostOne thousand, one hundred and eleven steps.
Such was the number the Smith recorded in his writings later in life.
Hot and sweaty from wearing that heavy armor the entire way, lugging around the heavy full sized tower shield, and exhaus...
2025-08-13 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“There you are, Sarah!” Tiffany called from the receptionist desk as Sarah finally stepped into the Guildhall. “You’re late!” she said cheerfully.
Sarah explained about the incident with the Thief and the city guard and Tiffany’s...
2025-08-12 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostOne strike was enough to finish off the kitten monster, which had been slammed into the wall countless times in the span of their fight.
[Enchanter] Class has reached level 10.
[Smith] Class has reached level 1...
2025-08-11 18:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostFirst, James set up his smelter and built it to produce heat enough to melt Red Iron. He had some unsmelted ore he had collected earlier, and after confirming that, he tested out a sample of white iron ore.
A small sample. While his...
2025-08-08 17:28:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe etching wasn’t the Enchanter’s best work, not by a long shot. The [Reflect] enchantment pattern is difficult to apply to a round object like a helmet, and the [Blind] enchantment that James had access to w...
2025-08-08 17:27:29 +0000 UTC View PostAfter seeing Sarah off in the first rays of dawn’s light, Helen went back and took their dishes from the dining room, otherwise deserted at this early hour, through the kitchen and back to the small scullery, and quickly washed them and put them...
2025-08-07 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA month later, James had settled into a dull routine of doing not much of anything. The old iron mine was completely sealed, as far as he could tell. Cursed Dragon-Fire Melted Stone blocked his way in all directions. So he would wake up, eat break...
2025-08-06 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAt closing, she helped shoo the lingering Adventurers out the front door along with the bar maids, and her first night’s work was complete. No fights. The bartender, a Guildhall employee, signed a small slip of paper formalizing the job completi...
2025-08-05 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe Smith stood there, panting, hammers in both hands. There wasn’t much else he could do. Slowly, he relaxed, and his Earth War Hammer slipped from his fingers to the ground with a thud.
The Ice War Hammer remained in his grasp, but not b...
2025-08-04 18:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe Smith stumbled backwards, pushed by the dragon’s slash with its claws before it reared its spiked head to snap at him.
And the Smith found his footing, the spikes at the bottom of his boots gripping the hot, hard packed dirt beneath th...
2025-08-01 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSarah walked back home holding her Adventurer’s License and a sheet of paper with her new schedule on it in her hands. She was an Adventurer now! She couldn’t hold back a grin the entire walk home.
She stepped through the gate in the low...
2025-07-31 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFireballs, it turned out, had almost no physical mass. Surely if the Smith had been unarmored, his skin would have been singed and he would have taken heavy damage from the compressed, magical flames.
But the Smith was wearing the best Fire ...
2025-07-30 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, Mr. Tenns’ recommendation for a B Rank in interpersonal combat was denied. A C Rank himself, he was only allowed to recommend that high, despite his wealth of experience in sparring as one of the Guild’s top trainers.
In t...
2025-07-29 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHow long had that treasure chest been there?
James’ heart was still pounding so he made no move to suddenly investigate the windfall. It was possible that the Dungeon had made the treasure chest appear suddenly, and it hadn’t been there ...
2025-07-28 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEventually James calmed down and became aware of a foul stench emanating from the remains of the spider monster.
He looked around for monsters, being extra careful to check the ceiling for spider monsters, and upon seeing nothing bu...
2025-07-25 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBeth was pissed at him, but frankly, if he wasn’t already in so deep, he’d be pissed at her for not getting an accurate combat history prior to the assessment.
But this was the first time their Guild branch had ever assessed a Brawler. S...
2025-07-24 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostJames did have a boost to his Intelligence thanks to his Enchanter Class, so it wasn’t difficult for him to retrace his steps in his memory and create a simple map of what he had explored so far. Nor was it difficult to reorient himself: the liz...
2025-07-23 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe muscle man went on to explain that first, there would be two spars: one with Sarah on the offense with the goal of taking himself to the ground, the second with Sarah on the defense with him taking her to the ground. Both would be unarmed. The...
2025-07-22 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostBut the Smith did hear it. He steadied his stance, planting his feet firmly, and brought his shield up, protecting his upper body. The sound
But the Smith did hear it.
He steadied his stance, planting his feet firmly, and brought his s...
2025-07-21 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSarah’s heart sank with each question. Questions about laws, questions about the city’s layout, questions about monsters, questions about other Classes, a math question, and so on. She got the sense that after the first few questions ...
2025-07-21 09:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral minutes later, a woman in her late twenties came out with Tiffany trailing behind her. She also wore a long skirt and a plain white blouse, but made of significantly better fabric and with better stitching than Tiffany’s, and her hair wa...
2025-07-21 08:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post