Luca DR

The infinity dungeon 233

Chapter 233

Michael’s hand sank into the dilapidated concrete of the warehouse, effortlessly pushing past the flaking paint and moss. It only stopped when it was halfway buried in the building itself, fingers touching rebar and cold cement, at which point mana flared and a million little spirals came into existence. They were the spirals etched in the boundary of the inner space, and while they lacked the tremendous voracity of the big one inside the black hole, they were like a score...

The infinity dungeon 232

Chapter 232

After they retreated for the night, Michael went straight to see his sister. They hugged, and she cried. Maggie had been worried sick about her brother’s condition but she, like many others, had been prevented from seeing him while he was cooped up in the underground lab searching for a way to regain his powers.

After she was done crying, she punched him a few times, calling him mean and all sorts of names for making her worry so much. Then she hugged him again, and ...

The infinity dungeon 231

Chapter 231

The conversation lasted long into the night. When it finally ended, Michael realized that they were mostly in the dark, save for the light of the moon above them. 

“Rare few moments of peace, these last few days.” David said, looking at the sky. “The storm will be back soon, stronger than before. It’s pulled this trick twice already.”

“I can feel the turbulent magic coming from the dungeon,” Michael said. “I think you triggered some sort of s...

The infinity dungeon 230

Chapter 230

The cold spread through Travis, then liquid fire replaced it, setting all his body ablaze before retreating, until all that remained was a sensation of emptiness.

The man gasped. “What…” he rasped out.

While he was still recovering from the sudden assault, Michael moved to David with the same impossible speed as before. His stash of coins was all gone, used up against the Renegade, and his batteries were close to empty. It was now or never.

He plunged...

The infinity dungeon 229

Chapter 229

The expansion was like an earthquake, a shockwave of power radiating from the center of the inner space. It pushed against the boundary, stretching it, tearing it apart. Beyond the boundary was… nothing.

Michael could see the nothingness through the tears. It had the same effect on his mind as the empty space he saw from the Seedship when the old elf had turned its wall transparent. Same in flavor, except a million times stronger in intensity. If that had been fear, ...

The infinity dungeon 228

Chapter 228

The hologram of the new blueprint glowed with a sickly radioactive green sheen against the dark backdrop of empty space. It was the same pale green as all the other holograms, a color that reminded Michael of a nuclear survival game.

And the lost nuclear manifestation from Sitea… 

Unlike most other things in the Inner Space, save for the control room, the hologram was not one of his creations. It had not come from trial and error. It had been dung...

The infinity dungeon 227

Chapter 227

Michael looked at the bright colors of the accretion disk, legs dangling into the void below as he sat on the roof of the control room. Being in orbit around the strange black hole meant that there was no gravitational pull pulling him down, the net sum of the forces acting on him resulting in zero. 

The inner space was becoming eerily similar to the real world, he thought. 

At the same time, it was fundamentally different. For instance, Michael could s...

The infinity dungeon 226

Chapter 226

When Michael reached the Fae encampment in the middle of the forest, he found Drullkrin waiting for him. The goblin general waved in salute from halfway up the canopy, vaulting off from his hidden perch and landing on the soft grass with barely a disturbance to the surrounding foliage.

“My lord,” he said. “You return.”

Michael nodded at his second in command in the Valley. “Indeed I do.”

“Have you found what you were seeking?”

“That,...

The infinity dungeon 225

Chapter 225

Michael turned back to the many screens littering the wall. Through the gaps between them, he could see the bright colors of the spiral’s accretion disk behind them, with its hypnotic slow movements. The spiral was, as usual, hidden by the event horizon of the black hole that surrounded it. Despite that, it was very much present, and even just looking at it was enough to feel a strange alien tingle, like the touch of foreign power. Dormant, for now, but ready to awaken at ...

The infinity dungeon 224 + announcement

Hi everyone. It's official - I quit my job (a month earlier than planned). It's back to writing full time for me, hopefully making a living out of this. I'm super excited, and I can't wait to finally be able to express myself through my craft. Expect a lot more chapters, and soon!

Chapter 224

The first breath of fresh air was accompanied by the sensation of a great weight being lifted from Michael’s shoulders. The dungeon’s Gaze was much weaker four floors above Master Yu’s ...

The infinity dungeon 223

Chapter 223

"This is crazy," Icarus said.

"It gets crazier," Michael replied smugly.

Mana flowed out of him, snaking toward the main base where he had built all his collectors and machines. It reached them, splitting into streams that surrounded two collectors and two batteries, allowing Michael to pull them to him.

“Are you going to do what I think you’re going to do?” Icarus asked.

Michael only smiled. Hovering in the air, he settled in front of the golde...

The infinity dungeon 222

I apologize for the delay, but I decided to scrap this chapter and rewrite it at least twice before I was satisfied with it!

Chapter 222

The disappearance of the master immediately brought changes to the environment. Michael was hit by the full force of the blizzard, but it was something else that truly destabilized him. With the blizzard also came the dungeon Gaze, and Michael realized that even though the old master had claimed that he could not help him, he had ...

The infinity dungeon 221

Chapter 221

There were two plush cushions on opposite sides of a wooden Go board. Two pouches lay on the ground next to where Master Yu took his seat.

Seeing that Michael was still regarding the scene, the master smiled and motioned for him to sit. Michael did so, shooting one last look at the mountains and glaciers all around before sitting down. A blizzard blew a few feet away from him, snow and hail pelting the mountain peak, but a wall of wind and debris did not reach close to...

The infinity dungeon 220

Chapter 220

The moment Michael’s foot landed on the last of the stone steps, the landscape changed. A shimmering portal appeared in front of him, making him stumble and almost fall. He steadied himself quickly, feeling the magic behind him fade and vanish. The portal was gone.

He looked around, breathing deep but feeling stifled. The air was frigid, rarefied, and carried little oxygen. Michael burned mana to supply his lungs with fresh, oxygenated air. The shadows of darkness th...

The infinity dungeon 219

Quick update. I finally got the second book back from the editor. It's time to put in the work! Unfortunately, I still have my full time job sapping me of time and energy. It's going to be hard, but I'll try my best. For a little while, I'm going to wind down the release to 1 chapter per week. Then, as soon as I'm done with the edits, we will be back to our usual 3 a week pace!

Chapter 219

Michael cursed, slamming a mana-reinforced fist against the stone of the spire. The...

The infinity dungeon 218

Chapter 218

A stream of thick frosty energy shot from the cube in response to Michael’s pulling. It was thick, powerful and fast. So fast that Michael almost did not manage to dodge it in time. It grazed him, freezing him to the bone, and as he was forced to expend even more mana to combat the elemental energy, he watched the stream of frosty particles travel the length of the inner space. It curved slightly, affected by the gravity of the spiral glyph, and plunged into the black hole...

BOOK 1 IS OUT ON AMAZON!

BOOK 1 IS OUT!!

Hi everyone! It's finally time!

I began writing this novel what feel like ages ago. So many things happened.

Life happened.

I got a job.

My free time plummeted.

I contancted mango media.

They said yes.

We started working on ...

The infinity dungeon 217

Chapter 217

“What seems to be the holdup?” Michael asked. Icarus had been investigating the problem, as had Michael, but the conclusion Michael had reached wasn’t to his liking. He hoped the AI could offer an alternate explanation to why he wasn’t able to build the 101st battery.

“I think you maxed out your mana capacity for your Tier,” Icarus said. “Remember when you reached 100 Copper and couldn’t go any further until you upgraded your aura?”

Michael inha...

The infinity dungeon 216

Chapter 216

The ground rumbled with activity. On a plateau a third of the way up a barren mountain, dozens of ponderous stone golems hammered away with their bare fists against the rock, digging into the side of the mountain with surprising speed. Below, in the stony plains at the foot of the mountain, more golems were digging giant holes, following veins of metal and pure stone.

Mounds of materials dotted the land beside the spiked trees of the stone golems’ domain. Ore of many...

The infinity dungeon 215

Chapter 215

“My lord, it fills me with joy to see you alive and well.” Drullkrin, the goblin commander, walked beside Michael after they were done eating and feasting. Behind them, the Fae were still laughing and drinking, but festivities were winding down.

The goblin’s eyes twinkled as he spoke with grave seriousness. “For a moment, I had thought the worst had happened to you, my lord. Your lackeys, they came and claimed that you were fine, yet more than a month passed wi...

The infinity dungeon 214

Chapter 214

Michael slept in. It felt good to rest, and with only precious little magic to fuel his body, he needed sleep. Waking up with a full mana pool, he stretched and looked out the window of his treehouse.

Things were strange in the Valley, and it felt stranger still to be back after all that happened to him. To all intents and purposes, he was no longer the same person he was the last time he had been here. He had slept countless nights in the very same bed he had just occ...

The infinity dungeon 213

Chapter 213

There was a moment of pause as the people present seemed to struggle to digest what Michael had just said.

“What are you talking about?” snarled the Renegade. His magic churned, ready to obliterate Michael at a moment’s notice.

Infy too was perplexed.

“You should know, I’m not the only one who uses magic around here.” As Michael spoke, he pointed at himself. “You see, it’s rather crowded in my head.”

Inwardly, however, he was sweatin...

The infinity dungeon 212

Chapter 212

The Renegade turned towards the strange vat filled with green liquid. Infy, the dungeon spirit, was floating inside it. She was hooked to all sorts of tubes and strange machines, and the spiral pattern glowing at the base of the glass cylinder illuminated her from below.

The Renegade cocked a fist, not even bothering to coat his hand with magic, and punched the thick glass. The impact rocked the forest with a boom strong enough to kick up dust and disturb the leaves of...