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Chapter 190

Chapter 190

As soon as Matt saw the first squad of five privates and one sergeant walk out of the pillar that sat behind Queen Winter's throne, he immediately sent a call to Liz and Susanne.

They needed to be here for this.

In an ideal world, they would tell everyone about his Talent and what he was doing with it, but Matt very much wanted to avoid ‘the box’ by all means.

So it was up to the four of them to come up with a plan to disguise what was going ...

Minkalla Chronicles Floor 2

Minkalla Chronicles Floor 2

Cory cursed in half a dozen languages as his Genesis Energy ran low.

He was a hybrid fighter and was used to fighting alone, but this floor was testing him.

It pushed him to his limits with each encounter.

His normal fighting style was built around casting spells to empower his body and lance, but he just didn’t have enough Genesis Energy in his spirit to mimic his mana pool. It certainly didn’t help that he couldn’t rely on...

Chapter 189

While we wont have a Minkalla chapter this week we will have a EMP pov that will be ending book 2. Its not long but needed to add one as thats the end of book tradition and I dont want to make anyone get the entire book to read it.

Chapter 189

Matt had many things to say about Young Mistress Blazing Hammer. Some of them, he could even say around her.

She was an excellent smith, and had a way to mix common metals of different Tiers to make stronger alloys. She was...

Chapter 188

Chapter 188

Matt felt Aster's excitement bleed over their link like a rising tide as she tried to remain calm enough not to sprint forward ahead of them.

She managed, but he could feel the great effort it took her.

Walking over to Winter, the specter of a woman brought up one hand. Now that he was closer, Matt could see that she only had skin from the wrist down. The forearm was made of twigs and branches, not clothes or some coverings as he first thought.

â...

Chapter 187

PLEASE READ: December 30th is my birthday so I intend to take off, December 30th and January 2nd. So FYI to everyone about that.

Chapter 187

Matt fell to the ground, the sudden disorientation of returning to his body overwhelming him as he was wrenched out of the theme challenge and found his limbs in all the wrong, or was it all the right places. He fell to the ground with a thud, trying to recover his sense of self.

It didn’t take him very ...

Chapter 186

Chapter 186

The rest of the escort mission was just as long and annoying as they had expected. Their caravan had encountered a lost group midway through the challenge, which added a number of people who had to walk or ride the wagons. The extra passengers only added to the danger and difficulty of the mission.

They didn’t let that stop, or even hinder them, and they were able to successfully bring everyone safely to the next city, earning them a fifteen times multipli...

Minkalla Chronicles Floor 1

So this is our side story for the arc. I have no definitive answer for when these chapters will come out (besides Wednesdays) but there will be seven to give alt pov's to the floors of Minkalla. With editing book 2 this isn't a super high priority so I write them when I'm feeling it. Hopefully they wont stretch past the end of the arc with Matt and Co but well have to see. 

I had a ton of fun with this and so did the beta readers so I hope you enjoy as much as we did. 2022-10-26 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 185

PLEASE READ: December 30th is my birthday so I intend to take off, December 30th and January 2nd. So FYI to everyone about that.

Chapter 185

Matt smiled as an armored troll charged at them the second they appeared on the third sub-level of the third floor.

Its armor glimmered with runes that he expected would resist normal spells, so he didn’t bother to cast an attack. Instead, he just raced forward with Susanne and brought his new club down in an ove...

Chapter 184

Chapter 184

Matt walked up to the cavern and cocked his arm back.

The boss of this ruin was a Tier 7 spider standing at least thirty feet tall, with thick armor covering its body.

With their mid Tier 3 cultivation, the four of them should have been woefully too weak to take the boss down. That would have been the normal outlook on such a boss with their relative cultivation.

With the floor theme, Matt didn’t even hesitate to approach the boss.

As the...

Chapter 183

PLEASE READ: December 30th is my birthday so I intend to take off, December 30th and January 2nd. So FYI to everyone about that.

Chapter 183

Matt looked around the empty space he found himself in for the second-floor theme challenge.

Genesis Cultivation’s final test wasn’t considered a hard one, but it took more thought and creativity than most other challenges.

While Eternal Darkness’ challenge was a simple chase, Genesis Cultivation requir...

Chapter 182

Chapter 182

Luna watched Minkalla without blinking.

Waiting.

Carol and Kurt were like statues alongside her.

None of them had said a word since the children left.

There was nothing to say, after all.

They had done everything they could, and now it was up to the children.

All of them had gone through this a dozen or more times, but it never got easier.

Not that they didn’t do anything else during the time; even Luna used her AI to ge...

Chapter 181

Note: Minkalla Chronicles Floor 1 will come out THIS Wednesday the 16th at our normal time 3pm EST. It's a side story you guys don't have to read but shows other teams POV's throughout Minkalla. We will get one per floor and YOU DON'T NEED TO READ THEM but the Tier 15's patrons have greatly enjoyed them.

The way it will work is once you guys finish a floor I'll try to get you the Minkalla Chronicles Floor X the next Wednesday. Currently I've only written the first three with only the f...

Chapter 180

Chapter 180

Matt looked around and cursed as Liz washed up on shore, sputtering.

They had finished the first sublevel of the second floor on Minkalla, and when they found themselves on a vast beach, they figured they just needed to head further inland to find an exit.

However, they quickly figured out that they were on an island, wading into the water only resulted in being transported back to shore. If they were going to progress, swimming wasn’t an option.

Book 1 drop!

Path of Ascension is  officially available on Kindle, KU, Print, Audible! While none of you  NEED to read the new version that is appearing on Kindle, it has been  thoroughly revised and edited to make it a much cleaner book without  changing any actual content. It’s a significantly smoother version of  the story you know.

The audiobook was performed by a narrator I  hand-picked out of a substantial list of options, and he did an  incredible job maki...

Chapter 179

Chapter 179

Matt stood with his three teammates, staring at the reward distortion they hadn’t yet opened as the nearly invisible bodies of the boss and its protectors faded away around them. The last two weeks had been rough, and while Matt felt that his spiritual perception was sharper because of his forced reliance on it, he was glad to have just killed the final boss of the third sub-level of the first floor. It was some strange octopus-like mimic creature that could bec...

Chapter 178

Chapter 178

The four of them trekked through the desert for half a mile before they were forced to stop.

Eternal Darkness, as a floor theme, had many dangers to be aware of due to the lack of senses. Before entering a typically hot and dry place, they had Aster create a fist-sized orb of ice and float it next to them as a rudimentary temperature gauge, which was the only reason they realized that the environment was becoming dangerous.

Her ice ball melted in less ...

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Chapter 177

Chapter 177

Matt felt like the flight down the nearby tunnel to a safer area was excruciating, but waited until they were a safe distance away to set up the house. After three days of constant stress over the puzzles, and only being able to sleep in shifts, they all needed the break. He even cooked everyone a proper meal before he started inspecting the new gloves.

Without his sight or a dedicated skill for it, the process was annoying, but he was able to confirm after ...

Chapter 176

TIER 1, 3, 5, PATREONS READ THIS. Somehow in the chapter oddities all of you have gotten one chapter further ahead of where you should be. That's on me but I do need to fix it. So we will have to skip next Fridays chapter. I'm sorry about this but best to fix it now that I've seen the discrepancy.

Chapter 176

Minkalla didn’t try to restrict their flight as they descended into the hole, and Matt was grateful...

Chapter 175

A 7.2k chapter for you all. Enjoy.

Chapter 175

With the crystal sparkling ahead of them to their spiritual senses, they turned to inspect the rest of the room, but didn’t find anything unusual. Matt approached the crystal and held his hand a couple inches from where he sensed it, probing the challenge with his spiritual sense and getting feedback about the contents within. It felt like…fighting overwhelming odds, a single massive obstacle, cooperation and...

Chapter 174

Chapter 174

Matt felt nothing.

They had been miles and miles above the surface of Minkalla, with the wind rushing through their hair, when everything went black as the planet moved them to the first floor.

He couldn't even hear his own breathing or taste the air around him. It was disconcerting for a long heartbeat; he couldn't even feel his armor, the clothes on his body, or the weapon in his hand.

It was like he was in the worst dream imaginable.<...

Chapter 173

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THIS IS THE SECOND CHAPTER COMING OUT TODAY MAKE SURE YOU READ 172 BEFORE THIS.

THIS IS THE SECOND CHAPTER COMING OUT TODAY MAKE SURE YOU READ 172 BEFORE THIS.

Enjoy the second chapter of the day. 6.2k

Chapter 173

Luna got everyone's attention with a clap. “Okay, I won't go over all the challenge rooms and their rewards right now, because they’re far too numerous to cover in time, and you get a good i...

Chapter 172

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This is the first of two chapters coming out today (6.6k). The other is scheduled a few minutes after this.

After linking your account come to the discord and the Tier 1 room to come theory craft and speculate. I'm super excited to see what you all think of Minkalla.

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Chapter 171

Thank you all for voting in the poll. I'm removing the post so it doesn't mess up the discord bot but thank you all for voting. After reading all the comments I will be splitting Fridays chapter into two but posting them on the same day a few minutes apart for ease of reading.

Enjoy the 7.5k chapter.

Chapter 171

Matt readied his sword and his buffs. [Mage's Retreat] was the one he was most familiar with, having had outright decades to get use...

Desision for 172

As some of you have seen on the discord chapter 172 which should be next Fridays (9th) chapter it is already over 12k words long.

As I aim for 5k chapters that means we either need to count it as two chapters or split it into two half's. While I don't mind long chapter and most of mine go into 6-7k 12k is just too long lol.

The problem is that its a very info heavy chapter and meant and written to be read at once.

So I leave it up to you all, do you want the chapter all a...

Chapter 170

I had a great relaxing break and thank you all for understanding. On the other hand we have a 8689 word chapter. So enjoy. 

Do note there will be a poll coming out five minutes after this chapter which I wish you would all participate in.

Anywho enjoy chapter two of the new book.

Chapter 170

Matt sat with Liz as they waited for their table at the restaurant with anticipation. This was quite literally their first break in the ...

Chapter 169

TIER 1 PATREONS READ THIS: This is the START of this BOOK. THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER FOR TWO DAYS. YOUR NEXT CHAPTER IS ON THE 3rd.

This is just you catching up to the break the Tier 15 pats got a few weeks ago when you got two chapters all at once.

Chapter 169

Long Zhiyuan sat in meditation pose and felt the rising sun’s rays fall onto the pillar that kept him suspended a dozen feet in the air. The dawn mov...

Chapter 168

TIER 1 PATREONS READ THIS: This is the END of this BOOK. Next chapter is the LAST for the a TWO CHAPTER BREAK and an ALT pov to start the next book.

This is just you catching up to the break the Tier 15 pats got a few weeks ago when you got two chapters all at once.

Enjoy.

Chapter 168

Emmanuel arrived in Doronine’s real space to find two spiritual senses— Dicomaty’s, and a slightly weaker one he didn't recognizeâ€...

Chapter 167

Ok let me make this clear. The next chapter is the Emp Pov. The chapter after that is the first chapter of the new book which is an few alt povs to set some things up for the next arc. After that we return to matt as is normal. No new MC's or anything like that.

Chapter 167

Allie kicked her feet up on the breakroom table and winked at an intern who scurried by.

He was cute in a mortal, still goofy kind of way, and she liked to see him squirm a bit.

She wonde...

Chapter 166

Chapter 166 

Annie stood around with her sister and Conor as their manager, Brett, introduced himself and started critiquing their combat styles.

Brett started with her boyfriend and gave him what she considered to be good advice, especially for someone so pigeonholed into a role because of his Talent.

It boiled down to ‘do your job really well.’

Emily got a more comprehensive instruction list that essentially meant that she needed more pla...