Pov The Commander of the 5th Sector
I had special stairs so I could look out of my command bunker. It was a bit unfortunate to be a dwarf, but other than our height problem, we were quite built for defensive battles. I watched as the surprise army rushed ever closer. I wanted to yell at our information department, but I could ...
2025-02-03 17:21:21 +0000 UTC View PostGreg and I had just finished clearing another trent map. It had been a while since I’d cleared a map—at least two weeks—and they needed another clear as the demand for these maps was rising.
The wood these monsters dropped was quite excellent for low-level adventurers. You could make anything that requires a bit of wood....
2025-02-03 17:21:10 +0000 UTC View Post----
No chapters tomorrow, need to do stuff.
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Pov Dungeon Core
We were now officially done with the first defensive layer of the outer defenses. This also meant that I could now power it, and I was glad to do so. It took quite a lot of mana, and the way all of this worked meant that I barely had to do any...
2025-01-30 17:37:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning came quite fast, but this time I did my morning training before I went to the library. While I wasn’t yet 100%, I think a few more days and then constantly being vigilant about not pushing too hard will fix me completely.
This library was quite a big one, but now I actually didn’t know where I needed to go...
2025-01-30 17:35:24 +0000 UTC View Post----
Is there any pov or other things you would like to see? We are steadily moving towards the end so any questions or things you feel like you want answered comment below :)
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Pov Dungeon Core
As I was finishing up the 60th floor, I realized that I had done this faster than the previous floor, even thoug...
2025-01-29 17:47:13 +0000 UTC View Post"Hi Vila," I said in a slightly louder voice than was strictly allowed in the library. She jumped a bit, which brought a smile to my face.
"Mike, don't talk so loud," she said in a quiet yet somehow firm tone. "I’m surprised to see you here so early."
"Yeah, I’m skipping training today. So I was wonderin...
2025-01-29 17:46:55 +0000 UTC View PostPov Dungeon Core
It has been nearly two and a half years since I broke the siege. Slowly, I have noticed more and more scouts. They are very careful, but my people are better. Also, what's the point of making strong defenses and the capability of attacking back if you can’t even detect your enemies? I’ve also decided to al...
2025-01-28 17:41:15 +0000 UTC View PostMy steps were quite heavy as I locked the door and walked towards my bed. It was already dark outside, but the moon was out, so there was at least a little bit of light. There was no need to light any candles for the few minutes I would be able to stay awake.
My body was totally exhausted, yet for some reason, I was feeling be...
2025-01-28 17:41:02 +0000 UTC View PostPov Dungeon Core
During the next breakthrough, I decided to increase my Ever-expanding Quantity skill, getting it to rank A. I had a lot of creatures and monsters, and while I was not starting to suffer from excess mana upkeep, it also wasn’t too far away.
I needed to be able to increase the number of crea...
2025-01-27 17:29:41 +0000 UTC View PostThis city was quite large, so it took me a decent amount of time to reach my destination. When I was outside Felwan’s place, I was surprised at how busy it seemed to be. Although, perhaps the few times I had come here before, I just happened to arrive during less busy times.
There were quite a lot of people, and I quickly re...
2025-01-27 17:29:33 +0000 UTC View Post----
No dungeon core today, I had a family thing come up and simply don't have the time to finish it. Had this ready so will upload this. Also this story is now 33k words long so not that short any more. I think this one will be the next one to be added to the regular upload schedule but I am not certain how many would enjoy this story. 2025-01-24 08:26:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Pov Dungeon Core
I was relentless in my work. It had been a while since I expanded floors without adding any materials to them. Well, technically I did add some, but the few rooms were so little in comparison to the volume of the floor that they shouldn’t even count.
It took me another breakthrough to get ...
2025-01-23 16:55:16 +0000 UTC View PostPov Vivian
I laid a piece of meat onto the pan and immediately knew I had messed up. There was way too much smoke. I quickly lifted the pan from the heat source and used a skill of mine to cool it down a bit. Unfortunately, it was no help. The meat was already stuck, so I cooled the pan down completely and made sure all the sm...
2025-01-22 17:16:15 +0000 UTC View PostPov Dungeon Core
It had been a really busy few weeks after our victory. I dove deep into the world of enchantment. Many expected it would take me a while to get competent enough to start working on our defenses, but I totally floored them when they realized that in a little over a week I had mastered all that I could.
&n...
2025-01-21 16:59:11 +0000 UTC View PostPov Dungeon Core
We had won. Not the war, but at least a crucial battle. I would hope that they would never return, but that was a fool's hope. A lot of my creatures were currently working on the designs to make us a proper fortress.
I should have known that just being defensive wasn’t good enough, but it ...
2025-01-20 16:39:01 +0000 UTC View PostPov Ant Combat Digger
It was incredible to once again have this feeling. I had seen many battles, but it had been quite a while since I had to do such dangerous digging. I worked my mandibles, even if they weren’t doing any of the work.
No, everything was actually done by my skills, but the action of movin...
2025-01-17 09:15:43 +0000 UTC View Post***
One of the diamond ranks went high up in the sky and started to conjure huge lightning bolts that rained down in a large area away from the other fighters. Every time one of those lightning bolts hit the ground, it killed thousands of ants in a large area. Soon, those corpses started to disappear, but not before the entire...
2025-01-16 17:02:33 +0000 UTC View Post***
The emergency meeting went on after the disappearance of the traitors. While some tried to blame all of the Beasts, the words of the leader of the Beasts made it clear that they had no knowledge of this happening and did not approve of this move.
Yet, over and over again, it was brought up. Eventually, t...
2025-01-15 16:58:50 +0000 UTC View PostPov Vivian
My mind was in turmoil. The fire cleansed everything, but I was still seeing visions of those horrible moving corpses. It was so hard not to imagine what would happen if that small life was let loose. My mind was so occupied that I only snapped out of my daze when I saw the barrier disappear, and I involuntarily ste...
2025-01-13 17:18:07 +0000 UTC View Post***
There were a multitude of guards and other people in the entrance hall of ETG. Just a few minutes ago, another team with the melter went in, and already they were preparing another.
Over the course of years, they had gotten their manufacturing facilities working, allowing them to make melters at incredib...
2025-01-10 09:04:39 +0000 UTC View PostPov Dungeon Core
I think this is what shock feels like. His last words still echoed in my mind. There are many trying to understand what happened, asking me questions. Many had gathered around the lake to see if they could help Vix, but none of them could bring him out of his sleep that was consuming his soul. At least now I k...
2025-01-09 16:30:57 +0000 UTC View PostPov Vix
I was still mesmerized by the core that was Father, but I was snapped out of it when I noticed the small cracks all around its surface and even inside. He was struggling so much, yet he was still doing everything necessary—everything he could—to protect not just himself but us as well.
Slowly, I ...
2025-01-08 17:22:28 +0000 UTC View PostPov Vix
I felt sharp claws digging into my skin. It was so painful. I tried to pull my tail back. It wasn’t working, so I started to move it up and down and sideways as fast as I could. Then I felt the ripping—it was so painful.
My eyes opened, my heart was beating fast, and it took me a moment to rememb...
2025-01-07 17:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostPov Anna
Every so often, I simply couldn’t resist looking toward my husband. Fortunately, I no longer had to pay attention to how my hands worked while preparing food, as I had done this so many times before. Carl was currently playing with our grandkids—well, technically great-grandkids, but we long ago decided there was ...
2025-01-06 17:36:43 +0000 UTC View PostPov Carl
My momentum was stopped by a tree. I could feel it crack, but it seemed like I didn’t have to worry about it falling on top of me. My shield arm hurt; that impact probably cracked my bone. The shield was also bent inwards a little bit. Yet through all of this, I never took my eyes off the monster I was fighting. I d...
2025-01-03 10:49:23 +0000 UTC View PostPov Dungeon Core
The constant activation of dungeon melters was annoying. The only reason they weren’t actually hurting me was because of my size. Now, I don’t know exactly why I was so big; I guess I’ve always been bigger than I meant to be.
From my understanding, most other dungeon cores are made of ...
2025-01-02 17:13:38 +0000 UTC View Post----
Thank you all for the wonderful year. As a reminder from my last announcement, this will be the last post of this year as the holidays are starting. I will resume posting on the second of January.
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Pov Dungeon Core
I had expected a more extreme response to the disaster that was their first attempt at...
2024-12-20 10:15:15 +0000 UTC View PostPov Vivian
I watched as my grandfather continued to read the report I gave him. Each time he was done with a page, he tossed it behind him, and as that paper slowly fell to the ground, it disintegrated into dust.
“So they’re planning another breach. Took them long enough to stop being cowards. Tell me, w...
2024-12-19 17:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostPov Dungeon Core
I didn’t actually expect them to surrender. For some reason, I thought they would fight to the very end. I often forgot that creatures who can live for a long time and are fully sapient will not usually fight to the very end like more bestial creatures do. But even they, if they can, will choose to escape. F...
2024-12-18 17:32:11 +0000 UTC View Post***
Merrick was sitting on a distant hill while eating some foraged berries. Sometimes, when he closed his eyes, he could still see the shockwaves and area attacks that should have killed him but didn't, thanks to the combatants actually trying to keep him alive. He had been watching this fight for almost two weeks now, and Me...
2024-12-17 16:49:53 +0000 UTC View Post