Serenity baffles people with jumps in logic periodically. I have to admit that I find it funny when someone else does that same thing to him.
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“Your armor is a bit odd, but functional and doesn’t obviously shout its Tier. If we do reversible cloaks, we can have the Shining Caverns sigi...
2021-11-13 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSerenity doesn't really like being woken up in the middle of the night; it makes him snarky. But then, who does?
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Why isn’t this working?
Serenity woke up to a mild headache and voice resounding in his head.
[Dungeon Bind]
There wasn...
2021-11-12 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostSerenity is not skilled at hiding things - and in this case, why should he?
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“The Necropolis is the World City for Tzintkra, isn’t it? I have to go there. It’s the fastest way I have to get home, and the only way I can bring people with me.” Serenity took a deep breath and let it ...
2021-11-11 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAnother callback ... this time to when Serenity unlocked his Death Concept. The Voice said [Welcome to the Necropolis, DeathLord].
It's time to find out what that means.
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Serenity couldn’t warn the others; he could only hope they’d play along with him. Stojan Tasi...
2021-11-10 00:04:58 +0000 UTC View PostFor anyone who didn't remember: Stojan Tasi is the City Lord of the Shining Caverns - and Hale has known him since he was young; he's a friend of Hale's father.
He is not the only member of the Stojan family on Tzintkra.
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The man smiled. “Glad you remember, little Hale. Not so little n...
2021-11-09 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThings are still happening on Earth. Most of them aren't that different from what would be happening without the Tutorial and magic, but some of them definitely are new.
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When Serenity woke up, he was presented with an unexpected message.
[A Community has been established in ...
2021-11-08 00:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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The woman was alive, the uncursed man was dead, and the cursed man was dying. There was a residual feel of essence from the dead man, and Serenity caught a whiff of a scent he recognized - he smelled somewhat like Desinka. Whatever he’d been before, he was definitely truly dead now, so Sere...
2021-11-08 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIf you're wondering if the title is a reference ... yes, yes it is. Unfortunately I am incapable of writing as punnily as the original.
Still, it's appropriate for the beginning of this chapter.
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Rakyn couldn’t believe his - and his daughter’s - luck. Desinka’s injury had been t...
2021-11-06 23:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostThere are all sorts of naming conventions in the multiverse. Since Tzintkra is a planet mostly inhabited by outsiders, it varies a lot. I've tried to have enough variation in names to reflect this. Desinka's name would translate as "Desinka, child-Heir of Rakyn". Not that there's much to be the heir of, but that's still what ...
2021-11-06 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostRakyn hurried. He's not done for the day, but he has some time and wanted to get back in case there was something he could do to help. This isn't exactly what he was expecting to see...
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Serenity had expected the Messenger to be gone longer. He’d hoped to have everything taken care of...
2021-11-05 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSerenity's a hypocrite, but at least he recognizes that other people make different choices...
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Desinka sank away from him when he laughed. “Sorry, Desinka. I wasn’t laughing at you. I was telling myself something that my girlfriend told me a week or two ago. It makes a lot more sens...
2021-11-04 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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“Where should I start? At the beginning, I suppose.” Desinka looked up at Serenity. “The problem is figuring out where the beginning is. I guess the best place to start is - no, that doesn’t really matter. More recently, then. I’ve been delving with a group of people from T’cherna....
2021-11-03 23:25:41 +0000 UTC View PostSomehow, Hale always ends up paying for Katya's food...
I don't think I've gone into detail on how Serenity's wings are muscled. They aren't the same as birds' wings, though that's not obvious from the outside (possibly more similar to bat wings, though again it's not exact). The only benefit he gets from it at...
2021-11-02 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Serenity regretted trying to explain “invisible light”. The idea that heat could be seen wasn’t strange to Hale, but the idea that it was a wider range of vision instead of a special ability didn’t seem to work for him. He was looking for a graceful way to exit the discussion when Ka...
2021-11-01 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I will be expanding the Chimera tier in November with two extra chapters each weekend (on the 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 27th, and 28th). This means that by the end of November, Chimera will be 17 chapters ahead of RR and Pathed will still be 7 chapters ahead of RR.
I will be ex...
2021-11-01 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHollis was caught in a hallucination, then passed out. Why?
And how can the four of them figure out where he was taken?
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The four of them watched the man with short blond hair walk into the Guildmaster’s office, talk for a bit, and hand over a package and a letter before leaving. ...
2021-10-31 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe'll be back to Serenity next chapter.
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Guildmaster Hollis sometimes wished he was still Healer Hollis. Times like this were especially bad, and he didn’t think there had been a time like this since he gave in to Guildmaster Arenthya and accepted leadership of the Shining Caverns Hea...
2021-10-30 22:27:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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On the way to the Hall of Healing, Serenity checked out his new Map. It showed all of the buildings, street names (where they existed), and what each building was used for - according to the city, at least. He was pretty sure that the “Fun Clothing Shoppe” they walked by was not actually a ...
2021-10-30 22:20:19 +0000 UTC View PostSerenity just wants to get home.
Why does he keep running into new problems? Maybe he can just ignore them?
Even if there are some of them where he wants to help, can he afford the time? Does he have a choice?
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Once Serenity shut himself in his room, he decided he needed to...
2021-10-29 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostA little taste of what's happening back on Earth, then we're on Tzintkra again.
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Entry Requirements for Central Park’s Giant Wasp Dungeon (as of one week after the Tutorial appeared):
My apologies on the release delay. I was on a boat with no access. I've struggled my way in on my phone, since it'll probably be another couple hours before I get back to my computer. I'll try to release early next time I'll be stuck without access at release time.
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“Get away f...
2021-10-27 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Voice is good at what it does, but not perfect.The more it pushes the bounds of what it knows, the more likely it is to make mistakes.
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True Dhampir
[Your primary living bloodline is your Base Form, Dragon. Which of your undead bloodlines is primary?]<...
2021-10-26 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Serenity’s fears weren’t realized when he entered the Tutorial. It was another Child’s Tutorial. He wasn’t expected to specifically teach Death magic in a Child’s Tutorial; any kind of training would work, as long as it helped the children on their way to becoming adults and completi...
2021-10-25 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Guilds are essentially labor unions. They've developed a bit differently than modern Earth labor unions, but it's the same general idea. Some are far better than others, and many have significant requirements to join. Some prevent others from doing their work without being joined, while others tend to be more about helpin...
2021-10-24 23:00:57 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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What do you think about alternate transportation systems? The Shining Caverns has one.
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For a city called the “shining caverns,” Serenity found the area near the portal to be remarkably drab. The buildings were mostly rough-looking because of the brick, and few of them h...
2021-10-23 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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72.6% Core Progression. Serenity wasn’t sure how much the three level crystals he had would be worth, but he doubted they were 10% each. He’d need to make his way through another dungeon or buy some more level crystals before he could evolve.
Serenity knew he wasn’t quite ready ye...
2021-10-23 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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At the other side of the room was a door that had originally been hidden by the bones that turned into the colossus. It led to another room, which held a pedestal with the Dungeon Core and two more doors. The Dungeon Core had a shape that reminded Serenity of the temple that held the dungeon - ...
2021-10-22 23:05:27 +0000 UTC View PostI've managed to build up a decent backlog of chapters this month, so I think I'm finally ready to start building up the Chimera Tier.
I'd planned to wait until next month, but I have one person who's subbed at that level (Thanks!) and I've decided to start early as a thank-you to that person.
I don't expe...
2021-10-22 03:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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When Serenity woke up, he felt a hand on his forehead and the familiar feel of mana rushing into his body - though oddly enough, it wasn’t Death mana and it wasn’t headed for his stomach. It took him a moment to recognize the hand. “Raz?”
“Oh good, you’re awake. I was worri...
2021-10-21 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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At the end of the break, Serenity held the half-emptied bag of trail mix in one hand.
I miss Rissa. It must be the middle of the week by now. We were supposed to be planning for that trip to meet my parents. I hope she’s contacted them. They’ll be worried if she hasn’t.<...
2021-10-20 23:04:20 +0000 UTC View Post
