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Chapter 177 - The Hammer of Eternity

Chapter 177

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

City of Rebirth, Outer defensive line


Alexandra winced as the retreating group of tanks vanished. Clearly the freaking Old World constructs had never heard of overkill, as a hundred plasma bombs detonated simultaneously, instantly vaporizing every tank and turning the sandy ground into glass.

The strike crafts powered onwards, their cloud of drones in tow…and Alexandra suddenly realized that th...

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Chapter 176 - It Begins

Chapter 176

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Assembly Point Alpha


"We have completed the preparations milady." Said Ella as her spider throne shifted, trying to find a better spot, Jared politely stepping out of the way. Given how crowded the area was, it was a futile endeavor. "All forces are ready to deploy or retreat at a moment's notice."

"Good." Alexandra nodded as she looked at the vast cavern. It could have handily served as ...

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Chapter 175 - The Princesses

Note : Chapters 176 and 177 have been written and added to the queue !


Chapter 175

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

City of Rebirth


Allya hastily bowed as the figure emerged from the shadow of the ship's armored docking port, and Alexandra had to stop herself from whistling softly. Princess indeed, the dark elf carried herself like she owned the entire tower, and her full suit of plate armor, only missing its helmet, was intricately desig...

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August 2023 Status Report

Well, I missed one of those for July. Unfortunate, but it happens.

So, what's been going on ? The answer is a fair bit, and not much of it good.

First and foremost, for those who haven't been looking at RR, I have fallen ill. I'm currently in the middle of doing lab tests for stomach pains and, to be candid, expulsing blood through the rear end. Needless to say, being in constant pain has made my writing come to a rather abrupt halt, at least for the time being.

And for thes...

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Chapter 174 - Mirage Tank

Note : Apologies for the late upload, I was working on book 4's edits and completely forgot to set it up in advance.


Chapter 174

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Defensive Line


Alexandra didn't think, she acted. She reached out her arm, and casted her high powered kinetic strike spell at the wall. The masonry exploded outward as she grabbed the baroness and jumped out of the hole.

Thankfully, their respective bodyguards were anythin...

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Chapter 173 - Onslaught

Note : Chapter 174 has been written and added to the queue !


Chapter 173

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

City of Rebirth


"-My men have filled the holes left by Philia's knights, but we've had to increasingly rely on Crystal's golems." Said Anders, before sighing. "Honestly, I am starting to worry how much we have to depend on her forces."

"The Republic would have crushed us without her. Still can, for that matter." Answered Allya a...

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Chapter 172 - War On All Sides

Chapter 172

Fallen Province of Irakia, Sagitarius Empire.

Hammer of Eternity, Command Center


All forward units destroyed. Noticeable lack of technology and tactics from the enemy.

The AI revised its estimations. Plenty of mages. Abnormally so. But little to no coordination. Possibly a separate force from the main defenders? Unclear.

Defenses had been reinforced. Cannons, primitive field guns and howitzers. Pathetic, but potentially dangerous g...

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Chapter 171 - Civil War

Chapter 171

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Workshop


"So, any conclusions?" Asked Alexandra as she entered the workshop, Jared in tow. It was weird seeing the room covered in pictures, but since the guild hadn't allowed them to take samples of the enemy…

Seraph's golems saluted and the Earth-born saluted back.

"Yes milady! I have run a thorough search of my database, and the results are…disturbing, to say the least."

<...

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Chapter 170 - The First Domino

Note : Chapter 173 has been written and added to the queue !


Chapter 170

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, R&D Facility Delta


"Well, at least we know the teleport redirect works." Said the apparition as her hologram sat down on one of the workshop table, clipping through the clutter on it. Alexandra could feel her disapproval over the deal and the risk taken for someone they, all in all, barely knew, but the Earth-born...

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Chapter 169 - Teleport Misshap

Chapter 169

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, R&D Facility Delta


Eismi had done some astoundingly stupid things in her life. Some were because she'd been dragged into her twin's messes, others were because of her own mistakes.

But very, very rarely had she done something so thoroughly stupid as mess up a teleport. A teleport which should have transported her into the dungeon's entrance.

Instead it appeared to have dumped he...

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Golem Artwork

Here's some golem artwork from the incredible Victoria Glazkow ! They are, in order, the musket golem, the Standard Combat Unit, and the Praetorian Guard (Elite variant). I hope you'll like them !

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Chapter 168 - Berserkers

Note : Chapters 169, 170, 171 and 172 have been written and added to the queue !


Chapter 168

Fallen Province of Irakia, Sagitarius Empire.

Hammer of Eternity, Command Center


Three strikecraft losses. Two damaged. Target shot down. Successful bombardment of hostile fortress. Low tech static defenses, but access to high tech strikecrafts.

Possibly a remnant from an adversary, cut off from the command bunkers and fabricator arrays. Ide...

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Chapter 167 - It Begins

Chapter 167

Elturian Coast, Duchy of Sunrise

City of Sunrise, Ducal Palace


"So, Rebirth is under attack by Old World automata." Said Satina Olyrin, head of the house of Olyrin and by the grace of the Gods duchess of Sunrise. And soon-to-be queen of the Asarian Kingdom. "Fascinating."

"Indeed milady." Said her spymaster. "The town has already taken quite a bit of damage, same for the dungeon, and the worst is still expected to come."

"Good, very good…...

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Chapter 166 - War Plans

Chapter 166

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Command Center


Alexandra sighed as she sat down on her command chair, pinching the bridge of her nose.

This…situation was a headache. A huge fucking headache. There was only one clear reason as to why those Old World weapons were attacking her, and that was Seraph's little distress signal.

Which she hadn't mentioned to Emilia, because she'd been scared of the vampire...

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Chapter 165 - Missile Strike

Note : Chapters 166 and 167 have been written and added to the queue ! Apologies for the late upload, I got distracted and forgot to set it up for the usual time.


Chapter 165

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

City of Rebirth


Allya sprinted out of her manor, still sheathing some of her kunais, before dropping to the ground as the strikecraft roared overhead, and the manor's facade exploded in a hail of shards.

"Shit! Milady, are you a...

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Chapter 164 - Airstrike

Chapter 164

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

City of Rebirth


"So?" Asked Allya as Trira stepped into her office, much more rested and feeling almost human again. Her night with Pyn had also helped immensely with her stress.

"So," Answered the assassin sect leader as the door closed and the soundproofing and security enchantments came back online. "I had the results processed and analyzed. Luckily one of my own is capable of doing so. Those are the r...

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Chapter 163 - Gift Basket

Chapter 163

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Hammer of Eternity, Command Center


The artificial construct waited patiently for reports as the strike craft assembled for another attack run, a silent computer core in an empty command center, long empty of any of its human supervisors. It was not intelligent enough to truly know impatience regardless, but it was still programmed to know efficiency. Its foe had proven amazingly resilient, all things c...

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Chapter 162 - Embers Of Revolution

Note : Chapters 163 and 164 have been written and added to the queue !


Chapter 162

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Third Floor


Allya swore viciously as she leapt back, narrowly avoiding the fanged mouth of one of the cobras, stumbling as she slipped the in the half swamp.

She'd known the third floor would be hell. Before they'd had the advantage of every monster having been carefully studied and documented by adven...

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Chapter 161 - Delve and Loot

Note : Edited the chapter to add a section at the end that I had forgotten to implement.


Chapter 161

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Second Floor


Allya sighed as she sat down, before collapsing on her back. She just…stayed there, panting slightly, for several solid seconds. She was far from out of shape, or training, but holy shit she'd forgotten just how draining dungeon delving was. She was too used to assassinations...

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Chapter 160 - The Origin Of Magic

Note : Chapter 161 has been written and added to the queue !


Chapter 160

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, First Floor


Allya leapt back, before throwing a kunai, nailing the golem right in the center of its forehead, where the processors were, for some ungodly reason.

The automata shivered, and then fell, like a puppet with its strings cut. Which was a rather appropriate metaphor in this case.

She looked around...

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The Fate of Adamari

Adamari, also called the Shining jewel of the North, was once upon a time the greatest city in the world, and thanks to its extensive mana pools underneath the surface, rumored to have been the result of a partially functional pillar of power, a vast reservoir of wealth and power. It headed a Commonwealth named after it that saw a level of magical knowledge unmatched for millenia afterwards. Even the Orlov Empire was only nearing its accomplishments when the Tesseract Crisis came to be.

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June 2023 Status Report

Apologies for the late report, but this month...SUCKED wouldn't be a good enough word for it.

In short summary : The AC broke down, AGAIN, requiring repairs, AGAIN. My balcony started literally falling apart and had to be repaired in a hurry. My father got wounded, broke his leg, so I had to take care of him for a few days until he could go back home so my mother could kick his ass hard enough to go see a doctor because he wasn't FUCKING LISTENING TO ME. Then there is my university's ad...

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May 2023 Status Report

A bit late on the report, and I straight up didn't do one for april. Well, these things happen.

How do I put this succintly...My move was complete and utter hell, and a total clusterfuck from start to finish. And it isn't truly over yet. I've had a ton of issues with my 'brand new' desk, that ended up being a wobbly, overengineered piece of shit that I can't even put screens on without them shaking so hard when I type I started immediately feeling nauseous. That was the primary reason w...

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Chapter 159 - Emergency Measures.

Chapter 159

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

In flight near the Lost Sands Death Zone


Holy shit holy shit HOLY SHIT. Thought Sylvia as she looked at the sky in horror.

Now she understood why people never came back from this death zone. Why even airships just vanished, never to return.

There was a fucking carrier out there!

There was no other explanation for the multiple strike crafts assembling by squadrons an...

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Chapter 158 - The Eternal Legion

Chapter 158

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Communications Room


Alexandra sighed as she looked up from the decrypted paper, gazing at the communication crystal in the middle of the room as she sat on the edge of it, her back to the door.

The UDC's rebels were proving to be a lifeline for her. She simply didn't have any other way to get reliable intelligence about the outside world. Well, she had Allya, but asking questions about, s...

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Chapter 157 - Material Science

Note : Chapters 158 and 159 have been written and added to the queue !

Also...first person to correctly guess what Alexandra's other self is planning to do with all of that, what her real purpose is, gets a cookie. I'm curious if someone can figure it out ^^ .


Chapter 157

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Workshop


"Every adjudicator is accompanied by inquisitors?" Asked Alexandra as she quickly checked the new shotgu...

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Chapter 156 - Unpleasant Options

Chapter 156

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

City of Rebirth


"Shit." Said Allya as she set down the report on her desk. Her office was currently sealed on maximum security, and her guards had strict orders to not let anyone through, regardless of the reason.

"It is only circumstantial evidence." Cautioned Trira.

"Yeah. And normally I'd agree." Allya gestured at the report Trira's men had compiled. "But this is troubling."

T...

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Chapter 27 - The Cube

Chapter 27

Salran Mountains, Starnor Imperial Border Territories

Airah's Cave


"So, this is supposed to generate water?"

"From what I understood?" Airah shrugged, glancing at her AI. "Yeah."

"...How?"

"Magic? We can generate fire out of nowhere with the firebolt. Hell, not just a bolt of thermal energy, actual flames like from a chemical reaction. If nothing else, that should be a hell of a lot weirder than creating matter from energy. I mean, hum...

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Chapter 155 - Farming

Chapter 155

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

City of Rebirth


"A farm?" Said Allya, surprised.

"Yes milady. The conglomerate had originally shipped in a druid to study the alchemical loot from the dungeon. Once that was done, he started on a project to see if a farm would be viable, and he's apparently concluded that it is, and convinced the merchants to invest in it." Answered Melia. "It is nothing more than a large, glorified greenhouse, made to op...

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Chapter 154 - Letters and Hyperspace

Note : Chapters 156 and 157 have been written and added to the queue !


Chapter 154

Eris Empire, Capital City of Starcore

Imperial Palace, Empress Sylvis Wing


Cassissa stared at her desk as she tapped its exquisitely carved wooden surface with her pen.

She hadn't been sure whether to believe Sseth or not when he'd told her what had become of Allya. An assassin? Then a baroness, lording over a new dungeon town at the core of a continent-spanni...

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