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Chapter 282 - Slumber Party

Hera and the girls kept talking through most of the night. While they discussed more details about Boothudurn, Silah also asked a bunch of different questions about things in the human world. During the time that Hera talked to her family, the dwarf kept watching videos to learn more about society and talking to the others. Still, instead of clarifying her doubts, all the technology and odd things only increased her curiosity. Bonnie was enjoying that, she loved to explain how things worked, ...

Chapter 281 - Meeting the folks

They considered sending Sevaris straight away to the Kobold Tunnel, but Bonnie suggested that he could drop by the store to bring back some things before doing that. After all, they had the gift cards, and going back with some food or other things that weren't available in Boothudurn would make the King very happy.

Despite having to do several things that took a lot of time today, it was still only 6 P.M. They had more than enough time to continue catching up during the evening, and Sil...

Chapter 280 - Catching Up

Bonnie couldn't tell if Hera and Blue vanished at a good moment or not. There were more changes during the last 8 months than in the last couple of years together. For starters, the New Dawn rolled out the infrastructure update on some rooms. They were focusing on the lower layers and the highest ones at the same time. Brinefront was among the first ones to receive the new equipment, and apparently, this was due to the size of the room. Since it was over 400 kilometers wide, it was a perfect ...

Chapter 279 - Honey, I'm home

After Alex's tackle, Kara, the guild clerk, scolded her for causing another commotion in front of the guild. Then, she led the group to a private room inside the building and asked them to wait there, along with Sevaris and Silah. Dealing with something like adding a new nation to the guild was way out of her league, and it would take some time to find someone to talk to them. In the meantime, Hera and Blue could catch up with Bonnie, Alex, and Helena.

They were all sitting in a meeting...

Chapter 278 - Violent Greeting

It was a lovely day to work. Ever since the guild stopped being cheap and constructed a few houses in the room, being a clerk became a dream job. Kara lived just a few minutes away from the guild and this room had such a calm environment. There were very few problems here and there even was a nice barbecue place just down the street. Most explorers that came here were just passing by since the doorway to the Verdant Islands was here. That place had a big city and many enticing rewards in thei...

Chapter 277 - Long track home

Everyone in the city of Boothudurn could tell that there was something big going on. The last time a King called everyone to the main square for an announcement was to declare that his son, Rutigan, would take his place. Not even the arrival of the humans or the death of the Sky Ruler was deserving of such a thing. There was a small stage set up right in front of one of the houses by the square. Typically, there is a large abstract sculpture in the middle of the plaza. That is changed at leas...

Chapter 276 - Source of Flame

Hera and Blue were running as fast as they could. The time to hold back and maintain some energy for emergencies had passed. If the column of fire rising from the lower city wasn't a signal that something was very wrong, they didn't know what would be. The flames coming out from the hole were so intense that they tinted the dark cloud covering the cavern's ceiling in an ominous orange. Looking up was much like looking at a volcano that was just becoming active again. Cracks of light peered th...

Chapter 275 - People don't make sense

Hera and Blue were having some trouble controlling the servers. They kept trying to run instead of walking along the streets as the humans wanted. It wasn't like they didn't have the urge to keep running away, but now, Hera already knew that it was better to pace herself during a dungeon. However, the dwarves didn't seem to care or to get tired. On the other hand, their running around ended having a beneficial side effect. Hera and Blue managed to find a few more dwarves to join the group dur...

Chapter 274 - Roaring Flames

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Now I see fire
Inside the mountain

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The first thing that Hera and Blue did was to try to get some information from someone, anyone. As the people were running around, they tried to stop them to ask some quick questions, but this close to the palace, no one seemed to be willing to stop. Here, there were only guards that were rushing to help the royal family or nobles who only cared about themselves.

Oddly enou...

Chapter 273 - Dungeon Surprise

Hera and the others had already left the dungeon. Despite their small nap in the evening, they were exhausted since it was already past 10 A.M. Before splitting off, Fethy gave the potion of hydration she got as a reward to Blue, and Silah gave hers to Hera. They had no idea if it would be helpful for the dungeon or not, Nevertheless, it was better to be safe than sorry.

Silah went back to her home to let Hera and Blue rest properly. The dungeon apparently was about a revolution, but th...

Chapter 272 - Over the edge

The discovery of the hard mode thrilled Hera and Blue. This was the last step, the last thing they had to do before unlocking the room and finally going back home. To help them find what unlocked it, Sevaris explained what his team did inside the dungeon. Every group that went inside the Weeding Disaster had to give a complete report about all that happened inside. That way, when the hard mode was triggered, they could cross-reference the reports to understand what was different among the run...

Chapter 271 - Professional Work

When Hera touched the dungeon entrance, they noticed that the part of the notification talking about the number of attempts remaining had vanished. This could mean that the reset had just happened, or that it was a daily thing. There could even be an issue related to the dungeon being cleared for the first time. As far as Hera knew, dungeons in the same room would share their reset schedule when they took the same amount of time to reset. Today was still Thursday, which meant that the reset i...

Chapter 270 - Human advice

Hera and Blue were walking through the tunnel that led them to the dungeon. It was funny to think how worried they were before finding out what was on the other side of the passage. They were ready to fight for their lives and instead just had a day to plan an event. Silah's muffled voice could be heard from beyond the doors as they got close to the exit.

"They are much more… outgoing. Romance is not simply something they crave, but they put it on display. Hera showed me some books on...

Chapter 269 - Tarot

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Disclaimer: The cards are a work of fiction. Any similarity with an existing type of divination or creed is purely coincidental

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The ceremony wasn't that long. It only took half an hour before the bride and groom exchanged their vows, and people started moving to the dining room. The princess and the groom were talking with Vetek, who pointed at the humans. In response to that, the groom waved them over.

Hera and Blue were...

Chapter 268 - Ring the wedding bells

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Here comes the bride, here comes the bride.... does anyone knows how the rest of the song goes?

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Vetek Rimmok woke up from his nap. With his long years as one of the masters of house Rimmok, he had developed an acute sense of time and knew that sundown wouldn't happen for a while. It was a good thing since now he would have time to check the work made by the commoners properly. He was in front of the wardrobe that he b...

Chapter 267 - Decorations

The path to the palace was straightforward. All that Hera had to do was follow the road up and pass through a couple of checkpoints. The closer she got to the castle walls, the more heavily armored dwarves appeared. In a way, it looked like they were preparing for war. After using her [Observe] on the people standing around, she only got more confused.

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Kul Dorul Royal Guard
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That's all that the skill gave to her, no level, no name, n...

Chapter 266 - What about the flowers?

After their less than optimal attempt at removing the roots and vines from the side of the building, Hera and Blue went back inside to see the problem from a different angle. They stood in front of a large cluster of vines atop the right staircase. The vegetation here was much denser than the one they saw outside. When they came back to the ballroom, Hera noticed that the growth inside went much farther away than what was around the building. This probably meant that more flowers were affecte...

Chapter 265 - Living Fence

Hera and Blue felt helpless while watching the lines of people move around inside the kitchen. The cooks all worked on their unique dishes, calling out for plates and changes of stations. It was the same with the servers, they took box after box from a room in the back without stopping for a single moment. The entire kitchen was made of different stones, and it all had a blocky feeling about it. Looking around, Hera couldn't find a single round shape in the design of the ovens, the furniture,...

Chapter 264 - Are we interns?

Hera and Blue were finally ready to go inside the new dungeon. After killing the Sky Ruler, their equipment was still banged up, and it took some time to get it fixed. Kahala made both their armors, and the armorsmith refused to do anything in a hurry. It was a good thing, since it allowed Blue to get used to the complete legacy and for the guard to check if anyone else could join the dungeon run.

The message that showed up in the dungeon entrance said that some people wouldn't be able ...

Chapter 263 - First Key

Hera, Blue, and Silah took some time before heading back to the tunnel. The fight was exhausting, and it was a lovely day despite the cold. With the sun shining above their heads, there wasn't a single cloud in the sky. To top it all off, the view from the plateau was amazing now that the looming threat of death was over. They could see a large snow-covered mountain range that spread throughout the horizon. It was the first time that Silah saw this view. She spent her entire life inside the m...

Chapter 262 - How the mighty fall

While Blue was busy trying to break the barrier, Hera was left alone to distract the Sky Ruler. At first, things weren't that bad. She hit the creature using rocks from a spell to cause a distraction and dashed towards it while swapping her chakram to her new handaxe. She got close enough to slash the creature's legs a couple of times. Unfortunately, Hera was overconfident. Killing the smaller griffons was too easy, and the Sky Ruler wasn't doing anything significant. This made her reckless, ...

Chapter 261 - Third Legacy piece

To start the fight, Hera flung a few poison needles at the Sky Ruler. She wasn't expecting the spell to do much, but that was just her opening move. Most griffons tried to avoid the attack, but the giant creature just flapped its wings, blocking the projectiles. Doing that proved that the monster had high control over mana. There was no way that this control was something that came naturally, so the griffon must have spent a long time practicing spells. Hera had no idea how old the Sky Ruler ...

Chapter 260 - The Sky Ruler

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Big boss fight incoming.

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It was time for their daily scavenge. In this white world, the most the griffons could find to eat were some large seeds or leaves. None of them had any sort of meat in a very long time. Hell, most of them didn't even know what meat was. It was a steep price to pay, but this was the only way the Sky Ruler had to protect its family. When the small pink skins appeared, they quickly destroyed pa...

Chapter 259 - Setting up the board

Hera, Blue, and Silah walked out of the dungeon. They had some dirt on their hair and shoulders, but they were all smiling and laughing.

"It was a good idea to test that inside the dungeon. Can you imagine how hard it would be to clean that up?" Blue said.

"Yeah. The mess I made in the bathroom was with just the base cost, and you saw how well I cleaned that up," Hera triggered her necklace to clean her armor. A small pulse of energy coursed through her body, repelling all the dir...

Chapter 258 - It's time

Hera got up from her bed very carefully. She didn't want to wake Silah, who was sleeping next to her. For a dwarf that was used to the sound of hammering, she had a surprisingly light sleep. Hera picked a wool robe she got as a gift the previous night and put it on. She also put on the cloud wool slippers that were a gift from Fethy before sneaking out of the bedroom.

"Morning, birthday girl!" Blue was in the kitchen making some breakfast for the three of them.

"Shush, Silah is st...

Chapter 257 - Grief

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I think this deserves a reminder. There is nothing wrong with asking for help when things get too tough.
Stay safe and remember that you are never alone.

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It was a nice morning, as nice as it could be inside a cave. It wasn't exceedingly hot, and there weren't any commotions anywhere around. In a rare situation, even the markets were more or less quiet. Not that there wasn't anyone there, but people weren't yelling like normal. ...

Chapter 256 - New party member

It took some time before Hera and Blue could talk about what happened inside the nest. But when they calmed down, they discussed how the place looked and about the juvenile griffon they fought. For some reason that Hera couldn't understand, Blue stopped her from mentioning anything about the egg. It was strange because the egg wasn't with the controller anymore.

"Why didn't you even wait to see the Sky Ruler up close?" Sevaris asked.

"The thing looked like it was a flying mountain...

Chapter 255 - Egg

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What is the egg? An item? A monster? An omelette?

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""Ogryn, for the mountain's sake. I don't want to have to carry you all the way up," Naka sighed.

"Nonsense, child, no one will need to carry me. I'm more than capable of walking these steps on my own," Ogryn replied as he walked inside the side tunnel.

"There are no steps. It's just a bunch of rocks going up."

"Semantics, I can get up there very well on my ow...

Chapter 254- Nest

During the next week, Hera's schedule changed. In the afternoons, they would keep doing the hard mode of the dungeon. They figured out that using the whistle would make the griffons all gather in the same place, allowing them to speed up the runs. One of the major benefits of doing the hard mode, aside from the experience, was how quickly they could finish it. Unlike the regular mode, which took anywhere from 1 to 2 hours, they could finish the hard mode in just 45 minutes and bring enough ch...

Chapter 253 - Nimbus

The entire team was staring at the place where the scavenger ruler once was. Not because of the pile of loot that had appeared after it died or because of the crater on the ground. But because of the captain of the guard, who was now covered in blood with an eerie smile on her face.

"Ca..captain?" Sevaris called.

"Yes? Are you injured, Sevaris?" Naka replied.

"No… are you ok?"

"Better than I ever been in a long time," Naka said with a smile.

There was another m...