Chapter 205 – Meanwhile
(Bridge, Pure Light of Freedom’s Blessing, Lunar Orbit)
By Captain Arculf Goold’s assessment, the attitude aboard the Pure Light of Freedom’s Blessing was… not good.
That was something of an understatement, of course. The entire Golden Host had departed the Temple Fleet, and descended upon the little primitive world. It was supposed to be a simple mission. Just go and purge the heretics and infidels who had desecrated the...
2021-02-11 22:51:22 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 2 – The Forgotten Name
Rufus Trent was not a brave man. He knew this. He was no coward, but if he was truly brave, he would have joined the military, or perhaps the Adventurer’s Guild, instead of becoming a glorified night security guard for the Memorial Museum. After all, those were the jobs with ‘honor’ and ‘glory’ attached to them, that made all the women drop their panties at the mention, at least in the movies.
No, he wasn’t brave (or perhaps foolish) ...
2021-02-07 05:38:25 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 47 – Bitch-slapped
Sending the Homunculus before us was a very good idea. As my humanoid construct started down the steps to the basement, traps began going off, one after another. Spike traps, electric traps, a fireball trap, and one spring-mounted machete blade at neck height. A normal human going down those stairs without knowing how to disarm the traps would have been torn to shreds.
However, the homunculus was made with the blood of over thirty people. Just about ...
2021-02-06 03:38:23 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 204 – To the Moon
Miguel made it to the guild and back again in record time. He actually had two groups with him, when he returned. One was a group of low-leveled adventurers who were on their way to becoming regulars, and were working to safely progress through my early floors. The other was, to my surprise, Flint Fernvalley and his crew.
I manifested in the ‘lobby’ of the dungeon, surprising the newbies, who hadn’t seen my avatar before. I nodded once to Miguel...
2021-02-04 23:02:15 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 1 – The Return
The Grand Summoning to bring heroes into the world was not a secret. The basic elements were all common enough knowledge. There was a cost, of course, and that was often a cost that people were not willing to pay, except in the direst of circumstances.
Of course, Thangvald’s Third Rule of Magick clearly stated that, “For every Magick, there is an equal and opposite Magick.” While this normally was meant to describe counterspells and the like, it co...
2021-01-31 00:24:57 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 46 – Broken Dolls
To his credit, Nixon didn’t bother arguing. He just started texting the team. Looking back to the woman behind the counter, I could already tell this was going to be a pain.
Elsie King
Human Female
Level 1 Puppet
Market Value: $200
She was fairly pretty in the conventional sense. The Apocalypse made it hard to tell, but I’d say she was in her thirties. But that wasn’t why I summoned the...
2021-01-30 16:31:21 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 203 – Reflections
I knew it wouldn’t take Miguel long to get here. After all, I had already installed the portals in the different guild halls for the guilds that had agreed to work with me. Truth be told, I was getting quite a bit of mana from those portals, far more than the initial outlay. After all, it allowed quick and easy travel across the country in an instant, so long as you had a brief stopover in Swamptown.
Still, I had a few minutes, so I thought I’d ch...
2021-01-28 17:29:02 +0000 UTC
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I said I would do a new story, and you guys wanted a 'Hero returns with all their powers'. Took me a bit to figure out how to start it off, but here we go! This one will be worked on as I have time, but I'll try and do at least twice a month with it.
Prologue – Victory at Last
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
Rorzomon the Terrible, Archdemon of the Ninth Circle, Lord of Flames, Slaughte...
2021-01-23 22:51:27 +0000 UTC
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And we're back!
Chapter 45 – Warehouse
Driving across the city was fairly simple. Most businesses were still readjusting, and the city itself had been decimated (quite literally), with over ten percent of the population having been killed in the last few weeks. Normally, that would have caused a flight from the city, but it was the same or worse everywhere else.
Actually, it was far more dangerous out in the rural areas, rather than the city itself. The city h...
2021-01-22 22:34:23 +0000 UTC
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And we're back on track!
Chapter 202 – Skills
With some trepidation, I pulled up my list of available skills. A quick look at my status said that I had 38 Skill Points to spend. To say that I was excited to see what I could get by spending all those points would be a big understatement.
Racial Skills
Mana Conversion – Able to convert MP to Anima at a ratio of 100:1.
Anima Conversion (Mana) – Able to convert A...
2021-01-20 21:42:32 +0000 UTC
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Sorry, guys, but I've hit a bit of writer's block, trying to figure out execution of what I want to happen. No chapters this week, but they will resume next week.
In happier news, the new books for Into the Black and Lewd Dungeon are live on Amazon, now.
2021-01-14 18:55:35 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 44 – Legwork
“So, Renner and Jones were roommates, while attending Georgia State, but they lived out in Avondale, taking the train in every day. Apparently, they were childhood friends.”
I sat back and remained silent as I listened to Officer Costa running down what they knew about Renner. This was police procedural stuff, the kind of thing they knew how to do, and they were far from incompetent at it. The police department didn’t call me in to help with doing ba...
2021-01-11 07:50:34 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 201 – Tier
Finally, the last of the Golden Host of Pofmis had either been captured, slain, or converted. To say that I leveled up from all their wonderful XP would be underselling things greatly. I kept all the XP, but shunted the better part of the mana I gained from their deaths to my pet dungeon on the moon. After all, I had already finished my ‘reception hall’ preserving the site of the Apollo 11 landing, and was preparing to open the first permanent portal there. Sh...
2021-01-09 00:42:56 +0000 UTC
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So, the poll is in, and you guys overwhelmingly want a returnee with all their powers. I'll get to work on it.
In the meantime, Happy New Year! Hope 2021 treats you all better than 2020 did. Have a chapter in celebration!
Chapter 43 – On the Job
Detectives Austin and Clark were nothing if not efficient. The day after they came to meet me, they asked me and my girls to come down to the station to sign the legal paperwork that would allow t...
2021-01-02 04:04:20 +0000 UTC
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Prologue – Trade Chat
(Galactic DEN Forums)
General Dungeon Chat
Furiosa
OK, something weird just happened. A group of adventurers on my fifteenth floor just got declared dungeon foes in the middle of the boss fight, and I didn’t do it.
Yudadr
That’s funny. Same thing just happened to me. Two different parties, and one member of a third one. They’d always been model adven...
2020-12-30 22:20:58 +0000 UTC
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First off, let me just say that I logged in to post this, and saw that you guys had pledged over $1000 dollars for this month! Holy crap, y'all, thank you so much! I'm so glad to have each and every one of you here!
Now, on to the meat of the post. As you know, I just finished up the Memoirs of a Supervillain trilogy, and I'll admit to getting a bit antsy as to what to do, now that I have a bit more free time on my hands. So, I thought I'd put it to you guys on what the new s...
2020-12-28 03:38:27 +0000 UTC
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It may be Christmas, but you still get a chapter!
Chapter 42 – Employment
I decided that I would use the advice I’d heard from a high school football coach once upon a time, “Practice like you play.” I geared up, putting on my armor, activating my shadow armor, and ensuring that my weapons were in my inventory, ready to use, before heading downstairs. Oh, I had considered walking downstairs wearing nothing but a robe, like some kind of playboy, but I was tryin...
2020-12-26 04:26:51 +0000 UTC
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Yes, there is a chapter, despite the holidays. There will be a chapter of Dark Fate this week, too. No, they won't be holiday themed.
Epilogue – Interview
The portal opened, and out stepped Flint Fernvalley and his crew. They had made it to the twelfth floor! Sure, the fight against that massive slime had been difficult, but they had fought their way through a Jubilexan slime dungeon before, and recognized the Black Pudding Lord for what it was. That type...
2020-12-23 20:56:41 +0000 UTC
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A kindof short one, but I felt it was needed to springboard to the new arc.
Chapter 41 – Upgrades
““Oh, Master!””
Sameera and Shiva shuddered as they climaxed once again. The two maids were stacked up, face to face, their lovely breasts pressing against each other. I sighed, satisfied as I pulled out of Shiva’s upturned booty, watching as cum dribbled out of all four holes before me. With a smile, I patted the Arabic woman’s backside, and wen...
2020-12-20 19:47:35 +0000 UTC
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You knew something big was coming for 200, to end this arc. Hope you enjoy it.
EDIT: So, you guys rightly pointed out a major goof on my part, regarding Tels's power level. So I decided to do some major edits. Hope you like it!
Chapter 200 – Defeat
Belkis looked as though she was working herself up to some great defiant speech about how good would always triumph, or some ridiculous idiocy like that, so I just waved a hand, and caused the gate to ris...
2020-12-18 00:31:55 +0000 UTC
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Prologue – Trade Chat
(Community Building and Civil Defense Chat, formerly Life in the City Chat Room)
abby_gail, bento, RainyDayze, GringottsGoblin, DoritoMan, D.VaLuvr69, RadicalEdward, DarkLord, FusionGal, NotACop, Scholar, RamblingWreck, Anonymous4, Anonymous6, SevenNationArmy, BagOTrix, Faraday, BackpageGal, FullServiceMassage, daytrader, shadow_clone23, THE_MERCHANT, jenny8675309, Rabbit, Angelus and Tracker are in the chat.
FusionGal: Oh my god! Did you hear a...
2020-12-10 15:19:43 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 199 – The Arena
By now, most of the different groups the so-called Golden Host had split into, in order to attack my dungeon, had fallen. Of the seven hundred that had entered my halls, only twenty-four remained alive and not trapped within the Breeding Halls. That kind of casualty rate was the worst it had ever been in my dungeon, and just as certainly as the XP that came rolling in, I knew that there would be some long conversations with other groups once this was done.
2020-12-10 06:22:26 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 198 – The Slime Pools
They were three, now.
That truth hurt more than Nudara Belkis cared to admit. Fighting their way through the Black Temple had been harder than she could have possibly dreamed. The ‘Penance by Corruption’ at each shrine was draining. The four women had gone in turns, sharing the load, but going through it still left her feeling as though she were a common whore, rather than a champion of the Goddess of Freedom.
Then there were the shrine ...
2020-12-04 00:43:19 +0000 UTC
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We're back!
Chapter 197 – The Black Temple
Five figures staggered out through the portal. Five, out of a squad of ten, pared down from a force of seven hundred. Fatigue gripped them plainly, as they struggled to put one foot in front of the other.
Their armor was battered, and, in some cases, barely holding together. Continuous battle had taken its toll not just on their bodies, but their equipment as well. The enchantments that maintained them were not workin...
2020-11-26 05:04:27 +0000 UTC
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No chapter this week. It is my birthday on the weekend, and there is prep work I have to get done for upcoming chapters of Winterborn. Also, some RL stuff I'll need to deal with. So, no chapters this week, for any of my stories. Thank you all for reading and understanding.
2020-11-16 13:37:28 +0000 UTC
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No, I didn't forget it. RL just made it a bit late, is all.
Chapter 39 – Rescue
Stalking through the Bloomingdale’s as we headed for the stairs, the scenery began to get more and more chaotic. Before, the mall had looked mostly abandoned, with a few signs of fighting. But here? It was like a war zone.
Everywhere we looked, there were broken shelves and scattered products. Blood stained the walls and floors, and pieces of bodies could be found in places, like...
2020-11-16 03:13:39 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 196 – Deadly Peril
Nudara Belkis, Crusader-Champion of Pofmis groaned as she fell against the hard stone floor. They had just finished the fight against the Vurlock boss. A healer as a boss was a rarity, especially in young dungeons, but it wasn’t unheard of. Those fights were often far more dangerous than they initially appeared.
And it had pushed them. Their enchanted items provided no benefits to them, and the damned ‘Hardcore’ mode meant that their regenerati...
2020-11-14 05:30:22 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 195 – Reflection
I smiled as I watched the priestess give what amounted to an interview to the reality show star in the middle of the dungeon. This Flint Fernvalley was an interesting character. He clearly had a good head on his shoulders, and was taking time to make sure his group moved through the dungeon as safely as possible, while showing off the unique features of my halls.
The idea of a reality show where celebrity adventurers dived dungeons like a potentially d...
2020-11-06 03:50:45 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 194 – The Forest Shrine
“Down!”
On reflex and muscle memory more than conscious thought, Flint Fernvalley dropped down, rolling forward across the muddy ground. He might not be a top-tier adventurer, and never would be, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t a veteran of countless dives. One did not survive in dungeons, even easy ones, without learning to react to warnings rather than think about them.
THUNK!
Those reflexes proved fortuitous, given...
2020-10-30 05:41:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 193 – Decisions
The Golden Host pushed forward into the dungeon’s entrance hall. The dungeon creatures in the shape of mortals were cut down without hesitation. They would cleanse the dungeon of its filth in its entirety. Nothing would remain when the purge was finished.
Belkis flicked her sword, sending the blood of the dungeon human that had dared ask her if she would be signing a contract flying. The temerity of such a question! As if a Crusader-Champion of Pofmis...
2020-10-23 00:46:54 +0000 UTC
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