Bruce_Sentar

AO 5 Ch 2

I turned back to Aurelia. "Well, of course, I could stop her, but I'm not going to. It's a task that Maribelle is uniquely suited for. And though I don't like the idea of her dying in that other body, I know she wants to help. Stopping her from that only hurts both of us," I said, glancing off into the distance, respecting Maribelle's sacrifice by watching her work. 

She shot past Emlyn and then jumped high into the air over the wall that I had made, spinning as ripples of death ma...

AO 5 Ch 1

The Garrish forces had been washed away by the mountain I’d turned to sand, but in the distance, they were regrouping, pulling their men out. The mass of an army was still churning forward.

“I can’t believe what you did to my fort.” Melida gasped again. “My grandfather is going to kill me.”

“Again. It wasn’t me!” I held my hands up, the picture of innocence, making myself wince as my head throbbed. Throwing around so much magic had strained me.

Cyam landed ...

AO 5 Story Thus Far

Ard’s life looked far different now from his humble beginnings as a tavern-keeper in a small village. He had bumbled his way through noble politics and had even accidentally created mountains that resembled noses.

Now, instead of creating nose-like mountains, he was collapsing them. He had just turned a mountain next to Chillwind Pass into sand in an attempt to wash out the Garrish military that was approaching, after heroically saving Melida from an evil creation that the Garrish kin...

Patreon Update 10-13-24

Hey Everyone

Thank you, everyone, for joining me on Ken's latest adventure. I believe it was a good book. As Ken continues to dive the dungeon, we're trying to retain the school aspect. It's a common flaw in all Academy-type books; the character often fights against the Academy trope because their growth constantly tries to escape the Academy's level.

Take Harry Potter, for example. It's the ultimate example of Academy events. School is a smaller and smaller part of the story, unt...

DD 203 Ch 33 - END

Chapter 33

The Orkai and the other angel moved quickly ahead of us. The way he casually strolled, moving at what would be a dead sprint for me, told me enough about his high level.

Instead, I turned to the angel who spoke English and seemed to be our guide for the moment. 

"I'm sorry, I never got your name.” I paused, waiting.

“My name is..." What she then said started with an 'L U' sound, followed by a trill and several sounds I did not have ...

DD 203 Ch 32

Chapter 32

However, Des held firm that this had been an opportunity. She would to use it to make Ken become even stronger.

And if she was honest with herself, a slight part of her wanted him to be a little more demonic, like her. The Renard family had its fair share of demon blood, and all of the Renards' spouses took powerful demons to build secondary classes or use for class upgrades. Des had changed from the effects of taking on demon blood, but Ken had never s...

DD 203 Ch 31

Chapter 31

With stacks of [Liminal Speed] beginning to build up, I was able to face Demon Lord Snu Snu head-on rather than running. He had shaken off Bun Bun and blown away the fire from Des's spell.

Now, Demon Lord Snu Snu had refocused on me, calling forth an enormous number of chains from the shattered pillars, trying to lock me down.

But I was not dissuaded, and I would not run. My blades smacked away the chains as I stayed on Demon Lord Snu Snu and bega...

DD 203 Ch 30

Chapter 30

I glanced beyond the boss doors to see what lay inside, only for the interior of the room to look nothing like the floor we had just been through.

Where the landscape behind me was all unrefined volcanic rocks and lava flows the boss room had pillars of obsidian that had been intricately carved and hung with gold, painted with a variety of red dyes. A giant mural of a majestically large demon adorned one wall. At the far end of the room, through the col...

DD 203 Ch 29

Chapter 29

The Royal College never ended up joining us. After Prince Albar and Professor Gafar had been killed, it seemed they had retreated in the opposite direction. Perhaps they were in search of food, or they simply didn't feel welcome amongst the other colleges after their attack.

Good riddance, if you asked me. Despite my promise to save Basma and everyone else, their college's collusion with Prince Albar to attack the others had sealed their fate.

I w...

DD 203 Ch 28

Chapter 28

The prince was dead.

I stared down at his lifeless body for a moment, blinking and looking up. I realized that the sounds of combat around me had died down and my hearing hadn’t given out. I bent down and picked up his CID, finding the device was not locked. Quickly swiping through his inventory, my jaw tightened as I saw just how much food he had squirreled away, as well as loot for every level from our current one to 50. 

He had everythin...

DD 203 Ch 27

Chapter 27

The Dwarven Queen slashed down, warding me and anyone else away.

Penny came back up, frost trailing off her sword again as she exposed herself, stabbing into the Queen's armored thigh. Her sword barely penetrated a gap in the chitinous armor, but the contact was enough to freeze the armor before Penny was forced back.

I used [Shadow Ambush] to reposition myself and struck the now brittle armor with a fist. The Queen's armor cracked, and I followed...

DD 203 Ch 26

Chapter 26

The rest of our raid party had waited a full hour for the Royal College to make themselves known, but Prince Albar and the rest of his college never appeared to join us in the fight against the Naga and Dwarves.

I had no particular feelings about that fact. Their presence was not going to decide the battle.

Without them, we had all moved forward and were all huddled up behind a sand dune, which had not turned out to be as large as I had initially ...

DD 203 Ch 25

Chapter 25

As the sand blocking the raid entrance came down, the first thing I heard was the sound of battle outside. Metal on metal pinged and explosive blasts reverberated through the fist-sized hole that had appeared at the top of the door's arch.

"Hurry. Get it all down," I was ready to get out of the raid. Once our location was known, we were trapped. 

Professor Sai drew her blade to lead the charge out as soon as the sand was clear. She glanced ov...

DD 203 Ch 24

Chapter 24

Uzmaki Nagato slid the sword back into his sheath with a soft click. He stood amidst the ruins of a small city in Norway, surrounded by not only human remains, but dwarven ones as well.

Sakura landed next to him a moment later. His wife was still the immaculate beauty he married fifty years ago.

"This even brought old men like that out of retirement," Uzmaki mused, nodding at a giant Nordic man.

The man's gray beard was braided down, his hai...

DD 203 Ch 23

Des pulled me down as she sat on the bed, her lips never leaving mine.  Des built a fiery passion inside of me while her hands quested to undo my shirt.

My temptress was beyond tempting and was going to have her way with me.

Slowing down, I broke the kiss and looked down at her, savoring the moment. She was panting with need, her chest heaving with each breath as her eyes bore into mine.

Des mewled at me and pawed at the final few buttons. 

"I can't help but ...

DD 203 Ch 22

Chapter 22

The excitement in camp had hit full swing when I stepped out to celebrate finishing the raid. Most of the excitement was centralized in the Haylon set of tents. Five tents each from one of the parties in the class made a half circle set into the corner of the room.

Meanwhile, many of the Pendulum and Trusk students were joining the celebration with a smile, but not quite the jubilation of the Haylon students. A slight dark cloud hung over the Royal Coll...

DD 203 Ch 21

Chapter 21

Harley's camera shutter started clicking rapidly as Prince Albar entered the room. 

"Why are you taking pictures of my prestigious self?" the Prince spat, momentarily distracted before realizing he was once again in the boss room.

He wasn't alone. Elysara's announcement that we had finished the raid had caused such a stir that everyone from all the other colleges was piling into the room. 

"You guys got it?" Machen asked excitedly....

DD 203 Ch 20

Chapter 20

We had peeled through the trash, and while Candice had explained the boss, I had bounced from foot to foot, eager to take it down.

The boss was another large humanoid. This one was a man that was half skeleton. Parts of his body were peeled off, revealing the bones underneath. He raised a hand as if he was casting a perpetual spell in the middle of a large altar. All around him were four different portals. Nothing was coming out of them now, but I knew ...

DD 203 Ch 19

Chapter 19

The next week training ourselves in the raid flowed by smoothly. My class was currently working on our second attempt through the long branch of the dungeon that contained six bosses. Four were already down.

"I think we'll get it tonight," I mused aloud. We were taking yet another break, mid-dive.

Much of our time this past week was spent grinding mobs in the dungeon, which I was particularly good at given [Liminal Speed]. In the evenings, I would...

DD 203 Ch 18

Chapter 18

After a fight with four assassins, I knew I wouldn't be getting any sleep. Instead, I invited Elysara out for some tea and set up a table right outside the raid exit. 

"You're just goading him now, aren't you?" She looked at me through half lidded eyes. She was enjoying this just as much as I was, or the ruby haired elf wouldn’t have gone along with me.

I smiled at the elven princess. "What's the fun in winning if you don't get to celebrate...

DD 203 Ch 17

Chapter 17

The blurring world halted in its tracks as the 32nd floor stopped moving. "Des is going to be pissed at you," I warned, glancing at Neldra who had stolen me away.

"She can be pissed," the elf retorted. "But if she had her way and came with you, it would have been that much harder to convince Ely to stay put. I will not have the princess in danger." 

Professor Sai joined us a moment later.

"Go ahead and use your ability," Neldra instruct...

DD 203 Ch 16

Chapter 16

We rushed back to the 32nd floor, but as soon as our feet came off the steps, Neldra stopped the whole group and turned to look at Felin. "I think the kitty owes us an explanation," she said. 

Felin's eyes darted around before they landed on me. She began fidgeting, very unlike the confident Nekorian I often observed. 

"It's alright, Felin. Just tell us if you know what this is," I said. 

"I don't know exactly if it's the same...

DD 203 Ch 15

Chapter 15

Tish and Miriam moved as if they were a black streak through the dungeon.

"Where is your contact?" Tish asked, turning to the older elf.

Miriam was an odd one, very mercenary in everything she did. She had a strange class that relied on her making money to retain her enormous strength. 

The older elf had only recently rejoined the censors after being dug up from the Underroot, where she had been operating as Madam Root.

The empero...

DD 203 Ch 14

Chapter 14

Before our party could even make it halfway back, the blur that was Neldra solidified in front of us.

She spotted Elysara and quickly grabbed my arm to keep us near her. I raised an eyebrow at the Royal Censor as she easily kept pace with those of us in the raid. 

"With you coming in, I assume that those quakes were outside as well," I said.

Neldra gave me a sharp nod, a clear sign that she was very much on duty right now. Her head was ...

DD 203 Ch 13

It had been about three weeks since we had started raiding.

At first, progress came swiftly. We managed to take out six bosses the second week on our second and third trips in. Next we managed seven, then finally eight.

However, this is where we started to get stuck. We had spent several weeks grinding the bosses that we could defeat, with only minimal time left to push into the newest challenge.

Finally, now on our seventh trip into the raid, we ignored the two wings that w...

DD 203 Ch 12

Chapter 12

"Crimson!" Grandpa shouted. "My favorite granddaughter!" He tried to give her a hug, but she slipped out of his grasp, giving Grandma Sakura a hug instead. 

"Hey," Fayeth said, "didn't you say I was your favorite granddaughter?" 

"Me too," Felon perked up. "Are you telling me I'm not his favorite?" 

Grandpa chuckled good-naturedly, as if being found out didn't bother him in the least. "You're all my favorite," he flashed a gia...

DD 203 Ch 11

Chapter 11

Prince Albar returned from his raid to his gigantic tent, throwing off his armor into a pile for his manservant to clean and polish.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid two more have declined our request," the servant reported.

The prince glared at him. That was his fault. Anyone who failed the prince and his family might as well die.

This servant had been with his family for a while and had a fairly good track record. 

However, his failure...

DD 203 Ch 10

We walked out of the shop, and Fayeth was fidgeting with her now bare finger.

"Miss it that much?" I asked the beautiful elf. As she took my arm, we continued about the shops in the outdoor mall.

"A little," she said, thumbing the spot until I pulled out a low-quality ring that I had in my CID from our other adventures.

I crouched down on one knee, holding the ring out for her. "Then, will you be my Adrel?"

She smiled at the gesture and there was a clapping from the c...

DD 203 Ch 9

Des wandered out of the bedroom partition, still half-asleep and walking stiffly. She passed Crimson, who was sitting at the counter, and pecked her on the cheek.

Still a morning zombie, she walked over to the pan and looked at the available pancake mix before staring back at the pan, as if waiting for the pancakes to magically make themselves.

I got up, walked behind Des, and gently grabbed her by the shoulder, scooting her over to the chair. "I don't think you're in a state tha...

DD 203 Ch 8

In the sand quarter of the raid, we were quickly confronted with elemental monsters. A large golem, made of square limestone blocks, thudded through the hallway. The monster had a stiff-legged walk that caused it to thump with each step. We heard it far before we saw it.

The raid party spread out and prepared for combat. Unlike bosses, we went in blind, unsure what to expect.

Myrtle went in swinging, along with the rest of the tanks. After a few seconds, we dove in.

My blad...