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100. The Exam (3)

The caravan didn´t celebrate for long. The adventurers got back in formation and the caravan hurried along. They needed to keep going to reach the next spot for camping. The dwarves had created several checkpoints along the trade route where they either cut completely new halls into the mountains or expanded existing caves and caverns. In these...

99. The Exam (2)

Above them circled three young wyverns. As relatives of the dragon race, their skin was densely covered in scales. Unlike a dragon who had 4 legs and two wings, their front legs had turned into wings, like a bat or a pterosaur. Their hind legs were big talons like a raptor´s to grab their prey. Only their head looked like a real dragons with pi...

98. The Exam

On the morning of the day of the exam, all adventurers taking part in the quest assembled at the great gates of Ora. The Merchant Caravan was already waiting outside the city. It was a long row of carts and covered wagons with traders and drivers already waiting. Seth wore his new jacket and the serpent bone armor on top. The others had explaine...

97. Before the Exam (2)

Seth's eyes almost fell out of his face. This jacket alone rivaled the performance of the serpent armor! And he could combine them. The smooth metallic fabric felt cool under his touch. The inside was lined with a different warm making it unnecessary to wear any clothes below the cloth armor.

He equipped the jacket and was almost unable to...

96. Before the Exam

The following days leading up to the exam were dominated by fighting in dungeons and working on his teamwork with “Yulecat’s Fur”. They slowly started to fight in more dangerous dungeons and Seth and the group got used to each other. In the time Seth worked with the adventurer party he realized how hard-pressed for money adventurers actual...

95.Setting up shop

Marn visited him in the evening a day later and brought the papers he had to sign to take over the shop. Of course, Seth read them, before he signed them. He finally had a shop! This meant he could test Cerberus!

He was too excited to wait for tomorrow, especially since he was scheduled for another dungeon dive with the party. Seth left Pu...

94. Settling some Debts

Marn explained to him, that Mr. J was the loan shark he had gotten the money for the shop from. He was one of many shady businessmen on the third underground level, the black market. Seth collected the stolen weapons from the thugs and ordered them to lead him to Mr. J’s place.

The three thugs led them down some dirty staircase into the ...

93. A Workshop

Seth felt only a little bad about leaving their big, expensive hotel room to Puffles and spending the nights with mina in some cheap inn rooms.

Today he did not join the team on the raid and decided to visit the commercial district with the Ivicer. After he managed to part from the horny- no, the impassionate cat girl he returned to the In...

92. Cerberus

An Assistant? Seth was alone on the wide and quiet graveyard,  so he summoned the whole smithy to see what it looked like.  Among the different crafting stations, Seth already knew towered a humongous figure. At first, it reminded him of Anubis as the three-meter-tall giant was a muscular dog-headed statue.  On the second look, un...

91. Bloodslaves

A horde of Ghouls, humanoid creatures with hunched backs and long sharp claws, was banging onto the thin light membrane Puffles had summoned on the door. While the barrier was still holding Seth decided to chuck his throwing knives into the crowd. It was simply faster than using his bow to shoot them in close range. But the ghoul's reactions wer...

90.Party Play (2)

His feet slightly sank into the soft dark earth of the 6th floor. The floor was dark, but thanks to his pendant he saw everything clearly.  Still, it was Mina that was the first to find a monster. With a <Shadow Step> she had vanished from their formation. With a shout, a big spider with spindly legs and a big bulbous butt fell on the...

89. Party Play

“I´m staying at “The Lucky Miner”

They had just finished their meal, with everyone being close to falling into a food coma. Before they left and split up again, the conversation led to their plans for tomorrow, where to meet. As Seth was still new to Ora, he suggested meeting at the inn he was staying at.

“The Lucky Miner!? ...

88. Meeting Again

The girl that suddenly appeared acted like nothing was wrong. Seth on the other hand felt rather awkward. A girl he did not remember the name of, from a one-night-stand he was paid for, suddenly appeared when he was eating in a fancy restaurant and talked to him. It was an understatement to say, that he did not know how to react.

“It mus...

87. Ivicer's Name

In the evening they finally left the smelly dungeon. Unfortunately, the smell had already stuck their bodies. A rigorous bath was desperately needed! They returned directly to their inn to get exactly that.

At least this torture was not for naught. The Ivicer had reached a proud lv.6 and its magic improved. It was now able to even kill tho...

86. Performance Test

Seth had 2 Weeks until the exam and quite a few things to do. As the receptionist had explained, the exam would be a B-Rank quest under the guidance of an experienced examiner. A B-Rank quest could easily take several weeks on its own. He would have to make preparations for his journey and look for a shop to sell his weapons.

He still had ...

85. New Beginnings

The bright light of the morning sun that fell in through the windows woke him up and hurt in his hung-over eyes.  it was a tiny window and the light fell into a tiny room right below the roof of an inn. The place was sparsely decorated with the bed he lay in, a cupboard, and a table with a chair. Clothes were randomly spread on the floor. 2021-02-10 13:41:39 +0000 UTC View Post

84. Parting Ways

Seth's jaw fell open and he didn´t know what to say.

“My father sent me a letter. He says it´s important that I return as soon as possible and I- I...”

She had dropped her cute act. She tried to hold back, but big tears welled up in her dark eyes. She bit down on her trembling lips.

“Hey... “, he lifted his hand to .....

83. Ora

Finally, they reached Ora, the great dwarven city at the foot of the mountain range. Almost 4 months for a journey that he had not planned in the first place. The airship had done many stops in between and Seth had used to chance to actually enjoy this different world. His knowledge of materials had not grown a lot, but his <Blacksmith (Adept...

82. Good byes

In the following weeks, Seth alternated between forging the snake materials until his mana ran out and spending time with Fin, Sarina, and the little Ivicer.

One of these days the little Ivicer suddenly popped out of the pet space when was just having a short break from forging.

“Seth, Seth! I finally did it!”, it said excitedly....

81. Spirit Forging

Seth had 8 attribute points and decided to put them all into intelligence. He felt good with the rest of his attributes, so it did not hurt increasing his INT to 28. Still, this meant he could only forge the tooth for 36 minutes.

He also tried to see how much he needed to forge the snake ribs he had. The effect it had on the ribs was treme...

80. Rina

Sarina woke up in an unfamiliar room. She had gotten used to the tiny room she had lived in with Uncle Ben for the last two weeks. Uncle Ben had visited them when her mother had become sick. He was a friend of her father and his sworn brother. He had told her a lot of stories about her dad and their adventures when they were still young. Sarina ...

79. A new Quest

Towering over the corpse of one of her own men was the busty leader of the bandits.

“We really shouldn´t have brought amateurs on this mission”, she said looking down on the guy who had babbled something about a “burning savage” or whatever.

“But Boss, it wouldn´t be believable, if there were no actually bandits among us....

78. Hunt

Seth was sure he felt a vein bursting in his head. What was up with that title?! It was great that his <Fire Affection> leveled up, but what was that title?

"What´s wrong?", the little fairy asked looking away with a beet-red face.

Fin had a hard time sleeping listening to the screams of a man burning alive. She had no problem...

77. Burning Savage

A huge flying creature resembling armored manta rays were circling the zeppelin-like airship in the night sky. A band of burly men in ragged-looking armors and jackets was standing on their backs. The beasts were controlled by hooded riders whose faces could not be recognized.

A beauty lifting a sparkling cutlass and signaled the men to at...

Ivicer`s Name

Don´t really know what name to give it. I think Puffles would be funny. Papi Troilus would be a reference to what he looks like at the moment.

76. Charon´s Obol

It was finally time for Seth to make his own hammer. This was a step any blacksmith would have to make, to really graduate from being a beginner. The process was like a ritual. In the case of Charon´s Obol, it really was ritual!

The blueprint for this hammer was special. It was not an option he could just click and use to train the proces...

75. Rank up

It was a bright day and they could see the sea off in the distance from the terminal of the airport. The ship had arrived this morning and was now ready for departure. Seth wore his fresh traveling clothes and a sparkling clean Fin sat flew around him with a haughty look on her face.

They were about to board the airship as VIP with their t...

74. Desert Dragon Pavilion

The Desert Dragon Pavilion had a lot more items created by crafting classes. Lavishly engraved and enchanted armors, weapons, and accessories were displayed in the store. Despite the rating being lower on average, the things looked a lot more expensive because of the difference in craftsmanship. It was almost a shame that a talented enchanter co...

73. The Arcane Emporium

“Hello Sir, how may I help you?”, Seth was greeted as he stepped to the counter. First, a little test. Seth wanted to see whether these people were really professionals or would act arrogantly? He put a small portion of bone powder into a small bowl on the counter. He had almost two full stacks of this stuff and one unit was 100g, so he had ...

72. Oriekot

So, what do you do first when you are on vacation in a foreign city?

“” Food!””, Seth and Fin said in sync

What followed was a crusade starting with the street vendors. They did not just eat until they were full. They ate and ate and ate to try every stall they could find. They became a notorious couple of food critics in rec...