We have two air skills. One is for Elemental Mastery, and the other is for Wind Control. Do you still not feel that those would provide us the best chance to succeed with that core? It’s why we saved it for the last out of everything.
He could sense Bob considering this topic again, unsure of which direction his skill would go about this topic. There was an element of excitement similar to the one he felt coming through their bond. Yet, at the same time, it was on...
2025-03-25 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
Was gone this last week/weekend - camping with the family and had no real internet.
Back at the keyboard today. Hard to believe I'm only a few chapters away from #500!
Ready to jump into everything and get going so the message today is short and sweet!
Thanks for supporting me and looking forward to next week when book 7 hits Amazon.
Next month is book 7 of UL1 on Amazon, book 5 audio of UL1 and book 2 of Viking.
hopefu...
2025-03-24 13:57:54 +0000 UTC
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Max tried to stop smiling as he and Buwingrid worked on the different parts of the weapon he had asked her to craft.
She hadn’t been very excited to learn that he had two legendary weapon crafting skills, one of which she possessed, but hers was a lower rank.
He of course had been surprised to learn how many she possessed and the ranks of hers.
So this is another one of those world questions I’ll one day find out.
How do som...
2025-03-24 13:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Max shifted under the gaze of the woman he hoped would help him. She didn’t appear very happy when he walked into her shop, but he at least hadn’t been kicked out for now.
“You do realize how difficult you have made my life… every day I have some fool come in here, asking me to create something for them like what you had. Gone are the easy days of getting only one or two absurd requests every month or so. Now I must deal with it at least twice or thrice a week! A WEE...
2025-03-23 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Max found himself in the box he had spent so much time in. Glancing at the section of the stone wall against which he had ended Ezreal’s life, he forced himself to calm down.
Time seemed to tick by, and then after a good fifteen minutes a section of the wall began to move.
“Max?”
“Quilazmore, it’s been too long,” he replied, watching the dark elf slowly enter the room.
“We were expecting you in the throne room at first, but I told Lord Kazrak that y...
2025-03-22 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Max’s sonar picked up the moving shapes the second his group appeared in the safe room he had designated for when he would return.
Aerthen began to react, as did Rakonath, both dragons sensing those with weapons drawing close.
“Stop!”
As his eyes focused and Max allowed his sonar to tell him everything it could, he sensed the walls of air, earth, ice, and fire that had formed around them, creating a protective barrier.
Wanting to curse for being a fool and not we...
2025-03-21 13:00:33 +0000 UTC
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“So you’re leaving again?”
Ignoring his sister’s frown and tone, Max nodded, choosing instead to tickle and play with Callie, who was babbling a little bit and cooing in response to his actions.
“Part of adventuring is that you will always be headed somewhere. You have the advantage of being in this capital and that there are enough dungeons you don’t have to ever leave. Most adventurers don’t have the coin or family for such an endeavor like this and often hav...
2025-03-20 13:02:01 +0000 UTC
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Wew. Some of us had a hard time with book 7 after book 6. One was so focused on fighting and power grinding, while the other was built around figuring out what was taking place on Max’s world.
With book 7 we learned a few things.
Someone, no one knows who right now, is playing a game that involves multiple gods and worlds. While many thought Phaius was an evil god bent on destruction and more, we’ve learned that isn’t necessarily the case anymore.
He ...
2025-03-20 13:00:06 +0000 UTC
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[ Status Check No Weapon or Shield ]
*****
Max Hoste
19-Year-old Human Male
Level 1
Exp 566/1000
Tower Experience: 60.0%
Base Bonus Items ...
2025-03-13 13:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Max moved to where Dagon and Velda stood, both of them smiling.
“It is rare for a moment like this to take place, but after some discussion, my husband and I decided that a moment like this shouldn’t be passed up.”
Her and the King moved around the forge and pulled out ornate metal chairs, each carved with runes and set with gems, blue ones in Fowl’s and red ones in Batrire’s.
“Sit, and watch what is about to take place for the two of you.”
Fowl’s eyes ...
2025-03-13 13:10:00 +0000 UTC
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Max watched as Fowl fidgeted next to him.
“You’ll be fine. Just hold still or I swear you’re going to make a scene in all that armor.”
“I’m sweating… in places I shouldn’t be,” Fowl muttered. “It’s not that hot, I’m just–”
“Nervous?”
A grin appeared on his dwarven friend as he bobbed his head.
“So many people. I mean… five hundred? Maybe more?”
Max nodded and looked out across the great hall they were in.
2025-03-13 13:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“So… how did it go?” Max asked.
Fowl grunted and shrugged.
“We’ll find out tomorrow. For now we need to finish up a few last things and I’d rather not dwell upon that problem. Did you get what I asked for?”
A stone box appeared in Max’s hand and he held it out for his friend.
Taking it, Fowl opened it and let out a low whistle.
“It’s better than I hoped. Thank you.”
Nodding, he took it back when the warrior handed it to him and stored ...
2025-03-12 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“We need to hurry,” Fowl said as his pickaxe hewed another chunk of stone from the rock. “We’ve only got two more days before the wedding and I’ve not found anything worth giving Batrire yet.”
Max snorted and glanced over his shoulder, looking down the tunnel they had created and watching the line of dwarfs who were carting off the stone they had freed from their day of mining.
How much stone have we moved and all of the ore we found so far isn’t one ...
2025-03-11 13:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey all - Don't forget that the 13th is the end of book 7!
That also means 1 week off (cuz I'm mean) until book 8 starts on the 20th.
Been a crazy few weeks. Finally got the insurance side of a house flooding problem (cold weather / burst pipe / 1/2 the house) resolved and now on to getting the house put back in order. You don't realize how much a bathroom means until its out of commission. Now time to get all the sheetrock patched and stuff fixed.
Writing ...
2025-03-10 18:13:53 +0000 UTC
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That went about as well as I hoped it might. It appears that your stats were beyond anything it could handle.
Well, that combination is extremely potent. You and I both know it still isn’t much compared to those with real power, though part of me is glad to know that my body is stronger than whatever metal the boss was made of with that skill.
Even if it hadn’t been, your new regeneration would have easily taken care of your legs.
...
2025-03-10 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“What’s happening?” Batrire asked, a bit of concern in her voice.
As she spoke the platform they were on started to rise as the thick cables began to move.
“We’re in a tower floor and somewhere up there is a race from another world,” Max replied, his weapon and shield out, turning in a circle to see what was going to appear when they reached the top.
“How do you know that!?”
“I can understand them,” Max replied, not looking at Cordellia. “I have a...
2025-03-09 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“I’m going to choose Regeneration. The skill is so strong and it has allowed us to not have to worry about Batrire using her heals on me. While I thought about Armor Crafting, I can ask someone else to help make armor for you all. Besides, if things get so bad, I can always find an armor crafter and kill them, right?”
He grinned as both dwarves frowned.
“Seriously?” Fowl asked.
“He’s kidding you fool,” Batrire said as she elbowed him.
“Whi...
2025-03-08 14:00:01 +0000 UTC
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All five of them stood next to the chest that had appeared.
None had been as large as this one in all their time in the tower.
Power seemed to radiate from the purple metal and the embossed depiction of the boss they had fought had both the blob on the top of the etching and the three-headed wolf underneath.
“My hands are shaking,” Fowl stated. “I mean look at them.”
Everyone saw their warrior holding up a weapon hand and that it was shaking slightly.
“...
2025-03-07 14:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“It appears that our plans have… diverted from what we had originally intended. Do we have any other options?”
The woman stood there, cloaked in the halls, watching the pair she had made a bargain with. Promises, trades, and the betrayal of a friend had brought her here. There were too many pieces moving and for so long she thought she had understood the game. She had believed she could control enough pieces, set the board in the way she wanted and rise to power ...
2025-03-06 14:15:01 +0000 UTC
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“What kind of beast is that thing?” Fowl asked as they stared at the boss from the entrance of the gate they knew they would have to pass through.
“An undead, three-headed, fire-breathing, forty-foot tall wolf?”
“So everything we don’t want to fight. And it’s in a room that’s what? A quarter of a mile around with a roof that’s a hundred or so yards high?”
“About that,” Cordellia said. “So we can’t escape once we’re inside.”
“Who said anyt...
2025-03-06 14:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Ok - wanted to give a quick update on book 8 as I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off.
Book 8 starts on March 20th and Ends May 18th (I believe - book 8 hits amazon June 2nd - not sure). book 9 will start up after that probably a week later.
I've been writing book 9 and got 11 chapters done so far. Someone asked me how long book 9 will be and my answer was 'no clue'.
I've got a lot of stuff to wrap up for the story with promises that have been mad...
2025-03-06 03:36:49 +0000 UTC
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“It’s my fault,” Rakonath said, receiving a growl from the red dragon after his statement.
“No… it is not. It is mine. You obeyed me and it was my decision to be out.”
“Still–”
“Forget the blame,” Max exclaimed. “Why is your core gone?”
“I’ve used it to fight and make it back here. Our fight was not one most could hope to make it back from. Every trick I know was used and now… we’re here. I was able to make it back. I kept ...
2025-03-05 14:00:05 +0000 UTC
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[Inspect Weapon]
*****
Legendary Elemental Dagger
+ 100 STR/DEX/CON
Elemental Mastery Affinity - Each Attack does elemental damage. The blade will sense any weakness an opponent may have to a particular element and maximize damage output by automatically using that affinity.
*****
“It… worked. Max you did it!”
Fowl’s hand slapped his shoulder as he wiped the blade down one last time, having seen the notification upo...
2025-03-04 14:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hard to believe that March 13th book 7 ends!
Even harder to know you'll have to wait till the 20th for book 8 to start!
Fear not - we can throw rocks and more at me.
Overall I'm excited for book 8 as we get back into the tower and start working on the final push. The beta readers enjoyed it and are enjoying book 9 also (which i'll get back to writing tomorrow after finishing up a week worth of editing).
Book 8 hasn't seen edits from my publisher yet, so depending ...
2025-03-03 19:33:40 +0000 UTC
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The moment Max entered the thick metal doors that led into the actual forge, he couldn’t wipe away the smile that had formed even if offered a thousand gold.
Over a hundred dwarves were working in unison, dozens of them singing a song as they pounded metal.
Down we go, where shadows creep,
Through stone halls cold and secrets deep.
With pick and axe, we carve our way,
For gold and glory, we’ll not delay.
...
2025-03-03 14:00:03 +0000 UTC
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You’re quiet… even for you. What is wrong?
His hammer pounded the metal and shaped it as he knew it needed to be, glad to see the image in his head start to come to life.
Erwini had procured a lot of different materials for him to work with, each weapon an epic quality one, designed to help the members as they climbed the tower.
Why won’t you reply?
After what felt like an eternity or at least two hammers having been halfway co...
2025-03-02 14:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“I can’t believe we made it out of there alive,” Tanila stated as they left the castle in the carriage Dagon had picked out for them. “I mean he’s paying for a wedding, fit for a royal family member. Not only that but he is allowing us to go past the 50th floor in the tower and going to let you have access to his forge.”
“How is that barely making it out of there alive?” Max asked.
“Just earlier I was almost certain we were about to fight the King and his Guards....
2025-03-01 14:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Was asked to go on a podcast and so I said yes.
For those who wish to bask upon my beautiful face, and listen to a voice that makes sirens shudder, you can click the link at your own risk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgi0aYooD9Q
2025-02-28 15:09:18 +0000 UTC
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Multiple chairs had been pulled up in a circle and Dagon sat in his chair, slightly larger than the rest and was downing his fourth tankard of his private brew.
He could taste the difference, having tried Batrire’s father's. Unlike all the other alcohol he had consumed, this one didn’t leave any kind of aftertaste and was smoother than water.
Next to Fowl, his parents both sat there, his father now awake, neither having said a word.
Grondir was bouncing his knee ne...
2025-02-28 14:00:04 +0000 UTC
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King Dagon Stormfall’s shoulders were wider than Max would have imagined as the dwarf stood there, slowly coming down the steps toward them. His armor was a bronze-red color and it took him just a few seconds to realize what the scales were made from.
Those are dragon scales!
Probably not a good time to mention to him you have a dragon then. Look at his pants and arms.
Even without Bob’s leading, Max had already taken in the full sig...
2025-02-27 14:00:06 +0000 UTC
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