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Chapter 107

A.N Deleted the final paragraph from the last chapter. It felt a bit too forced for what I was trying to do.

As they exited the second archway Ajax was hit with another sensory overload. This one was much weaker but it was still felt as the mana density increased as they entered the second floor.

“You’ll get used to it the more you are exposed but the odd feeling never really goes away.” Nelly said while propping him up. “There are even some bosses that fl...

Chapter 106

Ajax’s duel was a wake up call for the team. Even one of their strongest had admitted he could have been killed despite not going easy on him. Not only that but his fighting style as a whole intrigued Jones.

A strong melee and ranged fighter was nothing he hadn’t seen before, but from what he picked up watching him fight during the afternoon Ajax had no problem providing support with his magic while fighting in melee. This support was both flexible and quick, its only downside being...

Chapter 105

Ajax P.O.V

All the wolves in the surrounding area were culled and all that was left were a few deer. I could feel the anticipation, wanting to see if there was a difference in the monsters outside and inside a dungeon. As soon as the scout came back and gave the all clear, Jones turned to me.

“Alright kid.” He nodded for me to drop the bags. “Lets see what you can do, there are four deer and three stags around here, go get them.”

I frowned at his words. With my perce...

Chapter 104

Ajax P.O.V

All sensations vanished for a moment as I was transported inside the dungeon. I was brought back to the time before my rebirth when I just floated in the void. As quickly as I lost my senses they returned to me as I landed on wobbly feet in the middle of a large clearing similar to the one we were just in minus the other people. Behind me stood an arch identical to the one I entered and around me was the rest of my team.

While the transition itself had no effect on me, ...

Chapter 103

Ajax woke up early the next day and he was feeling excited. It would be the first time he went into a dungeon and his age was starting to peek through. He went outside to try and burn off some of the excess energy. As he looked through the town he noticed several watchtowers placed all around. Not only that but the trees around the village were cleared out in an odd manner, as if they were tactically positioned. He thought it may have something to do with the dungeon and he could ask his new ...

Chapter 102

Early the next morning Ajax was ready to go. He was going to leave the pack Hatchet had gotten for him here and instead carried a small personal bag that was much smaller in space expansion. The reason for this was that the team told him they would be bringing him the carry pack they used. It was very different being specifically made to focus the weight as close as possible to the human center of mass to help alleviate the problems that would come with a bag that would end up weighing north ...

Chapter 101

For the first time in more than five years Ajax had been spending his time off without anything at all to do. Sure he still did run through a small training session at the beginning of every day but he has spent most of the last two days relaxing and catching up with his family.

This was a time he enjoyed greatly but it came with one downside. He was not all but jumping out of his skin to venture into a dungeon for the first time. The morning of the third day he did his training, grabbe...

Chapter 100

When it came to picking a team Ajax knew better than to make a decision on the spot after getting his membership approved. It might have been the original plan to join a group as quickly as possible but with the help from the nobles he had more time and options when it came to picking.

The moment he was back in the tavern and going to the bar to grab a drink to celebrate joining the guild who he was had already spread and teams started approaching him. What was interesting to see was th...

Chapter 99

Ajax was led by the receptionist from the main office with a lot to think about. The situation he just found out about from his family about their village as well as the intervention of the nobles in his own affairs were presenting two very distinct and almost opposite views.

Thinking about it he came to realize that while the world view he had from his previous life would apply to commoners, if a lot more desensitized to violence as compared to the US, nobles were different. His only b...

Chapter 98

A lot of the adventurers looked shocked for a moment before returning to their discussions but if one were to pay attention they would notice that at least one from every table still had their eye on him. Should a person look through the Adventurer’s Guild roster they would see the people that were eyeing Ajax were in fact the party leaders and the parties were some of the long established ones. This didn’t mean that they were all that much stronger, just more experienced and plugged in.<...

Chapter 97

With that the situation better explained and Hatchet being fully confident in regaining his arm even if it may take a while for that to happen Ajax calmed down. For the rest of the evening they kept their conversations light, relaxing as they made jokes and generally enjoyed being together again after about eight years.

The sun was shining through the windows as Ajax woke up the next morning. There was something so relaxing sleeping in a place where he felt safe. After the last few mont...

Chapter 96

Ajax didn’t stand on ceremony and opened the door. Though he probably didn’t realize the reason why he had started feeling a little homesick during the last few weeks. Having lived for longer than he did in his first life with his parents around him almost every day having not seen them in months had been a weird development even if he was expecting it.

As he entered the big room he saw his entire family gathered around the dinner table. His father at one end and his brother at the ...

Book 1 is over!

The latest released chapter marks the end of book 1. There won't be a break but a clear delimitation I feel is needed. The poll here is about how you would like me to approach the second books beginning. Do you want me to continue with a web novel style chapter release that doesn't take it into consideration or would you like the first few chapter to also include small recap elements. 

Chapter 95

Ajax sat back and waited for more of the pain to pass but it was taking a lot longer than it did when he just sipped the water. With nothing much left to do he decided to check his stats before meditating to pass the time.

Name : Ajax

Level :25

Experience : 2200/38000

Traits: Divine Witness

Health: 1800/1800

Mana: 1830/1830

Stamina :1...

Chapter 94

While Tom was being interrogated Ajax was already on his way towards the pond. With his recent showing in the middle of the camp he had nothing to hide so he was using his mana at a conservative rate to go faster.

Unlike with the bear, finding the fish was not something he could do. Sure he knew that it was somewhere in the pond but the exact place wasn’t something he could point to even if he was less than three feet from him standing on the shore.

A small plan did start to for...

Chapter 93

Lexi P.O.V

I was getting bored in the command tent. The skirmish was finally over but we would most likely still be stuck here for another few days, in which time all the nobles from both sides of the conflict will try to approach us wearing fake smiles and with empty platitudes. It wasn’t the first time I had to deal with this and it won’t be the last, I was just glad Annabeth was with me.

The discussions were winding down, with the end officially announced today as well as t...

Chapter 92

The news of the comet spread through the camp like wildfire with the commander spearheading the efforts of getting all the guards up and looking at it. Perception was a decently important stat for guards though one that most people wouldn’t want to invest in.

Kate and Ajax went back into their tent and tried to get some sleep, with all the commotion going on it wasn’t an easy thing to do. Not only that but they were all but dragged out of bed on three separate occasions only left al...

Chapter 91

Ajax woke up the next morning to find that Tom had stayed up the entire night with Fluffy still the shadow cat was curled up in a ball with shallow breathing all but radiating mana.Looking out the tent flap he noticed the sun was already out for a while so he approached his brother.

“You need to report for duty, the ceasefire just ended.” he said but didn’t let Tom respond before he continued. “ I’ll take care of her, If I feel anything change in her mana I’ll get her to the...

Chapter 90

The road back was slow. Ajax was slowly regaining his mana but he didn’t have enough stamina to rush back anyway. Not only that the mana he was regaining was spent starting the healing process.

After the adrenaline had left his system he spotted the gash one of the clawed attacks he thought he parried left on his right thigh, this was the first thing he dressed applying a lot of pressure. He got lucky that it missed the main artery. Next he had to deal with his arms, his right arm fel...

Chapter 89

Ajax P.O.V

For the first time since going hunting on my own I packed up all my gear. I had my shield, sword, spear, axe, hammer, bow and knives with me. I knew this would be a tough fight. Yes I have been weakening the bear for a few trips now but he has also continued consuming large amounts of mana rich water, this may have healed it somewhat.

The plan was to finish this based on me getting a good opening shot. I knew he was being very protective of his only remaining eye, I had...

Chapter 88

Ajax spent the whole of his first day off sleeping. Other than breakfast and dinner he, like most of the camp, decided to try and get rid of their status effects as soon as possible so he could actually get something useful done in the  rest of the free time.

As it turns out sleeping for the better part of thirty hours was sufficient for the status effect to drop off. This however was true only for those who actually rested for the entire day yesterday. Most of the people in the ar...

New Patreon schedule

A bit of information into my process : I have a route planned out about the arcs I want the story to go through for the foreseeable future as well as an ending but not much more beside that. I have recently finished plotting out the next few chapter so as a way to motivate myself I will be borrowing an idea (Thanks Kyfe if you are reading!). Starting next week until the end of the month Patreon will have a chapter released on every weekday. This will mean reaching my goal of one month ahead o...

Chapter 87

Reading the status effect was a shock. Despite working himself hard everyday he hadn’t experienced anything like this before. Then again he also never spent more than at least three times his stamina a day for two weeks straight before. He wondered, since there was no way the nobles in charge didn’t know about this, were they simply planning on winning the war before the next level of it kicked in?

If they were that would have been a strange strategy, one little strike could have th...

Chapter 86

Lexi P.O.V

There was almost no back and forth at all from the other side once we proposed our ceasefire. This was highly suspect, considering their situation letting us regroup and rest would be devastating for them. In the last two weeks we pushed our numbers advantage so much the proportional advantage quadrupled in size. To let us rest and do it all over again will bring an end to this skirmish in two months at the most.

More than this, it seems like I am not the only person to...

Chapter 85

The battle for the fort was the last big strategic battle that was fought for well over two months. It wasn’t because neither of the forces wanted to try to get the upper hand, rather it was because both were cautious of that happening. This resulted in eight different large engagements taking place.

All of these engagements ended up being straight up with no tactical advantage, with lots of standoffs in between. At the end of the two months both focus saw their armies ground down by ...

Chapter 84

Ajax woke up around noon. Despite the time being late he was still one of the first not on duty to wake up and headed over to eat breakfast by himself. He had heard Kate and Tom get busy last night before getting to sleep so he decided not to disturb them so early. Fluffy on the other hand had no trouble getting up and following him despite the midnight snack he had.

Before heading out he poured the shadow cat a small bowl of mana infused water as they had gotten into the rhythm of doin...

Chapter 83

As the commotion finally died down with all of the infiltrators secured Ajax let one of the other guards take care of the prisoner as he went over to Kate, not only to ascertain that she was ok but also to have her patch up the one cut he did get after the dagger cut through his sword and left a nasty cut on his arm.

“You ok?” he asked her.

“Yeah, she didn’t manage to get through my barrier.” Kate said before quickly getting to work on the bleeding cut.

“Am I cap...

Chapter 82

A/N : While it may have taken a while for this to be cemented from when I first started this story and I also realize I messed it up in some places so far, I will be writing this with a 3rd person view of a non-omniscient narrator. This means there will be some scenes or chapters that have Ajax’s P.O.V but they will now be clearly marked.

Ajax P.O.V

A moment after the first man appeared, so did two more. The three were basically at the entrance of the tent. I co...

Chapter 81

The dagger striking seemed to be the trigger as five more people became visible. Unlike the first one they seemed to have dropped from a slightly raised platform about two inches off the ground. With the stealth spell gone Ajax and the other mages were able to clearly pick out that the person struck with the knife was a caster and the others merely cloaked by his spell.

Ajax knew full well that this didn’t mean they weren’t casters themselves as he also hid in plain sight by simply ...

Chapter 80

A large commotion had broken the quiet of the night. Ajax hadn’t expected anything to be happening since one side was offering rest days while the other should have been building a fort. He quickly threw on his gear and grabbed his sword. Kate and Tom both looked just as surprised by the commotion.

“Either of you have any idea what is going on?” he asked.

“None” Kate responded while Tom just shook his head while yawning.

The guards were quick to respond to the wake...