Valknar

Chapter 120

I had been thinking about floor designs and the overall layout of the Dungeon.

I was watching the essence flow through the Dungeon. The stairwell was becoming a vortex of both air and essence. The essence was spinning down the stairwell, helping to hide my location. Anyone looking for me below a certain ability level would not see me because of this.

I had been watching this flow over the years. As I have levelled and my ability to process essence has increased, so has the intensi...

NM- Chapter 34

I returned to the church after helping Roberson back to his lair. The Challenger's sword had done a real number on his legs. Rigger returned to his lair, unhappy at missing out on the chance for violence and blood. The spirit retreated from the light of the sun.

I knew what I would find but not what it would say.

Wong Da. July 7th, 1887, A.D. He came to honour his family and find the strength to move forward on his path.

“Wong Da. Another successf...

Chapter 119

“Well, that went better than I thought.”

 After the battering they had received on my newest floor, the minotaur team was pulling themselves from my dungeon. Some things had gone according to plan, while others had proven to be less effective than I hoped. It was time to review.

Let's start with the rats.

Name Greater Black Rat

Level/Class 1 -  Dungeon Minion

Race Rat

Essence 0%

Health 50/50

Mana 20/20

Stamina 50/50 2025-03-15 14:37:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 118

As expected, the boars came right at them as soon as they were seen. Both triggered their charge ability and glowed slightly as they came hurtling towards Brutun and Strix. Both warriors countered with their own skills to reinforce their defences as they knew they had to meet this attack head-on, or the boars would charge right past into their support.

Minvar Winced when she heard the impacts. Both warriors stood tall and held their ground, but their Shields were taking a battering; she...

NM - Chapter 33

As McGregor approached, the Challenger swung around to meet him. He was holding his sword in a pose that showed he knew how to use it. He had his sword arm pulled back and the other arm straight out in front of him parallel to the blade. His footing had also changed, and I felt he was ready to spring forward at any moment.

McGregor was able to halt his forward momentum. If he had not, he would have been impaled upon the sword. He backed up slightly to give himself more room to play with...

Chapter 117

“I hate levelling.”

No, that wasn't right. I hated the feeling of levelling. Another young group of cocky, adventurous charged down to the eighth floor to claim the moonlight rose as their prize and promptly got annihilated by Krag. This took me over the essence threshold to my next floor and level.

I looked around my core room to find Larry and Puck standing guard while I went through the levelling process. The doors to Krag’s hall were also open, but he was still sitting o...

Chapter 116

Overall, the Dungeon became quiet during the following winter. I continued my experimentation and tested strange ideas. There were many failures with explosive results, but a few successes were welcome and sometimes surprising.

The goats attacked the dungeon with the last corrupted monsters I saw that year. I found that my design for mountain goats was surprisingly flexible and adaptable. I introduced it to several experiments, and the results were quite interesting. The corruption that...

NM - Chapter 32

July was summertime, and the land around was alive and active. Wildlife was plentiful, and the plants were thriving.

The land was green, and flowers were everywhere. My flower beds were blooming, and I was happy with what I had created around the church. Each flower bed was a riot of colour, and the bees happily buzzed around. A few rainy days had helped with the growth around and within the Dungeon.

Rigger had been very active during the shorter nights. The sunlight was strong th...

Chaptter 115

Ranus Goldwind came through for me the next night in a big way. I spotted him entering the dungeon’s surface building carrying a cage at arm's length. I got in close, looking at the creature within the cage; I became very excited. It was a black scorpion. This had been one of the primary reasons I had made the deal with him and pressed for him to find one. All my plans beyond the ninth revolved around this small and quite deadly animal.

He placed the cage on the big desk in the entran...

Chapter 114

The woman who had just come down my dungeon stairwell, slain Krag, and revealed my core terrified me. I had observed her with my Mana Sight, Identifying her gear as enchanted but not overly so. Watching a fight, however, deeply unsettled me. She danced around Krag with a speed that was unnatural for a human. I still believe that she was human, just so far along her Path that her ability outstripped him by an order of magnitude.

I spent several hours afterwards doing the core equivalent ...

NM- Chapter 31

January 1886 was a quiet time.

New Midian was cut off due to the heavy snow; even the Driver family hunkered down to wait it out this year. The start of the year was a series of days and nights with no cloud cover, but it was bitterly cold. Ice and snow were inside the church, and I spent most of the short days cleaning it out.

I was cut off from the world until late January when the snow blocked all transport routes into Crossway. Eventually, it melted enough for people to start ...

Chapter 113

Elian and Albrot were sitting in her office, looking over reports from the local area, when the door suddenly opened. A woman with far western features and violet eyes walked into the room without a single shred of fear or concern. Behind her came a flustered receptionist trying to stop her.

“Gods send me to the seven hells!” Albrot exclaimed as it seemed he knew the woman.

“Who in the hells…” Elian started, shocked at the brazen entry.

“Thank you. We will deal w...

Chapter 112

Ranus had a city map spread across the table in his main meeting room. Vulus had just left after spending several hours reviewing the new construction and the phase planned for the sewer system installation. As for fresh water for the city, several aqueducts were planned and started to be built to bring water from the mountains down into the valley.

Ranus was happy with the progress being made. The injection of financial help from the dungeon had proven to be timely. Around the city, wo...

New Midian - Chapter 30

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She asked h...

Chapter 111

Authors note - Chapters early as I am helping someone move tomorrow and do not know how long it will take.

My view of reality shifted and twisted as I emerged from my core. I had been using this ability extensively over the last few weeks but it never failed to disorient me when I emerged.

It took a few moments but I quickly focused again and looked around my core room. Everything looked to be in its proper place and I checked the rest of the dungeon. Nothing was amiss and ...

Chapter 110

The room was pale beige or creamy white in places. Large windows let a lot of light in, and the whole room felt calm and peaceful. For some reason, he could not explain; Comus hated it.

He was sitting up in the bed he had been in for the last two weeks, leaning against the bedrest, propped up with many pillows. He felt exhausted, and even turning his head to look around the room was a nearly epic task of physical exertion.

The healers had been fussing over him for the last day as ...

Chapter 109

Ranus made it to the docks with time to spare. He was known to many and his appearance on the docks always heralded something interesting or unusual happenings. A small group of lollygaggers were doing their best to appear to be doing other things but watching him. Danrum had been sent for along with an additional request for four more Watchmen. Ranus did not want trouble but was ready for it if it came.

His watch commander arrived with the additional men just as the ship was secured to...

Chapter 108

I had mapped the routes through which corruption flowed through me and I would deal with that soon, but I had my notifications to deal with.

“Right, let's get this done.”

Opening the notifications triggered an avalanche of messages and levelling of skills alerts. It was too much and I dismissed them and brought up my character sheet, focusing on two sections.

Name Bhaldor

Essence 21%

Race Dungeon Core

CP 82(925) 8.4 phr

Level 7

Corrup...

Chapter 107

As the adventurers finished for the day, I was thinking over several possible rat designs. The miners were long gone, and I might do a few…

Raid Alert!

Your Dungeon is being raided!

A Void Corrupted creature is attacking your Dungeon. Kill it before it destroys you!

Rally your minions!

Defend your Core and Dungeon!

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Minion room/floor restrictions have been lifted until the raid has been completed or defeated!

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Chapter 106

“Yes, I am,” Ranus said to the Arbiter. Lying to the man was nearly impossible and would not gain him anything. He had a good relationship with the churches in most cases and did not want to ruin it.

He nodded, seeing it was the truth. “How are you doing this?”

“Through a special speaking crystal.”

“May I see it?”

“It is hidden away. Please wait here for me to revive it.” Nextom nodded to the request as Ranus stood and went to his chambers. He opene...

Chapter 105

Ranus was reading several documents supplied by Amya in his bedroom. He was sprawled out across his bed, surrounded by sheets of vellum. Several candles and the fireplace illuminated his room as it was nearly midnight. The shadows from the flames danced across the walls.

“It is worse than I thought.” He muttered to himself.

According to these figures, he would need to spend all his surplus money for the next ten years to afford the sewers and water systems required by the city...

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Chapter 104

The realm of the Divine was tense—the events since the Folly had shaken things up and his recent decisions had only added to this. The messengers flying between the domains seemed more than typical.

Oda looked out over the realm from his office window. From this position, he saw nearly all. Nearly. That was his problem.

He was frustrated but hid it.

Out there was a traitor to his realms and all that he sought to protect. He had not identified who, but he was still looking....

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Chapter 103

Ranus was sitting in his office reading a vellum sheet in his hand.

He was getting angrier as he read the word on the sheet. By the end, he crushed the vellum in his hand as his face was tight with rage, and his fist was gripping it so tight his fist went white.

He throws the vellum across the room.

“Damn them!” He snarls. Danrum entered the room when he did this.

“Problems, my Lord?” He asked with a raised eyebrow.

“My family is causing me issues.” H...

Chapter 102

“Why is that guy standing there?”

It had been good seeing Gran and his team again in action. Starting on the first floor was strange and I went closer to find out what was happening. This “Searider” character was a bit perplexing. He was an Assessor, as he was addressed as one. Had the Guild replaced Elian as the assessor for my Dungeon?

Gran and his team found the fifth floor difficult. Although they had cleared it several times, the Guardian still tested them. Things cha...

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