Enjoy!
-------------
It took several minutes before any of the birds seemed to respond; Serenity wasn’t certain if that was because of how far away they were or because they were thinking. Regardless of the reason, Serenity kept the signal floating in the air. It was a continual drain on his mana, especially since he kept it rotati...
2022-06-24 22:59:53 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-----------------
Serenity did return to the Tutorial in the morning, but nothing he tried told him where the problem was. In his free time, he scoured the Mages’ area and even sat in on some classes, but nothing seemed out of place. None of the instructors he was willing to ask had seen anything either, and Serenity knew he...
2022-06-23 23:11:18 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-----------
The following day, the group traveled with Mr. Williams to Aviemore, Scotland, with several stops on the way to explore dungeons. Serenity found it invigorating, but he still couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something he needed to do.
That evening, he ventured into the Tutorial. It’d been a few d...
2022-06-22 22:48:31 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
The man ran at Serenity, giggling. Serenity wasn’t entirely certain if he was insane or if there was a deeper meaning behind his words and actions, but that didn’t matter; Serenity wasn’t about to let the man reach him. Any chance he’d had to resolve this semi-peacefully was gone.
So he Evoked the p...
2022-06-21 23:02:40 +0000 UTC View PostNo, no jokes about 'Chapter Not Found'.
Well, okay, maybe one. That one.
Enjoy!
-----------
The hole in the ground had a smooth slope leading down into a tunnel that was seven feet in each dimension. Serenity took a good look at it; getting earth to simply stay in place like that with such a large span wasn’t easy.
<... 2022-06-20 22:49:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
------------
“Some of the crustaceans will probably escape the killing field; if they’re smart, they’ll ignore the loaders to get at the gunners. So we need to have a barrier that will stop them long enough to kill, even if there are large numbers coming at once. Or at least slow them down; that will be enough. I don’t...
2022-06-19 22:55:22 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
Mr. Williams seemed to chew on Serenity’s statements. As Serenity was about to return to the problem at hand, he asked one more question. “If you’re not worried about mammals or insects or any sort of monster, what are you worried about? Birds? They don’t burrow.”
Serenity grinned for a moment. Th...
2022-06-18 22:38:24 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-----------
Helios cheered as he found his second target. It was hidden in an illusion on top of a tall building, but Helios’s power included Sight, as the Sun should. It should be a far less annoying fight than the monkeys, since he could simply call down the Light of the Sun on his enemies. He didn’t care about any that ...
2022-06-18 22:36:05 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-----------
After the fight, Serenity finally had his first chance to get a good look at the man they’d rescued. Leroy was at least a decade older than Tom. He was several inches shorter than Serenity, even in his human form, but seemed to be strong as well as sturdy and fit. He was dressed in camo, just like Tom, though it ...
2022-06-17 23:13:18 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
------------
It was easy to find the point where the trail split; while Tom had stayed on the road, Leroy had hared off into the forest, running into and through brush. There was a clear path leading away from the road, even if Tom and Rissa didn’t immediately see it.
Serenity wasn’t certain if he should credit himse...
2022-06-16 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
:What’s next? I don’t see or feel any others.: Rissa walked over to Serenity, still talking to him telepathically.
It was remarkably convenient.
:Next? We try to find the soldier. Assuming that’s who was running from these men. He’ll know something; that’s the way Events work. The thing is, ...
2022-06-15 23:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
------------
A voice called out from the trees. “Run, strangers. They’re scouts for an army, maybe you can get away from them. Get to Aval; they’ll send help.”
Serenity could hear the voice getting farther away as it spoke.
It was obvious what the man wanted; whether they got help or not, they’d have been...
2022-06-14 22:51:32 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
------------
“Reinforcements like us. That sounds good, but how do we do it?” Rissa hadn’t looked away.
Serenity reached into the saddlebags for a map case. He doubted Rissa had even recognized what it was, but waterproof containers for paper were quite common off Earth. “We check the map. I made sure to get an E...
2022-06-13 22:57:58 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
As Serenity appeared in the dungeon, he felt a sudden flash of extreme pain. Something was trying to dissolve a part of him.
Serenity immediately jumped to a conclusion: it was an Event dungeon and they were entering with a specific affiliation. Why hadn’t he realized that they would be equipped appropria...
2022-06-12 23:07:05 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-----------
The news was convincing enough that the Librarian agreed to consider releasing some information “depending on how the future goes”. It wasn’t what Serenity hoped for, but it wasn’t a complete loss, either.
The Librarian was not nearly so reticent with information about the man who tried to buy his boo...
2022-06-11 22:51:09 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
The old man led the way out of the small, book-filled room and into a room that featured a desk with a computer; it felt almost anachronistic after the previous room. The wall to the left was filled with books, but they were all modern. The wall to the right held a single recliner; the old man waved them towards ...
2022-06-11 22:47:26 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
------------
Serenity floated in darkness. It was simply becoming normal, now; this was how it was when he talked to a dungeon core. Maybe he should talk to Aki; was it possible to decorate this space so it was a little less blank? Or was it not even a real space?
“Who are you?” The dungeon’s question came from the...
2022-06-10 22:49:43 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
[Dungeon: Quiz Maze]
[Learning is best when it’s used, and second-best when it’s fun! Come and see how well you’ve learned your facts in the Quiz Maze!]
[Status: Stable]
[Tier: One]
[Levels: One]
... 2022-06-09 22:56:11 +0000 UTC View PostToday is the 1-year anniversary of my first post of this story. Hard to believe it's been that long - and also hard to believe I've somehow managed to put out a chapter every day since then (plus another almost-fifty for Patreon)!
Enjoy!
-----------
When they reached the Echoes of Big Ben entrance, they fou...
2022-06-08 22:53:25 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
---------------
Before they removed the spell protecting the portal, Serenity took some pictures of the room and had several other people take pictures as well. He then showed them to the people on his team who couldn’t see that part of the room.
They were easily able to see the diagram on the floor in the pictures he ...
2022-06-07 22:36:38 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
Helios jumped from a roof to the cliffside to the top of a damaged wall. The monkeys were right behind him, but this time he had a plan. This was the third group he’d led into the same trap. Helios started calling on the Sun to send down its power. Some of the movements hurt; he clearly needed to practice the s...
2022-06-06 22:58:45 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
--------------
Helios swore. How were monkeys so powerful? Yes, there were a lot of them, but they were just monkeys! They were less than a third his height and far less than that in mass, there was no way they should be holding up against him in physical combat, yet they were. Fine, he was facing them four and five a...
2022-06-05 23:44:02 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
---------------
Helios grinned as he waved the silly message away. A challenge was exactly what he needed to get his blood pumping again! He hated these modern times; it was going to be so good when he could use his full power again, instead of limiting himself to dribs and drabs, but he could already feel th...
2022-06-04 23:04:14 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
---------------
“Aftereffects? I haven’t noticed any issues with magic.” Magic on Earth seemed pretty much like magic elsewhere. Serenity was sure he’d have noticed if it was different.
Psyche shrugged. “You use internal magic. I felt that when you triggered the token. It’s pretty clear you can use e...
2022-06-04 22:59:16 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
---------------
Gaia’s suggestion was a good one, but Serenity wanted to do as much preparation as he could. Unfortunately, he wasn’t powerful enough to face a god on his own, even a “local deity”. Maybe one that had been weakened by centuries spent on magic-poor Earth might be someone he could handle, but he ...
2022-06-03 23:03:29 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
Serenity checked the farside portal while Rissa did whatever she was doing. He knew it had to do with her Time and Mind specialties; she’d tell him the results when she was done.
The portal was fine; it seemed nearly unchanged from its previous condition. There was a little less energy stored, but that ma...
2022-06-02 22:46:22 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
---------
Rissa was indeed still asleep when they landed near the Traa portal. Serenity was met by the limo service Janice had arranged and driven to the Traa portal.
The car couldn’t get close enough for Serenity to get a good read on the location data from the portal. It was fortunate there was no perimeter set up ar...
2022-06-01 23:17:02 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-----------
Russ turned to his daughter, obviously puzzled. “What’s wrong with it?”
Rissa took a gulp of air and tried to stop laughing. “It’s a translation.” After another gulp, she seemed to have it more or less under control. “I bet it was originally something like “each time a Seer is born, a Child of...
2022-05-31 22:38:01 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
---------------
“One of them lets me borrow a Skill from someone bound to the Dungeon and make it an aura for an entire level. It’s normally used on monsters, to make a Monster Ruler’s Rulership ability extend throughout the whole level. It has to be taken each time it applies and it only applies on that level, but...
2022-05-30 22:40:22 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
----------
“You did what?” Agent Price stared at the other two agents. He knew it shouldn’t come as a surprise, but for some reason he’d thought this was going to end in arrest, not summary execution. Yes, Serenity was an alien and probably an accessory to kidnapping or murder, even if he didn’t perform it himself. T...
2022-05-29 22:52:34 +0000 UTC View Post