Chapter 18: An Ambush The forest felt darker and the air heavier than before. Shadows draped over the clearing, their depths impenetrable ev
Chapter 18: An Ambush
The forest felt darker and the air heavier than before. Shadows draped over the clearing, their depths impenetrable even under the fractured glow of moonlight. It was eerie.
“Get up! We’re under attack!” I shouted again, my voice a hoarse echo swallowed by the trees. In response…
Nothing. Not even a...
2025-04-16 16:00:20 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 17: A Dreadful Night The forest found a strange way of swallowing us whole. The deeper we went, the more the world behind seemed to
Chapter 17: A Dreadful Night The forest found a strange way of swallowing us whole. The deeper we went, the more the world behind seemed to
Chapter 17: A Dreadful Night
The forest found a strange way of swallowing us whole. The deeper we went, the more the world behind seemed to fade into a forgotten echo, leaving us with only the oppr...
2025-04-07 16:56:22 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 16: Urgent Royal News The forest clearing was bathed in the warm glow of the campfire, its flickering flames casting dancing shadows
Chapter 16: Urgent Royal News
The forest clearing was bathed in the warm glow of the campfire, its flickering flames casting dancing shadows across the dense wall of trees around us. The air was crisp, laced with the earthy scent of pine and the distant murmur of a nearby stream.
Overhead, a sliver of the moon peeked through the...
2025-04-04 16:42:44 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 15: Journey Toward Solstara I could only remain silent when Captain Jora walked away, and even now, a frown was etched on my feature
Chapter 15: Journey Toward Solstara
I could only remain silent when Captain Jora walked away, and even now, a frown was etched on my features. Am I thinking too much?
It was natural for a kingdom’s princess not to reveal everything to a hired sword, but the way she said it… it was ominous. I wondered for a moment wh...
2025-04-02 16:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 103: The Maze of Whispers
The android administrator hovered calmly above us, her holographic presence shimmering in gentle pulses of light as the massive gate solidified behind her. Unlike the participants below, her face remained impassive, completely unbothered by the tension filling the air.
"Participants," she began, her voice echoing across the landing field with authority that silenced all whispers. “Let me inform you about the Second Phase: The Maze...
2025-03-28 16:50:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 102: A Deadly Secret
The crunching of bone beneath my knuckles sent a perverse wave of satisfaction through me.
My fist throbbed, but the pain was nothing compared to the raw fury that had driven the strike. Lyra's body crumpled to the floor, her head snapping back at an angle that would've been fatal for someone weaker.
Blood trickled from her broken nose and split lip. Her middle finger, so boldly raised moments before, now lay limp against the stone floor....
2025-03-26 16:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 14: The Mercenary Guild; First Job The Mercenary Guild building loomed ahead, a grand structure of stone and iron that towered over
Chapter 14: The Mercenary Guild; First Job The Mercenary Guild building loomed ahead, a grand structure of stone and iron that towered over
Chapter 14: The Mercenary Guild; First Job
The Mercenary Guild building loomed ahead, a grand structure of stone and iron that towered over the busy street like a fortress. Massive pillars lined th...
2025-03-26 15:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 13: All Paths Lead to Ethenia I stared at her for a long moment, then exhaled through my nose. Holding me back? If anything, she was
Chapter 13: All Paths Lead to Ethenia
I stared at her for a long moment, then exhaled through my nose. Holding me back? If anything, she was the only one keeping me from losing myself in all this…. But explaining that would take more words than I cared to say.
Besides, who else would I find to explain simple idioms to? "The s...
2025-03-24 16:00:20 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 101: Shadows of the Outer God
Nevaramis’ administrator announced the deportation, and Munera Obsidian materialized in a flash of golden light, her elegant body reforming on the cobblestone streets of Merasca.
For a brief moment, disorientation clouded her senses—an unfamiliar sensation for a creature of her power and age. The teleportation spell wasn’t very stable, from the looks of it. She steadied herself against a nearby wall, silver-white hair falling acr...
2025-03-24 16:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 100: Challengers Eyeing My City?!
By the time we broke from our kiss, the tension in Nebula's shoulders had long melted away. Her eyes had lost that haunted, doubtful look, replaced with something warmer—something that reminded me she was still here, still mine.
The corner of her mouth tugged upward in a small, satisfied smile that made my heart skip a beat.
"...If you two are quite finished," Lilian huffed, though her voice lacked any real bite, "we still ...
2025-03-21 17:00:41 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 99: The Gauntlet of Echoes
For a moment after the android administrator's announcement, the entire gathering went utterly still. One could've heard a feather hit the ground as everyone processed what they'd just heard.
Ownership of Nevaramis.
A legendary floating island with technology beyond this era and magic craved by the greatest of magic scholars. It was an offer so outrageous, so beyond what anyone had expected, that we all needed a second to beli...
2025-03-19 17:09:13 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 12: Barbarians of the Volcanic Islands?!
The sun was dipping lower into the horizon, casting a fiery glow over the calm waters of the Tempestuous Sea as the last bits of fighting died down. The pirates were dead, their blood mingling with the salt of the sea, staining the deck in thick crimson streaks. The civilians huddled together, still shaken but alive.
After the barbarians moved to clean up the bodies, I called for them to gather before me. The wind bre...
2025-03-19 16:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 98: Ascent to the Ghost City
While the great floating island of Nevaramis dominated the dawn sky, its impossible silhouette draping in violet and gold energies, most of its platforms had landed on Merasca.
I was jumping across rooftops, rushing toward the old mansion, as more platforms began drifting downwards like ancient sentinels.
Each platform looked like a perfect circle of carved stone, edged with weathered runes that pulsed with soft light. They descended sl...
2025-03-17 16:28:36 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 11: First Human Encounter
The wind whipped across the deck, carrying the scent of salt and sea, filling the sails with a steady breeze. The ship swayed slightly as it cut through the waters of the Tempestuous Sea, the rhythmic creaking of wood and the occasional call of a seabird echoing above.
The endless blue stretched out in every direction, the horizon a faint line where the sea kissed the sky. It was peaceful. But even in the tranquility, the sea was wi...
2025-03-17 12:13:55 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 97: Vampires & Flying Islands
Nebula spent her first day in Merasca wandering the cobblestone streets alone, with her maid trailing dutifully three steps behind. However, this did not last long, as students were not allowed outside without special permission.
She had to return to the lodging at the Gilded Arrow Inn—a respectable establishment that the Academy had arranged. It had polished wooden floors and actual privacy, unlike the dormitories back at Waybound. Th...
2025-03-14 16:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
As the pre-order phase has ended, Book 2 of Martial Arts vs. Magic is now live on Amazon! I'm still getting used to the name…
Amazon: [Martial Arts vs Magic Book 2]
2025-03-14 09:20:31 +0000 UTC
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Whoa! Don't be surprised by the sudden drop of 10 chapters. They're a heavy rewrite on the old version of Barbarian Ascension. I personally like this a lot more. If you have read it before, you should check out the new version still. It's like a whole different story.
For totally new readers who haven't touched it before, do give it a shot! It's a shared world with Martial God, with references here and there, perhaps characters too... I feel like the starting chapters are much stronger...
2025-03-13 11:29:47 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 10: Goodbye, Volcanic Islands… The four options weren’t bad. Primeval Dragon Shaman sounded cool, but I didn’t want to sing songs a
Chapter 10: Goodbye, Volcanic Islands…
The four options weren’t bad.
Primeval Dragon Shaman sounded cool, but I didn’t want to sing songs and bring rain. I was not a shaman-type fighter. Draconis Stormborn was similar to that, handling draconic elements, but it was different in the sense that it wasn’t spellca...
2025-03-13 11:22:37 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 9: The Class Choices
I left the shaman to his hookah and stargazing, my mind swimming with thoughts of my mother. The Ethenia Empire. The Fenixia Duchy. Places I'd never heard of, yet somehow they felt important now. I needed to find out more, and there was only one other person who might know something.
The Chieftain.
She’d gone to the outside world too, with my father’s entourage. Although I think she didn’t know as much as the shaman, I could be w...
2025-03-13 11:18:35 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 8: Clash of Barbarians
The village buzzed with energy, laughter, and cheers still ringing in my ears as the barbarians celebrated around us. Ragna was practically glowing with joy, her grin stretching from ear to ear, and I couldn't help but chuckle at the antics of these muscle-headed simpletons.
They were simple people, but in a weird way, that simplicity had its charm. There was no plotting or hidden agendas. Merely raw emotion and excitement.
“Thorvyn! ...
2025-03-13 11:17:45 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 7: RAGNA, BEHIND ME!
Its scales shimmered in the dim light, brilliant blue like the sky before a storm. It wasn’t fully grown, probably a baby, but it was still massive. From the way it moved, I could tell it was injured, as its injured wing proved so. It must’ve fled from somewhere, separated from its parents, and ended up here. But why the hell was there a dragon on this island? The chieftain was supposed to have wiped them all out from here due to how dangerous t...
2025-03-13 11:16:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 6: The Hunt Begins
[You've killed multiple Goblins. You can choose your Source for Osmotic Evolution (X) for the next 24 hours.]
Everything around me became shades of gray, and reality itself had paused. Even Ragna stood frozen mid-motion, eyes fixed on something unseen. The only colorful thing in this world was me and the numbers that appeared above each goblin's corpse, shimmering gently.
[Level 17] [Level 16] [Level 19] [Level 18] [Level...
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Chapter 5: So What Should We Hunt? A Drake or a Wyvern?
Yrsa looked away from me. When her eyes flicked to Ragna, the warmth faded, replaced by disapproval. She didn’t look at any other barbarian on both their knees, just Ragna. Why? Ah- wait. My memories sparked. Ragna… they were related. The chieftain is her mother?! How could I not remember?
While her son was doing well, her daughter was on her knees. She was comparing Ragna to Draegan, and the former ea...
2025-03-13 11:14:17 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 4: Coming of Age Ceremony
Toddies and games, huh? Is that what my life has come to?
From my memories, I recalled that people were obsessed with ‘betting’ in these games. Trinkets, food, or even hunting rights. These barbarians didn’t gamble for gold; they gambled for survival. This was how life was here.
And I must leave it all to find my mother.
After agreeing to come, I headed toward my hut. My hut was a crude structure made of thick wo...
2025-03-13 11:13:42 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 3: A New Home
Among them all, that one barbarian named Venir was glaring at me. I had a feeling he might jump me and start a fight at any time. But before he could do anything, a different guy cleared his throat.
“Just how you alive?” he managed, staring like he couldn’t believe it. I recalled his name was Haldrek. He was the only other barbarian besides Ragna who didn’t badmouth me or laugh with the rest of the group, and right now, he looked rather...
2025-03-13 11:13:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 2: The Valtherian Village The bodies of the direwolves lay where I left them, already drawing scavengers. I didn’t have the time or
Chapter 2: The Valtherian Village
The bodies of the direwolves lay where I’d left them, already drawing scavengers. I didn’t have the time or strength to strip them for materials; rather, it surprised me that such a thought even occurred to me. My only focus was getting out of this damn forest with monsters running after me.
I st...
2025-03-13 11:12:21 +0000 UTC
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The Veiled Man Note: I am reposting Barbarian Ascension since it went through massive editing and is much different now. I'm gonna post 10 c
The Veiled Man Note: I am reposting Barbarian Ascension since it went through massive editing and is much different now. I'm gonna post 10 chapters right now, and after that, chapters will be 2-per-week. I'll make an announcement after I'm done posting these 10.
Don’t worry about The Martial God updates slowing down...
2025-03-13 11:11:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 94: Masks and Mercenaries
Finding Nevaramis wasn't as simple as booking an airship to a marked destination. The flying island shifted its position at will, appearing and disappearing without warning or pattern. People had spent lifetimes tracking its movements and still couldn't predict where it would show up next.
It was one of those mysteries that made this world so absurdly interesting.
But Amelia's letter had specified "central Ethenia," which gave us som...
2025-03-03 16:20:21 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 93: A Night of Crowns and… Flying Islands?
The main square of Cheonghae had been completely transformed overnight.
Above the huge crowd littering the area, jade-and-gold paper lanterns swung back and forth, and delicate sakura petals floated through the evening air, even though it wasn’t the right season.
The smell of spiced meats, fermented kimchi, and sweet rice cakes drifted across the square, mixing with incense and a salty breeze carried from a...
2025-02-28 16:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Here are the images promised in Chapter 92: Lilian, Solara, and Ha-Yun, serially. I couldn't get the AI to give me Ha-Yun's curly hair the way I wanted it to, but this is not bad, either. At least he managed to get Lilian's tan pretty well. Also, as mentioned in a previous chapter, the current make-up makes Solara look older than she usually does. (It for real is just the makeup 😔🙏). Enjoy!
&nbs...
2025-02-27 12:03:36 +0000 UTC
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