Chapter 335: Back Door Problems
“Dark Descent,” Maveith offered. It wasn’t bad, as the trek down here was long. The problem was we would hopefully be able to find the dungeon exit, and no one else would have to make enter the way we had.
“Manticore’s End,” Navek said loudly and bitterly, and I shot him a dangerous look. That was too close to revealing to the dungeon why we were here.
“Why don’t we check a few other rooms before naming it? It will...
2025-01-27 05:49:23 +0000 UTC
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So the Audio book is starting to be produced next week. Just like for the Soldier audio books, I will be giving out free codes. I will have 25 US/Canada codes and 25 United Kingdom codes. For Seraphim subscribers I will give them out in the order that request was made. If there are not a lot of requests I will open it to kitchen sink subscribers. Make sure to indicate which zone. The expetation is you leave a review (5 star if possible) on the audiobook. I expect the audioboo...
2025-01-26 02:56:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 206:
I wanted to escape the Sapphire Passage as quickly as possible. I suspected that the young aristocrat I had outbid for the phantom cats was going to cause trouble. As Leda and I rushed out of the flight lanes, we reviewed the city maps I had purchased, and she informed me about the flight patterns she had studied in our time. “It doesn’t matter whether you're a dragon, skyship, or spaceship, you need to adhere to these approach and departure paths for the four cities. I...
2025-01-26 02:47:07 +0000 UTC
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I am currently writing chapter 206 of World Sphere, so fans of that story know it is coming. I am a third of the way through it, but I will not finish it tonight, as my bedtime is 11 p.m. Going to bed at 2 am is not going well for me.
I wanted to let people know that editing has started on A Soldier's Life Book 4. This is my read/edit of the story before it gets sent off to an editor. There is not going to be any major plot changes, but I hope to fill in some things and smooth out the s...
2025-01-25 03:26:12 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 334: Easy, Peezy, Manticore Squeezy
“The dungeon is definitely aware of us,” I stated. It was not a mental attack that I felt on my new mental defenses, just an awareness that we were under scrutiny.
“How do you know?” Raelia asked as she looked up into my eyes.
I didn’t want to reveal my abilities openly in case the dungeon understood what we were saying. The Shimmering Labyrinth seemed to object to my presence—or my methods, and I thought it tried extra...
2025-01-24 06:10:35 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 88: Army Upgrades
After waking, I found myself still annoyed with the reduced resolution. I sent off a message to Mad Dog about it but couldn’t expect him to respond until he reached a safe area in the dungeon. I then moved to my drafting room with dozens of projects.
My elevated level also enhanced my drafting skills. I reviewed my flagged messages and checked on the players mingling in the Duchy. Gray Weasel, the vampire player from Eternal Legacy, had been kille...
2025-01-23 07:04:36 +0000 UTC
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Next week, when I post chapter 231, please note that there are three drafts of that chapter. Only the final draft will appear in the Book 4 collection, but the links to the earlier drafts will be provided below so you can see how the seraphim readers influence the story.
https://www.patreon.com/collection/704892
2025-01-22 16:35:41 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 333: A Long Way Down
We climbed back up to our shelter as night settled across the mountain. The thermal stone heated the cave, and the waves became a solid block of ice from the diffused heat of the thermal stone. While Konstantin and Navek expressed some excitement about exploring the depths of the chasm, I didn’t quite share their explorer’s outlook.
I studied my spell form in the dreamscape for a few hours before taking the watch from Konstantin. Witho...
2025-01-22 04:12:27 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 332: Descent Into Darkness
When we returned to the others, we discussed what we had found. “If that is where the manticores come from, we should explore the chasm. The dungeon entrance may be there!” Navek voiced excitedly.
Konstantin cast doubt on his jubilation. “We are on a mountain, thousands of feet up. The ley lines where dungeons are located, are thousands of feet below the surface. It is unlikely to lead to the dungeon, and if it did, the decent ...
2025-01-21 05:38:13 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 331: Dark Chasm
The jungle looked different when I wore the amulet of clarity. The movement of insects seemed magnified, and I was quicker to identify flora and fungi from the books I read. Anything I was unfamiliar with also caught my attention. My mind was more curious and introspective about the unknown. As Konstantin and Navek pulled us through the jungle, I did not have time to stop and smell the flowers.
The two settled into a comfortable partnership as they...
2025-01-20 03:55:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 330: Advancing In Alchemy
The week alone was better than expected. Konstantin only bothered me for short evening practices and spent the rest of his time with Gilda, trying to uncover other hidden monsters in the goliath city. The old man really needed to learn how to relax to take a vacation. We would be hunting manticores again soon, and Konstantin was also on the lookout for Navek, who was out hunting alone.
My daily trips to the market and apothecary helpe...
2025-01-18 04:43:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 87:
Our party consisted of Mag Dog, Grinder, Black Beauty, Sunflower, and Blood Crisis. Having most of the guild and town leadership in the dungeon was dangerous. When you were in a dungeon, you could only communicate via text, and only when you were in a safe area. There was usually only one safe area at the beginning of every floor.
Mag Dog handed every three dozen potions, a dozen each of stamina, health and magic restoration. He had some enchanted gear that gave cold r...
2025-01-17 03:43:33 +0000 UTC
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I just finished with the World Sphere Book 1 edit. So, I am going to start my edit on A Soldier's Life Book 4 next week. I will read all the chapter comments before editing each chapter. Thank you in advance for your input. In terms of changes to expect: no plot changes. I am going to try to develop the relationship with the mage aspirants and Renna more. Hound training may get expanded by a few thousand words. The biggest change will be an attempt on the MCs life by First Citizen Borris Ange...
2025-01-15 16:19:32 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 329: Living A Charmed Life
I opened the Elvish text and groaned as I didn’t want to spend time slowly translating the text. I removed my translation amulet and placed the sapphire necklace pendant under my shirt after admiring it. It was cold on my skin, and the artifact took a healthy dose of my aether.
My vision sharpened—no, not my vision, my focus—my clarity. That is what this was! I grabbed the dreamscape amulet, remov...
2025-01-15 06:04:17 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 328:
Namao poured me a cup of tea and passed it to me. “Expecting you? Not you, in particular. But I can tell you have traveled very far to see me.”
“I did sail halfway around Desia to bring back the goliaths,” I said, hoping to get some favor with the woman.
The goliath’s eye arched, “Oh, you were part of that? But you know what I meant, boy. You came a long way to get here.”
I shifted uncomfortably in my chair. I was torn between saying...
2025-01-14 23:38:33 +0000 UTC
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Sorry, my dog needs to go to the ER vet. I apologize.
2025-01-14 02:04:00 +0000 UTC
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Taking a brief pause from the Town Builder chapter to post this. There will be a Raelia POV chapter for Soldier book 6 so no need to include her in the choices. For those of you new to Seraphim, you get to vote on a 2-3 POV chapter per book, and yes, who wins does affect the story. May be some spoilers below if you are not caught up in the reading. I try to give some interesting options.
Only Seraphim subscribers get to vote since you understand the plot to date.
2025-01-13 02:02:02 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 43: Waiting Game
The first evening on the farm, we were all tense. The heat and humidity seemed to be continuously rising, like we were in an oven. Every now and then, a distant rumble of thunder could be heard if you were outside. Powerful magic was being unleashed a few miles away. It seemed to be coming from the city, but it could also have been in the skies above.
The twins made dinner while our mothers comforted Freya and Gwen. Gareth, Aelyn, and I were on the lo...
2025-01-13 00:45:16 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 42: Applying What You Learned
The center of town started moving again as people realized what was happening. Being on the perimeter of the second-most populous Titan island meant we had trained for this. All able-bodied men were to head to the city to help with the defense. Everyone else was to gather as many supplies as they could carry and follow them to the city as well. In the event the city was unreachable, the townsfolk were to band together and defen...
2025-01-12 22:23:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 41: End of the Year Festival
Before breakfast, we were all getting dressed in the clothes Cilia had gifted us. Except for Gareth, who was trying to squeeze into the outfit he had gotten during his trip to the capital. He had already outgrown the expensive outfit. He was not happy, but all of us were laughing quietly at his vulgarities and how tight the clothes were on his frame. Eventually, Gareth gave up and tossed the clothes down from the loft. “Stormy, I h...
2025-01-12 04:25:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 327: Once A Hound, Always A Hound
I finished my bath and waited for my clean clothes before joining the impatient Konstantin. I left Raelia with Baldo as she wanted to spend the week training Baldo, who hadn’t aged in the last month in my dimensional space. I wore magebane as I walked with Konstantin through the glowstone-lit streets.
“Is this legal?” I asked. “Will it draw unwanted attention to Gilda?”
“Gilda can take care of herself. There is a bounty o...
2025-01-12 02:40:51 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 326:
For three weeks, we hunted along the slopes. We focused on about thirty square miles along the north slope. The site was a few days’ hard walk from Eternis through the jungle. Navek was right in that the manticores could not resist metal. The long sword we used as bait got a fair amount of use until one manticore landed and snapped it in two with his jaws before I could attack. The loss of the sword was a signal that it was time to return to the city.
W...
2025-01-11 00:36:21 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 325: A Manticore Hunting We Will Go
We waited three more days for the reunions to unfold as family members traveled to Eternis from across Stone Mountain Island. The Eternis Council released Maveith only when all the Returned were reunited with their immediate family, relatives, or relations. Maveith was used as a symbol of hope, courage and strength, and he despised it, still feeling guilty for running away.
Raelia made me attend the feasts and celebrations with ...
2025-01-09 22:54:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 40: Gift Exchange
Callem confirmed that we could head to Hen’s Hollow for the festival the next morning. We would get to spend it with our families, which renewed everyone’s excitement after last night’s somber story. The end-of-year/start-of-new-year festival was a huge event. Leda decided to go home to spend it with her family in the capital, and Cilia was going with her. They planned to use the transports in Hen’s Hollow, as Sebastian was not coming t...
2025-01-09 03:12:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 39: The Dimensional Closet
The spatial spell was finally complete and imprinted. For the level one evolution, I allowed the entrance to be altered to any size. The space itself was a cube, 10 feet to the side. The maximum size of the doorway was one side of the cube, but with evolution, I could reduce that size. The side and orientation of the doorway were fixed on the initial casting of the spell to the caster.
When accessing the space, when I focused inw...
2025-01-09 01:13:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 324: I Am Your Father
We dressed in our best available clothes. I had my clothes from Telha and the Manticore cloak, while Raelia had a shirt she had purchased during the shopping spree and comfortable blue linen pants. She added something like subtle rouge gloss to her lips, the only makeup she wore. She had pulled her silky dark hair back and braided it. She wore a gold necklace with a thumbnail-sized emerald, complementing her eyes. Her ears were showing prominently,...
2025-01-08 02:32:52 +0000 UTC
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Book 3 is released. I am pausing from writing chapter 324 to send out codes to those who requested free copies from Seraphim subscribers. I will be going in order from first to last. Please remember to leave a review of the audiobook if you receive a free copy. -AlwaysRollsAOne
2025-01-07 01:59:11 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 86: Civil Guild War
I was gone for fourteen game days, and the was Duchy being assaulted. “What is happening? Where is Mad Dog?” I said, worried but not angry.
“Five guilds are fighting over the rights to Phoenix’s Rest Dungeon. Mad Dog moved most of Malcum’s forces to defend it,” Grinder said seriously. Why wasn’t Grinder out at the town defending it?
I looked around, and the Malcum NPCs and players looked to be doing their business as usual. I immedia...
2025-01-06 06:44:38 +0000 UTC
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CHAPTER 38 Hard Lessons
I was largely disappointed the next day when Callem didn’t mention the mithril at breakfast. After stretching, I went down to the larder and found the mithril gone, so he must know. I prepped some pizza crusts and sauce for dinner. Callem liked a buffalo chicken pizza, and everyone else liked the more mundane toppings with tomato sauce. The morning practice was to be wrestling, and I couldn’t read Callem’s face. Did he not realize I had mad...
2025-01-06 00:39:50 +0000 UTC
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