Author Artemis

Sarah's Story Chapter 017 - The Big Book

“Oh, yeah, the Big Book of Rare and Unusual Classes. We’re supposed to study it, but, uh… I don’t really like studying?” Tiffany poked her tongue out and smiled cutely, deflecting from her negligence. “But don’t worry, looking it up will just take a minute. Oh, and did you want to register with the Guild as an Adventurer, or just put in a request for training? You get a discount if you register…” Tiffany trailed off, hopefully.

“Well, I intended to…” Sarah said, ...

Sarah's Story Chapter 016 - Entering the Adventurer's Guild

After crossing the threshold she paused, letting her eyes adjust to the dim light and take in the room.

To the left was a bar!

To her left there was a few high top tables, empty this early in the morning, and a few long tables with benches, with several small groups of men and women huddled together in discussions. They had all paused and were looking at her warily, some with curiosity in their eyes, and some with… ill-intent, it seemed.

The bar itself was small a...

Chapter 093 - Fire Armor

By this point, many days later, James was over his frustration. In fact, by this point, he was grateful he had discovered the problem before

By this point, many days later, James was over his frustration. In fact, by this point, he was grateful he had discovered the problem before he had tried to move his base camp down to the next floor, and before he encountered any monsters. Because the truth was, he believed, as long as he had time to prepare, he could handle almost any cha...

Chapter 092 - [Persistence]

The anger eventually gave way to exhaustion. James hadn’t noticed the intense heat of the fourth floor, partly because of his own [Heat Resi

The anger eventually gave way to exhaustion. James hadn’t noticed the intense heat of the fourth floor, partly because of his own [Heat Resistance] skill, and partly because of his cooling system. But he should have known, should have realized it was hotter than any forge he had been in thus far, and he could have just...

Chapter 091 - Getting Hot

The Smith shook his head, rattling his helmet’s visor. Self-reflection was one thing, self-loathing was another. All he could do was the bes

The Smith shook his head, rattling his helmet’s visor. Self-reflection was one thing, self-loathing was another. All he could do was the bes

The Smith shook his head, rattling his helmet’s visor. Self-reflection was one thing, self-loathing was another. All he could do was the best he could do. And in this fight, he felt he had done abo...

Chapter 090 - Third Floor Boss Room

The door, heavy though it was, swung open as always without resistance. The Smith, vision unrestricted as his visor was raised, cautiously p

The door, heavy though it was, swung open as always without resistance. The Smith, vision unrestricted as his visor was raised, cautiously peeked into the boss room.

It was the same windswept plain as before, and from his heightened vantage point he could see that the ground extended some fifty yards to the left and right before ending in a c...

Chapter 089 - The Middle Path

The nearest boulder was just ahead, ten yards away. Stubby little legs poked out, just barely reaching the ground, and one of those legs tur

The nearest boulder was just ahead, ten yards away. Stubby little legs poked out, just barely reaching the ground, and one of those legs turned out to be a head. It ponderously turned towards James, and started scooting itself, rotating to face him. The boulder itself was a head shorter than James was, and the small head that had popped out near th...

Chapter 088 - Through the Storm

The flying fish monsters, thankfully, were not that big of a threat to James wearing his armor. They were more shocking than anything, but o

The flying fish monsters, thankfully, were not that big of a threat to James wearing his armor. They were more shocking than anything, but once they tackled him they fell to the ground and he was able to finish them off with a well-timed [Hammer Strike] to the head. The most annoying thing about dealing with them was cutting out ma...

Chapter 087 - [Stubbornness]

The Smith could hear the fierce howling of the wind echoing around in his helmet, but the wind itself felt like nothing more than a gentle b

The Smith could hear the fierce howling of the wind echoing around in his helmet, but the wind itself felt like nothing more than a gentle breeze as he walked.

And walking itself was a joy. He had settled on a design for his armor set that he was happy with, and Green Iron being lighter than any other magical iron, the total weight he was car...

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Chapter 086 - Wind Armor

After a full circuit of the stone outcropping, James confirmed there were no trickles of Pure Water like he was used to. He also tried digging a well, and although the soil beneath the grass and trees was moist, he hit bedrock four feet down and couldn’t get through.

The Smith was now faced with a choice. The problem was that his armor was damaged and not well-suited to this floor, and he needed a safe place to forge and enchant. But he also needed a fair bit of materials. The last re...

Chapter 085 - Ambush

The branch, thick as James’ arm, struck his thigh with a ringing crash. James was slow to react, but he did manage to bring out his shield a

The branch, thick as James’ arm, struck his thigh with a ringing crash. James was slow to react, but he did manage to bring out his shield and swing it around to block the following strikes.

From afar the bushes had looked short, but in fact they were almost as tall as James was. Unlike the tree-monsters of the first floor, they didn’t ...

Chapter 084 - Windy Plains

The wind grew stronger and fiercer the further down the stairs James proceeded, until at the bottom it was a worse wind storm than James had

The wind grew stronger and fiercer the further down the stairs James proceeded, until at the bottom it was a worse wind storm than James had ever experienced in his life.

If it weren’t for his heavy armor weighing him down, he felt as though it would have blown him right over.

He walked a few more yards through the tunnel until he rea...

Chapter 083 - Crab Battle

The crab boss squeezed the Smith’s legs. There was a grinding noise and James could feel his cuisses start to warp, pressing down on his leg

The crab boss squeezed the Smith’s legs. There was a grinding noise and James could feel his cuisses start to warp, pressing down on his legs as he was lifted into the air.

His shield, knocked out of his hand, clattered to the pebbly ground below.

His left hand met his right and wrapped around the handle of his Earth War Hammer, and...

Chapter 082 - Bad Idea

James awoke refreshed. His mana had fully recovered, as had his physical and mental fatigue. And then he had a bad idea, and started executi

James awoke refreshed. His mana had fully recovered, as had his physical and mental fatigue.

And then he had a bad idea, and started executing it.

After a light breakfast of smoked crab monster meat and bread, he took a pick-axe from his magic bag and set to work mining out several hundred pounds of stone from the nearby wall. He positi...

Sarah's Story Chapter 015 - Aunt Nadine

“Which one?” Nadine replied with a sarcastic tone. Helen frowned and opened her mouth to retort, but Nadine quickly raised her hands to cut her off. “Sorry, sorry. The last one I got was about your daughter’s choosing day coming up, and that you’d be free to start looking for James yourself. But I didn’t think you’d be here, what, a week after the day?”

Nadine turned to Sarah. “Did your choosing day come early or something? Most people need months of training after get...

Chapter 081 - Hot Springs

The Smith wasted no time returning to camp, with no incidents to speak of along the way. The chain worked perfectly, allowing James to easily navigate the snowy passage, and now unburdened by the cold and low visibility, the specters and snow golems couldn’t slow him down.

James spent his dinner thinking of what he would need in the new area of this floor, and decided to make some cooling strips with his abundance of Ice Magic Crystals. These he completed in the span of only a couple ...

Chapter 080 - Through

James donned his armor, one heavy piece at a time. He fastened the latches, secured the magic bag, and took his shield and Red Iron War Hammer in hand.

The trip to the snowy passage entrance was eerily quiet, which was a blessing for James as the armor he was wearing was heavy. Thankfully, not so heavy that he couldn’t move, but he definitely felt slower and less agile than in his Green Iron armor, and by the time he reached his laid out chain, he had to take a break. If noth...

Chapter 079 - Water Armor

At first there was a slip, as if James’ chisel had gone awry during etching, and it threw him off balance. He redoubled his efforts, pushing with all his mental might on the enchantment.

It felt significantly harder than it should have.

As far as James knew, at this stage in the enchantment process, there was nothing left but to force his mana onto the object until the enchantment set. Normally, this just involves applying the enchantment pattern – made up of magic crystal dus...

Sarah's Story Chapter 014 - First Brawl

There was a flurry of motion in the corner of Sarah’s eye, but she had no time to register it. She was already flinging two empty tankards from their table, one at the swordsman’s face and the other at his hand drawing his sword.

Brawler Class Skill [Throwing] has been acquired.

Sadly, the tankard thrown at his hand missed. He must have had a skill for drawing his sword, and with a massive lunge, he drew into range and slashed at Sarah. Or, he would have, had ...

Chapter 078 - Blue Iron

There was no indication from the start that anything was different. Applying the ice magic crystal dust went as before, filling in the grooves and gouges in the bracer’s pattern, and even applying the Aqua Magia went just as before.

But there was no reaction.

Not even a sense of wrongness with the enchantment, just it was as though nothing was there at all. James felt he might as well be trying to enchant some random pebble, not a prepared bracer. He continued for some minutes b...

Sarah's Story Chapter 013 - Bar

The inn had been a really nice place in a quiet neighborhood.

The bar was a dingy, dimly lit, buzzing hive of degeneracy and odd, strong smells in a neighborhood Sarah couldn’t believe existed in real life.

It spoke to her soul, nay, sang.

She followed her mother inside, immediately noticing the floor, sticky in some places, slippery in others, made of hardwood with odd bumps and dips in places. Several men of all different builds were sprawled, passed out, some o...

Chapter 077 - Experimentation

First, the Enchanter recalled the two Basic Elemental Enchantments that he had memorized that were related to water, so many months ago: [Frostbite] and [Water Resistance]. [Water Resistance] had already proven useful, and currently his entire Green Iron armor set was enchanted with it. So now James turned to the other Basic Elemental Enchantment: [Frostbite]. Unconsciously, James shuddered as he recalled both the long, narro...

Chapter 076 - Small Success

The next day James returned to the snowy passage, now armed with an enchanted Red Iron Warhammer. Unlike the heating strips, which started to damage themselves if he ran them too hot, the hammer seemed to be limited more by the enchantment itself than the underlying material. At a certain point, he couldn’t push any more mana into the enchantment to increase the heat of the hammer higher than it was, not that he could measure this with any great accuracy.

He once again tied the chain ...

Sarah's Story Chapter 012 - Fashion

As a young child, Sarah had always been of the opinion that she had the best mom in the world.

As she grew older, she became even more confident that she had the best mother in the world, in no small part because of how strong a Brawler she was.

Now Sarah was growing concerned that, in fact, her mother was somewhat beyond categorization as the best mother in the world, and was something else, because of her Homemaker class.

“Home is where the heart is,” her moth...

Chapter 075 - Specter

Even as the wind whipped around the Smith furiously, the creature approached at a serene pace, completely unbothered by the wind. It was roughly two feet tall and slightly less than that wide, floating at about eye-level, but James could barely make it out against the white-out backdrop. He took a swing with his Green Iron Warhammer, but misjudged the distance in the snowstorm, as he felt no collision from his swing.

Or did he? Because his hammer now felt heavier, and when he glanced at...

Sarah's Story Chapter 011 - The First Brawler

Sarah’s mother smiled softly. “Welcome back, my precious daughter.”

Sarah sat up and smiled back. “Thanks Mom.”

“Well?”

“I… didn’t choose a second class.”

Helen’s eyebrows rose incredulously. “Really? At all?”

“Yeah, I just didn’t choose one. None of them would have helped.”

[Brawler] Class chosen. 1/2 Classes chosen. Please select a Class.

The thought remained in the back of Sarah’s mind but she st...

Chapter 074 - Return to the Snowy Passage

The bird monster nesting cliff was eerily silent, even a month and a week later.

James paused, leaning around the corner to scope out the area. He slowly leaned back, and looked around.

Where had all the monsters gone?

He hadn’t noticed any lack of crab monsters, and he looked out towards the lake in the distance. There were still specks flying around above it, like normal, probably bird monsters…

But were there less of them than there had been?

Unease and re...

Chapter 073 - Training

After an hour of trying to manually control the brightness of three different glow strips, two with his skills and one with just his mana, James had a splitting headache and had to stop.

Thankfully, he had plenty of mana. Using these small items was far, far less draining than some of the more intensive enchantments he had attempted in the past.

But his current strategy wasn’t showing any signs of progress.

Now an hour isn’t a long time to try something and is quite a sh...

Sarah's Story Chapter 010 - Avenger

Sarah opened her eyes to find herself standing, surrounded by versions of herself wearing different clothes. Front and center, just a yard away, was Avenger.

All the other classes frowned, looking concerned.

But Sarah, dressed in her comfortable loose Brawler clothes, lifted the tankard of ale in her hand and gestured with it at the Avenger leering at her, a light jab just so, and not a drop of ale spilled. “Back up you, I’m not choosing Avenger and I don’t want to hear a wo...