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Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 52 - Build Nerds

“Alright, I did some research and math,” Veyra said.

We’d barely said our hellos, when she placed a large screenshot of a real-life drawing on the wall of our usual tavern. She’d drawn the assassin class’s full skill tree, listing all thirty-six available skills, the good and bad. Each one had notes and numbers written on them, w...

B4 Chapter 1 - Are They All Evil?

Feeling a stranger’s hand on her shoulder, Vivi’s first instinct was to release her aura of five thousand ether at the man’s face. She stopped herself, however. This wasn’t Zand. Her life wasn’t in danger.

A constant tapping of rainfall hammered the metal above. The canopy spanned the width of the street with a gap before the str...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 51 - Nerfed

“Aiden, what was that!?” was the first gush of excitement I heard outside the arena from uncle Ricky after I finally managed to sneak past all the interviews, trophy ceremonies and and all media crews trying to ask how the hell I one-shotted a rank 50 death knight tank player.

I admit, I was a bit dumbfounded for the whole post-win int...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 50 - Best Of Five

I loaded into a hot cave, standing atop steel gratings. Lava bubbled underneath, though the footing appeared solid. Tall cavernous walls surrounded the arena, roughly the size of a football field. The ground was flat, consisting fully of the steel gratings. Not the most pleasant surface to fight on, but my boots were thick enough to properly sta...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 49 - Zero Point Seven-two

The arena was absolutely packed. The remaining seats had been sold out last night, as apparently the event itself gained popularity from all the forum posts and news floating around regarding my debut match against Henrift. I had already developed a reputation as a noob stomper, but this was essentially my debut match against a real res...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 48 - Two Raid Bosses

Author note: Bonus chapter for reaching the 1000 followers milestone on Royal Road! Thanks! The next chapter drops tomorrow, following the schedule as normal.

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A walkway ahead of me lit up like a red carpet leading me to the two game pods in the middle. Except instead of carpet, it was an LED-lit walkway with cameras and an audien...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 47 - Stupid Charm

We followed a trail of dead Stone Wyverns up the mountain paths, killing the occasional straggler goblins trying to jump us from the mountainside swamplands. Monster corpses stayed on the ground for around fifteen minutes after death, meaning that if we followed the dead ones, we’d most likely find a guild peacefully clearing their way up the ...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 46 - Consider

Author note: Bonus chapter for reaching the 100 ratings milestone on Royal Road! Another one will be dropping once we reach 1000 followers.

I won the remaining nine fights of the open qualification event, all in less than thirty seconds. I made sure to be as flashy as possible with [Shadow Dash], since that was where the cheating ac...

Future Schedule (For both books), and Ethersmith one week break.

Hello, this is an update on the future schedule of my Patreon and Royal Road pages!

First, The Ethersmith is going on a one week break. Chapter 1 of book 4 will drop on Monday the 17th. I’ve been writing this book for over a year straight now, and a break is honestly necessary to refresh my brain. Thanks for your support, and I hope to s...

Ethersmith Book 3 Epilogue

“So, the situation is this,” Lortel inquired. “You offended a city lord, who is directly related to the human god emperor, and you threatened him into compliance using his life.”

“I threatened him just with simple logic,” Vivi said. “And… maybe a few threats on his life, yes.”

Lortel gave her the side-eye. “And no...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 45 - Disheveled Goof

“Aiden?”

I entered the warm-up room, and amongst the tens of nervous players doing stretches, waiting for their turns to use the two dozen warm-up game-pods available, I was faced with two familiar faces right away. None other than Sullivan and Evelyn. Eve faced me with surprise, and one could expect what treatment Sullivan gave me. 2025-11-09 13:41:11 +0000 UTC View Post

B3 Chapter 69 - Awe

The ground quaked and mud splashed as the boulders from the dead golem crashed against the ground.

A dream, Veronica thought. The sight was impossible. In her sixty years as an ether hunter, never had she witnessed something like this. She’d fought a golem like that once in her life. Back then, sixteen hunting companies had been...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 44 - Family Support

On my phone, I opened up the website for “New York Wonderwind,” the official website for anything Wonderwind in my city. From there, I found the one versus one PvP competition—the biggest Wonderwind event in New York with a grand prize of ten thousand dollars and a Worlds invitation ticket, accommodation and flights included. The event was...

B3 Chapter 68 - Art

“Helegar,” Veronica snapped at the man. “This is not what we agreed upon!”

Rain droplets drizzled from the surface sky. The storm zone had not been excavated—a procedure which was usually performed for the simplest of surges. Letting a full red storm break on muddy surface soil was reckless at best. Suicidal if anything ...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 43 - Promise Breaker

“Shadow Dash is not just an escape tool, or a gap-closer,” I explained to Neige’s livestream, while his guild mates scowled at me. “This little dash is the backbone of the assassin class. I say this to every assassin player watching—I want you to value Shadow Dash like it’s your life, because when used correctly, it really is a secon...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 42 - Cheater Duo

Four players in top tier gear stepped into the room. The leader’s bow was almost as long as he was tall, and that said a lot, considering he was at least an inch taller than me. He wore a red scarf over an archer’s cloak.

His nametag read, [Luxueux] Neige. The guild leader of the seventh best guild in the world, the ra...

B3 Chapter 67 - Heroes On The Run

The hunter and his freshly flattened uniform flew back inside in an arch back. A wooden table received him, then promptly snapped into pieces under his weight. He collapsed in its splintered wood, where he lay unconscious. Blood spurted from his nose, some having made it to Vivi’s fist.

She looked for something to wipe her hand with. Her...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 41 - The Forums

Some days passed, and Veyra and I grew closer.

I continued my workout regime of bodyweight exercises, raising the number of pushups I could do from three to a whopping nine. I had to renew my subscription to The Cave, which wasn’t an issue after selling a few gear pieces.

I also fixed my sleep schedule. As in, I went to sleep when ...

B3 Chapter 66 - Restore

The teleporter blinked active, and Vivi’s consciousness flickered from the third level to Essi’s hometown. Mistvale.

A familiar tapping sound reverberated from the rain canopy. An open sky of grey clouds spanned well into the distance. The teleporter platform was atop a hill. Modern brick buildings and rain canopies, and pretty paved s...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 40 - Favorites

I’m actually going on a date, I thought, as if that was some grand milestone of life I never expected I’d achieve.

I led the way deeper into the village, into what was easily my favourite cafe in the game. Not that I visited cafes often, but I had good memories of this cute hardwood hut in the middle of the Sky Island Sect. 2025-11-05 12:44:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 39 - Identity Revealed

Annath’s forum post included a short clip as “proof” that Veyra was cheating—a ten second video recording of the battle earlier. Specifically, it showed Annath facing Veyra one to one after blowing me to the side. Veyra cast [Chronorift], the ice wall, [Time Freeze], an icicle, and a portal all in just a few seconds.

Her casting wa...

B3 Chapter 65 - Return Home

Vivi and the demons built a simple campfire to rest at before advancing any further. They had only brought rations for two days, and even that would be a stretch. The plan was to restock on the upper levels.

Regardless, she offered Essi a canteen and a stick of dried jerky. They sat next to each other, facing the fire. Being hunters, they ...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 38 - Typing…

It didn’t take long for Annath to utterly overpower me. I blocked and dodged, desperately defending myself from the deadliest sword in the whole game.

Blocking was now even more difficult without supportive frost or time magic. It became apparent that Veyra’s presence alone had slowed Annath’s dance by a tiny bit, forcing her to divi...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 37 - SevenStrife

The tall gold-haired woman in front of us looked to me like the commander of an army of knights. Her bright silver plate and her stern scowl gave her an unbreakable presence—and she walked with the step of someone who expected to be bowed to, even if nothing was happening.

[Celestial Order] Annath. The leader of the thir...

B3 Chapter 64 - Rescue

Stepping onto Boblin’s cliff, Vivi placed down the giant slab of meat and flared her aura, pushing it into the tunnel.

Last time she’d traveled to the surface with everyone, luring Boblin down had taken some convincing and retries. Someone eventually suggested meat, and that turned out to be what got the lizard curious, though even aft...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 36 - Those Who Like Hugs

I was no longer a functioning human being.

Arguably, I had not been that in a long time, considering I hadn’t seen sunlight in reality ever since that one trip to the corner store. Ignoring real life, though, In Wonderwind, I’d always been in high spirits and rarely stressed out, except when rent was due.

Right now, sitting on a ...

Assassinate Wonderwind Chapter 35 - Date?

Veyra’s carefree mood paused, totally caught off guard. Snow and Dark, both of Heywin’s cats, ran downstairs, while the tower continued crumbling under the misty sky.

Oh my god, I actually said it. No preparation, no flirting beforehand, I just went straight to the question.

“A date?” Veyra asked. “Like… an actual date?�...