Chapter 18.
Reed grinned watching chaos unfurl in the encampment. Fires were beginning to spread, spilled blood flowed onto the ground, pooling into lakes that reflected the hellish atmosphere. People scrambled for their weapons, in a rush, the merchants hid inside their wagons, cowering in fear; it was all a great spectacle for his eyes. Nothing brought greater joy to him than watching their prey struggle; it made the reward so much better after all.
Of course,...
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Chapter 17.
It hadn’t been more than a couple of hours since they left Laria, but given they were alone in the frontmost wagon with only a single merchant that could overhear their conversation, Amber figured it was a good time to ask questions.
“So, why the caravan instead of just traveling alone?” Amber asked Liz.
“Well, a caravan is comfortable, and unlike you I’m just a mage whose physical prowess isn’t all that high.” She shrugged. “So...
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Chapter 16.
I really did it…
Liz winced. Thankfully, there weren’t many people walking by so it wasn’t that awkward, but as soon as she saw Amber she couldn’t stop herself. She had been looking for the right person for months, and finally she had found someone. She had taken so many escort requests that she lost count, she had wandered the entire kingdom, and at last she met Amber.
Who was now incredibly confused at what she had just said....
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Chapter 15.
The sun was barely rising, its light was just now reaching the eastern walls of the City of Laria. It would’ve been a peaceful morning for most people, but for Thieney it was incredibly stressful. Amber had yet to return, which meant she had probably met her demise. That thought alone made him begin shaking.
Lorsan and Emma were resting, their condition was still precarious but Thieney was certain that they would both survive. They would just be...
2024-02-15 20:11:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 14.
Amber awoke in a coughing fit. The room was almost dark except for the light of the magic torch Liz had given her. Considering there was no more sunlight pouring into the room she figured that it was night-time. For a moment she felt disoriented until she groaned from head pain.
“What the fuck happened…?”
She rose from the ground only to freeze. A massive demon was staring at her and— it was dead. Its skin was now ashe...
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Chapter 13.
[Server of Chaos. Lvl. ???]
The fuck is a Server of Chaos anyway? Amber gritted her teeth as she dodged another explosion. She watched as the gigantic red being pointed its clawed finger at her, it had the face of a goat and it seemed fucking pissed.
“You are only delaying your demise, humannn,” it growled.
She would’ve thought that a demon in this world would’ve looked completely different, but ...
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Chapter 12.
Amber traveled under the purple light of the so-called magic torch, at first she had been concerned about the mana drain, but it was negligible. It had taken about a tenth of her mana and then it didn’t seem to consume it again. She supposed that it wasn’t something only for mages to use.
Amber made sure to inwardly thank Liz for the torch, otherwise she may have had a bit of an annoying time venturing into the dungeon.
A night vision s...
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Chapter 11.
The dungeon was reached about an hour later, and Amber just found herself staring at it. Its entrance was akin to a half-buried temple, and it was dilapidated. Not exactly what she expected, but she didn’t know what to expect either. The air seemed different, almost denser, but she wasn’t sure if she was imagining it or not. The dungeon, according to others, looked pretty normal so far.
Their archer had gone in to scout, but after not finding any...
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Chapter 10.
The next morning, Amber picked up the fitted armor from the smith before meeting Thieney at the northern gate of the city. There, she met the team, or most of it. Everyone was pretty much ready to depart, already wearing their equipment. First was Thieney, their so-called tank, then there was a Healer named Emma, who was apparently close friends with Thieney, and then there was:
“Liz,” Amber nodded at her.
The woman’s eyes widened slightl...
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Chapter 9.
Amber didn’t really know what she dreamt, but she felt good when she awoke. Though, she also felt dirty. The room she was in was rather basic, and didn’t seem to have a bath or anything that even resembled something like that. So, gathering her belongings she headed downstairs and ended up paying for a bath, which was ten copper.
Finally, she was alone in one of the rooms behind the bar. There, she saw what was essentially a wooden hot-tub and als...
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Chapter 8.
It was the first time Amber saw death. The death of a human anyway. Animals, the frogs, the monsters, they all felt so far fetched, so far removed from reality that she didn’t quite register what it meant. But now, it was different. Looking down, she saw the lifeless eyes of a man she didn’t know, his stomach was carved out, entrails splattering everywhere.
Part of her expected to panic and lose her mind when it eventually happened. She was in the...
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Chapter 7.
By the end of the day, Amber was recovered due to being out of battle. She searched far and wide before finding a cave to pass the night, making sure that she was far enough from the tower. And even though she kind of expected it, she found herself slightly depressed now that she was alone with her own thoughts.
She had left her home unintentionally. While at this point she knew she’d say no if given the option to return, she still felt bad for leav...
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Chapter 6.
“Intruders?” Amber asked. “Are they common?”
“No, my tower is one of the isolated ones from the world,” the Primordial Spirit replied, shaking his head. “Intruders aren’t very common, and well don’t worry about it, it’s not like we’ll see them any time soon. Though these people looked well-equipped so it should be fun.”
“Right, I’ll hide when they come I guess,” she said awkwardly.
The Primor...
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Chapter 5.
Unfortunately, the Primordial Spirit had denied her request. And so, she had no choice but to keep on her mission to descend the tower.
Though in her resting times, she thought about the life she had left behind. Now that she had learned that her return would take a very long time, she focused on ruminating. Amber was sure that people wouldn’t miss her too much, she did have best friends in the past but they kind of drifted away after she moved for ...
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Chapter 4.
Amber immediately backed off from the person-thing before her. All of her hairs were standing on end, every single one of her survival instincts told her to accept her death. Running was an impossibility; moving her body was incredibly difficult. Even Cursed Momentum activated as she took another step back, and the being before her, smiled.
“Oh, how long has it been since I saw one of your kind,” it— he spoke, an ethereal qu...
2024-02-12 16:31:14 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 3.
Amber didn’t know how long had passed, but when she awoke her entire body was sore. It felt as if she had fallen down a rocky cliff — if that was even an apt descriptor — everything hurt. She couldn’t even remember what she had been doing to end up in such a state.
“Where am I…?” she groaned looking at dried blood all around her.
And then paused seeing the broken Stone Guardians, the memories of her previous battle came back ...
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Chapter 2.
This should be the right route to avoid that thing.
Amber slowly went down the stairwell, reaching the floor as she carefully avoided a slightly cracked tile on the ground. She turned only to see an unassuming hallway, much like the one she had been living in. Though this floor was much different. She took slow and methodical steps, careful of what she was stepping on. And just when she was about to get to an intersection, she too...
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Heya all, I'm super excited to bring Amber to y'all because this story, unlike everything I've written before is a Co-write with my great friend MelasDelta! It's got a ton of work put into it, so do check it out!
Synopsis:
What doesn’t kill Amber only makes her stronger.
Without any warning, Amber is transported from her dingy student apartment to a fantastical real...
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Chapter. 157: End of a Journey
During the journey, we stopped to enjoy local cuisine. I had quite a lot of platinum coins to spare so I made sure to order everything. Much to Lily’s surprise.
“Arc, are you sure you can eat that much? Also people are looking at us…”
Lily was just as awkward as always, which I didn’t mind. “It’s fine,” I replied. “And yes, I can eat that much, but a lot of the food is for you too.”
My explanation wa...
2024-02-11 18:22:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter. 156: Collecting Badges
It was a good day for Brent. Today he was going to become a C Tier adventurer. He had just gotten his Class Advancement, becoming a [Shadow Stalker] it was considered quite the rare class. Due to it, he felt more than just ready to undergo the test to attain his C Tier badge. Most people would've normally felt nervous but certainly not him.
He did, however, wish he lived in a different part of the world. There were Adventurer's Gu...
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Chapter. 155: Breaking a Leg
I had enjoyed my day with Taylor quite a lot. It felt… like it grounded me to reality, if I had to put it. I had escaped the Forgotten Places, and I was back in Arlas — I still didn’t really care about my identity or other things. But in some way, I felt better, things that didn’t matter to me before started to matter to me now.
For instance, a small part of me wishes I could’ve dragged Taylor along with me. Of ...
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Chapter. 154: Iridescence, Refraction, and Glass
Taylor was excited, in fact, she was over the moon. She wasn’t quite sure about revealing her secret just yet, after all if the word got out there would be rebellion all over the empire. The fact that their ruthless emperor was actually an art loving empress. But, for now, she didn’t worry about any of that. Instead, she beamed at the woman before her.
“Seriously, I mean it!”
And Arc had even com...
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Chapter. 153: Arthoris and the Empire
The man had left to go seek the Guildmaster, Lily was doing her own thing on the forest outside the city this time around. We found a cave in the early morning and I told her to rest there, at first she was against it but after pushing it towards it she acquiesced with a smile. And so, I was alone here in the Adventurer’s Guild.
The city I was in was… odd. That said the gate guards had immediately let me in as soon as...
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Chapter. 152: Casual Interactions
Late at night, Zalbor screamed and cried. He had been healed from his injury but, unfortunately without a very expensive potion he wouldn’t be getting his manhood back. That thought alone filled him with so much dread and grief that he struggled to process it. He screamed until his throat grew hoarse, he cried until his tears ran out, and he punched walls until his fists bled, before finally, he remembered everything.
The w...
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Chapter. 151: Stella
Stella, that was her name that was the name that had been bestowed upon her by the Guardian of the Forest, the majestic Dragon of Wind. That said, centuries had passed since she left Ivyfall, she did hope her fellow kin were doing great, but Stella felt like she had to spread her wings, and that’s how she became an adventurer.
She saw joy, but for every moment of happiness there were two of sadness, three of grief and five of despair. It w...
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Chapter. 150: Letting Go
I walked out of the cave with Lily following after me, and I was immediately hit by the blinding sunlight. The golden rays shone upon my body as I raised my arm to block some of it. It was warm and nice— it was almost a foreign feeling to me. The sky in the Forgotten Places — when it was present — was pleasant, but this was completely different.
I had almost forgotten this feeling. I smiled
“Hey, um… Arc...
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Chapter. 149: The End of The Nightmare (Part 5)
“He’s not here…” Regis’karr said with a grave tone.
“I can’t believe it…” The Dragon of Earth looked with narrowed eyes. “The Dragon of Taboo lied to me about their whereabouts for… centuries?”
“Perhaps… it’s to be expected.” Regis’karr shifted. “We never really know what the Dragon of Taboo is up to, perhaps he deceived us so we don’t catch a glimpse of their wretched ex...
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Chapter. 148: The End of The Nightmare (Part 4)
Retcon in chapter 143:
He smiled. “Good, then don’t be so stressed. Then I’ll say it again. Out of every person I’ve ever personally met, you’re the most talented I’ve seen.”
I blinked. “Thank you.”
He nodded and extended his clenched fist towards me. I reached my hand only to receive a crude pendant with a stone in the middle, [Appraisal] offered no return to what I w...
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Chapter. 147: The End of The Nightmare (Part 3)
The throes of death echoed in my ears, corruption buzzed in the air, and the land was nothing but ruination. In the background, the army quickly fell as I even saw the Nightmarish Thunder fall off the sky and plummet to the ground with the sound of a crying bird. White noise filled all my senses as my eyes slowly wandered down to look at the corrupted lion.
It was like an actual monster, not some corrupted twisted ...
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Chapter. 146: The End of The Nightmare (Part 2)
In a single moment, chains of lightning and grand spears fell from the sky, the ground was torn open from the barrage of attacks. The booming sound resounded, along with the splattering of corruption, and yet I didn’t dare let my guard down even as my vision became flashes of white and mounds of frost.
This was just the beginning—
And I parried. A spark mixed with corruption flashed as my hand...
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