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Chapter 312

Ajax woke up with the worst hangover he had ever had in this life or his past life. Archduke Goldenmouth had managed to interject himself into a conversation he was part of and Ajax could actually feel himself slipping up. While he wasn’t normally a fan of wine that was the only thing that was close at hand and he had ended up eight glasses deep by the time he had managed to extricate himself from the conversation.

Ajax frowned even more as he remembered the awkward meeting he had wit...

Chapter 311

As Ajax entered the large ball room he was surprised by the variance he could see in attendance at the party. Even after all this time in the Republic he was still used to a more segregated split between the races. This wasn’t out of need but preference since most elves would stick to the elven side of the city, dwarves to the underground and so on.

While humans were the most numerous at this event there were a large number of noble elves, dwarves and beastkin as well. It was the elve...

Chapter 310

Ajax barely dodged the incoming sword slash. Much as he preferred his hammer and axe to his sword he did have to admit that swords were the preferential choice for the tournament. Despite his preference to the other weapon type he most often ended up using a sword in his main or off-hand simply because of how versatile it was.

“Almost…” His opponent hissed out in a breath as he charged again.

Ajax could feel his stamina and mana both reaching their limit, he barely had anyth...

Chapter 309

The Republic was the most intimidating city Ajax had ever laid eyes on. Deep down he had always known that it would be impressive, the history lessons had made that perfectly clear but to see it now a mix of beastkin, dwarves, elves and humans all working to build an impenetrable city, followed by settlements slowly springing up around the external walls over time.

Ajax knew that at one point in time all humanoids had been part of a massive empire that spanned further than the current k...

Chapter 308

Ajax was mentally exhausted by the end of the night. The prince had managed to spare him and Lexi the wrath of the nobles who lost their money to archduke Goldmancer’s schemes, he did so by taking them to the king’s balcony where they were exposed more than a few nobles

What Ajax had lost in willpower that evening however his grandfather's people had managed to gain in terms of alchemy reagents. Having left the kingdom of Gryndor Ajax now had access to some different common reagents...

Chapter 307

Once inside the auction house Ajax had no use for his ticket. Despite them being received as a show of good will for his testimony of the steampunk gear Ajax, Lexi, Judy and Elija had all been invited to the Goldmancer private balcony.

Due to the instability that had been dragged out of Oliver the archduke was a bit light on people he trusted as far as mercantile people went. Those he did trust he left behind to keep watch over the others. This left him with a space for a few friendly f...

Chapter 306

Darkcavern’s layout was very different from any other city Ajax had seen. Having first been a giant ant hive it made perfect sense that its topside landscape would look like a small hill filled with holes, there were a few human houses dotted around but it mostly looked like two or three villages surrounded by holes.

The underground however was a much more expansive series of tunnels that rivaled even the dwarven capital in structure if not in size. The convoy made good time as it man...

Chapter 305

“What’s our next stop?” Ajax asked once he entered the carriage of the Goldmancer family. All of the guards knew he had a standing invitation so he didn’t have to bother with formalities.

“The initial plan was to head straight to the other… lesser dungeon, the whole plan was to get them out of the way so that we would get as much time as possible in the capital for all of the politics.” Archduke Goldmancer answered.

“From your wording I am guessing that changed?”...

Chapter 304

Ajax slept a lot better that night after the conversation with Shadow. It led him to make a lot of realizations about who might be a potential ally. Of course his subconscious chose that exact night to prove just how wrong he could be. Two nightmares back to back where he was chased down by the dwarves and elves from their Empire equivalent kingdoms left him panting in cold sweat.

Despite the bad dreams Ajax still managed to get enough sleep that he wasn’t more than grumpy in the morn...

Chapter 303

A/N : Sorry for the slight delay on the chapter. I wasn't happy with a chunk of it and I was doing some changes.

Ajax P.O.V.

It had been a good while since I had ever felt so vulnerable. From the looks of it there was no real danger as the panther beastkin in front of us was the very champion that everyone was expecting to show up so in theory there was nothing to fear. Not only that but the information he had gathered wasn’t all that valuable since I was more t...

Chapter 302

There was more than a little grumbling at the king's threat. While the majority of the kingdom had adapted over the decades since the peace treaty nobility tended to live for much longer. Even then the ones most resistant to the change were the old low rank nobles who were already approaching their death at the age of only three hundred years. They had been born into nobility but didn’t amount to much so thinking of the other races as inferior brought them up higher in their eyes.

Aja...

Chapter 301

With the king’s oldest son in attendance all of the main tournament participants were in the enchanted carriage. Only a single participant from the under level one hundred was here, the other two choosing to stay in their own carriages, the king didn’t much care as this didn’t pertain to them as much. All three of the under fifty year old participants were here however as this was mainly about them.

“This here is the peace treaty I signed decades ago when accepting the Republic�...

Chapter 300

While Ajax left his father at the estate as he was working on something, the rest of his family was either going to be joining him or were waiting to say goodbye at the convoy. Both Kate and Tom would be staying behind, Ajax’s nephew wasn’t yet old enough to travel and neither would handle being away from their only child for months at a time well.

Ajax had taken a great interest in his nephew Jake. Not only did he want to give him as good of a head start as was possible but he was ...

Chapter 299

Ajax felt a deep sense of accomplishment as he looked towards the Academy. Despite still being welcome to come in as his position had been that of a teaching assistant instead of a student Ajax knew that he probably won’t be coming by all that often unless it was to scour the library for something specific.

Looking back at the life he spent on Earth and the one he spent here they felt like almost mirrors of themselves. Whereas his life on Earth had started with him breezing through sc...

Chapter 298

After his return from the Empire Ajax’s day to day life settles into a repetitive schedule of studying and training that is only interrupted by delves and the occasional party. He had a clear goal, the tournament, and this time his opponents will be the best of the best selected from people twice his age.

Whereas Ajax’s life got a lot simpler the exact opposite is true for Judy, Alana, Elija, Aurora and Silvia. Ajax’s return from his months-long trip marked the end of their new no...

Chapter 297

The trip back was very much like the trip to the Empire yet for Ajax they might as well have been completely different. The only part that hadn’t changed for him was the noble parties that he dreaded to attend.

“Are you sure that’s what you want to focus on now?” The Goldmancer guard that had joined them in the carriage asked.

“If I wait any longer than this coming summer break I know I’ll lose out on a floor worth of rewards.” Ajax was adamant.

“You do know ...

Chapter 296

Chapter 296

Ajax was focusing on his healing and holy magic as the guards surrounded him looking ready to move on.

“I don’t know which part is more unbelievable: that you are seventeen and you brought down a level seventy-four or that you are only level thirty-six and did the same thing.” One of the guards said as he looked over the dead mini-boss.

Ajax was surprised to see a flashing system icon in the bottom right of his vision. While keeping up his healing spell to ...

Chapter 295

Ajax woke up refreshed the next morning. The booster had made sure that anything they needed to take care of was killed quietly without disturbing the two people they brought with them who would need their rest.

“Are you ready?” The Goldmancer guard asked him. “We have been tailing a small pack with a wolf mini-boss.”

Ajax simply nodded as hu stuffed a few rations into his mouth before he quickly secured his loaned armor and followed after the booster. Now that he was quic...

Chapter 294

The full twenty people entered the first floor of the dungeon, despite Oliver now being locked up and awaiting a trial once they returned to the kingdom it was clear that a substitute had been found to take his spot.

Despite there being twenty people altogether only five of them could actually gain anything from the first floor, with the monsters highest level being thirty-four Anna, Lexi, Xavier, Ajax and Theron were the only ones who could gain the stat points for the floor.

Unf...

Chapter 293

“So stupid.” Ajax mutters a little downcast as he rubs his left shoulder.

It had been about ten days since he first entered the dungeon as part of the group of five and Ajax was planning to exit the dungeon today. Ideally he would have liked to stay a lot longer on this floor theme but he knew that even coming out like he planned he would just get the night to relax before the delve into the next dungeon began.

As for why Ajax's shoulder hurt, he had nobody to blame but himsel...

Chapter 292

Changing back to wielding his usual melee weapons Ajax wasted no time in taking out all three orcs in moments. The only reason he was able to dispatch level fifties quite that easy was because of the irritating damage he had done with the blaster but also because they weren’t expecting him to dash into a melee frontal assault after a ranged sneak attack.

Once he was done with the orcs Ajax chose to continue playing around with the blaster instead of starting a second round of alchemy....

Chapter 291

As he stands in front of the arch Ajax can’t help but look back down the corridors that make up the labyrinth that is this floor. The high tech panels on the walls, the constant whirr of machinery, before his parents died in his first life experiencing something like this dungeon floor biome was something he had always wished for.

He was also very much tempted to stay on the floor until he finally found one droid that could be taken outside so that he could keep that blaster. It wasn�...

Chapter 290

A/N : Sorry for the delay, I was sure the chapter posted but apparently it was stuck on draft

Ajax wished that we could keep Oliver’s betrayal under wraps but unfortunately that would be too much of a security risk. Without the option to descend back down to lower floors they would have to exit the dungeon or follow Ajax and exit together to make sure they all came out at the same time. Since following him past this floor was clear suicide for the both sub level thirt...

Chapter 289

A/N : Happy new year!

Anna P.O.V.

My heart rate jumped as I felt the mana gather behind me and then approach quickly. I had been told more than once that it was a possibility, the standoff at the first arch had also been a nudge in the right direction but I never thought it would actually come to this. When Ajax suggested that I pretend to have hurt my leg so that he would carry me through the arch I thought he was going too far.

“So you’re fi...

Chapter 288

A/N : I'd like to thank all of you for supporting the story. Today marks the end of my new year resolution that started on January 1st 2023. After my radio silence hiatus from burn out towards the end of last year (Which I am still very sorry about how I handled in terms of communication with you) I returned with a resolution of not missing a chapter for 2023. Though a few may have been slightly delayed by a few hours here or there a chapter has gone out for every Monday Wednesday and...