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Chapter 195 - Getting ready for battle

In the end, Tom would need at least a month to get back on his feet. His wounds were worse than any of the healers expected. The burn on his chest managed to destroy some of the muscle, and the nerve damage was extensive. The guild would already cover a big part of the expenses since it was a wound that happened inside a dungeon. Still, after seeing the exams, they had to fly in a specialist in muscular reconstruction.

The punishment Bonnie was giving Blue was in the form of a bunch of ...

Chapter 194 - Kobold Supplies

The group called Runir to apologize later that night. He seemed less frazzled and agreed that he went too far. He asked them to meet him in the Carpon Caverns the next day to talk in person. He also let everyone know what would happen with Tom. He would be in the Kobold Field until the next day, then head outside to go to a proper hospital. In the best-case scenario, he would spend two weeks recovering and would be back in the MAZE, but the healer said to expect at least 2 weeks of healing an...

Chapter 193 - Dragon Kin Victory

It took them another hour to kill all the Wolves of the Night. According to the compendium, the quest would only register as finished after the last of the enemy kobolds died. It was a good thing that they wouldn't try to run away or hide, but it still took quite some time to kill them all. When the last canine kobold drew its final breath, a large banner with the Dragon Kin flag appeared in the sky. It was the same marker indicating where they could pick up their dungeon quest, and it seemed...

Chapter 192 - Kobold VS Kobold

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Kobold Chieftain – Light Fur – Level 13
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"It's level 13!" Hera gasped.

"Light it up!" Bonnie started throwing spell after spell at it.

Alex joined in, using the stronger version of her air cutters. Hera used a supercharged poison needle with over 100 mana on it. The spell seemed to hit. She even confirmed that the chieftain was, in fact, poisoned, but it didn't seem fazed. It evaded Bonnie's and Alex's spells, only being hit...

Chapter 191 - Sound the drums of war

The sound of drums from the Wolves of the Night changed from a rhythmic marching tune to what sounded more like a drum solo from a rock show. The canine kobolds howled to the sky and started dashing towards the Dragon Kin camp. Some were running on all fours while others run like humans. On a closer inspection, Hera realized that the group of 50 or so running like dogs were made entirely of feral kobolds. They jumped over the barricades, stepping on the places where the hidden traps were, ins...

Chapter 190 - The dragon descends

Bonnie was outside helping set up a small stage for their presentation while Hera paced inside the command tent. She always hated those things during school. Standing in front of the entire class and talking while everyone stared at her was much more terrifying than any monster she fought. Alex was the only one inside the tent with her. All the others had left to help prepare the show.

"Do you want a glass of water? To help calm your nerves," Alex asked.

"No thanks, I needed somet...

Chapter 189 - Life is a stage

The kobold alchemist used the green liquid to put out the fire created by its wildfire bombs, but he didn't have enough water to clear the fires that Hera had started. She didn't have any way to deal with the flames, neither did Blue nor Alex. In the end, the best option was to wait for Bonnie or Runir, who could do something using their spells. It didn't take long for the team to arrive at the cabin, and less than five minutes after that, the feral kobold's corpses dissolved, leaving some of...

Chapter 188 - Feral Kobolds

The first feral kobold that arrived slammed the wooden barricade with its claws, breaking it apart and splitting Hera and Alex up. The other two creatures were already lunging towards them, making the duo get even further away. Hera threw a paralyze bolt, hoping to at least hinder one of the monsters, but the feral kobold dodged the spell with ease and kept chasing her. Now that they were closer, she could see the kobolds better. They had pitch-black fur, but it turned to a marine blue with a...

Chapter 187 - The wolves Attack

Hera was breathing heavily. The corpses of the three kobolds were still on the ground. Although the fight was quick, it was more than enough to wake her up completely. She used her mend spell to fix the wound on her neck and started cursing again. It was bad enough that they looked like recolored versions of the ones she fought during the test, but being that ruthless only made things worse. She was one step away from dying, and what about her friends?

"Is everyone ok?" Hera called on t...

Chapter 186 - Night shift

// Author's Note:
Hey everyone, I just realized that I made a BIG mistake in the last few chapters.  Hera's eye are brown not blue. So, I changed the 'blue eye' thing to 'light fur' a I also added a line that says her hair is the same color as the Canine Kobold chief to clarify why they are so hostile because of that. Sorry, I have no idea why I kept thinking her eye were blue these past few chapters lol  //

"Instead of trying to remember everything, it's much easier to wr...

Chapter 185 - Helping around the camp

When the flash of the lightning vanished, a smell of burnt flesh covered the area. Bonnie and Runir poked out of the trees. Hera and the others were all hiding behind a crescent-shaped rock formation.

"Is everyone ok?" Bonnie rushed from behind the tree. She yelled, but no one heard. The thunder was so loud that everyone's ears were ringing.

Hera started coughing. The spell had created a large dust cloud from the point of impact. Even the stone barrier that she made with her weapo...

Chapter 184 - Helping Galva

The group had finished the meal, and now they were waiting for Galva to return with something. Staring at her plate, Hera had to admit, the brown soup was weird, but it tasted good. Nothing extraordinary, still, it was far more appealing than its appearance. After finishing the plates, Galva went towards a storage to look for something they would need to help him.

"Chicken porridge!" Runir announced.

"What?" Hera stared at him.

"That's what the dish tasted like, chicken porr...

Chapter 183 - Kobold General

As the group entered the dungeon, the door opened to the field. The grass was even greener than what was inside the settlement, and the air seemed cleaner. In the sky, there was the copper dragon banner floating above some structure on the left, according to the compendium, that indicated where they should go.

"Do you think we could go to the other camp and kill everything before even starting?" Alex asked as they headed towards the red banner.

"I do not believe we are capable of ...

Chapter 182 - Kobold Field

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Victorious Odd Handaxe
Rarity: Uncommon

A handaxe created by a crafter named Victor. Using the hardened claw of a giant blind mole with tempered minerals from the mines, the weapon received a sizeable increase in its hardiness and weight.

Attribute scaling:
Agility x 1.1
Intelligence x 1.15

Additional Skill: Miner's Soul:

There will be close to no damage to the weapon when using it as a mining tool

Weapon Skill: Rock Wall

By...

Chapter 181 - How many runs does it take?

"How many does that make?" Blue was starfishing on the ground.

"I lost count a week ago," Bonnie looked up and saw another party getting close to them heading to the dungeon's entrance, "At least put your arms by your body. You are bothering people like that."

"Yes, mom," Blue moved closer to the bench.

"Are you sure there is a third Boss?" Alex turned to Tom.

"That I am. My memory never failed me when the subject is a dangerous foe," Tom took a sip of his water, "If y...

Chapter 180 - The New Dawn project

// Small Author's note: In this world, religion never got the same amount of power it has in real life. Because of that, people have a different starting point for counting the Years even if the actual lifetime of the planet is the same as ours.
Year 1 is when Khan broke the first wall.
Current Year: 2953 //

Despite all their efforts, Mark ended up getting a Hotel room in Hazelpond. After he found his place, they still had one day to rest. Hera had her psychiatrist appo...

Chapter 179 - Meeting the Crafters

Bonnie and Hera were by the docks, waiting for Mark's arrival. The two would chaperone him to the Carpon Caverns. Alex and Blue had returned almost at sunrise, and by the smell of booze on their clothing, they would sleep for a long time.

"… it behaved like mercury, but its heat conductivity was much better than it. So I used it as a base to try to come up with a formula. I tried to add some of caesium's properties too to try to balance out the heat, but.."

"Bonnie," Hera cut he...

Chapter 178 - Skills and Rest

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Hera Kingsley -- Role: Explorer Level: 6

Stats:

Strength: 23 Endurance: 23

Agility: 23 Charisma: 23

Intelligence: 23 Luck: 23

Mana: 511/511

Remaining attribute points: 0

Skills:

Passive:

Exponential Growth

Observe

Treasure Map

Handaxe Combat, Chakram Combat, Wire Trap Style

Dodge, Run, Improved Stamina

Mana Recovery

Active:

All in

Inspect

Hide

Local Guid...

Chapter 177 - Forest origins

Hera was so enthralled by the carvings inside the mushroom that she didn't notice the notification. They looked ancient. The drawings reminded her of those found inside a pyramid, although there was no way to tell if it had the same age. The mural had a spiral pattern starting about half a meter from the ground and then moving upwards until above Hera's head. The first picture depicted what looked like the light spirit they had faced as the room's boss. In the first few carvings, it was flyin...

Chapter 176 - Hidden Knowledge

Since there weren't that many groups doing the dungeon, the line moved quickly. Not only did the Traveling Stove offer food, but it also had a free water refill with every purchase. The menu was that of a standard burger joint, with milkshakes, fries, sandwiches, and of course, various burgers.

The decoration was very simple. There was no flair or gimmick. The only two things noteworthy were the stone stove decal slapped on the side of the trailer and the lack of an actual truck in fron...

Chapter 175 - Photoshoot

After the sprites left the cave, all the mushrooms lost their glow. It wasn't like after they defeated the Sprite Amalgamation, then the lights were just reduced to a bearable brightness. Now the entire forest was in pitch-black darkness. If it wasn't for the light spell that Hera, Bonnie, and Tom were using, they wouldn't even be able to see the ground under their feet.

"So... do all dungeons change like this when we trigger the hard mode?" Alex asked.

"I don't know. It's the fir...

Chapter 174 - The Light of the Forest

As soon as the light spirit started falling to the ground, Tom gave the order to attack. Hera and Alex rushed towards the center of the room to be ready to attack the monster. Bonnie flung an ice fist towards it, but before it reached the target, the ice started to melt because of the spirit's light. Yet, its body wasn't scorching like the giant sprite. What caused the change in temperature was the light coming from it that refracted inside the ice and created a beam of concentrated heat that...

Chapter 173 - Back to the rave

During that week, Hera also spent a couple of hours a day in the ATRs trying to get new spells. She bought the compendium for a paralysis spell and for a fear spell. The first one was easy to get. Hera just needed to create a projectile that would discharge an electrical current on the target to lock its muscles in place, almost like throwing a charged battery. The spell wasn't very effective when facing against something like the sprites or an elemental, but against beasts, it had a high suc...

Chapter 172 - Possible Path

"I just can't believe she would say that!" Hera bit down on another piece of her steak.

"Hera, it's ok. You know she didn't mean it," Blue motioned to Alex and Bonnie, asking them for help.

"Yeah, it's just a joke," Alex said.

Hera shook her head, "I know, and I know that she didn't mean anything bad. You guys are saying that for the past hour. I got it. It just sucks. I feel like she's comparing me with my mother," she was angrily cutting the last piece of the meat on her p...

Chapter 171 - New arrangements

Hera was meditating on her bed. Ever since she and Bonnie talked about the mana regeneration, she was eager to find where she had a higher absorption rate and if that would allow her to rank up the skill. Following Bonnie's instructions, Hera focused on gathering mana at a single point of her body first. Only after mastering that she could test around to see where the absorption rate was better. It has been just two days since she talked with Bonnie about it. During that time, Hera learned ho...

Chapter 170 - So? What do you think?

They rented the arena for one hour. The first fight barely took five minutes, plus another five to calm Blue down after getting tossed out of the ring so quickly. They still had 50 minutes to spend there, to make the most use of it, they choose to fight one on one. That was also some training since most of the time, they were fighting as a group. Luckily, even the basic arenas had setups to split the ring. Runir and Blue were fighting each other, while Bonnie and Alex took the other half of t...

Chapter 169 - Mock Battle

Hera woke up late the next morning. They all agreed to the mock battle for the middle of the afternoon. Thomas wanted to talk to Bonnie before the fight and asked everyone to meet them in the guild at 2 PM. Blue was still sleeping, and so was Alex. They ended up staying up late at the bar.

With a snore, Blue shifted on her bed. Hera looked towards the window. The sunlight created light shafts that hit the side of her bed. She slowly raised her hand and started playing with the shadows i...

Chapter 168 - Reason

After seeing the situation, the guild healers rushed Bill to the intensive care unit. The wound wasn't much of a problem for them. After a couple of days receiving healing spells, he would be good as new. The infection, on the other hand, was an issue. It was a specialized kind of healing, and there was no one proficient with that around. The treatment would have to be with modern medicine, but he should be fine.

Once again, Mark thanked the group as they headed to the workshop to repor...

Chapter 167 - Turtle Eggs

Ryan was passed out on the ground. Bill was still as a corpse in the air mattress. Hera and Runir were looking around the room, trying to figure out what to do.

"I mean, we can't like, leave that here, can we?" Runir asked, pointing at Ryan.

"I don't think it's a good idea. If we leave him alone, I bet he will use Bill as a hostage," Hera replied.

"Great, now what do we do?" Runir huffed.

Hera stared at the eggs. If the turtle was fighting them because of those, maybe ...

Chapter 166 - Rescue Mission

Mark opened a part of the barricade to allow his friend to walk in. The first thing that Hera noticed was the smell. It made her eyes water instantly and her nose to burn. The stench was so overpowering that she wasn't able to identify it. Alex was having the same issue, and the two quickly grabbed some pieces of cloth that were among their first aid kits to fashion something to cover their mouths and noses.

"Sorry for the mess. We weren't expecting visitors," Mark looked away from the ...