So I realized I made mistake and broke the naming scheme. The bear cub 01B should actually be 00B (the rats and spiders started at 01 due to Rattingtale and Lilussees). As such, the bear will now be called 00B moving forward.

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In a small town between Castra Turannia and the coast, a pair of limitanei lazed around in an empty barracks, playing a dice game with one another. Most of the limitanei were off-duty at the moment, tending ...

2022-12-18 19:22:23 +0000 UTC View Post

TtOW! - Chapter 51: Abandoned

Tiberius heaved a sigh as he sifted through the reports on his desk. He was, in fact, glad he had something on his desk now, but this was getting a bit excessive for a Magister Explortores who had no one reporting to him.

Well, officially that is.

He looked up at the person sitting across from him, and passed her several of the reports. She picked them up and passed through them far too quickly to have actually read them, one of her eyes flickering as she did....

2022-12-17 19:05:33 +0000 UTC View Post

TtOW! - Chapter 50: 'Bear'-ly Starting Out

After mediating a sudden altercation between her subordinates, NSLICE-00P calculated for a long time, updating all her protocols and predictions. Now that she had essentially reestablished contact with NSLICE network, she no longer needed to assume purely independent action in a pre-industrial society.

As such, she added growing the NSLICE network to the list of directives. In fact, acquiring bases for new NSLICE units had been one of her most common mission types in her past. The only ...

2022-12-16 18:57:43 +0000 UTC View Post

TtOW! - Chapter 49: The Great-High King's Terrible Mistake

Rattingtale shuddered as he watched his disloyal subjects access the sacred records with glee.

This was bad.

The subjects were gaining on him, with all due speed. They had been granted royal titles by the boss-queen, elevated to positions of authority and clout. And though the authority and majesty of the Great-High King of all the land was self-evident, he could not trust these treacherous rat-things to remain loyal. Yes, even now he saw it. The wretched 0...

2022-12-15 19:14:53 +0000 UTC View Post

TtOW! - Chapter 48: A Hero's Reward

NSLICE-00P walked out of the keep, heading back towards the inn. After terminating the dungeon, the local authority designated ‘Magister Exploratores per Turannia Tiberius’ requested verification of her status, on the grounds that the sudden appearance of a dungeon in an Imperial settlement was a serious issue and they needed to confirm the termination. NSLICE-00P thought to question him on the legality of her own core but thought better of it, especially as friendlies Excelli...

2022-12-14 19:46:19 +0000 UTC View Post

TtOW! - Side Story 47.2: The Exploratores Disciplina

Screams rang out in the evening sky. A boy and a girl, still in their teens, ran with all their might.

An Ursanus Adolescent chased after them, roaring at its prey. It was relatively low level and young, and had not even grown the thick shell on its back. Still, it was a huge mass of muscle and bloodlust that stood taller than a full-grown human adult, with enough strength to knock down a tree.

Not something two young teenagers wanted to get hit by.

“H-Hu...

2022-12-13 18:53:15 +0000 UTC View Post

TtOW! - Side Story 47.1 - The Valiant Captain of the Guard and the Wandering Knight

Opiter Caelius Curio heaved a sigh.

He hated this.

Opiter had all sorts of fancy titles. He was the Legate of the Legio per Castra Turannia, the Captain of the Guard. A high-ranking and decorated officer of the Imperial Legion. He was the one in charge of the security of Castra Turannia, the Legion’s most important base in the entire province. A province where Imperial control was not absolute, that still saw regular large-scale combat.

One might as...

2022-12-12 18:26:11 +0000 UTC View Post

TtOW! - Chapter 47: Terminate the Hostile Dungeon!

There’s only two things more dangerous than a dungeon.

First is a Rift. A Rift occurs when a hole tears in the fabric of reality itself, opening a door straight to a Realm of Mana. Mana will flood the area, causing mana surges and unpredictable magical phenomena all around. Likewise, monsters and other beings from the given Realm will pour out. Even some of the more benign Realms can cause serious damage if a Rift opens to them. The less beni...

2022-12-11 23:05:24 +0000 UTC View Post

TtOW! - Chapter 46: What's in a Name?

Let me tell you, boy, the Dungeon Diver’s handbook is crap. It’s not even the bare minimum, so it won’t be enough to keep you alive in one of those labyrinths of death. Every single dungeon is different, unique. Every diver spends their entire career learning THEIR dungeon, that’s it. They’ll be safe in their dungeon, and in no other. So how could there possibly be a common manual that could teach you how to survive in ALL of them?
No...
2022-12-10 21:10:45 +0000 UTC View Post

TtOW! - Chapter 45: Team Termination

What happens when two dungeons go to war, you ask? Well, dungeon wars are a rare occurrence these days, thank the Aesdes and thank the Legion, but we do have some records. And all those records paint a consistent picture.
Dungeon wars are hell, and not for the dungeons.
Consider the situation: you have two factions, both ruled solely by a single entity, with infinitely spawning armies of monsters who have decided to wipe the other out. So wh...
2022-12-09 20:45:57 +0000 UTC View Post

TtOW! - Chapter 44: Dark Plots Fulfilled

As NSLICE-00P ran through the town, a massive energy signature appeared on her sensors. Mana readings grew off the charts, right next to her destination. The readings from her conventional sensors started to distort.
She put a bit more power into her boosters, shooting through the city.
And eventually, she arrived, just above where the rat monsters were waiting. She filled the ground below her with Earth-attribute mana and pushed it out of the way, opening an entrance for her to j...
2022-12-08 19:51:22 +0000 UTC View Post

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